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May 31 - June 6, 2012 ■ Volume 37, Number 39

Majority rules

Worcester’s lone majority-minority district hasn’t attracted diversity among its candidates MEDAL OF HONOR: The ceremony to unveil the new Front Street (same as the old Front Street) which connects downtown to Washington Square takes place on Thursday, giving Worcesterites the ability to look through where the mall once stood. Even the 2/3 of residents that were born after the Galleria demolished the downtown are impressed. Memorial Day weekend comes and goes with good weather, relatively uncongested roads and plenty of parades and ceremonies honoring our country’s fallen veterans. City Manager Michael O’Brien inducts 12 local teens to the Worcester Youth Council, which will engage young people in civic life, and address the needs of at-risk Worcester youth between the ages of 14 and 21, research topics relevant to today’s youth and provide formal recommendations to the appropriate legislative bodies. The Worcester Business Journal reports that Verizon’s 4G LTE network has expanded to include Worcester’s Main Street and parts of Routes 9 and 12. Will this stop the city council from blasting Verizon’s shoddy cell phone coverage on the west side? Probably not. DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE: 17 year old stabbed in the abdomen on Vernon Street, a shooting on Pleasant Street leads to the arrest of a 20 year old, a vice squad prostitution sting nabs six (three from out of town) and a bouncer at the La Raza night club is charged with Armed Assault with Attempt to Murder after stabbing a patron in the bathroom. Worcester Regional Research Bureau report shows that while property crime in Worcester has dropped 30 percent in the past 15 years, violent crime remains steady. Among the ten largest New England cities, Worcester ranks 5th in terms of violent crime. Saying we’re safer than Springfield and Hartford just doesn’t carry the weight it used to. The WPD disputes some of the WRRB’s methodology. A body is found floating in the Patch Reservoir over the weekend. The Worcester Police Department told the Telegram & Gazette that no foul play “has been determined at this time.” CoreLogic, a leading provider of consumer, financial and property information, says Worcester County foreclosure rates drop .39 percent between March 2011 and March 2012. The county’s 2.55 percent foreclosure rate is higher than the state average but lower than the 3.41 percent US average.

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ith new congressional and statehouse lines re-drawn late last year after the release of the 2010 US Census results, advocates seeking better representation of minority communities celebrated a recent announcement from the state’s redistricting committee that doubled the number of majority-minority districts in Massachusetts from 10 to 20. What that means is districts for state representative or state senator whose voting population of African Americans, Latinos and Asians will outnumber the amount of registered white voters. Included in that new group is Worcester’s 15th state representative district, which stretches from Shrewsbury to Piedmont streets and has a slew of candidates vying to take over an incumbent-less seat after twenty-year Rep. Vincent Pedone stepped down in January. The creation of a 15th district with more non-white voters than white voters didn’t happen accidentally. A number of groups and left-leaning politicians across the state encouraged the Legislative Committee on Redistricting to create as many majority-minority districts as possible in places that made sense. Some even testifing before a redistricting committee hearing at Clark University last fall advocating for the creation of one in Worcester. But with signature papers due and the names on the ballot finalized for the November election, of the six candidates running for the district 15 seat (five Democrats, one Republican) only one can claim non-white ethnicity, while the frontrunners are three white women. (With the relatively few amount of women in statehouse, this is notable in itself.) While School Committee member Dianna Biancheria, City Councilor Kate Toomey and Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center Executive Director and former city council candidate Mary Keefe – all Democrats – have the upper-hand in name recognition, political networks and money, Ralph Perez, who will run against

those three and Frank Beshai – another familiar name in local politics – is the only minority candidate on the ballot. (The winner of the Democratic primary will face Republican Brian O’Malley in the general election. It’s not difficult to discern his ethnicity.) Perez, who ran for city council in 2011 but didn’t make it through the primary vote, says he’s not concerned that the region’s only majority-minority district has attracted such a large and notable crowd of whites seeking to represent it. “I have nothing against these other candidates,” he says, but he beleives that his experiences growing up in poverty and coming from a minority background helps him relate to the district better. It shows in his agenda for the district: keeping kids in school and continuing to support them as they leave the Worcester Public Schools for college or trade school and a focus to cut down on violence. Gordon Davis, a local African American civil rights advocate who initially thought of running as an unenrolled candidate, points out similar challenges in the district, citing the school to prison pipeline as one of District 15’s most significant challenges. He stopped his campaign before gathering enough signatures however, in part because of a disability (Davis is legally blind) and because Keefe announced. (When it comes to social stances and education reform, Davis says “her views are similar to mine.”) But what attracted him to the race initially was the district’s demographic shift. “It was one of the reasons I was going to run. I thought I could add something to the mix,” he says. He adds that if Keefe loses in the primary he plans to run as a write-in candidate. But redistricting watchers say majorityminority districts aren’t necessarily for vaulting candidates from non-white communities into office. “The goal of majority-minority districts is not to electe candidates of color,” says MassVOTE Executive Director Avi Green. Instead, it’s to entice those who do run for those seats to pay attention to the needs of communities under-represented in

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politics. “Either is perfectly fine.” Neighbor to Neighbor, a grassroots organization that — among other activities — does endorsements and Get Out The Vote campaigns for preferred candidates, hasn’t made an endorsement in the 15th district race yet, but isn’t counting on skin color. “As long as the candidate represents our mission,” says Lynn Norris, pointing to their concerns about health care, education and economic development. Winning Neighbor to Neighbor’s endorsement means a candidate has to be progressive and represent a low-income or working-class community. “That’s exactly how we feel,” she says of Green’s comment that it’s more important for the district to have an elected official that represents the minority community rather than have a politician who is from the minority community. It’s not quite enough for Davis, though. “I’m sort of disappointed that it was not more talked about, at least,” he says about having a field of white candidates dominating a brand new majorityminority district. It’s not all bad news on that front, however. According to Luzmar Centeno, spokeswoman for Latino advocacy group ¿Oiste?, five Worcesterites will graduate in June from their Initiative for Diversity in Civic Leadership course, a 16 week training that teaches minority candidate leadership, public administration, public policy and campaign skills. The course’s most famous graduate would be Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson. Unfortunately, those currently enrolled have already missed the cutoff for this year’s election. (Unless they run a write in campaign.) Neighbor to Neighbor has similar plans. Hoping to recreate success they’ve had in Lynn, Mass. where a member of the group was elected to School Committee, locally Norris says “In the future Neighbor to Neighbor hopes to have its own candidate” – someone who’s both a member of their group and a person of color. Davis adds that skin color doesn’t make a candidate unqualified. In fact, he points

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-Size of supplemental budget items the Worcester Public Schools administration brought before the City Council for inclusion in Worcester’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget. The money would pay for additional teachers at middle and high schools for math, science, music and gym classes, staff development and certiﬁcation for new programs at the high school level.

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Solutions anonymous Local website aims to solve political logjams, without party afﬁliation Jeremy Shulkin

andy Ormo is no non-partisan. Involved in Democratic politics and himself once flirting with a run for public office (he pulled signature papers for Worcester City Council in 2011), it doesn’t mean he can’t be bi-partisan. In fact, that’s what he’d like to see more of. “Both parties are so dug in nothing’s going to move them except something from outside government,” he told a small gathering of people at the Worcester Public Library earlier this month as he showed off his idea for a nation-wide forum for civil, informed and nonpartisan political discussion: a website called Dialogs at the Agora. The website, once it goes live (the presentation at the library was meant to attract more volunteers to help him finish – Ormo says the site is 85 percent ready), would focus on state and national political questions. Members could

tackle difficult and divisive subjects like healthcare or tax reform anonymously and, most importantly, without political affiliation; an exchange of ideas without labels, and with unbiased source documents to back up arguments. For instance, James from Ohio couldn’t go by the name GOPJim and make an argument against single-payer healthcare citing a report from the Heritage Foundation. “We need to get a way for people to agree without knowing they’re agreeing,” Ormo says, believing, that the partisan divide is so great in Congress and among the voting public that just hearing an idea proposed by “the other side” is enough to mobilize people against it without first judging it on merit. Not only that, according to a survey he handed out among the small group of people, the audience generally agreed that “politicians and their inner circles gauge political risk and often act accordingly” continued on page 7

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out that among the three big names, each deal with race or class issues through their work on School Committee, the Worcester Housing Authority, City Council or the Neighborhood Center. But, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s noticed that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re avoiding talk of race in the early stages of the campaign. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not saying I can represent both communities, or that I can represent Shrewsbury Street as well as Main South.â&#x20AC;? Instead of faulting the crop of candidates, Perez sees a different issue in regards to the redistricting and creation of a majorityminority district: he believes the moving of polling places will confuse or inconvenience the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elderly or immigrant communities from voting on Election Day. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confusing,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People have always voted in that same building or that same church. People still live in the same house, now they got to vote somewhere else?â&#x20AC;? He adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you disrupt something like that you have no intention of having them actually come out and vote.â&#x20AC;? Jeremy Shulkin may be reached at jshulkin@worcestermag.com.

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On-line comments Worcesteria 5/24/12 It ﬁgures that some of our less intelligent City Councilors would look to cut the library budget. The library is already closed on Sundaya and every Monday. Three of the ﬁve days a week that it is open, it has to close at 5:30. It should be open seven days a week and at least 5 days it should be open until 9 P.M. 1,500 people a day go to the main branch of the Worcester Public Library. It is one of the few reasons people have to go downtown. Councilors with brains would keep it open more days and longer hours, to get more people downtown. Councilors always say they want more people downtown. Well, put your money where your mouths are. Open the library more hours and more days. It is also a great place for kids to go and stay out of trouble. Submitted online by LIBRARY IS A TREASURE The Councilors owns comments prove they are wrong in going to a single tax rate . They all admit you can’t do it all at once or more people will lose their homes, more middle class will leave the city, and fewer people would be hurt than if you went to a single tax rate all at once. That is like like telling me, that you are going to kill me, but you are not going to kill me right away. You will torture me before you kill me. A single tax rate is a killer of the middle class. That is why so many BIG CITIES have the duel tax rate. You can not compare cities tax rates to small towns. They are two totally different animals. Petty, Eddy Rushton, Germain Toomey, and Economou are the Councilors who voted to raise the tax rate on homes by almost one dollar per thousand dollar of valuation. They also voted to decrease the tax rate on businesses by $5.57 per thousand dollars. These Councilors are clueless. They can kill the middle class quickly or slowly. The point is, their actions are the beginning of the end of a middle class living, staying, and moving into Worcester. They will turn Worcester into the next Lawrence or lowell. This is a sad day for Worcester.” Submitted online by EXPERT ADVICE

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City council live blog 5/22/12: Taxation without documentation The most disgusting presentation last night was by Lenny Z., the president of the Worcester Teacher’s Union. He advocated for higher taxes for his fellow teachers, the parents,school bus drivers, school custodians, etc. What planet is this guy on? He sold out the average working stiffs to advocate for lower taxes for businesses and higher taxes for the average working Joe. He advocated for the tax rate that the Chamber of Commerce advocated for. A tax rate that took money out of the pockets of every homeowner and rent payer. This clueless individual should be voted out of ofﬁce by his union members. He sold them down the drain. This is a perfect example of why the average working person who does belong to a union, no longer listens to their union leaders when it comes to political issues. The union leaders, as in this case, have sold out to the other side. Submitted online by HYPOCRITE FINDER

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and “special interests with lots of money disproportionately skew the shape of solutions.” Dialogs at the Agora would eliminate the partisanship by simply not allowing it. Solutions proposed by anonymous users, once generating enough interest, would later reveal how many of the sites users support it by political party, revealing if an idea was truly bi-partisan. Ormo points out that there are only 535 people legislating federal government tasked with representing a country north of 300 million. “I think there are solutions by people outside of congress.” The idea for the website, he says, goes back to the Federalist Papers published in newspapers and as essays by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay to promote the ratiﬁcation of the US Constitution: by publishing under the names “Publius,” the writers placed more weight on their ideas than on their names. “This is not a new idea. It’s over 200 years old. The technology might be different,” he allows. “[But] anonymity is at the center.” Ormo says for now he’s avoiding local politics even in a city the size of Worcester. “Politics on the local level doesn’t require a website because you can go next door to your neighbors house.” But it could lead to regional discussions. The goal for threads on the website that touch on topics important enough, or get enough support, would be to bring them forward into charrettes, broadcast to other sites across states or the country, where participants could interact in real time, still with the unbiased supporting documents. “It would also allow for the asking of questions as raised in real time by the participants.” Currently, Ormo is the only person with his name attached, but he says a media consultant in New York, a Worcester lawyer and an IT department head at a New Hampshire college are

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involved. In keeping with the site’s theme of anonymity, he hesitates to give their names. Ormo plans another public discussion and “unveiling” of the site in the fall, and is still seeking interested participants to help him do some of the lifting before it goes live. The idea for the site and any off-shoot charrettes, he says, is enticing particularly because it gives some inﬂuence over the discussion back to the people. “[Politicians] are afraid they won’t be able to control the discussion,” he says. “Which is exactly what we want.” Jeremy Shulkin may be reached at jshulkin@worcestermag.com.

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Pity the national bloggers and online news website content-ﬁllers who take everything José Canseco writes on Twitter as gospel. Here in Worcester, we can just sit back and enjoy the ride as he continues his baseball career with the Tornadoes. The Internet lit up Monday night after Canseco tweeted that he wanted to run for ofﬁce and then listed off problems facing select Massachusetts towns (though no mention of Worcester). He did, however, come out as pro-teacher, writing, “Who are the haters screwing with the teachers in Leominster I need to slap them teachers are gold.” And while Joe Petty (or whoever else runs in 2013) probably doesn’t have to worry about a Canseco running in the mayoral campaign, they should be thanking him for a short and sweet Monday tweet: “I LOVE Woostah.” Considering he has around 475,000 followers on the social media site, it could be the best piece of branding that the city’s seen since Choose Worcester collapsed. We can just see the city’s newest slogan coming into form now: “Worcester: If José Canseco loves it, then you can too.”

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MATHLETES: On Tuesday night, Worcester Public Schools Superintendent Melinda Boone and CFO Brian Allen brought their 2013 budget to the city council and asked for an additional $5 million in funding for additional teacher positions, school nurses, an expansion of science lab equipment and expanding course certifications. That $5 million ask by the administration is nothing compared to what members of the Citywide Parent Planning and Advisory Council wanted — $9.3 million, or 3 percent over the foundation budget required by the state. It became clear very quickly that neither the $9.3 million nor the $5 million asks would be funded, as that money would come out of the mostly set-in-stone city-side budget. Instead, talk turned to what was absolutely needed, with many councilors saying classes with more than 26 elementary students was unacceptable. The final decision seemed to be councilors holding off on passing the budget to allow more time for numbers to come in from the Massachusetts School Building Authority and to come up with a little more money for the schools, probably in the area of $500,000 allocated in good faith for elementary school teachers; though the number of teacher positions, which that money would fund, would only alleviate a fraction of the 91 classrooms across the district projected to have more than 26 students. When Boone was asked point blank by City Councilor Konnie Lukes if her budget, as presented, would meet state mandates and her personal goals, Boone replied with a firm “no.” When asked why not, she added that, “One of the things I don’t believe in is putting numbers out there for hype.” ... Those in charge of allocating more money to the schools should hope that Canseco doesn’t hear about this funding debate, lest some of them be slapped for hatin’. A LITTLE BIT OF ‘WHERE ARE THEY NOW?’: It looks like Congressman Jim

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McGovern (D-Worcester) will make it to the general election without an official challenger on the GOP side, and his former opponents from the 2010 race have moved on as well. 2010 Republican nominee Marty Lamb, who was redistricted out of McGovern’s new MA-2 legislative district, continues his run against Carol Dykema for the 8th Middlesex state representative seat. Just like 2010, when he campaigned with “sick of congress” barf bags and dropped off acorns and scissors at the McGovern offices, he’s continued with the gimmicks, this time handing out packets of Marty Lamb “money plant” seeds to grow the economyand personal savings. …Patrick Barron, who ran an independent campaign against McGovern and Lamb, has set up a website called DefiningTheMachine.com and is giving presentations about money shuffling between congressional members. Barron says that the number of leadership political action committees (PACs), basically secondary bank accounts that congressional members use to send money to support other campaigns, has jumped from 42 in 1996 to 373 currently. He’s currently speaking to Tea Party groups (though he says the issue is bipartisan) and is crafting a candidate pledge that would ask those running for office to not give or accept donations to or from other politicians and to not open a PAC. Barron says his presentation “makes a very credible argument that this is corrupt.” Want more Worcesteria during the week? Check worcestermag.com and follow @JeremyShulkin on Twitter. Email him at jshulkin@worcestermag.com.

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hey are the overlooked. At the New England Dream Center, members of society who are as easily forgotten as yesterday’s weather arrive by shuttle. They lounge in the airy rooms of what was once a church modeled after the cathedral at Notre Dame, warmly greeting visitors. It’s no small irony that strangers are welcomed here by the very citizens who find doors closed to them every day. Over the past few decades funding for the mentally ill – that is, the neurologically challenged – has dried up and nearly disappeared; the poorest and most vulnerable among us always take the biggest hits, it seems. A small but dedicated staff works mightily to ensure that the overlooked are not only remembered, but appreciated and loved. NEDC’s Adult Day Care program, located at 5 Chestnut St. is a worship center delivering daily doses of hope. NEDC activity director Zach Beshai waits for me at the door while smiling clients shake my hand in every room. The Beshai family is dedicated to the workings of the center – Zach’s mom Gayle is a professional hair stylist who donates her skills by providing haircuts and his dad Frank is a member of the Board of Directors. Zach’s enthusiasm for the center’s mission proves infectious, as he leads me on a tour of a grand building once slated for demolition, saved only by the creation of the Dream Center. As sunlight streams through stained glass, the salvaging of structure and soul begs comparison. Following my tour of the facilities, I’m treated to a casual spread of cheese and crackers by Zach, Chief Operations Officer George Cladis, Program Director Gregg Thomas and Program Aid Meggan Cantlin. A brief history of the center tells the story of a ministry begun by Pastor Will Bard 15 years ago, but the staff is eager to impart the significance of NEDC’s immediate future — specifically, the Joyful Concert Series slated to begin June 1, 2012. The free concert series will offer great local music every Friday from now through August — and all performers are donating their time and talents at no charge. These noontime celebrations create a vibe of excitement for the program’s

clients, who view the center as their home away from home. Among those artists generously sharing their gifts will be Cara Brindisi, Sheez Late, The Worcester Academy of Music and The Hip Swayers. A full line-up can be found at joyfulconcert.com. Like many residents of Worcester, I’ve often wondered just what those white shuttle buses with the center’s logo were all about. I tend to be a skeptic when it comes to programs that are afﬁliated with big-name religious organizations. NEDC is an off-shoot of Liberty Churches, but my visit to the center answered many of my questions. The program is a full medical model, with nursing, physical, occupational and speech therapists onsite. MassHealth Insurance provides the payments that keep the engines running, and all participants are approved by MHI. Many of the clients are in the 50+ age range, and so have endured for decades a wall of indifference and scorn that separates them from society. At the NEDC, self-expression leads to selfesteem. Writing, crochet, drama and landscaping groups are only a few of the activities available. The goal of the center is to provide access to a life outside the one so many have been forced to inhabit: a stagnant world of isolation and depression. In a book of poetry entitled “Hands,” clients express themselves in ways no reporter could properly convey with quotes. Sightless Frances B. penned these poignant lines in her untitled poem: Learning to hang my clothes on my own A simple task for others But I have to adapt To learn I fold with my hands For I cannot see When I touch an object I recreate it in my mind I imagine circles, squares and octagons And I ﬁll my world With the shapes I cannot see Thanks to the New England Dream Center, Frances sees light where once there was only darkness.

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While many of us still think we’re making a cutting-edge contribution to the future of the planet by drinking water from a tap instead of a plastic bottle, the faculty and students at Worcester’s colleges and universities are at the forefront of generating new eco-ideas and green innovations in a wide range of ﬁelds.

Take Mingjaing Tao for instance. Tao sees millions of miles of green opportunity in U.S. roads and highways. An associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Tao is working on ways to increase the quality and performance of reclaimed asphalt pavement, or RAP. “The technology for reclaiming asphalt has been used for a couple of decades,” he said, adding there are still some technical hurdles. The high levels of heat used to process RAP limits the amount of recycled material that can be used to produce pavement that can hold up under heavy traffic and different weather conditions. “The current state of the practice is to reclaim 15 to 20 percent of existing roadway and add 80 to 85 percent virgin material,” explained Tao, who wants to flip those percentages. Recycling RAP at lower temperatures with different additives would allow more asphalt to go back on the roads instead of into landfills. The lower temperatures would reduce carbon emission and the higher rate of recycling would conserve resources. And it would save tax payers a lot of money. Tao has been working with different graduate students as well as colleague Rajib Mallick, another WPI associate professor of civil and environmental engineering who also has his eye on asphalt. Mallick has been looking at the possibility of transferring the heat that collects in asphalt to water running just below the surface of roadways. The heat could be used to generate electricity, and the process of drawing out of the asphalt could cool urban areas and significantly reduce the energy used to keep temperatures down in buildings. It’s solar energy without all the panels. With projects such as this, Worcester’s campuses are taking a leading role in building a green economy. While a lot of the innovation is being driven by science and engineering, Worcester’s colleges are also pushing the edge of green philosophical and economic issues with research that may help develop the policies of a sustainable society.

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Worcester State University has been one of the nation’s pioneer institutions in laying the groundwork for green, sustainable chemistry. According to Margaret Kerr, an associate professor of chemistry at WSU, green chemistry is about developing alternative, sustainable processes in manufacturing and science. And that’s not easy. “Basically, 75 to 80 percent of the chemicals we know and love are difﬁcult to replace,” said Kerr. “We really do need certain chemicals in our products.” Kerr and her students have started to re-imagine chemistry, and they’ve started with themselves. They’ve looked at how chemistry is traditionally taught, and redesigned a chemistry curriculum for students in Worcester’s middle and high schools. And Kerr has helped make the concept of green chemistry accessible to non-science majors by introducing them to atom economy, which involves looking at how many atoms were in an original substance, and how many ended up in the ultimate product. A large number of missing atoms reveal how much waste is taking place. “It’s the way we should be thinking about our all our manufacturing and our products,” said Kerr. In 2008, Kerr spent six months in Thailand lecturing on green chemistry while watching the roaring Asian economy in action. She brought back a new sense of urgency about the threat traditional chemical practices in a rapidly expanding manufacturing economy pose to the environment. Still, she acknowledges that green chemistry hasn’t yet provided a lot of answers. “I feel like we are laying the groundwork and it’s the

next generation who will be designing the solutions,” she said.

GREEN POWER

John Orr has taught electrical engineering at WPI for 35 years. He believes ﬁnding cleaner, alternative sources of energy is the key to sustainability. Orr’s own work is centered on large scale battery-based electricity storage systems.

“Some people look at the problems with energy and worry, and some see it as a challenge,” said Orr. “WPI is happy to take on those challenges.” At WPI’s Fuel Cell Center faculty, students are working on hydrogen-powered fuel cells that generate energy with no emissions or waste. The technology needed to produce small amounts of hydrogen to power the cells doesn’t exist yet, but researchers at WPI believe it will be developed sometime within the next couple of decades, and they’ll be ready when that happens. James Van de Ven, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at WPI, has been researching energy conversion and storage and seems to be on the way to developing an hydraulic hybrid engine. The goal is to produce a hybrid vehicle that would cost a fraction of today’s generation of electric cars. Alex Dilorio, director of WPI’s Bioprocess Center, is working to redeem the ethanol industry by studying the stomach contents of termites. Dilorio ﬁgures if he can copy the way the bugs break down the wood and plants they eat into sugar, he’ll be able to produce ethanol from woody plants and leave the grains for people. “New ways to produce energy are just on the horizon,” said Orr, who added that he believes nuclear fusion has a potentially large and important role in green energy. Orr said there has been a lot of funding for energy research from the U.S. Dept of Energy and the National Science Foundation. “And there’s always money from private industry to support research once things start to look usable,” he said. But the real force behind WPI’s success with green and clean technology is the faculty and students. “We have great students who desire to do something environmentally important,” he said.

GREEN CULTURE

When James and Orlando Norcross built their matching homes on Claremont Street, they were at the height of their careers in construction. The Norcross brothers

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built many of the Guilded Age’s trophy buildings including the Worcester Art Museum, City Hall, the Worcester Post Ofﬁce and a slew of churches, schools and homes throughout the city.

The Norcross Brothers and their two pretty homes are symbols of success from New England’s 19th century rise of industrialism. But the Norcross brothers moved out more than a century ago and the current tenant, Clark University’s George Perkins Marsh Institute, is now focused on a new economic era and the challenges that have emerged from man’s complicated relationship with the environment. The Marsh Institute is home to a wide variety of faculty and student research on environmental issues and policy questions. It’s also the home of the Institute for Energy and Sustainability (IES), which describes itself as central New England’s green business zone. Senior program advisor Chris Noonan says that IES is working to create a green business cluster focused on market and employment opportunities in green and clean energy and technology. “We are fostering a culture of green innovation,” said Noonan who added that IES is the bridge between people who have great ideas and business resources that can help them get off the ground. According to the latest numbers from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, which teamed up with Clark to launch IES, the timing for green zones, clusters and innovations couldn’t be better. Massachusetts now has 4,909 clean tech and energy firms and more than 64,000 residents, or 1.5 percent of the state’s total work force, is working in some type of clean energy employment. The numbers are a little puffed. Not all those jobs are full time, and not all those firms are exclusively focused on clean energy. Roughly a third of the firms that were interviewed for the report said about 25 percent of their business involved something to do with clean energy. Still, even critics of clean energy investments see the fact the green economic sector is reaching into other companies as a sign of how entrenched green business is becoming. Noonan believes clean and green technology has already proven that it’s an economic winner. “During the recession, all sectors of the economy dipped and despite that national trend, clean energy is a sector where we’ve seen growth,” he said. Still, we should be seeing clean industry growth, especially when you consider the $33 billion in federal and stimulus money that was earmarked for green jobs and companies. Some policy analysts have raised concerns about the next phase of green tech and green innovation that those federal funds are running low. Noonan also feels that a societal shift is now in play that may help green industry growth. “Culturally, it seems like a lot of people have reflected on a shortage of resources and that’s been motivation to change their lifestyles,” he said.

THE LONG GREEN ROAD A close look at Clark’s community garden

There’s no doubt that Worcester’s large student population is embracing green industry, but there have been some problems in other pockets of the city.

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and towns that have signed on to the Green Communities program get a crack at recouping some of that money which is awarded for different projects such as installing LED street lights and upgrading to energy efficient heating systems. But to earn Green Community status, cities and towns have to meet certain requirements. They need to switch municipal vehicles over to fuel efficient models, adopt an energy plan, streamline permitting for alternative energy projects such as wind turbines and they must adopt the stretch code — a new set of construction requirements that boosts the energy efficiency of new homes and buildings by 30 percent. The stretch code requirement has been a hard sell in some places. The construction industry was stunned that the state would pick the end of a recession with the housing market still stuck in a slump as the time to roll out the stretch code, which is said to add about $10,000 to the cost of a new home. Worcester joined the ranks of green communities in 2010 and has since picked up a few green community grant awards including more than $800,000 to assist with implementing the stretch code. Meanwhile, the surcharge on electricity bills was initially not much of an issue until it was announced that National Grid customers would be picking up the $4 billion tab for energy purchased from Cape Wind, the large offshore wind farm slated to go up in Nantucket Sound next year. Worcester, like most other large cities, is hoping to be a green corridor thriving with green companies and jobs. And while it has the unique resources of student power and faculty-driven cutting-edge research, it is also competing with other communities that hope to become the same type of green hub. Still, Noonan points to a string of successes that include National Grid’s decision to base a smart grid project in Worcester. The new digital grid will be able to track energy output and use. And the city now has a string of recharging

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stations for hybrid cars. Plus those entrepreneurs with green innovative ideas are starting to blossom. One such local entrepreneur is Jon Friedman, who will soon be growing vegetables with his new green business, Freight Farm. Friedman is using retired shipping containers as a space for hydroponic gardens. “Our concept is pretty unique, but the science isn’t a breakthrough,” said Friedman. But overcoming a lack of available farming space to produce fresh produce is an idea that has, as Friedman puts it, “Starbuck potential.” Clark’s green research arm focuses a lot of attention on social and economic policy. Jennie Stephens, an assistant professor of environmental science and policy, has found strengths and weaknesses in Worcester’s green cluster

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strategy. Stephens suggests that the strong focus on business rather than civic groups, organizations and neighborhoods may be a missed opportunity to engage more stakeholders in green growth and change. Among Worcester’s students, a green cluster makes sense. It’s a logical next step in the green intellectual and personal growth that colleges and universities spend four years trying to develop.

GREEN LIVING

Steve Bandarra had spent 20 years building a technology consulting business in Northampton when he decided to make the jump to a green job.

It wasn’t a huge stretch. In Northampton, Bandarra had launched a computer recycling program and headed up a green initiatives committee for the Northampton Chamber of Commerce, so it wasn’t much of a surprise when he went

back to school to study sustainability management, a field that didn’t exist the first time he had to pick a major. He is now the sustainability coordinator at Worcester State, which made the Princeton Review’s “Guide to 286 Green Colleges” two years in a row. Instead of offering “network therapy” to tech-challenged businesses, Bandarra now looks for ways the WSU campus can conserve water, cut energy use and turn its food service waste into industrial compost or, as he calls it, “dirt on crack.” And don’t even get him started on netzero buildings (a building with zero net energy consumption and zero carbon emissions). “A sustainability manager is really a project manager, we look at different parts of the campus and try to find places to make improvements,” he said. “I wanted to be in higher education sustainability because I believe they are leading the way.” Worcester’s college campuses are ecoenclaves where building managers are incorporating aggressively green practices, technologies and goals.

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issues in terms of a fair distribution of energy resources. “Much of the world has such a great need of energy,” he said. “We should all have some moral responsibility for that. If we help the rest of the world to advance, we all advance.” It’s unlikely that anyone at WPI or in the city of Worcester would argue that point. But for some students, accepting moral responsibility for environmental injustice isn’t quite enough. Students for a Just and Stable Future is to the environmental movement what Students for a Democratic Society was to campus activist during the ’60s, only more focused and peaceful. A chapter of the organization was launched at WPI in the wake of last year’s conﬂict between students and administrators over the decision to invite Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson to speak at

DIVORCE WITH DIGNITY ~ Save Time, Money and Emotional Stress ~ Recent WPI graduate Kaitlyn Spetka tightens bolts on a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell and research that will prepare students for the challenge of re-stabilizing the Earth’s climate. The presidents of Clark and Holy Cross have also signed the climate commitment. “Sustainability is about the whole picture, the whole lifestyle,” said Bandarra. But upgrading buildings and launching campus recycling centers and conservation efforts are the easier parts of fostering a generation of green leaders and innovators.

At WPI, Orr heads up the President’s Task Force on Sustainability, a group of faculty members, students and staff who have taken on the task of leading and coordinating the school’s conservation and sustainability efforts, which include making sustainability part of academics and research. “The charge is very broad,” said Orr. “We oversee all aspects of sustainability, including economic and social justice issues.” Orr, sees many of those social justice

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At Holy Cross, the university vows to be carbon neutral by 2040, as a central thermostat controls and monitors the temperature in buildings throughout the campus, while facilities managers track heat loss with an infrared camera. Clark has meticulously cataloged its carbon emissions and offsets them with investments in wind power and a recycling program that carts waste to an incinerator where it’s burned to generate electricity. Quinsigamond Community College’s new Science and Technology Building was designed with a carbon neutral energy system and materials and control systems that meet the best green building practices. “We are not waiting for things to be in place,” said Bandarra. “We are trying to make things happen on our own.” But not entirely on their own. State and federal funding paid the $560,000 tab for a solar panel system on the roof of the learning Resource Center. The photovoltaic array generates about 140,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a years, or enough to power about 20 homes. Bandarra said his job is to help WSU reach the goals outlined in the American College & University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, a sweeping pledge to eliminate carbon emission from campus operations and to promote curriculum

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by supporting companies with poor environmental track records. But most green student groups, organizations and projects are not confrontational. Clark’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program sponsors the U-Reka Big Idea contest that allows students to compete for funding to launch “big idea” projects, including green innovations. This year a project that will bring fresh produce from a local farmers market to students and faculty on campus was

generation who will inherit the mandate of sustainability with all its social and economic complexities. For Tori Westerband, an intern at the Institute of Energy and Sustainability who is studying corporate social responsibility at Clark, it’s a chance to watch green theory become green reality. “Students are in an environment that’s conducive to ideas and thought,” said Westerband. “Here, a culture has been created that’s progressive enough to provide space for innovation.”

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The following list of projects is a small sample of the green research students have been working on over the past few years:

WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY Digging up the dirt on Worcester’s brownfields: A comparison of brownfield remediation techniques Nicholas Charette The conventional method of cleaning up toxic land sites, or brownfields, involves costly soil excavation and disposal. This study looks at the alternative practice of mycoremediation, which uses fungi or mushrooms to decontaminate sites.

Red tide rising: The relationship between runoff and algal bloom frequency Cassem Chebbani This study uses historic rainfall data and computer climate models to examine the correlation between nutrient-rich run off and the occurrence of Red Tide, a naturally occurring toxic algal bloom that causes Paralytic Shellﬁsh Poisoning, a potentially fatal syndrome in humans.

Coastal wave erosion Ryan Dahlberg Wave action can be one of the most aggressive forms of coastal erosion. This study evaluates different areas of the Massachusetts coast using MassGis bathymetric and terrain data, severe weather patterns, and concepts of ﬂuid dynamics to determine which parts of the shoreline are most vulnerable to extensive wave-action erosion. Incorporating hydroelectric facilities into beach protectant structures An analysis of several beaches and the possibility of using hydroelectric power to create beach protectants, or structures, to preserve coastal environments under threat from climate change and physical ocean processes.

What a dump! Environmental restoration and remediation: changing the landscape of pre-subtitled landfills Hannah-Leigh O’Brien For years, Massachusetts has been capping landfills with layers of different materials and building youth athletic fields on the surface. The heavy metals buried in landfills pose an environmental health risk in those recreational areas and their surface waters. This study tested the water in the Duck Pond and Veterans’ Memorial Pond at Green Hill Park, for known carcinogens lead, iron, and nickel.

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Green Worcester: Sustainability and photovoltaic devices on public buildings Scott Poitras This research project explores solar energy potential in Worcester and the city’s plans to expand solar capacity.

Where do you get your water? Carly Brady, Abigail Ryzewski, Meghan O’Leary A study of the Holden Reservoir and how water demands, ﬁltration, land usage, and population affect water distribution.

Water as a solvent for green chemistry Holly Collins Water is a benign solvent but does not dissolve most organic compounds (oil and water don’t mix). This study looked at the possibility of attaching phosphates to the oil-like organic molecules, a process known as phosphorylation, in order to make them more water soluble.

CLARK UNIVERSITY Carissa Williams, Hannah Muller

Forest and land-use change within West Boylston and Northborough Karissa Booth, Nikole Vetter This study examined land use and forest change in West Boylston and Northborough. Both communities experienced changes in forestation due to new roads, houses and businesses, as well as environmental factors such as agricultural abandonment, forest ﬁres and exotic pests. Both areas appear to be experiencing a decline in forests after a century of increase.

Landfill overflows and their environmental impacts: Saving our ashes in Shrewsbury Michael Corron In March, 2010, water and ash from the Wheelabrator Landfill in Shrewsbury flooded into a wooded area and wetlands. The ash is suspected of containing high concentrations of toxic heavy metals cadmium and lead. This study analyzed random soil samples for heavy metal content.

Blowing in the wind: Persistent plastic bag pollution around shopping centers Jon Kendall This study examined the impact of plastic bags in two distinct areas: the South Worcester Wal-Mart and a Winchester based Stop and Shop. Green spaces, waterways and parking lots were examined to determine the extent of the pollution through count of plastic bags and to raise awareness of the long-lasting effects plastics have on the environment. The cost of forever: Cemeteries, the environmental impacts of interment and green alternative Kyla Palubinkas Current burial practices and cemetery management strategies have negative environmental impacts—ranging from resource depletion to ground water contamination. This study assesses the development potential for alternative, more sustainable approaches to interment in Massachusetts.

and Professor Halina Brown created a comprehensive inventory of the sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Worcester. Kristy Ketting studied LEED standards and municipals buildings. Laura Merner researched the causes of cypress forest mortality in New Orleans. Kate Del Vechio studied the relationship of land development patterns and water use in Ipswich. Stephanie Oleksyk studied the use of oxidizing agents to decompose pollutants in groundwater.

WPI Kite Power

The WPI Kite Power Team, Michael DeCuir, Max Hurgin, Christopher Colschen, Erik Lovejoy, Nicholas Simone, and Ryan Buckley, all aerospace or mechanical engineering-aerospace majors, researched the possibility of harnessing wind power from tethered kites as a low cost and sustainable energy alternative for developing nations. Two billion people live in developing parts of the world without access to electricity. Wind turbines are a possible renewable source, but their high cost and low use potential in less windy regions create steep disadvantages. The Kite team proposes installing a kite-power system in Africa through WPI’s Project Center in Namibia. Cleaner coal Liz Stewart, Catie Casey, Kate Hudon and Erdem Sasmaz researched the possibility of creating a nano-structured material for capturing mercury, arsenic and selenium from the gases of coal combustion.

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spent the spring of 2012 studying biodiversity and the impacts of development in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Mary McClay spent the summer in Kenya and Tanzania studying the impact of land and water scarcity on humans and wildlife.

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Ask any Worcesterite and they will agree – stART on the Street, a beloved festival of arts (both visual and performing), truly shines a light on what those in the Worcester community have to offer. Since stART on the Street’s inception in 2002, the signature event has entertained the community for nearly a decade with fall, spring and holiday festivals. The fall stART has and will continue to take place on Park Avenue; however, the more mobile spring festival will be experiencing its third location change as this year’s celebration will take place in Worcester’s historical Canal District.

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Once the home to lucrative businesses that would help develop the city, the Canal District will allow the spring edition of stART on the Street to utilize multiple parking lots and side streets providing a more urban feel to the typical singular street version. “We were looking at up-and-coming areas in the city with demographics we hadn’t hit yet; North Main Street is really a stone’s throw away from Park Ave. Also, the Canal District has some new street scaping and is really funky… There are also some great, diverse businesses on the street,” says founder Tina Zlody. Included in those unique businesses is The Lucky Dog Music Hall, a local performing venue that will be opening its doors to all attending stART on the Street. Erick Godin, manager of the establishment, will be performing with his ’80s cover band, Flock of Assholes, both inside but also acoustically on an outdoor stage. Godin will not only be welcoming visitors of the event but will also allure them to attend future performances as well. “I’m handing out thousands of June/July calendars and tons of free passes to an upcoming Flock show. I want people

to not just be here Sunday, June 3, but also to make them a fan of Lucky Dog,” explains Godin. In addition to this ear entertainment, those stopping by Lucky Dog will be able to feast their eyes on visual art as several artists will be featuring pieces inside. Not only is the location a new facet of the event, but this year’s stART on the Street will bring the ﬂash and fancy with a car show. In past years, the volunteers who organize the event have experimented with adding different elements to make each affair special, and this year cars will make their debut. According to marketing and media coordinator Nikki Erskine, auto-body work is an art form — “In speaking with various folks who do work on cars, we saw that there’s a creative energy that goes into restoring or customizing a vehicle.” Locals with a knack and a passion for reviving old cars will be bringing their creations to the streets where others can marvel and maybe reminisce. “For me, I think the question I ask myself when I look at a creation is whether it makes me smile, think, or otherwise feel something. For a lot of folks, myself included, certain cars do that.

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Maybe it’s nostalgia, or Americana, or sparkly paint, a carefully executed welding job and a top that folds down that makes you think, ‘Yeah, I’d drive this,’” playfully states Erskine. In addition to the heavy art of automobiles, there will be numerous other artist forms as well. Troy B. Thompson of the No Evil Project will be returning after attending last year’s fall stART on the Street with the organization’s ﬁrst public photo shoot. The social art project, which has people pose as the three wise monkeys – See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Speak No Evil – and then choose three labels to represent themselves, originated as Thompson struggled with what he saw around him. “It bothered me that there seemed to be an increasing emphasis on ‘Us vs. Them’ from race to religion to politics to sexuality to socioeconomics to sports teams and what kind of cell phone you use,” he says. Thompson hopes to open people to discussing these topics as they view the project’s pieces. Joining Thompson and sharing an interest in photography is Doug Hockman. Also an artist that only

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became involved with stART on the Street last year, Hockman was pleased with his experience. “There is a great art community in Worcester and stART gives you the opportunity to connect and sell with them,” he says. Molly McGrath of the thrift store Grime Clothing located at 100 Grove St. will be sharing handmade crafts. Grime, home of new or used clothing and handmade items, features local artists as McGrath enjoys being able to speak about the pieces face-to-face with the artists. She will be featuring her handmade items this year at the event for the ﬁrst time after admiring stART on the Street for the past two years. In a different craft, Seed to Stem specializes in unusual container gardens and plant arrangements. The company, founded by Virginia Orlando and co-creator Candace Atchue in January 2011, specializes in unusual container gardens and plant arrangements. The stART on the Street participants are in the midst of preparing for Seed to Stem’s grand opening of its retail store, taking place June 16. Those attending stART on the Street will get a sneak peak at all the store will have to offer.

From photography to music to clothing to nature, stART on the Street is for the artist in everyone and the idea is simple for all – to enjoy themselves. “Our message has always been to come celebrate your city, buy some art, discover a new band, eat, dance, meet new people, hang with old friends and have a great time,” Zlody communicates. To celebrate art, music and the city of Worcester, be sure to attend the spring edition of stART on the Street on June 3 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., taking place for the ﬁrst time in Worcester’s Canal District (on Green Street between Temple and Madison). For more information visit startonthestreet.org.

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Joy Rachelle’s Ukulele Michael Walsh

“I’m kind of a gypsy,” explains Joy Rachelle.

Gypsies so often get a bad rap in pop culture. They are thought of as uneducated swindlers who live a secretive yet seductive lifestyle. One might wager, however, that if more people were privileged enough to hear the pleasant music created by Joy Rachelle Murrieta, those stereotypes would fall out of favor faster than you can say “uke.” Joy Rachelle, as she goes by on stage, was born on Cape Cod. She graduated from Minnesota’s Crown College with a degree in music and vocal performance

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before returning to the area to be near family. She now performs regularly as a part of the indie folk band, Bright, the Morning at local establishments ranging from Worcester to Cambridge and Boston. The ukulele is Murrieta’s instrument of choice and it is with this unique instrument that she will be running a workshop from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on June 2 at Union Music in Worcester. She picked it up innocently enough, “I was working at Guitar Center out in Colorado and bought one,” explains Murrieta. “I’m not the world’s biggest person, I’m very small. So this was kind of more my size.” She has become an accomplished player and teaches private music lessons at Union Music. The workshop idea actually started a few years ago under the

guidance of Carl Kemp, who owns Union Music. This will be the fourth installment of Union’s ukulele workshop and the ﬁrst with Joy Rachelle. She previously put on a ukulele feature in April and the two thought further attention should be paid to this wonderful little instrument. Kemp has some straightforward goals for the event; he hopes participants will see how fun music-making on the ukulele can be. Murrieta says she always has more fun with group classes. “You can only ﬁt in so many kids doing private lessons; you have more opportunity to teach more people with a group class,” she explains. “The ukulele is an up-and-coming instrument and is experiencing a rebirth. Carl wants to offer something in response to that,” comments Murrieta. “I try to

focus a lot on music theory and get my students to apply that to songs.” Murrieta is able to blend her two true passions of music and working with children through her own creation, “Main I.D.E.A.” She is the executive director of the free youth and arts summer daycamp, which she and a group of friends founded last year. You can tell her sheer excitement by how she lights up when she speaks on the subject. “It’s very exciting, I love giving back and working with kids in the area.” Main I.D.E.A. hopes to bring free exposure of all art forms to the Main South area. In a location with a lot of underprivileged youths and low budgets for the arts, Murrieta’s program takes kids grades 3 through 5 for a weeklong program with a showcase ﬁnale Friday night. This year’s program will run the week of August 6 with the big performance on that Friday. She has been fortunate to have partnered with local businesses like Union Music, Friendly House and Clark University. Joy Rachelle, the teacher, and Joy Rachelle, the musician, blend into a whirlwind of musical talent and energy when she performs original songs like “The Ways We Cope” and “Guard Down.” After the teacher in her ﬁnishes up the workshop at Union, Joy Rachelle, the performer, will travel north to Fitchburg where Bright, The Morning will be playing at the Fitchburg Artistree. The road ahead for Murrieta is as bright as one of her ukulele solos. She still hopes to continue exploring her two passions and eventually create a sort of afterschool rock-band program for area kids this fall. “Kids will sign up to be in a band and learn some covers before creating original songs and we’ll record them at the end,” beamed Murrieta. Though she will downplay what is undoubtedly ahead, it is clear to the rest of us that as the artist croons in her favorite original; “I can feel it coming. A distant, rising wave that will soon reach me,” and “my, oh my, won’t it be something.” For more information or to sign up for the workshop held at Union Music, 142 Southbridge St., Worcester, please contact Carl Kemp at 508-753-3702 or carl@ unionmusic.com. For more information on Main I.D.E.A. visit its Facebook page at facebook.com/mainideaworcester. To contact Joy Rachelle about lessons or group classes you can visit her website at https://jrms.musicteachershelper.com/

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Art exhibit examines genocide at DZian Gallery Taylor Nunez

Can genocide really be prevented? With more than 262 million people murdered as the result of genocide in the 20th century, it is difﬁcult to imagine a world where complete peace can exist. Project eXodus, founded by Worcester periodontist Dr. Elliot Salloway and German artist Manuel Schroeder, will present this question to the Worcester community through an art exhibition at Dzian Gallery.

Salloway, once a faculty member of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, was trained at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts School and the Worcester Art Museum, and continually uses photography to supplement his teaching. A worldly photographer, who has shot in Cuba and Paris as well as the United States’ Grand Canyon during rafting trips, Salloway met Schroeder while traveling in Europe and became increasingly interested in Schroeder’s art. Schroeder began his professional career in photography, painting and music in 1983. He is not only renowned as an artist that incorporates urban life into pieces, but also the founder and chief curator of Raumordnung, an international working art association. Though Salloway has been featured in many prestigious galleries (Miami Historical Museum, Worcester City Arts, Boston City Arts, New Gallery in Boston, to name but a few), this is the first time Salloway will be featured at the Dzian Gallery despite having a history with Dzian Gallery owner David Papazian. “David is a long-time patient of mine. We always enjoyed talking about art and have a mutual respect for each other,” says Salloway. Though the two often spoke about putting a show together, it wasn’t until Project eXodus was created and needed a gallery for its inaugural event that it came to be. While anyone can benefit from the exhibit—we all need to be aware of crimes against humanity, he says—Salloway particularly wants a younger audience to receive the message. “We especially want to bring awareness of these issues to young people. While genocide continues to take place today, the Holocaust happened many years ago and young people may need to be reminded of what can happen,” Salloway explains. At the exhibit, pieces by both Salloway and Schroeder will be used as tools to remind viewers that human beings are capable of both good and evil. The exhibit will not only feature works from Salloway and Schroeder, but local students as well. Friends of Salloway, Amy Fagen of New Boston in western MA. and Andrew McIntyre of Boston, both contributed a painting to the show. All proceeds from sales will go to benefit Clark University’s Strassler Center, home to the only doctoral program of Holocaust History and Genocide Studies in the world. Salloway hopes that the exhibit will not only make the community aware of the program but that perhaps enrollment will increase with further exposure. Genocide has made its mark in history, but Salloway believes exhibits like “Can Genocide Be Prevented? The Two Sides of Human Nature” is the beginning of the end. “Awareness of genocide and other crimes against humanity is the first step toward preventing such crimes,” states Salloway. To learn more about genocide prevention and to be moved by pieces by Salloway, Schroeder and others, do not miss “Can Genocide Be Prevented? Two Sides of Human Nature” at the Dzian Gallery on 65 Water St. from June 5-July 3. For more information on Project eXodus, visit exodusinfo.org. M AY 3 1 , 2 0 1 2 • W O R C E S T E R M A G . C O M

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The 39 Steps opens June 1 was Tony-award nominated as Best Play in 2008.

Ben Ryland

The Worcester County Light Opera Company’s board president Lisa Mielnicki is very excited about its production of “The 39 Steps,” which runs three weekends beginning on Friday, June 1, at its Grand View Avenue playhouse. In its 75th year, the opera company offered very successful productions of “Assassins” and “Oliver” this season, and now it’s tackling a very ambitious recent Broadway hit, which

Based on the novel by John Buchan, considered by many as the first spy novel, the stage version has been adapted by Patrick Barlow. John Buchan’s grand daughter Deborah Buchan has stated, “The more people who want to put it on and perform what was possibly the first spy thriller, the more delighted [her grandfather] would be.” The play is based on the original novel and not the classic Hitchcock film; but there is a twist when presented on stage. With a cast of four, the ensemble portrays more than 100 characters with quick changes providing the ensuing stage business while upholding the serious plot using clever and funny situations organically. It could be explained as a “straight” musical that is choreographed but not sung according to director Todd Yard. On a trip to New York, he saw the production and knew he wanted to direct it at the Worcester County Light Opera

Company. Yard, who has appeared in several shows, has returned to directing, throwing his hat back in the ring. “The story has no hidden messages; instead it celebrates a thriller with its own theatricality, an entertaining story [with] laughs,” Yard believes. This version’s acting edition is full of stage directions for the producing groups from the original creators. You will see a bi-plane and train chase in a most unusual set design by Mark Goodney, enhanced by special effects and dramatic underscoring. In the play, Londoner Richard Hannay attends a theatrical production of “Mr. Memory,” a performer with a photographic memory, when a fight breaks out and shots are fired. He finds himself with a frightened Annabella Schmitt (spy) and takes her back to his apartment where she claims to have uncovered a plot to steal British military secrets. In the morning he discovers her dead body, and fearing he will be arrested for murder, flees on the train to Scotland where he meets a

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mysterious woman, Pamela, who alerts the police to his location. Hannay realizes that he is indeed being pursued, so he follows the spy’s story to ﬁnd out the truth about her murder. Confronting the man she named as head of the gang, he is shot and left for dead. Fortunately he was saved by a prayer book in his pocket. As he is taken away by fake policemen, once again he is confronted by Pamela, who now believes his story and tries to help him sort who is the leader of the conspirators. “The 39 Steps” is a hilarious fastpaced homage to the genre’s style with many twists and turns that will keep the audience entranced until the climax and the unveiling of the villain. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8p.m. with Sunday matinees at 2p.m., June 1 until June 17 at its theater located at 21 Grand View Ave. Tickets are available at 508-753-4383 or online at wcloc.org. $18 for adults with a senior discount for Sunday matinees.

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Mountain Man: Putting their hardcore name on the line

Matt Roberts

Once upon a time the musician’s essential dream – above throngs of fans and groupies, hotels, and, of course, their art – was “to get signed.” To ink the record company contract that would provide access to the necessary yet expensive machinery of production, distribution, promotion, and touring.

“These days, most people can do the same services that a label can,” says Patrick Murphy of Mountain Man. “But being part of a label is like a family and like Victory Records in the ‘90s, [No Sleep Records] has a core group of followers who listen to every record the label puts out.” Mountain Man formed in the summer of 2009 when members of Last Lights and I Rise gathered with the initial intention of simply recording some tunes written by singer Josh Smith. “Mountain Man deﬁnitely started as a side project, with no intentions of ever doing anything besides

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The Internet, it was then said, changed all that, allowing universal and (on some level) equal access to this once coveted distribution network. Bands even willingly dropped their labels, opting instead to release their own music via the Internet’s slew of music channels. Still, record companies have held on, and bands still seek to sign with them. Worcester-based hardcore band, Mountain Man, is now one, with the announcement of their deal with No Sleep Records, an independent label based out of Huntington Beach, CA.

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recording a demo and playing random house parties,” says Murphy. Soon after, however, it dawned on the band members that the work had “oceans of potential” and the band “started writing more real songs, doing real tours and getting recognition from people we never in a million years expected.” Record labels agreed, and the band was signed – three times: first to Mightier than Sword Records, who released their 10” “One”; then, by Think Fast! Records, who signed them in 2010 and released the band’s first full-length “Grief”; and finally, by No Sleep Records.

“We have all been in serious signed bands before,” says Murphy. “So the business side wasn’t anything new to us.” “No Sleep really has so much to offer, and that’s why we signed with them,” says Murphy. “They have the budget and distribution to help us to expand to a new audience that may not have been opened to us before.” “We have some pretty weird ideas (the band’s debut record, the brutal and dark “Grief,” is a concept album that “channels the ﬁve stages of grief,” according to Murphy) and we never have to twist their arms for them to let us do it,” he says. “No Sleep has given us 100% creative control of the band. Chris (Hansen, founder of No Sleep) was a fan of the band before we even began [contract negotiations], so he was already on board with what the band was about,” he says. In fact, Hansen says on the No Sleep website that he is “stoked to be working with Mountain Man and to add them to the family. I’ve been a fan of Mountain Man with their past releases on Think Fast and MTS and could not be happier.” So what’s next, now that the band has signed the golden ticket and has the backing of likeminded suits – who are also fans – and who have access to industry gears and controls? “We have a few things up our sleeves at the moment that we can’t really talk about right now, but we have a new EP coming out this summer on No Sleep Records and are doing a little touring to support it,” says Murphy. “After this summer, we’ll be writing a new full length and hopefully recording [it] in the winter.” Stay tuned to Mountain Man’s Myspace proﬁle, or nosleeprecs.com for dates for tour stops and upcoming releases.

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A little Greece comes to Worcester for the weekend Doreen Manning

says Dionis. “This year for the ﬁrst time we will also have a farmers market in the auditorium, which is something seen throughout the neighborhoods of Greece.” Plus, Dionis says that through the guidance of Chairman Gus Giannakis and Food Chairs Chris Liazos and George

believes this annual weekend is layered with meaningful components that beneﬁt both the large Worcester County Greek community and the city. “We are able to showcase our proud Hellenic Heritage to our neighbors and city community,” explains Andrianopoulos. “The

Panagiotopoulos, the quality of the food will be the best in the 36 year history of the Festival. Christina Andrianopoulos, who is now in her 5th year as Chairman of Communications and PR for the festival,

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On June 1 through 3 it’s opa time for Worcester, as the St. Spyridon Greek Cathedral host one of the largest ethnic festivals in the STEVEN KING Northeast. A highlight Young dancers of the Greek community rehearse their for the past 36 years, routine for the the festival celebrates upcoming 2012 the contribution of Grecian Festival Greek immigrants to the landscape of Worcester’s cultural and economic development through food, art, vendors, music, dancing and more.

Michael Dionis has been a key ﬁgure in the annual Greek festival since the inaugural event back in 1976, when he become a volunteer with his father Chris Dionis (who was the 1978 Chairman). Having seen the festival grow and develop over the years, Dionis says this year’s recent renovation of the St. Spyridon auditorium, kitchen and classrooms, as well as the construction of a new Orthodox Food Pantry – which distributes food to the needy every Saturday morning – is what he is most excited about. “The renovation of the kitchen has allowed us to improve and expand the festival menu to include items this year like Fisherman’s Stew, Lamb Shank, and Roast Chicken with Lemon Potatoes”

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nothing if we don’t have our faith.” With art displayed in the Tonna Art Gallery, plus crafts, literature, souvenirs, clothing, jewelry and more in the Agora Bazaar, as well as Greek music serenading festival goers through either through a DJ playing the latest hits directly from Greece or from one of the orchestras who perform throughout the night, Andrianopoulos describes a night where “everyone weaves through the crowds dancing the night away...you don’t have to be Greek to dance...just hold on and move.” Dionis explains that The Grecian Festival has been an important aspect to the city throughout the years due to its celebration in the diversity of Worcester neighborhoods and community. “Prior to the 1976 Grecian Festival, there were no ethnic festivals in Central Massachusetts,” recalls Dionis. “Our Festival led to the establishment of all the other Festivals you now see in Worcester such as the Albanian, Irish, and Hispanic Festivals to name only a few.” Dionis says that as in other ethnic festivals, the Greek Festival takes immense pride in celebrating their culture and religion, and aim to do so with grace and humility. 2012 Grecian Festival, June 1, 2, & 3 at the Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 102 Russell Street, Worcester, spyridoncathedral.org.

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In anticipation of the Worcester Chorus’ 2011-12 season-ending concert centered on Carl Orff’s famous “Carmina Burana” on Sunday, June 3, artistic director Christopher Shepard graciously answered some questions about the musical and the interpretive challenges involved in putting together this program. Below is a transcript of our conversation. Jonathan Blumhofer: Does “Carmina Burana” have special signiﬁcance for you and the Worcester Chorus?

to match the instruments, the work really requires a buoyancy that is difﬁcult to maintain.

JB: How were the other pieces on the program (Elgar, Górecki, Bernstein) chosen?

CS: Because of its use of percussion, the Bernstein seemed

a natural pairing with the Orff. The Elgar and Górecki, on the other hand, act almost like “palette cleansers.” After so much driving, rhythmic musical ﬁgures in the Orff and Bernstein, the ethereal Górecki and sublime Elgar make a nice change of pace.

JB: Looking back on the season, the Worcester Chorus’s

JB: There’s a wide stylistic breadth to the repertoire for

CS: This season was conceived as a year of “choral

“Carmina Burana” doesn’t necessarily have special signiﬁcance for us, I think it’s safe to say that this work is beloved by nearly every choral singer. No matter how often I’ve conducted it, choirs always respond with such great joy and energy to the work.

JB: What do you hope this program gets across to the

JB: What are some of the

chorus’s audience?

challenges (technical and/or interpretive) that you and the chorus face when it comes to performing “Carmina Burana”?

CS: The great joy of this program is its wide appeal—

the visceral drive and excitement of these works is immediately palpable for listeners of all ages. The physicality of this concert’s repertoire is a perfect counterpoint to the intellectual appeal of the “B Minor Mass.”

CS: “Carmina Burana” is

deceptive because Orff’s harmonic language is very straightforward, the work is fairly easy to read, which can lull a choir into a false sense of security. But the complex text takes a great deal of time to become second nature, and the high vocal ranges, as well as the fact that much of the work is sung in quite a full voice, means that the singers need a great deal of vocal stamina in performance. Although it is tempting to sing almost “percussively”

this concert. How do you approach each individual piece in order to create a coherent, whole concert experience?

CS: In concerts like this, where the musical canvas

is so broad and varied, I’ve always thought that it’s important to treat each individual work as idiomatically

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ﬁrst two programs consisted of staples of the sacred repertoire (“Messiah” and the “B Minor Mass”). How do you think “Carmina Burana” ﬁts into the overall trajectory of the season?

classics.” Handel’s “Messiah,” which we have performed annually for 111 years, is perhaps the most oftenperformed major choral work, while Bach’s “B Minor Mass” is considered by many to be the apex of the choral repertoire. “Carmina Burana” is far and away the most frequently programmed major choral work of the 20th century, and alongside the ﬁnale of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, may be the most immediately recognizable choral work, due to its appearance in so many ﬁlms and television commercials.

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Christopher Shepard: Although

as possible—the Orff should “sound like Orff,” the Elgar should “sound like Elgar,” etc.—and then trust the arc of the concert to take care of itself. One of the great challenges of programming concerts like this is that you really don’t know until the performance itself how convincing your idea was!

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The Worcester Chorus performs Orff’s “Carmina Burana,” alongside Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” Sir Edward Elgar’s “Lux Aeterna,” and Henryk Górecki’s “Totus Tuus” at Mechanics Hall at 4 p.m. on June 3. Call Music Worcester at 508-754-3231 for tickets or visit the Music Worcester web page at musicworcester.org for more details.

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Cracking open an old chestnut Snow White and The Huntsman Grade B + David Wildman

enerally when Hollywood coalesces around a trend it’s because a concept has done fairly well that is easy or cheap to reproduce, and is seen as tried and true enough to minimize risks of originality. This is why we get an entire summer of remade 60’s and 70’s TV shows, or clusters of biopics. This year the trend is hoary old fairy tales dressed in impressive CGI and served to an adult audience (Red Riding Hood, Hansel and Gretel, Jack the Beanstalk and so on). It was probably Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and the lure of public domain plots that started this latest round of copycats, and so “Snow White and the Huntsman,” produced by the same crew and directed by a first-timer, seemed destined to be a Xerox of a Xerox. And yet here it is in the primo early summer slot, which means the big money people knew it was good, but not only that, this offering may actually prove to be a trend setter itself. When a film has me thinking that this is the sort of impact the early fairy tales might have had on their original audiences, they must be doing something right. The lush dreamlike sweep of the visuals and the canny depiction of the muddy, gritty world of the commoners contrasted with the cold austere elegance of the aristocracy seems to suggest what the imagination of someone at the time might have conjured upon hearing or reading a story like this. Such a fantastical plot, with evil queens, phantom armies, trolls and talking mirrors is what passed for a sci-fi horror blockbuster of its time, with the medium being the mind of the reader or listener. And it’s easy to see how this kind of tale was likely not originally intended for children. First time director Rupert Sanders as well as newbie writer Evan Daugherty and pros John Lee Hancock (“The Blindside”) and Hossein Amini (“Drive”) are intent on knocking the old-time Disney out of this story. Snow White (Kristen Stewart) turns out to be a formidable armed warrior and

leads a Joan of Ark-like purge against the forces of darkness, the seven dwarfs too are downright militant, the bug and bile infested Dark Forest is truly cringeinducing, and nasty queen Ravenna (Charlize Theron) and the horriﬁc ways she goes about maintaining her youth – eating the innards of birds and opening her mouth wide to suck the very life out of children – are deliciously over the top in their wanton cruelty and vileness. You of course know the plot going in, but the smart dialog effectively balances melodrama with humor, and

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good performances by Theron and Stewart, as well as titular huntsman Chris Hemsworth (whose wooden and silly Thor was the only strike against the otherwise magnificent “The Avengers”) make it easy to be engaged by the story. Things do get a bit hokey when Snow White starts taming trolls, cranky dwarves and the beasts of the fairy forest, and the tone becomes so light that you almost wouldn’t be surprised if she broke into song. And the queen’s mirror on the wall is downright ridiculous. It looks like a giant golden gong, and has a tendency to turn into molten metal and take human form, kind of like the robot in “Terminator 2.” These are small quibbles however. Stewart has the right kind of presence to pull this off (unlike say Mia Wasikowska in “Alice In Wonderland”). She’s both arresting and innocent but with a backbone, and there is an interesting chemistry between her and the huntsman, as well as her childhood companion Prince William (Sam Claflin). I believe this film will be a decent success, and the only downside is that in its wake we can expect to see many more children’s fables done up “Lord of the Rings”-style, for better or worse.

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While I don’t have the numbers to back up this assertion, it seems like at least one out of every two new restaurants opening in Worcester is Asian-fusion or sushi; and with sushi restaurants opening in nearly every corner of the city, you would think that Worcester would be saturated with them. Despite this, though, there is always room in our fair city and our growing stomachs for affordable, quality sushi with great service — which is

exactly what Mai Tai Sushi & Bar on 69 Green St. in Worcester provides.

Mai Tai is sandwiched between some of Worcester’s lesser swanky bars, on the east-facing side of Green Street. Enormous bay windows welcome diners into a large, open seating plan, with over 10 tables situated in the middle of the dining room, comfortable booths pinned to the walls and a long bar stretching the length of the interior. Mai Tai is definitely catering to the Worcester crowd seeking libation, as a fully stocked bar and a dozen or so bottled beers are lit brightly by scores of preposterously large flat-panel TVs. The decor is modern and completely avoids the kitsch Asian inspirations and wall adornments that you might find at other sushi joints around town. Late on a Wednesday night, Taylor and I were sat immediately in a booth and greeted hastily by our waiter, Tommy. We were barely through glancing at the menu when he returned with our drinks and we were ordering a much needed appetizer. Falling back on an old standard, crab rangoons, Taylor and I were expecting standard fare, but we received six fat

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doughy fried pockets bursting with tangy cream cheese and crab. While I could be criticized for boisterous claims, these were without a doubt the best crab rangoons that I have ever had from any restaurant, crunchy, gooey, and satisfying. Unlike many other sushi restaurants in the city, Mai Tai Sushi & Bar does not serve a full menu of Asian entrees, instead sticking exclusively to what they do well – sushi. Sushi entrees on the menu ranged between $9 and $13 for special rolls, with what they describe as “full dinners for 2” hitting up around $40. Taylor and I ordered a la carte, ordering an Alaskan Maki ($5.50), Potato Maki ($5), and the house specialty Mai Tai Maki ($13). The potato maki was a delicious vegetarian roll with sweet crunchy cucumbers and sweet potato, drizzled in a light eel sauce, which helped balance out the heavier Alaskan maki, which was topped with crunchy onion strings. Both of these were mere preludes to the main course – and

long strip of rolls, delicately prepared with two cuts of yellowtail tuna sitting on top a tight rice wrap with yet more tuna within, laced with a relatively mild spicy mayonnaise. Thankfully, Mai Tai’s rolls are not overwhelmed with mayonnaise, mustards, or cream cheese, and the ﬁsh or fresh vegetables are always the prominent feature. Prices at Mai Tai are more than reasonable, as our entirely order barely tipped out over $30. Our service was prompt throughout most of the meal, although we suspect Tommy forgot about us later in the evening, as the restaurant ﬁlled up with a later-night bar crowd. While Worcester is inundated with sushi restaurants these days, the clean and crisp interior of the restaurant, coupled with swell service, and high quality sushi, should put Mai Tai Sushi & Bar on any Worcester diners must-eat list.

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KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 millbury St. 508-615-7311. Piano performance. 6:30-9 p.m. Nuovo Restaurant, 92 Shrewsbury St. 508-796-5915. Coffee and Jam featuring The Hot Club of Wootown. Jazzing up or Thursday evening, the Coffeeland’s World Gifts Espresso Café presents the Hot Club of Wootown. Mirror Image Guitar’s Tom Ewart on guitar will be appearing with Bill Kadish on viola and Carlos Davis on Clarinet and Saxophone. With a massive repertoire of instrumental jazz standards and tunes, The Hot Club of Wootown are sure to entertain. From charming guests during Sunday morning brunches at the Harvest Café to starting on the Street in Worcester, this performance group is a local treasure. No Cover Charge ($5 suggested donation). 7-8:30 p.m. Coffeelands World Gifts Espresso Cafe, 50 High St., Clinton. 978-733-4277 or worldgiftscafe.org. Karaoke. Karaoke, Dance Music, and Music Videos on our new Hi-Def Projection TV. DJ Mark plays your favorites from his huge

Provenance Ladies Night happens on Thursday June 7 at their location on 138 Green St. from 6-8p.m. Featuring Zumba, massage therapy, hair & skin consultations, great jewelry, bags, scarves from Uptown Girl, soothing Cello music, food, drink, & more! (Chocolate fondue anyone?) *RSVP required: This event is “by invitation only” so take this as your invitation and call 774345-9110, provenanceworcester@gmail.com or head over to facebook.com/provenanceworcester. spins your favorite old time tunes... FLASH BACK Thirsty Thursdays are here at Club Remix in Worcester 9-11:59 p.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-756-2227 or remixworcester.com. FoundationZ Thursdays - Dubstep/Hip Hop/ Drum’N’Bass. dubstep/jungle/drum’n’bass/b-boy/hip hop 18+ $2. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. London Billiards / Club Oasis, 70 James St. 508-799-7655 or facebook.com. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Celtic Tavern, 45 Belmont St., Northborough. 508-366-6277. Karaoke 7 Nights a week. 9-1:45 p.m. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 millbury St. 508-615-7311. Karaoke with Heather D. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beemer’s Pub, 114 River St., Fitchburg. 978-343-3148. Latin Heat Thursdays @ Bocados Tapas Bar. 9-11:30 p.m. Bocado Tapas Wine Bar, 82 Winter St. 508-797-1011. Live Band Karaoke w/ Fingercuff. Every Thurday!It’s Live Band Karaoke with Fingercuff! That’s Right its Karaoke with a live band. Live a dream, be a rock star.....We ain’t yo Momma’s Karaoke! no cover. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Angry Ham’s Garage Restaurant & Pub, 2 Beacon St., Framingham. Metal Thursday!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s “Views From the Hill” reception with the artists on Thursday, May 31. View the stunning photography of four artists who teach photography classes at Tower Hill Botanic Garden: Steve McGrath, Roseann McGregor, Joel Shore, and Robert Moll. The artists will be present to talk about their work and answer questions. 6-7:30 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Milton Gallery, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-8696111. Pictured here is “October at Jenne Farm”, by Joel Shore.

collection. State of the Art Sound System and great performing stage and dance ﬂoor. Free. 7-11 p.m. 3-G’s Sports Bar, The Music Room, 152 Millbury St. 508-754-3516. Ricky Duran. 7-10 p.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-755-0879. Acoustic Series featuring Bob Moon. JJ’s kicks off its summer Acoustic series on the deck with Bob Moon--every Thursday all summer long check out a great band/artist/performing live in our patio! facebook.com 7:30-9 p.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. Dan Kirouac & Dorette Weld. blackandwhitegrille.com 7:3010:30 p.m. Black & White Grille & Pizzeria, 206 North Spencer Road, Spencer. 508-885-5018. Folk Open Mic w/feature Jackie Damsky and String River & host Dan Cloutier. Our Amazing Things Folk Open Mike offers a friendly supportive venue for developing singersongwriters and folks who “just like to play”. It is a great way to get to know the music community, and to share ideas and techniques. All types of music are welcome. Fans come to see fantastic local artists, and never go away disappointed. See and be seen - heck

build a fan base! Always a feature, always fun. Our host, singersongwriter Dan Cloutier, (dancloutiermusic.com) takes excellent care of the performers and listeners alike. A beautiful grand piano is available too. $6 ($5 Mem). 7:30-10:30 p.m. Amazing Things Art Center, 160 Hollis St., Framingham. Irish Music Session. Each week, a traditional Irish music session is held at Mulligan’s Taverne. The public are welcome to join in music, song, and camaraderie. No cover charge, all ages and talent levels welcome. Listeners welcome, too! No Charge.. 7:30-10 p.m. Mulligans Taverne-on-the-Green, 121 West Main St., Westborough. 508-344-4932 or westboroughsession.com. Karaoke. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Breakaway Billiards, 104 Sterling St., Clinton. 978-365-6105. Karaoke with Mike Rossi. free. 8-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. live Jazz. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. Audio Wasabi hosted by Brian Chaffee. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Dana Lewis Live!. Dana Lewis Live! at the Grafton Inn playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s. Dion, Elvis, Everly Bros, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Beatles, Stones, Tom Petty, Green Day, Pink Floyd & More! NO Cover. BE There! FREE!. 8:30-10:30 p.m. Grafton Inn, The, 25 Grafton Cmn, Grafton. 508-839-5931.

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Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-noon Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. The Awesome 80’s party band THE FLOCK OF A-HOLES! with guests, all the way from Australia. POST PAINT. Every Thursday, The Flock sends you back to Rubik’s and neon blazers. POST PAINT is a very dark folk band from Australia. $5. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com. All Request Thirsty Thursday With CJ/DJ. hey everyone cj/dj here! so were ﬁnally back in the oxford area. so come on down and dance to the hottest music around. i do all kinds of give aways so come down you could win tickets to patriots games or gas cards who knows! but all you have to do is come down. hope to see you all there! no cover!!!!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. days end tavern, the downstairs, 287 main st., oxford. 508-868-7382 or soundzlikefun. com. Cara Brindisi. 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Flash Back Thirsty Thursdays with DJ Double D. Stop on down and enjoy the evening listening to your favorite music from the by gone days...great sounds to heard by all...DJ Double D

Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Sarah Levecque! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Thirsty Thursday ALL Request DJ. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Days End Tavern, Main Level, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006 or daysendtavern.com. Jay Graham Live!. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Funky Murphy’s Bar & Grill, 305 Shrewsbury St. 508-753-2995. FoundationZ Thursdays. Resident Crew: Top Rock United featuring Dubstep / Drum & Bass in the back room and Hiphop / Dancehall / Breaks / NewJack in the front 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.

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Bob Marley Tribute - Hope Road & Gilmour’s Breakfast. Tammany Hall, 43 Pleasant St. 401-451-9355 or hoperoadband.com. Karaoke 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 millbury St. 508-615-7311. Joyful Concert Series. The Joyful Concert Series is a new concert series in Worcester and was initially set into motion to

bring live music to the participants of the NEDC’s Adult Day Health and Social Day Program. The bands/musicians generously donated their time and talents to make this possible. Due to the overwhelmingly positive response from the artists, we’ve now decided to open this event to the public in order to extend this opportunity to the local community. Free Admission. 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. New England Dream Center, 5 Chestnut St. 508-757-3333, ext. 2003 or joyfulconcert.com. Hip Swayers Duo Show. Hip Swayers duo set at Acoustic Java - mmm - they roast their own coffee and the aroma is heavenly! One of the only places left in Worcester to buy used books! The chicken Caesar salad wrap is very good! Veggie offerings as well! Free. 1-2 p.m. Acoustic Java, 932 A Main St. 508-756-9446. Dana Lewis LIVE!. Acoustic Classic Rock Hits Every Friday. Music of the 50’s to the 80’s from the Animals to Zevon. “The sound track of your youth” Family dining, Home made desserts, Full Bar, Lottery & Me! NO COVER. Check it out! FREE!. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Webster House Restaurant, 1 Webster St. 508-757-7208 or myspace.com. Awaken. Come enjoy powerful contemporary worship and originals with this band who was formed from one of our open mic nights! Josh, Eldridge, Zach Mesa, Chelsea Grindley, Scott Silky, Tim Monson and John Orkiseski “Jono” comprise this amazingly gifted band! Free. 7-9:30 p.m. Mill Church Cafe, 45 River St., Millbury. 508-864-5658. Live Music Every Friday. Live Music Every Friday night at the Eastside Grill at Marlborough Country Club! Outside on our deck overlooking the golf course, join us for dinner, drinks and great music with local artists! For our complete line-up find us on facebook at facebook.com. Free Event for All Ages. 7-9 p.m. Marlborough Country Club, 200 Concord Road, Marlborough. 508-485-1660 or marlboroughcountryclub.com. Bret Talbert: Live & Acoustified!. Come dance & sing along to the human jukebox once again, performing rock, pop & country favorites! Free!. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Tavern on the Common, 249 Main St., Rutland. 508-886-4600. Live Bands. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484. Live Music. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. Music at Trinity: Wyatt Smith, Organ. Wyatt Smith is the winner of the 2011 American Guild of Organists Region VI Competition for Young Organists. A native of Rapid City, Wyatt is currently studying organ performance at the University of South Dakota. The program includes works by Buxtehude, Sweelinck, Bach, Pelz, Franck, and Alain on Trinitys 69-rank Noack organ. Free; donations accepted. 8-9 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St. 508-753-2989, ext. 14. Red Rock. Dynamic duo of Monica Hamilton & Jess Klein. Guitar/bass, great vocals and harmonies. Pop/rock Pass The Hat. 8-10 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 Main St. 508-757-5257. Amazing rock- FUNK trio WALL OF TERROR and special guests THE PURPS. Wall Of Terror is a band comprised of Berklee College Of Music students. The band brings a unique, versatile sound to all the classic rock, funk, blues and pop songs of this decade all the way back to the 70’s. soundcloud. com $5. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888. Live music in the Pub - The Locals. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Fiddlers’ Green Pub & Restaurant, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700. The Jukebox Junkies. The Jukebox Junkies are a 3 piece band - resonator guitar, bass, and drums. We play songs that were on jukeboxes in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s such as, “I Feel Fine” by The Beatles, and, “What a Day For A Daydream” by the Lovin’ Spoonful. We have beautiful harmonies and encourage crowds to sing along to familiar songs while chatting with friends. $5. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. DJ. Classic rock to the Blues. Large dance floor to shake it. Come see this Worcester classic. Full bar reasonably priced. Ice cold beer. Friendly service. Keno Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 3-G’s Sports Bar, The Music Room, 152 Millbury St. 508-754-3516. DJ HappyDaze Spinnin All the Hottest Dance Mixes.

Upload your listings at worcestermag.com. Click the Night & Day toolbar, then choose Calendar to place your event listing in both our print and online weekly calendar. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Days End Tavern, UPSTAIRS, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. Doctor Robert. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. friday frenzy with blurry nights & dj soup - dj b-lo. friday night frenzy at fusion features the best sound and lights in central mass with dj soup & dj b-lo spinning your favorite dance, hip hop and top 40 tracks. lounge opens at 9:00 pm - dance club opens at 10:30 pm. coat room available with attendant. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. fusion, 109 water st. 508-756-2100. Groove Street Band. The Groove Street Band returns to JJ’s

Disc Jam Presents: Phish Aftershow Partywith the haunting music of Ghosts Of Jupiter (formerly The Nate Wilson Group) and The Ghost Of Vigoda on Thursday, June 7. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133..

6/1, at 9pm--no cover charge to check out one of the area’s great acts! Amazing horn section!! Check them out at thegroovestreetband.com or at our facebook page: jjssportsbar 9 p.m.-12:30 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. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Karaoke 7 Nights a week. 9-1:45 p.m. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 millbury St. 508-615-7311. Ladies Night - Top 40 Dance Party. Our Top 40 Ladies Night Dance Party returns to Speakers! Ladies (and Gent’s) come in and dance the night away with the hottest DJ in the MetroWest Area DJ Norm!!! FREE. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-480-8222 or speakersnightclub.net. Live Bands. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Celtic Tavern, 45 Belmont St., Northborough. 508-366-6277. Live Music. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. New Bay Colony - Route 56 Roadside Bar and Grill - June Bugs. It’s time for that springtime event everyone cant

wait for. Yup it’s the June Bug Festival. Time to celebrate that B-52 of a Beetle with the B-52 sound of New Bay Colony. There’s nothing like enjoying a beautiful, warm June evening capped off by the only member of the insect world that you can hear from 5 minutes away, capping you in the temple. newbaycolony.com 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Route 56 Roadside Bar & Grill, 24 Leicester St., North Oxford. 508-987-8669. Soundtrack to Monday. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. The music of New York’s legendary rock club CBGB’s comes to Ralph’s! Line up TBA.. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Tokyo Tramps. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Karaoke @ Scoreboards Sports Bar!. NO COVER. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Scoreboards Sports Bar, 137 Lancaster St., Leominster. 978-534-1313 or facebook.com. Karaoke with Making Memories. No Cover. 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Days End Tavern, Main Level, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-9871006. The City Boys Band with Johnny Romance & The Captain. Come on out and Rock it with the City Boys Band! no cover. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JC Fenwick’s, 37 Mechanic St., Leominster. 978-840-4845. The Flock. By far, the most tubulare 80’s tribute. Dance party guaranteed!!! Don’t be scared to get your 80’s clothes on and dress up with the band and staff!!! 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. DJ One3. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Funky Fridays with DJ Tony T. DJ Tony T spins all your favorites every Friday night starting at 10pm. Get here before 10 and if your 21+ you don’t have to pay the cover charge...See if you can get Tony’s dance ﬂoor BOUNCING.... if you have never been here for Tony, you will deﬁnitely enjoy yourself... It is always awesome on FUNKY FRIDAYS... hope to see you here. 18+ only $10 21+ only $5. 10 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-756-2227 or remixworcester.com.

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Karaoke 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 millbury St. 508-615-7311. Karaoke FREE. 9-12:30 a.m. Shangri-la chinese restaurant, 60 madison St. 508-798-0888. Ukulele Workshop with Joy Rachell The Fifth Annual Massachusetts Ride for the Ribbon® Murrieta. Bring your uke or ukes are ® benefitting the MA affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure available for purchase at the Union Music. In will feature hundreds of equestrians as they ride together to raise funds for this class, we will cover: how to read music local breast health services. Trotting off on Sunday, June 3 this NEHT tabs, chord charts, time signatures, staff affiliated ride that consists of a 10-mile trail ride covering dirt roads, railroad bed, wooded trails, and some paved roads. All proceeds from the event benefit Komen MA to help fund education, screening and treatment programs, offer grant money to community-based organizations that support its mission, and to help better the lives of those facing breast cancer locally. Registration is at 8a.m. Felton Field, Old Coldbrook Road, Barre. Check out ridefortheribbonma.org.

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music understanding Music Theory chord theory, fretboard theory strum patterns rhythm, notation dynamics, tempo Applying all of this toward songs! Please call 508 753 3702 or email carl@ unionmusic.com to reserve your space Joy Rachelle Murrieta has

This burlesque event is great ADULT Entertainment. A variety show featuring classic striptease, stunts and comedy acts.

From Arkansas, Featuring: Violet D'Vine,Betty Boom Boom Julia James, Doris Night, Ruby Lead, Fannie Flamingo, Micky O'Nails & M.O.C.~Vinnie Vagabond

DOORS at 8:30pm. $10 COVER, $5 w/ WOO NEW LUCKY DOG WORKSHIRTS EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE SUNDAY 6/3 11AM-4-PM stART ON THE STREET EVENT HERE ON GREEN STREET!

AA Limousine & AA Limousine & Charter Service Charter Service Presents

The Pats in Buffalo

September 29 & 30, 2012 Weekend trip includes a 4 hour stop at the Turning Stone Casino, Verona, NY! Trip includes: • 4 Hours at Turning Stone Casino Saturday, September 29th www.turningstone.com • Complimentary Meals & Gaming Package • 1 game ticket on Sunday, September 30 at 1:00 p.m. • Tailgating at 97 Rock Tailgate Zone • Game Day Experience indoor tailgate party at the Fieldhouse • Transportation in a 56 passenger Coach bus. Movies will be shown during the trip There are only 50 seats available. Payment in full is required to secure your reservation! Bring your own beverages and coolers! $335.00 per person • double occupancy Departure time from Worcester is Saturday, 9/29 at 8:00 am from the Rte. 146 park n’ Ride (exit 10A off Mass Pike). Return time is about 2 am on Monday 10/1. Bus departs Buffalo approximately 1 hour after the game ends.

To reserve your seat call AA Limousine at

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2012 NYC Day Trips

November 23, December 8 Departs Worcester: 8:00am Departs NYC: 8:00pm • Eat, drink & be merry • Shop till you drop • Take a city tour • Catch a broadway show - Motor Coach Bus Transportation.* - Price: $39 per person. (non-refundable). - Limited to the ﬁrst 56 people to purchase tickets. - Movies Shown During the trip! *Coach bus leaves at 8:00am sharp from Rte 146 Park & Ride; Intersection of Mass Pike and Route 146. *Bus departs Rockefeller Center at 8:00pm sharp!

MORE INFO TO COME ABOUT OUR HALLOWEEN TRIP IN OCTOBER!

For more information contact:

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St. 774-243-1100. The Bob Wolfman Band featuring Larry Coryell. “Transition” is the new CD by this supergroup featuring five of had over 15years of performance experience, including theatrical the best players in their respective fields today. See menus: performances, choruses, operas, and rock bands. In 2005, she bullrunrestaurant.com $30 advance; $35 day of show. 8-11 p.m. received her Bachelor’s Degree from Crown College in Music Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. Performance, with a Vocal Concentration. During this time, she also 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com. toured the Midwest in several rock bands, playing keyboard, rhythm The Great Escape -”Journey Tribute”. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. guitar, and singing lead and back-up vocals. Additionally, she Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-480-8222. managed the college’s Sound/Stage-Production teams. Joy has Shakedown Street. Shakedown Street is a classic rock band been featured in Worcester Magazine, as well as several ukulele and a Grateful Dead cover band. We have been together for many websites (ukecanplay.com, ukudaily.com). She currently plays for years and consist of 2 electric guitars, bass and drums. When the the indie-rock band, “Bright, the Morning,” performing in venues stars are just right, our lead guitar player steers us towards inspired around the Massachusetts area, such as Tammany Hall, The Lucky and spacey jams. Sing along to familiar tunes and dance your ass Dog, Nick’s, Ralph’s, The Raven, The Palladium, AllAsia (Cambridge), off! Favorite jam tunes: “Not Fade Away”, “Dancing In The Streets”, and the House of Blues Boston. Joy teaches private music lessons and the wonderfully funky, ‘Shakedown Street’. We have a good at Union Music and is also the Executive Director and Co-Founder time and you will too! $5. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 of “Main I.D.E.A.,” a non-profit, Main St., Holden. 508-829youth an arts program in Main 4566. South, Worcester. facebook.com The classic Metal Ghost Ocean with The Regulars (members of irms.musicteachershelper.com tribute band METAL:101 Smartbomb/Outbreak), Letterday, Save Ends free with advance registration everything from Anthrax and American Verse come to Ralph’s Chadwick recommended and appreciated. to Yngwie. with special Square Diner on Saturday, June 2 from 9 p.m.-2 1-3 p.m. Union Music, Union guests. ACQUAINTANCa.m. 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Live Entertainment. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South 508-756-2227 or remixworcester.com. Music Performance Space, 142 ES OF DISASTER and St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. TT Powertrip. No Cover. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Days End Tavern, Southbridge St. 508-753-3702 THE MONDAYS (NYC). Live Music. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. Main Level, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. or unionmusic.com. Current METAL 101 song list 508-459-9035. Armenians Got Talent!. The event is a dinner and a talent crazy nights - loudness madhouse - anthrax me against the world >Sunday 3 Ned Lucas Band. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. show. The dinner of chicken and pilaf is being prepared by - lizzy borden walk in the shadows - queensryche rock you to hell 508-926-8877. the Mens Club and the Womens Guild and Seniors Group are grim reaper tooth and nail - dokken crying in the rain - whitesnake Drag Shows. 18+ $8 21+ $5. midnight-1:30 a.m. Mixers No Alibi. One of the area’s best party bands is back at it again!! baking tasty desserts. The show features parishioners of all ages screaming for vengeance - judas priest number of the beast - iron Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-762-9499. No Alibi returns to JJ’s this Saturday, June 2nd. No cover charge!! performing various musical and dance numbers with fun for the maiden aces high - iron maiden 22 acacia ave - iron maiden ace Karaoke 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Don’t miss this! Check them out at facebook.com 9 p.m.-12:30 whole family. Attendance is by reservation only by calling 508-756- of spades - motorhead balls to the wall - accept big city nights a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. millbury St. 508-615-7311. 2931. No tickets will be sold at the door. $10 per adult and teen, scorpions piece of me - skid row shout at the devil - motley crue A Ton of Blues. 2-6 p.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster 508-842-8420. $5 children 12 and under. 5:30-8 p.m. Armenian Church Of Our cemetery gates - pantera i want out - helloween south of heaven Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484. Soundtrack to Monday. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 - slayer Metallica Thrashup - 5 song metallic “Two for Twenty” Sunday. Every Sunday from 3PM to 8PM Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. medley say what you will - fastway meanstreak visit us at The Eastside Grill at Marlborough Country Club for the SPINSUITE SATURDAYS - Top 40. SPINSUITE Y&T I wanna be somebody Wasp Stand up When Old Sturbridge Village first opened in 1946, visitors toured best deal in town at the best view in town! Two for Twenty includes SATURDAYS - DJ SOUP - DJ NICK - DJ B-LO spin your favorite and Shout--Dio Burn in Hell - Twisted Sister the museum in their cars. To commemorate those early days, they will be one shared appetizer and two entrees for just $20. Comfort food at Dance, Mash Ups & Top 40 Tracks. Fusion’s Lounge opens at 9:00 $8. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 showcasing pre-1946 automobiles during the Antique Car Rally on June it’s best: Homemade Meatloaf, Chicken Supreme, Baked Haddock pm and Dance Club opens at 10:30pm. Coat room with attendant Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com. 2. See how early 20th-century transportation compares to the early 19th and 6oz Sirloin are always featured. Call 508-485-1660 ext. 14 available. No Cover Charge. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. Auntie Trainwreck. Join Auntie Trainwreck century. $20, Seniors (65 and over) $18, Youths (3-17) $7, Children Under for reservations $20. 3-8 p.m. Marlborough Country Club, 200 508-756-2100. for our return performance at the Mill Towne age 3 are free. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Concord Road, Marlborough. 508-485-1660 or marlboroughcounOne Shot Deal. A royal flush of groovy-heavy, upbeat, new and Tavern in Millbury, MA on Saturday, June Road, Sturbridge. Call 800-733-1830 or visit osv.org. tryclub.com. classic rock-and-roll!!!! $5. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 2nd, 2012! Join your favorite Auntie for all The Worcester Chorus performance of Carl Orff’s 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. the Classic Rock, Blues, New Country, and Alt Carmina Burana, Christopher Shepard, Artistic DJ Reckless. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Rock you love to dance to all night long. We’ll Director. Sometimes called a “dramatic cantata”, the Carmina Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Saviour Cultural Center, 34 Boynton St. 508-963-2076. be giving away copies of our AT Demo CD throughout the night, Burana is based upon a group of 13th century poems that were Jubilee Gardens. great place for music, dancing, having fun! Pub Trivia. Come down to enjoy some Pub Trivia at the BPL! or you can pick up an AT T-shirt for only $10! So head out to the discovered in the Benedictine monastery of Beuren in Bavaria. Writ10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. Questions will cover a large range of topics. There will be 7 rounds, Mill Towne Tavern on 6/2/12 and come get wrecked with ten in medieval Latin and middle high German, yet this is 7 questions each round. Prizes will be furnished by the Blue your favorite Auntie, Millbury! 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Mill Towne one of the most recognizable of choral works because the Plate, no entry fee is required. Pub Trivia will segue right into our Tavern, 49 Elm St., Millbury. 508-581-8845 or https:// When you look at art, do you ever feel frustrated because it doesn’t “O Fortuna” section has been used in countless movies, musical entertainment for the evening, Shakedown Street. C’mon facebook.com. make sense to you? Nancy Burns, curatorial assistant at the Worcester television, and commercial productions over the years. down! Free. 6-8 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. Dan Kirouac & Dorette Weld. Samuel’s Restaurant Art Museum, will guide you in approaching works of art during How to The collection of music is full of humor and intensity, 508-829-4566. facebook.com free. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Andover Inn, Appreciate Art without an Art Degree on Thursdays, Thursday, June both ribald and romantic, celebrating wine, women, song, Dana Lewis LIVE!. Live Music, Cool breezes Georgeous Samuel’s Restaurant, 4 Chapel Ave., Andover. 978-7757 through Thursday, June 14. The first week will focus on several famous Spring, and the fickleness of fate! Please note: special late sunsets out on the deck. Great Food, Full Bar & ME! Playing 4900 or facebook.com/events. works, and the second week will feature a tutorial in the galleries. Member afternoon Sunday start time. The chorus will perform the Acoustic Classic Rock, Folk & Country music. “The sound track of DJ HappyDaze Playin the Hottest Dance $30; nm $45. 6-7:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-793work with special guest soloists, The Worcester Children’s your youth” NO COVER. Come on out! Free!. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Grille Mixes. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Days End Tavern, 4334 or visit educationreg.worcesterart.org. Chorus, two pianos and a large battery of percussion. on the HILL, grillonthehill.net. UPSTAIRS, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006 or Prepare to be entertained! $37, $34, students $20 JAZZED UP Trio Live at BYBLOS Lounge. Great Piano happydazedj.com. advance/$15 at door. 4-6 p.m. Mechanics Hall, The Great Trio featuring Mauro DePasquale on vocals, Joe D’Angelo on bass, Ghost Ocean! w/The Regulars (members of Hall, 321 Main St. 508-754-3231 or musicworcester.org. Johnny Dollar on drums JAZZED UP Trio “The Sweetest Music This Smartbomb/Outbreak), Letterday, Save Ends, and Acoustic Open Mic/WARL Charity Event. Celtic/ 508-798-2181 or jubileegardens.com. Side Of Heaven” Live at Byblos Lounge, at Union Station Saturday, American Verse!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Acoustic music and an ongoing charity event for the Worcester Tantrum Saturdays with DJ Tony T. Get ready Worcester June 2 at 7:30PM “If you love Sinatra, Buble, Tony Bennett, Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Animal Rescue League No Cover. 5-9 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 Main St. for some great dancing to the beats of Tony T. He has been known Gershwin, Ellington, you will love JAZZED UP” A romantic blend of John & Noel Acoustic Duo. no cover. 9 p.m.-midnight Yours 508-757-5257. to get the dance fl oor bouncing... As always if you are 21+ and jazz classics and American Songbook favorites. jazzedup.net NO & MIne, 174 Main St., Hudson. 978-562-6868. Vincent’s presents: Big Jon Short. Armed with a suitcase get here before 10pm you won’t have to pay the cover charge. If COVER. 7:30-10 p.m. Byblos Lounge Union Station, Worcester, Karaoke. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Shangri-La Chinese & Japanese kick-drum, National Reso-phonic Guitar and Lowebow cigar-box you have been here recently you know we have been known to MA, Union Station, Columbus Square, Worcester. 508-756-2232 or Restaurant, 60 Madison St. 508-798-0888. hillharp, Big Jon Short’s high energy solo performances bring a have a surprise “contest” with cash prizes awarded. Some of the bybloslounge.com. Karaoke 7 Nights a week. 9 p.m.-1:45 a.m. cafe neo bar foot-stomping show that taps into the heart of the songs, regional recent contests, Sexy bodies (both guys an girls) hot underwear Live Bands. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster and grille, 97 millbury St. 508-615-7311. styles, and folklore of the Blues. bigjonshort.com 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s ? Watch for the surprise contest each week. 18+ only $10 21+ Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484. Live Bands. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Celtic Tavern, 45 Belmont St., Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. only $5. 10 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. Live Music. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury Northborough. 508-366-6277.

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Blues Jam w/Jim Perry. Blues Jam with special guests Leominster. 978-537-7750. all Ladies >Tuesday 5 weekly FREE. 6-10 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. The Foul Play Cabaret (Burlesque Show From Ar!) Starting at Karaoke 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 508-853-1350. With Guests The Genre Whores. Featuring: Violet D’Vine, 6pm !!!! millbury St. 508-615-7311. open mic sundays at perfect game with bill mcBetty Boom Boom, Julia James, Doris Night, Ruby Lead, Fannie FREE. 6 End of Season Celebration with the The Earth and carthy. to check the schedules and open slots visit: myspace. Flamingo, Micky O’Nails and Master of Ceremonies Vinnie Vag p.m.-1 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Spirit Singers. End of Season Celebration with the The Earth com bill mccarthy (originator of the “half-hour sets!”) is your Here’s a You Tube of a performance! youtube.com $10. 8:30 Auditions for 2012-13 Season. The Worcester Youth and Spirit Singers Open to host at another great open p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or Orchestras is holding auditions for new and returning students all. We’ll sing songs from our mic night! any slot marked as facebook.com. for our 2012-13 season. If you play violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, special events this year: the “open” usually is! email bill Bobby Gadoury. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange clarinet, oboe, bassoon, french horn, trumpet, trombone, timpani Bob Marley Tribute will feature Hope Road Pete Seeger Songfest, the mccarthy to reserve it! email Place. 508-459-9035. or percussion and would like to audition, please contact us via & Gilmour’s Breakfast on Friday, June 1 over at Earth and Spirit Songfest as him at: openmcc@verizon. Karaoke 7 Nights a week. 9-1:45 p.m. cafe neo bar and phone or website to schedule a time. Audition requirements listed Tammany Hall on 43 Pleasant St. 401-451-9355 or well as our regular repertoire net network, collaborate, learn grille, 97 millbury St. 508-615-7311. on website. $25 Audition Fee. 7-9 p.m. Pakachoag Music School of visit hoperoadband.com. of songs celebrating over sixty different musicians Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 978-390Earth, Peace and regularly support my open 4941 or worcesteryouthorchestras.org. Community. Join us mic nights all are friendly and Open Mic. Acoustic open mic beginning Nov. 2. Sign Armenians Got Talent! on Saturday, June 2 features a dinner for singing, snacks supportive -- and many are: up at 7:00 pm, Performers start at 7:30. Feature act and a talent show (of course). The show will feature parishioners of all ages and celebration as we prepare to adjourn for the summer. former or currently signed recording artists, award-winning pro’s starts at 8:45, Drop-in performers start again at 9:30. performing various musical and dance numbers with fun for the whole family. Tuesday, June 5, 2012 7-9 PM First Unitarian Church 90 or semi-pro’s * regularly gigging paid-performers * published Nice stage and lighting. Good sound system and room Attendance is by reservation only so call 508-756-2931. No tickets will be Main St. Worcester MA Call 508-755-0995 or Jim@ songwriters * recording studio owner/operators * combinations acoustics. Select videos will be posted online at blbrumby. sold at the door. $10/$5 children 12 and under. 5:30-8 p.m. Armenian Church Jimscottmusic.com for more info FREE. 7-9 p.m. First of any and/or all of the above network * collaborate * learn free!. com. Professional videographer will be on site as well Of Our Saviour Cultural Center, 34 Boynton St. 508-963-2076. Unitarian Church of Worcester, 90 Main St. 508-7556-10 p.m. perfect game sports grill and lounge, 64 water st. 508offering nice audio/video packages. 0. 7-11 p.m. Route 0995. 792-4263 or myspace.com. 56 Roadside Bar & Grill, 24 Leicester St., North Oxford. Sean Fullerton: Acoustic Blues, Rock ‘n’ Shir Joy Chorus Spring Concert. shirjoychorus.com 7-9 508-987-8669. Roll and Fingerstyle Guitar!. Sean Fullerton has been a p.m. Congregation Bnai Shalom, 117 East Main St., Westborough. Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 8-11 p.m. Dark >Wednesday 6 successful professional musician, singer-songwriter, recording shirjoychorus.com. Horse Tavern, 12 Crane St., Southbridge. 508-764-1100. Karaoke 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 engineer and producer since 1995. Performing classic Blues and Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-noon Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Sam James. 8-11:30 p.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. Rock ‘n’ Roll using modern technology, Sean is able to authenticate millbury St. 508-615-7311. Leominster. 978-537-7750. 508-755-0879. Open Jam w/Sean Ryan. Open Jam Free. 8:30 a.m. to 11 the songs we are all familiar with. Sean has performed in a wide Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. Sean Ryan & Company. Open Jam! FREE. 8-11 p.m. p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. variety of venues,and formany weddings, parties, charitable and 978-345-5051. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Girls Night Out. free apps,pool, and gamecards!!! free. 6 p.m.-1 Wednesday night open mic @ the Hotel Befont corporate events throughout New England. In 2010, Sean was Karaoke 7 Nights a week. 9-1:45 p.m. cafe neo bar and a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. voted by the public and his musical peers as the Worcester Music grille, 97 millbury St. 508-615-7311. with Bill McCarthy local musicians showcase!. Kathy’s Coffey House. IACC Art Exhibit - Opening Reception Awards “Best Solo Act”, while nominated for “Best Blues / R&B Live Band Karaoke w/ Fingercuff comes to Worcesopen mic night with bill mccarthy sign-up in advance by emailing - Wednesday, June 6 - 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Art Work by Kathy Coffey ter. Live Band Karaoke is coming to Worcester every other Sunday Act” for both 2010 and 2011!! What can one expect when hiring openmcc@verizon.net and visiting myspace.com free. 8 p.m.a resident at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Apartments A message from Sean Fullerton? A competent and professional musician/singer, Night! Come live a dream and sing with a real band! We have over midnight belfont hotel, 11 south main st., millbury. 508-917-8128 the artist: Hi..My name is Kathy Coffey...I’ve been painting all my professional grade equipment, punctuality, and flexibility.Referor myspace.com. life off and on...more recently-ON...I started taking my art more ences available upon request. Sean’s live shows are fun,exciting Karaoke with DJ Double D. This is your chance to come seriously as therapy...I find myself lost in my artwork, acting like and audience participation is always encouraged. SEE YA on down and sing like a rock star or just kick back and enjoy a The Awesome 80’s party band The Flock an aphrodisiac...I paint my what I feel...several emotions surface; ‘ROUND THE CLUBS! Dinner, Drinks, Music & Fun!!. 7-10:30 p.m. cocktail while you listen to your friends sing your favorite tunes. of Assholes with guests, all the way from Australia, ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS, 454 Main St., Melrose. 781-620-0940 or to my delight, I create on canvas those feelings. Please...Enjoy !! 8:30-11:59 p.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-756Post Paint on Thursday, May 31. Every Thursday, 6-8 p.m. Gene J. DeFeudis Italian American Cultural Center, 28 seanfullertonmusic.net. 2227 or remixworcester.com. The Flock sends you back to Rubik’s and neon blazers. $5. Mulberry St. 508-791-6139. Open mic tuesdays/local musicians showcase Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green LADIES NIGHT!. FREE Chips and Salsa,Veggie @ Greendale’s Pub with Bill Mccarthy. to check the 978-345-5051. St. 508-363-1888 or find them on facebook. Crudite,Chocolate Fountain, FREE $5 Gamecards, FREE pool for schedules and open slots visit: myspace.com/openmicworld Karaoke 7 Nights a week. 9-1:45 p.m. cafe neo bar and bill mccarthy (originator of the “half-hour sets!”) is your host at another great open mic night! email bill mccarthy to reserve it! 180 songs to choose from.....Unleash your inner rock god! 9 p.m.-1 at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888. the email’s “subject box” so i know you’re not selling viagra or The SUNDAY NIGHT Hang w/ Ronnie Sugar Bear.. something!) network * collaborate * learn over sixty different FREE. 9 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and 363-1888 or luckydogmusic.com. supportive -- and many are: * former or currently signed recording REGGAE FUSION SUNDAYS with DJ Nick. Worcester’s artists * award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * regularly gigging TM longest running REGGAE night hosted by DJ Nick and Guest DJ’s paid-performers * published songwriters * recording studio owner/ spinning the HOTTTEST Reggae, Hip Hop and Top 40 every Sunday. operators * combinations of any and/or all of the above network * 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100. collaborate * learn free!. 7:30-11:30 p.m. greendale’s pub, 404 w boylston st. 508-853-1350 or myspace.com/openmicworld. >Monday 4 “Totally Tuesdazed!” Tunes in the Diner every 3/($685( <28 '(6(59(70 Karaoke 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Tuesday Night!. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, millbury St. 508-615-7311. 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Toys • Novelties • Lingerie • Shoes oes Booty Groove. Booty Groove This luscious class is a combina>Tuesday 5 tion of yoga warm-ups, booty sculpting dance routines, core Lotions • DVDs and more Big Jon Short. Armed with a suitcase kick-drum, National strengthening and muscle toning. We blend the grounding aspects Reso-phonic Guitar and Lowebow cigar-box hillharp, Big Jon of yoga, the booty enhancing benefits of dance and the energy 9 Walker Drive • Upton, MA • Off Rte. 140 40 behind it all in this fun, cardio workout that will leave you feeling re- Short’s high energy solo performances bring a foot-stomping show freshed, stronger and leaner. Do you like feeling good, looking good that taps into the heart of the songs, regional styles, and folklore of 508-529-3600 • desirees-desires.com m the Blues. bigjonshort.com no cover. 8-11 p.m. Armsby Abbey, 144 and having fun? This class is the best complete workout you can North Main St. 508-795-1012 or armsbyabbey.com/2009/08/ get in one solid hour! $16. 5:45-6:45 p.m. Zest Yoga and Fitness, jon-short. 65 Southbridge St., Auburn. 508-843-9887. PLEASER SHOES Live Music Tuesdays. 8-11 p.m. McBride’s Pub, 161 Wayland Bobby Gadoury. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange UP TO Ave., Providence. 401-751-3000. Place. 508-459-9035. T.J. Peavey. A veteran, accomplished and eclectic singer, Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. songwriter and guitarist. Pass The Hat. 8-10 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 978-345-5051. Main St. 508-757-5257. Karaoke Every Nite. free. 9 p.m.-1:45 a.m. cafe neo bar and Tues 11am - 5pm, Wed-Sat 11am-8pm • Closed Sun & Mon Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-noon Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., grille, 97 millbury St. 508-615-7311.

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grille, 97 millbury St. 508-615-7311. Ricky Duran. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. The Twangbusters: Boogie, Blues & Hillbilly Bop @ Vincent’s. The Twangbusters return to Vincent’s with their rootsy rhythms and soulful blues fused with twang. A musical cocktail of boogie, blues and hillbilly bop. You’ll be shaken and stirred! reverbnation.com. No Cover; tips encouraged!. 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 413-281-7336 or reverbnation.com/ show/7343534. Woo-Town Wednesday Free Show Live Bands. Live entertainment every Wednesday night. Check luckydogmusic.com for complete lineup. FREE. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or luckydogmusic.com. Urban Blues with Brad Faucher & a rotating roster of local/regional musicians. Every Wednesday: A night of Old-School Blues & Soul-Jazz! 9:30-12:30 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-9268877. Beirut Night. Come see why we hold the crown for the #1 Wednesday night in the city! Summer’s here & Schools out! Doors open at 9:30 & Beirut tournament starts at 10:35 Two rooms of entertainment, come down & celebrate No More School & have a good time w/ all of us! 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.

to 1 p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for galler. 310 High St., Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com. College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross.edu. Danforth Museum of Art, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-5 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 123 Union Ave., Framingham. 508-620-0050 or danforthmuseum.org. Dark World Gallery, Hector Aguilar’s Scultpures, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through May 31. Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 179 Grafton St. darkworldgallery.com. DZian Gallery, Can Genocide Be Prevented?, Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays,

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ADC Performance Center (@ The Artist Development Complex), 18 Mill St., Southbridge. 508-764-6900 or adcmusic. com. Anna Maria College, 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton. 508-849-3300 or annamaria.edu. ArtsWorcester, T-Minus: Worcester to the Moon, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through May 31. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Fre. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org. Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org. Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu. Booklovers’ Gourmet, ”Autobiography”, works by Judith Ferrara, Through May 31; ”In Between Words”, an exhibition of photographs by Danielle Wilbur, Friday - Saturday. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232 or er3.com/book. Clark University: Cohen-Lasry House, 11 Hawthorne St. clarku.edu. Clark University: Schiltkamp Gallery, 92 Downing St. 508-793-7349. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing St. clarku.edu. Clark University: University Gallery, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or 508-793-7113 or clarku.edu. Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m.

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Saturdays, June 6 - July 3. Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday. 65 Water St. 508-831-1106 or dzian.net. EcoTarium, Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Dec. 2; Playing Together: Games, Through Sept. 9; Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body, Sundays, through Dec. 2; Preschool and Toddler Wednesdays, Wednesdays, through Dec. 19; WOOphoria: A Night of Discovery!, Wednesday. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12.00 adults; $8.00 for children ages 2-18, college students with IDs & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special programs. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org. Fisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham. 978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas..

Fitchburg Art Museum, Hours: noon4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, noon-4 Many Nations. Many Traditions. One Family. Worcester Interp.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Tribal Indian Center’s Annual Powwow will be held on Saturday, Parkway, Fitchburg. 978-345-4207 or June 2 through Sunday, June 3. A powwow is a native style cultural fitchburgartmuseum.org. festival; where the traditions and values of Native American people are shared Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: and celebrated – come experience it for yourself! wiiccenter.com. $5 fee for closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday parking. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Treasure Valley Campground, Pleasantdale Road, - Tuesday, 10 a.m.-midnight Wednesday, Rutland. 774-578-5385. closed Thursday - Saturday. 50 Grove St., Fitchburg. 978-345-1157 or fitchburghistory.fsc.edu. Fridays, Saturdays, through Dec. 31; WHM Yard Sale, Saturday. Fitchburg State University: Hammond Campus Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday, 1-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Center, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. fsc.edu. 1-4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 40 Highland St. 508-753-8278 or Framed in Tatnuck, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. 1099 Pleas- worcesterhistory.org. SAORI Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio, 18 Winant St. 508-770-1270 or wwwframedintatnuck.com. slow St. 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester.com. Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 456-3924 or fruitlands.org. p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, Higgins Armory Museum, WOO Card good at Higgins 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West Armory Museum, Through Dec. 31; CastleKids StoryHour, Boylston St. 508-853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com. Wednesday. Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 Tatnuck Bookseller & Cafe, Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: General Admission: $12 for Adults, $9 for Seniors (age 60+), $7 for Children 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 18 Lyman St., Westborough. 508-366-4959 or tatnuck.com. (age 4-16), Children 3 and under are Free. 100 Barber Ave. The Foster Gallery, 51 Union St. 508-397-7139 or thefoster508-853-6015 or higgins.org. gallery.com. Highland Artist Group, 113 Highland St. highlandartistThe Sprinkler Factory, Hours: noon-6 p.m. Sunday, 9 group.com. a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 38 Harlow St. Meadow Brook ConserMass Audubon: Broad sprinklerfactory.com. vation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Hours: Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m. 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or 21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-297-4337 or massaudubon.org. topfunaviation.com. Museum of Russian Icons, Take it To the Curator, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, ”Views From the Hill” Reception Friday. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 11-3 a.m. Tueswith the Artists, Thursday; The Non-Traditional Photographer, day - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 11-3 a.m. Fridays, through June 1; SPROUTS! Annual Plant Sale, Saturday; Friday, 9-3 a.m. Saturday. Admission: Adults $7, Seniors Youth Gardening Program Spring 2012, Class B, Grades 3-5, (59 and over) $5, Students (with ID) & children (3-17) Saturdays, through June 23; Designing Your Own Sacred Space in $2, Children under 3 FREE, Groups (any age) $. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000 or 978-598-5000x17 Home and Garden, Sunday; Guided Garden Tour, Sundays, through Dec. 30; Transit of Venus Viewing, Tuesday. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 or museumofrussianicons.org. p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Old Sturbridge Village, Story Hour at the Old Admission: $10 Adults, $7 Seniors & $5 Youth, FREE to Members Sturbridge Village Book Store, Thursdays, through & Children under . 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111 or Dec. 27; Antique Car Rally: June 2, 2012, Saturday. towerhillbg.org. Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age. Children under Westboro Gallery, ”Journey”, Photographic Exhibit by Jeanine 3 fre. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800Vitale, Through July 6. Hours: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, closed 733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org. Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday. 8 West Main St., Westborough. 508-870-0110 or westborogallery. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 387 com. Park Ave. 774-696-0909. Worcester Art Museum, Art Since the Mid-20th Century, Post Road Art Center, Call to Young Artists: Through Dec. 31; Blue Star Museums Military Personnel & Family Budding Artist Show 2012, Mondays, Tuesdays, Discount to Worcester Art Museum, Through Sept. 1; ExhibitWednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Carrie Moyer: Interstellar, Through Aug. 19; Hymn to the Earth: through May 31; Opening Reception: Budding Artist Show 2012, Saturday. Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Photographs by Ron Rosenstock, Through July 15; Wall at WAM: to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. Charline von Heyl, Through Dec. 31. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 508-485-2580 or postroadartcenter.com. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, $12 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first Saturdays 8760 or preservationworcester.org. of each month, 10am-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or Prints and Potter Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10-5:30 a.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10-7 a.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10-5:30 worcesterart.org. Worcester Center for Crafts, AiR Time: Artist-In-Residence a.m. Friday, 10-5 a.m. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-752-2170 Exhibition, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, or printsandpotter.com. through June 2; Vases of Spring: Annual Show & Sale, Tuesdays, Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Fri- Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through July 14. day, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 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. 508or qvcah.org. 753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org. Quinsigamond Community College: Administration Worcester Historical Museum, 30x30@30: Your City, Building, 670 West Boylston St. qcc.edu. Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Your History, Through Aug. 18; In Their Shirtsleeves, Through Dec. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: fre. 31; The Cakemaker’s Portrait, Through June 16; The Unsinkable Ship, Through June 30. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. 633 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Salisbury Mansion, Salisbury Mansion Tours, Thursdays,

Upload your listings at worcestermag.com. Click the Night & Day toolbar, then choose Calendar to place your event listing in both our print and online weekly calendar. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-753-8278 or worcesterhistory.org. Worcester Public Library, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655 or worcpublib.org. WPI: George C. Gordon Library, Moving Parts : Steam Engines and Mechanical Drawings, Through July 13. 100 Institute Road. wpi.edu.

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Open Mike Comedy - Saturdays, Saturday, July 24 - Sunday, November 11. Hosted by a variety of local comedians under the leadership of Andy Paquette. Worcester’s longest running open mic attracts regional talent and newcomers. 100’s of aspiring comedians have bared their wares in front of this supportive and simpathetic crowd. Well known as the breeding grounds for local talent it has produced many known and not to be known comedians. Fear not! Your Sense of Pride. 7-9 p.m. 3-G’s Sports Bar, The Music Room, 152 Millbury St. Call 508-754-3516. Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Biagio’s Grille - Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Friday, September 17 - Friday, December 28. Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Biagio’s Grille 257 Park Ave Worcester MA Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Clubs Showtimes: Open Mic on the 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 8pm-$15pp Fridays 9pm and Saturdays 8pm -$20pp Reservations Recommended at 800-401-2221 Prices: $15 Thurs - $20 Fri/Sat pp except Special Events Drinks and Appetizers available in the show room Full Dinner Available before Show in Restaurant $5off with College ID 2 for 1 Active Military or Veterans $4 off with Dinner Receipt and Reservations Worcester $20 per person except special events. 9-10:30 p.m. Biagio’s Grille, Comedy Room, 257 Park Ave. Call 800-401-2221 or visit dickdoherty.com. Wisecracks Comedy Club @ Jose Murphy’s Saturdays, Saturday, May 5 - Saturday, November 17. Wisecracks is Worcester County’s newest and hottest comedy club franchise - this location is in Jose Murphy’s (2nd ﬂoor) every Saturday night. There’s a full bar and food menu in the showroom! You’ll see comics that have been on Comedy Central, HBO and all the late night shows. This location is also 18+ We are expanding to several other venues in central Massachusetts!!! Go to our website for more information. $15 (All Woo card holders and active duty military is 2 for 1). 8-10 p.m. Jose’ Murphy’s, 2nd Floor, 97-103 Water St. Call 508-792-0900 or visit wisecrackscomedyclub.com. Centre Stage Productions presents Little Shop of Horrors - Saturday, May 12 - Sunday, July 8. This fantastic musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken will be presented to the public. It’s a show and theatre company you shouldn’t miss. Saturday, July 7 @ 7:00pm Sunday, July 8 @ 2:00pm $8 Genearal Admission. midnight-11:59 p.m. Oak Middle School, Theatre, 45 Oak St., Shrewsbury. Visit cstageproductions.com.

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MA 01550. The group is informal and friendly and new participants are welcome. Library staff will obtain copies of each title, one month before the discussion date. Please inquire at the Information Desk. February 6, 2012 - Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs March 5, 2012 - I’d Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman April 2, 2012 - April Fool Dead: A Death on Demand Mystery by Carolyn G. Hart May 7, 2012 - Until Proven Guilty by J. A. Chance June 4, 2012 - The Black Cat by Martha Grimes Free. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Jacob Edwards Library, Reading Room, 236 Main St., Southbridge. 508-764-5426.

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Destino Universidad. The College Board in collaboration with the Latino Education Institute at Worcester State University and the Worcester Public Schools is hosting, Destino Universidad. Five cities, including Worcester have been selected to pilot this initiative. On Wednesday, June 6 join Walk With Me Worcester, a 5K walk, roll or stroll, to support Easter Seals services and ensure that children and adults with disabilities have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play. 5-7:30 p.m. at Quinsigamond State Park: Lake Park, Lake Ave. and Hamilton St. 508-751-6334 or visit ma.easterseals.com.

Destino Universidad will feature interactive panel discussions by college students and workshops for Spanish-speaking families designed to provide college planning guidance on ﬁnancial aid, admissions procedures, and course planning. Parents and students will be able to chart out the steps they need to take to ensure they are on a path to college. 5-8:15 p.m. Worcester State University, Student Center andFuller Theater, Administration Bldg., 486 Chandler St. 508-929-8078. Fraternity: A Discussion with author Diane Brady and Father John Brooks. After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968, a Catholic priest and theology professor, Father John Brooks, at the College of the Holy Cross sought out young black men to integrate into a, then, all-while school. Among the 20 young men he found were a future Supreme Court justice, a Pulitzer Prize winner and one of the most successful defense attorneys in the country. Author Diane Brady chronicles the stories of ﬁve of those young men in her book Fraternity. Join Worcester Historical Museum asDiane Brady and Father John Brooks talk about his decision to integrate theCollege of the Holy Cross, and how it changed the school and the lives of its students. After the discussion, Father Brooks and Ms. Brady will be available to sign copies of the book Fraternity. Free with Museum admission. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Worcester Historical Museum, Fletcher Auditorium, 30 Elm St. 508-753-8278.

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Worcester Writers Collaborative Multi-Author Book Decorative Soapmaking. Learn to make a fancy, decorative Signing. Come see some of your favorite authors at Leominster soap “sundae” with Jennifer Hofmann. Looking good enough to Barnes & Noble. Joe Fusco, Cheryl Cory, Tricia Wooldridge, Jessie eat, but better to wash with participants will use glycerin melt and Olson, Liz Steele and Ellen Sousa will be signing their books. Wow! pour methods to build each element of the soap sundae: vanilla, Six authors under one roof! There’s a book for everyone. We hope chocolate and strawberry ice cream, whipped cream, topped with to see you there! For more information about the authors and the sprinkles and a cherry. The class is limited to 6 students ages 10 Worcester Writers Collaborative, please visit: worcesterwriters.org. noon-4 p.m. Barnes & On Friday, June 1 icon specialist Frank Ford will be available to Noble Leominster, 120 Watertower Plaza, provide visitors with information about the region, date, and subject matter Leominster. 978-537-6009 or facebook.com. of their icons during the Museum of Russian Icons’ Take it To the Curator series. Monetary evaluations will not be given. $7 per >Monday 4 object. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000 or visit Mystery Book Club presents The museumofrussianicons.org. Black Cat by Martha Grimes. The Jacob Edwards Library is pleased to present a monthly book discussion at 236 Main St., Southbridge,

and up. Pre-registration is required. To register, contact Mark Baldi by email or phone. $40 includes all materials. 6-8 p.m. Beaman Memorial Public Library, Stiles Room, 8 Newton St., West Boylston. 508-835-6489.

>Friday June 1

Friday Morning Birds. Enjoy a leisurely birding experience and help document the sanctuary birds over the season. This weekly walk helps us confirm which birds are migrating and which are year-round residents. We’lll explore different corners of the sanctuary each week you never know what we will find. Birders of all levels are invited. Meet at the Visitor Center. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water. Binoculars and field guides are recommended but not required. For more information and to register, call 508.753.6087. Free. 7-9 a.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087.

>Saturday 2

Saturday-Morning Bird Walk for Adults. Explore the sanctuary grounds in search of birds during this program for casual and novice birders alike. Come discover the immense variety of birdlife that exists at this large urban sanctuary. We’ll teach you the basics of birding and bird identification during an easy-to-moderate walk along the trails. Free for members. Bring binoculars and field guides, if you have them. Wear appropriate footwear and bring a water bottle. For more information and to register, call 508.753.6087. Free for Members and $5 for Nonmembers. 7-9:30 a.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087. USRowing Learn to Row Day with the QRA. Learn the basics of rowing. Meet the QRA Membership. Coffee and refreshments provided. All participants must be 18 years of age or older. All participants will be required to complete a waiver of liability. We will be on the water: All participants must confirm ability to swim. If interested, please email jasonsteele@qra.org. After the USRowing Learn to Row Day, the QRA will be following up with Introductory Sweep and Scull Rowing Lessons from June 9, 2012-July 1, 2012. Information on these adult rowing programs will be available at the Learn to Row event. Free. 7-10 a.m. Donahue Rowing Center, 237 N Quinsigamond Ave, Shrewsbury. Learn to Row/Return to Row Day - Killer Bees Row-

ing Club - Adult Crew. On Saturday June 2, 2012, rowing clubs around the country will be opening their doors to the public and offering an introduction to the sport of rowing. This event is an Annual Learn to Row Day led by USRowing and Concept2. We are holding a Learn To Row Day at Regatta Point on Sat June 2 from from 8AM to Noon. Drop by anytime. For more information, contact Bob Haddon at RSHaddon@gmail.com 508-869-4571 or Anita Wos anitawos2@gmail.com 978-808-1102 free!. 8 a.m.-noon Quinsigamond State Park: Regatta Point, 10 North Lake Ave. 508755-6880 or killerbeesrowingclub.org. Learn To Fish. Join the Wachusett Rangers for a FREE program for all ages. Learn the basics of fishing such as how to tie knots, baiting a hook, using artificial lures, and casting and retrieving techniques. Rangers will also educate participants on the importance of keeping the water clean and how to be an evironmentally responsible angler. A group fishing license as well as fishing poles, bait, and tackle will be provided FREE. 9-11 a.m. Old Stone Church, Route 12 and Beaman St., West Boylston. 978-365-3800. Tomato Days. FREE TOMATO PLANT TO THE FIRST 1,000 PERSONS! No purchase necessary. Limit 1 per person. While supplies last. Horticulture Tips and Tricks Horticulturist, Paul Rogers, host of WTAG’s Gardener’s Calendat, will be on site to answer questions! Get tips and helpful hints! 10 a.m.-noon Klem’s, Field, 117 W Main St., Spencer. 508-885-2708 or klemsonline.com. Learn to Use the Potter’s Wheel. Have fun, while learning how to use the potter’s wheel to throw pots, bowls, and pitchers. You’ll practice on the wheel, under the instructor’s guidance, and decorate and fire your successful “first works”. Finished works will be available for pickup about two weeks after the workshop. Limited to 10 students. Student Fee: $45 Materials Fee: $10 (Required). 1-4 p.m. Worcester Center for Crafts, 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 or https://register.worcestercraftcenter.org.

>Tuesday 5

Kitchen Design & Remodeling 101. Award winning Designer, Theresa OBrien will introduce the design/build process, demonstrate 3D virtual designing, and review photos of actual kitchen and bath renovations from start to ﬁnish. Question and answer session- bring us photos of your project! FREE. 6:30-8 a.m. Francis Harvey Remodeling, LLC, 238 Shrewsbury St. 508-7997778 or francisharvey.com. It’s Not About the Hike. On Tuesday, June 5 at 6:30, hikers M AY 3 1 , 2 0 1 2 • W O R C E S T E R M A G . C O M

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and non-hikers alike are invited to hear Nancy Sporborg and Pat Piper share their journey of climbing the 67 highest mountains in New England. This inspirational and motivational multi-media program will be held at Beaman Library, 8 Newton Street in West Boylston. The program is about personal challenges, overcoming fears, ﬁnding our passion and living life to the fullest. The book, Its Not About the Hike, containing 360 pages, over 245 color pictures will be offered for sale after the presentation for $34.95. Please stop by or call the main desk to reserve your spot. 508-835-3711. Free. 6:30-8 p.m. Beaman Memorial Public Library, Stile Meeting Room, 8 Newton St., West Boylston. 508-835-3711.

>Wednesday 6

Yoga by Nature: Spring Session 3, Class 2. Yoga by Nature class is about opening up to your body on a deeper level. Every class is guided to ﬁt individual needs. Here, you will have the opportunity to learn about cultivating breath awareness, mindfulness, and feel how all of the elements of nature exist in you as well. During the nice weather, we will be practicing on the lawn outside, surrounded by the beautiful gardens at Tower Hill. For the winter or rainy days we will be inside. Every student is asked to bring anything they might require for class. (mat, blanket, sweater, etc.) You are warmly invited to come and experience Yourself. Member $13, Nonmember $15. 6-7:15 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111 or https://dnbweb1. blackbaud.com/.

Ballroom Dance Intermediate/Advanced Hustle. Have fun with other couples and singles learning Hustle. Danced to Disco music Hustle reached the height of its popularity after the movie Saturday Night Fever came out in the late 70s. Come and learn some steps that will have you looking like John Travolta on the ﬂoor. No Partner required. $10.00 drop in. $50 monthly membership includes all classes. 7-8 p.m. Poise Style & Motion Ballroom Studio, 97 Webster St. 508-752-4910 or psmdance.com.

>Saturday 2

Charlotte Klein Dance Studio Performances. additional performances: 06/02 (7:00 pm) 06/03 (11:00 am, 3:30 pm) Charlotte Klein, celebrating over 55 years as a dance educator and a treasure for our community, will present over 700 students in 4 dance performances June 2 and 3 at The Hanover Theatre. Full price tickets are $21 and $26, depending on seating location.. 2-4 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre.org.

fairs/ festivals >Friday 1

Grecian Festival 2012. For 3 days, June 1, 2, & 3.. Friday 5pm-12, Saturday 12-12, Sunday 12-10; you will feel as if you were transported to Greece. The Grecian Festival has been a highlight of Worcester and Central Massachusetts for the last 36 years. It has grown to become the ﬁnest and the largest festivals of New England, with attendance exceeding 20,000 people. During each of the festivals the Greek Community recognizes and celebrates our forefathers, Greek immigrants who came to Worcester to work and create a new life, and in doing so made lasting contributions to the political, economic and cultural development of Worcester. Its also a time to join in the festivities of our Hellenic Heritage. $1. Saint Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 102 Russell St. 917-734-9804 or SpyridonCathedral.org.

>Saturday 2

Yard Sale at Burncoat Baptist Church. Rent your tables now! There is time to rent a table and sell your own goods at the Burncoat Baptist Church Yard Sale to be held on Saturday, >Monday 4 June 2 at $15.00 each. Rain date is Saturday, June 9. Please Learn Basic Salsa in Just 6 weeks. Join us and learn call 508-853-6240 no later than May 23 to reserve your tables. basic Salsa in Just 6weeks!! Have fun, learn a new dance, meet Come to the Burncoat Baptist Church Yard Sale on the grounds new people!! $100 Per person. 6:15-7:15 p.m. Salsa Storm Dance of the church. “No early birds please.” Look over the collectibles, Studio, 9 Harrison St. 508-854-8489. jewelry, bric-a-brac, home furnishings, kitchen ware and other items for sale that church members and friends collected from their closets, basements, and attics just for you! Enjoy a fun ﬁlled day! Proceeds will beneﬁt church projects. Free. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Burncoat Baptist Church, 475 Burncoat St. 508-853-6240 or Send your Worcester related smartphone picture and description to editor@worcestermag.com burncoatbaptist.org. Southbridge Fest with the subject Weekly Pics to be included in this segment. Like now. 2012. Southbridge Fest 2012 Saturday, June 2nd 10 am - 6pm Southbridge Town Common Come join the fun! live music, kids events, food vendors, crafters Fabulous parade begins at 11am Free. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Southbridge Town Common, , Southbridge. https://facebook.com. Native American Pow-Wow. Native American Cultural Event including Music,Dance,Crafts,Food Vendor $5 Parking Fee. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Treasure Valley Scout Reservation, 394 Pleasantdale Road, Rutland. Tri-Parish Church Plant Sale. It’s growing season and the 6th annual Tri-Parish Community Church plant sale is a chance to pick up some beautiful and out-of-theordinary plants for your garden. The sale, on beautiful Hardwick Common, includes choice perennials from Inishowen Farms; connoisseur annuals, herbs, and vegetables from Stillman’s Farms; and special plants from church members’ gardens. Baked goods and coffee will also be sold. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hardwick Town Common, Common St. and Memorial Day travels Petersham Road, Hardwick. 413-477-6847.

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Sheep Shearing weekend. It’s time to shear those woolly coats farmers Fred and Barbara are back to shear our sheep, llamas, and alpacas and are looking for some junior farmers to lend a hand. See spinning demos, make your own sheep craft using real wool and learn how wool goes from the sheeps back to your favorite sweater! Spin into this summer event Saturday and Sunday 11-3. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Davis Farmland & MEGA MAZE, 145 Redstone Hill Road, Sterling. 978-422-6666 or Davisfarmland.com. Farmers Market. Accepting applications for 2012 - Free space to all qualifying vendors Buy Local! Fresh is Best! Starts June 2nd through October 6th Visit klemsonline.com to print an application. Apply today! 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Klem’s, Field, 117 W Main St., Spencer. 508-885-2708 or klemsonline.com.

>Tuesday 5

Beatnik’s Indie Art Market. 6-9 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

>Wednesday 6

Wednesday Night Cruising for Charity Car Show. Every Wednesday from 5:00pm until dusk - June 6th through August 29th - 100% proﬁts go to the Masonic Children’s Charity - music-concessions-50/50 rafﬂe - Free Admission (Donations Accepted) View the full schedule at klemsonline.com Donations accepted. 5-8 p.m. Klem’s, Field, 117 W Main St., Spencer. 508885-2708 or klemsonline.com.

fundraiser >Thursday 31

Spirit of Hope Wine Tasting. Join us to sample wines fromaround the world and learn about Spirit of Hope’s work in Haiti! Six wines will be offered for tasting, as well as a delicious array of meats, cheeses, andother appetizers. A silent auction will be held throughout the event. Placeyour bid on items like Red Sox tickets, a weekend stay in a White Mountain resort, an Apple iPod touch, and other offerings! Enjoy great wine, food, and company while bringing support and hope to our friends in Haiti. All are welcome! *Tickets must be purchased in advance through our website. $50. 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Citizen Wine Bar Worcester, 1 Exchange St. 973-337-5665.

>Sunday 3

The Fifth Annual Massachusetts Ride for the Ribbon Benefitting the MA Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the CureHundreds of equestrians ride together to raise funds for local breast health services. The Massachusetts Ride for the Ribbon (formerly the MA Ride for the Cure) is proud to benefit the Massachusetts Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The MA Ride for the Ribbon is an NEHT affiliated ride that consists of a 10-mile trail ride covering dirt roads, railroad bed, wooded trails, and some paved roads. Last years event drew 200 participants and raised over $100,000. All proceeds from the event benefit Komen MA to help fund education, screening and treatment programs, offer grant money to community-based organizations that support its mission, and to help better the lives of those facing breast cancer locally. Registration is at 8:00am 8-11 a.m. Felton Field, Old Coldbrook Road, Barre. ridefortheribbonma.org.

>Wednesday 6

Walk With Me Worcester. Join us for Walk With Me Worcester, a 5K walk, roll or stroll, to support Easter Seals services and ensure that children and adults with disabilities have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play. Funds raised by Walk With Me directly support life-changing programs for people with disabilities programs in our community. $0. 5-7:30p.m. Quinsigamond State Park: Lake Park, Lake Ave. and Hamilton St. 508-751-6334 or ma.easterseals.com.

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2006 Envoy Mi: 74,757 Ext: Brown Stk#: TU5929 $13,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2010 Sierra 1500 Mi: 15,305 Ext: Gray Stk#: G21009A $24,997 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

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2009 Sierra 1500 SLT Mi: 22,131 Ext: Red Stk#: 3252 $34,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

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2011 Sierra 1500 SLT Mi: 8,840 Ext: Gray Stk#: P4084 $33,495 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

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2010 Terrain SLE Mi: 35,600 Ext: Black Stk#: G38266A $21,597 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2012 Terrain SLT Mi: 18,689 Ext: Silver Stk#: R5018 $29,888 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2011 Terrain SLT Mi: 26,611 Ext: Silver Stk#: R4096 $27,897 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2007 Yukon SLE Mi: 84,900 Ext: Blue Stk#: 12765A $21,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

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2006 Wrangler Sport Mi: 48,889 Ext: Gray Stk#: TU5926 $17,499 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

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2009 Rio LX Mi: 46,477 Ext: Blue Stk#: 3125 $9,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

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2008 GX 470 Mi: 64,738 Ext: Gray Stk#: 12515A $33,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

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2010 Milan Mi: 18,345 Ext: Gray Stk#: CU4601R $19,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2009 Milan Premier Mi: 29,774 Ext: Smoke Stk#: CU4655R $16,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2007 Mountaineer Mi: 79,356 Ext: Silver Stk#: TU5997 $16,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2009 Maxima SV Mi: 13,952 Ext: White Stk#: 11685A $23,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2006 G6 Mi: 59,560 Ext: Beige Stk#: B52733A $8,998 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

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2008 RAV4 Mi: 51,904 Ext: Red Stk#: TU5923 $16,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

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2009 Tacoma Mi: 12,310 Ext: Silver Stk#: 12743A $26,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

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Ashburnham $179,900

Refinished mellow hardwood throughout. Both kitchens upgraded. Both owner occupied. First floor Kit, LR,DR 2 bR and Bath with access to partially finished basement. 2 sets of laundry connections. Apartment is Kit, Lr , BR and Bath.. remodeled. Beautiful landscaped grounds. Near Ashuburnham center easy highway access 140, 101 and Rt 2. One heating system plus pettet stove. 2 separate electrical services. Aberman Assoc Inc Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www. paulasavard.com

Palmer $214,900

In town mini farm with 2000 s.f barn , paddock. 2 detached 2 car garages, spacious 1930 colonial updated and functional ready to move in. 4 bedrooms, 3 full baths. Aberman Assoc Inc. Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x14 www.paulasavard.com

Lancaster $219,900

3 br 2 bath colonial. Looking for a home with warm, country charm? Check out this 3 bedroom, 2 full bath colonial home conveniently located, with easy access to ALL major routes!! Gorgeous post and beam with wide board ﬂoors wonderfully laid out on half acre fenced in lot.....great yard space!! Aberman Assoc Inc. Tracy Sladen 978537-4971 x17

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Computers: Technical Architect V sought by Fallon Community Health Plan (“FCHP”), Worcester, MA. Dsgn s/ware solutions based on reqmts from the bus., make use of existing tech’l capabilities & services in organization, & to align new solutions to current architectural principles regarding stds & integration in organization among other duties. Qualified applicants must have: (1) Bach’s degree (or foreign equiv) in Comp Sci., Comp Info Systems, Comp Engg or related field. In lieu of Bach’s deg, employer will accept any combo of edu &/or related professional exp determined by recognized credential evaluation as equiv to Bach’s deg in Comp Sci., Comp Info Systems, Comp Engg or related field; (2) 5 yrs’ exp in position offered or related occupation; (3) 5 yrs’ exp w/: (a) object oriented analysis, dsgn & dvlpmt of custom applications, &/ or application integrations; & (b) custom application dvlpmt using C#.NET; (4) 4 yrs’ application integration dvlpmt exp w/ BizTalk 2006 R2/BizTalk 2006, MOSS, &/or ASP.NET, JavaScript & HTML; & (5) 3 yrs’ custom d/base dvlpmt exp w/SQL Server/T-SQL &/or SSIS. Exp can be concurrent. Interested applicants should apply at https:// jobs-fchp.icims.com/jobs/2657/job. FCHP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans & individuals w/ disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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Kathleen Ross

Charlton $334,900

3 Br 2 Bath Colonial. WATERFRONT GLEN ECHO LAKE - Updated home features spacious Master Bedroom with vaulted ceiling and paladium window facing the water. Living room with double sliders to decks overlooking aproximately 60’ of waterfont. Large updated kitchen with stainless appliances and wood floor. First floor laundry. Quick closing possible. Ready for you to enjoy this spring. Water skining, jet skiing, fishing just outside your door. Double docks can accomodate up to 4 boats Aberman Assoc. Inc. Gail Lent 978-537-4971 x 15 www.gaillent.com

Auburn $220,000

3 bedroom 2 bath Colonial. Wonderfully updated post and beam Colonial. All rooms are spacious and filled with natural light. Country sized kitchen opens to comfortable family room overlooking 2+ pastural acres. Formal dining room and first floor den or office. First fl. Laundry w/ mud room. Master br aprox 28’ with sitting area and sliders to balcony. Exposed beams and wide pine floors bring a warm feel to these 3 oversized bedrooms with great closet space. Anderson windows, updated roof, recent boiler, gar./ barn Aberman Assoc Inc. Gail Lent 978-537-4971 x 15 www.gaillent.com

Lunenburg $249,900 3 br 1 bath cape. Immaculate 6 room, 3 bedroom, full dormer Cape on picturesque acre lot with fieldstone walls, lovely perennials gardens, 2 car garage and circular driveway. L-shaped living room/dining room with fireplace, first floor master bedroom, full bath, laundry/pantry, antique lovers kitchen, first floor office or 4th bedroom, Unfinished great room, three season porch. Two large bedrooms up with loads of closet/storage space. Hardwired generator, full basement with two oil tanks. Many more features. Aberman Assoc Inc. Anna Mary Kraemer 978-537-4971 x 25 www.annamarykraemer.com Holden $284,900

4 br 2 1/2 bath gambrel. Looking for a true 4 bedroom house? Gambrel with 2300+ sf. Three spacious bedrooms on second floor. MBR with bath and walk-in closet. 4th. BR on first floor. BONUS - recently updated kitchen with granite counters, tile flooring and lots and lots of cabinets. Updated baths. First floor family room with cathedral ceiling and fireplace, Formal dining room and spacious living room with hardwood flooring. Full basement, shed. Cul-de-sac location off of Quinapoxet. Aberman Assoc Inc 978-537-4971 x 15 www.gaillent.com

Clinton $349,900

4 br 3 1/2 bath colonial. Roof, Siding(cement clapboard) and Dream Kitchen (owner is a chef caterer) were replaces 2006/2007. Square footage from public records does not include the rear bumpout for the new kitchen . Aberman Assoc Inc. Paula K Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www. paulasavard.com

Auburn $350,000

3 br, 1 bath cottage. ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY - 560’ WATERFRONT ON DARK BROOK RESERVOIR - Park like setting with 1.731 acres with waterfront on 3 sides. Ownership includes additional 4 + acres under the water.. Property being sold “as is” . Possible site to build your waterfront dream home. Reservoir consists of 386 acres. Fishing, boating and lakefront enjoyment everyday. Aberman Assoc Inc Gail Lent 978-537-4971 x 15 www.gaillent.com

Clinton $595,500

COMMERCIAL - 6 acres site with single story 11090 sf building built and used as a church. On site parking .. Easy access to Exit 26 I495 at Berlin town line .Conversions easily possible include ofﬁce building, restaurant (full kitchen and diningroom already on site. Gym..1800 sf included 20’ steel beam ceiling.. Aberman Assoc Inc 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES Assessed To GRAHN ROBERT A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 18905 Square Feet located and known as 12 HAWTHORNE ST shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 26/3/0 and being the premises recorded in book 34362 on page 9 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Town of Millbury Denise Marlborough, Collector of Taxes Office of the Collector of Taxes Notice of Tax Taking To the owners of the hereinafter described land and to all others concerned You are hereby notified that on Friday the 15th day of June, 2012, at 10:00 A.M. at the Tax Collector’s Office, 127 Elm Street Millbury Ma , pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 60, Section 53, and by virtue of the authority vested in me as Collector of Taxes, it is my intention to take for the Town of Millbury the following parcels of land for non-payment of the taxes due thereon, with interest and all incidental expenses and costs to the date of taking, unless the same shall have been paid before that date. Assessed to ALLEN DAVID J And ALLEN BETTEJANE A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 12848 Square Feet located and known as 5 WILLIAM ST shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identifier 46/44/0 and being the premises recorded in book 16888 on page 4 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$96.02

Assessed to BELANGER GARY J And HEIDI BELANGER A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 22025 Square Feet located and known as 126 PARK HILL AVE shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 21/11/0 and being the premises recorded in book 17628 on page 390 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$1,538.60

Assessed to BELSITO RAYMOND A And LINDA E BELSITO A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 13608 Square Feet located and known as 8A-B HAYWARD LN shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 23/130/0 and being the premises recorded in book 5091 on page 404 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011 2011

Sew Use Tax

$663.05 $2,917.28

Assessed To COLON JULIO A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 16750 Square Feet located and known as 19 BEACH ST shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 70/9/0 and being the premises recorded in book 37447 on page 318 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011 2011

Sew Use Tax

$1,085.71 $2,969.66

Assessed to COUNTRY CANDLE CO INC And LAURENCE JOAN M & JAMES F A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 2.4 Acres located and known as WEST ST shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 45/213/0 and being Part of the premises recorded in book 32695 on page 40 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$8,107.26

Assessed to COURTNEY MAUDE And CHARLES WALSH A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 36 Acres located and known as WEDGEWOOD LN shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 97/2/0 and being the premises recorded in book 5882 on page 52 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$305.55

Assessed to ELIE DAVID W And ELIE LINDA J A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 23300 Square Feet located and known as 13 BORDER AVE shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 26/56/0 and being the premises recorded in book 15504 on page 0001 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011 2011 2011

Sew App Sew CI Tax

$250.00 $225.00 $2,773.23

Assessed To ERICKSON HAROLD J A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 5000 Square Feet located and known as 2 BORDER AVE shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 26/17/0 and being the premises recorded in book 30008 on page 002 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011 2011 2011 2011

Sew App Sew CI Sew Use Tax

$250.00 $225.00 $79.62 $1,948.37

Assessed to GIROUARD MICHAEL R And GIROUARD RHONDA M A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 1.12 Acres located and known as 391 GREENWOOD ST shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 35/25/0 and being the premises recorded in book 24652 on page 289 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$2,586.99

2011 2011 2011

Sew App Sew CI Tax

$250.00 $225.00 $2,666.27

Assessed To GREICIUNAS GEORGE J A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 6.88 Acres located and known as 53 PARK HILL AVE shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 28/10/0 and being part of the premises recorded in book 38119 on page 296 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. Original deed for approximately 8 acres. Approximately 1.24 acres Sold on 2-27-08 book 42473 page 363 2011

Tax

$1,676.99

Assessed to GRINHAM JAMES And NEWMAN NEAL A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 10495 Square Feet located and known as WOODLAND ST shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 63/143/0 and being part of the premises recorded in book 21871 on page 241 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$106.22

Assessed to GROUT WILLIAM F And ELLA R GROUT A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 39180 Square Feet located and known as 3 BEACH ST shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 70/2/0 and being the premises recorded in book 4973 on page 75 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011 2011

Sew Use Tax

$817.09 $3,026.40

Assessed to HANSEN ROBERT W And POWELL DEBORAH A A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 19306 Square Feet located and known as 67 SO OXFORD RD shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 88/7/0 and being the premises recorded in book 30150 on page 359 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$3,867.39

Assessed to KOZLOWSKI WILLIAM And KOZLOWSKI MARYANN A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 0 Square Feet located and known as 0-2 SHALIMAR TERRACE shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 53/79-16/0 and being the premises recorded in book 41970 on page 398 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. Supposed Present Owner: MARJEM RECOVERY LLC BK 48553 PG 99 DATED 2-17-2012 2011

Tax

$1,769.28

Assessed To LEVITRE GARY A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 4.5 Acres located and known as 1 MILL ST shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 84/3/0 and being the premises recorded in book 42248 on page 381 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$56.70

Assessed To LEWIS DOREEN A A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 14503 Square Feet located and known as 9 LAKEWOOD AVE shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 23/104/0 and being the premises recorded in book 37442 on page 366 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011 Sew Use $346.77 2011 Tax $901.94 Assessed to MAROIS JEFFREY N And MAROIS DIANE B A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 1.28 Acres located and known as 9 JONATHAN AVE shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 55/28/0 and being the premises recorded in book 14667 on page 215 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2010

Tax

$28.50

Assessed To MCCRACKEN ROAD DEVELOPMENT LLC A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 28.5 Acres located and known as MCCRACKEN RD shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 34/30/0 and being the premises recorded in book 44095 on page 189 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

1,955.06

Assessed To MILLBURY DEVELOPMENT LLC A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 3.5 Acres located and known as PINERIDGE RD shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 22/23/0 and being part of the premises recorded in book 36797 on page 165 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$693.11

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES Assessed To MILLBURY DEVELOPMENT LLC A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 1.5 Acres located and known as PINERIDGE RD shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 22/22/0 and being part of the premises recorded in book 36797 on page 165 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds.

Assessed To STOCKHOUSE INVESTMENT LLC A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 20227 Square Feet located and known as 1 COOPER RD shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 56/28/0 and being part of the premises recorded in book 38117 on page 45 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds.

2011

Tax

$634.37

$93.15

Assessed To MILLBURY DEVELOPMENT LLC A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 43560 Square Feet located and known as GATES LN shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 22/24/0 and being part of the premises recorded in book 36797 on page 165 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds.

Assessed To STOCKHOUSE INVESTMENT LLC A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 21004 Square Feet located and known as 4 COOPER RD shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 56/26/0 and being part of the premises recorded in book 38117 on page 45 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds.

2011

Tax

$598.18

Tax

$93.54

Assessed To MILLBURY DEVELPMENT LLC A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 24000 Square Feet located and known as GATES LN shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 22/26/0 and being part of the premises recorded in book 36797 on page 165 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds.

Assessed To STOCKHOUSE INVESTMENT LLC A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 28968 Square Feet located and known as 2 COOPER RD shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 56/27/0 and being part of the premises recorded in book 38117 on page 45 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds.

2011

Tax

$599.84

Tax

$96.98

Assessed to PARKER LAWRENCE W And WINIFRED T PARKER A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 32799 Square Feet located and known as 41 SULLIVAN PL shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 71/40/0 and being the premises recorded in book 4689 on page 26 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds.

Assessed To TRIPALDI MONIQUE M A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 15625 Square Feet located and known as 3 MASON RD shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 15/80/0 and being the premises recorded in book 23695 on page 273 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds.

2011

2011 2011

Tax

$3,086.90

Assessed to QUINN ARTHUR A JR And QUINN SANDRA J A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 7123 Square Feet located and known as 1 GOULD ST shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 61/46/0 and being the premises recorded in book 25155 on page 40 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011 Sew Use $592.46 2011 Tax $2,882.36 Assessed to RICHARD MICHAEL J. And RICHARD ELLEN E. A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 1.16 Acres located and known as 13 WINGFOOT LN shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 29/76/0 and being the premises recorded in book 16958 on page 0198 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011 2011

Sew Use Tax

$212.29 $4,257.33

Assessed to RICHFORD RAYMOND E III And RICHFORD JANICE LEE A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 15206 Square Feet located and known as 8 MAPLE LN shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 29/49/0 and being the premises recorded in book 22362 on page 289 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011 2011

Sew Use Tax

$286.91 $3,477.45

Assessed To STOCKHOUSE INVESTMENT LLC A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 34675 Square Feet located and known as 5 COOPER RD shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 56/30/0 and being part of the premises recorded in book 38117 on page 45 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$32.75

Assessed To STOCKHOUSE INVESTMENT LLC A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 20040 Square Feet located and known as 3 COOPER RD shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 56/29/0 and being part of the premises recorded in book 38117 on page 45 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$394.31

Assessed To STOCKHOUSE INVESTMENT LLC A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 5.79 Acres located and known as 6 COOPER RD shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 56/25/0 and being part of the premises recorded in book 38117 on page 45 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$171.54

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$900.00 $2,300.36

Assessed to WILBUR PAULINE R And WILBUR RICHARD L A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 9375 Square Feet located and known as 11 PARK HILL AVE shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 36/75/0 and being the premises recorded in book 32531 on page 46 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011 2011 2011

Sew App Sew CI Tax

$250.00 $229.17 $2,555.24

Assessed to WILBUR RICHARD L And WILBUR PAULINE R A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 23899 Square Feet located and known as 19 BAYBERRY LN shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 94/34/0 and being the premises recorded in book 36293 on page 136 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$2,913.71

Assessed to WILSON PHYLLIS A And LAMSON KAREN J A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 15000 Square Feet located and known as 15A-B HOWE AVE shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 45/179/0 and being the premises recorded in book 32456 on page 68 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. 2011

Tax

$2,722.31

Assessed to YANCHENKO MICHAEL And YANCHENKO GALINA A parcel of land with any buildings thereon, approximately 11700 Square Feet located and known as 2 MONTGOMERY DR shown on the Town of Millbury Assessors Records as Parcel Identiﬁer 17/10/0 and being the premises recorded in book 26484 on page 152 in the Worcester Registry of Deeds. Supposed Present Owner C/O FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORP Book 46143 pg 276 dated 8-10-2010 Supposed Present Owner: Thurston, Anne Marie & LaValley, Steven G Book 46890 pg 109 dated 12-29-2010 2011 Tax

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES MILLBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING EDUCATOR PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND EVALUATION SYSTEM The Millbury School Committee will hold a Public Hearing to accept public comment on the new state-mandated educator performance standards and evaluation system in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 71, Section 38 and that has been set forth in Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE) regulation 603 CMR 35.03. The Public Hearing on the Educator Performance Standards and Evaluation System will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at 7:15pm. More information on this topic is available by visiting the DESE website at www.doe.mass.edu/edeval/. 05/31/2012 & 06/07/2012 Town of Millbury Public Hearing The Millbury Board of Selectmen will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room, Municipal Ofﬁce Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA to act upon the application for a Change of Manager for the T.G.I. Friday’s, 70 Worcester/Providence Tpk., Millbury, MA. 05/31/2012

Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at 8:00PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Request for Determination of Applicability submitted to the Conservation Commission by George Watson III, Sutton, MA. The project consists of area grading for a swing set, on Map 53, Parcel 58, for 93 Torrey Road, in Sutton. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands and Riverfront District Administration Bylaw. 05/31/2012 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given by City Line Towing of 34 Mill Street,Auburn MA,pursuant to Mass G.L.c255,Section 39A, that they will sell the following vehicles on or after May 25,2012 by private sale to satisfy their garage keeper’s lien for the towing,storage,and notices of sale: 1.1997 Peterbuilt VIN#33PNHD8XCVF439537 2.Shasta Camper trailer VIN# A62828,190148 3.breckenridge trailer VIN#000000 Signed, MICHAEL ROBIDOUX,OWNER CITY LINE TOWING A62828 05/17/12, 05/24/12, 05/31/12

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Premises: 19 Beach Street, Millbury, Massachusetts By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Julio Colon a/k/a Julio A. Colon to New Century Mortgage Corporation and now held by Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as Trustee, for Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-NC1 AssetBacked Pass-Through Certificates, said mortgage dated September 29, 2005, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 37447 at Page 320, for breach of the conditions in said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at: Public Auction on June 14, 2012 at 3:00 PM. Local Time upon the premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: The land in said Millbury with the buildings situated on the westerly side of Beach Street bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a post on the westerly side of Beach Street at land of one Achesah Paine; THENCE westerly along land of said Paine 212 feet, more or less, to a stone wallat other land now or formerly of Alice Lebel; THENCE southerly along land now or formerly of Alice Lebel 85 feet, more or less, to a post at land of one Frank Potter; THENCE easterly along said Potter land 210 feet, more or less, to a post at Beach Street; THENCE northerly along Beach Street 60 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. Granting the right to have the overflow from septic tanks on said premises, to flow into the open drain from said land through land of said Potter and other land now or formerly of Alice Lebel. The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. For Mortgagor’s Title see deed dated September 16, 2005 and recorded in Book 37447 at Page 318 with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds. Also see Deed dated September 16, 2005 and recorded with said Deeds in Book: 43794 at Page: 259. TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Marinosci Law Group, P.C., 1350 Division Road, Suite 301, West Warwick, RI 02893 Attorney for Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as Trustee, for Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-NC1 Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Present Holder of the Mortgage (401) 234-9200 MLG File No. 11-03153FC, 951280 5/24, 5/31, 06/07/2012-

Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 7:15PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Notice of Intent submitted to the Conservation Commission by Bruce MacKay, Portsmouth, RI. The project consists of a septic system repair, on Map 35, Parcels 09, on 11 Douglas Road, Sutton MA. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands and Riverfront District Administration Bylaw. 05/31/2012 The Millbury Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 8:00 P.M. at the Municipal Ofﬁce Building, 127 Elm Street to act on a Notice of Intent from Matthew Moore for site work at 31 West Main Street. Said work falls under the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L.Chapter 131, Section 40. Donald Flynn Chairman 05/31/2012

MILLBURY PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, June 11, 2012 at 9:00 p.m., at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA, on the application of Sprint Spectrum, LP for a major modification to a Wireless Communications Facility Special Permit granted by the Planning Board on September 17, 2001, under Article 1, Section 14.11 (o) of the Millbury Zoning Bylaws, for the replacement of existing antennas and equipment and the addition of a dish antenna on the property located at 428 Greenwood Street, Millbury, MA. A copy of the plan is available for viewing at the Planning Department, Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA. Anyone wishing to be heard on this application should appear at the time and place designated above. Richard Gosselin Chairman 05/24/2012 & 05/31/2012

TOWN OF MILLBURY INVITATION FOR BIDS HEATING FUEL OIL #2 The Town of Millbury is seeking competitive, sealed bids for supplying and delivering Heating Fuel Oil #2 for use in municipal buildings at various locations within the Town in Fiscal Year 2013, the period from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. It is estimated that the Town will use 53,000 gallons of heating oil. Speciﬁcations and bid forms may be obtained from the Town Manager Ofﬁce Monday-Friday 9AM to 4PM or by calling 508-865-4710. All sealed bids must be sent to Bob Spain, Town Manager, Town of Millbury, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA 01527 on or before Friday June 15, 2012 at 11:30AM, at which time they shall be publicly opened and recorded. The Town of Millbury reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to accept any part or portion of a bid, to waive any informality in a bid, to accept proposals and to award contracts as shall be in the best interest of the Town of Millbury. Minority and female owned businesses are encouraged to bid. 05/31/2012

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Joseph M. Valastro to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated September 13, 2006 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 39785, Page 279 of which mortgage Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-FXD1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-FXD1 is the present holder, by assignment for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 AM on June 7, 2012, on the mortgaged premises located at 119 Riverlin Street, Millbury, MA 01527, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: a certain parcel of land together with buildings thereon situated on the Westerly side of Riverlin Street in the Town of Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts and shown as lot 2 on a plan by Lavallee Borthers Inc. dated 17 August, 1995 and recorded with the Worcester Registry of Deeds in Book 697 Plan No 88. Said parcel containing 40,024 square feet, more or less. Said premises are further bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point on the westerly sideline of Riverlin Street at the southwest corner of parcel to be conveyed and the Northeasterly corner of lot 1. THENCE: N 81-11-12 W 50.00 ft. to a point THENCE: N 55-37-07 W 24.32 ft. to a point. THENCE: S 84-25-56 W. 64.60 ft. to a point. THENCE: S 04-24-31 W 130.00 ft. to a point. The last four courses by lot 1 on said plan. THENCE: S 89-24-31 W 55.00 ft. to a drill hole. THENCE: S 87-45-30 W 77.15 ft. to a drill hole. The last two courses by lot 1 on a plan by Lavallee Brothers Inc. dated 10 April 1990. THENCE: N 11-52-25 E 126.48 ft. to a drill hole. THENCE: N 04-57-06 E 25.81 ft. to a drill hole. THENCE: N 29-34-07 E 55.35 ft. to a drill hole. THENCE: N 55-43-24 E 40.60 ft. to a drill hole. THENCE: N 65-39-24 E 28.21 ft. to a drill hole. THENCE: S 87-08-32 E 60.17 ft. to a drill hole. THENCE: S 86-49-04 E 67.60 ft. to a point. THENCE: S 73-36-70 E 55.71 ft. to a point on the westerly sideline of Riverlin Street. THENCE: by a curve to the left R=1030.00 a curve distance of 100.00 ft. by westerly sideline of Riverlin Street to the point of beginning. Subject to and with the benefit of easements, rights, reservations, restrictions and covenants of record, insofar as the same are in full force and applicable, provided that they do not interfere with the use of the premises for residential purposes. For mortgagors’ title see deed recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 39785, Page 277. Also see deed recorded in Book 39958, Page 234. These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, right of ways, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) DOLLARS by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at ABLITT|SCOFIELD, P.C., 304 Cambridge Road, Woburn, MA 01801, other terms and conditions will be provided at the place of sale. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. OTHER TERMS, IF ANY, TO BE ANNOUNCED AT THE SALE. Present holder of said mortgageWells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for Option One Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-FXD1 Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-FXD1 By its Attorneys, /s/ ABLITT|SCOFIELD, P.C. 304 Cambridge Road Woburn, MA 01801 Telephone: 781-246-8995 Fax: 781-246-8994 Date: April 30, 2012 C209.0035-F- Valastro 05/17/2012, 05/24/2012 & 05/31/2012

The Millbury Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 8:15 P.M. at the Municipal Ofﬁce Building, 127 Elm Street to act on a Request for Determination of Applicability from Michael & Carla Kolifrath for work to install an above-ground pool at 17 Lt. Wm. S. Haynes III Memorial Drive. Said work falls under the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L.Chapter 131, Section 40. Donald Flynn Chairman 05/31/2012

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The Millbury Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 8:30 P.M. at the Municipal Ofﬁce Building, 127 Elm Street to act on a Request for Determination of Applicability from Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a National Grid for work to install an underground electric conduit in the public roadway at 6 Latti Farm Road. Said work falls under the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L.Chapter 131, Section 40. Donald Flynn Chairman 05/31/2012

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The Millbury Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 7:15 P.M. at the Municipal Ofﬁce Building, 127 Elm Street to act on a Notice of Intent from Keith Gasco for construction of a new house with an intermittent stream crossing and associated grading at Sullivan Place (Assessor’s Map 62, Lot 124). Said work falls under the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L.Chapter 131, Section 40. Donald Flynn Chairman 05/31/2012

Legal Ad Towns of Millbury and Sutton Construction and Maintenance Materials-Seasonal Bids The towns of Millbury and Sutton are seeking bids for the purpose of supplying and delivering construction and maintenance materials for seasonal requirements. All departments within the Towns will use these bids. Specifications and bid forms may be obtained from either the Director of Public Works office at 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA, or the Town Administrator’s office at 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. Both are open between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Sealed bids should be returned in person or by mail to the Director of Public Works office at 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM, Monday through Friday. FAX bids will not be accepted. All bids must be received by the bid opening date of 10:00 AM on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. All bids will be publicly opened and read at the Millbury Town Offices at 10:00 AM on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. Contractors intending to bid Asphalt Roadway Resurfacing, Roadway Reclamation, Crack Sealing, Hot-in-Place Asphalt, Micro-Surfacing, Trench Milling and Repaving must be pre-qualified through MassDOT, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA in order to receive bid documents for all construction bids. Additional bids include Roadway Line Painting, Asphalt Patching materials, and Sand, Gravel and Stone. Each bidder will be bound by the conditions and specifications as set forth herein. Attention is called to prevailing wage rates to be paid on the work as determined by the Commission of Labor and industries under the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149. All bids will meet the Massachusetts Highway Department Standards for Highway and Bridges. A 5% bid deposit, for the value of the bid, shall accompany every bid. Attention is called to ADA compliance as applicable. The Towns reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to waive any informality, to divide the award or to accept any bid or part thereof, which is deemed to be in the best interests of the Towns of Millbury and Sutton. The awarding authority for the Town of Millbury is the Town Manager. The awarding authority for the Town of Sutton is the Town Administrator. Robert D. McNeil III, P.E. Mark Brigham Director of Public Works Highway Superintendent Millbury Sutton 05/31/2012, 06/07/2012

Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at 7:45PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Request for Determination of Applicability submitted to the Conservation Commission by James Tharp, Sutton, MA. The project consists of replacement of an existing dock on Map 53, Parcel 36, for 71 Torrey Road, in Sutton. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands and Riverfront District Administration Bylaw. 05/31/2012

Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 8:15PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Notice of Intent submitted to the Conservation Commission by Diane Mingolla, Sutton, MA. The project consists of a septic system repair, on Map 22 Parcels 86, on 18 Eight Lots Road, Sutton MA. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands and Riverfront District Administration Bylaw. 05/31/2012

TOWN OF MILLBURY INVITATION FOR BIDS BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES Notice is hereby given that the Town of Millbury is seeking competitive, sealed bids for the provision of building maintenance and repair service for the following trades for the Fiscal Year 2013, the period from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, with the town’s option to extend one (1) year subject to appropriation: HVAC Services, On-Call Electrician Services, and On-Call Plumbing Services. Specifications and bid forms may be obtained from the Town Manager Office, Monday-Friday between 9AM and 4PM or by calling 508-865-4710. All sealed bids must be sent to Bob Spain, Town Manager, Town of Millbury, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA 01527 on or before Friday, June 15, 2012 at 11AM, at which time they shall be publicly opened and recorded. The work under all contracts awarded under this Invitation For Bids is subject to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 30, Section 39M, Chapter 30B, Chapter 149, Sections 44A through M, and all other laws of the Commonwealth, and the bylaws of the Town. The Town of Millbury reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to accept any part or portion of bid, to waive any informalities in a bid, to accept proposals and to award contracts as shall be in the best interest of the Town of Millbury. Minority and female owned businesses are encouraged to bid. 05/31/2012 The Millbury Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 7:30 P.M. at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street to act on a Notice of Intent from Mario and Gianni Romeo for work to demolish a portion of abandoned mill, renovate remaining portion and construct a parking lot at 22 West Street. Said work falls under the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L.Chapter 131, Section 40. Donald Flynn Chairman 05/31/2012

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BECKIE COMEAU, A PRE-KINDERGARTEN TEACHER AT THE GODDARD SCHOOL IN AUBURN, HAS BEEN HONORED WITH GODDARD SYSTEMS, INC.’S (GSI) “TEA CHER OF THE YEAR A WARD,” WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED DURING TEA CHER APPRECIATION WEEK IN MA Y. AT THE TENDER AGE OF 26, THIS LEICESTER RESIDENT IS A RISING STAR IN THE EDUCA TION COMMUNITY. WITH ONLY FIVE YEARS OF TEA CHING EXPERIENCE BEHIND HER, WE SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR HER – AND THE STUDENTS SHE TEACHES.

Have you always taught prekindergarten?

After I graduated college, I moved to South Florida to teach ﬁrst grade. Then, I moved back to Massachusetts to teach in a small preschool classroom with kids, ages 2 to 5 years old. When I began teaching at The Goddard School, I started working in the prekindergarten classroom, where I’ve been for the past three years.

What is the most exciting aspect of teaching Pre-K? Children at this age

are like little sponges. They love learning new things, and it’s a great way to see their personalities develop. Their creativity and curiosity is mindblowing! I love being able to see them experience something new or master a new skill.

What is the hardest challenge this age bracket presents to you as a teacher?

The hardest challenge in this age bracket is meeting the academic needs of the different learning levels. Another challenge is the fact that many learning disabilities are not diagnosed at this age, which sometimes makes it difﬁcult to decide the exact approach to take in certain situations.

In your mind, what is the most important element when teaching early education?

The most important element to remember when teaching early education is that everybody learns differently and at different paces. Most children at this age learn through play.

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To teach this age, it is important to have patience, creativity, an open mind and a caring heart.

Can you tell us about your Lending Library you created? The Lending Library is a program that allows children to borrow books on a weekly basis. It was started after several children asked to take home and borrow books from school. We have a book cart ﬁlled with books ranging from leveled readers, chapter books, picture books and board books. All of the books were either donated from families and teachers, or ordered from a free point system by Scholastic Book Club. The book cart goes to one classroom per day on a rotating schedule to accommodate children’s different schedules. Currently, six out of the nine classrooms [are] participating in the Lending Library, ranging from ages 2 through 6. We have due-date slips, reminder slips, a date stamper, and every book has a book card and envelope. The kids get so excited when it’s their Lending Library Day! They love having the responsibility of choosing what they want to read and having the responsibility of returning it to the “Book Returns” bin in their room. With the Lending Library, children are occupied more with books rather than television and video games. It promotes early literacy, responsibility, the love of reading, and more quality family time.

Funniest thing a child has ever said to you? Children at this age have a very good memory! I love to come to work every day knowing the kids will make me laugh. It’s hard to choose the funniest thing a child has ever said to me, but I’ve heard everything from, “My dad has a hairy back” to “My mom snores a lot.”

What are your summer plans this year? The Goddard School is open year round. After graduation, our school starts summer clubhouses with classes focused more on interest topics such as cooking, water play, arts and crafts, and science. Aside from The Goddard School, I will be taking my last graduate class to complete my master’s degree. I also hope to make a few trips to the beach!

What is it about a Goddard education that you embrace the most? Many people think of early childhood education as a daycare. Here at The Goddard School, we plan our daily curriculum to follow the state’s Common Core Standards. We base our assessments according to what the local public schools require for kindergarten entry. I am able to use my educational knowledge and apply it without

having to worry about “meeting the test scores.” I love how we can freely plan our weekly curriculum within the monthly theme. I often get my ideas from the children’s interests and by involving them in the process of what they want to learn.

Do you think you’ll teach other grades, or is Pre-K where your main focus shall remain? I’ve experienced working with both, younger and older elementaryaged children. While they all have their advantages and challenges, I feel that pre-kindergarten is a great place for me.

Four of 8,000 teachers receive this award every year. How does that feel? It was such an honor and a surprise to be chosen as one of the National Teachers of the Year. Out of the six years that The Goddard School has had this award, our school in Auburn has won all six years. To be chosen out of the 200 schools in the Northeast Region is a great accomplishment. I didn’t create the Lending Library to try and win an award. My intensions were to promote early literacy, the love of reading, and quality time with families. Being recognized for hard work is a great feeling.

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