Eating in style

With tickets ranging from $15 to $500, this weekend's Dining by Design event benefiting AIDS research is accessible to high rollers - and low rollers, which makes us low rollers very happy. For $15, we can get access to a Saturday afternoon open house, where we'll be able to hang out in the many spectacular dining rooms (like this one, done last year by Charles Fletcher). For $150, you can attend a cocktail party tomorrow night in those dining rooms that includes drinks and free bites from restaurants such as Rialto. If you're one of those high rollers, you can spend $500 for a ticket to Saturday's dinner, which includes an after-party. As part of the event, the Boston Design Center will be open to the public from 11-4 Saturday. Tomorrow 6 to 9 p.m., $150. Saturday 11 to 3 p.m., $15, and 6 p.m. to midnight, $500. Boston Design Center, 1 Design Center Place, Boston. 617-502-1726. www.crine.org/dbd.html