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stART on the Street is on its way to a decade of bringing arts to the city streets in a way once unheard of in Worcester. For the city itself, stART helped rejuvenate an arts scene, inspired locals and brought the city’s residents out in droves to experience Worcester’s living, breathing creative culture. For those outside the city, they came to hear what all the fuss was about – and left realizing that Worcester residents support arts & culture with a vision for the type of inspiring community they wish to be.

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Worcester’s Housing Crisis

Mass Remembers honors the tenth By Rachel Bryson-Brockmann anniversary of 9/11 through prayer, song and focusing on those who lost their lives in the tragedy. +2 Lake Quinsigamond closed to swimmers over the weekend due to sewage backing up into the water. Ewwwww. -2 Library board makes the right call and allows a group of semicloseted bigots to keep meeting in a public space. Non-bigots still have the freedom to attend and scowl at them. +1 This week in crime: Police ask AG to look at a hate crime charge for an Upsala Street man who threw glass bottles at two black children riding on scooters outside his building, three people arrested in a stabbing and robbery incident on Ionic Avenue and the Platinum Premier strip club looks for a new owner. -5

he national foreclosure crisis may have been triggered more than four years ago, but there’s no evidence of it diminishing, and certainly not in Worcester. There are currently 248 houses in the city that are in the midst of the foreclosure process, ranking Worcester second in the state, says Miguel Rivera, director of Housing Development for the city. And the Massachusetts Housing Partnership reports that even though the 2010 “robo-signing” scandal (the discovery of careless mortgage paperwork and shortcuts led by some of the nation’s largest banks) temporarily slowed many banks from actively pursuing foreclosures, in the past few months, foreclosure petitions have begun to rapidly increase again.

Worcester streets ﬂood after rain storm – no, not Hurricane Irene – and particularly in long-time problem areas like Cambridge Street. The downside of being built on seven hills. -2 Casino legislation inches closer to completion as the Hanover Theatre nervously looks on. -1 City Council votes to allow impounding of cars transporting johns soliciting prostitutes. We can’t wait for all the zany mix ups this will create when that man’s wife can’t get a ride to work the next day. -1 Applications are out for the 2nd Mayor and Worcester Trial Court Judges’ Civic Academy. Pick it up at the Mayor’s ofﬁce or email gonzalezi@worcesterma.gov. +1 This week: -4 Last week: +4 Year to date: +18

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Worcester’s housing crisis stands out because its foreclosed homes are being bought up quickly—but not by locals. “Worcester has a high absorption rate,” says Jacqueline Vachon-Jackson, chief of staff for the city’s office of Economic, Neighborhood and Workforce Development. “Foreclosed houses tend not to sit for too long, as they’re often bought up by investors.” Vachon-Jackson said these investors, who entice the banks by offering cash, are looking to take advantage of low prices and then turn a profit by renting the properties to tenants. “The building ends up supporting itself,” says Vachon-Jackson. Luz Gonzalez, a broker at Community Realty, says these investors are negatively impacting Worcester. “They’re never going to live there, or care about the house itself,” says Gonzalez. “It doesn’t support

the community, it doesn’t support anyone. But a bank would rather take a cash offer.” An investor-owned house is better than a vacant house that is at risk for vandalism, says Vachon-Jackson, but it is not ideal. The city encourages people who work here to purchase homes with incentives like “Buy Worcester Now,” which creates mortgage-assistance programs for employees at companies like Saint-Gobain, Hanover Insurance, and Clark University. The city also runs a program offering down-payment assistance of up to $10,000 to first-time homebuyers, which allows them to compete with investors. Another city program is Stabilize, Assist, Value, and Enforce (S.A.V.E.) Our Neighborhoods. Created in 2008, S.A.V.E. Our Neighborhoods is a government reorganization, spearheaded by city manager Michael O’Brien, which designates

{ citydesk } ﬁnds questionable is “‘cash for keys.” Because the eviction process can be timeconsuming and expensive, some banks pay a homeowner a cash sum to vacate immediately. Ross urges people to ﬁght eviction instead, as cash for keys is often “a ridiculously small amount for how much it really costs to move a family out.” Gonzalez is also a member of the team. “We connect people to resources and let them know that they have rights as tenants, they shouldn’t be afraid of being kicked out, and they’re allowed a day in court,” she says. Adding that many times foreclosure can be avoided – something like a mortgage not being notarized properly can prevent foreclosure. And in her job as a local broker, Gonzales helps by working to sell a house threatened with foreclosure at its market value, before the banks can acquire it and sell it at a decreased auction price. With Worcester homeowners being forced out, pressure is put on the rental market, as rent increases while available rentals decrease. Those who have recently been foreclosed upon face extra complications: “It can be a struggle because these people have had their credit damaged,” says Vachon-Jackson. But there is hope, because three years after foreclosure, they can qualify for loans as a HUD First Time Homebuyer.

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the NeighborWorks Homeownership Center, at 674 Main Street, as a foreclosure counseling center. And one initiative by the federal government is the Emergency Homeowners Loan Program, which started accepting applications in June and allows homeowners facing foreclosure to apply for a two-year, interest-free loan which pays a majority of their monthly mortgage. The foreclosure crisis affects whole neighborhoods, not just single homeowners. Though at the beginning of the crisis, only those who used sub-prime mortgages were in trouble, the damage has spread. Vacant homes eventually bring down surrounding property values, and as a result, some home values decrease to less than the owed mortgage. As budgets tighten in reaction, routine property maintenance is no longer affordable, bringing down the appeal of the whole community. Additionally, homes in limbo are open to robbery. “Houses that sit vacant with for-sale signs get vandalized,” says Gonzales, who says copper pipes are frequently stolen. Without these expensive pipes, the house is no longer in working condition and will likely be sold to an investor instead of a local homebuyer. And, the impending winter puts vacant homes in danger of freezing. Some locals have taken the crisis into their own hands. The Worcester AntiForeclosure Team, led by activist Grace Ross, educates people of their legal rights when threatened with foreclosure, and helps people facing a sale of their foreclosed home by protesting at the auction. The team, created three years ago, meets on the ﬁrst and third Wednesday of each month at the Pleasant Street Neighborhood Network Center. Ross, says the group has either postponed or stopped between 18-25 house auctions in 2011, and are currently working on about 100 different cases. Ross says many people don’t realize that they can ﬁght to stay in their houses. “People panic and leave, but foreclosure doesn’t end occupancy,” says Ross. “We protect the homeowner, but we also negotiate with the banks, because something they’ve done might be legally questionable.” One bank action that Ross

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Power play State investigation into utility companies comes on heels of municipal complaints By Jeremy Shulkin

n terms of damage, Worcester dodged some major trouble when Tropical Storm Irene blew through the city carrying a fraction of the power predicted by meteorologists. Other Central and Western Massachusetts towns, however, got the full punch of the storm: more than 500,000 homes across the state lost power because of the storm’s high winds. In Worcester, response to restoring power was surprisingly slow for homes and businesses, and callers let City Hall, city councilors and the state know about it. Enough of an impression was left last week that three councilors – Bill Eddy, Joseph Petty and Rick Rushton – criticized National Grid’s handling of Irene’s aftermath. While it’s not new for National Grid to draw local politician’s ire, that same day the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities announced a “review” of storm preparedness and response efforts by National Grid and NSTAR, two of the area’s largest investor-owned utility companies. According to Massachusetts Executive Ofﬁce of Energy and Environmental Affairs Press Secretary Catherine Williams, the investigation came as a “response to complaints from customers and municipal emergency-response personnel,” adding much of their

frustration resulted from the “level of communication in terms of when power would come back online and where.” At a recent City Council meeting Petty complained that much of the power lost in Worcester came in the aftermath of Irene, not during. “You know it’s not the storm. The storm may cause it,” he said, but added that it’s a sign that “National Grid doesn’t have the infrastructure to handle certain things.” “My issue with National Grid is not the workforce on the ground or response to the storm,” Eddy begins. “It goes higher than area workforce or management – they don’t make funding decisions.” He recalls that these issues persist even after years of meetings between city and National Grid officials and promises that the utility company would no longer employ Band-Aid solutions to recurring electrical problems. Eddy wants them to respond to a simple question: “What exactly did you do?” If it’s nothing more than a BandAid approach, then “it doesn’t reflect investment in an urban area.” City administration would like to see some improved communication when it comes to severe weather. David Clemons, director of emergency management for the City of Worcester says his largest concern stems from National Grid’s inability to provide the city with specific street-level power outage data.

“That’s a problem for us,” he says, because it means the city can’t tell specific streets or residential complexes how long they’ll be without power – a major issue if people living there rely on oxygen tanks or other medical machinery. “They’re telling us they don’t have the technology to do it,” he says, but points out that National Grid work crews get dispatched to repair specific power lines. “That’s our goal to get that kind of data from them.” Williams would not go into probe specifics, especially regarding comments that problems occurred after Irene had passed, but she did say that they were looking at “specific concerns among communities.” All utility companies submitted emergency-response plans in May and “as a matter of course” will have to provide 30-day reports that reveal how well they carried out those plans. Williams calls those reports “very detailed” and says they generally discuss issues like mobilizing work crews, which substations they would prioritize and how to bring important buildings, like hospitals, quickly back online. National Grid reported that 6,200 homes lost power in Worcester as a result of Irene with a “majority” of them restored by that Wednesday. It took until Saturday to fix the remainder. A National Grid spokesperson said the

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Shaking up the school committee Proposal for reform ﬁnds opposition from committee members Jeremy Shulkin

early two weeks after eight city councilors signed on to an order asking for a November ballot question that would seek to add district councilors to the Worcester School Committee, the proposal still hasn’t won over the legislative body that it’s looking to reform. Most, if not all of the six other committee members (the mayor serves as the chair), knew nothing about the idea until a Telegram & Gazette article reported its appearance on a city council agenda two weeks ago. While the advisory question, set for municipal ballots this November, is nonbinding and only to survey the populous’ interest, schoolcommittee members have already come up

with unified opposition. “We have a radically and dramatically different role than the city council,” says 27-year school-committee veteran Brian O’Connell, who states their job calls for them to carry out district and statewide policy directives, rather than advocating for individuals or particular sections of the city. But supporters of the idea say adding district councilors to the city charter in 1985 has given a voice to areas in need of one, and encouraged more participation in the political process. “I would make a case that it’s not different than what we do on the city council,” says Mayor Joseph O’Brien, who points out that even though the state has set formulas for school funding, disallowing the funneling of money from one school to another within a city budget, capital repairs come to those schools that have the loudest voices advocating for them. He cites cases like the new North High School that took 25 years to get built, even though students who attended the old North did so in an over-crowded building originally classified as a junior high. Other issues,

like schools without playgrounds, would have champions from that district seeking funding for them with a district councilor. “All our schools need significant repairs,” he says. “[It would] make a difference to neighborhoods to have a seat at the table.” Proponents also offer that district representation will encourage new candidates, bring out more voters and encourage more citizen engagement with the political process. O’Brien’s office has crunched the numbers. In the previous 10 years in Worcester, more than two-and-ahalf times as many candidates have run for the city council than for the school committee. What’s more, when pitting the six at-large seats for council against the six at-large seats for school committee, the numbers still skew towards the councilors, 73 candidates to 53. And in a school system that now is two-thirds Asian/Black/Hispanic, better representation from those communities should be wanted. But O’Connell points out that in the nearly 30 years since the charter incorporated five district councilors, the city council hasn’t had the diversity that was initially sought by making that change. Voters will be reminded by opponents that if this question passes, and it leads to a charter change, that it could mean an

increase in the number of politicians in the city, whose salaries would come out of classroom dollars. He also worries that the inclusion of district school-committee members would create political jockeying at the expense of Worcester Public School students, where board members would only vote in favor of items that benefited their district rather than the system as a whole, or “you scratch my back, and I’ll scratch your back” votes. School-committee members are “elected to the city at-large and will represent the city at-large,” he says. Proponents of looking at a change wonder why it would be a bad idea to have neighborhood advocacy on a citywide political body, with many saying – off the record – that the school committee and city council already spend a disproportionate amount of time talking about west-side schools. A charged dismissed by irate committee members. Last Tuesday five of the six committee members spoke against the changes in front of the City Council, but councilors tried to assuage fears by pitting this as an opportunity for Worcester voters. “This is simply a discussion,” reiterated Councilor Mike Germain. “I don’t want it get beyond that...Let’s let the voters tell us if we should have a discussion or not.”

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District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 Councilor At-Large Total district council candidates Total City Council candidates Total School Committee candidates

# of Candidates 2001 to 2011 13 10 12 11 14 60 73 133 53

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DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T FORGET TO VOTE The preliminary election for the district 1, district 3 and at-large council seats takes place on Tuesday, September 20. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a relatively quiet beginning of an election cycle and no campaign is optimistic that Worcesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s usually dismal turnout rate will be anywhere better than worse-than-dismal, with some predicting as low as 10 percent of voters showing up to the pollsâ&#x20AC;ŚDonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the candidates well because you werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t one of the eight people in the audience for the D3 forum or one of the 100-plus who attended the Joff Smith versus Virginia Ryan and Tony Economou debate? The non-partisan Coalition for Educated Options will have candidate proďŹ les online at IECWorcester.org under the â&#x20AC;&#x153;resourcesâ&#x20AC;? section.

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A FLUB, NOT A SNUB For those wondering why Senate candidate Alan Khazei wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t at last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Democratic City Committeesponsored candidate forum when every other major (and minor) thenannounced candidate was, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t form any conspiracy theories. A source close to the negotiations between the DCC and the candidates said that Khazei â&#x20AC;&#x153;wanted to be at this eventâ&#x20AC;? but chalked up his absence to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;miscommunicationâ&#x20AC;? stemming from a breakdown in the email chain.

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Last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reportage of the Educational Association of Worcester â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the bargaining unit for the Worcester Public Schools teachers and staff â&#x20AC;&#x201C; endorsements for School Committee caught a number of politicians and local political junkies by surprise. In a clear message to the WPS administration the EAW endorsed three incumbents regarded as Superintendent Melinda Booneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harshest critics and one challenger with union ties in West Boylston. Adding another prod in the administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (and their perceived alliesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) ribs, word is that the endorsement relied heavily on one item: last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evaluation of the Superintendent.

HOT NIGHT IN THE CITY COUNCIL OCTAGON It was a tense night in the city council chamber on Tuesday especially between Mayor Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien and his competition Konnie Lukes. During a long debate over the proposed advisory question that could change the make-up of the School Committee, Lukes joined in with most of the SC members in disagreeing with the idea, aiming some criticism at the way it leaked to the public without committee membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; input. To drive her point home, she took phrases from the Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inaugural speech in which he asked for more voices, collaboration and partnership, but said the move was â&#x20AC;&#x153;doing just the opposite.â&#x20AC;? Later on in the evening Lukes, the Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Briens and WPD Chief Gary Gemme engaged in a backand-forth run-around conversation on ďŹ ngerprinting and Secure Communities, with Lukes asking for the current policy and whether or not Worcester could opt into the federal illegal immigrant deportation program. Gemme said the current policy is to send prints to the state, which then passes them on to Homeland Security and the FBI, but reports donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come back directly to the WPD from Immigration and Customs Enforcement. After a Lukes-Gemme back and forth where the same question was asked three times and the same answer was given three times, the City Manager stepped in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve laid out are the cold facts to how we participateâ&#x20AC;Śto insinuate in some way and produce anecdotal information in front of this council to debate a pretty signiďŹ cant issue does a disservice to this community but also to the hard work thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done day-in and day-out,â&#x20AC;? snapped City Manager Michael Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien. You can read more about this part of the meeting at worcestermag.com/blogs/dailyworcesteria.

FALL CLASSIC One of Worcesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long-standing political rivalries was settled for another year on Monday night as Team Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien defeated Team Tim Murray 14 to 11 for the eighth time in as many tries in their annual softball game at Vernon Hill Park. Rick Rushton, Chris Condon and State Rep. Jim Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Day each homered for the Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team while the Lt. Gov went 1-4 with a double and some nice grabs in the ďŹ eld. Got a tip? Email it to jshulkin@worcestermag.com or call 749-3166 x243. Be sure to check out the Daily Worcesteria blog at worcestermag.com/blogs.

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EOPLE STREET What’s your favorite part of stART on the Street? AS K E D O N M A I N ST R E E T

The sheer amount of people that go there, all the ingenuity that you ﬁnd there and possibly just the quality of people that show up.

Justin Richard WORCESTER

I’m sorry I’ve never been to it. I’m an outsider I was born and raised in New York City. I’ve never been to any Worcester event.

Isamar Richard WORCESTER

The artists.

Greg Balcom WORCESTER

It brings out a lot of the local art scene, which is good for people to have that venue to get exposure.

Dan Hopewell WORCESTER

I don’t know what stART in the Street is.

Renee Collier WORCESTER

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ay what you want about the municipal labor unions, the Tea Party and Neighbor to Neighbor. At least they are trying to stir up a little interest in Worcester’s September 20 preliminary election. That’s more than the incumbents and most of the challengers for at-large city council seats have been doing. No wonder 90 percent of Worcester’s registered voters are expected to stay home next week. I understand why the six at-large incumbents have been running silent campaigns to date. They have gained name and face recognition, expressed their positions on the issues many times, and won the past support and confidence of the electorate. Why call attention to their shortcomings and rouse the voters especially when their eight challengers have failed miserably to excite, educate and engage the voters. I sense that two of the present at-large councilors are vulnerable. But they have little to worry about because the political newcomers are mostly lazy, unmotivated, uninspiring and clueless challengers. At all levels of government, winning campaigns are sales jobs. And so far most of the at-large council challengers appear to be a bunch of Willy Lomans. Yes, I know that I’m being harsh on the 2011 class of atlarge council challengers. But with only days to go before the preliminary election, they haven’t built visibility, raised relevant issues, put the incumbents on the defensive and persuaded Worcester voters that change might be better than Joe O’Brien, Mike Germain, Konnie Lukes, Joe Petty, Rick Rushton or Kate Toomey. The challengers have kept a low profile in a high-profile business. Because of their lackadaisical campaigns, they are

far from being household names. Most voters would be hard pressed to name even two of them. Instead of Memorial Day, they put their lawn signs up around Labor Day. And while some have been concentrating on door-knocking, that’s a slow process and of questionable effectiveness for a citywide election. Holding one’s campaign sign (even all alone) on traffic islands at major intersections will bring face and name recognition in the shortest amount of time. And it’s amazing how many brief conversations on the issues you can have with motorists/voters stopped at red lights or stalled in the rush-hour traffic of Kelly Square. Winning elective office in Worcester, especially for a newcomer, requires commitment and even a bit of obsession. This eerily quiet preliminary election campaign leads me to believe that several of the eight at-large council challengers don’t expect to win and don’t deserve to win. Thankfully two of them will be eliminated at the polls next week. To date their spineless and spiritless political efforts have done little to call attention to the pocketbook, public safety and economic development issues we face. Voters want to know their positions on the dual tax rate, job creation through expansion of our commercial tax base, whether Worcester needs more affordable housing, how the police department is coping being down 65 patrolmen, and whether downtown Worcester will ever become the vibrant neighborhood it once was. Hopefully in the seven weeks leading up to the November 8 municipal election, all 12 candidates for at-large city council will start to take the campaign seriously. They’ll raise their profile, discuss substantive issues and make the case to the voters whether experience or change is better for our city. Right now my money is on all six incumbents retaining their seats.

ONLINE EXTRA Indie film - See a preview of locally produced film “Dead Giveaway” in Not Fit for Print. Worcester Remembers - Read about and see photos from Sunday’s 9/11 memorial in Young Guns. Eating sustainably - Read about the first New England grocer to be certified for their fresh seafood in For a Greater Green. Farmageddon - Watch a preview and find out more about this film being shown at Clark on Friday in For a Greater Green. Up to date news - Catch up on city council meetings and find out what’s going on in Worcester’s political field at blogs/dailyworcesteria.

Yourturn With the closure of the PIP Shelter and continued explosion of the newly homeless in the city, it is important that we continue to focus our energy not only on rapidly re-housing these newly homeless, but also in preventing the flow of people into homelessness in the first place! The Worcester Homeless Action Committee, which has been in existence since 2003, has recently focused our efforts on this “front door” to homelessness from a population that continues to compromise a large portion of homeless single adults in the City of Worcester - prison and jail discharges. Despite the hard and admirable work of jail and prison reentry workers statewide, there is more that needs to be done to prevent the rapid descent into homelessness that can occur for prisoners and former jail inmates, some of whom have solid home plans with families and other arrangements, but who fall through the cracks due to problems with families and other adjustment issues even a few weeks after release. The Worcester Homeless Action Committee spent a year devising a Discharge Planning Guide, which contains the entrance requirements and program eligibility and structure for over 170 group homes, programs, sober houses, and other programs throughout Massachusetts. This guide, viewable at greaterworcesterhomeless.org is a public resource that can help any shelter workers, reentry staff, or friend to the homeless who is diligent enough, caring enough,

and who has a phone to connect a former offender or other homeless persons with one of these projects throughout Massachusetts. The guide lists contacts and entry requirements for programs and shelters. We hope that this will help open doors for people who are headed towards homelessness in the community, whether from jails, prisons, hospitals, social service discharges, youth facilities or elsewhere. What happens frequently is that people released from jail or prison often stay with family, and when those arrangements fall through, end up homeless either on the streets, or headed to the triage center in Worcester. This influx of persons into homelessness needs to be addressed, but their lack of resources, compounded by substance abuse and mental health issues creates a spinning front door of homelessness where the ex-offender cycles through jail, prison, and homelessness leaving a wake of damage to themselves, the community, and their families. What is needed is a proper placement of the individual and vigorous and accountable advocacy to place the homeless former prisoner into one of the 170 available programs statewide that matches as closely as possible the prisoner’s or former prisoner’s need. The same technique could be applied to discharges from hospitals, if a caseworker is willing to put the time into making the referrals and utilizing the guide properly, and has measurable accountability from management to

make this happen, and make it happen quickly before release. Institutions, which are having success with their discharge planning, treat discharge planning as a critical issue from the first day the patient or offender walks through the front door. Management needs to prioritize discharge planning in order to slow the flow of people into new homelessness. Additionally, transportation resources need to be utilized in order to ensure the client makes it to their destination. WHAC is always seeking help in our efforts, especially from people who have lived through homelessness who want to play a role in our organization. We have other projects which are ongoing and include a project to deliver water to people living on the streets in the hot summer months, a project to develop a flexible emergency needs fund for unexpected housing costs for families and individuals moving from shelter to housing, and even a project to help build a home in Haiti in 2011-2012. Help from greater Worcester is needed to make this all a reality for people in our midst who are in great need. Bob Flanagan, Community Organizer, Worcester Homeless Action Committee Have something to say? It’s Your Turn. Send your submission of 500 words or less to editor@worcestermag.com.

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ing something special The evolution of Worcester’s largest festival

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t’s Aug. 18, exactly one month till stART on the Street, and most of the committee members who have spent the past year planning Worcester’s signature arts festival are sitting around Tina Zlody’s dining-room table sipping white wine and talking water bottles. “None of the food vendors are selling bottled water,” says Zlody. “We’re going green this year.” That should be a small break for stART photographer and Green Initiatives coordinator Erica Sidor, who in the past has performed the Herculean task of sorting out the recyclables tossed in the trash by the crowd of about 45,000 that

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descends on Park Avenue. Zlody says she’s been talking with the Public Works Department about bringing its water truck down, which should help sell some of the reusable bottles the committee is considering. Someone asks about overtime costs for the DPW crew. The festival runs on a lean budget with a little grant money, donations and the money raised through fees artists and vendors pay for booths. Zlody figures they can cover the DPW costs, but before the committee places an order for 700 water bottles emblazoned with stART’s familiar pink-andgreen city skyline, she wants to tweak the logo. “We need something more representative of Worcester,” she says. “We need a triple-decker and

Union Station. I want people to pick up one of these bottles and say, ‘I love Worcester…and stART.’” Too late. People have already been voicing that sentiment, since 2002 when the first stART was launched on South Main Street. Over the years, they’ve said it louder and more often, not only about stART’s big fall celebration, but also about the smaller stART on the Street spring event held on North Main and the holiday stART at Union Station.

BIRTH OF A STREET FEST

Worcester artist Chris Benders has been to every stART except one that she missed to be at her own wedding. “We have so much raw and diverse talent here,”

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says Benders. “At stART everyone is out there together. I don’t know any other events that do that. For me, stART is like having a big party with all my friends, and I don’t have to do the dishes.” Erin Williams, Worcester’s cultural development officer, says stART has given the city a major cultural, social and economic boost. “stART is a three-prong gift to the city,” says Williams. “We are really fortunate to have this dynamic group of very creative and thoughtful volunteers who put it together season after season.” And people come back season after season because stART keeps growing and evolving. Last year the festival showcased art demonstrations. This year, the spotlight will be on performers. Zlody says stART has been able to grow because the organizers have stuck with the original vision of the event. “We want it to be a diverse festival that offers tons of free activities for kids and free performances,” she says. And stART has kept its commitment to original art and handcrafted items. The goal has been to show the Worcester community what artists do, how they do it and how art contributes to all aspects of life. “We have a manifesto, and we don’t ever want to go against that,” she says.

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Lisa Bathelson and Lora Brueck are sitting at a table by the window at the Bean Counter sipping coffee and catching up with one another. Bathelson, who has brought along a few pages of notes on stART glances over the manifesto she wrote for the festival, and smiles. It’s not the manifesto that calls for “accessible art in action” and an alliance between artists and the public that’s funny. It’s the mantra of the first core group of artists and supporters who created stART that makes her laugh. “Our approach was, ‘It’s better than nothing,’” says Bathelson who adds that when that’s your starting point, you can’t really fail. Bathelson, a printmaker and mixed-media artist, and Brueck, a fine-arts photographer and mixedmedia bookmaker, were part of a group of Worcester artists who contributed to the city’s master plan for a downtown arts district. Approved by the city council in 1999, the plan took a two-birds-withone-stone approach. The city would reclaim and revitalize the South Main Street neighborhood, at the time one of the roughest areas of the city, by turning it into an arts district with affordable housing, studio space, galleries and public arts opportunities for artists.

Once the plan was finished, the artists who had been involved continued to meet and talk about ways to build support for the arts district. They formed a group called Worcester ARTists Really Trying, or wART for short. The group wanted to show the rest of Worcester the value of art and how they could contribute to life in the city. In 2002, wART decided an open art festival was one way to engage and win over the public. Since they wanted the entire city’s support for the arts community and the yet to be created arts district, they decided to hold the festival in the most basic of all public spots, the street. Since mixing upper and lower case letters had become its signature, it was only natural to call it stART on the Street. “Some people are really intimidated to walk into a gallery,” says Brueck who adds that art can be a lot more viewer friendly if it’s in the park or on the street. And that accessibility is especially important for people who haven’t had a chance to enjoy much art. It took five months to plan the first stART on the Street, which was held in September on South Main - the home of the proposed arts district. “None of us had ever done anything like this before,” recalls Bathelson, who took on the job of negotiating with the city, the police and the DPW. Although it was challenging at times, Bathelson says the city officials gradually became as excited

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as the artists were about stART. The festival also attracted a fresh group of volunteers who helped with all types of details. “On the morning of the festival we went out and swept up broken glass and trash,” recalls Bathelson. “And then we put on thick gloves and picked up all the used needles.” Although they wanted everything to be free, Bathelson says they group did charge artists a nominal fee for a booth the first year. “The fee was really more of an insurance policy to make sure they would show up,” she says. The stART organizers set up two stages several blocks apart, with what Brueck describes as a canyon of artists in between. During the months of

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planning, Bathelson fretted over what would happen if nobody came. But there was never any reason to worry. People came, and they loved it. And by popular demand, stART was brought back in 2003. With the third stART on the Street festival in 2004, it was clear a Worcester tradition had been born.

THE MOVE TO PARK AVENUE

Although initially conceived as a festival that would pave the way for the downtown arts district, stART had taken on a life of its own, and many wished to see it continue – especially considering that the downtown arts district seemed like a well intentioned yet unachievable idea.

Erin Williams says that although the South Main neighborhood has seen some significant improvements, and that there is safe and affordable housing for artists or anyone who needs it, the art district proposal failed two fold; the property was never city-owned and the private investors who were supposed to move in and create the blossoming galleries and restaurants haven’t called yet. In light of an arts district’s fading presence, in 2005 wART and stART decided to reexamine the goals and long-term strategies of the festival. “For a lot of us, the goal was to take stART on for three years,” says Bathelson. Both she and Brueck had families that needed them, and professional careers they needed to return to.

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With a year off for breathing room and strategic planning, three co-directors emerged: Tina Zlody, Stacy Lord – both whom had been on board with stART since the beginning – and Sarah Brueck (Lora Brueck’s daughter). With their guidance, along with many other members of the original group, the festival came roaring back to life in 2006 on Park Avenue. The new location offered more room and the addition of green space thanks to neighboring Elm Park. Lord’s ofﬁcial stART title is logistics director, and she calls herself the person behind the scenes. But Zlody says Lord has another equally important role. “Stacy is the one who tells us what art means to us,” says Zlody. Lord says stART was initially a way to rally support for the arts district. “We all got together because we wanted to show Worcester we could have an arts district,” says Lord. “We all said let’s show the city what we have hidden among us.” But Lord also says there are a lot of different “creative hubs” throughout the city, and artists play

integral roles within the life of each of Worcester’s neighborhoods. Although an arts district looks nice on paper and it might create a hot tourist zone, it could also mean a loss for the rest of the city.

stART’s OPPORTUNITIES

But stART, on the other hand, has brought some major beneﬁts to the city. “I think it’s made Worcester a destination,” says at-large City Councilor Joe Petty. “It brings a lot of people to Worcester, and it also brings the people who live here together.” And what’s been surprising to Petty and a lot of other people is stART just seems to keep growing. “It’s grown exponentially, it’s gotten bigger and better,” says Benders. “Worcester is so diverse, there are so many languages spoken here, so many different types of restaurants and food, and there’s a huge variety in music. And all of that is at stART on the Street.” The change that stART regulars will probably

notice this year is the increase in performing arts. Paul Sorrentino, stART’s performing arts coordinator has lined up more than 30 acts including performances of jazz, rock, folk, chamber music, fringe theater, comedy and capoeira, a Brazilian mix of music and martial arts. Sorrentino pegs the Daredevil Chicken Club, a street theater and comedy troupe, and Bash the Trash, an orchestra of kids who play music with instruments made from found objects, otherwise known as trash, to be among this year’s favorite acts. “We’ll have four stages this year including one that will be devoted entirely to spoken word,” says Sorrentino who tapped the Dirty Gerund poetry slam crowd that performs at Ralph’s Diner for that part of stART’s performance schedule. And not all the performances will be on stage. “We’ll have people walking around playing and performing,” says Sorrentino. “We like to make it as organic as we can.” With stART drawing such a crowd, it’s no surprise that participating artists have also beneﬁted.

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Artists are asked to ﬁll out a questionnaire after the event that asks about sales. Zlody says the artists report they earn anywhere from $100 to $1,000, depending on what they sell. But as Zlody points out, the sales at stART are just the beginning. The exposure artists receive through stART and the connections they make with future customers can have a huge impact. That’s how it works for Chris Benders, Gail Hormats and Susan Champeny who work together in the same studio. “For us, stART is not a big sales event,” says Benders. “But as an advertising event, it’s unparalleled.” Elizabeth Hughes who owns The Futon Company on Highland Street says stART is a great

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opportunity for local artists, both for sales and promotion. “I’ve done stART in years past, and the artists I’ve represented with Blackstone Trading Company have done very well,” she said. This will be the second year at stART for William Greenlaw and his girlfriend, Gizem Gaudet, who are both painters. “The ﬁrst year we were there it was very proﬁtable,” says Greenlaw who says he’s been connected to the city’s underground art movement for about a decade. “stART on the Street allows not-as-well-known artists to tap into that,” he says. Greenlaw also appreciates that stART welcomes artists who have some edge to their work.

“Worcester has its own style,” says Greenlaw. “It’s not as stuffy as other arts communities. It’s a little more… gritty, I guess you would call it.” As the program director of ARTSWorcester, a nonproﬁt organization which has an open membership policy, Cindy Woehrle sees a lot of different types of art from artists from all different levels of skills. “I think stART is fantastic,” says Woehrle. “There are artists who try to make a living doing as many shows as they can. stART is supportive and encouraging and it offers artists opportunities.” Woehrle will be at stART this year in the section of the festival reserved for the city’s nonproﬁt organizations. ARTSWorcester, the Worcester Animal Rescue League (WARL), VegWorcester

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Although Worcester is particularly rich art territory, there are a lot of artists and artisans throughout the state and that population has spawned a huge number of arts events and shows. From April to December, you can blaze a trail of art festivals and craft fairs from Boston through to the Berkshires. Many arts festivals are small hometown events that draw a few thousand residents. Local chambers of commerce, historical societies and municipal governments often sponsor the festivals, and most are organized and manned by volunteers. But there are a handful of large arts festivals in western and central Massachusetts that bring in big crowds similar to those who come to stART on the Street. Great Barrington, Northampton and Marlborough all host major arts festivals and crafts

festivals, which have been praised up and down by a variety of newspapers and magazines. stART stands out from these similarly large festivals in that it is run by local volunteers, showcases local arts and offers a day of free performances and exhibits for – first and foremost – a local audience. Many other festivals throughout the state have little to do with the communities that host them. The Marlborough and Northampton festivals are run by Paradise City, a company that produces and promotes arts shows. American Arts Management, a similar type of promotion company based in New York, runs the Great Barrington festival. Both companies have rolodexes filled with the names of artists and artisans throughout New England and up and down the East Coast, and those are the people and works featured in their shows. Although some artists from Massachusetts are on their rosters, there aren’t many, not even from artscentric places like Northampton and the Berkshires. A lot of big arts festivals are now operating as

businesses with an emphasis on sales and profits. At big shows, people pay an admission fee of $10 to $12 to come in and shop. Artists could pay the show $600 to $1,000 for a booth, with additional costs for a front row or a corner. The stART committee knows the festival could generate a lot of money, but that’s never been the intention. The fee for a booth at stART is $80. “We keep our fees down to make it accessible for the hobbyist or someone who is just starting out,” says Lord. “Art is all around us, and we love seeing it come out at stART.” Zlody says stART is about community building though arts. The committee is proud the event has remained independent, and that it makes Worcester shine. Virtually every artist, food vendor and performer who has participated in stART says the experience was amazing and the stART committee and volunteers do an exceptional job of running the event. The word flawless comes up a lot. But while Zlody and the committee might make it

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look easy, stART is the result of months and months of planning and hard work. “When I think about what we do and how we’ve grown, it’s incredible,” says Zlody. “But we don’t want to rest on our laurels.” Still, Zlody acknowledges that this level of volunteer commitment can’t go on forever. Bathelson has long been making the case that stART needs to find a way to pay its organizers if it wants to survive. “The people who have followed and looked forward to stART’s annual festivities originally and now three times a year, just don’t realize that these spectacular events are put together by a group of incredibly dedicated, talented and energetic volunteers—not the city, not a public or private

institution. Many think the event is put on by the city of Worcester or by ARTSWorcester or the Cultural Coalition,” says Bathelson. “Because of the misconception, I think that to a certain extent folks tend to take the events for granted. The core volunteer group put the rest of their lives ‘on hold,’ sacrificing sleep and family life to get these incredible ‘art parties’ on the street,” she adds. Williams thinks people do see and appreciate the hard work and long hours the committee puts into stART. “They’ve touched a lot of lives in the city,” she says. “We have lot of kids who have now grown up with stART.” It might help to enlist another 50 or so people

to work on the committee, but there’s a problem there too. The festival works as well as it does in part because the committee members are so in tune with one another. The words tightly oiled machine doesn’t even begin to describe the group. As much as they need new people, it’s hard to move over and let others do the work they’ve been doing for so long. Next year, stART will celebrate its 10th anniversary, and Zlody says that will be the time for the committee to make some decisions about how to move forward. “We’ve reached a level where everyone expects stART on the Street,” says Lord. “We’ve realized this is more than a year-to-year thing. We have to think about the future.”

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Yes We Can Can Sugar and the Cane Breakers

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The first time I heard Keri Anderson was at Vincent’s, two years ago. As lead vocalist of Whalebone Farmhouse, her large voice filled the cozy room, surprising more than just me. Her powerhouse vocals stopped me in my tracks, and I became an instant fan. The first time I heard Craig Rawding, I was sitting in my kitchen, listening to the Delta Generator’s latest CD, Hard River to Row. I was immediately swept into the intensity and power of Rawding’s voice. Now both of these vocal talents have joined forces in what could be the perfect blend, Sugar and the Cane Breakers.

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This funk /soul band isn’t a new idea to either musician. Rawding and fellow DG band members Charlie O’Neal, Rick O’Neal and Jeff Armstrong have mixed elements of funk and soul into their songs and have been toying with the idea of diving into this genre for a while. “We are interested in many styles of music, so this is a way to keep ourselves aesthetically satisfied and still play together and grow as musicians,” explains Rawding. Not surprisingly, Anderson feels the same way. “I have always wanted to form a band that played the less popular, funky/hip soul songs, mostly from the Stax [1960s Memphis-based record label promoting soul, gospel, funk, jazz and blues] albums,” he says. Rawding had something in mind to differentiate his vision of the soul/ funk band from other soul/funk bands: “Horns, keyboards, a female singer sharing lead vocals with me, more emphasis on grooves that people can dance to, more heavily funk and soul, elements of world music.” It would take a few months before this vision

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became a reality. After hearing Rawding play with the band Beg, Scream and Shout, Anderson was intrigued, pointing out, “This man would sound good in any band he performs with.” So she set out to hear Rawding play with the Delta Generators at Beatniks in April. When she sat in during the last set, it was Rawding’s turn to be impressed. “When I heard her sing and realized that she has the same approach to singing and feeling the music that I have, I knew I had found the female singer to collaborate with,” says Rawding. “The similarities in approach, style, attitude, etcetera, are astounding.” Soon afterwards, Rawding sat in with Anderson’s band, the Big Lonesome, at Nick’s. “We did a few songs, singing in harmony, and it just sounded right. So we started listening to songs to find a whole night’s worth of material that we wanted to sing together to form a new band.” Although they have plans to write originals, they are starting out with covers from the ‘60s and early ‘70s funk-soul artists from around the world, selecting from Rawding’s extensive collection of compilation CDs. According to Rawding, they will be “gravitating the most toward New Orleans funk-soul from the ‘60s.” “We are trying to bring some of these rare grooves to the surface again, even if they have never made it nationally,” adds Anderson. Selections also include classic hits like “The Dock of the Bay,” “Yes We Can Can,” “Private Number” and “Sweet Inspiration”—anything but rare. Anderson and Rawding are backed up by a stellar group of musicians: Charlie O’Neal on guitar, Rick O’Neal on bass, Jeff Armstrong on drums, John Cooke on keyboards, John Donahoe on saxophone and violin and Andy Cormier on trumpet. Find your way to Beatniks on Sept. 16 for what promises to be an extraordinary night. Everything they do “gonna be funky.” For more information, go to sugarandthecanebreakers.com or facebook.com/pages/Sugar-and-TheCane-Breakers.

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Ellis Ashbrook is a Brooklyn borne musical collective. Several parts rock mixed with something a little bit along the lines of an undefined realm of jazz, heavy and perhaps even pop, they describe themselves as ‘exploratory rock’ and don’t look back. The band will arrive in Massachusetts by way of the Wormtown Music Festival in Greenfield on Sept. 16. The band consists of John Barber on vocals and lead guitar, Natalie Lowe on vocals and keys, Jonathan Granoff on bass and Alex Major on drums and electronic percussion. While Brooklyn, N.Y., may be their home base, Massachusetts can absolutely take some of the credit for this musical anomaly. “Ellis Ashbrook formed throughout our college years in Boston at Berklee College of Music,” says Lowe. “Alex Major was a BU student.” According to Lowe, the band collectively headed to New York four years ago, “lost a rhythm guitarist to the stresses of the big city after six months and have been a four-piece ever since.” Band members still all live together in an apartment, a creative living space which Lowe says the band has dubbed “The Palace.” The band has set its sights on much more than the typical, rock-and-roll lifestyle; band members describe their sound as “exploratory funk rock” and Lowe says Ellis Ashbrook is “exploring the boundaries of contemporary music, no style or sound is off limits so it sounds like you have heard it before and it is new to you too. Déjà vu.” On top of appreciating a good rhyming quote, Lowe says that they are “a group of musicians that agrees on what sounds good.” She says that they “are constantly searching and listening and producing so that we can contribute.” The band has

spread a wide range of influences out before them, including John Zorn, Prince, Ween, Frank Zappa, Phish, Pavement, Nirvana, Nine Inch Nails, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Beck, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Smashing Pumpkins, Rush, Genesis, Talking Heads, The Grateful Dead, Aphex Twin, Herbie Hancock, Living Colour and many more. This outrageous collection of influences gives the band a varied and almost reckless back-and-forth of musical ideas. Each song, while haphazardly mingling styles, keeps its core together and maintains an entertaining and pleasing sound. Ellis Ashbrook has a mantra, and according to Lowe that mantra is: “Always be recording.” The band has lived up to this protocol so far having released the album “Meridia” in late May 2011. “Meridia” was recorded at Excello Recordings with Hugh Pool and Nathan Rosborough in Brooklyn; Granoff produced the record. Lowe says that the band is a “true collaboration that is pained to maintain because every part, lyric, change and style goes through the whole committee; it creates a sound that only exists when everyone is participating.” Ellis Ashbrook has also put out a self-titled album in 2006 and “Assemblage” in 2008. Lowe describes a typical show as having “bombs exploding, underwater fireworks and sliding choral combatants.” “And then we play music on top of it, singing so loud the heavens might hear,” she says. Ellis Ashbrook has toured from Maine through Alabama multiple times and plays the Northeastern states frequently. Be sure to check out Ellis Ashbrook and many more on Sept. 16 at the Wormtown Musical Festival in Greenfield; the band will also be playing in Boston on Sept. 30. You can keep up with the band on Facebook.com/EllisAshbrook and EllisAshbrook.com or find its albums on iTunes.

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Holy Cross’ Visual Arts Faculty Show Every three years The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross displays the extraordinary offerings of their talented Studio Art faculty members, and this year eight distinguished professors present their work in the exhibit titled Viewpoint.

“This is the third faculty show that I’ve seen and with each exhibit something unique results,” says Roger Hankins, director of the gallery. “On one hand, I see their work as a rich array of diverse approaches to art practice; and on the other hand, I see elements that unite their individual visions.” The show highlights the fact that these faculty members are active, professional artists who not only mentor students but also exhibit their respective work both nationally and internationally. The exhibit features works in painting, printmaking, sculpture, digital video, digital photography, installations and artists’ books. “In Viewpoint, we have created an area for each of the faculty’s work, which allowed us to expand the number of individual pieces we could show. The resulting installation provides for the viewer a substantial exposure to the creative work of our studio faculty,” Hankins adds. Besides the exhibit, throughout the next three months there will be a series of free, noon-time presentations by each of the artists. Lecturer Leslie Schomp is one such artist, and she presents a wealth of creations in the show, from hand-sewn miniature portraits, to a cloth book, and a house-like structure made from muslin cloth and steel frame—the entire construction loosely based on her own body. In this latter piece titled “Home/ Body,” Schomp embroidered images that, as she says, “…help to represent me, such as a book, mirror, bird, pillow, potted plant—all of them objects that are necessary or sentimental.” The embroidery is white on white, creating a quiet atmosphere. She has also extracted hundreds of threads to create layers of transparency, where windows and

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peepholes are fashioned, allowing one to witness images inside the structure itself. “I think of my work as my memoirs, recording my relationships with myself and others. The examining of oneself is a huge inspiration for me. I am always looking for ways to expand that practice and knowledge.” Schomp has also included a group of six miniature self-portraits, sewn on cotton with her own hair and set into dollhouse frames. “Each portrait is approximately the size of my thumb or smaller,” she says. “I use my hair and the reference to the thumb as a genetic reference to myself. I have also included in the show a dollhouse book that I use as a sketchbook to practice drawing this small.” Cristi Rinklin, associate professor of painting and drawing, exhibits approximately 12 works, paintings that explore the perception of reality in her fantastically created environments. A few works are based on Thomas Cole’s series of paintings called The Course of Empire, and within her works, Rinklin combines traditional techniques with the advancement of digital technology, resulting in paintings that re-interpret space and dimension, bridging the seemingly impossible with what is believable. As Rinklin elaborates, “When our ability to imagine visual knowledge beyond what we see with our own eyes becomes augmented by technology, our imaginary vision for what is dramatic, awesome, and sublime becomes recalibrated. My work is a response to this condition.”t Three large oil and acrylic on aluminum paintings dominate her offerings, all exploring further the dynamics of opposition, from abstraction and representation, to depth and surface. Several smaller works are also on display, utilizing Flashe, a vinyl-based paint, and Duralar, a matt translucent drafting film. Her work is richly layered, presenting to the viewer worlds that seamlessly combine advanced technologies with, as she states, ‘…the great tradition

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of illusion painting.” It is within these contexts of fantasy and factual, of classical and contemporary techniques, that will mesmerize those who gaze into these shifting landscapes, worlds that are both alien and familiar. “It is my desire to create paintings and installations that seduce the viewer into believing that the impossible spaces that are presented within them can potentially exist,” Rinklin says. Viewpoint will allow both art patrons and pupils alike the chance to witness the collective genius of these working professionals. As Hankins concludes,

“The faculty exhibition at the Cantor Art Gallery provides an invaluable opportunity for students and faculty both inside and outside the visual arts department and the Worcester community to see the creative scholarship that the faculty members pursue.” Viewpoint at The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester. Exhibit runs through December 8. Opening reception: Wednesday, Sept. 14, from 5 - 6:30 pm. For further information, call 508-793-3356.

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The Hot Seat with Tom Dustin By Nicole J. Luparelli

In his first year performing stand-up, Tom Dustin won the Sam Adams Comedy Contest, beating out more than 50 comics and drinking enough Sam Adams to fund the Revolutionary War, if you don’t factor in inflation. Dustin is easily one of Boston’s most beloved stand-up comedians. He is intensely likeable, even when saying the most disturbing, offensive things. A star of the recently canceled sitcom on MyTV, “Quiet Desperation,” his sleazy, chainsmoking, whore-mongering lawyer character was so believable, that a real-life Boston lawyer asked me where they could find Dustin’s law office. Dustin also founded and runs the Boston Comedy Softball League, as seen on Channel 5’s Chronicle. Yes, just like the “Seinfeld” episode. Is it true you drank a six pack of Miller High Life on Dan Hirshon’s front stoop on Prospect Street one hour before a gig during the summer of 2006?

Probably. I’m not good with dates, times and locations; but I’m great with booze and sitting on front stoops. In high school, I was actually voted “most likely to sit on a stoop and drink cheap yellow beer before work.”

In 2010 you won Yuk Yuk’s Laugh Off in Canada and were the ﬁrst American comedian to do that. What countries are next on your agenda? I think Belgium needs to be knocked down a peg. They think they’re so great with their lace, waffles and socialism. Someone should go over there and let them know that America isn’t gonna stand for it anymore!

How did the Canadian comedians handle an American winner? The comics I met in Canada were terrific.

I didn’t feel any animosity or antiAmerican sentiments toward me directly. But the Canadian government may have been a little pissed. They put up the $25,000 prize and weren’t thrilled when I took it back to the USA. As a result, they closed the contest to American comics after I won. So, I’m not just the first American to win the Yuk Yuk’s Great Canadian Laugh-Off, I’m the only one who ever did, and ever will.

Do you ﬁnd any differences in style or content from comedians from other countries? Not really. Funny is funny pretty much anywhere I’ve been. Even if the points of view differ, the idea is the same: Be funny, original, concise; and for God’s sake, make the paying customers laugh.

At one time you were a used-car salesman. Were there any comedy-related beneﬁts to that occupation? Absolutely! A good car salesman has to be able to read people, control the situation, sell himself and his product. Standup comics do essentially the same job. Sometimes, if an audience member isn’t happy with my performance, I throw in a set of floor mats.

What was the most unusual show you were ever involved with? It’s recorded in the July 30 Saugus Police log as: “At 8:45 p.m. an officer reported a woman was upset by a comedian at Kowloon and tried to run onto the highway. The officer was able to get the woman off the highway, and her boyfriend took her home for the night.” The story isn’t as good as the report. Suffice to say she was belligerently drunk and on drugs; and she didn’t care for my venereal disease material, I think it hit a little too close to home for her. Don’t worry though. That charming, delicate flower was unharmed. But I am very concerned for her boyfriend. This story is why I like my job. Stand-up comedy is wonderfully random from night to night. Sometimes (almost never), a crazy girl might give me an oral treat just for being funny. Other times, a crazier girl will try to run into traffic just to escape my words. The point is: all girls are crazy...

Do you ﬁnd that you repeat most of your comedy word for word or is there always a constant rewriting or rewording involved in your work? I’m not a word-for-word guy exactly. I love the freedom of being in the moment. I don’t typically recite my act like I’m reading a script; I like to see where the mood, the audience and the situation take me. But I am constantly trying to add a line here and change a phrase there, because a comedy routine is never really finished being written. It’s just ideas. And the beautiful thing about our language is the endless ways it has to convey those ideas. You see! I could’ve answered that way funnier! Tom Dustin will be headlining the Wisecracks Comedy Club at Halligan’s Sports Bar and More (889 Southbridge St. in Auburn) on Friday, Sept. 15, at 8:30 p.m., 21+. On Saturday, Sept. 16, Tom Dustin headlines Wisecracks at Jose Murphy’s (97 Water St., Worcester) at 8 p.m., 18+. $12 ($6 with Military ID). 508-784-2175, wisecrackscomedyclub.com.

You were part of an ensemble cast in a reality sitcom called “Quiet Desperation.” Did that experience have any effect on your stand-up comedy? Not really. Although once after a stand-up show, a girl who was a big fan of “Quiet Desperation” gave me a mouth favor just for being part of that sitcom.

How would you describe that experience? It felt pretty good, then she left... Oh! You mean the “Quiet Desperation” experience??! It was fun too.

Do you recall the moment when it dawned on you to give stand-up comedy a try? About nine years ago, I accidentally walked into an open-mic night. I had always loved stand-up, but I had no idea how or where to do it. My first time was great, but subsequent performances made me realize how hard it can be and how much work is involved, which is a huge bummer, because I was looking for something that didn’t involve hard work. But now it’s too late. I’m already securely strapped into the roller coaster.

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It’s called “The Nanking Massacre” and “The Rape of Nanking,” but any descriptor is insufficient to capture the atrocities that the Japanese Imperial Army wrought on China’s former capital city in the winter of 1937. After the soldiers breached the walls, they held Nanking under siege for six horrific weeks, torturing and murdering some 200,000 to 300,000 men, women and children, and raping as many as 20,000 women, though some estimates place that figure higher by the tens of thousands. If you’ve never heard of Nanking, do yourself a favor and Google it. The gruesome truth behind these acts is not just that they occurred 74 years ago, but that they remain essential tools of contemporary warfare in places like Congo, where systematic rape is deployed as a military weapon to dominate and destabilize entire villages. Recalling an event like the brutalization of Nanking can be a dangerous thing outside of the documentary format. It’s the same sort of challenge that has been faced by the likes of Steven Spielberg with the Holocaust (“Schindler’s List”) and Terry George with the Rwandan genocide (“Hotel Rwanda”), directors who managed to dramatize these horrors without trivializing them. Writer-director Chuan Lu strikes a similar balance with his Nanking saga, “City of Life and Death.” The film is a searing re-enactment of the siege, which in the blink of an eye devolves from a planned military assault into a violent flash mob perpetrated by men in uniforms. Their abuse of the civilian population is incredibly painful to watch, and the stark black-and-white cinematography gives the movie a

newsreel sensibility that makes the viewer feel like he’s bearing witness in real time rather than observing through the prism of a movie seven decades later. As befits the subject matter, the film is relentlessly bleak, and, until the final couple of images, seemingly without hope. Honestly, while “City of Life and Death” is well done, prepare to steel yourself before entering the theater. This was 1937 — there were no liberating U.S. forces, no U.N. peacekeeping mission, and when the only chance of stopping the atrocities was an unanswered plea to Adolph Hitler to call off his Japanese allies, then it’s hard to imagine a more despairing situation. Lu tempers the madness with shards of humanity found among the rubble. He brings focus to a young Japanese sergeant, Kadokawa, whose conscience eats at him as he watches his mates bring entire families to ruin. (Though one wishes Lu had avoided the trope of the naive soldier falling in love with a “comfort girl” brought in from Japan to service the troops.) Kadokowa will commit two acts of mercy with his gun; somebody has to. There are moments of sacrifice and heroism among the Chinese prisoners. The soldiers fight valiantly against the overwhelming Japanese forces; the survivors to be executed in waves. One leader, Miss Jiang, counsels her fellow women on how to avoid the notice of the Japanese troops, and when some of the men are being carted away for execution she makes a near-suicidal dash to save several of them. Without trying to sound like a nag — educate yourself about Nanking. Start with this movie and work backwards if you want to do it that way. History, including the worst of human behavior, has to be faced if we wish to lessen its chances of being repeated. City of Life and Death will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday, and at 1 and 3:45 p.m. on Sunday in the Jefferson Academic Center at Clark University. The film is part of the Cinema 320 series.

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Imagine a fine-dining experience with sophisticated food, cozy ambiance, and great prices. Are you picturing yourself in downtown Spencer?

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addictive raisin bread. The dinner menu, which changes seasonally, features seven appetizers ($7 - $8) and seven main dishes ($15 - $18), with many appealing options from which to choose. Tomato and mustard tart is a creative seasonal offering – chopped tomatoes tossed with caramelized onions in balsamic vinegar rest atop a whole-wheat pizza-style crust. The zing of Dijon mustard counters the sweetness of the tomatoes and balsamic nicely, and the side salad is perfect – tender, fresh leaves tossed with more summer tomatoes in a subtle vinaigrette. Another appetizer, saltimbocca of zucchini, responds to the age-old challenge of making something truly tasty from the prolific Italian squash that fills New England gardens (and porches) this time of year. Thin slices of zucchini have been

layered with ham and cheese, breaded and pan-fried in olive oil, and topped with sage butter in the style of the classic veal dish. The textures and flavors combine wonderfully into a very successful dish. Duck confit with fig hash is classic comfort food – just right on a cool, rainy night. The plump leg has been simmered in its own fat until meltingly tender, its rich skin nicely crisped. The hash is a free-form combination of large potato chunks, onions, and pieces of fig; we wish it were a bit more integrated, but each element works well with the satisfying duck meat. Bourride with creamy polenta is another comforting winner. A dryish stew of cod, shrimp, mussels and clams has been gently flavored with tomato and herbs and nestled atop a generous portion of impressively light polenta. The mussels are small and chewy,

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Yo-Way is a local self-serve frozen-yogurt shop, looking to open on 395B Park Ave. around Sept. 15. The store will offer ﬂavors ranging from New York Cheesecake to Green Tea, alongside a variety of toppings such as Popping Boba and Captain Crunch. Be on the lookout for updated store hours, and ﬁnd them on Facebook for special deals and coupons. Craving Pizza? Now You Are. So it’s Wednesday night, and you’re craving pizza, just like every other night of your life. But because it’s a Wednesday, you’re in luck. Throughout September, Peppercorn’s Grille is offering a “hump-day special” of buy one pizza, get one pizza free. This is only applicable for takeout, however, and it expires at the end of the month. So why not gather the family together, order two delicious pizzas, and head down to Elm Park to enjoy the budding fall foliage? Just like this deal, the nice weather will be gone before you know it.

Taco Tuesdays: This month, the Webster House Restaurant features a Mexican buffet on Tuesday nights from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. It’s only $9.95 per person, and includes all the ﬁxings, including fajita-style chicken, beans, rice, corn, taco meat, and various other toppings, as well as hard and soft-shell tacos and tortillas. Whether you’re in the mood for a taco, a burrito, or some shell-less Mexican creation of your own, Webster House will provide everything you need. New Season, New Hours Once-underground Duck Yao is creative, delicious, and has just announced new hours. It’s now open ﬁve days a week, seven hours per day, Wed.-Sun., 2 p.m.-9 p.m. According to its website, Duck Yao may also be open later on weekends, so if your Chinese-food cravings form after 9 p.m., you may still be in luck.

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Barbara. Dining at the Pub is like an unexpected foray to another country; a local gem yet to be discovered by visitors. The spotlight is on hearty seafood dishes, often in creative combinations. Joe, the gracious owner and cook, may come out to recommend an entrée and a bottle of ﬁne Portuguese wine or share a recipe.

Hisa Japanese Restaurant 21 South St., Westboro 508-898-9262 Hisa, in Westboro center, is elegant and simple. A brisk but unhurried pace, fresh Japanese fare of beef, chicken, pork, seafood, and vegetables - and outstanding sushi - make for ﬂavorful and light dining. Entrées are inexpensive and come with salad, rice, and miso soup.

Dante’s 421 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 508-791-1111 Dante’s most distinct characteristic is its facility; a quaint three-room ﬂoor of a home, it provides an intimate setting for their ﬁrst-rate food. Dante’s menu isn’t particularly long or varied, but it is nonetheless compelling. Fourteen entrees — a mixed bag dominated by seafood, chicken and pasta, with a couple of pork dishes, and a 12-ounce sirloin — are offered. Additional choices include prime rib (Saturdays only) and daily specials. A full bar with lounge seating is available.

Kaboodle Pizzeria & Grille 152 Main St., Spencer 508-885-4884 Go for the great, sunny room overlooking the quaint Spencer Main Street. Go for the burgers, the interesting pizzas, and the reasonably priced entrees. Twenty or so tables in a wide-open room with a California-style kitchen make a good spot for a casual lunch, an intimate date, or a big celebration. Ciao Bella 402 Grove St., Worcester 508-756-2426 Ciao Bella is perfect for take-out or eat-in. Very reasonably priced, generous entrees of seafood, pasta and chicken; as well as gourmet pizza, roll-ups, and grinders; and incredible, locally made desserts make this a must for frugals and gourmands alike. Atmosphere is minimal — not much more than a pizza parlor — so, Romeos beware. Cyprian’s Bistro 284 East Temple St., Boylston 508-869-9900 cypriankeyes.com Dinner at Cyprian Keyes is worth the drive to Boylston, as the food — wide-ranging fare suited to all tastes — is excellent. The veranda and surrounding golf course make for quaint summer dining.

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The Blue Cricket 372 Chandler St., Worcester 508-767-1123 Tasty homemade soups, salads, and sandwiches from a tastefully decorated American bistro. Owner Leon Saucier’s talents are deep, and The Blue Cricket — with its full catering services, gourmet meals to go, and homemade cakes for any occasion — makes a nice contribution to a growing Chandler Street lineup.

86 Winter 65 Water St., Worcester 508-459-5400 The restaurant 86 Winter serves up inventive, bistro-style comfort food in a warm, intimate and exciting setting. Reasonably priced fare includes artful versions of old standbys, as well as a few dressier dishes. Professional service and wonderful food round out this superb Worcester dining experience.

Zorba’s Pizzeria Tavern 132 Sturbridge Road (Rte. 20) Charlton, 508-248-0433 Zorba’s Pizzeria Tavern, on Route 20 in Charlton, serves the food that you wait to taste at the Greek Festival. Here, offered daily, are dishes like kreato pikilla (Greek sausage, chicken, lamb, and pork), spanakopita (spinach pie in ﬁllo dough), dolmadakia (stuffed grape leaves), horiatiki (a version of Greek salad), kabobs, beefteki (stuffed ground beef), and moussaka (sauteed eggplant, potatoes, and ground beef in a bechamel sauce.) For diners in search of more “American” ﬂavors, Zorba’s also features homeland staples, like wings, salad, ribs, seafood and Italian fare. Drive-thru takeout and patio service are available.

The Wexford House 503 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 508-757-8982 What are the secrets of The Wexford’s longevity? For close to 20 years, Chef Alan Erickson has continued to dish out some of the legendary fare he cooked at the El Morocco, undoubtedly attracting former patrons of the old El. The menu at The Wexford offers kibbe and stuffed grape leaves alongside traditional Italian “Shrewsbury Street Favorites.” In addition, The Wexford’s menu features predictable fare at very reasonable prices, “Shrewsbury Street Favorites” and a few signature twists.

Funky Murphy’s 305 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 508-753-2995 While lacking in atmosphere, the restaurant at Funky Murphy’s has a lot to offer. Whether you’re grabbing some appetizers while watching sports on the big-screen TVs, or wishing to enjoy neo-diner fare, you’re in luck. The soups and salads are fresh and homemade, and the entrées are generous and delicious. Romantics may wish to skip this stop, but those in search of a moderately priced dining experience may want to give it a try. Kitchen open 7 days; breakfast Sundays.

The Publick House On the Common, Rte. 131, Sturbridge 508-347-3313 or 1-800-PUBLICK publickhouse.com Visit The Publick House for Sturbridge’s world-famous colonial experience, and their “traditional favorites with a modern twist.” A gorgeous, period inn and excellent food make it a perfect spot for a special dinner after a day’s visit to this Central Massachusetts destination.

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Chioda’s Trattoria 631 Franklin St., Worcester 508-459-6039 A short drive up Franklin Street from downtown Worcester, or down from Brown Square at Plantation Street, at Chioda’s Trattoria you’ll ﬁnd all the Italian dishes you’ve come to love in a warm and intimate environment. Lots of pasta, seafood and chicken, as well as a few veal dishes and steaks. Chioda’s should be right at home in this Italian restaurant-happy city. The Border Grille and Bar 246 Mill St., Leominster • 978-840-0194 The Border Grille and Bar brings the ever-popular culinary specialties of the Southwest to the north — north of Worcester, that is, in

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Lidio’s Restaurant and Lounge 1045 Central St., Leominster 978-534-6600 Bridging old and new, Lidio’s offers diners some old standards (pasta, chicken, beef) as well as creative diet-conscious (an extensive lowcarb menu) and nouveau entrees (including vegetarian dishes), all at very reasonable prices. The service and food preparations are quite dependable.

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>THURSDAY 15 If you’re in the mood for some acoustic roots/blues, stop by Jak’s Pub to hear Andy O’Brien from 9-11 p.m. 536 Main St. 508-757-5257

Kids, Creativity and Clay (6 to 10 years old) Utilizing the spontaneous nature of clay, this class will allow children to explore their creativity by making clay creatures, hand-building pottery and trying out the potter’s wheel. Children will be encouraged to follow their muse and expand their imagination, while learning basic clay-forming techniques. Ages 6 to 10; $165, plus $20 materials fee (required); 3:30-6 p.m. Worcester Center for Crafts, 25 Sagamore Rd. 508753-8183, worcestercraftcenter.org

Antigone Rising will perform at the Worcester Pride Festival on the Worcester Common, immediately following the Pride Parade at noon (which starts at 11:30 a.m. on Humboldt St. along Institute Park). Antigone Rising, the all female rock/country band known for its catchy melodies and energetic shows is currently touring and has just released its latest studio CD, “23 Red” with producer Gary Philips. For more info on the band, check out antigonerising.com and more information on 21st Century Worcester Pride, visit worcesterpride.com. Montreal comes to New England for the ﬁnest roots reggae, ska, and Jamaican music with The Beatdown, with Guns of Navarone opening; 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 The Prouty Run hits the streets today! Children’s Fun Run, $15; 5K Road Race, $25; 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Senior Living at Prouty, 195 Main St., Spencer. 617431-4929, mhpi.net/ProutyRun

Singer-songwriter Ari Charbonneau, otherwise known as Ari Band! is at Nick’s Bar and Restaurant tonight with no cover; 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030, ariband.com

>FRIDAY 16 Mark Mandeville & Old Constitution celebrate their newest record release with special guest Matthew K. Fox; 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 Opening Reception for the newest exhibit of Worcester Windows Community Gallery will include complimentary refreshments, live entertainment and walking tours of the Community Gallery footprint. Free; 5:30-7:30 p.m. 60 Franklin Street, Worcester, 60 Franklin St. worcestermass.org Ruthless, gritty and hellbent is what folks call Sasquatch & The Sickabillys. Check ’em out as they play with J.C. Young, Genre Whores and more. A relentless touring schedule has cemented Sasquatch as one of the most high gear, powerhouse entertainers around—keeping real music alive and dangerous. $6; 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888, facebook. com/sickabilly

John Vienneau Exhibit Reception at the Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities is free tonight from 7-10 p.m. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 Hat On Drinking Wine, Road Kill Orchestra, Comanchero, and Po Boyz, are at Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner tonight from 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543

>Saturday 17 The 3rd annual Worcester Cares about Recovery Walk and Celebration, a citywide event toasting recovery from

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substance abuse successes, will be held at Institute Park in Worcester from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. People in recovery, family members, friends, health-care professionals and local elected ofﬁcials will unite to show that treatment works and recovery is possible. If you are in recovery, know someone who is in recovery, support recovery, or know someone who needs to learn about recovery, join in this celebration. There will be a free BBQ luncheon, live entertainment, kid’s activities and information and education on substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery. 508-799-6221 If you’re fond of songs of the 20th century, then don’t miss the Jesse Fontaine “Trio” as they perform music from the Great

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St. Denis Fall Bazaar will feature Joe’s famous food booth, auctions, harvest, jewelry and craft booths, kids games, a moonwalk, raffles, attic treasures and more! Rain or shine; open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., but “Attic Treasures” opens early at 7 a.m., so come early. The bazaar first began in 1971 and has become a major fundraiser for the parish. St. Denis Parish, 85 Main St., Ashburnham. Art Opening and Benefit for Clean Water in Ethiopia at NU Café of which 20 percent of NU Café sales will be donated to Mudula Water, a clean-water project in southern Ethiopia. For more information on Mudula Water, go to mudulawater.org. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. NU Cafe, 335 Chandler St., Worcester.

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>SUNDAY 18 The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1497 in South Grafton will sponsor a VFW Flag Retirement Ceremony and WWII Monument Fundraiser to beneﬁt Grafton’s World War II monument at the South Grafton Community House. Those attending may bring their worn American ﬂags to the ceremony for appropriate and solemn disposal. Free; noon-12:30 p.m. South Grafton Community House, 25 Main St., South Grafton. 508-839-3825, graftonhistoricalsociety.org. 11th Annual Concert by the Greater Worcester Armenian Chorale includes a dinner and is presented in honor of the 20th Anniversary of the Republic of Armenia’s Independence. Led by artistic director and conductor Konstantin Petrossian, the program features guest soloist Janette Khalarian, soprano, and performances by the Arevig Children’s Chorus and Dance Group. $25 for adults, $12 for children younger than 12; 12:30-3:30 p.m. Armenian Church of Our Saviour Cultural Center, 34 Boynton St. 508-754-9016.

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2011 Annual Paper Airplane Contest Bring your own best paper airplane creations or come early and fold airplanes at the museum and then join in the fun as participants compete in distance and accuracy categories. Prizes are awarded separately to youngsters and adults. Museum admission includes your entry fee. Adult admission (which includes one child), $5; 2-3:30 p.m. Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, 21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809. ”Christmas in the Air” Auditions Gateway Players Theatre, Inc. will hold auditions for boys and girls, ages 7-18, for its upcoming youth theater production—a holiday show, to be performed December 9-11. “Christmas in the Air” will consist of two short plays, with a musical interlude. The plays are not musicals, and the singing will be holiday carol-type musical numbers performed as a group. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the scripts and fun improvisation. For more information, call 508-764-4531 or email director Joni Metras at jmets23@yahoo.com. Free; 4-6 p.m. Gateway Players Theatre Arts Barn, 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-764-4531.

the Herekles-Kyknos-Mars black ﬁgure amphora, the Egyptian “Nobleman Fishing on the Nile,” the Rouen stained-glass “Seven Sleepers of Ephesus,” Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s Soup Can (Tomato)” and more. Free with museum admission; 2-3 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Sneak-Peak: Meet the Violin! Class is a great opportunity to see what this 10-week class will be like before you register. 4-4:45 p.m. Worcester Academy of Music, 11 Irving St. 508-635-6900, visit worcesteracademyofmusic.com.

Yom Sport/Membership BBQ Come join the Beth Israel community for an afternoon of friendly games for all ages. This is an opportunity to reconnect with friends, meet new people, and get to know the new rabbi, Steven Schwarzman. Games will be held from 4-6 p.m. and will be followed by dinner. $8 adult, $5 children younger than 13, $25 max per family; 4-7 p.m. Congregation Beth Israel, 15 Jamesbury Dr. 508-756-6204, bethisraelworc.org.

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>TUESDAY 20 Kyuss lives again and the band is coming to The Palladium tonight with The Sword and Milligram Monstro. Tickets $25 in advance or at the door; 6-11 p.m. 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. ARTSWorcester’s Annual Meeting and Presentation of the 13th annual ARTSWorcester Arts Award. 5:30-7:30 p.m. ARTSWorcester, Aurora Gallery, 660 Main St. 508-755-5142.

>WEDNESDAY 21 Worcester Art Museum’s September Tour of the Month - Team Work: Art Collaborations through History Too often we give short shrift to art that hasn’t been created by an individual. This special tour, led by docent Ginny Powell-Brasier, will focus on art works created by teams of people:

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>THURSDAY 22 Fourth-annual Sustainability Fair/Food Drive for Worcester County Food Bank will present lectures, opportunities to meet with employers, organizations and vendors regarding sustainability issues, and a farmers’ market. Attend this event to learn about Worcester State University’s efforts to become “greener.” Free; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Worcester State University, Blue Lounge, 486 Chandler St. 508-929-8078.

Worcester School Committee Candidates Night, a forum sponsored by the Colleges of Worcester Consortium and Worcester Education Collaborative, features the ten Worcester School Committee candidates. The format will include brief opening statements, followed by questions posed by three panelists and

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Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. DJ Brian Spinninâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; & Scratchinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. No cover charge. 9 p.m.1:30 a.m. Days End Tavern, 287 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-1006. Metal Thursday. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralphâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Jay Graham Live. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Funky Murphyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar & Grill, 305 Shrewsbury St. 508-753-2995. Sean Fullerton. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035 or seanfullertonmusic.net. Andy Cummings Live. $3. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Hooliganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 29 Blossom St., Fitchburg. 508-272-5092. Holy Cross Night. 10 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Grey Hound Pub (An Cu Liath), 11 Kelley Square. 508-754-6100. James Keyes. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Vincentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.

>Friday 16 18 Wheels Of Justice, the River Neva, Impressions in Flesh, and Zombie Fighter. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133. Top 40 Dance Night w/ DJ Fast Track. Club Gallery, 150 Point St., Providence. 401-751-7166. Vinyl-ly Friday Party. Free. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or luckydogmusic.com. Rock & Shock Series Round 3 Tickets $10 advance, $12 door. 6-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Steve Soares 6:30-9:30 p.m. 1790 Restaurant & Tavern, 206 Turnpike Road, Westborough. 508-366-1707. After Hours at The Rabbit Hole. Free. 7-10 p.m. Rabbit Hole (bookstore and more), 805 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-3450040 or therabbitholeusa.com. BBQ & Blues Fridays with Big Jon Short.. No cover. 7-10 p.m. Smokestack Urban Barbecue, 90 Harding St.

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>Saturday 17 After Pride Party. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133 or ďŹ nd them on Facebook. Hot Spot Music Night. Club Gallery, 150 Point St., Providence. 401-751-7166. Kid Cudi. $29.50, $39.50 and $49.50. DCU Center- Arena and Convention Center, 50 Foster St. 508-755-6800. Live Music Saturday Night. Black Lab Lounge, 36 Main St., Douglas. 508-476-7220. David Bazin. 6:30-10 p.m. Grille 57, 57 Highland St. 508-7982000. Steve Soares Duo. 6:30-9:30 p.m. 1790 Restaurant & Tavern, 206 Turnpike Road, Westborough. 508-366-1707. Voices of Hope Annual Gala. $35 - $65. 6:30-10:30 p.m. Boston Symphony Orchestra, 301 Mass Ave., Boston. 888-2661200. Acoustic Saturdays. 7-11 p.m. The Mill, 185 West Boylston

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>Sunday 18 Lonestar. Reserved Tickets: $42.50, $40, $37.50. General Admission: $30. 2-6 p.m. Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Road, Webster. 508-943-3871 or indianranch.com. Ton of Blues.2-8 p.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484. Open Mike with John Riley. 4-8 p.m. Fiddlers’ Green Pub & Restaurant, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700. Bobby Gadoury and Andy Cummings. No cover. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Open Mic Fundraiser for Worcester Animal Rescue League.Free. 5-9 p.m. Jak’s Pub, 536 Main St. Vincent’s presents: Big Jon Short. 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Hot 100 Dance party featuring DJ Master Sun$5. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or ﬁnd them on Facebook. Dancing with DJ Cisco. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Mirabar, 35 Richmond St., Providence. 401-331-6761. Sunday Theme Party 18+. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club Gallery, 150 Point St., Providence. 401-751-7166 or ﬁnd them on Facebook. Reggae Fusion Sundays with DJ Nick. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.

>Monday 19 Driftin Sam Politz No Cover. 7 p.m.- 9 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Opeth with Katatonia. Tickets $27.50 advance, $30 door. 7-11 p.m. The Palladium, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696. Open Mic - Acoustic. 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Cigar Masters, 1 Exchange Place. 774-262-7677 or blbrumby.com/open-mi. Bop ‘n Pop. No cover charge. Dive Bar, 34 Green St., Worcester. 9 p.m.-midnight Dive Bar, 34 Green St.

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NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTATOR Docket No. WO11P2817EA Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608 (508)831-2200 In the Estate of: Beverly A Handfield Late of: Millbury, MA 01527 Date of Death: 07/20/2011 to all persons interested in the above captioned estate, a petition has been presented requesting that Richard L Handfield of Upton, MA or some other suitable person be appointed administrator of said estate to serve Without Surety IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Worcester ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 10/04/2011. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: September 8, 2011 Stephen G Abraham Register of Probate 9/15/2011

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court 225 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 Docket No. WO11P2767EA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL In the Estate of: Rosalind M McLaughlin Late of: Millbury, MA 01527 Date of Death: 07/10/2010 to all persons interested in the above captioned estate, a petition has been presented requesting that a document purporting to be the last will of said decedent be proved and allowed and that Edward H McLaughlin of Millbury, MA, be appointed executor/ trix, named in the will to serve Without Surety. IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Worcester ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM ON: 09/27/2011 in addition, you must file a written affidavit of objections to the petition, stating specific facts and grounds upon which the objection is based, within (30) days after the return day (or such other time as the court, on motion with notice to the petitioner, may allow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16 WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court Date: September 2, 2011 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 9/15/2011

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TOWN OF SUTTON Planning Board & Department Public Hearing Notice Sutton Planning Board In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 41, Sections 81T and 81W, M.G.L., the Planning Board will hold a public hearing to rescind the approval of a deﬁnitive subdivision plan entitled The Bridle Path by MacCarthy and Sullivan Engineering, Inc. dated 9/5//2007 (Sheets 1-49), located off Barnett and Jones Rds. and showing 37 proposed lots. The plan was submitted by Steven & George Funari and is owned by Richard and Marcia Putnam O’Shea. This plan was originally approved by the Planning Board on September 25, 2006 and subsequently endorsed on January 7, 2008. The Board will consider rescinding this approval as the proponent has failed and refused to close the Real Estate transaction, causing undo hardship to the owners. The hearing will take place on the third ﬂoor of the Sutton Town Hall on Monday, September 26, 2011 at 7:15 P.M. Any person interested, or wishing to be heard, should appear at the time and place designated. Scott Paul, Chairman 9/8 & 9/15/2011

TOWN OF SUTTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 7:15PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review an Amendment to the Order of Conditions submitted to the Conservation Commission by Timothy Fisher, Milford, MA. The project consists of the applicant requesting an Amendment to the current Order of Conditions to reflect the revised plan. The proposal includes development of a single family dwelling, driveway and subsurface sewage disposal system with associated grading in the buffer zone to a bordering vegetated wetland. In addition, a wetland crossing by bridge is proposed to access the building site. The proposed modifications to the current approved plan reduce the impact areas, eliminate a proposed wetland fill and reduce the overall site development footprint on the parcel, on Map 23, Parcel 34, at 42 Bond Hollow Road, Sutton MA. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands and Riverfront District Administration Bylaw. 9/15/2011

PUBLIC NOTICE TOWN OF MILLBURY PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT MARTHA COAKLEY, STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, HAS RETURNED WITH APPROVAL DATED AUGUST 17, 2011 THE AMENDMENTS TO THE TOWN OF MILLBURY’S GENERAL BYLAWS AND ZONING BYLAWS ADOPTED UNDER WARRANT ARTICLE #17 AND #20 (GENERAL) AND #27 (ZONING) ACCEPTED AT THE JUNE 7, 2011 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING. A TOWN BULLETIN WITH THE BYLAW AMENDMENTS IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE TOWN CLERK’S OFFICE, 127 ELM STREET AND WILL BE POSTED IN PUBLIC PLACES IN TOWN. OFFICE HOURS ARE 8:30 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. MONDAY THRU FRIDAY. TUESDAYS THE OFFICE REMAINS OPEN UNTIL 7:00 P.M.. QUESTIONS, CALL 508-865-9110, MILLBURY TOWN CLERK 9/1, 9/8, 9/15/2011

TOWN OF MILLBURY 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, September 28, 2011 At: 7:00 p.m. To act on a petition from: Dr. Sandra Hayes, Trustee, 291 Central Park West, Apt. 10B, New York, NY For a Variance in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: the construction of a parking lot in the side yard of property located at 28 S. Main St., Millbury, MA. All interested parties are invited to attend. Richard P. Valentino, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals

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TOWN OF MILLBURY 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, September 28, 2011 At: 7:20 p.m. To act on a petition from: Philip K. Gosselin, 80 Deer Track Ct., Northbridge, MA For a Variance in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to: the construction of a 24’x30’ garage addition to existing 50’x30’ garage at 1 Herricks Lane, Millbury, MA. All interested parties are invited to attend. Richard P. Valentino, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals 9/15 & 9/22/2011

TOWN OF MILLBURY The Millbury Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 8:40 P.M. at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street to act on a Notice of Intent from Cory & Heidi Sulminski for repair of a septic system at 3 Davis Road. Said work falls under the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40. Donald Flynn Chairman 9/15/2011

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Athena Haddon As a recent recipient of the Consumer/Peer Leadership Award, Athena Haddon, 49, certainly impresses with her dedication to assisting individuals recovering from substance abuse and trauma histories. Since its founding in 2008, Haddon has served as director of Everyday Miracles Peer Recovery Support Center (EDM), where she is recognized for her charismatic personality and ability to inspire others. In addition, Haddon regularly works at Developing Alternatives for Women Now (DAWN), to help women with prostitution-related crimes, while also organizing more than 2,000 Worcester residents for the Worcester Cares about Recovery Walk & Celebration. Amazed by all her efforts? Well, she also helps coach the Worcester Co-ed Sober Softball league. This week, we took a minute (or two) to catch an in-depth peek into just how Haddon does it all.

I’m so fortunate to be working with such a wonderful team at Spectrum Health Systems. They have given me so much support. At EDM, I feel like I’m with friends all day! We do so much here and the positive energy is contagious. It’s the most rewarding job I’ve ever had. Spreading hope that recovery is possible is what we do.

How did you come to choose this career path? I just reached a point that something was missing—something on the inside. My spirit yearned for something more meaningful, where I could really make a difference in people’s lives. I applied for the job as program director for Everyday Miracles. It was a new program, unlike anything in this area when helping people in recovery. I loved the concept...one addict/ alcoholic, helping another.

What are some ways you look to assist individuals who are seeking to recover from drug and alcohol abuse? Peer support. As a person in longterm recovery, the longevity of my recovery is credited to my peer support. In recovery so many of us just want a place where we can fit in and feel welcome. EDM offers that. As a peer-driven center, there are ample volunteer opportunities, support groups

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and sober activities. People suffering from substance abuse are often in need of continued treatment, housing and employment. We have the resources here to lead them in the right direction.

At times, the issues you deal with can be quite sensitive. How do you approach it? I often find myself reflecting back to my own experiences. How I felt and how hard early recovery was and identifying with people versus comparing. Everyone has a story; I’ve learned that taking the time to listening for that story is priceless.

Has the issue of substance abuse changed in Worcester over the years? Yes, the numbers are growing of younger people becoming opioid and prescriptiondrug addicted. Addiction destroys people and families. It’s important that people know that this community cares.

What is it like helping the women at DAWN? This is one of my favorite things that I’ve ever been involved in. These women come from years and years of trauma and substance abuse. I’ve been able to build trusting relationships with them. That’s the best feeling in the world. DAWN is where I learned the value of my own lived experience.

Can you tell us about some of the programs you work with? (We can only summarize so many!)

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What is it like working with Everyday Miracles?

Massachusetts Bureau of Substance Abuse, which funds EDM. Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery, whose mission is to organize recovering individuals, families and friends into a collective voice to educate the public about the value of recovery from alcohol and other addictions. EPOCA—ExPrisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement, and organization that believes social change can only be led by the people who most need the change.

September is National Recovery Month. How is Everyday Miracles Celebrating? We will be co-hosting with Worcester Cares Overdose Coalition the 3rd

annual Worcester Cares about Recovery Walk and Celebration on Sept. 17 at Institute Park from 10 a.m. until 3 pm. This event is sponsored by a host of treatment providers and friends of recovery. It is a free event; there will be educational material, food, live music and children’s activities. Fun for all!

Any goals for the upcoming softball season? I would like to bring home the champion jackets, but of course, the true champions are the ones who stay clean and sober, and help others stay clean! -Jacky Cheng

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GOODBYE, SUMMER. HELLO, CHARTER ON DEMAND. CHARTER TV® in HD Includes Showtime® and STARZ®

Summer’s gone. But with Charter TV, the fun doesn’t have to end. Watch the latest primetime TV, children’s shows, and the hottest summer blockbusters with Charter On Demand.

Call 1-888-GET-CHARTER or visit charter.com to learn more.

per mo for up to 12 mos*

*with 2-year agreement and qualifying bundle purchase.

©2011 Charter Communications. Offer good thru 10/31/11. Offer valid to qualiﬁed residential customers only who have no outstanding obligation to Charter. *Early termination fees apply; total package price Year 1 $99.97/mo and Year 2 $119.97/mo; standard rates apply after 2 years. If customer terminates agreement early, a prorated early termination fee of up to $150 is due (except in MO and LA). MO and LA only: Fee of up to $150 applies if TV and/or Internet service is terminated early; If phone service is terminated, no early termination fee will apply; however, discounted rates will end and standard rates will apply; for complete details, visit charter.com/PGpolicy. Installation, taxes, fees, and surcharges extra; equipment may be required and charges may apply. Programming lineup may vary. Charter HD receiver required for HD service; TV must be HD capable. Services are subject to all applicable service terms and conditions, which are subject to change. Trademarks belong to their respective owners. Services not available in all areas. Number of channels and On Demand programming may vary by level of service. Other restrictions may apply.

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