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orcester Magazine continues its coverage of the 2017 Worcester election this week with our up-close look at the candidates running for mayor and at-large City Council.

Of course, the big news this week came from At-Large Councilor Mike Gaffney, who said he and his wife, Coreen, who was challenging District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera, are not seeking election. Gaffney had already opted not to take part in our preview, but his announcement caught his colleagues and others off-guard. It also raised the question of what might happen should he actually win a seat regardless, since his name remains on the ballot. In any case, we move forward with our election coverage, this week profiling the two candidates for mayor, incumbent Joe Petty and AtLarge Councilor Konnie Lukes, as well as the other at-large contenders: Kate Toomey, Khrystian King, Moe Bergman, Gary Rosen and Ben Straight.

This issue wraps up our profiles of candidates in the Nov. 7 election. Don’t miss our endorsements in next week’s issue, out Oct. 26.

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Bill Shaner and Walter Bird

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ystery still surrounds the decision of Mike and Coreen Gaffney, the husband and wife team running for city council, to withdraw from the race just weeks before Election Day. They’re both withdrawing due to an undisclosed personal opportunity that requires heavy travel, according to a post to the Worcester Independent Leader, a blog run by Mike Gaffney. The couple did not elaborate on the opportunity because “the local hate groups and media make it unwise for us to reveal our plans.”

“This morning, we received very good news concerning an opportunity that we intend to pursue,” the post read. “It has been years in the making and we are so happy at our good fortune, but our celebration is dampened as we will no longer have the time needed to devote to city council.”

Neither Mike nor Coreen Gaffney could be reached for comment. In a post to his Facebook Tuesday night, Gaffney confirmed for the first time the authenticity of the Independent Leader post while blasting city Democrats for declaring victory while “we move on to greater opportunity.”

Mike Gaffney was running for re-election as a councilor at-large. Coreen Gaffney was running as a challenger in District 4, against incumbent Sarai Rivera.

The election is Tuesday, Nov. 7.

The withdrawal comes after the Gaffneys

Monday Oct. 16, and didn’t show at the City Council meeting the next night.

The pair were seen campaigning as recently as Sunday morning. They both spoke to a crowd at the Temple Beth Israel Congregation, and many political observers confirmed that new Gaffney campaign signs had gone up around the city over the weekend.

Both leave the race with money in their war chests. Mike Gaffney leaves $6,067 in his coffer and Coreen leaves $3,669, according to the most recent reports on file. Both accounts show campaign spending as recent as Oct. 2.

Mike Gaffney came in second in the 2015 municipal election when Michael and Coreen Gaffney sit in the lobby of the Michael’s Law Office on Belmont Street. he ran for mayor, raising his political profile. Over the last two years, Gaffendeavor will “result in significant time away listed their Illinois Street condo for sale and, ney upped his criticism from the area and will not allow us to focus according to a Facebook post by Mike Gaffof Mayor Joe Petty. When his wife became a on the demands of city council.” ney, sold a vehicle. The press release Monday candidate, he took particular aim at Rivera, Since the announcement, Mike Gaffney did not indicate the pair would be movoften sniping at her during council meetcontinued on page 6 canceled a subcommittee meeting scheduled ing from the city, but did indicate the new

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At-Large Councilor Mike Gaffney and his wife apparently are not actively seeking election. Some folks thrilled, others disappointed. Wait, there’s an election this year? -2

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Worcester makes its pitch to Amazon Bill Shaner

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ity officials this week unveiled the pitch for a second Amazon headquarters in Worcester, including a proposed location and incentive package.

In the 60-page document, the city outlines three plots in close proximity to each other totaling 98 acres, just under the 100 acres Amazon requested for its campus. The plots all run along Route 20 by the intersection with Grafton street. Two of them - one home to the former Big Y grocery store, the other home to a shopping plaza - run along the MBTA Commuter Rail line. The third parcel, a block down the street, straddles the Grafton border. The lots are all privately owned. The site is billed as having easy access to both Route 146 and the Mass.

Pike. The bid also includes proposed sites in Auburn.

For development incentives, the bid includes a number of tax break options offered by the city and state. The city promises a Tax Increment Financing plan of up to $500 million; a 20-year, 100-percent personal property tax exemption; $1 million in job creation grant funds; and a streamlined permitting approval process, among others.

“The city is fully prepared to work with Amazon as a partner to ensure that every tool in the Commonwealth’s cache is at your disposal,” the report reads.

The bid document comes two days before the deadline set by Amazon for proposals, and will be cast amid hundreds as cities across the country compete for the new headquarters. Worcester will face stiff competition from major metropolitan centers like Atlanta, Chicago and Denver, but it also faces competition locally. According to a roundup put together by Dig Boston, 17 cities and towns across the state are vying for

the headquarters, including Boston, Somerville, Lowell, New Bedford and Springfield.

In September, Amazon, the tech giant put out a public call for offers, promising the new campus will bring 50,000 jobs, spur local development and pump millions, if not billions, into the local economy. Amazon said it wants 100 acres of land in a major metropolitan area with access to public transportation, an international airport, and amenities for its employees.

In a cover letter addressed to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos personally, Mayor Joe Petty and City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. stress Worcester’s strengths. Of course, the leaders played on the existing notion of a renaissance happening in Worcester, saying the city is already the focus of $2.6 billion in private and public investment.

The two officials also tout the city’s cultural amenities, including its burgeoning restaurant scene and growing reputation as a hub or the arts. They also stress the city is indeed a college town, and in a college area, with 135 higher education institutions within an hours drive.

“Worcester is home to 35,000 college students, and increasingly they are choosing to live, work and play locally,” they wrote.

The three main attributes cited are the city’s affordable cost of living, accessibility and quality of life. Those attributes, they said, are what drew Hanover Insurance, Polar Beverages and Table Talk Pies, among others.

“Worcester, Massachusetts is in the midst of a renaissance,” the closing statement read. “Once a manufacturing powerhouse that saw the rise of the industrial revolution, we have returned to our roots and built an economy based on innovation and entrepreneurship. The revitalized mill and continued on page 7

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ings or posting critical comments or photos of her online.

Mike and Coreen Gaffney mounted a public campaign over the summer that centered on the two of them planting flowers at various spots in the Main South Worcester area as well as cleaning up area parks. While they had held signs out in public, the did so sporadically. Recently, however, they put out some signs, indicating they were still seeking re-election.

Still, Coreen Gaffney’s bid in District 4

was seen by many as a long shot, and some prognosticators predicted Mike Gaffney would garner far fewer votes in November than in the last election.

Mike Gaffney fared especially poorly in a telephone poll held recently, according to multiple sources speaking to Worcester Magazine on condition of anonymity. The poll of likely municipal voters, according to one source, was conducted by one of the candidates and had Gaffney finishing in seventh place – losing his seat on the council.

Some of Mike Gaffney’s colleagues weighed

in after he announced his decision this week.

“Being involved in political life is challenging,” At-Large Councilor Moe Bergman said.

“It’s a family decision, often times, whether to stay in and serve or pursue other options.

Obviously, they’ve decided to pursue other options.”

The news definitely shakes up the race, Bergman acknowledged. The fifth-place finisher in the 2015 election, Bergman has been seen by some as a bubble candidate, along with that election’s sixth-place finisher, Khrystian King. With District 5 Councilor

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Gary Rosen opting to run at-large this year, both Bergman and King were seen as possible casualties. Whether that has changed as a result of Mike Gaffney’s decision remains to be seen.

“It becomes a different dynamic,” Bergman said. “Just like Rosen, who is a known entity, added himself to the race, a known entity, a known vote-getter removing himself from the race, it changes the dynamics of the race.”

District 4 Councilor Sarai Rivera, whom Coreen Gaffney was due to challenge, welcomed the news, and excoriated Mike Gaffney for what she called a longstanding assault on her character.

“Running for this race was never for the love of this district, never for the love of the people,” Rivera said. “It was to be spiteful, it was to be evil, it was to cause problems, to throw negative things out there.”

She referenced a recent Worcester Independent Leader post in which Mike Gaffney accused her of political corruption and personal financial mismanagement as the last in a long line of attempts to disparage her.

“No matter how many times they threw stones,” Rivera said, “I took them and I built it up.”

The Gaffneys campaigned by planting flowers, she said, while she was securing $2 million for renovations to Castle Park.

As a woman of faith, she said, she prepared herself for the criticism, but did her best not to respond. She said she aimed to stand firm for her ideals, believing it would eventually put her on the right side of history.

“The Judases eventually hang themselves,” she said. “Our people deserve better.”

Rosen said Mike Gaffney’s decision does not change how he is approaching the election.

“I was at Kelley Square May 1 holding my sign and I’ve been relentless around life city since then,” Rosen said. “I’ve been putting signs on lawns. I’ve never worked so hard for anything. I’m not going to slow down. There’s three weeks left. Councilor Gaffney is still on the ballot, too. I’m sure there will be people who will still vote for him. For me, this doesn’t change very much.”

Still, Rosen said, there is still an effect on the at-large council race.

“One of the seven of us, including me, was going to lose. We all knew that,” he said.

“Now, it still could happen, but it’s less likely.

I’m sure there’s a few candidates breathing a sigh of relief.”

Konnie Lukes said she felt the Gaffneys withdrawal will decrease voter turnout in an already sleepy election.

“In terms of discussing issues,” she said, “it takes something out of the election.”

It is important to note that both Mike and Coreen Gaffney will still be on the ballot come Nov. 7. According to the clerk’s office, the ballots are already printed and the deadline to withdraw has long passed. In the continued on next page

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factory buildings dotting our landscape maintain our historic integrity. Amazon HQ2 will help define our future as well as Amazon’s.”

The application also includes a letter from U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern, saying Worcester’s trajectory would make it a perfect fit for Amazon.

“Today, when I look at Worcester, I see a great city – a worldclass city; a city that knows what it is and where it is going,” he said.

Many, including McGovern and the whole of city leadership, see the prospect of landing Amazon, however slim, as a possible boon to the city. But others, both in the city and around the state, have increasingly pressed against the enthusiasm. A massive corporate campus like Amazon could have a rapid gentrifying effect on the city, give the company undue influence over city government, and cost too much in the form of development incentives.

State Sen. Jamie Eldridge is among the more critical voices, and has called potential tax deals a “large government handout to a company that doesn’t need it.”

Locally, criticism has been scant. But on Tuesday night some tough words of a different kind surfaced. District 3 Councilor George Russell, whose district contains the proposed location, said he wasn’t informed of the location and doesn’t agree with it.

“I had nothing to do with this application,” he said. “I want to be clear that I was disappointed very much.”

Russell’s comments came informally, at the end of the meeting. The council did not hold a full discussion on the bid, but in past meetings, councilors voiced overwhelming support for an Amazon bid, if only as an exercise in attracting large corporate partners.

“Today, when I look at Worcester, I see a great city – a world-class city; a city that knows what it is and where it is going.”

– Congressman Jim McGovern

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event either Gaffney wins a seat despite intention to withdraw, the onus would be on the candidate to formally notify the election office of the withdrawal. Then, the seat would go to the next-highest vote earner.

Perhaps a statement to the rarity with

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Following similar dispatches around the state and a call from Councilor Khrystian King, the Police Department is sending six police officers, all with family in Puerto Rico, to go to the hurricane-ravished island to assist in the recovery.

Hurricane Maria hit the island a month ago, but most of the island is still without power, and many areas are without consistent access to clean drinking water, food and supplies. The officers are going as part of a statewide relief effort coordinated by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency that has already seen about 60 officers go down. The Worcester crew will be there for about two weeks, and when they return, the department will send another shift.

The officers will work with local authorities to help open up and strengthen aid supply chains. At a press conference Tuesday, Oct. 17 most of the officers said they’ve had trouble even communicating with their family on the island. It’s going to take a long time for Puerto Rico to rebuild, and it’s nice seeing these officers taking it on themselves to help out.

WHEELIE KIDS: The City Council expressed support on Tuesday for a plan to get the Wheelie Kids off the streets. If you live in the city, you know them by now. They’re young kids and they ride bikes in packs – I once saw a group of at least 40 going down Highland Street – pop wheelies, and sometimes swerve in and out of traffic. It’s part of a relatively recent trend that harkens back to the dirt bike and ATV problems of yore. Councilors, and others in the city, fear these kids could get hit by a car or worse – fall victim to a horrible act of road rage. For their own safety, officials want to tamp down on the practice. Police put together a plan that involves bike patrols, admonishment, education and bike confiscation (not too pleased about the latter).

City Council lauded it, and councilors said it’s the kind of community policing they want the department to strive for. Myself, I kind of saw these kids as radical bike rights activists, using brute force to open up space for cyclists on roads completely dominated by cars in this city. Which is pretty cool. But, then again, I’m not entrusted with maintaining public safety. Which is a good thing. It should also be noted that some have since come out in support of the Wheelie Kids. One meme I saw on Facebook showed a whole lot of them, a few with fists in the air. The text overlay read “Don’t mess around with the ****ing wheelie kids.”

The Worcester Anti-Authoritarian Network said they have uncompromising support for the wheelie kids. At council Tuesday, representatives from a few youth support groups cautioned against criminalizing kids for riding bikes. City officials said it’s not the goal to put the kids in jail but, in the report, it was mentioned as an option.

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would be huge for public transportation in Worcester. Officials at Keolis, the company that manages the Commuter Rail, said they’re looking at constructing a second platform for the Worcester-Framingham line at Union Station. A second platform means more than two trains can run on the line at once. What that means is, instead of hour to hour-and-a-half long waits between trains, the times could be brought down substantially. This, to me and to many others who take the train, is one of the biggest knocks against it. Just imagine a Union Station where trains to Boston run every 30 minutes or less. You wouldn’t even have to check the schedule. You could just show up. Now, don’t get your hopes up too high: this is the MBTA we’re talking about, and the project is in its infancy. The news this week is that $3 million has been set aside for a study – note: not construction, but a plan – which will happen sometime between 2018 and 2022. The slow wheels of government and all that.

MCAS WOES: The city’s students did not fare well on the newly redesigned MCAS test. Only a third met or exceeded expectations in English, and only 28 did so in math, according to the Telegram. The poor results in Worcester are consistent with much of the state. Students across the commonwealth bombed this new attempt at a fair-but-challenging standardized assessment.

The results in Southbridge, the battered school district currently in state receivership, were even worse: 21 percent of students met or exceeded the English portion and just 19 percent did so in math. Yikes. Luckily, since this was a new test, the results don’t count toward anything.

NEW TEMPLE: Sikhs in Westboro opened a massive and beautiful temple this week. The

Gurdwara Sahib is 21,000 square feet with a golden dome, beige walls, as well as blue and natural brick accents. It’s really an impressive building. Costing $6.5 million, construction started in 2014 and will hold 500 congregants weekly, according to the Telegram. The religious group

{ worcesteria } behind the temple, The New England Sikh Study Circle, first opened in Milford, my hometown, in a tiny little hall adjacent a strip mall by the highway. Glad to see they’re doing well for themselves.

AFL ENDORSEMENTS: The local AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of

Industrial Organizations) has made it known who they want to see running Worcester. For mayor, they endorsed Joe Petty. For councilor at-large: Petty, Moe Bergman, Khrystian King and Kate Toomey. District 1: Sean Rose. District 3: George Russell. District 4: Sarai Rivera.

District 5: Matt Wally. The organization endorsed every School Committee candidate besides Donna Colorio, perhaps the most conservative voice on the board.

EAW ENDORSEMENTS: The Education Association of Worcester also endorsed City Council candidates this week. The list is pretty similar to the AFL-CIO. Petty for mayor. King and Toomey, as well as challenger Ben Straight, for council-at-large. And for the districts, the same ticket: Rose, Russell, Wally, Rivera, Carlson.

CROSSWALK CARDS: District 1 City Council candidate Ed Moynihan has thrown another

interesting idea out into the ether as the race between him and Sean Rose remains an interesting (perhaps the interesting) race to follow in these last few weeks. As part of the city’s push for Complete Streets policies, he proposed a program from Singapore called Green Man+, in which swipe cards are provided to the elderly and disabled. The cards, when swiped at intersections, would give them additional time to cross the crosswalk, as much as 13 seconds.

The benefits of the program are twofold, he said in a letter to the city manager sent this week.

Those who need it have more time to cross the street, and, because they’re taken care of, the city could shorten the standard cycle for crossing, thus improving traffic flow. Obviously, the program would come up against all sorts of regulations, bureaucratic red tape and unknown costs. Moynihan suggested a trial run at limited intersections like Highland Street and Park Ave., and Lincoln Street and Country Club Boulevard.

MAYORAL BOUT: Joe Petty and Konnie Lukes, the two candidates for mayor this year, faced off on Tuesday over the oft-maligned health insurance reserves. Lukes wanted to act Tuesday night to take $1.9 million off the top and put it back into the tax base, providing some relief for property tax-paying residents. Petty insisted the council already voted to instruct the manager to come up with a proposal for tax relief, among other things, and that he’s working on it. Lukes continued to insist the vote didn’t apply to her proposal. Petty continued to insist it did. Finally, Petty ruled Lukes’ motion out of order. Lukes challenged the ruling, which led to a roll call vote –which, predictably, went 9-1 in favor of Petty. Lukes was the 1, in case you were wondering.

RAGE AGAINST ‘THE MACHINE’: Tensions boiled over between District 3 Councilor George Russell and City Manager Ed Augustus Jr.in the City Hall garage after the Tuesday night meeting. Russell, on the council floor, made a point to distance himself from the city’s Amazon pitch, saying he wasn’t informed of the proposed location and doesn’t agree with it.

In the parking lot, Augustus, appearing none too happy, told Russell he let everyone around the location know. The tiff ended quickly when Augustus said, “I’ve had it. Expect my resignation letter tomorrow morning. I’m done,” before driving off. Now, he didn’t actually resign. Why would he? He’s doing a great job and has the support of almost all the council, including Russell. But the exchange did offer a rare glimpse into just how high tensions can fly around city decision making. Plus, it’s a good way to end an argument. Who hasn’t played that card? It’s happened at WoMag at least twice since I’ve been here.

CELLAR DWELLERS: A few hundred voters at Sutton’s Town Meeting Monday decided

the town didn’t need a new library. The voters shot down an $11-million request to construct a reasonably-sized public library, instead opting to keep the library in the basement of the Town Hall, where it remains one of the smallest in the state. While some said it would benefit the civic and cultural health of the town to have a real library space, the majority felt the money would be better spent elsewhere, at least for now. The measure failed, 371-312, according to the Telegram.

THE LAST DEBATES: On Thursday night, there’s a candidate forum at Mechanics Hall for the district city councilors, and it’s likely the last head-to-head look we’ll get at the candidates before Election Day. The debate, held by the Worcester Research Bureau, starts at 7 p.m. Next week, the bureau will hold similar events for the mayoral and at-large contests, on Oct. 23 and Oct. 30.

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f you are even a casual hockey fan in Worcester, and have caught a game or two at the DCU Center over the years, the call of “hockey, hockey, hockey!” over the PA system will ring a bell. How sweet it was to hear that exhortation again, and to hear the fans respond with such gusto, as the Worcester Railers sped up and down the ice Saturday night, Oct. 14 in their first-ever regular season game as a team.

More than 12,000 fans packed the DCU to watch professional hockey for the first time since 2015, when the Worcester Sharks were finishing up their time here. The Sharks first skated into town in 2016.

Before that, the Worcester Ice Cats did their thing from 1994-2005.

The Railers are different than both their predecessors in many ways. Perhaps the biggest difference is in the ownership. Cliff Rucker has not only made Worcester a place to run a hockey team: he has bought into the city hook, line and sinker.

From the Railers Tavern on Commercial Street, to the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Center on Harding Street, to The Palladium on Main Street, where he recently became part owner, Rucker’s fingerprints are all over Worcester. As much as he is looking at fans to support his hockey team, Rucker is doing everything he can to support Worcester.

The Worcester Railers Hockey Club spent months putting together what fans finally got to witness last week. All of the phone calls, all of the PR moves, all of the conference room conversations, all of the moving parts that had to be coordinated just so – all of it led up to that one glorious moment when the first hockey puck dropped at center ice and what had been a carefully-crafted and laid out plan finally sprung to life.

Not every game from here on out will be a sellout, of course, although the next home game is Halloween and should draw a healthy and raucous crowd. But as an organization, the Railers had one job to do for opening night: whip fans up into a frenzy and show them that hockey is indeed back in Worcester. To use a baseball metaphor, they hit a home run. From the appearance of Scratch and Finz, the old Worcester Ice Cats and Worcester Sharks mascots, respectively, before the game, to the classy show of appreciation by players to their fans after the game had been won, the team did themselves and Worcester proud.

It was hard not to get caught up in the moment – and what a moment it was. So we’ll say it one more time, “hockey, hockey, hockey!”

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The Education Beat

Consider supporting Model UN club in schools

John Monfredo

“When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.”

- Yo-Yo Ma

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fter-school clubs can be exciting, and they can also increase the learning and curiosity of the student. One such club in the Worcester Public Schools is the Model UN, which was started by social studies teacher David Crompton at the Goddard Scholars Academy within Sullivan Middle School several years ago.

The Model UN is a world-renowned program in which students role-play delegates representing member states of the United Nations. This is done through a simulation of UN committees and agencies, such as the Security Council or Human Rights Council, debating current, relevant international topics. While participating in Model UN, students gain a multitude of 21stcentury skills that are not often practiced in a traditional classroom setting – namely public speaking, negotiation, and advanced critical thinking skills. The club is affiliated with the United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNAGB) program.

Information is sent by the organization to the club supervisor as a guide for teaching.

There are so many skills for the students to acquire, and in this era of globalization, learning about the world is more important than ever. The life value of this experience is endless, as students develop confidence and leadership skills through this experience.

Model UN conferences are opportunities to practice research and writing skills in a safe and structured environment. Most importantly, tthe experience is fun and that’s why they are able to learn so much from their participation in Model UN. Another value of this experience is that it builds confidence, and students are able to meet people from other districts and learn from one another.

Last year, I attended one of their conferences at Worcester State University, where the Goddard Academy group at Sullivan Middle participated with 16 other schools across Massachusetts.

The students discussed such topics as clean water, ISIS, the current crisis in North Korea and women’s rights. The Worcester group took the role of delegates representing several countries to address these topics, and then collaborated with other student delegates to develop resolutions in an attempt to solve these pressing issues.

Mind you, these were middle school students; they did the research and then used their skills to address these issues with assistance from Mr. Crompton. The students in Mr. Crompton’s group meet weekly after school and work on their research to prepare for their next conference. These activities include writing position papers, preparing opening speeches, identifying debate topics, practicing public speaking, simulating face-to-face

negotiations with other delegates, developing potential solutions to the issue and writing resolutions. According to Mr. Crompton, the students love the challenge and enjoy engaging with their peers in preparing themselves for the event. As the students progress in their club and have this exciting experience, they gain confidence in their skills and learn so much more about world issues.

I was so impressed with our students that I filed an item on the School Committee agenda to expand this program in our secondary schools. Superintendent Maureen Binienda agreed, and now the Model UN will be held not only at Sullivan Middle, but at Doherty High School, North High School, South High School, University Park Community School and Worcester East Middle School.

This is great news. I believe that debating clubs such as Model UN give our students such a unique experience for competitive debates, and are one of the great equalizers in educational opportunities. I witnessed firsthand that the students were engaged, using critical thinking skills and learning how to discuss pertinent issues, and now, this year, we will have many more students participating in this exciting program.

The first event for schools is scheduled Saturday, Dec. 9, 1-5 p.m. at one of our local colleges. The Future Leaders Conference is the official name for the new conference and this event will have only Worcester schools competing against one another. This is a great beginning, and since we have so many schools involved within our district, more conference debates should take place and there will be a savings on the transportation fee. However, depending on the money raised, the students will have an opportunity to engage in other conferences throughout the state.

The Worcester area community can give these wonderful students assistance with Model UN, as there is a cost associated with the program. In addition to a school participation fee, there is registration fee per student. The cost of transportation to outside events is another fee, but that is paid by the district.

The schools will engage in fundraising events to pay for the conferences, but that also limits them to just a few events. I am hoping individuals or community businesses will step up and consider sponsoring Model UN. Any donation will be appreciated and the funding will be set aside for future conferences. Please consider sending in a donation made out to Model UN Program/ Worcester Public Schools, c/o Kate Kerr, 20 Irving St., Worcester.

Those sponsors will be recognized at a School Committee meeting.

As UNAGB Director Caitian Moore said, “Our primary focus is on creating a transformative learning experience through Model UN. By providing a dialogue for current global issues, students enhance their public speaking and negotiation skills that equip them as globally-aware civic leaders in their schools and communities.”

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Worcester clearly on move with city manager T able Talk Pies is expanding in Worcester.

Table Talk pies was founded in 1924. My father ran two diners at 56 Foster St., first taking over the Foster Diner in 1932 and replacing it with the Sherwood Diner. Table Talk delivered pies to my father’s diner until it closed in 1970.

I remember reading an article by Scott Zoback in 2009 when he wrote for Worcester Magazine. The article is available online and the following is a paragraph from it: “In January 2008, city officials granted Bostonbased PharmaSphere rights to a significant plot in the longstruggling South Worcester Industrial Park for $1, shutting out an abutting manufacturer who had bid $50,000 for the same site.”

Three of us, all teacher retirees, were attending the City Council meetings every week for one hour. We heard PharmaSphere’s David Darlington’s spiel to the Council, not knowing he had obtained promises of loans and was looking for the city of Worcester for a $2.6-million loan. Fortunately, Darlington was found out and the promised money from the state and city never reached his pocket.

Scott didn’t name the other company, but after I read it I called him and asked him what the name of the company was. He told me Absolute Machinery. I was inquisitive, so I called the company and asked to talk with the owner. Absolute Machinery was started by two WPI graduates, one from the city of Worcester, the other from somewhere else. I remember him telling me he was not from Worcester and wanted to move their business out of Worcester,

Your Turn but his Worcester partner nixed it. Finally, he asked who I was and I told him my name and how I had called Scott to find the name of the business. He then told me Scott should have called them when he wrote that piece. Fastforward to January 2016, when City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. announced the sale of the first parcel of land to be sold to Absolute Machinery.

Development of businesses at this site has come alive since Ed Augustus became city

manager a few years ago.

We have heard that “Worcester is on the move” from many councilors for many years, especially in the do-nothing years when Michael O’Brien was the city manager. It has only been true since Mr. Augustus became Worcester city manager that Worcester is clearly on the move. Look around and see what is happening in downtown Worcester. The only negative comment I have heard from one councilor was that Mr. Augustus listens to too many people. I consider that one of his best qualities.

Michael O’Brien was the city manager from 2004-2014, when he resigned, and Ed Augustus was lured from Holy Cross to be

acting city manager for nine months, while the city looked for someone to replace Mr. O’Brien. Thankfully, he decided to accept the position full-time and now is in his third year.

This is why for the past three years the city manager has received rave reviews from all of the city councilors except for two of them.

City councilors Konnie Lukes and Michael Gaffney have been the exceptions. Why can’t they see what I and others see? I am so happy to see that Councilor Gaffney and his Turtleboy blog friend are finally getting chastised by the local press. Worcester doesn’t need councilors like Michael Gaffney.

- Virginia Ryan

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That’s What They Said

“The Judases eventually hang themselves. Our people deserve better.”

- Sarai Rivera, District 4 city councilor in Worcester, on the news that At-Large Councilor Mike Gaffney and his wife, Coreen, who would have challenged Rivera, are no longer seeking election.

“Hockey, hockey, hockey!”

- The chant blaring over the sound system at the DCU Center as pro hockey returned in the form of the Worcester Railers Saturday, Oct. 14.

“Their highs are really high, their lows are really low. I drink a lot, so that’s fine.”

- Comedian Lewis Black on

dating a woman with bipolar disorder.

“My job for three days was to watch Salma [Hayek] do that dance with the snake.”

- Tom Savini, actor and special effects wizard, speaking to Worcester Magazine about filming the 1996 movie “From Dusk Till Dawn.”

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By Elizabeth Brooks

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As someone who taught for 36 years, it is my pleasure to endorse Dianna Biancheria for reelection to the Worcester School Committee.

She has brought accountability and transparency to the committee. Her number one priority has been, and will continue to be, providing each student with a superior education in safe schools.

Parents, students, teachers and all residents can be assured they will continue to have a responsible voice on the School Committee if Dianna Biancheria is re-elected.

GARY J . VEC C HIO Worcester

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AT-LARGE COUNCIL It’s week three of Worcester Magazine’s award-winning local election coverage. Nov. 7 is right around the corner and voters will finally get the chance to head to the polls and pick their School Committee members and City Council members of choice.

We hope you have enjoyed our series of candidate profiles, which wrap up this week with a look at the mayoral and at-large candidates. Next week, in our Oct. 26 issue, we will offer our endorsements. Be sure to follow Worcester Magazine for election night coverage, and don’t miss our post-election coverage in our Nov. 9 edition.

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Konnie Lukes, a 14-term incumbent and former mayor, has been a constant and reliably critical voice on the City Council for decades. Recently, she has challenged prevailing notions on the bid for an Amazon headquarters, attempted to make cuts to the city’s health insurance reserves, and argued against a bid for the Pawtucket Red Sox to come to Worcester.

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Her style, which can often put her at odds with other councilors, is one she feels is necessary to the healthy functioning of the government. Lukes plays the role in part because of her family’s experience living under authoritarian rule in Albania, where letters were redacted and phones lines cut off.

“I grew up distrusting government and the

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powers of government, and the abuse of those powers,” she said. “It is patriotic not to trust politicians, and you shouldn’t trust me either.”

The sentiment is partly what spurred her to run against incumbent Joe Petty for mayor.

She wasn’t planning on it, thinking Councilor At-Large Mike Gaffney would attempt another bid for the seat. When Gaffney withdrew right before the deadline, Lukes kept her name in, saying the mayoral race is too important a platform to be left uncontested.

Unlike the overwhelming majority of candidates, Lukes does not believe the city is headed in the right direction.

As she put it, regarding the city’s bid to land the PawSox, “The best we can do is get excited about a baseball field?”

She takes issue as well with the way the Amazon bid is being handled. The city manager signed up for a statewide pitch in coordination with the governor’s office and other cities. Lukes wanted to see a pitch that draws on Worcester and the surrounding towns, billing Central Mass as the area worth investing in, not Massachusetts at large.

“We don’t know what our real attributes are because we don’t brag about them,” she said.

Lukes is critical of the seep of partisan politics into the city council. She said the charter doesn’t plan for partisan division on the council, and the mayor shouldn’t be in the business of receiving or giving endorsements.

“It is supposed to be non-partisan. Slowly but surely, the image of the mayor’s office is changing. It’s becoming much more political,” she said, adding that Joe Petty “owes the political machine.”

On the level of city services, Lukes thinks most of the problems residents voice stem from the Department of Public Works – roads and sidewalks, snow removal, trash pickup, she said, it all comes back to the DPW&P. She would also ax the report on tax policy from the mayor’s task force, saying the document leads to over-taxation and is used politically.

“Look at the timing. We have a $9-million surplus, and then a tax report comes in that recommends tax increases,” she said.

– Bill Shaner

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When At-Large Councilor Mike Gaffney announced earlier this year he would not run for mayor again (he finished second in both the mayoral and at-large race in 2015), Mayor Joe Petty found himself facing a challenge from At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes, herself a former mayor. Both say the city’s form of government requires the mayor to be a cheerleader of sorts. To some, that is Petty’s biggest attribute. His critics argue Petty ignores some of the problems facing Worcester.

To that end, Petty said economic development, public safety and improving the city’s public schools are the three biggest issues right now. But even in pointing out problems, Petty sees positives.

“We are the safest city of our size in all of New England, and according to the most recent statistics we’re getting safer,” he said. “Our public schools are graduating students at our highest rate ever, 15 points ahead of Springfield and 10 points ahead of Boston. And we’re continuing to make headway in all three of these areas, because the moment you stop making progress is the moment we start sliding backward.

“But there are a few people who are convinced that Worcester isn’t safe, or our schools aren’t performing well.

The voices of those people who are running down our city and our schools are getting smaller, because they’re being drowned out by the truth and by people who know things are going well and getting better.”

As the one who convinced councilors

to hire City Manager Ed Augustus Jr., Petty is not shy in his praise.

“He’s definitely the right choice for the people,” Petty said. “It’s right time. He’s a pretty intelligent guy. He cares about the community. He has all the contacts. He’s well-respected at the local, state and national level. I didn’t realize how smart he was.”

Not surprisingly, Petty believes the city is “100 percent, yes” going in the right direction.

“There’s a buzz in the city right now.

There’s an excitement,” he said. “The atmosphere’s changing. The yellow bikes, people riding around. The arts community seems to be flourishing here. Young people want to stay here and be here.”

Asked to name three areas of improvement in the city, Petty called for increased efforts to find and prosecute illegal trash dumpers and to attract owner occupancy in the triple-decker neighborhoods. He also cited a survey by the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce of young professionals and college graduates which revealed a need to work on the “feel” of the city.

Petty said he is running for a fourth term as mayor because, “I think I’m the right guy for the right time.”

– Walter Bird Jr.

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{ coverstory } (I) When District 5 City Councilor Gary Rosen announced he was running at-large this year, the question immediately became: who among the incumbents would be most vulnerable? Much of the attention turned to the candidates who grabbed the last two of six available slots in the 2015 municipal election. At-Large Councilor Khrystian King finished sixth, a mere 76 votes away from a seventh-place spot.

Bergman finished fifth, with 7,252 votes, 160 votes away from being on the outside looking in.

Now running for a third term, Bergman is aiming not to be displaced on Nov. 7, when voters head to the polls for this year’s election.

He does so on a platform based largely on

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moderate politics, with a reputation for asking questions and doing his homework before showing up at Tuesday night council meetings.

The 54-year-old Bergman is generally supportive of City Manager Ed Augustus Jr., saying, “Overall, he does an excellent job.”

Bergman has been critical of some of the departments under Augustus, however, most notably the Department of Public Works & Parks, which has taken a lot of heat for its handling of winter plowing.

“In fairness,” Bergman said, “he’s inherited a lot of the weaknesses that some departments have. He’s done some good work to improve upon it. The Department of Public Works and Parks would be the prime example. The last winter, although it wasn’t a difficult winter, there were some improvements.”

The city, Bergman said, is moving in the right direction, although there are “always concerns.”

“For the most part, people are happy and content living here,” he said. “Oftentimes, a campaign is the best chance to speak to people.

This year, unlike two years ago, they seem really content. Crimes is less on their minds.

Folks feel Worcester has become more of a fun

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Finishing up his first term, At-Large Councilor Khrystian King is hoping to return for two more years.

Often appearing quiet and pensive during Council meetings, and refraining from insults and personal attacks when he speaks, the 46-year-old King heads into the Nov. 7 election two years after securing the sixth and final spot on the Council.

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city with the restaurant scene. The downtown development is a sign, economically, that we’re heading in the right direction.”

There are areas for improvement, Bergman said, noting the need to market Worcester to professional and working families currently living elsewhere. He would also like to see incentives offered to city employees to buy houses in Worcester, and believes there is room to combine some city and school services.

Bergman said the three biggest issues facing Worcester are the scarcity of living-wage jobs, increasing property taxes and non-owner housing.

A self-described political moderate, Bergman has backed a proposal to bring the Pawtucket Red Sox to Worcester, so long as the price is right.

“I mean, at a reasonable level of risk,” he said. “I wouldn’t put the city at a harmful economic risk.”

– Walter Bird Jr.

shaped by his parents, sees access to good public schools, quality jobs and public safety as the three major issues facing Worcester.

“It comes down to the principle of access, opportunity and duty,” King said.

The city’s diversity, numerous educational institutions and support for small business are among its best attributes, according to King.

“Worcester,” he said, “is a city filled with residents from every race, religion and culture, who share a sense of pride and investment in their community.”

Asked whether he thinks the city is headed in the right direction, he said the city is “trending upwards.”

“That’s evident in the economic development you see downtown,” King said. “Financially, we’re in a good place, as opposed to where we could be. There’s a focus on schools, a focus on parks.

There’s areas we can grow in.”

Specifically, he mentioned urban gentrification, something he has raised on the council floor.

“I’d like to see some more policies around making sure everyone has a place downtown,” King said. “Small businesses, minority businesses, those businesses that have a huge impact on the

city and who we are.”

Like the majority of his colleagues, King strongly supports City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. King referenced his first campaign, when he ran on issues dealing with youth, public safety and schools.

“I think that’s been a focal point of the manager,” he said. “I think a lot of thing that are important to me resonate with the manager.”

One of King’s top priorities over the next two years, if he is re-elected, would be implementing middle school sports programs.

“There’s no reason we can’t compete with the Spencers, Leicesters, Auburns, Northboroughs, Southboroughs, Millburys,” he said. “That’s a public safety thing. Providing youth team sports also allows for gaining life skills that will make them more successful.”

King also wants to see police substations throughout the city.

He said he is running for a second term as an extension of who he is as a person.

“It’s all about giving back and trying to make things better around you,” King said. “I’ve come to really enjoy working on behalf of the residents.”

– Walter Bird Jr.

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{ coverstory } (I) Perhaps more than any other candidate, District 5 Councilor Gary Rosen has put his faith in old-fashioned, shoe-leather campaigning. Eschewing most forms of advertising, online campaign strategy and seeking endorsements, Rosen chooses to hold his own sign. He’s been out there since May, at all the popular intersections, holding his large “Rosen” sign mounted to a wooden stake.

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of love.”

His number one priority if elected is seeing more residential streets and sidewalks resurfaced.

As the only district councilor running for atlarge, he said he has a finger on the pulse of the constituency from the calls he gets daily.

“I get so many calls. ‘Pave my street.’ ‘Pave my sidewalk,’” he said.

He also wants to see changes made to the city’s recycling program, which he feels contributes to excessive litter. When there’s a stiff wind, debris gets blown everywhere, he said. He wants the city to explore the idea of putting recycling in bags, much like the trash program.

“The next city council has to take a good look at this,” he said.

The retired Worcester Public Schools teacher In City Hall, Rosen wants to see the council has been involved in local politics for decades, shift to more of a management position. first serving on the School Committee then serv“It’s important for the new City Council to ing as both a district and an at-large councilor realize we are the employer of the city manager,” over the past 20 years. He wants to move back he said. into the at-large position, he said, to continue his The council should be doing the job of viinvolvement. sion setting and directing the city manager, and “You look at my history in the city, I’ve always should be a bit more “forceful and aggressive” in been involved,” he said. “I love serving my com- doing so. munity. That’s who I am. This, to me, is a labor “Councilors have the tendency to follow

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sometimes, and not be the leaders they should be,” he said.

But that’s not to knock City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. Rosen thinks the city is headed in the right direction under his leadership, and has been better at improving the neighborhoods than people sometimes give him credit for.

“I support him 100 percent,” he said. “I think he knows what he’s doing and I think he does it well.”

In City Hall and in District 5, Rosen is credited with inventing the nickname “Beautiful District 5.” He uses it on nearly every reference.

When asked what nickname he’d come up for Worcester at-large, should he win a seat, he said he’s thinking about it. The nicknames are important, he said, as they show a certain sense of pride.

“That’s half the battle – feeling good about your city,” he said.

– Bill Shaner

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As the only real newcomer in the eight-way race, Ben Straight has billed himself as having a fresh perspective that would benefit the city.

He’s relatively new to the city, having only lived here four years, and believes that perspective brings something largely missing from the council.

Straight moved here while his wife was completing a residency program at UMass Medical School and, when mingling with other newcomers, it became clear that traffic flow was a massive issue.

“The only thing we could talk about for months was traffic and the different ways things are done in Worcester as opposed to

anywhere else,” said Straight.

His two top priorities, if elected, would be traffic and ways to combat the opioid crisis locally. As far as traffic goes, he wants to see the city tackle little things that would improve flow, such as looking at ways to better integrate pedestrian signals into the light cycle and removing bottlenecks from some stretches of roads. He’s in favor of complete streets policies, and would like to see more in the way of protected bike lanes and sidewalks where there are no sidewalks.

Speaking to the opioid crisis, Straight wants to see an increase in investment into social services at the municipal level, with more points of intervention for the people that need it. He would also like to see the City Council lobby for more treatment facilities, as there’s a known shortage of beds.

But Straight is also running because he takes issue with a lot of what he sees on the City Council.

“One of the big reasons I’m running is because I feel [Councilor Mike] Gaffney is bad for

the city,” he said. “He puts out misinformation on [tax increment financing], he obviously is associated with the very hateful website Turtleboy Sports, he personally attacks other councilors. There’s no reason for anybody to act like that as a person and, certainly, we shouldn’t have someone representing our city who acts like that.”

Gaffney’s failed sanctuary city resolution in January, which Straight described as “antiimmigrant,” inspired him to try for a council position earlier than he otherwise would have.

As it turned out, Gaffney announced this week via a press release he was withdrawing from the campaign. Straight called Gaffney’s withdrawal a win for Worcester, but said the city still needs to do what it can to make sure the “most forward-thinking” group of councilors get elected.

In general, he believes the city is moving in the right direction — on the precipice, he said, of exponential growth — and the council should do what it can to foster that.

– Bill Shaner

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Now in her sixth term on City Council, At-Large Councilor Kate Toomey said she continues to run because “I know I make a difference.

I’m not going to belabor it. I know I make a difference.”

A former three-term member of the School Committee, Toomey said she is accessible to people and is willing to listen to their concerns and issues.

“I listen sometimes to people other people don’t listen to,” she said.

Known for her largely positive view of the city, Toomey said Worcester is “absolutely” moving

in the right direction.

“And there’s lots of things we need to improve,” she said. “but I think as an urban center, the second largest in New England, I’m excited. There’s excitement.”

As for what needs to be improved, Toomey pointed to traffic and pedestrian safety. Recently, she pushed for a city-wide 20 mph speed limit, a proposal that has invited some criticism, even as most agree something must be done to address pedestrian and bicycle safety in the city. Toomey noted the recent graduation of a new class of police recruits, which will allow the police department to reinstate its traffic division.

“We want to encourage walkability and bikeability,” she said. “We’ve got to realize Worcester is changing as an urban center. We don’t really need to have cars if you can walk to restaurants, and walk downtown, and walk to the theater. Buses do go out to suburban communities.

We need to take a look at the [Worcester Regional Transit Authority]. We’re taking a look at workforce housing and where existing bus stops are, creating workforce housing where there’s

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already housing.”

The city manager, said Toomey, is doing “a good job.”

“I think he gets it,” she said. “He’s a native son.

He has a lot of experience, a lot of connections.

We don’t always agree 100 percent, but I think he’s done a remarkable job. Look at where we were when he first started and where we are now. We’ve seen dramatic change.”

Toomey said she supports in concept the idea of relocating the Pawtucket Red Sox to Worcester, assuming the team does not land a new deal in Rhode Island, but said it depends on cost factors.

She also singled out the city’s existing baseball team, the Worcester Bravehearts, a college-level team that plays at Holy Cross in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League. Some have wondered what the future holds for the Bravehearts if the Boston Red Sox’ Triple-A team comes to Worcester.

“I think [the Bravehearts] have done a wonderful job,” Toomey said, “but they could complement each other, too. I want to know more about it.”

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Joshua Lyford

High speed, action-packed and indomitably thrilling aren’t terms often used to describe art installations, but with ArtsWorcester’s Art on the Line 2017 event, you’d be hard-pressed to characterize it any differently. In its fifth

iteration, Art on the Line hits ArtsWorcester’s Aurora Gallery, 660 Main St., Saturday, Nov. 4 and brings with it fantastic art at an achievable price alongside a selection process thrill ride.

“It’s a combination of the running of the brides and an art show,” said ArtsWorcester executive director Juliet Feibel.

With the queue being formed at 4:30 p.m. and kicking off promptly at 5 for first-in-line tickets and 5:20 for next-in-line tickets, art fans storm the gates of ArtsWorcester prepared to select their favorite pieces. With an online catalog of all of the contributed pieces live before the event date, potential art buyers can view the pieces available to purchase prior to the doors opening. Savvy fans can plan ahead.

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“Because they’re all suspended from the gallery ceiling, it’s an immersive installation that lasts exactly 15 minutes before everyone dashes in and starts pulling their choices off the line,” said Feibel.

In years past, the event exclusively utilized 5-inch-by-7-inch pieces. This year, the decision was made to add an additional, larger format.

“We did that because we thought it would be easier for the artists,” Feibel said. “There are less materials, less time, but a lot of artists felt it was harder to work in a small format.

The last thing we want to do is make it hard on anybody, so we said, ‘Sure, we’ll add the larger format.’”

The paper utilized by the artists for their individual pieces was donated by Worcester’s C.C. Lowell, although there is still a significant time donation from the artists.

“Artists are incredibly generous with their talents,” said Feibel. “They tell me how much they appreciate what we do, but this is an easy way to show it. The fact that it’s easy and light and small, I really want to stress that even though it’s easy and light and small, that does not undercut the incredible generosity that this large group of artists gave to ArtsWorcester.”

While a full list of all participating artists would likely utilize the rest of this space, a few of the participating artists were clear on how important they find efforts like those of ArtsWorcester.

“It is absolutely important to make art more accessible,” artist Marcia Schloss said.

“Original art can inspire and delight. It is often priced above many folks’ discretionary income. I also appreciate that this event is not juried. I believe everyone is an artist and should have the chance to show their work.”

“It’s not only important, it’s necessary,” added artist Katie Dye. “Art needs an audience, it needs to be viewed and discussed.

When you connect with a piece of art, you connect with the creative spirit of another person. Acknowledging and nurturing that personal relationship is important for both the artist and the viewer.”

ArtsWorcester has been both a consistent presence for artists in Worcester and an origin point for new artists in the area to meet likeminded individuals, to connect with the community at-large and to show work in various exhibitions.

“When I moved back to the area after grad

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school, I wanted to be proactive about not only showing my work, but also making connections with other artists,” said artist Sarah Williams. “Luckily, ArtsWorcester is such a warm, inclusive place that has so many opportunities for local artists. It is a diamond in the heart of Central Mass. As someone who is originally from here, ArtsWorcester is not like anything I have seen before. Any way that you can help out ArtsWorcester as much as they have helped all of us, it’s a no-brainer.

We are lucky to have them and we need to support them.”

Artist Sophy Tuttle contributed public art during last year’s POW! WOW! Worcester event. She met a number of area artists during the event, one of whom advised her to join ArtsWorcester herself.

“ArtsWorcester fulfills a vital role for local and regional artists,” said Tuttle. “They provide several beautiful spaces and a thoughtful audience for our work. They also provide funding and grants to help talented artists explore their own work and share it with the community.”

That ArtsWorcester is a resource for both artists and the community is a point many artists agree upon and are eager to help contribute to.

“It’s only right that I gave back to

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ArtsWorcester and the city,” said artist Tess Barbato. “I also purchase work from the other different shows they put on in order to lend support to them and other local artists. They have been more than welcoming and encouraging. Juliet and the rest of the staff have constantly reinforced a sense of community that is hard to find in the art world and I want to be a part of that.”

Artist Andrew Anderson discovered ArtsWorcester when he was new to the city and he was excited to check out the shows the organization held.

“When it came to donating, it was simple,” said Anderson. “I am a relatively fresh face to the art scene. Still young in my years, but carry that compulsion for connection. Viewing others’ work began to feel one-sided. This event allows people to come forward and formulate a concept on modular pieces. Keeping contributions at equal viewing, from the most esteemed to the green, and letting the public appreciate the gamut of art the community has provided.”

Gallery-goers peruse the floating artwork at ArtsWorcester during last year’s Art on the Line show.

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YOU CAN’T WRITE THIS STUFF (LITERALLY):

So you may have noticed that the usually biweekly Lyford Files has been missing in action for quite some time. This column hasn’t popped up since September, which is like a billion years in Worcester time. With that in mind, a lot has happened since my weird squinting face popped up via Worcester Magazine channels. So, there’s going to be a bit of housekeeping to kick this thing off.

YOU’VE GOT RAIL: It finally happened. The Worcester Railers had their first game Oct. 14 and, yowza. I’ll get this out of the way right out of the gate: the criticisms leveled against the DCU Center for the slow vendor lines is an absolutely valid one. Case in point, the impossible ELIZABETH BROOKS

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hiking The Railers’ Matt Lane challenges Monarchs goalie Evan Cowley. was achieved: I didn’t have a beer in my hand for almost the entirety of the game. That is like a sad 30-something version of finding a unicorn. Now that that’s all done, the game was amazing.

A crowd of 12,135 people is absolutely wild for a debut hockey game and hey, to the “why not the IceCats” crowd (I see your comments on literally every hockey related post I’ve ever written), neither the Sharks nor the IceCats hit that number. While the first period had some missteps, the team came together and looked great during the three periods of playtime. The 4-3 win in the local team’s debut was something out of a movie and the crowd went absolutely wild. Ashton Rome was a man on a mission and the fans in the stands appreciated it; the chants of “We want Woody [Hudson]!” meant that this was a crowd of people that knew the team inside and out before the puck ever dropped. I could write 2,000 words on the game and team without breaking a sweat, but I’ll say this: their debut was just about as perfect as you could hope and I, for one, can’t wait for many more games.

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the Lyford Files formula. You may recall my preview article on the Manhattan Short Film Festival — an internationally-featured film festival where ELIZABETH BROOKS people around the world vote on the winner — that took place locally at the Park View Room on Park Ave. Well, it has since come and gone and the winners have been named. The gold medal winner is “8 Minutes,” showcasing the final moments before the sun goes out and how a musician spends those eight minutes (it’s awesome).

The silver medal went to “Viola, Franca,” detailing a woman’s legal battle against a forced marriage to her rapist (the real life Franca Viola did, in fact, win her case and eventually the “rehabilitating marriage” law was done away with.) The bronze medal went to “Mare Nostrum,” a movie made in Syria about a father doing his best to give his daughter a chance at a better life. I don’t like to allow media (or anything else, really) to make me feel emotion, but damn, did “Mare Nostrum” hit me right in the gut. Anyway, Harry Albert did a fantastic job and I was honored to be a guest interview for one of the events.

Harry, thanks for your hard work. I enjoyed all of the films Harry Albert and had a great time at both the preview and the event proper.

I MADE A MISTAKE, OK?: In the last episode of The Lyford Files, I wrote about hearing

through the grapevine that the Beaver Brook Dog Park would open weeks ago. Well, I was wrong. However, It did in fact open last week and it’s fantastic. It’s got plenty of room for the dogs to scamper around in, the crew over there is generally very friendly and the furry buds are having a time. Are there some areas for improvement? Sure. An on-site water source, for example, would be fantastic, but by and large this is exciting news for dog owners (and very probably nondog owners as well). After 20-plus years of a full-on dog ban in Worcester’s parks and until very recently having never had a dog park at all, everyone that walks through the doors is experiencing something brand new together. While my dog is loud and crazy, at least now he gets to chase his big rubber ball and then relax for a bit.

HAUNTED BY HISTORY: Would be an amazing name for a hardcore band exclusively singing

about classic ghouls like the Bell Witch or the Mothman (I purposely called the Bell Witch a ghoul, hoping a real-deal creepy-stuff nerd would call me out on it, but then I went and ruined my own trick). Instead, my favorite local living history museum, Old Sturbridge Village, is back at it again. By now, if you read this column or the back of this magazine, you are likely familiar with the immersive productions that have been going on over there, most popularly The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, but all of the productions I’ve experienced have been great. Don’t worry, they’ve got a whole new experience for ya! “Haunted by History: A Phantasmagoria” opened Wednesday, Oct. 18, and the gist is this: famous folk from New England’s past are conjured up and you can learn a bit while a fun and creepy time. A phantasmagoria, by the way, is a real-life experience that appears to be a dream. The English language: awful spooky.

A CALL TO ARMS: Hey, ’tis the season for spook walks and hay rides. I love these things and I love to write about them. Unfortunately, journalists aren’t known for their disposable income, so I can’t really work this angle out of the kindness of my heart. Know of a great creepy Halloween experience, or perhaps your run or work at one? Shoot me an email (contact in the paragraph at the bottom of the page) and let’s chat. I’m craven, but I’m pretty good at pretending to be brave. I did all of Spooky World solo last year without soiling myself, after all.

Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at 508-749-3166, ext. 325, by constantly scrolling past headlines detailing in no uncertain terms the need for regular sleep, which begins to make you think, ‘When is the last time I slept for more than four hours in a night?’ and briefly flashing back to a number of films that tackle the issue of sleepless individuals going insane and finding themselves haunted by specters and wondering what that heavy breathing sound is over your shoulder before realizing you have a hound dog and he’s just sniffing and drifting peacefully — albeit briefly — to sleep, or by email at Jlyford@worcestermagazine.com. Follow Josh on Twitter @Joshachusetts and on Instagram @Joshualyford.

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A different Jerry Springer show heads to Hanover Theatre

Jerry Springer is headed to Worcester’s Hanover Theatre, but if you have visions of pregnant cousins and chairs flying through air, fear not. Springer will be hosting The Price is Right Live!

Friday, Oct. 20, 8 p.m. I caught up with the radio talk show host/ actor/former mayor/lawyer/reality TV star (I think that’s everything) by phone recently. Gracious with his time, Springer touched on his passion for politics, his family history and, yes, his role with “The Jerry Springer Show.”

News anchor, talk show host, actor, mayor, reality TV star, radio talk show host. Does that just about cover it? I’m trying to find something I know

how to do. One day I’ll figure it out. I’ve been very lucky. I’ve had great jobs. Really, every job I’ve ever had was basically handed to me, except I had to run for mayor. As a lawyer, the law firm came to Northwestern and recruited me. I ran for political office, but after that NBC came in Cincinnati and said, “We’d like you to anchor our news.”

That turned into a 10-year stint. Then, the company that owned the station where I did news, they also owned talk shows. Phil Donahue was getting close to retirement, so the CEO takes me to lunch and says, “Phil’s retired. You’re going to be the new host of the talk show.”

How many times have you hosted The Price is Right Live!? It’s pretty regular. At the beginning of

every season they give me their schedule.

I tell them which of those dates I can do.

I’ve done it for several years. I love doing it. It’s totally fun. There’s no drama. OK, a little drama. It’s the same show you see on television. The rules are exactly the same, but we don’t have commercials and we’re not stuck to the clock. It gives me an opportunity to joke around with the contestant.

Who was the better host, Bob Barker or Drew Carey? I don’t know what the margin is, but

Bob Barker, in a sense, invented [the game show]. When you think of the giants in the game show industry in its 45-year history or whatever, it’s Bob Barker. It’s Monty Hall. A few people just leap out. The rest of us are just pretenders to the throne. Drew Carey is incredibly talented, though.

Would you do the TV show, if they asked? I’m 73, I don’t know, necessarily, if I’d start a new gig.

Would I fill in and do it? Sure.

Are there any elements of The Jerry Springer Show in The Price is Right Live!? No, not at all. We have

the fight over the refrigerator. It’s a totally family-friendly show, nothing off-color.

There is a remarkable story there, with your parents escaping Germany, both your grandmothers dying in extermination or concentration camps. Can you talk about that? It was interesting. I lost

my grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins. It turned out we lost a ton of relatives in the [concentration] camps. We knew they had all been exterminated, but didn’t know the details until a few years ago. The BBC has a show, “Who Do You Think You Are?”, where they take a wellknown person and trace your history back as many centuries as you can go. They do four every year. Several years ago, they asked in England if they could do me. My sister and I said, yes, then

BBC, for nine months, travels around the world tracking your whole background.

When they get it all, you show up in London one day with your passport. They don’t tell you where they’re taking you. With the cameras rolling, you have to be prepared to go anywhere in the world. My parents were among the last 100 Jews led out of Germany before Hitler went into Poland. They just got out. They knew, as we grew up, first in England, then America, they always knew their parents were going, but never knew the details. They found the records, because once the Iron Curtain came down in ’91 they were able to get records out of East Germany, Poland and the whole communist world. They knew what train car my grandmother was on, what date she was sent to camp, what experiments were performed, what date she went to camp.

What was it like learning all that?

I’m grateful. It was difficult to observe it, difficult to go to the camps, to see the box car they were on, or the gas van my mom’s mom was put on. That stuff, obviously, was horrendous.

How did you get into politics? It was

always a subject of conversation in our household because, based on the story I just told you, politics literally invaded our family’s life and ended it. For us growing up, every day at dinner we’d go around the table.

Everyone would talk about one story they saw in the newspaper. In the beginning, when I was a child, it was all about sports and the Yankees. Oh, I shouldn’t mention the Yankees to you [laughs]. As I got older, my parents encouraged me to look at other parts of the papers.

Not everyone may remember this, but The Jerry Springer Show started as a politically-driven talk show.

Did you agree with the decision to move away from that?

The only decision I ever made about the show was, we were on air for about three years.

There were about 20 talk shows on air at the time. All of them wanted to be like Oprah and go after that demographic, then referred to as middle-aged housewives. The subject matter of all the shows was that. Basically, that was your audience. Then, about three years in, along came Ricki Lake, and she was probably the first of the talk shows to go after kids, high school- and college-aged. One day, I was walking down Michigan Avenue with the executive producer. I say, ‘Just as a business model, why be one out of 20 and go after Oprah? Why don’t we become a young show and go after Ricki and be one out of two? Literally, starting the next day, we said we were only doing young people in the audience, young people on stage. Every once in a while the show went a little bit crazy.

Then Universal bought us. They said, “From now on you can only do crazy.” I didn’t care.

In other words, my job is to be a host and tell jokes. I don’t particularly care what the format is. My passion, obviously, is political, but they’re not hiring me to do a show I enjoy or want. I’m an employee. I thoroughly enjoy doing the show.

Whatever happened to Steve, the security guard?

He’s got his own show. It’s going well. We produce that.

Much like the WWE, your show is scripted, right?

The stories have to be true. The lawyers are all over it. Now, their reactions get to be embellished, because the crowd’s screaming, yelling and cheering. For example, if the story’s about a guy who left his girlfriend to sleep with his cousin, that really happened.

Sometimes, it’s embellished. It’s like when you’re at a party and your wife says, “Tell them about that, honey,” you start telling a story. You add a few interesting elements to it. On the way home, your wife says, “I don’t remember that.” That’s just human nature.

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Walter Bird Jr. is editor of Worcester Magazine. Share story tips and comments at 508-749-3166, ext. 322, or by email at wbird@worcestermag.com. Follow Walter on Twitter @walterbirdjr and on Facebook. Don’t miss Walter every week on WCCA TV 194 as a panelist on Rosen’s Roundtable.

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In the near future, advanced artificial intelligence allows these wondrous interactions to happen. That’s good news for Marjorie (Lois Smith), an 86-year-old woman battling the assorted indignities of advanced age, including a failing memory. Marjorie hosts several “visits” from her late husband, Walter (Jon Hamm), a handsome holo-man forever frozen in his 40s who can converse intelligently about their years together. Walter has no corporeal body, though he talks a good game.

The question gnawing at Marjorie’s daughter, Tess (Geena Davis), is whether her mother’s deep dives into the past are healthy for her state of mind. Tess’ husband, Jon (Tim Robbins), a believer in the technology, has no such reservations and coaches Walter to be

a better partner to Marjorie, even if it means conjuring memories of terrible things.

“Marjorie Prime” comes from the same vein of storytelling as the Andrew Garfield film “Never Let Me Go” and the “Black Mirror” television series, where the science fiction elements seem to dwell just around the bend of reality (recall that Tupac Shakur was once reanimated as a hologram). There’s something almost soothing in watching Marjorie swap stories with Walter in a seaside home they once shared. Their exchanges resonate like a waking dream.

Dreams, of course, are notoriously unreliable — the mind’s abstract art.

Memories are also imperfect, and the film questions the value of remembering anything less than the absolute truth.

Marjorie and Walter shared secrets in their marriage — including one involving a family tragedy — but hologram Walter needs to relearn them if he’s going to be his most Walter self.

If Marjorie can’t recall those events with surety, they become like a scrapbook being gently fed into a lit fireplace.

Since much of “Marjorie Prime” comes off as an extended therapy session, your enjoyment of the movie will depend on your tolerance for talk.

And there’s a lot of talk. The film is only 99 minutes long, but its structure — a series of prolonged conversations — can be trying. The holograms (there is more than one; offering more information falls into spoiler territory) are inquisitive, yet also placid and emotionless. If your discussion partner is missing a third dimension, it stands to reason your conversation will start to flatten as well.

The performances are very good.

Davis and Robbins share a natural rhythm playing a married couple, and Hamm is appropriately stoic. He’s “Mad Men’s” eternally cool Don Draper leading a potential client through an ad pitch. If his Walter had a pulse, it would never quicken.

Smith is the standout. Smith has been a familiar face as far back as 1955, when she made her film debut opposite James Dean in “East of Eden” (I remember her best as a scene stealer opposite Tom Cruise in “Minority Report”). Her performance as the fading Marjorie is elegiac, yet never sentimental. She gives us a Marjorie who is smart and warm, and who will almost certainly make a hell of a hologram someday.

“Marjorie Prime” will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, and at 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday in the Jefferson Academic Center at Clark University. The film is part of the Cinema 320 series.

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The exterior of Bhan Thai Restaurant in Coes Square is, without a doubt, puzzling. For starters, under the Bhan Thai sign is a window-length photo of a woman’s feet covered in rose petals. T&V Nails and Spa and Cow Farm Mini Market round out the rest of the plaza. I presume that when Bhan Thai inherited their storefront, the toes were a relic of the previous tenant, or perhaps belonged to the pedicurist next door. At any rate, there’s something askew in that images of feet rarely compel the public to feed.

I visited Bhan Thai for a late lunch date on a recent Saturday afternoon. We were alone in the dining room, save one other couple who we could hear on the opposite side of a partition. The dining room had been adorned with a few large-scale food photos hung on banners; these, I thought, would be perfect for a coverup of the conspicuous set of toes outside. Above us sat some simple plastic greenery and a decorative tree constructed from pinecones and faux apples. There had been some water damage to the ceiling tiles, but the carpet below looked clean and tidy. Our server was polite and helpful, though I had noticed a specials board at the front entrance; a reminder of this might have upsold me, had she given it a try. She informed us the restaurant had been open for a year, but the bar was relatively new. We ordered two tall Singhas ($4.95 a piece) “The Original Thai Beer,” along with Thai wonton soup ($3.75) and mini Thai rolls ($4.95).

The appetizers came quickly; however, in place of the soup, we received an order of crab rangoons. I politely alerted the server and she grabbed the rangoons, which were for the other couple. Our soup followed soon after, piping hot. The eight miniature Thai rolls had been prepared with ground pork, carrots, bean

sprouts, black mushrooms and vermicelli. I had been expecting thin rice paper wrappers, but the thai rolls had been heavily fried. That said, when dipped in sweet and sour sauce, they made for a satisfying crunch. I noticed later the hand rolls were likely what I had in mind, taking note for my next visit.

I watched a fruit fly dive head first into my Thai wonton soup. Fruit flies are a problem for a lot of restaurant owners and they aren’t necessarily linked to the cleanliness of a kitchen or a restaurant’s general hygiene.

I’ve seen enough fruit flies in my day that I felt comfortable scooping the little bugger out of my soup and continuing on with my meal. Still, I’d have prefered if the handsome gentleman across from me had been my only company for the afternoon. The soup consisted of a wholesome house broth as well as steamed carrots, napa cabbage, chicken and fresh scallions. The wontons themselves had been filled with ground chicken and shrimp – three delicate dumplings teeming with flavor and warmth. We only had one spoon between the two of us, which made sharing a bit tricky, but we managed to finish the bowl before the server had time to come back and check on us.

When she arrived, we asked for suggestions and placed our entree orders. I opted for the

hot basil noodles ($8.50) and my date settled on the lemongrass chicken ($7.95). These plates arrived in fewer than 10 minutes, wise timing for a lunch business. I didn’t find my hot basil noodles particularly spicy, but the mild chili sauce offered a lot of depth: a judicious marriage of peppers, garlic and vinegar. The egg noodles themselves were rich, soft and buttery. My date’s lemongrass chicken had been freshly marinated, lightly fried and sauteed with onions, carrots, ginger and peanuts. It was served with white rice and steamed vegetables. The dish offered fragrant notes of lemon and mint, enriched by the zip of earthy ginger with each new bite.

Bhan Thai offers fast ticket times, kind service and extraordinarily inexpensive prices.

Families looking for a new noodle spot will love the spacious and casual accommodations accompanied by a reasonable check at the end of their meal.

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Haunted Speakeasy Friday, Oct. 20. Attendees will witness scenes from Worcester’s ghostly past. “Resident Speakeasy Spectacle” Niki Luparelli and the Gold Diggers will accompany an evening of “spirits and spirits,” in addition to a 10-piece band. Hit the champagne bar and then master some vintage dance moves under the instruction of Harley Foxx. There will be plenty of hors d’oeuvres, so don’t be afraid to work up an appetite. Do be afraid of ghosts.

Tickets are available on Eventbrite for $74.84.

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Acoustic brunch will be in full swing at Birchtree Bread Company Saturday, Oct. 21. The Stillwater String Band, featuring David “da ve” West, Walter Crockett and Bill Fisher, will take

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for nonmembers, $12 for members. Children 2 and under are free. On select evenings, a Wormtown Brewery tent will serve up a Table Talk Pumpkin Pie Ale for guests over 21.

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Mayor Joe Petty cutting the ribbon to open the Worcester Wine Festival. Pictured from left to right are Ed Russo, Worcester Wine Festival, Mayor Joe Petty, and Luke Vaillancourt, Worcester Wine Festival. the stage at 11 a.m. Neither Billy Crudup nor Jason Lee will be on-hand for a rendition of “Fever Dog,” but there will be plenty of Brittany’s Toast. Big Jon Short will also perform at Birchtree Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. during the eatery’s signature pizza night.

IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN

Great Pumpkin Nights at the Ecotarium will take

place Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 19-22, and Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 26-29, 6-9 p.m., for an all-ages Halloween spectacular featuring over 3,000 illuminated pumpkins. Attendees can take a ride on the Explorer Express Train presented by the Worcester Railers and enjoy some traditional trick-or-treating. Tickets are $16

The culmination of The Sole Proprietor’s annual OysterFest will be the Champagne & Oyster Dinner.

Tuesday, Oct. 24. This multi-course dinner and wine pairing begins at 6:30 p.m. The menu was designed by Executive Chef Tyler Fleckner.

Tickets are available on the restaurant’s website for $80.

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Tour” will mark the second in a series of Chef’s Dinners set to take place at Flying Rhino. Bever-

age pairings will accompany Za’atar-spiced breads and oil, curried goat soup, harissa chicken samosas, pea & bacon panzanella salad, cumin and coriander-encrusted scallops with a coconut-carrot puree, berbere-spiced lamb lollipops and lavender semifreddo with citrus sugar. Tickets are available on Eventbrite for $74.

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SIDEWAYS

The inaugural Worcester Wine Festival brought 1,300 attendees to Union Station on Sunday, Oct. 8. Mayor Joseph Petty cut the ribbon to open the Grand Tasting in a gesture that asserted Worcester’s prominence as a hospitality destination. Guests sampled tastes from over 200 wineries, five breweries and four distilleries. Luke M. Vaillancourt, one of the festival’s founders, sees a promising future for the Worcester Wine Festival, saying, “The overwhelming response from our attendees was they can’t wait for next year.”

SPICE WORLD

On Tuesday, Oct. 24, the “Spice Up Your Life: World

Flying Rhino’s second installment of their Chef’s Dinner series will take place on October 24. Last month’s dinner included Wormtown’s Table Talk Pie Ale, which will also be available at the Ecotarium’s Great Pumpkin Nights.

Saturday & Sunday Taking place multiple times per day!

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German Food, Music, Traditional Dancing and Beer Tent

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ADMISSION: Adults: $5 adv/$8 door; Kids 6-12: $3 adv/$5 door; Free for kids 5 & under.

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DJ Night - Every Thursday. 9 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420.

Josh Briggs Live Music Acoustic on the Deck. 9-11 a.m., 5-7 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420 or jjsnorthboro.com Ernest Benoit at Tavern on the Common. Ernest Benoit at Tavern on the Common in Rutland MA! Thur Oct 19 6-8, no cover! Free.

6-8 p.m. Tavern on the Common, 249 Main St., Rutland. 508-886-4600 or songkick.com Open Mic Night/Local Musicians Showcase at KBC Brewery Every 3rd Thursday! 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. Kretschmann Brewing Co (KBC Brewing) Brewery and Beer Garden, 9 Frederick St., Webster.

Jazzed Up featuring vocalist/pianist Mauro DePasquale.

Worcester’s own Mauro DePasquale will get you Jazzed Up! No Cover.

6:30-8:30 p.m. GAR Hall, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. Brother Rex. 7-11 p.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585.

Live Music. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. The Monument Tap, Leominster. 978-7981242.

Sean Fullerton and his Mad Loops Laboratory! Sean Fullerton is a solo Acoustic performer with 2 decades of professional experience specializing in Blues, Rock, Folk, Memphis Soul and

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Fingerstyle Guitar using a wide variety of guitars and harmonicas, guitar looping, vocal harmony technology, and Bose/Ultrasound sound systems.

Sean performs for many venues and events throughout New England year round. Food, Drinks, Music, Fun. 7-10 p.m. Dover American Legion Post 209, 32 Dedham St., Dover. 508-785-9878 or find them on Facebook.

Back in Blues with Bruce & Chuck. Each Thursday highlights a different musical decade or genre. This Thursday celebrate the Blues with Back in Blues. Bruce & Chuck set up bar side for a night of Blues and fun. These guys are outstanding, come check them out. 8-11 p.m.

Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

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

Jay Graham. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900.

John Brazile. 8-11 p.m. Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. 508-459-2025.

Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

Open Mic Night With David Bazin. Acoustic Style, bring your acoustic instrument down and or sing and share your talent! No Cover.

8-11 p.m. Belfont Hotel, 11 South Main St., Millbury. 508-917-8128.

Audio Wasabi. 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

HiFi Wards electric blues. Peter Ward, Bob Berry and George Dellomo play the blues and some classic country too! No cover charge.

8:30-10:30 p.m. Dunny’s Tavern, 291 East Main St., East Brookfield.

Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.

Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

Latin Night with Shawn and Henry. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. MB Lounge, 40 Grafton St. 508-799-4521 or mblounge.com Sam James Performs at Loft, Thurs at 9. 9-11 p.m. Loft 266

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

Thirsty Thursdays. Worcester’s New Weekly Club Night brought to you by Subterra Entertainment When: Thursdays Where: The Cove Music Hall Why: Because you like to Party! All your favorite tunes mixed and remixed! Pop | Dance | House | Remixes | Underground | Vocal $2 Drafts | $3 Beers | $3 Shots | Drink Specials Huge Sound & Light Show! Free Street and Lot Parking all night Hosted By: Massappeal DJ Ray Toreba Spacedrift 9pm - 2am // 21+ // $5 Door Ladies Free Before 10pm No Dress Code $5 at the door- Ladies free until 10pm. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or thecovemusichall.com Troy Gonyea and Friends Live at Nick’s. There’s no questioning Troy Gonyea’s blues credentials. The Worcester guitarist and singersongwriter cut his chops playing with such bands as The Fabulous Thunderbirds, the Muddy Waters’ Band, and local favorites, The Howl.

Troy plays Nick’s tonight at 9PM No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 or find them on Facebook.

DJ Cuzn Kev. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. DJ 21+Canal. Live Dj pushing out all the latest hits for you’re listening and dancing pleasure! (Thursday is college night @ the Canal) N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-9268353.

DJ X Kaliber Performs at Loft at 11. 11-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

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Josh Briggs Live Music Acoustic on the Deck. 9-11 a.m., 5-7 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420 or jjsnorthboro.com The Royal Frog Ballet’s Surrealist Cabaret. A walking performance and installation event that weaves storytelling, movement, music, surrealism, and sculpture through a farm landscape at sunset in a folky, comedic and ritualistic evening for all ages. $8-$18. 5-7 p.m.

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Park Hill Orchard, 82 Park Hill Road, Easthampton. 203-788-8484 or theroyalfrogballet.com Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat! Start your weekend with Nat Needle at Nick’s Worcester, 124 Millbury St. No cover charge this and most Fridays.

Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat (TFIDN) is an unfettered romp through Nat’s musical imagination backed up by his hefty piano chops and hip vocals!

Special guests are welcome to sit in, and often do! Help me make this the time& place to connect, escape, network, chill, eat, drink, and above all be merry... but if you’re blue, why be alone? 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, Cabaret, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 or find them on Facebook.

3 Year Anniversary Party with Kevin Shields. 6-10 p.m.

Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044.

Prevail - Rage on the Stage Tour. 6-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696.

Bill McCarthy Every Friday at Barbers Crossing North.

Now catch Bill McCarthy playing his heart out every Friday at Barbers North (Sterling, MA) @6:30pm Visit: BillMcCarthyMusic.com for info.

Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8438.

Bob Moon. Bob Moon will be playing some of our favorite classic rock hits! Come on in and sing along, and enjoy some good food, and drinks.

It’s sure to make it a night to remember. N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Bar / Lounge, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Live Music. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. The Monument Tap, Leominster. 978-7981242.

Dan Cormier & Ethan Caouette. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900.

Guiliano D’Orazio. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St.,

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LGBTQ nightlife in Central MA, engaging and building community through music, performance, art, and high-energy dance parties. Stay tuned for upcoming events--we will be hosting our queer dance party every third Friday!! Our next event is Friday 10/20/17 at Electric Haze (26 Millbury West Boylston. 774-261-8585.

St. Wstr), 21+, No cover. The Seltzer Boys spinning beatz all night to Invisible Sun-A Tribute to The Police. If you enjoy the music of The Police, you must see this show! Invisible Sun: Brian Chaffee (lead make your bootie bounce. This month we’re golden // Get your gold on vocals/keyboards) Scott Babineau (bass/lead vocals) Chris Reddy (lead Any questions/inquiries email airspraywstr@gmail.com. See you on the dance floor free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799guitar) Rick Dondero (drums/percussion) $10 in Advance/$15 At the 0629 or find them on Facebook. door 8pm 21+ showclix.com/event/invisible-sun-police-tribute $10 in advance - $15 at the Door. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green Ed Sullivans. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook..

Every Friday - Original Rock Bands. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Jim Weeks. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The GazBar Sports Grill, 1045 Central St., Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-439-9314.

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Josh Briggs. 8 p.m.-11 a.m. Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. Groove Street - Live Music at JJ’s. Motown, Soul, R&B, Funk 9 p.m.-noon JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough.

508-459-2025.

508-842-8420.

Ken Macy. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., Guest and House DJ’S. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. MB Lounge, 40 Grafton St. Leominster. 978-466-3433.

508-799-4521 or mblounge.com Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Blacksheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Jeff Rosen. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. Road, Sterling. 978-422-0255.

Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 345-5051.

Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

Karaoke Fridays at Three G’s Sportsbar. Join Magic Mike Nik Chisholm Performs at Loft, Friday at 8. 8-11 p.m. Loft Entertainment every Friday night for Karaoke! Free! 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Three 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

G’s Sports Bar, 152 Millbury St. magicmikeentertainment.com Topher Brew. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, Karaoke with DJ Bruce. Free. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Meiji Asian 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057.

Cuisine, 24 Leicester St., North Oxford. 508-731-0120.

Every Friday Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Wong Dynasty and Testify. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508Yankee Grill, 176 Reservoir St., Holden. 508-829-2188.

Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Foodworks, Route 20. 508-752-0938. 459-9035.

The Ambient Sojourn. Ambient Sojourn or ASB (Ambient Sojourn Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Band) is largely known as a revered six piece band of choice musicians.

Gardner. 978-669-0122.

Airspray Queer Dance Party: Stay Gold. Airspray Worcester, the The band consists of a soulful, powerhouse female lead vocalist, a newest LGBTQ community organization in Wstr Presents: Our next Queer proficient percussionist, a dynamic and talented bassist and guitarist, an extraordinary sax player who also plays clarinet and flute, and a highly Dance Party! We’re bringing a unique energy to the queer community/

accomplished professional drummer. They perform an eclectic mix of funk, blues, rock, TV tunes, Jazz and much more! $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

The Great Escape - Journey Tribute Band. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Breakaway Billiards, 104 Sterling St., Clinton. 978-365-6105.

Thee Sonomatics! Live at Nick’s. Garage Surf Primitive Rock & Roll. From the gritty post-industrial backwater of Worcester, Massachusetts, steeped in the tradition of Link Wray, the Sonics, the Ventures and the Ramones, and direct from an actual garage: 9-11:59 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

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 Sean Fullerton and his Mad Loops Laboratory! Sean Fullerton is a solo Acoustic performer with 2 decades of professional experieince specializing in Blues, Rock, Folk, Memphis Soul and Fingerstyle Guitar using a wide variety of guitars and harmonicas, guitar looping, vocal harmony technology, and Bose/Ultrasound sound systems.

Sean performs for many venues and events throughout New England year round. Food, Drinks, Music, Fun. 9:30 p.m.-midnight 3 Restaurant, 461 West Central St., Franklin. 508-528-6333 or seanfullertonmusic.net DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044.

DJ 21+Canal. Live Dj pushing out all the latest hits for you’re listening and dancing pleasure! (Thursday is college night @ the Canal) N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-9268353.

DJ Joe T Performs at Loft at 11. 11-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

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

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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)753-2284 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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Shaggers at the Black Sheep. Good time guaranteed. Great food and pizza. Beautiful friendly bartenders and staff. 0. 7-10:30 a.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484.

Josh Briggs Live Music Acoustic on the Deck. 9-11 a.m., 5-7 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420 or jjsnorthboro.com Sip & Stitch Saturdays. Every Saturday at 2PM. Most every Saturday afternoon Creatives come together at Nick’s armed with knitting bags and sewing needles. Come with an existing project or start a new one. Meet like-minded people, knit/sew/crochet, share food and drinks made by Jeff at the Bar and have fun! Come as you are, Come as you will. Drop in, drop out. Free! 2-5 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 or find them on Facebook.

Amy Kucharik w/ Ron Carlson in Concert. Amy Kucharik is a ukulele-slinging singer-songwriter based in Somerville, MA. Winner of the 2015 Kerrville Grassy Hill New Folk Festival competition, she explores the full range of her instrument’s capabilities as a tool to convey a complex array of subjects and moods. Whether humorous, topical or intense, she steers listeners away from the ukulele’s perception as a mere novelty instrument. At the same time, Kucharik aims for her audience to have a good time, and her performances are infused with Vaudevillian charm and an infectious, danceable swing. Her music draws from a range of

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influences including blues, ragtime jazz, folk, pop and country...as well as aesthetics garnered from film and literature. Amy’s catchy, sexy, sometimes haunting songs recount tales of reluctant love, heartbreak, revenge, and grit. Ron Carlson is a well-known master guitarist and singer/songwriter in Worcester Folk Music Circles. Matching his strong voice and with impeccable and tasteful picking, Carlson’s songs create powerful, insightful images, from such mundane things as an old car that’s been passed down for three generations to a dead tree that he never got around to cutting down. Be prepared to be surprised by the beauty of his melodies and the thoughtful way he approaches life, humor and his music. Ron has been a fixture in the Central Massachusetts folk scene for about 40 years. Playing guitar, octave mandolin, banjo and an occasional ukulele, his music combines his own special touch with influences from the British Isles, Ireland, and traditional American folk music. A Past winner of the Rose Garden Coffeehouse Songwriting Competion (Mansfield, MA), Ron is a great match as an opener for Amy! $20/$10 Students w ID - Tickets: brownpapertickets.com. 7-9:30 p.m.

First Unitarian Church, John Henry’s Hammer Coffeehouse, 90 Main St. 508-757-2708 or find them on Facebook.

Dana Lewis Live! Every Saturday night. Live, acoustic music, Family food, Full Bar, Lottery and me! Playing the Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s.

“The Sound Track of your Youth” No Cover. Be There! Free! 7-10 p.m.

Nancy’s Quaker Tavern, 466 Quaker Hgwy (Route146a), Uxbridge. 508779-0901 or find them on Facebook.

Jazzed Up featuring vocalist/pianist Mauro DePasquale.

Worcester’s own Mauro DePasquale will get you Jazzed Up! No Cover.

7-10 p.m. FISH, 29 South Bolton St., Marlborough. 508-460-3474.

Live Music. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. The Monument Tap, Leominster. 978-7981242.

Riff Raff plays The Mill 185. Join Ed Fortier, Jim Provencher, Steve Kirouac, and Pat McGreal for a night of Fun, Great Food and Great music! 7-10 p.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston.

774-261-8585.

The Hoovers ~ Rob Adams & 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. Definitely “not” a night to be missed! Come early to grab a seat and a bit to eat, and one of our many drink specials. N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Bar / Lounge, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Crimson Rain. Christian Classic Rock! $5 Donation. 7:30-10 p.m. !Cafe con Dios!, Main Room, 22 Faith Ave., Auburn. 508-579-6722.

Alexandria’s Funk and Silent Feedback. Alexandria’s Funk is an original funk rock pop band. We love to dance and make sounds that will make you feel something. Merchandise and Psychadelic soap will be available for purchase at the show! Silent Feedback draws inspiration from classical compositions, musicals, and soundtracks coincide with the spirit of metal and an admiration for progressive rock; one moment can feature galloping riffs and double bass drums, only to be stopped short by lamenting, operatic vocals over nothing more than tender piano. $8 Advance, $10 Door. 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Cannery Music Hall, 12 Crane St, Southbridge. 978-328-4939 or find them on Facebook.

Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The GazBar Sports Grill, 1045 Central St., Leominster.

Concord Band Fall Concert “Songs and Dances.” Join the Concord Band, James O’Dell Music Director, at the Band’s Fall Concert, Songs and Dances. The concert will feature mezzo-soprano Alyssa Becker singing Five Folk Songs for Soprano and Band. Ms. Becker is a vocal pedagogy graduate student at Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

Other pieces include a number of other songs and dances arranged for concert band: three of Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs, Debussy’s The Girl With The Flaxen Hair with Concord Band saxophonist John Rabinowicz, Havendance by David Holsinger, and Ticheli’s Cajun Folk Songs. The Concord Band is supported by the Concord, Harvard, and Bolton Cultural Councils. Free (donations appreciated). 8-10 p.m.

Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden, 51 Walden St., Concord. 978-8979969 or concordband.org Dan Cormier. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., Leominster. 978-466-3433.

Fun with Hands. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square,

Leominster. 978-534-5900.

Gorilla Radio Presents: The Elderly Women-A Tribute to Pearl Jam. Gorilla Radio Presents: The Elderly Women-A Tribute to Pearl Jam Gorilla Radio is taking you on another 90’s rock journey as The Elderly Women doing all of your favorite Pearl Jam Hits! If you love them as Rage Against the Machine just wait to hear them do Pearl Jam! Jody Ryan-Vocals Brad Simmons-drums Scott Szymczak-Guitar Matt LeboeufBass Dave Rivers-Guitar With Guests: The Sindicate $10 at the Door 21+ to enter 8pm Doors $10 at the door. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook.

Graham Brown. 8-11 p.m. Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. 508-459-2025.

Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Blacksheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-0255.

Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

Mark Marquis Band. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057.

Tinydragon Promotions presents Alexandria’s Funk & Silent Feedback. Alexandria’s Funk is an original funk rock pop band.

We love to dance and make sounds that will make you feel something.

Merchandise and Psychadelic soap will be available for purchase at the show! Silent Feedback draws inspiration from classical compositions, musicals, and soundtracks coincide with the spirit of metal and an admiration for progressive rock; one moment can feature galloping riffs and double bass drums, only to be stopped short by lamenting, operatic vocals over nothing more than tender piano. $8 Advance, $10 Door. 8-1, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Cannery Music Hall, 12 Crane St, Southbridge. 978-3284939 or find them on Facebook.

Two Timers Performs at Loft, Saturday at 8. 8-11 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

Road Owls. Classic Rock Band featuring Saxes, Harmonica, Keyboards and Guitar. Great band. Just makes you want to dance! $5. 8:30 p.m.12:30 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or find them on Facebook.

Desolate Highway. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

Guest and House DJ’S. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. MB Lounge, 40 Grafton St. 508-799-4521 or mblounge.com Karaoke-DJ Fenton with Music and Dancing. A jewel in the fashionable Canal District sandwiched between Harding and Water St @ Kelly Square in Worcester, MA...A great fun, and exciting social gathering that allows you to be relaxed, sing your heart out or just sing along with those who love to take the mic and belt one out. Also, enjoy warm, efficient servers who will get to know your name and have your drink request before you ask for it. Take a tour of political memory lane of photos, bumper stickers and artifacts that line the wall...if walls could speak! But proprietor Guy Glodis states...leave the politics at the door and come in enjoy an evening of friends, music and cocktails or beer. Drinks are also very reasonable...a top shelf straight up martini is priced way under $10...other places have them over $10..Shaken not Stirred! Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. The Ballot Box, 11-17 Kelly Square. 774-243-1606 or find them on Facebook.

Live Band” We & The Dawg.” No cover charge. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Wong Dynasty and Yankee Grill, 176 Reservoir St., Holden. 508829-2188.

Stubby Philips & The Flatheads. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.

Tequila Bonfire. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. We & The Dawg back at the Wong! Come on out for some way fun at the Wong! We & The Dawg keeps the party rolling with dance dance dance tunes--some new tunes to be tried out I hear this night-that’ll certainly get you off your seat! Bruce Reed leads the charge as their terrific vocalist-- come out for some eats & groovie tunes! 9 p.m.12:30 a.m. Wong Dynasty, Holden, MA, 176 Reservior Road (Route31), Holden. 508-829-2188.

Zen at 11. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg.

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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 DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044.

DJs Upstairs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. DJ 21+Canal. Live Dj pushing out all the latest hits for you’re listening and dancing pleasure! (Thursday is college night @ the Canal) 10:30 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

DJ Joe T Performs at Loft at 11. 11-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

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Assumption College Jazz Ensemble Performance. The Assumption College Jazz Ensemble will be performing classic and contemporary big band arrangements from some of the greatest jazz composers of all time including: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, George Gershwin, and others. All are invited! Free. 2-3:30 p.m.

Assumption College, Jeanne Y. Curtis Performance Hall in Tsotsis Family Academic Center, 500 Salisbury St. Don Phipps’ 85th Birthday Concert featuring the White Heat Swing Quartet and David Wickerham on the Mighty Wurlitzer. Come celebrate Don’s birthday and his amazing gift to the theatre. As a distinguishing feature The Mighty Wurlitzer Organ enhances the preservation of our rich history and the traditions of the era of luxurious vaudeville theatres. Because we want to ensure that The Mighty Wurlitzer is properly cared for and remains a fitting legacy to the work of Don Phipps and the organ team, the theatre established The Mighty Wurlitzer Fund to preserve, maintain and share this special gift with the community. This event is open and free to the public. 2-4 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre.org The Big Beautiful Bassoon. The Big, Beautiful Bassoon an hour-long performance of works that showcase the humor, beauty and quirkiness of that almost completely unknown instrument ... the bassoon!

Bassoonist Sandra Nikolajevs is performing a homecoming recital on Sunday, October 22, 2017 at 2pm at Millbury Baptist Church, 17 N Main Street, Millbury, MA. A highly gifted artist who grew up in Millbury and pursued studies in Europe and US before moving to Charleston, SC, Ms. Nikolajevs will perform a concert entitled “The Big, Beautiful Bassoon.”

The repertoire features both humorous and poignant works for bassoon, piano and voice in addition to solo piano repertoire featuring acclaimed concert pianist Andrew Armstrong. Guest performers, including soprano Christine Petkus, will join for this special performance. The concert is presented free of charge, however donations will be accepted, to help defray costs. For more information or to RSVP for the concert, please visit sandranikolajevs.com. Free. 2-3 p.m. Millbury Baptist Church, 17 N Main St., Millbury. 508-865-6321 or sandranikolajevs.com Gil Shaham, violin recital with Akira Eguchi, piano. Gil Shaham is one of the foremost violinists of our time; his flawless technique combined with his inimitable warmth and generosity of spirit has solidified his renown as an American master. The Grammy Award-winner, also named Musical America’s “Instrumentalist of the Year,” is sought after throughout the world for concerto appearances with leading orchestras and conductors, and regularly gives recitals and appears with ensembles on the world’s great concert stages and at the most prestigious festivals. Program: Kreisler Preludium and Allegro, Prokofiev - 5 Melodies, Op. 35, Franck - Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano, Bach - Partita No. 3 in E Major for Solo Violin, Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Dorman - Nigunim Students $25, Adults $49, $55. 4-6 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-0888 or musicworcester.org The Royal Frog Ballet’s Surrealist Cabaret. A walking performance and installation event that weaves storytelling, movement, music, surrealism, and sculpture through a farm landscape at sunset in a folky, comedic and ritualistic evening for all ages. $8-$18. 5-7 p.m.

Park Hill Orchard, 82 Park Hill Road, Easthampton. 203-788-8484 or theroyalfrogballet.com 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,

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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.

Mission:Motion- Halloween Special. A night of Halloween themed pole dancing performances! From creepy dolls to Jekyll & Hyde and all the goulish inbetween! Doors open @ 5:30pm Show starts @ 6pm Tickets will be available at the door -Cash only- for $25 *The bar will be open and there is an excellent restaurant downstairs!* If you’d like to be involved in the “backstage” part of the show, email: missionmotion. pole@gmail.com we are always looking for volunteers to help with things like tickets, door, set up, pole cleaning, DJ, etc! You will get free admission to the show 6-8 p.m. GAR Hall, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. eventbrite.com 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. Tim Pacific. 8-11 p.m. Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. 508-459-2025.

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.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-7988385.

Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978345-5051.

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

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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.

Karaoke. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-7988385.

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Insane Clown Posse, RA The Rugged Man, Outland Camp.

Support Local Music Buy Tickets @ outlandcamp.com/shows Thank You! 30. 6-11 p.m. Palladium, The, Downstairs, 261 Main St. 508-7979696 or thepalladium.net Insane Clown Posse. 6:30-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696.

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.

Nick’s Jazz Jam Open Mic in Worcester. Have you ever gone to see a Jazz performance and thought, “Hey, I could to this.” Well now is your chance at Nick’s Jazz Open Mic! Bring your favorite musical instrument and perform in front of other or even with them if you have the chops. Free. 8-11 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, Cabaret, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Toxic Trivia. Toxic Trivia “Toxic Trivia with Colin Burnett” Trivia Night is here at Beatniks. Tired of Trivia nights that are not serious about Trivia?

People on their phones? No rules? Us too! Plus, this trivia is for Adults only! Come enjoy a Trivia Night that is serious about Trivia. 8PM 8-10 p.m.

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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.

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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 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 Jazzed Up Duo and Buck a Shuck Wednesdays. The oysters start at 4:00 PM and the talented Mauro and Phil start playing at 6:30.

Free musical entertainment with dinner. 4-8:30 p.m. Bistro, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. 508-755-6070 or bullmansion.com 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”) To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free. 6-9 p.m. CJs Steakloft, 369 W. Main St. (route 20), Northborough. 508-3938134 or find them on Facebook.

Jazzed Up featuring vocalist/pianist Mauro DePasquale. A perfect blend of jazz classics, American songbook favorites, and farm to table dinning. If you like Sinatra, Connick Jr., Buble’, Bennett you will love Jazzed Up. If you love great food and service you will love Bull Mansion!

No Cover. 6:30-8:30 p.m. GAR Hall, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. yngwie Malmsteen. 7-11 p.m. Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508797-9696.

Chris Reddy. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. 508-459-2025.

Open Mic. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133.

Open Mic Night. No rules, no sign ups...Just come in and show the room what you got. 8-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

Karaoke. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-7988385.

Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978345-5051.

Karaoke DJ Soup. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. Karaoke with Mikey Mic’s. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MB Lounge, 40 Grafton St. 508-799-4521.

parents are attending ion order to deepen the artistic experience for everyone. Free. 6:30-7:15 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St. 774-276-1166.

Intro to TIG Welding with Randal Gardner. TIG welding is a process that allows for welding of a large variety of metals. It requires more skill and practice than MIG welding but offers far more control and precision. In this class you will learn: Equipment setup and safety. Basics of GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) Use of personal protective equipment associated with welding. Part preparation. Puddle control. Welding techniques for various positions (flat, vertical, horizontal, overhead).

Welding techniques for various materials (steel, stainless steel, aluminum) Weld bead inspection and analysis. Limit 4 students Minimum enrollment 2 students. If your class does not reach minimum enrollment by 2p on the date it is set for, your class 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). $60 WorcShop Members / $75 Non-Members. 6:30-9 p.m. The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St. 774-545-0720 or eventbrite.com Paint Nite @ Canal ~ Enjoy & Create! Come “Enjoy” an evening and “Create” a memorable evening painting with friends at The Canal Restaurant & Bar. Come early and enjoy some of our dinner and drink specials prior to the event. See Webpage Link Below. 7-9 p.m.

Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353 or paintnite.com

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Field Ecology for Older Homeschoolers - Intro to Fungi.

Wachusett Meadow has an active Ecological Management plan that is critical to our ability to maintain and enhance natural communities, inventory biological diversity, and evaluate changes over time. In this real-world, hands-on program you will work alongside a sanctuary staff member to observe, record, and manage for certain species. In the process you will learn about the plants and animals of the sanctuary, use the tools of science, and weigh management choices and conflicts.

All classes will be outdoors (except in extreme weather) and will require physical activity. Some classes may require respectful handling of sanctuary creatures. Open to teens ages 13 to 18. Leader: Cindy Dunn, Conservation Coordinator. For more information and to register, call 978.464.2712. Adults - Free, $9 Child Members, $13 Child Nonmembers.

1-3 p.m. Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. 978-464-2712 or massaudubon.org

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Preschool Story Hour: Spiders. If you are between the ages of 3 and 5, bring your favorite adult for a thematic hour of a story, an activity, and a naturalist-lead walk. Please dress for the weather and be prepared to go outside. For more information and to register, call 508.753.6087. $3 Members, $4 Non-members. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Road. 508753-6087 or massaudubon.org Forging a Decorative Display Rack with Russ Jennings.

In this class, students will make a finished display rack for use at home.

These racks are great for use in the bedroom or clothes or the kitchen for pots and pans. (They also make a wonderful gift!) Students should have some basic level of blacksmithing experience, but class is suitable for novices. 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 >Thursday 19 necessary but the class can be appropriate for mid-level to advanced Autumn Interest in the Garden. Guide: Joann Vieira, Director metal crafters. Minimum Enrollment: 3 / Maximum Enrollment: 6 If the of Horticulture Explore autumnal treasures in the garden. Free with class does not make minimum enrollment, it will be canceled. How to Admission. 2-3 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. find us! Turn in at the Blue Hive parking lot (233 Stafford St.) drive to the 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org back of the lot and turn right to go behind the building. There will be a Clemente Children’s Art Series. Registration is required for the large garage door. The entrance to the WorcShop is the door on the right whole series. To register your elementary aged child, please contact with the blue awning. $150 WorcShop Members / $180 Non-Members.

Elizabeth Bacon, Community Coordinator, The Clemente Course in the 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St. 774-545-0720 or Humanities, Worcester, MA - one week prior to the first class. Thank eventbrite.com you! October 19, November 9, November 16, December 14, December Deep Spiritual Connection - A Life Coaching Workshop 21 These children’s art classes are being paired with the classes their

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for Yogi’s with Judy Myers. Deep Spiritual Connection with Judy Myers A Life Coaching Workshop for Yogi’s Saturday, October 21st 1:00 - 3:00 pm Cost: $30.00 Pre-registration strongly encouraged. This workshop needs a minimum to run. Find a deeper spiritual connection by tuning into your bodies wisdom so that you can live a more authentic life, with less stress and more energy. In this workshop you will be: ~ Lead through a gentle yoga practice that focuses on listening to what your body has to say to you ~ Guided through a visualization that will show you how to use your personal body compass to hear how your genuine authentic self speaks to you. ~ Taught how to take what you learned from this visualization and apply it to your “To Do” list to make every single day better. When you tune into body’s physical signals, you will be guided towards making choices that align with your hearts deepest desires. Judy Myers, M.Ed, is a Martha Beck Life Coach, Certified Kripalu Yoga Teacher, and a Guidance Counselor. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and a Master’s Degree in Education in Counselor Training. She is author of the book Managing The Mommy Years. Judy will complete her Master Life Coach Training in December 2017. $30.

1-3 p.m. Central Mass Yoga and Wellness, #28, 45 Sterling St., West Boylston. 508-835-1176 or centralmassyoga.com Stained Glass Design & Soldering Tips. Extra tips and tricks for great looking soldering. Bring your own project or practice on a new piece ready for soldering. All levels welcome. $60. 4:30-7:30 p.m. New Street Glass Studio, Flat Shop, 35B New St. 508-753-8183, ext. 301 or register. worcestercraftcenter.org Hello...Group Mediumship Presentation with Diane Lewis Psychic Medium. Share in this extraordinary evening of spirit communication. Join Diane as she bridges the gap and connects to spirit delivering messages from those who have crossed over. Don’t miss this remarkable experience! Tickets $39.00 per person. This event is limited to 12 individuals. Please note: Not everyone attending may have the opportunity to receive a reading. All sales are final. Tickets are non refundable and non transferable. $39 per person. 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Booklovers’ Gourmet, 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232 or dianelewis.us.com

8183, ext. 301 or register.worcestercraftcenter.org

>Monday 23 – November 27

WISE Classes: Apocalyptic Literature in the Bible Daniel and Revelation. The word “apocalypse” in Greek means “revelation”. This literature has too often been claimed in a narrow way by religious fundamentalists to “predict the end of the world.” In this class, we’ll explore alternative readings. Literally the word “seer” means see-er.

What can we see together in these two strange narratives, Daniel from the Old Testament and Revelation from the New Testament, which help us to see our own world through a different lens? Available at no cost to JCC members. To register, please contact Nancy Greenberg at ngreenberg@ worcesterjcc.org or at (508) 756-7109 x232. 10-11:30 a.m. Worcester JCC, 633 Salisbury St. 508-756-7109, ext. 232 or worcesterjcc.org

>Tuesday 24

CMS Chamber Seminar: Business Communication Skills. Business Communication Skills focuses on improving employee communications skills and abilities through a combination of instruction and exercises. The training provides the knowledge and tools to identify the benefits of effective communication, recognize obstacles and enhance skills. The topics include basic writing skills, writing an effective email, listening skills, preferred and proper situational communication methods and non-verbal communication. Presented by Ed Londergan of Ed Londergan Writing & Editing Services. Ed Londergan has had a fascination with the written word from the time he was in elementary school. After beginning to write his books, Ed started helping others with their writing through writing workshops and creative writing classes. He has advised numerous writers with everything from putting it down on paper to getting published. Free for CMS Chamber Members & Affiliates of Worcester Chamber ($15 for non-members). Noon-1 p.m. Chamber of Central Mass South, Conference Room, 46 Hall Road, Sturbridge. 508347-2761 or cmschamber.ning.com

>Tuesday 24 – Wednesday 25

Free Infant Massage Class for Families | Liddle Kidz Foundation. Join Tina Allen, an internationally respected educator, Forge a Railroad Spike Knife with Jason Scott. In this 3.5author and expert in the field of infant and pediatric massage therapy hour class, students will learn the basic techniques of making a blade, for this free class! Bring your little one for a fun, relaxing, hands on experience while learning how to: Relieve stress for infants and caregivers using a railroad spike. The importance and safety aspects of being able - Promote healthy digestion - Aid growth and development - Soothe 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 your baby and have fun while bonding - Important info: Please bring a pillow, blanket, and your baby’s usual supplies. Only you will touch 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 your baby, dolls will be used for demonstrations. This class is for babies and children from 3 weeks to 3 years of age. You may bring one other minimum enrollment 3 days prior, it will be canceled. Students will caregiver and one sibling of the infant if you like. Expectant parents are have the option of transferring their ticket to another class or receiving also welcome! *It is extremely important to RSVP - We will send you a refund. Please provide us with both a contact number & email to ensure you are properly notified of course changes. Class Requirements: specific information about getting to class* Space is limited - RSVP to reserve your space now - RSVP with your name, infant’s name and age, Appropriate shop clothing: (natural fiber clothing, long sleeves/ jeans is the typical minimum recommended) closed toe shoes (leather steel toe phone number, and number of days attending. You may attend one day or both days, but attending both days is recommended, as you will learn boots recommended). No experience necessary. How to find us! Turn the most! Free. 11 a.m.-noon Bancroft School of Massage Therapy, 333 in at the Blue Hive parking lot (233 Stafford St.) drive to the back of the Shrewsbury St. 818-209-1918 or liddlekidz.com 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 Non-Members. 11:30 a.m. to 3 >Wednesday 25 Figure in Context #30. 3-hour figure workshop held by Void’s p.m. The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St. 774-545-0720 or eventbrite.com Creations at The WorcShop Featured model: TBA Set design: TBA This A Visit to the Frederic Paine House and Grounds. WCHS is not just your average nude model on a stand, we will be staging Founder Frederic W. Paine (1788-1869) lived on the family’s Lincoln St. an environment for the model to pose in (local artists are welcome to estate in Worcester. Visit the house and remaining land and learn about their legendary gardens. Sponsored by Lost Gardens of Worcester County volunteer to bring to life a different creative setting each session) The and the Timothy Paine House Museum. Free, suggested donation at door event will be recurring bi-weekly on Wednesday evenings from 6-9pm of $10 towards the Paine House Museum. 2-4 p.m. Frederic Paine House starting May 25th. 6-630 pm gesture 6:30-9 pm long pose All mediums are welcome, please bring your own easels and supplies. If you intend & Grounds, 140 Lincoln St. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg. to use messy media please bring a drop cloth as well. No experience thankyou4caring.org necessary. How to find us! Turn in at the Blue Hive parking lot (233 >Monday 23 Stafford St.) drive to the back of the lot and turn right to go behind the Creative Earrings. Using a variety of methods to texture, stamp building. There will be a large garage door. The entrance to the WorcShop and form your very own custom pair of earrings. Finish up by adding is the door on the right with the blue awning. $15 General Admission / an antique patina and fabricating your own ear wire! $67. 6-9:30 p.m. $20 with Reference Photos. 6-9 p.m. The WorcShop, Classroom Side B, Worcester Center for Crafts, Metals Studio, 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753- 243 Stafford St. 774-545-0720 or eventbrite.com

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Hello...Group Mediumship Presentation with Diane Lewis Psychic Medium. Share in this extraordinary evening of spirit communication. Join Diane as she bridges the gap and connects to spirit delivering messages from those who have crossed over. Don’t miss this remarkable experience! Tickets $30.00 per person. Don’t delay, limited seating! For more information or to purchase tickets call 413-245-3163 This fundraiser is sponsored by the Friends of the Holland Community Center Please note: Not everyone attending may have the opportunity to receive a reading. All sales are final. Tickets are non refundable and non transferable. $30 per person. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Holland Senior/Community Center, 40 Brimfield Road, Holland. 413-245-3163 or dianelewis.us.com Increased access to solar energy for nonprofits. The Worcester Energy Access Team was accepted into the federal Department of Energy’s Sunshot Initiative to increase access to solar energy for faith-based organizations and other nonprofits serving low-to-moderate residents and Worcester’s immigrant communities. Learn about work from Haiti, Boston, and here in Worcester to get off fossil fuels and reduce electricity costs. If you are ready to go solar, bring a utility bill to sign up for a solar assessment. Food * Music * Inspiring stories 0. 7-9 p.m. To Be Determined 877-266-7543, ext. 714 or find them on Facebook.

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Authors on the Hill Campus Author Lecture Series- “From Music to Mathematics: Exploring the Connections” with Dr. Gareth E. Roberts. Please join the Holy Cross Libraries for the first “Authors on the Hill” campus author lecture series, featuring Professor Gareth E. Roberts. Professor Roberts will discuss his recent publication, “From Music to Mathematics: Exploring the Connections”. Read more about Dr. Roberts’ book here: jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/musicmathematics This event is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Free. 4:30-5:30 p.m. College of the Holy Cross: Dinand Library, Levis Browsing Room, 1 College St. 508-793-3886 or on Facebook.

Fall Forum: Taking a Hard Look at Feminism Through a Racial Lens. What does it mean to identify as a feminist? Are women of color and white women defining it differently? How have women of color and white women experienced the “women’s movement” differently?

What role does race play in advancing gender equity? What role does gender play in advancing racial equity? Join us as a diverse group of local female academics, community organizers, public servants, and legal and media professionals reflect on these and other questions. Moderated by Dr. Nicole Overstreet of Clark University Panelists: Dr. Cara Lisa BergPowers, Executive Director of Transformative Culture Project Maritza Cruz, Director of Racial and Gender Equity at the YWCA Central Massachusetts Susan Yi-Millette, Chair of BSW Program, Wheelock College Tahirah Amatul Wadud, Attorney Dr. Kristin Waters, Professor of Philosophy, Worcester State University As always, this event is free and open to the public. Event Details Thursday, October 19, 2017 5:30-7:30 PM YWCA Central Massachusetts Worcester, MA 5:30-7:30 p.m. YWCA of Central Massachusetts, Board Room, 1 Salem Square. 508-767-2505 or find them on Facebook.

October Social Justice Happy Hour. Forgiveness as a Way to Peace in the Classroom? Worcester public school teacher Brian Leonard speaks on his experiment with reconciliation and other peace practices in his classroom of middle school students. Appetizers are on us. Bring and connect with other educators interested in peace education. Background: Brian Leonard, an educator and peace activist, taught at Sullivan Middle School for three years. As a teacher, he observed that violence was “a daily reality” for many of his students. Many had traumatic histories and struggled with abuse, poverty, and neglect. Over the course of his teaching, Brian developed simple peace practices in his classroom that allowed him to build respectful relationships between himself and his students. Free. 5:30-7 p.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 850-485-6391 or find them on Facebook.

Master Series Lecture: “We Look Like Men”: Early Photography, War, and the Double-Bind of Black Manhood. This lecture outlines the aspirational function performed

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show the subjects in such images - far from merely posing for the historical record - enact a hopeful manliness. They are hopeful insofar as they look beyond the proven precocities of black American social and material life toward an imagined future in the US, the hope of which is, on its face, a leap of faith and an act of resistance all at once. Every pose of the black masculine subject, then, is a counterpoise to subjections real and representational. Speaker Maurice Wallace is associate professor of English and the Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American & African Studies at University of Virginia. Strong Eagle Daly, Nipmuc flutist, will play a ten-minute tribute to his ancestors preceding the lecture. Held in conjunction with the WAM exhibition, “Rediscovering an American Community of Color: The Photographs of William Bullard, 1897-1917.” The Worcester Art Museum’s Master Series gives a close up look at one or two works by six signature artists. Exhibited in select galleries throughout the Museum, these intimate displays allow for contemplation and study of some of the world’s most celebrated artists.

Enjoy an art talk related to one of the featured Master Series artists, plus music, cash bar - and the company of other art enthusiasts! Free with Museum Admission. Free for college students with current / valid I.D. 6-7 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Conference Room, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

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An Evening of Astronomy. ABSW welcomes Jim Zebrowski of the Aldrich Astronomical Society for An Evening of Astronomy at Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester. At our 65 James Street address, Jim will put together several hands-on, participatory presentations about stars and planets, and if the night is clear, there will even be guided stargazing through telescopes! Free! 7-9 p.m. Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St. 508-7965613 or find them on Facebook.

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Lost Gardens of Worcester County Showcase: A Visit to the Frederic Paine House and Grounds. Frederic W. Paine (1788-1869) lived on the family’s Lincoln Street estate in Worcester. Visit the house and remaining land and learn about their legendary gardens. $10 suggested donation at door towards the Paine House Museum. 2-4 p.m.

The Oaks, 140 Lincoln St. 508-754-8760 or preservationworcester.org

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Assumption College/AIA lecture ‘Beyond Rhetoric: Tracing Women’s Activities in the Cityscape of late Archaic and early Classical Athens. The Assumption College HumanArts series and the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) present a lecture by Dr. Lisa Nevett “Beyond Rhetoric: Tracing Women’s Activities in the Cityscape of late Archaic and early Classical Athens”, Tuesday October 24th in the Kennedy Building Alden Trust room 112. There will be a 6:30pm reception followed by the lecture at 7:00pm. Free. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Assumption College, Kennedy Building 112, 500 Salisbury St. Aaron Krerowicz - From the Shadow of JFK: The Rise of Beatlemania in America. Many Beatles authors have cited John F. Kennedy’s assassination on November, 22 1963 as a cause of the Beatles’ sudden popularity in the United States in early 1964. Their logic: Kennedy’s assassination made America sad, then the Beatles made America happy again. But this commonly accepted answer is overly simplistic. The real answer is that Kennedy’s life and death inadvertently primed the nation for the Beatles’ arrival and success. This 60-minute program will explain how and why. Sponsored by the Friends of the Milford Town Library, this event is free and open to the public. Free.

7-8:30 p.m. Milford Town Library, Quarry and Granite Rooms, 80 Spruce St., Milford. 508-473-2145 or milfordtownlibrary.org The China Hub. The China Hub at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and the Worcester World Affairs Council (WWAC) are co-hosting the 11th annual CHINA Town Hall with the National Committee on United StatesChina Relations (NCUSCR) on October 24, 2017. The event features two speakers: former National Security Advisor and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan E. Rice and award winning journalist and author OCTOBER 19, 2017 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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Dec. 31; Make No Little Plans, Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Dec. 31. 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 & ArtsWorcester, Aula Alayoubi, Lines of Heaven; John Hayes-Nikas; Under, $14 College Students with valid college ID. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Richard McGregor. An interview with Ambassador Rice will be telecast Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org from New York. McGregor, an expert on top-level politics and economies The Return Susan Swinand, All Together Now, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Nov. 4. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m.

Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday of East Asia and national security issues, will then speak on site at WPI, Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday.

Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-696-0909. discussing current US, China, and Japan relations. His talk is entitled, Admission: Free. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org Post Road Art Center, Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 “China, Japan, and the US in the Pacific Century: Three Tigers, One Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for tea. p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508-485Mountain.” The event is at 7 p.m., and free and open to the community.

123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org 2580 or postroadartcenter.com Guest parking will be available at the WPI Park Avenue Garage (111 Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Park Ave., Worcester, MA 01609). Parking placard is not required for this Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754-8760 or event. Free. 7-10 p.m. WPI: Olin Hall, 100 Institute Road. ncuscr.org Booklovers’ Gourmet, In Bloom, watercolors & photographs by preservationworcester.org Sharon Lindgren. An artist reception will take place on Saturday, October Prints and Potter Gallery: American Arts and Crafts >Wednesday 25 Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, Community Read Book Discussion. Fitchburg State’s Community 28th from 2-4 p.m. Free. 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., 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Read of “The Girls of Atomic City” continues with a book club-style 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-752-2170 or discussion in the Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library, led by librarians Connie Webster. 508-949-6232 or bookloversgourmet.com Clark University: University Gallery, Hours: noon-5 p.m. printsandpotter.com Strittmatter and Asher Jackson, along with Dani Langdon from the university’s Center for Professional Studies. “The Girls of Atomic City” tells Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or 508-793-7113 or Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 2-4 the story the young women of Oak Ridge, Tenn., who unwittingly played p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 or qvcah.org a crucial role in one of the most significant moments in U.S. history: the clarku.edu Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday development of the atomic bomb. Noon-1 p.m. Fitchburg State University: Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. to 1 Hammond Hall, Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for gallery. 310 High St., Clinton. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: free. 633 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com Gallery Presentation of the Spoleto Frescoes. Gallery College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Salisbury Mansion, Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday, 1-8:30 presentation by researchers Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri, Grazia Gallery, Rethinking the Afropolitan: Photographs by Héctor Mediavilla p.m. Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 40 Highland St. 508-753Maria Fachechi, and Jonathan Kline on the Spoleto frescoes (including and Christopher López, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 8278 or worcesterhistory.org the spectacular Last Supper in the Museum’s Medieval Galleries)and Fridays, Saturdays, through Dec. 15. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 SAORI Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio, 18 Winslow St. the recent digital reconstruction of the convent chapel from which they p.m. Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester.com were taken. Image: Italian, Spoleto, The Last Supper and the Agony in Sprinkler Factory, Admission: free. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory.com the Garden, about 1300, fresco transferred to canvas, Museum Purchase, or holycross.edu Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

1924.24 Image © Worcester Art Museum, all rights reserved Free with Danforth Museum of Art, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to Museum admission. 2-3 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Medieval Galleries, 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 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West Boylston St. 50855 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com Author Series: Jonathan Starr. Jonathan Starr, once a cutthroat danforthmuseum.org EcoTarium, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to Tatnuck Bookseller & Cafe, Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. hedge fund manager, is not your traditional do-gooder, and in 2009, 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $15.00 adults; $10 for children to 9 p.m. Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 18 when he decided to found Abaarso, a secondary school in Somaliland, ages 2-18, college students with ID & senior citizens. Children under 2 Lyman St., Westborough. 508-366-4959 or tatnuck.com the choice seemed crazy to even his closest friends. “Why,” they & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy The Foster Gallery, 51 Union St. 508-397-7139 or thefostergallery.com wondered, “would he turn down a life of relative luxury to relocate to Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, an armed compound in a breakaway region of the world’s #1 failed event. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. 21 Prichard state?” To achieve his mission, Starr would have to overcome profound Fisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham.

St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-297-4337 or topfunaviation.com cultural differences, broken promises, and threats to his safety and 978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, that of his staff. It Takes a School is the story of how an abstract vision Fitchburg Art Museum, Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 became a transformative reality, as Starr set out to build a school in a Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, free to Members & Children under. 11 place forgotten by the world. It is the story of a skeptical and clan-based Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg. 978-345-4207 or fitchburgartmuseum.org French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111 or towerhillbg.org society learning to give way to trust. And it’s the story of the students Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 Worcester Art Museum, Art Cart: Games & Special Activities, themselves, including a boy from a family of nomads who took off on p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, closed Thursday Thursday; Jeppson Idea Lab: Master Vases from Ancient Greece, Through his own in search of an education and a girl who waged a hunger strike - Saturday. Admission: Free. 781 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-345-1157 or April 8, 2018; Nude Drawing in the Galleries, Thursdays, through Dec. in order to convince her strict parents to send her to Abaarso. Abaarso fitchburghistoricalsociety.org 28; Rediscovering an American Community of Color: The Photographs has placed forty graduates and counting in American universities, from Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St., of William Bullard, Through Feb. 25, 2018; Reusable Universes: Shih Harvard to MIT, and sends Somaliland a clear message: its children can Chieh Huang, Through Nov. 12; Art + Market with Dick’s Market Garden, Fitchburg. fitchburgstate.edu compete with anyone in the world. This event is a part of the Worcester Saturdays, through Oct. 21; Sunday Public Tour, Sundays, through Dec. Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-456JCC Author series. The series is free and open to the public. Monthly 17. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 3924 or fruitlands.org literary events featuring an eclectic line up of both emerging and a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 prominent authors. Book signing and dessert reception follow lecture. For Gallery of African Art, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, p.m. Monday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to details, please contact Nancy Greenberg at ngreenberg@worcesterjcc. $14 adults, $12 seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first org or at (508) 756-7109 x232. 7-8 p.m. Worcester JCC, 633 Salisbury 5:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Donations Saturdays of each month, 10am-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 accepted. 62 High St., Clinton. 978-265-4345 or 978-598-5000x12 or St. 508-756-7109, ext. 232 or worcesterjcc.org or worcesterart.org galleryofafricanart.org Terror Rising: The Village Mob. A swarm of angry villagers Worcester Center for Crafts, Exhibition: The Fiber of Our Being, Highland Artist Group, 113 Highland St. highlandartistgroup.com emerges from the mist, torches lit and pitchforks drawn. Marching Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Nov. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation through the darkness, they hunt a monster, spurred on by fear and 11. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 25 Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Hours: 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, screaming for retribution. Are they coming to save the day, or do they Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org blindly seek to crush that which is more misunderstood than menacing? closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 Massasoit What happens when actions meant to protect society go terribly wrong? Road. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org As has become our Halloween tradition, Professors Gino DiIorio (Theater), Museum of Russian Icons, Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, James Elliott (English), and Jennifer Plante (The Writing Center) will read 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; scary stories that turn our attention from the fear of the monster to the fear of the mob. Combining the beauty of language, the art of storytelling, Children 3-17, $5; Children <3, free. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits and the desire for community, Readings in the Higgins Lounge continues 5000 or 978-598-5000 or museumofrussianicons.org - Fridays, Saturdays, Saturday, September 18 - Tuesday, December to showcase the power and pleasure of the humanities. Free. 7-8:30 p.m. Old Sturbridge Village, Cabinet Making in Early 19th Century New 31. Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits England, Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Clark University: Dana Commons, Higgins Lounge, 2nd Floor, 950 Main St. 508-793-7479 or find them on Facebook.

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257 Park Ave Worcester MA 01609 Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Clubs Showtimes: 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 Oct 20th & 21st Carolyn Plummer Rob Pierce and Friends Fri & Sat Oct 27th & 28th Corey Rodrigues Steve Scarfo and Friends Fri & Sat Nov 3rd & 4th Scott Higgins Nick Lavallee and Friends Fri & Sat Nov 10th & 11th Paul Nardizzi Jason Cordova and Friends Fri & Sat Nov 17th & 18th Al Park Glowacki and Friends Fri & Sat Nov 24th & 25th Frank Santorelli Rob Pierce and Friends Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits Great Food and Fun Make Reservations Early at 800401-2221 or online at dickdoherty.com 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.

“Evil Dead the Musical” - Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, October 6 - Sunday, October 22. Splatter Zone $25, General $22, Seniors/ Students $18. 8-10 p.m. Sundays, 2-4p.m. Worcester County Light Opera Company, The Grandview Playhouse, 21 Grandview Ave. Call 508-7534383 or visit wcloc.org First Things First - Sundays, Sunday, October 15 - Sunday, October 22. A comedy by Derek Benfield $20 regular, $17 seniors and students.

2-4 p.m. Calliope Productions Inc, 150 Main St., Boylston. Call 508-8696887 or visit calliopeproductions.org WOOtenanny Presents Hot Dog! A Stand Up Game Show - Thursday, October 19. WOOtenanny is a week’s worth of comedy shows highlighting the burgeoning comedy scene in Worcester. Come see comedians from all over spin a game wheel to figure out their fate and what jokes they will tell! Hosted by Shaun Connolly as a part of the WOOtenanny Comedy Week in Worcester. Featuring: Dan Hall Danny Killea Jeff Landry Logan O’Brien Josh Ramirez Tyler Swain Pay What You Can. 8-9 p.m. George’s Coney Island, 158 Southbridge St. Call 508-7534362 or visit find them on Facebook.

The Price is Right Live! - Friday, October 20. More prizes than ever!

The Price Is Right Live! is the hit interactive stage show that gives eligible individuals the chance to “Come On Down” to win. Prizes may include appliances, vacations and possibly a new car! Play classic games from television’s longest running and most popular game show, from Plinko, to Cliffhangers, to The Big Wheel, and even the fabulous Showcase.

Playing to near sold-out audiences for nearly nine years, the Price Is Right Live! has given away more than 10 million dollars in cash and prizes and sold more than 1.2 million tickets. If you enjoy the rush of emotions experienced while watching the show on television, just imagine the possibilities if you were actually in the audience watching it live. The Price Is Right Live is produced by FremantleMedia North America and licensed by FremantleMedia. Tickets are $35, $45 and $55 depending on seat location. Please contact the box office at 877.571.SHOW (7469) for more information. Tickets are $35, $45 and $55 depending on seat location. 8 p.m.-10 a.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. Call 877-571-7469 or visit thehanovertheatre.org First Things First - Friday, October 20 - Saturday, October 21. A comedy by Derek Benfield $20 regular, $17 seniors and students. 7:309:30 p.m. Calliope Productions Inc, 150 Main St., Boylston. Call 508-8696887 or visit calliopeproductions.org Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach - Fridays, Saturdays, Friday, October 20 - Saturday, November 4. Barre Players Theater presents Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach book by Timothy Allen McDonald Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, based on the book “James and the Giant Peach” by Roald Dahl. Director: Anthony Masciangioli Music Director: Ginny Bailey Choreographer: Meg Norton When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach.... and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach, among human-sized insects, with equally oversized personalities. After the peach falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean, the residents embark on a dangerous voyage and must learn to live and work together. Please join the cast and

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crew for a talk back following the Saturday October 21st performance or the Sunday October 29th performance. Reservations can be made online at barreplayerstheater.com or by calling 978-355-2096. Enquire about special rates for groups of 10 or more. Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. MTIShows.com $16 for adults; $14 for students and seniors (65+); $10 for children 12 and under. 7:30-10 p.m. Barre Players Theater, 64 Common St., Barre. Call 978-355-2096.

Brian Regan Live - Sunday, October 22. Setting a comedic standard of excellence that others continually try to follow, Brian Regan made history on September 26, 2015 with the critically-acclaimed live broadcast of Brian Regan: Live From Radio City Music Hall, the first live broadcast of a stand-up special in Comedy Central’s history. And on May 8, 2015, Brian made his 28th and final stand-up performance on Late Show With David Letterman, the most of any comic since the show moved to CBS in 1993. Brian is the unique comedian whose material is relatable to generations of fans and revered by comedians as the best in the business: “He is one of my favorite, favorite stand-up comedians.”

- Jerry Seinfeld “No comedian in the world says, ‘Yeah, I want to follow Brian Regan.’” - Chris Rock “Brian Regan is one of my favorite comedians ever. He is unbelievably funny.” - Jimmy Fallon “Saw Brian Regan last night at the Arlington Theater in Santa Barbara. In a word (or three) Simply the Best!” - Dennis Miller “Brian Regan is one of my favorite comics of all time, he’s just the best-an absolute master.” - Bill Burr “You’re one of the rare guys that is universally respected by comics as being one of the most hilarious guys out there at stand-up.” - Joe Rogan “Honestly, Brian Regan’s the best stand-up working today. Period.” Patton Oswalt Brian has released three hour-long TV specials, three CD’s and four DVD’s: Brian Regan: Live From Radio City Music Hall (2015) is airing on Comedy Central and is available on CD & DVD and as a video or audio download; All By Myself (2010) is available on CD and download only through his website; his two previous hour-long Comedy Central

specials, The Epitome of Hyperbole (2008), and Brian Regan Standing Up (2007) are available on DVD; I Walked on the Moon (2004) is available on DVD or as an audio or video download only through his website; and Brian Regan Live (1997) is available on CD. $43.50. 7-9 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. Call 877-571-7469 or visit thehanovertheatre.org

Easy” Group Swing Dance Lesson 6pm Doors Open 6:45pm Group Swing Dance Lesson ( You can take the lesson with or without a partner ) 7:30pm Live Band Sunday October 29nd Halloween Pizza Costume Swing Dance Party With The Tony Soul Project For easy directions visit our web page link below: $14. 6:45-10:30 p.m. Leominster Elks Lodge 1237, 134 N. Main St., Leominster. 978-840-3375 or dance2swing.com

NEJ United Jungle Cypher Edition Ft. R.A.W./6blocc. *Benefit for Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief* Jungle and Hip-Hop fusion with OG Junglist from LA, some of the top DJ’s from New England and no less than 6 of the best Jungle and Hip-Hop MC’s from throughout the region!

Full lineup and details to follow... 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629 or find them on Facebook.

Martial Artists & Acrobats of Tianjin, China. Direct from Tianjin, the People’s Republic of China, and directed by Mrs. Guo Qingli, Music Worcester is proud to present the Martial Artists and Acrobats of Tianjin! The Martial Artists and Acrobats of Tianjin of the People’s Republic of China (Tianjin Acrobatic Troupe) was established in 1957 as a combination of the former China Circus & Acrobats that was founded in 1948. It is one of the best acrobatic troupes in China with over one hundred acrobatic, magical and martial arts performers. With novelty and superior techniques, the acrobatic troupe is favored by the audiences all over the world. $7.50 youth, $17.50 College, $49 adults. 8-10 p.m.

Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-0888 or musicworcester.org

Halloween Hike at Boo Meadow Brook. At sundown, Broad Meadow Brook transforms into a magical, slightly haunted forest. Meet our resident spirits, primarily native wildlife, during a gentle guided tour through the woods on trails lit by softly glowing luminaria. Encounter old favorites and new characters on your walk as you learn about some of the creatures of New England and their many fascinating habits. (In case of rain, the program and activities will be held indoors in our beautiful program room.) Come prepared to be inside and outside. Prices are for advance registration; admission at the door is $10 per person (member or nonmember, adult or child). Small groups leave about every 10 to 15 minutes beginning at 6:30 pm. For more information and to register, call 508-753-6087 $6 Members, $7 Nonmembers. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Road. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org

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Eight To The Bar Band Swing Dance Party & Group Lesson. Sunday October 22nd 2017 Eight To The Bar Leominster Elks (Dance2Swing) 134 N.Main St. Leominster MA 01453 Learn to Swing Dance and get “Wicked Good” “Real Fast” with Dance2Swing “Super

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Ghosts from the Past Historic Cemetery Tour. Come hear Jan Parent and John Anderson tell the stories of a Boston Tea Party participant, the inventor of the monkey wrench, and the Worcester company that made skates, bikes and guns. Some of the people you will learn about are Plunkett, Curtis, Coes and Johnson. Come in the main entrance at 119 Webster Street and take an immediate left. The walking tour starts at the top of the hill. 1:30-3:30 p.m. Hope Cemetery, 119

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Great Pumpkin Nights. Join us for an all-ages Halloween spectacular with more than 3,000 professionally carved pumpkins lit up in stunning displays, take a train ride on the Explorer Express Train presented by the Worcester Railers (additional ticket required), plus, enjoy traditional trick-or-treating, entertainment, and more. These striking pumpkin displays of dinosaurs, safari animals, and beautifully carved jack-o’-lanterns will captivate you as you stroll the EcoTarium’s gorgeous grounds. Friendly Halloween costumes are encouraged! Bring a flashlight to light your way at night and be sure to dress for the weather. This event takes place rain or shine. $16 General Public / $12 EcoTarium Members Children Under 2 Free. 6-9 p.m. EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way. 508929-2703 or ecotarium.org

>Saturday 21

Zip Tour: Van Haarlem: Wedding of Peleus and Thetis.

Zip tours are fast-paced views of one artist or work of art, and last only 20 minutes. Free with Museum admission. Tour begins in the Lancaster Lobby. Free with Museum admission. 1-1:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

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Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

>Saturday 21 – Saturday 28

Free Family Nature Walks. Enjoy free, hour-long walks through the changing landscape at Tower Hill. Learn about the seasons as you observe the plants and signs of animals. Appropriate for children 4+.

Pre-registration recommended, availability based on a first come first serve basis, max 15 people. Accompanying adults are welcome with child participants. Member: free, Nonmember: free with admission. 11 a.m.-noon Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org

fundraisers >Thursday 19

Cannabis Symposium and Patient Fundraiser for Advocacy Trip to D. C. Join Dr. Uma from Uplifting Health and Wellness, Dr. Stefana Pecher, Wendy Love Edge and other amazing speakers, bands and vendors as we raise money for patients to go to Washington to tell their stories of improved health and well-being with cannabis medicine. $10-$50. 7-10:30 p.m. Fiddlers Green, 19 Temple St. Find them on Facebook.

>Saturday 21

LGBT Asylum Task Force Gala. 6-11 p.m. Beechwood Hotel, 363 Plantation St. 508-754-5789.

fairs/ festivals >Saturday 21

Harvest Bazaar. Our Lady of Mt. Carmel at Our Lady of Loreto will be sponsoring a Harvest Bazaar. Included will be Italian Food, Fried Dough, Country Store, Knitted Goods, Italian Cookies, Jewelry, Purses, Children Table, Theme Baskets, and Money Raffles 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Our Lady of Loreto, 37 Massasoit Road.

>Sunday 22

Oct. 21 vs Bowdoin @ Amherst, 11 a.m. @ Amherst, 3 p.m.

Light of Unity Festival. A historic celebration marking the 200 years Oct. 24 @ Clark, 7 p.m. since the birth of Baha’u’llah, the Prophet Founder of the Baha’i Faith.

Free. 1:45-4 p.m. Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room, 3 Salem Square. Men’s Ice Hockey Holy Cross 508-713-3214 or worcesterbahais.org Oct. 20 vs Bentley, 7:05 p.m.

Oct. 21 vs Bentley, 7:05 p.m. >Tuesday 24 Nichols Webster Dudley Oxford Home and Business Expo. Come Oct. 21 @ Norwich, 7 p.m. join us in this community expo event, where home and business meet.

This event attracts business clients and residential consumers, and gives Women’s Ice Hockey Holy Cross your business the opportunity to showcase yourself! Booth Fees Apply, Oct. 20 @ Franklin Pierce, 7 p.m.

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poetry >Wednesday 18 – Thursday 19 Ninth Annual Gregory Stockmal Reading Featuring Pam Bernard. Free and Open to the Public. 7-9 p.m. Clark University: Higgins University Center, Grace Room, 950 Main St. 508-793-7573 or clarku.edu

college sports Football Anna Maria Oct. 21 vs Alfred State, 1 p.m.

Assumption Oct. 21 vs New Haven, 1 p.m.

Becker Oct. 21 vs Western New England, 2 p.m.

Holy Cross Oct. 21 vs Colgate, 12:05 p.m.

Nichols Oct. 21 @ Curry, 1 p.m.

Worcester State Oct. 21 vs UMass-Dartmouth, 2 p.m.

WPI Oct. 21 vs Merchant Marine, 2:30 p.m.

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Anna Maria Oct. 19 vs Rivier, 7 p.m. >Saturday 21 – Sunday 22 Oct. 21 @ Simmons, 11 a.m.

OktoberFest. Join us for our newest Fall Festival! We’ve pulled out Oct. 24 @ Worcester State, 7 p.m. the OktoberFest theme from our Applefest festival and created a whole Assumption new event focused around great German Music, specialty food, beer Oct. 21 vs Merrimack, 12 p.m. and entertainment! We’ll also have our SkyRide running for the great Oct. 24 vs Stonehill, 6 p.m. fall foliage and have well over 100 craft and farmers’ market vendors.

Becker Please note the festival will close at 3:00PM on Sunday. 10 a.m. to Oct. 20 vs Bay Path, 5:30 p.m.

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Movie, Sci-Fi, Wrestling and Rock & Roll! We feature incredible celebrity Holy Cross autograph signings and photo ops with guests! Scheduled celebrity Q & A Oct. 20 vs Lehigh, 7:05 p.m.

Sessions and photo ops will be held throughout the weekend. Marvel, DC Oct. 21 vs Lafayette, 6:05 p.m. and Independent artists will give panel discussions and mingle with fans! Nichols Oct. 21 vs Endicott, 11 a.m.

The Super Megafest presents the best exhibitors on the East Coast with Oct. 24 vs Western New England, 7 p.m. one of the largest selections of comics, toys, videos, non-sports cards Worcester State and memorabilia from TV, Movies, and Rock & Roll that you will ever find! Other attractions include an amazing Costume Contest (including a Oct. 20 vs Brandeis @ Mount Holyoke, 5 p.m. children’s category), stunning Movie Cars, mischievous Pirates and much Oct. 21 @ Smith, 9 a.m. vs Bridgewater State @ Smith, 11 a.m. more! After hours, enjoy a multitude of shadowcast movie performances Oct. 24 vs Anna Maria, 7 p.m. and parties, including the CosCLUB Dance Party, ensuring the event WPI has something for all ages. 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Best Western Royal Oct. 20 vs Trinity @ Smith, 5 p.m.

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Field Hockey

Anna Maria Oct. 19 @ WPI, 4 p.m.

Oct. 21 @ St. Joseph’s, 2 p.m.

Assumption Oct. 21 @ Southern Connecticut State, 11 a.m.

Oct. 24 @ Adelphi, 6 p.m.

Becker Oct. 21 vs Elms, 11 a.m.

Oct. 24 vs Wheelock, 4 p.m.

Clark Oct. 21 @ MIT, 1 p.m.

Oct. 25 @ Johnson and Wales, 7 p.m.

Holy Cross Oct. 21 @ Bucknell, 11:05 a.m.

Oct. 24 vs Dartmouth, 6:05 p.m.

Nichols Oct. 19 vs Framingham State, 4 p.m.

Oct. 25 vs Salve Regina, 7 p.m.

Worcester State Oct. 21 @ Southern Maine, 11 a.m.

WPI Oct. 19 vs Anna Maria, 4 p.m.

Oct. 21 @ Babson, 12 p.m.

Oct. 24 @ Fitchburg State, 4 p.m.

Women’s Tennis

Nichols Oct. 21 vs Commonwealth Coast Championship, TBA

Women’s Soccer

Assumption Oct. 25 @ Merrimack, 7 p.m.

Becker Oct. 19 @ Framingham State, 4 p.m.

Oct. 21 @ Regis, 4:30 p.m.

Oct. 25 @ Leslet, 8 p.m.

Clark Oct. 20 vs. Coast Guard Academy, 7 p.m.

Oct. 24 vs. Emerson, 6 p.m.

Holy Cross Oct. 21 vs. Army West Point, 7:05 p.m.

Nichols Oct. 20 @ Roger Williams, 6 p.m.

Oct. 23 @ MCLA, 6 p.m.

Oct. 25 vs University of New England, 3 p.m.

Worcester State Oct. 21 vs Framingham State, 11 a.m.

Oct. 24 vs UMass-Dartmouth, 7 p.m.

WPI Oct. 21 vs Wellesley, 11 a.m.

Oct. 24 @ MIT, 4 p.m.

Men’s Soccer

Anna Maria Oct. 21 @ Rivier, 1 p.m.

Oct. 22 @ WPI, 1 p.m.

Assumption Oct. 21 @ Saint Anslem, 11 a.m.

Oct. 24 @ Stonehill, 3 p.m.

Becker Oct. 20 vs Elms, 5:30 p.m.

Oct. 25 vs Dean College, 4 p.m.

Clark Oct. 21 @ Babson College, 2:30 p.m.

Oct. 25 @ Framingham State, 4 p.m.

Holy Cross Oct. 21 @ Loyola, 1:05 p.m.

Oct. 25 vs Colgate, 7:05 p.m.

Nichols Oct. 21 @ Roger Williams, 3 p.m.

Oct. 24 vs University of New England, 3 p.m.

Worcester State Oct. 19 @ Bridgewater State, 6 p.m.

Oct. 21 @ Framingham State, 7 p.m.

Oct. 25 @ MIT, 5 p.m.

WPI Oct. 21 vs Springfield, 7 p.m.

Oct. 22 vs Anna Maria, 1 p.m.

Oct. 25 vs Emmanuel, 7 p.m.

Men’s Cross Country

Assumption Oct. 22 @ NE10 Conference Championship, TBA Holy Cross Oct. 20 @ Central Connecticut Mini Meet, TBA

Women’s Cross Country Assumption Oct. 22 @ NE10 Conference Championship, TBA Holy Cross Oct. 20 @ Central Connecticut Mini Meet, TBA

Women’s Swimming and Diving Assumption Oct. 21 @ LeMoyne, 1 p.m.

Clark Oct. 21 @ CCC Invitational @ Roger Williams, 11 a.m.

Men’s Swimming and Diving Clark Oct. 21 @ CCC Invitational @ Roger Williams, 11 a.m.

Men’s Golf

Assumption Oct. 23 vs NEIGA Invitational, TBA Oct. 24 vs NEIGA Invitational, TBA Holy Cross Oct. 21 @ Central Connecticut/Bryant, Putnam Connecticut, TBA Oct. 22 @ Central Connecticut/Bryant, Putnam Connecticut, TBA Nichols Oct. 21 vs NEIGA Championship, TBA Oct. 22 vs NEIGA Championship, TBA Oct. 23 vs NEIGA Championship, TBA Worcester State Oct. 21 @ Tip O’Neill Donegal Diaspora Perpetual Golf Challenge, TBA

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Assumption Oct. 21 vs NEIGA Invitational, TBA Oct. 22 vs NEIGA Invitational, TBA Oct. 23 vs NEIGA Invitational, TBA Holy Cross Oct. 21 @ Lehigh University Invitational, TBA Oct. 22 @ Lehigh University Invitational, TBA Oct. 23 @ Lehigh University Invitational, TBA Worcester State Oct. 21 @ Tip O’Neill Donegal Diaspora Perpetual Golf Challenge

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Deliveries Available.

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NOW HIRING! Residential, Rolloff, Front End Loader Drivers in West Boylston, MA! $2,500 Sign-On Bonus!

Requirements: 21 Years or Older Class A or B CDL with Air Brake Endorsement 1+ Years Experience Take your Driving Career to the Next Level!

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Technicians wanted -- all levels-and Mass State inspector Sunnyside Ford call Eric Friend

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SNOW PLOWING/REMOVAL Residential & Commercial Snow Removal Serving North Central Mass Winter is approaching! Call now to secure your spot in my route. Dump truck services offered. Insured, experienced, with timely call response.

For estimates ask for Rob: 978.833.3827 Coachlace Property Services

LAWN CARE MISCELLANEOUS Fall Cleanups, Miscellaneous Fall cleanups!!

Also, small jobs, handyman services available. Reasonably priced, insured. Call 508-320-3431, or email lashawaypc@gmail.com.

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PROFESSIONAL TREE COMPANY • Bucket Truck Operators • Climbers • Grounds Crew Must have valid Driver’s License Company located in Southern Worcester County.

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HELP WANTED LOCAL Ixtapa Cantina is looking for Full/Part Time waitstaff Stop by and fill out application.

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Worcester County Memorial Park 2 Cemetery plots $2,000.

Number 262 Unit A Section Valor 1 & 2. Call 508-450-1124

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

Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Two lots, section 511, Garden of Valor. Asking $1500 OBO. 508-754-1188

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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 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 Garden of Faith, 2 grave plot. Today’s cost $4600, asking $1100.

508-278-7777

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 Faith, Double Lot , Current Price $4600. Asking $2300 OBO. 239-450-6553 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

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.

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 Unassigned Double Lot, you pick location. $3000 negotiable.

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FOR SALE Elegant Diamond Engagement Ring Approx. 2 carats set in white gold. Replacement cost $6585, asking $4495.

508-829-3363 Heavy Duty Prototype PVC Pipes Hammock Frame w/1 cloth & 1 rope material, all accessories. $50 978-537-9925 Bedroom Set - 3 Piece Pennsylvania House Queen bed, dresser w/ 8 drawers & large mirror, and 6 drawer bureau. Asking $500. Also mahogany hutch, asking $300.

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The Section 8/tax credit waitlist will re-open on October 16, 2017. Closing date is October 29, 2017. Applications may be picked up at 15 Upland Gardens Drive, Worcester MA 01607 or you may request a package via mail. Please call the Management Office at (508) 798-8688 for directions, hours of operation, appointments, and/or further details regarding the waitlist re-opening.

Sleeper Sofa and Love Seat Beige Stripe - Excellent Condition - Set with new slip covers - $350 508-353-7426

AUTOS

AUTO/VAN 2011 Honda CR-V 144,000 miles. Well maintained. One owner, brown with black interior. Asking $8,400.00 call or text Brian at 508-340-1119

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1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Original low mileage beauty.

Recent 350/325 hp engine.

Must see! Trophy winner.

774-437-8717 $6,500

FIREWOOD Seasoned 100% hardwood cut and split. Free delivery on 2+ cords (128 cu. ft.) orders. Call or text Cami for more info. 508-918-0767.

1985 Nissan 300ZX Original owner, 96K mi, black, auto, digital dash, 6 CD, stored winters. $4950. Call Bruce at 978537-6646.

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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.

Cherry ent. console glass door on left, double door on right, w/ drawer 56x46x19. $375 OBO. Call 508-842-8691

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Approx. 25 Bales of Hay Suitable for mulch. $3/bale. 978464-2978. If no answer leave number, will call back.

Dog Crate and Bed Crate 20"x 21"x 28". $60. Bed is memory foam, 29" long by 25" wide. $20. 978-464-5953

Trees Evergreens, Hemlocks Spruce, Pine (3’ to 4’ tall) 5 for $99 Fieldstone Round/Flat $28/ton 508-278-5762 U.S. C14 Zeppelin Stamp (U) Flag cncl. $175. Stamp questions? Ron 413-896-3324 Electronics - 3 Desktop Printers with manuals. Boombox, CD, DVD players, speakers. All excellent. 508-4590446 Electric Hoyer Lift Battery charger, extra battery and canvas carriers. $400. Call 508829-0468 Antique Horse Drawn Doctor’s Carriage $600. Antique cooking stove with stove pipe, $500. 508-735-9568

Modern Glenwood Wood Parlor Stove. Antique, large. $2000.

508-869-2094

TROYBILT Shreader/Vac #47292 exc. cond. 2 bushel bag, used. $300. text 781-775-0099

3 Cemetary lots for sale Paxton Memorial Cemetary.

Please Call 774-386-6912 Frigidaire Air Conditioner 10,000 BTU- has remote. $100.00 508-854-8248

Franciscan Earthenware 45 pcs Tulip Time aqua/grn ex cond no chips plc/ stngs/ srv pcs $89/BO. 508-769-3751 M.I.G Welding Wire 30# rolls er70s3 .045 dia & 30# roll er70s6 .035 dia. Partial rolls stainless/ alum. $125 Call 508-865-9584 Coffee & 2 matching end tables marble, rod iron, & smoked glass. All for $50. Call 508-9811941

2 Alloy Bicycle Wheels front + rear 27" x 1.25" quick release hub $40. Call 978-422-8084 Dining Room

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.

REAL ESTATE LAND FOR SALE 35 ACRE PORTION OF LAND 11 Lots - Holden 508-829-9585 MOBILE HOMES Rutland, MA

New Construction.Prices ranging from 160k to 200k based on size and finishes. 888-7337089 OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

ETHAN ALLEN Maple Hutch/ Buffet Baumritter - Made in Vermont. Silverware drawer & 2 door base. 47" x 66" x 17" w.

High quality style & workmanship. Durable construction. $600.

ETHAN ALLEN - Baumritter Maple Comb Back Dining Chairs. ETHAN ALLEN Heirloom Maple Collection ETHAN ALLEN Dry Sink w/ Copper & Maple.

Beautiful & sturdy. $400. Solid wood table 66" x 42". Opens to 96" w/2 leaves. $150.

Sleeper sofa - Excellent condition. $200 508-949-6560 or 774-261-0057

We Pay Top Cash For Houses and Land.

Any Condition.

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OFFICE/RETAIL SPACE - Holden 2000 Sq Ft, Next to Big Y Great Exposure 508-829-9585

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

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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.

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

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

Must be seen, serious inquiries only. 508-770-1797 $2,300

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

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

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

1988 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6 cylinder gas. Very good cond. Runs exc. $3200.00 195k miles. Located in Sutton, MA 774-287-0777

2012 Cadillac CTS AWD, 21,800 miles. Crystal red.

Heated black leather seats.

Panoramic roof. Dealer maintained. Under warranty. $24,500.00 978-534-8860 Mer. Benz 260 E (6) Sedan, 1989. Ex. green (G.M.) & tan int. Starts 1st time, runs + drives exc. Auto trans. No stall/overheat/alarm. 244K mi. $300 firm. 978-660-8034 AUTO/MOTORCYCLE 2001 Suzuki Intruder 1500cc, showroom condition, lots of chrome, Vehix pipes. $2900.

Call John at 978-466-6043.

2007 Harley Davidson FXSCUS Great condition, detachable windshield & storage bag, have floor boards mounted and have original forward controls. 9100 mi. $10,000 firm.

508-308-2041

2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter Black and gray. Mint cond.

469 miles. Asking $1650.00.

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

AUTO/SUV 2003 Chevrolet Blazer 4 wheel drive, 4 dr, LT, 207 mi, engine 4.2, new brakes, runs good. Asking $1600 OBO. 508 -736-7385 Ask for Michael

AUTO/TRUCK 2006 Nissan Titan New cat converter, wheel bearings & exhaust, new front rotors & pads, bedliner. 135K mi. Set up for plow use, only used 1 winter. Needs manifold gasket & rear rotors. $4000 obo. 508308-2041

1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe, Grey and Black.

50,000 miles. Holden area. $16,500. 407-375-3917 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

1999 Pontiac Grand Am 6 Cylinder, automatic, needs work or use for parts. 159,903 miles. $675. 978-422-8084 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

2004 Chevrolet Impala Great shape, clean, power everything, recent sticker, runs great, front wheel drive, good tires, 130k highway miles, $1,200 OBO. 774-364-4636 25 HP Suzuki (Like New) with Boat & Trailer Holden area.

Pete 407-375-3917 $2,000 2009 Ford Fusion Clean, well maintained, mech ex. Smooth riding, very pleasant car. Traction pkg, backup wring, AC, pwr seat, elec mirrors, remote entry, AM/FM/CD aux. New tires, one owner. 111,500 mi. $4,399 508-868-7288 2012 Honda Civic 55,600 miles. Well maintained. Black with grey interior. Recent tires and brakes. Excellent on gas.

Asking $9,200.00 call or text Brian at 508-340-1119.

BOATS 25 HP Suzuki (Like New) with Boat & Trailer Holden area.

Pete 407-375-3917 $2,000

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Town of Sutton Board of Appeals TO ALL INTERESTED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 40A, §11, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Sutton Town Hall on November 2, 2017 at 7:35pm on the petition of Eric and Sarah Renaud. The petitioner(s) are requesting a Special Permit as it pertains to II.C (2) (d) of the Town’s Zoning Bylaws to construct a 26’x 36’ addition. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 6 Sovereign Heights as shown on Assessors Map #24, Parcel #33. The property is located in the Residential Zoning District.

A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal office hours in the Town Clerk’s Office located in the Town Hall. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated.

Daniel Petrelli Board of Appeals Clerk Filed in the Town Clerk’s Office

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TOWN OF SUTTON PUBLIC NOTICE TAX CLASSIFICATION The Board of Selectmen for the Town of Sutton will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 17, 2017 at 7:05 p.m. in the Selectmen’s Meeting Room at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the percentage of the tax levy to be borne by each class of real and personal property for Fiscal 2018.

The Sutton Board of Assessors will be in attendance at the hearing to provide information and data relevant to making such determination and the fiscal effect of the available alternatives. All Sutton taxpayers are invited to attend the hearing and present their comments and views orally or in writing.

Worcester Housing Authority 40 Belmont Street, Worcester, MA 01605 Tel: (508) 635-3300 Fax: (508) 635-3190 Telephone Device for the hearing impaired (508) 798-4530 PUBLIC NOTIFICATION Effective November 1, 2017, the Worcester Housing Authority (“WHA”) will open its Massachusetts Rental Voucher Mobile 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom waiting list. The WHA will not accept any applications for the above named program that are postmarked after December 31, 2017. The WHA provides reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities.

MILLBURY PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, November 13, 2017 at 7:15 p.m. in the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA, on the application of Shellena Connolly, property located at 6 Rollie Shepard Dr., Millbury, MA for an Accessory Dwelling Special Permit under Article 1, Section 14.11(e) of the Millbury Zoning Bylaws. Applicant proposes to build an 800 square foot accessory dwelling unit above the existing garage. Application is available for review in the Planning Department during normal business hours. Anyone wishing to be heard on this matter should appear at the time and place specified above.

Richard Gosselin Chairman

***TOWN OF MILLBURY *** TAX CLASSIFICATION In accordance with MGL Chapter 40, Section 56 as amended, the Board of Selectmen will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at 7:10 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, Ma. The purpose of the meeting is to determine the percentage of the tax burden to be borne by each class of property for Fiscal Year 2018. The Millbury Board of Assessors will be in attendance at this hearing to provide information and data relevant to making such determination and the fiscal effect of the available alternatives.

All are invited to attend this hearing and to present their views orally or in writing.

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Vaughn Calhoun

ELIZABETH BROOKS

Vaughn Calhoun is the director of the business program at Becker College, where he teaches sports management and business courses.

I hear you were quite the student athlete.

Can you speak to your accomplishments as a Division 1 varsity football player at Rutgers?

I had the structure of organized sports to dictate my life. Now, in a flash, that structure was gone. I didn’t prepare for life after sports. There was never a real First, you are too kind and giving me conversation had. Sure, I always said I more credit that I deserve. Interestingly, would fall back on my degree if I didn’t my college football career ended before make it into the NFL, but that was more of it really started. I blew my knee out, me just telling people what they wanted fracturing my kneecap in half, as a to hear or what I thought they wanted to sophomore while playing against Boston College. That was probably the single most hear. But the truth of the matter is, I didn’t have a clue of what could or would happen painful thing I have experienced. It was after my eligibility was up. In all honesty, a long road to recovery, about six months before I was back to “normal.” And for me, I was afraid about what the future would this is what I am most proud of: not giving hold. It felt as if I was dropped into the deep end of the pool, not knowing how to up. I fought. I competed. And I found my swim. Looking back, I wish I would have way back on the playing field, though I more guidance in this area. And I am sure only played sparingly in my remaining there were resources available, I just didn’t years of eligibility. But I didn’t quit. know about them.

Did you ever face struggles with the commitment to being a “student” in your experience as a “student athlete?” Great

question. Being a student athlete at that particular level, the struggle always seemed to rest at the intersection of academics and athletics. So, when it was time for me to choose a major, I asked my quarterback what to major in. He said, “Major in criminal justice.” I asked “Why?” He said, “Because if you just want to focus on football, the program will take care of you.” So, that’s what I did. And his words rang true. I was given preferential treatment and certain privileges that I doubt any “regular” student had access to. Looking back now, I know it wasn’t the right decision to make. It stunted my growth intellectually and led me down a path of academic apathy during my undergraduate years. But as a result of this experience, maturity and reflection, I decided to write my doctoral dissertation on the academic exploitation of the student athlete. This was my way to better understand what happened to me and shed further light on an issue from an academic perspective.

How did your athletic career end? With a lot of questions. Who I am without football?

What am I supposed to do now? Where am I supposed to go? How am I going to get there? Since I was about 8 years old,

Were there any mentors who shaped your professional career trajectory? Without a

doubt. Mentorship has played a pivotal role in my development as a professional and still does today. In fact, one of my earliest mentors advised that I find a “board of mentors,” similar to a company with an advisory board. Essentially, that mentor said, “If a Fortune 500 company relies on people to help guide their path, shouldn’t an individual have a board too?”

So that’s what I did. I have about five primary mentors that comprise my board, each with a specific skill set. They work in various industries and have different backgrounds and, most importantly, they challenge me to continually get better.

They listen, ask brutally candid questions and hold me accountable.

How did you find your way to Becker College?

Twitter. I know it sounds quirky, but it’s true. I had a friend who moved from Maryland to work at Becker and I didn’t know much about the institution at the time. So, I did a quick Google search and the then-college president, Robert Johnson, appeared in numerous web links associated with Becker. After clicking on a few of the links, it was apparent that he was a very impressive individual.

So, like any normal millennial, I found his Twitter account and tweeted at him.

Essentially, in 140 characters I told him I was inspired by his story and his achievements. He tweeted back. And from there our relationship began. And call it destiny, divine intervention, the universe speaking or mere coincidence, but an opening at Becker presented itself about six months later and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to work for someone who inspires me to be a better man, husband, father and professional.

What are your goals as a developing leader in the city of Worcester? I hope that I can find

a way to serve and impact the growth and development of Worcester. Worcester is going through a renaissance of sorts. Just look at the development and revitalization that have taken place in the past few years, from hospitals, restaurants, colleges, a new hockey arena and the like. It’s a very exciting time to live and work in the Worcester community. But more than anything, I hope to encourage other people to get involved in helping our community grow and thrive. I learned a long time ago, all of us are greater than

any one of us. So, if we want to keep the momentum of Worcester going, it is going to take a coalition of folks. I am confident we are on the right path.

What advice do you have for young athletes with high aspirations? I am reminded of

the Audre Lorde quote, “If I didn’t define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people’s fantasies for me and eaten alive.” As a student athlete, it is easy to let the sport define who you are.

“I am a football player. I am a basketball player.” And it is easy to let a coach define who you are or what you can be. But the most important thing you can do is define yourself, for yourself. Do not be pushed into this one-dimensional being, because you are so much more than that. You are a person with many talents and unlimited potential. But if you do not explore the other sides of you, those talents and that potential will go undiscovered, and you’ll miss out, as well as the people you could have impacted.

— Sarah Connell

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