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April 7 - 13, 2011 ■ Volume 36, Number 31
Initiative helps Latino families access healthy foods M Rachel Bryson-Brockmann
Worcester’s draft smoking ordinance captures the attention of Philip Morris. It’s always nice to be on Big Tobacco’s radar. -2
Thomson Reuters ranks St. Vincent as one of the top teaching hospitals in the country (they were not ranked by number). Did they factor in the atrium? +1 Worcester Arts Council awards $74,000 to 34 area artists, organizations and institutions. Go art! +2 AIDS Project Worcester receives a $32,000 grant from The Mass Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation to expand the agency’s services. +1 This week: 1 Last week: +7 Year to date: 1
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Crompton Park makeover ok’d. More football, baseball, basketball, handball and – most important to Worcesterites – more parking. +3
Jim McGovern and Senator Harriett Chandler. “The Latino community takes pride in working hard, and they do not want handouts or charity from the government.” This stigmatization prevents families from taking advantage of the benefits of the program, which is only meant to supplement their diets with healthy food. Marta Campos, who guides clients through the process of applying to SNAP at the Family Health Center of Worcester, says the program makes it possible to afford to buy healthy food, which can be pricier than not-sohealthy food choices offered at markets. “We make them aware that SNAP is to complement their diet,” says Campos. “If they don’t have a lot of money, they’re probably not buying healthy food.” Another reason for the underutilization of SNAP by Latinos is the hesitancy to approach a government agency. “People who have a green card are concerned that they will be denied citizenship if they use this service,”
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isinformation, confusion and stigmatization: these are just a few of the barriers that are preventing eligible Latino families in Worcester from applying for food The day before the responsible pit bull stamps, now called the Supplemental ownership ordinance becomes law, a Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP). man stabs and kills a neighbor’s pit bull Only 51 percent of eligible Latinos in in his yard, saying it was attacking his Massachusetts participate in SNAP, akita. -3 compared to 65 percent of all eligible state residents – and one initiative is Google picks Kansas City, Missouri striving to change that. as their high-speed internet pilot site Strengthening Latino Families is an over Worcester (and a number of other outreach program working to increase cities). Seriously? -2 Latino involvement in SNAP within Worcester by removing the stigma But we can’t hate KC too much. attached to the program and clearing Worcester’s Tim Collins, now a relief up mystification surrounding it. By pitcher for the Kansas City Royals, wins partnering with health centers, the his first professional game over the outreach program educates families weekend. +2 when they come in for a check-up and provides them with a one-on-one guide Red Sox swept by the Texas Rangers to help them through the process of in the season’s opening series. Hey applying. The two-year pilot program, there’s still 150-some games left. -1 which began in October 2009 and
is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Food Nutrition Services, is an initiative of Project Bread, the state’s leading anti-hunger program. Besides the language barrier that prevents some families from even inquiring about SNAP, a lack of education about the program also contributes. “There is a lot of misinformation and myths around food stamps in the Latino community,” explains Erika Alvarez Werner, director of Latino Initiatives at Project Bread. “People assume that if they have a job or a car that they’re not eligible. You name it, we’ve heard it.” Isabel Gonzalez, chief of staff for Mayor Joe O’Brien’s office, says the Latino community often incorrectly associates SNAP with welfare and attaches a stigma to it. “Some people don’t realize that SNAP is an entitlement program, like social security,” says Gonzalez, who is on the steering committee for the initiative, which also includes representatives from the offices of Congressman
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Up in smoke Urban teens vs. big tobacco, with the city council caught in the middle Jeremy Shulkin
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ver the past few years dozens of high school students from the Worcester Public School system, along with community leaders from the Worcester Youth Center and the Oak Hill Community Development Corporation, gathered at the YWCA to talk about the tobacco advertisements flooding their neighborhoods. Throughout the past year, this group – called the HOPE (Healthy Options for Prevention and Education) Coalition – worked with City Councilor Phil Palmieri to navigate a smoking ordinance through the council’s public-health subcommittee, until finally it came up for a vote in front of the entire body on Tuesday, March 29. Since the draft ordinance met so little resistance as it wound its way through various public and open meetings, Hope
Coalition leader and Clark professor Laurie Ross and a few of her teens arrived at that meeting excited to watch their hard work become law. But Ross knew the moment she arrived that nothing would pass that night. She walked into the chambers to see councilors buzzing, talking about the ordinance and trying to determine who would be voting for or against it. Eventually, after allowing public testimony from Ross, Main South Alliance for Public Safety’s William Breault, a Honey Farms vice president and other concerned parties, Councilor Mike Germain held the vote, to be rescheduled for next Tuesday’s meeting. “We were under the impression that it was going to be 11-0 [in support],” says Ross. “From the Hope Coalition side, we’ve been working on this for maybe four years now.”
Little changed when it came up again at an April 5 council meeting. Palmieri held the vote for again in order for three absent colleagues (Germain, Joff Smith and Joe Petty) to have an opportunity to weigh in on the measure. The genesis of the draft tobacco ordinance, which would ban cigarette sales at pharmacies and on educational campuses, as well as ban tobacco advertisements from being seen from public property, came from the Hope Coalition’s work showing the prevalence of tobacco advertisements in inner-city neighborhoods. Another section of the ordinance would ban the sale of blunt wraps in Worcester. Robyn Johnston, a 19-year-old Doherty graduate who joined Hope in 2006 explained that the teens, armed with disposable cameras, spent months fanning out around Worcester, taking
pictures of convenience stores and their tobacco advertisements. They found that not only were stores covered with ads, but many of them were breaking city signage rules already in place. “Where there’s more minorities, we found there were more signs,” Johnston says, adding that a number of them were on poles and fences, eye-level with preteens who would walk past them on their way to or from school. Since this is the first local-level advertising ban in the state, the proposed ordinance has also captured attention outside Worcester. It’s been confirmed that a lobbyist for Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris, sat in the gallery last Tuesday. But concerns that the proposed ban overreached boundaries—Germain, for one, publicly wondered if the ordinance
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1,000 Lawyers Gov’s move to change judicial system draws scrutiny Jeremy Shulkin
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ith a proposal to cut down on the practice of using private lawyers as public defenders for indigents in need of legal care, Governor Deval Patrick estimates that the state could save $45 million per year if the state hires 1,000 new state lawyers and another 500 workers in supporting roles. Relatively few people have come out in agreement. “There’s no way that plan implemented as proposed could save money without overloading those new hires,” says Richard Eustis, a current supervising attorney and former president of the Worcester Bar Association, the local group of private lawyers certified to represent indigents. “That cost analysis isn’t even getting into other ancillary costs of state employees.” Ancillary costs by which Eustis means annual salary, health benefits, pensions and even office space. It’s a feeling echoed by Beverly Chorbajian, a lawyer with the Massachusetts Association of Court Appointed Attorneys. “Our position is this is not going to save our state any money.” The public defender system works like this: When an arrestee appears at arraignment the judge asks if they have a lawyer, or need one provided for them. If they can’t afford their own lawyer, the probation department screens them to see whether or not they are indeed indigent. Both Eustis and Chorbajian say this
part of the process could be retooled to eliminate wasteful spending. Chorbajian says the $150 judicially imposed fee that even indigents have to pay is either waived too often by judges or not collected by the probation department. She also recommends that the money that is collected be moved into a fund for appointed attorneys rather than going directly into the state’s general fund. Eustis says the problem arises before the $150 fee enters the equation. “There’s little done in terms of verification of the data,” he says, in regards to those who say they can’t afford a lawyer and those who can but say they can’t. Massachusetts offers a “mixed system” in terms of providing legal counsel to indigents. According to Chorbajian, 90 percent of cases in need of a state appointed attorney use bar advocates (private lawyers), while the other 10 percent use public defenders from the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS). While CPCS lawyers earn saleries from the state, bar advocates make $50 per hour in district court, $60 per hour in superior court and $100 per hour for murder cases. CPCS’ Attorney-in-Charge of the Worcester court, Michael Hussey, says the state’s umbrella approach to public council has a proven track record. “We have what is almost universally described as one of the finest criminal defense systems in the country,” he argues. “To change that would be a radical restructing that does not bode well for the system.”
Worcester District Attorney Joe Early calls the proposal a “great catalyst for conversation,” saying the current structure of state funding for legal representation puts a burden on DA offices. Between fiscal years 2002 and 2010, the budget for CPCS and bar advocates has risen 228 percent, while the budget for DA offices only rose 15 percent. Last year, that meant a disparity of $168 million to $92 million – enough of a difference to send assistant district attorneys looking for private-practice work. Chorbajian says the district attorneys don’t take into account that bar advocates also provide representation for civil cases, something that district attorneys don’t do. “I don’t begrudge anyone making money that way,” says Early, but he points out “if I can’t retain [assistant district attorneys] then I’m like a hamster on a treadmill.” But while Early says public safety is threatened if he’s not able to hold on to his top lawyers, bar advocates also worry about the quality of legal care that indigents would receive if the system were to change. According to the Worcester Bar Advocates, currently 222 private attorneys work out of Worcester County as representatives for those who can’t afford a lawyer. Even though the proposal recommends hiring 1,000 state lawyers those private attorneys now serving in this capacity argue that 1,000 would not be enough. 3,000 bar advocates are registered in the state. “The case loads would be
excruciating,” says Chorbajian, adding that in two years the new hires would be “overwhelmed.” “There’s a relation between the number of cases an attorney is handling and their legal care,” says Eustis. Those against changing the way the system is structured now also point out that many bar advocates have legal specialties that newer public defenders may not, which means their clients potentially receive more tailored or specialized representation. The governor’s plan would also rearrange how branches of government interacted with the court system. Currently, the district attorneys work under the executive branch while CPCS functions in the judicial system. Bar advocates perform independently of government. If Patrick’s changes became law, then district attorneys and lawyers representing defendants would all work for the same boss: the governor, and would all be in the excutive branch of government. “I can see an obvious problem,” says Ronal Madnick, executive director of the Worcester County chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, who considers that work relationship a conflict of interest. For example, political pressure could force lawyers to stay away from bringing unpopular cases or causes to trial. As of now Patrick’s overhaul of the judicial system still has to be approved during budget time. For those who don’t approve well, they’re lawyers, and there are a lot of them. That’s a pretty strong first line of defense.
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went too far—held up passing the regulation. David Murdock, executive vice president of Honey Farms, told the council last Tuesday that this ordinance would jeopardize the viability of some stores. “Any time you remove a major category from a business, the chances of the location surviving amidst the constant cost increases in taxes, cost of goods insurance, wages, benefits and other government mandates, stores will close and jobs will be lost,” he wrote in an email to Worcester Mag. According to a 2009 National Association of Convenience Stores State of the Industry Report, 35.8 percent of sales at these locations come from cigarettes, with another 3.7 percent coming from other tabacco products. “The ordinance is aimed at the big-box health-care providers (CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, etc.) but will also
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“I believe that the provisions of the draft ordinance…do advance a compelling government objective: the protection of the public health by the prevention of a staggering number of deaths and illnesses caused by the use of tobacco products.” -City Solicitor David Moore, writing to City Manager Michael O’Brien and the City Council
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{ worcesteria } THE LISTS LENGTHEN: The number of people who’ve pulled papers from the Worcester city clerk’s elections office for an at-large council seat has risen to 14 with the additions of Luke Bradford Knowles and Luis Valentine, Jr.. It looks like another district councilor will face a challenger, as co-senior pastor at the Christian Community Church Sarai Rivera will run against Barbara Haller in district 4. District 1’s Joff Smith has a third challenger who’s gathering signatures to unseat him in Michael Ragaini. John Trobaugh has added his name for a potential school committee bid.
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SPEAKING OF COUNCIL RACES: Looks like all the hints
and rumors are true: former mayor and current at-large councilor Konnie Lukes aims for a rematch of 2009’s mayoral race with Joe O’Brien. An email she sent out announced her “campaign kickoff” on April 27, but another invite to the event, emailed independently of her campaign, has made the rounds. It features a picture of her giving the ol’ wave-and-smile and the caption “Miss me yet?”
THE FORECAST: DOOMY AND GLOOMY: It was a “special” city council meeting on Tuesday as school committee members and Worcester Public Schools administrators joined the councilors for another round of FY2012 budget projections. Following up City Manager Michael O’Brien’s presentation about the city’s new GIC-like health care plan for municipal employees (and a reiteration that 131 municipal jobs could be lost if the unions don’t get on board), WPS Superintendent Melinda Boone presented the school’s own revenue problems since the economy tanked and stimulus funds ran out. Like O’Brien, Boone equated the school side budget deficit to 134 jobs, with layoff notices that could come as early as this month if the city can’t save money through health care negotiations…The most pointed moment of praise for Boone’s work came from Councilor Paul Clancy when he highlighted her “ability to come in to a very parochial city.” He added, “It’s tough to get adjusted to that. I congratulate you on all your efforts.”
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HEALTH HAZARDS: If there was any less confusion about the future of the draft
tobacco ordinance since the March 29 council meeting where it was originally brought up for a vote, no one really had a chance to publicly say so. Phil Palmieri, an adamant supporter of the measure that would ban blunt wraps, the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies and educational facilities and limit advertising that could be seen from public ways, held a vote on Tuesday night, saying that the three absent councilors (Smith, Joe Petty and Mike Germain) should be there. As for the future of the ordinance, well, it’s still a little murky. Some councilors have expressed publicly and privately that they’re concerned it over-reaches, and one suggested that it should be sent to committee so it can be stripped and sent back to the council for votes on the individual items. Palmieri’s statements Tuesday night painted a different picture: “We have the majority tonight of councilors that would vote for this ordinance, but work still needs to be done.”
CREATIVE LOBBYING: No matter how many Altria lobbyists watch (and presumably, lobby) the outcome of the draft tobacco ordinance vote, they probably won’t be able to top the HOPE Coalition in creativity. Before the council held the tobacco vote, dozens of community leaders and teens sat in the gallery holding black construction paper gravestones that read variations of “Today 1,200 people died of cancer of the [insert internal organ].” KING OF THE RING: According to the Massachusetts Office of Public Safety, the agency that oversees the Massachusetts State Athletics Commission, the April 9 Paxton Promotions fight at the Palladium featuring Worcester boxers Bobby Harris, City Councilor Smith and the return of three time world champion boxer Jose Antonio Rivera has been postponed until May 20 due to missing paperwork. I’m also slated to fight local stand up comedian Shaun Connolly as an exhibition match. This gives me a little more time to practice punching the cardboard cutouts of Connolly’s face that I’ve taped up around my apartment, but on the other hand it’s another month and a half I have to wait before removing the Mike Tyson-esq face tattoo I had done special for the match. 508-835-6855
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President Obama just announced a run for a second term. Are you going to vote for him? A S K E D AT N U C A F E
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’ve noticed a change in the atmosphere lately, and it’s not of the meteorological kind. The temperature shift is decidedly on the upturn, but I’m not talking about the advent of spring. I’m referring to the heated air that surrounds other people’s incomes. Man, are we snarky. I’m the first person to admit I’m hideously jealous of filthy rich types like the Kardashians, who waste more on eyeliner and hair dye than we spend hourly in Iraq. It’s acceptable to loathe millionaires – they beg for it, rubbing our noses in their obscene luxuries. But lately, we’ve begun to set our sights on a much lower animal form – the public servant. Suddenly, knowing what everyone makes and loudly scoffing at the figures has become a way to kill time, as we wait for some semblance of spring to arrive. Recent articles in two different local papers have “leaked” the gross incomes of some very familiar faces, leading me to think that a game of “gotcha” is going on in editorial offices. Hey, I’m as nosy as the next guy, and the last column I wrote was a blistering indictment of the UMASS Medical School for the gargantuan pay bump awarded its chancellor while ordering lay-offs. But this transparency push, plastering the salaries of police officers, teachers and other public workers seems a bit frenzied. My father was a Worcester patrolman for 35 years. I doubt very much that he ever, in his wildest dreams, thought he could make $50,890.91 working pay details, or work overtime that added up to $28,066.94. Pile it all on top of a base salary of $78,000 for a gross pay of $166,951.31. My father? Make that kind of money? I would’ve had braces AND a bicycle. If the T&G gets delivered to the place where his soul finally landed (Purgatory was done away with by the Catholic Church, so his time in God’s waiting room was up), Dad must be rolling over in his unadorned casket, reading about Officer Thomas Feraco’s earnings. I’m not picking on Feraco – I simply eyeballed the list of the top 250 earners and zeroed in on his rank. I don’t begrudge the guy – if the work is there and I could get it, do you think I wouldn’t stand over a manhole for big
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dough? I’d bundle up like Nanook of the North and plant my feet in bumper-to-bumper traffic, wearing a grin as wide as a four-lane highway. I saw Officer Pat Moran trying to control the masses at the St. Patrick’s Day parade on Park Avenue. If you ask me, they couldn’t pay him enough to have boozeblasted breath in his face for four hours, so the 25 grand he pulled in working pay jobs seems perfectly acceptable to me. Do I want Dave Rushford’s job? As city clerk, he has to attend city-council meetings every Tuesday night. I’d rather vie for first place in an anchovy-eating contest than sit through one of those snooze-fests in its entirety. Admittedly, $133,000 is a nice chunk of change, but every penny of it is earned when Paul Clancy takes the floor. Former Chandler Elementary School principal Mark Berthiaume brings home about $122,000 in his new job with WPS administration. After the raw deal the state handed him—yanking him out of the poorest school in the city because the MCAS scores didn’t please the powers that be—he deserves his pay. I’m still boiling mad over that debacle. Scanning the list of haves, I noticed that there are a lot more men than women taking in the big bucks. No real surprise there. Something tells me the pay jobs get gobbled up by the male police officers before the females know they’re available; but I could be wrong. Do I feel better or worse, knowing what other public servants make? I’m one, after all, and I’m so far down the list income wise that you’d need a miner’s helmet to find my name. Do I feel underpaid? Of course! Who doesn’t? We all think we’re worth more than we make. I may be living paycheck-to-paycheck, clipping coupons and praying that my share of health insurance doesn’t skyrocket, but I do know one thing: on Tuesday nights, I’m not sitting in City Hall listening to Konnie Lukes reject everything suggested by anyone who ever said “hi” to Tim Murray. Those are shoes I don’t want to walk in, even if they are made of handcrafted Italian leather. Janice Harvey can be reached at editor@worcestermag.com
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Poetry is one of the most powerful configurations
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STEVEN KING
Second Place
(Adult Category)
“You are what you eat�, so internalize the Fall:
First Place
James Kobialka
(Adult Category)
1: Chew those reds and yellows until your kisses leak sap and bare feet breathe life.
Main South Burning John Eisner
2: Drink gusts so pure that every breath frosts your nostrils.
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3: Take the apple and question the apple? Let us know if we are here at all. LISA AUBE
4: Crunch the leaves and kick them high, shroud yourself with their mealy selves, keep them hidden in deep coat pockets. 5: Beget monsters. 6: Beget poets. 7: Listen to the needle of your strain point yourself towards magnetic love and migrate. 8: When the trees are bare, climb them and dream of winterbare trees.
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Have a Beautiful Day Mark Wagner
Have a Beautiful Day Naraf works the register at the clean new station on Rte. 20 His burned face and hands, the parts of him that I can see The parts that aren’t clothed by his gray-brown corporate drab Are burned badly, the shade of a bug bite And whatever layer of pus and tissue grew over the burns forms a second skin And the burns and their healing do not keep him from a cheerful frame One day he said, You are lucky Another he said, Have a beautiful day He’s said these things to a thousand folks who stared And then added up to the obvious as I had A bunker buster a daisy cutter a napalm-filled heat seeker A side winder a devil’s chariot kingfish devil in the sky. Made in Dover or Montgomery or Lexington, One of ‘em had Naraf’s name on it One of ‘em hit and blew enough fire to – Unmercifully – not kill him But scar him and make him both fearful to look at And beautiful in the way unique things are beautiful And the long story of how he came out of a desert fire to America To pumping gas and swiping cards at the ultra-clean yellow and red station Is one I would like to know and tell you But I don’t know the story I don’t know how he came here I don’t know how he overcomes his suffering enough to wish me well I only know one of the scarred One we called enemy One made beautiful by his burning and smiling Tells us to have a beautiful day Tells us how lucky we are
Honorable Mention (adult category)
Salvation Paul Szlosek
Somewhere in the back of every thrift store, Behind rows of polyester pant suits, rayon jackets, Racks of plaids and obscene checks, you’ll find it: This semi-sacred place, a make-shift shrine To unplanned obsolescence, sanctuary for Out-of-date technology. A gamut of gadgets & gizmos, & electronic devices scattered upon shelves. Electric cords, like tails, coiled around clunky, Dented bodies or hopelessly intertwined, entangled. Here are typewriters, adding machines, phonographs, Rotary phones, the once irreplaceable workhorses Of our homes and offices, side by side with faded fads, Obscure orphans of the marketplace. Eight tracks, Betamaxes, Polavision, Tandy home computers, The cutting edge of past futures dulled by newer innovations, Unable to snag the consumers’ cash, condemned to attics And Corporate warehouses until rescued by their saviors, Goodwill, Catholic Charities, the Salvation Army. Here ( oh, bless them) both they and we are offered redemption, A second chance, the cast-off luxuries of affluent lives made Available and affordable to all, and everyone, even the poor Can live like millionaires (circa 1974).
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Half Full, A Quarter Richer
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Hoping for that degree, Aspiring to break Through the box she trapped me in.
Asha Simpson
Still, I think sometimes of the Someone drops a bottle on the side of the road Up it goes into my trove of aluminum Cans and bubblegum bottles. The treasures that I Carry, the trash that they throw away. Evaded, avoided, a walking plague, I Scour the streets of town
Mother of all my problems. I can’t seem to hate her for how Little she left me with; just a flip flop smile, an “Everything will be okay” and a mountain of debt as She threw away her last paycheck on those stinking bottles.
Seeking, seeking the discarded quarters of my fellow... Anyone can blame another for Ridicule. Disdain, faces devoid of
Their situation though, so I look instead to the future...
Emotion. They glance at me, then look away, all
Alone. I was tossed among the rubbish. The forgotten.
Perhaps hopelessness is the drug I should Acquire, perhaps I should take their demeaning Titles and leprous labels and concoct myself an Intoxicating elixir. Perhaps I should humor them and their Education, their degrees and doctorates, their Next season suits and fancy fur Coats.
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Judges Comments
Our three judges take some time to share thoughts on this year’s winners.
John Hodgen William Carlos Williams famously said, “It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.” Many of the poems in this year’s competition reflect that news, that messaging, that constant flow of information that enters us, sometimes against our will and makes us who we are. Many of these poems are powerful responses to the news that weighs us down with concerns about wars and the economy and the conflicts that we face and struggle with each day. And somehow, despite the endless news of the harsh world that we encounter, and try to bear up under each day, somehow these poems emerge and ennoble us, ask us to see each other more clearly, ask us to live with more awareness and kindness, and hopefully, enable us to not die miserably without that affirmation.
John Eisner’s heart-wrenching “Main South Burning” pointedly criticizes those who benefit from the suffering of others, and eloquently speaks for those who have lost everything, who smell like smoke, who try to find their way in a seemingly heartless world. James Kobialka speaks to us the way Whitman did and still does, in that heightened voice, that ecstatic calling, that urges us with its authority and its imperatives, to be nothing less than fully alive. Mark Wagner’s “Have a Beautiful Day” portrays a war victim’s elemental and remarkable decency and love for humanity amidst a steady parade of consumers who may not see or realize the dignity he embodies within his own burned and scarred body. We are those consumers, of course, and we find ourselves in this poem, in the way that Williams speaks of the news we need in order to live more meaningfully. Paul Szlosek’s wistful, subtle, and incredibly INSTRUCTIONAL SEMINAR April 23rd Paver Installation 9-10:30am Segmental Walls 10:45am-12pm Public Welcome!
powerful “Salvation” is a tribute to a thrift shop epiphany that presents all that is thrown away and discarded as suddenly allowing, as he says, “even the poor” to “live like millionaires.” And Kristina England’s poem speaks movingly and metaphorically about love, its costs and investments, its great risks and securities, how we slowly build a house out of love. The news is good about young writers out there as well. They too are troubled by the news of this world, the economic hardships, the daily wars that exist outside and within their own lives, but they write with real courage and honesty. Asha Simpson describes the trials of seeking out the trash of this world, all that it involves and demands from her, the disdain she endures, and the triumph, both metaphoric and not, of life occasionally spitting out “the shiniest quarters a rainy day ever saw.” And Delia Curtis speaks of the
torment and bullying the speaker in this poem endures as a storm, one which threatens her, “wanting to wash who I am away.” Conversely, it is that storm which makes her strong enough to cry out, giving voice to her in a way that perhaps only poetry allows, in that news that keeps us from dying miserably and makes us, if only for a moment, feel less alone in this world. Heather J. Macpherson What struck me the most in each of these poems, including the youth category, was power. Eisner’s “Main South Burning” encompasses a rich anger and frustration, with, as Mr. Hodgen mentions, a certain eloquence. James Kobailka presents the demand to live life to the fullest without consequence, and Wagner’s “Have a Beautiful Day” is the gentle reminder of how we label ‘outsider’ too easily because of the physical comments continued onnext page
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differences we see by scar or skin tone that makes us wonder about our fellow man, and redefining beautiful. Paul Szlozek is remarkable in his startling, yet humorous poem of realization amongst “Obscure orphans of the market place…” that we somehow discover both past and present all at once, serving each a “second chance.” Asha Simpson also discovers the worth of what others see as trash tossed in the streets whether bottles or a human being, both ignored, “the forgotten.” “The Storm” by Delia Curtis is a strong piece that to me suggests the inner struggle between becoming a fighter and staying silent.
The Storm Delia Curtis
The storm has just arrived. Destroying everything in its path, My hopes, my dreams, my wishes. The stormy skies of lies and rumors, All raining down on my parade. Hoping to tear me apart, They fail. They’re resistant, rebellious; Wanting my fear, Craving it. The undying hunger rages on. Those blusterous, intrusive clouds, Filled with the rain building Up inside, Wanting to wash who I am away. They desire the most despicable Of things; My nonexistence in the world. But to all, I warn, Do not wish to intensely, Because one day, Those storms, Just might, Wash me Away.
Alex Charalambides Main South Burning - This poem grabbed my attention immediately. I was impressed by Mr. Eisner’s ability to say so much with so few words. The imagery is sharp, universal and unapologetic. Artistic journalism. You are what you eat, so internalize the Fall - So many well executed sentiments that make you snap and say, “yeah!” “Drink gusts so pure that every breath frosts your nostrils.” Autumn’s my favorite season, and Mr. Kobialka captures an exhilaration and exuberance for LIFE here. Like the strained needles he writes about, we are fleshy compasses capable of pointing ourselves to the lives we want. Indeed! Half Full, A Quarter Richer - I’m going to keep an eye out for this rising star! I
almost nominated this powerful, elegant piece for the overall prize! The message of Miss Simpson’s poem is proof that we have so much to learn from young observer/activists. I often think to myself that “we’re making ART out of GARBAGE, like we got anything else to work with...” Miss Simpson accomplishes this with true empathy, a detailed eye and a humanity that most poets would do well to emulate! I was struck wondering if the poet herself is the character in this piece, or if the character was created; then celebrated the realization that it didn’t matter, this piece rings truth either way! The Storm - A strong, clear meditation on keeping oneself above the storm, whatever that storm may be. Fear, uncertainty, stresses, doubt, or more literal concerns about the tumult in the world... this poem faces up to it. A brave piece. Overall Comments - I was so impressed with this year’s submissions. There is such great diversity of topic, style and breath. I organize and attend so many poetry events in this town, I get used to thinking I have my finger on the pulse of what’s going on here poetically, then I’m introduced to so many amazing pieces from writers who make me want to seek them out, shake their hands and put their words on stages! Thank you Worcester Mag for celebrating these voices! Voices! Come on out and read your work! There are so many ears who want to listen!
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Worcester Mag considers ourselves lucky we had such talented judges this year, and we need to make sure you know just who they areâ&#x20AC;Ś Heather J. Macpherson is a poet and writer. Her work has appeared in Pearl, Radiuslit.org, Wicked Alice, Nerve Cowboy, The Sun, The Worcester Review and other ďŹ ne publications. She is the founding publisher and editor of Ballard Street Poetry Journal, now under the auspices of Jenith Charpentier. Heather is also included in the upcoming anthology, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Knocking at the Door: Approaching the Other,â&#x20AC;? edited by Lea C. Deschenes and Lisa Sisler, and is in the midst of bringing back Speak, a salonstyle reading created by poet Tony Brown.
John Hodgen is a visiting Assistant Professor of English at Assumption College, Worcester. Author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grace,â&#x20AC;? winner of the 2005 AWP Donald Hall Prize in Poetry, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2006. Author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;In My Fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House,â&#x20AC;? winner of the 1993 Bluestem Award from Emporia State University in Kansas, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bread Without Sorrowâ&#x20AC;? (2001) from Lynx House Press, Spokane, Wash. Winner of the Balcones Poetry Prize (2002). Winner of the 2008 Chad Walsh Prize in Poetry from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beloit Poetry Review.â&#x20AC;? Â Hodgenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fourth book of poetry â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heaven & Earth Holding Companyâ&#x20AC;? came out in August, 2010, also from University of Pittsburgh Press. Â
Alex Charalambides is a 2011 Worcester Arts Council Fellowship recipient. He is director of the Worcester Youth Poetry Slam, co-host of the Dirty Gerund Poetry Show Series, a performer, writer, mentor and teaching artist. Please visit worcesteryouthslam.com or his personal website hairylamb.com.
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An altered name, but the same handcrafted cloths by artists that have wooed patrons for years will be on display in the Unexpected Patterns exhibit at the Worcester Center for Crafts. The exhibit, which opens on April 7, was initially titled “Unexpected Patterns: Quake!” but after the recent earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan on March 11, organizers decided to drop “quake” from the title out of respect. The featured artists designed their work by exploring the changes that occur after an unpredicted transformation – like an earthquake, for example. “The artists really all dealt with the issues of natural phenomenon and tried to reflect that in their work,” says Carol Donnelly, interim director of the Worcester Center for Crafts. “[The exhibit is] really exceptionally beautiful and demonstrates the way fiber can be used in a rather universal yet exceptional way.” The artists took a flat, white piece of fabric and used different methods to manipulate the fabric into an original and unique piece of artwork. “Cloth, too, can experience profound, violent and unexpected change to its static structure,” explains artist Mary-Ellen Latino. The Unexpected Patterns: Quake! exhibit originally made its debut at the Archway Gallery in Houston in 2009 and featured 12 artists’ pieces that are based on the idea of “quake.” “This is an exhibit that is done by a nationally known group of fiber artists, and [Latino] was one of our teachers in the fiber department, and she enabled us to get this exhibit. We’re the final venue for it,” says Donnelly. The exhibit features work from the Art Cloth Network, a group of 24 professional
artists from all around the United States who create and exhibit art cloth at various venues. “This exhibit brings together a diverse group of artists with a variety of backgrounds,” says Joy Lavrencik, an artist with the Art Cloth Network. “It is a colorful show and every piece is unique but is so much more powerful when it hangs together. It really echoes our group.” The artists use traditional techniques that are adapted from Japan, Indonesia and Africa, among others, but also innovative methods to create unique designs on fabric. Latino, who lives in Southborough, uses bold colors and fabrics to create compelling designs. “My goal as an artist is to create vibrant and meaningful pieces to tough the emotions and enliven the spirit of the viewer,” Latino shares. Latino’s “Metamorphosis” symbolizes life’s ever-changing journey. By “creating diverse abstract images that collide, overlap and merge together,” Latino says. Artist Barbara Schneider of Woodstock, Ill., explores what happens after an earthquake in her work, “After Effects, Variation 1.” Schneider used small leafs that are woven into the background of the design, because bit by bit the earth begins to flourish again. “When you think about what’s happened [in Japan] – I think about where will they be in 10 years? What will change?” says Schneider, revealing how the earthquake in Japan has brought new meaning to her Japanese-style art depicting growth after an earthquake. Each of the 12 artists takes the theme and uses their own interpretation to create a colorful pattern that exudes variety; together these pieces create an intriguing exhibit. Unexpected Patterns will be on exhibit from April 7-30, including a reception and gallery talk on April 7 from 5-7 p.m. in the Krikorian Gallery at the Worcester Center for Crafts (25 Sagamore Rd., Worcester). The Krikorian Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For information on the Worcester Center for Craft, visit worcestercraftcenter. org. For details on the Art Cloth Network visit artclothnetwork.com.
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Sponsored in part by a grant from the Worcester Arts Council, the exhibit features painting, photography, mixed media, textile, paper, collage and sculpture.
Situated in the unlikely venue of a Worcester retirement community, an art exhibit in the Goddard Homestead showcases a diverse range of work from established and emerging artists with its ninth-annual art show, Roots, a theme that explores and interprets that word in all its varied meanings. Roots is a juried show with 71 pieces representing 51 artists, and deftly highlights the amazing talent to be found in the local and surrounding art scene.
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“The Front Door,” by Nina Haglund, is a digital print that speaks of a place abandoned, of a portal into a forgotten home full of its owners’ traces. “It is in
structure becoming a personality, a person in my life. As I created them, I began to see how they came together to create groups of people in my life and how they reflected my own values, thoughts and decisions,” she explains. The result is Convergence 1, a plaster sculpture representing a community of houses as a container. Roots thrust from the bottom, but are not grounded, leaving the impression that it can simply walk away. More roots jut from the opening and are attached to a dead branch, denoting the fact that a tree with only temporary roots will die. The idea of incorporating other materials into her work allows the sculpture to break out of their forms and start connecting into communities. When patrons gaze at her work, Parker hopes that “…they wonder about their own community, how they fit into it, and what it does for their lives.” “Beneath the Surface,” by Francis Warner, is a reflective piece, pondering the significance of life and death. Done in pen and ink, Warner has created a stunning visual metaphor of time passing and time that has already passed by. Three quarters of the small, black-and-white work gives weight to death, where a multitude of bones, skulls, mummies and assorted objects are to be found. Above ground, a woman stands amongst drifting leaves, perhaps contemplating her own mortality.
these forgotten homes, objects, and ruins that the memories of their past are alive,” Haglund says. “Decay and emptiness are truly beautiful.” Taking the literal meaning of the title, Joanne Evans presents two watercolors, works that reflect the imagery of seaweed and its many guises. “In one, the rockweed is attached to a barnacle and the two have washed upon the shore,” Evans explains. “I was surprised to find out how fascinating a subject it could be.” John LaPrade, who recently won Best in Mixed Media at the ARTSWorcester biennial show, offers two acrylic paintings. In one, he comments upon Bosch’s “Garden of Earthly Delights,” focusing on the Pachypodium tree. “I want the viewer to think about what might be happening beneath the surface of such a strange tree in such a strange place,” LaPrade explains. The piece certainly plays perfectly into Bosch’s realm, creating a rhythmic and otherworldly canvas. Roots runs from April 10-May 8. Champagne-and-chocolate opening reception on April 10, from 2-5 p.m. Meet the artists and enjoy decadent Goddard House-baked chocolate desserts and jazz by Chet Williamson. For more info call 508-753-4890 or goddardhomestead.org.
“Exhibits at the Goddard Homestead feed a hunger for art and allow a broad range of artists to present their work to the public,” says coordinator Julieane Frost, citing a growing interest in Goddard Homestead exhibits every year. Susan Swinand, one of three jurors for the show, echoes Frost’s sentiments. “Each year the work seems to get better and better, and it’s a win-win situation for the artists and the hosts,” she says, noting the professional setting and festive opening that entices many people. Artist Stacey Parker created a
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Diane Gaw
The original play â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glass House,â&#x20AC;? written and directed by Moise Robert of Worcesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own RevDc (Revolution Drama Crew), will be performed for theatergoers at Burncoat Baptist Church, 475 Burncoat St., this Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
First presented at Worcester State University in 2010, the play revolves around an apparently loving, close-knit African lower-class familyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and its secrets. Into the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s outwardly stable home life, on the parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 20th anniversary, a letter is the stone that is thrown to shatter its glass house. The issues that have been pushed beneath a harmonious surfaceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;alcoholism and abuse in the midst of deep loveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;are brought to light, leaving viewers with their own questions about how to live life. Johnny and Rachel have raised their daughter Helina carefully, but the revelations threaten to destroy their family unit, when Helina reacts to the situation in her own way. As the plot unwinds, viewers see the paradoxes any one of us can face around each of lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turns, evoking responses that run the full gamut of feelings from joy to anger and sadness, and back again. Like many of us, the characters find two sides to themselves instead of one, and they need to talk about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening. They simply canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ignore the issues any more.
Through the three generations in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glass Houseâ&#x20AC;? family, we see the repercussions of actions and behavior, of choices made and silence broken. Is healing possible? Can they make the choices that will take them in a positive direction, without destroying the psyche and the family?
RevDc first got together in 2002 at then Worcester State College, formed by students who wanted to â&#x20AC;&#x153;make a difference to the community,â&#x20AC;? according to Robert. They performed, he says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lot of short plays,â&#x20AC;? with a comedic take, â&#x20AC;&#x153;since we were good at comedy,â&#x20AC;? that looked at family and community, and at the troubles that so easily arise in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world. The company offered its first full
production, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sakwayaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crazy Family,â&#x20AC;? in 2007. An international collaboration made up of individuals from Haiti, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya and the United States, RevDc is dedicated to offering new and revealing insights into everyday life. The group hopes to get audiences thinking about how their own world and home life is structured. The group now includes members from outside the school, but still reaches quite a few people at Worcester State University. Each RevDc member, according to Robert, focuses on their personal area of expertise (music, set design, directing, and so on) for the productions. All have roles essential to the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success, both on stage and off. And succeed it does. RevDc has performed all over New England, including runs in Cambridge, Boston and Providence, as well as here in its home city. About 10 members, including Robertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife Obie, are involved in this production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glass House.â&#x20AC;? With a goal of becoming a full-time theater company, the ensemble averages one production each month, says Robert. RevDcâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next new show, due out in October, will focus on racism, as a family deals with a daughter who brings home a white boyfriend. The energy and enthusiasm in Robertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s voice are palpable. He and RevDc obviously love doing these shows, and performing all around New England. For this weekend, April 8 and 9, audiences can find themselves laughing and crying with the characters in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Glass House,â&#x20AC;? following the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s journey, possibly toward healing and, ultimately, freedom. Tickets are $15, with group rates available; call 508-796-3895 or reserve online at RevDc.org.
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WPIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New Voices 29 The artsy side of WPI comes out to play
Diane Gaw
Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true. That tech-y school on the north side of town has a not-so-secret life in theater arts. On April 14â&#x20AC;&#x201C;16, at Worcester Polytechnic Instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Little Theater on Institute Rd., New Voices 29 will bring you whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been billed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longest-running collegiate â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;new and originalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; play festival.â&#x20AC;? Performances are free, on a firstcome, first-served basis, and begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday, with performances at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday. Nine plays will unfold upon the stage the entire weekend.
WPIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Department of Humanities and Arts and its theater group Masque (one of the oldest WPI student organizations) have presented the festival since 1982, to feature original scripts written by WPI students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a quick study. Student publicist Alex Rock describes the script-selection process as part of the instituteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theater program: plays are submitted during â&#x20AC;&#x153;C termâ&#x20AC;? (the first half of the collegesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; spring semester) and reviewed during the spring break; auditions come at the beginning of â&#x20AC;&#x153;D termâ&#x20AC;?; and shows are presented three or four weeks after the auditions. WPI theater professor Susan Vick makes a striking point about the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s efforts: â&#x20AC;&#x153;New Voices often provides the first experience for undergraduate playwrights, actors, designers, directors, technicians and all stage personnel. The fear, joy and wonder of taking a play from page to stage is New Voicesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; annual achievement.â&#x20AC;? As a WPI alumnus who participated
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the Sunburns Theatre Company. The Rho Kappa cast of Alpha Psi Omega (a national honorary theater society) puts on a 24hour event each year; and then there are the improvisational and sketch comedy troupes of Student Comedy Productions. Combined, the organizations offer about 20 productions each year to WPI and Worcester communities. The festival audience includes WPI students, faculty and friends, and members of the community. Everyone is welcome and most performances are sellouts in the 110-seat Little Theatre in the basement of Riley Hall on Institute Rd. Check it out at wpi.edu and see what WPI does with arts!
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the opportunities for local artists. Worcester poet, teaching artist and event organizer, Alex Charalamibides, is one the two artist fellow recipients. “This
over, showcased more than 20 sculptures created by local Worcester artists. Art in the Park committee chair Gloria Hall maintains that the WAC grant provides “seed money”—crucial funds needed to
Derek Ring is one of WAC’s two 2011 artist fellow recipients
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The Worcester Arts Council (WAC) recently announced its 2011 grant recipients, with a total of $74,307 awarded to 37 area artists, including two $4,000 artist fellowships awarded to individual artists. A reception to congratulate the recipients will be held on Sunday, April 10, from 1-3 p.m. at Goddard House & Art Gallery (1199 Main St., Worcester), and aims to be a celebration of the growing art scene in Worcester.
Commonwealth.” WAC is a municipal body consisting of nine members appointed by the city manager. The council receives an annual appropriation of state funds from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. WAC then makes these funds available to the community through the competitive grant process, giving preference to collaborative community projects promoting arts education, public art, children’s programs, music and visual art. For the first time this past year, in preparation for 2011 grants, WAC hosted a series of grant-writing workshops and artist socials to educate the public on the grantapplication process. These workshops were well received, while also raising awareness about STEVE
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fellowship is as much a reward for the grass-roots work I’ve invested, mentoring young voices in our community, as it is for any poem I’ve ever written,” he says. Fellow recipient Derek Ring also expressed deep appreciation for the grant. “(It is) the realization that comes out of someone liking what I do, and would like to help me go further,” says Ring. For this prolific Worcester illustrator and designer, the grant also offers “breathing room,” as the financial reward supports the capacity of the artists for pursuing further goals as well as expanding their community outreach. The Worcester Chamber Music Society was awarded a grant based on its recent, highly successful performance of “Pinocchio’s Adventures in Funland,” held at Mechanics Hall. Executive director Tracy Kraus states that she anticipated a crowd of 100 or so people, but was thrilled and overwhelmed by the turnout of a diverse group of more than 350. This is a perfect example of exactly what WAC is attempting to promote, she notes, bringing together a musical form of art for people of all ages, in this case, particularly children. The Art in The Park Sculpture exhibit, also a recipient of a 2011 grant, which was based on its Elm Park event held mid-summer through the beginning of October. Art in the Park, which was open to all experienced sculptors age 18 and
present this free-to-the-public outdoor exhibit. All grant applicants must maintain a residential, commercial or studio address in Worcester County and all projects must happen within the city of Worcester. Ellen Ganley, WAC special projects assistant and staff administrator, mentions that it has only been in the last two years that the council has considered applicants from the entire Worcester County. Prior to this, it was exclusive to Worcester residents. The decision-making process, according to Dersimonian, “was not an easy one and often involved lively debate amongst council members.” Ellen Ganley shares that the council received more than 100 grant applications and more than 25 of these were vying for the two fellowships. As Dersimonian explains, “These grants directly impact the cultural vibrancy of our city. We believe that there is a direct correlation between a healthy arts scene and overall well-being of our community.” For more information on the WAC and 2011 grant recipients, go to worcestermass. org/WAC. WAC also holds meetings open to the community where residents can contribute and give feedback to the council.
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The sweet smell of excess Jim Keogh
From “Iron Chef” to “Cake Boss” to “Paula’s Home Cooking,” the preparation and consumption of food has become so fetishized in American culture that it’s nearly impossible to turn on the television and not be assaulted by yet another celebrity chef demonstrating the proper technique for deveining shrimp. It’s also easy to forget that most countries on this planet have been obsessing over food far longer than we have—France, for instance. Every four years, the French stage a competition called Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman in France), which determines the most skilled pastry chefs in the nation. To a French pastry chef, earning MOF designation is the equivalent of an actor winning an Academy Award — it will lead his obituary. The grueling three-day event requires the participants to concoct a diabetic’s nightmare of mousse-filled wedding cakes, chocolate whimsies and ridiculously fragile sugar sculptures that, when they shatter, drive their creators to tears. (Oh, the tears. When he announces the winners’ names, the MOF president weeps like he’s just watched the French translation of “Brian’s Song.”) In “Kings of Pastry,” documentarians Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker (“Don’t Look Back”) capture the competition in all its Gallic glory by tracking the quest of Jacquy Pfeiffer, founder of the French Pastry School in Chicago, to earn the MOF crown. Pfeiffer is a soft-spoken, amiable man who, nevertheless, is fixated on the contest to the point where he invents a tray with shock absorbers that allows him to more gently ease his sugar sculpture onto the buffet table. Pfeiffer says with a wry smile that if he loses, he will be devastated. It doesn’t feel like a joke. Cable television is rotten with cook-off shows, but “Kings of Pastry” makes clear that the Meilleur Ouvrier de France is about more than snagging a few moments of fame (indeed, the competition had never before been filmed). This is serious business, draped in tradition — President
Nicolas Sarkozy delivers the opening address — and scrutinized by a team of master judges who silently haunt the kitchen, making mental notes about technique and attitude. Even those who can barely boil water for spaghetti will appreciate the immense pressure on the 16 finalists who build elaborate pastries within unforgiving time constraints. There is drama here. Those sugar
sculptures are high maintenance, seducing the viewer with their marvelous forms but capable of splintering under a heavy breath. The chefs also tinker endlessly with their recipes to find the combination of ingredients that will please the judges’ palates. A weary contestant finally confesses that the stress is too much for him, and he’s ready to return to his bakery without the title of one of France’s greatest pastry chefs. Great is good enough. “Kings of Pastry” cuts a wide swath. The film is an eye-opener for anyone whose knowledge of French cuisine is based on multiple viewings of “Ratatouille.” And those of more sophisticated tastes will certainly appreciate the blood, sweat and sucrose that go into fashioning the perfect dessert. “Kings of Pastry” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday, and at 1 and 2:50 p.m. on Sunday in the Jefferson Academic Center at Clark University and is part of the Cinema 320 film series.
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Since the only things I could remember about the original early 1980s version of this film was that it spawned a particularly egregious Oscar-snarfing Christopher Cross hit song and made being drunk all the time and wearing a top hat look like a blast, the bar was set pretty low for this one. As it turned out, the laughs were many and the script whip-smart and even endearingly brutal and wicked at times. If not for one sustained sour note from a vital component of the cast, this could have been a complete win for me. First off, it’s good that someone has finally figured out what to do with the talents of anarchic British actor Russell Brand. Since this is idea-thrifty Hollywood—they will never come up with a new concept if they can reuse an old one—the hunt was on to find some safe, appropriate, already-driven vehicle for the man. We quickly found that he hasn’t the gravitas of Peter O’Toole as he decidedly demonstrated in “Get Him to the Greek,” last summer’s entirely unnecessary near-remake of “My Favorite Year.” And yet he does turn a phrase particularly well as a whimsical kinetic drunk. Eureka! He’s this decade’s Dudley Moore. And so Arthur was born. Or, rather reborn. As Arthur Bach, the loose-cannon alcoholic playboy heir, Brand luxuriates in the role, as if basking in a hot tub bubbling with liquid decadence. The film screams “fun!” from the openingcredits montage. Done up in the finest Peter Seller’s “What’s New Pussycat?” swinging-sixties stylization, the titular billionaire dons a Batman suit for what turns out to be an aborted trip to his filthy-rich mother’s birthday party. He has the actual costume, a silly sidekick dressed badly as Robin (Luis Guzman) and a jet-powered Batmobile. It isn’t long before he crashes the thing spectacularly into the famous Wall Street bull statue, and is trapped in the vehicle
beneath the animal’s enormous bronze balls. He gets put in jail, released, and is soon pulling huge amounts of cash out of an ATM and throwing it up into the delirious arms of the crowd he’s drawn. This makes instant internet news and ruins his mom’s party, leading to her agreeing when a top executive of her company, Susan (Jennifer Garner), suggests he should be forced to marry her to settle him down. What’s surprisingly effective about the film is the way most everyone is presented by screenwriter Peter Baynham as a broad caricature for Brand to bounce off some pretty hilarious and insightful lines. Garner’s soulless corporate shrew is deliciously ruthless and her brutish ragsto-riches father (Nick Nolte) a mountain of ominous implacability, as Brand rapid-fires his barrage of clever quips in every direction. Best of all is Helen Mirren, taking on the role of Arthur’s dependable butler and handler Hobson, a role for which John Gielgud won an Academy Award in the original. Mirren is masterful against type as the nanny who is the rich brat’s surrogate mother, and the relationship between the two brings out the best in both: in her, the graceful comedic self-possession of the woman who once so effectively played the queen of England, and in Banks, the underlying warmth beneath the wildeyed bull-in-the-china-shop-of-life routine. This should have been the movie. But no, they needed a love interest, and so enter doe-eyed Greta Gerwig playing the penniless-wench role originated by Liza Minnelli. Unfortunately, Gerwig, whose forte seems to be portraying unpretentious inarticulate types, is terrible at delivering the necessary low-key witticisms. And so rather than having romantic chemistry together, the two just seem to be involved mostly in an uncomfortable exchange of cheesy genre clichés, leaving me wishing someone would have had the courage to leave the Rom out of this Rom Com.
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Pleasing, but not extraordinary, Thai cuisine Michael Brazell
Situated just beyond the Kenneth F. Burns Memorial Bridge on Rt. 9 in Shrewsbury, the very existence of The Thai Place marks a noteworthy swing in Worcester cuisine. The Thai Place opened in the location once occupied by Qdoba, and represents a recent shift in Worcester eating from the Southwestern/MexicanAmerican craze toward cuisine from Southeast Asia. The Thai Place moves into an area saturated with good, affordable Southeast Asian cuisine, and while the restaurant delivers
on good service, fair prices and above average food, it is otherwise unremarkable. When first entering Thai Place, diners who had visited the location before will recognize it immediately: familiar walls previously adorned with left-over set pieces from “The Mask of Zorro” are now decorated with quintessentially clichéd Thai wall hangings. A welcoming bar sits adjacent to a small dining area with about a dozen tables, including both booth and chair seating options, which would be able to accommodate most parties. In my several visits to the Thai Place, wait times have been nonexistent, and servers have attentively taken care of my tables, oftentimes with multiple servers waiting on a single table. While the decorations are notably Asian, the dining experience is torn asunder by soft-rock anthems from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s that permeate the restaurant stereo. Dining alone, I began my latest meal at Thai Place during the climax of Aerosmith’s “Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing,” starting with a delicious order of vegetable Thai rolls ($5). These cigar-shaped spring rolls were crunchy and not heavily fried,
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with steaming strands of mixed vegetables cascading into my mouth, punctuated by a tangy and spicy chili sauce. A warm bowl of shrimp Tom Yum ($4) followed this up, featuring a small bouquet of vegetables (including several full mushrooms) and a couple of small shrimp lounging around in a familiar, but not fantastic, Thai hot-and-sour soup. The menu at Thai Place is large, boasting more than 100 items, and most of entrées are reasonably priced, between $8 and $16, with lunch-sized portions priced a few bucks less. As an annual Lenten vegetarian (or, more accurately, a pescetarian), I appreciate that an entire page of the menu is dedicated to such options, and my eyes were drawn to Shrimp Choo Chee ($10), a vegetable-andshrimp dish served in choo chee curry sauce, which is very similar to Thai Place’s less fancifully named red curry. Ordered alongside a small dish of white rice, the meal arrived very quickly from my attentive waitress, and was delivered just as Whitney Houston belted the extended
chorus of “I Will Always Love You.” The Thai Place’s red curry is a delicious, sienna-colored, creamy Thai curry that expertly soaks into both brown and white rice. Alone, a mere order of red curry and rice would be worth the visit, but the perfectly steamed vegetables, warm pineapples, and well prepared, albeit small, shrimp make the dish truly shine – even in spite of the appearance of my vegetable arch nemesis, baby corn. This spicy, coconut-milky dish is large, and it could very easily serve two people, so for about $10 – you’re walking out of Thai Place not only with a full belly, but also a fat wallet. Despite great service, a large menu and fair prices, there is nothing about Thai Place that really makes it stand out against the gaggle of recently opened Southeast Asian restaurants in Worcester – nevertheless, Thai Place remains as a comfortable, appropriately priced and accessible Asian option for Worcester-area diners.
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{ recommended} Colonial Restaurant & Pub 290 Thompson Road, Webster 508-943-4040 colonialrestaurant.com The menu at the Colonial features seasonal specials, pasta (primavera, parmesan, scampi and Alfredo), traditional entrées (including lamb and weiner schnitzel), a few surprises (haddock Nantucket), and plenty of seafood. Right off of I-395, it is located near scenic Webster Lake. You’ll find good food and pleasant service in the spacious dining room or in the pub. The Sole Proprietor 118 Highland St., Worcester 508-798-3474 thesole.com The Sole has been a Worcester seafood lover’s dream for nearly 30 years. The menu is fresh, contemporary and comprehensive, including lots of fare for the seafood wary. The atmosphere is elegant and upscale in the dining rooms, lively and loud in the bar. From the most basic fish to expedited kettle meals and sushi, The Sole does it right. Reservations encouraged. Credit cards accepted. Offstreet and valet parking available. The Lazy Dog 31 Main St., Marlboro 508-229-2254 doggonelazy.com Lovers of a clean sports pub with some roadhouse vibe and shadowy corners will enjoy Marlboro’s Lazy Dog, where you can enjoy a beer and a good meal while watching your favorite sports team, or listening to the frequent live music. The menu includes a little of everything you expect in a pub. Prices are moderate. Offstreet parking. Credit cards accepted. Full liquor license.
Nancy Chang 372 Chandler St., Worcester 508-752-8899 nancychang.com Nancy Chang boasts a number of awards — for best buffet, best Chinese, etc. It’s also renowned for its efforts to make healthy the
infamous American Chinese fare, reducing carbs and lowering fat, and addressing the needs of the gluten-allergic and vegetarian. This they have done, all the while producing flavorful, fresh meals in the traditions of this cuisine. Full liquor bar. Credit cards accepted. Offstreet parking. Lunch buffet: Monday to Friday 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Sundays and holidays, noon-3 p.m.). Dinner buffet: Sunday through Thursday 5:30-8 p.m. (Friday, Sunday and holidays 5:308:30 p.m.). Cancúns 75 Worcester St., North Grafton 508-839-8800 This is one of those unlikely finds that is worth going out of your way for, even if you’ve not ventured to Grafton before. Discover the lively mood and friendly staff at Cancúns, located at the fork of routes 122 and 140. The burritos are stuffed in artfully folded tortillas and topped with (not bathed in) mild enchilada sauce, crisp onions and shredded lettuce, refreshing sour cream, zesty guacamole, and a sprinkling of ranchero cheese. Go with the familiar enchiladas and fajitas, or go a little gourmet with a more sophisticated entrée. Alternative selections include a steak and shrimp platter (hold the guacamole), chicken Caesar salad, fajita melt, puerco adovado (grilled marinated pork loin) and a few other chicken and seafood entrées. William’s Restaurant & Tavern 184 Pearson Blvd., Gardner 978-632-7794 williamsrestaurantandtavern.com Conveniently located right off Rte. 2, William’s Restaurant & Tavern is a great place to catch up with friends over dinner — and be sure to check out their entertainment calendar. The regular menu is packed with plenty of signature selections and options. Salads are a slight cut above, with such ingredients as artichoke hearts, kalamata olives and homemade croutons. The Greek salad even comes with stuffed grape leaves. Next to deli sandwiches, wraps and Angus burgers are paninis, grilled and served on rustic focaccia. Pasta dishes are mostly standard fare (ravioli, veal parmesan), and other entrees include specialties, fried and baked seafood purchased daily, and Hunter’s Catch beef selections. continued on page 40
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Grand Opening: Duck Yao will be having its grand opening of its brand-new storefront at 872 Main St. on April 15 at 7 p.m. Formerly an underground vegetarian Chinese restaurant, Duck Yao will be offering delicious dishes from all over Asia, including dumplings, mock-meat dishes, stir-fries and a ton of other meatless masterpieces served with avocado shakes, Thai coffee and chai tea. There will be bike delivery service and a drink bar. According to Tiffiniy, one of the restaurant’s owners, they are keeping some surprises under wraps for those who make it to opening day, so don’t miss out! Duck Yao, 872 Main St., Worcester.
Marathon Meals: Athletes aren’t the only people with an excuse to carbo-load anymore! In honor of the 115th Boston Marathon, Buca di Beppo will be serving
bottomless bowls of imported pasta with homemade marinara or meat sauce for only $8.95 during marathon weekend, April 15 through 18. If endless pasta isn’t your bag, you could also go to try out some of Buca’s new menu items, including hearty Baked Ziti and Chicken Pesto Pizza. Buca di Beppo, 7 Boston Tpk, Shrewsbury.
When in Rome: Ever get a hankering for a little opera with your fancy Italian dinner? Join celebrated author and gourmand Fred Plotkin on April 14 and 15 at the Fay Club, as he takes you on a journey to the heights of epicurean and auditory pleasure. Plotkin, who has written for the likes of the New York Times, Bon Apetit and Opera News, will guide you through the sounds of the most-loved Rome-set operas around while you enjoy a threecourse meal. Definites on the menu are lamb and rosemary and tartufo, Italian chocolate ice cream with cherries and chunks of chocolate. Roman wines will also be served. Made possible by the Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State University. Reservations required: get your tickets for $30 each by visiting the Weston Box Office at 353 North St., Fitchburg or call 978-665-3347. The Fay Club, 658 Main St., Fitchburg. Hey Foodies! Have a hot dining or food related angle, gossip, event info or scoop of the week? Then send it to editor@ worcestermag.com stat! (Tips welcome.)
Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre
Join Family and Friends for
Easter Sunday’s Best Buffet Quite simply the most lavish buffet in the Wachusett Region. Visit our webiste for menu offerings. Served from 10am-3pm Adults - $24.95 Seniors - $19.95 Children under 12 - $10.95 Children under 5 - $4.95 For Reservations and Information:
978-874-2000 9 Village Inn Road Westminster, MA
www.wachusettvillageinn.com
Fiddlers’ Green Irish Pub 19 Temple Street • Worcester • 508-792-3700 • www.fiddlersgreen.com
DINNER SPECIALS THURSDAY: Irish Corned Beef & Cabbage .................$8.99 FRIDAY: Tyrone Tuna Steak ........................................$8.99 SATURDAY: Cape Cod Seafood Puff ..........................$6.99
ENTERTAINMENT EN IN THE HALL FRIDAY: Brennan Brothers IN THE PUB SATURDAY: Meat Raffle & Gold Exchange* 1pm-3pm *Bring in your unused gold for top on the spot prices!!
Karaoke with Outrageous Greg at 8:30pm SUNDAY: Seisiun 4pm-8pm
Hall available for Private Functions & Weddings
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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.
Calabria Ristorante 7 South Main St., Millbury 508-581-9700 The Ritacco family have brought Calabria back and resettled in the center of Millbury. Consider exchanging long waits and massproduced chow for a fresher, more personal experience at this rustic Italian eatery. Seafood is here in abundance. If you can’t choose from swordfish, haddock, sole or salmon, try a medley in zuppa de pesce (shrimp, scallops, calamari, mussels and haddock in red
Appetizers and Sushi Special Rolls • Magical Roll • Dynamite Roll • Angel Roll • Maki Roll
broth), or the seafood sampler (baked shrimp, grilled swordfish and broiled salmon). Everything comes with pasta, except Mario’s special, a carnivore’s feast of grilled sausage, pork chops and lamb chops. Other interesting selections include stuffed beef braciole and spicy tripe. Enrico’s Brick Oven Pizzeria 500 Main St., Sturbridge 508-347-1740 enricosbrickovenpizza.com Enrico’s Brick Oven Pizzeria is a great place to put down your bulging shopping bags, put up your feet, and warm the bones with a good meal. Serving up reasonably priced panini sandwiches, Italian entrees and the aforementioned pizzas, along with a full liquor complement, Enrico’s makes a nice place to pause from the early Americana or to watch the big game. Off-street parking. Credit cards accepted. Lunch and dinner (and extended bar hours) every day except Monday.
Having a Party?
Sushi Sushi Platter Platter Available Available
Also serving our fine Asian Cuisine
Functions Rooms
FRIDAY NIGHTS Karaoke SATURDAY NIGHTS Live Music
Gift Certificates Available Take Out Available
176 Reservoir St.
508-829-2188
Hours: Tues-Thurs 4-12am • Fri-Sat 3:30-1am • Sunday 12pm-midnight
Gardner Ale House 74 Parker St., Gardner 978-669-0122 gardnerale.com The Gardner Ale House just might be the most appealing spot for a night out in Worcester County, or it could just be the beer talking. The house-brewed beer at the “home of rhythm and blues in North Central Mass.” is definitely worth talking about. Combine that with trans-fat-free appetizers, soups, salads (like Thai Chicken, taco, or steak), “Pub Offerings,” (a variety of burgers, including black bean; or mahi-mahi, grilled or blackened), brick oven grinders and pizza (“Kitchen Sink” for the carnivores or “Through the Gahden” for veggies). A cut above ordinary pub fare, the menu also includes pasta and excellent entrees (from chicken pesto to fabulous Naked Stout Teriyaki steak tips,) for a night of fine dining. Sorento’s Italian Gourmet 128 Main St., Marlboro 508-486-0090 sorentos.com The menu, as the name implies, features Italian gourmet, and many dishes, in categories like vegetarian pasta, (classic Italian) entrees and (coming soon) pizzas and calzones. There’s also a page of house specialties, loaded with dishes of lamb, kabobs, seafood and steaks, providing a welcome respite from the overworked recipes that comprise other Mediterranean menus. The wine list offers seven reds and eight whites by the glass and 35 reds and whites by the bottle. Curbside meter parking. Moderate pricing. Credit cards accepted. Full liquor license. Suney’s Pub and Family Restaurant 216 Chandler St. 508-753-9072 Suney’s Pub and Family Restaurant has enjoyed a popular reputation for about 20 years, for its Friday night fish fry and its Saturday night all-you-can-eat chicken, shells, fries and salad throw-down (a la Wright’s Chicken Farm). Suney’s menu offers a mostly fried sampling of seafood, French fries, onion rings and mozzarella sticks; and burgers and subs; as well as soups and salads. Full liquor bar. Credit cards accepted. Kitchen: Thursday, 11-8; Friday, 11-9; and Saturday, 4-9. Mezcal Tequila Cantina 166 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 508-926-8308 mezcalcantina.com The menu at Mezcal — Worcester’s newest upscale Mexican cantina — is similar to the basic Mexican restaurant, spruced up a bit. It offers a few novel and interesting items as well, like barbecue duck quesadillas, red snapper and tilapia, shrimp and scallops, fried
plantains and pork. Mezcal is also a shrine to tequila — by far the best list in Worcester, and undoubtedly in Central Massachusetts. Mezcal offers at least 100 tequilas, ranging from the ordinary (Cuervo) to the extraordinary (Patron products — up to $60 per shot). The room is classy and dark, and devoid of most stereotypic kitsch. Moderate to expensive. Open 7 days. Free valet parking.
Morocco Restaurant and Bar 172 Shrewsbury St. 508-459-9660 moroccoworcester.com Morocco Restaurant and Bar brings traditional Lebanese and Middle Eastern cuisine and culture into the heart of Worcester’s Little Italy: Shrewsbury Street. Not only does it serve up perhaps the best Middle Eastern food in the city, Morocco features belly dancing and live entertainment and DJs on Weekends, too. Sample their Lebanese beers and wine. Moderately priced. Credit cards accepted. Full liquor bar.
Tortilla Sam’s 107 Highland St. 508-756-sams tortillasams.com If gritty and funky, BYOB Mexican is your thing, then Tortilla Sam’s is your place. Dead center on the bustling Highland Street Bohemian/ coed scene, Tortilla Sam’s serves the full complement of Mexican and southwestern favorites (burritos, nachos, quesadillas, chimichangas, enchiladas, fajitas, soups, salads, baby-back ribs, burgers, chicken sandwiches and fingers, wraps [chicken, tofu, etc.], and tacos, and fried catfish) for a reasonable fee. Credit cards accepted. Cheap to moderate. Street parking. BYOB.
Hop Vine Café 12 Crane St., Southbridge 508-764-1100 12crane.com The heart of any home, or mixed-use complex, is where the good food is, and the Hop Vine Café provides such a heart at 12 Crane in the Flat Iron district of Southbridge. This gastropub offers an upscale ‘Celtic-inspired’ menu, often pairing dishes with suggested wines, in a relaxed setting. Savory appetizers are an interesting combination of the familiar pub chips and onion rings, and such unusual delicacies as miniature bridies and graavlox. Entrees from fish & chips, meat pies, steak, lamb, and Cornish game hen are in the $17-$28 range. Leave room for dessert.
Free Appetizer with your entree purchase at Worcester’s new dining room, the Registry Restaurant
Seafood Cioppino Shrimp, scallops, calamari and haddock cooked with mild peppers in a light plum tomato sauce served over linguine. Just $19.99 at the Registry Restaurant
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Hours: Wed. & Thurs. 4-9pm • Fri., 4-9:30pm Sat., 11:30-9:30pm • Sun. 11:30-8pm
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Chef Owned • Gift Certificates Available • Senior Discounts Wed. & Sun. • Take-Out Available
Join us for Easter Dinner Sunday, April 24th 11:30am-5:00pm Call in your reservations now Dinner Specials: Baked Ham w/Pineapple Raisin Sauce, Roast Turkey w/all the Fixings, Prime Rib, Chicken Marsala and much more! Dessert Special: Home Made Carrot Cake Appetizers Soup du Jour Our own homemade soups......................cup 2.95 bowl 3.50
Award Winning New England Clam Chowder Served on Friday ..................................... cup 3.25 bowl 3.95
French Onion Soup Served on Saturday ........................................... crock 3.95 Seafood Chowder Served on Saturday .............................. cup 3.75 bowl 4.50
Fresh Garden Salad ............................................. 3.25 Baked Stuffed Mushrooms Fresh mushrooms with our own special stuffing................6.95
Potato Skins With melted cheddar, bacon bits, and sour cream .............. 5.95
Shrimp Cocktail Four large, tender shrimp with tangy cocktail sauce ....................................................................................... 6.95
Onion Rings .................................................................. 5.95 French Fries .................................................................. 2.25 Sea Scallops Wrapped in Bacon .............................. 6.95 Wing Zings
Lobster Pie en Casserole
Surf & Turf
Tender lobster in creamy lobster sauce topped with cracker
Medium cut of Delmonico steak with two jumbo stuffed shrimp...17.95
Chicken Marsala ........................................................ 13.95 Chicken Picatta
crumbs ..................................................................... 17.95
Veal Marsala
Sautéed chicken with lemon, white wine and capers........13.95
Lazy Lobster
With mushrooms and Marsala wine ............................ 15.95
Chicken Brazil
Tender lobster pieces in butter .....................................17.95
Veal Brazil
Scallops Gratinee
Sautéed veal with bananas, coconut, pineapple, oranges and
Sautéed chicken with bananas, coconut, almonds, oranges and pineapple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.95
Broiled and topped w/shredded cheese and gratin potatoes .. 15.95
almonds ................................................................... 15.95
Fried Chicken
Broiled Scallops
Veal Picatta
Served with potato and cole slaw ...................................9.95
Broiled with lemon butter and a sprinkle of bread crumbs 15.95
Sautéed veal with lemon, white wine and capers.............15.95
Baked seafood combo Stuffed haddock, scallops, lobster, shrimp, and salmon ... 17.95
Baked stuffed shrimp
Chicken Parmesan
Fried seafood platter*........................................ 16.95 Fried scallops* .................................................... 15.95 Fried shrimp* ............................................................. 14.95
Sautéed chicken breast topped with mozzarella cheese and
*fried dinners served with French fries and cole slaw
Choice of herb marinade, teriyaki or barbecue ................ 13.95
Duck a l’Orange With orange sauce ..................................................... 16.95
Duck Hunter’s Style With wine, shallots, mushrooms, and tomato ................ 16.95
Burgers
tomato sauce ............................................................. 13.95
Veal Parmesan Sautéed fresh veal topped with mozzarella cheese and tomato
Served with French Fries
Hamburger .................................................................... 6.50 Cheeseburger................................................................ 6.75 Ladd’s Burger With bacon, sautéed onions, mushrooms, and cheese ....... 7.95
sauce ....................................................................... 15.95
Beef and Veal Served with soup or salad, potato, vegetable and rolls (or as indicated)
Prime Rib of Beef au Jus Regular cut .............................................................. 16.95
Choice Sirloin Steak
Chicken fingers, jalapeño poppers, chicken wings, mozzarella
Broiled to your specification ........................................ 16.95
Delmonico Steak Served with mushroom sauce....................................... 16.95
Boeuf au Sauvignon
(or as indicated)
Broiled Pork Chops
soup or salad
and drawn butter ...................................................... 15.95
Combo Appetizer Platter
Served with soup or salad, potato, vegetable, and rolls
All pasta dishes are served with choice of
Jumbo shrimp with a subtle tasting stuffing
King cut .................................................................. 19.95
Seafood
Pasta
Served with dill or cream of mustard sauce ................... 15.95
Six handmade rangoons served with our own duck sauce .5.95
sticks, and onion rings............................................... 11.95
Steak Dinner for 4.99
Broiled fillet of Salmon
Six spicy chicken wings ................................................6.95
Mozzarella Sticks.......................................................... 5.95 Chicken Fingers ........................................................... 6.95 Jalapeño Poppers......................................................... 5.95 Homemade Crab Rangoons
Add a side of Baked Stuffed Shrimp to any
Prime rib with oven roasted potatoes & mushrooms in a sauvignon sauce ....................................................... 15.95
Eggplant Parmesan ................................................... 12.95 Scallops & Broccoli Sautéed Sea scallops over angel hair pasta with garlic sauce
Served with French fries
Large shrimp sautéed with garlic butter served on rice or pasta
Chicken Tenders .................................................. 4.95 Hamburger .................................................................... 4.95 Pasta with Sauce
............................................................................... 15.95
Served with rolls ..........................................................3.95
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Shrimp Scampi
Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo Sautéed chicken and broccoli in a creamy Alfredo sauce over
Hot Dog .......................................................................... 3.95 Grilled Cheese Sandwich .......................................... 3.95
fettuccine.................................................................. 13.95
Blackened Chicken Alfredo
Beverages
Blackened chicken in a creamy Alfredo sauce over fettuccine ............................................................................... 13.95
Chicken Pesto Alfredo
Broiled Fillet of Haddock
Broiled Fillet Mignon
With or without lobster sauce ...................................... 13.95
With mushroom sauce ................................................ 18.95
Sautéed chicken in a creamy pesto Alfredo sauce over fettuccine
Broiled Fillet of Haddock Almondine
Sirloin Steak a la Dijon
............................................................................... 13.95
Fillet of haddock topped with almonds and cracker crumbs
Topped with a special mustard sauce............................ 16.95
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Sirloin Tips
Baked Stuffed Haddock
Cooked to order with onions and mushrooms ................. 15.95
Lobster, scallops and shrimp in a creamy Alfredo sauce over
With seafood stuffing with or without lobster sauce.........14.95
Teriyaki Steak
fettuccine.................................................................. 17.95
Broiled Swordfish Steak
Served with french fries and onion rings ....................... 16.95
With lemon butter or Cajun style ................................. 15.95
Sirloin Steak au Poivre Broiled with a pepper coating ...................................... 16.95
Children’s Specials
Fettuccine Alfredo .............................................. 11.95 Seafood Alfredo
Milk..........................................Regular 1.50 Large 1.95 Soda (Free refills)...................................................... 1.95 Coffee (Free refills)................................................... 1.50 Tea (One pot)........................................................... 1.50 Chocolate Milk........................Regular 1.75 Large 2.25
Lighter Fare Menu Also Available
Poultry & Pork Served with soup or salad, potato, vegetable, and rolls (or as indicated)
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Parkway Diner 148 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 508-753-9968 Diner fans can now enjoy the Parkway’s renowned home-style fare for dinner. Thursday through Saturday nights, the Evangelistas are serving up an inexpensive array of Italian fare and classic American comfort foods. Be sure to try the pasta fagiola! Credit cards accepted. Full liquor bar. Daily for breakfast and lunch. Dinner Thursday through Saturday until 10 p.m.
Yoong Tong 278 Main Street / Rte. 20, Northboro 508-393-7714 yoongtong.com The bevy of tantalizing ingredients on the Yoong Tong Thai and sushi menus challenges the diner to pack as many as possible into one order. Appetizers offer tofu, shrimp or barbecued beef, even sweet corn and carrots, cucumber or chili sauces. Try yum salad, with meat, vegetables, and mint, or larb, seasoned with spicy lime sauce, rice powder and coriander. Specialties, pan-fried dishes, curries, seafood, noodles and vegetarian dishes promise even more. Dine in or take out, for lunch or dinner.
Carmella’s Italian Kitchen 55 South Maple St., West Brookfield 508-867-5475 carmellasitaliankitchen.com Carmella’s has been in business 20 years and stems from the family that once ran Worcester’s Italian Kitchen. The legacy carries on in their Italian specialties and award-winning homemade bread. With the exception of a few items, like jalapeno poppers, Buffalo wings, and burgers, Carmella’s menu is pure, classic Italian: scampis, marinara, cacciatore, parmesana, Alfredo, marsala, and pesto, with veal, meatballs, sausage, steaks, pork chops, shrimp, haddock, and calamari, to name a few, plus a slew of weekly and daily specials, like sirloin tips, prime rib, chicken picatta, seafood fra diavolo, and stuffed eggplant, and soups. Moderate prices. Off-street parking. Full liquor license. Credit cards accepted.
The Steakloft 369 West Main Street, Northboro 508-393-8134 http://members.aol.com/CJSteakloft/steakloft.html Bring a hearty appetite to this old-style tavern, hidden beneath a West Main Street, Northboro plaza. For an “all-American” menu, it is something of a melting pot, with chicken hazelnut Francaise; haddock Parmenaise; and the Australian Delight, with chicken or sirloin, stuffed with scallops, crabmeat, homemade stuffing and topped with mushroom sauce. Beef is commander-in-chief, poultry
and seafood are priced reasonably, and there are a variety of burgers and sandwiches. Firefly’s Bodacious Bar-B-Que and Beyond 350 East Main St. (Rte. 20), Marlboro 508-357-8883 fireflysbbq.com Firefly’s owner Steve Uliss spent nine years perfecting his rib recipe, in his quest to bring authentic southern barbecue and cuisine to New England. He has three jam-packed restaurants (in Framingham and Quincy) and a long list of awards to validate his labors. Barbecue devotees will be in oink, cackle and moo heaven, with your choice of six signature sauces. Whether you’re a ribs purist, or you go for some of the more creative entrees, salads, or piled-high sandwiches — and don’t forget the sides — get ready for your table to be weighed down with platters of sheer gastronomic joy. Firefly’s has plenty of options for appetites of all sizes. 85 Main 85 Main St., Putnam, Conn. 860-928-1660 85main.com They call it American fusion; the 85 Main menus (dinner, bar food, wine) take you all over the world and the U.S. Start with Asian (sashimi), Italian (bruschetta) or tapas appetizers, and move on to Moroccan chicken tangine, a Maryland crab cake, or a North Carolina-style pulled-pork wrap. 85 Main offers a respectable vegetarian experience. That is even the name of a dish that serves up seasonal vegetables, seared greens, grain blends and grilled bread. Other veggie add-ons include tempeh and a variety of grilled greens. While so many of us are staying closer to home, an outing to 85 Main can make you feel like you’ve been on vacation. Piccolo’s 157 Shrewsbury St., Worcerster Piccolo’s offers Italian dressed up for the big city, with traditional fare that has made Shrewsbury Street famous in the area, like seafood, beef, chicken, pork, veal and pasta - all spruced up with new ingredients or a novel spin. Enjoy an extensive, varied wine list, quaint setting, and friendly service, while you dine on big, delicious portions. Be sure to try the outstanding garlic bread with gorgonzola fonduta. Street parking. Credit cards accepted. Full liquor bar. Serving dinner Tuesday through Thursday, 5-10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 5-11 p.m.; lounge open late. Fins and Tales 858 Main St., Southbridge 508-764-3340 fins-and-tales.com Lovers of vintage American architecture and modern American cui-
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sine alike will be rewarded by a visit to Fins and Tales, housed in the renovated 1878 Delahanty building, which excels in both. The building, like the menu, blends old and new, traditional and contemporary. Recipes for popular American fare, like beef, chicken and seafood come alive in creative American bistro recipes. Full liquor license. Moderate prices. Credit cards accepted. Off-street parking. Chef Sun 30 Lyman St., Westboro 508-366-88997 chefsun.com Chef Sun blends new and traditional recipes for those looking for Thai and Chinese under the same roof. The menu ranges from light to spicy for eaters of various palates and preferences. The Pad Thai is reliably good, the chili duck a great harmony of meat and vegetables. For openers, try the excellent scallion pie, and for a sweet ending, go with the green-tea ice cream. The Citizen 1 Exchange Place, Worcester 508-459-9090 thecitizenwinebar.com A unique dining experience, The Citizen offers a very limited menu – mostly variations on a grilled cheese theme, along with some novel accompaniments – that are delicious. A wide selection of cheeses, chocolates, and wines by the glass, and a chic bar scene, also make this a perfect pre- or post-dinner stop. Romaldo’s Restaurant 455 Main St., Sturbridge 508-347-9965 romaldos.com Located in the Hearthstone Inn, Romaldo’s has a sign out front bearing a little lobster icon. Many miles from the ocean, they understand that visitors to Massachusetts expect fresh seafood — and here, they get it. Romaldo’s offers Italian specialties and some very excellent seafood dishes. Don’t miss the lobster sliders. The Lodge 148 Gore Road, Webster 508-949-0000 restaurantlodge.com If you love steakhouses and steakhouse fare, you must try The Lodge. The only drawback is that you’ll have a hard time going back to any chain steakhouse again. Everything is homemade with the best ingredients and delivered in generous portions for the same price as competing steakhouses. Furthermore, the staff is excellent, the restaurant is beautiful and offers a spectacular view. While not the venue for vegetarians, there are options for non-meat or seafood eaters in the pasta section and among the salads. For those who love
meat and seafood, however, it’s a must visit.
Mrs. Mack’s Bakery & Restaurant 1393 Grafton St., Worcester 508-753-0610 mrsmacksbakery.com If you’re looking for a Slice of Sweet Home on a budget, stop into Mrs. Mack’s Bakery & Restaurant. It’s only open for breakfast (served all day) and lunch, but it’s a comfortable and clean place to get local, homemade favorites for less than $10 for an entire, filling meal. The staff is friendly, the food is nourishing and solidly good, and you’ve got plenty of coffee and tea options. Don’t forget to treat yourself to one of the amazing baked goods.
O’Connor’s Restaurant and Bar 1160 West Boylston St., Worcester 508-853-0789 oconnorsrestaurant.com O’Connor’s is an authentic Irish pub offering a variety of Irish specialties along with traditional American pub fare. The place is a sprawling, yet still homey, collection of rooms bedecked with paraphernalia that bestows instant Irish heritage on all diners, regardless of their ancestry. You can’t go wrong starting with the butternut squash bisque or classic clam chowder, and moving on from there (try the chicken with boxty). It’s a great spot for celebrating special events or just celebrating the end of the work week.
Point Breeze Restaurant 114 Point Breeze St.,Webster 508-943-0404 pointbreezeonwebsterlake.com A family-friendly restaurant with a spectacular view and generous portions, Point Breeze Restaurant offers solidly good seafood that will satisfy a wide range of diners. The food is simple and there are selections for land-loving diners as well. It’s a safe bet for any occasion, including those that require beautiful ballrooms or meeting rooms, where the ambiance gives the feel of something a little special for anyone.
Salem Cross Inn 260 West Main St. (Route 9), West Brookfield 508-867-2345 salemcrossinn.com The Salem Cross Inn marries rich, well-prepared ingredients with the heritage of old New England. Steak, chicken, veggies and dessert, all delectable — with plenty of butter, cream and sugar (we’re not sure the word “light” is in the vocabulary here). The Inn is located on Route 9 in West Brookfield, and it’s a place where charm meets food served fresh.
Serving Easter's Best An Exquisite Setting...Close to Home
Our First Ever Easter Brunch in the Ballroom! Join us Easter Sunday for an inspired menu. Two seatings 11am and 2pm. Adults $28.95, Children 12 and under $14.95 (plus tax and gratuity)
(24 HOUR NOTICE REQUIRED) • Daily Lunch Specials • Weekend Dinner Specials • Seniors’ Menu Now Available • Full Entrees All Day • Gift Cards Available • Full Pizza Menu Call Ahead • Fresh Prime Rib Fri. & Sat. 4 pm take-out Available!
★★★★★ Five stars from Worcester Mag "Very best dining experience"
Open Wed. through Mon. 11am-11pm; Sun. noon-9pm; Closed Tues.
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Bar & Grill â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a state of mindâ&#x20AC;? Created and Prepared by Award-Winning Executive Chef Patrick Carroll Chicken, Shrimp and Andouille Jambalaya 16 Boneless chicken, shrimp and andouille sausage slow simmered in a spicy Creole broth and finished in the oven with sweet peas and rice.
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Caprese Salad 6 Vine ripe tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil oil and balsamic glaze. Mussels alla Vincenzo 8 Prince Edward Island mussels pan steamed in white wine and garlic, finished with evoo. Fried Calamari Crispy fried calamari tossed with hot peppers and olive oil.
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Asian Sticky Wings 8 Spicy brined jumbo wings deep fried and tossed with a honey and soy glaze. Hummus Served with freshly baked pita bread.
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Bacon Cheeseburger Rolls 7 All the fixins wrapped in won ton paper and deep fried, served with â&#x20AC;&#x153;special sauce.â&#x20AC;? Gorgonzola Garlic Flatbread 6 Hand stretched dough baked with a gorgonzola and garlic butter. Fried Green Tomatoes 9 Crispy fried green tomatoes topped with a blackened shrimp remoulade.
Caesar Salad Classically prepared, available with or without anchovies.
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The Wedge 7 Crisp iceberg, tomatoes, smoked bacon, candied walnuts and blue cheese dressing. Mixed Green Baby greens with traditional garnish and choice of dressing.
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Crab cake and Spinach Salad 11 Our crispy crab risotto cake served on a bed of strawberry vinaigrette dressed baby spinach with pine nuts, fresh mozzarella and grape tomatoes.
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Fried Fish Burrito 13 Crispy haddock on a flour tortilla with avocado and wasabi crème and a tomato and black bean salsa. Pesto Chicken Sandwich 9 Grilled chicken breast, roasted red peppers, pesto and provolone on ciabatta. Forgetaboutit 10 Crispy chicken cutlet, salami, ham and swiss cheese on a toasted sub roll with garlic mayo and spicy pepper relish.
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Curious about model-train building? Kids crazy for trains? Either way, you must check out The Nashua Valley Railroad Association Rail Fair 2011 model-train show and open house on Sunday, April 10, to see the latest in model trains for hobbyist and collectors. Open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., this is one of the largest model-rail fairs in the area - held in two locations for twice the fun featuring dealers, displays, exhibits, clinics and so much more. The Rail Fair itself is held at the Shirley Middle School, 1 Hospital Rd., Shirley, and the open house is at the association’s quarters, Phoenix Park Complex, 2 Shaker Rd., Unit E-205, Shirley. Both locations are a short walk from the Shirley MBTA Commuter Rail stop. $5 adults, $3 seniors and teens (1218), free under 12. nvrra.com.
creativity, this year’s Original Sewing & Quilt Expo brings you all you need to know about quilts and quiltmaking with workshops, presentations, vendors and more for you to choose from and enjoy. Threading your needle from Thursday, April 7, through Saturday, April 9. 10 a.m.-5:30p.m. Admission is $10. Class Session: $19. DCU Center, Arena and Convention Center, Exhibition Hall, 50 Foster St. 508-7556800, sewingexpo.com.
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11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, towerhillbg.org.
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What child can resist the beauty of iceskating, athleticism and princesses? Not many will resist the lure of Disney On Ice’s Princess Wishes, as the royal production hits the town from Thursday, April 7, to Sunday, April 10. Tinker Bell represents the magic of Disney, as she whisks you through a collection of enchanting and beloved Disney stories. Thursday: 7 p.m. Friday: 7 p.m. Saturday: 11a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. $55.75 - $18.75. DCU Center/Arena and Convention Center, 50 Foster St. 508-7556800, ticketmaster.com.
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Cabaret Fundraiser “America’s Music: Then & Now” features the Kallin Johnson Trio, the
will compete for two prizes: WCPA College Manuscript Prize and WCPA College Performance Prize as judged by poets Bob Gill, Carle Johnson and Diane Mulligan. Each of the finalists will perform selected poems and will be competing for a cash prize, a one-year WCPA membership and publication of their work in the Winter 2011 edition of “The Worcester Review,” as well they will be considered for publication in the Fitchburg State University literary journal, Route 2. WCPA board member Ian Williams, who teaches at FSU, will moderate the day’s events and is the WCPA College Competition Coordinator. Students and family are encouraged to cheer on their favorites and join in the event. Free. 2-4 p.m. Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room, 3 Salem Square. 508-479-7574, wcpa.homestead. com.
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Colonial Brass is a six-member group from the USAF Band of Liberty, consisting of a brass quintet and a percussionist, which performs a wide variety of music including traditional brass quintet music, arrangements of orchestral works, jazz and marches. Why are we telling you this? Because they are coming to Tuckerman Hall on Saturday, April 9. The show is free, so get your seat early. 8-10 p.m. 10 Tuckerman St. 508-754-1234.
At the 4th Annual Worcester County College Poetry Competition on Sunday, April 10, finalists
Commonwealth Vintage Dancers, faculty, alumni and students on Friday, April 8, at 1 p.m. and Saturday, April 9, at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. VIP Wine Tasting event on Saturday, April 9, at 5 p.m. will be served with hot and cold hors d’oeuvres. Held at the Great Hall at Pakachoag, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. $20/$15 for seniors and students/$25 at the door. Wine tasting, $30. Performance and wine tasting, $45. 508-791-8159, pakmusic.org.
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featuring the accomplished trio of Aoife Clancy, Becky Chace and Kath Buckell on April 9, 7 p.m. at the Agnes Varis Auditorium at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University in North Grafton, Route 30. Amalgamates, Tuft University’s dynamic coed a cappella group, opens the concert performing several songs that showcase its vibrant, hip-musical style. The Jammin Divas is a unique blend of three artists who are dedicated to preserving traditional and contemporary music from their cultures of Ireland, United States and Australia. $15, $10 for seniors and students. Seating is limited. Call Apple Tree Arts at 508839-4286 for tickets.
stories of African American women during Colonial times in the United States. Tutson is respected for her portrayal of historical figures, Bible stories, and international folk tales. Refreshments, discussion with the artist. $10 donation. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Worcester Friends Meeting House (Quaker), 901 Pleasant St. 508-754-3887.
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Hill’s Fairy House and Garden in a Basket workshop on Saturday, April 9. Build a house and little garden that just might entice the fairies to come and play. Using bark, leaves, twigs and other natural materials, create a charming little home that any fairy would be pleased to move into. The construction site is a basket that is easily carried home. Be sure to bring an apron and garden scissors to class. Nonmembers $50, members $45. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden,
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to Liberty: Stories of African American Women who made their way to Freedom, as part of the Quaker Spoken Word Series at the Worcester Friends Meeting on Saturday, April 9. This evening, Tutson will present the
Becoming a vegan presents many challenges, especially in the baker’s kitchen. How do you turn out great cakes, muffins, and the like without butter, milk and eggs? Learn how during Vegetarian Tuesday: The Vegan Baker on Tuesday, April 12. The results are delicious and guiltfree (ethically, not calorie-wise!). $75. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Culinary Underground School for Home Cooks, 21 Turnpike Rd., Southborough. 508-904-6589.
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It’s finally Spring! The snow is melting, the sun is shining and little buds of plant life are starting to poke through the ground. Therefore, you have no more excuses to miss out on the music scene in Worcester! On Thursday April 7 you won’t want to miss Boston native Rob Benton performing his grungy acoustic melodies at The Banner Pub. For the sweet harmonizing tunes of Evelyn Pope and Scott Ricciuti you’ll have to make your way over to Nick’s to hear A Pony for my Birthday. Hang ten with the a surf sounds of Captain Cat who will be hanging out at The Hotel Vernon along with Quest and Strange Skinny Stone. James Keyes’ fans rejoice: He will be playing at Vincent’s again, never fear! Stop by Beatnik’s to hear The Smile Makers and their indie folkster tunes. Member of The Smile Makers Eric Donaldson explains, “The most important inspiration in all of our music are events that leave us emotionally compromised those times in life when everything is flipped up-side down and you have to struggle to make sense of life.“ Finish off the night with a ride out to Fitchburg to hear The Jazz Depot perform swing, bebop, lain and blues at Café Destare. Continue your weekend on Friday April 8 at Lucky Dog Music Hall with a mix of metal, hardcore, rock and pop sounds of Dorian Gray, 7 Minute Stagger (pictured), Vorse, and 18 Wheels of Justice. Speed on over to Shrewsbury to the Lakeside Bar and Grille to dance to Bill McCarthy cover classics such as the Beatles, the Who, Elvis Costello, and more! For some reggae funk, you’ll want to be at Cornerstone’s Restaurant in Leominster to jam with Brian Chaffee. Chanteuse Niki Luparelli and the Gold Diggers will take you back in time at Luciano’s Cotton Club with their retro and cabaret songs- vintage attire encouraged! With songs spanning six decades the Brennan Brothers are sure to please at Fiddler’s Green Pub & Restaurant. Classic rock cover band Under Pressure will be rocking out in Leominster at the Classic’s Pub. And Worcester favorite Flock of Assholes will be bringing down the house at Chopsticks. On Saturday April 9 the Pat Murphy Band will bring its ‘sippiana soul music to Nick’s and if you stick around, the night continues with Ameranouche, a gypsy jazz trio. Ameranouche member Richard Shepper explains, “Our favorite songs all have hot swinging feels, passionate Latin grooves and beautiful melodic ballads.” For an extremely talented brass quintet and percussionist, don’t miss the Colonial Brass, USAF Band of Liberty performing at Tuckerman Hall. Then Mechanics Hall will be hosting a night of hip hop with Jadakiss, Red Café, K. Michelle and more! Finish off the evening with some soothing classic rock by Sean Ryan at Stake’s Sports Pub.
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Hip Hop Thursday. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-3048133. Good Times with Your Friend DJ Steve. Featured in the main bar area every Thursday, DJ Steve, friend to all, spins rock and roll nuggets from the 1950s to an hour ago. 9-2 a.m. Hotel Vernon - The Ship Room/Kelley Square Yacht Club, 1 Millbury St. Jazzin’ It Up with the Southbridge High School Jazz Combo. Come hear some well-known jazz standards while viewing the exhibit of artist Lynne Kokotiuk. The combo will play under the direction of Justin Smalley, Band Director. Free. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Jacob Edwards Library, Main Hall, 236 Main St., Southbridge. 508-764-5426. Millbury Music Department 6th Annual Jazz Night with Greg Abate & his trio. The concert will feature international jazz artist, Greg Abate, saxophonist & flutist from the Ray Charles Orchestra along with his trio, Tim Ray, piano; Todd Baker, bass and Jim Lattini, drums. The first half of the concert will feature Millbury’s elementary, junior, and senior high school jazz ensembles performing with Greg Abate. The second half of the concert will feature Mr. Abate along with his trio. Free. 7-8:45 p.m. Millbury Memorial High School, Charles S. Capparelli Auditorium, 12 Martin St., Millbury. 508-865-5841. Sean Fullerton Live Acoustic Blues, Rock & Fingerstyle Guitar. Sean’s live shows are fun, exciting, and audience participation is always encouraged. Dinner, Drinks, Music & Fun. 7 p.m.-12:30 a.m. The Chicken Bone, 358 Waverly St., Framingham. 508-879-1138 or thechickenbone.com. Les Sampou Concert. Powerfully expressive... with the emotional honesty of Lucinda Williams, probing love in all of its complexity while belting the heck out of the music. A passionate, rockabilly-blues edge that lifts your spirits high, followed by ballads that dig into your soul. $15. 7:30-10 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 1089 Stafford St., Rochdale. 617-480-0388 or hezstone.com. Open Mic Night at The Rabbit Hole. The Rabbit Hole is located at 805 Main Street, downtown Fitchburg. FREE. 7:30-11 p.m. Rabbit Hole (bookstore and more), 805 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-345-0040 or therabbitholeusa.com. Open Mic Night W/ Bill McCarthy. Free!. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Junior’s Pizza Grille, 346 Shrewsbury St. 508-459-5800. Open Mic Jam. All players and singers are welcome! FREE. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Mill Street Brews (@ The Artist Development Complex), 18 Mill St., Southbridge. 508-764-6900. Rob Benton. 8-11 p.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-755-0879. Flock of A-holes, w/ Fifth Nation (from TX/NYC) and 1st is Sugar Snow!. $5. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/ fifthnationmusic. Live Acoustic Thursdays. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. The Smile Makers with Dave Magario & Dusty Cobb. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. A Pony for my Birthday with Joy Rachelle!. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508753-4030. Audio Wasabi hosted by Brian Chaffee. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Capt. Cat with Special Guests, Quest and Strange Skinny Stone. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Hotel Vernon - The Ship Room/ Kelley Square Yacht Club, 1 Millbury St DJ Brian Spinnin’ & Scratchin’ The Hottest Dance Music. No Cover Charge!. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Days End Tavern, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. Hip Hop Night with Complects - Pike & Bonez & Endo. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Red Onion - Otter River Hotel, 29 Main St., Baldwinville. 978-939-7373.
Jim Devlin. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Metal Thursday CXXIII: Necronomichrist, Sauriel, Oneiric Realm, Cythraul. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Ray Bryant. Blues/Pop singer & guitarist No Cover. 9-11 p.m. Jaks Pub, Main St across from Hanover Theatre. The Jazz Depot. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cafe Destare, 320 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5734. Club Days End w/ DJ Roberta. Join DJ Roberta every Thursday night when Days End Tavern turns into Club Days End! She’ll be spinning all the hottest dance tunes and hip hop beats from 9:30pm-1am! Midnight dance-off competition for awesome CASH prizes!! VIP limo service available! 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Days End Tavern, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006 or daysendtavern.com. Andy Cummings Live. $3. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Hooligan’s, 29 Blossom St., Fitchburg. 508-272-5092. James Keyes. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.
>Friday 8 Tokyo Tramps, Mack The Knife, Heatsticks, Lounge Chair All Stars. $5-$7. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-3048133. X-Cess Fridays. DJ Patrick Allen BLU Ultralounge & Nightclub, 105 Water St. 508-756-2227 or blu-nightclub.com. America’s Music: Then & Now. Featuring The Kallin Johnson Trio, Commonwealth Vintage Dance, and other special guests. There will also be a wine-tasting ($30, Combo-ticket show and tasting $45) at 5:00 p.m. on April 9, 2011 and an evening performance at 7:30 p.m. (Saturday only). Tickets go on-sale on February 1st. $20 (general), $15 (student and senior), $25 (at door). 1-2:30 p.m. Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 508-791-8159. Open Mic Night at Tatnuck Westboro. Come perform or be in the audience and be entertained. Bring your friends for a fun night out! FREE. 6-8:30 p.m. Tatnuck Bookseller & Cafe, 18 Lyman St., Westborough. 508-381-1529. After Ail. After Ail, It’s An Attack, The Last Impression, Alternate The End & Wolves Among Sheep perform!!! More show info to be announced!!! 6:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Mill Street Brews (@ The Artist Development Complex), 18 Mill St., Southbridge. 508-764-6900. Tifton Carver Worship Band. Tifton Carver Worship Band is a four piece contemporary Christian praise/worship band. Their style is a cross between Philips Craig and Dean , Chris Tomlin and Loggins and Messina. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Mill Church Cafe, 45 River St., Millbury. 508-864-5658 or millchurch.org. Assumption College CAB Presents: Jay Sean with Iyaz. The Assumption College Campus Activities Board annual Spring Concert will feature performances by popular recording artists Jay Sean and Iyaz. 18 +. Doors open at 7 pm, the concert begins at 8pm. All ticket sales will conclude on March 25 at 12 pm. $25. 8-10 p.m. Assumption College: Plourde Recreation Center, 500 Salisbury St. prettypolly.tickets.musictoday.com . Benefit for Rique #1: Dorian Gray, Seven Minute Stagger, Vorse, 18 Wheels Of Justice, Creeping Death (Metallica tribute!). Also, raffles to win rock memorabilia, gift cards, an autographed guitar and more. $7. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on facebook. Bill McCarthy Free. 8-11 p.m. Lakeside Bar & Grille, 97 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury. 508-425-3543 Brian Chaffee. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Cornerstone’s Restaurant, 616 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-1991. Broadcaster/Goddard/Little Gold (NYC) @ the Vernon. 3 for $3 Promotions presents Broadcaster, Little Gold (NYC), and Goddard be part of the solution, not part of the problem! $3 suggest donation. 8 p.m.-midnight Hotel Vernon - The Ship Room/Kelley Square Yacht Club, 1 Millbury St. broadcaster. bandcamp.com. Chanteuse Niki Luparelli and the Gold Diggers. No cover, but it’s hip to tip!. 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Luciano’s Cotton Club, 2 Washington Square. 508-755-6408.
Great Shakin Race with Midnight Sun. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Red Onion - Otter River Hotel, 29 Main St., Baldwinville. 978-939-7373. John Sebastian with Paul Rishell & Annie Raines. $40 advance; $45 day of show. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets. bullrunrestaurant.com. Brennan Brothers. With a mixture of Irish, Folk, Rock, Soft Rock and Country, not to mention a touch of Reggae, Comedy and of course some original songs, The Brennan Bros. offer something to please everyone. No Cover. 8 p.m.-midnight Fiddlers’ Green Pub & Restaurant, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700 or terrybmusic.com. M.S. Benefit. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-9268877. Sean Ryan. 8-11 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8438. Tom Yates with the Workingman’s BandRemembering Woodstock. Tom Yates - guitar & vocals, Rick Maida - bass, Mike Avery - drums. Performing classic songs of the Woodstock Generation. No Cover. 8-11 p.m. Concord’s Colonial Inn, 48 Monument Square, Concord. 978-369-2373. Sean Fullerton Sean’s live shows are fun, exciting, and audience participation is always encouraged. Dinner, Drinks, Music & Fun. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Firehouse Pub, 3 Central St., Ashburnham. 978-827-5782. Angel Dust. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Vegas Lounge, 5 Summer St., Lunenburg. 978-400-7524. DJ Pete the Polock. Classic rock to the Blues. Large dance floor to shake it. Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 3-G’s Sports Bar, The Music Room, 152 Millbury St. 508-754-3516. DJ T Rich. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Beemer’s Pub, 114 River St., Fitchburg. 978-343-3148. DJs & Dance Bands. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cafe Destare, 320 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5734. Flock Of Assholes. The Flock plays the entire night at the legendary Chopsticks both Friday and Saturday night! Always a great time! Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Chopstick’s Restaurant & Lounge, Commercial Road, Leominster. 508-363-1888 or find them on facebook. I Love Fridays At Fusion with DJ B-Lo. 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. Jason James. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. Jon Lacouture. Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Art’s Diner, West Boylston st. 352-895-8355. Karaoke with Making Memories. Free. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Days End Tavern, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. Keri Anderson & The Big Lonesome!. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Ladies Night - Top 40 Dance Party. Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-480-8222 or speakersnightclub.net. Live Bands Every Friday and no cover. Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Squire Whites Pub & Restaurant, 347 Greenwood St. 508752-7544 or squirewhites.com. Mark Scribner. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Pete the Polak, DJ. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 3-G’s Sports Bar, 152 Millbury St. 508-754-3516. Spiritual Rez - Rising Tribe. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Tammany Hall, 43 Pleasant St. 508-753-7001. The Big Lonesome. Conceived in the hives of Worcester, Keri Anderson and The Big Lonesome are back at Nick’s. Heart melting music from the 20’s, 30’s and up, coming from the west and south. Jazz, Blues, Western swing and. no cover, tips accepted. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. The City Boys with Johnny Romance & The Captain. no cover. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Simple Man Saloon, High St., Clinton. TickleBomb Orchestra, Ellis Ashbrook, The Big Jon Short Band, and Speaker for the Dead!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Under Pressure. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.
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>Saturday 9 Industrial Night w/Dead and The Damned, Absynthe, DJ Karl Magrini. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133. America’s Music: Then & Now. Featuring The Kallin Johnson Trio, Commonwealth Vintage Dance, and other special guests. There will also be a wine-tasting ($30, Combo-ticket show and tasting $45) at 5:00 p.m. on April 9, 2011 and an evening performance at 7:30 p.m. (Saturday only). Tickets go on-sale on February 1st. $20 (general), $15 (student and senior), $25 (at door). 1-2:30 p.m. Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 508-791-8159. Paxton Promotions Presents Jose Rivera vs. Abel Perry @ The Palladium. Tickets $30 adv., $30 door. 6:3011:30 p.m. The Palladium, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. “Jammin Divas” Concert. Jammin Divas features the accomplished trio -- Aoife Clancy, Becky Chace and Kath Buckell. The group is a unique blend of three artists who are dedicated to preserving traditional and contemporary music from their cultures of Ireland, United States and Australia. $15; $10 students and seniors. 7-9 p.m. Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University: Agnes Varis Campus Center, 200 Westboro Road, North Grafton. 508-839-4286. Bill McCarthy. MySpace.com/BadClownProductions Free. 7-10 p.m. Junior’s Pizza Grille, 346 Shrewsbury St. 508-459-5800. Patrick Murphy Blues in the bar 7pm-9pm, then Ameranouche 9:30!. No Cover. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.
A Night of Hip-Hop/R&B starring Jadakiss in Concert!. Jadakiss has been considered one of the top lyricists over the past decade. He continues to smash out radio hits and now you can see him Live in Concert! All Ages. $31 General Admission; $202.50 for VIP with Reception. 7:30-11 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-0888. Wachusett Music Series Presents: Ashley Jordan and Karen Grenier. Ashley Jordan is a young singer/ songwriter who is making her mark with her distinctive vocal and guitar performances. Karen was named a semifinalist in the 2006 Peacedriven Songwriting Contest and won a songwriting award from Nashville’s Music City Search in 2002 $12 in advance $15 day of show. 7:30-10 p.m. First Church of Christ Unitarian, 725 Main St., Lancaster. 978-365-2043 or wachusettmusic.com. Worcester Chamber Music Society - The Bohemians. Free Admission. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Assumption College: Chapel of the Holy Spirit, 500 Salisbury St. 978-456-2730. Beatnik’s Beats Cancer with a “Night of Hope” featuring Brad Simmons & Jody Ryan. Join us for a “Night of Hope” in honor of Linda Peltola. All proceeds donated to the American Cancer Society. Includes entry for a chance to win a Beatnik’s gift basket! 8 p.m.-noon Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Jon Lacouture. Free. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Brook’s Pub, Lincon st. Music with Sean Ryan. No Cover Charge!. 8-11 p.m. Stake’s Sports Pub, 1281 Pleasant St. 508-755-2925. Scott Babineau. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Cornerstone’s Restaurant, 616 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-1991. Sean Fullerton Live Acoustic Blues, Rock & Fingerstyle Guitar. 8-11:30 p.m. Whistle Stop Bar & Grill, 85 Main St., Oxford. 508987-3087 or seanfullertonmusic.net. Vegas Club Night with DJ Darin. 8 p.m.-3 a.m. Vegas Lounge, 5 Summer St., Lunenburg. 978-400-7524.
Benefit for Rique #2: From Here It’s War, Age Of End, Hollowpoint Klick, Terror Rising, Social Suicide, In Human Form. Raffles including rock memorabilia, Gift cards, Autographed guitar! $7. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on facebook. Jesse Garcia Live. Acoustic rock covers with Courtney Lavoie sitting in on vocals Free. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Creegan’s Pub, 65 Green St. 508-754-3550. Andy Cummings. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Campfire Boogie. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Beemer’s Pub, 114 River St., Fitchburg. 978-343-3148. Dave Harrington. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Joseph’s Bistro & Pub, 97 Main St., Westminster. 978-874-9918. Dirty Deeds. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. DJs & Dance Bands. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cafe Destare, 320 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5734. Flesh N Blood (Poison Tribute). $3 after 9:30pm (subject to change). 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-480-8222. Flock Of Assholes. Night #2 of the Flock taking over Chopsticks in Leominster. free to get in, always an amazing time! Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Chopstick’s Restaurant & Lounge, Commercial Road, Leominster. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/pages/Flockof-Aholes/127019150125. Fran D’agostino Band. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484. Frank Viele & The Manhattan Project, Jen Kearney & the Lost Onion. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Tammany Hall, 43 Pleasant St. 508-753-7001. Girl Spot Saturdays. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Club Gallery, 150 Point St., Providence. 401-751-7166 or myspace.com/girlspotri.
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in Central MA including: Rock, Blues, Reggae, and Hip Hop - Old classics and recent hits each played with Special Ed’s signature style. $5 Cover. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Hawk’s Nest Tavern, 40 Plummer Ave, Whitinsville. 508-234-2124. The Bad Tickers. $5. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Galway Bay Irish Pub, 186 Stafford St. 508-753-8909. Jason James and The Baystate Houserockers. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. The Ed Melikian Ensemble at Sahara!. Get ready for another great night of Middle Eastern music and dancing at the Sahara, featuring the dynamic Ed Melikian Ensemble. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland Street, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181 or myspace/edmelikianensemble.
>Sunday 10 Sabrina Sundays at Envy. midnight-4, 10 p.m.-2 a.m. ENVY Nightclub, 241 Southbridge St. Jazz Brunch Sundays. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. 1st Congregational Church of Boylston: Bell Choir and Youth Handbells. no charge. 2-3 p.m. Briarwood Continuing Care Retirement Community, Birches Auditorium, 65 Briarwood Circle. 508-852-2670 or briarwoodretirement.com. Benefit Concert: Pioneer Valley Brass. Program to include works by Wasson, Bach, Speer, Rodrigo, and Pezel, plus some “old chestnuts” that everybody knows! (Proceeds to benefit the instrumental music program at Gardner Middle School). $10. 2-3 p.m. First Baptist Church of Gardner, 14 High St., Gardner. 978-943-6098. David Massengill. Legendary folk artist David Massengill in a family-friendly concert. $10 members, students and seniors $15 at the door, $5 well-behaved kids 14 and under, $40/Family. 2-4 p.m. WCUW 91.3 FM - Worcester’s Community Radio Station, 910 Main St. 508-753-1012 or wcuw.org. The Assumption College Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert. The seven piece ensemble will be playing selections from the 1950’s and 1960’s including Dizzy Gillespie’s “Night in Tunisia”, and Sonny Rollin’s “Oleo”. Free and open to the public. 2-3:30 p.m. Assumption College: Kennedy Memorial Hall/Public Safety, Alden Trust Auditorium, 500 Salisbury St. Music Alive! Beethoven Sonatas for Piano and Violin, part 4. Part 1 of 4 in a series of the complete sonatas for piano and violin of Ludwig van Beethoven. Violinist Aaron Packard and pianist Brett Maguire will perform sonatas 9 and 10. 3-4:30 p.m. Wesley United Methodist Church, Sanctuary, 114 Main St. 508-799-4191, ext. 107. Worcester Chamber Music Society - The Bohemians. $25 adults/$20 seniors/$10 college students/ Children under 17 free admission. 3-5 p.m. Oakham Congregational Church, 6 Coldbrook Road, Oakham. 978-4562730. Musicians of the Old Post Road presents: Philadelphia Story. A rare glimpse into classical music composed and performed in the early days of the United States of America. A revelatory musical portrait of some of the country’s first, fine composers who populated the lively and sophisticated music scene in Federal Philadelphia, performed on period instruments by the exquisite early music ensemble. $25 General Admission;$20 Seniors/Students; kids 7 to 17 free with adult. 4-6 p.m. First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St. 781-466-6694 or oldpostroad.org. Traditional Irish Seisiun. Authentic Irish Seisiun held the 2nd & 4th Sunday of every month. 4-8 p.m. Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700. Blues Jam w/Jim Perry. Featured artists weekly Donations. 5-10 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Open Mic w/ Jesse Garcia. Sing, play, jam, or watch! Everyone gets 5-6 songs then a jam at the end. Reserve a time slot by showing up early or email aj239@msn.com Free. 5-9 p.m.
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Belfont Hotel, 11 South Main St., Millbury. 508-917-8128. Organ Recital by Jeremy David Tarrant. James David Tarrant is Organist and Choirmaster of The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Detroit, Michigan. A reception follows the recital. Free. 5-6 p.m. All Saints Church, 10 Irving St. 508-752-3766. The Bobby Gadoury Trio 5pm, Andy Cummings 9pm to Close!. No Cover. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Vincent’s presents: Big Jon Short. bigjonshort.com 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Marcus & Chris. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Cafe Destare, 320 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5734. Dr.Gonzo’s Road Kill Orchestra Every Other Sunday Residency!. Free. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/theRoadKillOrchestra. Free Jukebox Night. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Vegas Lounge, 5 Summer St., Lunenburg. 978-400-7524. Dancing with DJ Cisco. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Mirabar, 35 Richmond St., Providence. 401-331-6761 or mirabar.com/calendar.htm. Live At Amsterdam Sunday’s. Musicians and poets welcome! 21+ Hookah and Bar! Free!. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Amsterdam Lounge, 27 Pleasant St. 508-615-1735 or find them on facebook. Reggae Fusion Sundays with DJ Nick. Hosted by DJ Nick. Reggae, Hip Hop and Top 40 every Sunday. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.
>Monday 11 Driftin’ Sam Politz at 7pm; then “Cocktails and Karaoke” w/ Anita!! 9pm to Close! Every Monday Night!. No Cover. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Free Jukebox Night. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Vegas Lounge, 5 Summer St., Lunenburg. 978-400-7524. Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Psychobilly Cadillac. 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.
>Tuesday 12 Open Mic Night w /Bill McCarthy. myspace.com/ openmicworld Free.. 7-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Northboro Area Community Chorus. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Algonquin Regional High School, Bartlett St., Northborough. nacc/ net. The Assumption College String Camerata. The Assumption College String Camerata will perform. Music to include the works of Corelli, Ives and Grieg Free and open to the public. 7:30-9 p.m. Assumption College: Chapel of the Holy Spirit, 500 Salisbury St “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. Free Jukebox Night. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Vegas Lounge, 5 Summer St., Lunenburg. 978-400-7524. Open Mic hosted by Rob Labelle. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Red Onion - Otter River Hotel, 29 Main St., Baldwinville. 978-939-7373. Scott Riccuiti, Michael Thibodeau & John Donovan. 8-11 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Terry Brennan. 8 p.m.-midnight Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-755-0879 or terrybmusic.com. Bobby Gadoury’s American Songbook Sing-a-long!. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Broadcaster, Little Gold. Three bands for $3.00? Yes!. What a deal!!!! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Hotel Vernon - The Ship Room/Kelley Square Yacht Club, 1 Millbury St. Lisa Marie & All Shook Up. Blues, pop, R&B powerhouse vocalist No Cover. 9-11 p.m. Jaks Pub, Main St across from Hanover Theatre. 508-757-5257.
Bass Embassy & Rebirth Tuesdays. Every Tuesday Bass Embassy & ReBirth bring you the best Dubstep ,Jungle and Drum & Bass music in Central Mass. Doors open at 10 PM. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100 or fusionworcester.com.
>Wednesday 13 Open Mic. Free. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133. Lose Your Blues Wednesdays presents “Ken Macy”. No Cover. 7-10 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Tap Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com. Open Mike Wednesday - Hosted by Phil and Trisha Knudsen. Come enjoy the best in local live music. No cover, pass the hat for the hosts. 7-10 p.m. Harvest Café, 40 Washington St., Hudson. 978-567-0948. Open Mic Night at Beatnik’s with Bill McCarthy. Free!. 7:30-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or MySpace. com/OpenMicWorld. A Special performance/reading upstairs by Buddy Wakefield!. 8-10 p.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Acoustic Rock with Johnny R. Free. 8 p.m.-noon Brook’s Pub, 251 Lincoln St. 508-612-8128. Acoustic Wednesdays. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks. The Smooth-singing, fingerpoppin’, hep scattin’, one and only icon of West Coast Jive ‘n Jazz.! $28 advance; $32 day of show.. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets. bullrunrestaurant.com. Free Jukebox Night. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Vegas Lounge, 5 Summer St., Lunenburg. 978-400-7524. Leedz Edutainment Presents Inspectah Deck of WU Tang Clan, Plus Krumbsnatcha, Burnt MD & More! - 18+ 8pm - Get Tix @ Ticketfly.com!. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Tammany Hall, 43 Pleasant St. 508-753-7001. Salsa Passions. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Cafe Destare, 320 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5734. Sam James. 8-11 p.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508755-0879. Vincent’s Presents: Tiki Night with Frank & Eric!. Frank and Eric will help you get over the hump every Wednesday with all of your favorite tropical drinks while soaking in special musical guests and movies. 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Flash 16+ Electro-Dance Party!. Umbrella Gallery & Free Idea Clothing bring you FLASH 16+ Electro-Pop/Hip-Hop Dance Parties every Wednesday night from 8:30-12:00! Check out our Facebook page for more info! $7. 8:30 p.m.-midnight Umbrella Gallery, 639 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-707-9684 or find them on facebook. Ari Band!. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.
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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, Wood Work: Wood as Material and Subject, Through April 18. 92 Downing St. clarku.edu. EcoTarium, Budding Scientists - Changing States, Thursday; Turtle Travels, Through June 5; Preschool and Toddler Wednesdays, Wednesdays, through Dec. 31. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 adults; $8 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 Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Beauty In Excess on Display, Through Aug. 31. 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 Museum of Russian Icons, Hours: closed Sunday Monday, 11-3 a.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 11-3 a.m. Friday, 9-3 a.m. Saturday. Admission: $5 adults, senior voluntary contribution, student and children free. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000 or 978-598-5005 or museumofrussianicons.org. Old Sturbridge Village, New Lambs! Spring Vacation Weeks, Saturday - Monday. Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age. Children under 3 free. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-7331830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org. Post Road Art Center, Opening Reception: Mixed Media 2011, Thursday; Mixed Media 2011, April 8 - April 30. Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508-485-2580 or postroadartcenter.com. Worcester Art Museum, Goya and the Bullfight, Dec. 18 April 17; Annette Lemieux, Saturday; Sunday Public Tour, Sundays, Sept. 12 - May 22. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $10 adults, $8 seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all Saturdays, 10amnoon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or worcesterart.org. Worcester Center for Crafts, Unexpected Patterns, April 7 - April 30; Unexpected Patterns - Artists Reception and Gallery Talk, Thursday. Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, closed Saturday. 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org. WPI: George C. Gordon Library, A Well-Documented Life : The Theo Brown Diaries, Through June 15; Benjamin Franklin : In Search of a Better World, Through April 22. 100 Institute Road. wpi.edu.
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Poetry Reading. Poets Margaret Lloyd and BillO’Connell free. 7-9:30 p.m. Fitchburg State University, Mazeaferro Center, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. 978-665-3751.
>Sunday 10 The Poets’ Asylum. Join Worcester’s longest running poetry series every Sunday night for an open mic reading followed by a featured poet and/or poetry slam. This week we welcome Billy Tuggle to our stage. Billy Tuggle aka Karma Threesixty is a vocalist, performance poet, mentor, student, and HipHop culturalist. Since 2004, he has been a member of the Chicago multimedia arts collective PolyRhythmic and, in 2009, co-founded the Chicago Four Star Poetry Club with Andi Kauth. Billy has co-hosted “In One Ear” at the Heartland Cafe since 2008 with Pete Wolf. poetsasylum.org. 7-10 p.m. WCUW 91.3 FM, Worcester’s Community Radio Station, 910 Main St. 508-753-1012.
>Monday 11 Dirty Gerund Poetry & Variety Show. Spoken Word, Poetry, Music, Visual Arts and Ruckus collide to create an innovative, fast paced variety show that ain’t your grandma’s poetry reading. Open Mic, Featured Performers, Live Painting, House Band, Snack Time and Bonus Ruckus Challenges make Monday’s Fun and Inspiring! Hosted by Nicholas Earl Davis and Alex Charalambides. 21 plus. 4/11/11: Billy Tuggle. Chicago Illinois Slam Team Veteran, Poet and Hip-Hop-ologist on tour from the Windy City! Musical Guest: local acoustic singer songwriter MIKE K. Plus Iron Poet Championship, Tourney Winner vs. Champion Bill McMillan! $2 Suggested Donation. 9-11:30 p.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543 or dirtygerund.com.
>Tuesday 12 Ocean State Poets. FREE!. 6-7 p.m. South Providence Library, Providence Community Library, 441 Prairie Ave., Providence. 401-467-2700, ext. 2.
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classes/ workshops >Thursday 7 Introduction to Wet-on-Wet Watercolors. Learn the basic techniques required to paint a small still life using wet-on-wet technique. Even if you’ve never painted with watercolors before, you will leave with a small completed still-life watercolor. Non-Members $30, Members $25, Optional Materials Kit $28. 6:30-9 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124. Intro to Precious Metal Clay. Instructor: Joanne Snow Thursdays from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 04/07/2011 - 05/12/2011, 6 classes All Levels. Student Fee: $199 Studio Fee: $15 (Required). 6-9 p.m. Worcester Center for Crafts, 25 Sagamore Road. 508753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org. Glassblowing II. Glass Studio Faculty Thursdays from 6:30 9:30p.m. All glass classes take place at the Worcester Center for Crafts’ New Street Glass Studio, 35B New Street, Worcester, MA 01605 To register visit our website www.worcestercraftcenter.org Student Fee: $540. 6:30-9:30 p.m. New Street Glass Studio, 35B New St. 508-753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org. Multi-Level Photography. Paul Dumanoski Thursdays from 7 – 10p.m. Student Fee: $199 Studio Fee: $15 (Required). 7-10 p.m. Worcester Center for Crafts, 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org. Jewelry II. Instructor: Ashley Vick Thursdays from 6:30 9:30p.m. Student Fee: $389 Studio Fee: $25 (required). 6:30-9:30 p.m. Worcester Center for Crafts, 25 Sagamore Road. 508-7538183 or worcestercraftcenter.org.
>Saturday 9 Sterling Peat: Migrant Waves. Follow the waves of birds that use this fascinating wetland as a rest-stop in their migration. Come all three times and watch the progression from the ducks in March, to shorebirds and waders in April, and (finally!) songbirds in May. We will search for a variety of species such as ring-necked ducks, common snipe, and meadowlarks. Meet at the ball field parking lot on Muddy Pond Road, between John Dee and Boutelle Roads. For ages 6 and older. $7 Mass Audubon Adult Members, $9
Adult Non-members, $5 Child Members, $7 Child Non-members.. 8-11 a.m. Ball Field Parking Lot, Muddy Pond Road, Ball Field Parking Lot, Sterling. NOFA/Mass Statewide Organic Lawn Days : Organic Lawns for Homeowners. Taught by NOFA Accredited Organic Land Care Professional John Tycz. Lecture-style with hands-on component for those interested; covers all aspects of organic lawn installation, maintenance and best cultural practices. Workshop fee: $25. For more information or to register contact Kathy Litchfield at (413) 773-3830 or Kathy@nofamass.org. Workshop Fee $25. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 413-773-3830 or nofamass.org. Ukulele Workshop: Strummin with Jumpin’ Jim. Jim Beloff introduces you to the pleasures of playing the ukulele. We will cover all the basics including holding, tuning, strumming and making the chords and then play through a dozen wellknown songs learning new chords, strums, tips and performance techniques along the way. Bring a GCEA tuned uke and be ready to have a lot of fun. At the end of the workshop you will have made a new life-long friend-your ukulele! See uke there! $25 per person. 2-4 p.m. Union Music Performance Space, 142 Southbridge St. 508-753-3702 or fleamarketmusic.com. Writer’s Workshop - Beginning to Write. Everyone has a story. Learn how to tell yours in this workshop for beginning writers. Find out how to cultivate the practices of a writer and go home with the start of your story. Free. Open to anyone 18 and older. Instructor Laurel D. King. Held in the Ellipse Part of Worcester Public Library’s Celebration of National Library Week 2011 “Create your own Story @ your library” Free. No registration required.. 2-3:30 p.m. Worcester Public Library, Banx Room, 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655. Herbs for Well-Being / Creating an Herbal Tea Garden. Design a garden of herbs especially for tea and discover the health benefits of some of nature’s most beautiful herbs. Get practical tips on planting, harvesting, drying and storing your herbs. $30. 4-5:30 p.m. Generations Healing Center, 250 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-3310.
treats $75. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Culinary Underground School for Home Cooks, 21 Turnpike Road, Southborough. 508-904-6589. Reiki 1 Certification with Sherry Mitchell, Reiki Master. $150. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Amethyst Point Holistic Center, 232 Chandler St. 508-753-3975 or amethystpoint.com. A Clearer Picture with Career Guidance. As teenagers make the transition from high school to college they are often asked “What will you study?” and more often than not, they aren’t sure. This uncertainty can be costly for families. Statistics show college students change their major two or three times on average during their college career, extending the length of time it will take to complete their degree. Without a clear picture of how your student’s interests, personality, and values relate to the “world of work”, life after high school can seem a bit unsure. By taking the COP System Assessment, your teen will discover
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their way to Freedom. This evening, Tutson will present the stories of African American women during Colonial times in the U.S. Tutson is respected for her portrayal of historical figures, Bible stories, and international folk tales. Refreshments, discussion with the artist. $10 donation. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Worcester Friends Meeting House (Quaker), 901 Pleasant St. 508-754-3887.
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Build Your Business: The Power of Facebook. 20% of Internet users are on Facebook. Social Media is a key piece of your marketing arsenal. This hands-on workshop will give you a solid understanding of Facebook and how to position yourself and your business. $35, Partial Scholarships Available. 6-8 p.m. Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) Central Massachusetts, 2nd Floor, 50 Elm St. 508-363-2300 or cweonline.org/content/view/538. Literacy for All: Advances in the Science of Reading. Barbara Wilson, co-founder of Wilson Language Training, will discuss how educational and neurological research has informed the instruction of individuals with dyslexia and other reading challenges. Call 508-373-9460 for more information. Free. 7-8 p.m. Becker College: Borger Academic Center, Daniels Hall, 9 Washburn Square, Leicester. becker.edu/lectures.
>Wednesday 13 Edible Perennial Landscaping and Gardening. Join John Root, naturalist and educator, as he introduces the wide variety of delicious vegetables, fruits, and nuts that can be grown in the Northeast. Learn basic gardening tips for establishing perennial herbs, vines, shrubs and trees. Samples of edible perennial fruits and nuts will be offered as well as handouts with resources for further study and recommended sources of seeds and plants. Free. 6:30-8 p.m. Fitchburg Public Library, Garden Room, 610 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-345-9635. Gluten Free Baking Class. Learn how easy it is to create delectable gluten free baked goods! Ellen Allard, Gluten Free Diva, (www.glutenfreediva.com), will run this class. Please register at the Reference Desk 508-393-5025 ext. 5. Free. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Northborough Free Library, 34 Main St., Northborough. 508-393-5025.
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Artist Speaker Steven Siegel. Steven Siegel is an internationally recognized artist who works with natural and found materials to make site specific sculptures. His work is widely collected, from the DeCordova Museum to European collections. Free. 5-6:30 p.m. Worcester State University, Learning Resource Center Room 121, 486 Chandler St. 508-929-8078. Picturing Vishniac: A Closer Reading, New Work, and Constructions of Jewish Identity. Lecture by Maya Benton, Curator, International Center of Photography. Presented in collaboration with the Clark University Jewish Studies Department and the Central Massachusetts Jewish Community Center. Free. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Clark University: Higgins University Center, Tilton Hall, 950 Main St. 508-793-8897.
>Friday 8 Festival Flokloric: Understanding Inca Culture. Learn about Inca culture through performance, costume, food, and history. Featured performers are Inca Son, an internationally known group, Fitchburg High School dancers in traditional Inca costume, and American and Latino food. Friday, April 8, 2011, FHS Auditorium, 140 Arn-How Farm Road, Fitchburg. 01420. Don’t miss this exciting event! FREE and open to the public. Free. 4-6 p.m. Fitchburg High School, 140 Arnhow Farm Road, Fitchburg. 978345-3240 or fitchburgarts.org.
>Saturday 9 The Right to Liberty: Stories of African American Women who made their way to Freedom. Nationally acclaimed storyteller Valerie Tutson will perform her show, The Right to Liberty: Stories of African American Women who made
President’s Lecture Series. Michael Harrington, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University, will give a lecture titled “Ornaments of Gold and Garments of Light: Augustine’s Reflections on Beauty”. Harrington is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University, where he teaches on the subjects of Neoplatonism and medieval philosophy. While all of the lecture in the series are free RSVPs are encouraged due to limited space. Free and open to the public. 7-8:30 p.m. Assumption College: La Maison Francaise, Salon, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7322.
>Tuesday 12 Civil War Cinema - Movie Discussion. A discussion of the movie - Gettysburg: the battles, the people, and its’ theme. Lead by Reynaldo Rodriguez, Secretary, GAR Memorial Hall Board of Trustees. Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War Open to everyone. May 3rd Glory May 10th Topical Presentation Free.. 4-5 p.m. Worcester Public Library, Banx Room, 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655. “One Nation Under the Constitution: A Vision of a Secular America.” - Sean Faircloth of the Secular Coalition of America. Sean Faircloth will be joining us. He is Executive Director of the Secular Coalition of America, which lobbies on behalf of secular Americans -- atheists, agnostics, humanists and other freethinkers -- in Washington, D.C. The doors open at 6:00 if you would like to socialize. This meeting is at the UU Church of Worcester.. Extra parking is available across the street if the lot is full. Free, donations appreciated at the door. 6:30-9 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester, 90 Holden St. 508-853-1942 or meetup.com/worcesterhumanists.
>Wednesday 13 April Membership Breakfast: “If You Think You Know Tourism-Think Again!”. Join the BVCC and the BVCCTA in taking an in-depth look at the tourism industry as we prepare for National Tourism Month in May. Tourism extends beyond souvenirs to businesses, real estate, and promoting the Valley as a great place to live, work, and visit! Special Guests from Salem, MA, focusing on the positive impact tourism has had on that region. $25 for members; $35 for non-members. 7:30-9 a.m. Pleasant Valley Country Club, 95 Armsby Road, Sutton. 508-234-9090 or blackstonevalley.org/events. Tea with MD’s (In Spanish): Developing Children and Sexuality. The Tea is informal and will include a brief presentation by Dr. Lisa Fortuna followed by lots of time for questions and answers. The next Tea with MD’s will be in English: May 25, 2011 Dr. Yael Dvir – PTSD and Trauma 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Square, Worcester, MA Future Tea’s and more resources for patients are available online: http:// www.umassmed.edu/psychiatry/parentresources.aspx Free. 10 a.m.-noon Centro Las Americas, Fitchburg, 18 Fairmont St., Fitchburg. 978-343-5836. From the Rostrum: An Evening with the Speaker of the House. Massachusetts Speaker of the House Robert A. DeLeo will share thoughts and ideas regarding current issues of interest within the Commonwealth. All lectures in the Franklin M. Loew Lecture Series take place in Daniels Hall in the Borger Academic Building, 9 Washburn Square, Leicester, and are open to the Becker College community and to the general public at no charge. RSVPs to lectures@becker.edu are encouraged, as seating is limited. Call 508-373-9460 for more information. Free. 7-8 p.m. Becker College: Borger Academic Center, Daniels Hall, 9 Washburn Square, Leicester.
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Dunlop Golf Clubs, set of 12 with bag. $100. Call Chris 978-534-5730.
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AUTOMOTIVE AUTO/MOTORCYCLE Harley Davidson 2007 XL883L Black. 60 miles. Helmet and cover. $6300.00 508-886-2656 AUTO/REPAIRS & SERVICES HONDA-ACURA SPECIALISTS Oil & Filter Change ALWAYS $9.25. Scheduled maintenance of all car services including transmissions, brakes, exhaust, engines, tires, glass and more FOREIGN REPAIR CENTER 723 Main Street (Rt. 12) N. Oxford MA 508-987-3392. AUTO/RV 1999 Wilderness 28â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Single slide 5th wheel travel trailer. Rear kitchen. Queen bed. Sleeps 6. Awning. 1 owner. Exc. cond. Asking $8500.00 508-886-8820 Patriots Tailgate RV 1989 Coachman 57k orig. miles. Good tires, runs well. Painted logos. Perfect for season ticket holders. $3500.00 508723-6258 AUTO/TRUCK 1997 Ford 250 3/4 ton, 4WD, 85k mi, rear electric lift gate lifts 1250 lbs, new tires, runs good, $4500.00 978343-6546.
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Leominster $284,900
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LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department WORCESTER Division Docket No 08P0085GI1 Notice of Fiduciaryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Account To all persons interested in the estate of Blanche Bouvier of Worcester, Worcester County, a mentally ill person. You are hereby notified pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. rule 72 that the third account(s) of Jewish Family Service of Worcester Inc., as Guardian (the fiduciary) of the property of said Blanche Bouvier has been presented to said Court for allowance. If you desire to preserve your right to file an objection to said account(s), you or your attorney must file a written appearance in said Court at Worcester on or before the twenty-sixth day of April, 2011, the return day of this citation. You may upon written request by registered or certified mail to the fiduciary, or to the attorney for the fiduciary, obtain without cost a copy of said account(s). If you desire to object to any item of said account(s), you must, in addition to filing a written appearance as aforesaid, file within thirty days after said return day or within such other time as the Court upon motion may order a written statement of each such item together with the grounds for each objection thereto, a copy to be served upon the fiduciary pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. Rule 5. WITNESS, Denise L. Meagher, Esquire, First Justice of said Court at Worcester this twenty-eighth day of March, 2011. Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 4/7/2011 Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608 (508) 831-2200 NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR WITH THE WILL ANNEXED Docket WO11P0997EA In the estate of: Barbara M Stansbury Late of Millbury, MA 01527 Date of Death: 02/06/2011 To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, a petition has been presented requesting that a document purporting to be the last will of said decedent be proved and allowed and that Scott P Stansbury of Lowell, MA or some other suitable person be appointed administrator with the will annexed to serve Without Surety. IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Worcester ON OR BEFORE TEN Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON: 04/26/2011 In addition, you must file a written affidavit of objections to the petition, stating specific facts and grounds upon which the objection is based, within (30) days after the return day (or such other time as the court, on motion with notice to the petitioner, may allow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: March 28, 2011 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 04/07/2011
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TOWN OF SUTTON PLANNING BOARD & DEPARTMENT Sutton Planning Board Public Hearing Notice In accordance with the provisions of Section VI.L of the Sutton Zoning Bylaw - Accessory Apartments Bylaw, the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the application of Linda Gosselin, 15 Highland View Drive, Sutton, MA to add a 750 s.f. +/- accessory apartment at this location. The hearing will be held in the third floor meeting room at the Town Hall on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 7:15 P.M. A copy of the plans and application can be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk during normal office hours. Tomm Connors, 4/7 & 4/14/2011
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given by Boulevard Towing of 550 Franklin Street Worcester, MA, pursuant to the provisions of Mass G.L c. 255, Section 39A, that they will sell the following vehicles on or after April 8, 2011 by private sale to satisfy their garage keeperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lien for towing, storage, and notices of sale: 1. 1999 Mitsubishi Galant VIN# 4A3AA46L0XE029003 2. 2001 Mitsubishi Galant VIN# 4A3AA46H31E021979 3. 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse VIN# 4A3AC44G03E094623 4. 2000 Mitsubishi Diamante VIN# 6MMAP67P5YT006933 5. 1999 Acura 32TL VIN# 19UUA5644XA007013 6. 1998 GMC Jimmy VIN# 1GKDT13W5W2519464 7. 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee VIN# 1J4GW58N9YC307648 8. 1999 GMC Yukon VIN# 1GKEK13R0XJ705924 9. 1999 Ford Ranger VIN# 1FTYR10C0XTA08665 Signed, Pat Assad, owner Boulevard Towing 3/24, 3/31, 4/7/2011
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Worcester Probate And Family Court 225 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608 (508) 831-2200 NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Docket No. WO11C0090CA In the matter of: Dylan Arthur Roy Of: Millbury, MA To all persons interested in petition described: A petition has been presented by Dylan A Roy requesting that Dylan Arthur Roy be allowed to change his/her/their name as follows: Lyn Alexis Brewer IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Worcester ON OR BEFORE TEN Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON: 04/26/2011 WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: March 17, 2011 Stephen. Abraham Register of Probate Court 4/07/2011
 By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Mark E. Hughes and Dianne L. Hughes to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated July 20, 2005 and recorded at  Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 36885, Page 347 as affected by Interest Only Payment Period Rider at Book 36912 Page 144, of which mortgage U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1 is the present holder by assignment Recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 46367, Page 329, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 7 Ward Avenue, Millbury, MA 01527 will be sold at a Public Auction at 3:00 PM on April 21, 2011, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: The land in the easterly part of Millbury, in the County of Worcester, on the southerly side of Ward Avenue, together with the buildings thereon bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the southerly line of Ward Avenue, which is distant 236-9/10 feet westerly from the intersection of the southerly line of Ward Avenue, with the westerly line of Grafton Street; Thence Southeasterly about one hundred thirty-eight (138) feet by land now or formerly of one Noble; Thence by land now or formerly of James F. Rhodes, S. 33° 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122; W. fifty (50) feet to an iron pipe; Thence N. 53° 34â&#x20AC;&#x2122; W. one hundred and thirty-eight (138) feet by said Rhodes land to said Avenue; Thence by said Avenue N. 36° 26â&#x20AC;&#x2122; E. fifty (50) feet to the point of beginning.    For mortgagorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title see deed recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 21231, Page 359. The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments and liens, and subject to prior liens or other enforceable encumbrances of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to all tenancies and/or rights of parties in possession. Terms of the Sale: Cash, cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s or certified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this requirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of Sale upon acceptance of bid; balance of purchase price payable in cash or by certified check in thirty (30) days from the date of the sale at the offices of mortgageeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney, Korde & Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee. The description for the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication.â&#x20AC;?  Other terms to be announced at the sale.           U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1 Korde & Associates, P.C. 321 Billerica Road Suite 210 Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 (978) 256-1500 (OOM 10-001849 )(Hughes)(03-24-11, 03-31-11, 04-07-11)(267314)
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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Neil K. McCoy to Navigant Credit Union dated November 15, 2007, recorded with Worcester County Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 42072, Page 330, the undersigned being the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at:
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9:00 a.m. on Friday, May 6, 2011, upon the hereinafter-described premises, known as and numbered 193 Horne Way, Unit 2, Building 31 of the Brierly Pond Condominium, Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singularly the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit: Building 31, Unit 2, 193 Horne Way (the “Unit”) of the Brierly Pond Condominium in Millbury, MA, (the “Condominium”) created pursuant to Chapter 183A of the Massachusetts General Laws by Master Deed dated October 21, 2002 and recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 27826, Page 317, as amended of record (the “Master Deed”), together with (a) 0.69879 percentage interesting the common areas and facilities of said Condominium as provided for in said Master Deed, (b) such rights and easements appurtenant to the Unit as may be set forth in any documents governing the operation of the Condominium, including without limitation the Master Deed, Declaration of Trust dated October 21, 2002 and recorded in Book 27826, Page 341, and any administrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto (the “Condominium Documents”). For title see Deed dated 11/15/2007, recorded at Book 42072, Page 327. Said premises are sometimes known as and numbered as 193 Horne Way, Unit 2, Building 31 of the Brierly Pond Condominium, Millbury, Massachusetts. The above-described premises shall be subject to all easements, restrictions, municipal or other public taxes, assessments, liens or claims in the nature of liens, outstanding tax titles, building, zoning and other land use laws and all permits and approvals issued pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, orders of conditions, and existing encumbrances of record created prior to said Mortgage, if there be any. Said premises are to be sold subject to the right of redemption of the United States of America, if any there be. TERMS OF SALE: The highest bidder shall be required to make a deposit of $10,000.00 to the holder of said Mortgage, in cash or by certified or bank cashier’s check at the time and place of said sale of said premises. The balance of the purchase price is to be paid to said holder in cash, by certified check or bank cashier’s check, and thereupon the deed shall be delivered, in thirty (30) days from the date of sale at the firm of Cunningham, Machanic, Cetlin, Johnson, Harney & Tenney, LLP, Attorneys for said holder, 220 North Main Street, Natick, Massachusetts. The successful bidder shall be required to sign a Memorandum of Terms of Sale. The description of the premises contained in said Mortgage shall control in the event of an error in publication. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the time and place of sale. Navigant Credit Union Present Holder of Said Mortgage By its Attorneys, CUNNINGHAM, MACHANIC, CETLIN, JOHNSON, HARNEY & TENNEY, LLP Robert F. Tenney CUNNINGHAM, MACHANIC, CETLIN, JOHNSON, HARNEY & TENNEY, LLP 220 North Main Street Natick, MA 01760 (508) 651-7524 MSRE: #311791 (4/7, 4/14, 4/21/2011)
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INVITATION FOR BIDS The Worcester Housing Authority will receive sealed bids for the Security Fence Improvement Project - Great Brook Valley until 2:00 PM on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at the office of the Worcester Housing Authority, Modernization/New Development Office, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. The project consists of installing expanded metal fence, fence posts and site restoration at the Great Brook Valley Property. Estimated construction cost is $80,000. All bids must conform with provisions of Mass. General Laws, Chapter 30, Section 39M and Chapter 149, Section 44A to 44L inclusive and the Instruction to Bidders. Bid Forms and Contract Documents will be available for pickup at Worcester Housing Authority, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 (Telephone 508-6353304) between the hours of 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM beginning April 6,2011. Copies of the contract documents prepared by the Lenard Engineering, Inc may be obtained on April 6, 2011, after 10 am at the above address by depositing $50 in the form of a company check, made payable to the Worcester Housing Authority, for each set obtained. The amount of the deposit will be refunded to each person who returns the plans, specifications and other documents in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Bidders requesting Contract documents be mailed to them shall include a separate check in the amount of $40.00 for each set payable to the Worcester Housing Authority to cover mailing and handling costs. The Contract Documents may be seen, but not removed at: F.W. Dodge, MHC/Joseph Merritt & Co., 17 Everberg Rd, Unit C, Woburn, MA 01801 (781-430-2008) Reed Construction Data, 30 Technology Pkwy South, Ste 500, Norcross, GA 30092 (203-426-0450) Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid guaranty in the form of a bid bond, issued by a responsible surety company licensed to do business in Massachusetts, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, made payable to the Worcester Housing Authority as follows: a. By bidders for General Contract in the amount of 5% of the bid price. Attention is called to the following: a. Provisions for Equal Employment Opportunity. b. Provisions for payment of not less than the minimum wages set forth in the Specifications. c. Provisions of Chapter 14, Acts of 1966, Imposing a Temporary Sales Tax, Section 1, Subsection 6 (d) and (k) exempting the Authority from the operation of such a chapter. d. Requirement to furnish and pay for a Performance Bond and Labor and Materials Bond as set forth in the Specifications. e. Insurance Certificate indicating coverage for public liability, property damage and workers compensation, in accordance with the Contract Requirements, must be filed by the successful bidder upon signing of the Contract. Each General Bid shall be accompanied by: (1) Non-Collusive Affidavit attached to the bid. (2) Form of General Bid. (3) General Contractor Statement. (4) Form HUD-5369A Representations, Certifications and Other Statements of Bidders. (5) Previous Participation Certification (HUD-2530). (6) Bid Bond A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held at the Project site, Great Brook Valley Property, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 at 2 PM on Wednesday April 13, 2011 at which time bidders will be invited to visit the project site(s) with the Engineer and a Worcester Housing Authority Representative. Failure to attend or visit the premises shall be no defense in failure to perform contract terms. The Worcester Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waiver any informalities in the bidding if it be in the public interest to do so. No bid of a General Bidder shall be withdrawn, after opening thereof, prior to thirty (30) days, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excluded, of the award of the general contract, without the consent of the Worcester Housing Authority. Worcester Housing Authority Roland G. Carlson, Chairperson 4/7, 4/14/11
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In an area with 13 colleges and dozens of well-known, respected and published professors, no educator in the Worcester Consortium has been more sought out by local media recently than Clark Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ravi Perry. As an assistant professor in Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political science department, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the director of the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s race and ethnic relations concentration. But whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s captured attention beyond Main South has been his work in reviving Worcesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long-dormant chapter of the NAACP. We sent him a few questions about his background, the group and why the new census figures back up the work heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s setting out to do. Talk a little bit about your background: where youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re from, how you made your way to Clark and what you do there. I am a native of Toledo, Ohio. After graduating from Brown University with a Ph.D. in political science, I joined the faculty at Clark University as an assistant professor. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been at Clark and have lived in Worcester with my partner for almost two years. As a political scientist, my area of expertise is minority representation in mediumsized urban cities.
Why the interest in revitalizing the local NAACP? Why not start your own local group? I have been active in the NAACP wherever I may have lived. I was a regular participant in the Toledo, Ohio, Branch ACT-SO program as a high school student. I reactivated the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor chapter in 2002-2003. Once I moved to Worcester and realized there was no active branch, I began to build relationships and coalitions with a cross-section of the community to generate renewed enthusiasm for a Worcester Branch. Given the NAACPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong presence as one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
oldest civil- and human-rights organizations that seeks to eliminate discrimination in all its forms, it just makes sense for Worcester to have a vibrant branch.
Would you have started a NAACP chapter anywhere you ended up, or is there something about Worcester that speciďŹ cally cries out for a strong NAACP presence? Worcesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. The vision is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.
What about locally, what kind of goals will the NAACP have? The goals of the
demographics make it ideal to have an active branch. With significant populations of immigrants from around the world, a growing Asian population, an explosion of growth in the Black and Latino/a communities, the opportunities and challenges in Worcester are many. Also, with a one-third minority population, it is concerning that Worcester city leadership, both elected and appointed, does not reflect the diversity of the community. The lack of descriptive representation, among other key issues, indicates the necessity for a strong NAACP presence.
Worcester Branch are to implement the aforementioned mission in Central Massachusetts. There are many issues, and targeted responses are pending. Membership guides our direction. We strongly encourage the active participation of all to ensure equality of rights of all persons. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in membership, write to P.O. Box 320, 210 Park Avenue, Worcester, MA 01609 or email naacpworcester2058@gmail.com.
What are the goals of the NAACP and has it been able to stay inďŹ&#x201A;uential throughout the years? The mission is to
As a Branch of an association that seeks to eliminate discrimination in all its forms, and for everyone, our
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outreach will be representative of the diversity of the greater Worcester community.
Talk about race relations in a city as diverse as Worcester. Are we a model for diversity and integrating immigrants and outsiders into our community, or do we have a lot of work to do? Like many cities, Worcesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s population comprises multiple identity groups. Such diversity creates challenges and opportunities. Respective to the Black community, a 2010 survey found that most of the sampled Black city residents were extremely dissatisfied with race relations in the city. Additionally, in Worcester, a city of distinct neighborhoods, different populations do not always take the opportunity to build long-standing bridges across ethnic communities. Moreover, increased diversity has invigorated renewed energy in hate groups. With significant hate-group activity in the Worcester area, and the continued discrimination in various sectors faced by people of many backgrounds, there is much work to do. The NAACP Worcester Branch is here to do it.
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