The Dorchester Historical Society is hosting a “Dinner at Willow Court” tomorrow night (Sept. 26) at 6 o’clock at the society’s headquarters at 195 Boston St. The DHS plans a festive evening to recall the style and elegance of earlier times: cocktails, a seated dinner, and a live auction. Period attire encouraged: Victorian, Edwardian, Roaring Twenties, upstairs or downstairs.  Proceeds to benefit the DHS Building Restoration fund. Board members and volunteers who dressed in Downton Abbey style for this photo include: Back row, from left: Richard O’Mara, Robert Severy, Gene Gorman, Kit Binns, Earl Taylor, Jeff Gonyeau. Middle row: Bill Loesch, Karen McNutt, Peggy Mullen, Emy Thomas, Anne Schmalz, Vicki Rugo, Terry Dolan, Rosanne Foley. Seated: Joyce Ellis, Joe Bagley, Jen Poulsen, Lianne Ames, and Paul Delorey.   Photo courtesy DHS, © Mike Ritter 2014

The Dorchester Historical Society is hosting a “Dinner at Willow Court” tomorrow night (Sept. 26) at 6 o’clock at the society’s headquarters at 195 Boston St. The DHS plans a festive evening to recall the style and elegance of earlier times: cocktails, a seated dinner, and a live auction. Period attire encouraged: Victorian, Edwardian, Roaring Twenties, upstairs or downstairs.  Proceeds to benefit the DHS Building Restoration fund. Board members and volunteers who dressed in Downton Abbey style for this photo include: Back row, from left: Richard O’Mara, Robert Severy, Gene Gorman, Kit Binns, Earl Taylor, Jeff Gonyeau. Middle row: Bill Loesch, Karen McNutt, Peggy Mullen, Emy Thomas, Anne Schmalz, Vicki Rugo, Terry Dolan, Rosanne Foley. Seated: Joyce Ellis, Joe Bagley, Jen Poulsen, Lianne Ames, and Paul Delorey.  
Photo courtesy DHS, © Mike Ritter 2014