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The Compass Project shines a light on youth homelessness Walter Bird Jr.
Tufts’ Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine announces it will open a low-cost pet clinic at Worcester Technical High School in the spring. Fourth-year vet students will team up with Worcester Tech students to make sure Fido gets the care he needs. Tufts believes this is the first time a veterinary school has chosen a high school as an education and outreach partner. +4 Massachusetts receives a waiver from No Child Left Behind, bringing some kind of sensibility to assessing student progress and school effectiveness. +3 Disgraced former Speaker of the Massachusetts House, Sal DiMasi, comes to Worcester. No, he is NOT looking at a run for the District 15 state representative seat. Rumor has it that he’s talking to a Worcester grand jury about the probation department scandal. 0 Shooting on Chandler Street sends man to hospital, area residents fear criminal activity has moved toward the Castle Park area in response to increased police presence around the re-opened PIP shelter. -5 Neighborhood sweeps with Worcester police, fire and inspectional services planned for Main South, Union Hill and Vernon Hill. +1 T&G reports that landowners in Auburn and Oxford are trying to attract a casino developer. There goes the neighborhood. -2 Land transfers between the city and state clear the way for the completion of the bike path between Worcester and Providence, with construction possibly starting this spring. +2 City Council looks at augmenting Worcester Police Department staff with a 15 member class of recruits, boosting the number of uniformed officers to 335. +2 This week: +5 Last week: -1 Year to date: +4
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Had they been included, they would have ballooned one of the most sobering findings of this year’s survey: more than half of the homeless respondents, of which there were 102, identified themselves as either pregnant or parenting. Another startling note: 53 percent of the homeless were female. Pregnant or not, the homeless young
er eyes reddened as she spoke and what she said obviously came from a personal place. “It kind of broke my heart because I was seeing it on all sides,” 22-yearold Emily Corbett said as she sat in the comfortable surroundings of the heated office belonging to STEVEN KING professor Laurie Ross at Clark University. Ross was to her left. On the opposite side of the table sat 24-year-old Moses Dixon in quiet contemplation. Graduate students at Clark University, Corbett and Dixon were among nine members of Ross’s Community Needs and Resource Analysis class who, in one day last year, conducted the 2011 Youth and Young Adult Homelessness in Worcester Survey. The results of the third-annual survey were made public Tuesday, Feb. 7, at a press conference at Clark Graduate students North High School, where Moses Dixon and a pilot project to address Emily Corbett (left) were what Dixon labeled “an epidemic” in the city was among nine members also announced. of Professor Laurie For Corbett, the work Ross’s (right) youth was done and over with homelessness survey. in less than a day – postponed by rain from its originally scheduled date and shortened to just an adults all struggled with the same major hour because of time constraints – but the issues: family conflict or instability, impact would last much longer. leaving out-of-home placements, “I’ve been interning with an agency disconnections from education and in Worcester and working with young employment and challenges to accessing mothers,” she says of her separate vital services. efforts with the Main South Promise For Dixon, the survey was an eyeNeighborhood Partnership, through which opener. she came into contact with so many “When we go into a store or in our pregnant young women in the city. “At daily lives,” he says, “nine out of 10 the same time, we were doing the survey and meeting young mothers and it seemed times we could be next to someone who is homeless. They are among us. I knew like every one of them had such an it was a problem, but not how deep a unstable home.” problem.” As she conducted the survey, which The study revealed an interesting fact. targeted 535 people between the ages of While 63 percent of the youths who 13 and 25, and encountered homeless, resided in housing either had a high pregnant young moms and learned of school diploma or GED, a much larger their plight, Corbett’s thoughts turned percentage of homeless youths – 80 to the expectant young women she was percent, to be exact – also had either dealing with through the partnership. completed a high school education or “I’d say 95 percent of them would be obtained a GED. considered homeless under our survey,” Ross found that and many other aspects she says.
of the survey inspiring. “One thing that’s pretty extraordinary,” she says, “is how young people get through their lives. A lot of them have a lot of responsibility and strength. That’s what we’re trying to build around on this project.” Funded by a $397,595 grant awarded to LUK Inc. from the Health Foundation
of Central Massachusetts, the Compass Project aims to prevent homelessness among young adults in Worcester through a combination of intensive case management and a closely coordinated network of care. Rather than build more shelters in a city whose residents have grown weary of such proposals, project coordinators are, according to Ross, “creating a team of agencies and a seamless continuation of care” for young adults to keep them from hitting the streets in the first place. “These are not bad kids,” she continues. “They are young people who have goals and aspirations, and we want to help them achieve them.” “These are young people who want to make a difference,” adds Moses. “They want to go to school, get a job. They don’t want to be seen as a burden to society.”
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he First Night Worcester board of directors is searching for a strategic thinker with a passion for the arts, who can manage operations, raise funds, and spend the next couple months helping them figure out what’s next for the city’s giant New Year’s Eve celebration. First Night organizers never rest. Even though New Year’s Eve is more than 10 months away, lining up a full slate of performances, exhibits, events and a parade takes time. And before any planning begins, the board of directors sifts through attendance figures, financial information, and feedback they’ve received from the community to decide which parts of the First Night celebration worked best. And this year, because they are seeking a new First Night executive director, they are busier than usual. Joyce Kressler, who has been in charge of organizing First Night Worcester since 1999, decided last year that 2011’s would
be her final celebration. “I really think it’s time for new vision and new blood,” Kressler told WoMag in an interview in December. “I would love to see a 30-something come in and take it in a totally different direction.” Although it probably won’t be a totally different direction, First Night Worcester does seem headed for some change beyond a new director at the helm. Like other First Night events around the country, Worcester’s celebration has been hit by rising costs, declining donations and revenues. Attendance is down but the crowds are not only thinner, they are composed of different people with different interests and expectations. It’s up to the First Night Worcester board of directors and whomever they hire to run the show to decide how to keep the tradition aligned with changing trends and economic realities. Although they do take a few days off at the beginning of the year, it really is just a few days. By the end of the first week in January, they are back up and at it. “We spend almost an entire month
sending out thank yous to performers, sponsors and volunteers,” says Cheryl Bolduc, administrative coordinator for Worcester First Night. The organization also collects all available First Night facts and figures. “It takes a long time to compile all the information,” continues Bolduc. There are no numbers yet on how many people turned out for First Night 2012. Buttons, which serve as the admissions ticket to performances and events, are sold in businesses and shops throughout Worcester and those totals are gathered in bits and pieces. “We are still waiting for CVS,” said Bolduc who added the pharmacy chain is the top button seller. Money is a concern for almost all nonprofits, and First Night is no exception. Since 2006, when First Night revenues hit a high of $308,850, the organization’s finances have been trending downward. In 2007, the organization’s income took a small slip down to $298,776. But in 2008, First night reported
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etween 2010 and 2011 Worcester saw a significant drop in property crime (down 10.6 percent) and violent crime (1.6 percent). Parsing out individual types of violent crimes, nonfatal shootings dropped by ten incidences, and nonfatal shooting victims fell from 27 to 15. Aggravated assaults decreased 2.1 percent as well, from 661 to 647 reports to the Worcester Police Department. One category that declined in the past two years comes with some heavy caveats: instances of rape dropped from 60 in 2010 to 47 in 2011. Those numbers likely only represent a fraction of the number of rapes in the city – not just because many go unreported but because the reporting definition used by law enforcement agencies remains narrow. “Forcible rape is defined in the [FBI’s Uniform Crime Report] as the carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will,” Worcester Police Department Chief Gary Gemme explained in his report to City Manager Michael O’Brien and the city council. “Attempts to commit rape by force or threat of force are also included; however, statutory rape (without force) and other sex offenses are excluded.” “The definition of rape certainly is a barrier to accurate reporting,” says Kim Dawkins, the executive director of Pathways for Change (formerly the Rape Crisis Center of Central Massachusetts). “It’s a very conservative definition of rape.” But it fits the definition across all jurisdictions in the country and therefore it’s the standard, particularly when reporting crime stats to state and federal agencies. With the removal of statutory rape and incapacitated rape – someone engaging
in sexual activity with a person who is unconscious or in a state where they are unable to give consent – the numbers go heavily under-reported. “They would not consider that forcible rape. That would not be a number reported,” she says. “That’s still rape according to the work we do.” Worcester typically has had low reporting of rape: in 2009 only 19 incidents were reported. For perspective, in 2010, Springfield, Mass., had 127 reported in 2010, and 35 in 2011. Hartford, Connecticut had 46 in 2010. Many put the blame for this on the reporting mechanisms for larger agencies that localities report to for the purposes of crime stats or scoring grant money. The FBI has been targeted by sexual-assault counselors and service agencies to change its definition of rape. Late last year the FBI announced the department would begin including male victims of rape in the UCR, a crime reporting database that collects information from 18,000 municipalities across the country. Clearly, that still leaves the gap created by only recording “forcible” rapes and disregarding statutory and incapacitated rape. That process could come under review this year. According to an FBI spokesman, the bureau will look at their definition of rape at a Criminal Justice Information Services Advisory Policy Board meeting in Columbus, Ohio, in March. Dawkins says individual police officers probably know that instances of rape without “force” still should count as rape, but bureaucracy limits how they categorize their reporting. “So many of us are fighting to get it changed,” Dawkins says of the national definition. “It’s archaic. It’s not accurate.” Despite the federal guidelines, Sgt. John Daley of the Springfield Police Department says their organization goes continued on page 7
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but they are also watching trends. Over the past several years, audiences attending performances after 9 p.m. have been dwindled while crowds at afternoon family-orientated shows have grown significantly. And First Night Worcester 2012 followed that pattern. “Our family events were packed,� says Bolduc. “We were turning people away.� But at one of the night’s biggest events, a show featuring David Foster and the Mohegan All Stars that was co-sponsored by the Hanover Theatre, there was plenty of room to dance. In Worcester and in other cities, First Night has been evolving into more of a kid-centric, family celebration that wants puppets and magic shows rather than cutting-edge jazz performances and experimental theater. “The animal has changed shape,� says Kallin Johnson, vice president of First Night Worcester. Johnson, who has been involved with First Night for about 10 years as an organizer, and as a performer at First Night Chatham, said the shift from an all-out arts feast for the entire community to a family event has been ongoing. “In the time that I’ve been involved, I’ve seen that change,� he said. “First Night is mutating.� And some people have appreciated that change. Residents in Wilmington and Dover, Del., were initially disappointed when financial pressures forced those cities to shut down their First Night celebrations.
And then, they got a little angry. “There is nothing that we are doing, nothing I can find or know about for families on New Year’s Eve,� Tina Betz, director of the mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs in Wilmington told Delaware First Media. “There is a void.� Johnson says First Night’s no-alcohol policy makes it a natural choice for families. And because families are now coming in droves, providing more puppets seems like a natural response from First Night organizers. And while daytime family events and nighttime shows targeted to more mature tastes aren’t mutually exclusive, with fewer resources, choices have to be made. Bolduc says some residents are still disappointed that First Night has fireworks in the early evening, instead of midnight, the holiday’s big moment. A midnight fireworks show would probably keep crowds downtown and fill the seats at the later performances. But it would also steal some New Year’s Eve thunder away from parents and kids who seem to be buying the lion’s share of the buttons. Despite some challenges ahead, Johnson says he’s very optimistic about First Night Worcester 2013. He said the board of directors will explore whether First Night should swing more toward family entertainment or try to broaden its schedule to attract more people of all ages. But, right now it’s a little too early to tell what direction First Night will take. “I don’t know what the board will decide,� he admits. “We’re just beginning the process of sorting it out.�
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beyond the FBI’s standard of “forcible rape� when tabulating their figures. As for their total of 127 (129 according to the FBI’s UCR) in 2010, many of those came as referrals from the District Attorney’s office, and didn’t fit the forcible rape definition. The Worcester Police Department’s media team did not respond to emails and a phone call inquiring about the city’s low numbers. The department ignored questions asking 1) if any initiatives put in place have helped to lower the instances of sexual assault, 2) the agency’s definition of rape and 3) how changes to the FBI’s definition would impact the city’s reporting. Dawkins says she’s “glad the conversations are happening� around crime statistics, but more should be done considering many victims never file reports. She says the real question is “How do we come together as a community with a coordinated response?� For one, she believes perpetrators aren’t being held accountable and media continue to put attention on victims rather than the offender. It’s not something that will change
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Worcesterites have taken to two different forms of social media in the past week for the purpose of promoting causes near their hearts. Former South High student David LeBoeuf last week posted a petition to Change.org asking that as the City Council and School Committee push for building repairs to local high schools, they not overlook South’s need for walls in their classrooms. (When South was built in 1978, those that designed it bought into the idea that having each classroom connected to another without any real wall would engage students with all the learning going on around them — likely those experts were all on drugs.) “It’s almost impossible to conceive that school buildings still exist in our country where classrooms don’t have walls,” says the letter to Mayor Joe Petty. “This petition is asking our officials to make sure that South does not get left behind when they are preparing their requests for funding from the state.” As of press time, the petition has gathered 129 signatures.
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TWEET SPEAK: The other notable use of the Internet this week came as Worcester Police Chief Gary Gemme set up his own Twitter account, @911Chief, increasing the WPD’s online presence. Gemme’s account mixes timely and pertinent information, like upcoming segments on local news radio and crime-watch meetings, with slight digs at a judge, a city councilor and a state rep…The WPD continues to soldier ahead with its online-only presence, announcing last week that it would no longer email press releases to media unless requested. All information will come from Facebook, Twitter and the city’s website.
ANOTHER NAME IN THE D-15 RING: Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center director Mary Keefe has joined the fray for the District 15 state representative seat, pulling papers last week. Keefe ran for an atlarge seat on the city council in 2009.
CREATE OUR POOLZ: As the city continues to demolish its old PCBladen pools and replace some with new water parks, the recent filling in of the pool at East Park has rankled some neighborhood activists who argue that community input hasn’t been sought. “You’ve got to have a community meeting to find out what people want,” says Shrewsbury Street Neighborhood Association founder Gary Vecchio. So far, the city has said that CSX money will pay for a spray park at East Park and a feasibility study has begun on whether or not a spray park or a pool would be best for Holmes Field (and a community meeting could follow). But for Vecchio, those decisions should only come after there’s been community input, and an East Park masterplan meeting before CSX was on the radar doesn’t count. “We never did anything this big without a meeting,” Vecchio says. The spray park is slated to open summer 2013.
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CAUCUS AND KICKOFF: We say this all the time, but now we really mean it: the 2012 election season began this weekend as the city’s wards caucused and voted who they would send as delegates to the 2012 state convention in Springfield. … On Sunday morning the Central Massachusetts Democratic Action Kickoff brought more than 300 people to Coral Seafood to rally the troops for the upcoming races. Mayor Joe O’Brien emceed the event for familiar faces like Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and Congressman Jim McGovern and other members of the local delegation. Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (D-Lowell) also was there, as her new district encompasses more of Central Massachusetts.
MARRIAGE IS WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER: Councilor At-Large Mike Germain introduced an ordinance Tuesday night that he hoped would settle the controversy over the city clerks’ collection of marriage-fee payments in a manner that would show “fairness to the clerks, fairness to this council” and fairness to tax payers. The ordinance mentions that the State Ethics Commission ruled that the activity of personally collecting fees for performing marriages wasn’t an issue unless it “adversely affected the municipal clerk’s ability to fulfill his or her official duties” but still asks that any marriage fees collected after July 1, 2012 be sent to the general fund. Because the issue appeared while the meeting was under suspension, a flurry of questions about procedure followed as other councilors, namely Phil Palmieri, tried to add amendments. Discussion was held at the end of the night. For more Worcesteria items check out worcestermag.com/blogs/dailyworcesteria and follow @JeremyShulkin on Twitter. Got a tip? Email it to jshulkin@worcestermag.com or call 749-3166 x243.
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s a lifelong registered Democrat, I recently attended the first ever Central Mass. Democratic Action Kickoff brunch. The purpose of the rally was to encourage area Democrats to become actively involved in the 2012 campaigns of the party’s candidates. Ironically, it was held on the birthday of the great Republican president, Abraham Lincoln. Upon my arrival at the event, a city councilor, who has not been pleased with some of my political commentary, greeted me with, “So how’s the GOP?” Now even though I am the president of the Friends of Worcester’s Senior Center board, I know that he did not mean Grumpy Old People. Instead this politician was suggesting that I sympathize with the Republicans’ Grand Old Party. I bet he also thought that I was crashing the event because the breakfast was free. OK, so I’m not the most liberal Democrat. But I’m no DINO (Democrat In Name Only) either. I had a grand old time at this rally and appreciated the many elected officials at the local, state and national levels who were quite passionate in their call to action. With nine months to go before the November elections, area Democrats wisely are organizing and mobilizing to make sure that members of the party join enlightened unenrolled voters in making the right choices for President, U.S. Senate, Congress, State Senate and the State House. It was good to see Lt. Gov. Tim Murray smiling again as he received a rousing and well-deserved welcome from the appreciative hometown crowd. The relentless Boston media would be foolish to count this guy out. And one has to admire, respect and support Congressman Jim McGovern, a decent and sincere
Worcester Mag earns its place at the Better Newspaper Competition Worcester Mag won 10 awards Saturday in the annual Better Newspaper Competition run by the New England Newspaper & Press Association, including three first-place awards. The competition drew nearly 3,000 entries from newspapers and magazines throughout New England, including many of the region’s largest papers such as the Telegram & Gazette, Cape Cod Times, Boston Phoenix and Union Leader of Manchester, NH.
man of character. We need more like him. Thankfully, Martha Coakley was not present. Democrats are angry at her and ashamed of themselves for losing the Kennedy seat. But they appear confident that Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren will dress Republican Sen. Scott Brown in his barn jacket, put him in his pickup truck, and send him on a one-way trip from D.C. back to Wrentham, Mass. The energy, hope and determination that was expressed at this campaign kickoff made me wish that my mom and dad were still alive and with me in the packed hall. Proud and loyal Democrats, my parents made me as a preteen watch the 1956 Democratic convention featuring the skilled oratory of presidential candidate, Adlai E. Stevenson. Although a brilliant man, Stevenson could not defeat Republican and war hero, Dwight D. Eisenhower. My dad could never accept that injustice. Neither one of my parents ever voted for a Republican. Like so many from their generation, they voted the party, not the person. So intellect, experience, character and leadership ability didn’t always count. In jest I once asked my dad if I should vote for the Democrats or for the best candidates. He told me that the two groups were one and the same. If I voted for the candidates with a D next to their name, I’d be right many more times than I’d be wrong, he said. But I’ve become more conservative with age and experience. So on a few occasions, I have blackened in an oval for a candidate with an “R” next to his name. I just couldn’t vote for Jimmy Carter a second time. However, with Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Mitch McConnell and John Boehner representative of today’s Republican Party, I won’t be crossing party lines too often in the future.
Worcester Mag took first place honors with Serious Columnist (Janice Harvey); Arts & Entertainment Reporting (Doreen Manning) and Photo illustration (Steven King). “I am so proud of the work that our staff produces every week,” Publisher Gareth Charter said. “It’s always great to get recognition for the high quality journalism we practice, even with the resource challenges of this economy. It’s an honor to continue the legacy of great journalism that Worcester Mag has built now for over 35 years.” The 10 awards for Worcester Mag contributed to a record-setting 33 total awards for the Holden Landmark Corporation. The monthly baystateparent magazine won 18 awards, The Landmark weekly newspaper won four, and the weekly Millbury-Sutton Chronicle won one. The company won 14 total first-place honors in photography, writing, marketing and design categories.
Letters Harvey praise Dear Janice, Love reading your columns in Worcester Magazine but I was very moved by your last column as you wrote about your student whose names was given as Haya. As a community we just don’t know what our students bring to school each day with them. The grief and the hardship they endure is something that we will never be able to understand. There are many Haya’s in our school system and she is very fortunate to have you as one of her teachers. Thanks for caring. Well done! JOH N M ON F R E D O Worcester
WAC supports Worcester arts and education with 2012 grants The Worcester Arts Council (WAC) administers the City of Worcester’s annual appropriation of state funds from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) through a competitive grant program. Grants are issued to support arts, humanities and interpretive sciences. As the staff administrator for Worcester Arts Council, please allow me to clarify a few things about the process undertaken for reviewing applications. As noted we received 90 applications of which only 45 received funding which gives some indication of just how competitive the process is. Over the course of several weeks WAC met to review each application based on its own merit. Per state mandate council members are required to recuse themselves from review when there is a potential conflict of interest with an applicant. Be assured this policy was, as always, strictly adhered to and all recusements are documented for public record. Applicants are encouraged to take advantage of grant writing workshops WAC will host in the coming months in preparation for the next funding cycle which will take place in October of 2012. Submitted online by ELLEN GANLEY
Worcesteria 2/9/12 Great to see that at least one councilor, namely George Russell, is living in the real Worcester. Bravo George for not going along with the “spin” on the lack of violence. I like seeing a police prescence around City Hall and in my neighborhood as well. Submitted by V IR GINIA RYAN
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ince the New Year, the media has been abuzz with the fundraising heights of Harvard Law Professor, Elizabeth Warren, first time candidate for public office (an undeniable outsider), and strong contender for the “peoples’ seat” now held by Republican Scott Brown: in five months she raised more than Brown did in 12 . No wonder the eyes of the Nation are riveted on this race. What‘s fueling Warren’s popularity, and why its national significance? Her political stature is rooted in her appointment as Chair of TARP(2008), but its upward trajectory in how she used her position to do something about “how the system is rigged against the middle class.” The Consumer Protection Agency, Warren’s brainchild, was designed to protect people from unfair, fraudulent, and deceptive practices in credit, in mortgages, and banking. Far from the left wing extremism her critics decry, CPA is the work of a reformer advocating “fairness,” and the desire to “create a level playing field.” Warren created a furor in Washington. Wall Street went ballistic trying to gut if not destroy the CPA; Warren was attacked and forced to battle “one of the largest lobbying …on the face of the earth.” (See Vanity Fair). Outmanned, Warren held her ground, and saw the CPA off the ground, intact,-and funded. Lobbyists did, however, manage to block her appointment to head the CPA. Nonetheless, she “won”, emerging as an incorruptible, tenacious fighter for the middle class. And she didn’t give up. Warren opened another door to power, announcing her entrance into the race for MA’s Senate seat, and in August, broke out of the gate in a gallop. The telling detail in her campaign’s success is its $64 dollar average donation. Warren’s is a populist base, seeded by the leadership and the integrity she demonstrated, nourished by the record trustworthy representative of the peoples’ interests, and growing, as the public, fed up with Wall Street’s undue influence and government corruption, find in Warren , a capable, passionate, feisty-and ,most rare and appealing, a “real” person. But the barriers are formidable. Money, for one. Despite her remarkable fundraising, Scott Brown‘s 13 million war chest (a record already) is double Warren’s. His backers are the well-heeled: lawyers and accountants, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, GE and Ford, Liberty Mutual and Massachusetts Life insurance. And to the well-heeled, corporations and Republicans, and tea party members, Warren is anathema, provoking some to hysterical extremes ranging from the Republican legislator who called her the Anti-Christ to the tea party
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member in Brockton who screamed “socialist whore” as he stomped out of a public meeting. All the money and power behind the animosity and fear Warren’s popularity has stoked has and will fund the smears. The big guns were deployed within 2 months of Warren’s announcement; before she was even the democratic candidate (it still isn’t official). Manned by Karl Rove himself, behind the screen of a Republican PAC, Warren was defamed as a Wall Street crony in support of CEO ‘s mega bonuses. Another Rove PAC front claims she founded Occupy (untrue). Both thuds…the first too absurd; the second, simply untrue. Another tactic, echoed by Brown, disqualifies Warren as an elite academic. But Warren’s story discredits this attack. As Warren says, she wasn’t born at Harvard…but in Oklahoma, the daughter of a flooring salesman who saw difficult times. She began babysitting at 9 years old, waitressed as a teen. The first in her family to attend college, she went to public schools and university, became an elementary school teacher and a mother in her early 20’s. After (public) law school, she hung out a shingle, -a small business woman before she returned to teaching and onto the path that eventually led to Harvard. Clearly her roots are in the soil of America’s heartland; her values and loyalties are to Americans who have to work and earn their way. Her’s is not a story of manor birth, but of the American Dream. Many who succeed repudiate their origins; others, like Warren, never forget. Elizabeth Warren is galvanizing because she defines “real” and exudes “genuine.” Brown plays the peoples’ image in his pick-up, barn jackets, and jeans,-just one of the guys. But his Wall Street backers and his voting record contradict his body language. He voted against three job creation bills so as not to tax millionaires. This MA contest transcend even its players; it’s a national referendum on whether corporate-backed government continues unchallenged, corrupting politicians into self-interest and public disservice, or people take a stand, even change their party affiliation, as I have, to ensure Warren’s victory, and to put an authentic public servant in our peoples’ s seat.
When was the last time you attended a Worcester professional sports game? A S K E D AT T H E W O R C E S T E R C O M M O N S
Back in 2006 some time, I went to Holy Cross to see a hockey game.
Radames Pagan NEW YORK
Worcester Tornadoes 4 years ago.
John Fitzpatrick WORCESTER
Probably two years ago, I went to one of the Sharks games.
Jane Belliveau-Dubois ASHBURNHAM
A Tornadoes game, about 6 or 7 years ago.
Makaya Strickland BOSTON
I haven’t recently.
Princess Caesar WORCESTER
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Soccer is often cited as the most popular sport in the world. But in the United States, soccer has trailed behind America’s favorite pastimes — baseball and football.
Soccer is picking up the pace and quickly becoming one of America’s — and Worcester’s — favorite sports. And Worcester Hydra FC soccer team owner Phong Le is leading the charge. This past November, United Soccer Leagues (USL) granted Worcester Hydra FC a franchise and accepted the team into the USL Premier Development League (PDL). Le bubbles with enthusiasm, both about the “beautiful game” of soccer and Worcester — his hometown for the past 10 years. He emigrated here from Vietnam with his family 10 years after his father, and believed it was the right place to begin a new life. Today, it’s the right place to begin a new business venture that will hopefully pump his passion for soccer into the veins of Worcesterites and communities beyond.
GIVE AND GO WITH LE
Le attended Quinsigamond Community College for two years, then went on to graduate from WPI with a Masters of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2007. From there he worked at Nokia for two years before starting his own company developing smart phone apps with his own money. Le aspires to be as creative and as ambitious as Steve Jobs. He looks up to people who think big. He’s not afraid to say that can be a dangerous combination.
“I’m turning 30 [this year], and young and ambitious is a perfect recipe for failure,” says Le. “However if you put it like this: young, ambitious and intelligent, that’s a formula for success. That’s the element I’m looking for here.” He hopes that recipe for success will work not only for his company, but also for Hydra FC and the city of Worcester. Le calls Worcester his second home – one he doesn’t plan on leaving. A home he plans on having a successful professional soccer team in. A home he’s proud of.
Le. “I started to talk to my friends to try to convince them. I don’t need their approval. I just wanted to say it out loud so that I can remember I have to accomplish it.” Part of Le’s plan is to use an innovative approach to make Hydra stand out amongst its competitors and fill Foley Stadium with fans. Le says “keeping it local” is a priority and hopes the team will become a leader within the community and an organization that local businesses and players can support and work with. “If you are a local player, we like you. If you are a local business, we want to be with you,” says Le. “Local is the numberone priority because we know it’s a matter of time before the locals make the club a successful one.”
OFF THE BALL
Hydra FC technical director Nathaniel Short got a kick in the teeth when he was 16 years old; he was released by Plymouth Argyle, a professional soccer team in the lower leagues of England.
A new sports team hopes to make a goal in Worcester “Worcester is a perfect city and I’m planning on living here until my last breath, I think. And I want to put Worcester back on the map,” says Le. Along with the help of an unnamed friend and his father, Le put together the funding and the business plan for Hydra and applied for the franchise in the USL. It took him two years to complete. “After my graduation [from WPI] I said, ‘what do I want to do in my life, really?’ So, I had to follow my passion,” he says. In 2009 he starting thinking about acquiring a professional team. Le considered the various professional leagues: Major League Soccer (MLS, America’s top-tier soccer league), USL, and North American Soccer League (NASL), among others. For Le, USL seemed like a logical choice for a stable and potentially thriving team. “I’ve worked very diligently on USL to make sure I got enough contacts, enough investments back in ’09,” says
In most countries, professional soccer teams have a league system with relegation and promotion. Teams have youth academies where players are plucked at an early age from recreational leagues and given proper training by proper coaches. Teams hope the investment in young players will eventually pay off when they make it through the system and step on the field for the club. In American soccer, the league system isn’t established yet, and youth academies are still getting a footing – the collegiate system still reigns supreme. After making the cut at an invitational tryout when he was 11 or 12, Short signed with Plymouth’s youth academy and tried to work through the academy system to the first team. He was eventually cut and left searching for the next step in his career and life. As a teenager, Short signed on to play with nonleague team Wellington for minimal pay — a harsh environment for a teenager. Refereeing is on the light side, ability ranges from very good to moderate, and vicious tackles and injuries are regular. “As a 16 year old, I was playing against men – I’ve always liked to play above the age group. I played there (Wellington) for a year or two. From there I went to a team a called Bridgewater FC, which was a couple steps up,” says Short, sharing that once he excelled on a particular team, he would move on to a more challenging one. Eventually a coach tapped him to play on a scholarship at Lynn University in South Florida.
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It took time for Short to adjust to his new life in Florida. He was far away from home and in a new climate zone. He had to adapt to the way Division 2 college soccer was played, which was far different than nonleague soccer in England. According to Short, the English game and the nonleague game is extremely physical and knee-high tackles are commonplace.
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“When I first came here, I liked that part of the game, and the referees seemed to disagree with me for the first semester,” recalls Short. “It took me a while to adapt. I’ve always been a pretty decent player with my feet anyway, but I also had that added bite, and I had to put myself on a leash a bit.” Short played four years at Lynn University before moving on to the PDL
MARKET SATURATION Can Worcester support another pro sports team? Jeremy Shulkin
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he Worcester Hydra Football Club isn’t the only local sports team looking for fans this summer. After eight seasons with a marketing plan about as aggressive as the Prevent defense, the New England Football League’s Worcester County Wildcats’ new owner thinks 2012 will be the year that local football fans learn that the team exists. “It’s Worcester’s best-kept secret,” says Bob Weldon, head of Black Ink Sports, a consulting and financial management firm that focuses on sports organizations. If anyone understands the market for professional sports in Worcester, it’s Weldon. Black Ink Sports has had a hand in organizing the Sharks’ financials a few years ago (he still serves as a consultant), and predicted doom for Worcester’s former football team, the Surge, when he was able to peek into their books three years ago. With ties to the Tornadoes as well, Weldon says the economic outlook for fledging sports teams in the city isn’t rosy, but he believes it’s stable enough for his team. Weldon says he has an advantage because his overhead is less costly than that of teams like the Sharks and Tornadoes. For one, less games (the Wildcats play a 10-game season, five home games at Foley Stadium and five away), and two, his coaches and players go unpaid. With a focus on selling season tickets and wrestling up corporate sponsorships, Weldon believes that’s enough to increase the team’s profits (not to mention its visibility). He says the business community supports Worcester sports and will continue too, even if not to the same extent as it did in years pasr. “People don’t have the discretionary income they did four years ago,” he says. “The economy has hurt.” But, he adds, “Fans will come out if you have a good product.” Michael Mudd, president of the Worcester Sharks, says “time will tell” if adding new teams to the landscape will oversaturate the city. “It’s a positive for the city to have more types of entertainment in a city of this size,” and, the Sharks aren’t exactly sweating it. As the Tornadoes, Wildcats and Hydra compete for fans in the summer and fall, the Sharks have the advantage of being the only winter pro team around.
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with the Rochester Rhinos, the team he made an impression on during preseason exhibition games. Short turned down an offer from the San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer, and teams back in England. He opted instead to see how things developed with the Rhinos. After two seasons in the PDL and numerous concussions, Short decided to call it quits on his dream of professional
Not to mention the Sharks have enjoyed revenue success this season. According to Mudd, the team has seen an increase of 500 to 600 fans per game over last year’s attendance. That’s translated to a 39 percent increase in ticket sales from this point two years ago. That trend has gone the opposite way for the Tornadoes, whose attendance in their 2005 inaugural campaign neared 125,000 but dropped to 83,745 for 2011. (The good news, however, is that it’s up from 2009’s 78,000.) Mudd credits creative promotions and an administrative team that hasn’t seen much turnover recently. Other factors include the Boston Bruin’s success the past two seasons and home games against the Bruin’s development team, the Providence Bruins. (The Worcester Sharks are the American Hockey League affiliate for the NHL’s San Jose Sharks.) Despite this, the Sharks show how difficult running a professional sports team in the area can be. “Sports, as a whole, is a tough business,” says Mudd, when he responds that the Sharks have yet to turn a profit. While he says the Sharks would like to finish the year in the black, since they’re a part of the San Jose Sharks organization, which looks to them for player development – a homegrown player who makes the National Hockey League team is generally less costly than signing a star free agent. “That is a profit for our company.” “Business-wise it’s a good market, but we want it to be a great market,” Mudd provides. (He adds that it’s an excellent place for player development, as the team practices on its home ice and Worcester has easy access from a number of airports.) The Sharks are somewhat limited by geography as well, sandwiched between Providence, R.I., and Springfield, where they’re not allowed to market tickets for games at the DCU Center. “It’s imperative that we get a strong buy-in by Worcester County.” Fran Paquette, who serves as the chairman of the city’s Civic Center Commission, the board that oversees the DCU Center and will vote to allocate a $20 million renovation to the space this month, says that buy-in has been a continuous problem for DCU sports teams since the IceCats. Though he acknowledges that attendance is up for the Sharks this year, the economy is still “a fact of life.” As for the upcoming renovations (some of that work has already started), Paquette says the ideal number would have been closer to $60 to $80 million. Now, the city will have to pick and choose what necessary cosmetic and behind-the-scenes repairs will be made. “The ice rink was crucial,” he says, but the Sharks weren’t the only reason for that. The Sharks can’t wait, however. “It’s only going to help with the success of the Sharks,” says Mudd. “Everyone wants to see the new shiny toy.”
soccer. He retired and married a Boston girl he met at Lynn University and followed her north. Still wanting to be involved in professional soccer in some way, Short searched out Hydra FC and applied to help. He wanted to coach, but couldn’t make the commitment financially to coach full-time. Instead, he signed up to be the team’s technical director. Now, he’s in charge of finding players and using the contacts and connections he made over the years while playing professionally, in the collegiate game and back in England to field a competitive team for Worcester. Short is looking not only for AllAmerican college players, but also players who may have slipped through the cracks. He’s looking for the right mix. And even though it’s the team’s first year, Short says he expects the team to win.
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The search for the right players began on January 12 at an open tryout at ForeKicks in Marlborough. Le expected 50 people to show up for the tryouts. To his surprise, more than 100 hopefuls signed up. The manager at ForeKicks let Le know that next time he’d need to reserve a second field to accommodate that many players. Crammed onto just one field, many of the players weren’t happy with the tight quarters either. It was a tough situation, but the trialists made do. The organizers, many of whom are Le’s friends, split up the players into groups and divided the one field up into smaller fields for 5-on-5 games. It looked disjointed at times. Players didn’t know whose team they were on, what team they played for, or when it was time to switch. Other players looked calm and comfortable in the hectic situation, setting themselves apart with their ability to hold onto the ball, control it in tight spaces and create chances to score. Short says some players stood out, and he liked what he saw. But from his experience, it will be tough for any of them to make the team, no matter how badly Le wants to add in the local aspect, and the street game, to his team. It’s tough to find talent this way, admits Le, stressing again the organization’s aim to recruit local. “Talent is everywhere. Soccer is the same. Some of the players that play at the amateur leagues have the talent to go up another level,” says Le, while noting
ov story } { cover that they are trying to collect as much talent from the colleges as the street and combine them. He knows that the street players don’t have the same kind of discipline that college players have and he’s prepared for that. “They’re street. They want to play whatever way they want, show up whatever time they want to. That’s the disciplined side we need to work on and show them what we expect,” he explains. But on the flip side, while the college players have the discipline, Le says often they are missing that edge you get from a street player who hasn’t trained and played formally. Hydra has scheduled another tryout on March 10 at Becker College’s Alumni Field with the hopes that there will be more room and more of a chance to see local players.
THE USL AND PDL
The USL is the largest “elite-level” soccer league in North America. It is a system of teams and leagues all connected to
one major governing body. There are more than 100 franchises in the USL, and teams are located anywhere from the Caribbean to northern Canada. The USL Pro League is for the best teams and players in the men’s game. But the USL also has an amateur women’s league (the USL-W League), a professional indoor league (Major Indoor Soccer League), two youth leagues (USL Super Y-League and USL Super-20 League) and the PDL, which Hydra will compete in. The PDL is the USL’s premier development league that mixes paid professionals and unpaid college athletes, putting them on a stage where they can showcase their talents. In Major League Soccer’s 2011 SuperDraft, 37 of the 54 players chosen by MLS clubs had experience in the PDL, including last year’s MLS Rookie of the Year, C.J.
Sapong of Sporting Kansas City. “If we looked at the last six years of Major League Soccer drafts, you’d see 70 percent of those players taken played in the PDL. Last year’s MLS rookie of the year, C.J. Sapong, played at Reading United F.C.,” says Jeff McRaney, senior director of the PDL. “You’re talking about the very top players, not just in the college system, although a majority of them are, but up-and-coming players in general are in the league. It’s the destination, stepping stone and pathway for those players in between college or trying to get to the pros.” What makes the PDL different than most development leagues is its structure. A good portion of the players in the PDL are college players looking to hone their skills, stay sharp for the upcoming season and put themselves on display for professional scouts. The league works with the NCAA to keep the college players at amateur status. “I’ve had players in the past who have played PDL and anytime players are surrounded by other ambitious, capable players, typically what happens is players improve,” says Holy Cross men’s soccer coach Ted Priestly. “Generally speaking, it’s a positive opportunity for players to
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continue to grow and develop outside of their traditional playing seasons. Jason Willis played one season in the PDL and six seasons in the United Soccer Leagues before becoming the men’s soccer coach at Worcester State University and a coach of the Western Mass Pioneers, a PDL team. He says the league is a great experience for players who can make a team; it’s a chance for players to show that they can compete at the professional level. “The PDL is a great league, especially for college kids. It’s almost like a preview of what’s to come at the professional level,” says Willis, a former standout defender for Southern New Hampshire University and Holyoke Community College. Willis encourages his players, many of whom are from Massachusetts, to play at the top level that they can during the offseason, specifically during the summer. And because NCAA rules don’t allow players to play for their college coach in the off-season, he is suggesting some of his best players try out for Hydra to keep themselves sharp and ready to go for the next collegiate season.
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THE WORCESTER MARKET
At first glance, it seems that a market for a soccer team in Worcester exists. Worcester World Cup has solidified the sport’s popularity in the city and proven that the community
in and around Worcester supports the sport, even if the city has stood in the way of the growth of the game at times. “The priority and goals of Worcester World Cup is to help build and grow the culture of soccer in Worcester and have it recognized as a pastime and sport on par with basketball, baseball and football in the city,” says Kevin Ksen, community activist and Worcester World Cup committee member. “That’s been our motivation for starting the World Cup and
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our motivation for the past six years.” Ksen and other soccer fans in the city have run into problems with finding fields and space to play the game they love. Worcester Mayor Joe Petty, who hopes Hydra will succeed in its mission to create a successful soccer franchise in the city, acknowledged the shortage of soccer fields in the city. “It’s a matter of space,” he explains. Ksen sees the issue of allowing soccer players to use space and play the game they enjoy and love as a cultural one, and he sees Worcester as a prime example of the struggles the sport has here. “Soccer still isn’t recognized as a fullfledged sport in our country. I don’t think it’s unique to Worcester, but there is a concrete example in Worcester,” says Ksen. “Therefore, it has taken private initiative to take things forward.” That private initiative is Hydra. And the likes of Willis and Priestly think the city can and will get behind the sport and support the team. “In my experience, Worcester is a very supportive soccer city and a passionate fan base,” says Priestly. Willis agrees; he believes the city’s passionate fan base along with its diversity give Worcester a great chance of finding success as a soccer city.
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Soccer is still a tough sell. It’s not a sport everyone gets behind. It’s not the NFL. Attendance is growing in MLS, but Massachusetts’s only MLS team, the New England Revolution, had the league’s fourth worst
attendance average in 2011—13,222 people per home game, according to league records. And Worcester already has two semiprofessional sports teams, the Worcester Sharks and the Worcester Tornadoes. And considering all the other distractions in and around the city and state, selling a new franchise isn’t easy. Le has his work cut out for him.
Le has a couple of things going for him, though: He loves soccer and he loves Worcester. Already, Le is planning to give away 1,000 free tickets to students in the Worcester Public Schools for good behavior and excellence in the classroom. “I want to nurture the local talents, whether it’s sciences, whether it’s math, whether it’s sports. It doesn’t matter. As long as I’m living here, I want the kids to grow up and grow up well. It doesn’t matter if they’re going to the Sharks game or to a Hydra game,” he says. That kind of creative approach and attitude will get Le plaudits in the city with officials, but will it work out? Will Hydra FC be able to help promote and leverage the overall soccer community in Worcester? It will take time. That doesn’t bother Le. He’s happy trying to bring this game and this team to Worcester, his home. “I’ve always wanted to be involved in soccer,” concludes Le. “It’s a beautiful game. I live with it, and I might die with it.”
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Infernos of the Infi nite Brian Burris at the Davis Art Gallery Paul Grignon
Relentless. What other word can possibly describe the intrepidity exhibited by this artist, one who embarked upon a remarkably feverish tempo to complete a painting a week for an entire year. The exhausting and exciting result, “Fire and Night,” will be on display at the Davis Art Gallery come February 16. “The painting at pace wasn’t planned. I simply satisfied the itch whenever I felt it,” explains Burris. “For me, the act is an addiction, and masochistic in the sense of taste for suffering, which is no more apparent in my works than in this series, which is more semiautobiographical than any to have come before.” The 23 large canvases in the exhibit represent an unfolding narrative of Burris’s sense of existence, his sense of being and nonbeing, and the illusion of both time and self. His works plumb the depths of consciousness and the unconscious; the utter futility and folly inherent in human reasoning, where the mind strives for logic and order in the perception of a reality that is, ultimately, false. It simply does not exist. “Maintaining the pitch of a painting a week or, more accurately, working on paintings at every available moment for a year, was physically and mentally exhausting and something of an antagonist to everyday living and functioning in the ordinary world,” Burris explains. “So there was that aspect: having to transition back and forth between that place where I paint and the routine of daily life, work and family.” All artists suffer (or are blessed) by such frenzy, and Burris encompasses the symbiosis of both madman and genius. From the heights of Bacchanalian revelries to the nadirs of impenetrable Cimmerian realms, he explores the concept of existence in all its varied manifestations.
Why are we here? Why do we think? Do we exist? His paintings are imbued with despair, elation, with pure unbridled bliss, and hellish visions of torment, all perpetrated by the human mind. “We pass from the beatific to the sensual, from the sensual to violent and, in the end, succumb to the inevitable entropy,” states Burris. “When you accept the decline, it is a comfort and not a fear.”
Absent of words, his paintings speak volumes. Nonetheless, Burris has produced a book to accompany the journey of his creations, a tome filled with choice quotations from other equally possessed artists, creators who were also touched by a numen from above, or from below. Their words correlate with Burris’s harrowing, haunting imagery and yet within such imagery can selfrevelation be claimed. “The quotes in my book illuminate the closer meaning of the paintings,” says Burris, “enough so, that I stood back thinking that this is my most significant confession, my most thorough or honest divulgence. With a beginning and resolution, by its nature it
asks no forgiveness or understanding. This revelatory show immerses the viewer so that they may become thoroughly engrossed in the experience.” In his title piece, “Fire and Night,” a solitary soul remains betwixt the depths of despair and earthly torments, and the chaotic ignes nocturni that permeate the universe. In contrast, in his work “The Moment,” the soul emerges into complete understanding, experiencing its own satori. No more is darkness felt; an inner calm envelops the being, its corporeal self-relegated to its earthly demise. Within this empyrean realm, the true essence of One is achieved. Burris has captured the optimum stage of clarity, a tabula rasa effect where nothing remains but a clean slate of being. It encompasses the essence and passage of the soul, and the ultimate goal is within reach—that of the Elysian Fields. And in the painting “Elysium,” Burris has captured that ethereal domain, where that same singular soul is once again in unison with the æons, or archons that penetrate the cosmos, in perfect unity with the Pleroma. Here, Burris transcends the concept of the color field painters, and as one peers intently within such a canvas it can only evoke the epitome of the sublime. One need only stand with rapt gaze upon his paintings to plunge their own spirit into the allure of the abyss, into the worlds of Melancholia, Transmutation, and Sophia. Even though Burris’s works are accompanied by quotes from Shakespeare to Sartre and Wordsworth to Camus, Burris’s own words eloquently describe his exhibit: “So in me, in my paintings, perhaps you will see some of yourself.” And perhaps a hint of the mad genius within will be glimpsed as well. Fire and Night: New Works by Brian Burris at the Davis Art Gallery, 3rd Floor of the Printer’s Building, 44 Portland Street, Worcester. Opening reception is Thursday, February 16, from 5-7 p.m. Snow date, February 23. The show runs through April 20. For more information, go to davisartgallery.com. To contact the artist directly, visit burrisworks.com. FEBRUARY 16, 2012 • WORCESTERMAG.COM
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Ghosts of Jupiter Joshua Lyford
Worcester has recently found a new addition to its already insanely eclectic and thriving music community. Hailing
keyboards, Johnny Trama and Adam Terrell on guitar, Tommy Lada on bass, and Thomas Arey on drums. Wilson says that the band is, “Psyched to check out more of the local music scene around here,” and since they have recently relocated to our fine city, Wilson considers
a seasoned librarian utilizing the Dewey Decimal System. Ghosts of Jupiter are groove based and swaggering and incorporate classic rock elements into a stew with a hearty, more modern broth and delicious chunks of the blues and fuzz. They incorporate heavy riffs with
them to be a local Worcester band. This is great too, as Worcester’s collection of sounds has always been like a witch’s cauldron around Halloween—incredibly eclectic, unique and occasionally terrifying. Ghosts of Jupiter are a rock band in the broadest sense. The band works its way through genres with the finesse of
rock-and-roll effectiveness and the vocals are gruff while being upbeat and mellow. Their influences range from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the James Gang and Free to Tame Impala, The Black Keys, The Raconteurs and Fleet Foxes. “I’d say we’re influenced by a lot of rock music from the late ’60s and early ’70s,” Wilson says. Who could find something to love
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in Ghosts of Jupiter? To Wilson this could be, “Anyone who has a reverence for good vintage sounds and does something creative with it.” Ghosts of Jupiter recently released their first album, a self-titled 10-track recorded in Allston at The Lion’s Den. The band largely produced this record themselves with additional help from engineer Geoff Neilsen. Wilson recalls that the record “was a lot of fun to make but, these things take a while to get out.” While the band has had plenty of opportunities, the keyboardist and lead vocalist of Ghosts of Jupiter says that, “as a band we’re really proud of our new record. We worked really hard on it and we’re pretty psyched with the way it came out.” As for the future? “We’ve actually written a bunch of new music since and are in the process of recording our next record right now,” he shares. While the band only began playing shows under the Ghosts of Jupiter moniker this past fall, they had been playing as the Nate Wilson Group previously and have since played shows all over New England. They originally started playing a weekly gig at a club in Newmarket, N.H., called the Stone Church. Since the band’s inception, they have done several short tours, and played plenty of shows including several slots at The House of Blues in Boston and the Dive Bar and The Lucky Dog, here in town. You can catch Ghosts of Jupiter at The Lucky Dog on Green Street on Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17. Wilson says that the show should be, “A great night of music! I’m new to town but I’ve heard that Green Street gets crazy on St. Patty’s Day. I’m really looking forward to the gig and the fact that I’m nearly stumbling distance from my house.” Learn more about the band at ghostsofjupiter.com or find them on facebook.
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Just when you develop the audacity to think you know everything about a place, something quite special is bound to pop up. Though the Hanover Theatre’s Mighty Wurlitzer Organ might not be a secret, having starred in a number of shows since its 2009 debut, it’s a fascinating
years, Phipps amassed an astounding collection of organ parts in need of a good home, and it was the Hanover that jumped at the chance to have Phipps and his team assemble the gigantic piece in their space. “At one time, it was the biggest theater organ built in Massachusetts,” Phipps says. Mighty Wurlitzers are like icebergs: what you see isn’t nearly what you get. The Hanover’s extends to both sides of the building with most of the pipes and other instruments hidden away. The organ’s pipes range in size from akin to a pencil to more than a dozen feet long. According
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piece of technology that doesn’t get nearly the attention it should. The Hanover Theatre is asking Worcester to take notice this week and is hosting a unique opportunity to learn about this hometown gem.
This presentation is part of a lifelong dream for curator Don Phipps. Phipps has been working with organs for 63 years – he’s 79 – and the still-recent installation of his Mighty Wurlitzer in the Hanover Theatre is one of his grandest accomplishments. Over the course of 40
to Phipps, attendees will get to see some of the instrument’s insides up close and personal, as well as in photographs. After the technical portion of the presentation, resident organist Len Beyersdorfer will be giving a short concert of everything from Broadway tunes to modern favorites. Beyersdorfer came to the Hanover through Phipps, who he met through his work as vice president of the American Theater Organ Society. “To be honest, when [Phipps] thought of putting the Wurlitzer in the Hanover, I thought he was crazy,” says Beyersdorfer. “Now I know that he knew exactly what he was doing all that time.”
Phipps’ instincts have helped the Mighty Wurlitzer become an integral part of the Hanover. It is used for preshow entertainment as well as accompaniment for productions like Troy Siebels’ annual adaptations of “A Christmas Carol.” What makes this Mighty Wurlitzer special is the way that it functions. Much of the machinery operates the very same way it would have in the 1920s when the instrument was invented, through a combination of wind and electric power. Phipps and his team have also outfitted the instrument with some high-tech accoutrements: PCs and circuit boards that open up a whole new way to use the piece. “The organ can record every single thing you play and play it back—even the mistakes—which we’ll demonstrate on Saturday” says Phipps. In this way, the organ is an interesting study in meshing the traditional with the modern. For Phipps and Beyersdorfer, showing off the Mighty Wurlitzer to the public is a challenge that they feel privileged to undertake. “There are only two instruments that come from the U.S.A.: the banjo and the pipe organ,” Phipps says. “It’s a piece of Americana, and a piece of art we need to preserve.” “When people ask me why I’m doing this, I ask them to look up at that big, beautiful chandelier,” Beyersdorfer adds. “We don’t need it for light. We have plenty of other lights, but we couldn’t imagine the Hanover without it. I hope someday people think of the Wurlitzer like that, too.” “The Mechanics and 21st Century Technology: Inside the Mighty Wurlitzer” on Saturday, February 18 at 11 a.m. is part of the Access Hanover Lyceum series, which aims to educate the public about different aspects of the performing arts. Access Hanover events are free to members and their guests, $10 for the public. For more information and tickets, call 877-571-7469 or visit thehanovertheatre.org. The Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester.
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NOT CLOWNIN’ AROUND ArchieI don’t know what’s with my wife. I have a serious fear of clowns and she seems to think it’s funny that a grown man has this phobia. I looked it up and
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Is your wife 11 years old? It does seem kind of mean spirited, NL, and a bit like something I’d expect from a middle-schooler, and I can understand why you’d be frustrated. I had a good friend who was absolutely terrified of certain kinds of dolls and her husband would buy her one “as a joke” every once in a while. She replaced his lunch one day with shattered doll parts and he finally got the message. I think making it clear that this is not cool with you is extremely important; let her know and stand your ground if she
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ArchieI’m in a great relationship with a guy and we’re out on a Sunday afternoon, and we get lost. And like every other guy in the world he won’t ask for directions. He says it’s outside the “guy code”—help me understand this unwritten man’s guide to life! —Sincerely Interested
I can’t speak for all guys, but I don’t like to ask for directions because nine out of 10 times the person you’re asking doesn’t know either, plus there’s the added detriment of now I have to remember these directions I’ve just been given AND deal with being lost. That’s why GPS was invented. Guy rules they don’t teach us but should: 1. Give up your seat for a pregnant women or someone older than you in ANY circumstance that this other person would have to stand. 2. Leave an empty urinal between you and the next guy on the line. If all the urinals are full go to a stall. If that is not an option, hold it. 3. NEVER split a dinner bill with the words “Okay, I had a… .” If you ate $18 worth of food throw down a $20 bill and two singles and walk away. Go into EVERY group meal with a ready stack of cash in multiple denominations so you don’t EVER have to make change. DONE. 4. Learn how to change a tire safely. 5. Never question your dad — no matter how wrong he is. ASK Archie runs here in WoMag — get YOUR questions answered via ASKarchie@aol.com or visit the Archie Blog where you can ask anonymously at http://askarchiewomag.blogspot.com/
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A one way trip to hell Rampart Grade: C – David Wildman
It’s hard to feel much after Woody Harrelson completes the long, slow fall that is his latest film “Rampart.� As a racist, loudmouth, savvy jerk of an L.A. cop in 1999 he goes from hateable asshole with some hope of redemption to complete worthless moral failure. In other words: it’s a short distance from bad to worse, and this film serves us every grueling detail of the transition. On paper this looks like a winner. Director/co-writer Oren Moverman previously worked with Harrelson in the nuanced and emotionally powerful “The Messenger.� Here he has teamed up with literary heavy James Ellroy, who wrote the novels for the great film “L.A. Confidential,� and the Brian DePalma flop “The Black Dahlia.� I interviewed Ellroy around the time of the latter and his attitude was he stayed out of the way and gladly collected his money. This time Ellroy has penned the screenplay along with Moverman, so he has no excuses. Like the city he writes about, Ellroy’s stories tend to sprawl, as does the cast here, boasting veterans like Steve Buscemi, Ned Beatty, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, and so on. Moverman even manages to squeeze in Ben Foster, the sad-eyed young co-star of “The Messenger� as a homeless invalid witnessing Woody’s worst transgressions. This all appears promising. But let’s take a look at the actual film. Moverman has chosen a faux documentary approach, so the production opens like an episode of “Cops,� with a group of L.A.’s finest having a loose discussion about the aftermath of the 1999 riots, and corruption on the force. Woody’s Officer Dave Brown quickly establishes his alpha male dickness by making a young female rookie with
cholesterol problems eat a plate of French fries. Then he makes racist remarks and brutalizes a suspect. The camera follows him home, where he improbably lives with his two ex-wives (Cynthia Nixon and Anne Heche), who are sisters, and their gaggle of daughters. At dinner the camera hangs outside the room respectfully, or perhaps fearfully, as Dave rails on about an explicit art collage by the older budding lesbian daughter and then quietly propositions each of his exes in the hope of getting some nookie that night. Okay, so at this point we feel a bit sorry for Dave, whom the teenage daughter and apparently everyone else refers to as “date rape�, due to an incident where he apparently killed a serial rapist. After getting jilted for sex he picks up a black woman and licks her toes in the boudoir, then ignores her post coitus. It isn’t long before Dave gets caught on film beating up a black man that rammed his car. Enter Weaver as the stony Rampart police legal counsel. Dave proves a glib, brash talker, saying he will represent himself and end up with his own show on Fox. Sounds about right. There’s a sequence with Buscemi as a lawyer with Weaver and Woody where the camera – with unintentional hilarity – spins around in the middle of the room like those pot smoking scenes in the basement from “That 70’s Show,� truly a rookie mistake on Moverman’s part (although a lot of his cinematography actually is languidly effective). Then Dave picks up Wright in a bar, recognizing she’s a lawyer, and they do the nasty. He goes home and one of his exes has decided its time for a booty call. Despite getting his nut, things get predictably worse and worse, and he becomes, if possible, even less likeable. By the time its over, he goes on a full “Bad Lieutenant� drug binge and loses what little he has, including the most important thing, however you find it hard to care, despite quality dialog and visual style. Ultimately you’re left with the same dull, listless feeling watching this film as you likely got reading this review. Ah well, at least I’ve saved you some precious time.
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We rarely find time on Saturday afternoons to enjoy each other’s company, let alone dine on a remarkable lunch as a family. One of us is usually working, errand-running with the kids, or sick; such is winter. However, after a productive Saturday morning of work, gymnastics and ballet, and with everyone in good health, we found ourselves in need of an afternoon venture. A scenic drive along Holden Reservoir eventually led us to Ethan’s signage and an architecturally charming New England establishment. For lunch, the four of us chose seats in the main dining room with tables and booth-seating instead of the
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equally inviting bar area with a fireplace, extensive bar, and TVs for game-watching. Just a few tables were occupied on this sleepy weekend lunch-hour. We started with the house specialty—calamari gremolata ($6.99); lightly battered, fried and tossed with fresh parsley, lemon zest, garlic, parmesan cheese and a cherry pepper vinaigrette. Patrick and I loved the tangy sweet peppers sprinkled on the calamari and the kids didn’t mind the spice. The fresh tomato sauce on the side is a refreshing accompaniment, though not necessary as the calamari and vinaigrette suffice as a pair. Ordering the bowl for myself, I grudgingly shared my steamed Prince Edward Island mussels ($7.99) appetizer. Mussels are a hit when two five-year-olds are near tears once the last shell has been shucked. Our server quickly brought us more warm sourdough bread to sop the mollusks’ remarkable sauce – white wine, garlic and butter with chunks of diced tomatoes. My Caesar salad ($8.98) with homemade peppered croutons and salad dressing was the best follow-up to two satisfying appetizers. With optional toppings of salmon, jumbo shrimp, steak tips or grilled chicken for an additional
charge, the chicken breast I opted for has fresh-off-the-grill markings and is piping hot; a pleasant surprise when most grilled chicken for salads is prepped hours before and served cold. The kitchen tended more toward “rare” than “medium” on Patrick’s openfaced steak sandwich ($9.99). A hearty sandwich, the sirloin steak, sautéed mushrooms and onions on a toasted Italian bun was enjoyable, though some areas were too bloody, even for Patrick. The kids, full on calamari, mussels, bread and most of Patrick’s sandwich fries, left their porcino pizza mostly untouched. Generous amounts of pepperoni, Italian sausage, mushrooms, roasted peppers, caramelized onions and mozzarella cheese ($10.99) top the eight-slice pizza. Tempted by the bubbly crust, I snuck a piece and was not disappointed by the pizza toppings or chewy crust. Attentive and personable, especially toward the kids, I wanted to package up our server to-go and bring her home, along with our pizza. There’s no escaping, the “d” word with little ones in tow, especially when a server innocently inquires if we have any room. Ethan’s desserts vary from cannoli, tiramisu, carrot cake, pound
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{ recommended} Allora Ristorante 139 Lakeside Ave., Marlboro 508-485-4300 alloraristorante.com Looking for good Italian near the Metrowest beltway? Allora is a step above its competitors, offering an interesting array of beef, pork, seafood and pasta both familiar and novel. Desserts are made fresh in-house, as is the complementary focaccia bread, both of which serve to elevate the experience. Moderate prices. Easy access to Rte. 495. Off-street, free parking. Credit cards accepted. Full bar.
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recently closed 86 Winter on 65 Water St., according to the colorful sign on the door, the food featured will represent a New Orleans kitchen and Oyster Bar. The owner of Gumbo, Nick Vapiano, also owns a restaurant in Holden called Flip Flops. We’re excited what sort of color this new venture brings to the Canal District. Gumbo, 65 Water St., Worcester.
Coming soon to Worcester will be Snow’s Restaurant and Pub, claiming to be a “parenthood� restaurant of Clam Box takeout. This eatery, though presently under construction, will open Feb. 20, and offers mainly seafood, steaks, pastas, soups, and a full bar including draft beers and specialty drinks. It claims a family friendly atmosphere, 10 flat-screen TVs, Keno, and a full bar center. If you’re looking for a fun and upbeat place to dine, check it out on Feb. 20! Snow’s Restaurant and Pub, 321 West Boylston St., Worcester.
Craving some appetizing traditional Italian cuisine? Try CafĂŠ Espresso, an Italian restaurant chain that recently opened on Chandler Street. CafĂŠ Espresso features high-end lunch and dinner options, with its menu boasting more than 20 different types of pasta and risotto dishes and specialty dinners such as Chicken Marsala and Salmon Napolitana. CafĂŠ Espresso also offers exceptional “Party Platters,â€? selected foods such as Eggplant Parmigiana or pasta dishes for groups of
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hile the main bar for Loft 266 is upstairs, two of my girlfriends and I took over a cozy corner bar with only four stools and commenced our excellent evening by ordering three appetizers that were generous enough to serve as shared meals. I went for the most unusual app–the Reuben egg rolls–while Kristi and Laura went with the more familiar pub offerings of STEVEN KING spinach and artichoke dip and classic nachos. All three of us were impressed with how great the Rueben egg rolls were. The corned-beef brisket, in particular, was excellent and tender, and the crisp, fried egg rolls complimented the whole thing nicely while providing a nuanced difference. The spinach and artichoke dip proved to be a surprisingly unusual take, too, with the base cheese as a ricotta that worked very well in flavor and texture. The classic nachos were about average for nachos, though they could have definitely used a little more cheese. However, the chips, themselves (same as for the spinach and artichoke dip), tasted as if they were freshly made there and that, also, gave those appetizers an added bonus. In contrast to the great appetizers, we were pretty “meh” on the key-lime pie and cheesecake that we split for dessert. Neither was bad, but they didn’t taste fresh made. The rest of the food, the great service, and fun atmosphere, however, still made the overall experience of Loft 266 one I’d recommend in a heartbeat.
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Over 75 Trucks, Vans, SUV’s & Crossovers! CARS Imports 2006 Hyundai Sonata GL $9,995 58K, Sedan, 4 CYL, AT, AC, PW, PL, Black #G4520B 2007 Nissan Cube $12,977 4CYL, 4 DR, AT, AC, PW, PL, 31 MPG Hwy #P691 2009 Nissan Versa S/SL $11,995 34K, Sedan, 4 CYL, SL, Silver #P659A 2010 Nissan Sentra S/SR/SL $13,495 34K, Sedan, 4 CYL, AT, AC, Red #P667 2007 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GT $13,999 6CYL, 5SP, AC, PW, PL #N1103C 2008 Nissan Altima 2.5/2.5 $16,895 18K, Sedan, 4 CYL, 2.5S, Roof, Green #N1126A 2007 VW EOS Convertible $15,999 AT, AC, PW, PL, Lthr Seats, #P719 2010 Subaru Forester 2.5X $21,595 29K, Wagon 4 Dr, 4 CYL, AWD, Black #P736
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$
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12 Chevrolet Malibu LS
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18,495
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2000 Chevrolet Silverado K2500 $8,995 87K, Pickup, 8 CYL, 4X4, AT, AC, Gray #C1567X 2001 Chevrolet Silverado K1500 $9,995 92K, Pickup, 6 CYL, AT, 4X4, Blue #C1275B 2004 Chevrolet Express Cutaway $13,995 64K, Cutaway, 8 CYL, 17’, AT, AC, White #C12171A 2005 Chevrolet Silverado K2500 $24,995 87K, Crew, 8 CYL, DSL, 4X4, LT, Blue #C1571A 2006 Chevrolet Silverado K2500 $19,995 26K, 8 CYL, Plow, 4X4, LT, Green #C12242A 2006 Chevrolet Silverado K2500 $23,995 92K, Ext, 8 CYL, Plow, 4X4, LT, Gray #C12201A 2007 Chevrolet Silverado K1500 $18,995 69K, Ext Cab, 8CYL, 4X4, AC, AT, Gray #C1027A 2007 Ford F150 $18,995 65K, Ext, 8 CYL, 4X4, STX, AC, AT, Red # C12164A
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12 Chevy Silverado 1500 Reg Cab, Summit White, Reg Cab, Auto, AC, CD, V8, R Def, Keyless, HD Trailer Pkg, 5.3L V8 Engine, G80 Locking R Differential, H-D Cooling, StabiliTrak #C12118
20,495
$
$26,270.00 MSRP -775.00 Disc -2,000.00 Rebate - 1,000.00 Other* - 1,000.00 Other* -1,000.00 Other*
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26,890
$
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LT, Mocha Steel Metallic, 4X4, PW, PL, PS, Auto, AC, CD, 4DR, Tilt, Cruise, R Def, Heated Mirrors, Keyless, Remote Start, XM Radio, Floor Mats, Bluetooth for Phone, R Vision Camera, LT Ext Pkg, Power Mirrors, StabiliTrak, Traction Control #C12205
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28,450
$
$33,950.00 MSRP -1,500.00 Disc -2,000.00 Rebate - 1,000.00 Other* - 1,000.00 Other*
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Thursday, Feb. 16th - Monday, Feb 20th 2006 HYUNDAI TIBURON
2DR CPE, GS, MT, SILVER, 84,844 Miles, Stk. # N861960B Was $9,680
NOW
$
YEAR 2007 2006 2007 2007 2005 2009 2008 2010 2004 2007 2009 2008 2011 2005 2010 2010 2010 2009 2008 2004 2007 2005 2004 2004 2010 2010 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2010 2006 2008 2011 2009 2006 2008 2011 2010 2010 2007 2008 2007 2006 2007 2007 2009 2011 2009 2009 2006 2005 2009 2009 2008 2009 2007 2006 2009
MAKE ACURA ACURA ACURA BMW BMW BUICK CADILLAC CHEVROLET CHRYSLER CHRYSLER CHRYSLER CHRYSLER DODGE DODGE DODGE DODGE DODGE DODGE DODGE DODGE FORD FORD FORD FORD FORD HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HYUNDAI HYUNDAI HYUNDAI HYUNDAI HYUNDAI HYUNDAI
2001 NISSAN ALTIMA
P, GREEN, 96,250 MILES, Stk. # D152155A Was $9,995
$ CARLINE TSX TL TL 5-SERIES 545I ENCLAVE STS MALIBU CROSSFIRE ASPEN SEBRING TOWN & COUNTRY AVENGER MAGNUM RAM TRUCK CALIBER CALIBER AVENGER RAM 1500 RAM 1500 EXPLORER MUSTANG F150 EXPLORER F-150 ELEMENT CIVIC HYBRID CR-V ODYSSEY ACCORD SDN ACCORD SDN ACCORD SDN PILOT CR-V CR-Z HYBRID PILOT ACCORD CPE CR-V CIVIC SDN CIVIC SDN INSIGHT ACCORD SDN CIVIC CPE PILOT RIDGELINE ACCORD RIDGELINE CR-V CRV CIVIC SDN CR-V ACCORD SDN CR-V CIVIC SDN ELANTRA SORENTO SANTA FE SONATA TUCSON SONATA
5DR, OUTBACK LTD, MT, RED, 123,163 Miles, Stk. # H506106B Was $9,880
NOW
8,000
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2003 SUBARU LEGACY WAGON
4DR SDN, GLE, AT, GREEN, 93,636 Miles, Stk. # N860404A Was $8,930
NOW
9,000
STOCK NO H600376A H012491A H328255A UX071511 U141656A K426395A H325622A H026109A U277049B D163436A U517381 U821362 D111956A N007427A C167209A U607591 U663723 D230271A H099154A H015842A D100618A N812315A D163436B D138553A K268188A H001773A N516297A H008676A K281821A H149041A N302047A H070865A H018189B H026464A H139948B H021033A H000177A N356778A H001239B U524950 H001102A N490307B H120669A H022248A H452145A H008083A H452296A H306848A N703782A N126020A N350751A H071303A H006911A U335569 K197613A K465719A D674670A K252267A U264828 K273378A
2003 KIA SEDONA
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NOW
7,993
STOCK NO H007572A N402864A N375863A H000530B K115450A K371854B K542508A U233080 U235613 U171859A K027238B U704350 U157849 H005797A U175413 K029799A N201322B N356309A N415619B N202481A H002607A U004579 N355911A U844381 N314900A N869838A N682192A N117439A N181887A U462782 N207591B U526991 H018113A U162018 N196146A N601540A H044070A U616639A N263861C H103342B H313563C H000556A H009029A H011669A H002609A H328337A U011336 K002839A U089215 H023357A D147889A N198353A N632958B H057520A N160025B N172994A N498658A N159535A H009183A N183855A
YEAR 2007 2007 2009 2007 2004 2007 2009 2010 2010 2006 2009 2011 2010 2010 2010 2011 2007 2010 2010 2008 2004 2010 2008 2010 2008 2009 2009 2010 2006 2008 2004 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2004 2003 2007 2002 2006 2011 2009 2011 2003 2010 2009 2008 2009 2010 2009 2007 2008 2008 2008 2009 2004 2000 2008
MAKE HYUNDAI JEEP JEEP JEEP KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA KIA MAZDA MAZDA MAZDA MERCURY MITSUBISHI MITSUBISHI NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN NISSAN SAAB SUBARU SUBARU SUBARU SUBARU SUZUKI TOYOTA TOYOTA TOYOTA TOYOTA TOYOTA TOYOTA TOYOTA TOYOTA TOYOTA TOYOTA TOYOTA TOYOTA TOYOTA TOYOTA
$ CARLINE TUCSON WRANGLER LIBERTY LIBERTY SORENTO SPORTAGE RONDO FORTE FORTE SEDONA SORENTO SOUL SOUL SOUL SOUL SORENTO SORENTO MAZDA3 MAZDA5 MAZDA3 MONTEREY GALANT ECLIPSE MAXIMA ALTIMA MAXIMA MURANO ALTIMA MAXIMA ALTIMA MAXIMA SE ALTIMA MURANO ROGUE ROGUE QUEST ROGUE PATHFINDER FRONTIER 4WD PATHFINDER 3-Sep LEGACY WAGON OUTBACK FORESTER IMPREZA WAGON MPV XL-7 CAMRY CAMRY HYBRID RAV4 CAMRY HYBRID COROLLA RAV4 5 SPEED YARIS YARIS PRIUS CAMRY HIGHLANDER RAV4 HIGHLANDER
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How those low-rate financing offers really stack up Many car manufacturers are now offering zero percent financing and while zero percent financing may sound attractive, be careful before choosing this option. Let’s take a look at some facts. First, zero percent financing is usually only for qualified buyers, with very high credit scores, and for a short term, usually 36 months. What does this mean? If you do qualify, your payment for a $20,000 loan (normally around $400 per month) will be about $556 per month. If you do not qualify, you will be offered a higher rate, maybe 4.9 percent, and by accepting this rate, you will be giving up a substantial rebate. Second, in almost every instance that special financing is offered through a dealer, the buyer usually has to choose between the low finance rate and a considerable rebate. When choosing the rebate, that amount is immediately subtracted from the selling price. When choosing the low finance rate, the amount of the rebate is used to “buy down” the interest rate. So if the loan is not taken to term (all payments made), you have not taken full advantage of the savings. The only exception is if all of the following conditions apply to you: an exceptional credit score, excess cash flow for higher monthly payments, and keeping
the vehicle for the full loan term. If it is traded, stolen or totaled, savings are wasted. For example: Kathy Z., a credit union member, purchased a new car in February. After her down payment, Kathy had the option to finance $19,750 through the factory at 1.99 percent Annual Percentage Rate over 60 months, or take a $2,000 factory rebate, thereby financing $17,750 at the credit union rate of 2.79 percent APR, also over 60 months. Here’s how the options compared: Factory low-rate financing: • Finance amount: $19,750 for 60 months (five years) at 1.99 percent APR is $346.09 per month. The total payment will be $20,765.21. Credit Union financing: • Finance amount $17,750 for 60 months (five years) at 2.79 percent APR is $317.29 per month. The total payment will be $19,037.43 by taking the rebate. Kathy’s savings is $1,727.78. Savings is greater if vehicle is sold, traded or paid off before 60 months. Remember rule number one: It is almost always better to take the cash rebate than to take the low interest rate offer. The full savings are immediate; no risk — no wait. -Submitted article
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>Thursday 16 Carrie Moyer: Interstellar is showing through Sunday, Aug 19. Over the past two decades, Moyer’s painting practice has been shaped by her identification with the radicalism of art, politics and feminism of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as her formal training in both painting and computer graphic design. Moyer’s deep engagement with the medium’s potential of melding beauty and message and her exploration of the roles of illusion and content in abstraction have identified her as one of painting’s most innovative contemporary practitioners. Free with museum admission. Worcester Art Museum, Contemporary Gallery, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406, worcesterart.org. Hindsight! Voices and Visions now through Saturday, Feb. 18, features highlights from 29 years of performances at WPI by New Voices. wpi.edu. 8 p.m.-10 a.m. WPI: Little Theatre, 100 Institute Road. One Poem And.... is an open-reading series meant to provide a venue for writers to share their work as well as the work of established writers they admire. For every original poem a person reads they will be asked to compliment that poem by reading a poem of their choosing by another established and published writer: from Shakespeare to Stern, Bradstreet to Bukowski, Yeats to Young, Rumi to Rich and any and all between. Free; 3-5 p.m. Worcester State University, Sullivan Building, Room S-305, The A. Barbara Pilon Seminar Room, 486 Chandler St. 508-9298078. Drum Away The Blues: A Celebration of the Music & Rhythms of West Africa with Craig Harris. Join the Jacob Edwards Library for a music performance by percussionist and teacher Craig Harris. He created the program to explore the rich musical heritage in West African countries. Free; 6:30-7:30 p.m. Jacob Edwards Library, Reading Room, 236 Main St., Southbridge. 508-764-5426. Voice to Vision Gallery Opening and Talk with Holocaust survivor Fred Amram. The Voice to Vision collaborative project captures the extraordinary experiences of genocide survivors from different parts of the world. The stories of the survivors are first shared through dialogue, and then transformed into works of visual art that display sculpture, painting, drawing, collage and mixed media. Each art piece has been created through collaboration with a team of artists and genocide survivors. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, Schiltkamp Gallery, 92 Downing St.
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>Friday 17 Downstairs at Ralph’s tonight will be Joshua English, James Keyes and then upstairs you’ll find Those Mockingbirds (N.J.), Birdhand (N.Y.) The Hidden Complex, Knicks, and Barbecue! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. At the d’Alzon Poetry Reading the featured reader will be Ron Spalletta plus an open mic. 7-8 p.m. Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 1st floor, 500 Salisbury St. 508-7677272. VDAY Worcester presents the Vagina Monologues at Nicks! from 7 to 8:30 p.m. (tickets are $10) and then Golden Ticket at 9:30 p.m. (no cover). Another show on the 18th too! Tickets available at 508-753-4030. All proceeds to benefit Girls Inc. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. Classic Albums Live presents Dark Side of the Moon. Classic Albums Live takes classic albums and recreates them live, on stage - note for note, cut for cut. Founded in 2003 by Craig Martin, Classic Albums Live has become the ultimate destination for music lovers wanting to hear the greatest albums performed live without all the gimmickry and cheesy impersonations of tribute bands. $25, $35 and $45; 7:30-10:30 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469, thehanovertheatre.org. The Filthy Still, Henry’s Rifle, Farmers Union Players, The Genre Whores $7; 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888, FilthyStill.com. Check out Three Day Threshold after you kick off your skis at Coppertop Lounge/Wachusett Mountain Ski Area. No cover; 8-10 p.m. 978-464-2300, wachusett.com. Joe D Three performs jazz and original jazz/rock with Joe D’Angelo on guitar, Bob Simonelli on bass and George Dellomo on
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Wolfman Conspiracy are conspiring at Beatnik’s tonight around 10 p.m. 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam takes over the DCU Center on both Friday, Feb. 17 and Saturday, Feb. 18. An incredible family-friendly experience starring the biggest performers on four wheels: Monster Jam monster trucks. These 12-feet-tall, 10,000-pound machines will bring you to your feet, racing and ripping up a custom-designed track full of obstacles to soar over - OR smash through. Just announced: Dennis Anderson - Legendary Grave Digger Driver to make his first-ever appearance in Worcester. Adults: $50.75, $35.75, $25.75 & $20.75. Children: $50.75, $35.75, $13.25 & $10.75. Note: All ticket prices increase by $2 on the day of the show. 7:30-9:30 p.m. DCU Center-Arena and Convention Center, 50 Foster St. 508-755-6800, ticketmaster. com.
>Saturday 18 Mooseknuckle, The McGunks, Genre Whores, The Skintights and Musclecah are at The Raven. 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133. A vast ye land lubbers! During Talk Like a Pirate Day the pirates have taken over the Higgins Armory Museum. Come dressed as your favorite pirate. Games, crafts, cutlass classes, pirate-talking workshops, and more! Prizes for best-dressed
Worcester Art Museum Zip Tour: Anders Zorn. Zip Tours take place at noon, last 20 minutes, and focus on one work of art or artist. This tour will look at WAM’s two works by the Swedish painter Anders Zorn, led by docent Ginny Powell-Brasier. Free with museum admission; noon-12:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406, worcesterart.org. Owl Prowl. This program is designed for children and their parents. We will read Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, examine owl pellets, and take a walk in search of owls. For more information and to register, call 978-464-2712. Adults $6, Children $3, Families $21 (for members, Adults $4, Children $2, Families $15); 5-7 p.m. Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Rd., Princeton. 978-464-2712. Petersaysdenim presents Every Avenue, We Are The In Crowd, Plug In Stereo, The Audition, Simple As Surgery at The Palladium. (upstairs) tonight. $15 adv., $17 door; 6-11 p.m. 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Johann Sebastian Bach’s B-Minor Mass as performed by The Worcester Chorus, featuring Christopher Shepard, artistic director, will be a glorious masterpiece of choral music. The B-Minor Mass by J.S. Bach is one of the jewels in the crown of Bach repertoire. $37, $34, students $20 in advance/$15 at door; 8-10:30 p.m. Mechanics Hall, The Great Hall, 321 Main St. 508-754-3231, musicworcester.org. The Swaggering Growlers, Get The Fear, Tensor,
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Rise Above Foundation will host Fostering Laughs: A Comedy Show to Benefit Children in Foster Care to raise awareness and support for its mission to provide enriching activities, opportunities, and experiences to youth in Massachusetts foster care. Held at the Scandinavian Athletic Club in Shrewsbury and featuring comedians James Dorsey, Dan Crohn, Sarah Blodgett, Sean Sullivan and Sharon Simon, plus a silent auction, refreshments and a cash bar. Doors open at 7 p.m., with show at 8 p.m.; tickets are $25 or two for $40 and are available at weriseabove.org. Scandinavian Athletic Club, Shrewsbury.
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picks Red Line Rebels and Patriot Act take over the stage from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.
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The Maids of Athena present APOKRIATIKO Masquerade in Worcester. Dance to modern and classic Greek and American hits spun by DJ Niko, enjoy great mezze appetizers) and drinks, and hang with the lovely Maids of Athena—all while supporting a Greek-owned business, Ritual Restaurant and Bar. The Maids of Athena are dedicated to ensuring our future place in North America’s preeminent Hellenic organizations. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Ritual, 281 Main St., Worcester.
Come to Broad Meadow Brook to explore the sanctuary during February Vacation Week Monday, Feb. 20 through Friday, Feb. 24. Every day will feature a new theme, and this week promises to be filled with new discoveries and new friends as well! If you sign up for all five days, the cost is $185 for members and $235 for nonmembers, for ages 6 to 11. For more information and to register, call 508-753-6087. $52 Child, $42 for Child Members; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087.
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>Monday 20 Dirty Gerund Poetry & Variety Show is a wild night of spoken word, poetry, music, visual arts and ruckus that creates an innovative, fast-paced variety show that ain’t your grandma’s poetry reading. Tonight’s guest is NYC Poet Caroline Rothstein. $2-$5 suggested donation; 9-11:30 p.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543, dirtygerund.com. Come have a drink with Worcester Time Trade in the Ship Room and learn how you can help strengthen our community and local economy during Green Drinks February. Worcester Time Trade follows a simple yet radical premise that every person has valuable skills, information, experience, resources, and connections. Time banking is simply a way of sharing what we have to offer in order to strengthen our communities and grow as individuals. Join them at Hotel Vernon and learn how you can get involved! Free; 7:30-10 p.m. Hotel Vernon - The Ship Room/Kelley Square Yacht Club, 1 Millbury St. Visit worcestertimetrade.blogspot.com. Vacation Week Fun begins today and runs through Friday, Feb. 24. Wield a sword! Joust a knight! Attack a castle! An adventure awaits around every corner at the Higgins during school vacation week. From hands-on shield-design workshops to exciting swordplay classes, your noble knight or valiant princess will return to school with their own tale to tell! The museum will be open today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; most programs free with museum
circuits, swap “electrons” as a human copper atom, learn about electronics you can wear, and make a wearable wrist cuff that lights up (small materials fee required). Snap circuits and wrist-cuff activities will be offered daily from 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m. Other activities and demonstrations will be scheduled throughout each day. In addition, a 19th-century Peas Work construction activity will be ongoing throughout each day. Free with museum
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>Thursday 23 February Vacation Week: Make a Mini Terrarium with instructor Ann Marie Pilch, education director at the Tower Hill Botanical Garden. Plant a beautiful easy to care for mini-garden in an open-topped round glass container or a glass jar. Bring it home to brighten up any room in your house! Suitable for ages 6 and up. $14, $12 for members; 1-2 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Dr., Boylston. 508-869-6111, towerhillbg.org. Blake Shelton - Well Lit & Amplified Tour 2012 Reigning Male Vocalist of the Year and five-time CMA nominee including a nod for the most prestigious award, Entertainer of the Year, will take the stage at the DCU Center. $51.75, $27; 7:30-10 p.m. DCU CenterArena and Convention Center, 50 Foster St. 508-755-6800, dcucenter.com.
Mardi Gras Celebration and Pancake Party will feature mask making, bead give-away, Mardi Gras stories and history. Share some “King Cake” and hear the story. Plus enjoy the pancake party! Free; 9:30-11 a.m. Worcester Family Partnership, Playroom, 130 Leeds St. 508-799-3136. February Vacation Week - Let Worms Eat Your Garbage! Don’t throw away your kitchen scraps, mushy fruit and stale bread. Instead take advantage of nature’s recyclers to turn your waste into food for your houseplants or garden. Observe worms in action and take home your very own mini worm farm. $10, $8 for members; 1-2 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Dr., Boylston. 508-869-6111, towerhillbg.org.
Trumpeter and singer Hugh Masekela (pictured) has covered the globe and played with just about every top star you can think of. Masekela wrote a number of international hits and sold several million CDs. The single “Grazing in the Grass” topped the Rolling Stones in the U.S. charts, and brought him a Grammy. His hit “Bring Him Back Home” became the anthem for Nelson Mandela’s world tour following his release from prison. “The man with the horn” is a living legend, a genius musician and great performer who receives standing ovations wherever in the world he plays. Don’t miss his debut performance in Worcester. $25, $35 and $45; 7:30-9:30 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469, thehanovertheatre.org.
Give your plush toy or stuffed animal a make-over duringMisfit Pets presented by Kyoko’s Closet. Bring your stuffed toy and learn how you can give it/him/her a complete make over by using some simple sewing and gluing techniques to give your favorite pet a new persona. With Sasha and Beverly Thomas who run Kyoko’s Closet on 36 Hamilton St. in Southbridge. Free - please bring a stuffed toy; 2-4 p.m. Jacob Edwards Library, Reading Room, 236 Main St., Southbridge. 508-764-5426. Girls Inc. presents the Bubble Man, an amazing, interactive show that teaches the mystery, science and discovery of bubbles while having tons of fun! Bring a blanket to sit on. Free; 6-7:30 p.m. Girls Inc. of Worcester, Gym, 125 Providence St. 508799-3136. It’s Electric! - School Vacation Activities at the EcoTarium from Tuesday, Feb. 21 - Friday, Feb. 24. Spark up vacation week by exploring electricity in technology and biology — because you’re electric, too! Experiment and play with snap
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>Wednesday 22 Beach Day and Book Swap features beach-themed activities: sand table, beach balls, fishing for paper fish and making a beach bag. Swap a gently used book. Snacks are provided; 9:30-11 a.m. Worcester Family Partnership, Playroom,
Suzanne Vega, widely regarded as one of the most brilliant songwriters of her generation, emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival of the early 1980s when she sang what has been labeled contemporary folk or neo-folk songs of her own creation in Greenwich Village clubs. $40 plus ticket fee; 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Rd., Shirley. 978-4254311, tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com.
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unique arrangements from the Great American Songbook featuring Dale LePage with Bobby Gadoury & Thomas Spears. Also enjoy a tour of Passionate Art in the Museum’s collection...don’t forget to bring your sweetie. Free for Members; $14 nonmembers. 5:30-8 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, The Museum Cafe, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Open Mic Night with Ed Sheridan. 7-11 p.m. Blueplate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Irish Music Session. Each week, a traditional Irish music session is held at Mulligan’s Taverne. The public are welcome to join in music, song, and camaraderie. All ages and talent levels welcome. Listeners welcome, too. No Charge. 7:30-10 p.m. Mulligans Taverne-on-the-Green, 121 West Main St., Westborough. 508-344-4932 or westboroughsession.com. BILL McCARTHY - Classic & Contemporary Acoustic Rock! @ The Black & White Grille. Bill McCarthy and His Guitar Playing your favorites! Visit: MySpace.com/ BadClownProductions. There’s Never a Cover Charge! 8-11 p.m. Black & White Grille & Pizzeria, 206 North Spencer Road, Spencer. 508-885-5018. FLOCK OF A-HOLES, the ultimate 80’s tribute band with guests JUST SAYIN’ and THE LITTLETONES. $5. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or flockofassholes.com. Island Breeze. No cover. 8-10 p.m. Coppertop Lounge/ Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, 499 Mountain Road, Princeton. 978464-2300 or wachusett.com. KARAOKE with Mike Rossi. Free. 8-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Stefilia’s Stone. Stefilia’s Stone: Carrie Rowan, Adrienne Fawkes & Phil Punch! 8-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508926-8877. Dana Lewis Live! Acoustic Classic Rock Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s From the Animals to Zevon “The sound track of your youth” Great Food, Full Bar, Lottery & ME! NO COVER. Come on out! 8:30-10:30 p.m. Grafton Inn, The, 25 Grafton Cmn, Grafton. 508839-5931 or myspace.com/danalewismusic. All Request Thirsty Thursday With CJ/DJ. No cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Days End Tavern, The Downstairs, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-868-7382 or soundzlikefun.com. Cara Brindisi. 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Downstairs: Joshua English, James Keyes. (No Cover) Upstairs: Those Mockingbirds [NJ], Birdhand [NY] The Hidden Complex, Knicks, and Barbecue. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508753-9543. KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. 9-1:45 p.m. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. Jay Graham Live! 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Funky Murphy’s Bar & Grill, 305 Shrewsbury St. 508-753-2995.
>Friday 17 Da Lollipop Kids,D-Twist, Chaos, DJ Sonik, Shananigans. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133. KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. Dana Lewis LIVE! Acoustic classic rock hits every Friday. Music of the 50’s to the 80’s from the Animals to Zevon. “The sound track of your youth” Free! 5:30-8:30 p.m. Webster House Restaurant, 1 Webster St. 508-757-7208 or myspace.com/ danalewismusic. IN FLAMES / Trivium / Veil Of Maya / KYNG @ The Palladium. Tickets $25 adv., $28 door. 6:30-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Live music at the 1790 Tavern Blues, Jazz, Contemporary. Call for more information. Free. 6:30-10 p.m. 1790 Restaurant & Tavern, Tavern room, 206 Turnpike Road, Westborough. 508-3661707. WCUW Jazz Series Presents: Mary Halvorson/ Jessica Pavone. WCUW’S Jazz Concert Series: Mary Halvorson / Jessica Pavone Friday, February 17, 2011 AT 8:00 PM ALDEN HALL, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Tickets are: $10.00 WORCESTERMAG.COM
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for the general public; $8.00 for WCUW members; and $8.00, for students. Tickets are available at brownpapertickets.com, and at the door on the night of the performance. Mary Halvorson’s and Jessica Pavone’s New England Record Release Mini-Tour for their latest CD “DEPARTURE OF REASON” on Thirsty Ear Records. A jazz conversation, Free and open to the public, will be conducted earlier in the evening by Mary Halvorson and Jessica Pavone @ 6:30 pm. Blue Switch. Free. 7-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. SEAN FULLERTON: Acoustic Blues, Rock, Fingerstyle Guitar & Harmonica! Sean Fullerton has been a successful professional musician, singer-songwriter, recording engineer and producer since 1995. Dinner, Drinks, Music & Fun! 7-11 p.m. Guiseppe’s Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405 or seanfullertonmusic.net. Boogaloo Swamis - Mardi Gras Party! Formed by Mickey Bones in 1984, this four time Boston Music Award winner “Rocks The House” with it’s Americana Roots, Swamp Rock, Cajun, Zydeco, Blues, and high energy Rock and Roll. One of the Northeast region’s favorite dance bands, the Boston-based Boogaloo Swamis have been playing their unique blend of New Orleans influenced Rhythm and Blues for the past twenty-three years with five recordings and four Boston Music Awards to their credit. More info: boogalooswamis.com/. $16 advance; $20 day of show. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com. Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8 p.m.-Noon Flip Flops, 680 Main St., Holden. The FILTHY STILL, Henry’s Rifle, FARMERS UNION PLAYERS, The Genre Whores. $7. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com. Bret Talbert: Live & Acoustified! Caution: It’s hard not to have a good time! No cover $. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Dreamers Bar & Grille, 815 Worcester Road, Barre. 978-355-9095. DJ. Classic rock to the Blues. Large dance floor to shake it. Come see this Worcester classic. Full bar reasonably priced. Ice cold beer. Friendly service. Keno Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 3-G’s Sports Bar, The Music Room, 152 Millbury St. 508-754-3516. DJ HappyDaze Spinnin All the Hottest Dance Mixes. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Days End Tavern, UPSTAIRS, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. FRIDAY FRENZY with Blurry Nights & DJ SOUP - DJ B-LO. DJ SOUP & DJ B-LO spinning your favorite Dance, Hip Hop and top 40 tracks. Lounge opens at 9:00 pm - Dance Club opens at 10:30 pm. Coat Room available with attendant. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100. Grand Evolution, Full-Time Dreamers, The Hammond Group! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Jon Lacouture. Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Art’s Diner, West Boylston st. 352-895-8355. Pete the Polak, DJ. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 3-G’s Sports Bar, 152 Millbury St. 508-754-3516. Decades by Dezyne. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Karaoke with Making Memories. No Cover. 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Days End Tavern, Main Level, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-9871006. Joe D’Angelo Trio. Original music composed by Joey D and performed by Joe, Bob Simonelli on bass, and George Dellomo on drums no cover- tip jar donations. 10 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-867-5925. Wolfman Conspiracy. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.
>Saturday 18 KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. Mooseknuckle, The McGunks, Genre Whores, The Skintights, Musclecah. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508304-8133 or facebook.com. Dirty Deeds. The Area’s Premier AC/DC Tribute band is back to
rock the house at JJ’s! Dirty Deeds is back and better than ever! 9-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. dirtydeedstribute.com Petersaysdenim presents Every Avenue / We Are The In Crowd / Plug In Stereo / The Audition / Simple As Surgery @ The Palladium (upstairs). Tickets $15 adv., $17 door. 6-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Chris Stovall Brown. No cover. 8-10 p.m. Coppertop Lounge/ Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, 499 Mountain Road, Princeton. 978464-2300 or wachusett.com. Johann Sebastian Bach’s B-Minor Mass performed by The Worcester Chorus, Christopher Shepard, Artistic Director. A glorious masterpiece of choral music, the B-Minor Mass by J.S.Bach is one of the jewels in the crown of Bach repertoire. Artistic Director Christopher Shepard shows his prodigious skills on the Festival stage at Mechanics Hall, as he leads the 100+ voices of The Worcester Chorus and guest soloists in one of the most loved choral works. Joining the Worcester Chorus onstage will be the College of the Holy Cross Chamber Choir, Pamela Mindell, Director, and the early music ensemble The Arcadia Players, Ian Watson, Artistic Director. $37, $34, students $20 advance/$15 at door. 8-10:30 p.m. Mechanics Hall, The Great Hall, 321 Main St. 508-754-3231 or musicworcester.org. Live Music with Bill McCarthy. No Cover!. 8-11 p.m. Stake’s Sports Pub, 1281 Pleasant St. 508-755-2925. NV Concepts, Steez Promo, MASS EDMC & MassConcerts present Hardwell / Chris Lake / Blau / Joe Bermudez @ The Palladium. Tickets $25 adv., $30 door. 8-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Rust Never Sleeps - A Live Neil Young Retrospective. Rust Never Sleeps Is a unique, live rock show that celebrates the music, and musical career of Neil Young. More info: rustneversleeps.net/ $12 advance; $16 day of show plus ticket fee. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com. Cosmic Slim & his Intergalactic Plowboys. Come down to the Blue Plate Lounge to hear some rootsy, rocky, string-bandy, country-y and western-y and otherwise eclectic electric music. $5 cover charge. Bring your friends! $5. 8:30 p.m.-midnight Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Linda Dagnello/Pamela Hines Quintet. 8:30 p.m.midnight Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-7534030. Live Music Night’s Valentine’s Party Bash! Live Music Night’s Valentine’s Party Bash! featuring 6 Live Music Acts, including: Gerry Cullan, Chris Prokop, the “B&E” Band, Larry, Generations Unlimited and the Matt Brodeur Trio! New acts always welcomed. No cover charge. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Polish American Citizens Club (PACC), 37 Harris St., Webster. 508-353-2768. The Fear Nuttin Band returns with the Van Gordon Martin Band (Spiritual Rez) and 1st is the Acoustic Sublime tribute: BOSS DJ. $8. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/ fearnuttinband. DJ HappyDaze Playin the Hottest Dance Mixes. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Days End Tavern, UPSTAIRS, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006 or happydazedj.com. RiggaGoo (Classic Rock, Jamband, Rock ‘N’ Roll). Come on down & join us for a night of live music from Tom Petty, Beatles, Grateful Dead/Phish/Jamband, Johnny Cash & Much More! Classic Rock, Blues & Funk, 60’s-Up. $5. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Chooch’s Food & Spirits, 31 East Brookfield Road, North Brookfield. 508-867-2494 or facebook.com/RiggaGoo. SEAN FULLERTON: Acoustic Blues, Rock, Fingerstyle Guitar & Harmonica.Sean Fullerton has been a successful professional musician, singer-songwriter, recording engineer and producer since 1995. Performing the Classics using modern technology, Sean is able to authenticate the songs we are all familiar with. Sean has performed in a wide variety of venues, and for many weddings, parties, charitable and corporate events throughout New England. Dinner, Drinks, Music & Fun! 9-11:30 p.m. CAFE 57, 3 Central St., Ashburnham. seanfullertonmusic.net. SLUGGO. BAND $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W
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>Sunday 19 Drag Shows. 18+ $8 21+ $5. midnight-1:30 a.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-762-9499. Winter Jazz Festival. Winter Jazz Festival is just like the summer Jazz on the Patio, except it’s inside the beautiful dining room at the Castle. “Lou Borelli Octet� will provide the jazz for your
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>Monday 20 Drifin’ Sam Politz 7pm, then Big Game Karaoke! 9pm to Close!. No Cover!. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. 9-1:45 p.m. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311.
>Tuesday 21 Joy of Music Presents: Nancy Ackerman, Clarinet & Sang Hee Kim, Piano. No Charge. 2-3 p.m. Briarwood Continuing Care Retirement Community, Birches Auditorium, 65 Briarwood Circle. 508-852-9007 or briarwoodretirement.com. Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster / Lionize @ The Palladium (upstairs). Tickets $12 adv., $13 door. 6:30-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Hip Swayers Deluxe (full band) Mardi Gras Show. In conjunction with the Canal District’s Carnaval Celebration - special guest Bob Jordan also performing - bring on the dancing girls! 7-10 p.m. Hotel Vernon - The Ship Room/Kelley Square Yacht Club, 1 Millbury St. Mardi Gras Party featuring the Black Sheep Jazz Band 7:30, then Bobby Gadoury Sing-a-long 10pm. Black Sheep Jazz Band is a family oriented Dixieland Band, perfect for a party at your house, a Mardi Gras Festival, political rally, clam bake, patriotic parade or jazz concert. We play mostly Dixie Land and Traditional Jazz reminiscent of New Orleans. Free. 7:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-752-6213. “Totally Tuesdazed!” Tunes in the Diner every Tuesday Night. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Big Jon Short. bigjonshort.com no cover. 8-11 p.m. Armsby Abbey, 144 North Main St. 508-795-1012 or armsbyabbey.com. T.J. Peavey. A veteran, accomplished and eclectic singer, songwriter and guitarist. Pass The Hat. 8-10 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 Main St. 508-757-5257. Terry Brennan / LIVE. 8 p.m.-midnight Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-755-0879 or terrybmusic.com.
>Wednesday 22 KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. Open Mic/Free show. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508304-8133. Girls Night Out. Free apps, pool and Gamecards! Free. 6 p.m.-1 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Matt Robert Solo Acoustic. Matt Robert (Hat on, Drinking wine, Home Skillet) performs old-timey, old, and new covers and originals that draw on blues, jazz, folk, and rock. Donations Suggested. 6-8 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-963-0588. ”A NIGHT OF BARNBURNING BLUES” Acoustic Blues Open Mic, Every Wednesday, hosted by Sean Fullerton. If you or someone you know sings and plays the Blues, please contact Sean Fullerton at seanfullertonmusic@ gmail.com for information and set times. Dinner, Drinks, Music & Fun!. 7-10 p.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 508-479-2309 or seanfullertonmusic.net. Open Mic. Sign up at 7:00 pm, Performers start at 7:30. Feature act starts at 8:45, Drop-in performers start again at 9:30. 7-11 p.m. Route 56 Roadside Bar & Grill, 24 Leicester St., North Oxford. 508-987-8669.
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Open Mic Night! Looking for Worcester’s amazing acoustic acts to come check out the new Sign-ups begin at 8 and acts begin at 830. We’ll keep the music going as long as there’s acts to play, so come down and check us out. You wont be dissappointed! 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Leitrim’s Pub, Back Bar, 265 Park Ave. 508-7982447 or LeitrimsWorcester.com. Sean Ryan & Company. Open Jam! Free. 8-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Open Mic Night w /Bill McCarthy! Book your half-hour set in advance at: myspace.com/openmicworld. Email Bill McC at: openmcc@verizon.net. Free. 8 p.m.-midnight Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Vincent’s Presents: Tiki Night with Frank & Eric! 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Acoustic Open Mic Nights with Chris Reddy & Scott Babineau. 8:30 p.m.-Noon Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. AriBand!. No Cover!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. WOO-TOWN Wednesday Free show LIVE BANDS. Live entertainment every Wednesday night. Check luckydogmusic. com for complete lineup. Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888.
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ADC Performance Center (@ The Artist Development Complex),18 Mill St., Southbridge. 508-7646900 or adcmusic.com/Index.htm. ARTSWorcester, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Fre. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org. Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, Voice to Vision Gallery Opening & Talk, Thursday; Voice to Vision Exhibition, Friday - Monday. 92 Downing St. clarku.edu. College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Cuban Artists’ Books and Prints 1985 -2008, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through April 13; Painting Borges: Art Interpreting Literature, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through March 21. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross.edu/departments/cantor/website. EcoTarium, Playing Together: Games, Through Sept. 9; It’s Electric! - School Vacation Activities, Tuesday - Friday; Preschool and Toddler Wednesdays, Wednesdays, through Dec. 19. Hours: Noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12.00 adults; $8.00 for children ages 2-18, college students with IDs & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium members Free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special programs. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org. Higgins Armory Museum, WOO Card good at Higgins Armory Museum, Through Dec. 31; Talk Like a Pirate Day, Saturday; Vacation Week Fun, Monday - Friday. Hours: Noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: General Admission: $12 for Adults, $9 for Seniors (age 60+), $7 for Children (age 4-16), Children 3 and under are Free. 100 Barber Ave. 508-853-6015 or higgins.org. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Picture This: Your Great Outdoors Photo Exhibit, Through Feb. 28. Hours: 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org. Old Sturbridge Village, Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age. Children under 3 fre. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org. Post Road Art Center, Call to Artists: It’s in the Bag! 2012, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Feb. 20 - March 1. Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Escape - Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Friday, January 4 - Monday, December 31. Thursday Feb 16th - Sarah Blodgett Hosting Open Mic Pro/Am, Fri & Sat. Feb 17th & 18th - Mike Whitman Taylor Connelly and friends. Biagio’s Grille 257 Park Ave Worcester MA. 8 p.m.-midnight Biagio’s Grille, Comedy Room, 257 Park Ave. Call 800-401-2221 or visit laughstub.com. Frank’s Comedy Safari - Saturdays, Saturday, April 23 Monday, April 23. Show Every Sat Night. Call 1-800-71-laugh for reservations or buy tickets at the door. $20 A Ticket. 8-9:30 p.m. Viva Bene Italian Ristorante, 144 Commercial St. Call 508-7999999 Or Visit frankscomedysafari@yahoo.com. Nunsense A-Men! - Fridays, Saturdays, Friday, February 10 - Sunday, February 26. By Dan Goggin Directed by Scott Hebert Musical Direction by Katrina Caouette Choreography by Darlene Dickson A change of habit, boy oh, boy! Need a laugh? When
Sister Julia accidentally poisons 52 sisters with her soup, problems unfold. The nuns’ funds aren’t enough to cover such huge burial costs, so the sisters get creative. Mother Superior organizes a talent show fundraiser to earn the money. Based on the original Nunsense show, these “sisters” are “brothers” with all of the nuns being portrayed by male performers. Think of it as “Mrs. Doubtfire enters the convent.” For heaven sakes, don’t miss this one! Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. $16. 8-10:15 p.m. First Parish Church Unitarian Universalist of Fitchburg, 923 Main St., Fitchburg. Call 978-343-6307. Wisecracks Comedy Club Jose Murphy’s (2nd floor) every Saturday night. There’s a full bar and food menu in the showroom! During the show, get a pitcher and a large pizza for just $10. You’ll see comics that have been on Comedy Central, HBO and all the late night shows. This location is also 18+ We are expanding to several other venues in central Massachusetts!! Go to our website for more information. $15 (All Woo card holders and active duty military is 2 for 1). 8-10 p.m. Jose’ Murphy’s, 2nd Floor, 97-103 Water St. Call 508-792-0900 or visit wisecrackscomedyclub.com. VDAY Worcester Presents the Vagina Monologues at Nicks! 7pm to 8:30pm $10 Tickets. Then Crooners at 9:30pm, a Showcase of Worcester’s best male vocalists. $4 Cover. - Thursday, February 16. Vagina Monologues has 3 Shows: February 16th, 17th and 18th! All shows start at 7pm! Tickets available please call 508-753-4030. $10. All proceeds to benefit Girls Inc. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. Call 508-753-4030. VDAY Worcester Presents the Vagina Monologues at Nicks! 7pm to 8:30pm $10 tickets. Then Golden Ticket 9:30pm (No Cover). - Friday, February 17. 3 Shows for Vagina Monologues: February 16th, 17th and 18th! Tickets available please call 508-753-4030. $10. All proceeds to benefit Girls Inc. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. Call 508-753-4030. Wisecracks Comedy Club @ Halligan’s - Friday, February 17. Wisecracks is Worcester County’s newest and hottest comedy club - we are currently in Halligan’s Sports Bar & More the THIRD Friday of EVERY month. You’ll see comics that have been on Comedy Central, HBO and all the late night shows. We are expanding to several other venues in central Massachusetts!! Go to our website for more information. $15. 8:30-10:30 p.m. Halligan’s Sports Bar and More, 889 Southbridge St., Auburn. Call 508-8326793 or visit wisecrackscomedyclub.com. Fostering Laughs: A Comedy Show to Benefit Children in Foster Care - Saturday, February 18. Comedy Show with Cash Bar, Refreshments, Raffles, and Silent Auction! All proceeds to benefit Rise Above, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing enriching activities, opportunities, and experiences to the nearly 10,000 youth in Massachusetts foster care. Learn more at weriseabove.org. $25, or 2 for $40. 7-11 p.m. Scandinavian Athletic Club (SAC PARK), 438 Lake St., Shrewsbury. Call 855-246-8850 or visit weriseabove.org/fostering-laughscomedy-show. Music and comedy in Marlboro - Saturday, February 18. If you need an antidote for the wintertime blues, head on down to Marlboro’s Coffee Loft, where comical singer-songwriter Howie Newman will be holding court. Newman combines funny songs with short comedy bits and lots of audience participation. His most recent hit, “My Baby Can’t Parallel Park,” has been aired on NPR’s Car Talk and several local radio stations (including WICN). Other song topics include cell phones, baseball and middle age dating. It’s not your typical folk concert, but so what? There’s no cover and material is suitable for all ages. 7-9 p.m. Coffee Loft, 406 Lincoln St., Marlborough. Call 508-251-1431 or visit howienewman.com. Auditions - Shadow of a Gunman & Woman and Scarecrow - Sunday, February 19. Registration (REQUIRED) via email or phone. Cold Readings from the scripts. If you wish, prepare a monologue in advance (2 min max) from either play. Roles (stipend paid): 7 men (20s to 50+); 6 women (late teens to 60s+). The Shadow of a Gunman by Sean O’Casey - Production: May 11, 12, 18, 19, 20. Woman and Scarecrow by Marina Carr - Production: October 12, 13, 19, 20, 21. 2-5 p.m. Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St. Call 508-296-0797.
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She is currently serving her first tour in Kuwait. She is a member of 1-111th Aviation Battalion based in Jacksonville, FL. Her name is PFC Megan A Mills from Leominster, MA. She is the daughter of Andy Mills & stepdaughter of Kim Mills. We are so very proud of her courage and strength everyday.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT 457268 ORDER OF NOTICE TO: Douglas B Hanson and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act:, 50 U.S.C. App. §501 et seq.: GMAC Mortgage, LLC, claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in 20 Stone School Road, Sutton, given by Douglas B Hanson to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated May 12, 2008, recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 42838, Page 147, and now held by plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before March 12, 2012 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act. Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER Chief Justice of this Court on January 27, 2012 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 02/16/2012
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT (SEAL) 457099 ORDER OF NOTICE TO: Karen Nolet and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act:, 50 U.S.C. App. §501 et seq.: GMAC Mortgage, LLC, claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in 43 Miles Street, Millbury, given by Karen Nolet to Mortgage Master, Inc., dated April 14, 2004, recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 33349, Page 377, and now held by plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/ Defendants’ Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before March 12, 2012 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act. Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER Chief Justice of this Court on January 27, 2012 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 02/16/2012
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main Street Worcester Docket No. WO11D297DR DIVORCE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION AND MAILING Aaron L. Zuo vs. Maima S. Zuo To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Annulment of Marriage. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Gordie Daniels Esq. Law Office of Daniels & Associates 19 Scenic Avenue Webster, MA 01570 your answer, if any, on or before 04/12/2012. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. Witness, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: January 31,2012 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 02/16/2012
TOWN OF SUTTON TO ALL INTERESTED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 40A, §11, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Sutton Town Hall, on March 1, 2012 at 7:30pm on the petition of Savoie Modular Homes, Inc. The petitioner requests a Finding from MGL ch.40A §6 that the demolition and reconstruction of a single family dwelling on a preexisting nonconforming lot will not be substantially more detrimental than the existing nonconforming use to the neighborhood. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 6R Torrey Road, Sutton MA on Assessors Map #48, Parcel #’s 22 and 23. The property is located in the R-1 Zoning District. A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal office hours in the Town Clerk’s Office located in the Town Hall. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated. Richard Deschenes Board of Appeals Clerk Filed in the Town Clerk’s Office The Board of Selectmen in the TOWN OF MILLBURY will hold a Public Hearing on, February 28, 2012, 7:15 p.m. at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street to act upon the Pole Petition of National Grid to locate a poles, wires, cables and fixtures, including necessary anchors, guys and other such sustaining and protecting fixtures, along and across the following public way: To install 1 SO pole on Maple St. beginning at a point approximately 47 feet SE of the centerline of the intersection of Pole 3 Maple St. 02/16/2012
Town of Millbury Public Hearing The Millbury Board of Selectmen will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room, Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA to act upon the application for a Change of Manager for the T.G.I. Friday’s, 70 Worcester/Providence Tpk., Millbury, MA. 02/16/2012
MILLBURY PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 41 of the Massachusetts General Laws, Section 81-T, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 27, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA on the application of Mary T. Gustafson, Trustee, property located at 3 Colton Road, Millbury, Massachusetts, for a Definitive Subdivision Plan, resulting in a two lot subdivision, creating one additional lot. One lot will have insufficient frontage. The plan is available for inspection in the Planning Board office. Anyone wishing to be heard on this application should appear at the time and place designated above. Richard Gosselin Chairman 02/09/2012 & 02/16/2012
A PUBLIC HEARING MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Law and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 At: 7:40 p.m. To act on a petition from: George and Kay DeWolfe, 103 Wheelock Ave., Millbury, MA For a sp. permit in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: front yard setback in order to change flat roof on existing garage to a pitched roof with storage space at 103 Wheelock Ave., Millbury, MA. All interested parties are invited to attend. Richard P. Valentino, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals 02/16/2012 & 02/23/2012
A PUBLIC HEARING MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Law and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 At: 7:20 p.m. To act on a petition from: Walter Koza, 82 Carleton Rd., Millbury, MA For a Variance in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: total square footage at 86 Carleton Rd., Millbury, MA, in order to demolish structure and construct a single-family home. All interested parties are invited to attend. Richard P. Valentino, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals 02/16/12 & 02/23/2012
A PUBLIC HEARING MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Law and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 At: 7:00 p.m. To act on a petition from: Darin & Chantal Haig, 92 McCracken Rd., Millbury, MA For a Variance in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: public sewerage and public water at 92 McCracken Rd. (full petition on file in Town Clerk’s office, Millbury, MA). All interested parties are invited to attend. Richard P. Valentino, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals 02/16/2012 & 02/23/2012
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John Wheaton Trexler Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston is the first and only comprehensive botanic garden in New England. After 28 years, Tower Hill’s executive director, John Wheaton Trexler, 60, has announced plans to retire this March and will then assume the title of executive director emeritus. After successfully completing four capital projects campaigns totaling more than $30 million, including the construction of more than 50,000 square feet of buildings, 30 acres of garden, four miles of trails and most recently the Limonaia (a display greenhouse) and the Winter Garden, we think Trexler deserves a few days off. But before we let him off the hook, we took two minutes of his time to ask a handful of questions. Before you came to Tower Hill, where did you begin your career? I lived and worked in northern New Jersey for 13 years, at the historic Skylands Manor and State Botanical Garden, at Ringwood State Park.
What brought you to Worcester? I was hired by the Worcester County Horticultural Society in April of 1984, to assist in finding a site for a public garden. Tower Hill farm was purchased two years later on April 1, 1986. It was the challenge of finding a site and developing a garden from “scratch” that brought me to Worcester.
What was it like back in 1986, overseeing the move from Worcester to 133 acres in Boylston? It was complicated and multilayered but exhilarating overseeing the sale of the Worcester property and settling in at Tower Hill.
What has been your overall goal for Tower Hill Botanic Garden over the years? The goal has been to develop a “flawless” master plan and to oversee the development of that plan.
Why do you feel it is important to cherish and nurture our love of the natural world? As a species we were given this perfect planet on which to live. We
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