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Presented by acclaimed experts in the Boston Real Estate Market from Charlesgate Realty Group, as well as local mortgage market experts, our Boston Home Buyer Class is your opportunity to learn the home buying the right way - before you enter a transaction!  Get educated in a casual, fun setting and avoid the pitfalls that can cause financial and emotional problems during the buying process.

Get a $250 Closing Credit just for attending!

That's right! We are offering a $250 closing credit to those who attend the class and purchase their home through Charlesgate Realty. That is free money for starting the process with us!

Attend our FREE Boston homebuying class to learn:

• Renting vs. Buying: Whether it even makes sense for you to buy right now
  • Homebuying process and timeline: How long it actually takes to buy
  • Working with a buyer agent: How it works and whether or not you really need one
  • What mortgages are still available and how much cash you need to buy.
  • Using neighborhood level data (like discount ratios and real time trend graphs) to value properties
  • Negotiating 101: How to craft your offer to drive a hard bargain!
  • Top 10 online resources to aid your home search

Is this class for you?  Well, if you’re looking for a fun, low key, and informal way to learn the Boston real estate market from the experts, then YES!  You’ll have a chance to ask any questions you want and get the straight scoop from us. Plus we’ll have special catered treats by BG Events & Catering!  How can you pass that up! 

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Join the ICA for tastings, artisan demonstrations, DIY workshops, and more every Friday from 5-8 PM in the Water Café. 

This Friday, January 8th is Hardware Jewelry DIY: "Get down to nuts and bolts and get crafting! Drawing inspiration from Anni Albers’ jewelry, famously made from everyday objects, we will create unique, budget-friendly necklaces and bracelets. Supplies and instruction provided!"

Click here for the full ICA Calendar!

Admission to ICA after 5 is included in the regular admission price.

Head over to the Brookline Arts Center  for an afternoon filled with artwork, activities and fun for all ages on Saturday January 9th!

This annual event provides the community with the opportunity to watch demonstrations and participate in free art making activities. This is a great time to learn about the BAC's class offerings and history as well as meet the Board, Staff and talented Faculty.

This year, they will incorporate a community art activity! They will lead an activity that focuses on group art-making, and help members of the community contribute to a piece that will be given to a local non-profit. See your art become part of something bigger as you explore the fundamentals of collage and collaboration.

The Brookline Arts Center's annual Student Exhibition will also be on view in the BAC's gallery. Stop by for a day full of creativity!

"Go see The Hateful Eight in 70mm Ultra Panavision! Tickets for this special 70mm engagement will be $12 for matinees before 6pm and $15 for evening performances. Seniors 65+ will be $12 at all times. While racing toward the town of Red Rock in post-Civil War Wyoming, bounty hunter John "The Hangman" Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive prisoner (Jennifer Jason Leigh) encounter another bounty hunter (Samuel L. Jackson) and a man (Walton Goggins) who claims to be a sheriff. Hoping to find shelter from a blizzard, the group travels to a stagecoach stopover located on a mountain pass. After encountering four strangers, they may not make it to their destination. Each screening will feature an overture and intermission."

Click here to buy tickets. 

Ease into your resolutions at New Year’s Hangover Buffet

"If you rang in the New Year with a little too much champagne, then you’ll definitely need Olde Magoun’s rib-sticking all-you-can-eat New Year’s Hangover Buffet (10am-4pm). Yeah, you read that right: all you can eat sausage, bacon, muffins, whiskey-soaked French toast, rustic pulled pork hash, mac & cheese with kielbasa, and biscuits & gravy. Need we say more? OK, there will also be killer hair-o-the-dog beverages like the Dirty Mary (a vodka and Guinness float that shouldn’t work as well as it does) and the Hip Derby with bourbon and west coast IPA. See you there."

Head over to Gillette stadium New Years Day to watch the NHL Winter Classic!

This is the eighth Winter Classic, and will feature the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, as a significant event in one of the NHL's best-known rivalries.

he two teams are long-time rivals. As of the end of the 2014–15 NHL season, the two teams have played each other 729 times during the regular season, 177 times during the playoffs, including nine game sevens. The two teams will also hold a special game between the two teams' alumni teams, on December 31 at Gillette Stadium

For more information, click here. 

Whatever your music taste may be, there's a New Years concert for you. From country to punk to jam bands, check out one of these concerts on NYE. 

1." Sarah Borges at Lizard Lounge

Need some last minute ideas for New Years Eve? Check out these 5 - everything from clubs and bars to family friendly activities. 

1."Bessie’s New Years Eve Pajama Dance Party

The Children’s Discovery Museum in Acton is throwing a New Year’s Eve day party this year that lets you and your kids celebrate the new year in the early afternoon on December 31. This way, your children can have fun and get to bed on time. And you can still go out at night. Join the Museum’s mascot, Bessie the green dinosaur, for a dance party as you count down to 12. (12 noon, that is!)"

2. "Jay-Z and Beyoncé night at Back Bay Harry’s

Celebrate the end of 2015 like (America’s version of) royalty. Back Bay Harry’s is throwing a Bey and Jay-themed party at the turn of the new year. Concert performances will be projected on a big screen, and a four-course prix fixe meal based on their hottest tracks will be served up–“‘Baby Boy’ beef tenderloin carpaccio, ‘Big Pimpin’’ Statler chicken breast, and ‘Crazy in Love’ molten chocolate cake with brûléed Bey-nanas” are on the menu. And cocktail dress is required since the hip-hop moguls never step out in less than the best."

3. "Candibar/Royale/Guilt

This New Year’s Eve, Candibar is offering VIP tickets that get you access to Candibar’s neighbors, nightclubs Royale and Guilt. For a fairly average ticket price–$69–you get access to three different spots on Tremont Street. Less-expensive general admission tickets are also available, which just gets you into Candibar, but still includes complimentary party favors, a champagne toast at midnight, and a televised broadcast of the Times Square ball drop."

4. "Top of the Hub

Spend New Year’s Eve at the Prudential Center’s top-floor restaurant, which boasts (arguably) the best view of Boston you can find. You know what that means: prime view of the fireworks. The Top of the Hub has a prix fixe, four-course menu on New Year’s Eve that does not include beverages and changes depending on when you go (later seating times have higher prices.) There will be live music, and each guest will start their meal with complimentary champagne. Très luxe."

5. "First Night

Boston’s buffet of New Year’s Eve events is back again. This event has it all: live music at Berklee, ice sculptures, face painting, photos with Elsa from Frozen, and, of course, fireworks. This year, First Night is free, thanks to generous sponsors and donors, and the festivities carry on into the new year with more events on January 1. All people of all ages are welcome."

Winter is officially here! Embrace the season by skating at one of these outdoor rinks.

1.Ice Skating on Boston Harbor // Rink: $10, Rentals: $10 // 70 Rowes Wharf, Boston, MA

"This winter, Bostonians, visitors, and adventurers big and small can can enjoy all the pleasures of a New England winter—outdoor skating under the rotunda, joyous celebrations, breathtaking waterfront views, and timeless winter classics."

2. Community Ice Skating at Kendall Square // Rink: $10, Rentals: $10 // 300 Athenaeum St, Cambridge, MA

3. Harvard Skate // Rink: FREE, Rentals: $5 // Harvard Yard, Cambridge, MA

"Brass Union will set the stage for “Movie Mondays,” a weekly entertainment series where guests can enjoy their cult-favorite flicks in Union Square. Show-goers will sit back and take in Brass Union’s featured classic on the 70-inch screen with full surround sound. For snacks, guests will dive into complimentary popcorn and the option of themed food and beverage specials that have been designed to capture the essence of the evening’s film. "

Brass Union will transform their back lounge into a home theater every Monday to showcase the following throughout 2015:

December 21: “National Lampoons Christmas Vacation”
December 28: “Trading Places"