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The best event location in Boston.

Welcome to WGBH, Boston’s public media powerhouse…and now a destination for out-of-the-ordinary events. Your events. WGBH’s state-of-the-art facility, with its bold digital mural, is a new and notable landmark on the Boston skyline. Built for the digital revolution in media and designed by the renowned Polshek Partnership Architects, our studios are home to many of your public TV and radio favorites—programs “produced in Boston, shared with the world.” Frontline, Nova, Masterpiece, American Experience, Antiques Roadshow, and other PBS cornerstones. Hit children’s shows like Curious George, Arthur, and Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman. The nightly newsmakers of Greater Boston. Public radio’s The World. Classical music, jazz, blues, and live performances—delivered by peerless (and popular!) on-air hosts. Dramatic, dazzlingly different, memorable...ours is the perfect locale, and the perfect backdrop for your dinners, cocktail receptions, parties, and presentations.

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WGBH’s environmentally friendly studios are LEEDcertiﬁed by the US Green Building Council. And the American Institute of Architects, along with Mayor Thomas Menino, singled us out as one of Boston’s greenest buildings.

Picture your next function in WGBHâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s striking, elegant, and adaptable spaces Metcalf Lobby

A chic, high-tech welcome Yawkey Atrium

A soaring space for mingling and more Yawkey Theater

Luxury meets movie-quality sight and sound Calderwood Studio

Your event, in a behind-the-scenes TV setting Fraser Performance Studio

Beauty plus broadcast-quality acoustics Executive Boardrooms and Terraces

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Multi-use spaces, stand-alone or combined

Metcalf Lobby A chic, high-tech welcome Modern, sleek, and streamlined, WGBH’s 1,340-square-foot Metcalf Lobby creates just the right atmosphere for check-ins and welcomes. Glass and steel mesh with technology to evoke a cutting-edge tone. All WGBH rental spaces are fully accessible to people with disabilities. Catering and rentals are available from a select list of approved providers. A catering kitchen, staging areas, loading dock, and elegant restrooms are at your disposal. Three side-by-side, high-deﬁnition monitors— customizable to your event—greet your guests in Metcalf Lobby. Each 40-inch, 1,280- x 720-pixel monitor can be programmed with video or still content that sets the stage for your memorable and distinctive gathering.

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“This is architecture to look at.” robert campbell, the boston globe

Yawkey Atrium A soaring space for mingling and more From Metcalf Lobby, your guests will enter WGBH’s 3,560-square-foot atrium, accommodating up to 350 for cocktails or 200 for seated dining. Receptions, dinners, presentations, drinks…this flexible and stylish space offers dynamic architectural features: 24-foot ceilings, a second-story glass footbridge, the egg-shaped exterior of the adjacent Yawkey Theater, textured metal walls alongside floor-to-ceiling windows. For the perfect finishing touch, our lighting pros can create just the right atmosphere, using our deep inventory of lighting instruments and an extensive palette of colored gels. We can offer customized lighting patterns, corporate logos, and themed or seasonal graphics.

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Enhancing your event are the atrium’s projector screen (16’w x 9’h) and digital projection unit, capable of displaying a variety of sources—including custom graphics for your function. Add to the effect by projecting images onto two huge motorized steel and cement soundstage doors (each 14’h x 12’w) that open to Calderwood Studio.

Yawkey Theater Luxury meets movie-quality sight and sound Screenings, presentations, panel discussions, Q &As…WGBH’s distinctive, egg-shaped, 208-seat theater, located just off our atrium, will seat your guests in style (with ample legroom). Our giant projection screen (14’h x 18’8”w) and high-deﬁnition projector will showcase your video content to its best advantage. And the acoustics: 5.1 Surround Sound with Dolby E decoding, enhanced by woven wire cloth stretched along the walls. Plus a variety of available lighting options to heighten the experience.

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“Intuitive design thinking. Wicked awesome!” philip nobel, metropolis magazine

MoPix® Rear Window® Captioning and DVS Theatrical® technology—invented right here at WGBH (where captioning and descriptive video were born!)—is on hand for your guests with vision or hearing loss. And of course, seats can be conﬁgured to accommodate wheelchairs.

Calderwood Studio Your event, in a behind-the-scenes TV setting Here’s where WGBH really stands out. Welcome your guests inside the studio where many of their public TV favorites are produced. (We’re PBS’s #1 source of TV programming. Some call us “Hollywood on the Charles.”) Calderwood Studio is the perfect location for dinners, cocktail receptions, performances, screenings, videoconferences, and other gatherings: 4,500 square feet with a 21-foot-high lighting grid, the studio offers unlimited options for lighting, sound, and visual effects—even a customizable ﬂoor.

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The studio accommodates 400 for cocktails, 240 for a seated meal. Combine Calderwood with Yawkey Atrium to comfortably ﬁt 500-plus for buffet or cocktails.

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Two huge motorized steel and cement soundstage doors (each 14’h x 12’w) open from the atrium into the studio. Project video or lighting patterns onto the doors to help set the scene, then watch the anticipation mount as the dramatic doorways part to greet your guests.

Fraser Performance Studio Beauty plus broadcast-quality acoustics Step inside WGBH’s Fraser Performance Studio and you know immediately you’re in an unusual environment: an intimate setting for recording and a stunning backdrop for your special gathering. Planned by noted architects and acoustic designers Janson Design Group as a venue for the many live performances produced by WGBH Radio, this one-of-a-kind studio invites you in with its warm wood ﬂoor and bafﬂing. The acoustics were designed with three main considerations in mind: isolation, absorption, and diffraction. Fraser’s spacious feel (52 x 34 feet with a 28-foot ceiling) is augmented by a large window that enhances the studio’s light and airy atmosphere. An electronic sun screen and blackout shades can create an altogether different mood.

The multi-purpose Fraser Studio may be used for videotaping, audiotaping, or live performances. • Full lighting pack available • Associated audio control room features a SSL C200 digital console, stereo speakers made by Britain’s ATC and, for surround sound, ﬁve Dynaudio matched speakers, including a subwoofer

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• Bookending the control room are two isolation booths for separate track recording of soloists or special instruments

“Airy, modern studios. Worth the visit to gawk. A starship Enterprise. A visual landmark to match the importance of WGBH as a cultural institution.” the boston globe

• Available for in-studio rental: Steinway D and Steinway B pianos, Dowd harpsichord

Cahners Boardroom and Dabney Terrace • 1,440-square-foot boardroom with adjoining terrace • Accommodates 34 for sit-down dining, 62 for meetings (with side chairs around the room) • Full audiovisual technical services available • 10’w x 5.5’h screen • Sleek oval maple table (37’l x 9’w) that can be conﬁgured to your needs • Podium with A/V controls • Electronic sun screen and blackout shades

Multi-use spaces—stand-alone or combined Three inviting spaces on WGBH’s third ﬂoor provide optimal venues for your board meetings, receptions, cocktail hours, conferences, or smaller dinners and gatherings. All offer warm maple paneling and ﬂoor-to-ceiling windows. Adjacent to the suite of spaces are a catering kitchen and elegant restrooms. For your consideration, singly or in combination.

Sunlight Lounge • Tables and seats for 60, for indoor dining

Grubman/Mortimer Terrace • Paired with adjacent Sunlight Lounge: 750 square feet combined, with easy back-and-forth ﬂow • Accommodates 150 for outdoor cocktails • Adjoins WGBH’s attractive, eco-conscious green roof and solar collectors

Reno Boardroom • 590 square feet • Accommodates 22 for sit-down dining, 28 for meetings (with side chairs around the room) • Technical services available • 10’w x 5.5’h screen • Multiple table conﬁgurations • Maple paneling with hidden white boards • Electronic sun screen and blackout shades

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• Outdoor terrace for cocktails, breaks, etc.

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WGBH is located in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood, adjacent to Cambridge and just six miles from downtown. We’re right alongside the Massachusetts Turnpike and easily reached from all major routes. We offer convenient parking for your guests in our next-door multi-level garage.

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Facility rental revenue helps support WGBH’s programs, services, and public media mission. So you’re doing more than choosing a unique venue: you’re investing in Boston’s cultural community.

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Intrigued? Come see for yourself We look forward to booking your next event. Let us tell you more about WGBH’s event management expertise and tailor a package for an affair to remember. Whatever your function, we can handle your every need. Ask us about rental rates, technical speciﬁcations, and ﬂoor plans. WGBH offers a menu of event services, from audio and video to customized lighting, to graphic design concept and creation. And whichever package we tailor for you includes the stellar services of our seasoned events management team, letting you relax and enjoy your function as much as your guests will!

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