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citydesk June 15 - 21, 2017 n Volume 42, Number 42

City Council shut down on talk of ZBA appointment flap

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hough Mayor Joe Petty shut down a City Council conversation on the matter, the fact remains: a local attorney was denied the opportunity to serve on a city board in part because of her ties to Turtleboy Sports.

At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes tried to start a conversation on the matter at a Council meeting Tuesday night, June 13, and offered to let others in the audience there to address it speak first. But Petty said the Council could not address it due to restrictions related to personnel in the city charter, which City Solicitor David Moore cited at the meeting.

Petty tried to move the meeting on, but Lukes, appearing visibly frustrated, said she merely asked for a transcript of a public meeting. At issue is a meeting of the Citizens Advisory Council Thursday, June 8, and the 6-4 vote against recommending local attorney Margaret Melican to serve on the Zoning Board of Appeals.

Petty ruled discussion on the matter out of order, before Lukes added to her request a way the Council could abolish the CAC

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altogether.

“This issue is not going away,” she said.

“You may bury it now, but it’s not going away.”

The Citizens Advisory Council reviews applications for city boards and positions and votes to make recommendations to the city manager, who is the ultimate appointing authority. Though the 10-member board has no appointing authority, it can halt an applicant’s attempt to serve.

The vote against Melican and the ensuing response has riled many. Lukes and Councilor Mike Gaffney have come out strong against it. Gaffney has gone so far as to call the CAC fascist for involving Melican’s involvement with Turtleboy Sports in the discussion. The anonymous

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After Mayor Joe Petty said he wouldn’t allow a discussion of the Citizens Advisory Council meeting, At-Large Councilor Mike Gaffney approached Petty for a private conversation.

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A blast of heat made things a tad uncomfortable, but sunny days mean getting outside! +1

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There was plenty of dancing as “Riverdance the 20th Anniversary World Tour” hit Hanover Theatre in Worcester. +2

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The finish to Worcester boxer Khiary Gray’s loss at Twin River Casino last week was a sad reflection on his opponent, who I’m told ultimately apologized for his post-fight rant. -3

Sticking with boxing, Worcester’s Bobby Harris III enjoyed a successful pro debut at New England’s Future 3 at the DCU Center.

He didn’t get the knockout, but he got the win. +2

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Total for this week:

A weekly quality of life check-in of Worcester

Not a lot has been made of it in the press, but it’s worth noting that the budget cut a couple councilors attempted to make from the city’s health fund reserves appeared to be illegal. A memo from the state Department of Revenue, albeit an older one, seems to back that up. -2

The bus company serving Worcester Public Schools reportedly is struggling to hold up its end of a deal to credit the system $200,000 for various contractual failures. -3

First, Cliff Rucker buys into the Palladium, then it’s reported that the Krock family has bought the old Irish Times. Is the north end of Main Street finally enjoying a resurgence? +3

A DCU Center with a hotel?

Sure, the building needs $30 million worth of work, and yes, debate continues over whether the city should own it or not, but given the direction of overall growth in Worcester, we like the idea. +1

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Councilors zero in on trash in Worcester Bill Shaner

Hill area, have become destinations for illegal dumping, he said. People throw trash over the edge if the dead-end streets, it ends up rash continues to be a key issue for the on state land, and it stays there, according to City Council as District 5 Councilor Gary Rosen on Tuesday night piled more orders Russell.

“Something has to be done and you know on a building request for action from the city what, the state of Massachusetts really should administration. be ashamed of themselves,” he said.

He called for the city manager’s office The state government, he continued, should to address illegal trash dumping in clean the land more and fence it properly to neighborhoods, parks, vacant lots and streets in five different ways. He wants to see greater make the areas harder to dispose trash in. He called on the city administration to work with enforcement of illegal dumping laws and stiffer penalties, assign nonprofit groups to act the state to make it happen.

Russell also pushed to make the Millbury as illegal dumping watch dogs, use data and the city’s security apparatus to target areas of Street trash drop-off center more accessible to increased dumping, use more inmates to clean the public.

Augustus said the city administration is dumped trash and formulate a plan to make it looking at making it easier for people to make easier for residents to get rid of trash legally. appointments to drop off trash. The idea is to “We have to really change the culture, that keep people from waiting in long lines at the people feel they have this right, or they have center. But, he said, the administration doesn’t this need, this desire, to litter and to dump,” hear much in the way of complaints about the said Rosen. “It’s really discouraging.” center in general.

Other cities, he said, come down much Rosen had a few other proposals to help harder on people who illegally dump trash. with blight issues.

“Here in Worcester,” Rosen said, “we have One order had to do with goose droppings. to do more.”

The order was one of many filed in the past Public parks are too littered with it, he said.

He wanted the administration to contact several months. City Manager Ed Augustus a program at Becker College that deals Jr. said he is fully aware the Council has specifically with goo made trash a priority and has assigned an “I just don’t think we should continue, year interdepartmental team to put together a plan after year, season after season, and accept the to address it. The team is evaluating all the problems caused by these geese,” he said. council’s suggestions, he said, looking at best He also targeted city trash bags. Many practices in other cities and coming up with residents have complained that the bags have their own ideas. He asked for the council’s gotten thinner and more prone to tearing of patience. late, he said.

“I need a couple weeks to do that. It’s my “They say these bags are thinner, they’re intention to do that,” said Augustus, adding continued on page 7 more ideas are still welcome. “It’ll be worth the wait.”

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authors at Turtleboy Sports have written about the issue several times, blasting those who voted against her But those on the other side say Turtleboy Sports is a dangerous, hateful blog that harasses women and people of color. People involved with the website, they say, deserve to be held accountable for participating in the bullying nature of the site’s content.

The Citizens Advisory Council’s vote came after Melican was grilled on her involvement with the blog as well as about possible conflicts that could arise from her work as an attorney dealing with land and property acquisition cases.

CAC member Etel Haxhiaj opened the discussion on Melican’s involvement with Turtleboy Sports, calling it a “local hate blog.”

The anonymous writers of the blog often target seemingly random people, using screenshots from Facebook and other social media to lampoon the subject for bad or coarse behavior.

“Why would we want to advance forward someone who endorses those views?”

Haxhiaj asked.

Other members immediately commented that her involvement with the blog has nothing to do with her qualifications in adjudicating zoning issues.

CAC member Gerardo Schiano had a different bone to pick. He pressed Melican on potential conflicts that could arise from her private work and the nature of ZBA cases. Melican said she would do the right thing, either recusing herself or refusing to represent any client doing business in Worcester.

“The CAC was given instruction on how to conduct interviews,” she said. “The proceeded to ignore their instructions” The CAC, Lukes continued, needs to treat every candidate equally.

Haxhiaj and others, however, contend that Melican’s involvement with Turtleboy Sports cannot be ignored.

“This issue is not going away.

You may bury it now, but it’s not going away.”

— At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes “I’m too young to go to jail,” she said.

In the interest of full disclosure, Worcester Magazine Editor Walter Bird Jr. serves on the 10-member CAC, and was one of the four councilors who voted to pass Melican’s resume on to the city manager’s office.

Lukes brought the issue to City Council because she took umbrage with both lines of questioning, saying they weren’t asked of every candidate. The CAC, she said, showed disparate treatment of Melican.

Melican frequently comments on the blog and has been the subject of at least one post – a nod from the anonymous author for the short limericks she left in Facebook comments.

She has also represented the website and the owner of the business end, Worcester Digital Marketing LLC manager Aidan Kearney, in court.

At the meeting Thursday, Melican said she doesn’t write for the blog. She said the extent

of her contribution is an occasional limerick in a comment.

She has, however, contributed more than poetry by way of Facebook. One such contribution in April earned Melican a suspension of her Facebook account. She had posted screenshots of financial and personal information related to Dan Margolis, a man often targeted by the blog. Melican faced a seven day suspension as a result of the post.

While Melican denies involvement with Turtleboy Sports beyond contributing poems, the address listed on her registration with the State Bar, 2 Foster St., is the same as the address listed for Worcester Digital Marketing, the business end of Turtleboy, and Turtleboy Sports Marketing LLC. Melican could not be reached for comment.

Unrelated to Turtleboy, Melican was publicly reprimanded in 2010 by the Massachusetts Bar Overseers for using “means that had no substantial purpose other than to embarrass one of the plaintiffs into agreeing to a settlement.”

The behavior is what led Haxhiaj and others to feel she was not fit for the position.

“I felt as a member and a representative of the community, and a representative of the Community Advisory Council, that I had the right to express serious concerns about the ability of an applicant to serve the continued on page 7

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cheaply made,” he said, noting they are not any less expensive.

At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes joined in the request, saying the city might want to contact Wheelabrator, the company that incinerates Worcester trash, and see how the bags impact their operation. Biodegradable bags, she said, may be preferable.

Mayor Joe Petty said the bags may be biodegradable, but he’s not sure, and he COUNCIL continued from page 6

whole community when simultaneously they are promoting a blog that denigrates women, people of color, who has no qualms about the violence that he promotes against segments of the community,” Haxhiaj told Worcester Magazine.

She said she didn’t feel ethically or morally comfortable endorsing someone with those views.

But others feel those concerns are outside of the purview of the Zoning Board of Appeals and shouldn’t have been addressed.

Before interviewing candidates at their last meeting, members of the CAC were advised by city staff that information should only be relative to the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Some, including Gaffney and the anonymous authors at Turtleboy, have equated the line of questioning to fascism.

“Freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of ideas being killed by a bunch of socialist progressives. That’s what it comes down to,” said Gaffney in a Youtube video, part of a series where he comments on Worcester politics while mixing a cocktail.

While she could not be reached before deadline about a possible connection between her address and that of Worcester Digital Marketing and Turtleboy Sports Marketing LLC, Melican in an interview earlier this week with Worcester Magazine said she was distressed by the interview.

“I am so very disappointed in my city, that there is such intolerance for other opinions,

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asked for that information from the city administration.

Lukes tied the effort in with her previous call for a ban on plastic bags, made last week.

“Just remember,” she said, “we’re going for zero waste, so we should start now.”

Bill Shaner can be reached at 508-7493166 x324 or at wshaner@worcestermag. com. Follow him on Twitter @Bill_Shaner. such censure, and then, such penalties,” she said.

She said she is not racist and lives in a city because she enjoys the diversity. When asked whether she views Turtleboy Sports as a racist or bullying outlet, she said the blog “pillories people who are experts in bad behavior.”

“A little bit of public shaming,” Melican said, “might curb some of that behavior.”

A man sitting in the audience of Tuesday night’s City Council meeting wearing a Turtleboy Sports t-shirt agreed, and said the Melican interview made him uncomfortable.

“I think they went a little too far,” said the man, who identified himself only as Max for fear he’ll be painted as a racist for reading the blog.

“We’re straddling a fine line with this,” he said.

For her part, Melican said she would not apply for another city position.

At the Council meeting, Augustus said he and his staff will reinforce to the CAC what they feel is the best practice for interviewing candidates.

Haxhiaj, however, sounded a note of defiance, saying she feels justified in bringing the blog into the conversation.

“Guess what,” Haxhiaj said, “I am going to ask the same questions.”

Bill Shaner can be reached at 508-7493166 x324 or at wshaner@worcestermag. com. Follow him on Twitter @Bill_Shaner.

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government is officially funded for next year. The City Council quietly passed the $632 million budget, 9-2, with no discussion Tuesday night.

The vote came after about a month of hearings and discussions among City Councilors as they operated as the Finance Committee. But at the Council meeting Tuesday, the budget was addressed only with a roll call vote. At-Large councilors Konnie Lukes and Mike Gaffney were the two votes against. Other councilors had earlier commented that the budget meets many of the needs councilors had pressed the city administration for and they were satisfied. But both Gaffney and Lukes wanted to see much more than the roughly $600,000 the Council stripped from the budget.

0 PERCENT: Still no resolution in the ongoing dispute between the School Committee and the Education Association of Worcester, the union representing the city’s teachers.

The School Committee is meeting tonight and before, the EAW is expected to rally in front of city hall and the council chambers as the School Committee and EAW negotiate behind closed doors. Currently, teachers represented by the union are being offered the same salary as last year though, overall, the school budget is set to rise by 4 percent. The EAW wants a 4-percent raise for its teachers, and School Committee members have cautioned that the EAW must be reasonable.

NO CASELLA: Southbridge voters on Tuesday night said no to a landfill expansion at the Southbridge Disposal and Recycling Park.

The question was non-binding and put on the town election ballot by Casella Waste Systems to gauge the public’s interest in keeping the landfill around. Basically, the landfill will either close next year or years from now, and with it will go the millions of dollars the company pays the town. But amid swirling allegations and documentation of potential contamination at the landfill, voters rejected the landfill expansion handily, by an unofficial 1,303 to 852 tally, as reported by the Telegram and Gazette’s Brian Lee. Interestingly enough, voters also backed a ballot question asking whether the town should keep its doors open to the new recreational marijuana market, voting in favor of pot shops, cultivators, testing facilities and product manufacturers, basically the whole gambit of the cannabis business. We did a cover story on the landfill a while back. It didn’t make it into the story, but Councilor Gus Steeves said the marijuana industry could replace and even surpass the landfill as an economic driver for the town.

Perhaps that’s what many of the voters had in mind as well. I for A campaign sign one would love to see the cash-strapped town turn itself around on the back of the marijuana market. As I left the office late for the Southbridge Tuesday night, I noticed a Casella pick-up truck with the company’s ballot question put Southbridge First! campaign logo emblazoned on the side, parked forward by Casella outside Victory Cigar Bar on Shrewsbury Street. If I worked for Waste Systems. the company, I think I’d have needed a drink too.

THE DCU HOTEL?: Big – and costly – investments may be on the way for the DCU Center.

As reported by the Telegram’s Nick Kotsopoulos, the architecture firm Populous has put together a report and is working on a master plan that outlines a vision for the center 20 years in the future. The company is suggesting expansion between the arena and conference center, and the possible development of a hotel adjacent to it – a “marquee hotel” according to Populous representatives, and a 500-600-space parking garage. The company is also suggesting $30 million in capital investment in the center over the next 5 years to get it there. Given the City Council picked the DCU Center as one of two accounts to cut in the fiscal 2018, it could be a tough sell. The city council also met in closed session to discuss the court order to build a sky bridge between the DCU and the nearby Hilton hotel, but no word yet on any resolution there.

DCU SECURITY: More immediately, Councilor-At-Large Mo Bergman is pressing the city administration to find money in the capital budget for more security cameras at the DCU. The building is too large and too frequently a meeting place for large numbers of people to have the security that it does, he said. In today’s day and age, one can never be too careful. He put forward an order to have the city look into it at the City Council meeting Tuesday.

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Schools students, apparently owes the city some money. As the T&G reported this week, the company owes the school district about $130,000 in credits built into the contract. The School Committee isn’t happy about it. Member Jack Foley is quoted as saying the committee is prepared to hold back payments. The issue is one that At-Large Councilor Mike Gaffney has taken up. At a budget hearing several weeks ago, he pressed district officials to bring school busing costs down.

HOUSE OF THE RISING PUN: Worcester celebrated its first Pun Day on Saturday. It’s also possible that it may be the first pun day ever. The Council last week voted to create the holiday after an impassioned speech from local writer Malt Schlitzmann for a day to recognize “the humble pun.”

BLACK WIDOW IN MENDON: This is, frankly, terrifying. On Tuesday, reports surfaced that a 5-year-old Mendon girl was bitten by a Black Widow spider while playing in her backyard.

What. The. F. Word. According to the Boston Globe, Black Widows are rare in Massachusetts, but according to one doctor, “they’re around.” Yi-ikes. The bite did cause an infection, but a “very superficial one” and the girl is fine. Honestly, I don’t really know what a Black Widow bite even does, but I sure don’t want to find out.

THE IRISH TIMES: The Krock family, big-time players in the Worcester real estate game, have purchased the long-vacant Irish Times building on Main Street. At an auction Tuesday, the family reportedly purchased the aging and mostly vacant building across from the Worcester County Courthouse for $925,000. Katie Krock said the family is “looking forward to redeveloping it” but has no immediate plans. The building, she said, could play a key part in revitalizing the northern end of Main Street. But they have to do something with it first.

KELLEY SQUARE MARKET: Someone has filed to put a four-story building in a vacant lot currently being used for parking at Crompton Collective. The development is of the mixed use variety, containing space for 48 apartments, a restaurant and a market. Reportedly, the parcel of land on the corner of Harding and Green Street is considered a key location in the Canal District, which many see as being on the up-and-up. Of course, this is Worcester and as such, parking is likely to be a big concern. As part of the proposal, the developer, Harding Green, is looking at a 72 -space gated lot on Harding Street to serve as parking for both the commercial businesses and residents. Todd Brodeur, the lawyer representing Harding Green, said the building is “intended to be an agent of economic development, urban revitalization and cultural exchange” in his application to the Planning Board.

FRIDAY FARMERS MARKET: As part of an overall push to get more events on the City Common, officials launched a farmers market this week that’s supposed to go all summer.

Standard practice for all farmers markets seems to be either hosting it on a Saturday or a Sunday morning, but this market is held Fridays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., For some, it may be hard to get to, but for others it could be the only farmers market they’ve been able to attend. We’ll see how it fares. The market series will run until Sept. 29.

CLEANER WATER: The city has launched an initiative to rid its rivers and lakes of harmful pollution and overgrowth. The program, called Lakes and Ponds, is aimed at making city water usable for swimming and other recreation, as reported by the T&G. The program won’t address industrial pollution, which was largely addressed by decades of state and federal environmental regulation, but rather more modern day issues: excessive weeds, algae blooms, and murky waters. All of them are the symptoms of more modern issues, like a built-out city and the overuse of lawn fertilizer. The $150,000 program involves sample collecting and an eventual database of water quality reports, as well as a public education component. Homeowners can do a lot to make ponds and lakes healthier by constructing rain gardens and picking up dog poop, among other things.

ABOUT THAT LITTERING: As I was writing the story in this issue on City Council efforts to prevent illegal dumping, I saw a microcosm of the problem from my window at the Worcester Magazine office, which overlooks a parking lot used by several establishments on Shrewsbury Street. Twelve or so college-aged kids returned from one bar or another to file into three cars. As they were doing that, I saw one drop a Mike’s Hard Lemonade bottle on the ground and another throw an iced coffee cup from his car into the bushes. District 5 Councilor Gary Rosen spoke about the need for a culture shift to keep people from feeling that’s something they can do.

Makes me wonder how the city could really reach kids like those. Also, when they left, I went out and picked up the trash. Skip the ceremony, City Council – just mail my key to the city.

Bill Shaner can be reached at 508-749-3166 x324 or at wshaner@worcestermag.com. Follow him on Twitter @Bill_Shaner.

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t is not the only murder case to ever go unsolved, but around these parts, “Who killed Molly Bish?” remains one of the biggest unanswered questions of the past 16-plus years.

Other tragedies have shaken the area in the years since. Most recently, the sadistic killing of Vanessa Marcotte in Princeton rocked the region. A killer was not immediately found, but the case did not go unsolved for long, with a dogged and determined group of investigators – and a community that would not give up – ultimately leading to the arrest of the man authorities say brutally killed Marcotte when she was out for a jog near her mother’s home.

It did not bring Marcotte back, but it does give her family at least some measure of comfort, assuming the right man has been caught.

The Bish family has known no such peace since 16 year-old Molly Bish disappeared from her job as a lifeguard in Warren June 27, 2000. There have been thousands of leads and tips. Investigators have followed up every one of them. There have been moments of hope, followed by a puff of smoke as that hope disappeared.

Now, according to reports, there is another flicker of hope that Bish’s murder might, at last, be solved.

On the same day this newspaper hits the streets, a search is expected to be conducted at a former area campground for a car that may be associated with Bish’s death. The catch is, the car may be buried underground.

It would seem only fitting if, to finally solve the case, the earth literally had to be moved. John and Maggie Bish, Molly’s heartbroken parents who turned their grief into an effort to help prevent similar tragedies, deserve at least that much. Ditto her sister, Heather.

No stone should be left unturned in the quest to determine who claimed Molly Bish’s life almost 17 years ago. Indeed, authorities have not rested on their laurels. This particular case has simply proved among the toughest nuts to crack.

Will a car be found hidden underground? Will it hold clues to the ultimate resolution of this decadeplus-old case? Are there answers buried with that car as well? Or will this potential break turn out to have “heart” written in front of it?

The Bish family has been through enough. Here’s hoping the truth about what happened to Molly Bish is about to be unearthed. They deserve it. Most of all, Molly Bish deserves it.

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Join in and support reading week in Worcester

and have coordinated their efforts with the Worcester Public Library. The district distributed the Summer Reading Lists with writing assignments to all Worcester Public School students. eading exposes you to a world of imagination showing you The list, writing assignments and model responses are posted on nothing is impossible in this world, for evidence suggests children who read for enjoyment every day not only perform worcesterschool.org home page. The mandated summer reading program (reading five books) will also give parents many ideas better in reading tests than those who don’t, but also develop a to assist their child in reading. It is essential that parents pay broader vocabulary, increased general knowledge and a better attention to the summer reading assignments and encourage understanding of other cultures. Reading opens many doors to their child to reading throughout the summer. Parents should help them become successful in life. If you can read, you have encourage their child to read at home each and every day during opened the world of knowledge for fluency in language and the summer months. Remember, our theme is 20 minutes a day of consequently communication skills are improved by reading. reading, all year round. Parents will also be encouraged to sign Thus, Worcester: the City that Reads organization, founded up for summer school opportunities starting this week. by my wife, Anne-Marie, and me 12 years ago has attempted Many of our social agencies will continue to emphasize to use every opportunity available to highlight the importance reading throughout the week and talk to parents and children of literacy in this community. We need to put the importance of about summer reading. In addition, the Worcester Bravehearts, an reading in the forefront of this community as often as possible, organization that has continued to encourage literacy within the for we must continue to talk about it and take action. Thus, community, has given out tickets to home games to the children we have set aside this week, June 12, as “Reading in our City who completed their work in the “Reading Home Run Club,” Week.” The significance of this week is to call attention to the sponsored by Worcester: the City that Reads, during the month importance of reading at home and how reading impacts one’s life. I want our parents and the community to realize the impact reading

By Elizabeth Brooks has on everyone.

Just recently, I read a proclamation at the Worcester School Committee Meeting declaring the importance “Reading in Our City Week.” During “Reading Week” the 30,000 books collected by me through “Worcester: the City that Reads” have been given out to Worcester Public School Students and to other social organizations for summer reading.

In 12 years, my wife and I have given out over 500,000 books in this city.

Yes, over a half million books to our children, and we have continued to hammer away about the importance of reading to the public and the significance of summer reading loss.

This week, the Worcester Public Schools has launched its “Summer Reading Kick-Off,”

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It is so essential that everyone understand and work on the promotion of reading, especially during the summer months. Let’s first look at the facts. Low-income students lose substantial ground in reading during the summer, while their higher-income peers often gain. What I find most disturbing is that research shows that summer learning loss is cumulative year after year, and this contributes to the achievement gap that we all hear about. Figure it out, for if children are losing two to three months of academic growth during the summer, and if you look at that situation occurring year after year, it adds up to a heavy loss by the time the student enters the seventh grade. According to researchers, the result of a “summer slide” in academic skills may account for 80 percent of the achievement gap by grade six.

Also, research indicates that struggling learners score significantly higher on standardized tests taken at the beginning of summer vacation than they do on the same standardized tests taken at summer’s end. This loss is particularly evident in reading. Here is another fact. Third-graders who can’t read on grade level are four times less likely to

graduate by age 18 than a proficient reader.

At the present time, we have 43 percent of the students in our state not reading on grade level.

Schools and teachers can do much to set the stage for children’s continued engagement in literacy over the summer. Schools can host workshops for parents in the weeks before the start of summer vacation, in which teachers make the case for summer reading and share suggestions for keeping children engaged over the summer months. This would be a wonderful time to coordinate with the local public library on its summer reading program.

Perhaps the library could arrange to sign up parents and children for library cards and the summer reading program at one of the school workshops. Another idea I suggested at our School Committee meeting is to have the district call, via Connect ed., parents in early July, and then in August to remind them about summer reading.

These ideas in reading, what researchers are saying and what to do about it, will be the subject of my next story. This week, let’s work on celebrating “Reading Week in our City” by encouraging our children to read.

John Monfredo is a former Worcester Public School principal, and current School Committee member

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That’s What They Said

“Cheers! The fascists are exposed (again). Fastest 10 minutes in local politics.

“I’m going to have one as soon as we’re done.”

- Tyler Stewart of Barenaked Ladies, telling a Worcester Magazine intern during a phone interview about the bananas sitting on the counter in front of him.

“No one wants a draw … I didn’t do enough. It was just me.”

- Neal Sullivan, a Worcester boxer, after earning a draw in his pro debut at New England’s Future 3 at the DCU Center.

Freedom of speech under attack.”

- At-Large City Councilor Mike Gaffney, in a Tweet promoting his most recent YouTube video, “Cheers Worcester.”

“We’re excited about this property in downtown Worcester, and looking forward to redeveloping it. I think [downtown Worcester] is under resurgence and we’re happy to participate in it.”

- Katie Krock, as quoted by the Telegram & Gazette, on her family’s purchase of the old Irish Times on Main Street in Worcester.

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Passing the torch for recovery: ‘There’s Hope Beyond Addiction’

By Wanda Curtis

When Lisa Monteiro was around 4 or 5, she had her first taste of beer. She liked the taste and continued drinking alcohol throughout her adult life, growing up thinking everyone drank alcohol when they wanted to have a good time.

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about the fact that it could be very addictive.”

“People on both sides of my family drank alcohol,” said Monteiro, a Worcester resident.

“When they had parties, they sometimes left partially-full beer cans on the table, and I used to clean off the table. One day, I tasted some beer and I liked what I tasted ... I continued to drink it. I thought that everybody drank alcohol.”

Although many family members consumed alcohol, and some may have been considered alcoholics, Monteiro said they were hard workers and held down a job. As an adult, she worked for an oral surgeons’ group and loved her job. Her alcohol consumption never interfered with her job.

One day, she was involved in a car accident and suffered a back injury. She had surgery, but it didn’t cure the problem. Like many physicians throughout the U.S., Monteiro’s doctor prescribed Oxycodone, along with other painkillers, for chronic pain. Her doctor continued to prescribe Oxycodone for the next eight years she said.

Monteiro became addicted to the drug, which eventually stopped relieving her pain. She then turned to crack cocaine. She lost her job, which caused her to become more depressed, and started abusing drugs even more.

“When I got addicted to Oxycodone, I didn’t think of myself as a drug addict because it was a prescription drug,” Monteiro said. “I never took pills until my back injury, so I was ignorant. I didn’t know that Oxycodone was addictive. I didn’t know how it could affect your life.

“You look up to doctors and you think they’re there to help you. I received no education about the side effects of the drug or

FACTORS IN ADDICTION

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2012, enough for every American adult to have a bottle of pills.” The CDC reports that twice as many

“Addiction is not prejudiced. Addicts can be doctors or lawyers or mothers or teens ...

Anyone can get addicted.”

- Jackie Monteiro

prescriptions for painkillers are written per person in the U.S. as are written in Canada. The CDC also reports increased prescribing of painkillers is associated with a greater number

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predisposed to addiction, or have addictions to other substances, and are more prone to developing opioid addiction.”

Baxter said many people are now surrounded by other people using opioids, which makes it easy to sample medicine that is not prescribed for them.

“Opioids have become part of the experimentation subculture in this country,” he said. “In many neighborhoods, it may almost look like normal behavior.”

People with mental health issues, he added, may self-medicate with opioids, and could have a difficult time quitting.”

“All of these factors,” Baxter said, “influence the likelihood that someone who gets a prescription could progress to drug abuse and addiction. Getting the prescription itself is only one piece of the puzzle.”

REALITY SETS IN Peer coordinator Joe Tobin stands in the lounge of Everyday Miracles Peer Recovery Support Center.

of overdose deaths. CDC statistics reveal 46 people die from prescription painkiller overdoses in the U.S. each day.

Dr. Jeffrey Baxter, an addictions specialist with Spectrum Healthcare Systems, said in a 2014 interview with Worcester Magazine the phenomenon of becoming addicted to prescription medications is referred to as “iatrogenic addiction.” He said it is difficult to say how often that occurs.

“Anyone who takes opioids daily for a few weeks will develop some degree of physical dependence and be at risk for some degree of withdrawal,” Baxter said. “But that physical dependence is not addiction. The same is true for other addictive chemicals, such as nicotine, alcohol, benzodiazepines and caffeine.

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The number of painkiller prescriptions written in the U.S. in 2012 “More severe risk comes with higher doses for longer periods of time. Even then, some people are able to stop and move on. Others either don’t or can’t stop using, and spiral out of control. Why is that? What is the difference?”

According to Baxter, many factors influence whether an individual will become

addicted to a prescription medication.

“People with severe pain or severe withdrawal symptoms who are inadequately treated or monitored can progress to drug abuse,” he said. “Some people are genetically

According to Monteiro, as she became more bold in her use of illegal street drugs, she started realizing she had a problem. She said she started smoking crack cocaine in front of family members and

{ coverstory } The Centers for Disease Control reccommends healthcare providers do the following to reduce the number of prescription drug overdoses.

Follow best practices for responsible painkiller prescribing, including: • Screening for substance abuse and mental health problems.

• Avoiding combinations of prescription painkillers and sedatives unless there is a specific medical indication.

• Prescribing the lowest effective dose and only the quantity needed depending on the expected length of pain.

• Use prescription drug monitoring programs to identify patients who might be misusing their prescription drugs, putting them at risk for overdose.

• Use effective treatments such as methadone or buprenorphine for patients with substance abuse problems.

• Discuss with patients the risks and benefits of pain treatment options, including ones that do not involve prescription painkillers

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Around that time, her adult daughter, Jackie, who also experimented with drugs and alcohol from an early age, was going through recovery. Lisa Monteiro said she was so inspired by the changes and accomplishments in her daughter’s life, she decided to get help herself.

“I called my mother and asked if she would help me,” she. Her mother’s response: “Absolutely.”

Knowing she might not follow through if she admitted herself to a program voluntarily, Lisa Monteiro said she asked her family to get her “sectioned.” She explained that her family obtained a court order to have her admitted to a detox unit, where she stayed for about a month.

She said she relapsed when she returned to her previous home, where she had some issues

to deal with. However, in September 2016 she returned to the detox unit and was successful in recovering from her addictions.

“When I went back to the detox unit,” she said, “I was admitted to the exact same room and had the exact same therapist. It was like God was saying He knew that I was coming back and He wasn’t done with me.”

Lisa Monteiro has now been in recovery more than eight months. She volunteers at Everyday Miracles Peer Recovery Center, 25 Pleasant St., Worcester, where she offers support to other people struggling with addictions.

She recently received her certification as a recovery coach and is interested in pursuing career training in the recovery field. She was recently selected to speak on behalf of EDM at a Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery conference in Worcester.

“That was an honor,” Lisa Monteiro said.

“I’ve been so blessed in the last year. I now live in a beautiful SMOC home with two other

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women who are also in recovery.”

Both Lisa Monteiro and her daughter are active in the recovery field. They recently shared their stories with a women’s group in Worcester.

Even though she was first exposed to drugs and alcohol through her mother, Jackie Monteiro said she holds no ill feelings towards her today. She said being a single mother herself, she realizes her mother worked with what she had to work with.

Jackie Monteiro said she experimented with prescription and street drugs, but her drug of choice was always alcohol. She said she was drinking alcohol all day long, every day, before she finally decided to get help.

Her aunt and uncle, she said, cared for her son while she went through detox. However, she later lost custody of him and he now lives with his father.

Jackie Monteiro said she is still sad about that today, but is happy that her son has settled into a good home. She is also still able to see him.

“Addiction is not prejudiced,” Jackie Monteiro said. “Addicts can be doctors or lawyers or mothers or teens ... Anyone can get addicted.”

Average Annual Opioid-Related Death Rate (per 100,000 people in Worcester) 2001-05 Five-year death count: 95 Death rate per 100,000: 10.9 2006-10 Five-year death count: 129 Death rate per 100,000: 14.3 2011-15 Five-year death count: 225 Death rate per 100.000: 24.9 www.ma.gov/chapter55

for Spectrum Healthcare Systems, family members can’t take responsibility for the actions of relatives suffering from an addiction.

“Family members,” she said, “must realize that the only ones they can change are themselves.”

“You look up to doctors and you think they’re there to help you. I received no education about the side effects of the drug or about the fact that it could be very addictive.”

- Lisa Monteiro

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At the same time, Galek said, family members changing behaviors they need to change can have a positive impact on the individual suffering from addiction.

“Recovery is the responsibility of the person with the addiction,” said Galek, “and they’re the only ones who can control their recovery.”

Galek runs a family renewal program, through which she educates family members about addiction and teaches them how to respond to other family members with addiction. She leads a group for families of addicted persons on Sunday afternoons and

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welcomes new families, but requests they let her know ahead of time if they plan to attend.

“The families are also in recovery and families also work through their program,” said Galek. “Only when both units effectively work through their program, can they

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The number of people who die in the U.S. each day from prescription painkiller overdoses collaborate together and grow.”

While the support of families is important during recovery, “There’s a fine line between support and enabling,” said Galek. “It’s important for families to set boundaries and to be firm about enforcing those boundaries.”

PASSING THE TORCH

Another Worcester resident who offers a message of hope to people with struggling with addictions is Joe Tobin, who recovered from a heroin addiction. Tobin works as a peer coordinator at the Everyday Miracles Peer

Recovery Center. He said they accept clients on a walkin basis and offer multiple pathways to recovery, supports and resources.

Tobin was formerly employed in the broadcasting and movie theater industries for about 30 years, while struggling with addiction. He said he has been “clean” for about seven years.

After attempting to detox several times and relapsing, Tobin said he entered the hospital because of a very elevated blood pressure.

He said while he was there a doctor reached out to him ––and asked whether there was anything else with which he needed help.

Tobin shared with the doctor about his heroin addiction and later entered into a recovery program. He said that, besides the doctor, the other people who helped him to recover were nurses on staff who were in recovery themselves.

“Narcotics Anonymous says that the therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel,” Tobin said.

“Empathy goes a long way in helping a person to recover from addiction.”

According to Tobin, the good news is many people are able to recover from addictions if they have a supportive network. He said he enjoys his work as a peer coordinator because he considers it a way to give back what was given to him when he was recovering from addiction.

Said Tobin: “It’s like passing the torch.”

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Activity abounds with Make Music Worcester

Joshua Lyford

This year’s Make Music Worcester is the first in what will be an annual event. It is free, open to the public and, largely, outdoors. It is not a typical music festival, it is specifically designed to allow for musicians, enthusiasts, or interested parties to get involved. Profes-

sionals, novices or those who have never picked up an instrument of any kind - the goal is to share music with everyone across the city.

For folks like Worcester Arts Council Chair Kelly Momberger, who has, along with her team, put the Worcester event together, part of the fun is knowing that for many, walking out a front door and hearing music will be a surprise.

“I think Worcester is going to have a great time,” said Momberger.

“It’s going to take most people by surprise. It’s never happened before.

We have to do as much outreach as we can, but I’m going to say 90 percent of

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When Make Music Worcester was announced back in March, ears across Central Massachusetts perked up, but there was a lot of work left to do to prepare for the city-wide outdoor day of music.

Now, with the sprawling event less than a week away, on the summer solstice, Wednesday, June 21, the crew behind Make Music Worcester have scheduled over 50 artists and events. From percussive metal dragons to handson harmonica lessons to

human-sized bumblebee singa-longs, Make Music Worcester is poised to help the city feel the beat.

Top, Marcel Blanchet and his dragon; Above, members of Kamryn Bode & The Destructive Charm taken at “Make Music After Dark”; Right: Rich “AD” Leufstedt

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the people who stumble upon it are going to do that by accident. I think that’s the most wonderful part about it, the serendipity of living in the city and walking out your door and saying, ‘Hey this great concert is happening.’”

Make Music Worcester is part of a much larger makeup of cities and countries throughout the world that participate. Make Music Day originally began in France back in 1982, at the time known as Fete de la Musique, or Festival of Music. The event now takes place in more than 750 cities across 120 countries, including India, Japan, Germany, the United States, Canada and Russia.

Since the event’s announcement back in March, the team behind the event have been doing their best to pack the day – and the city – with music and events, a mission that, according to Momberger, has been accomplished.

“It’s been a lot of word of mouth. People have been picking up on it and a lot of local businesses

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are interested in having performances,” said Momberger. “This is a completely voluntary festival. The fact that we’ve had somewhere over 50 musicians saying they want to sign up and participate, that’s just incredible.”

The event list is wide-ranging, with the first performance taking place at 10 a.m. at University Park, where Marie Ebacher, an indie and folk musician, will begin. From there, events will take place throughout the city. The Worcester Common, the YMCA Fuller Family Park, Elm Park, Columbus Park, Newton Square, Worcester City Hall Plaza, University Park, Winslow/Peace Park and Bell Hill Park will all host musical events, as will other venues, like the Greendale School’s Worcester Family Partnership, The Kiva Center & Recovery Learning Community, ArtsWorcester’s Aurora Gallery, WooBerry, the EcoTarium, Crocodile River Music, Nine Dot Gallery, the First Baptist Church, WCCA-TV, Take Down the Wall Cafe and the HeartWell Institute.

“It was really hard to envision the extent of it until you could look at it all in one place,” said Momberger. “Now that you can, it’s amazing. We’re all excited and we’re all dealing with a flurry of last minute activities that need to be taken care of. The creativity expressed and the things people are contributing are already sparking ideas for what people can do in the future.”

The day of interactive music includes Zack Slik’s harmonica performance at Worcester Common, where participants get a lesson in harmonica and get to take their own home, interactive ukulele lessons and kazoos throughout the city.

The event is rain or shine, though some sacrifices could be made depending on the level of potential rain fall.

“The outdoor venues will have tents.

The indoor venues will happen regardless.

If it’s your typical New England threat of rain day, then it will just go forward. If it happens to start raining, it will happen as it can,” said Momberger. “If it’s one of those days where it’s just pouring all day long, obviously some sacrifices will have to be made. Our fingers are crossed.”

Make Music Worcester will take place across the city, from the Worcester Common to Elm Park, from the YMCA Fuller Family Park to Columbus Park and from University Park to Bell Hill Park. For more information, including potentially updated programming, head to Makemusicday.org/Worcester.

Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at 508-749-3166, ext. 325, or by email at Jlyford@worcestermagazine.com. Follow Josh on Twitter @Joshachusetts and on Instagram @Joshualyford.

Venue Performance Schedule

Worcester Common Behind City Hall 455 Main St.

Columbus Park/East Park Shrewsbury St. Between the lion statues

11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Vélékété African Percussion 12 - 1 p.m. Brian Smith - folk/pop 1 - 2 p.m. Marcel Blanchet “Metal Dragon” - drumming 2 - 3 p.m. Jake Yankee - punk/indie-rock 3 - 4 p.m. Zack Slik - harmonica performance and lessons (free harmonicas to participants) 4 - 5 p.m. Rich “AD” Leufstedt - ukelele-folk/Americana 5 - 6 p.m. Ed Radik - family sing along 12 - 5 p.m. Make your own instrument table 12 - 5 p.m. Ukulele lessons and jam session

5 - 6 p.m. Post Road Chorus - acapella/barbershop

University Park Main and Crystal streets 10 - 11 a.m. Marie Ebacher - indie/folk 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Lou & Jan Borelli - jazz/standards 1 - 2 p.m. Donald Prange - folk/country/Americana 3 - 4 p.m. Marcel Blanchet “Metal Dragon” - drumming 4 - 4:30 p.m. Neighborhood strings - classical 4:30 - 5 p.m. Shaun L’Esperance - guitar 5 - 5:30 p.m. Eli Mateo - percussion 5:30 - 6 p.m. “Shake”your homemade instruments – group performance with Eli Mateo 3 - 6 p.m. Neighborhood “Welcome Summer” party 3 p.m. WPD Police horses 3 - 6 p.m. Make your own instrument table

Elm Park Across from Russell and Cedar streets While at Elm Park, enjoy the Art in the Park sculpture garden 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. 4 Elements - dance/spoken word/hip-hop 12 - 1 p.m. GOLDO508 - R&B/Latin/hip-hop 1 - 2 p.m. Bring Your Guitar Jam Session 2 - 4 p.m. Worcester Men of Song – barbershop/acapella/choral 4 - 5 p.m. Pakachoag Music School - classical/kids/folk 5 - 6 p.m. Lou & Jan Borelli - jazz/standards 6 - 7 p.m. Fumblebee & Friends – kids and family sing-along

Peace Park/Winslow Park Pleasant and Winslow streets 1 - 3 p.m. 4 Elements - dance/spoken word/hip-hop 3 - 6 p.m. John G Barrett - pop

Bell Hill Park Top of Belmont Hill, next to Bell Pond

Newton Square Pleasant and Highland streets 12 - 1 p.m. Paul Luria - jazz/folk/blues 2 - 3 p.m. Kevin Kvein - indie-rock/pop

YMCA Fuller Family Park Murray Ave. Behind Central Branch YMCA 766 Main St. 3:45 – 5 p.m. Fumblebee & Friends - kids songs/sing-a- long 5 - 6 p.m. 4 Elements - dance/spoken word/hip-hop 6 - 6:30 p.m. Marcel Blanchet - “Metal Dragon” – jazz/electric drumming Make Music Day Finale Concert6:30-7:15 p.m. Dozer & the Homewreckers - rock/funk/jazz 7:30 - 8 p.m. Kamryn Bode & The Destructive Charm -punk/indie

Take Down the Wall Café 454 Grove St. 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. John G. Barrett - pop 6:30 - 8 p.m. Open Mic with free refreshments, audience 25-35 people including some with various disabilities

Nine Dot Gallery 763 Main St. 7 - 8 p.m. Fogger’s Rife Styles - funk/experimental 8 - 9 p.m. Wildflower - jazz/electronic/hip-hop

WooBerry 141 Highland St. 3 - 4 p.m. Tyler Alderson - blues/Celtic/country 6 - 7 p.m. Paul Luria - jazz/folk/blues 7 - 10 p.m. Joy Rachelle - folk/indie

EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way 10:30-11:30 a.m. Make Music Day at the EcoTarium Musical preschool and toddler program with EcoTarium admission

Worcester Family Partnership Greendale School 130 Leeds St. 4 - 4:45 p.m. Chuck & Mud & The Hole in the Dam Band -Americana/bluegrass 5 - 5:45 p.m. Stefili’s Little Stone - kids 6 - 6:15 p.m. Peter Allard with Chuck Demers (Chuck & Bud) -kids 6:15 - 7 p.m. Hip Swayers Deluxe - Americana/bluegrass Kid’s activities in the playgroup classroom

First Baptist Church 111 Park Ave. 2 - 3 p.m. Paul Luria - jazz/folk/blues 3 - 4 p.m. Carlos Odria - folk/world/jazz 4 - 5 p.m. Tom Ewart - jazz/standards

WCCA TV 415 Main St. 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Carlos Odria - folk/world/jazz 12 - 1:30 p.m. Maurio DePasquale - jazz Check out the Worcester Songwriting Contest entries being played in the WCCA TV lobby.

HeartWell Institute 1015 Pleasant St. 5 - 6 p.m. Carlos Odria - folk/world/jazz

The Kiva Center & Recovery Learning Community 209 Shrewsbury St. 2:30-4:30 p.m. JamInOake - rock/punk/pop 6 - 6:30 p.m. Bumble Beast - indie rock/punk

ArtsWorcester-Aurora Gallery 660 Main St. Performance taking place in the gallery. Guests may view the Fifth Annual “One” Members’ Exhibition 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Tyler Alderson - blues/Celtic/country 2 - 3 p.m. Tom Ewart - jazz/standards

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Tyler Stewart called from his home in Toronto, Canada, where he said he was sitting in his kitchen after enjoying the morning sun poolside. Known for drumming in the Canadian pop/rock band Barenaked Ladies, his voice was upbeat and charismatic, talking about the bright, yellow bananas sitting on his counter.

“I’m going to have one as soon as we’re done,” he said.

Diving right in with questions about tour and performing in a band almost 30 years, Stewart jokes about wishing his everyday life could be like a rock concert.

“My three daughters could be like, ‘Yeah, Dad! That was an amazing omelet!’” he said.

Barenaked Ladies are easily a household name. With hit songs like “One Week” and “If I Had A $1,000,000,” they’re still giving it their all. Their recently released album, “Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies & The Persuasions,” and a summer tour already underway means that the future is still bright, and they’re not done yet.

Barenaked Ladies take the main stage at Webster’s Indian Ranch Sunday, June 18.

After producing 15 studio albums, selling more than 14 million copies collectively, winning eight Juno Awards, having multiple Grammy nominations, and also creating the theme song for the hit CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” Barenaked Ladies have done a lot within their nearly 30 years together. But for Stewart, you can’t just pinpoint one great moment.

“There are all kinds of moments where you need to pinch yourself, and think, ‘Wow, this is really happening,” he said.

Some moments he refers to are playing Madison Square Garden in New York, or knowing their theme song for “The Big Bang Theory” airs multiple times a day.

“Even small things,” he continued. “Playing a show and it just clicking. All of the harmonies are tight, the parts are correct, and you’re making magic through music.”

Starting Saturday, June 17, the band will begin a North America tour. The Indian Ranch gig will mark just the second stop on the current tour. Gary Jewels will open.

“Touring in the summer is always fun,” Stewart said, “The most exciting thing is

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seeing familiar faces, new people, and seeing their reactions. After 27 years, I try to enjoy it more. It doesn’t get any easier for a guy pushing 50 to haul his ass around on tour bus or plane, but the experience itself, being on stage, outweighs that by a million. Good food always helps, too.

“We look forward to the shows the most.

Meeting with fans and playing music, interacting with the crowd, we try to keep it classic and casual, but at the same time put on top-notch musical performances.”

Not only do they love touring around the world, they love Massachusetts, and New England, in general.

“The whole state has always been amazing for us. We call it the Barenaked Belt,” Stewart said. “Our shows were just so successful there.

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well attended. It’s really a pleasure to get back there and play.”

In April, the band released its latest album, “Ladies and Gentlemen: Barenaked Ladies & The Persuasions,” featuring legendary a capella group The Persuasions. Although the album’s songs sounds different from classic Barenaked Ladies recordings, it is still catchy and enjoyable. Stewart said the band was able to go back to their roots with harmonies and the energy of the record, which was recorded in a live room.

“Live off the floor, and those guys are so good,” he said about the process, “We really got along great with them, and the record has that specific energy to it. I think that had to do with the fact that two groups were really excited to work together.”

The musicians met in the summer of 2016.

Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies knew the a capella group, and suggested working together. Working with the group, Stewart

said, was “incredibly joyous,” and felt more like hanging with friends than working in a recording studio.

Stewart said the band learned a member of The Persuasions, Jimmy Hayes, passed away a few weeks ago. They we’re told Hayes had such a fun time performing and working with them. Hayes was 73.

For Barenaked Ladies, it’s not too late to think about the future. Stewart said the band is putting the finishing touches on a newlyrecorded album.

“We got a busy schedule,” he said. “When you’re in the rock and roll business, your life for the next year is pretty much planned out.

I know what I’ll be doing by Christmas and beyond. We try to remain inspired.”

Barenaked Ladies will be on tour June 17 through Sept. 14, stopping by Webster Sunday, June 18 at Indian Ranch. For more information, visit barenakedladies.com.

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Rose32 Bread shone like a beacon in the sleepy village of Gilbertville. Even in the middle of the afternoon on a weekday, it was impossible to find a parking spot in the big lot alongside the bakery. We parked along Route 32 and joined the lunch rush in a line that stopped just short of the front door. Waiting in the queue, we observed a wellstocked cooler packed with local milk, fresh juices and craft beer for purchase. A book shelf lofted above us beckoned solo diners to settle in. Pastry cases were well

lit, exhibiting berry tarts and chocolate black bottom cakes. A selection of caramelized loaves of bread were stacked high behind the counter.

We looked over the cafe menu, displayed on a stand for patrons waiting in line. It outlined a selection of salads and sandwiches and the promise of fresh, local ingredients, along with a few specials that included a local asparagus soup, a ham and Swiss quiche and salmon crostini. A chalkboard up above featured professional lettering detailing espresso and tea offerings. A girl behind the counter informed us all of Rose32’s coffee beans are roasted weekly by Barrington roasters, and their loose leaf tea is brewed exclusively with selections from Green Tea House in West Hartford. We ordered a turkey BLT ($8.00), chicken salad ($10.00), mint iced teas ($2.50 a piece), four macaroons ($1.50 each), and a berry tart ($14). The cashier gave us a marker with a number on it, and we grabbed a seat at one of the communal farmhouse tables in the center of the eatery.

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BRINE AND SWINE

On Friday, June 16, The Citizen is roasting a whole hog with fixings at their free patio party to mark the start of summer. The event will also feature fresh oysters and a cash bar. Guests will enjoy live music beginning at 6 p.m.

THE RISE OF LOW PROOF COCKTAILS

Skilled bartenders are capable of crafting complex cocktails that showcase the depth and nuance of lower proof options like aperitifs, sherries and vermouth. On June 19, Less Than Greater Than is hosting the Metro West Low Proof Cocktail Challenge. The competition will pit the region’s top talent against one another to create low ABV cocktails (no more than 35 percent) that use a minimum of two spirits, one of which must be Galliano L’Apertivo Frizzante.

Tickets are $15; hors d’oeuvres will be served.

If you haven’t visited Hudson’s favorite cobbler shop, you’ll need to take a hint from some of the hip customers lurking in the rear of New City Microcreamery. “Switch on the

the duration of our visit.

Other customers filled in around us, occupying every seat at the large table. We couldn’t help digging into the macaroons before our meals arrived, nibbling a bite from each one. We sampled chocolate raspberry, light and wait for delight!”

IT’S TIME TO COME OUT OF YOUR SHELL

The Worcester Restaurant Group is hosting its annual Lobster Fest during the month of June at VIA, 111 Chop House and The Sole Proprietor.

Treat yourself to an affordable lobster dinner before the crustaceans shed their shells. The last of this season’s hardshell lobsters promise intensely briny delicious meat.

AND THE WINNER IS… Congressman James P. McGovern

VIA Italian Table celebrates Lobster Fest this month with its classic lobster roll served on a fresh butter-browned brioche bun from Nashoba Brook Bakery.

delivered the keynote address at the 30th Anniversary John F. Kennedy Awards Dinner held recently at The Manor in West Boylston. The congressman is a recent James Beard Foundation award winner. It came as

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passion fruit, french almond and hazelnut, each one floating like a dainty bite of Europe on my tongue. The macaroons offered plenty of smooth filling, encased in a cookie so light and soft, it never crumbled, instead, simply melting in my mouth.

Our iced teas took a while to find there way to the table, but one of our kind neighbors carried over extra clear cups for us to share from a jug of water. Cholula hot sauce sat next to the water jug, also intended for

communal use.

The turkey BLT arrived in a tasteful basket over deli paper with a side of generic potato chips. It was served on naturally-leavened cranberry raisin bread that was slightly sour and loaded with dried fruit. The bread had been toasted and spread with a little bit of housemade mayo. The sandwich was stacked high with crispy strips of bacon, thick slices of turkey, crunchy lettuce and juicy tomatoes.

The salad arrived in a deep white bowl

with a hunk of French baguette, divine in its crusty simplicity. The chicken salad was moist and crunchy from bits of celery; it lay on an abundant bed of spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, and shredded carrots. I had the distinct feeling that much of my meal had been grown just a stone’s throw from Rose 32.

The salad was properly-dressed with balsamic dressing that didn’t overcompensate for the level of moisture allotted by the chicken salad.

Rose 32 is off the beaten path for a

Worcester city native, but certainly not outside the radius. As soon as we walked out the door, we were already planning our next visit (I should note the berry tart rendered us stars at a family cookout on the following afternoon).

Our total bill came to $43.

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Above: Congressman James P. McGovern delivered the keynote address at the 30th Anniversary John F. Kennedy Awards Dinner held at The Manor in West Boylston. Right: JFK Awards Dinner honoree Zoe Magid prepares to accept the Paul Westberg Award. no surprise when McGovern briefly turned his attention to one particular fundamental human right: the right to food. “We support our farmers. We believe that people should know how their food is grown and who grows it,” he said. Spotted: Ellen Therese Smith (Edward M. Kennedy Labor Award), Antero Arboaro (Barbara Jordan Award), Zoe Rebecca Magid (Paul Westberg Award), Cherist E. Parker (John F. Kennedy Award), John A. Trobaugh (John F. Kennedy Award) and Joseph P. McEvoy (Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award).

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On Tuesday, June 20, the Taste of Shrewsbury Street will kick off summer with a night of food, drinks and live music. Event organizer Mitchell Perry says, “The street

with a French twist. takes on a festival vibe with thousands of people enjoying the amazing food and drink the local businesses have to offer.

With the abundance of the live music and block parties, it’s one of Worcester’s favorite nights of the year.” Buttons for participation are $25.

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LYFORD LITE+ EDITION:

So, as with most things I do, my vindictive plan to prove that keeping each item in this column short was a bad idea completely backfired. In fact, people seemed to like it. So whatever, fine, I’m not even offended. Still, I am a bit of a blowhard with an obsession with run on sentences so the “plus” denotes that I’m still going to get into tangents now and again.

Too bad. Let’s get ’er rippin.’

SUMMER FUN: I do better when I can really get loose with subheads. This time around, you’ll just have to rely on the content. The Worcester Center for Crafts, 25 Sagamore Road, is opening their Nexus exhibit Thursday, June 15. The work on display is by the craft center’s artists-in-residence: Ceramics residents Jessikah Lipton, Ian Petrie, Josh Primmer, Jon Glabus and Shrewsbury local Alia Pialtos and Glass residents Hanna Brown, McKayla Carville and Amanda Nardone. The opening is free and the work will be on display through June 20.

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Worcester Center for Crafts resident artists Ian Petrie and Hanna Brown at work.

LET’S GET READY TO RAMBLE: I’m not familiar with James Joyce and his novel, “Ulysses,”

but that shouldn’t be much of a surprise for anyone that regularly reads this column (hi, mom!).

If it doesn’t say Tolkien or Eddings (or Rothfuss, that dog. Finish your damn third book already), I probably didn’t seek it out. That’s not a knock, though. There are a ton of incredible novels out there that didn’t have dragons or magic in them. This is becoming a tangent. Sorry. The Worcester County Poetry Association is holding “Bloomsday,” so named for Leopold Bloom, the novel’s protagonist. The event takes place throughout the city, between 8 a.m. and 9:30 p.m., with readings at various locations approximating the Dublin, Ireland sites of the novel. More information is online at Worcestercountypoetry.org. See also our calendar in this week’s issue.

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LORD, WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE!: Yeah, I googled “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” quotes, so sue me. More importantly, the Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St., is hosting their “Midsummer ArtRaiser 2017” Saturday, June 24, 6-10 p.m. If you’ve noticed, I write quite a bit about the Sprinkler Factory, because they have a lot of interesting stuff going on.

There will be a silent auction of donated art, hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, music by Future Tropicale Sound System and “Pagan Fashion Show and Pinata Ritual.” All proceeds go to the Sprinkler Factory Artists’ Group and to support their mission. Suggested donations are $30, or $20 for students.

ONE IS THE GREATEST NUMBER: ArtsWorcester’s fifth annual “One” exhibit is coming

to the Aurora Gallery, 660 Main St., Friday, June 16. With over 100 artists, the pieces are created without a theme requirement. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments are provided by deadhorse hill. There are $500 in prizes awarded to the artists exhibiting. One will take place during a downtown gallery walk which includes Nine Dot Gallery, the Muse and Davis Art Gallery, each exhibiting local artists. For more information, head to Artsworcester.org.

SPAM OR STUDY?: I am constantly inundated with emails from WalletHub, a credit score

website that inexplicably offers random studies about completely unrelated things. Take for example, the email I received from them most recently, which covers “2017’s Best Cities for Hockey.” The company allegedly analyzed metrics covering the NHL, NCAA hockey, coaches, fan engagement, stadium capacity, etc. Out of 72 cities, Worcester came in 49th. You know, the United States Geological Survey recognizes 35,000 cities and towns, so 49 is actually pretty damn good. We moved up from 50th place last year, so that ain’t bad. Hopefully we can keep seeing a bump with the Railers’ puck drop on Oct. 14 later this year.

TIME FOR A VACATION, SORT OF: Alright, so as most people in the workforce right now can relate to, I never go on vacation. Ever. How could you? The work still needs to get done and I’m too busy putting out fires every day to actually figure out a course of attack down the road.

When I was a much younger man, a friend’s father said to us, “You don’t want friends, friends are expensive.” Naturally, I thought this was completely insane. I love friends. Friends are great and I’m lucky to have so many of them. Still, as it turns out, he’s right. Because friends get married. I’m a groomsman in a number of weddings this year, including one that includes a flight. Between that, the hotel, the tux and what will likely be a hefty bar tab, I have a week of scheduled vacation, but no money to enjoy it. I hope you all enjoy your love lives or whatever.

Anyways, with that being said, the week of July 4 I will be out of the office. My wallet situation means I’ll likely be sitting in a kiddy-pool on the porch of my triple decker surrounded by Busch Light and Freeze Pops, but I won’t be answering any emails, phone calls or text messages related in any way to Worcester Magazine. So get your stuff in to me early if it’s important. Thanks for your understanding and don’t judge me if you see me in a Hawaiian shirt at the bar. It’s my vacation.

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Universal Pictures is resurrecting the classic monsters from its catalog to produce a suite of movies under the banner “Dark Universe.” Frankenstein’s creature, Dracula, the Invisible Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon and Phantom of the Opera are all in line for reboots.

The strategy’s viability is questionable. There have been dozens of Frankenstein movies since the 1931 original, most of them atrocious (anybody remember “I, Frankenstein”?).

And when Chevy Chase has played one of your signature characters (in 1992’s “Memoirs of an Invisible Man”), is there really any coming back from that?

Regardless, the studio is moving forward, apparently under the assumption that tacking the word “Universe” onto a grouping of films, as Marvel and DC have, brings unimaginable riches. And so, today, “The Mummy” walks among us.

This is not a good start.

The movie is a 110-minute-long CGI effect in search of coherence, a messy mash-up of adventure, comedy and idol worship — of Tom Cruise. He plays Nick Morton, an antiquities thief who works for the U.S. military in some ill-defined capacity. On a caper in Iraq with his buddy, Chris (Jake Johnson), the pair requests an airstrike to repel an attack by insurgents. The bomb blows a massive hold in the street revealing an ancient crypt containing the mummified remains of Ahmanet (Sofia Boutella), a power-hungry Egyptian princess long entombed for murdering her father and brother.

With the assistance of Jenny Halsey (Annabelle Wallis), a beautiful blond archaeologist (is there any other kind?) with whom Nick has some romantic history

(of course), the sarcophagus is placed on a military plane. Weird stuff happens. Nick is cursed by Ahmanet. Chris is bitten by a magical spider, dies, and is reborn as a zombie. The plane crashes with Nick on board, and he awakens inside the morgue without a scratch on him. Ahmanet, justifiably pissed about being buried alive for 5,000 years, goes on a rampage to claim dominance over mankind.

Tom Cruise is woefully miscast here. The guy is finely preserved (see below), but no number of chemical peels can erase the fact he’s playing a mischievous, impulsive character that would have better suited him 20 years ago. Cruise also spends most of the movie getting demolished, first by Ahmanet, then by the mysterious Dr. Jekyll (a waddling Russell Crowe) who morphs into you-knowwho. The guy knows how to take a beating.

Three more things I learned about Tom Cruise while watching “The Mummy”: • Trainers, dietitians, the medical-industrial complex and whoever else plays on his team, have kept him eternally youthful. In fact, Cruise may very well be Hollywood’s real-life Mummy.

• He can hold his breath longer than any human being and most amphibious creatures. I’m remembering a scene in which Cruise dives into a flooded catacomb, battles reanimated corpses, rescues a drowning woman and still manages to find time to, well, live. The makeup people do a marvelous job of masking his gills.

• He loves to outrun sandstorms. Cruise did it in “Mission Impossible III: Ghost Protocol,” and manages to do it twice here — once on a horse, though I think he’s faster on foot.

“The Mummy” is not without its charms, including Jake Johnson’s Chris, who returns from the dead to offer Nick advice on how to deal with the princess’ curse (shades of zombified Griffin Dunne reappearing to his buddy in advanced stages of decrepitude in “An American Werewolf in London”). But the movie is not much fun — for a silly-good time, revisit the 1999 Brendan Fraser version — and fails to shine a light into the Dark Universe.

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Leominster. 978-534-5900.

6-9 p.m. CERES Bistro at Beechwood Hotel, 363 Plantation St. 508- Karaoke with PJ. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., 754-2000 or dalelepage.com Leominster. 978-537-7750.

Free concert: Knock on Wood, acoustic folk-rock, on Open Mic Night With David Bazin. Acoustic Style, bring June 15. Howie Newman and Steve Latanision, also known as your acoustic instrument down and or sing and share your talent!

Knock on Wood, are anything but a typical folk combo. They play No Cover. 8-11 p.m. Belfont Hotel, 11 South Main St., Millbury. 508well-known rock covers and funny original songs (suitable for all 917-8128. ages). Their varied repertoire includes everything from Steely Dan Sam James Performs at Loft, Thurs at 8. 8-11 p.m. Loft to the Eagles to the Everly Brothers. No matter what they play, it 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. features excellent musicianship, pleasing vocal harmonies and - lots Audio Wasabi. 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker of fun. They will be kicking off the Southborough Summer Concert St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

Series on Thursday, June 15, from 6-8 p.m. The rain date is June Peter HIFI Ward & electric blues. Peter Ward, Bob Berry, 22. Newman (guitar, harmonica, vocals) is the songwriter and his and George Dellomo play the blues with a dollop of classic country engaging manner, which includes G-rated comedy, has charmed music. No cover. 8:30-10:30 p.m. Dunny’s Tavern, 291 East Main St., audiences all over New England. Curse and We Know It, an R.E.M. East Brookfield. parody. Latanision (fiddle, mandolin, vocals) has been playing Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. bluegrass, Irish, Americana, folk, jazz, and country music in the Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

New England for the past 25 years, and has appeared on more than Karaoke Party with Matty J! 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 200 albums. “We’re not the traditional guitar-and-fiddle duo,” says 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

Newman. “We like to keep things up-tempo, do a lot of rock covers Blue Light Bandits. 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 and get the audience involved. The idea is to play some great music Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. and have fun.” For more information about Knock on Wood, visit DJ Cuzn Kev. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. howienewman.com/knockonwood. Free. 6-8 p.m. Neary Elementary DJ XKALIBER Performs at Loft, Thurs at 11. 11-11:59 School, 53 Parkerville Road, Southborough. 508-485-0710 or p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. howienewman.com Open Mic Night/Local Musicians Showcase at KBC >Friday 16 Brewery Every 3rd Thursday! Open Mic every third Thursday! Crosby Sweater. Free. The Ballot Box, 11-17 Kelly Square. 774To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic 243-1606.

World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) WAMS World Drums. Come hear the Heroes of the beat! is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to Celebrate the talent of Worcester Arts Magnet School’s afterschool reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” drummers. Their drum circle in Afro-Caribbean tradition emphasizes in the email’s “subject box”) To check the schedules and open slots mutual respect, the pursuit of excellence in musicianship, heroism

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Green Sisters. 7-9 p.m. Homefield Brewing, 3 Arnold Road, Fiskdale. 774-242-6365.

Rob Adams with Lisa Brumby. Rob Adams of New England Weather together with Lisa Brumby of She’s Busy. Two great artists playing together, what a night it will be. Definately “not” a night to be missed! N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Bar / Lounge, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Ricky Booth. Performing upbeat acoustic rock and blues! 7:3010:30 p.m. Tavern on the Common, 249 Main St., Rutland. 508-8864600.

Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8-11 p.m. Flip Flops, 680 Main St., Holden.

Drunken Uncles Performs at Loft, Friday at 8. 8-11 p.m.

Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

Dustin Brideau. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The GazBar Sports Grill, 1045 Central St., Leominster.

Jay Graham. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585.

Ken Macy Band. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900.

Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Flip Flops, 680 Main St., Holden.

Testify returns to the Cove. Testify is Back! R & B, Soul and funk all night long! $7 Cover Doors at 8pm Show at 9pm 21+ to and life, and the joy of rhythm. Ages 12 and under. Free. 3:30-4 enter $7 at the door. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. p.m. Worcester Public Library, children’s ellipse, 3 Salem Square.

508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook.

508-799-1655.

Tim Pacific. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston Ernest Benoit @ Stone Cow Brewery. Ernest Benoit @ St. 508-459-2025. the beautiful Stone Cow Brewery in Barre Ma. 5-8PM no cover! Craft Toddamy @ Chill Kitchen & Bar. 8-11 p.m. Chill Kitchen & beers, qualify cover tunes and authentic original acoustic music! Free. Bar, 416 Boston Post Road East, Marlborough.

5-8 p.m. Stone Cow Brewery and Tasting Room, 500 West St., Barre. Dana Lewis Live! Rock with me Friday Night! Great Food, Full Bar, songkick.com Lottery, Flat Screens and Me! Playing your favorite hits from the 50’s Live Music. 5 p.m.-1 a.m. Sunset Tiki Bar, 79 Powers Road, to the 80’s. “The Sound track to your Youth” Free! 8:30-11:30 p.m.

Westford. 978-692-5700.

Barber’s Crossing Road House, 861 Main St., Leicester. 508-892-7575.

Dana Lewis Live and Well! Enjoy a cool beverage on a warm Johnny Girouard. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main summers evening out on the deck at “Worcester’s Best Kept Secret” St., Leominster. 978-466-3433.

Great New Menu, Full Bar, Gorgeous vistas, Spectacular Sunsets and Me Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Foodworks, Route 20. 508-752playing Live, acoustic Music from the 50’s to the 80’s. “The Sound Track 0938. of your Youth” Grill on the Hill, 1929 Skyline Drive, off Belmont Street at Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Green Hill Park. No Cover, Be There! Free! 5:30-7:30 p.m. Grill on the Hill, Gardner. 978-669-0122.

1929 Skyline Drive. 508-854-1704 or find them on Facebook.

Santino’s Duo. 8:30-11:30 p.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Bloomsday Ramble Reading 6pm, then Joan Cleary Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057.

Band “Back to Black” 9pm. No Cover. 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar Astro Sasquatch. Astro Sasquatch plays an eclectic range of and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. fun and interesting music. Plenty of Hendrix/SRV blues rock, some Guiliano D’Orazio. 6-9 p.m. Park Grill and Spirits, 257 Park Ave. danceable shuffles, classic covers (ala Police, Dire Straits, Pink Bill McCarthy Every Friday at Barbers Crossing North. Floyd, Allmans, etc), a few rockers, plus some challenging (but fun) Now catch Bill McCarthy playing his heart out every Friday at Barbers instrumentals, and a few unexpected twists! All for the low price of North (Sterling, MA) @6:30pm Visit: BillMcCarthyMusic.com for info. $5. And if you act now we may even throw in some special guests.

Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, We’d love to see you there! Might even become your stalker after. You Sterling. 978-422-8438. never know. You...never...know. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Alex Twohey. 7-10 p.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508Ave. 508-926-8877 or find them on Facebook.

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Auntie Trainwreck. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W The Barenaked Ladies take the main stage at Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Road, Webster, Sunday, June 18, 2-5 p.m.

Tickets are $24.75-$150. For more information, visit indianranch. com or email Twenzel@callahanklein.com.

Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

Every Friday - Original Rock Bands. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-439-9314.

Feel Good Drift. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg.

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Karaoke with DJ Bruce. Free. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Meiji Asian Cuisine, 24 Leicester St., North Oxford. 508-731-0120.

Fellowship of the King. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

Fellowship of the King. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

Lavender Restaurant Karaoke. Join Magic Mike Entertainment DJ’s for Karaoke Night every Friday & Saturday Night! Free. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Lavender Restaurant, 519 Boston Post Road, Sudbury. magicmikeentertainment.com DJ TecThreat. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-3046044.

Ghost Train. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.

DJ 21+Canal. Live Dj pushing out all the latest hits for you’re listening and dancing pleasure! N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:40 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Safe House Radio Show. This is a live radio broadcast with 2 living DJs hoping to drag you out of your lonely IPods and phone apps to hear the local & national metal, thrash, screamo, punk and alternative you wont hear on mainstream radio. Tune into WCUW 91.3FM in the Worcester and surrounding areas. Or stream live on wcuw.org (hit the listen live button in the upper left corner of screen) Join your DJs Summi and Momma Bear for an hour of metal, thrash, screamo, punk & alternative. You’re not alone in your digital world.

Were out here live! Call in to let us know your listening @ (508)753-

7-10 p.m. Nancy’s Quaker Tavern, 466 Quaker Hgwy (Route146a), Uxbridge. 508-779-0901 or find them on Facebook.

The Blameless Project. 80’s - 90’s Christian Rock! $5 Donation.

7:30-10 p.m. !Cafe con Dios!, Main room, 22 Faith Ave., Auburn.

508-579-6722. >Saturday 17 Eruption- A Tribute to Van Halen debuts at the Cove!

Art + Market with Dick’s Market Garden. Your produce Eruption-A Tribute to Van Halen We are a Van Halen tribute band needs are covered this summer with our perennial favorite, Dick’s from the east coast (Boston area). All of us are die hard Van Halen Market Garden. Starting this year in early June with strawberries, fanatics and love the power of what Van Halen brought to the world peas, greens, and early vegetables, the Market Garden then from 1978-1984. That raw hard driving party rock music you had in transitions to the cool weather flowers, apples, and gourds towards your car cruising around when you are in High School. We try and the fall. All of the items sold are locally grown (Lunenburg, MA). Enjoy capture that raw power and chemistry from Eddie, Alex, Mike and the museum galleries before or after your market visit! Market runs Dave. i think we captured that. From Eddies brown sound to Alex’s Saturdays, June 17, 2017 - October 21, 2017, and does not operate thunderous beats to Mike and Ed’s beautiful harmonies and of course during anticipated lightning. Visiting market is free! 10 a.m. to 4 Dave being Dave. $10 at the Door 21+ to enter 8pm doors $10 at p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Salisbury Parking Lot, 55 Salisbury St. the door. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363508-799-4406.

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Live Music. 5 p.m.-1 a.m. Sunset Tiki Bar, 79 Powers Road, Heather Ralston. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The GazBar Sports Grill, 1045 Westford. 978-692-5700.

Central St., Leominster.

“An Italian Dinner Show” featuring Marco Turo. with Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Flip Flops, 680 Main St., Holden. guests Lori Z and Joe Cariglia $60. 6-11 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Main St. 508-752-0888 or mechanicshall.org Gardner. 978-669-0122.

Dale LePage Trio at The International. Free. 6-9 p.m. The Santino Prouetti. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main Fireplace Room at The International, 159 Ballville Road, Bolton. 978- St., Leominster. 978-466-3433.

779-6911 or dalelepage.com 9Teen. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. Alias. Alias is a very talented classic rock duo! They are very 508-853-1350. entertaining, engaging and a whole lot of fun! N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Brian Chaffee & The Players. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Restaurant & Bar, Bar / Lounge, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900.

Carlos Odria Trio. 7-10 p.m. Homefield Brewing, 3 Arnold Road, Brooks Milgate. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Fiskdale. 774-242-6365.

Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Dana Lewis Live! Every Saturday night. Live, acoustic music, Crossroads. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg.

Family food, Full Bar, Lottery and Me! Playing the Hits of the 50’s to 978-345-5051. the 80’s. “The Sound Track of your Youth” No Cover. Be There! Free!

Karaoke-DJ Fenton with Music and Dancing. Free. 9

2284 after 11pm. Hope you tune in to hear local and national metal and more! 91.3fm or wcuw.org It’s your community radio! So enjoy it already! Sheesh! 11 p.m.-midnight WCUW Studios, 910 Main St. 508-753-2284 or find them on Facebook.

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Sean Daley and The Hooligans. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057.

Tequila Bonfire. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. Band of Brothers. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

DJ TecThreat. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044.

Stubby Phillips and The Flat Heads. 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.

DJ 21+Canal. Live Dj pushing out all the latest hits for you’re listening and dancing pleasure! N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:40 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

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Chef Demos & Tastings - Miche Bacher. Miche Bacher - Author of Cooking with Flowers; Sweet and Savory Recipes with Rose Petals, Lilacs, Lavender, and Other Edible Flowers. Member $7, Non-member $20, including admission.. 11 a.m.-noon Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org Barenaked Ladies. $49.50. Noon-7 p.m. Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Road, Webster. 508-943-3871.

Dan Kirouac. Dan has been part of the regional music scene for thirty years. When not busy with the tribute band Beatles For Sale, his solo performances showcase vocals accompanied by a six-string acoustic guitar. From the one-hit wonders to the lost classics, from the 1960s to today, every show is a different experience, drawing

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from almost 500 contemporary and oldie songs. More information at dankirouac.com. Free. 1-4 p.m. Janine’s Frostee, 149 East St., Ware.

Matt Robert Blues Duo. 2-5 p.m. Homefield Brewing, 3 Arnold Road, Fiskdale. 774-242-6365.

Father’s Day Sunday Funday with Take Two. 3-6 p.m. U.S Marine Club- Marine Corps League Worcester Detachment, 181 Lake Ave. 508-612-5639 or find them on Facebook.

Giuliano D’Orazio. 5-8 p.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

Second Annual Coptic Music Concert in the North East. $30. 5-7 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-0888 or nynchoir.nynecopts.org Dana Lewis Live! Dana Lewis Live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s in the lounge “The sound track of your Youth” Best Wood fired Pizza’s, Italian Food, Full Bar, Lottery & Me! No Cover. Come on out! Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook.

Open Mic Sundays @ Park Grill & Spirits. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6-9 p.m. Park Grill and Spirits, 257 Park Ave. Happy Fathers Day! We’re open at 7pm. No Cover. 7 p.m.2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Karaoke with PJ. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

The Sunday Jam hosted by Tony Soul with feature artist Amanda Cote! Great feature artists and guest hosts followed by an open jam session. All are welcome. Never a cover charge. 8-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508853-1350.

Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg.

978-345-5051.

Karaoke with DJ Soup. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. Kevin Shields. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. 508-459-2025.

The Royal Furs. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.

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Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 7-11 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74

Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

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A Salute to the Silver Screen. Valerie Sneade selects some of the greatest music to come out of Tinseltown. Artists celebrated include Doris Day, Judy Garland, Liza Minelli, Barbra Streisand and more. Highlights include a tribute to Walt Disney, Broadway shows adapted for film, Oscar award winning songs as well as the songs that became timeless due to being associated with the silver screen.

Free and Open to the Public. 2-3 p.m. Briarwood Continuing Care Retirement Community: Birches Auditorium, 65 Briarwood Circle.

508-852-9007.

Tuesday Open Mic Night @ Greendale’s Pub with Bill McCarthy Local Musicians Showcase! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or find them on Facebook.

Karaoke with Key Performance. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

Boogie Chillin’. Bluesy, bluegrassy, acoustic band with a twist.

Jon Bonner - Guitar & Vocals Fernando Perez - Percussion Zack Slik - Mandolin & Vocals Dan Villani - Violin/fiddle Rose Villani - Bass Free! 9 p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439 or find them on Facebook.

Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

Karaoke with DJ Bruce. Free. 9 p.m.-midnight Antonio’s Pizza by the Slice, 268 Chandler St., Worcester, MA. Sean Fullerton and his Mad Loops Laboratory. Sean Fullerton specializes in Acoustic Blues, Rock, Folk, Memphis Soul and Fingerstyle Guitar using a wide variety of guitars, harmonicas, guitar looping, vocal harmony technology, Bose and UltraSound sound systems. Sean performs solo for many venues and events throughout New England year-round. Dinner, Drinks, Music and Fun. 9 p.m.-midnight Cabby Shack Restaurant, 30 Town Wharf, Plymouth.

508-746-5354 or seanfullertonmusic.net

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The Motown Jukebox. Join “Motown Tom” Ingrassia-Worcester’s very own Agent Double-O Soul--every Wednesday morning from 9 am to noon for The Motown Jukebox on WCUW 91.3FM for 3 hours of Motown music and the stories behind the hits. “Motown Tom” is a Motown historian and author. His current

The Worcester County Poetry Association’s annual Bloomsday Ramble rolls through Worcester Friday, June 16, 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., with a reading of James Joyce’s “Ulysses.”

The schedule is as follows: Bancroft Tower in Salisbury Park, 8 a.m.; First Unitarian Church of Worcester, 90 Main St., 9:30 a.m. (free Irish breakfast, 10 a.m., donations accepted); Figs & Pigs Kitchen + Pantry, DCU Center, 50 Foster St., 12 p.m. (lunch for a cost); Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm St., 2 p.m. (call 508-5663518 to reserve seat); The Oaks, 140 Lincoln St., Daughters of the American Revolution headquarters, 4 p.m. (outdoors); church pews at Nick’s Bar, 124 Millbury St., 6 p.m.; Espress Yourself Coffee, 2 Richmond Ave. For more information, visit worcestercountypoetry. org, email wcpaboard@yahoo.com or call 508-797-4770.

book--Reflections Of A Love Supreme: Motown Through The Eyes Of Fans was named the Best Music Book of 2016 by the National Indie Excellence Awards. “Motown Tom” has twice been named Best Radio Personality in local media polls. WCUW streams live online at wcuw.org. 9 a.m.-noon WCUW 91.3 FM - Worcester’s Community Radio Station, 910 Main St. 508-753-1012 or wcuw.org Make Music Day Worcester. Make Music Day is an annual free, outdoor day of music held on the summer solstice, June 21. Completely different from a typical music festival, Make Music Day is open to anyone who wants to take part. Every kind of musician - young and old, amateur and professional, of every musical persuasion will perform in city parks and other venues all over Worcester to share their music with friends, neighbors, and strangers. Interactive programs, music lessons, and jam sessions will also be held to allow even the novice to participate in making

music. All of it is free and open to the public. Make Music Worcester invites all members of the Worcester community to join in the celebration of live music by performing, hosting musical acts, and attending the free concerts and programs. Please check out our website and sign up to perform on June 21. Free. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Worcester Common Oval, 455 Main St. 508-929-0777 or makemusicday.org Make Music Day. Find out what you get when you mix animals and instruments at our weekly Preschool and Toddler Wednesday program. We’ll read “Creepy Crawly Calypso” by Tony Langham and make simple musical instruments of our own! Free with EcoTarium admission ($18 adults, $14 children 2-18, seniors 65+ and students with ID); Free for EcoTarium Members and children under 2. 10:30-11:30 a.m., 11 a.m.-noon EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org Dan Kirouac - oldies concert. Dan has been part of the regional music scene for thirty years. When not busy with the tribute band Beatles For Sale, his solo performances showcase vocals accompanied by a six-string acoustic guitar. From the one-hit wonders to the classics, from the 1940s to the 1960s, every show is a different experience, drawing from almost 150 oldie songs. More information at dankirouac.com. This program is sponsored in part by a grant from the Shirley Cultural Council, a local agency, which is sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

Please contact Kathy Becker at the Shirley Senior Center if you are a non-member interested in attending. Free. Noon-2 p.m. Shirley Senior Center, 9 Parker Road, Shirley. 978-425-1390.

Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 5-7:30 p.m. Sunset Tiki Bar, 79 Powers Road, Westford. 978-692-5700.

Live Music. 5 p.m.-1 a.m. Sunset Tiki Bar, 79 Powers Road, Westford. 978-692-5700.

2017 Music Series Presents Mitch Chakour & Friends.

Mitch Chakour & Friends will be lighting up the CERES stage on select dates during our 2017 Music Series. Enjoy signature cocktails and fine dining on our outdoor patio oasis, as you enjoy the top local performances in the region. 6-9 p.m. CERES Bistro at Beechwood Hotel, 363 Plantation St. 508-754-2000.

Open Mic Wednesdays at CJ’s Steak Loft in Northborough. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook. Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night!

Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6-9 p.m.

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Mauro DePasquale’s Jazzed Up Duo. Mauro DePasquale’s Jazzed Up the best in jazz. A romantic blend of jazz classics and American Songbook favorites. If you like Sinatra, Buble’, Connick Jr, Bennett, you will love Jazzed Up. jazzedup.net No Cover. 6:30-8:30 p.m. GAR Hall, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. Duotone Instrumental Guitar Duo! Free. 7-9:30 p.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181.

Toast Masters. Speak before a group, develop speaking skills 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St . (Grotto), 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Beatniks Open Mic Night. Beatniks Open Mic Night...Free entry! Every other Wednesday. Check our calendar for details. Stop by for music, poetry, comedy and other entertainment. Set up in the bar or on the stage, it’s your choice. Great chance to try your routine out or simply get some stage time. 8-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

Karaoke with Key Performance. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

Worcester Jazz Collective. No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg.

978-345-5051.

Karaoke with DJ Soup. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St.

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ADC Performance Center (@ The Artist Development Complex), 18 Mill St., Southbridge. 508-764-6900 or adcmusic. com Anna Maria College, 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton. 508-849-3300 or annamaria.edu ArtsWorcester, “Dresses: Fight or Flight” by Alicia Dwyer, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through July 15; The Fifth Annual “One” Members’ Exhibition - Opening Reception, Friday.

Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu Booklovers’ Gourmet, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232 or bookloversgourmet.com Clark University: University Gallery, Hours: noon-5 p.m.

Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or 508-7937113 or clarku.edu Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for gallery. 310 High St., Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross.edu Danforth Museum of Art, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-5 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 123 Union Ave., Framingham. 508-620-0050 or danforthmuseum.org Dark World Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday - Saturday. 179 Grafton St. darkworldgallery.com EcoTarium, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $15.00 adults; $10 for children ages 2-18, college students with ID & senior citizens.

Children under 2 & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium

programs & other special event. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org Fisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham.

978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu Fitchburg Art Museum, Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg. 978-345-4207 or fitchburgartmuseum.org Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, closed Thursday - Saturday. Admission: Free. 781 Main St., Fitchburg. 978345-1157 or fitchburghistoricalsociety.org Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. fitchburgstate.edu Framed in Tatnuck, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. 1099 Pleasant St. 508-770-1270 or framedintatnuck.com Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-4563924 or fruitlands.org Gallery of African Art, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Donations accepted. 62 High St., Clinton. 978-265-4345 or 978-598-5000x12 or galleryofafricanart.org Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Hours: 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 Massasoit Road. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org Museum of Russian Icons, Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday. Admission: Adults $10; Seniors (59 +), $7; Students, $5; Children 3-17, $5; Children <3, free. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978598-5000 or 978-598-5000 or museumofrussianicons.org Old Sturbridge Village, Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday.

Admission: $28 Adults, $26 Seniors (55+), $14 Youths (4-17), free for Children 3 & Under, $14 College Students with valid college ID. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or 508-3473362 or osv.org Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-696-0909.

Post Road Art Center, Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508485-2580 or postroadartcenter.com Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754-8760 or preservationworcester.org Prints and Potter Gallery: American Arts and Crafts Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-7522170 or printsandpotter.com Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 or qvcah.org Quinsigamond Community College: Administration Building, 670 West Boylston St. qcc.edu Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: free.

633 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com Salisbury Mansion, Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday, 1-8:30 p.m. Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 40 Highland St. 508-7538278 or worcesterhistory.org SAORI Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio, 18 Winslow St. 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester.com Sprinkler Factory, Admission: free. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory. com Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5

p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West Boylston St. 508-853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com Tatnuck Bookseller & Cafe, Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday Saturday. 18 Lyman St., Westborough. 508-366-4959 or tatnuck.com The Foster Gallery, 51 Union St. 508-397-7139 or thefostergallery.com Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-297-4337 or topfunaviation.com Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, free to Members & Children under. 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111 or towerhillbg.org Worcester Art Museum, Helmutt on the Move, Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sept. 1 - Aug. 31; Highest Heaven: Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Art from the Roberta and Richard Huber Collection, Through July 9; Jeppson Idea Lab: Master Vases from Ancient Greece, Through Oct. 1; John O’Reilly: A Studio Odyssey, Through Aug. 13; Arms and Armor: Salem Trayned Band, Saturday; Art + Market with Dick’s Market Garden, Saturdays, June 17 - Oct. 21; Tour of the Month: Highest Heaven: Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Art, Saturday; Zip Tour: Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Saturday; Sunday Public Tour, Sundays, through Dec. 17; Stroller Tour: Walking through the forest, Wednesday. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, $12 seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first Saturdays of each month, 10am-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-7994406 or worcesterart.org Worcester Center for Crafts, Opening Reception- Nexus: Artists-in-Residence Show, Thursday. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org Worcester Historical Museum, Hours: closed Sunday Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-7538278 or worcesterhistory.org Worcester Public Library, Hours: 1:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-7991655 or worcpublib.org WPI: George C. Gordon Library, 100 Institute Road. wpi.edu

theater/ comedy

Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This summer, Brian Clowdus, acclaimed director of the sold-out The Sleepy Hollow Experience, joins forces with Old Sturbridge Village to bring Mark Twain’s timeless tale of Huckleberry Finn to the shores of the Quinebaug River in this epic outdoor musical production. The Tony Award-winning musical Big River will sweep audiences down the mighty Mississippi as the irrepressible Huck Finn helps his friend Jim, a runaway slave, escape to freedom at the mouth of the Ohio River. Their adventures along the way are hilarious, suspenseful and heartwarming, bringing to life your favorite characters from the novel - the Widow Douglas and her stern sister, Miss Watson; the uproarious King and Duke, who may or may not be as harmless as they seem; Huck’s partner in crime, Tom Sawyer, and their rowdy gang of pals; Huck’s drunken father, the sinister Pap Finn; the lovely Mary Jane Wilkes and her trusting family. Propelled by an awardwinning score from Roger Miller, the king of country music, this jaunty journey provides a brilliantly theatrical celebration of pure Americana. Big River is presented through special arrangement with R & H Theatricals. $55 show only/general admission with optional

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add-ons of pre-show dinner and rain insurance. 7:30-10 p.m. Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 508347-0290 or bigriverosv.org Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits Friday 9pm-Saturdays 8pm -$20pp Reservations Recommended at 800-401-2221 Prices: $20 Fri/Sat pp except Special Events Drinks and Appetizers available in the show room Full Dinner Available before Show in Restaurant $5off with College ID and Reservations 2 for 1 Active Military or Veterans and Reservations $4 off with Dinner Receipt and Reservations. Fri & Sat June 16th & 17th Dan Crohn Ryan Gartley and Friends Fri & Sat June 23rd & 24th Mike McDonald Drew Dunn and Friends Fri & Sat June 30th & July 1st Dick Doherty Ben Quick and Friends. Dick›s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits Great Food and Fun Make Reservations Early at 800-401-2221 or online at dickdoherty.com Boeing, Boeing. Fasten your seatbelts as Theatre at the Mount brings you the Tony Award-winning comedy, Boeing, Boeing! Bernard, living in Paris, is engaged to Gabriella, and to Gloria, and to Gretchen.

With his housekeeper reluctantly playing romantic air-traffic controller, he successfully juggles three gorgeous flight attendant fiancées. But when a new double-speed Super Boeing arrives and changes flight schedules, we quickly learn that one woman is all Bernard can handle!

Performance dates for Boeing, Boeing are June 16, 17, 23, 24, and 25, 2017, with Friday and Saturday night performances at 8:00 pm, and Sunday afternoon performances at 2:00 pm. Tickets are available online at mwcc.edu/tam or by calling 978-630-9388. $22. 8-10:30 p.m.

Mount Wachusett Community College: Theatre, 444 Green St., Gardner.

978-630-9388 or mwcc.edu Comedy Open Mic in the Cabaret! - Mondays, Monday, May 15 - Monday, December 18. The 1st and 3rd Monday of every month!

Sign ups are at 7:30 and the show starts at 8:00! Free. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. Call 508-753-4030.

Drinking Habits By Tom Smith - Fridays, Saturdays, Friday, June 9 - Sunday, June 18. Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to keep the convent’s doors open, but Paul and Sally, reporters and former fiancées, are hot on their trail. They go undercover as a nun and priest, but their presence, combined with the addition of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down. Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent and reconnect with lost loves. Adults 20 Seniors 18. 7:30 p.m.-10 a.m. Alternatives Community Plaza, 50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville. Call 774-243-0260 or visit braidproductions.wixsite.com Hot Dog! A Comedy Sideshow - Thursday, June 15. The only show of its kind! Comedians spin a wheel to find out their fate!

Featuring: Wes Hazard (PBS dog) Eric John (Bar tending dog) Etrane Martinez (Efrain, dog) Connor McGrath (Portland’s funniest dog) Jere Pilapil (resident dog) Laura Severse (Dot dog) Ali Simpson (Maine dog) Trent Wells (realest dog) Free. 8-9 p.m. George’s Coney Island, 158 Southbridge St. Call 508-753-4362.

The Pirates of Penzance- presented by Greater Worcester Opera - Friday, June 16. Join us for a fully staged concert version of Gilbert & Sullivan’s rollicking tale of pirates, constables, wards and generals... costumed and dramatically performed, sung by GWO’s fabulous artists! 7 (seven) performance dates include: June 9 (7:30 PM) @ Eagle Hill Cultural Center, Hardwick June 10 (7:30 PM) & 11 (2:00 PM) @ New Players Theatre Guild, Fitchburg June 16 (7:30 PM) @ Southgate in Shrewsbury June 23 (7:30 PM) and June 25 (2:00 PM) @ Briarwood Community Center, Worcester June 24 (7:30 PM) at Melrose Highlands Congregational Church, Melrose Stage directorRichard Monroe Music director- Aldo Fabrizi Our Cast: Pirate JUNE 15, 2017 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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King-Kyle Carlson (cover Stuart Cabral) General Stanley-Ben Morse Frederic-Matthew Hennek Mabel-Lydian DeVere Yard (cover Lisa Tierney) Ruth-Angela Jajko Sergeant of Police-Frank Walker EdithElaine Crane Kate-Carolyn Schwartz Isabel-Lisa Tierney Samuel-Brad Amidon $15 general admission ($10 students). 7:30-9:30 p.m.

Southgate at Shrewsbury, 30 Julio Drive, Shrewsbury. Call 508-9307062 or visit greaterworcesteropera.org Robin Williams Tribute Show - Saturday, June 17. This is a full evening event and one not to miss. Join us for a night of music and comedy as we welcome comedian and impressionist Roger Kabler to the Beatniks stage. Roger is a man of many talents that are not limited to Robin Williams. The night starts off with some great local music at 7PM then Roger takes the stage for the first act at 9PM. Don’t miss this unique and fun night! $10. 8 p.m.-midnight Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. Call 508-926-8877 or visit Facebook.

Arms and Armor: Knight’s Tale - Sunday, June 18. The Knight in shining armor conjures a thousand images and captures the imagination. What were the strengths of armor? What were its weaknesses? Learn about all the different kinds of arms and armor that were used by knights and soldiers of the past in this interactive program. (programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, 2nd Floor Conference Room, 55 Salisbury St. Call 508-799-4406.

Barron’s Fine Italian Dining Comedy Open Mic - Monday, June 19. No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. Call 508-753-4030.

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Tours of the Garden Within Reach. Join a docent-led tour of our newest garden’s accessible features and adaptive tools. Free with Admission. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124.

family >Friday 16

Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor is nice and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor?

Is it comfortable? How and why did they decorate it? Discover the answers to these questions and more with our hands-on armor activity! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Medieval Galleries, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

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Heifer Farm Summer Camp Open House. Drop in to meet our summer camp counselors, tour the Farm and our Global Village sites, visit our animals and try your hand at a craft. All are welcome to come learn more about Heifer Farm and our summer & vacation week camps! Free. 9 a.m.-noon Heifer International Learning Center at Overlook Farm, 216 Wachusett St., Rutland. 508-886-5000.

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Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor is nice and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor?

Is it comfortable? How and why did they decorate it? Discover the answers to these questions and more with our hands-on armor activity! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 2-3 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Medieval Galleries, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

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“School’s Out” Mini Golf. Celebrate the end of the school year

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Worcester’s 2017 Bloomsday Ramble - Wandering Rocks. Join the WCPA for a participatory readings of James Joyce’s seminal work, “Ulysses.” A new addition to this year’s festivities is Irish Breakfast at the Unitarian Church. Enjoy scones, Irish soda bread, and sample a mini-Gorgonzola sandwich. Be timely! Once these treats are gone they are gone! Bloomsday is named for Leopold Bloom, the protagonist in the novel which bemuses life, love and politics in turn of the century Dublin, Ireland. Worcester’s >Saturday 17 version involves readings in several locations approximating the sites Antiques and Collectibles Day at WCCA TV. Antiques and visited by the characters of the novel in their own ramble through Collectibles Day is Hosted at WCCA TV with Bill Safer of “Hidden Dublin, June 16, 1904. The Worcester County Poetry Association Treasures.” Bring in your item to be Appraised! The cost is $5 per celebrates with our annual Worcester Ramble, which takes place item limited to two items per person. There will be a number of from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on June 16th. Anyone is welcome appraisers in attendance to evaluate your treasures. All proceeds will to read during the event. Of course, listening is just fine as well. benefit the non-profit TV station WCCA TV, helping us foster more Donations accepted to help cover the cost of breakfast. 10-11:30 local programs to strengthen the community! Call 508-755-1880 or a.m. First Unitarian Church of Worcester, 90 Main St. 508-797-4770 visit wccatv.com for more information! $5. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Worcester or worcestercountypoetry.org Community Cable Access (WCCA TV - Channel 13), 415 Main St. Worcester’s 2017 Bloomsday Ramble - Aeolus. Join the 508-755-1880.

WCPA for a participatory readings of James Joyce’s seminal work, “Ulysses.” Bloomsday is named for Leopold Bloom, the protagonist in the novel which bemuses life, love and politics in turn of the century Dublin, Ireland. Worcester’s version involves readings in several locations approximating the sites visited by the characters of the novel in their own ramble through Dublin, June 16, 1904. The >Friday 16 Worcester County Poetry Association celebrates with our annual Veterans Inc. 12th Annual Stand Down. Free for veterans Worcester Ramble, which takes place from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Friday, June 16th, 2017 - 9AM to 4PM 69 Grove St. Worcester, MA 01605 Open to homeless and in-need veterans & their families Bring June 16th. Anyone is welcome to read during the event. Of course, DD-214 or VA card as proof of veterans status free items –Clothing- listening is just fine as well. Individuals should plan to cover the Food -Refreshments -Haircuts -Personal care items -and much more! costs of their meals. Free and open to the public. noon-1:30 p.m.

Figs & Pigs Kitchen and Pantry, 50 Foster St. 508-797-4770 or Free services -Career fair -Counseling & substance abuse referrals worcestercountypoetry.org -Employment & training -Health & wellness services -Housing resources -Legal Services To sponsor the 2017 event, please contact Worcester’s 2017 Bloomsday Ramble - Scylla and Charybdis. Join the WCPA for a participatory readings of James (508) 791-1213 ext. 1162 or events@veteransinc.org Free for veterans. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Veterans Inc., 69 Grove St. veteransinc.org Joyce’s seminal work, “Ulysses.” Bloomsday is named for Leopold Bloom, the protagonist in the novel which bemuses life, love and politics in turn of the century Dublin, Ireland. Worcester’s version >Saturday 17 involves readings in several locations approximating the sites visited Black Heritage Juneteenth Festival. The Black Heritage by the characters of the novel in their own ramble through Dublin, Juneteenth Festival 2017 will celebrate with music, fireworks, and personal expression the “new dawn” the “new day” in the lives of those June 16, 1904. The Worcester County Poetry Association celebrates enslaved who became freedman in Massachusetts and the nation June with our annual Worcester Ramble, which takes place from 8:00 a.m.

1783 and June 1865, respectively. “None of us are free until we are all to 9:30 p.m. on June 16th. Anyone is welcome to read during the free”. MLK Fee. Noon-8 p.m. Institute Park, Worcester, 100 Salisbury St. event. Of course, listening is just fine as well. Seating is limited at this location so registration is required. Please call Kristina England 508-341-3838 or blackheritagefestivalworcester.org at 508-566-3518 to reserve your seat. Free and open to the public.

Maker Market 2017. Join us as we celebrate The WorcShop’s 2-3:30 p.m. Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm St. 508-797-4770 first year! We’re hosting a Maker Market. We’ll have vendors and artists of all kinds, as well as more murals going up along the canal. or worcestercountypoetry.org More information to come. For the most up to date list of our classes Worcester’s 2017 Bloomsday Ramble - Oxen of the and events, please visit: theworcshop.com/calendar $0 - Free Event. Sun. Join the WCPA for a participatory readings of James Joyce’s seminal work, “Ulysses.” Bloomsday is named for Leopold Bloom, the Noon-6 p.m. The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St. eventbrite.com protagonist in the novel which bemuses life, love and politics in turn of the century Dublin, Ireland. Worcester’s version involves readings in several locations approximating the sites visited by the characters of the novel in their own ramble through Dublin, June 16, 1904. The >Friday 16 Worcester County Poetry Association celebrates with our annual Worcester’s 2017 Bloomsday Ramble - Telemachus and Nestor. Join the WCPA for a participatory readings of James Worcester Ramble, which takes place from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on June 16th. Anyone is welcome to read during the event. Of course, Joyce’s seminal work, “Ulysses.” Bloomsday is named for Leopold listening is just fine as well. Free and open to the public. 4-5:30 p.m.

Bloom, the protagonist in the novel which bemuses life, love and Timothy Paine House, “The Oaks”, 140 Lincoln St. 508-797-4770 or politics in turn of the century Dublin, Ireland. Worcester’s version involves readings in several locations approximating the sites visited worcestercountypoetry.org Worcester’s 2017 Bloomsday Ramble - Sirens. Join the by the characters of the novel in their own ramble through Dublin, June 16, 1904. The Worcester County Poetry Association celebrates WCPA for a participatory readings of James Joyce’s seminal work, with our annual Worcester Ramble, which takes place from 8:00 a.m. “Ulysses.” Bloomsday is named for Leopold Bloom, the protagonist in the novel which bemuses life, love and politics in turn of the to 9:30 p.m. on June 16th. Anyone is welcome to read during the century Dublin, Ireland. Worcester’s version involves readings in event. Of course, listening is just fine as well. Free and open to the public. 8-9:30 a.m. Bancroft Tower, Bancroft Tower Road. 508-797- several locations approximating the sites visited by the characters of the novel in their own ramble through Dublin, June 16, 1904. The 4770 or worcestercountypoetry.org Worcester County Poetry Association celebrates with our annual with a round of mini-golf at the library! Families with school-age children and teens are invited to play 9 holes set up around the Children’s Room. Start the summer off with lots of fun! Ages 6 and up. Free. 3:30-6:30 p.m. Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Square.

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Worcester Ramble, which takes place from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on June 16th. Anyone is welcome to read during the event.

Of course, listening is just fine as well. Individuals should plan to cover the costs of their meals. Free and open to the public. 6-7:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-797-4770 or worcestercountypoetry.org Worcester’s 2017 Bloomsday Ramble - Cyclops. Join the WCPA for the final participatory readings of James Joyce’s seminal work, “Ulysses.” Bloomsday is named for Leopold Bloom, the protagonist in the novel which bemuses life, love and politics in turn of the century Dublin, Ireland. Worcester’s version involves readings in several locations approximating the sites visited by the characters of the novel in their own ramble through Dublin, June 16, 1904. The Worcester County Poetry Association celebrates with our annual Worcester Ramble, which takes place from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on June 16th. Anyone is welcome to read during the event.

Of course, listening is just fine as well. Individuals should plan to cover the costs of their meals. Free and open to the public. 8-9:30 p.m. Espress Yourself Coffee, 2 Richmond Ave. 508-797-4770 or worcestercountypoetry.org

classes >Thursday 15

Full: Sogetsu Ikebana. Instructor: Kaye Vosburgh Explore the secrets of this internationally recognized school of Japanese flower arranging. Some materials included. Member $35, Non-member $50.

9:30 a.m.-noon Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston.

508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org Teen Games Guild: Forbidden Island. Teen Games Guild is back! Join us in the teen room for an afternoon of tabletop gaming.

This month’s showcase is Forbidden Island, a cooperative board game where the players race a sinking island as they attempt to find and escape with its archaeological treasures! Ages 13 to 17. Free.

2-4 p.m. Worcester Public Library, Teen Room, 3 Salem Square.

508-799-1655.

Dream Big: Vision Board workshop. What is it that your soul yearns and desires for? What are your dreams and visions? How can you make this a reality? Everyone is built with the capabilities of manifesting their heart’s desires and the world is equipped with limitless possibilities. But how do you get from point A to Point B? One easy step is to use the power of visualization to change the current old existing patterns in your life and create new intentions for yourself. A Vision board is the perfect tool to launch you in the direction of your dreams. Building a Vision Board helps to create a clear, colorful and compelling pictures in your mind and serve as a reminder of exactly what it is that you want. In recent years, The New York Times Bestseller “The Secret”, popularized the idea of practicing the art of visualization and I will show you how put this technique to work in your own personal lives. -We will begin with a talk about manifestation and the power of visualization, and then move into a short guided meditation to help you envision your goals and dreams.

-All craft materials, magazines, boards and tools will be provided.

If you have magazines at home that you would like to use, you are more than welcome to bring it with you. -Refreshments provided.

-Prepare to leave transformed and motivated. * Pre-Registration is required* -Llimited to 15 participants and is on a first come first serve basis -$30.00 per person -Click website below for workshop registration 30. 7:30-9 p.m. Wellspring Readings, 70 Webster St. eventbrite.com

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The Forest Trees Nature Walk for Families. Fee is per one child and one adult Instructor: Nate Emerson Join for a walk along the forest trails to observe the differences between trees and learn how trees communicate and socialize with each other and

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“Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” runs through Sunday, July 9 at Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, including a show Friday, June 16, 7:30-10 p.m. Cost is $55 for the show only. A pre-show dinner is additional. For more information, visit bigriverosv.org, email osvinfo@osv.org or call 508-347-0290.

their relationship with fungi. Recommended for 8+ Pre-registration required, max 14 Member: $18 per session, Nonmember: $28 per session, includes cost of admission per child and adult. 1-2 p.m.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org Glassblowing Colorful Cups. Get a taste of the ancient of glassblowing in this fun one-night course. In one evening, you will learn about the history and process behind creating beautiful blown glass at the New Street Glass Studio. After learning the safety and studio etiquette rules, students will watch a brief demonstration of this 2000-year-old art before diving in and making their very own cup from glass gathered out of a 2100-degree furnace. Students will choose their own colors and instructors will guide the class through the steps from gathering to blowing up the bubble and shaping a cylinder to create each unique and colorful cup. No experience is necessary; all materials are included. Fee Breakdown: Student Fee: $85 Materials Fee: $5 $90. 6:30-9:30 p.m. New Street Glass Studio, Hot Glass Studio, 35B New St. 508-753-8183, ext. 301 or register. worcestercraftcenter.org

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Macro Photography Workshop. Instructor: Steve McGrath Spring, summer, winter, or fall, macro photography opens the door

to a wonderful new world of photo opportunities. With instructor Steve McGrath as your guide, this course will show you ways to use your existing camera gear to make spectacular macro photographs.

After a short lecture, class will move outside to practice technique.

Member $65, Non-member $75. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org Fingerpainting is Not Just For Kids. Suzanne Foxwell will present an interactive program on finger painting. She has recently used this technique on some of her landscape paintings and has found it to be very freeing and fun. By using a gloved hand and acrylic paints with a gloss gel, she would like to encourage attendees to join her in creating a beautiful landscape painting on canvas. We might also introduce other tools such as pallet knife, sponge, etc for different textures, as we work on our masterpiece from a fresh perspective. Sponsored by the library and the Artist Guild of Shrewsbury. Register on the library’s web site Free. 10-11 a.m. Shrewsbury Public Library, Room A, 609 Main St., Shrewsbury.

508-841-8531 or eventkeeper.com Pruning Flowering Trees. Please Note Location: Greendale Eagle Statue, 347 West Boylston St., Worcester Instructor: Derek Lirange, Worcester Tree Initiative When pruning trees around your yard there are a few dos and don’ts that apply across the board, but there also special cases when different rules apply. Ornamental flowering trees are one of these special cases. Join Worcester Tree Initiative at the Greendale Eagle Statue to learn why you should hold off on pruning your showpiece trees until late spring and techniques for promoting greater flowering. In partnership with the Worcester Tree Initiative. Member $10, Non-member $20. 10-11:30 a.m.

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Flowers were an important theme for many of the impressionists and classical painters. A master pastelist, awards-winning artist and very popular instructor, Robert will show and discuss various approaches. Please bring photo reference or flowers/vase. Member $80, Non-member $95. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg. thankyou4caring.org Nature Collographs for Pre-Teens. Fee includes all materials.

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1-3 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org Dreamcatcher Workshop for Kids. Craft this colorful 5” dreamcatcher using washi tape, yarn, feathers, an embroidery hoop and beads. Learn about dreamcatchers and their history.

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Lighting and Posing the Female Form with Russ Jennings 6.18.17. Unless you exclusively work with paid professional models, every photographer will need to be able to give direction to their subject. This class is intended for artists of any media and any level of experience but is directed primarily towards photographers. We will start with a lesson on posing and studio lighting, where students will learn the most common styles of portrait lighting, as well as how to pose a model from the ground up. Each student will get time to work one on one with the model while being directed by the instructor. Students will leave with an assignment, which will be reviewed on the second night of the class. Minimum Enrollment: 5 Students Maximum Enrollment: 12 Students If the class does not reach minimum enrollment 3 days prior, it will be canceled. Students will have the option of transferring their ticket to another class or receiving a refund. Please provide us with both a contact number & email to ensure you are properly notified of course changes. How to find us: Turn in at the Blue Hive parking lot (233 Stafford St.) drive to the back of the lot and turn right to go behind the building. There will be a large garage door. The entrance to the WorcShop is the door on the right with the blue awning. $175 WorcShop Members / $200 Non-Members. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The WorcShop, Classroom Side B, 243 Stafford St. 774-545-0720 or eventbrite.com Plant Dye Workshop for Families - Rescheduled to 7/19/17. Fee includes all materials. Instructor: Alice Puccio Learn to use plants to create natural dyes for fabrics and clothes in this parent-child workshop. Age 10+ Pre-registration required, max 15

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Member $7, Non-member $18, per person, per concert. 2-3 p.m.

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Product Photography Basics. In this 2 hour class, learn the basics of product photography. You will learn basic staging and 2 different options for lighting your product. You will need to bring your own camera (camera phones welcomed), and you will be responsible for knowing how to use your camera. Please feel welcomed to bring samples of your work to practice on! Minimum enrollment to run: 2 students Maximum enrollment: 8 students If the class does not meet minimum enrollment 3 days prior, it will be canceled. $60 WorcShop Members / $80 Non-Members. 3-5 p.m. The WorcShop, Studio 12, 243 Stafford St. 774-293-8165 or eventbrite.com

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Introduction to Finding Grants. There are many considerations to be made when seeking funding to support your non-profit organization.

This workshop will provide an overview of the grant seeking process as outlined by the Foundation Center and will provide a look at how to use the Foundation Directory online database. Register online at mywpl.org or call 508-799-1655 ext. 3 for more information. Free. 1-2:30 p.m.

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Worcester Area Memory Café. An Alzheimer’s, dementia or memory café is a monthly gathering of individuals with memory loss along with their caregivers and/or friends and family in a safe, supportive and engaging environment. The café is a time to leave the disease at the door and just enjoy ourselves. The Worcester Area Memory Cafe meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month* from 2:00 until 3:30pm in a private space at the Worcester Senior Center, 128 Providence Street, Worcester MA. *Schedule change to June 14 2016, 2nd Tuesday for June 2016 only. At the Worcester Area Memory Café, people can relax and just be themselves, knowing that no one judges them and all who are there are going through almost the same things that they go through every day. Each café will offer our guests the chance for unstructured conversation, refreshments, and some enjoyable activities that change from month to month. The goal is to have some fun, get to know others in the community with similar challenges, to enjoy an afternoon with caring people who understand and support those living with memory loss. No cost, free. 2-3:30 p.m. Worcester Senior Center, 128 Providence St. 508-756-1545 or eswa.org Refining Hammer Control with Russ Jennings 6.20.17.

The hammer is the tool you use most as a smith; this class will refine how you use it. We will start with proper ergonomics of how to swing the hammer, and how to position yourself around the anvil. After that, we will work on a small rack, with matching hooks. Each student will make several hooks and assemble them into a completed project.

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their ticket to another class or receiving a refund. Please provide us with both a contact number & email to ensure you are properly notified of course changes. Class Requirements: Appropriate shop clothing: (natural fiber clothing, long sleeves/ jeans is the typical minimum recommended) closed toe shoes (leather steel toe boots recommended). No experience necessary. How to find us! Turn in at the Blue Hive parking lot (233 Stafford St.) drive to the back of the lot and turn right to go behind the building. There will be a large garage door. The entrance to the WorcShop is the door on the right with the blue awning. $80 WorcShop Members / $100 Non-members.

5:30-9:30 p.m. The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St. 774-545-0720 or eventbrite.com Crocheting 101 with Haley Berube. In this fun two-hour class with Haley, you will learn the basics of crochet. You will learn castingon, different types of stitches, making hats, scarves, and virtually anything you’d like to create. Minimum Enrollment: 2 / Maximum Enrollment: 10 If the class does not reach minimum enrollment 3 days prior, it will be canceled. Students will have the option of transferring their ticket to another class or receiving a refund. Please provide us with both a contact number & email to ensure you are properly notified of course changes. No experience necessary. How to find us! Turn in at the Blue Hive parking lot (233 Stafford St.) drive to the back of the lot and turn right to go behind the building. There will be a large garage door. The entrance to the WorcShop is the door on the right with the blue awning. $20 WorcShop Members / $25 Non-Members. 6-8 p.m. The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St. 774-5450720 or eventbrite.com The Black Heritage Juneteenth Festival is held Saturday, June 17, noon to 8 p.m., at Institute Park, 100 Salisbury St., Worcester. Enjoy music, fun, fireworks and more for free. For more information, visit blackheritagefestivalworcester.org, email gd5hall@hotmail.com or call 508-341-3838.

Hello...Group Mediumship Presentation with Diane Lewis Psychic Medium. Dinner and Presentation. Tickets are $40 paid in advance. 508.207.5344 text please. Dinner is a 6pm, Diane will start her group reading from 7-9 pm. Dinner: Stuffed Shells, Meatballs, Salad, Rolls and Butter, Dessert. Immediately following dinner, Diane will connect you to those in spirit bringing forth messages in this amazing two hour event. Don’t delay, seating is limited. Please note: Not everyone attending may have the opportunity to receive a reading. All sales are final. Tickets are non refundable and non transferable. $40 per person includes dinner. 6-9 p.m. Hillcrest Country Club, 325 Pleasant St., Leicester. 508-2075344 or dianelewis.us.com Intro to MIG Welding with Randal Gardner. MIG welding is one of the most common and useful welding techniques in use today. It is fairly easy to learn and has wide application for everyday repair and fabrication. In this class you will learn: Equipment setup and safety. Basics of GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding) Use of personal protective equipment associated with welding. Part preparation. Welding techniques for various positions (flat, vertical, horizontal, overhead). Weld bead inspection and analysis. Limit 4 students Minimum enrollment 2 students. If your class does not reach minimum enrollment by 2 pm on the date it is set for, your class will be canceled. Class Requirements: Appropriate shop clothing: (natural fiber clothing, long sleeves/ jeans is the typical minimum recommended) closed toe shoes (leather steel toe boots recommended). No experience necessary how to find us! Turn in at the Blue Hive parking lot (233 Stafford St.) drive to the back of the lot and turn right to go behind the building. There will be a large garage door. The entrance to the WorcShop is the door on the right with the blue awning. $45 WorcShop Members / $60 Non-Members. 7-9 p.m.

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Kids Garden Discovery. Designed for children ages 3-5 and their parent, grandparent or caregiver. Explore seasonal themes through crafts, storytelling and a short walk. Free for members and with admission. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg. thankyou4caring.org Healthcare MBA Information Session. If you are considering an MBA or C.G.S. in Healthcare Management, join us for an Info Session to learn how a graduate degree from Assumption can launch or advance your career. Join MBA Program Director Robin Frkal, Ph.D. who will discuss our new Certificate of Graduate Study (C.G.S.) for Healthcare Managers and Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Healthcare Management options. 5:30-7 p.m. Assumption College: Carriage House, 500 Salisbury St. graduate.assumption.edu Forge a Railroad Spike Knife with Jason Scott. In this 3.5-hour class, students will learn the basic techniques of making a blade, using a railroad spike. The importance and safety aspects of being able to properly hold onto hot metal will be discussed. Students will have the opportunity to make one knife of their own, as well as gain the knowledge of modifying and making more in the future. Minimum of 2 students required to run the class & a maximum of 4. If the class does not reach minimum enrollment 3 days prior, it will be canceled.

Students will have the option of transferring their ticket to another class or receiving a refund. Please provide us with both a contact number & email to ensure you are properly notified of course changes. Class Requirements: Appropriate shop clothing: (natural fiber clothing, long sleeves/ jeans is the typical minimum recommended) closed toe shoes (leather steel toe boots recommended). No experience necessary. How to find us! Turn in at the Blue Hive parking lot (233 Stafford St.) drive to the back of the lot and turn right to go behind the building. There will be a large garage door. The entrance to the WorcShop is the door on the right with the blue awning. $75 WorcShop Members / $90 NonMembers. 6-9:30 p.m. The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St. 774-545-0720 or eventbrite.com Herbal and Medicinal Vinegars. Instructor: Anastasia Papanikolaou You will learn about the incredible healing properties and daily uses of apple cider vinegar. We will talk about herbs to use and add to vinegar to increase your health and heighten your experience of herbal vinegars. Some recipes covered will be a vinegar for headaches, heart healthy vinegar and an immune boosting vinegar. Tastings and two take-home samples included. Member $35, Non-member $50. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-868-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg. thankyou4caring.org Support Group for Spouses and Family Members of Breast Cancer Patients & Surivors. Is your spouse or family member a breast cancer patient or survivor? Do you keep your questions, concerns or fears to yourself? Have you wished there were others you could talk with who have been in your shoes? Please join us for our monthly support group led by the husband of a breast cancer survivor. Free. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Generations Healing Center, 250 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-3310 or pinkhippy.org

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Automotive-Residential.

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Family Owned Over 50 Years.

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Berber, Plush or Commercial.

Call Tom: 800-861-5445 or 508-886-2624

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Paul G. Hanson Furniture Repair.

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Pick-up & delivery.

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JOSH SHEA PLUMBING Master Plumber Lic.13680 Insured & 20 yrs. experience Drain cleaning sinks, tubs, toilets & main drains Credit cards accepted 508-868-5730 Joshsheaplumbing.com

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Wachusett Painting Co. Let our skilled painters complete your painting needs.

Exteriors & Interiors Call or email today for an appointment for your free estimate. 508-479-6760 Email: wachupainting@gmail.com Fully Insured & Registered Accepting Credit Cards www.wachupainting.com

Johanson Home Improvement Kitchen & Bathroom Remodeling - Any Carpentry/Tiling Needs Over 20 years experience.

Chad 508-963-8155 Lic/Ins HIC Registered Credit Cards Accepted MASONRY Donald F. Mercurio BULKHEADS Repaired & Replaced Foundation Repairs Brick*Block*Stone Basement Waterproofing 508-835-4729/West Boylston Owner Operator Insured

Cornerstone Masonry Master Stone Masons Brick & Block Stone Walls, Walkways, Patios, Fireplaces.

We do repairs.

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Free estimates, call for the best roof at the best price.

Fully insured. MA Reg#103286 Shingle or rubber, seamless gutters. 1-800-435-5129 or 978-537-1641 Commercial and Residential jhickey6019@yahoo.com JOHN THE ROOFER CO. Quality Exteriors For Over 65 Years!

Master Installers of Roofing, Siding & Window Products FINANCING AVAILABLE Free Estimates Fully Insured www.johntheroofer.com Toll Free 866-906-ROOF MA CSL#97139 HIC#111318

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Rubber. *Best Prices* 28 Years experience. Licensed, Insured, References. Free estimates.

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TREE SERVICES Ross A. McGinnes Storm Damage, Tree Work Stump Removal.

Free Estimates. 508-365-9602

Sterling Peat LLC Quality Screened Loam & Compost, Screened Loam/ Compost Mix, Mulches, Screened Gravel. Fill, Fieldstone. 978-422-8294

LAWN & GARDEN LANDSCAPING & LAWN MAINTENANCE Complete Spring, Summer & Fall Lawn Care Services Tailored to your needs. Spring is coming, call now. Insured, experienced, with prompt call response. Ask for Rob: 978.833.3827. Coachlace Property Services.

Better Yards & Gardens Lawn & Landscaping Service LLC Spring/Fall Cleanups, Mowing, Dethatching, Aeration, Slice Seeding, Mulch, Edging, Bed Installation, Planting, Pruning Honest, Quality, Reliable Work!

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Burnham Maintenance Clean-ups.

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Patios & Walkways.

Fertilization Programs.

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Sterling Senior Center The Sterling Senior Center is accepting applications for a part-time facilities maintenance technician. Responsibilities include building maintenance, repair and all custodial work/cleaning. 15 hour work week. $19.24/hr. Complete job description available at www.sterling-ma.gov. Email resume to vbuckley@sterlingma.gov or mail to Sterling Senior Center, PO Box 243, Sterling MA 01564. EEO/AA/ADA Part time Reference Assistant at Gale Free Library, Holden 19 hr/wk. Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree, one year public library experience including working with the public, experience with word processing, database searching & Internet. $19.19/hr. Send letter and resume to Office of Town Manager, 1204 Main St., Holden, MA 01520 or visit www.holdenma.gov Employment Opportunities for more information. Applications accepted until 6/30/17.

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Diesel Technicians in West Boylston, MA! $1,500 Sign-On Bonus!

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Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Garden of Faith, 2 grave plot. Today’s cost $4600, asking $2000. 508 -278-7777

Cemetery Plots Two cemetery plots at Worcester County Memorial Park for sale. I am a 1968 Wachusett grad. Please call (713) 557-8659 and ask for Anne Heil.

Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Unit C, section Heritage II, plots 1 and 2. Today’s price is $6500, asking $3500. 508-344-9626

Worc. County Memorial Park, Paxton Garden of Honor, 2 plots, Plot 17, Unit C, Graves 3 & 4. Today’s cost is $8,800 for both. Asking $2950 total for both. Call 978-582-9309 978582-9309

Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA. 2 Lots in the Garden of Faith. $1500.00 for both. Near the feature. Mary 508-886-4334.

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APPLY AT: Whitney Square, 40 Spruce Street, Suite 206 Leominster, MA 01453 978-798-1610 barbara.sidilau@expert-staffing.com

Walk-ins welcome!

Engineer, Storage (Worcester, MA) sought by UMass Memorial Medical Center, Inc. for Storage and Backup and Recovery systems. Assist small storage team responsible for configuration, management and support of latest technologies including Hitachi, VSP, EMC DMX, Isilon, NetApp FAS, Snapmirror, Centera XIO, Rainfinity and various cloud storage. Must have Master’s deg. in Elec. Eng. or related and 2 yrs. rel. Apply to Leigh M. Corl, HR Operations Coordinator, UMass Memorial HR, HB-791, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655. No phone calls.

Physician (Worcester, MA) sought

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Additional Worksites in Leominster & Clinton, MA. Must have MA Medical License; completion of Dermatology Residency & Fellowship in Procedural Dermatology/Mohs Surgery. Apply to Leigh M. Corl, Leigh Corl, HR Operations Coordinator, UMass Memorial HR, HB-791, 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester, MA 01655.

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Expert Staffing in partnership with Boutwell, Owens & Co., Inc. has several openings for 12 hour shifts-Days and Nights Packers, Air Hammer Operators, Material Handlers, Utility Persons, Conveyor Tenders, Sheeter Operators, Gluer Operators and Die Cut Operators.

Please apply at: Whitney Square, 40 Spruce Street, Suite 206, Leominster, MA 01453 barbara.sidilau@expert-staffing.com 978-798-1610

PRODUCTION WORKERS Expert Staffing in Partnership with Interstate Container in Westminster, MA has several immediate openings for Production Workers. 1st Shift: 6:00am to 2:00pm and 2nd Shift 2:00pm to 10:00pm REQUIREMENTS: Ability to read and write English. • Ability to perform simple Math • Must be capable of lifting 35lbs JOB DUTIES: Fold boxes per work instructions • Operate strapping machine • Operate gluing machine Palletize finished products • Run corrugated through die cutter • Run corrugated through printer and/or stamper • Work in a safe, efficient manner • Maintain a clean work environment.

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Warehouse Worker - Material Handler Our Material Handler positions are important to the overall success of the warehouse. Your high level of accuracy and productivity helps us ensure the right products get to the right place at the right time. This position is responsible for stocking products, loading totes for shipping, and order selection that ultimately gets in the hands of our customers.

Qualifications: • Must be able to match numbers quickly and accurately • Take pride in delivering excellent customer service • Available to work a flexible schedule • Thrive in a busy, fast-paced warehouse environment • Ability to work closely with others in a team environment • Basic computer skills • High school diploma or equivalent Stay connected with O’Reilly Careers: Contact Jeri Cande: (978)772-0752 Email: gcande@oreillyauto.com Facebook:O’Reilly Auto Parts Careers

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FOSTER PARENTS WANTED

Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Two lots, section 511, Garden of Valor. Asking $3500 OBO. 508-754-1188

Visit us at the Holden Trade Post

Lightweight Portable Wheelchair Nearly new, $40. Electric wheelchair, all parts nearly new w/leg extensions. $300.

508-829-0468

Electric Hoyer Lift Battery charger, extra battery and canvas carriers. $400. Call 508829-0468

Therapeutic Foster Care Seeking families throughout Central Massachusetts who are interested in improving a child’s life.

Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, Ma. Lot Number 297-B Space 1 and 2, Garden Of Valor Section. Current value is over $10,000 including 2 concrete burial vaults. $3,000.00 or B/O 508-3750080

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Worc. County Memorial Park Paxton. Garden of Faith, 2 plots, Section #347-A 1&2. Today’s cost is $3,900.00 for both. Asking $1,500.00 total for both. Call 508-882-3421 or 909-714-0064

Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Garden of Serenity Two lots for sale.

Present price $3495 for both, will sell for $900 each, totaling $1800. Call 801-294-7514

Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton MA Garden of Heritage II. 2 Lots w/vaults.

Current value $8300.00 Asking $3950.00 for both or B/O. Call Jim 508-769-8107

Worcester Memorial Park Paxton Garden of Honor, 2 plots, unit B, graves 3 & 4. Today’s cost $8500 for both, asking $4000. Call 910-477-9081

Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA Garden of the Cross Premier Location, Must sell Value $5250 Asking $4000 OBO 508-799-5678

We are a unique gift shopcome browse our tapestries, Mexican blankets, jewelry, clothing, glass pipes and perfume bottles, incense and more! Located at 697 Main Street, Holden. Hours: M-F 12 til 6 and Sat. & Sun. 10 til 2.

774-479-6414

FOR SALE Vintage wood rocking chair w/upholstered seat & pillow. $85. Antique wood chair w/upholstered seat & pillow. $85 508-859-8170

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Invacare Series 9XT Wheelchair Invacare 9XT High Strength Lightweight Manual Chair. 20" urethane tires, electric red, 18"x18" Jaycare back seating and back support, rear ant tippers, footrests, full length adjustable arm rests. Purchased brand new $2450, used 2 weeks. Asking $1500 OBO. All original paperwork and receipt.

978-314-3270 for more info/ viewing.

Come to the FLEA! 242 Canterbury St. Every Saturday during the summer. 8 am - 2 pm. Giant Yard Sale. Vintage, Building and Office Items. LITTLE STORE is also open for clothing! Tables avail. $15.

7 am set up.

GRAFTON FLEA MARKET, INC.

HON Black Office Chair with arms. $35. 508-853-0022 Approx. 25 Bales of Hay Suitable for mulch. $3/bale. 978464-2978. If no answer leave number, will call back.

Bedroom Set Dresser, full bed.

Very good condition. Will help load. $75. 508-425-1150 Elegant Diamond Engagement Ring Approx. 2 carats set in white gold. Replacement cost $6585, asking $4495.

508-829-3363

New lavender king flower/solid bdrm set Rev comforter, bed skirt, 2 pillow shams, valences, pillows. $50. 508 829-9240.

Maytag Electric Range Super capacity asking $250.

978-305-4784 anytime.

2 Handmade Adirondack Chairs $50 each. Need power washing & polyurethane. Call 508-752-1646

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Huge 10,000 sq. ft. indoor flea market open 6 days a week with over 165 dealers. Yankee Flea Market is the place to shop whether it be antiques, collectibles or just household furnishings. We also buy (and sell) complete or partial estates as well as furniture, gas & oil memorabilia, vintage beer signs and lights and much, much more.

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4 Bridgestone Dueler Tires 275/55/20 Chevy 5 spoke alum. wheels with lug locks exc. condition $1250. Call 508-829-6009.

MISCELLANEOUS

St. Jude Novenas Prayer to St. Jude May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be Adored, Glorified, Loved & Preserved throughout the world, now & forever.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, please pray for us. Saint Jude, Worker of Miracles, please pray for me. Saint Jude, Helper of the Hopeless, please pray for us. Say this prayer 9 times a day for 9 days, by the 9th day your prayer will be answered even if you don’t believe. This Novena has never been known to fail.

Publication must be promised. Thank you St. Jude and God. F.L.

LAKESHORE CONDO Two Bdrm/Bath. Both Bdrms & LR/ DR with Sliders onto open deck overlooking Lake Quinsig, M bath w Jacuzzi and shower. Garage Parking, Pool, Exercise room, Sauna, Boat dock avail. One level. Walk to UMass, White City area restaurants and shops. Easy access Routes 9,20,146, 290,190&90. $1700/moPU Al 508-335-6913

2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter Black and gray. Mint cond.

469 miles. Asking $1650.00.

Includes helmet. 207-289-9362 OR 207-450-1492.

2005 Chrysler Pacifica 6 Cyl., AWD, Good Tires, New Sticker, New Brakes. Very clean, runs good. $2000 OBO. MUST SELL. 508-736-7385. Ask for Michael.

Samsonite Spinner Suitcases 20" and 24". New in boxes.

Black, hardcase. $325. Matthew 508-756-1315 Dog Crate and Bed Crate 20"x 21"x 28". $60. Bed is memory foam, 29" long by 25" wide. $20. 978-464-5953

Amana ART104TFDW 14.3 cubic foot refrigerator/freezer, bought new, excellent condition, $375. 978-400-3699 Brother HL-2170W Wireless Laser Printer, bought new, very good condition, $50 978400-3699 Heavy Duty Prototype PVC Pipes Hammock Frame w/1 cloth & 1 rope material, all accessories. $50 978-537-9925 Golf clubs, bag, cart (used) Asking $175. 508-865-5726* Corn Hole Game College size, 4 bags. $65. 978-798-1475 U.S. C14 Zeppelin Stamp (U) Flag cncl. $175. Stamp questions? Ron 413-896-3324 Free Basketball Hoop/Net/ Pole Free standing, fully assembled. Need truck. Curbside pickup Millbury. 508-865-5436

MOVING SALE! Everything must go!

Like new furniture, new couch, like new 46” flat screen tv, bureaus, chair, large wood kitchen table and more!

774-230-2342

New England School of Fine Art

DRAW - PAINT - SEE Classes and workshops in traditional art for adults and teens. Instruction in watercolor, oil, charcoal, photography and more. For more info, go to www.nesfa-worcester.com 508-963-7777 nesfa.worcester@gmail.com

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NOVENAS PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Prayer to the Blessed Virgin Oh, most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel,fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven. Blessed Mother of the Son of God; Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me you are my Mother. Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in my necessity. (Mention your request).

There are none that can withstand your power. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee.

O show me herein You are my Mother.

O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee. O show me herein You are my Mother. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee. O show me herein You are my Mother. Sweet Mother I place this cause in Your hands. Sweet Mother I place this cause in Your hands. Sweet Mother I place this cause in Your hands. 3 Our Father, 3 Hail Mary, 3 Glory Be. Say this prayer for 3 consecutive days and then publish it. It has never been known to fail.

Thank you blessed Virgin Mary for listening to me and showing me love. thank you for praying with me and praying for me and my needs. May You and Our Lord Jesus show me favor and grant me what I asked. Amen. F.L.

2006 GMC Sierra 1500 V8, Power everything, 1 owner.

Trailer pkg, track rack, 84K mi.

Chrome steps, Rhyno bed.

Mint. Remote start. 10,000 OBO 508-735-1218

2000 Ford F-150

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OTHER

FLYING FIELD WANTED Local RC club is looking for a field to fly quiet, electric-only model planes. Land owners who are willing to share their space with hobbyists should contact 508-641-3787.

Daytona 500 5 Star Condo Starting 2/16. Sleeps 4, on the beach. $1500. Also 2/2 near Disney. $1000. 407-375-3917

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Publisher’s Notice All real estate advertised in this publication is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, the Massachusetts Anti Discrimination Act and the Boston & Cambridge Fair Housing Ordinances which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age, children, marital status, sexual orientation, veterans status or source of income or any intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

2012 Yamaha Zoomer 49cc scooter. Great condition, rode once. 4 miles. $2300 neg.

Must be seen, serious inquiries only. 508-770-1797

2001 Suzuki Intruder 1500cc, showroom condition, lots of chrome, Vehix pipes. $4000.

Call John at 978-466-6043.

2007 Suzuki Boulevard Cruising Motorcycle C90T; 1474cc; 6300 miles, 1 owner, perfect cond. accessories and new battery. Garaged, covered & serviced. $6,000 508-8498635

1999 Road King Under 8,000 miles. Too many extras to list.

Always stored in room temperature. $10,000 obo 978-4645525 or 978-549-3670 cell

Automatic. Shifts perfect. No leaks. Mileage 64,100, RWD, Extended Cab Pickup, 5.4l, Gasoline,260HP. $2670. Call:5082160451

AUTO/VAN 2008 Ford E250 Extended Van 3dr, A-T/AC, Power package. Roof racks. Int. shelving, tow package, 6 rims, 8 tires in good cond. Exc. overall cond.

57K miles. $9,999. 508-8292907

AUTOS 1987 Mazda RX-7 Coupe, 50,000 mi, red, power sunroof, all original, 5 spd, sharp, fast car. Excellent cond., smells new, very clean. $8500 or make offer. Ken 978-534-1505

REAL ESTATE IDEAL CONDO ALTERNATIVE! 1763 MAIN STREET, HOLDEN

978-423-6529

1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe, Grey and Black.

50,000 miles. Holden area. $16,500. 407-375-3917 1978 MG MGB 47,000 mi.

Green ext. Very solid car from GA. Good overall condition. $7500. Please call 508-7351845.

2013 BMW 128i 7K Orig Miles, Grey, 3.0, Automatic, Fully Loaded, Serviced. $16,900.

774-239-0800 1999 Pontiac Grand Am 6 Cylinder, automatic, needs work or use for parts. 159,903 miles. $675. 978-422-8084 2014 Chevrolet Spark LT2 20K Mi. Silver 1.2 Auto Remote Start 37 Highway Mpg 32 City A/C C-D Heated Leather Cruise Fully Serviced, Fully Loaded 7,950 774-239-0800 2004 Kia Optima w/ spoiler.

Silver. 102,000 mi. Some dents & rust BUT good motor. Older owners. $2300. 508-853-5397 1988 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6 cylinder gas. Very good cond. Runs exc. $3200.00 195k miles. Located in Sutton, MA 774-287-0777 2011 Cadillac CTS Sedan, 25,700 mi., 1 owner, great condition. $13,500. 508-829-3427

To complain of discrimination call HUD toll free at 1-800-827-5005.

For the NE area call HUD at 617-994-8300. The toll free number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275 or 617-565-5453 We Pay Top Cash For Houses and Land.

Any Condition.

No Hassle, Fast Closing.

1932 Ford Coupe Little deuce Coupe, with a Corvette mill and four on the floor. 6,000 aprox. mi. Original hot rod, all steel, show car, looks and sounds great. Holden area. $47,000. 407-375-3917

Easy-keeper and no condo fees. Meticulously maintained ranch with CENTRAL AIR, new windows and roof. Spacious rooms include master bedroom, eat-in kitchen and living room with fireplace, plus cozy bonus room for guests or office. Brick patio, 3-season screen porch with views of Stump Pond, and garage with extra storage. Holden Hills golf course right across the street! Offered at $224,000.

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LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES SECTION 00.11.25 ADVERTISEMENT TO BID The Millbury Housing Authority, the Awarding Authority, invites sealed bids from General Contractors for the Modernization of 21 Forest Drive, First Floor Unit, DHCD#186086 in Millbury, Massachusetts, in accordance with the documents prepared by Nault Architects, Inc.. The project consists of: Renovations of a first floor vacant unit of a two unit building. Renovations include removal and replacement of flooring, cabinets, counters, kitchen and bathroom fixtures, doors, select wall finishes, refinishing select floors, and electrical upgrades. The work is estimated to cost $68,000. Bids are subject to M.G.L. c. 149 §44A-J & to minimum wage rates as required by M.G.L. c. I49 §§26 to 27H inclusive. THIS PROJECT IS BEING ELECTRONICALLY BID AND HARD COPY BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Please review the instructions in the bid documents on how to register as an electronic bidder. The bids are to be prepared and submitted at www.biddocsonline. com. Tutorials and instructions on how to complete the electronic bid documents are available online (click on the “Tutorial” tab at the bottom footer). General Bids will be received until 11:00 AM on Friday, 7 July 2017 and publicly opened online, forthwith. All Bids should be submitted online at www.biddocsonline.com and received no later than the date and time specified above. General bids and sub-bids shall be accompanied by a bid deposit that is not less than five (5%) of the greatest possible bid amount (considering all alternates) and made payable to the Millbury Housing Authority. Bid Forms and Contract Documents will be available for pick-up at www.biddocsonline.com (may be viewed electronically and hardcopy requested) or at Nashoba Blue, Inc. at 433 Main Street, Hudson, MA 01749 (978-568-1167). There is a plan deposit of $50.00 per set (maximum of 2 sets) payable to BidDocs Online Inc. Plan deposits may be electronically paid or by check. This deposit will be refunded for up to two sets for general bidders and one set for sub-bidders upon return of the sets in good condition within thirty (30) days of receipt of general bids. Otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Awarding Authority. Additional sets may be purchased for $50.00. Bidders requesting Contract Documents to be mailed to them shall include a separate check for $40.00 per set for UPS Ground (or $65.00 per set for UPS overnight), non-refundable, payable to the BidDocs ONLINE Inc., to cover mail handling costs. PRE-BID CONFERENCE/ SITE VISIT: Date and Time: Monday, 26 June 2017 at 11:00 AM, Address: 21 Forest Drive, Millbury. Instructions: SITE VISIT BY APPOINTMENT: NONE The Contract Documents may be seen, but not removed at: Millbury Housing Authority, 89 Elm Street, Millbury, MA 01527, 508-865-2660 Nashoba Blue Inc., 433 Main Street, Hudson, MA 01749, 978-568-1167

LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES CITATION ON PETITION FOR ALLOWANCE OF ACCOUNT Docket No. WO43P1401-01 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 matter of:, Harris Grace Date of Death: 01/10/1943 To all interested persons: A Petition has been filed by: Eugene L Rubin of, Worcester, MA, Alan Feingold of, Worcester, MA, Kim M Rubin of Needham, MA requesting allowance of the fiftieth (being the 29h in a series) f/b/o Rose Pearl Grace Oppenheim account(s) as Trustee and any other relief as requested in the Petition. You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have the right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 07/03/2017. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you. WITNESS, Hon. Leilah A Keamy, First Justice of this Court. Date: June 01, 2017 Stephanie K. Fattman, Register of Probate. 06/15 WM

WORCESTER HOUSING AUTHORITY ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS SEALED BIDS shall be received at the Purchasing Office, 69 Tacoma Street., Worcester, MA 01605 IFBs may be picked up at the location above or may be downloaded from our website: www.worcester-housing.com/purchasing, or call (508) 635-3203, TDD (508) 798-4530. Bidders are responsible for ensuring they have received any/all addenda prior to submitting a bid.

Separate awards will be made for each IFB. WHA reserves the right to reject any or all responses, in whole or in part, deemed to be in their best interest. Award of all contracts is subject to the approval of the WHA Executive Director or Board of Commissioners. The Operating Agency shall indemnify and hold harmless the WHA and its officers or agents from any and all third party claims arising from activities under these Agreements as set forth in MGL c.258, section 2 as amended.

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NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Martha Hamman to First Massachusetts Bank (n/k/a TD Bank, N.A.), dated July 30, 2001 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 24525, Page 61, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 2:00 p.m.

(ET) on the 3rd day of August 2017, on the mortgaged premises located at 102 – 104 Main Street, Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: a certain tract of land with the buildings thereon situated in Millbury on the northerly side of Main Street being Lot #6 on a plan of lots recorded in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 928, Page 653, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the northwesterly corner of the land on Main Street and at the land of Charles D. Morse; THENCE by land of said Morse, North 60°40’ East 170 ½ feet to a stone in the ground; THENCE by Lot #9 on said plan South 15°30’ East one hundred (100) feet; THENCE by Lot #7 on said plan South 67°15’ West one hundred fifty-nine (159) feet to said Main Street; THENCE northerly by said Main Street eighty (80) feet to the place of beginning. Containing fourteen thousand four hundred and twenty-five (14,425) square feet, more or less. Being the same premises as conveyed to Martha Hammann by deed from Peter M. Bagg and Patricia L. Bagg, dated July 27, 2001, recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) registry of deeds in Book 24525, Page 59. Premises to be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed. Terms of sale: A deposit of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at the Law Offices of Duane Morris LLP, 30 S. 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. In the event of an error in this notice, the description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale. /s/ TD Bank, N.A. Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, Duane Morris LLP, 30 S. 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196 Attn: James C. Carignan, Esq. (215) 979-1557

Town of Sutton Board of Selectmen NOTICE OF SHOW CAUSE HEARING Notice is hereby given under MGL Chapter 138 §77 that the Sutton Board of Selectmen will hold a Show Cause Hearing on July 11, 2017 @ 7pm to discuss the status of the Off Premises Beer and Malt Liquor License held by Sutton Wine and Liquors Inc. located at 160 Worcester Providence Tpk. Unit 17A Sutton MA. Owner on file Vincent Allard. This hearing is open to the public and shall be held in the Wally Johnson Meeting Room on the 3rd floor in the Sutton Municipal Center located at 4 Uxbridge Road in said Sutton.

Town of Millbury Board of Selectmen The Board of Selectmen in the TOWN OF MILLBURY will hold a Public Hearing on, June 27, 2017 at 7:15 p.m. at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street to act upon the Joint Petition of Verizon New England and MA Electric Co. (NGRID) to place one jointly owned pole number T.IS/E.1S on the easterly side of CEDAR AVE at a point approximately eight-six feet southerly from the center line of Grafton-Worcester Road.

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Rachael Markarian

What is your history with the city of Worcester? I was born and raised in

with him as one of his back-up dancers for 2 years … After his tour ended in 2005, I was back to Los Angeles. Within Worcester. My mother, Robin, was a that time I did many films, TV shows and teacher for the Worcester Public Schools commercials. Then, in 2007, I was asked to for 35 years and my father, Michael, go on tour with Rihanna during her ‘Good owned a men’s clothing store downtown.

Girl Gone Bad Tour aka The Umbrella My two older brothers, Jason and Adam, attended both Doherty High and Worcester Tour.’ I toured the world with her as one of her back-up dancers for another two Academy. The city provided so many years … In 2012, I was back to LA and wonderful opportunities growing up. I ready for the next phase of my career. attended Burncoat Middle School and For those 10 years, my journey had been Burncoat High School, a magnet arts going on tours and working on dance jobs school where I was able to take dance, in-between. It was fabulous. I got to dance theatre and vocal classes. During the six for Beyonce, P!nk, Justin Timberlake, years at Burncoat, in addition to their Kanye West, Cher and many more. I’d incredible dance program, I was also also done over 30 films, TV shows and able to assist some classes and be part of commercials. Some included: “Rush Hour the dance team, serving as their dance 3,” “Glee,” “True Blood,” “Gilmore Girls,” captain, combined with the training I “NCIS,” “No Strings Attached,” “Behind received at Joan Sheary Dance Center. the Candelabra,” “How I Met Your Mother,” It was a wonderful addition to my Target, H&M, Honda, Microsoft, Well Hair, development as a dancer and artist. I left Worcester at the age of 17 to attend college The Haunted Mansion, Nike, Adidas, two Superbowl halftime shows with Beyonce at Oklahoma City University as a dance and Katy Perry, and more. I felt blessed performance major. and so fortunate to do what I loved, but part of me was craving something more, a Can you explain your career trajectory? I’ve been blessed with a versatile and lucrative new artistic endeavor. career in entertainment; however, it didn’t What was the next step for you after a come without its struggles. At age 15, I decade of touring? I began to focus on my lived in NYC and was on scholarship at acting career … It’s where I see my life Broadway Dance Center, one of the top going, and I love being able to bring my professional studios in New York … While work and experiences as a dancer into my attending college at OCU, I was offered a scholarship to EDGE Performing Arts, the work as an actress. I’m currently writing a TV show and am excited to see where top professional studio in Los Angeles.

During my summers off, I’d live in LA and that goes. We begin shooting the pilot in June ... I still choreograph for companies learn the ropes on the West Coast; it was and dancers across the country. Last during that time that I knew LA was a year, I started The Dancer’s Edge, an elite better fit for me. In early 2003, at age 20, I moved to LA with high hopes of making In-Studio Intensive that brings master teachers from LA and NYC into studios it as a pro dancer. I struggled within my across the country. We teach classes and first year, as most people do. A lot of host industry educational workshops time is spent finding your footing and to help prepare aspiring dances for the navigating your path … nine months into moving to LA, I was offered my first world professional world … I love the work we do tour with Latin artist Chayanne. I traveled with my company. It allows me to keep my pulse on the dance world and give back both domestically and internationally

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with something I love, know well and am very passionate about. All in all, it’s a very full life and lifestyle as an artist. I wouldn’t want it any other way. Although it may look like it’s all perfect, I’ve been working professionally for almost 15 years now, and it comes with its struggles, but I wouldn’t want it any other way. The hard times have built character and resilience.

It keeps me humbled, grounded and grateful for every single opportunity.

What is your most vivid memory as a student of the Worcester Public Schools? I always

loved ‘Evening of Dance,’ which happened once a year. The dancers looked forward to it, the students and parents loved it, too. It was always a special evening for everyone involved. Joan Sheary, the head of the dance department at Burncoat for many, many years, provided a great opportunity and platform for dancers to perform as often as she could. Our yearly Traveling Show was another great outlet.

The dance department really outdid themselves every year with an incredible theme. Traveling and performing at different elementary schools was a gift for both us as dancers and the students we got to inspire.

What role did you play in the latest installment of “Gilmore Girls?” I was in the fall

episode of the Gilmore Girls Revival.” It was a beautiful tango scene choreographed by the incomparable Marguerite Derricks, who I’ve been blessed to work with several times throughout my career. She’s an icon in our industry.

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Amid the roll-out of Hanover Insurance Academy of the Arts at Burncoat Middle School, we took a look back at a few of the notable alumni that Burncoat Fine Arts Magnet Program has turned out over the years. The list includes a number of incredible performers, including dancer, choreographer and actress Rachael Markarian.

Markarian’s passion for performance continues to thrive nearly 15 years into her professional career.

What advice do you have for aspiring artists?

I would say to people pursuing anything in the arts, especially if you’re putting your creative self out on the line and sharing a part of you with the world, be yourself. Stay true to what resonates with you, go towards the things that light you up. … Trust your instincts, stay the course and believe in your work. The beauty of art is that it’s subjective, you don’t have to please everyone, nor should you try.

Imagine how exhausting and unfulfilling that would be. Do you? The right people will respond. If you want more experience, try finding a mentor, or someone to assist. You can never learn too much, the discovery is never ending. Lastly, just get started. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but you have to get it started.

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