The South Coast Insider - February 2020

FEBRUARY 2020

Vol. 24 / No. 2

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Life to the fullest A walk in the park Valentine’s gifts Finding prosperity

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CONTENTS

FEBRUARY 2020

IN EVERY ISSUE

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From the publisher

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by Elizabeth Morse Read

COVER STORY

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Community in focus

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Take a leap!

Books for a young valentine

By Laura LaTour

ON MY MIND

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Tipping the scale

by Paul Kandarian

By Michael J. DeCicco

by Elizabeth Morse Read

THINGS TO DO

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Unforgettable Valentine’s gifts

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Preaching prosperity

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ON THE COVER Meredith Ciaburri-Rousseau of Artisan Bake Shop in Rochester prepares for a Valentine’s rush. Learn more about where to find the best gifts, sweets, and trinkets on page 10.

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FROM THE PUBLISHER February 2020 | Vol. 24 | No. 2

WITH FEBRUARY, we put the delights of the holidays far behind us while the promise of springtime dangles tantalizingly out of reach.

It is appropriate that right in the middle of the month, we carve out a day to spend with the person or people who mean the absolute most to us: our Valentines. Love is in the air, and since it’s a Leap Year, that love lasts for an extra day!

So that’s your heads-up. Don’t be the one on the 14th in line at CVS with a cheap stuffed animal in your arms, or find yourself ordering something off of Amazon and being grateful for one-day shipping.

Put some consideration into the gift, and pick something up from a local shop. Turn to Ann Katzenbach’s article on page 10 for some suggestions, and see how a little thought can go a long way.

Speaking of the Leap Year, have you thought about what you’re going to do with that extra day? While you think about it, turn to page 12, where Liz Read recounts the history and some fun facts surrounding the quadrennial tradition.

Let’s be clear: there’s no reason to limit the title of Valentine to solely romantic interests. For many of us, our hearts our filled with love for members of the younger generation. Show how much you care this year with the gift of a book. Whatever the age, Laura LaTour has a perfect recommendation starting on page 18.

Don’t let the winter weather harden your heart or cool your excitement for adventure. If you play it right, you’ll finish February wishing it had even more extra days!

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COMMUNITY IN FOCUS

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by Michael J. DeCicco

The Fall River and New Bedford state parks are making sure you aren’t staying away just because it’s the winter season.

“Rediscover Fall River’s Past, Present, and Future” is the theme of a series of displays and a movie series appearing at that city’s Heritage Park at 200 Davol Street until the end of January.

“Normally, we are not open in the winter.

This is an experiment,” said Jim Lopes, the park’s Visitors Services Supervisor.

It is an experiment he has had a direct hand in creating. “The Faces of Fall River” is an exhibit on digital screens at the center of rare iconic photos from Fall River’s past, including classic images from the city’s textile mills by Lewis Hines, whose photography helped with the passage of the country’s Child Labor laws.

“I keep adding to these pictures all the time,” Lopes said, “downloading online from the Library of Congress, the Department of Agriculture, and the Lewis Hines collection. He took 125 Fall River photos. We have most of them.”

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He said the biggest benefit of this digital display and the permanent exhibit of similar historical Fall River photos on the park center walls is that families could find their own ancestors here.

“I WANT THE PUBLIC TO MAYBE FIND THEIR GRANDFATHER OR ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER IN THESE PHOTOS.” “I want the public to maybe find their grandfather or another family member in these photos. Many of the named photos, we don’t know where that person is now.”

Also at the center now under this

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theme, “Pop Up Fall River” displays the city’s potential future. Students from the Rhode Island School of Design and Youth Experiencing Artistic Hope, a nonprofit organization borne out of a student program at Fall River Resiliency Prep, are exhibiting a series of 18 public art and schematic proposals to improve the city’s design.

These proposals include maps and paintings that show the addition of better landscaping to the cityscape, such as adding urban gardens to pavement cracks in empty deteriorating factory parking lots, known as “crack gardens.”

Another proposal is a redesign that uncovers and marks the locations of the eight waterfalls that gave Fall River its name. But they are now covered by Route 195, Lopes said.

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A mural at Wings Court in downtown New Bedford is just one example of the city’s latent artistic explosion.

By Cara Connelly

“They who sing through the summer must dance in the winter.”

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he New Bedford Art Museum at 608 Pleasant Street (newbedfordart.org) is featuring their artist-in-residence, Stacy Latt Savage, working on her installation, Entropy. Installation art is a genre that feature large-scaled, multi-media constructions designed for a specific place for a temporary amount of time. Every AHA! Night through May 2020, artist Stacy Latt Savage will be adding to Entropy. She will be available for questions and conversation as she works on her piece from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Visit the museum to check on her progress throughout the months to come. Current exhibitions in the Heritage Gallery include Warmed by Sunshine, Lit by Starlight, showcasing new paintings of timeless places. Artists Art Ballelli and Roy Saint Christopher create and highlight the history and beauty of Westerly and New Bedford.

The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum at 396 County Street

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(rjdmuseum.org) hosts Lee Blake, president of the New Bedford Historical Society President, at 5:30 to discuss development efforts of Abolition Row Park, a blighted lot that is located across the street from three buildings that are on the National Registry of Historic Places near the RJD. The informational talk is part of AHA! night and free.

The Whaling Museum at 18 Johnny Cake Hill (whalingmuseum.org) will highlight a Local History Guild program from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Energy & Enterprise Gallery. This season’s format has changed from individual speakers to conversations among area experts, librarians, curators, historians, and collectors. Free and open to the public – no registration necessary.

The museum enjoys extended hours for AHA! night with select galleries open to the public.

The New Bedford Whaling National Historic Park at 33 William Street (nps. gov) is the central hub for all things AHA!,

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and a great resource for planning what you want to see and do and directions to get there. They offer Whales, Tails, and Snails and interactive program hosted by professional storyteller Jackson Gillman who not only tells stories but, sings songs and kids enjoy a hands-on craft. The program is designed for ages 0-5 and their parents and caregivers. It is designed to help inspire the imagination and curiosity of participants. The program is free, offered every Friday morning (September to June) in the park’s Corson MakerSpace from 10 to 11 a.m. and no advanced registration is necessary.

Downtown New Bedford is a hip, historic, scenic seaport community that features a national park, the largest whaling museum in the United States and a working fishing port. There are antique stores, boutique and specialty shopping, and waterfront dining all within walking distance from the cobblestone streets of the downtown area. Come on down and make February fabulous!

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“That should not have happened in the first place,” he said. “If one-third of these low-cost measures would be implemented, that would be fantastic.”

Providing a deeper context to Fall River history are three classic documentary films currently playing for free every weekend in the center’s 175-seat theater: “Lincoln Park Remembered”, at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., is a sentimental tour through the region’s favorite amusement park from 1894-1987; “Fabric of Fall River”, at 11a.m. and 2 p.m., showcases the history of Fall River from its beginnings to its cotton mill era to the needle trades of the 1980s; “Fall River Line”, at noon, is a documentary on the elegant steamboat service that once graced Fall River harbor.

OTHER LIVES In New Bedford, the attraction this winter is another educational opportunity, albeit of a different sort. At the Whaling Museum theater in the center of the New Bedford National Historical Park, the Winter LGBTQ Film Series will present four films on subjects relevant to the concerns of the gay community on Sunday afternoons from January 26 to March 8, from 1-4 p.m.

Each screening will be followed by a panel discussion, said series director Dan Everton. “In the past, the series had a narrow focus. Now we want to show the breadth or the LBGTQ experience. The goal is to create a space and an opportunity for the LBGTQ community on what resources are available for them and their loved ones. The panel serves as a decompression and educational opportunity for viewers of these films.”

On February 9: “Brother Outsider: The Bayard Rustin Story”, the tale of a man who fought alongside Martin Luther King in the 1960s civil rights who was also a gay man fighting the prejudices of the homophobic era.

On February 23: “Boy Erased”, the story of a small-town Baptist minister’s son who must fight the effects of being sent to ‘conversion therapy’ by his parents.

On March 8: “Signature Move”, two women, a 30-something PakistaniAmerican lawyer and a free-spirited Mexican-American bookshop owner, embark on romance in modern-day Chicago.

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COVER STORY Fallon Gonsalves offers custom designed floral arrangements.

Elaine Cordeiro sells every conceivable confectionary treat.

By Ann Katzenbach

What does your Valentine’s Day look like? Do you want to send flowers, chocolates, order a cake, or will someone be gifting those to you? Perhaps you’ll do something life-changing, like get engaged or even married. It’s a busy day according to those who make it their business to know.

Young buds

Flowers have always signified caring, and your choice says something as well.

Red roses are probably the most obvious selection for a valentine, but there are other (perhaps) more creative ways to say you care.

Wherever you live in the South Coast, there’s a home-grown florist who can consult with you, create an arrangement or a bouquet, and deliver it, all at a reasonable price. Fallon Gonsalves works out of her home in Westport and went to Bristol

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County Agricultural High School where she took courses in floraculture, the study of growing and marketing flowers and foliage. Business, marketing, graphic design, and plant care are all parts of her expertise and she has taken the big step of opening her own business: Fallon’s Flower Design.

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valentine or any other special person or event, you will find Fallon talented, willing, and personable. Her overhead is low, she is young, and feels she can compete with established florists.

She will deliver as far away as Cape Cod or Newport. She also plans to be giving design workshops this spring.

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Gimme some sugar

Perhaps you want to make your own Valentine’s Day treats, but don’t have a heart-shaped cake tin or have never tried making chocolate cupids.

At Chocolate Works, 1849 Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford, Elaine Cordeiro sells a profusion of cake and candy-making supplies that will astound most home cooks and DIY experts.

Elaine has been in business for 39 years at this location and is a go-to store for those bakers and candymakers in the know. She not only offers molds and cookie cutters for traditional valentines (heart and cupids) but shelves of related possibilities. Perhaps your sweetheart is a sailor or loves cars or dogs or tractors, teddy bears – you can find a design for almost any interest. You can even bake a football cake.

She also sells thermometers, candles, chocolate shavers, decorating bags and piping tips, turntables, tiered trays,

aluminum and silicone molds, edible flowers, decorative numbers, gluten, dairy, and nut-free products, pans, racks, cake mixes, pastry filling, books, lollipop sticks, sprinkles, and the list goes on.

Everything is organized and Elaine is happy to share her knowledge about all things sweet.

In the spring, she will offer cake decorating classes, but if you want to get busy in your own kitchen as February moves towards the celebration of Saint Valentine, you will find anything you need and more at this little shop on Acushnet Ave. Find out more at chocolateworks.com

Elaine has been in business for 39 years at this location and is a go-to store for those bakers and candymakers in the know.

Meredith Ciaburri-Rousseau’s baked goods stand tall against the competition.

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How about a token of love from the oven? Meredith Ciaburri-Rousseau grew up in Rochester where she spent her childhood summers gathering fruit and making desserts with her mom. That attraction to baking led her to get a degree at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, and a degree in Food Service Management at Johnson and Wales in Providence. She opened Artisan Bake Shop 15 years ago and has grown the business into a successful regional bakery. The shop is located next door to her own home – an easy commute. With orders that average 20-25 cakes on a given weekend as well as cookies and cupcakes and pies throughout the week, she is glad she can walk next door to decompress. Meredith has one full-time helper and from time to time gets help from culinary art students.

From long experience, she knows that Valentine’s Day is a more intimate celebration than weddings or engagement parties, showers or birthdays. The most popular Valentine’s request is for small, lovely cupcakes. However, she says that people sometimes order engagement cakes on this special day, and she may be called on for a Valentine’s wedding cake.

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Take a Leap!

By Elizabeth Morse Read

February 29 this year will be a Leap Day, meaning that the new decade starts off with a year of 366 days instead of the usual 365 days. So why does that happen every four years?

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ur calendars assume that the Earth makes a complete revolution around the sun every 365 days, but in actuality, it takes a tad longer than that – 365 days, five hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds, or 365.242189 days per year, to be exact.

If our calendars were not adjusted every four years for those extra six hours every year, the seasons would not align with the traditional astronomical months any longer, and we would lose nearly six hours every year, adding up to a total of 24 days lost every century! But even that extra day every four years isn’t quite enough to keep the calendar aligned with the seasons – scientists sometimes have to add an extra “leap second,” as they did on June 30, 2015, at 11:59:60 pm.

Keeping Everything in Sync

Although the ancient Egyptians were the first to notice the discrepancy between manmade calendars and the shifting seasonal years, it was Julius Caesar who added an extra day to the end of February every four years (February was the last month on the Julian calendar, although it’s the second month on modern calendars). The concept of the Leap Year

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was further modified in the 16th century, when the Gregorian calendar determined that only those years divisible by four, such as 2020, would be Leap Years.

And years evenly divisible by 100 are not always Leap Years unless they are also evenly divisible by 400. For example, 1700 and 1900 were not Leap Years, but 1600 and 2000 were.

The solar-based Gregorian calendar is the standard in most of the world, but even lunar-based calendars, like the Hebrew and Chinese calendars, accommodate the shifting days by occasionally inserting an additional lunar month.

Rare Birthdays

The chances of being born on February 29 are 1 in 1,461, leaving “leaplings” with the personal choice of celebrating their birthdays on February 28 or March 1, although most US states legally recognize March 1 as their next year’s birthday. There are approximately 200,000 leaplings in the U.S., and more than five million worldwide. Superman was supposedly born on a Leap Day, as were Dinah Shore, Lord Byron, Jimmy Dorsey, and rapper Ja Rule. Indeed, being born on Leap Day is part of the plot in the Gilbert & Sullivan musical The Pirates of Penzance.

Leap Year Legends and Myths

According to legend going back to Saint Patrick’s time, February 29 has been the one day every four years when women could propose marriage to men, giving rise to modern-times Sadie Hawkins Day traditions. In Greece, it is considered bad luck to get married in a Leap Year, whereas in many other countries, it is considered very bad luck to get divorced in a Leap Year. Silly superstitions about leaplings include their having unusual talents, like the ability to burp the entire alphabet (?) or paint like Picasso. And the specter of doom associated with Leap Day probably originated when the first arrest warrants for the Salem witch trials were issued on February 29, 1692.

Modern Day Leap Days

Most people think of Leap Day as just an ordinary (if extra) day, but for payroll and HR managers, it’s a bit of a nightmare – salaried workers don’t get paid anything additional for working an extra day. And people born on February 29 will often encounter computer foul-ups with government agencies and other bureaucracies (Remember Y2K?).

As with any holiday or special event, retailers take advantage of Leap Days by offering special Leap Day sales, with pricing like $29 or “29% off” promotional sales.

For instance, in 2016, IKEA offered 29% off 229 items in its catalogue, and a dozen Krispy Kreme glazed donuts were on sale for $2.29. Look for special Leap Day deals on offer from restaurants, cruise lines, and hotels, too.

Appropriately, February 29 is also noted as Rare Disease Day worldwide. A leaping frog is the best-known symbol of Leap Day, and, if you have trouble figuring out when the next Leap Year will happen, just remember that US presidential elections almost always fall on a Leap Year.

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Preaching prosperity

By Steven Froias

Weaving together the diverse communities of the South Coast is a long-held goal of many regional planners. Indeed, the very brand “South Coast” was envisioned as a means of furthering the effort.

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he idea behind the brand “South Coast” envisions the gateway cities of New Bedford and Fall River working together to increase the clout of both, in concert with communities such as Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Freetown, Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester, Somerset, Swansea, Wareham, Westport, and others.

Since this idea of a unified South Coast was launched in the 1990s, the dream has made progress – yet still struggles to achieve critical mass. A handful of entities have seized the initiative and run with it, coordinating their efforts across the region. The most recent example is the One SouthCoast Chamber of Commerce. It’s the result of a union of what were once two separate Chambers that have combined operations in order to scale up.

Other examples include SouthCoast Serves, The Community Foundation of

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Southeastern Massachusetts, and Bristol Community College. Even SRTA, the Southeastern Regional Transportation Authority, falls into this category.

Now, in 2020, a new vehicle for finally realizing the promise and possibility of speaking with one regional voice has arrived.

Wunderkind SouthCoast Prosperity is an original project spearheaded by Jacob Miller. It’s designed as a venue onto which the better ideas of an entire region can assume center stage and thus help facilitate an expansive regional mindset.

“Many of our leading institutions from higher education to healthcare and most recently the wider business community are transcending town and city limits by working at a regional scale,” the introduction to SouthCoast Prosperity states. “To

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Jacob Miller, founder of SouthCoast Prosperity, in downtown New Bedford.

build a more prosperous South Coast we will create space for regional community members to gather and define our collective future by partnering with other thinkers and doers to bridge policy gaps and create new ways of seeing and doing.”

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Review and the industrial strategy process in the United Kingdom are great examples of thoughtful policymaking. It was an unbelievable privilege to work with Professor Diane Coyle and the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge on the Greater Manchester Prosperity Review, thinking through ways policymakers can make resident’s lives better and bring about greater sustainable economic prosperity.”

Though SouthCoast Prosperity found its inspirational genesis in “old” England, Jacob Miller is of solid New England stock. A lifelong resident of Fairhaven, he is the former Director of Community Affairs for Massachusetts State Senator Mark Montigny. He is now working at the Greater Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Council.

Before that, he graduated from Greater New Bedford Voc-Tech and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (he was

intertwined cities and towns with a common history and shared potential.”

SouthCoast Prosperity will “analyze the region based on community conversations and the development of a regional and municipal data and performance benchmark.” It will do so with four themes in mind that shape the lives of regional residents: People, Place, Business Environment, and Infrastructure.

“The main focus of SouthCoast Prosperity is to create an inclusive space for residents to lead the conversation about our regional future,” he writes.

To make that happen, Miller is currently enlisting area institutions and organizations into the project. The first item on the agenda for 2020 will be hosting a series of Community Conversations across the South Coast.

After identifying folks with a shared vision for the South Coast, a Regional Steering Group will be convened, with the

“I think we are perfectly positioned from all the hard work of community leaders at all levels to build a regional vision.” a first-generation college student, and was awarded a Truman Scholarship). At UMass, his time and energy were spent on civic engagement and service while majoring in Political Science and English and minoring in Leadership and Civic Engagement and Urban Studies.

Somehow, he found the time to open Jumpin’ Juice, the university’s first student-run business, founded the Common Project, a publication that boosted millennial civic engagement through storytelling, created workforce development programs, started biannual youth civic engagement summits, and helped register hundreds of people to vote.

Who we are Miller hopes that SouthCoast Prosperity will address a fundamental question that needs to be asked in a regional context: “What does a more prosperous South Coast look like?”

He writes on southcoastprosperity.org, “The SouthCoast region of Massachusetts is made up of thirteen politically, socially, and economically

goal of drafting a true Regional Shared Agenda.

“This is an ambitious project,” Miller says, “[but] I think we are perfectly positioned from all the hard work of community leaders at all levels to build a regional vision. One that is truly people-focused and creates a region where people are able to access a healthy environment, an affordable and useful education, healthcare, fulfilling work, and generalized well-being marked by access to relevant resources and social connection.

“Please reach out and get involved. This project is only as good as the people and places we visit and engage. These are complex issues and opportunities that I approach with immense humbleness and respect,” he concludes.

Individuals, groups, organizations, and others interested in becoming part of SouthCoast Prosperity can contact Jacob Miller through the project’s website, southcoastprosperity.org.

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THINGS TO DO

LENNY CLARKE

JAY GATES

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MUSIC & PASSION

By Sean McCarthy

IN APRIL OF 2019,

Barry Manilow performed his 500th show during his residency at the Westgate International Theater in Las Vegas.

But if you can’t quite find the time or money to see Manilow in his current location, Jay Gates is happy to bring him to you.

This Valentine’s Day, February 14, White’s of Westport will welcome Gates and his tribute to Barry Manilow with a show dubbed “Music & Passion.” The night will include Gates’ impersonation set to backing tracks and a video screen, complete with backup singers and dancers for a 90-minute performance that will include 24 songs from the Manilow catalog. Tickets for dinner and show starting at 6 p.m. or just the show at 8:30 p.m. are available at shop.lafrancehospitality.com.

WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND Manilow’s collection of hits can easily fill an evening. With more than 80 million records sold worldwide, he can boast of 28 songs in the Top 100 including three number ones and eight more top 10s. He has won a Grammy Award, a Tony Award, and an Emmy Award, and is considered one of pop music’s foremost showmen.

“This is a great way to enjoy Valentine’s Day,” Gates says. “This is some of the most romantic music you’re ever going to hear.

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The people I meet at my shows seem to enjoy the fact that the songs take them right back to a happy time in their life when they were maybe in their teens without too many worries in the world.

They get to reminisce about those fun young years.”

EVEN NOW “I’m one of those performers that really likes to interact with the audience – I have a wireless microphone and I’m not afraid to use it,” Gates jests. “I’m leaving the stage more than once, rubbing elbows, sitting in their laps and kissing on the cheek. The music is important but there’s also some comedy involved. I have two backing dancers who really add a lot to the show. They also get a chance to shine.”

Most of Gates’ shows include three costume changes and the video screen allows him to do a couple of duets with Barry.

“I love to watch people’s reactions for those songs,” he says.

“I discovered a couple of years ago that the video backing has become an industry standard, something done by the big guys now. I had to figure out a way that I could emulate that. It could be a duet or it may just be something as simple as a picture of an album cover to accompany the music. There are designs and lighting that are synchronized to the music, It’s all live with no lip-synching.”

CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU Gates is a 54-year-old from Newton, and he is a Music teacher in the Boston Public Schools. For thirty years he was a drummer in heavy metal rock bands including 12 years with the Van Halen tribute band Diver Down. When Gates chose to change his hairstyle 15 years ago his new spiky blond look had people telling him that he “looked just like Rod Stewart.” Gates was inspired and began performing with a band doing a Rod Stewart tribute show that he still does to this day.

But the idea to impersonate Manilow was a little different.

“Some people who didn’t have the best intentions and just wanted to be mean and kick my butt would say ‘Hey man, you look like Barry Manilow.’ About five years ago I saw him on a morning TV talk show and I noticed we both share the same nose and spiky blond hair so I was inspired to start performing his music.”

I WRITE THE SONGS “I have a good idea about which songs to play,” Gates says. “I’ve seen five of his shows and I’ve watched him on video. I learned the songs that the audiences seemed to love the most and then I would see what worked. I’ve learned to take my cues from the audience and what they appreciate.”

Gates was introduced to Manilow’s music as a child, something that allowed him to easily memorize the tunes.

“THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT FEELS LIKE THE MUSIC IS JUST FLOWING OUT OF ME WITH NO EFFORT AT ALL AND IT GOES RIGHT TO PEOPLE’S SOULS.” “Some songs are versions from the studio recordings and some are done the way he performs them in concert. I fluctuate between the two approaches. Barry has so many ballads that it ends up being a set of ‘fast song/slow song/fast song/slow song.’”

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LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT “I’ve done the work, I know the material, and I do my best to keep my voice in the best shape that I can. So when it’s showtime I know that I’ll be going to put on the best possible show that I can. There are times when it feels like the music is just flowing out of me with no effort at all and it goes right to people’s souls.

When I get out there and I’m performing well and the audience is enjoying themselves I love it. There’s nothing better than making audiences happy.”

“Music & Passion” is being produced by RocJo Productions. But the companies’ President, Joe Rocco, will be bringing more entertainment to White’s in the near future with the second season of the South Coast Comedy Series to run from February to May. The season will once again bring nationally-renowned comics to the room, beginning on February 22 with a show by Lenny Clarke.

Christine Hurley and Kelly MacFarlane will entertain on March 20 and Artie Lange will take to the stage on May 2.

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COVERPICKS BOOK STORY

Hearts and Flowers: Book Gifts for Your Little Valentine Compiled by Laura LaTour

This Valentine’s Day, don’t mindlessly give another stuffed animal or box of chocolates to your kid—visit your local bookstore. After all, stories are some of the most enduring gifts you can give a child. When they are little, you can share a giggle or cuddle while reading together. As they get older, books help children navigate their friendships, and rehearse for their first love relationships and inevitable heartbreak. Books are both gifts and guides. Now, here is our guide to some recent releases that make great gifts for your little Valentines.

You Loves Ewe!

by Cece Bell $17.99 hardcover Ages 4-8

The Love Letter

by Anika Denise, illustrated by Lucy Ruth Cummins $17.99 hardcover Ages 4-8 Hedgehog, Bunny, and Squirrel are best friends. One day, they each find a letter.

But not just any letter… A LOVE letter. (My word! My whiskers! Aww, nuts!)

Someone loves them. But who?

Celebrated author Anika Aldamuy Denise and beloved illustrator Lucy Ruth Cummins deliver this heartwarming tale about a wonderful mix-up that reminds us of the joys of friendship. This adorable picture book illustrates how a little bit of kindness goes a long way to making the world a better place.

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Hilarity meets homonyms in this high-comedy companion to I Yam a Donkey by Cece Bell. A persnickety spud, Yam, introduces the grammar-challenged Donkey to a new friend, Ewe. The confusion between “ewe” and “you” results in a fabulously funny series of who’s-on-first misunderstandings, as Yam explains the concept of homonyms clearly enough for the youngest of readers. Heightening the humor is an over-the-top love triangle, because everyone is in love with You. Err, Ewe.

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Frank and Bean

by Jamie Michalak, illustrated by Bob Kolar $15.99 hardcover Ages 4-8 Frank likes peace and quiet. He likes his tent, his pencil, and writing in his secret notebook. Bean likes noise. He likes his bus, his trumpet — toot, toot! — and making music. Loud music. But Bean is missing something: words. What will happen if Frank shares his words with Bean?

With a laugh-out-loud narrative by Jamie Michalak, this fresh and funny story will go down easy for beginning readers and young listeners alike.

The Wonder of Wildflowers

by Anna Staniszewski $17.99 hardcover Ages 8-12

This Light Between Us: A Novel of World War II

by Andrew Fukuda $17.99 hardcover Ages 10 -14

That’s What Friends Do

by Cathleen Barnhart $16.99 hardcover Ages 9-14

Ten-year-old Mira is an immigrant in a country that has closed itself off from the rest of the world in order to protect its most precious natural resource: a magical substance called Amber that makes people stronger, healthier and smarter. As Mira struggles to find her place, she must decide how far she’s willing to go to fit in.

The Wonder of Wildflowers is a powerful coming-of-age story about identity, community, and finding one’s own place.

Kirkus Review calls this book, “A light fantasy with a powerful message of hope.”

Samantha and David have been friends since Little League. But when a new kid named Luke starts hanging out with them, the comfortable pair becomes an awkward trio. Soon things go all wrong and too far, and Sammie and David are both left feeling hurt, confused, and unsure of themselves. That’s What Friends Do is a book for anyone learning how to have the hard conversation about feelings, boundaries, and what it means to be a true friend.

Rating Your Bunkmates and Other Camp Crimes

by Jennifer Orr $16.95 hardcover Ages 9-14

Tweet Cute by Emma Lord $17.99 hardcover Ages 12-18

Twelve-year-old Abigail Hensley is a socially awkward aspiring anthropologist who has always had trouble connecting with her peers. Abigail is hopeful that a week at sleepaway camp is the answer to finally making a friend. Using her tried-and-true research methods, Abigail begins to study her cabinmates for friendship potential. But just when it seems that she is off to a good start, her bunkmate’s phone gets stolen, and Abigail is the main suspect. Can she clear her name, find the real culprit, and make a friend before the week is done?

In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki from Bainbridge Island, Washington is disgusted when he’s forced to become pen pals with Charlie Lévy of Paris, France – a girl.

In spite of Alex’s reluctance, their letters continue to fly across the Atlantic – and along with them, the shared hopes and dreams of friendship. Until the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the growing Nazi persecution of Jews force them to confront the darkest aspects of human nature.

The Gravity of Us

by Phil Stamper $17.99 hardcover Ages 14 and up

Meet Pepper, swim team captain, chronic overachiever, and all-around perfectionist. Her family may be falling apart, but their massive fast-food chain is booming — mainly thanks to Pepper, who secretly runs Big League Burger’s massive Twitter account. Enter Jack, class clown and a constant thorn in Pepper’s side. When Big League Burger steals his grandma’s iconic grilled cheese recipe, Jack will do whatever it takes to take them down, one Tweet at a time.

Little do they know, while they’re publicly duking it out with snarky memes and retweet battles, they’re also falling for each other in real life.

As a successful social media journalist with half a million followers, seventeen-year-old Cal is used to sharing his life online. But when his pilot father is selected for a highly publicized NASA mission to Mars, Cal and his family relocate from Brooklyn to Houston and are thrust into a media circus.

Amidst the chaos, Cal meets sensitive and mysterious Leon, another “Astrokid,” and finds himself falling head over heels – fast. Their connection grows, but when secrets. But when secrets about the program are uncovered, Cal must find a way to reveal the truth without hurting the people who have become most important to him.

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Happy Leap Year! February may be the shortest month of the year in the dead of winter, but it sure is long on festivities! Gather together with family and friends to enjoy Groundhog Day, Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras, Leap Day, Black History Month, and Chinese New Year! Take advantage of school vacation week to enjoy the many outdoor activities on the South Coast this month, too. And don’t despair – spring’s just around the corner!

Across the Region Beat the mid-winter blues at the 32nd Annual Newport Winter Festival February 14-23! Ten days of non-stop music, food and Fun! For more info, call 401-847-7666 or visit newportwinterfestival.com.

It’s time to sharpen the ice skates (or rent them)! For schedules and info about indoor skating in Fall River’s Driscoll Arena (508679-3274), New Bedford’s Hetland Arena (508-999-9051), Taunton’s Aleixo Arena (508-824-4987) or Plymouth’s Armstrong Arena (508-746-8825), go to fmcicesports. com.

Pet Food Aid collects pet food and pet supplies and distributes them to food banks and senior centers throughout Bristol County. Volunteers and donations gratefully accepted. For more info, visit petfoodaid.org or call 774-204-5227.

Mark your calendars for the annual Frederick Douglass Community Read-AThon on February 9 at the First Unitarian Church in New Bedford! For more info, call 508-979-8828 or go to nbhistoricalsociety. org or destinationnewbedford.org.

Get ready to laugh with national names at the South Coast Comedy Series at White’s of Westport! On On February 22, see Lenny Clarke. Christine Hurley and Kelly MacFarlane take the stage on March 20.

Then go see Artie Lange perform on May 2.

To learn more, visit southcoastcomedy.com.

The Salvation Army is always willing to accept your bagged/boxed donations – clothing, books, furniture and housewares.

To schedule a free pick-up, go to satruck. org/pickup.

My Brother’s Keeper of Dartmouth and Easton is looking for volunteers and gentlyused residential furniture for South Coast families in need. Free pickup. Call 774-3054577 or visit mybrotherskeeper.org.

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Show up hungry for the inaugural “VegFest RI” event at the Waterfire Arts Center in Providence on February 23! Learn about a plant-based lifestyle, try the food, meet vendors, chefs, cookbook authors – and more! For tickets and info, go to eventbrite. com.

Fill your baskets with local produce, baked goods and holiday decorations! To find a farm, vineyard or winter farmers market near you, visit semaponline. org, pickyourown.org, farmfreshri. org, or localharvest.org. To find food and wine events, go to farmcoast.com, coastalwinetrail.com or ediblesouthshore. com.

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Southcoast Health and the Buzzards Bay Coalition have created “Discover Buzzards Bay,” an initiative to promote active outdoor recreation. A series of guided monthly outdoor walks, called “Sunday Strolls,” and an online portal with information about more than 100 public places to walk, birdwatch, kayak/canoe, fish, snowshoe or cross-country ski, can be found at savebuzzardsbay.org/discover – and check out thetrustees.org and massaudubon. org. To learn more about state parks and wildlife refuges in Rhode Island, go to asri.org, riparks.com or stateparks.com/ rhode_island.

Acushnet Talk a wintery walk through the Acushnet Sawmills public park and herring weir!

Canoe/kayak launch, fishing, trails. For info, visit savebuzzardsbay.org/discover.

Learn about Maple Tapping at the LaPalme Farm on February 22 or March 14! Free!

For more info, go to savebuzzardsbay.org/ discover/events.

Take the little ones on the Itty Bitty Bay Explorers: Critter Clues event on February 11 at The Sawmill, or River and Forest Exploration on March 7! Free! For more info, go to savebuzzardsbay.org/discover/events.

Attleboro Mark your calendars! The Attleboro Community Theatre will perform “Over the River” Fridays through Sundays, February 21 to March 8! For more info and tickets, go to attleborocommunitytheatre.com.

Check out the Capron Park Zoo! Call 774203-1840 or go to capronparkzoo.com. Or stroll through Mass Audubon’s Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary and Nature Center!

For more info, call 508-223-3060 or visit massaudubon.org.

Bristol Attend a series of Saturday lectures on the Foundations of Gardening at Blithewold Mansion and Gardens! Gardening in the Shade February 8, Native Trees and Shrubs February 15, the Secret World of Wildlife February 29! For more info, call 401-2532707 or go to blithewold.org.

Head for the Mount Hope Bristol Winter Farmers Market at Mount Hope Farm! Cash, credit card, SNAP/EBT, WIC and senior coupons accepted. For more info, go to farmfreshri.org.

Check out what’s happening at the Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium!

Check out “Owls and Ales” on February 22!

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Go on a guided hike, attend a demonstration/lecture or take a mansion tour at Borderland State Park! For more info, call 508-238-6566 or go to friendsofborderland.org.

Take the family to the monthly Open Farm Days at Round The Bend Farm! Grass-fed meats, local veggies, honey, maple syrup and botanicals! For dates and more info, call 508-938-5127 or visit roundthebendfarm. org.

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Listen to the performances of the TriCounty Symphonic Band! Plan ahead for “Rossini, Reed and Raum” on February 9 at Dartmouth High School! For tickets and info, visit tricountysymphonicband.org.

Check out the free monthly “Film and Potluck” events on the first Friday of the month through March at the Dartmouth Grange Hall! For more info, go to dartmouthgrange.org.

Don’t miss “Three’s a Crowd” performed by the South Coast Chamber Music Series on March 29 at Saint Peter’s Church in South Dartmouth! For info and tickets, call 508999-6276 or visit nbsymphony.org.

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Wander through Parsons Reserve or take a stroll through Paskamansett Woods, nature reserves operated by the Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust. Pre-register for the Weekday Walk February 7, Women’s Walk February 9, Wildlife Tracking Walk February 20 or the Leap Day Walk February 29! For more info, visit dnrt.org.

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Join in the Family Science Outings sponsored by the Natural Resources Trust of Easton! Sign your kids up for the February Vacation Program: Arctic Adaptations February 18-20! Plan ahead for “Owl Prowl at the Sheep Pasture” on March 19. For more info, call 508-238-6049 or go to nrtofeaston.org.

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Listen to lectures presented by the Sippican Woman’s Club! Plan ahead for “Be Savvy Online, In Line & Beyond” on February 14. For details, visit sippicanwomansclub. org.

Applications will soon be available for vendors for the 2020 Huttleston Marketplace starting in June. For more info, call 508-979-4085 or go to fairhaventours. com/huttleston-marketplece.

Listen to the performances of the TriCounty Symphonic Band! Don’t miss “Celebrating the March” on March 22 at Tabor Academy! For tickets and info, visit tricountysymphonicband.org.

Check out the “Friday Night Live!” Comedy Series at the Seaport Inn & Marina! For more info, call 508-997-1281 or go to seaportinnandmarina.com.

Find out what’s happening at the Marion Art Center! For info, call 508-748-1266 or visit marionartcenter.org.

Fall River The Narrows Center for the Arts has a fabulous lineup this fall – don’t miss Tom Rush February 1, Neal & the Vipers February 14, Eric Lindell February 15, Richard Marx February 15, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Dukes February 20, Chris Smither February 22, Marcia Ball & Sonny Landreth February 27, Todd Snider March 5, Robbie Fulks March 13 – and more! For a complete schedule, visit narrowscenter.com or call 508-324-1926.

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Mattapoisett Explore the trails, wildlife and scenery of the Mattapoisett River Reserve – leashed dogs welcome. Hike, bird-watch, cross-country ski! For more info, go to savebuzzardsbay.org.

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Listen to monthly concerts at the Marion Music Hall! For the 2020 schedule and more info, call 508-353-2150 or visit sixstringmusiccompany.com.

Mark your calendar for “Frozen Jr.” March 5-15 at The Alley Theatre! For details, call 508-946-1071 or go to burtwoodschool. com.

Enjoy the 2020 season of the Fall River Symphony Orchestra at Bristol Community College! Plan ahead for the “Winter Concert: Blue” on March 8! For tickets and more details, go to fallriversymphonyorchestra. org.

Check out what’s happening at your local library! Movies, crafts, play groups, tech workshops – and more! For more info, go to fallriverlibrary.org.

Find out what’s playing at The Little Theatre of Fall River! Plan ahead for “Blood Brothers” March 12-22! For info and tickets, call 508-675-1852 or go to littletheatre.net.

Remember our veterans! Journey through time and discover a sailor’s life at Battleship Cove, America’s Fleet Museum (508-6781000 or battleshipcove.org) or explore the Maritime Museum (508-674-3533 or battleshipcove.org/maritime-museum).

Find out what’s going on at the Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River! For info, go to cmgfr.org or call 508-672-0033.

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Spend an afternoon with the kids at the Soule Homestead! For more info, call 508947-6744 or go to soulehomestead.org.

Middletown Don’t miss Wellness + Wine: Zumba on February 19 at the Newport Vineyards! Plan ahead for February Beer Hall Night February 21 and Barrel of Laughs Comedy Night February 22! For more info, call 401-8485161 or go to newportvineyards.com.

On Saturdays, visit the Aquidneck Growers Farmers Market at the Newport Vineyards in Middletown year-‘round! Cash, credit card, SNAP/EBT, WIC and senior coupons accepted. For more info, call 401-8485161 or go to newportvineyards.com or farmfreshri.org.

Get in touch with nature at the Norman Bird Sanctuary! Take a free guided Sunday Bird Walk or join in the Fireside Series events!

For details, call 401-846-2577 or go to normanbirdsanctuary.org.

New Bedford Enjoy fresh local foods year-round! Visit New Bedford’s Indoor Winter Farmers Market at the Kilburn Mill at Clark’s Cove on Thursdays through May! Credit, debit and SNAP accepted. For more info, call 508817-4166 or go to coastalfoodshed.org.

Explore the city’s history at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park!

For a schedule of walking tours and special events, visit nps.gov/nebe.

Enjoy free family fun and entertainment on AHA! Nights! Plan ahead for “History, Herstory, Our Stories” February 13. The March 12 theme is “All Sewn Up.” For details, go to ahanewbedford.org or call 508-996-8253.

Gamers, team-builders and mysterysolvers! Head for “Mass Escape” in downtown New Bedford! For more info, call 774-425-3295 or go to massescaperoom. com.

Stroll through the exhibits at the New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks! Sign the kids up for “Frosty February Vacation” art classes February 18-21! For more info, call 508-961-3072 or go to newbedfordart.org.

Check out the exhibits, musical performances and dock-u-mentaries at the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center!

Listen to the Irish music of Golden Lane February 8, Matthew Byrne March 11!

Check out the new exhibits and educational programs “F/V Innovations,” exploring the evolution of vessels and gear, through March. For more info, call 508-993-8894 or visit fishingheritagecenter.org.

Register now for the 43rd Annual New Bedford Half Marathon on March 15, sponsored the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick!

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Enjoy the new season of Your Theatre! Plan ahead for “Two Rooms” March 19-22, 26-29.

For more info, visit yourtheatre.org.

Let your kids explore the Whaling Museum – check out the Discovery Center! For more information, call 508-997-0046 or go to whalingmuseum.org.

Take a winter stroll through the urban greenspace of the Allen G. Haskell Public Gardens! To learn more, call 508-636-4693 or go to thetrustees.org.

Remember our veterans! Explore the region’s military history at the Fort TaberFort Rodman Military Museum! For info, call 508-994-3938 or visit forttaber.org.

If you’re a fan of Americana and roots music, check out “Music in the Gallery” at the Wamsutta Club – plan ahead for Sol y Canto on March 6, Susan Werner April 3!

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Head for the Zeiterion for the movie “Groundhog Day” February 3, Arc Attack February 9, Eric Wyatt Quintet February 13, Drum Tao February 16, Colby James & the Ramblers February 27, “County of Kings” March 5, movie “Moonstruck” March 9. Call 508-994-2900 or go to zeiterion.org.

Get healthy! On Sunday mornings, head for The Boys and Girls Club of Greater New Bedford for free yoga, cardio exercise, meditation, massage, qi gong, and nutrition education! Every three weeks there’s smoking-cessation hypnosis, and every month a visit from the South Coast Wellness van! On Saturdays, you can “Walk With a Doc” at the Dartmouth Mall, all part of the New Bedford Wellness Initiative! For more info, visit nbewell.com.

Stroll along the Harbor Walk, a pedestrian/ bike path atop the hurricane dike in New Bedford’s south end. For more info, visit savebuzzardsbay.org/discover.

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Visit the whaling-era mansion at the RotchJones-Duff House! Bring the kids to free school vacation week activities February 1821, or enjoy a Leap-Day concert of Irish and fiddle music on February 29! For more info, call 508-997-1401 or go to rjdmuseum.org.

Newport Spend some time at the Newport Public Library! Movies, crafts, workshops, and a Leap-Day concert with the AtwaterDonnelly Duo on February 29! For details on all events at the library, call 401-847-8720 x 204 or go to newportlibraryri.org.

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CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Go on a guided Seal Watch boat tour through April with Save the Bay, departing from Bowen’s Ferry Landing! For a schedule and info, call 401-203-SEAL (7325) or visit savebay.org/seals.

Enjoy a dinner-theatre night out at the Newport Playhouse! For more information, call 401-848-7529 or go to newportplayhouse.com.

Find out what’s happening at the Newport Mansions! For a schedule and details, call 401-847-1999 or go to newportmansions. org.

Plymouth Find out who’s on stage at the Spire Center for the Performing Arts of Greater Plymouth! Don’t miss Jack Broadbent February 1, Front Country February 7, Kotoko Brass February 8, Tameca Jones February 15, MASS February 22, Seamus Egan February 28, Popa Chubby February 29, American Songbook March 6, Bettye LaVette March 13 – and more! For tickets and info, call 508-746-4488 or visit spirecenter.org.

Plan ahead for the free Mindfulness Walk through the Lyman Reserve on March 8!

For more info, go to savebuzzardsbay.org/ discover/events.

Mark your calendar for the Plymouth Philharmonic’s Sunday Family Concert: Music for All Ages on March 8 at Memorial Hall For info and tickets, go to plymouthphil. org.

Register now for the Fourth Annual Mardi Gras Madness 5K starting at the Tavern on the Wharf on February 22! For more info, go to seeplymouth.com.

Take the Polar Plunge on March 7 at Nelson Park! For more info, call 774-454-4955 or visit jordanhospitalclub.org.

Portsmouth Check out the Newport Car Museum!

Sixty-plus vintage cars and driving simulators! For more info, call 401-8482277 or visit newportcarmuseum.org.

Providence Mark your calendar for the start of the new season at Trinity Rep! “Radio Golf” will be performed January 30 to March 1. “A Tale of Two Cities” will be performed February 20 to March 22. For tickets and info, call 401351-4242 or go to trinityrep.com.

Find out what’s on stage at the Providence Performing Arts Center! Don’t miss Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with the RI Philharmonic February 8, “Fiddler on the Roof” February 11-16, “A Bronx Tale” February 21-23, “Hello, Dolly!” March 3-8!

For info, call 401-2787 or go to ppacri.org.

Mark your calendars: the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra will perform “Romeo & Juliet” February 15, Grieg’s Beloved Piano Concerto March 14! For more info, call 401-248-7000 or visit riphil.org.

Discover the Barker Playhouse on Benefit Street, the oldest continuously-running little theatre in America! Don’t miss “The Country House” February 1-2, 7-9! For details, call 401-273-0590 or go to playersri.org.

Show up hungry for the inaugural “VegFest RI” event at the Waterfire Arts Center on February 23! Learn about a plant-based lifestyle, try the food, meet vendors, chefs, cookbook authors – and more! For tickets and info, go to eventbrite.com.

Head for The Strand (formerly Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel) to hear great music! For a lineup and more info, call 401-331-5876 or go to thestrandri.com.

Head for The VETS to see Nick Jr. Live!

February 1-2, Festival Ballet Providence “Game Changers” February 7-9, John Cleese Live February 16, Angelique Kidjo February 22, Squeeze February 23, Sesame Street Live! February 29-March 1, Brit Floyd March 10 – and more! For tickets and info, go to vmari.com.

Take the kids to Monster Jam Triple Threat January 31 to February 2, Jeff Dunham February 7, Mercyme March 1 at the Dunkin Donuts Center! Check out the hockey and basketball games! For more info, go to dunkindonutscenter.com.

Get ready for the fifth annual Shamrock Stampede 5k through town (and tavern)! on March 14! Register at southshoreracemanagement.redpodium. com.

Head for Pilgrim Memorial Hall in Plymouth for great entertainment! Don’t miss the Fab Four on February 14 – and more! For tickets and info, call 800-514-3849 or go to memorialhall.com.

Eat Fresh! Eat Local! Head for the winter farmers market at Plimouth Plantation! For dates and details, go to semaponline.org.

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Don’t miss the indoor planetarium shows on Saturdays and Sundays year-round, and daily during school vacations, at the Museum of Natural History in Roger Williams Park! For more details, go to provideneri.gov/museum.

Take the kids to the Providence Children’s Film Festival February 14-23 at various venues throughout the city!

For details, call 401-209-7585 or go to providencechildrensfilmfestival.org.

Check out the new season of The Wilbury Group! Don’t miss “The Strange Undoing of Prudence Hart” through February 2! “Miss You Like Hell” will be performed March 5-29.

For more info, visit thewilburygroup.org.

Mark your calendars! Watch the Festival Ballet Providence’s performance of “Game Changers” at the VETS February 7-9! For info or tickets, call 401-353-1129 or go to festivalballetprovidence.org.

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Brave the outdoors and go ice skating (and bumper cars!) at The Providence Rink at the Bank Newport City Center – twice the size of the Rockefeller Center rink in New York!

For more info, call 401-331-5544 or go to theprovidencerink.com.

Don’t miss the special cultural events sponsored by First Works! Listen to Angelique Kidjo on February 22 at the VETS or Daniel Bernard Roumain on February 29 at the First Unitarian Church! For more info, visit first-works.org.

Find out what’s happening at Roger Williams Park! Visit the Botanical Center, the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium, or the Zoo! For complete details, go to rwpconservancy.org.

Head up Main Street from Providence into Pawtucket to the Hope Artiste Village’s winter farmers market on Saturdays through April! Cash, credit, fresh bucks, WIC, SNAP/EBT accepted! For more info, go to farmfreshri.org.

Find out who’s performing at the Columbus Theatre! For a lineup and more info, call 401621-9660 or visit columbustheatre.com.

Head for the Fete Music Hall for some great music! For a lineup and more info, call 401383-1112 or go to fetemusic.com.

Head up to The Met at Hope Artiste Village to hear some great music! For details, call 401-729-1005 or visit themetri.com.

Spend an afternoon in the galleries at the RISD Museum! And check out the courses, workshops and “tours for tots”! For details, visit risdmuseum.org or call 401-454-6500.

Explore the Children’s Museum in Providence! Go to childrenmuseum.org or call 401-273-5437.

Rehoboth Enjoy classical music with the Arts in the Village Series at Goff Memorial Hall! Don’t miss the performance by the Neave Trio on February 29! Plan ahead for the Bay Winds Sextet on March 28. For more info, go to rehobothantiquarian.org.

Rochester Go on the free Mindfulness Walk through the Hartley Reservoir on February 8! For more info, go to savebuzzardsbay.org/ discover/events.

Seekonk Explore the outdoors at the Caratunk Wildlife Refuge, operated by the Audubon Society of Rhode Island! For more info, call 401-949-5454 or visit asri.org.

Swansea Eat Fresh! Eat Local! Head for the yearround farmers market at Stoney Creek Farm in Swansea! Visit semaponline.org for info.

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Tiverton Check out what’s going on at the Sandywoods Center for the Arts! Listen to the Magnolia Cajun Band February 1 and March 7, Providence Mandolin Orchestra February 15! Heal with a monthly Gong Sound Bath, or with Yoga: Mindful Flow & Meditation on Sundays, or with music and movement on JourneyDance, or join in the Contra Dancing. Sign up for lessons in Zumba, Pilates or figure drawing. For a complete schedule of concerts and more info, go to sandywoodsmusic.com or call 401-241-7349.

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Wareham Go on the free Mindfulness Walk through the Great Neck Conservation Area on February 9! For more info, go to savebuzzardsbay.org/discover/events.

Stay fit with Yoga with Laura at the Boys & Girls Club! For a schedule and more info, call 508-295-7072 or go to onsetbay.org.

Warren Get back to your musical roots with Common Fence Music at Hope and Main!

For a schedule and info, call 401-683-5085 or go to commonfencemusic.org.

Westport Enjoy the new season of concerts at the Point with a performance by the Walden Chamber Players on February 23! Plan ahead for the Neave Trio March 15! For more info, call 508-636-0698 or go to concertsatthepoint.org.

Enjoy the Oyster Stew Supper and Community Presentation by the Westport Fishermen’s Association on February 6!

For more info, go to savebuzzardsbay.org/ discover/events.

Go Snowshoeing on the Shoreline at Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary on February 9!

For more info, go to savebuzzardsbay.org/ discover/events.

Find out who’s on stage the District Center for the Arts! Don’t miss New York State of Mind February 1, No Quarter February 7, The Journey Show February 8, Amy Winehouse Experience February 14, Whole Lotta Love February 15, Rose Wharf Band February 22, Rozanne February 28, Sacred Fire February 29, Barefoot Rebel March 6 – and more! For info and tickets, call 508-386-9413 or visit thedistrictcenterforarts.com.

Take a winter’s ramble around rural Westport! For more info, call 508-6369228 or visit westportlandtrust.org.

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ON MY MIND

the scale

By Paul Kandarian

NUMBERS SUCK. Three years ago, I quit smoking. Mind you, it was January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of the pathetic excuse for a human being now infects the Really White White House. I figured if I can stay quit after that, ain’t nothin’ gonna stop me.

I was right – one of the few times in my life I can actually say that with absolute accuracy. I. Was. Right. Damn, that feels good. I also said, “I’m gonna put on weight,” and of course, I. Was. Right.

Hate when that happens with things I’d rather be wrong about.

But anyway, I slowly, very slowly, quite insidiously, and largely unnoticeably, put on weight. A few pounds here, a few pounds there, “here and there” being mostly my belly and hips and next thing you know, three years later, the

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few pounds are now 20, up to 213 or so from 193 that day I quit smoking, leaving me wondering WTF happened.

I’ll tell you WTF happened: age happened. I’m 66, and my

I’ve tried Keto. That was a nogo. The Mediterranean? Now it’s just a sea to me, because I do eat like that, all the time, and still the weight comes and refuses to go. Intermittent

As we age, our metabolism slows by maybe two percent a year after we hit 40, one source said, meaning by my math at my age, I’m technically near death. once blazing-fast metabolism has slowed to a pants-enlarging crawl. Mind you, I can still fit into size 36 pants (though not terribly comfortably and not without wondering if they make Spanx for men).

I’m at my wits end. I mean,

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fasting? Nothing fast about it. Went down two pounds – two stinking pounds – in two weeks. Day I realized that was the day I made a giant The Hell With It, I Quit Omelet with hot dog, mushroom, and cheese and washed it down with

coffee and guilt.

Bereft and seeking the best help there is, I of course turned to the Internet where amid memes about cute kids and detestable dictators, I got sage weight info. As we age, our metabolism slows by maybe two percent a year after we hit 40, one source said, meaning by my math at my age, I’m technically near death.

It also says we lose muscle mass. Ha! Never had it to speak of. It also says older people should split portions in restaurants. C’mon, how pathetic is that? It’s like eating dinner at 4 p.m. to get it cheaper and ordering off the senior menu. Which I do.

Shoot me. Shoot me now before my metabolism dips below zero and does it for me.

Then I started thinking: what the hell is it with our fascination with grading things by number? Who cares what

the scale says (lately, mine’s screaming “Get off me, dammit, get off!”) It’s how you feel, right? I feel good. I go to the gym fairly regularly (eye roll here), play hockey once a week where flopping around with 40 pounds of goalie gear for an hour is a good sweat, and I walk in the woods every chance I get, even in cold weather because shivering consumes calories.

You know what else is a joke, the one thing that really set me off recently? The whole BMI – body-mass index – debacle.

I went to my doc for something minor, but they send you an online summary and mine said my BMI was 29.6, which means I’m way overweight and only a miserable four-tenths of a point away from being technically obese.

Obese? Are you serious? If any of you know me, you know I’m not obese. I know me, and I’m standing here, up straight, looking straight down and can see my feet. Suck on that, BMI adherents!

But my doc says not to

worry and to not be fooled by the numbers, that my blood pressure and pulse rate are of someone in their mid-20s.

Not to worry? Then Doc, stop sending me cockamamie calculations that don’t mean squat in a modern world: the whole BMI BS is based on a very rudimentary ancient mathematical formula devised in the 1830s by Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet, a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician, and sociologist, which obviously I just looked up and cut-and-pasted here.

And it doesn’t mean a damn thing. Know what does?

Waking up, feeling good, and living life.

Am I the lean and mean machine I delude myself into thinking I was in my 30s? No! But I have the blood pressure and pulse rate of a 25-yearold, the cockiness of a 16-yearold, the curious mind of a 10-year-old, and the playfulness of a newborn.

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