Of Course! 2025

Let’s come together and celebrate all that is best about CCAE on May 18, 2025!

Join us for Of Course!, CCAE's festive annual gala benefit party. First, you can experience the fascinating courses on offer at CCAE. Then, you will join a parade that follows a brass band to the Charles Hotel where you’ll be able to sample cuisine prepared by a variety of the best restaurants in Cambridge and nearby.

While celebrating CCAE we will also be celebrating our very special Guest of Honor, Gail Mazur, award-winning poet and founder of CCAE’s long-running Blacksmith House Poetry Series.

This always-lively event provides CCAE with a vital source of funds for our ongoing viability, scholarship program, and community outreach programs.

Patron Opportunities from $1,200 to $10,000. Individual Tickets - $275. Purchase tickets!

For more information about patron opportunities or corporate sponsorships, please see below.

Of Course! 2025 Schedule
Sunday, May 18, 2025

4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Registration and Reception
42 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA

4:30 - 6:15 p.m.
"A Menu of Classes at CCAE"
42 & 56 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA

6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
"A Taste of CCAE"
The Charles Hotel Ballroom

Of Course! 2025 Mini-Class Offerings

Blacksmith House Poetry Reading • Easy Italian for Travelers • ASL for Beginners: Start Learning to Sign and Connect! • Screenprinting Totes • Studio Drawing • Wood Carving As Meditation • Drink Maps: Temperance Tools or Beautiful Pub Guides? • Women in Chocolate • Cocktail Party Trifecta • Wall Street Bootcamp "Express" • Grounded Voices: Exploring Authentic Expression • A Singing Actor’s Intensive — Musical Theater Workshop • Disco Dancing • The Art of Flash Essay: Finding the Macro in Micro • Stop, Breathe, and Recharge: Mindful Movement, Relaxation, and Meditation • Tantalizing Card Tricks! • The First Modern City: The London of Charles Dickens • Light and Shadow: The London of Sherlock Holmes • Courageous Impressionists — Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt

Two sessions of classes will be offered. See all course descriptions and more information here.

Restaurant Partners

Patron Opportunities

Show your love for CCAE and become an Of Course! Patron. Includes tickets and reserved seating for your guests at the Charles Hotel.

$10,000: 10 tickets to Of Course!
$5,000: 6 tickets to Of Course!
$2,500: 4 tickets to Of Course!
$1,200: 2 tickets to Of Course!

For more information, please contact Steve Kumins, Director of Development, at steve.kumins@ccae.org or 857-259-5083.

Corporate Sponsorships Available

Is your company interested in supporting and partnering with CCAE at Of Course! and all year long? Let’s talk! Contact Steve Kumins, Director of Development, at steve.kumins@ccae.org or 857-259-5083 to discuss.