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June 21 - 27, 2012 ■ Volume 37, Number 42

Fare game City councilors vote for moratorium of livery licenses; livery companies sought medallions Jeremy Shulkin PAYDAY Massachusetts unemployment rate drops to 5.8 percent for the month of

May, as the state adds 7,500 jobs. The Main South Community Development Corporation gives out Nooks and Kindles to students at Woodland Academy to promote early childhood reading, while opening a “virtual reading room” at the CDC’s ofﬁce over the summer. Each device will come with Worcester Public School reading list suggestions and a grade-level appropriate text. Schools out for teachers and students, eager for a few months off… unless there’s summer school in your future. The City of Worcester secures for purchase 57 acres from Paxton in the Lynde Brook watershed to prevent the building of an affordable-housing complex that city ofﬁcials say could compromise the water supply. The move also provides some hiking trails for the public, with the Greater Worcester Land Trust acting as caretakers. (Don’t think this gets you out of upping your affordable-housing quantity, Paxton.) City Manager Michael O’Brien announces $36.6 million in upgrades to schools, streets, sidewalks, parks and equipment over the next year. Sure, some of that money has already been allocated or is a continuation of projects from the previous year, but it still sounds impressive. OUT OF WORK

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espite a sort of peace agreement brokered two years ago by the City of Worcester and between local cab and livery companies, some on the city council believe a moratorium on the number of livery licenses is needed. According to At-Large Councilor Joe O’Brien a number of new companies have appeared that aren’t respecting the differences between a livery car and taxi cab. (In the most general sense, taxi cabs can respond immediately to calls and pick up fares at the train or bus station. Passengers looking for a ride with liveries must arrange it at least 2 hours in advance and pay a flat, rather than metered rate.) “A whole bunch of new folks came in who aren’t respecting those rules,” O’Brien said in an interview with Worcester Mag, in reference to companies that have formed since Ecua Limo and New Worcester Limo clashed with Red Cab and Yellow Cab for fares, passengers and time in front of political bodies arguing their cases three years ago. The increase in newer and smaller livery companies “threatens some reasonable equilibrium” established, O’Brien argues. The moratorium, he adds, would give the council time to “figure out what the right number of liveries is, like we did with the cabs.” Currently, the city has issued 110 medallions between Red and Yellow Cab. To those in favor of the moratorium, it’s a public-safety issue – newer livery companies aren’t registering with the

police department like Ecua Limo and New Worcester Limo did in the past. While neither Flavio Pillco and Juan Rosas of New Worcester Limo and Ecua Limo, respectively, say they brought the issue up with City Hall, they have noticed a trend of newer companies and livery drivers skirting the rules they’ve had to follow. “Nobody follows the rules,” says Rosas. “I’m on the road, I see what’s going on.” Douglas Ramsey, a lawyer who represented the interests of the limo companies three years ago, says he saw the influx of livery companies coming. “Originally the taxi companies didn’t want [liveries] to operate without medallions,” he says, which led to the license commission regulating liveries seperately. “They opened up a huge door. Now everybody who has a car can have a company. And who knows what they’re doing,” he says. “I knew they were going to lose control.” In the spring of 2011, Flavio Pillco, of New Worcester Limo, and Juan Rosas, owner of Ecua Limo, sat down with Bill Clark, Sr., and Toni Donovan, of Yellow and Red cab, respectively. In a meeting, brokered by local officials to get the two sides talking about the business of selling medallions to the limo services, tensions rose. Nothing materialized from discussions, with Yellow Cab saying they had no medallions for sale and Red Cab stipulating that any medallions sold would have to go to someone who drove for that company. “What we’re trying to get them not to do is break the rules of their license,” he

says. “We have no problem with them getting a livery.” Pillco says he’s changed his mind about purchasing taxi medallions. Rosas says he’d still like them if he wasn’t stipulated to work for Red Cab. “What you’re doing is asking to legalize my competition,” Donovan says when asked if more medallions should be made so livery companies could compete directly with cab companies – and then have no reason to break livery rules as they’re accused of doing. “I don’t think that’s fair play.” The city has heavily regulated the number of medallions, which can be sold in a private transaction, often fetching more than $50,000. Anyone in possession of a medallion must drive for a dispatch service. The medallion system has a relatively short yet charged history in Worcester government. Before 1980, cab drivers in Worcester had to go in front of the license commission in order to obtain a license to drive a taxi. One passage from a 1977 Telegram & Gazette article detailed a clash between license commission head and city clerk Robert O’Keefe and attorney James Reardon, then the lawyer for the Taxicab Owners Association. “O’Keefe accused Reardon of trying to intimidate him and the board, and Reardon called O’Keefe arbitrary, less than considerate, capricious and bent on ‘ruling or ruining the taxicab industry.’” And that’s before tensions really rose between the city and taxi owners. After skirmishes, sick-outs and the continued on page 6

REO passes council Kevin Koczwara

fter The Utility Contractors Association of New England (UCANE) won its lawsuit against the City of Fall River in February 2012 rescinding the city’s Responsible Employer Ordinance (REO), Worcester City Manager Michael O’Brien suspended Worcester’s own REO. Worcester’s REO went into effect in1994, but O’Brien decided to be proactive and rescind it after Fall River’s loss of its ordinance and $150,000 in legal fees. Since then, the city council has been presented with a new REO, which has local contractors angered because they believe it would limit competition for

city projectors. For the most part, the new REO has similar language to state regulations dealing with contractors, but there is one hitch causing a stir. Local companies say they would be unable to bid on future projects in the city because an apprenticeship program was written into the ordinance. Fred Mulligan of Cutler Associates, a merit shop located in Worcester, believes the new REO apprenticeship requirement gives union contractors an unfair advantage when bidding on projects and would force his company out of bidding because it can’t meet all the apprenticeship requirements even though he says his company trains its employees.

He says the new REO falls more in line with union contractors than merit shops, which employ and subcontract to union and nonunion workers. When this happens, the union contractors don’t have to worry about apprenticeship because the union takes care of that while his company has to find a way to put apprentices on the books. “The requirement says you need to maintain an apprentice at all times. So we have apprentices, but they come in an out of the program; apprentices graduate and when we have someone graduate out, we might not have someone ready to go in right away and fill the gap. For a union continued on page 7

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Straight-Up Café opens doors Shalyn Hopley

s everyone—from the residents of the Main South neighborhood to employees of the Department of Youth Services from all over Massachusetts—piled into 798 Main St. on the morning June 14, delicious muffins and the special house blend of coffee were kept fully stocked as Scott Larson, president of Straight Ahead Ministries, greeted everyone with a smile and a handshake. Formerly the Island Bakery, 798 is the new site of the Straight-Up Café and Community Center, an initiative of Straight Ahead Ministries. The goal of the café is to act as both a safe haven and work-placement program for youths under the watch of the Department of Youth Services while engaging the surrounding community. Straight Ahead Ministries may not be a recognizable name to most residents of Worcester currently, but with its national offices in Worcester, directly above the newly-launched café, the organization is well on its way to becoming a strong presence within the community. Straight Ahead began in 1987 when Hanne Larson, Scott Larson’s wife, began a bible study in a Massachusetts detention center. Since then, the couple has made Straight Ahead Ministries into an international nonprofit organization specializing in aftercare, specifically youth aftercare. Straight

Ahead seems to offer a bit of it all— work placement programs like the café, mentoring, support groups for everything, social programming such as open-mic nights, MCAS tutoring, and a Dress for Success program. The café itself “looks like a Starbucks meets a Foot Locker” as Worcester Police Sergeant and director of the Safe and Successful Youth Initiative Miguel Lopez aptly quipped during the morning’s speeches. Indeed, one half of the café looked like a traditional café complete with chalk boards advertising all the food and drinks, all under $4.75. The menu featured what most people would expect from a café plus a listing of different stuffed Belgian waffles on a stick. The other half of the café, however, was set up with colorful caps and shirts from Stall and Dean. While not the most traditional pairing, the clothing brings color and a sense of uniqueness to the space. Also unique to this café are the employees. The employees all come out of DYS placement. Many of the employees who spoke at the launch indicated how Straight Ahead changed their lifes and how enthusiastic they were about working in the café. Assistant Manager Lina Tu beamed and said multiple times, “I love my job; I never thought I would be able to say that.” Below the café is the recreation center. Full of foosball, air hockey, and pool tables and even featuring chalkboard

walls for children to be able to decorate and write upon, the basement is designed as a safe space for youths placed into the program through DYS — and hopefully drop-ins from the Main South community in the future. Above the café is a space that Barbara Picard, the organization’s Director of Communications, hopes will potentially be turned into a silk-screening business that would run much like the café and the organization’s central offices. Scott Larson, who humbly described himself as “Straight Ahead’s first employee,” first addressed the crowd gathered for the launch, and while Straight Ahead Ministries certainly was an important part of the launch, he emphasized the importance of the community partners that help made the café a reality. He stressed the importance of the local area in supporting the café. Acoustic Java, a café just up Main Street who could have viewed Straight-Up as a rival, created their specialty house coffee. Polar Beverages, another local company, provides the café with drinks. Apart from the food having local roots, the services and the support are also locally grown. Supporters who came out included District 4 Councilwoman Sarai Rivera, members of the Clark University faculty, members of the Worcester Police Department, the new Director of the Department of Youth Services Ed Dolan, and many others. Rivera said, “I’m really

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Scott Larson, president of Straight Ahead, welcomes guests at the recent Straight Up Café launch. excited about the café, not only as a district councilor but as a resident of Main South.” While Rivera captured the hopes and excitement of the community, it was Lopez who best captured the community spirit of the endeavor. “The police can’t do this alone,” said Lopez. “In order to address youth violence in the city of Worcester, we need strong community partners.” Straight Ahead Ministries and their Straight-Up Café seem ready to both be one of those community partners and set an example for other businesses in Main South.

Living the almost-DREAM Area lawyers and youth react to new federal deportation policy Jeremy Shulkin

t’s almost as if we knew this was going happen. Worcester Mag’s cover story last week [“Visa for sale,” June 14, 2012] looked at recent schemes that illegal immigrants have used in the Worcester area over the past few years to gain entry into the United States and stay here – everything from marriage fraud to using H-2B temporary worker visas to help connections establish roots in the US and stay beyond their allocated time. We also spoke with “Eduardo,” an Ecuadorian immigrant who came here with his family illegally when he was very young. Eduardo could be the poster child for a generation of young adults – anywhere between 800,000 and 1.2 million people – between the ages of 16 and 30 whose parents brought them here without papers, and who have since

grown up, gone to school and even worked in America. In Eduardo’s case, a former student who breezed through high school and Quinsigamond Community College, he’s lived and worked in Worcester thanks to some fortunate breaks and blind eyes. While he’s found a job he enjoys, his ability to move up – or even laterally to another job – is severely limited. “I have to work but in order to work I have to have fake documents,” he told Worcester Mag in a July interview. “There have been opportunities where I’ve had to give up really good opportunities at my job.” It’s no controversy to say that the United States’ legal immigration laws haven’t kept up with decades of changing industry needs and the diversity of diasporas, and it’s no political stretch to say that the glacial pace of the system

– whether that’s getting applicants their papers or changing the visa process – has done little to dissuade illegal immigration. The most optimistic lawyers believed the country would see some kind of wide-spread change to the United States’ immigration laws in the next four years, no matter who won the presidency, but immigrants aren’t convinced. “That’s what they said five years ago [with the failure of the DREAM Act to pass Congress],” Eduardo lamented. “Unless it’s concrete, nothing’s going to change.” Our story came out Thursday morning. By Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama announced changes to the country’s deportation strategy. According to an executive order, immigrants who came to this country illegally when younger than age 16, have lived in the United States five years consecutively, have at least a high school

degree or the equivalent, have kept a clean criminal record and are younger than the age of 30 are now eligible to defer deportation and can obtain a work permit, allowing them to legally hold a job. In many states, receiving a work permit also makes them eligible for a driver’s license. The news surprised both immigrant communities and immigration lawyers, who weren’t expecting action any time soon. “I cannot think of any reason other than political for objecting to something like this,” says Framingham immigration attorney Kevin Leeper. Crystal Williams, executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association says her group is “absolutely” excited about the policy change. “It’s a very exciting, exciting weekend,” says Lina Nguyen, a recent Burncoat continued on page 6

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closing of a loophole that allowed taxi drivers to sell their licenses (much like they do now legally with medallions), in 1980 the city council sided with cab owners and voted in the present system used for licensing cab drivers: the city issued 108 taxi medallions, which certified the driver’s work and let them pass on a significant investment to wife or children, or sell in a private transfer to another person for tens of thousands of dollars. In essence, city government heavily restricted the amount of taxicabs that could be driving on the city’s streets. The number of medallions, however, fell into the city council’s purview, with City Solicitor David Moore writing in 2001 that the body could increase or decrease the number of medallions “by public need.” In 1980, the U.S. Census Bureau counted Worcester’s population as

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162,000. In 2010, that number was 20,000 people higher. The city has never issued any other medallions other than the initial 108, aside from two more a few years ago for handicap cabs. Bill Clark, Sr., owner of Yellow Cab, says despite the growth there’s no reason for the city to provide more taxi medallions because he doesn’t see a demonstrated “public need.” The average wait time for a cab, he says, is six minutes and not as many people take cabs anymore. “Public need and demand for them have certainly gone down.” Donovan agrees, saying that even if the population has risen, the cab-calling population has not. On Tuesday night the city council voted in favor of a moratorium on issuing new livery licenses (renewals are still ok) until December 31, 2012, or until the council enacts a new livery licensing policy.

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But there has been some confusion about the changes. For instance, Mehlman refers to the move as granting amnesty to those here illegally, and others have compared it to the DREAM Act, which in 2008 and again in 2010, would’ve done the same for the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants in the country. This move hasn’t done that. “This is not going to give anyone legal status,” Leeper says. “It’s very common to get deferred removal. …It’s nothing new; they just decided to apply it to these folks who are very deserving.” “The fact is it’s a two year reprieve at best,” Williams says. “It’s kind of a holding in limbo.” Nguyen says there’s still a ways to go. “I feel like it could go further. There’s a lot that can be done.” Nguyen, a U.S. citizen herself, says her friends who are undocumented are excited, but also nervous. One is relieved he’ll have an easier time finding a job to pay off college, which he begins at a local school in the fall. She says that while he’s glad he’ll be able to get a license too, he’s more “excited to have that legal document in his wallet.” “Everyone will need to examine their own situation,” Williams says, as no one’s still exactly sure what the changes will look like in implementation. “It doesn’t really change the law at all, and it doesn’t change the dynamics of the situation,” she adds, cautiously. With that in mind, she says some immigrants might be wary of voluntarily telling the government that they’re here illegally. “These are a category of people who we want to contribute, to get an education and not live under the radar,” Leeper says. In Worcester, a city that prides itself on its diversity, it’s a good guess that many more residents paid attention to national politics this weekend, more than they have in recent history. “We’ll have to wait and see and hope it’s what politicians promised,” Eduardo says measuredly. But if it does what he hopes, he adds, “then props to Obama.”

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the REO, per the opinion of City Solicitor firm, they don’t need to do that; the union David Moore. “The Solicitor’s opinion concludes that does that for them,” explains Mulligan. the apprenticeship training portion of this Thomas H. Descoteaux, senior vice president at R.H. White JEREMY SHULKIN Companies, Inc. in Auburn, echoed similar sentiments. “We have several issues with the REO as it is written now. For one, we couldn’t work in the city of Worcester, whereas in the past 90 years we could. The way it is written currently says you have to have an apprenticeship program for every trade in your organization,” says Descoteaux, while explaining that the company does have apprenticeship programs for carpenters, laborers, operators and millwrights, which is its primary trade. However, the company also employs a single electrician and several plumbers for which the company does not have apprenticeship A speaker addresses a pro-REO rally in front programs because these trades Tuesday’s council meeting. make up a very small part of its organization. Because of this, “under the strict interpretation ordinance is not likely to survive legal of the ordinance we wouldn’t be able to challenge,” he wrote. “As you know, a work in the city of Worcester and that lawsuit by Merit Construction Alliance is seems not fair to me.” eminent if this ordinance is approved (as Roberta Schaefer, president of the detailed in their testimony). Worcester Regional Research Bureau, City Manager O’Brien proposed says there isn’t a need for an REO in the waiting would be advantageous for two city and having one puts the city at a reasons: 1) the City could wait and see the disadvantage when putting projects out outcome of a legal challenge to an REO to bid. Because the REO would exclude in Quincy and it would give him time to many companies from bidding, it would “assemble representatives from all sides” affect competitive pricing—contractors to come up with a training component know they don’t have to bring their prices “agreeable to all sides.” down. At Tuesday’s council meeting Schaefer spoke about the issues at City Manager O’Brien didn’t have an hand with the new REO at the June 12 opportunity to speak on the issue. Instead, city council meeting, as did Mulligan a number of union leaders, members of and Descoteaux. One issue, she notes, Worcester Interfaith and other pro-REO is the new ordinance would put more attendees addressed the council. pressure on taxpayers because of the Carpenters Union Local 107 Business way it eliminates competition; she asserts Manager Jack Donahue said that they’ve that the burden of higher pricing will be tried reaching out to those in opposition passed on to taxpayers. to the REO, but talks were moving too “It’s always been this apprenticeship slowly. Instead, he pressed the council to training program they require for an REO, pass the measure and addressed the legal and it’s the killer because everything else questions. in the ordinance is already required by “We tried in earnest to say we want state law,” Schaefer laments. to do business,” he said on Tuesday. Mulligan says he would be open “Our goal is to prevent the city from any to having the construction groups in litigation.” the city sit down and work through “Let me assure you that the coalition something that works for everyone, if the has not worked on this new ordinance city wanted to make the ordinance fair in a vacuum,” added Sue Mailman, the for everyone who would like to bid on owner and president of Coghlin Electrical projects and meet the state requirements. Contractors. Any complaints aired by these speakers They also hit back at criticism that and threats of lawsuits by UCANE and this was drafted solely to benefit union Merit Construction Alliance were enough organizations, with Donahue (and later to draw hesitation from City Manager City Councilor Rick Rushton) providing Michael O’Brien. numbers that showing non-union labor In a memo to the city council he received one third of public work provided proposed postponing any enactment of

{ citydesk } by the City of Worcester since the REO was drafted in 1994. Since that year, $310 million of construction contracts on 75 projects have gone out to public bid, with non-union general contractors securing contracts worth $39 million. In terms of those finding subcontracting work, non-union shops received one-third of the projects. For the most part, city councilors agreed with those there on Tuesday, passing the draft ordinance for advertisement one a 9-1 vote. (Konnie Lukes of City Hall before voted no, Kate Toomey was not at the meeting.) “It boggles my mind when people want to argue against education in a particular form as this,” City Councilor Rick Rushton said. “When we want public progress to be done, we want it to be done at a minimum skill level, and that is accomplished through education ... whether you’re union or nonunion.” The threat of lawsuits didn’t phase the others. “What we’re hearing tonight is a

community group that wants to work with their opposition,” District 5 Councilor Bill Eddy said, “And what we hear back is ‘no, we don’t want to work together, we want to sue.’” “If it means we go to court, so be it. We’ve been there before.” Councilor Mike Germain had a similar assessment. “Their message was to bully us and try to control the situation,” he said. “Our message should be we’re going to do it our way and go ahead and sue us and have a happy.” Only Councilor Konnie Lukes said she wouldn’t vote for the ordinance because of the risk it posed to Worcester taxpayers if it failed in court. “Though we say this is a union/nonunion issue, look around,” she gestured to the crowd made up of union workers and pro-union voices. “The real power is not in this room, it is sitting behind a court bench. Those judges in federal circuit court are going to hear this case...it will be perceived as another Worcester frivolous case and we will have to pay attorney’s fees like they did in Fall River.” The draft ordinance passed by the council scrapped language that required the “horizontal” construction work, such as roads, to fall under REO requirements. The council is also considering removing REO restrictions on bids less than $250,000. The council will most likely pass the ordinance at the July 17 meeting, which Mayor Joe Petty says gives each side time to hammer out an agreement that could avoid future litigation. Additional reporting by Jeremy Shulkin

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hile Police Chief Gary Gemme is the city’s highest paid employee, School Superintendent Melinda Boone is a close second at a salary of $187,000. Add to that a generous benefits package and the superintendent is costing city taxpayers plenty. So Boone, assisted by dozens of overpaid administrators and assistants in their Irving Street fortress, needs to fulfill the basic budgetary responsibilities found in the job description of all school superintendents. But Boone intends to hire an outside consultant so that she and her chief financial and operations officer, Brian Allen, can be relieved of their responsibility to research and develop a five-year projection of future school revenues, classroom needs and costs. Evidently the superintendent is incapable of projecting future school-department budgets in-house, so she’s expecting the taxpayers to pay for her deficiency. This latest proposal for wasteful spending came after a citywide parent group requested that an additional $9.3 million be appropriated to the school department’s fiscal year 2013 budget even though 60 percent of the entire city budget already goes to the public schools. To do that, the city manager and council would have had to lay off public safety and other essential personnel. Instead the council asked the manager to try to find $500,000 more to lower the teacher-student ratio in several elementary-school classrooms. However, to the surprise of both the council and the skeptical taxpayers of Worcester, financial wizards Boone and O’Brien “found” $1.7 million that was languishing in city and school side accounts. All that money — our money — suddenly was discovered, so the doom and gloom predicted for many elementary school classrooms has been averted. Such disingenuous leadership insults the intelligence and fuels the anger of

residential and commercial taxpayers in this city. Even before the school committee had started its own budget deliberations, the city manager offered an additional $350,000 that had been intended for a new class of police recruits. That money became available because the start of the police class has been delayed for a few months. Surely some of those public-safety funds could have been used to beef up community policing details, especially when so many teens will be idle due to the scarcity of summer jobs. But the brunt of the found money resulted from our eagle-eyed superintendent identifying $350,000 of waste in her own budget. Then she was advised that a school-department account containing $1 million for the capital expense of PCB remediation by statute couldn’t be used for that purpose. So there it was — an additional $1.35 million — a pot of taxpayer gold that all along was in the school department’s own budget. You just can’t make this stuff up. Evidently this amateurish budgeting led to Boone’s eureka moment. She’ll hire a consultant to do what other school superintendents do in-house. The school committee should hand her a copy of her job description and require her and her bloated administration to do their own long-range budget forecasting. Instead of shirking her budget responsibilities, Boone should use the expertise of both chief financial officers on the city and school sides. And what a worthwhile and challenging project forecasting future school department budgets would be for a professor and a class of bright students at one of our many colleges. I would support, however, the use of taxpayer money for a thorough audit of the school department. Then all the waste and misappropriated funds identified by auditors could be redirected to educational instruction so our schools might retain more children from middleand upper-income families.

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The Magic Bus Matthew Robert

hen press releases for the Worcester Public Library Bookmobile began appearing this spring, spreading the news that “Libby the Library Express,” as she was named by Worcester Public School students, would roll out soon after, the catch phrase was, “this is not your mother’s bookmobile,” an oftemployed device meant to invest the potentially geeky, dated image with the allure of reinvention, rebellion, and, even, danger. This would not be the old mailbox-turnedon-its-side-with-wheels that genially roamed Worcester’s neighborhoods of yore (between 1940 and the early 1990s), staffed by severe old maids, gray hair pulled tight into a bun, who’d shush you and slap your hand away lest you should touch one of the books.

This newfangled state-of-the-art bus – a veritable earthbound space station – would roll into your neighborhood, 10 W O R C E S T E R M A G . C O M • J U N E 2 1 , 2 0 1 2

LIBBY THE WPL BOOKMOBILE straight out of “Pimped,” and hipsters, like Johnny Depp as Willie Wonka, would welcome you aboard into a space you once glimpsed when you peaked into your older brother’s room

toward the elusive ideals of Dickens and John Maynard Keynes, away from greed and hoarding that some claim has created unprecedented wealth concentration and disparity?

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as a child, as “Are You Experienced” played amid clouds of smoke and the glow of black-light posters. Would Libby really be new and cool enough to amuse and attract kids of today, and, perhaps, perplex their moms? Could it reach the disenfranchised and bring them back into the fold, making them positive forces in the ongoing war against ignorance and want? Could it extend loving arms around the homebound, providing them with an essential link to society and community and knowledge? Could it be one small step in a potential great leap forward

THE BUS CAME BY ANDboarded I GOT ON the magic bus

on its second day in operation – Tuesday, June 5 – when it stopped in front of Thorndyke School,

off of Burncoat Street in Worcester, its large awning suggesting “open for business.” The bus, a rival to neither the Batmobile (’60s or modern) nor even the Munster Koach for cool, evoked a food truck – albeit a visually conservative

one. It wasn’t the Merry Prankster’s day-glo-painted “Further” bus, but merely a long khaki modified school bus bedecked with a Harvey Ball smiley face and a couple of air conditioning units on the roof. Sheepishly I knocked, and sheepishly they answered, mobile librarians Mark Lindberg and Joe Blake. Blake and I talked a bit as a harried Lindberg, in bangs and James Joyce horn-rimmed glasses, leapt in and out of the vehicle – like a lysergic Ken Kesey before an acid test – trying to work out wireless issues. As yet, there weren’t any kids lined up, and both

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seemed to be experiencing preshow jitters. Blake sat aside the driver’s seat, where, traditionally, the steps to board and unboard the bus would be. Now, however, like the historically coveted rear seat of the bus, it had been transformed into a checkout station with a laptop computer and barcode scanner. “It’s exciting to be a part of,” said Blake, a new hire to the Worcester Public Library and a former commercial fisherman from Alaska. “We’ve gotten great response!” Void of patrons, the bus felt small and narrow, and like little more than a new room at a motel: blonde wood shelving, black raspberry wall-to-wall carpeting, and fluorescent tube lighting. I wondered whether this décor could possibly excite today’s kids, who, conventional wisdom had it, needed the bells and whistles of Disney and Chuck E. Cheese, the nearstrobe activity of Halo or Nickelodeon programming. Perhaps due to the novelty of the bus or his position at the library, Blake had a subdued, intense glow when he spoke about the bus, its mission, and about the thrill of “seeing kids’ faces light up at finding the right book.” Soon, of course, a few customers climbed aboard, nervous-like, taking careful steps, maintaining quiet voices and keeping their hands to themselves. School was out and these were preschool kids being chaperoned by grandparents, who, perhaps, were sitting while moms and dads worked. This may not be your mother’s bookmobile, but it seemed a welcome sight that evoked a bit of nostalgia for the moms and grandmoms, who had memories of the original bookmobiles. Ann Marie, a Thorndyke library volunteer, came aboard with her grandchildren in tow, and spoke of memories of bringing her own children to the bookmobile. Another grandmother shared similar memories of bringing her children to Wawecus School up the street for bookmobile visits in the early 1980s. Her son is now 44 years old, and here

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post offices, and other locations throughout the county via the library’s wagon.” Washington County had a motorized bookmobile by 1912, offering “expanded…rural service to stops at seniorcitizen centers, schools, and other locations.”

Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray spoke at the dedication of Libby last month. was her grandchild, third-grader Olivia, snatching up copies of “The Magic Tree House” series and signing up for her first library card. Moments later, Eric, 8, produced a library card that he proudly declared to have had for two years, and checked out copies of “The Lightning Thief,” “Because of Winn-Dixie,” a Big Nate comic strip book, and DVDs of Pokemon and The Muppets. “There are potential MLKs [Martin Luther King Jr.’s] living in environs that don’t have access,” Blake said about the Library Express’s mission. “This could give them a whole new direction.” Circumstances, he said, had given his life a new direction once, too, when the Exxon Valdez ran aground near his home, and he had to leave to seek fishing work. “You never know what’s going on in these young brains,” he says. “These could be people who make a great impact on society.”

HAVE MERCY! BEEN WAITING FOR THE BUS ALL DAY. ccording to the

American Library Association, the bookmobile origins in America begin in 1905 in Washington County, Maryland, with Mary Lemist Titcomb, the first librarian at the Washington County Free Library, in her attempt to reach detached communities in the largely rural county by distributing materials to “general stores,

Today’s vision is the same, according to Mark Contois, the outgoing director of the Worcester Public Library, who says that “the goal is to reach the less mobile in society, who may be prevented from visiting a traditional, bricks and mortar library by economics or even geography – separated by highways” and other tangible and intangible obstacles, and, ultimately, to “enhance the quality of life for Worcester residents,” according to Mayor Joe Petty. The burgeoning social government of FDR’s New Deal, expressed through the economic principles of John Maynard Keynes, drastically expanded the social services of the U.S. government. Among the offerings were bookmobiles, which were commonly funded as part of municipal budgets, peaking after World War II, when as many as 2,000 such vehicles operated nationwide. Worcester’s first bookmobile, according to the Worcester Public Library website, “launched on Monday, November 18, 1940, under the leadership of head librarian Emerson Greenway…intended, in part, to provide service to areas of the city that were not in easy reach of the main library or one of its branches.” Though wildly popular and successful (2,500 of the 2,700 stocked volumes were checked out the first week, and, in 1951, 150,000 books were circulated), the traveling library branch nearly met its doom during the war, but was saved by women volunteers. The subsequent decades, despite the universal popularity

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of bookmobiles, saw the decline of municipal budgets, and Proposition 2-1/2 in the 1980s effectively killed the bookmobile. Today’s reemergence of bookmobile services is not, however, the recommitment to Keynesian values that broadly supported social spending years ago. Today’s re-imagination of social services usually involves private partnerships. And that’s where Libby’s story begins, with a collaboration between the city of Worcester, the Worcester Public Library and the College of the Holy Cross. Director of government and community relations at the College of the Holy Cross, Edward Augustus, says that since “most bookmobiles are supported out of a municipal budget or…[the] library budget,” when faced with “the typical kind of up-anddown budget years that you have in municipal government” when cities face cuts to vital staff, like “police or fire or classroom teachers…things like bookmobiles might be seen…as something that has to be given up.” Augustus says that this partnership between the city, the Worcester Public Library Board of Directors and College of the Holy Cross, which has pledged $80,000 annually for five years to support maintenance, fuel, technology and staff, will ensure that Libby is around for a long time. “Now you’ve got an outside source or stream of funding that makes sure that the costs of operating the bookmobile are provided for,” he says. “I really don’t see a situation where we wouldn’t want to continue this. I think our working assumption is that we’d all be interested in keeping this thing going for the foreseeable future.”

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O Patrons of the new Worcester Public Library bookmobile “Libby” range from grandparents to toddlers – exactly the sort of diverse audience the WPL hopes to target.

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to increase literacy and foster enfranchisement fall somewhere below staffing firefighters, police officers or classroom teachers on one’s priority list, but most at least recognize it as a noble experiment, a generous gesture, or even a practical idea. By nature, library employees and educators embrace the goals zealously; targeted

citizens welcome the service, and, even business owners value its pragmatic workforce and economical implications. “More than 10,000 people each week visit the Main Library to use its computers and Internet access,” City Manager, Mike O’Brien says, adding that “the Library Express is a means for the library to reach out to neighborhoods to make services, including technology, more accessible to our citizens. Access to technology,” he says, “remains one of the most critical needs of city residents.” “We’re in a knowledge-based world,” says Augustus. “And so the idea that we’re helping to facilitate the access to knowledge and information…I think it’s good for the economy, it’s good for the community, it’s good for the quality of life.” The idea, says Contois, is that “a reading city is a vibrant, literate city, which improves the quality of life for all who live there.” He believes that “we all benefit directly or indirectly from these community outreach efforts,” and hopes that, “in time, these individuals will make it to the downtown library.” Mayor Joe Petty says that the Library Express is not just for kids, but for everybody. “Young and old, and everyone in between, there is something for all residents on the Library Express. I know many of our older residents struggle sometimes to get down to the library and the Library Express is going to areas where older residents can once again enjoy books, music and DVDs from the library.” The bottom line, says O’Brien, is that “libraries are America’s great information equalizers – the only place people of all ages and backgrounds can find and freely use such a diversity of resources.” The Library Express, then, he says, is merely “an extension of our libraries, brings these services where libraries can’t go.” Drivers/librarians Blake and Lindberg say that, while patrons of the bus, of course, would prefer their own neighborhood library branch, the Library Express, with its collection of books and DVDs and hi-tech gizmos, “is a branch library.”

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that the benefits of spreading literacy extend to the intangible and philosophical, as well. “Our fate is completely

connected to the fate of Worcester. We have 1,100 people who work here at Holy Cross; a huge number of them live in the city of Worcester. So, this is their city,” he says. “They’re going back into Worcester’s neighborhoods at night. They’re raising their families here – they’re raising their kids here, their grandchildren here.”

City Manager Mike O’Brien steps onto Libby for an inaugural ride come through their neighborhood, the building they’re living in, or whatever – it’s just a great thing,” Augustus says.

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This fate includes students at Holy Cross, as well. “Our students,” says Augustus, “many of them stay here after they go to school. They get connected, in some way or another, and decide to make their life here. So, this is an investment in making sure of that quality of life, as well.” Then, of course, is the reward of a good deed done. “It makes us feel really good about real-life people who, whether they’ve got mobility issues, or some kind of a physical handicap or limitation that doesn’t allow them the kind of easy access to the main library or to one of the two branch libraries – the idea that this can

agreement about its many virtues, the issue of disbursing dollars to fund it, amid a climate of sentiments of the evils of spending other people’s money, becomes much more complicated. Both Contois and Augustus spoke of the often difficult circumstances that prohibit more success stories; and of the fortuitous coincidences that brought this bus out of years of storage on Route 20. “Everybody supports the notion of a

{ coverstory } bookmobile,” says Contois, “but it took a well-timed coordination of these forces to make it happen.” “In 2006,” says O’Brien, “the City of Worcester purchased a functioning bookmobile from the City of Fitchburg in hopes of working with private sponsors and donors to assist in its operation.” Though, according to Augustus, “it kind of mothballed for the last four or five years down on Route 20.” Meanwhile, says O’Brien, “the Worcester Public Library Foundation initiated conversations with business leaders, corporations, colleges and others to assist in its restoration. The foundation had approached [Holy Cross] on a collaboration that would leverage its strengths in academia and education with the library‘s vision to move toward a 21st century, technology-driven, interactive resource. Holy Cross responded positively to the idea and pledged its support of the service.” “I actually served as a member of the library foundation board in the course of our work on the board trying to find a source of funding for the bookmobile,” says Augustus. “And it was one of the goals of the library,” he says, “to find a funding stream that would allow it to continued on page 15

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be kind of rehabbed and then have the operational costs replaced so we could put it back on the road.” Contois credits “the arrival of [Rev. Philip L.] Boroughs and Ed Augustus at Holy Cross, and the present city manager,” who, he says, “all supported the idea.” Augustus seconds Contois’ notion, but believes that the outgoing president shares the credit. “Our outgoing president, Father McFarland, gave us permission to pursue it,” he says. “And Father Boroughs, the new president, coming in, really embraced the whole notion of it, and he was president when we actually inked the deal.” “I’m relatively new to my job as director of government and community relations here,” says Augustus, “and when I saw that opportunity and the mission of Holy Cross, in terms of education and the potential benefit of something like the bookmobile, it just seemed like it was a natural fit and a natural opportunity for the college to give back something to the city.” “We got the ball rolling, just got the conversation underway and the librarian and the city manager just kind of worked the details out.” Augustus dismisses claims that Holy Cross’s donation is little more than a token gesture; a product of PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) designed to ward off proponents of taxing our colleges and other nonprofits. “It’s important to remember that Holy Cross has a longstanding and ongoing relationship with the city,” says Augustus. “We give over a million dollars of scholarships to Worcester [Public Schools] students to attend Holy Cross every year. We participate in the Wheels to Water program. Plus, we made a $10,000 contribution to the city to help pay for the costs of getting kids from different parks and neighborhood centers here to the college. We host, at the request of the city, the Worcester Tornadoes.” “There’s just a huge number of

programs that we have ongoing with the city. We’re probably in 25-plus schools doing tutoring, mentoring and student teachers. We have work-study students who are in everything from Abby’s House to the Boys & Girls Clubs to the mayor’s office to – just name a community-based organization. We fully staff the South Worcester Neighborhood Center’s summer camp for kids. It’s all Holy Cross students that Holy Cross pays.” These programs, he’s quick to note, are not limited to Holy Cross, either. “I know every single college in the city has all sorts of really interesting subsidy budgets with the city. Some of them are focused on their immediate neighborhoods, and some of them are focused on aspects of their college’s focus that might be unique.”

EVERY DAY I GET IN THE QUEUE rejoined Blake and

Lindberg the following week at an afternoon stop at the Guild of St. Agnes after-school childcare center, on Grove Street, a non-profit with goals kindred to the public library. According to teacher Cheryl Stall, the students who attend the center represent a wide range of educational and economic levels, from city schools like McGrath, Norrback Avenue, Flagg Street, May Street, and Abby Kelley Foster. Stall says the Bookmobile is a great fit for the center’s

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aims, “especially for summer reading,” as, she believes there are “many parents who couldn’t afford to buy the books” or provide transportation to the main branch. Several kids, in fact, were picking up books for required summer reading. The week before, Blake and Lindberg had been vaguely apologetic about the lack of crowds, and forecasted better turnout as word of the Library Express got around (ads were placed in the Telegram, on the Worcester Public Library website, and even in the Booth Apartments newsletter) and schools got out, much the way farmers might stand around predicting (or hoping to predict) the rain. In the meantime, they waxed enthusiastic about places they’d been and the crowds there. Their best responses had been, they said, at senior towers, assisted-living facilities and low-income housing projects, where elderly folks who hadn’t been to the library in years, were beckoned by their pied piping, joyfully acquired books; and many, unable simply for lack of internet service, merely checked their email. Blake estimated that during the first week they had loaned “hundreds of books” (one hundred at a single stop!) and issued 50 to 75 library cards. All the technology kinks had been worked out and now, Lindberg says, it will be “rare to have technology issues,” which, as I would observe, made checking out books and dealing with library cards

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Lindberg and Blake were beginning to develop confidence about what they could handle. Blake estimates that he and Lindberg could service about â&#x20AC;&#x153;30 customers an hourâ&#x20AC;? under normal conditions, and as much as â&#x20AC;&#x153;100 an hourâ&#x20AC;? if they were particularly â&#x20AC;&#x153;systematic.â&#x20AC;? Neither seemed, however, particularly interested in rigid systems or about ushering people in and out at the expense of a good experience, which seemed their main interest. I asked if kids could lie around on the carpet and read a book. They said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suuure!â&#x20AC;? I asked whether they were concerned that the books might walk away, never to return, whether they might simply be feeding books into the void. Blake said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather not, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of the risk. These kids are more important than books and paper.â&#x20AC;? Then, the first class arrived â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the oldest kids. They stepped aboard, eyes wide, looking around corners, like theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d entered a house they believed to be haunted. Then, they saw the four iPads and tablets, and loosened up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Can we use these?â&#x20AC;? they asked. Lindberg and Blake, like indulgent grandparents, said what they always said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Suuure!â&#x20AC;? And the kids were off. The tablets were instant ice breakers. Two boys excitedly spied two full-sized touch-screen computers. Within seconds, they had Microsoft Paint up and were coloring motorcycles. It was like Christmas morning, but I wondered whether the purpose was to put kids in front of more shiny facile technological activities, while the books sat expectantly like exiles on the Island of Misfit Toys. Within a few

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checking out copies of books like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stink,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;High School Musical 2.â&#x20AC;? As the classes moved progressively from oldest to youngest, the kids grew smaller, but the enthusiasm and armloads of books stayed the same, until they appeared all but

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applications, locating accounts online, or renewing expired cards. These were eager floor salesman doing whatever it took to close the deal. There were lots of smiles, though not the insincere types found on sales floors. In the process, parents and kids learned all about book lending. This, Lindberg and Blake repeatedly explained, was just another branch of the library; books could be accessed by computer from any library in the C/W MARS system, and even delivered to the monthly stops; books could be returned to any library branch; how many items could be taken at a time; and such. The kids, meanwhile, perused the shelves like sophisticated shoppers,

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Dan Shelton (left) and Alec Lopez have a shared vision of bringing the type of beer festival typically only found in Europe right to Worcester’s door. Both are shown here at Lopez’s Armsby Abbey. JUNE 21, 2012 • WORCESTERMAG.COM

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Mike Murray

The etymology of the word gueuze (pronounced goo-zah or gerh-za) is open to some debate. While one theory purports that the word comes from the old Norman word for wheat, the most popular myth is that it comes from the ancient Norse word geyse — to gush — because this rare Belgian-style beer is made with a process that causes fermented beer to blast out of the bunghole of oaken barrels much like a geyser. Whatever the true origination of the word, Worcester beer lovers will rejoice because this style of Lambic beer, as well as many others, is coming to Worcester on June 23 and 24 at The Festival being hosted at Mechanics Hall on 321 Main St. in Worcester. More than 70 of the greatest brewers, distillers and meadmakers are coming to Worcester for The Festival, arguably the single most incredible collection of beer makers to ever grace the United States in one location. The Festival was organized by the Shelton Brothers Importers, a craft-beer importing company out of Belchertown and 12% Importers, a New York importer that specializes in Belgian-style beers. The Shelton Brothers — Dan, Joel and Will — have been bringing the finest hand-crafted beer in the world to the United States since the mid-1990s, while brother Will has put some of his beer-brewing expertise into practice by launching the popular and respected High & Mighty Beer Company out of Holyoke. When asked why the Shelton Brothers and 12% Importers brought The Festival to Worcester, Will Shelton remarked that “Worcester is a lot more manageable than other larger cities, and it is also becoming a great destination for beer.” He further points out that the award-winning Armsby Abbey, owned and operated by Alec Lopez who had a hand in bringing this idea to fruition, is “not just the best place for beer in Worcester, it is one of the best in the world.” Shelton admits that with brewers coming from Europe, Japan and from all corners of the earth, traveling to Worcester can be a steep request, but with the opportunity to “meet face-to-face with consumers” in a small setting of only 1,000 attendees is something “that they could never do at a big, crowded festival.” Aside from the incredible selection of beer, “the big perk of The Festival for both the artisan and the attendee is the chance to actually talk to one another.” While it might be next to impossible to choose a WORCESTERMAG.COM

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favorite brewer, Shelton proudly boasts that The Festival is the first opportunity for American drinkers to experience Westvleteren 12, a beer brewed by Trappist monks, which has never been sold legally in the United States and holds the distinction as the highest-rated beer in the world. “We’ve also got Jean Van Roy from the Cantillon Brewery, which makes sour lambic beer, a beer style that has survived for thousands of years and will afford attendees of The Festival the opportunity to, literally, taste history,” Shelton adds. Makers of the gueuze lambic (that “geyser” beer), Brasserie Cantillon from Brussels, Belgium, is a beer brewer that has been creating some of the world’s finest beers since 1900. Brewer Jean van Roy is bringing his four generations of Cantillon brewing expertise to the United States, carrying some 10 beers with him, from its trio of single-barrel lambics to, yes, its world-famous Cantillon Gueuze 100% Lambic. Cantillon is both a museum and a brewery, as it is the last remaining lambic brewery in the city of Brussels, which opens its doors to the public and brews six days a week. Cantillon has earned respect for making some of the purest and most unique beer the world over, with a flavor that is unlike anything else. Cantillon Gueuze pours a bright golden color, with an opaque haziness that will cloud even the brightest light. When holding it up to your nose, the inch of airy, effervescent head will overwhelm your olfactory senses with citrus as the deliciously unique funk of a Belgian lambic will make your eyes water. When raising the glass to your mouth, the first sense is described by “1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die” as a “mouth-puckering sour,” while a floral bouquet of fruits rush to your taste buds. The beer is dry and startlingly vinous, with the only sense of bitterness introducing itself to your mouth after you’ve taken your gulp. The Cantillon Gueuze is one of the most unique tasting beers in the world, and it is the result of a painstaking multi-year brewing process that encompasses hundreds of years of Belgian beer history. Cantillon brews its lambics with organically grown barley, grain, hops and wheat, supporting local farmers and avoiding those who use harmful pesticides or other chemicals on their crops. What makes lambic unique is that the beer-making process is interrupted early in the brew, as unfermented beer — called wort — and then brought to the top floor of the brewery where it cools overnight, igniting a fermentation process that introduces untamed yeasts, until it is transported into aged barrels where the wort will mature. Brewmaster Jean Van Roy then carefully selects aged lambics of one, two and three years to carefully blend together, which help to give the deliciously, mouth-twitching sourness to the beer. While Cantillon stands as one of the greatest brewers in the world, the Shelton Brothers are not bringing only foreign brewers to The Festival. Driving merely an hour from Cambridge, Will Meyers of the award-winning Cambridge

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Brewing Company and Brew Pub is bringing a collection of some of its favorite beers to Worcester. While Meyers has extreme respect for the historical brewers that adhere to the strict Bavarian brewing styles, he is proud of the brewing style of Cambridge Brewing Company. The brewery makes beers that push the limits of the craft and doesn’t stick only to traditional and historical styles. One of the beers that Meyers will be bringing to The Festival is Ozymandias, its 23rd anniversary brew and one that is as rare as it is strong. Boasting some 15% alcohol, this dark and brooding ale features “raisiny malt flavors” with berry notes like currant and elderberries. This dark American ale is described simply by Meyers as “badass”—smoky oak flavors wash over your palette with a wine-like smoothness. Another American brewer attending is Against the Grain Brewery out of Louisville, Ky., represented by Jerry Gnagy and Sam Cruz, who hope to wow Worcesterites with a beer called the Raucho Man Randy Beverage. The Raucho Man is a German-style rauchbier, an incredibly rare style for American palates, which the brewers describe simply as “one smoky mother-effer.” Cruz remarks that “simply creating a rauchbier for the market sets us aside from most brewers, as the style itself is not widely produced and the flavors associated are very aggressive, which makes this beer a gamble for most consumers to grasp at first taste.” Those familiar with Will Shelton’s High & Mighty beers may have noted the absence of the massively popular strong American-style IPAs and rich imperial stouts amongst H&M’s beer list. While High & Mighty admit that brewing a crazy-hopped beer might “sell better and get higher scores on websites,” they’ve chosen to stick with reintroducing traditional styles of beer to the American beer drinker. For The Festival, an effort has been made by the Sheltons to focus not only on the great American brewers making strong ales and stouts, but also on some of the lesser-known mead and cider makers around the world. STEVEN KING One such cider maker is Charles (“Chas”) McGonegal of AEppelTreow Winery & Distillery in Burlington, Wisc. AEppelTreow sits about an hour from Chicago and Milwaukee, and McGonegal is excited to be invited to a beer festival that he thinks of as a “showcase of the

nifty,” as he is “tickled to be part of ‘the nifty.’” AEppelTreow will be bringing a host of its styles, “from champagne-method sparkling to fortified,” and is excited to show “[AEppelTreow’s] emphasis on the varieties of apples or pears that go into the product, rather than the process,” remarking that he “makes what the trees send me,” and that “every year is new” for them. McGonegal is proud of his sparkling cider, a champagnemethod cider that is “rare, but highly admired,” and he is thrilled to work at a festival where the number of attendees is limited, where he hopes to “shout less and be heard more.” The Festival is limited to only 1,000 attendees per session, and three sessions are on Saturday, June 23, from noon to 4 p.m. and 5:30 to 9:30pm, and then Sunday, June 24, from noon to 5 p.m. Each individual session costs $60 and weekend passes for all three sessions can be purchased for $160. Admission to each session nets you unlimited twoounce samples (restricted to two-ounces by Massachusetts law) of more than 300 of the world’s best beers, ciders and meads, while also giving attendees rare access to talk directly with the greatest brewmasters in the world. One attendee, local beer enthusiast and restaurateur Joe McCann, rattled off a host of brewers who he’s thrilled to get to meet and sample, saying he’s “got to try anything from Brasserie Cantillon; their lambics, the Gueuze, Kriek, and others, are simply amazing.” While McCann is anxious for those imported, rare beers, he’s also excited to try Jolly Pumpkin from Michigan, Hill Farmstead in Vermont, and Texas’ own Jester King which will be bringing its hoppy wheat beer called “Drink’in the Sunbelt,” a collaboration between the Texas brewer and Mikkeller, the famous “gypsy brewer of Denmark.” Worcester is slowly earning a reputation as a premier locale for great beer, with award-winning and internationally known beer bars like Lopez’ Armsby Abbey and now, The Festival. With more than 70 brewers, cider makers, and meaderies in attendance, hundreds of beers being poured, and a selection of some of the most rare samples the beer-drinking world has ever experienced, for two days in June, Worcester will have the single greatest collection of beer that the world has ever known. To drink incredible beer and be a part of history, visit the-festival.us and purchase tickets. Cheers!

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used residencies at the Dune Shacks in Provincetown as opportunities for photographing the ocean. For Brueck, whose work includes digital and film photography, photographic montages and books containing photos, paintings and found objects, the exhibition is an effort not only to photograph “ocean, shore, rocks, beach and boats,” but also to “show how much we love the ocean, love being together and photographing.” Engberg, a photographer since 1980, has had several Worcester area shows. Her pieces for this show include 8-by-10s and some larger, hand-colored black-and-white photos. “I use all sorts of cameras,” she says. “What comes out of the darkroom is always a surprise.” She sometimes uses infrared film, which “makes foliage turn white, skies turn dark and sand dunes seem luminous.”

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Two concurrent, in many ways complementary, exhibitions grace the walls of ARTSWorcester’s Aurora Gallery this summer. Summer’s Lease, an open-member exhibition, features the work of dozens of artists, all organized around the theme of summer’s brevity, while Water’s Edge is a collaboration among three photographers: Lora Brueck, Nancy Engberg and Maxine McDonald. FROM THE WATER’S EDGE EXHIBITION: ANCIENT MARINER BY MAXINE MCDONALD, INFRARED SILVER GELATIN PRINT.

Open-member shows represent “our most diverse and wide-ranging group of artists,” says Juliet Feibel, ARTSWorcester’s executive director. Many of the works are for sale, at prices from as low as $50 to upwards of $1,500. Lines from Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 were the source of inspiration for the show: “Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” According to Feibel, members were invited to submit one work, no larger than 4-by-4-feet, in any medium, addressing “how quickly summertime fades, like beauty and other transient objects, things that are here and gone, quickly passing moments.” Sharon Freed describes the genesis of her contribution, a photograph titled “He Loves Me Not,” as “random and serendipitous.” She had been out hiking, and afterwards came upon a tossed away portion of a floral bouquet. “It struck me as sad or sentimental,” she says, “and I wanted to capture it before it blew away.” A self-described newcomer to photography, Freed has nonetheless exhibited works in other shows, most recently at Worcester’s City Hall Gallery, the Worcester Academy of Music and the Post Road Art Center in Marlboro. The idea for Jane Moore Houghton’s contribution came from a sermon she heard many years ago. The sermon’s essential question was, “How do we know it doesn’t hurt a plant to bloom?” Her painting, “Blooming Pains II,” has evolved, she says, and is a metaphor for the notion that “it hurts to change, it hurts to become who we are.” Her work will be in a group show at the One Mile Gallery in Kingston, N.Y., and is at the Mad Hatter Gallery in Marlboro. The show’s many other works include landscapes, backyard scenes and cityscapes, quiet villages, sketches, still-lifes, portraits, abstractions and curiosities, flowers, birds, water, sunlight and much more. Upstairs at the Aurora, Water’s Edge reflects the 15 years of friendship, shared love of photography and the ocean held by the three artists. Starting with a class they all took years ago and continuing with monthly meetings, critiquing sessions and numerous photographic expeditions, the three have had a productive history together. “The idea for the show emerged about a year ago,” says Brueck, who, along with Engberg, has

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“I grew up on the ocean,” says McDonald, who teaches photography at Worcester Art Museum. In addition to both color and black-and-white photographs, she has included a 54-by-44-inch piece, quilted and dye-painted on four different fabrics. She uses a Holga camera to create “more fun, overlapping images,” and has created diptychs and triptychs of “little vignettes of things I found on the beach: a white rose, seaweed, a tatami mat and driftwood.” One show focuses explicitly on impermanence, the other zeroes in on the everchanging border between sea and land. “When you think about it,” says Feibel, “all art tries to capture something transient.” Both shows run all summer, but they’ll be gone before you know it. Summer’s Lease and Water’s Edge. June 22–September 21. Artist Reception: June 22, 6-8 p.m. Free. Aurora Gallery, 660 Main St., Worcester, artsworcester.org.

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The Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts (SEACMA) was founded in 1999 and in 2001 established itself as a nonprofit organization. SEACMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is to provide support to Southeast Asians as they incorporate themselves into society and, develop ways to maintain their cultural identity. Asian Festival chair Sahdev Passey believes in integrating into a community all while continuing to hold onto oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s origin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I strongly believe that the United States is not a melting pot of different culture where everyone blends together and loses their individual identity, but a beautiful bouquet of flowers in which different flowers represent different culture and each adds to the beauty and fragrance of the whole bouquet, which we can proudly display to the rest of the world.â&#x20AC;? SEACMA first devised the Asian Festival when the organization yearned for an opportunity to share Asian cultures with Worcester. As the executive director of SEACMA Thuha Le explains, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Southeast Asian Festival started in 2004 with four Asian ethnic groups participating with the purpose to promote and share Asian heritages to the community â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to encourage our children to learn more about their cultures, be proud of their cultural identity and be more involved and volunteer for their community.â&#x20AC;? For the second-annual

and hold a fun, exciting and educational event for all. When describing SEACMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message for the community, Le states, â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] a glimpse into the beauty, vibrant and colorful culture of Asia; an opportunity to see, taste and smell delicious food of different regions of Asia; ANDREW DANGER

began with 800 people attending, the Asian Festival has since exploded to an estimated 3,000 attendees and 300 volunteers. This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Asian festival will begin promptly at noon. Up until 6 p.m., guests can catch cultural performances from all 12 groups. Tables will be set up for local health care providers, businesses and nonprofit organizations to extend their resources and services to the Asian community. Local restaurants will also be included, sharing tasty creations and rounding out the vendors to approximately 40. Upon entering the festival, children under the age of 10 will receive a faux passport, which they can have stamped by all 12 of the Asian countries represented. Generously, SEACMA will hand out five scholarships to graduated high-school seniors who will be entering college in the fall. Over the years, the Asian Festival has grown to be a collaborative celebration, fusing together many Asian cultures into one day of merriment and continues to serve its goal to unite Asian cultures

an opportunity to better understand the Asian community living in Worcester areas.â&#x20AC;? The Asian Festival, Sunday, June 24, at the Italian-American Cultural Center on 28 Mulberry St. in Worcester from noon to 6 p.m. seacma.org.

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Worcester is filled to the brim with a variety of cultures. Each person carries with them a heritage and history that they belong to and identify with. For many years, individual communities in Worcester have united to revel in their cultural traditions with celebrations like the Grecian Festival that took place just a few weeks ago. The Southeast Asian Coalition of Central Massachusetts will be continuing the celebratory tradition when the organization hosts its 9th Annual Asian Festival on the last Sunday in June.

festival in 2005, SEACMA reached out to several more Asian ethnic groups, dropping â&#x20AC;&#x153;Southeastâ&#x20AC;? from the original festival name to incorporate all Asian communities and amp up the event leading to todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 12 participating Asian ethnic groups. Where the first celebration

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The Royal Southern Brotherhood is an amalgamation of some of rock ’n’ roll’s and blue’s most prestigious families coming together to put a collective stamp on the genre. The band is made up of Mike Zito, Devon Allman, Yonrico Scott and Charlie Wooten. Each of these names carries quite a bit of weight alongside it and with that weight comes a perceived responsibility to create something above and beyond the ordinary. But, do the gentlemen of The Royal Southern Brotherhood feel this weight on their shoulders?

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“If there was any head-butting, we wouldn’t have done it,” says guitarist and vocalist Zito, “Everything was going well for me and for them; we didn’t need a pain in the ass project. We were really just doing our own thing, and it just went so easily, everyone complemented each other so well. It hasn’t really changed since then.” He isn’t kidding either. Mike Zito and Cyril Neville won the 2009 Blues Music Award for song of the year for their track, Pearl River. Cyril Neville is a Grammy Award-winning artist, his bands have toured with The Rolling Stones, and he has appeared on television and has cowritten songs with some of the biggest names in music. Devon Allman has toured the world with his group Honeytribe for over 10 years, has a signature amp and has shared the stage with some huge names like John Popper, Les Paul and Billy Gibbons. Since winning drummer of the year at

the University of Kentucky his freshman year, Yonrico Scott has achieved much, too. Like touring the world with his band, The Derek Trucks Band, for almost 17 years. He has recorded with a vastly eclectic group of musicians like Outkast, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, The Supremes, Whitney Houston and Sammy Davis, Jr. Bassist Charlie Wooten has held the low end down on stage down south for a very long time and his name is synonymous with excellent bass licks. “I had known Devon Allman for quite a long time,” recalls Zito, “He was from St. Louis and we worked at a music store together; this was 12 years ago.” From there, many years would pass and each of the members of the Royal Southern Brotherhood would achieve great success on their own. Eventually however, the guys decided it might be time to try something new. “We headed down to New Orleans and talked to a manager; ‘How come the two

families had never done stuff together?’ And we got together to write a song. We just tried stuff out with no real plans and it worked out around fall of last year. After that we said, ‘hey man lets write a record.’ At first we didn’t know if we had time, everyone had their own careers.” It was a good thing they made the time, too, because their self-titled debut album, released by Ruf Records, is a gem. Southern to its core and as gritty as you’d like, it makes you wish you were wiping the sweat off of your forehead while tossing back a cold one in the late evening. Apparently others felt the same way, as the record debuted at number five on the Billboard Blues Charts and at number 30 on the Heatseekers Charts. Check out Royal Southern Brotherhood on Facebook or on its website, Royalsouthernbrotherhood.com. You can catch the band live in Worcester at Paulie’s fifth-annual Jazz and Blues Festival on Friday, June 22.

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Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? Matt Robert

New arrivals to Worcester are quick to notice the potential of this city, held afloat by a small but devoted group of activists, who work tirelessly to provide fun, equity and culture. Paul “Paulie” Collyer is one of them; though, if you ask him, he’s just having a party and promoting the things that he loves.

Kick off the summer of 2012 with a taste of New Orleans in the up-andcoming neighborhood of Piedmont, west of Park Avenue on Chandler Street in Worcester, at the 5th annual Paulie’s NOLA Festival, on June 22, 23, and 24. This year’s bill features New Orleans heavyweights Sonny Landreth, Tab Benoit, Johnny Sansone, Mem Shannon, Eric Lindell, and Anders Osborne; rising talents, like The Royal Southern Brotherhood; and local and regional acts, like Boston’s Soul of a Man; Connecticut’s Shaka and the Soul Shaker; and Worcester’s Roadkill Orchestra, as well as food by Sweet T’s Southern Kitchen and Vinnie’s Crawfish Shack, and beers by Harpoon. “I got world class musicians in my back yard and hundreds and hundreds of folks having a good time each year,” says Collyer. “It beats picking up trash or raking leaves.” The idea came to Collyer at the 2007 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. “My first one,” Collyer says. “I had only planned to catch Van Morrison… .I didn’t miss a minute of the festival over three days and said to [my friends] ‘I could do this!’” And so he did, beginning humbly with a free show in 2008. “Two bands: Hurricane Horns and Chris Fitz [who also played a great set in 2011], four kegs of

Harpoon IPA and buckets of gumbo and Jambalaya from One Love Café,” says Collyer. “My best pal of 30 years, Jimmy DiSanto, and I served the beer and food. It was free, and 200-plus showed up.” Collyer liked the result, and he did it again in 2009. “We bumped up to six bands and started charging $15. We drew new folks,” he says. “In 2011, we sold

and near-continuous music. As for the unlikely location of the festival, it’s all part of Collyer’s larger vision for the event, which, as it turns out, isn’t all fun and games. “My festival crew has chosen to host the festival in the part of the city that needs a lot of uplifting and support, and a part of the city that doesn’t always get its fair shake

about 1,400 tickets [over two days, despite heavy rain on Saturday night], and I hope to sell 2,000 this year.” The festival is held in an unlikely spot: the sand driveway behind John and Sons II deli, but Collyer doesn’t skimp on providing a great experience. He brings in professional sound engineers and enough gear to outfit side-by-side stages that allow for leap-frogging the band setups

as a vibrant, valued segment of the Worcester community. We have made an effort to bring in new fresh music to the city from Louisiana, as well as support the local Worcester music scene and broader New England music scene.” “I am a hardcore city guy who likes to have fun in the city. Green grass is for cows not the blues and jazz!” he says. Worcester isn’t a favorite tour stop

for most traveling acts, but that hasn’t deterred Collyer. “I start bidding early for them [and] am aggressive in my bid,” he says. His business philosophy, furthermore, is sound. “We have treated the musicians well. We have a nice festival and the Louisiana musicians have acknowledged this and have been supportive of what we are doing in the Village of Piedmont. The Gulf Coast went through a lot the past seven years, and so has my neighborhood the past 30 years — there is some synergy there. Rebirth requires a lot of help and these cats all know about that.” Asked about Worcester’s response to the festival, Collyer is fair and optimistic. “The majority of the crowds have been from out of town,” he says. “But I have a hardcore group of Worcester locals involved in the festival planning who dig the New Orleans scene, and this group is getting bigger.” In fact, last year, upon word that legendary guitarist Tab Benoit had been acquired for the festival, a major buzz was generated, and people attended the festival from Boston, upstate New York, and even New Orleans; the upstate New Yorker telling me, “I go wherever Tab goes!” “Phish,” he reminds me, “was in town last week and not everyone in the DCU Center was from Worcester. I dig being able to draw folks in from elsewhere. New blood is good in a community, and it adds more economic bang.” In the end, Collyer is just “thank[ful] to those who have been supportive over the past four years,” and adds, “to those who are just hearing about the festival for the first time, give us a try, I don’t think you will be disappointed.” Paulie’s NOLA Festival, June 22, 23 and 24, 2012, Keystone Plaza Urban Fairgrounds 221 Chandler St., Worcester, baevents.com/ pauliesnolabluesandjazzfestival.

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Out to Lunch series brings eclectic mix of entertainment to Worcester Mike Walsh

Lunch truck? Take-out? Brown bag? No matter your go-to choice for lunch on Fridays, your midday entertainment is about to get a lot more, well, entertaining! For the fourth consecutive year, the City of Worcester will be putting on the Out to Lunch Summer Concert Series on the common. Every Friday starting June 29 through August 31, from noon to 2 p.m. there will be a different band performing on the Worcester Common. These concerts are free for all to come out and enjoy the incredible mixture of musical styles, which will include interludes by local performers and be surrounded by an array of craft tables, farmers markets, local vendors and even massage therapists. “We really want people to come out and enjoy Worcester as active participants in this creative and vibrant city,” says Erin Williams, the city’s cultural development officer. “The atmosphere here is really special.” “The atmosphere is absolutely fantastic, it is like a big party with all

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the vendors and music,” adds WCRN 830 AM’s Hank Stolz, who will emcee some of the shows. “It really shows you the potential of the city.” You can also hear most of the bands prior to their performances every Friday on Stolz’ station, which doubles as a sponsor of the event. The event got its start four years ago when City Manager Michael O’Brien brought up the idea of creating an event that would showcase both the improvements of the Worcester Common and the cultural scene of Worcester in general. The city partnered with a variety of local sponsors including Charter Communications, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, the College of the Holy Cross, and Eric’s LaPatisserie Café, which is located right on the common. From there, it has blossomed from a small crowd of a hundred or so patrons to the thousand-plus that flood the area every Friday throughout the summer. As the crowds have increased, so has the number of vendors, booths and highprofile acts. This year, the concert will feature a four-time Grammy nominee in Rangotan from Dis-N-Dat, and the locally grown band Dom who will be going on a national tour this summer.

The musical acts will range from classic rock to Latin, blues, jazz and reggae. One such jump-blues band is the Twangbusters who will be headlining the July 13 show. Paula Bradley, the band’s pianist said her group has played consistently at Vincent’s on Suffolk Street, but is looking forward to getting outside for this show. “I’m hoping that a whole new group of people will be exposed to our music. Those people that work downtown and can’t come out nights will get to leave their jobs on a Friday in the summer and enjoy some music,” she says. “Worcester has a more vibrant, youthful culture that brings people out and about for local music.” Like the Twangbusters, whose drummer Bill Nadeau is a life-long Auburn resident, Dom has many roots in the Worcester area. The band was formed when front man Dom was living in the area. He actually made his way through previous Out to Lunch events as a spectator and was thrilled when the city contacted him about performing. “I am really excited for this event. Worcester has shown us a lot of love and the city really changed my life,” says Dom who will be taking to the

common on July 6. “I am grateful for the opportunity and it is an honor for sure to play there.” Dom will also be recording a live DVD of the event, which will feature a lot more than just the band’s performance. They will be making a big event out of it and want the whole community to take part. “I know a lot of my old friends in the area will be coming out, it is sort of a return home for me,” says Dom, who used to work at a sushi restaurant and rent practice space right in the Worcester Common. “The event will embrace the arts and showcase all downtown has to offer,” adds Williams. As Stolz puts it; “We’re expecting it to be bigger and better this year.” So Worcester, next Friday and every Friday this summer make sure you head “Out to Lunch.” For more information or to sign up to participate with ‘Out to Lunch,” visit worcestermass.org. For more information about Twangbusters, visit reverbnation.com/ twangbusters. For more information about Dom, visit facebook.com/domband

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A fanged history retold Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Grade: C – David Wildman

Trying to critique this film is like having an argument with a six year old about Santa, or with a Mormon about Magic Underwear. Or watching Fox News. Your entire arsenal of superior knowledge is useless against someone doggedly believing a stupid, silly idea. The premise here is that ol’ Honest Abe was recruited at a young age to hunt vampires because one killed his mom. After a brief training sequence, where he is shown that not just his anger, but “the truth” allows him to knock over a tree with a single blow, he becomes an overnight action hero, twirling his silver-tipped axe like a Marine spinning a rifle and kicking vampire ass with near superhuman strength. And that’s when it really starts to get unbelievable. This film is a cheap no-brainer escapist violence fare for anyone willing to hawk their precious suspension of disbelief along with any notions of historical accuracy in return for exhilarating scenes of axes severing heads, bullets pulverizing eyeballs, heroes jumping from horse to horse in the midst of a mad stampede, vampires being slaughtered at Gettysburg by silver bullets, and so on. And here I am arguing with the six year old, saying that Lincoln wasn’t really an anti-slavery crusader, that he took the same practical and evolving view toward the subject as President Obama did to same sex marriage. Yes, our child strawman counters, but Abe had to fight the vampires because they joined up with the bad evil slave owners to cause the Civil War. Oh right. Of course. Okay, so basically once you accept this then it’s logic-be-damned (and bitten, it’s blood sucked and made into a walking corpse that can inexplicably exist in the sunlight simply by wearing dark glasses). Now you must agree to ignore outrageous plot holes, like when Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) early on witnesses a dude (Dominic Cooper) throw a vampire

into the side of a building with such strength that their body busts though the wooden wall and cuts a channel clear up to the roof, and yet Abe never suspects that the person doing the throwing is himself a vampire. And of course there is the question of where young Lincoln gets his superhuman abilities. The only halfway reasonable explanation is that he himself was a vampire, but NO! To even suggest such a thing would be ridiculous! Anyway, you fool; didn’t you know the arbitrary rule they’ve created here is that vampires can’t kill vampires? However believing that ghouls were running the Confederacy? No problem we’ll go with that one. And good luck with ticket sales down South. If trivializing one of the most harrowing subjects in our country’s history and somehow conflating slave ownership and the African American struggle for freedom with fanged fiends isn’t offensive enough, the lame, silly story, braindead dialog and amateur hour acting make sure that this entire exercise is crude and worthless. Like a porn movie where the guy delivering pizza speaks only enough words to set up the sex scene, there are few exchanges where vampires aren’t being chopped up with Matrix-like slow-motion twirls by our presidential protagonist. Any more than a few minutes without action and the audience might begin to think about what’s actually going on, and that would be fatal to this film’s awesomely idiotic premise. There is however one saving grace to the entire exercise: Once you’ve given in and allowed yourself to be lobotomized, you will find yourself laughing constantly. Yes, this is funny stuff, and to the credit of novelist/screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith (“Dark Shadows”) and director Timur Bekmambetov (“Wanted”) they at least play it straight but don’t take it all that seriously. The ending tag sets up a future sequel that I have no doubt will get made eventually: “Barack Obama: Vampire Hunter.” It’s not much of a stretch to believe that John Boehner is a vampire.

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In my relentless yearly quest to find a Father’s Day gift for Patrick, inevitably, my banal gift-giving results in a presentation of meat – you know, man-food. Be it a mailorder assortment of meats or a BBQ feast prepared by yours truly, I should know all he wants is a remarkable meal with meat involved. With this in mind, we had an early dadday celebration at Worcester’s refuge, Pampas Churrascaria on the corner of Shrewsbury and Central streets. The artificial flowers across the salad bar’s glass top, nail holes smattered throughout the

putty-hued walls, Angus Beef promotional posters hung intermittently, and dueling televisions blaring different sporting events left my jaw agape. We were here for the meat, so I had to look past the thoughtless décor and embrace the experience. The hostess explained the multitude of meat and salad dinner options. There is the meat station as a stand-alone, the salad buffet as a stand-alone, or the combination of all-you-can-eat meat and salad for $25.99 per person. For portioncontrol diners, the by-the-pound option is the option for you. Your plate is weighed for about $7/pound after selecting from the meat station and/or salad buffet. We chose the all-you-can-eat meat and salad, as did the children for $13 per child. The hot-and-cold salad buffet selections vary daily and a few included grilled zucchini and eggplant, mayo-based pasta and potato salads, black beans with sausage and beef, pinto beans, beef brisket, and antipasto samplings of sliced baguette, marinated bell peppers, pepperoncini, and sliced salami. Intrigued by the “Brazilian Chicken Salad” – it looks akin to salads I’d seen on numerous potluck tables as a child in Utah – I took

a spoonful. This unique concoction of shredded chicken breast, raisins, carrots, peas and a crunch from canned French fries (inchlong, thin, fried shoestring potatoes) is, to my surprise, delightful. My inner-child loved this salad with its odd assortment of complementary ingredients. The black beans, pinto beans and beef brisket (all served hot) were also standouts from the salad buffet. Our passadore approached with pork and chicken sausage – our first of seven rounds (seven!) brought to our table. I found the pork sausage to be too salty, but Patrick devoured both. Next came chicken drumsticks, followed by fist-size, baconwrapped chicken breasts. The children and I loved the chicken options. Our fourth meat was my favorite – the beef sirloin. Perfectly roasted, incredibly juicy and tender, and not too salty, this common cut of beef is the reason why you should visit Pampas Churrascaria. I’d reached maximum capacity just as our meat waiter returned with a garlic beef filet – Patrick’s

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favorite. To me, nothing could outshine the sirloin. Patrick was in meat euphoria, while the children were hunched over, moaning from fullness. Then, sirloin again! I thought my mother was a food-pusher, but our server was relentless. We gathered our items ready to pay, and saw our passadore draw closer with a huge smile – and an unexpected whole pineapple. Sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, this grilled pineapple capped off the meal in the most ambrosial way. If only I can replicate it on our grill throughout the summer. With two adult and two children’s dinner buffets, two sodas, and two strawberry juices (a must-have when dining here with little ones) our early celebratory Father’s Day dinner was $95, before tip. We had forgotten it is a BYOB establishment, but forgoing beer saved us extra calories for more sirloin and filet. With the amount and quality of meat consumed between us, we found Pampas Churrascaria worth the visit – just be sure to strategize an empty stomach beforehand.

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The Perfect Game Sports Grill & Lounge 64 Water St., Worcester 508-792-4263 New to the neighborhood, The Perfect Game puts their unique spin on the same old bar food and drink. With an exceptional beer selection, creative ﬂavors, and a sleek and fun atmosphere, this sports bar is headed in the right direction. Ceres Bistro, Beechwood Hotel 363 Plantation St. 508-754-2000 With an emphasis on quality seasonal ingredients, a creative menu, and a careful hand in the kitchen, Ceres Bistro offers a sophisticated dining experience in a beautifully-appointed space in the Beechwood Hotel. The menu combines aspects of French bistro, American steakhouse, and contemporary high-end dining; entrees are available in smaller sizes perfect for sharing or grazing. Try the unusual take on steak frites, or one of several creative seafood dishes. Classic cocktails, craft beers, and a thoughtfully composed wine list await you at the glowing bar.

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90 Harding St., Worcester 508-363-1111 bbqstack.com Worcester travels down south with Smokestack Urban Barbecue, which boasts slow-cooked meats, a variety of “odds and ends” dishes and warm atmosphere. The modern-meets-savor ﬂavors give diners a year-round haven for those craving authentic barbecue.

{ recommended} Kenwood Diner 97 Main St., Spencer 508-885-6596 A traditional Worcester diner, with classic dinner fare and especially good desserts, the Kenwood Diner provides a fun eating experience for anyone - from children to elderly. Breakfast is served all day, the dinners are solidly good, and leave room for dessert—your wallet won’t give you a guilt trip, because it’s entirely affordable. The Safari Cafe 215 Chandler St., Worcester 508-799-7989 The Safari Cafe is a warm and inviting neighborhood restaurant serving Kenyan cuisine at affordable prices. The lunch buffet is an excellent way to sample several dishes in one sitting, and don’t forget to try the spiced Hot Safari Tea and to ask for a cup of the warm grain beverage called “uji.” Inka’s Restaurant 169 Millbury St., Worcester 508-762-9077 Inka’s is the only Peruvian restaurant in the region, and they nicely showcase the cuisine with their friendly staff. They also do well in offering options to the less daring and creating specials for the on-the-run lunch crowd. However, even if you’re not the most adventurous diner, it’s worth trying something new because everything is well prepared and ﬂavorful. Outside of the window or placard specials, the prices are a little high, but if you want a more unique food experience to share with friends, the quality, portions and experience are worth it.

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Nick’s outdoor patio grand opening affair lets in the summer breeze on Sunday June 24 from 6p.m. to 2a.m. with Chanteuse Niki Luparelli with Dan Burke and the Gold Diggers. Nicks is now offering delicious pressed Panini’s including a Caprese panini (fresh basil, tomato, mozzarella), peanut butter and banana, roast beef with cheddar and caramelized onions, turkey and bacon with swiss, the loaded grilled cheese panini with American, cheddar and munster cheese, ham and cheddar, and turkey Reuben panini. And hey, you can add bacon to any of them if you’d like! Plus the bar outside on the patio is from the movie “Ted” that’s coming out in theaters with Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. Seriously, it came from the actual movie set! Nick’s, 124 Millbury St., 508-753-4030, nicksworcester.com.

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Indulge luxuriously with the Land’s Sake Supper Club. Enjoy on either June 21 or

look out for other dates this summer, as they serve a freshly prepared three-course meal every month. Located at the Barn of the Josiah Smith Tavern in Weston, Mass., this meal is concocted by local chef Chris Chung with produce from the Land’s Sake Farm. The meal is served family style for you and 40 others guests. Look on the website for the menu, ticket prices and to find other upcoming events. 358 Boston Post Rd., Weston. 781-891-4960, www. landssake.org.

EVO Dining is getting into the vacation spirit with its new Hawaiian-inspired burger special, the Maui Burger, any type of burger with cheddar cheese, Hawaiian barbeque sauce, bacon, grilled pineapple

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slices, and grilled Vidalia onion. EVO is a health-conscious restaurant designed to satisfy everyone from “steak lovers, vegetarians, vegans, [to] gluten-free” according to marketing director Meghann Kinnard. They have also recently been featured on the Phantom Gourmet. 234 Chandler St., Worcester. 508-459-4240, evodining.com. Can’t decide what to eat? Well, The Mill Restaurant in West Boylston blends pub food and classic Italian, making an irresistible menu for even the pickiest of eaters. It also features live music on Thursdays and Saturdays. Visit its bar

Worcester has gone crazy for Fro-Yo. Berry Fusion, opening about five months ago, is the latest frozen-yogurt shop in Worcester. Berry Fusion features six fixed flavors—original tart, strawberry, chocolate, vanilla, mango and coconut— and two flavors that change each week. A wide variety of toppings is sure to satisfy everyone. As its Facebook page advertises, Berry Fusion is sure to be “Nom, Nom, Nom!” Just across from the Corner Grille, it is worth trying; it might become your new favorite yogurt place. 807 Pleasant St., Worcester.

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Pepe’s Trattoria 274 Franklin St., Worcester 508-755-1978 pepestrattoria.com Pepe’s offers a variety of homemade Italian recipes in an intimate modern setting. A great late-night stop, the cozy bar and dining room area is integrated into one open room. Several pizza, stromboli, and panino dishes give Worcester yet another quality dining option.

offers usual diner favorites along with their own twists—including a great Make-Your-Own Breakfast Burrito menu. Prices are about average and on par with the quality of food, the staff is friendly, and the location emits a great, comfy vibe to everyone who enters. Tropical Gardens Restaurant and Bar 344 Chandler St., 508-926-8787 Tropical Gardens Restaurant and Bar serves the cuisine of Ghana, including several types of stew as well as rice dishes, fried yams and fried plantains. Specialty items are offered on weekends, and the food is ﬂavorful, ﬁlling, and a great value. A full bar is also on hand with reasonably priced cocktails.

food is affordable, generous and delicious - and those who are worried about spice need no fear with most dishes. Outside of the cheese pupusas and plantains, vegetarians may want to specify no meat of any kind; for the hungry omnivore or carnivore, you’re in for an excellent treat - as is your wallet! Thai Orchid 90 Charlton St., Southbridge 508-765-4809 Thai Orchid of Southbridge offers a delicious lineup of traditional and contemporary dishes. The combination of fresh ingredients and well-executed cooking deliver a high quality, nicely portioned Thai

Kai Sushu Bar & Grill Webster Square Plaza, 68 Stafford St., Worcester Nestled in the disjointed heart of Webster Square Plaza, Kai Sushi Bar & Grill offers reasonably priced sushi, strong drinks, and good service set against a sparsely decorated and clichéd interior. Kai’s large menu features well portioned orders of sushi, with the unagi (eel) and saba (mackerel) standing out as favorites. Diners do not need to worry about long waits and can also rest assured that the food and service at Kai is far better than its bleak exterior.

Weagle Family Dining 438 Pleasant St. 508-792-0770 A really good breakfast/lunch destination, Weagle Family Dining

Tenka Asian Bistro Hibachi & Sushi Bar 153 Boston Turnpike, (Rte. 9W), Westboro Hidden away off of Rt. 9 in Westborough, Tenka Asian Bistro serves moderately priced hibachi meals and strong drinks, but the dining entertainment provided by the hibachi chefs makes the restaurant stand out. Entrees on the hibachi menu range between $15 - $25, and the restaurant also features a full Asian-inspired menu, as well as a nonhibachi-style dining experience, however diners would be missing out to experience Tenka any other way.

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The People’s Kitchen 1 Exchange Place 508-459-9090 What the people need is a place downtown featuring top-notch cocktails, craft beers, well-priced wines, and sophisticated food at fair prices. Located in a stylish space upstairs from The Citizen Wine Bar at One Exchange Place, TPK features an artisanal approach to food, from house-made charcuterie and dry-aged steaks to updated versions of comfort-food classics. The $20 TPK Supper, offered Sunday through Thursday nights, is a terriﬁc three-course deal, and most mains on the regular menu are under $20. Power to the people. Sweet T Southern Kitchen 35 Blackstone River Road, Worcester 508-756-0100 sweettworcester.com Sweet T Southern Kitchen brings a homemade southern venue of comfort to Worcester. On the back of freshly prepared recipes and classic southern ingredients, this new eatery may have carved out an up-and-coming niche that feels like home. Sonoma Restaurant 206 Worcester Road, Princeton 978-464-5775 sonoma-princeton.com If you’re looking for an exceptional dining experience, take the drive to Sonoma Restaurant in Princeton. Its amazing cuisine and excellent service will make anyone feel special. It won’t be a cheap night out, but you’ll feel every dollar spent was worth it.

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Golden Wok 894 Grafton Street, Worcester 508-791-1288 The Golden Wok is a comfortable, reasonably priced restaurant with outdoor seating that serves decent Chinese food, but really shines in its Thai and Thai-influenced selections. All food is also made fresh to order, which adds to the quality. The Café at Five Loaves Bakery 13 Mechanic St., Spencer 508.885.3760 This inviting spot in downtown Spencer is a bakery by day and fine dining establishment at night. Creative, seasonal appetizers ($7-$8) might include a tomato and mustard tart or zucchini stuffed with ham and cheese. Mains such as duck leg confit over fig hash, hanger steak with blue cheese, and bourride over creamy polenta ($15-$18) are generous and sophisticated. Desserts are just what you’d expect from a good bakery. BYOB makes the night a bargain, and on Wednesdays your three-course meal is an unbelievable bargain at $20. Nuovo Restaurant 92 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 508-796-5915 nuovoworcester.com Nuovo is another strong Italian restaurant among many in Worcester. It offers many seafood choices, as well traditional Italian meat dishes and a few vegetarian options in pasta and appetizers. The prices are set for higher-end dining, but the quality and portion size are worth the price. The Mill 185 West Boylston Street, W. Boylston 774-261-8585 themill185.com Located not far from the West Boylston Cinemas, The Mill serves smokehouse, Italian-American, and American comfort cuisine. It’s geared toward a family-friendly environment and a general American palate. It offers solidly good cuisine for a reasonable price and boasts impeccable service.

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Feng Asian Bistro & Hibachi 70 Worcester-Providence Turnpike, Millbury 508-865-4400 fengrestaurant.com Feng Asian Bistro & Hibachi, located in the Shoppes at Blackstone Valley, is a delicious diversion from your typical run-of-the-mill mall chain restaurant. With a full menu of entrees, a large sushi menu, and a lively hibachi bar, Feng has a daunting number of options. Sushi lovers must try the Scorpion Eel Rolls at $16, but shouldn’t bother with the simple sushi rolls. While the prices are higher than other Asian restaurants, Feng’s upscale atmosphere feels appropriate, and the quality service and delicious food more than makes up for it. Wait times can reach an hour on busy weekends, so reservations are a must. Zorba’s Taverna 97 Stafford Street, Worcester 508-796-5828 zorbastaverna.com Great service, reasonable prices, and excellent food make for a trifecta of reasons to visit Zorba’s Taverna. The Mediterranean menu can serve vegetarians and carnivores alike, with both exotic and familiar choices to please either adventurous or picky eaters. Wegmans Market Café 9102 Shops Way, Northborough 508-936-1900 wegmans.com/northborough Wegmans Market Café in Northborough, is not your typical food court. Located on the southern corner of the Wegmans supermarket, the Market Café features both made-to-order meals and dozens of options served up buffet-style. On my visits, we were pleased with delicious Indian food — featuring tender lamb and a ﬂavorful, but not spicy curry, and freshly made lasagna with crisp green beans. Diners serve themselves, and while crowds can be an issue on weekends, each meal usually runs less than $10, making Wegmans Market Café a must-experience for Worcesterarea diners.

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music >Thursday 21 99 Moon, 4 To The Floor. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508304-8133. KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. Live Band Karaoke w/ Fingercuff. It’s Karaoke with a live band! Come rock out a dream! We Ain’t yo momma’s Karaoke! no cover. Angry Ham’s Garage Restaurant & Pub, 2 Beacon St., Framingham. WAM’s Third Thursday AFTER HOURS featuring a tour of Ron Rosenstock’s exhibit: Hymn to the Earth. Music by Jubilee Gardens. Enjoy art and music during WAM’s Third Thursday AFTER HOURS. In June, enjoy a tour through

KARAOKE. Karaoke, Dance Music, and Music Videos on our new Hi-Def Projection TV. DJ Mark plays your favorites from his huge 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. Live Acoustic Thursdays. 7-11 p.m. LaScala Restaurant, 183 shrewsbury st. 508-753-9912. Ricky Duran. 7-10 p.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508755-0879. Night Train (Roots/Blues, LIVE MUSIC). No Cover. 7:159:45 p.m. The Mill at 185 West Boylston Street, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. themill185.com.

Southern rock legends The Outlaws make a return engagement to Indian Ranch on Sunday, June 24. $25, $22.50 or $20; children’s tickets $12.50. 2:30-5 p.m. Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Road, Webster. 508-9433871, indianranch.com.

Ron Rosenstock’s exhibit: Hymn to the Earth. Music performed by the Jubilee Gardens - outdoors/Weather permitting. Always great company, cash bar. “Creative Babysitting” Available for children 5+ during AFTER HOURS (6 - 8 pm) Kids will have a great time in our studios with our trained assistants. $10 members/$15 mom-members) Free for Members; $14 nonmembers. 5:30-8 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court, 55 Salisbury St. 508799-4406 or jubileegardens.com< and worcesterart.org. 3rd Annual Massachusetts Walking Tour in West Boylston. Area musicians Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards will traverse Massachusetts once again for their 3rd Annual Walking Tour, an annual bipedal walk in support of arts and culture. This troupe of artists, including Musician/ Artist Dan Blakeslee, will be performing folk music concerts in the small towns of Massachusetts, promoting community-based cultural organizations and local support for the arts. This year’s walk is scheduled from Wednesday, June 12 through Monday June 25 and will utilize the Wachusett Greenways as part of the established route meandering from Oakham through to West Boylston, MA. Towns along the trail slated for WT performances include Woodstock (CT), Dudley, Southbridge, Sturbridge, East Brookﬁeld, Rutland, West Bolyston, Worcester, Northbridge and Douglas . Each of this year’s concerts will feature the songs of Mandeville, Richards and Blakeslee with arrangements on guitar, banjo, harmonica, tin whistle and ukulele, accompanied by a brief talk on the philosophy behind the Walking Tour. www.masswalkingtour.org for more details Free. 6-8 p.m. West Boylston Bandstand, 1 West Boylston St., West Boylston. masswalkingtour.org/twentytwelve.html. Coffee and Jam featuring Adam Rice. Berklee-educated solo acoustic guitarist and vocalist, Adam Rice has spent his 13 years of performance all around New England. On June 21st, he will be planting his feet right here at the World Gifts Espresso Café playing covers spanning decades of rock to entertain the night away. Reviewers have raived his talents as “simply the best..An amazing talent”, and ”just the kind of musician we’d hoped for... everyone raved”. Adam will be joined by the Polus Center’’s very own Kevin Sheehan covering the best of John Mellancamp. No Cover Charge. ($5 suggested donation). 7-8:30 p.m. Coffeelands World Gifts Espresso Cafe, 50 High St., Clinton. 978-733-4277.

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. OPEN MIC THURSDAYS @ THE “NEW” BIAGIO’S with BILL McCARTHY. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Biagio’s Grille, 257 Park Ave. 508-756-7995 or MySpace.com/OpenMicWorld. 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. The Not So Late Show with Shaun Connolly and The Over-Qualiﬁed Band. 8-10 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. 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. Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-Noon Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. All Request Thirsty Thursday With CJ/DJ. Come on down and dance to the hottest music around. You could win tickets to patriots games or gas cards who knows! 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. 508-8687382 or soundzlikefun.com. Cara Brindisi. 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Dive Bar Thursday - Cliff Goodwin, Duncan Arsenault, Craig Rawding, Jeremy Curtis and Brooks Milgate. Dive Thursdays welcomes the legendary Cliff Goodwin on guitar, Craig Rawding on vocals, Jeremy Curtis on bass, Brooks Milgate on organ and Duncan Arsenault on drums. The band will be playing rock and roll, soul and r&b and will be playing outside in the beer garden (weather permitting). The Dive Bar features American made craft beer and has 16 taps and hundreds of bottles. Visit thedivebarworcester.com for more information. Music starts at

9pm, doors open at 6pm and there is no cover charge to get in. Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Dive Bar, 34 Green St. facebook.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/Foundationz. Iza Jane and the Greatwoods Acoustics!. No Cover!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-7534030. 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. Latin Heat Thursdays @ Bocados Tapas Bar. 9-11:30 p.m. Bocado Tapas Wine Bar, 82 Winter St. 508-797-1011. Live Music. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Metal Thursday!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. The awesome 80’s party band THE FLOCK OF A-HOLES! with MIRANDA and CRIMINALS & BEAUTY QUEENS. Every Thursday at the Lucky Dog...go back in time to a fun 80’s party! $5. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/pages. 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. Twisted Thursdays With Dj Whiteboi. 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 spins your favorite old time tunes. 9-11:59 p.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-756-2227 or remixworcester.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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Brian & Captain. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Columbia Tavern, 11 Merriam Ave, Leominster. 978-227-5874. Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8-11 p.m. Biagio’s Grille, 257 Park Ave. 508-756-7995. Live Bands. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484. Live Mariachi Band. 8-11:30 p.m. Viva Mexico Cantina & Grill, 129 Washington St., Providence. 401-369-7974. Live Music. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. The New Black Eagles. One of the most respected bands in America, The New Black Eagle Jazz Band, now in it’s 36th year, plays traditional jazz. Their style covers a wide range found in early New Orleans, 1920’s Chicago, 1930’s small band jazz, the Looking for live music? Worcester is FULL of it every revival of the 1940’s and 1950’s night, but here’s a taste of the selection for Friday, and in original pieces written by June 22. Start your night out with live music under band members. Their repertoire the skies during Live at Sunset Summer of over 600 numbers includes Concert Series: Roomful of Blues at 6:30 Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Rags by such as Scott Joplin, p.m. over at the EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2703, ecotarium.org. Then visit The Raven as it welcomes Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or arranged for the band; spirituals Conflict Of Interest, Shaded Grace, Joe Grizzly, Post Existence, Lental, J-Murda, Half Sober, Funny masswalkingtour.org/twentytwelve. and gospel music; old pop People Making Funna People, Saikrid and Tensor. 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133. Next up is 18 Wheels of html. tunes from the start of the 20th Justice, Scourge, Western Massacre, End Time Illusion and Necronomichrist! at Ralph’s Chadwick Blue Switch. BAND Free. 7-11 century to the 1960’s; and Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. For a little roots rock check out Gumbo Diablo! at Nick’s Bar p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W blues. $20 (Stu/Sen $19, Mem and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Or local favorites Heavy Horses (pictured) can be found at JJ’s Boylston St. 508-853-1350. $17 Child U12 $10 ). 8-10:30 Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. If you want to stay in the city, try out The Live Music Every Friday. p.m. Amazing Things Art Center, Twangbusters: Boogie, Blues & Hillbilly Bop over at Vincent’s 49 Suffolk St. 413-281-7336. Or if Rage Against Live Music Every Friday night at 160 Hollis St., Framingham. the Machine is more your thang, visit Beatnik’s for Gorilla Radio 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. the Eastside Grill at Marlborough amazingthings.org. Country Club! Outside on our The official 30 year deck overlooking the golf course, anniversary of THE join us for dinner, drinks and great music with local artists! For Sean Fullerton has been a successful professional musician, ROLLING STONES surprise show at Sir Morgans our complete line-up find us on facebook at facebook.com/ singer-songwriter, recording engineer and producer since Cove. with THE BLUSHING BRIDES! The most 1995. Performing classic Blues and Rock ‘n’ Roll using modern dangerous STONES tribute band. With guests technology, Sean is able to authenticate the songs we are all SOLISTIC. Get your tickets in advance for this show here: familiar with.Dinner, Drinks, Music & Fun! 7-11 p.m. Guiseppe’s rockonconcerts.com. Years ago, the ROLLING STONES surprised Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405 or Worcester by treating everyone to a show at Sir Morgan’s Cove seanfullertonmusic.net. (now, of course, the Lucky Dog). The BLUSHING BRIDES are Sean Ryan. 7-11 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), Downstairs the #1 Stones tribute act. 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Oxford. 508-987-1006. Four on the Floor. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. FRIDAY FRENZY with Blurry Nights & DJ SOUP - DJ B-LO. FRIDAY NIGHT FRENZY at FUSION features the best sound and lights in Central Mass. 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. Gumbo Diablo! pan-Americana roots rock! No Cover!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508753-4030. Heavy Horses. Heavy Horses is back to rock JJ’s! Comprised of some of the area’s best musicians, this is a rock and roll feast!! 9 pm, no cover charge Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420 or facebook. com. 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. The Twangbusters: Boogie, Blues & Hillbilly Bop @ Vincent’s. The Twangbusters bring their retro-cool rootsy rhythms

15th Annual African American and Juneteenth Festival brings The Stylistics Review to celebration on June 23 from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Institute Park in Worcester. Plus multiple other musical groups, stunning displays of art and craft, food, dance and vendors from the Worcester community. The African American Festival is a celebration of the cultural and historical contributions to African Americans to our community designed for the whole family. Henry Lee Willis Community Center, Inc. 508-340-5331, williscenter.org.

1006. The Classics. 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. It is always awesome on FUNKY FRIDAYS.18+ only $10 21+ only $5. 10 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508756-2227 or remixworcester.com. Gorilla Radio. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Hneri Smith’s New Orleans Friends & Flavours. Serving up all the ﬂavours of New Orleans including swing, funk, brass band-second line, R&B, Latin, Blues, Cajun and Calypso. The band’s repertoire will encompass the rich musical and cultural heritage of New Orleans and is guaranteed to move your feet. $12 Adults ~ $12 Children 14 & Under. 10:25 p.m.-midnight. John & Son’s Fairgrounds, 226 Chandler St. baevents.com/ pauliesnolabluesandjazzfestival/index.html.

>Saturday 23 and soulful blues to Vincent’s Bar. With Berkshire-based dynamo “Miss Paula” Bradley (Girl Howdy, Uncle Earl) on piano, ukulele and vocals (described as “Patsy Cline meets Bessie Smith”), Peter “Dr. Z” Zarkadas (Sarah Levecque Band, Raw Symphony) on electric guitar, Brian Rost (Tarbox Ramblers) on upright bass and Texas dancehall veteran drummer “Wild Bill” Nadeau (Junior Brown, The Derailers), The Twangbusters mix up a musical cocktail of boogie,

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blues and hillbilly bop. No cover - tips encouraged. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 413-281-7336. 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. 508-987-

KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. The Cranks, Red Fox Motel. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133 or negb1.com. Beatcorn Peppernik Party! Beatnik’s & Peppercorn’s team up for Tina & Tara’s 30th Birthday! Karaoke/DJ 7:30-11:00PM 7:30-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

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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!

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KARAOKE. Free. 9-12:30 a.m. Shangri-la chinese restaurant, 60 madison St. 508-798-0888. Paulie’s New Orleans Jazz n’ Blues Festival. 5th annual music festival in the Village of PiedmontWorcester. The cream of the crop from Louisiana blended in with great local musicians. 11:30 am - 12:00 am. John & Son’s Fairgrounds, 226 Chandler St. 617-625-2140 or baevents.com/ pauliesnolabluesandjazzfestival/index. html. Dana Lewis LIVE!. Live Music, Cool breezes Georgeous sunsets out on the deck. Great Food, Full Bar & ME! Playing Acoustic Classic Rock, Folk & Country music. “The sound track of your youth” No Cover. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Grille on the HILL, grillonthehill.net. ARTS ROCK! Summer Concerts. Our Names Forever opening for Draw The Line, the ONLY Steven Tyler endorsed Aerosmith tribute band. In the event of rain, concert will be held at the West Boylston Middle/ High School auditorium. Proceeds used to support school arts & music. Free under 12yr; $5 students (ages 13-21yr.); $10 adult. Advance ticket discount 4 for the price of 3 ($15 for four student; $30 for 4 adults; $22.50 2 student/2 adult) available at West Boylston Insurance Agency and Zaza Ink. 7-10 p.m. Goodale Park, Crescent St., West Boylston. Barnes & Noble 4th Saturday Open Mic. Feature Poet and Book Release: BG Thurston. Free and open to the public. 7-9 p.m. Barnes & Noble Booksellers - MA/Worcester, in the stacks, 541 D Lincoln St. 508-8536994 or wcpa.homestead.com. Frank’s Comedy Safari. Frank’s Comedy Safari every Sat. night. Free VALET PARKING. Food before or during the show. Call 1-800-71-LAUGH for reservations. Outside of MA call 774-452-1131. $20 cash at door. 8 p.m.-9:30 a.m. Viva Bene Italian Ristorante, 144 Commercial St. 774-452-1131 or frankfoleyscomedysafari.com.

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Cover. 8-10 p.m. Chioda’s Trattoria, on the patio, 631 Franklin St. 508-459-6035. Linda Dagnello Jazz Quintet. 8:30 p.m.-midnight Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Auntie Trainwreck. Join Auntie Trainwreck as we return to rock Greendale’s Pub on June 23rd, 2012! It’s been far too long since we were in the ‘dale- stop in to Greendale’s to hear Classic Rock, Blues, New Country and Alt Rock favorites from your Auntie Trainwreck, and maybe some brand new songs you have not heard from us before. Mikey and Lisa will be behind the bar, ready to serve you your favorite drink as you dance the night away. We’ll be giving away copies of our Auntie Trainwreck Demo CD, and AT&T-shirts will be available for only $10! Come out and have some fun and let Kenny know how much you love Greendale’s Pub and Auntie Trainwrecksee you there! $5 cover, 21+ $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or facebook.com. Auntie Trainwreck. BAND $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Crazy Train - Ozzy Tribute. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Breakaway Billiards, 104 Sterling St., Clinton. 978-365-6105. Demons Alley, Bottleﬁght, Numbskulls, and Skintights!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. DJ HappyDaze Playin the Hottest Dance Mixes. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Days End Tavern, UPSTAIRS, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006 or happydazedj.com. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Shangri-La Chinese & Japanese Restaurant, 60 Madison St. 508-798-0888. KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. 9-1:45 p.m. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. Live Bands. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Celtic Tavern, 45 Belmont St., Northborough. 508-366-6277. Live Entertainment. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978345-5051. Live Music. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. NEXT TOWN OV-AH (incredible funky 7 piece band), HARD # 9, Ghost Of Vigoda. Ofﬁcial Post-Party for Jimmy D’Angelo-fest after Hanover tonight. This is also the

ofﬁcial site of the Jimmy D’Angelo after-party from the Hanover Theater event. Bring your ticket stub for Free admission. $7. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/NextTownOvah. Party Train. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Singer Dale LePage at Celtic with Bobby Gadoury & Thomas Spears. Free. 9 p.m.-midnight Celtic Tavern, 45 Belmont St., Northborough. 508-366-6277 or dalelepage.com. SPINSUITE SATURDAYS - Top 40. Dj Soup - Dj Nick - Dj B-lo spin your favorite Dance, Mash Ups & Top 40 Tracks. Fusion’s Lounge opens at 9:00 pm and Dance Club opens at 10:30pm. Coat room with attendant available. No Cover Charge. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100. Tigerlily. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-480-8222. Dan Kirouac & Dorette Weld. www.dankirouac.com. Free. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Cigarmasters of Worcester, 1 Exchange St. DJ Reckless. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Tantrum Saturdays with DJ Tony T. Get ready Worcester for some great dancing to the beats of Tony T. He has been known to get the dance ﬂoor bouncing. As always if you are 21+ and get here before 10pm you won’t have to pay the cover charge. If you have been here recently you know we have been known to have a surprise “contest” with cash prizes awarded. 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. Teter Todders. No Cover. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Days End Tavern, Main Level, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006.

>Sunday 24 Drag Shows. 18+ $8 21+ $5. midnight-1:30 a.m. Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-762-9499. KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. Paulie’s New Orleans Jazz n’ Blues Festival. 5th annual music festival in the Village of Piedmont-Worcester. The cream of the crop from Louisiana blended in with great local musicians. 12:00 am - 9:30 pm. John & Son’s Fairgrounds, 226 Chandler St. 617-625-2140 or baevents.com/pauliesnolabluesandjazzfestival/ index.html. A Ton of Blues. 2-6 p.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484. All-Broadway Concert. Featuring Lily Goodman and Elise Barber, entitled “As they say in the musical Spamalot: You can’t succeed on Broadway if you don’t have any Jews.” Reservations recommended. General Admission $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Students $10. Children under 13 $5. Tables of 10 $150 in advance. 3:30-5:30 p.m. Congregation Beth Israel, 15 Jamesbury Drive. 508-756-6204. Traditional Irish Seisiun. Authentic Irish Seisiun held the 2nd & 4th Sunday of every month. Area regional musicians come

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Points). 4-8 p.m. Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple Abbey, 144 North Main St. 508-795-1012 or armsbyabbey. and the overall winner, in October will walk away with $1000.00 Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 St. 508-792-3700. in cash.... so come down and win one week and you Acoustic Open Mic/WARL Charity will be entered to win the big prize.... 8:30-11:59 p.m. for tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org. The Worcester Art Museum will host a free extravaganza to celebrate the Event. Celtic/Acoustic music and an ongoing Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-756-2227 Booklovers’ Gourmet, ”In Between Words”, an exhibition of beginning of summer. On Saturday, June 23, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Families can photographs by Danielle Wilbur, Through June 30. Hours: closed charity event for the Worcester Animal Rescue or remixworcester.com. expect an afternoon of fun and games with activities that include gallery games, free Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday League. No Cover. 5-9 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 Main Clayton Willoughby!. No Cover!. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. admission to the museum all day with family-friendly tours, pinwheel making, sidewalk - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Webster. St. 508-757-5257. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508chalk, a hot-dog truck and more. Chuck & Mud, a local children’s entertainment duo, 508-949-6232 or er3.com/book. Vincent’s presents: Big Jon Short. Armed 753-4030. will play at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-869-6887, Clark University: University Gallery, Hours: Noon-5 p.m. with a suitcase kick-drum, National Reso-phonic Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South worcesterart.org. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, Noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, Guitar and Lowebow cigar-box hillharp, Big Jon St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Noon-5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or Short’s high energy solo performances bring a KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. 9-1:45 p.m. cafe 508-793-7113 or clarku.edu. foot-stomping show that taps into the heart of the neo bar and grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. songs, regional styles, and folklore of the Blues. Ricky Duran. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 to 1 p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for galler. 310 High com/2009/08/jon-short. bigjonshort.com. 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. St., Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com. T.J. Peavey. A veteran, accomplished and eclectic singer, 9439. WOO-TOWN Wednesday Free show LIVE BANDS. College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor songwriter and guitarist. Pass The Hat. 8-10 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 Blues Jam w/Jim Perry. Blues Jam with special guests Art Gallery, Infinity: Works from the 2012 Senior Concentration Main St. 508-757-5257. weekly Free. 6-10 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508Seminar, Through May 25. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-Noon Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., 853-1350. Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 Leominster. 978-537-7750. Nick’s Outdoor Patio Grand Opening or www.holycross.edu/departments/cantor/website. Bobby Gadoury. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Event with Niki Luparelli and The Gold Danforth Museum of Art, Hours: Noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Place. 508-459-9035. Diggers!.6pm to 8pm, then Andy “The Human Jukebox” closed Monday - Tuesday, Noon-5 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, Cummings. 8:30 till Close. No Cover!. 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Denise Cascione and Joe D’Angelo!. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 123 Union Ave., Framingham. a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. 508-620-0050 or danforthmuseum.org. Jon Bonner. 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508Open Mic Sundays at Perfect Game With Bill 752-9439. Mccarthy. 6-10 p.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. 9-1:45 p.m. cafe neo bar and Water St. 508-792-4263 or MySpace.com/OpenMicWorld. grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-Noon Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Joy - Art Exhibit by JenniFire hangs on the wall of the Bean Counter Leominster. 978-537-7750. Coffee Bar and Bakery on Saturday, June 30. Entitled “Joy” because there’s >Wednesday 27 KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. 9-1:45 p.m. cafe neo bar and enough pain in the world. Free; 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. 113 Highland St. 508-754-3125, Open Jam w/Sean Ryan. Open Jam Free. 8:30 a.m. to 11 grille, 97 Millbury St. 508-615-7311. jennifiresart.weebly.com. p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. The SUNDAY NIGHT Hang w/ Ronnie Sugar Bear. Girls Night Out. Free Apps, pool, and Gamecards! Free. 6 p.m.Free. 9 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 5081 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. 363-1888 or luckydogmusic.com. Dark World Gallery, Fallen, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. Narragansett REGGAE FUSION SUNDAYS with DJ Nick. Worcester’s Fridays, Saturdays, through July 3. Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to Promotionals 7-10 p.m. Sunset Tiki Bar, 79 Powers Road, longest running REGGAE night hosted by DJ Nick and Guest DJ’s 7 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 179 Grafton St. www.darkworldgallery. spinning the HOTTTEST Reggae, Hip Hop and Top 40 every Sunday. Westford. 978-692-5700. com Open Mic. Acoustic open mic beginning Nov. 2. Sign up at 7:00 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100. DZian Gallery, Can Genocide Be Prevented?, Sundays, pm, Performers start at 7:30. Feature act starts at 8:45, Drop-in Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through July 3. Hours: >Monday 25 performers start again at 9:30. Nice stage and lighting. Good 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 KARAOKE 7 Nights a week. cafe neo bar and grille, 97 sound system and room acoustics. Select videos will be posted Live entertainment every Wednesday night. Check luckydogmusic. Millbury St. 508-615-7311. online at blbrumby.com. Professional videographer will be on site com for complete lineup. Free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, p.m. Wednesday - Saturday. 65 Water St. 508-831-1106 or or www.dzian.net. Driftin’ Sam 7pm, then Big Game Karaoke! 9:30pm as well offering nice audio/video packages. 0. 7-11 p.m. Route 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or luckydogmusic.com. EcoTarium, Bubbles!, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, till Close. No Cover. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 56 Roadside Bar & Grill, 24 Leicester St., North Oxford. 508-987Urban Blues with Brad Faucher & a rotating roster Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Sept. 11; Grossology: 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. 8669. of local/regional musicians. Every Wednesday: A night of The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body, Sundays, Tuesdays, Bobby Gadoury. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 8-11 p.m. Dark Old-School Blues & Soul-Jazz! 9:30-12:30 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Dec. 2; Place. 508-459-9035. Horse Tavern, 12 Crane St., Southbridge. 508-764-1100. Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Playing Together: Games, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. Sam James. 8-11:30 p.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. Beirut Night. 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& Family Discount to Worcester Historical Museum, Through Sept. 1; In Their Shirtsleeves, Through Dec. 31; The Unsinkable Ship, Through June 30. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 The 18th Annual City Spaces/ p.m. Tuesday Country Places Garden Tour on Wednesday, 10 Sunday, June 24, features visits with a.m. to 8:30 p.m. private gardens of distinction on this Thursday, 10 a.m. exclusive self-guided tour. This year’s to 4 p.m. Friday tour visits a mix of gardens in Boylston, Saturday. 30 Elm Berlin, Hudson and nearby. Advanced St. 508-753-8278 sales: General admission $25, Patron or worcesterhistory. $75, Sponsor $125; Tower Hill members org. $20. Tickets on day of the tour: $30, Worcester $25 for members. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Public Library, Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Hours: closed Dr., Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124; Sunday - Monday, towerhillbg.org. 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. Framed in Tatnuck, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. 1099 the Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday Pleasant St. 508-770-1270 or wwwframedintatnuck.com. - Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346Higgins Armory Museum, WOO Card good at Higgins 3341 or qvcah.org. Armory Museum, Through Dec. 31; Star Wars Day, Saturday. Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday Hours: Noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: fre. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: General Admission: $12 for Adults, 633 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com. $9 for Seniors (age 60+), $7 for Children (age 4-16), Children 3 Salisbury Mansion, Salisbury Mansion Tours, Thursdays, and under are Free. 100 Barber Ave. 508-853-6015 or higgins.org. Fridays, Saturdays, through Dec. 31; Docent Training Program, Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Wednesdays, through May 30. Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday, Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Hours: 12:30-4 p.m. 1-8:30 p.m. Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 40 Highland St. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 508-753-8278 or www.worcesterhistory.org Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org. SAORI Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio, 18 Museum of Russian Icons, Palekh Icons: The Enchantment Winslow St. 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester. of Russian Painting, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, com. Saturdays, through Sept. 1. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 11-3 Taproot Bookstore, Hours: Noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 a.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 11-3 a.m. p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, Friday, 9-3 a.m. Saturday. Admission: Adults $7, Seniors (59 and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West over) $5, Students (with ID) & children (3-17) $2, Children under 3 Boylston St. 508-853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com. Free, Groups (any age) $. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000 or Tatnuck Bookseller & Cafe, Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 978-598-5000x17 or museumofrussianicons.org. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday Old Sturbridge Village, Story Hour at the Old Sturbridge Saturday. 18 Lyman St., Westborough. 508-366-4959 or tatnuck. Village Book Store, Thursdays, through Dec. 27. Admission: $7 com. $20 charged by age. Children under 3 fre. 1 Old Sturbridge Village The Sprinkler Factory, EMERGING PERSPECTIVES: Opening Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or www.osv. Reception, Friday; EMERGING PERSPECTIVES: Recent Work from org. Assumption College Graduates, Sundays, Saturdays, through June Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 30. Hours: Noon-6 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-696-0909. The Miss Latina Worcester County Pageant is an extraordinary cultural, Post Road Art Center, Hours: closed Sunday, scholarship and personal-development program that provides young and adult 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Latina women between the ages of 6 and 40 with an opportunity to enhance their Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508-485-2580 or cultural knowledge, develop transferable skills, and showcase their personal and postroadartcenter.com. cultural attributes. The lovely ladies take the stage on Sunday, June 24. $20; Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed 4-8 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469, Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, thehanovertheatre.org. closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754-8760 or preservationworcester.org. Prints and Potter Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10-5:30 a.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10-7 a.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10-5:30 a.m. Friday, 10-5 a.m. closed Saturday. 38 Harlow St. www.sprinklerfactory.com. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-752-2170 or printsandpotter.com. Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m.

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Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Escape 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 $5 off with College ID 2 for 1 Active Military or Veterans $4 off with Dinner Receipt and Reservations. New Summer Hours! Saturdays Only at 8pm. Sat June 23rd Bob Dibuono Ryan Clauson and Kristin Seltman Worcester. Sat June 30th. Make Reservations Early at 800-401-2221 or beantowncomedy.com. $20 per person except Special Events. 8 p.m.-midnight Biagio’s Grille, Comedy Room, 257 Park Ave. Call 800-401-2221 or visit laughstub.com. 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. 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 General Admission. midnight-11:59 p.m. Oak Middle School, Theatre, 45 Oak St., Shrewsbury. Visit cstageproductions.com. Unnecessary Farce - Friday, May 25 - Saturday, October 27. $15 regular admssion; $12 students / seniors. 8-10 p.m. Calliope Productions Inc, 150 Main St., Boylston. Call 508-869-6887. Wisecracks Comedy Club @ Jose Murphy’s Saturdays, Saturday, June 9 - 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 JUNE 21, 2012 • WORCESTERMAG.COM

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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. Comedy with James Dorsey - Friday, June 22. 8-10 p.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. Call 508-792-4263.

poetry >Sunday 24 The Poets’ Asylum. Join Worcester’s longest running poetry series every Sunday night for an open mic reading followed by a featured poet and/or a poetry slam. For more info please visit our website - http://www.poetsasylum.org/ . Please put some money in the bucket to support the reading and pay the feature.. 7-10 p.m. WCUW 91.3 FM - Worcester’s Community Radio Station, 910 Main St. 508-753-1012.

Project (http:www.lostladyburg.org) are searching for rare native ladybug species, and you can help ﬁnd them. Spend a few hours brushing up on ladybug biology, learning to identify common and rare species, and documenting ladybugs here at Wachusett Meadow. Then go home and survey the ladybugs living in your backyard. Bring sharp eyes and a digital camera; if you have one, we’ll provide everything else. Sponsored by Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary. For more information call 978.464.2712 $6 Mass Audubon Members, $8 Non-members, $3 Child Member, $4 Child Non-member. 10 a.m.-Noon Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. 978464-2712. Beadmaking Tune-Up. Individuals of different skill levels are welcome to learn the fundamentals of lampwork glass beadmaking as a beginner or hone their skills as an intermediate student. The $80 beadmaking tune-up registration includes two hours of instruction and six hours of open studio time (normal fee for open studio is $10 per hour!). No experience necessary, all materials included during instruction and available for purchase during open studio time. Student Fee: $80. 2-4 p.m. Worcester Center

Worcester Free School presents Bicycle Maintenance. A presentation on basic bicycle maintenance and safety, this event is Free and open to all ages and all are encouraged to bring their bikes! Our speaker is from Worcester Earn-A-Bike, a non-proﬁt program dedicated to teaching the community about bicycle repair and promoting bicycling as an empowering and healthy alternative to cars. Come to learn how to care for your bicycle, learn about the Earn-A-Bike shop, and discuss bicycling in Worcester. 3-5 p.m. Crystal/University Park, 949 Main St.

>Monday 25 Free Yoga class through the West Boylston Recreation Department. Yoga classes are for all levels, and will be held outdoors between the West Boylston tennis courts and the track near Goodale Park. Indoor location for both classes (in case of rain or very hot weather) at the Christ Lutheran Church, 112 Crescent Street, West Boylston, MA. With Certiﬁed Yoga instructor Denise Welsh. $50 for 5 weeks, $13 drop in. Please bring a large sheet or blanket, a yoga mat and drinking water. Find

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>Monday 25 Dirty Gerund Poetry Show! Downstairs Every Monday Night at 8pm!. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543 or dirtygerund.com.

Worcester’s Irish Music Festival on Saturday, June 23 features Tom Lanigan Band from 12 to 3:30pm; Billy Egan & The Rising from 4 to 7:30 p.m. and The Jolly Beggars from 8 to 11 p.m. The doors to the pub will be open, the kitchen will have a special menu and there will even be some vendors. $5, free for children younger than 12; noon-11 p.m. Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St. 508-7923700, aohworcester.org.

class/ workshop >Thursday 21 Science Café at the Worcester Art Museum. The Central Mass. Section of the American Chemical Society will host a Science Café on “Lead White Paint and Art Conservation: New Approaches to Old Problems”. Dr. Philip Klausmeyer, Conservation Scientist and Paintings Conservator at the Worcester Art Museum will speak and lead a Q&A session. Light refreshments will be provided. The Science Café is a public forum intended for the public and chemistry experts to converse in a casual setting. The event is Free to the public, but reservations are recommended. Free. 7-8 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Higgins Education Wing Conference Room, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or central-mass.sites.acs.org. Zumba Mega Class. Ditch the workout, join the party at the first ever Zumba Mega Class on stage at The Hanover Theatre in Worcester! This Latin inspired dance/fitness craze will get your heart pumping and hips shakin’. You’ll have so much fun you won’t realize you’re exercising! Join Licensed Zumba Instructor Jeanine Ruffing for a show stopping 2 hour Mega Class with a Live DJ and Light Show. You won’t want to miss it! Jeanine has been a fitness instructor for over 20 years as well as a dancer for the Reebok Performance Team, International Aerobic Champion and Nationally Competitive Gymnast. Full price tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door.. 7-9 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre.org.

>Friday 22 Bats at Moore State Park. Little brown bats are disappearing from New England due to White Nose Syndrome, but we are fortunate to still have this native bat colony in Paxton. Join us to learn about this devastating disease and ways that human activity may increase its impact. We will also play games and do an activity to gear us up for the fabulous ﬂight sightings at dusk! Meet in the parking lot. For ages 6 and older. For more information and to register, call 508.753.6087. $6 Mass Audubon Adult Members, $8 Adult Non-members, $4 Child Members, $6 Child Non-members.. 7-9 p.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087.

>Saturday 23 Looking for Lost Ladybugs. Scientists with the Lost Ladybug

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a variety of rhythms from all over Latin America; You’ll get a taste of everything-meringue, salsa, flamenco, Zamba, mambo, reggae, cumbia, calypso, cha cha, hip hop and belly dancing. Zumba combines high energy and motivating music with unique moves creating an exciting and effective fitness program for all participants. (Just bring water and clothes to sweat on) 5:30-6:30 p.m. To register call (508) 208-4743. First Presbyterian Church Worcester, United States, 125 Holden St. 508-208-4743 or ninacerviatti.com. Pilates beginners with stability ball pre-register by 06/22. Beginner yoga- pilates with stability ball $60.00 / 6 week or $100.00 for 2 classes per week Starts 06/25 - 07/30/12 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Bring Yoga mat and stability ball Using Yoga and Pilates to reach extreme results without extreme injuries and pain. This gentler approach to fitness supports your back and neck while sculpting and toning your entire body.This very doable approach for any body type will allow you to gain a new you; transforming your body, mind and spirit. Because we are meant to live our lives to the fullest! Inspire and motivate yourself to reach new heights. Stretch, release stress, tone and massage your entire body. Please bring a Yoga mat and exercise ball: 55 or 65 cm. $60 / 6 week or $100 for 2 classes per week. 6:30-7:30 p.m. To register

call (508) 208-4743. First Presbyterian Church Worcester, United States, 125 Holden St. 508-208-4743 or ninacerviatti. com.

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>Sunday 24 Forests-Habitats, Communities, and BiodiversityEarly Successional. What lives in younger woods where saplings and sprouts abound? These forests have grown back on abandoned agricultural land and clear-cut forest areas and feature some fast growing species of trees including pin cherry and quaking aspen. They are in a stage of rapid change and transition but support a number of birds including blue-winged and Nashville warblers, which we’ll search for off trail. For more information and to register, call 978.464.2712. Sponsored by Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, Princeton.Noon-4 p.m. Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. 978-464-2712. Readings by Diane Lewis - Tarot & Medium. Tarot Readings - half or one hour appointments available Medium Readings - one hour appointments only Walk in’s welcome! Advance booking is recommended. To book your appointment, email or call. Call or email for information. Noon-4 p.m. Alternatives For Health Herbal Apothecary, 426 Main St., Sturbridge. 617-6456415 or dianelewis.us.com.

ﬂexibility, balance and strength in this Hatha style Yoga class. We will practice stretching, standing, balancing and breathing, followed by time for meditation. Free. 6-7 p.m. Goodale Park, Crescent St., West Boylston. 508-612-7777 or westboylston.com. Intergenerational Drumming Circle: ages 7 to adult. Come and enjoy the fun and community spirit of a drumming circle. No previous experience is necessary. Led by Rich Ardizzone, this workshop will explore a variety of rhythms in a supportive, non-competitive environment . Bring your own hand drum (conga, djembe, tubano, etc. )No snare or marching drums) or use one of the school’s drums. Please call 508-856-9541 to reserve one of JOMP’s drums, so we will be sure to have enough. $10 per person (Families of 3 or more $25) Children under 11 must be accompanied by an adult. 7-8 p.m. Joy of Music Program, Recital Hall, 1 Gorham St. 508-856-9541. Zumba with Pilates with Nina Cerviatti WorcesterHolden Pre-register by 06/22. 1 class per week $60.00/ 6 week session 2 classes per week $110.00 3 or more classes per week $45.00 per class. PRE-REGISTER BY 06/22/12 Monday Zumba with pilates. Beginners $60.00 / 6 week Starts 06/25 - 07/30/12 5:30 to 6:30 PM. Ditch the workout join the party! This is the work out that puts a huge smile in your face. This is a beginner class that is fun and easy to follow. Featuring

Zumba with Nina Cerviatti in Worcester-Holden starts 06/22. It all starts here….enrichment of the mind, nourishment of the body, uplifting of the soul, a place to share, learn and grow. A place to live with passion and bloom!!! $60.00/ 6 week session or $100.00 for 2 classes per week, $43.00 for 3 or more Tuesday. To register call (508) 208-4743 or email nlcﬁtness1@ gmail.com. This is a beginner’s class that is fun and easy to follow. Featuring a variety of rhythms from all over Latin America. You will get a taste of everything - Meringue, Salsa, Flamenco, Zamba, Mambo, Reggae, Cumbia, Calypso, Cha Cha, and Belly Dancing. Come tone and sculpt your entire body and have fun doing it!!! $60/ 6 week session or $100 for 2 classes per week, $43 for 3 or more. 6-7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church Worcester, 125 Holden St. 508-208-4743.

>Wednesday 27 Free Yoga class through the West Boylston Recreation Department. Yoga classes are for all levels, and will be held outdoors between the West Boylston tennis courts and the track near Goodale Park. Indoor location for both classes (in case of rain or very hot weather) at the Christ Lutheran Church, 112 Crescent Street, West Boylston, MA. With Certiﬁed Yoga instructor Denise Welsh. Additionally a Monday evening 5 week session will run from 6-7 pm, July 16- August 13, $50 for 5 weeks, $13 drop in. A Wednesday morning 6 week session will run from 9:15- 10:15 am, July 11-August 15, $60 for 6 weeks, $13 Drop In. Please bring a large sheet or blanket, a yoga mat and drinking water. Find ﬂexibility, balance and strength in this Hatha style Yoga class. We will practice stretching, standing, balancing

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and breathing, followed by time for meditation. Free. 9:15-10:15 Carnival cruise raffle, cash raffle, Breakfast at 8:00 am, Famous yourself to reach new heights. Stretch, release stress, and tone a.m. Goodale Park, Crescent St., West Boylston. 508-612-7777 or Chicken BBQ (advanced tickets only) at 5:30 with Live tribute to your entire body. Please bring a Yoga mat. $60 / 6 Week session westboylston.com. Neil Diamond. Tickets for raffles will be available. 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. or $100 for 2 classes. 6:50-7:50 p.m. First Presbyterian Church join us for this wonderful event! Noon-6 p.m. Gene J. DeFeudis Neighborhood Nature at Elm Park. Drop in anytime for St. Roch’s Church, 334 Main St., Oxford. Worcester, 125 Holden St. 508-208-4743. Italian American Cultural Center, 28 Mulberry St. 508-791-6139 activities, crafts, stories, and nature walks. Take a break from the Worcester’s Irish Music Festival. Mark your calendars. or seacma.org. playground to learn about the plants and animals that can be found We have 3 bands lined up to play in the Hall. The doors to the pub Rock & Roll Flea Market. Records, CD’s, Musical in Worcester through hands-on projects and games.This is a Free will be open, the kitchen will have a special menu and there will Instruments, Collectibles, Art, Comics, Books, Magazines, Fashion. >Friday 22 program. For more information and to register, call 508.753.6087 even be some vendors. Music - Tom Lanigan Band, 12 to 3:30pm. Every Sunday. Music, Food, Cold Drinks. Free. Noon-6 p.m. Ralph’s 1st Annual Boots ‘n Boxers Party. This is sure to be a Free. 1-4 p.m. Elm Park, Highland St. and Park Ave. Billy Egan & The Rising, 4 to 7:30pm. The Jolly Beggars, 8 to Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. blast. Come on down and strut your stuff for some great fun and Sparkling Wines Seminar. Importer and Winebuyer Peter 11pm. Vendors - The Tinker’s Cart, “The Jewel is You” Triple Fisted maybe even walk away with some CA$H. We will be having a BEST Irish, Barney’s Stained Glass, Cash Bar, Food, Irish Bread Booth Sagansky will conduct a Sparkling Wine Seminar. Peter’s goal will be to demystify sparkling wines for the attendees and to help them BUNS contest as part of this event. This event is open to 18+ $5 - Children under 12 - Free. Noon-11 p.m. Worcester Hibernian to make better buying decisions. He will explain: How Champagnes with proper ID and paid cover charge. Stop in before 10 and you Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700 or aohworcester.org. >Friday 22 won’t even have to pay the cover charge (21+ only). Hope to see and other Sparkling Wines are made, Sparkling Wine styles and “Come to Finland for the AfterNoon”. MidSummer Members of Broad Universe Reading, Signing, and your Boots n Boxers. 18+ only $10. 21+ only $5. 10-11:59 p.m. their quality levels, Sparkling Wine terminology, The grape types AfterNoon Luncheon - Finnish Fashion, Music and Vendors Discussion. Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester welcomes women Mixers Cocktail Lounge, 105 Water St. 508-756-2227. used and how they effect the wine’s scents and flavors, Their Featuring Finnish Pop Singer, Maria (Voutilainen) Kizirian, 2012 authors from the New England Chapter of Broad Universe. Authors versatility with foods. The seminar will last 30 minutes. A casual Finlandia Foundation’s Performer of the Year Enjoy a traditional will read from their work, sign books, and discuss their adventures >Tuesday 26 Free Wine Tasting of great summer wines including Sparkling Finnish luncheon and our Marimekko Fashion Show with Beauty in writing and publishing. Light refreshments will be provided. 5-9 Zumba with Nina Cerviatti in Worcester-Holden Wines, Dry Rosés and perfect BBQ reds will follow the session. Products by Lumene Vendors include The Gift Chalet, The Kitchen p.m. Annie’s Book Stop, starts 06/22. It all starts here….enrichment of the mind, Sturbridge Cheese and Chocolates will contribute samples of Garden, The Jewel 65 James St. 508-796nourishment of the body, uplifting of the soul, a place to share, Artisan Cheeses, Chocolate Truffles and Fudge. A 10% discount Junkie and the FHSS 5613. learn and grow. A place to live with passion and bloom!!! $60.00/ will be offered at The Winebuyer’s Outlet following the seminar Wood Carving/Burning The Not So Late Show with Shaun Connolly and The 6 week session or $100.00 for 2 classes per week, $43.00 for that evening to members of the Central Mass South Chamber Group. $15. Reservations Over-Qualified Band happens on Thursday, June 21, from >Saturday 3 or more Tuesday. To register call (508) 208-4743 or email of Commerce. Free for CMS Chamber Members, $20 for nonRecommended. 12:30-4 8-10 p.m. over at Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. 23 nlcfitness1@gmail.com. This is a beginner’s class that is fun members. 5:30-6 p.m. The Winebuyer’s Outlet, 453 Main St., p.m. Finnish Heritage “Wild Delicate and easy to follow. Featuring a variety of rhythms from all over Fiskdale. 508-347-2761 or cmschamber.ning.com.. Society, Sovittaja, Finn Seconds: 29 Latin America. You will get a taste of everything - Meringue, Salsa, Book Signing for “The Lost then Found Essays of Park Road, Rutland. Wildlife Encounters” book signing & reading with Joe Fusco Jr.”. Buy a drink, buy a dinner, buy a book! 6-8 p.m. Flamenco, Zamba, Mambo, Reggae, Cumbia, Calypso, Cha Cha, 508-868-4202 or sovittaja.org/pages/midsummerluncheon.aspx. Charles Finn. Charles Finn is the editor of High Desert Journal and Belly Dancing. Come tone and sculpt your entire body and Piccolo’s, 157 Shrewsbury St. 508-754-1057. Willis Center’s African American and Juneteenth and author of the newly released Wild Delicate Seconds: 29 have fun doing it!!! $60/ 6 week session or $100 for 2 classes Yoga by Nature: Spring Session 3, Class 5. Yoga by Festival 2012. The annual African American and Juneteenth Wildlife Encounters (OSU Press 2012). His essays and poetry per week, $43 for 3 or more. 6-7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church Nature class is about opening up to your body on a deeper level. Festival is a highlight of summer of summer in Worcester have appeared in a wide variety of literary journals, anthologies, Worcester, 125 Holden St. 508-208-4743. Every class is guided to fit individual needs. Here, you will have celebrating African American culture and honoring the anniversary newspapers and consumer magazines. Before joining the High the opportunity to learn about cultivating breath of Juneteenth with music, dance, craft, and food Desert Journal, Charles taught English as a foreign language for awareness, mindfulness, and feel how all of the from the African Diaspora. This is a family friendly three years in Hiroshima, Japan, hid out in the woods of British elements of nature exist in you as well. During the event for people of all ages and backgrounds, Area musicians Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards will traverse Columbia, Canada, for ten, spent five years in Montana, much nice weather, we will be practicing on the lawn with seven hours of live performances, children’ s Massachusetts once again for their 3rd Annual Walking Tour, an annual bipedal of it living in a 8 x 12 cabin of his own making with no running outside, surrounded by the beautiful gardens at activities, and a history exhibit. Festival 2012 walk in support of arts and culture. This troupe of artists, including Musician/ Artist Dan water or electricity, and wrote. A self-taught woodworker and Tower Hill. For the winter or rainy days we will be Performers Headliner: The Stylistics Review Beat Blakeslee, will be performing folk music concerts in the small towns of Massachusetts, proponent of “living little” he began, A Room of One’s Own, building inside. Every student is asked to bring anything they Team In Da Zone Step Dancers from the Boys promoting community-based cultural organizations and local support for the arts. This “microhomes,” one-room wood cabins constructed entirely out might require for class. (mat, blanket, sweater, etc.) & Girls Club In His Image Belmont AME Zion’ s year’s walk is scheduled to run through Monday June 25 and will utilize the Wachusett of reclaimed lumber and materials he salvaged from taking down You are warmly invited to come and experience Youth Ministry Liturgical Dancers Sweet Smelling Greenways as part of the established route meandering from Oakham through to West old barns and buildings. Originally from Vermont he moved from Yourself. Member $13, Nonmember $15. 6-7:15 Savor Belmont AME Zion’ s Adult Ministry Boylston. Towns along the trail slated for WT performances include Woodstock(CT), Dudley, Missoula to Bend, Oregon in 2008, but has recently relocated p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Liturgical Dancers Shi Shi’ s Salon Hair Show Southbridge, Sturbridge, East Brookfield, Rutland, West Bolyston, Worcester, Whitinsville to Elizabeth, New Jersey where he lives with his wife, Joyce Boylston. 508-869-6111 or www.towerhillbg.org. Seven Hills Soldiers Stomp Team Pat Braxton (Northbridge) and Douglas . Each of this year’s concerts will feature the songs of Mandeville, Mphande, and their two cats, Pushkin and Lutsa. Free. 3:30-5 p.m. Zumba in Worcester-Holden with Nina Jazz Chops Turner Band History Tent by Joel Richards and Blakeslee with arrangements on guitar, banjo, harmonica, tin whistle and Booklovers’ Gourmet, 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232. Cerviatti pre-register by 06/22. It all starts Mackall of Reidren Business Group. The exciting ukulele, accompanied by a brief talk on the philosophy behind the Walking Tour. www. here….enrichment of the mind, nourishment of day includes: music and dance performances masswalkingtour.org for more details FREE. Catch their stop on Saturday June 23 to >Monday 25 the body, uplifting of the soul, a place to share, lessons in history community gathering and Whitinsville from 7-9 p.m. at the Alternatives Whitin Mill Complex: GB and Lexi Singh Summer Author Institute. The Author Institute is held each learn and grow. A place to live with passion and networking vendors of all kinds arts & crafts, Performance Center, 60 Douglas Road, Whitinsville. masswalkingtour.org. year at the end of June and features notable and award winning bloom! $60.00 for 6 weeks or $100.00 for 2 nonprofits, and more food from the African authors who present to graduate students and teachers from classes per week. This is a beginner’s class that is diaspora Juneteenth is the oldest nationally across New England. It takes place over a one week period and fun and easy to follow. Ditch the workout join the recognized celebration of the end of slavery in features a different children’s author each day. The presenters/ party! Featuring a variety of rhythms from all over Latin America; the United States. It is celebrated around June 19th - the date authors work diligently to present not only their literature, but You’ll get a taste of everything-meringue, salsa, flamenco, Zamba, commonly recognized as the day in 1965 that all slaves finally also a variety of genre’s and literacy elements, ways to motivate mambo, reggae, cumbia, calypso, cha cha, hip hop and belly knew of their Freedom, two and a half year after Abraham Lincoln dancing. Zumba combines high energy and motivating music with signed the Emmancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1963. Free. and develop student interest in literature and authoring and formalizes teacher based activities and creativity for classroom unique moves creating an exciting and effective fitness program 1-8 p.m. Institute Park, Salisbury St. and Park Ave. 508-340-5331 >Thursday 21 use and interest in writing by both teachers and students. The for all participants. (Just bring water and clothes to sweat on) $60/ Change A Life Campaign. Come Learn how you can Make or williscenter.org/events/festival/festival-2012. 2012 Author’s Institute features the following authors: David Diaz, 6 week session or $100 for 2 classes per week. 6:30-7:30 p.m. A Difference in the life of an adult or child. Enjoy food, petting Jacqueline Davies and Laura Numeroff as well as two additional >Sunday 24 First Presbyterian Church Worcester, United States, 125 Holden St. zoo, games, face painting and much more! Bring a friend who authors presenting their work. The hours each day are from 9th Annual Asian Festival. The Asian Festival is growing 508-208-4743 or ninacerviatti.com. is interested in learning more about the fulfilling opportunities 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM. Students are required to attend each day every year, and promises to be a wonderful experience for everyone beginner Yoga With Pilates With Nina Cerviatti preat Massachusetts MENTOR and you will be entered to win great for the full day, and to complete all projects as outlined at the visiting. 2012 will be our biggest year yet. The Asian Festival will register by 06/22. It all starts here….enrichment of the mind, prizes. Learn how you can change a life as a Mentor today! Free. start of the Institute. Lunch is provided and an author autograph offer the following in entertainment, food and information: Music nourishment of the body, uplifting of the soul, a place to share, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Green Hill Park, Skyline Drive. 508-368-2700. session is usually scheduled during this time to accommodate and performances from the following participating countries: learn and grow. A place to live with passion and bloom! Beginner students. Students may use the Institute as an elective in the Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Laos, Yoga with pilates $60.00 / 6 Week session Starts 05/09/12 6:50 >Friday 22 Masters’ of Education Program, provided a research paper on the Nepal, Philippine, Thailand and Vietnam. A fashion show, showing – 7:50 PM At: First Presbyterian Church Worcester 125 Holden Art Riot Expo. Holiday Inn Boxborough, 242 Adams Place, Importance of Literacy in the Classroom is handed in by the last each country’ s sense of style. There will be a food court offering Street Worcester, MA 01606 (Coming from Holden right after the Boxborough. 508-860-2002 or artriotexpo.com. day of the Institute. For more information and a registration form, a delicious taste from the Asian region. Informational Booths Animal Shelter) To register call (508) 208-4743. Using Yoga and visit www.worcester.edu/authorinstitute $685. 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 of local businesses providing niche services. Asian Bazaar Pilates to reach extreme results without extrme injuries and pain. >Saturday 23 p.m. Worcester State University: Ghosh Center for Science and for exotic purchases. Health Clinic providing Free information This very do-able approach for any body type wil allow you to gain Festival of St. Roch. We will have several Adopt-a-basket Technology, 486 Chandler St. 508-929-8127. on: Hypertension, Bone Density, Diabetes, Dental Care, Health a new you; transforming your body, mind, and spirit. Because raffles, Used book sale, bake sales, crafts, flea market, garage sale, Insurance, Health Proxy and other health related services. Please we are meant to live our lives to the fullest!! Inspire and motivate

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2012 Captiva S LT Mi: 15,295 Ext: Arctic Stk#: 3265 $27,775 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2012 Captiva S LT Mi: 7,591 Ext: Arctic Stk#: 3275 $27,775 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Colorado LT Mi: 13,973 Ext: Silver Stk#: 3262 $23,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2009 Colorado LT Mi: 24,032 Ext: Red Stk#: 12741A $19,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2012 Cruze ECO Mi: 19,768 Ext: Blue Stk#: LA11815A $18,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

Chevrolet

2011 Cruze LT Mi: 13,740 Ext: Red Stk#: P5042 $18,997 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2012 Cruze LT Mi: 26,984 Ext: Silver Stk#: 3263 $18,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Cruze LTZ Mi: 15,706 Ext: Black Stk#: 3256 $22,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Cruze LTZ Mi: 12,260 Ext: White Stk#: 3249 $22,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2008 Equinox Mi: 26,355 Ext: Black Stk#: LA12884A Call Us Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2010 Equinox LS Mi: 53,011 Ext: White Stk#: 12833A $19,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2010 Equinox LT Mi: 17,104 Ext: Silver Stk#: P5001 $22,895 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2008 Equinox LT Mi: 46,409 Ext: Black Stk#: IM12046A $16,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2008 Equinox LT Mi: 64,916 Ext: White Stk#: 3170A $14,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

Chevrolet

2007 Equinox LT Mi: 57,541 Ext: Gray Stk#: 12727B $13,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2008 Equinox S Mi: 37,888 Ext: Blue Stk#: 115282A $19,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 Express 2500 Mi: 20,694 Ext: White Stk#: P9087 $19,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2011 Express 2500 Mi: 23,740 Ext: White Stk#: 3214 $19,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Express 2500 Mi: 23,566 Ext: White Stk#: 3213 $19,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2010 Express 3500 Mi: 36,365 Ext: White Stk#: R4072 $21,688 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2011 Express 3500 LT Mi: 9,860 Ext: White Stk#: 3268 $25,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Express 3500 LT Mi: 9,860 Ext: White Stk#: 3267 $25,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 HHR LT Mi: 30,578 Ext: Arctic Stk#: P9074 $14,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

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Chevrolet

2011 HHR LT Mi: 30,486 Ext: Silver Stk#: P9073 $14,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2000 Impala Mi: 50,871 Ext: Brown Stk#: IM12489B $5,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2011 Impala LS Mi: 15,075 Ext: Silver Stk#: P5044 $17,245 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2011 Impala LS Mi: 29,083 Ext: Silver Stk#: P9109 $16,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2011 Impala LS Mi: 31,123 Ext: Black Stk#: P9056 $14,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2011 Impala LT Mi: 14,916 Ext: White Stk#: 3255 $19,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Impala LT Mi: 15,116 Ext: White Stk#: 3237 $19,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Impala LT Mi: 18,610 Ext: White Stk#: R4093 $17,602 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2011 Impala LT Mi: 29,534 Ext: White Stk#: P9108 $16,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

Chevrolet

2006 Impala LT Mi: 96,226 Ext: White Stk#: MB13100B $8,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2012 Impala LTZ Mi: 9,130 Ext: Black Stk#: 3273 $23,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2012 Impala LTZ Mi: 9,660 Ext: Silver Stk#: 3236 $23,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2012 Impala LTZ Mi: 13,017 Ext: White Stk#: P9068 $22,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2004 K2500 Mi: 35,552 Ext: Black Stk#: AC12451A $17,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2010 Malibu LS Mi: 9,761 Ext: Gold Stk#: 12424A $16,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2012 Malibu LT Mi: 15,966 Ext: Beige Stk#: P9099 $19,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2011 Malibu LT Mi: 11,661 Ext: White Stk#: 3218 $19,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Malibu LT Mi: 10,524 Ext: Silver Stk#: R5015 $19,949 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

Chevrolet

2011 Malibu LT Mi: 14,105 Ext: White Stk#: 3221 $17,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Malibu LT Mi: 14,450 Ext: Mocha Stk#: P5043 $17,899 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2011 Malibu LTZ Mi: 18,500 Ext: Black Stk#: P9097 $22,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2011 Malibu LTZ Mi: 10,242 Ext: White Stk#: 3234 $20,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Silverado 1500 Mi: 15,962 Ext: Red Stk#: P5029 $18,499 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2006 Silverado 1500 Mi: 66,819 Ext: Black Stk#: YK12219B $17,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2005 Silverado 1500 Mi: 105,426 Ext: Red Stk#: TK12326A $13,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2003 Silverado 1500 Mi: 91,452 Ext: White Stk#: 12554B $8,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2008 Silverado 1500 LS Mi: 39,128 Ext: Blue Stk#: TK12170A $23,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

Chevrolet

2006 Silverado 1500 LS Mi: 20,089 Ext: Blue Stk#: 12798A $19,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Silverado 1500 LT Mi: 3,987 Ext: Black Stk#: P9103 $31,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2011 Silverado 1500 LT Mi: 29,102 Ext: Black Stk#: TK12465A $28,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2011 Silverado 1500 LT Mi: 37,921 Ext: Red Stk#: 12734A $28,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Silverado 1500 LT Mi: 20,693 Ext: White Stk#: P8984 $26,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2009 Silverado 1500 LT Mi: 51,919 Ext: Red Stk#: 12700A $26,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2010 Silverado 1500 LT Mi: 19,775 Ext: Black Stk#: 12770A $24,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2007 Silverado 1500 LT Mi: 60,921 Ext: Gray Stk#: 12708A Call Us Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Silverado 2500 HD Mi: 6,692 Ext: White Stk#: 3261 $38,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

Chevrolet

2010 Silverado 2500 HD Mi: 43,644 Ext: Blue Stk#: 12674A $25,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Silverado 2500 LT Mi: 9,258 Ext: Gray Stk#: P9105 $44,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2009 Silverado 2500 LT Mi: 30,848 Ext: Black Stk#: 3246A $29,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2010 Silverado 2500 LT Mi: 50,090 Ext: Silver Stk#: G53789A $29,416 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2010 Silverado 2500 LTZ Mi: 50,200 Ext: White Stk#: G59069A $36,726 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2011 Silverado 3500 HD Mi: 14,788 Ext: Gray Stk#: P5038 $31,499 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2006 Suburban 1500 LS Mi: 81,000 Ext: Silver Stk#: 3244 $15,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2012 Suburban 1500 LT Mi: 13,588 Ext: Brown Stk#: 3266 $41,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2007 Suburban 1500 LT Mi: 70,231 Ext: White Stk#: 11693B $23,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

Chevrolet

Chrysler

2008 Tahoe LT Mi: 59,052 Ext: Black Stk#: 11642A $31,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Tahoe LTZ Mi: 16,861 Ext: Gold Stk#: 3238 $48,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Tahoe LTZ Mi: 33,498 Ext: White Stk#: ES11287A $44,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2009 Tahoe LTZ Mi: 40,826 Ext: White Stk#: 12781A $39,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2007 Trailblazer LT Mi: 39,069 Ext: Maroon Stk#: P8978 $16,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2008 Trailblazer LT Mi: 45,505 Ext: N/A Stk#: N/A $16,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2012 Traverse LT Mi: 13,523 Ext: Silver Stk#: 3229 $35,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2012 Traverse LT Mi: 13,809 Ext: Red Stk#: 3243 $33,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 200 LX Mi: 5,812 Ext: Sapphire Stk#: 115408A $19,975 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

Chrysler

Dodge

Ford

2011 Town & Country Mi: 29,259 Ext: White Stk#: TU6016R $23,995 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2010 Town & Country Mi: 54,259 Ext: Black Stk#: MB12414A $16,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2010 Charger SXT Mi: 45,134 Ext: Gray Stk#: 3258A $16,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2010 Ram 1500 ST Mi: 36,139 Ext: Black Stk#: 12104A $19,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2006 Ram 3500 ST Mi: 51,425 Ext: Red Stk#: 12711A $29,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Crown Victoria LX Mi: 16,233 Ext: Black Stk#: CU4645R $18,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2011 E-250 Mi: 5,969 Ext: White Stk#: TU6034R $22,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2011 E-250 Mi: 9,883 Ext: White Stk#: TU6090 $20,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2011 E-350 SD Mi: 13,925 Ext: White Stk#: TU6032R $22,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

Ford

2008 E-350 SD XLT Mi: 31,995 Ext: Blue Stk#: 3260 $16,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2008 Edge LTD Mi: 28,013 Ext: Pearl Stk#: TU5874R $25,995 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2012 Edge LTD Mi: 11,275 Ext: White Stk#: TU6101R Call Us Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2010 Escape LTD Mi: 40,142 Ext: Red Stk#: TU6069 $21,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2008 Escape LTD Mi: 61,161 Ext: Silver Stk#: TU6064 $16,499 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2011 Escape XLT Mi: 19,416 Ext: Gray Stk#: TU6007R $23,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2011 Escape XLT Mi: 18,126 Ext: Gray Stk#: TU6017R $22,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2011 Escape XLT Mi: 27,017 Ext: Brown Stk#: TU6018R $21,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2008 Escape XLT Mi: 28,061 Ext: Kiwi Stk#: TU5925R $18,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

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Ford

2011 Explorer XLT Mi: 27,516 Ext: Silver Stk#: TU6006R $33,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2011 F-150 Mi: 22,558 Ext: Gray Stk#: TU6071R $29,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2011 F-150 Mi: 13,392 Ext: White Stk#: TU6052R $18,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2009 F-150 SC Mi: 67,954 Ext: Red Stk#: TU5999 $27,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2008 F-150 STX Mi: 33,084 Ext: Silver Stk#: G57897A $19,109 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2007 F-250 Mi: 52,635 Ext: White Stk#: TU6041 $28,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2008 F-250 XL Mi: 53,978 Ext: Brown Stk#: 12775B $22,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2010 F-350 Mi: 32,419 Ext: Green Stk#: SI12892A $34,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2011 F-350 Mi: 31,596 Ext: Brown Stk#: TU5895 $28,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

Ford

2006 F-350 Mi: 38,111 Ext: Blue Stk#: TU6062 $27,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2003 F-350 Mi: 42,439 Ext: Green Stk#: TU5977 $15,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2009 Flex Limited Mi: 80,791 Ext: Cinnamon Stk#: TU5948 $20,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2012 Focus SE Mi: 9,135 Ext: Red Stk#: CU4695 $18,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2011 Focus SE Mi: 26,277 Ext: White Stk#: CU4635R $16,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2010 Focus SE Mi: 14,454 Ext: White Stk#: 12203A $15,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2011 Focus SE Mi: 6,868 Ext: Gray Stk#: 111255C $15,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 Focus SES Mi: 30,963 Ext: Ebony Stk#: CU4654R $18,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2011 Focus SES Mi: 34,674 Ext: Silver Stk#: CU4662R $18,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

Ford

2011 Focus SES Mi: 38,380 Ext: Ebony Stk#: P5046 $15,899 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2011 Fusion SE Mi: 23,962 Ext: Blue Stk#: CU4597R $19,499 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2011 Fusion SE Mi: 28,445 Ext: Silver Stk#: CU4646R $18,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2010 Fusion SE Mi: 36,959 Ext: Silver Stk#: CU4556R $17,499 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2008 Fusion SE Mi: 80,256 Ext: Blue Stk#: 12250C $10,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2006 Fusion SEL I4 Mi: 81,525 Ext: Silver Stk#: CU4706 $12,596 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2007 Mustang Mi: 67,387 Ext: Black Stk#: 121468A $15,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Mustang GT Mi: 29,410 Ext: Black Stk#: 111364A $24,400 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Ranger Mi: 30,623 Ext: Blue Stk#: TU5846 $20,499 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

Ford

GMC

2009 Ranger Mi: 58,230 Ext: Redfire Stk#: TU5979 $18,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2005 Ranger XLT Mi: 81,828 Ext: Black Stk#: 115424A $14,100 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2008 Taurus LTD Mi: 106,623 Ext: White Stk#: CU4609 $11,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2009 Taurus SE Mi: 52,123 Ext: Maroon Stk#: P9048 $13,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2010 Taurus SEL Mi: 59,575 Ext: Gold Stk#: CU4649 $17,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2007 Acadia Mi: 73,739 Ext: Red Stk#: TE12285C $22,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2011 Acadia SLT Mi: 17,510 Ext: Carbon Stk#: AC12718A $36,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2011 Acadia SLT Mi: 23,610 Ext: White Stk#: R4080 $32,345 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2009 Acadia SLT Mi: 45,537 Ext: Silver Stk#: G13542A $25,724 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

GMC

2012 Canyon SLE Mi: 15,220 Ext: Black Stk#: R5032 $23,959 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

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

2005 Envoy SLE Mi: 82,352 Ext: White Stk#: 121175A $11,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 Sierra 1500 Mi: 20,577 Ext: White Stk#: P5039 $40,799 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2010 Sierra 1500 Mi: 15,305 Ext: Gray Stk#: G21009A $23,726 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2009 Sierra 1500 Mi: 20,346 Ext: White Stk#: P5045 $16,899 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

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

2011 Sierra 1500 SLT Mi: 12,400 Ext: Red Stk#: P4083 $33,495 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2009 Sierra 1500 SLT Mi: 22,131 Ext: Red Stk#: 3252 $32,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

GMC

2009 Sierra 1500 SLT Mi: 24,561 Ext: Black Stk#: G97569A $29,869 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2006 Sierra 1500 SLT Mi: 78,459 Ext: Sand Stk#: 101453C $16,400 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Sierra 2500 SLT Mi: 35,165 Ext: White Stk#: P4085 $42,683 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2010 Sierra 3500 HD Mi: 24,891 Ext: Blue Stk#: P4067 $36,997 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2009 Sierra 3500 HD Mi: 16,052 Ext: Black Stk#: P5034 $29,997 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2011 Terrain SLE Mi: 31,852 Ext: Gray Stk#: TU6077 $24,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2010 Terrain SLE Mi: 35,600 Ext: Black Stk#: G38266A $20,843 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 $25,602 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

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GMC

Honda

2008 Yukon 1500 SLT XL Mi: 57,804 Ext: White Stk#: P8985 $33,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2009 Yukon 1500 SLT XL Mi: 84,940 Ext: Black Stk#: G47425A $30,648 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2011 Yukon Denali Mi: 11,568 Ext: White Stk#: SI12733A $48,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2010 Yukon Denali Mi: 17,290 Ext: White Stk#: P5041 $47,899 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2010 Yukon Denali Mi: 46,578 Ext: Black Stk#: P5030 $44,979 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2012 Yukon SLT Mi: 8,745 Ext: White Stk#: P5026 $42,950 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2012 Yukon SLT Mi: 16,055 Ext: Black Stk#: P5027 $42,823 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2012 Yukon SLT Mi: 10,665 Ext: Silver Stk#: P5025 $41,823 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2011 Accord EX Mi: 8,262 Ext: Blue Stk#: P5040 $21,869 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

Honda

2009 Accord EX Mi: 41,702 Ext: White Stk#: 115151A $20,200 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Accord EX Mi: 26,914 Ext: Green Stk#: 115279A $18,100 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2008 Accord EX Mi: 51,407 Ext: Gray Stk#: EQ12255A $15,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2008 Civic EX Mi: 61,166 Ext: Blue Stk#: 115184B $15,200 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2008 Civic LX Mi: 49,217 Ext: Blue Stk#: 121362A $14,200 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2008 Civic LX Mi: 70,810 Ext: Blue Stk#: 121395A $12,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2007 Civic LX Mi: 62,845 Ext: White Stk#: CU4659 $12,499 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2008 Civic LX Mi: 92,121 Ext: Blue Stk#: 115032A $10,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2007 CR-V EX Mi: 58,713 Ext: Red Stk#: 111808A $18,600 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

Honda

Hyundai

2005 CR-V EX Mi: 41,271 Ext: Sand Stk#: 121540A $15,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2003 Element EX Mi: 90,774 Ext: Orange Stk#: 125004B $10,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Insight EX Mi: 31,191 Ext: Silver Stk#: 135032A $19,000 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2005 Odyssey EX Mi: 73,647 Ext: White Stk#: TU6084 $13,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2009 Santa Fe Mi: 33,827 Ext: Gray Stk#: 121332A $20,600 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Santa Fe Mi: 41,130 Ext: Khaki Stk#: TU5962 $17,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2009 Santa Fe Mi: 39,174 Ext: Gray Stk#: 105677B $17,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Sonata Mi: 31,831 Ext: Cherry Stk#: CU4674 $14,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2010 Sonata GLS Mi: 38,895 Ext: Gray Stk#: 121033A $15,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

Hyundai

Jeep

Kia

2007 Sonata SE Mi: 26,762 Ext: Black Stk#: 121385A $14,800 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2006 Tiburon GS Mi: 72,519 Ext: Yellow Stk#: 121456A $10,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Liberty S Mi: 28,892 Ext: Sand Stk#: P9090 $17,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2008 Liberty S Mi: 97,286 Ext: Blue Stk#: 121445A $15,200 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Patriot S Mi: 28,667 Ext: Black Stk#: 121507B $17,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Wrangler Rubicon Mi: 18,857 Ext: Blue Stk#: TU6024 $28,499 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2010 Wrangler S Islander Mi: 18,749 Ext: White Stk#: 125048A $26,300 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Wrangler Un-LTD Mi: 35,389 Ext: Black Stk#: CT12259B $24,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2010 Forte EX Mi: 24,366 Ext: Red Stk#: 11648B $16,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

Kia

Lexus

Lincoln

Mazda

2008 Sorento Mi: 49,346 Ext: Blue Stk#: EQ12120B $13,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2010 Soul Mi: 31,324 Ext: Shadow Stk#: CU4259R $14,922 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2008 GX 470 Mi: 64,738 Ext: Gray Stk#: 12515A $32,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2010 RX 350 Mi: 31,170 Ext: Silver Stk#: 3250 $34,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2009 MKX Mi: 34,356 Ext: White Stk#: M1434 $29,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 2 Touring Mi: 18,161 Ext: Black Stk#: 125268A $16,100 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 3 i S Mi: 20,987 Ext: Silver Stk#: 115372A $16,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 3 i S Mi: 19,863 Ext: Silver Stk#: 115325A $16,700 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 3 i Touring Mi: 10,922 Ext: Graphite Stk#: M1410 $18,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

Mazda

2010 3 S Mi: 3,038 Ext: Black Stk#: M1388 $22,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 3 S Mi: 17,401 Ext: Crystal Stk#: 111730B $20,300 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2012 6 Mi: 212 Ext: Silver Stk#: 125231A $21,100 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 6 Mi: 10,005 Ext: Black Stk#: 115413A $20,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 6 Mi: 8,511 Ext: BL-Cherry Stk#: M1413 $20,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 6 Mi: 11,485 Ext: Gray Stk#: M1426 $20,800 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 6 Mi: 8,869 Ext: Silver Stk#: M1390 $19,800 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 6 i GT Mi: 8,443 Ext: Blue Stk#: M1427 $23,800 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 6 i Sport Mi: 10,194 Ext: Black Stk#: M1433 $19,990 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

Mazda

2010 6 i Sport Mi: 36,931 Ext: Gray Stk#: 135031A $17,600 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 6 i Sport Mi: 4,047 Ext: Red Stk#: 115109A $17,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2007 CX-7 Mi: 31,001 Ext: Gray Stk#: 115354A $17,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 CX-7 i SV Mi: 9,964 Ext: Black Stk#: 115176A $19,800 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 CX-7 i SV Mi: 9,654 Ext: Silver Stk#: M1323A $18,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 CX-7 S Mi: 18,892 Ext: Black Stk#: M1405 $26,300 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 CX-7 S Mi: 9,040 Ext: Blue Stk#: 115377A $24,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 CX-7 S Mi: 24,857 Ext: Black Stk#: 115415A $19,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2008 CX-7 S Mi: 44,836 Ext: Platinum Stk#: 115083B $18,100 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

Mazda

2007 CX-7 S Mi: 36,136 Ext: Platinum Stk#: 115418A $17,300 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 CX-9 GT Mi: 934 Ext: Silver Stk#: M1420 $35,600 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 CX-9 GT Mi: 22,520 Ext: Gray Stk#: 125346A $34,200 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 CX-9 GT Mi: 8,004 Ext: Crystal Stk#: M1391 $33,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 CX-9 GT Mi: 59,205 Ext: Silver Stk#: 125302A $28,800 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 CX-9 Sport Mi: 28,106 Ext: Crystal Stk#: 115208A $25,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2007 CX-9 Sport Mi: 59,586 Ext: Red Stk#: 115399B $19,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 CX-9 Touring Mi: 14,840 Ext: Silver Stk#: M1431-C $29,300 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 CX-9 Touring Mi: 41,204 Ext: Black Stk#: M1421 $28,100 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

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2007 CX-9 Touring Mi: 85,637 Ext: Black Stk#: 135003A $20,000 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 MX-5 Miata S Mi: 16,100 Ext: Black Stk#: M1404 $20,300 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 RX-8 Sport Mi: 4,986 Ext: Red Stk#: M1384 $22,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2008 Tribute S Mi: 28,836 Ext: Redfire Stk#: 125216A $19,950 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Milan Mi: 8,960 Ext: Gray Stk#: CU4683R $19,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2010 Milan Mi: 17,181 Ext: White Stk#: CU4686R $19,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2010 Milan Mi: 13,155 Ext: Black Stk#: CU4689R $18,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

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

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2007 Montego Mi: 82,725 Ext: Alloy Stk#: CU4688 $11,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

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

2008 Sable Mi: 57,211 Ext: White Stk#: MB12557A $16,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2008 Altima S Mi: 35,677 Ext: Black Stk#: CA12947C $16,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2008 Altima S Mi: 36,446 Ext: Blue Stk#: 121090A $15,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 Altima SL Mi: 17,215 Ext: Gray Stk#: 115400A $23,000 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2005 Pathfinder Mi: 74,001 Ext: Blue Stk#: SI12245A $15,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2008 Rogue SL Mi: 69,812 Ext: Blue Stk#: 125299A $16,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2007 Sentra Mi: 101,687 Ext: Gray Stk#: 115316A $12,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

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2007 Sentra Mi: 80,997 Ext: Gray Stk#: 1519A $11,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 Sentra Mi: 15,954 Ext: N/A Stk#: P9106C Call Us Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2009 G6 Mi: 15,091 Ext: Blue Stk#: P9089 $16,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

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

2008 G6 GT Mi: 35,950 Ext: Silver Stk#: P5048 $14,997 Vendetti Motors (866) 765-3502

2007 G6 GT Mi: 60,900 Ext: Black Stk#: 3195AA $10,995 Colonial West Chevrolet (888) 327-3154

2008 Solstice GXP Mi: 21,596 Ext: Blue Stk#: CT11497B $19,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2009 Torrent GXP Mi: 29,505 Ext: Black Stk#: P9098 $22,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

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2007 Aura XE Mi: 69,305 Ext: Red Stk#: MB12258A $11,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2008 Vue XE Mi: 67,759 Ext: Gray Stk#: MB12333A $15,999 Diamond Chevrolet (877) 383-2099

2010 Forester Mi: 29,765 Ext: Black Stk#: 125123A $23,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Forester Mi: 22,035 Ext: Red Stk#: 121519A $22,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Forester Mi: 24,142 Ext: Silver Stk#: 1507 $21,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Forester Mi: 20,992 Ext: Silver Stk#: 121487A $21,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Forester Mi: 40,909 Ext: Gray Stk#: 121435A $21,300 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Forester Mi: 40,581 Ext: Silver Stk#: 121288A $20,800 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

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2010 Forester Mi: 52,560 Ext: White Stk#: 1520A $20,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Forester X Mi: 26,756 Ext: Gray Stk#: 1484 $19,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2006 Forester X Mi: 59,866 Ext: Gray Stk#: 121416A $15,595 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 Forester X LTD Mi: 21,948 Ext: Red Stk#: 1531-C $27,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Forester X LTD Mi: 30,675 Ext: Gray Stk#: 121415A $23,100 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2012 Impreza Mi: 4,003 Ext: White Stk#: 121441A $20,800 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Impreza Mi: 36,968 Ext: Silver Stk#: 1524 $18,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Impreza Mi: 49,275 Ext: Red Stk#: 121345A $18,100 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Impreza Mi: 21,572 Ext: Gray Stk#: 121317A $17,100 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

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2008 Impreza Mi: 34,367 Ext: Silver Stk#: 121358A $16,600 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Impreza GT Mi: 37,279 Ext: White Stk#: 121301A $21,600 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 Impreza Outback Mi: 14,121 Ext: Red Stk#: 121386A $22,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Impreza Outback Mi: 34,105 Ext: BL-Silver Stk#: 121461A $19,700 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Impreza Outback Mi: 44,015 Ext: Silver Stk#: 121545A $19,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Impreza Outback Mi: 55,398 Ext: Black Stk#: 121366A $18,400 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2012 Legacy Mi: 8,515 Ext: Silver Stk#: 121372A $22,800 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Legacy Mi: 15,132 Ext: Blue Stk#: 121287A $21,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

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2011 Legacy Mi: 43,108 Ext: Gray Stk#: 121302A $20,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2007 Legacy Mi: 99,257 Ext: Silver Stk#: 121533A $13,000 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2007 Legacy GT Ltd Mi: 39,554 Ext: Gray Stk#: 121526A $20,800 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Legacy LTD Mi: 30,943 Ext: Silver Stk#: 121290A $24,100 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Legacy LTD Mi: 27,058 Ext: Blue Stk#: 121179A $23,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Legacy LTD Mi: 40,956 Ext: Blue Stk#: 121068A $21,900 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Outback Mi: 20,321 Ext: Blue Stk#: 1529-C $24,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Outback Mi: 27,571 Ext: Green Stk#: 121384A $22,600 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 Outback Mi: 34,990 Ext: Gray Stk#: 1494-C $21,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

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2008 Outback Mi: 55,270 Ext: White Stk#: 121235A $19,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2006 Outback Mi: 77,983 Ext: Blue Stk#: 121243A $14,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2011 Outback Ltd Mi: 11,690 Ext: Green Stk#: 121162A $29,800 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2010 Outback Ltd Mi: 21,159 Ext: White Stk#: 1525 $27,800 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Outback Ltd Mi: 41,743 Ext: Green Stk#: 121529A $22,600 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2009 Outback Ltd Mi: 52,964 Ext: Silver Stk#: 121326A $22,500 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2006 Outback Ltd Mi: 65,789 Ext: Silver Stk#: 125185A $17,600 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

2008 Camry Mi: 31,350 Ext: Gray Stk#: CU4607 $16,999 Lamoureux Ford (877) 365-9323

2011 Camry LE Mi: 10,778 Ext: Gray Stk#: 121280A $19,600 North End Automotive (877) 362-1886

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49 Text, for short 51 “øQue ___?” (“How’s it going?” in Spanish) 52 Huge Àre 53 Bear from “The Jungle Book” 55 “Memories of You” pianist Blake 56 Takes some movie scenes out 58 “That’s kinda funny!” 59 “___ Fire” (Springsteen song) 60 Bugs that get “picked” 61 No Clue 62 Passing blurb 63 Forearm bone 64 Kid ©2012 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com)

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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 Peter M. Schotanus and Alicia M. Schotanus to CCO Mortgage Corp., dated October 6, 2006 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 39925, Page 320, of which mortgage Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 p.m. on July 10, 2012, on the mortgaged premises located at 125 Central Turnpike, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: The land together with the buildings thereon situated in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on the southerly side of Central Turnpike and on the southerly side of Central Turnpike, Massachusetts on the easterly side of Old Stone Road and shown as Lot 1 containing 5.37 acres on a plan entitled ‘’Plan of Land in Sutton, Massachusetts, Owned by Donald G. Hamelin, Jr., 125 Central Turnpike, Sutton, Massachusetts’’, Scale 1’’ = 40’, dated June 3, 2004 and prepared by Shanks & Associates and recorded in the Worcester Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 810, Plan 57. Subject to rights, easements, and restrictions of record to the extent in force and applicable. Being a portion of the same premises conveyed by deed dated March 12, 2001 and recorded with the Worcester South District Registry of Deeds in Book 23788, Page 287. Property: 125 Central Turnpike Sutton, MA. For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed recorded with Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 39925, Page 318. These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, 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 Five Thousand ($5,000.00 ) 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 Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. 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. Residential Credit Solutions, Inc. Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. 150 California Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 558-0500 201109-1322 – GRY 06/14/2012, 06/21/2012 & 6/28/2012

Home Of The Free, Thanks To The Brave MILITARY HERO OF THE WEEK Is there a special service person in your life? The Central Mass Classifieds would like to feature members of our Armed Forces on a regular basis. If you have a special service person in your life, please email ejohnson@leominsterchamp.com with some information, photo, brief summary of his/her service, and we will be happy to recognize them in the Central Mass Classifieds. The brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces should be remembered all year long. Call Erin at 978-728-4302 or email ejohnson@leominsterchamp.com for more information.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Millbury Planning Board In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, July 9, 2012 at 7:30 p.m., at the Municipal Ofﬁce Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA, on the application of Mario Romeo and Gianni Romeo, property located at 22 West Street, Millbury, MA, for a Site Plan Review Permit under Article 1, Section 12.4 of the Millbury Zoning Bylaws, Adaptive Reuse Overlay District Special Permit under Article 2, Section 28 of the Millbury Zoning Bylaws, and for Post-Construction Stormwater Management Permit under Section 16-3 of the Millbury General Bylaws. Applicant proposes to convert the existing building to multiuse commercial/retail space, install 103 parking spaces and make other associated improvements. Plan is available for inspection in the Planning Department during normal business hours. Anyone wishing to be heard on this application should appear at the time and place designated above. Richard Gosselin Chairman 06/21/2012 &6/28/2012

WORCESTER HOUSING AUTHORITY MODERNIZATION/NEW DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 12-15 WEBSTER SQUARE TOWER EAST KITCHEN RENOVATIONS INVITATION FOR BIDS The Worcester Housing Authority will receive SEALED SUB REBIDS for 12-15 Kitchen Renovations at Webster Square Tower East Apartments – REBID SECTION 09200 BLUEBOARD AND PLASTER until 2:00 PM on Friday, July 6, 2012 at the office of the Worcester Housing Authority, Modernization New Development Office, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. The work is estimated to cost approximately $60,000 Bids are subject to M.G.L. c149 §44A-J and Davis Bacon Federal Minimum wage rates as well as other applicable laws. General bidders must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM) in the following category of work, General Building Construction. ADDENDA NO 1, issue date May 21, 2012, (4 pages) and ADDENDA NO 2, (9 pages) issue date June 4, 2012 have been issued and are part of this rebids, see attached 13 pages for addenda no 1 and 2. SUBTRADES Section 09200 – BLUEBOARD AND PLASTER Sub-Bids must be accompanied by a bid deposit which shall not be less than five (5%) of the greatest possible bid amount, (considering any alternates), and made payable to the WHA. Each Sub-Bid shall be accompanied by: (1) Form of Sub bid (2) Bid Bond (3) Form of Non-Collusive Affidavit (4) Form HUD-5369A Representations, Certifications & Other Statements of Bidders (5) DCAM Certificate of Eligibility & Sub-Bidder Update Statement Bid Forms and Contract Documents will be available for pickup at Worcester Housing Authority, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 after 8:00 am on Wednesday, June 13, 2012. There is a plan deposit of $50.00 per set (maximum of two sets) payable to the Awarding Authority. Deposits must be a certified or cashier’s check. This deposit will be refunded for up to two sets for general bidders and for one set for sub-bidders upon return of the sets in good condition within thirty days of receipt of general bids. Otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Awarding Authority. Additional sets may be purchased for $100.00. Bidders requesting Contract Documents to be mailed to them shall include a separate check for $30.00 per set, payable to the Awarding Authority, to cover mail handling costs. A pre-bid conference is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at Webster Square, 1050 Main Street (Project Site) in the community room on the ground floor. Immediately following the conference, the job site will be available for inspection. It is strongly recommended that prospective SUB BIDDERS attend. Questions which are received after the PreBid Conference will be received in writing until June 29, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. for Filed Sub-bids The contract documents may be seen, but not removed at: F.W. Dodge, MHC/Joseph Merritt & Co., 17 Everberg Rd, Unit C, Woburn, MA 01801 (781-430-2008) Reed Construction Data, 30 Technology Pkwy South, Ste 500, Norcross, GA 30092 (203-426-0450) Project Dog, 18 Graf Road-Unit 8, Newburyport, MA 01950, Tel: 978-499-9014. The Worcester Housing Authority reserves the right to waive any informality in or reject any and all bids or to waive any informality in the bidding. No bid shall be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded, after approval of the award by the Worcester Housing Authority without written consent of the Worcester Housing Authority. The contact Person for the WHA is Stanley Miknaitis, Senior Project Manager. Tel: (508) 635-3311 Worcester Housing Authority Arthur T. Sisko, Chairperson 06/14/2012 & 06/21/2012

A PUBLIC HEARING MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Law and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, June. 27, 2012 At: 7:00 P.M. To act on a petition from: Reda and Kelly Bakiri, 267 W. Main St., Millbury, MA For a Variance/ sp. permit in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: construct a three-car garage with storage loft at 267 W. Main St., Millbury, MA. All interested parties are invited to attend. Richard P. Valentino, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals 06/14/2012 & 06/21/2012

A PUBLIC HEARING MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Law and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 At: 7:20 p.m. To act on a petition from: Frank Rano, 66 Millbury Ave., Millbury, MA For a Variance in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: side and rear yard in order to erect a three-car garage approx. 26’x40’ at 66 Millbury Ave., Millbury, MA. All interested parties are invited to attend. Richard P. Valentino, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals 06/14/2012 & 06/21/2012

A PUBLIC HEARING MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Law and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 At: 7:40 p.m. To act on a petition from: Michael Mason, 78-80 N. Main St., Millbury, MA, Map 45, Lot 79 For a sp. permit in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: construct additional ﬂoor on the existing non-conforming house at 78-80 N. Main St., Millbury, MA. All interested parties are invited to attend. Richard P. Valentino, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals 06/14/2012 & 06/21/2012

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Devon Gray A BOOK CAN BE MANY THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE: A CHANCE TO ESCAPE, A TOOL FOR LEARNING, A WAY TO EMPOWER OR ENLIGHTEN. BUT NOT TOO MANY CAN CARVE A CAREER OUT OF THE WORLD OF ANTIQUE BOOKS LIKE 42-YEAR-OLD, MOTHER OF TWO, DEVON GRAY OF PRINCETON HAS. AS DIRECTOR OF FINE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FOR SKINNER AUCTIONEERS & APPRAISERS IN MARLBOROUGH, GRAY IS WIDELY KNOWN FOR HER EXPERTISE IN BOOKS PRINTED PRIOR TO 1700, INCLUDING THOSE FROM THE PREMEDIEVAL, MEDIEVAL, RENAISSANCE, REFORMATION, ELIZABETHAN, JACOBEAN, AND RESTORATION PERIODS. THAT IMPRESSED THE BOOK LOVERS IN OUR OFFICE SO MUCH, WE HAD TO BOOKMARK OUR CURRENT SUMMER ROMANCE NOVELS IN ORDER TO ASK HER A FEW, QUICK QUESTIONS. How did you ﬁrst become involved in books? When I was an undergraduate,

Tell me about James & Devon Gray Booksellers. This is the business that

my boyfriend [now husband] James Gray and I spent a lot of our time in the second-hand bookstores in Harvard Square. One day we found a book for sale from 1672; we couldn’t believe that we could actually own something that old, so we bought it.

James and I started in the fall of 1992, and that he still runs today. At first I ran the business by myself, working from home, then James joined me full time. We moved into a retail shop on Arrow Street in Cambridge in 1995, and have been there ever since.

At what point did you feel that a career awaited you in books? After that first

Larksfoot Bindery — tell me about this.

book, I wanted to learn more about old books, so I looked in the college course catalog and found a class that was taught at the rare book library. By the time I finished college and needed my first job, I had taken all of the classes that related to old and rare books that were offered. I graduated; James and I borrowed some money, and we bought some books. I wrote a catalogue, signed up as an exhibitor at some antiquarian book shows, and started making cold calls to institutions.

How did you learn the craft of bookbinding? I started bookbinding with some help from a local character in Harvard Square, when I was about 20. I obtained the rest of my skills through a tremendous amount of practice, reading books on bookbinding and restoration, attending workshops, and handling loads of books.

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When we moved out to Princeton, my children were still young, and getting into Cambridge every day was difficult. I relocated my binding operation to Princeton, which gave me more flexibility and allowed me to be more productive with the time I did have. The Larksfoot Bindery lives in the old Princeton Center School; it’s a peaceful creative book oasis.

What does your role at Skinner encompass? As the director of the Book Department, I am responsible for performing evaluations and appraisals, and for selecting and consigning books, documents, maps and book-related prints for auction. I then catalog all of those items, and see them through to the auction itself. It’s thrilling and challenging. I have a big sale coming up in November and it’s wonderful to see all of the pieces coming together.

What is it like, being called to examine books and wondering just what you might uncover? People really do call from

Tell us a little about your role at Worcester Area Roller Derby — how did you become involved in this sport? I

out of the blue with impossibly rare and interesting material. There’s a fair amount of sifting involved, of course, but the lure of undiscovered treasure always shines in my imagination!

started playing roller derby three years ago. That league split last fall, and it seemed like a Worcester-based league was the way for some of us to keep skating. Worcester is the second largest city in New England, it deserves its own roller derby league!

Is there a community of book experts you can lean on when curious or unsure of a particular book? Book people are always willing to help. To know everything about books, one would need to know everything. I’m hoping to consign a few manuscripts for my fall sale that I’m pretty sure I can’t read, so I will be asking around for help. Armenian, anyone? I also count on the other lovely and talented appraisers and experts at Skinner.

Coolest book you’ve ever worked on/ discovered/handled? The next book, the one I don’t have yet, is always the one that’s most interesting to me. Some books are huge, physically, or in their value; a book can just blow you away with its importance. But what captures my imagination is often some minor detail that will not make the book especially valuable, but that tells a vivid story about itself, and about us.

What is your “derby” name, and how did that come about? My derby name

is Uber Wench. I studied philosophy at college, and my name is a reference to Nietzsche’s idea of the “uber mensch,” or super man. I like it because everyone gets it, even without the Nietzsche part, and people call me Uber!

When can we see WoRD play next? A huge regional roller derby tournament is rolling into the Worcester area on the weekend of August 4 and 5 at the Horgan Arena in Auburn. We’ve got all of the best teams from New England and beyond scheduled to come. And yes, you’ll be able to see your hometown Worcester Warriors live and in person playing hard and well against some really tough competition.

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