Terry Thiese Wine Dinner; Mangalitsa Butchering Class

CAMBRIDGE — Head to Bondir tomorrow night for a wine dinner featuring Terry Thiese, a James Beard award-winning wine importer. The four-course, seasonal dinner costs $150; call 617-661-0009 to reserve a space. Here's the menu. [Official Site]

SOMERVILLE — Twice a year, Beacon Hill Bistro gets a special Mangalitsa pig, hand-raised by Pete and Jen's Backyard Birds in Concord. Executive chef Josh Lewin is taking half of this season's pig to Cuisine en Locale's new event space in Somerville for a butchering class and Sunday supper on November 17th, 1pm to 4pm. Tickets are $85, and only ten are available. [Eventbrite]

HUB-WIDE — Hailo, an app-based taxi service, is celebrating its first anniversary in Boston with free Kickass Cupcakes this Wednesday, November 13th. Find the Kickass Cupcakes truck (along with a Hailo-wrapped London taxi) at the following locations and times: Coolidge Corner Courtyard Marriott (11am-12:30pm), Tech Square in Cambridge (1pm-3:15pm), Dewey Square in Boston (3:30pm-5:30pm). [Press Release]
[Photo: Bondir/Cal Bingham]