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At far left, visitors tour the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on May 7. At left, the Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2020 exhibit.

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ON THE COVER

Hoop hall unveils new look New features, experiences part of $25M renovation

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By Elizabeth Román

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony fter nearly for invited guests will be held on Sunday at 1 p.m. where commuthree years nity members and local leaders will get to see the $25 million of renorenovation. vations A main highlight of the renoand delays vations is the new Jerry Colandue to the coronavirus gelo Court of Dreams where guests can shoot baskets while pandemic the Naismith looking up at a larger-than-life LED screen that runs highlights Memorial Basketball legendary players and moHall of Fame is finally of ments in basketball history. unveiling its new look.

The Hall of Fame has also From a new exhibit featuring ramped up its COVID-19 safety a series of photo opportunities protocols including a thorough where guests can measure up sanitation and cleaning protocol, against cutouts of their favorite hourly sanitizing of all frequentplayers and take a tour through ly touched surfaces such as doorartifacts highlighting key moknobs, handles, and elevator ments in history, to a super fan buttons, hand sanitizer stands gallery highlighting fans like spread throughout the museum James Goldstein, Nav Bhatia floors, complimentary disposand the late Penny Marshall, able face masks for all guests, there are many things to see and designated foot traffic patterns interact with. to facilitate social distancing, “We are excited at what the complimentary stylus devices to Hall of Fame will be able to ofuse on all touch screen applicafer, and look forward to having tions throughout the museum, basketball fans and tourists find and sanitization of every basketout what we’ve added to make ball following guest use. their experience more memoraDuring the ceremony, the Kobe: A Basketball Life, a new exhibit that honors Kobe ble and fun,” said John Doleva, names of the Class of 2021 inBryant at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. the president and CEO of the ductees into the Basketball Hall Bryant died in a helicopter crash in January 2020.

Naismith Memorial Basketball of Fame will be announced.

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The Jerry Colangelo Court of Dreams inside of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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IF YOU GO What: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Where: 1000 Hall of Fame Ave., Springfield Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (Closed May 16 for a private event) Admission: Adults, ages 16 to 64, $28; seniors, ages 65 and up, $23; youth, ages 5 to 15, $19; student with ID, $23; children under 5, free.

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Dr. Seuss exhibit recalls writer’s early childhood ‘The Baby’s Biography: Theodor Seuss Geisel’ runs through May 23

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enrietta “Nettie” Seuss Geisel, mother of children’s author and Springfield native “Dr. Suess,” loved her children and cherished the experience of watching them grow.

“The Baby’s Biography: Theodor Seuss Geisel” runs through May 23 at the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum in Springfield. Baby books were commonly used to chronicle the early years of a child. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN; STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTO)

The baby book is a gift to the museum from the family.

IF YOU GO “One of Ted’s stepdaughters, Exhibit: “The Baby’s Lark Grey Dimond-Cates, disBiography: Theodor Seuss covered the book and brought Geisel” it to the museums, carrying it When: Through May 23 herself,” Simpson said.

Where: The Amazing Being able to view histoWorld of Dr. Seuss Museum ry through a first-person 21 Edwards St, Springfield Museum hours: Tuesday– account, like this baby book, Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; is a unique glimpse into the Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. past. “We find out with Ted’s Admission: Adults, $25; baby book, for instance, that seniors (60+), $16.50; colchildren’s birthday parties lege students, $16.50; youth were sometimes reported 3–17, $13; children under in local papers in the early 3, free 1900s; it is somewhat surFor more info: Online at prising to learn that a child’s springfieldmuseums.org birthday party was news,” she commented. “And we find out that physical eduso she did not. She marcation was not Dr. Seuss’s ried Theodor R. Geisel, the forte — which is really fun brewer’s son, and together to know, especially if you they nurtured a loving family. also don’t share a love for Ted Geisel said that it was his gym class. Plus, if others are mother who was responsible anything like me, it helps for “the rhythms in which I to have a written or visual write and the urgency with account to help remember.” which I do it.”

She imagines that Mrs. The rhythm of Dr. Seuss’s Geisel kept baby books for stories, along with their her other children, though rhyming, suspense, humor they are not at the museum. and whimsical illustration “She was a huge advocate “all added up to the books for her older daughter, that revolutionized readMargaretha, ‘Marnie,’ ing,” Simpson said. “And, it making sure she could go to all started with a mom who college. Marnie went on to adored her children.” graduate school and earned

a master’s degree!” Simpson said. “And she likely kept one for her youngest daughter, Henrietta, but she died of pneumonia when she was 18 months old — a tragedy that haunted the entire family.”

The tradition of keeping baby books continues today, and they can be purchased online and in bookstores. In addition, there are other products available for preserving the memories of childhood that include memory trunks and scrapbooks.

“The baby book is a wonderful celebration of motherhood,” Simpson said.

The Springfield Museums are the home of the only museum dedicated to Dr. Seuss.

Springfield is his hometown, a place that influenced so much of his visual memory and remarkable imagination. “Holding and caring for items from Dr. Seuss’s history is an honor and a responsibility we intend to continue to do well so that all who love Dr. Seuss can understand him better and celebrate all that he gave to our world,” Simpson said.

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That is made evident in the baby book she kept for him, said Kay Simpson, president and CEO of the Springfield Museums.

In it, she notes that her son, Theodor Seuss Geisel, who grew up to be Dr. Seuss, first laughed on April 17, 1904, when he was about a month old. She recorded other childhood milestones and included newspaper clippings and a lock of Ted’s hair.

Now that book, never before on public view, can be seen in the exhibit “The Baby’s Biography: Theodor Seuss Geisel” until May 23 at The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum.

Mrs. Geisel kept Ted’s baby book with meticulous care; it also contains her notes about his music lessons and birthday parties. It even includes a page of Ted’s increasingly artistic signature over the years.

“Nettie was, by all accounts, a remarkable mother, who sang rhyming songs to her children and, instead of scolding young Ted when he drew on his wall, praised and encouraged his talent,” Simpson said. “Ted Geisel said of his mother that her warmth and playfulness cast a glow over his childhood.”

As a girl, Nettie Seuss had hoped to attend college.

However, her father needed her help in the family bakery,

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MUSIC

Zac Brown Band coming back to Fenway Park

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OLLOWING MORE than a year off the road because of the pandemic, the Zac Brown Band has announced its “The Comeback Tour” with a stop at Fenway Park in Boston.

The Grammy Award-winning band will play Fenway Park on Aug. 8 with Teddy Swims and Ashland Craft as opening acts.

The state’s reopening plan calls for stadiums to be opened at full capacity by Aug. 1.

“We couldn’t be more excited to get back out on the road and share our new music with our fans,” said Zac Brown in a statement. “It’s been a long, difficult year for everyone and we’re fired up to be reuniting with our crew, get back on tour, and celebrate a brand new world.”

The Zac Brown Band holds the record for most consecutive sold-out shows at Fenway Park.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday at noon at ZacBrown Band.com. The Zamily fan club pre-sale began Tuesday.

Liner notes • Roomful of Blues will kick off a summer series of live drive-in concerts at the Southwick Motocross track (The Wick) on Friday.

The shows will benefit the Southwick Civic Fund, a nonprofit group that focuses on giving back to the communities of Southwick, Granville, and Tolland. Other upcoming shows will feature Beatlemania Again (June 11), Foreigners Journey (Aug. 13) and a July concert to be

Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the NBC television series “The Monkees,” which aired from 1966 to 1968. They charted with such hits as “I’m a Believer,” “Daydream Believer” and “Last Train to Clarksville.”

The farewell tour will kick off in Seattle on Sept. 11 and conclude on Nov. 14 in Los Angeles.

• A group of musicians including Keith Richards, Bonnie Raitt and Ben Harper have all contributed to “A Sweet Relief Tribute to Joey Spampinato” on True North Records.

The June 25 release is a salute to the NRBQ founding member and bassist, with various artists covering 14 of Spampinato’s songs.

“Sweet Relief ” will help raise funds for the 72-year-old Spampinato, who has been The Zac Brown Band has announced its “The Comeback Tour” with a stop at Fenway Park in battling cancer since 2015.

Boston on Aug. 8. Tickets go on sale Friday. (J. SCOTT PARK / MLIVE.COM) Other artists on the album include Los Lobos, Deer Theatre in Medford.

Tick, Steve Forbert, and Tickets for the Mohegan Sun Spampinato’s former NRBQ show are available through its bandmate Al Anderson, box office and Ticketmaster, among others. while the Chevalier Theatre You can preorder the album show is available at chevaat truenorthrecords.com/ liertheatre.com/artist/ sweet-relief the-monkees Spampinato, who makes his Bandmates Davey Jones home on Cape Cod, performed died in 2012 and Peter Tork on Richards’ album “Talk seven years later, in 2019.

Is Cheap,” as well as Raitt’s The foursome was conceived “Fundamental.” He was SEE LIVEWIRE, PAGE E5 in 1965 by producers Bob

Roomful of Blues will kick off a summer series of live drivein concerts at the Southwick Motocross track (The Wick) on Friday. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

announced.

The concert will follow all current CDC and local health department guidelines. Each vehicle will have a space next to it for the occupants to set up lawn chairs or blankets to enjoy the show.

Tickets are on sale at Delaney’s Market, 587 East Main St. in Westfield, online at westfieldlivemusic.com/ southwick, or by calling 800-

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• The two surviving members of The Monkees will stage a farewell tour this fall with two stops in New England.

Micky Dolenz and Michael Nesmith will perform at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Oct. 29 and then the following night at the Chevalier

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Bird-a-thon draws attention to feathered friends a-thon virtually or in person.

“Bird-a-thon is one of our most popular events, welcoming participants to engage in the natural world in a fun

By Cori Urban and meaningful way,” Mass Special to The Republican Audubon President David J. O’Neill said. “When the ere’s an event you can tweet about: pandemic arrived last year, Bird-a-thon, Mass Audubon’s bigprompting concerns about how Bird-a-thon might be reimaggest annual fundraiser. ined, Mass Audubon members, It will take place Friday through donors, and friends responded Saturday, during the peak spring at a truly inspiring level. As Mass Audubon largest annual migration period. Participants of all abilities fundraiser, we’re confident will compete to identify the most bird species that sense of commitment will inspire this year’s competition and complete nature activities in 24 hours. as well.”

“Our mission has always Every participant is encourThe event begins at 6 p.m. been to connect people with aged to fundraise for his or Friday and ends at 6 p.m. on A male bluebird is among the birds Mass Audubon watchers wildlife, and Bird-a-thon alher team, but it’s not required; hope to spot during the annual Bird-a-thon. (JOEL ECKERSON PHOTO) Saturday. lows people of all ages to forge there is no cost to participate.

Participating wildlife sanctheir own connections with the “Humans have always been ways, and learning to identify ities (following masking and tuaries include Arcadia in natural world and raise crucial fascinated with bird life, and individual species makes such social distancing protocols).

Easthampton and Northampfunding so we may continue birds have featured prominent- connections even stronger.”

Also, in honor of the organiton and Pleasant Valley in to carry out that mission,” said ly in art, especially music and During Bird-a-thon weekend, zation’s 125th anniversary, Lenox.

Michael P. O’Connor, Mass poetry, throughout history. But all teams will compete by earn- participants can choose to take To participate, donate and Audubon’s public relations most of us regularly experience ing points from birding and on the challenge of completing learn more about Bird-a-thon, manager. “As we mark Mass many avian species in our evnature activities and by birding a 125-item nature scavenger go to massaudubon.org/ Audubon’s 125th anniversaeryday lives, from robins, blue in strategic sub-groups in an hunt for a range of nature items birdathon. ry, our more than 135,000 jays, and sparrows in our yards effort to identify the greatest like a plant growing in water, Founded in 1896 by two members and supporters are and neighborhoods to hearnumber of bird species in 24 the sound of rustling leaves, a Boston women who used their especially proud to celebrate ing the early morning song of hours. rock wall, a fluffy cloud and a voices to stop the slaughter of this worthy legacy.” cardinals and chickadees and For the 2021 event, 13 teams set of animal tracks. birds for fashion, Mass AuduThe fundraising goal is the “caw” of a crow in flight,” representing different wildlife Anyone is welcome to join bon has been an independent $350,000 for Mass Audubon O’Connor said. “Whether by sanctuaries will be competing a team, whether a committed organization at the forefront programs and wildlife sanctusight or sound, birds help us in the field, seeking birds and birder or nature newcomer; of conservation for the last 125 aries. connect with nature in myriad participating in nature activpeople can participate in Bird- years.

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“Our mission has always been to connect people with wildlife, and Bird-a-thon allows people of all ages to forge their own connections with the natural world and raise crucial funding so we may continue to carry out that mission.”

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give away some awards, have some good musical performances, you know what I’m CONTINUES FROM PAGE E4 saying?” he said. featured in the 1987 Chuck This includes guests taking Berry documentary “Hail! care about their attire.

Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll.”

“Everybody has to dress up, you can’t just get in here,” • Snoop Dogg is planning a he said. “You got to actually a big bash for his 50th birthday spend some time on your look, in October, but according to your outfit. The whole nine.” what he told People magazine, he wants the event “to be • Nine Inch Nails will play wholesome and nice.” its first shows since 2018.

“I’m probably going to do Unfortunately for New Ena player’s ball party where gland fans, there will only be everybody can be dressed up, two of them this year and they

will be in Ohio.

The band announced two concerts, described as “the only NIN headline shows of 2021,” to be played at Cleveland’s Jacobs Pavilion on Sept.

21 and 23.

Opening the shows will be the Pixies.

Nine Inch Nails were scheduled to play shows last year, but like so many other concerts, they were canceled due to the pandemic.

NIN were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last year.

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‘Monster’ leads new films

By Michael O’Sullivan

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Jodie Foster, right, and Shailene Woodley in “The Mauritanian.”

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‘The Mauritanian’ fails to impress Tribune News Service

A painful real-life drama about a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay and an Irish crime comedy top the DVD releases this week.

“The Mauritanian”: Starring Oscar-winner Jodie Foster and French actor Tahar Rahim, “The Mauritanian” is an adaption of “Guantanamo Diary,” a memoir by Mohamedou Ould Slahi. Slahi wrote the book during his long detainment; it became an international bestseller and played a crucial role in his release in 2016. By then, he had spent 14 years at Guantanamo and endured intense abuse, despite never having been charged with any offense.

The movie delves into a dark chapter in American history, but ultimately, as a film, it fails to impress. The narrative jumps around and the movie doesn’t do enough to capture the horror of Slahi’s situation.

Los Angeles Times film critic Justin Chang wrote: “‘The Mauritanian’ is a moral muddle as well as a narrative one.”

“Pixie”: Starring Olivia Cooke as a woman scheming to avenge her mother’s death

in a wild plot gone wrong. Los Angeles Times film reviewer Michael Ordona was captivated by Cooke, but not much else. He wrote: “The violence lacks impact, whether emotional, visceral or humorous.

And the culmination of Pixie’s quest seems completely mishandled, almost shrugged off in a way that undercuts the entire film.” Alec Baldwin and Colm Meaney co-star.

Also new on DVD “The Marksman”: When will people learn to stop messing with Liam Neeson? Here, he plays a former Marine trying to shield a boy from bad guys at the U.S.-Mexico border.

“Land”: Robin Wright goes off the grid in a cabin in Wyoming.

“Justice Society: World War II”: Superheroes aid the Allies in World War II. “My Brother’s Keeper”: PTSD tests the faith of a returning soldier.

“Senior Moment”: William Shatner stars as a retired test pilot who’s forced to slow down and take stock of his life.

Film, as described by a character in “Monster,” is a “curated series of images, with a beginning, middle and end.” Going well beyond that pretty basic definition, filmmaker Anthony Mandler – an acclaimed director of music videos making his narrative feature debut with a courtroom drama about a 17-year-old from Harlem who has been accused of being an accessory to murder – tells this story using quite a mix of imagery. Centering on an aspiring filmmaker from Harlem (Kelvin Harrison Jr. of “Waves”), and using much of what is passed off as his footage, the film includes security-camera footage; grainy, black-and-white photographs; amateur video; Polaroids; iPhone clips; snippets from “Rashomon”; and lush, saturated tableaus of a New York lit by sunset, candles, the flashers on a police car and streets lights.

It wouldn’t mean much if the story – based on a 1999 YA novel by Walter Dean Myers, subsequently turned into a graphic novel – weren’t also stirring. It is. And the acting – featuring performances

by Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Hudson, Jennifer Ehle, Tim

A$AP Rocky, center, appears in a scene from “Monster.”

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Blake Nelson, A$AP Rocky and John David Washington – is uniformly strong. The source material may have been written for teenagers, but this version is all grownup. Harrison narrates the film from prison as if it were a screenplay he’s writing, jumping backward and forward in time, beginning with security footage of the crime and ending with the verdict, interspersing flashbacks along the way to what he calls the “before” time. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, “Monster” offers a harrowing reminder of how,

Andrew Garfield as “Link,” Maya Hawke as “Frankie,” and Nat Wolff as “Jake” in Gia Coppola’s “Mainstream.”

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for many Black defendants, they’re guilty until proven innocent. Harrison makes his character’s fear and anguish palpable. R. Available on Netflix. Contains strong language throughout, some violence and bloody images. 98 minutes.

Also streaming The documentary “The Boy From Medellín” follows reggaeton superstar J. Balvin as he becomes caught up in the roiling politics of his native Colombia. According to Variety, director Matthew Heineman may be “a little overqualified for this gig, since even a tortured pop hagiography is a bit of a comedown, as exploring pits of hell goes, from more obviously grueling previous assignments like ‘Cartel Land,’ ‘City of Ghosts’ and ‘A Private War.’” R. Available on Amazon Prime Video. Contains crude language. 95 minutes.

“In Our Mothers’ Gardens” is a documentary from Ava DuVernay’s Array about the relationship between Black women and their mothers, featuring appearances by #MeToo founder Tarana Burke; Tina Farris, tour manager of the Roots and Chris Rock; cultural critic Brittney

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MOVIES REVIEW

Ritchie, Statham reunite in ‘Wrath of Man’

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By Katie Walsh

Tribune News Service

uy Ritchie’s “Wrath of Man” has a proper opening credits sequence, with classical illustrations of angels, lions and other dramatic Biblical scenes juxtaposed over slow-motion images of anguished men, bass strings groaning relentlessly. It’s time for some heavy-duty masculine myth-making melodrama, a fable of men, guns, tragedy and revenge; a burly, entertaining entry into the “dudes rock” cinematic canon, as imagined

by Ritchie in rare form.

Set among the world of armored truck robberies in Los Angeles, “Wrath of Man” feels a lot like Guy Ritchie’s version of “Heat,” or, more precisely, his take on the juiced-up “Heat” riff “Den of Thieves.”

It’s a remake of the 2004 French film “Le Convoyeur” (“Cash Truck”) directed by Nicolas Boukhrief, which Ritchie adapted with Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies.

“Wrath of Man” also reunites Ritchie with star Jason Statham for the first time in 16 years (since 2005’s “Revolver”). When Ritchie burst onto the scene with 1998’s “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels” and 2000’s “Snatch,” Statham was integral to Ritchie’s tough, sneering style. One could say that the two made each other stars.

So “Wrath of Man” feels like

From left, Holt McCallany, Jason Statham, Josh Hartnett and Rocci Williams in a scene from “Wrath of Man,” a film by Guy Ritchie. (METRO GOLDWYN MAYER PICTURES VIA AP)

With Statham in the lead, playing one of his classically taciturn and tactically lethal action heroes, Ritchie is as restrained and controlled as he’s been in years.

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a homecoming for director and star, and an evolution, too. With Statham in the lead, playing one of his classically taciturn and tactically lethal action heroes, Ritchie is as restrained and controlled as he’s been in years. Utilizing the core creative team of his past few films, including cinematographer Alan Stewart, editor James Herbert, and composer Christopher Benstead, every element works splendidly in concert. Perhaps Statham was the missing piece.

who taunt each other with crass, sexually humiliating smack talk. “Unflappable” Statham plays H, the new doesn’t even begin to describe guy at a Los Angeles-based his ability to stay cool, calm, armored truck company, and collected in the face of Fortico, where the drivers mayhem, inspiring some have come to see themselves to describe him as a “dark as prey for increasingly spirit.” brazen predators, bands of Statham has cornered the highly trained thieves dressed market on performances like construction bandits or that are stoic and lethal, and motorcycle gangs who stick that’s all Ritchie asks of him in up the trucks in broad daylight “Wrath of Man,” surrounding and have no qualms about him with a murderer’s row of murder. beguiling character actors, alThe quiet H stands out lowing Statham to be the chillamong the jocular and colingly still eye of the storm. But orfully-nicknamed drivers, Ritchie also allows the actor

to mature a bit, to grow from a cocky young buck into a man carrying an unspoken burden, a silent pain that motivates his every move.

Chapter titles like “A Scorched Earth” and “Bad, Animals, Bad” lend a sense of heft and portent to Ritchie’s bloody modern legend, executed with a brawny, muscular élan. The plot is a puzzle box of twisting double-crossed timelines and loyalties, so to delve too far into the details would be to give too much away, and the film is far more engaging the less we know about the mysterious H and his mission. Suffice to say that there are more than a few armored truck robberies, and while the motivations of the thieves is perfunctory, the only motivation that matters is that of H, the pained and bloodthirsty hero. The brutish aesthetic of “Wrath of Man” wrestles us into submission, and though it’s not exactly enlightened, or enlightening, it doesn’t necessarily need to be.

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Libations for vaccinations a good plan

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HERE ARE SOME really lovely phrases in the English language. The best and most commonly used is simply, “I love you,” but “thank you,” “I’m sorry,” and “I forgive you” are right up there.

For readers of this column, however, I’d say that “free beer” ranks pretty highly.

And now those two words are being employed for the greater good.

On May 8, New York’s Erie County teamed up with Buffalo’s Resurgence Brewing to kick off its “Shot and a Chaser” program to entice people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. People who got their first dose of the vaccine at the brewery received a free pint glass and coupon for a drink of their choice.

It’s unfortunate that people have to be lured into doing the right thing, but hey, whatever works, in my opinion. And one Resurgence employee had a point: “Given the world we live in right now, it’s not so weird,” Ben Kestner, director of taproom operations at the brewery, told Sandra Tan of The Buffalo News.

And with vaccination appointments falling off recently (even though there are plenty of people who still need them), it was great to hear that there was a line out the door before the vaccinations even started.

“We’re going to do more people today at our first-dose clinics than most of our firstdose clinics in the last week combined,” Erie County executive Mark Poloncarz said to the newspaper. “It’s been a success. We figured it would be pretty good, but now we’re seeing the results.”

And like grapevine gossip about a good beer, word

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It’s unfortunate that people have to be lured into doing the right thing, but hey, whatever works, in my opinion. spreads fast about a good idea: Four more Erie County breweries have signed up for the program: Flying Bison and Thin Man Brewery, both also in Buffalo; Steelbound Brewery in Springville; and The 12 Gates Brewing Company in Amherst. Other states have also shown interest in adopting the idea.

While free beer can’t solve the pandemic alone, Poloncarz told the Buffalo News that the program helps.

“But if it gets another 200 people vaccinated today who otherwise would not have, that’s 200 more people that are going to be protected from COVID-19 and 200 less people we need to get to eventually reach herd immunity. And that’s the important thing,” he said.

This is obviously a great idea and I wonder if our local officials and local breweries could team up with a similar program. (And no, I’m not angling for a free beer. I’m already fully vaccinated. I hope you are — or will be soon.)

PepsiCo opens ‘ghost’ restaurant

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INE AND FOOD pairings have long been a part of the dining experience, but now one major consumer goods company has decided to promote the unconventional idea of choosing the food you’ll eat so as to harmonize with the soft drink you’ve picked out.

As part of a month-long promotion of its brands, beverage and snack food giant PepsiCo has created a “ghost” restaurant, Pep’s Place. Operating in conjunction with three major delivery services (Uber Eats, GrubHub, and DoorDash) and only available in selected markets, Pep’s Place, as PepsiCo’s press materials put it, “is where the cola comes first.”

The virtual storefront for Pep’s Place is a website, PepsPlaceRestaurant.com, and the Pep’s Place experience is available on a delivery-only basis. When visiting Pep’s Place, customers first choose their cola beverage from listings that includes eight Pepsi varieties ranging from the original Pepsi to Pepsi Zero Sugar Mango.

Next comes the selection of a “food pairing” appropriate to the Pepsi flavor ordered.

The website’s menu makes suggestions like matching up the “lemony and citrus notes of Pepsi Zero Sugar” to a “crisp and tangy Chicken Caesar Salad.” Pep’s Place customers can lastly complete their meal by selecting appropriate sides from among options like mac and cheese or broccoli.

The Pep’s Place ghost restaurant will remain open until the end of May; the effort is a part of PepsiCo’s current marketing campaign, “Better with Pepsi.”

The concept of a virtual restaurant experience created by a consumer products brand is definitely an idea to watch, given the important role that food prepared away from home plays in everyday life.

For more details and to see the complete Pep’s Place menu, go to PepsPlace Restaurant.com.

The balcony at Mulino’s Restaurant offers outdoor sociallydistanced seating and a bird’s-eye view of Northampton.

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• Another of the restaurant industry’s big-time trade shows, the International Restaurant and Foodservice of New York, has announced that it is canceling its 2021 expo. Originally scheduled to be held at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC this July, the next in-person edition of the show has been penciled in Hugh Robert for March 6, 7, and 8, 2022.

Off The Menu To substitute for the 2021 show, the New York State Side dishes Restaurant Association is • Partners Restaurant planning a program of virtual in Feeding Hills has added events during the second Mimosa Roadie Packs to its half of this year. to-go menu. The packs are The cancellation of the ando-it-yourself setups for mak- nual New York show follows ing the popular brunch cock- a similar announcement tail, with each kit containing a from the National Restaurant bottle of Champagne, orange Association, which cancelled juice, and a fresh orange a similar 2021 event originalready to be cut for garnishes. ly scheduled for late May. Serving breakfast all day, Partners offers weekend • Outdoor dining is more specials such as country-fried in vogue than ever this spring, steak and eggs, specialty and one of the most interestpancakes, and “the Gravy ing al fresco venues around Train,” a mash-up of home is the balcony at Mulino’s fries, breakfast meats, and Restaurant in Northampton. more smothered with sausage Perched above the sidewalk gravy and topped with fried at treetop level, the balcony eggs. offers socially-distanced Freshly baked cinnamon seating that offers a birds-eye buns are a Partners specialty. view of Northampton street To find out what’s going on theater below. the griddle any given mornCall the restaurant at 413ing, contact the restaurant at 586-8900 for information or 413-786-0975 reservations.

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2 outstanding, organic red wines from Domaine Bousquet

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ENTION ARGENtina and most wine lovers immediately think of robust, malbec wines.

And why wouldn’t we?

These luxurious red wines taste great with steak, roasted chicken and other hearty foods.

That’s one of the reasons why I went to Argentina for two weeks 16 years ago — to learn more about its wine and this wonderful country.

But there’s more to Argentinean wines than ones made with malbec grapes.

Recently, I was blown away by two, distinct, organic red wines from this wonderful country in South America.

One was a cabernet sauvignon.

The other was a cabernet franc.

Both came from the same, superb Argentinean winery – Domaine Bousquet’s Gaia Collection.

Best of all, you can often find these wines for less than $20 a bottle. Hope you enjoy.

Wines recommended this week • 2018 Domaine Bousquet Gaia Cabernet Franc ($20 Suggested Retail Price) • 2018 Domaine Bousquet Gaia Cabernet Sauvignon ($20 SRP) Brief history of Argentinean wine The fifth largest wine producing country in the world, Argentineans have been making wine since the 1500s.

Initially, though, wine production was relatively small. Missionaries and early European settlers planted vines primarily in western Argentina near the base of the Andes Mountains. Then in the late 1880s, a railroad linked this part of Argentina with Buenos Aires, allowing wine producers to transport their wines to larger, commercial areas. Initially, most wine made in Argentina was consumed domestically.

Then in 1990s, Argentinean wine makers began exporting

built the winery in 2005. The winery now produces about 1 million gallons of outstanding, organic, affordable wine each year.

The two red wines recommended this week from Argentina’s Domaine Bousquet. (KEN ROSS PHOTO)

noir and cabernet franc • White wine grapes: Pedro gimenez and torrontes (two distinct, Argentinean white wine grapes) along with muscat and more traditional white wine grape varieties, including chardonnay, chenin blanc and sauvignon blanc.

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The fifth largest wine producing country in the world, Argentineans have been making wine since the 1500s.

Argentinean wine regions Mendoza remains the heart and soul of Argentina wine production. This beautiful wine region located near the foothills of the soaring Andes Mountains produces 60% of Argentina’s wines. The next largest wine regions in Argentina include San Juan and La Rioja, which are both located in the northern part of the country.

More about Domaine Bousquet Common Argentinean French winemaker Jean grapes Bousquet knew he wanted to In recent decades, malbec make wine in Argentina soon has become the most comafter he vacationed there in mon wine grape in Argentina, 1990. He thought the high, making up about 38% of all arid terrain in Mendoza’s Uco vines planted in the country.

Valley was “his dream terroir, Red wines in general make an ideal location in which to up 60% of wine production nurture organically-grown in Argentina. Nowadays, you wines,” according to Dofind wines made from almost maine Bousquet’s website. any red or white grape, includ- Bousquet and his daughter, ing: Anne, and his son-in-law, La• Red wine grapes: Bonar- bid Al Ameri, began purchasda, cabernet sauvignon, pinot ing land here in 2002 and

more wine worldwide.

Wine tasting notes 2018 Domaine Bousquet Gaia Cabernet Franc Gaia refers to the ancient Greek goddess of the earth.

The Gaia Collection Cabernet Franc from Domaine Bousquet has a light, soft, subtle taste. There’s a slight hint of raspberry flavors but nothing sweet or cloying.

Instead, this delightfully dry wine has an austere, slightly flinty finish, especially the second day after you first open the bottle. It is a truly wonderful red wine.

2018 Domaine Bousquet Gaia Cabernet Sauvignon Let me start by saying I loved both wines for different reasons. While the cabernet franc was slightly drier, the cabernet sauvignon has a long, luxurious finish. This wine is also more full bodied, and has brighter, more intense fruit flavors, including a hints of fresh cherry and dried blackberry. Let me add that its vibrant fruit flavors remained just as lively and interesting the second day. Another home run from one of Argentina’s best wineries.

Cheers!

Wine Press by Ken Ross appears on Masslive.com every Monday and in The Republican’s weekend section every Thursday.

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From left, Leslie Bibb, Josh Duhamel and Ben Daniels star as superheroes protecting a world that is beginning to question their worth in “Jupiter’s Legacy.” (STEVE WILKIE / NETFLIX)

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Mark Millar ushering in new superhero universe ‘Jupiter’s Legacy’ now streaming on Netflix

Marvel Comics began in 1939, but Disney didn’t purBy David Betancourt chase it until 2009. Warner The Washington Post Bros. bought DC in 1969, 35 years after its 1934 debut. he moment that Netflix arrived in Millar assumed Millarworld Mark Millar’s life came decades be- would have a similar fate.

Things changed when fore he thought it would. Three deNetflix came to him in need cades, most likely. of superheroes. The company “I thought I’d have a few more gray and Marvel had spent years hairs before this happened,” Millar, 51, told The building a connected universe of characters, through Washington Post.

“Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” Millar is no stranger to movie. Millar later created his “Iron Fist” and “Luke Cage” Hollywood. Through his own works, such as “Wanted,” and combining those series stellar run as a writer at both “Kick-Ass” and “The Secret to form “The Defenders.” But Marvel and DC Comics in the Service,” which have been the Disney was readying its own early 2000s, he became one basis of hit films. streaming service, an evenof the biggest names in the For years, success at the tual home for new Marvel industry. His stories sparked movies didn’t change how Studios shows. much of the modern comic Millar conducted business as So in 2017, Netflix reached a book movie boom, including a comic book creator. He was reported eight-figure deal for “The Ultimates” series, which head of his own company, ownership of Millarworld and he wrote for Marvel with artist Millarworld, which he ran the rights to adapt its comic Bryan Hitch and is widely with his wife, Lucy Millar, books into shows. The mesconsidered to be the inspirawhile collaborating with some sage was clear: Millarworld tion for the first “Avengers” of the best artists in the field. was set to be Netflix’s biggest

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comics-inspired universe.

And now, finally, that plan has come to fruition, as the partnership’s first series, “Jupiter’s Legacy,” began streaming Friday.

“It was like a dream, because what they wanted to do was exactly what I wanted to do, which was to create the next generation of pop culture,” he said of the Netflix deal. “Not reinvent things.

Just put some new stuff out there. And not just one thing a year or two things a year.

There was a budget and a platform to actually get everything out there. It was just a no-brainer for me.”

The eight-episode “Jupiter’s Legacy” is based on the Image Comics series of the same name that Millar created with veteran comic book artist Frank Quitely in 2013. The plot is as Shakespearean as it is superheroic. It features a team of heroes, led by the Superman-esque Utopian (played by Josh Duhamel), who were endowed with superpowers almost a century ago after a visit to an island not on any map. There is conflict between those heroes, who feel a responsibility to use their powers for good, and their superpowered children, some of whom want to do anything but be their parents.

And there are old sibling rivalries, as the Utopian doesn’t always see eye-to-eye with his telepathic brother Brainwave (Ben Daniels), frequently disagreeing on how they should impact the world and what lines can’t be crossed.

“It was like a dream, because what they wanted to do was exactly what I wanted to do, which was to create the next generation of pop culture.”

Mark Millar

Two timelines exist in the story. The present-day, where many of the citizens are unsure about these old-fashioned superheroes. And the past that holds the secret to the origins of their power.

Millar serves as an executive producer on “Jupiter’s Legacy,” a result of he and Netflix becoming so fond of each other during negotiations that he was asked to stick around.

It’s a deal he equates to selling a house and then the new owner handing the keys back to the seller and saying they can do whatever they want with the property.

There are also plans for Millar to produce new comics that will connect to Netflix’s live-action Millarworld adaptations, including a new “Jupiter’s Legacy” comic due in June.

“I’ve always avoided having a job. Like most writers, the idea of a job horrifies me.

They knew I was never a guy who was going to come in and sit at a desk all day,” he said of the company. But his SEE SUPERHERO, PAGE E11

Mark Millar, left, talks with actors Josh Duhamel and Andrew Horton on the set of Netflix’s “Jupiter’s Legacy.”

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new arrangement “basically makes me feel as if I’m still running my own show, which is a perfect environment. You don’t feel like you have a boss watching everything you’re doing. It’s a very relaxed and chill environment.”

On a normal work day in his native Scotland, Millar spends most of his morning and afternoon writing, while he waits for Los Angeles to reach a Zoomable hour for calls with producers. Millar was a huge fan of Netflix’s “Daredevil” and was thrilled to have its

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• Cracker Barrel Old Country Store locations have rolled out two new chicken tender meals.

One of these now-permanent options is hand-breaded fried chicken tenders; they’re plated with a dill pickle-ranch sauce and two sides. The other, “Sweet ‘n’ Smoky” glazed tenderloins, get brushed with a maple bacon glaze before emerging from the kitchen.

The chain has also reimagined its signature hash brown casserole, frying it in bite-sized chunks along with bacon and melted Colby cheese, then serving the resulting forkfuls with a buttermilk-ranch dip.

There are Cracker Barrel Old Country Store locations on Whiting Farms Road in Holyoke and on Route 20 in Sturbridge.

• The Wurst Haus in Northampton, the Hampshire County outpost of Springfield’s Student Prince Cafe and Fort Restaurant, has begun offering live music every Saturday night.

The entertainment begins at 6 p.m. and finishes up for the evening around 9 p.m.; talent is drawn from across the region. To check out who’s playing when, go to wurst-haus.com/calendar.

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“The costumes are very bright, proper superhero costumes.

Nobody is dressed in armor or anything. It’s very out and proud as a superhero thing.”

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original showrunner, Steven DeKnight, on “Jupiter’s Legacy” (even though DeKnight eventually exited).

Another point of pride for Millar is “Jupiter’s Legacy” embracing its comic book roots, and not hiding from them as some properties do when they hit mainstream screens. He advocated for comic book art-style opening credits and characters saying

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things like “supervillain.”

“As a comic book guy who’s been a comic book nerd since I was 5, I almost can’t remember not reading comic books.

It’s in my blood. I bleed comic books,” Millar said. “The idea of not leaning into that would be crazy. The costumes are very bright, proper superhero costumes. Nobody is dressed in armor or anything. It’s very out and proud as a superhero

thing.”

Marvel Studios’ success has created the blueprint for ongoing, interconnected storytelling through multiple properties over a long period of time, a feat DC has not had nearly as much success duplicating. Millar says the possibility is there for Millarworld to achieve something of that magnitude, but it would have to be earned.

“The huge mistake Hollywood has made in the past is to take the audience for granted and tell the audience there’s a universe there,” Millar said. “You can’t go into it thinking about the universe.

I think you have to look at each project and make it as good as it can possibly be, and then maybe years down the line you start to think about crossovers.”

• Back from a pandemic-induced winter hiatus, • With the arrival of spring Packards Restaurant in sunshine and warm breezes Northampton has reopened comes the traditional start of with socially distanced barbecue season, and to celeindoor and outdoor dining as brate the season Wildwood well as curbside pickup.

Barbecue on Route 9 in HadA new menu has also ley once again has its smoker been developed to celebrate in operation. Wildwood is Packards’ return. It describes currently offering takeout, a lineup of comfort food curbside pickup and outdoor favorites, many of which have picnic area seating. been kicked up a notch with All the classics of the additional flavors. smoke-and-sauce genre Starters include the expectare available — pulled pork, ed – wings, mozzarella sticks, ribs, brisket, and more. and beer-battered tenders Wildwood Barbecue, 235 Russell St. (Route 9) in Hadley, is Those can be ordered as — as well as pimiento cheese offering takeout, curbside pickup and outdoor picnic area seat- served with maple bacon jam. plate meals or in the form ing. (DON TREEGER/THE REPUBLICAN) of “family meal deals” Main dish choices such as designed to accommodate fried chicken and a herbed four. The latter include meat having suspended operations who are “food insecure” for quinoa salad are compleor ribs, cornbread, two sides, during that city’s pandemic each patron Eleven Madison mented by sandwiches like a sauce, and chocolate chip shutdown.

Park serves.

Cuban, a black bean burger, Eleven Madison Park had It will prove interesting to cookies for dessert. and a Carolina-style pulled Each week the pit masters previously won numerous see if the market will suppork sandwich. also get creative. Among the awards, including three stars port such a premium-priced, A Packards ToGo option recent specials they’ve put from the Michelin Guide and all-veggie dining experience. provides “shareable sizes” together are a pastrami hash designation as one of the of various menu offerings, world’s greatest restaurants.

• The Munich Haus poutine and a Hawaii Five-0 including a whole Roasted Executive Chef and owner German Restaurant in burger topped with grilled Chicken Dinner for four. ham and pineapple.

Daniel Humm is planning Chicopee has begun its SumPackard’s is open WednesWildwood is now open major changes when the mer 2021 Biergarten Bands day through Sunday evenings Wednesdays through Sunrestaurant reopens, howevprogram, offering live music from 4 p.m. on. days from 11:30 a.m. to 8 er. He’s announced that the each Thursday, Friday, and The establishment’s telemenu will be meatless.

Saturday evening. p.m., except for Fridays and phone number is 413-584Eleven Madison Park The entertainment begins Saturdays, when business is 5957. transacted until 9 p.m. The will continue its tastat 6 p.m. on Thursdays and a house telephone number is ing-menu-only operating half-hour later on weekend Hugh Robert is a faculty 413-584-4227; its web adpolicy, offering that menu at nights. member in Holyoke Commudress is wildwoodque.com. $335 per person.

The restaurant’s outdoor nity College’s hospitality and In addition to providing beer garden also offers a culinary arts program and has guests with a meat-free, special menu.

• One of New York City’s nearly 45 years of restaurant multi-course dining experiContact the Munich Haus most renowned restaurants, and educational experience.

Eleven Madison Park, is ence, Humm will also donate German Restaurant at 413Robert can be reached online at reopening next month after five meals to New Yorkers 594-8788.

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Andrew Garfield stars in “Mainstream,” a “vapid social-media satire,” according to IndieWire, about a woman (Maya Hawke) who discovers the dark side of going viral when her search for internet fame leads her to begin making YouTube videos with a stranger. IndieWire says that Garfield “throws all of his loose-limbed ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ physicality and ‘Under the Silver Lake’ slacker slobbiness into the role of Link, a preening, pseudo-poetic stoner philosopher who could be the grotesque love child of Val Kilmer’s Jim Morrison in ‘The Doors’ and Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker in ‘Joker.’ What’s scary is the degree to which this excruciating film endorses his obnoxiousness. Surely we’re not supposed to like this poser, are we?” R. Contains pervasive crude language and some graphic nudity. Available on various streaming platforms. 95 minutes.

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“Remembering Anarcha” is a documentary about some of the enslaved Black women who were surgically experimented on – without anesthesia – by J. Marion Sims, a physician who has sometimes been called the father of modern gynecology. Unrated. Available on various streaming platforms.

91 minutes.

The official Oscar submission from Bolivia, “Tu Me Manques” tells the story of a father who travels from Bolivia to New York in the wake of his gay son’s death.

As he struggles to come to terms with his son’s sexuality, the dead man’s boyfriend, Sebastian, works on a creating a play honoring his lost love. The New York Times calls the film “a moving and intellectually rewarding testament to queer life and loss.” Unrated. Available on various streaming platforms.

In Spanish and English with subtitles. 110 minutes.

Johann Myers and Geza Rohrig (of “Son of Saul”) play corpse-collecting vagrants in the dystopian sci-fi fantasy “Undergods,” the feature debut of Chino Moya, a Spanish-born, Britain-based writer-director of music videos and commercials. According to Screen Daily, “there’s barely a frame of the film which wouldn’t stand on its own.” Unrated.

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Chaz Bono in the mockumentary “Reboot Camp.”