The Newton Voice 10/04/16

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OCTOBER 4-18, 2016

Photo | Rick Ashley A young runner does her thing high above the street on the running path at the resevoir where Newton meets Brookline at Cleveland circle, against a blue sky with wisps of white clouds on a glorious fall day.

The digital streaming future is here

By Alexander Culafi

The Voice I don’t know about you, but I’m so over buying music. Three-minute songs cost 99 cents apiece, albums cost upwards of ten bucks for what is sometimes thirty minutes of entertainment, and that’s hoping you actually like the music you’re buying. And the sad reality of the situation is that, unfortunately, it is far too easy for many to illegally download music. I don’t like it, but it’s the truth.

And let’s talk about that television cable of yours. Back in April, market research firm Convergence Consulting reported that more than one in five households have cut their cable. How many of those people are reading this article right now?

Do you know any of these people? Are you one of them?

At this point in 2016, I know far more people who either cut their cable or abstain from it than people who watch cable, because think about it: If you want live television, you need to watch ads, tune in at a scheduled time (unless you invest in a DVR), and pay far too much money in order to watch your favorite programs. Comcast TV plans start at $50 per month, and lock you into a twoyear agreement.

If you’re like me and play your fair share of video games, it’s no secret that video

games are expensive – upwards of $60 if you want to buy a new game the day it comes out. And even on sale, game systems cost at least a few hundred dollars.

Make no mistake: we are in the digital, no-need-to-leave-your-house future. This is a good thing for Newton residents, who have no significant options in town to buy CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, or video games, let alone consumer electronics. There’s that RadioShack on Needham St, and nothing else. Although if you’re someone who uses Amazon to buy everything, or better yet, buy everything digitally through online storefronts and skip the discs altogether, I couldn’t blame you for not noticing.

20 years ago, there were no alternatives.

You either bought music or you didn’t.

You have cable, or you don’t get to watch TV. In 2016, finally, you have options.

Let’s talk about some of them: INSTEAD OF BUYING MUSIC... STREAM IT!

Imagine this: for about $10 per month, you can listen to almost any song you can dream of from a catalog of millions.

As many songs as you want, as often as you want. You can make playlists and

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Opioid epidemic comes home act

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By Alexander Culafi

The Voice Newton has suffered 7 deaths and 9 overdoses so far in 2016 as a result of the opioid epidemic sweeping the nation and affecting so many lives here in Massachusetts and in Norfolk County.

And it isn’t just opioids.

It is heroin, cocaine, crystal meth, fentanyl and another half-dozen drugs that are not only available but are bought and abused that have caused overdoses and death.

Twice since February, Newton firefighters have administered Narcan to residents apparently overdosing on drugs.

In both case, according to data on hand, the individuals were brought back to consciousness and survived to live another day.

In 7 instances through September, 2016, however, the drug users died of overdoses.

In 2015, Newton reported 20 overdoses and 5 deaths as a result. For a city of 93,000, these statistics aren’t shocking.

In fact, they are good by comparison to

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October 4-18, 2016

From the publisher OUR THOUGHTS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

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death of Arnold Palmer brings to an end a grand life of a magnificent golfer and human being, who strode through generations past like royalty.

Palmer played in Brookline at the 63rd US Open in June 1963. Julius Boros beat Palmer for the title in an 18 hole Sunday playoff. It had been the first time in 50 years The Country Club hosted the open – not since golf legend Francis Ouimet’s playoff victory in 1913.

We do not know if he made it to Newton, but Newton golfers certainly took a moment to recall the grandeur and the excellence of this golfing legend when news of his death reached us recently.

It was a moment for all of us who grew up in the 1950’s and early 1960’s to remember what it was like when were young and Palmer ruled the world of golf.

For those of us who are now aging Baby Boomers who can recall that day and year, watching Palmer as he strode up the fairway with his army following him during that era now so irretrievably gone, was unbelievable and extraordinary. It had nothing to do with listening to earphones and headsets or texting at the same time and playing virtual golf, as millennials might tend to do on their cell phones.

Palmer and his enormous, handsome, physical, gentlemanly persona had everything to do with America’s rising moment in 1963, when our nation was changing, as the Vietnam War heated up, as the social revolution got underway, as we lurched toward our destiny and the moon.

Palmer’s death is a sad moment, as there are no Arnold Palmers coming up the ladder.

He was a man through and through.

SAVING THE OPIOID ADDICTED

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numbers of dead, overdosing and addicted to opioids by themselves are startling.

The opioid epidemic is one of the great tragedies of this new century.

Perhaps most amazing about our story on the facts and figures of the epidemic locally in 2016 through September is this: The epidemic is so prevalent that nurses aids in the public schools here carry Narcan in the event our public school students are overdosing.

We were also told by officials that Narcan is kept available in case parents visiting the schools are overdosing.

What a brave new world we live in.

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BODY CAMS FOR NEWTON POLICE? NOT SO FAST

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story on body cams quite possibly changing policing, affecting acts of racism, and deflecting charges of police brutality or adding to them, is a classic of sorts.

Is there no need for body cams to be worn by Newton police officers because violent crimes are not the norm here – because homicides in our city are rare occurrences?

Or should all police officers be made to wear body cams so there is always a recording, each and every time, in every instance, when police officers are interacting with the public and vice versa?

Most of us as individuals would never consent to such an invasion of our privacy, but then, we are not police officers carrying guns and arguably enforcing the law.

Not a one of us could pass an all day judgment test recording our every action in order to make certain everything we did during a given time is correct.

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of us are cheering with exuberance for either of the presidential candidates – and with good reason.

We – this is nearly everyone who cares about the future living in Brookline and citizens across these United States en masse – are fed up with what Bernie Sanders referred to as our corrupt political system, our rigged economy favoring the very rich over all other classes and the paralyzing inertia of our government leading us from nothing to nowhere.

Our government no longer runs the bureaucracy. The bureaucracy runs us, and it is running us into the ground.

Perhaps some of you recently watched our Senator Elizabeth Warren excoriate the president of the Wells Fargo Bank during his appearance before the Senate Banking Committee.

Her powerful, critical, damning questioning of that pompous fool of a bank president was one of the extraordinary moments in recent political history.

I don’t know about you, but it made me realize that Warren, despite her faults, is the woman who should be running for president of the United States.

She sounded to me, speaking to that bank president pleading ignorance, the way a president should speak to those who use the system to corrupt it and then make no effort to discipline themselves or their underlings in order to do penance.

Maybe next time around.

She’s what we need very badly… I think.

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nose spray that revives overdose victims.

other communities, some half the size of Newton.

Narcan is also available with or without a prescription at nearly all of Newton’s CVS and Walgreens stores and remaining drugstores.

In Chelsea for instance, there have been 18 opioid deaths in 2016. Chelsea’s population is estimated at 38,000.

Boston’s figures are staggering.

Through September, 136 have died of overdoses. Boston’s population is almost 9 times that of Newton.

In Framingham, a closer neighbor to Newton, with a population of about 63,000, 18 opioid overdose deaths have been reported.

In 2015, in response to the opioid epidemic, Newton public health officials and its public school health officials received 22 doses of Narcan from NewtonWellesley Hospital which were placed in the city’s high schools and middle schools.

Through September, no public school students have required Narcan for suspected opioid or other drug overdoses, according to Ruth Hoshino, Newton’s director of school health services. “possible quote right ehere,” she said.According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, there have been 1658 opioid overdose deaths in Massachusetts in 2016.

More than 11,200 cumulatively since 2000.

The DPH reported 154 opioid overdose deaths in Norfolk County through September, 2016.

Newton city hall’s response to the epidemic since 2014 is worthy of note.

The city and its health department, its public schools, police and firefighters are now capable of administering Narcan – a

On October 6, from 7 to 9 p.m., Newton Path is holding a seminar at Newton North High School.

It is titled: No Regrets: Newton and the Opioid Epidemic.

This seminar features a short film by James Wahlberg, “If Only,” and an interactive Panel Discussion with Middle sex District Attorney Marian Ryan and others affected by the epidemic.

While Newton’s numbers are low the percentiles as a result are not as shocking as other communities, but the overdose deaths of 7 Newton residents because of opioids is the stuff of tragedy.

Seven families crushed by such a loss.

Doctors and drug dealers selling opioids or prescribing them endangering the local population.

Police investigators and local health officials having to commit resources to tracking down drug dealers and tackling the problem at its root.

Firefighters and first responders having to deal with drug overdoses.

The list goes on and on.

Just the reality that Narcan is available in our public schools ought to be enough to send shivers up and down the spines of Newton parents.

Does Newton need body cameras?

Every day, stories of police brutality litter the nation. One of the greatest debates raging in our country at this very moment is whether police need to be held more accountable for their actions. One potential solution is the body camera, a camera worn on officers in order to record interactions between officers and the community. They can provide evidence, theoretically keep officers in check, and also protect officers in situations of false accusations.

On a national level, we probably need to do something. People are dying. It’s the kind of story that makes you wonder: What about Newton?

There are two things to consider in the necessity of body cameras to a community like ours. One, we need to figure out the current state of crime in Newton. Two, we need to try to find whether the Newton Police Department has any outstanding complaints of police brutality against it.

After all of our sleuthing, The Voice couldn’t locate any recent complaints of excessive force by a police officer. In Brookline, a similarly peaceful community, the last complaint was made last October, but this was revealed to be unfounded based on video evidence.

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Also, NewtonPath, Mayor Setti Warren’s multidisciplinary team confronting the public health opioid epidemic, has taken on an impressive shape and form.

You’re not exactly going to find Detroitlevel criminal activity in Newton. As of September 27, the department website shows that there have been zero murders in the community this year. That said, there have been two counts of rape, nine counts of robbery, and 25 counts of assault.

All things considered, it’s a pretty safe community, having even less violent crime than neighboring Brookline. Of course, a safe community doesn’t always mean that the police force is always acting on the upand-up, does it?

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According to Police Chief David MacDonald, the last complaint of excessive violence was “a long time ago.”

Ward 3 Councilor at Large James Cote, who is currently assigned to public safety for the city of Newton, told me that there is no history of police brutality in the city.

“It’s the nature of our policing and our neighborhoods. Our neighborhoods are pretty suburban, so there aren’t a lot of situations where police are confrontational.

And it’s not like there’s many police chases here. Maybe one every couple years.”

So maybe Newton is a pretty safe community.

Repeated requests for comment from the police department and union have not been returned (Chief MacDonald suggested he may, however, follow up in the next issue).

Even still, it sounds like Newton hasn’t given the issue much discussion.

“I’m on public safety and it hasn’t come before my committee yet,” Councilor Cote told me.

But even beyond that, he told me that he didn’t think body cameras were good for Newton.

“I wouldn’t necessarily have a problem with it, but I’d like to see more testing done on it, and I don’t think we have an urgent need in Newton for it, so I guess my answer would be no, not right now,” he said. “Not until we can test them out further.”

Body cameras are still being tested across the country both by communities and individuals alike.

There was an interesting story in the New York Times from April called “Police Body Cameras: What Do You See?” that sheds light on the limited perspective body cameras often provide. Videos are shown from two perspectives, one with a body camera, and one with a more traditional camera recording the scene from a thirdperson perspective. For instance, in one scene, the body camera perspective makes it look like an officer is in a physical altercation with a suspect. However, when shown from the third-person perspective, both the officer and “suspect” are just dancing with each other. In all three examples, the body camera either misrepresented the situation or added very little clarity. That said, the Times manufactured these specific examples themselves.

In Boston, a pilot program just started this month in which 100 officers were assigned body cameras – after no officers volunteered. Although there were plans to start the program sooner, the city and union were arguing back and forth about it until the courts stepped in and pushed it forward. Everyone I talked to for the story made it sound as though the union, town, and police department would have to come together to figure it out, but again, no Newton union reps returned The Voice’s calls to confirm.

But beyond crime, police discrimination, and the issue of body cameras, has proven to be an issue of race and racism, and that many incidents of police brutality could be racially charged as well.

Perhaps body cameras could catch racial discrimination and nip it in the bud early.

Perhaps these cameras could prevent it from happening. Perhaps alternatively, false accusations of racial discrimination could be caught earlier as well.

In a statement to The Voice, the ACLU of Massachusetts said that body-worn cameras “can be a powerful tool to protect people on both sides of the badge when they are enforced by policies that reflect principles of accountability, privacy and transparency.”

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Beacon Hill Roll Call

By Bob Katzen THE HOUSE AND SENATE. There were no roll call votes in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ roll call attendance records for the 2016 session through September 30.

The House has held 380 roll call votes in 2016. We tabulate the number of roll calls on which each representative was present and voting and then calculate that number as a percentage of the total roll call votes held. That percentage is the number referred to as the roll call attendance record.

Several quorum roll calls, used to gather a majority of members onto the House floor to conduct business, are also included in the 380 roll calls.

On quorum roll calls, members simply vote “present” in order to indicate their presence in the chamber. When a representative does not indicate his or her presence on a quorum roll call, we count that as a roll call absence just like any other roll call absence.

Only 44 (27.5 percent) of the House’s 160 members have 100 percent roll call attendance records.

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The representative who missed the most roll calls is Rep. Gloria Fox (D-Boston) who missed 209 (45.0 percent attendance) because she was hospitalized for an illness.

Also included in the top five worst records are Reps. John Fernandez (D-Milford) who missed 120 (68.4 percent attendance); Stephen Kulik (D-Worthington) who missed 109 (71.3 percent attendance record); Patricia Farley-Bouvier (D-Pittsfield) who missed 107 (71.8 percent attendance); and William “Smitty” Pignatelli (D-Lenox) and Steven Ultrino (D-Malden) who both missed 106 (72.1 percent attendance).

Beacon Hill Roll Call requested a statement from those five representatives.

Here are their responses: Rep. Fox: “I was ill a few times during 2016. That was the reason for missed roll calls. I was hospitalized and I had medical appointments that conflicted with my schedule.”

Rep. Fernandez: “Almost all of those roll calls occurred on the two Saturdays when overrides were being taken up and I could not attend parts of the sessions because of family wedding commitments scheduled long before the dates of the sessions were set.”

Rep. Kulik: “I did not attend the special Saturday House session held on July 23, 2016, due to a previously scheduled family commitment. At that session 104 roll call votes were taken, 102 of which were overrides of budget vetoes by the governor, and two were routine enactments. Therefore, this one session that I was unable to attend accounted for 104 of

the 109 roll call votes (out of 380) that I missed in the 2015-2016 session.”

Rep. Farley-Bouvier: “I hate to miss votes and take my voting record very seriously. In this case you will note that I missed one day of voting, a rare Saturday session, July 26, when I was out of state for a family wedding. Family is one of the few things I take even more seriously than my voting record.”

Rep. Pignatelli: “Every one of those missed calls happened on the Saturday that I moved my daughter to California to start her new job. I, no pun intended, rolled the dice that we would not have a formal session that weekend coming on the heels of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. I was wrong but have no regrets in missing votes to be with her.”

Rep. Ultrino: “I was out of state for a personal family matter. Unfortunately, the day I missed happened to have a large number of roll call votes. Excluding this one absence, I’ve had a near-perfect voting record for the session, missing only one vote of the remaining 276 roll calls since January 2016.”

RENAME BROOKLINE AVENUE BRIDGE IN HONOR OF DAVID ORTIZ The House and Senate have approved and sent to Gov. Charlie Baker a bill that includes renaming the Brookline Avenue Bridge, between Lansdowne Street and Newbury Street, and spanning the Massachusetts Turnpike, the “David Ortiz ‘Big Papi’ Bridge.”

The renaming is in honor and recognition of “his athletic accomplishments during 14 seasons as a member of the Boston Red Sox, and his personal contributions to the commonwealth. Notably, his charitable commitment to children in New England and the Dominican Republic who do not have access to the critical pediatric services they need, and in helping the city of Boston heal in the face of the Boston Marathon bombing tragedy.”

SEVERAL TAX-RELATED REVENUE COMMITTEE BILLS SENT TO STUDY The Revenue Committee sent several bills to a study committee including providing a tax credit of up to $20,000 for taxpayers who purchase a new vehicle, that is primarily fueled by an alternative fuel including electricity, liquid petroleum gas, natural gas, or hydrogen fuel (H 2435); exempting seniors 75 or older from the portion of their local property taxes that is tdevoted to local education (H 2437); allowing an income tax credit of up to $600 for a taxpayer who is caring for elderly relatives over 70 or victims of Alzheimer’s disease at home (H 2441); and allowing self-employed taxpayers to deduct their health insurance premiums on their state taxes (H 2444).

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Whatever your interests and goals – fitness and wellness, fun with friends and family, celebrating birthdays and other special occasions, personal expression through the cultural and performing arts, Jewish learning and celebration – we are happy to be your partner in exploring a world of opportunities.

Adult Adapted Aquatics – Ages 22+ yrs Mondays 10:30 - 11:45am – September 19 - December 12 (Ages: 22+ yrs) Weekly swimming class adapted to the needs of adults with physical challenges. Taught by a certified Adapted Aquatics instructor, the class offers exercise and socialization to swimmers and non - swimmers in an accessible and supportive environment.

Basketball Clinic – Grades 3 - 5 Sundays 5 - 6pm – September 18 - December 11 Grades 3 - 5 Prepare for the Winter season and learn individual and team skills through drills and games with our professional coaching staff. With an emphasis on fun, children will learn the game of basketball and good sportsmanship.

Beginning Tennis – Adults Thursdays 9:30 - 11am – September 15 - October 20 This class is designed as an introduction to tennis for adults new to the game and those who have not played in quite some time.

Modern fundamental technique will be taught at a pace appropriate for the ability of the individual and group. Participants will receive individualized technical help within the group setting.

Bitty Ballerinas – Ages 2 - 3 yrs Sundays 9 - 9:45am – September 18 - December 11 (Ages: 2 - 3 yrs) Children will discover the joy of moving their bodies to music in this fun and energetic class. Through the use of music, songs, and games, this class helps young children develop coordination, control and balance while learning some basic dance steps.

Bizzy Bees Wednesdays 10 - 11am – September 21 - December 7 For ages 16 - 24 mos, with adult As your toddler begins to move, walk and talk more, this class will feature various activity stations designed to help your child continue developing fine and gross motor skills and greater sensory awareness. Discussions will focus on positive discipline, picky eating, sleep, toileting readiness and more.

Gentle Yoga – Ages 25+ Thursdays 12 - 1pm – September 22 - December 15 Designed for people with Multiple Sclerosis and other physical limitations. this class follows the “Body Awareness” approach of Pathways Yoga. Gentle restorative excercises are used to help relieve pain and anxiety, optimizing the participant’s physical, psychological, and spiritual well - being. The class is designed for participants to either stay in a chair or use a mat.

Engineering FUNdamentals: Mine, Craft, Build Sundays 3 - 4:30pm – September 18 - December 11 (Ages: 9 - 11 yrs) Bring Minecraft to life using LEGO. Build a motorized walking Creeper, a terrifying Ghast, and a motorized Minecart. This project - based class combines the basic format of engineering - themed programs based on the world of Minecraft.

Students will explore real - world concepts in physics, engineering, and architecture while building their favorite Minecraft objects.

AMPLIFICATION In our first issue (September 20), we featured a front page photograph of the Newton Jewish Community Center. We told of how busy the JCC is – but what we neglected to mention is that the JCC is not just the facility off Nahanton Road. It’s much more than that, as its thousands of members know. According to JCC CEO Mark Sokoll, the JCC is bit like a large corporation, with many components and many moving parts throughout the area. This includes early learning centers in Brookline and Brighton, Hingham, Newton and Sharon. There are JCC camps – the Grossman Camp, Camp Kingswood, and the JCC Kaleidoscope Camp and on and on and on. Visit the JCC website to familiarize yourselves with everything the JCC has to offer at its numerous locations and venues at BostonJCC.org.

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BOSTON ENTERTAINMENT AND BEYOND TOPSFIELD FAIR Summer Olympic champion Abbey D’Agostino of Topsfield led the annual Topsfield Fair as grand marshal of the opening day parade, September 30. The fair, which runs through Columbus Day, October 10, continues its grand style, touting this year’s theme, Preserving the Past, and offering its mix of agriculture, education, amusement rides, wild and wacky emu racing, farm animals, food, flowers, fruits and vegetables, art and photography award winners, oxen pulling, money pole contests, 6-horse hitch shows, performances on the Trianon and other stages throughout the fairgrounds, and much more. And don’t forget the fantastic food offerings!

You may have missed the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off, but can see the monstrous-size squmpkin on display in the Fruits and Vegetables building.

And there’s still plenty of time for the family to enjoy Frankie Avalon, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m., performing in the

Grandstand (free), the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and their Musical Ride, through Oct. 7, in the arena; North Sea Gas, October 4; Grand Funk Railroad, Oct. 6; Brothers Osborne, Oct. 7; the Flying Wallendas, Oct. 8-10.

Paid performances in the area include Imagination Movers, Oct. 8, at 11 a.m. ($15); KC and the Sunshine Band, also Oct. 8, 6 p.m. ($25). There’s expanded parking, too!

Tickets, September 30 October 3-6, $11; October 7, weekends and Columbus Day, $15; children under 8 years old accompanied by a parent, free. Visit topsfieldfair.org, call 978-887-5000, or email essex@ topsfieldfair.org.

BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL The annual free festival that’s open to the public features 200 presenters in group sessions, town halls, workshops, and more, Saturday, October 15, Copley Square, including the Boston Public Library, Old South Church, and other Boston sites. The event kicks off Friday, the night before, featuring Emma Donoghue, Maria Stemple and Tom Perrotta. Visit bostonbookfest. org.

THE FALL RIVER AXE MURDERS

Imaginary Beasts recreates events leading up to the Borden family’s ax murders, in Angela Carter’s 80-minute, one-act play, “The Fall River Axe Murders,” now through October 22, Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Black Box Theater, 539 Washington St., Boston.

Performances Friday, Saturday, 8 p.m., Sunday, 4 p.m., Thursday, October 13, 20, at 7:30 p.m., October 22, at 4 p.m. $24, senior, student discounts. bostontheatrescene.com.

WE’RE GONNA DIE - A SHOW FOR HUMANS

Company One Theatre presents Young Jean Lee’s play “We’re Gonna Die/The Afterlife Remount,” making only five appearances, directed by Shawn LaCount, starring the inimitable Obehi Janice, Oct. 4-8, at Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge.Tickets, $35, advance tickets for students with ID, $15. Call 617-547-8300 or visit americanrepertorytheater.org.

HIP-HOP/URBAN MUSIC SYMPOSIUM

Berklee’s Music/Business Management Department celebrates today’s successful music phenomenon with a panel discussion, Tuesday, October 4, 7 p.m. $8/$12. Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass.Ave., Boston. Berklee.edu/bpc.

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NO NAME-CALLING, JUST THEATER NAME-CHANGING

By Sheila Barth As Boston’s Theater District continues to undergo a huge overhaul, so are the names of some established theaters.

Emerson College and ArtsEmerson announced on Oct. 6, at a World Alive special event held at 6 p.m. in the Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theater, the Emerson/Paramount Center Mainstage (559 Washington St., Boston) will be renamed the Robert J. Orchard Stage, after ArtsEmerson’s illustrious founder. The new name will become effective Oct. 10.

Then, starting November 1, Citi Performing Arts Center, which includes the Wang and Shubert theaters, will be renamed the Boch Center, as part of a multi-year naming sponsorship agreement with the Boch Family.

The trio brings Cuba’s sounds to Boston, Wednesday, October 5, at 7:30 p.m., Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston. Visit mfa.org.

HERE ALL NIGHT

The American premiere of Gare St. Lazare Ireland’s acclaimed, immersive, haunting musical performance “Here All Night,” based on Samuel Beckett’s text and music, comes to Boston October 5-9, Emerson-Paramount Mainstage, 559 Washington St., Boston.

Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; matinees, Saturday, Sunday, 2 p.m. $20-480. Visit Artsemerson.org.

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT

Fiddlehead Theatre Company presents the Boston premiere of this outrageous, comic musical, based on the 1994 hit film, “Priscilla,” through October 9, Shubert Theatre, Tremont St., Boston. Visit citicenter.org.

HAMLET

Actors’ Shakespeare Project performs Shakespeare’s immortal tragedy, “Hamlet,” starring Omar Robinson, MariannaBassham and Richard Snee, October 5 November 6, Church of the Covenant, 67 Newbury St., Back Bay, Boston. Check for schedule and related events. $30 - $50; student rush, $15. Actorsshakespeareproject.org.

IL DIVO

The fabulous Italian foursome perform at the Wang Theatre Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m., as part of their Amor and Passion Tour, 270 Tremont St., Boston. Tickets start at $39. Visit livenation.com.

WILL KENNEDY

The talented musician performs the 2016 Armand Zildjian artist-in-resident final concert, Wednesday, October 5, 8 p.m., Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave., Boston. $8/$12. Berklee.edu/bpc.

BERKLEE A CAPPELLA SHOWCASE

This harmonious event occurs Thursday, October 6, 8 p.m., Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave., Boston. $8/$12. Visit Berklee.edu/bpc.

THE SUMMIT

The Manhattan Transfer meets Take 6, Thursday, October 6, 8 p.m., in Lexington’s Cary Hall, 1605 Mass.

Ave. $59-$79. Visit caryhalllexington.com

WORLD ALIVE

The Paramount Mainstage will be renamed the Robert J. Orchard Stage, in Orchard’s honor, Thursday, October 6, 6 p.m., at the World Alive event, Jackie Liebergott Black Box Theater, Paramount Center,

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MAN AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – WHO RULES IN ‘MARJORIE PRIME’?

the Regent Theatre with his one-man comedy show, “I’m Not Just An Italian,” October 7 at 8 p.m. – in time for Italian Heritage Month- 7 Medford St., Arlington. $30. 781-646-4849.

SILENCE! THE MUSICAL

Lynn’s Arts After Hours presents the New England premiere of John and Al Kaplan and Hunter Bell’s play, October 7-29, LynnArts Black BoxTheatre, 25 Exchange St., Lynn.Visit artsafterhours.com, or call 781-2054010.

REEFER MADNESS: THE MUSICAL

Winthrop Playmakers present this hilarious spoof, with book by Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney, music by Studney, lyrics by Murphy, featuring Winthrop residents Melissa MacNeil, Grace Meidanis, and Amy Oldenquist, Oct. 7, 8,14,15, 8 p.m.; matinees, Oct. 9,16, at 2 p.m.

Memorial Hall, 151 Pauline St., Winthrop. Winthropplaymakers.com.

UNCANNY VALLEY

Boston greats Nancy E. Carroll, who lives in Rockport, and Lewis Wheeler headline Thomas Gibbons’ play “Uncanny Valley,” making its New England premiere, October 6-23, Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main St., Stoneham. Visit stonehamtheatre.org or call 781-279-2200.

JOAN BAEZ

Joan Baez performs with special guest Mary Chapin Carpenter, Saturday, Oct. 8, at 8 p.m., at the Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., Boston. Tickets start at $43.75. Visit livenation.com.

EIGHT BY TENN

Zeitgeist Stage Company presents “Eight by Tenn,”a presentation of eight short plays by Tennessee Williams, through October 8, Wednesday, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8p.m.; Saturday, 4,8 p.m.; Sunday 4 p.m. with post-show talkback. Boston Center for the Arts PlazaTheatre, 539 Tremont St.. Boston. Call 617-933-8600.

COMPANY

By Sheila Barth Run to see Nora Theatre Company’s provocative, compelling production of Jordan Harrison’s exciting 85-minute, one-act play, “Marjorie Prime,” appearing through Oct. 9, at Central Square Center in Cambridge.

The play was a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist, and the film version, starring Geena Davis, Lois Smith, Jon Hamm and Tim Robbins, should be released soon.

Harrison, who has won several awards and currently writes for Netflix’s popular “Orange is the New Black,” has scored high with this provocative play, set 60 years in the future, over a 3-1/2-year period.

It’s a must-see, because it tackles so many human issues, including aging and memory loss; adult child-aging parent relationship; the advance and future importance of computer technology and artificial intelligence.

Will it surpass or take over human intelligence?

In “Marjorie Prime,” Harrison creates computer-programmed companions to keep people happy. And it works.

Harrison’s play doesn’t provide answers, but raises questions – good, intelligent, thought-provoking questions – in the world’s race for A-I superiority and its effect on humankind.

Directed by Boston’s award-winning Bevin O’Gara, this superlative, four-person cast composed of Nora Theatre’s Artistic Director, Lee Mikeska Gardner, and Boston favorites, Sarah deLima, Barlow Adamson and Alejandro Simoes, are all captivating.

In the lead role, DeLima is heartbreaking, yet buoyant, portraying 85-year-old former beauty, wife and mother, Marjorie, who’s memory is fading. She loves listening to Walter Prime, (Simoes), a warm, attentive, yet robotic, younger semblance of Marjorie’s deceased husband.

Marjorie’s daughter Tess, (Gardner) is frustrated, caring for her mother, and resents Walter Prime. Adamson as Jon, Tess’ nice-guy husband, is the steadfast glue that ties this family together in this multi-layered tale and its startling finale. A post-show discussion follows each performance.

Showtimes: Wednesday, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 3, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Central Square Theater, 450 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. Visit CentralSquareTheater.org or call 617-576-9278.

559 Washington St., Boston. Tickets include cocktail reception, a performance of “Here All Night,” and a post-show dessert reception with the cast. Proceeds benefit The World on Stage Fund. Tickets are limited, $350. artsemerson.org.

MOON HOOCH

The Brooklyn-based group headlines Great Scott, Thursday, October 6, 9 p.m., 1222 Commonwealth Ave., Allston. Patrons must be 18+ years old. $15. Call 617-566-9014.

UNCANNY VALLEY

Boston greats Nancy E. Carroll, who lives in Rockport, and Lewis Wheeler headline Thomas Gibbons’ play “Uncanny Valley,” making its New England premiere, October 6-23, Stoneham Theatre, 395 Main St., Stoneham. Visit stonehamtheatre.org or call 781-279-2200.

WAYNE KRANTZ

Wayne Krantz and 2X {Salvation} perform the music of Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, Prince, Sonic Youth, Nin, and more, Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m., at the Regattabar at the Charles Hotel, One Bennett St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Call 617-661-5000.

ANITA COELHO, TEKA AND ANNE WALSH

The three dynamic women perform Brazilian traditional folk rhythms and classic Bossa Nova, October 7, 7:30 p.m., at the Regattabar at the Charles Hotel, One Bennett St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Call 617-6615000.

LEYLA MCCALLA TRIO

World Music/CRASHarts presents this American jazz and folk group, influenced by traditional Creole, Cajun, and Haitian strains, with a soulful, witty, earthy sound, Friday, October 7, at 7 p.m., The Rockwell Davis Square, formerly Davis Square Theatre, 255 Elm St., Somerville. Patrons must be 21+ years old. $20. Visit WorldMusic.org.

HENRY COLE

Two worlds collide with Puerto Rico-New York-based drummer Henry Cole in his concert, “A Powerful Fusion with Henry Cole and Villa Locura, Friday, October 7, Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 W. Newton St., Boston. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

BASRA-BOSTON CONNECTIONS

An Iraq-US Collaboration in theater, poetry, art and music continues with an exhibit, October 7-30, Midway Studios, 15 Channel Center St., Boston, and another performance Friday, November 4, 8 p.m., with an exhibit that day, Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Ave., Somerville.All performances and exhibits are free.

HONK! ANNUAL FESTIVAL

The annual funfest, featuring 26 activist street bands and several musical/socio-political events in Cambridge, Somerville and Boston, is held October 7-9, free, and open to all. More information is at honkfest. org.

ENRICO RENNELLA

Comedian Enrico Rennella brings laughter and fun to

Lyric Stage Company of Greater Boston opens its new season now through October 9, with Stephen Sondheim’s musical, “Company,” book by George Furth.

Tickets start at $25; seniors, $10 discount, student rush, $10; group rates also.140 Clarendon St., Boston.

Visit Lyricstage.com.

BEOWULF: A THOUSAND YEARS OF BAGGAGE

Trinity Repertory Theater opens its fall season with this wild medieval tale, appearing through October 9, Chace Theater, Providence, RI. Visit Trinityrep.com.

MARJORIE PRIME

Nora Theatre Company presents Jordan Harrison’s compelling play about human relationships and the positive role of technology in the future, through October 9, Central Square Theater, 450 Mass. Ave., Cambridge. Tickets, visit CentralSquareTheater.org.

B.U.M.P.

Boston’s Unscripted Musical Project (B.U.M.P.) and full house band perform monthly improvised, Broadway-style musical shows, Davis Square Theatre, Somerville. Bumpcomedy.com.

BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA

Continuing with their Wednesday night summer Hatch Shell concerts and shows, Boston Landmarks Orchestra will host events starting at 7 p.m. Rain dates, more information, landmarksorchestra.org.

GLOWBERON

Oberon presents monthly shows, Glowberon and the Afterglow Festival, appearing through March 9, 2017, featuring solo performances and cabaret. Tickets from $25.

SHEAR MADNESS

This U.S. longest-running, funny whodunit play continues in Boston Tuesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday, 6 and 9 p.m., and Sunday, 3 and 7 p.m. at Charles Playhouse/Stage II, 74 Warrenton St., Boston.

Shearmadness.com. Groups, call 800-992-9035.

IMPROVBOSTON ROTATING FRIDAYS

The Cambridge-based improvisational company holds three different shows, Fridays: Magic-The Gathering, the Show, first Fridays of the month; Game, Set, Match, second Fridays; True Defective, third Fridays. $18; students at the door, $14. improvboston.com.

SUNDAYS IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE

Huntington Theatre Company opens its new season featuring James LaPine’s play, with music and lyrics

by Stephen Sondheim, appearing through October 16, Avenue of the Arts, Boston University Theatre, Check related events also. Visit huntingtontheatre,org.

SIGNIFICANT OTHER

SpeakEasy Stage Company opens its new season with the Boston premiere of Joshua Harmon’s comedy, “Significant Other,” starring Boston’s Kathy St. George and Greg Maraio, now through October 8, Tickets start at $25; senior, age 25, student rush discounts. Visit SpeakEasyStage.com.

October 4-18, 2016

GOOD

New Repertory Theatre presents CP Taylor’s political drama, October 8-30, Charles Mosesian Theater, Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown.

Visit newrep.org.

SPOTLIGHT SYMPOSIUM

Following the Sunday, Oct. 9th 4 p.m. performance of New Repertory Theatre’s production of “Good,” a panel will conduct a symposium, “American Authoritarianism: The Genesis of Nationalism in the United States,” that’s free and open to the public. Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown. Newrep.org.

THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS

American Repertory Theater (ART) announces the New England premiere of the Abbey Theatre’s production of Sean O’Casey’s play, through Oct. 9, Loeb Drama Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge. October 4-8, at 7:30 p.m.; October 5,8,9, 2 p.m. VisitAmericanRepertoryTheater.org.

SPAMALOT

That wild and wacky musical, Monty Python’s Spamalot is back in town, through October 9,at Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham Road, Beverly.

Contains adult humor and profanity. Performances, Tuesday, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, 2, 7:30 p.m., Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 2,8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets, $54-$79;group rates, kids 18-under, 50 percent off all evening performances. Visit nsmt.org.

MAN IN SNOW

Gloucester Stage Company presents the world premiere of renowned playwright Israel Horovitz’s newest work, “Man in Snow,” through October 23, Wednesday –Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sunday, 2 p.m., 267 East Main St., Gloucester. $28-438; discounts for preview performances, seniors and patrons 25 and under. Visit Gloucesterstage.com.

JAW GEMS

The Portland Maine-based group with Papadosio performs material from “Heatweaver,” Saturday, October 8, at 9 p.m, The Sinclair, 52 Church St., Cambridge.

Patrons must be 18+ years old. $20.

PATTI SMITH, MICHAEL MACDONALD

Brookline Booksmith presents the “M Train” author and leading Boston activist, Tuesday, October 11, 7 p.m. $25. Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass.Ave., Boston. Berklee.edu/bpc.

ARCADIA

Tom Stoppard’s popular is performed at the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre season in Pawtucket, RI, through October 16. 172 Exchange St. Tickets, $44 and $52. Call 401-723-4266.

A NIGHT OF MUSIC

Favorite actor Charles Shaughnessy (think TV show “The Nanny”) emcees A Night of Music, Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m., at Stoneham Theatre’s benefit concert, also featuring Brendan Carroll, Jamie Conway, Sheree Dunwell, Ryana Murray, Amanda Rosa, Tom Rosa, and Fred VanNess. Concert only, $25; with postshow meet-and-greet, $35. 395 Main St., Stoneham.

Visit stonehamtheatre.org or call 781-279-2200.

ABIGAIL/1702

‘Tis the season for Horror-ween. Merrimack Repertory Theatre presents Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s gripping, supernatural play, that begs the question of what may have happened 10 years after the Witchcraft hysteria era. His 90-minute, one-act tale focuses on accuser Abigail Williams,, and is performed October 12-November 6, in the Nancy L. Donahue Theatre, 50 East Merrimack St., Lowell. Tickets, $26-$70.Call 978-6544678 or visit mrt.org.

OMARA PORTUONDO

World Music CRASH/arts presents Omara Portuondo, from teh Buena Vista Scoial Clib, performing “85 Tour” with special guests Roberto Fonseca, Anat Cohen and Regina Carter, Wednesday, October 12, 7:30 p.m., Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall at Harvard University, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge. Tickets, $30-$79. Visit WorldMusic.org or call 617-876-4275.

MUSIC ODYSSEY IV

Berklee’s Greek Music Ensemble, together with drummer/percussionist Kostas Milonas, the Tsitsanis Museum and the Municipality of Trikala-Greece, present a concert celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary songwriter-bouzouki player, Vasilis Tsitsanis, Wednesday, October 12, 8 p.m., Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave., Boston. $8/$12.

Visit Berklee.edu/bpc.

MEMORIAL

Kelly Galvin directs Livian Yeh’s touching play, “Memorial,” October 13-23:Thursday at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m., at Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Tickets, $30; Boston University faculty/staff, $25; seniors, $25; students with valid ID, $10. Call 978-811-4111 or visit bostonplaywrights.org.

TIGER STYLE

October 4-18, 2016 Huntington Theatre Company presents Mike Lew’s new comedy play, “Tiger Style,”October 14-November 13, Boston Center for the Arts Calderwood Pavilion, 527 Tremont St., South End, Boston. Check for additional community events. Visit huntingtontheatre.org.

PIERRE HUREL TRIO

Considered by a critic to be one of Boston’s real gems, the group performs Oct. 14, 7:30 p.m., at the Regattabar at the Charles Hotel, One Bennett St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Call 617-661-5000.

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

Maiden Phoenix Theatre Company presents Kate Hamill’snew adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved novel,”Sense and Sensibility,” October 14-30, Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley St., Roxbury.Showtimes, October 14, 15, 21, 22, 29, at 8 p.m.; October 16, 23, 30, 2 p.m.; October 19,27, 7:30 p.m. October 19, pay-what-youcan, admission all other shows, $25; seniors, children under 12years old, $10. Call 815-325-8526 or contact alyce@maidenphoenix.org.

DRACULA

He’s here, among us, that charming blood-sucking master of murder and evil, October 14-30, performed by the Company Theatre Center for Performing Arts, 30 Accord Park Drive, Norwell. Call 781-871-2787 or visit companytheatre.com.

MARIZA

Charismatic fado singer Mariza performs Friday, October 14, 8 p.m., at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave., Boston. Tickets, $30-$69. Visit WorldMusic.org or call 617-876-4275.

JIMMY KIMMEL VS. BILL SIMMONS

Spend an evening of conversation, laughter and romance at this benefit performance for Harvard University’s Scholars at Risk Program, Saturday, October 15, 8 p.m., at Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre, Tremont St., Boston. Tickets, $45 - $250, students, $25. Visit citicenter.org or call 866-348-9738.

BELA FLECK AND VICTOR WOOTEN

Celebrity Series of Boston presents the Grammy-winning banjoist and bassist performing Saturday, Oct. 15, 8 p.m., at the Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. Tickets start at $35. Visit celebrityseries.org or call CelebrityCharge at 617-482-6661.

SQUEEZEBOX STOMPERS

The Newton Voice appears October 18-23 atCiti Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St., Boston: Tuesday-Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Wednedsay, October 19, at 7 p.m.; Friday, Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 6:30 p.m.; matinees, Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets start at $45. Visitciticenter.org or call 866-348-9738.

REVOLT, SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN

Company One Theatre presents the New England premire of Alice Birch’s play, directed by Company One’s artistic director, Summer L. Williams, October 21-Nov. 19, Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre, 539 Washington St., Boston.Tickets, $25-$38.pay-whatyou-want, Oct. 21,23,30.Contact info@companyone.org.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

Boston Conservatory’s Theater Department presents the musical based on the hit film, October 13-16, Thursday-Saturday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday, 2 p.m.

Boston Conservatory Theater, 31 Hemenway St., Second Floor, Boston. bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/ events.

YU R [STAR]

Oberon presents Finkle’s mini series, October 13-November 6, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge. Recommended for audiences 18+ years old. Graphic language, adult themes, sexual content. $35. Cluboberon.com.

SCULLERS EVENTS

Maceo Parker performs, October 14; Edmar Castaneda, October 15; Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s daughter, Rumer Willis, presenting her Over the Love Tour, October 19; followed by Catherine Russell, October 20.

Doubletree Suites by Hilton, 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston. info@scullersjazz.com.

SINFONIETTA

Boston Conservatory at Berklee Sinfonietta Composition Competition featuring clarinetist Katsuya Yussa, is performed October 14, 8 p.m., Studio 401, Fourth Floor, 31 Hemenway St., Boston. Free. bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events.

CANTATA SINGERS

THE WONDERTWINS

VOICES OF HOPE

JAZZ 100

Celebrity Series of Boston welcomes jazz greats Danilo Perez, pianist; Chris Potter,tenor saxophonist; trumpeter Avishai Cohen, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and vocalist Lizz Wright, performing the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Mongo Santamaria and Thelonious Monk, Sunday, October 16,7 p.m.,Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard University, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge. Tickets start at $30. Call 617-4826661.

THE EVERY 28 HOURS PLAYS

Trinity Repertory Theater of Providence, RI presents one-minute plays written on the ground of Ferguson, Mo. and performed in 2015, appearing here Monday, Oct. 17,at 7:30 p.m. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., the theater’s One-Minute, locally Play Festival:Our Response, includes Community College of Rhode Island, Universiy of Rhode Island, Wheaton College and the Southside Cultural Center, along with the City of Providence.201Washington St., Providence.

Performances are free and open to the public. Seating limited. Reservaions at trinityrep.com or call 401-3514242.

A GENTLEMEN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER

The national tour of Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical, “A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder,”

PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT: THE MUSICAL

SINATRA TRIBUTE DANCE

The group performs works by Brahms, Dvorak, Schubert and Schumann, October 15, 8 p.m. Seully Hall, 8 Fenway, Boston. Free. bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/ events.

Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre hosts Voices of Hope’s annual fundraising gala performance for cancer research, Saturday, October 15, starting with a cocktail reception and silent auction at 7 p.m. in the theater lobby, and a performance of “Broadway for Life,”at 8 p.m. Tickets at $40,$50,$75 include a VIP reception. 62 Dunham Road, Beverly. Call 978-2327200 orvisit nsmt.org.

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Ron Della Chiesa hosts the Strictly Sinatra Dance Party, featuring Michael Dutra and the Strictly Sinatra Band, Friday, October 21, 8 p.m., at Raffael’s at the South Shore Country Club, Hingham. Luann Dutra is special guest vocalist. Visit MusicNotNoise.com, emailMusicNotNoise@aol.com, or call 617-633-5100.

The group serves up a tasty mix of Cajun,Zydeco and New Orleans music, in the release party of their latest CD, “Stompin’ at the Crossroads,” Oct. 15, 8-11 p.m., at Larz Anderson Auto Museum, 15 Newton St. Brookline.There’s raffles, cash bar, free tours of the museum, and more, so dance away, and let the good times roll.

Doors open 7:30 p.m.Tickets sold at the door, $15.

The harmonious group opens its season October 15, with a concert featuring two Bach cantatas and “Laetatus sum” for solo voices, and more, October 15, at 8 p.m., New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Gainsborough St., Boston. Scott Allen Jarrett leads a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. Tickets, $25-$69. Visit cantatasingers.org or call 617-868-5885.

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BOSTON CONSERVATORY COMBINED CHORUSES

The Dance Complex presents the Wondertwins, performing To Hip-Hop With Love, October 14,15, at 8 p.m., Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. $22; Boston Dance Alliance (BDA) members, $18. events@ dancecomplex.org.

BOSTON CONSERVATORY BAROQUE ENSEMBLE

The ensemble performs October 16, 3 p.m., 132 Ipswich St., Boston. Free. bostonconservatory.berklee. edu/events.

STRING MASTERS SERIES

Boston Symphony, conservatory faculty members and former students honor the late Joseph Silverstein in this tribute performance, October 16, 8 p.m., Seully Hall, 8 Fenway, Boston. bostonconservatory.berklee. edu/events.

DOO-WOP HALL OF FAME OF AMERICA

Harvey Robbins presents the show’s annual national induction and gala concert Sunday, October 16, 2 p.m., Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre, 62 Dunham Road, Beverly. $59/$49. VIP seats, 978-2566472, nsmt.org.

SHIRIM KLEZMER ORCHESTRA

Salem State University welcomes the internationally performing group, October 17, 7:30 p.m., in the Recital Hall, 71 Loring Ave., Salem. A free master class is taught same day, 11 a.m., open to the public. Tickets, $15, students, seniors, $10. Salemstatetickets.com.

THE EVERY 28 HOURS PLAYS

Trinity Repertory Theater of Providence, RI presents one-minute plays written on the ground of Ferguson, Mo. and performed in 2015, appearing here Monday, October 17,at 7:30 p.m. On Tuesday, October 18, at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., the theater’s One-Minute, locally Play Festival:Our Response, includes Community College of Rhode Island, University of Rhode Island, Wheaton College and the Southside Cultural Center, along with the City of Providence.201Washington St., Providence. Free, open to the public. Seating limited.

Trinityrep.com.

THE GARDEN

Meg Fofonoff and Stacey Stephens, Producing Artistic Directors of Fiddlehead Theatre Company, today announce the cast and production team for the exclusive Boston premiere of PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT: The Musical. Priscilla will run for 10 performances from September 30- October 9, 2016, at the Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre (265 Tremont Street, Boston). This spectacular production will star Broadway’s Larry Daggett (Ragtime) as Bernadette, the dignified “Mother” figure leading a trio of glamorous drag performers on the ride of their lives across the Australian Outback. Rounding out the cast are Broadway veterans Andrew Giordano (Sunset Boulevard) as Tick and Matthew Tiberi (Finding Neverland) as Adam.

Original Costumes and Direction by Stacey Stephens, Choreography by Arthur Cuadros, Music Direction by Jose Simbulan and Makeup Design by Broadway veteran Joe Dulude II (Etsy Design Award Winner for Wicked).

Priscilla is Fiddlehead’s second production in the heart of Boston’s theater district in partnership with Citi Performing Arts Center Shubert Theatre and Josiah A. Spaulding, Jr., President and CEO. Based on the 1994 hit film, Priscilla is a glitzy dance party with wildly outrageous costumes and a hit parade of dance floor favorites including “It’s Raining Men”,” I Will Survive”,” Hot Stuff” and “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” This fresh and funny musical is a journey to the heart of FABULOUS! Book by Stephen Elliott and Alan Scott, Based on Latent Image/Specific Films Motion Picture and Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. To purchase tickets visit citicenter.org, call (866) 348-9738, or visit the Citi Center Box Office, open Tuesday through Saturday from 12 – 6 pm.

Oberon presents this mini series by the Nichole Canuso Dance Company, October 20-30, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge. $35. Cluboberon.com.

DAVID RAMIREZ

Join Ramirez and his Bootleg Tour’s live album recording, spend an evening with Ramirez, and get a download with your ticket, Thursday, October 20, 8 p.m. at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St., Cambridge. Non-members, $20;members, $18. Passim.org.

STAKES IS HIGH – A SHARED EVENING OF DANCE

in Brown Hall. 617-585-1122.

BOSTON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

The concert features an all-Russian program with masterworks to contemporary music, October 20, 7:30 p.m. and October 23, 3 p.m., at Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge., also October 22, 8 p.m., New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St., Boston. Bostonphil.org.

SHAKESPEARE ROMANTIC COMEDIES

CIRQUE OF THE DEAD

Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs present Shakespeare’s romantic comedies, “The Taming of the Shrew,” October 20-23: October 20-22, 7:30 p.m., matinees, October 22,23, 2 p.m., and “The Winter’s Tale,” November 3-6: November 3-5, 7:30 p..; matinees, November 5,6, 2 p.m., Citizens Bank Theater, Pell Chafee Performance Center, 87 Empire St., Downtown Providence, RI. $12; seniors, $8; students, $6. trinityrep.com.

WARRIOR CLASS

Three-time Grammy Award winner-musician from Madrid, Spain, Cigala, performs Friday, October 21, 8 p.m., Berkle Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave., Boston. $30,$42,$50,$69. WorldMusic.org.

James Morrow/The Movement and the Jacksonville Dance Theatre perform October 21,22, at 8 p.m., at The Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge. $25; BDA members, $20; students, seniors, military, $15. events@dancecomplex.org.

The Boston Circus Guild presents its annual extravaganza of circus spectacle and gruesome acts, October 21-29, Club Oberon, 2 Arrow St., Cambridge. $30-$50.

Cluboberon.com.

The Lyric Stage Company of Boston presents Kenneth Lin’s incisive new play, ideal for this political season, October 21-November 13, with an all-star Boston cast, 140 Clarendon St., Boston: Wednesdays,Thursdays, 7:30 p.m.; Fridays, 8p.m.; Saturdays, 3,8 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m., also October 26 and November 9, at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $25. Seniors, $10 discount; student rush, $10; group rates. Free related events. lyricstage.com.

MILI BERMEJO AND DAN GREENSPAN

Husband-wife duo, vocalist Mili Bermejo and bassist Dan Greenspan celebrate the release of their new album, “Arte del Duo,” Wednesday, October 19, 7:30 p.m., at Arsenal Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown,and Sunday, October 23, 3 p.m., at Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St., Cambridge. $20; Arsenal members, students, $15; At Lilypad, $15, students, $10.

Arsenalarts.org, lilypadinman.com.

NEC JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Guillermo Klein, renowned Argentinean pianist, big band leader and composer, will perform and lead the orchestra, Thursday, October 20, 7:30 p.m., in a free concert, Jordan Hall, 290 Huntington Ave., Boston.

That day, he will also conduct a master class at 1 p.m.

DIEGO EL CIGALA

BALLET X

The group makes its Boston debut October 21, and October 22,8 p.m. Institute of Contemporary Art, 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston. $40. October 22, sold out.WorldMusic.org.

ART GARFUNKEL

Spectacle Management presents An Evening with Art Garfunkel, Friday, October 21, 8 p.m., Cary Hall, Lecington.$69-$89. Carylexington.com.

THE SCOTTSBORO BOYS

SpeakEasy Stage Company presents John Kander and Fred Ebb’s musical, October 21-November 26, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., Boston.

Speakeasystage.com.

STRICTLY SINATRA DANCE PARTY

Ron Della Chiesa’s Sinatra Tribute Dance, featuring Michael Dutra and the Strictly Sinatra Band, pay tribute to old Blue Eyes, the Rat Pack, and more, Friday, October 21,8 p.m., Raffael’s at the South Shore Country Club, Hingham. Special guest vocalist, Luann Dutra.

MEL BROOKS

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The iconic comedian comes to the Wang Theatre, with “Back in the Saddle,” which includes a showing of his outrageously comedic film, “Blazing Saddles,” and a post-viewing discussion and Q&A, giving an inside look at his career, Saturday, October 22, 2 p.m., Citi Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St., Boston. $99, $125. info@ jartsboston.org.

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE

Boston Conservatory’s ensemble features American works by composers Perle, Kolb, Schwantner and Rorem, October 22, 8 p.m. 132 Ipswich St., Boston.

Free. bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/events.

BOSTON CAMERATA

The group opens its new season with with “City of Fools: Medieval Songs of Rule and Misrule,”exploring justice and corruption through ancient minstrel songs, October 22, 8 p.m., First Church in Boston, 66 Marlborough St., Boston. $25-$55; student, group discounts. Bostoncamerata.org.

CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO

The group celebrates its 25th performance anniversary, returning to Shalin Liu Performance Center, Main Street, Rockport, Sunday, October 23, 5 p.m. $19-$36.

Rockportmusic.org.

FRAN LEBOWITZ

Join the author-cultural satirist and her interview with WGBH’s Jared Bowen, Monday, October 24, 7:30 p.m., Arsenal Center for the Arts, Charles Mosesian Theatre, 321 Arsenal St., Watertown. VIP reception, meet-andgreet session with Lebowitz, 6 p.m., at Branch Line Restaurant. $50; VIP tickets, $100. Newrep.org.

FAMILY FUN FANCY NANCY THE MUSICAL

Based on Jane O’Connor’s popular books, the Boston Children’s Theatre fanciful musical production is coming back to the Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis St., Beverly, by popular demand, through October 9. Bostonchildrenstheatre.org.

PUMPKINS AGLOW BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOUR

During ArtWeek, head to Edaville USA, find out how the team design pumpkins, preserve them, then have fun on the 90 rides and attractions, Thursday-Sunday, 6-6:30 p.m., Age 4+, $37; ages 2,3, and senior citizens, $32; 5 Pine St., Carver. Information, visit artweekboston.org.

OLD FROG POND FARM

Venture into the woods at Old Frog Pond Farm and Studio’s outdoor sculpture walk around the pond and through the woods, with artist-farmer, Linda Hoffman,Sunday, Oct. 9, 2-3 p.m., 38 Eldridge Road, Harvard, Mass. $7 per person, $20 per family.

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LEGACY OF THE HANGING JUDGE

The House of the Seven Gables presents its own truthis-stranger-than-fiction Halloween offerings with 35-minute play, set in 1692,during the witchcraft hysteria.

October 7-9, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, 8 - 10:30 p.m., and October 31, 7-9 p.m., at the Nathaniel Hawthorne birth house, on the grounds of the House of the Seven Gables, Derby Street, Salem. Tours begin every 10 minutes. Advance ticket purchases recommended.

7gables.org.

SPIRITS OF THE GABLES

There’s a family curse and troubled ghosts afoot in the House of the Seven Gables’ 35-minute performance, that begins every 5 minutes, October 7-9, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29, 8 - 10:30 p.m October 31, 7-9 p.m.

Tickets, $15, or $28 for “Legacy of the Hanging Judge” and “Spirits of the Gables,” same night, 115 Derby St., Salem. Daytime guided tours: Adults, $13; seniors, $12.50; children ages 5-12, $8. Advance purchases recommended. 7gables.org, or call 978-744-0991.

PLAY ME, I’M YOURS

Boston streets will be adorned with 60 artistically decorated pianos,for all to play, as part of the Boston 2016 Celebrity Series of Boston tour, through Oct. 20.

British artist Luke Jerram created the idea and since then, more than 1,400 pianos have been installed in 50 cities internationally, reaching 8 million people.

Check for pianos in Brighton, Fenway-Kenmore, Allston, Cambridge, Back Bay-Beacon Hill, Dorchester-South Boston, Downtown, Chinatown and East Boston, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain-Roxbury, South End, Bay Village and Mission Hill, West End, North End and Charlestown, West Roxbury Hyde Park and Roslindate.

Visit celebrityseries.org, #streetpianosboston, or streetpianosboston.org,

FALL FAIRY TALE FESTIVAL

Puppet Showplace Theater presents its annual Fall Fairy Tale Festival with new productions and free refreshments and fun special events for all ages, culminating October 10. Perry Alley Theatre presents “Puss in Boots,” October 8,9, 1,3 p.m., October 10, 10:30 a.m., 1 p.m.($8-$15). The Members Only Fairy Tale Tea Party with Perry alley Theatre and Brad Shur is Monday, October 10, 2-3 p.m., after the “Puss in Boots” show.

RSVP required. Reservations highly recommended.

General admission, $12, members, $10 for premium

SPEAKEASY’S ‘SIGNIFICANT OTHER,‘ BIG HIT WITH SINGLES

Boston streets will be adorned with 60 artistically decorated pianos,for all to play, as part of the Boston 2016 Celebrity Series of Boston tour, September 23-October 20. British artist Luke Jerram created the idea and since then, more than 1,400 pianos have been installed in 50 cities internationally, reaching 8 million people. Check for pianos in Brighton, Fenway-Kenmore, Allston, Cambridge, Back Bay-Beacon Hill, Dorchester-South Boston, Downtown, Chinatown and East Boston, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain-Roxbury, South End, Bay Village and Mission Hill, West End, North End and Charlestown, West Roxbury Hyde Park and Roslindate. Visit celebrityseries.org, #streetpianosboston, or streetpianosboston.org.

Monday holiday shows. 32 Station St., Brookline. Visit Puppetshowplace.org.

WORLDWIDE CASTING CALL

DeLisi Creative is accepting applications, worldwide, for a boy age 6-9, to portray the lead role of a 6-year-old Jewish-Italian child in Steven Spielberg film, “The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara,” starring Mark Rylance.

The movie will be filmed in Europe in 2017. The child doesn’t need an Italian accent. To submit applications, visit castittalent.com/tkoem. Pre-school Enrollment Now enrolling for pre-school in September at Temple Emanuel in Newton for children age 20 months through 5 years as of September 16. Your preschooler will have the opportunity to learn through play and interact with his/ her peers in a positive way. To visit, contact pre-school director Wendy Falchuk. 671-558-8130.

ROCK-A-BABY MUSIC CLASS

With a trio of musicians, three zany puppets, dancing, instruments and music ranging from classical and jazz to children’s songs and rock ‘n roll, Rock-a-Baby gives your child a stimulating and educational musical experience. For ages: 0-3 years, with an adult at the Sharon Community Center, 219 Massapoag Avenue, Sharon, now through November 18; 9:30 a.m.-10:15 a.m. Member Price: $220; Non-Member Price: $220.

Fee is for one child plus an adult. Additional siblings are $132/session. For more information, or to receive sibling discount, please contact south@jccgb.org or 781-795-0510.

PREMIERE DEVELOPMENT SOCCER

Experienced coaches use a specially developed curriculum to teach sophisticated soccer skills, provide technical improvement and foster social development in a non-competitive, fun environment, during a 12-week soccer program for boys and girls ages 5-9 seeking a higher level of soccer instruction. Classes are held Saturdays, through December 10, 11am-12pm (under age 6), 12-1pm (under age 7), 1-2pm (under age 8) and 2-3pm (ages 8 and 9), Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, Newton. $300. Register at sports@jccgb.org.

By Sheila Barth What do you do when those wedding bells are breaking up that old gang of yours, and you’re suddenly alone again?

We’ve all been there. Friends who pledged to be our besties forever, and never forsake our friendship, at all costs, suddenly drift out of our lives.

In Joshua Harmon’s slick, new, two-act play, nobody learns that fact harder than single, gay, 29-year-old guy, Jordan Berman, lead character in SpeakEasy Stage Company’s Boston premiere of play “Significant Other”.

Harmon, you’ll recall, wrote the play “Bad Jews,” that garnered several awards for SpeakEasy during its 2014 run there.

“Significant Other,” a story about enduring friendship and romantic relationships, is equally appealing, because of its realism.

In fact, the play is heading to Broadway’s Booth Theatre in February 2017,with its original off-Broadway cast, but Boston’s cast and SpeakEasy’s founder/Producing Artistic Director Paul Daigneault deserve huge kudos.

Leading this fantastic cast portraying Jordan Berman is East Boston native Greg Maraio. Jordan loves sharing secrets and stuff with his three best female friends; Laura (Jordan Clark); Vanessa (Kris Sidberry) and Kiki (Sarah Elizabeth Bedard).

Portraying Jordan’s empathetic, lonely, and nostalgic grandmom Helene is dynamic, versatile, award winning Kathy St. George.

Maraio and St. George easily identify with their roles. Maraio grew up surrounded by his extended family and had a close bond with his grandmother and female best friends; while St. George shares an endearing relationship with her spry 91-year-old mother.

As each friend finds love and marriage, Jordan feels more abandoned, wondering whether he’ll ever find anyone, too, or will die alone.

Don’t worry. “Significant Other” is no sob story. Not with this delightful cast.

“Significant Other” is performed through Oct. 8: Wednesday, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 4,8 pm.; Sunday, 3 p.m., additional performance Oct. 6, 2 p.m., Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., South End, Boston. Tickets start at $25; senior, age 25, student rush discounts. Call 617-933-8600, or visit www.SpeakEasyStage.com.

HARVEST TO TABLE: POP-UP SUKKOT CELEBRATION

The Jewish Arts Collaborative presents JArts, Kitchen Kibitz and Ganei Beantown’s fall harvest celebration Thursday, October 20, 7 p.m., Branch Line Restaurant, 321Arsenal St., Watertown. $75. JArtsBoston.org.

AKEELAH AND THE BEE

Wheelock Family Theatre presents Cheryl West’s stage adaptation of Doug Atchison’s screenplay, October 21-November 20, 200 Riverway, Boston. tickets@ wheelock.edu, wheelockfamilytheatre.org.

WAYNE POTASH

Club Passim presents Potash and his interactive show for young audiences, October 22, 10 a.m., 47 Palmer St., Cambridge. Members, $10; non-members, $12.

Passim.org.

COMMUNITY EVENTS TAI CHI CHI (WUDANG STYLE)

The forms and techniques of Wudang Tai Chi incorporate movement with stillness. Internal and external movement work together to help build inner power and energy, develop the structural muscles, and increase balance, flexibility and effortless movement. Beginners.

Paul and Rosalie DiCrescenzo, through October 10,

9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. LSJCC 333 Nahanton Street, Newton, MA 02459. Contact Phone Number: (617) 558-6500 Member Price: $72; Non-Member Price: $84.

MEN’S BASKETBALL LEAGUES

The fall Men’s Basketball Leagues at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center offers three leagues – Under 35, Over 35 “A” (more competitive) and Over 40 “B.” The Under 35 league plays on Thursday evenings, the Over 35 “A” league plays on Wednesday evenings and the Over 40 “B” league plays on Sunday mornings . Individual or team sign-ups are allowed. The leagues are open to the entire community. The JCC is located at 333 Nahanton Street in Newton. For details, contact basketball@jccgb.org or 617-558-6464.

FREE FLU SHOT CLINIC

A free flu shot clinic, co-sponsored by Newton-Wellesley Hospital, will be held Thursday, October 20, 1-4 p.m.,at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton St., Newton. The clinic is open to adults, age 18 or older. No appointment necessary.

Call 617-243-5900 or visit nwh.org/flu.

WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT SERIES

The Massachusetts Office of State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg offers a free, four-week session to empower women to reach their full financial potential, held at Boston College Law School, 885 Centre St., Newton, 6:30-8:30 p.m., with specific discussions, October 27, November 3,10,and17; also at Eastern Nazarene College, 180 Old Colony Ave., Third Floor, September 29, October 6,13,20, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Participants must attend all four sessions. Contact the Office of Economic Empowerment financialeducation@tre.state.ma.us.

YOGA AND VIEWPOINT WORKSHOP Olivia D’Ambrosio and Shura Baryshnikov, (yes, she’s Mikhail’s daughter), will lead this workshop, sponsored by Bridge Repertory Theater, October 15, 12 p.m., and October 16, 5:30 p.m., at the Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge. $60-$125. Dancecomplex.org.

LARRY TYE

As part of its Author Series, Temple Emanu-El presents New York Times best-selling author Larry Tye, alumnus of the temple’s religious school, Sunday, October 16, who will discuss “Bobby Kennedy:The Making of a Liberal Icon, Breakfast, 9:30 a.m.; presentation, 10 a.m. Nancy@TempleEmanu-El.org.

FROM THE TOP IN BOSTON

The popular NPR show starring host Christopher O’Reilly will be taping an episode, Sunday, October 16, 2 p.m.,at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, Boston. 617-585-1260.

SYDNEY SKYBETTER LECTURE

The dancer-choreographer-technologist explores human computer interfaces through a choreographic lense, in discussion, “The Choreography of the Internet of Things,” October 18, 10:50 a.m., Salem State University Dance Studio, O’Keefe Complex. 225 Canal St., Salem. Free. Salemstate.edu/arts.

HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE STUDIES EVENTS

A 3 p.m. screening of the film, “Denial,” is held October 19, at 3 p.m., Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, followed by a 7 p.m. special guest lecture with Emory University’s Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, discussing, “History on Trial: My Day in Court with David Irving,” at 7 p.m., George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. The events

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BOSTON BALLET ANNOUNCES BOSTON BALLET SCHOOL NEWTON STUDIO EXPANSION AND RELOCATION September 2, 2016 (BOSTON, MA)—Boston Ballet announces the expansion and relocation of the Boston Ballet School Newton Studio to 153 Needham Street in Newton. The new studio will be located within a new building complex called Newton Nexus. The current location at 863 Washington Street will remain fully operational for the 2016–2017 school year, with plans to move to the new space in Summer 2017. For more than 30 years, Boston Ballet School has served a broad constituency in Newton through the Children’s Program, Classical Ballet Program, Adult Program, and Summer Dance Program, as well as Adaptive Dance, a program that serves individuals with disabilities ages two through adult. The new location will allow for expanded programming with a total of seven studios—two more than the current space—responding to increased demand in the Western suburbs. The facility will be a forward-thinking, inclusive venue that advances the mission of the organization and aims to better serve the Newton community with more space, parking, accessibility, and amenities.

the amount of available parking; better neighboring amenities with shopping options and restaurants; a more central location in the Western Suburbs; and architectural design that will reflect the Ballet’s commitment to inclusion and accessibility.

“We heard the needs of our students and families and are pleased to have the opportunity to respond with a new facility that will be both welcoming and professional. It is important to us to address the holistic experience for our students and families—from studio space and locker rooms to lounge areas and dedicated physical therapy space,” said Margaret Tracey, Director of Boston Ballet School. “The new space will reflect the high quality ballet education we offer at Boston Ballet School. This is an exciting move for us as we look forward to serving the Newton-area community for many years to come.”

Since 1963, Boston Ballet’s internationally acclaimed performances of classical, neo-classical, and contemporary ballets, combined with a dedication to world class dance education and community initiative programs, have made the institution a leader in its field, with a 53-year history of promoting excellence and access to dance.

The Newton Studio relocation was initially triggered

by Mark Investments’ purchase of Boston Ballet’s existing site on Washington Street in January 2016.

Boston Ballet explored the option to expand and improve on the existing space. In partnership with world-class architecture firm Gensler, feedback and input were collected from more than 400 constituent voices to inform the search for a new home for the Newton Studio. A fundraising campaign will make the move fully possible. To date, the “Campaign for Newton”—led by Campaign Chair and lead donors Pixley and Kenneth Schiciano—has raised $2.0 million towards the $2.5-3.0 million campaign goal.

The relocation will situate Boston Ballet School within a brand-new building complex called Newton Nexus, which is being transformed into a vibrant retail destination area by local development firm Crosspoint Associates. The new location aims to provide a multitude of benefits for Boston Ballet School and Adaptive Dance families including the following: expanded and improved space responding to program demand and customer feedback; triple

are sponsored by Boston University’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Boston University Arts Initiative.

Bu.edu/jewishstudies/calendar/holocaust-and-genocide-studies-launch.

ENGAGE FORUM Award-winning Boston photographer Darlene DeVita showcases her “camera series,” and “portraits” of her cameras, using the photo-transfer process, now through October 5, James Library and Center for the Arts, 24 West St., Norwell.

Boston Ballet School and Adaptive Dance families may address questions regarding the relocation of the Newton Studio to school@bostonballet.org. This year’s Newton Open House, which is free and open to the public, will take place at the current studio location, 863 Washington Street in Newton, on Tuesday, September 6, 2016, 4:45–6:30 pm. Boston Ballet School classes at the current Newton location begin Thursday, September 8 and Adaptive Dance classes begin Saturday, September 17. To join “Campaign for Newton,” constituents may contact the Boston Ballet Development Office atcampaignfornewton@bostonballet.org or 617.456.6329.

About Boston Ballet

Under the leadership of Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen and Executive Director Max Hodges, the Company maintains a diverse repertoire, ranging from full-length ballets to new works by some of today’s finest choreographers.

Boston Ballet’s second company, Boston Ballet II, is comprised of dancers who gain experience by performing with the Company and independently, presenting special programs to audiences throughout the Northeast.

Boston Ballet School, the official school of Boston Ballet, has a long-standing dedication to providing exceptional dance education and ballet training to students across three studios in Boston, Newton, and the North Shore. Led by Director Margaret Tracey, the School reaches more than 5,000 students (toddler to adult) each year through its four core programs: Children’s Program, Classical Ballet Program, Adult Dance Program, and Pre-Professional Program.

Boston Ballet’s Department of Education and Community Initiatives (ECI) provides programming, events, and activities that connect the community to dance. ECI reaches more than 4,000 individuals in Boston, North Shore, and the surrounding communities each year through Citydance, ECI on Location, Adaptive Dance, and other community programs.

For more information, please visit bostonballet.org.

“60 Minutes” correspondent-best-selling author Lesley Stahl and Grammy winning singer-songwriter Judy Collins headline Hebrew SeniorLife’s sell-out signature event, EngAGE 2016 forum, Wednesday, October 26, starting with a cocktail reception at SIP Restaurant, 4:30 p.m.; registration and theater open at Emerson/

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Paramount Mainstage, and the program, at 6 p.m., For more information, hslengage.org.

ENGAGING ISRAEL: FOUNDATION FOR A NEW RELATIONSHIP

more than 50 neighborhoods and towns, including Boston, Brockton, Cambridge, Carver, Dedham, Gloucester, Hopkinton, Hyannis, Lowell, Nantucket, New Bedford, Newton, Rockport, Waltham, Winchester, and others.

Visit Artweekboston.org.

OPENING OUR DOORS ARTS FESTIVAL

Temple Emanu-El and Congregation Shirat Hyam present rabbis David Meyer and Michael Ragozin, leading the Engaging Israel project, where Jews join others from around the world, to think about Israel, its meaning in their lives, and the enrichment and positive influence of the reality of a Jewish nation. The discussions are held Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m., November 1, at Congregation Shirat Hayam, December 6, at Temple Emanu-El. Also, January 3, February 7, March 7, April 4, May 2, May 23, June 6, at alternating synagogues , JCC, Hillel Academy and synagogue members, $36; general community, $50. Register by October 16, shirathayam.org/iengage. Also, check for Temple Emunah’s ongoing programs, EmunahAdEdbrochure.

The Fenway Alliance presents the annual festival featuring the largest free single day arts event in Boston, rain or shine, with music and dance performances, museum gallery admissions, backstage theater access, public art exhibitions, kite flying, interactive workshops, walking tours of the Muddy River restoration, food trucks and more, Monday, October 10. Open to all.

The event kicks of f11 a.m., at Christian Science Plaza, 201 Mass. Ave., Boston. A complimentary trolley shuttles visitors throughout the Fenway neighborhood.

Visit Fenwayalliance.org.

ART EXHIBITS AND GALLERIES

Pearl Street Gallery presents a retrospective of award-winning, international printmaker Bob Tomolillo’s contemporary printing, paintings and sculpture, Pearl Street, Chelsea. Call 617-875-3188.

WINTHROP-BY-THE-SEA BEACH ART

Winthrop Cultural Council presents Richard Honan’s art exhibition October 7-November 3, in the Clock Tower Gallery, 45 Pauline St., Winthrop. Opening reception, Friday, Oct. 7, 7-9 p.m. gallery hours, Thursdays, 6--8 p.m.; Saturdays, 12-2 p.m. Driftwood Collage workshop, Saturday, Oct. 15, 12-3 p.m. Visit winthropculturalcouncil.org.

X BONNIE WOODS

The Gallery at Spencer Lofts presents a solo exhibition

by Chelsea/Berlin-based artist, X Bonnie Woods, “Gravity in Black and White,” that’s free and open to the public, through Sunday, Oct. 23. The gallery is open, with the artist appearing there, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1,2,8,9,15,16,22,23; other hours by appointment.

60 Dudley St., Chelsea. Contact info@galleryspencerlofts.com or call 617-466-0403.

ANTHONY MONTUORI

In connection with ArtWeek Boston, Boston Cyberarts and the National Parks of Boston welcome visitors to their opening reception of artist Anthony Montuori’s digital artwork, “Harbor Islands,” a working video game, presented on LED screens on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. Thursday, October 6, 5-7 p.m.,, Harbor Islands Welcome Center, 191 W. Atlantic Ave., Boston. Bostoncyberarts.org, info@ bostoncyberarts.org.

GABLES POSTER EXHIBITION

Partnering with the National Museum of African American History and Culture in celebration of the Smithsonian Institution’s museum, the House of the Seven Gables features a poster exhibition, “A Place for All People,” October 1-December 2, 115 Derby St., Salem. More information, visit 7Gables.org.

ARTWEEK FESTIVAL

Highland Street Foundation presents Citi Performing Arts Center ArtWeek, a bi-annual, 10-day festival, through October 9, featuring free and paid hand-on, interactive, behind-the-scenes, and more activities in

BOB TOMOLILLO RETROSPECTIVE

FOR THE LOVE OF CAMERAS

Award-winning Boston photographer Darlene DeVita showcases her “camera series,” and “portraits” of her cameras, using the photo-transfer process, through October 5, James Library and Center for the Arts, 24 West St., Norwell. Visit jameslibrary@verizon.net.

CYBERARTS GALLERY

An art show featuring works by Joseph Farbrook, John Craig Freeman, Will Pappenheimer, in collaboration with Zachary Brady, runs through October 30, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, 141 Green St., Jamaica Plain. Free, open to the public. Gallery hours, Friday-Sunday, 12-6 p.m. or by appointment. Visit Bostoncyberarts.org.

MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ICONS

This unique museum recently acquired an important 17th century icon on display Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Clinton, Mass. $10; seniors, $7; students, children ages 3-7, $5; under 3, free. Through Oct. 16, the museum will display an exhibition of stained glass angels, “In Company With Angels: Seven Rediscovered Tiffany Windows, “created in 1902 for a Swedenborgian church in Cincinnati, members free, non-members, $10. Visit Museumofrussianicons.org.

NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY CELEBRATION

The National Park Service in New England and Fruitlands Museum feature Finding Metacom: Artists Duane Slick and Martin Smick in dialogue with the Fruitlands Museum Native American collection, presenting paintings and other work examining the legacy and life of Wampanaog chief Metacom (King Philip), through Nov. 6. Find Your Park: National Parks in New England photography exhibition, is displayed through March 19,2017. Museum hours, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; weekends, holidays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Adults, $14; seniors, students, $12; children ages 5-13, $6; children under 5 years old, members, free.102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, Mass.

Call 978-456-3924 or visit fruitlands.org.

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Ten things I saw in Newton

October 4-18, 2016

Every issue, I take a walk around Newton and take pictures of ten interesting, cool, or weird things I see. This time, I went to the neighborhoods surrounding Newton Centre and took pictures of some of the interesting things I saw.

Some of the streets I went on for this walk include Herrick Road, Chase Street, Ripley Street, Knowles Street, Maple Park, and Glazer Road.

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A sign asking people walking by to save Webster Woods, and to prevent further development over the wooded area.

Their website is facebook.com/fowwnewton.

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I love this house because it looks like one of those houses in the Deep South with a porch made exclusively for drinking sweet tea on it.

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Here’s a home that was just outright beautiful to look at. My favorite detail: The red brick walkway.

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Before this job, I was a mover for a company in Somerville, and let me just say: I feel bad for the guys who had to move furniture up those stairs.

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And here’s the house next to it. I bet movers had to go in through the driveway for most of it, and even then you have two flights of steps to deal with. My legs can feel it now.

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Such a fan of that half-gazebo porch style. Also, more winding outdoor staircases!

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A sign that says “Keep Herrick Green,” the slogan for an organization dedicated to “preserving the architectural and landscape values of the Andover Newton Theological School campus in Newton Centre,” according to their website, friendsofherrickgreen.org.

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Found this gorgeous little display showing forest creatures living together in harmony.

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A nice house covered by trees. This one is one of my favorites because it reminds me of my home in Paxton, MA. Despite being close to Newton Centre, it had that forested neighborhood vibe that I really miss. Speaking of small town vibe, one of the things I was most surprised by was how much the dynamic changed after leaving the city area. In the city area, no one says hi, and everyone looks forward. As soon as I entered the neighborhood, everyone was waving at me like I was in a town of 4,000 people in Central Massachusetts. There are only four blocks separating these two groups of people.

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Finally found a house in Newton with just one floor. Oh wait, didn’t see the garage. Nevermind.

See you next time!

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Interview

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October 4-18, 2016

Peter i h c c o r r Cia

eter Ciarrocchi is 19 and hails from Philidelphia, but he doesn’t live in Newton.

He likes to come to Newton Centre in order kick back and relax in the Newton Centre Green, getting a bit of studying done and maybe enjoying some breakfast from the nearby Panera in the process. That’s where I talked to him one morning, to pick Peter’s brain and see what he’s all about.

The Voice (T.V.):

What brings

you to Newton?

Peter: Just gonna do some homework.

I go to Boston College and like to do homework here and get Starbucks or Panera. I Uber here.

T.V.: Why Newton Centre?

Peter: I feel like it’s a nice little cozy area, nice sense of community, and it gives me a good place to study outside of where I am. It’s a nice change of scenery – a cute little town.

T.V.: What do you study?

Peter: I’m at the Carroll

School of Management at Boston College, and my concentrations are finance and general management.

T.V.:

What do you want to do with

that?

Peter: Not quite sure yet, I’m only a sophomore. Leaving all doors open.

Also, I’m a manager for the football team at Boston College, so I have a high interest in football and sports. So, maybe somewhere in that realm.

T.V.: Do you have a dream?

Peter: I don’t have a dream,

other than to just live a good life, I guess.

T.V.: All right, let me ask you this, then: Where do you see yourself in five years?

Peter: Hopefully with a job in the NFL or something like that. I’m a big Eagles fan, and I was a ball boy for them once upon a time, but I’m a big Patriots fan now that I’ve came up here.

T.V.: What’s something interesting you’ve seen in the last seven days?

Peter: Well, in the last eight days I was at Virginia Tech for a football game, and that was the coolest thing ever. Being at a college stadium with so many kids, the excitement was completely different from anything I’ve seen at Boston College. So that was my first big game, and that was cool. Definitely the most interesting thing I’ve seen. Nothing like Southern football.

T.V.: Lastly, if you could say anything to the people of Newton, anything at all, what would it be? This is your section.

Peter: Go Patriots!

Special thanks to Peter for his time. If you want me to talk to you for The Voice, email me at aculafi@voicestaff.net

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The Digital streaming future is here continued from page 1 share them through your phone or tablet.

You can listen to an ad-free radio station custom-designed with songs a program thinks you’ll like – and you’ll probably like at least a few of the songs it recommends you. And best of all, it’s easy to use.

That is the magic of subscription-based music services like Spotify ($9.99/month, www.spotify.com) and Apple Music ($9.99, www.apple.com/music/), who have each built a name on letting you listen to an unlimited amount of music for a small fee. As opposed to royalties earned from an album sale, artists (and the companies representing them) earn a small amount of money every time someone plays their music on the service.

It almost sounds too good to be true. Go to the search bar, type in whatever you want to listen to, and play it. You can even add it to your collection to listen to whenever you want, as if it actually is music you own.

You can even download music and listen to it while not connected to the Internet in Spotify’s case (it’s a little trickier with Apple Music, though still possible). It sounds too good to be true, but think of it this way: In a world where so many people download music without paying for it, companies like Apple have come up with a way to get you to pay for music, legitimately, in a way that’s even easier and more convenient than obtaining it illegitimately. And in this new digital age, the most convenient option, at the right price, will always win – 100% of the time.

It’s working. Spotify has over 40 million paying subscribers, and Apple Music has over 15 million.

The one obvious downside to music subscription services is that you don’t own anything you listen to. You can listen to music offline, but for the most part, you are streaming – playing it from an online server – instead of downloading it outright. If you stop paying, you can’t listen to any of that music anymore (until you start paying again).

I can’t speak for Spotify (although my friends seem very happy with it), but I’ve

been an Apple Music user for the entirety of 2016. It’s excellent. It works exactly as advertised, and I can’t see myself listening to music any other way anymore. The unlimited access to so much music has also enabled me to discover more music in the past year than at any other point in my life.

INSTEAD OF CABLE… STREAM IT! Instead of $50 per month with a two-year contract, how about $7.99 with no contract?

You know Netflix. You probably have Netflix (over 75 million of us do, after all). You might even have Netflix instead of cable.

For a monthly fee, stream as many movies and shows as you want. Whatever you want, whenever you want, wherever you want. It’s all on demand – you select it and watch it. That’s it. If you just want to watch something and go, television subscription streaming is the choice.

That said, it’s not perfect. Although it had over 4,000 movies and 1,000 shows as of March, it’s by no means as deep a catalog as Spotify’s 20 million plus songs. It’s great for just kicking back, but it doesn’t get new shows (unless it’s part of Netflix’s several hundred hours of original content), and things like news and sports are impossible to watch.

Cable is still the best for watching most new TV shows, but how many shows do you watch that you need to see immediately?

One show, maybe two? Is that worth $50 a month for two years? And at $20 a month, Sling TV can give you access to live television without worrying about cable.

An extra $5? You get sports, too.

For everything else, you have other options.

News broadcasts are easy to access online for the most part, and most sports (especially combat sports like UFC) have streaming services of their own.

If there’s a show not on Netflix, it could be on (all prices except Prime monthly): •

HBO Now ($14.99)

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Hulu Plus ($7.99)

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CBS All Access ($5.99)

In addition to subscribing, one can rent video games through PlayStation Now. Here’s a screen detailing the rental pricing for Saint’s Row 2.

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Starz ($8.99)

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Showtime ($10.99)

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Sling TV ($20)

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Amazon Prime ($99 per year, and comes with other benefits)

…and many others. Subscription-based content allows for unprecedented choice.

Pay for what you want and not a penny more. If you don’t want to pay, they all have free trials, so try before you “buy.”

INSTEAD OF BUYING GAMES… STREAM THEM… MAYBE ONE DAY? So you can stream music and stream movies with unprecedented convenience, pricing, and choice, but what about video games?

I’ll tell you the good news and the bad news.

The good news is that you have options.

There are services that allow you to play video games from a subscription-based streaming package. Unlimited play from a large library, and because it plays from a server instead of your gaming rig, you don’t even need a super powerful machine to run it – only a good Internet connection.

There are two main options right now.

The more popular is Sony’s PlayStation Now, a Netflix-like video game service that allows access to over 400 PlayStation 3 games at a monthly rate. It’s available on Windows PC, select Smart TVs, and Sony’s own video game devices. It carries the vast majority of PS3 game you would want to play, and rumors suggest access to games from older PlayStation consoles is coming

in the future. Best of all, if you have a good enough Internet connection (5 mbps minimum), it works with minimum stuttering. It’s expensive, though: $19.99 per month, or $44.99 for 3 months.

The other comes from GameFly, the video game rental service. It works on select televisions so long as you have a compatible controller, and it’s cheaper (around $10 per month), but the selection is far smaller.

Now the bad news: that’s basically it. There are some other options, but not many, and not remotely on a (relative) scale Netflix and Spotify. You’re either getting very few games or you’re making a substantial investment for games you don’t own and can’t download. The largest nail in the coffin for PlayStation Now is the library; most of the games are multiple years old – PlayStation 3 has gotten very few new games in the last two years. Nothing wrong with old games, but music services often get games day-and-date, and HBO Now gets new episodes of Game of Thrones as they air. For people like me who need new video games as they come out, Sony’s service just isn’t there yet.

Although subscription-based digital content is sure to get even better with time, we’re getting there rapidly. We might even already be there. With options like this, maybe Newton doesn’t need more places to buy video games or Blu-rays. Maybe one day, physical media as a whole will be made obsolete. Maybe Newton is already ahead of the curve.

Radio Shack closing? No one knows when Normally, when a store closes, you see those big and scary, all-caps, yellow, black, and red signs that explicitly say, “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.” Closer to the end, you’ll even get a sign or two that will tell you exactly how many days are left.

Not on 1334 Beacon Street in Brookline, you won’t.

What’s weird about the RadioShack closing over by Coolidge Corner is that, despite being plastered with those signs announcing storewide sales in a screaming font that suggests the end, none of the signs will explicitly tell you whether the store is closing or, if it is, how much time is remaining. In other words, RadioShack says everything must go, but won’t tell us why.

Make no mistake; this RadioShack, open since 1973, is going out of business. Sergio, the manager who has been at the store since January, told me as much. What he said about the lead-time RadioShack had was more interesting. Note that these signs were initially put up in early August.

“We were told 30-60 days, so probably end of September or early October,” he said.

Sergio added that his store just puts up the signs corporate tells him to, and that more signs could be on the way. Moreover, this isn’t part of the massive restructuring following RadioShack’s bankruptcy and acquisition last year – it’s just this store closing. The RadioShack in Newton, for instance, is still open and has no end in sight.

Sergio admitted he didn’t know much other than the general window, and continually directed me to the corporate number after

declining to disclose his last name.

I then called the corporate number he gave me, which is the exact number I would use for customer service inquiries. The voice on the other side of the line warns of “unusually long wait times” after selecting an option to speak with an operator, and after getting to the operator, I’m directed to RadioShack media relations. At this point, I’m greeted with the following: “The person you are trying to reach is not accepting calls at this time. Please try your call again later.”

This was immediately followed by a voicemail inbox promising to get back to media inquiries as soon as possible. After leaving a message in late August, I have still received no reply.

Still looking for a contact, I found a press release from 2008 with a phone number for a media contact. That phone number is now disconnected.

It was ultimately the Newton RadioShack manager who would tell me why the Brookline store was closing, though he refused to offer even his first name, let alone last name.

“The rent went up. That’s it. That’s the only reason.”

So of course, I go ahead and try to find the landlord. The employees don’t know who the landlord is, and none of our attempts to get ahold of RadioShack corporate have resulted in a response, so I walk around the area and find out that RadioShack is part of the Coolidge Corner S.S. Pierce Building, and parts of it are up for sale.

I call Ellison Patton of Lincoln Property

Company (who represents the landlord), who gets back to me and says, “nothing is determined,” refusing to say more. He promises to give my information to the landlord, who has not called The Voice back as of this writing.

A few weeks later, I went back to RadioShack and asked Sergio if there was any update.

“Sometime in November,” he told me.

So a RadioShack is closing, and no one knows why. Or, everyone knows why, but the only people willing to say are employees refusing to give their full names. If it’s a rent thing, that makes sense. No other RadioShack in the area is closing, as far as I can tell.

But for a business like RadioShack, whose current corporate state echoes that of Blockbuster a few years back (and Circuit City a few years before that), perhaps the most interesting thing of all is how routine the closing is. Or instead, maybe that there’s no one from their corporate side who can tell me why a RadioShack is closing – something their PR team should be experts in discussing by now.

The Problem With RadioShack RadioShack is no stranger to trouble.

On February 5 of last year, the company filed for Chapter 11 protection bankruptcy after 11 consecutive quarterly losses. A little over a month later, a Texas bankruptcy court approved a $160 million purchase

by General Wireless, which immediately partnered RadioShack with Sprint to create co-branded stores. Many RadioShacks closed, and for the most part, a lot of

former RadioShack stores are now Sprint stores that carry RadioShack items.

Also, Nick Cannon is now the Chief Creative Officer for the brand, so there’s that.

Like many stores, RadioShack sells consumer electronics, but their niche is that they also sell parts for electronics that most other box retailers don’t. However, RadioShack has struggled to maintain relevancy in the modern era as many websites like Amazon offer said parts at a much lower rate with much greater convenience.

To figure out why RadioShack is in trouble, all you have to do is go to their website and look at a RadioShack-branded item of your choice.

Take the “RadioShack 12-Volt Pocket Jump Starter / Power Bank.” It’ll jump start your car and charge your phone. $69.99. Cool.

Amazon has one too. It’s the “GOOLOO 400A Peak Car Jump Starter GP03 Portable Auto Battery Booster Charger Power Bank with Best LED Flashlight.” Not RadioShack branded, but it does the exact same thing at the exact same voltage, has nearly 50 times the number of customer reviews, and oh yeah, the cost.

Guess how much it costs.

All right, you got a guess?

Ready for the answer? $49.99. $20 cheaper for a trusted online brand, more reviews, better reviews, and guaranteed two-day shipping. RadioShack can only offer you “Standard.”

Great, RadioShack. Just great.

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Photos | Jared Charney

Tigers slip past Warriors

By Lorenzo Recupero

For the Voice The Newton North Tigers flaunted their mettle in upending the previously undefeated Brookline Warriors, 25-23 in this battle between rivals, at Parsons Field in Brookline, proving they are still the team to beat in the tough Bay State - Carey League.

The must-win league matchup against Brookline (2-1) hadn’t been much competition heading into this game, with the Tigers (2-1) taking several consecutive meetings in over the last few seasons in double-digit fashion, but this year’s revamped Warriors team showcased a strong defensive backfield and offensive prowess that kept the Tigers on their heels.

With the win locked up, longtime head coach Mike Coppola sang Brookline’s praises while breathing a sigh of relief following the hard-fought win.

“They are a very, very good team and they are going to make a lot of noise,” he said.

“They are going to surprise a lot of people.”

The Tigers’ grit and experience behind senior captains Bryce Adams and running back Jimmy Hodgson, along with senior quarterback Will Thompson and junior receiver Thomas Byrne, proved too much for a young Brookline squad. Each player shined offensively while scoring touchdowns in the game, but it was senior Bryce Adams’ timely and clutch receptions in the fourth quarter that closed the door on any chance of a Brookline comeback as he helped Thompson taller three first down throws on their final two drives. “[Bryce] is a phenomenal athlete and one of the best receivers in the state, and an allAmerican lacrosse player. We have to try to get

him the ball more, but in this game when we needed him he came through,” said Coppola.

The Tigers clashed next with league rival Needham.

Newton South Football Notes The Newton South Lions (1-2) snagged their first win of the season by downing visiting Boston Latin, 35-18. They will faced-off again with Cambridge Rindge & Latin.

NEWTON NORTH TIGERS 13 12 0 0 – 25 BROOKLINE WARRIORS 7 10 0 6 – 23 SCORING BREAKDOWN (BY QUARTER): 1ST QTR.

• Brookline – Amari Withers rushing TD (Eli Hopkins kick)

• Newton North – Thomas Byrne rushing TD (David Guekguezian kick)

• Newton North – Jimmy Hodgson rushing TD (2–pt conversion fail) 2ND QTR.

• Brookline – Withers rushing TD (Hopkins

kick) • Newton North – Will Thompson TD pass to Bryce Adams (kick blocked) • Newton North – Hodgson rushing TD (2–pt. fail) • Brookline – Eli Hopkins field goal 4TH QTR. • Brookline – Jason Desire pass to Sam Feingold–Gardner (2–pt. fail)

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Rivals punch it out

By Lorenzo Recupero

For the Voice PARSONS FIELD, BROOKLINE - The Brookline Warriors football team sparred at Parsons Field in a rivalry game against Newton North, and although they fell to the Tigers 25-23, head coach Keith Thomas afterward praised his team for exemplifying toughness and resolve.

Riding their first 2-0 start since 2002, the Warriors (2-1) came into the game looking like the team to beat and playing like it, allowing just 12 points defensively while posting 59 in their two wins. They didn’t make it to their third win, though, a victory that would have matched their win total from a year ago and put them in the drivers seat in the league. But still, coach Thomas was able to find good amidst the loss.

“Our guys competed ‘till the end. There were no give-ups, and I think that’s the big difference,” said Thomas. “[In the past] we’ve had the tendency to give up, but there’s no giving up in this team, we’re fighting all the way until the end,” he said.

Standout sophomore running back Amari Withers, who scored rushing touchdowns in the first and second quarter, felt the team could have won the game if a few plays had gone a little differently.

“We had some mistakes and we just had to capitalize on a few more plays. But at the end of the day we have to be able to show what we can do,” said Withers, who had a electrifying 100-yard kick return called back because of an illegal block in the back penalty in the first quarter.

That would-be touchdown could have made the difference in the game with the

Warriors defense shutting out the Newton North (2-1) in the second half.

The teams combination of size, athleticism and talent on the offensive end with Withers, quarterback Jason Desire, receivers Jared Fields-Gardner and Sam Feingold-Gardner looks to bode well for the team.

“It comes down to who executes,” said Thomas. And I think we can compete with any team in this league.”

The Newton North Tigers (2-1) got the best of Brookline in a very intense meeting that felt very much like the two

Brookline - 3 Weymouth - 14 The Brookline Warriors lost their second consecutive league game to Weymouth by a score of 14-3 on Friday, September 30.

Looking to bounce back, the Warriors(2-2) will host Framingham next on Saturday, October 8 @ 2 P.M. Needham - 6 Newton North - 7 The Newton North Tigers fended-off Needham, 7-6, on Saturday, October 1 to improve to 3-1 on the year.

They will travel to Braintree riding a twogame win streak on Friday, October 7. The game’s slated to start @ 7 P.M. Cambridge Rindge & Latin - 34 Newton South - 6 The Newton South Lions (1-3) fell, 34-6, at home to CR&L. They will host Acton-Boxborough on Saturday, October 8 @ 12 P.M.

b u H e h T g n i s Hou We are so excited to collaborate with CBT Architects on the Housing The Hub Pavilion located on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston.

This project aims to explore the challenges and opportunities of the expanding housing need in Boston.

We worked with Dave Nagahiro (pictured, left) and Mitch Bush of CBT Architects to supply our reclaimed lumber for use in their pavilion. Each display showcases a different species of reclaimed wood, including our Broad Street Spruce, which was reclaimed from a Bulfinch designed building just across the street from the Pavilion. We also supplied reclaimed Redwood and Mushroom wood.

The Housing The Hub exhibit, a part of HUBWeek, will be up on the Rose Kennedy Greenway until October 1st.

For more information on this project, visit housingthehub.com or use the hashtag #housingthehub

Reclai med N aval Yard R edwoo d Our reclaimed redwood is a beautiful choice for exterior applications.

We salvaged this wood from a water tank in the Portsmouth Naval Yard. Here it is applied as exterior cladding at a private residence and also used for an outdoor table.

JARMAK RECLAIMED WOOD — Jarmakwood.com