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No kosher options in renaissance of Worcester’s restaurant scene Tom Quinn

Imagine never being able to go out to eat in your own city. That’s the reality for Jewish residents who keep kosher strictly, as the second largest city in New England has no kosher-certified restaurants. While that’s not a complete surprise, given a decline in religious observance generally and thus a decline in demand for kosher food, the void does send some Worcesterites driving in to Boston or relying on caterers just to enjoy fine dining that matches up with their religious beliefs. “That’s something that’s lacking here, and it is a source of frustration,” Jewish Federation of Central Massachusetts Outreach Director Mindy Hall said. “... when we host events, we have to go to caterers, instead of going to a restaurant. It limits our options.” The most well-known restrictions of kashrus, the Jewish dietary rules, are a ban on mixing meat with dairy and the prohibition of meat from certain animals, such as pigs or shellfish. But the rules, drawn from the Bible, are extensive and require caution and precision. For that reason, a variety of kosher certification agencies exist to inspect food service establishments and manufacturers, assuring Jews that proper preparations were taken. Rabbi Zalman Krems is the kashrus administrator for KVH Kosher, a certifying organization that is a division of the Rabbinical Council of New England. He said

that while Worcester and the New England area in general have many people who identify as Jewish, strict observance of things such as keeping kosher is on the decline here, and the demand for kosher certified restaurants has diminished as society becomes more secular. “There are a lot of Jewish people in the New England area, but they’re not really observant, they’re not really engaged,” Krems said. “Most of my colleagues [in other regions], for every caterer they have they’ll have 20 restaurants. We’ll have one restaurant for every one caterer.” Hall, Krems and others said while many Jews do not strictly keep kosher, for Jewish holidays or events such as weddings or bar mitzvahs, the food needs to be kosher. For that reason, the catering business in a region can stay robust even as the restaurant scene declines. But even for many religious Jews, in between special events the rules of kosher can be stretched. “There are a lot of people who might keep kosher in their home, but will go out to eat,” Hall said. There are some Jewish Worcesterites who are neither entirely secular nor strictly observant, people who may wish to eat “kosher style,” not eating pork or other forbidden foods but also not needing to drive an hour into Boston when they don’t want to cook. Since food grown from the ground and some other items, like fish, are considered

Rabbi Yaakov Blotner talks about the kosher portion of Clark University’s cafeteria. than others, I might have salad or fish. But I “parve” and not subject to the same restrictions as meat or dairy, some will stick to try to respect it.” But for those wondering about loopholes a vegetarian diet when dining out. or workarounds, Krems offered a simple rule “It makes it very difficult for me and my wife to eat out,” At-Large City Councilor Moe for when strictly observant Jews can eat at a Bergman said. “I take a more liberal approach continued on page 7

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Church leadership fires back at Mount Carmel Preservation Society Tom Quinn Church leaders from Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Mulberry Street had their say in front of the City Council this week, as a number of people clearly frustrated with the public attention devoted to the grassroots Mount Carmel Preservation Society laid out hard financial truths for a governmental body considering making the Italian-American campus an official historic district. “There’s obviously a number of people who have had, very much, the public megaphone, to be able to get us on the national register of historic places as well as this historic designation,” David Soares, chairperson of the inter-parish council of Mount Carmel and the church it merged with, Our Lady of Loreto, said. “But there are a number of us who feel very differently about this, and would like to set this aside and move on.” Mount Carmel had suffered from structural damage from the nearby highway and a national trend of declining Catholic mass attendance, and the Diocese of Worcester closed its doors in May, citing public safety concerns and a lack of funding to fix them. In the wake of that decision, a group of concerned citizens started MPS, vowing to raise the money to fix the church and assigning no small amount of blame for the parish’s ills on Pastor Stephen Pedone and Diocesean leadership. Their major victory was a Historical Commission ruling that prohibits the Diocese from demolishing the church until May 2017, and the organization is now seeking more permanent protections in the form of a new Historic District encompassing the church and recreation center, a decision the Council postponed weighing in on for one week. A number of City Councilors have shown support for MPS at various rallies and meetings, but parish leaders said they were not taking the time to hear the other side of the story, and could not

Monsignor Stephen Pedone of Mount Carmel Church speaks to city councilors

possibly be making an informed decision. “You’re talking of a vote, but I don’t think I have seen any of you come to our meetings to see what is actually happening with the inside, and the structure of Mount Carmel church,” interparish council member Cheryl Berthiaume said. “How can you vote, how can you think of a vote, when I don’t feel there has been due diligence on your part?” One major gripe of church leaders has been the dollar amount that has been bandied about, something Pedone has addressed in the past in a letter to his flock. While church estimates for needed funds eclipse $3 million, and attendees at the meeting cited a $3.5 million figure after new problems were discovered with ceiling decorations falling into church pews, MPS members have used a much smaller figure in their fundraising drives $120,000, the estimate the city of Worcester came up with to “tie back” the facade when it declared the church unsafe. The society has collected $23,000 in donations and has been promised $95,000 in pledges, according to MPS president Mauro DePasquale. Not good enough, say those on the other side. “Making this a historic district, it is wrong,” church finance committee chairperson Jeff Berthi-

aume said. “There is no reason for it. In order for us to fix that church completely, it’s going to cost us $3.5 million … every one of us is disappointed. But reality is reality – we don’t have the money.” In fact, the church previously tried to raise $3 million back in 2007, but parishioners were only able to come up with $700,000 – and attendance, measured by “pew counts,” has only declined since that point. The lack of the passion MPS members are showing now, back then or when Pedone warned of the impending closing of the church was another complaint of Council attendees, who questioned whether MPS members could have helped more if they had stepped up before the church was closed. “The people fighting today to save that church weren’t there to hear [Pedone’s warning],” Knights of Columbus Grand Knight Nino Giamei, who was also part of a “viability committee” that found the church was not savable, said. “You see, councilors, you’re fighting to save a church to keep people happy who don’t support it and who don’t attend it. And you’re doing it because before tonight, they’ve been the ones doing all the talking.” DePasquale, via email, said he would prefer to work with church leadership to save the building, rather than have to fight them over it. “It’s disappointing that the Bishop [of Worcester, Robert McManus] and church leadership are not working with us or encouraging parishioners to fix this historical treasure of a church rather than go on a defensive to justify their desire to demolish the building and merge our parish with a church that is in greater debt than ours and too small to fit the entire combined congregation,” DePasquale said. Pedone is already leading services at Our Lady of Loreto, and the Diocese of Worcester has all but officially moved on from Mount Carmel. The Vicar General for the Diocese, Richard Reidy, questioned the wisdom of singling out Mount Carmel instead

of any of the other churches in the city. The issue of separation between church and state was also mentioned at another point in the meeting. The city currently has three historic districts, encompassing the Montvale, Crown Hill and Massachusetts Avenue areas, and Reidy questioned whether a recreation center built in the 1950s and a single Catholic church made up the most historic area the city could find. “As the representative of the sole landowner affected by this, I ask that the Council does not institute this historic district,” Reidy said, while also pointing out the Diocese has loaned money made up from the savings of all the other Catholic churches in the area to pay for the “make safe” repairs required by the city. As for the major problem with any preservation plan – the lack of attendance and donations on a weekly basis to keep the church operational – DePasquale said MPS had a plan, but was not ready to share it. “Our sustainability plan is expected to help maintain and cover future repairs,” DePasquale said. “We are not interested in releasing it until the Diocese opens the church or guarantees it will open the church for masses.” But without a feasible path forward, church leaders made it clear that MPS will get no support from a religious institution already struggling with debt and declining membership. “Barring an absolute, honest miracle, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, sadly, will never reopen,” Giamei said. “... if the money fell from the sky tomorrow to fix the church, more beautiful than it’s ever been, in five years we’d be back here again. Because the money just doesn’t come in every week.” Reporter Tom Quinn can be reached at 508749-3166 x324 or tquinn@ worcestermagazine. com with story ideas, feedback, or questions. Follow him on Twitter @bytomquinn.

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merica loves the underdog. That is, of course, until we build them up to such absurd heights, we feel compelled to tear them back down. In a way, that is what the “Rocky” movies were about: a terribly underwhelming protagonist who can barely read, has very little vocabulary, but can punch like thunder. He gets a long shot – and completely real-life defying – shot at the world title, doesn’t win, then, in “Rocky II,” comes back and wins. He is built up to near-mythic proportions, until, in “Rocky III,” he gets knocked down a peg or two – or even more. He finds redemption, of course, because it’s Hollywood, and the good guy has to win. Enter “Rocky IV,” which was released right around Thanksgiving in 1985. Oh, what our own Jim Keogh would have said about this film. As it was, Worcester Magazine’s John Zeugner offered his rough critique of the fourth in what ultimately became a

six-film series (eight if you think “Creed” was an extension, and not it’s own franchise). Zeugner gave it two-and-a-half stars, and truthfully, the movie was tacky, overdrawn and comically staged. But that’s beside the point. The “Rocky” films were all about the underdog, about overcoming seemingly impossible odds and accomplishing what mere mortals might only dream. They were about putting their hero in the position of thinking he knew what was going on, only to encounter some tragedy or trying circumstance, and

having to figure it all out again. In “Rocky IV,” which compared to what would come next in “Rocky V” was a masterpiece, our Italian Stallion loses his best friend to a freak of nature – and science – in Russia’s Ivan Drago. The movie, of course, played up the rift between the US and Soviet Union. It offered the most trite of scenarios: the underdog triumphing over evil and bringing everyone together in the process. But it did so with such flash – and with Sylvester Stallone’s by-nowdown-pat portrayal of Rocky Balboa – that

it was hard not to leave the theater after first seeing it without feeling like you, too, might be able to scale the top of a Russian mountain while running in hiking boots and sporting a leather jacket and jeans. If nothing else, Rocky reminded us – each and every time – that quitting should never be an option; that to get what you want, you often have to lose what you hold dear; and that, if you stay true to yourself, somehow, in the end, it will all be worth it. The original “Rocky” turned 40 just a few weeks ago. “Rocky IV” is 31 years old. Think of them what you will, but both films – we’ll put numbers 2 and 3 in here as well (“Rocky V?” What “Rocky V?”) - hammered home the theme of overcoming obstacles, never saying never and taking whatever life throws at you and always moving forward. It seems as appropriate a message as ever right now. - Walter Bird Jr.

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Worcester restaurant – never. “Nothing – virtually nothing – in a nonkosher restaurant is kosher,” Krems said. “Maybe the water. Maybe.” Rabbi Yaakov Blotner, the rabbinical administrator at the Worcester Vaad – the local kosher certification authority – agreed with that assessment, saying that until the kitchen and preparation areas were inspected by a certification authority, any claims to being kosher were unverifiable. “Eating out, one can’t be guaranteed of how the product was prepared,” Blotner said. “If it’s in a non-kosher kitchen and cooked on non-kosher equipment, it would clearly compromise kosher standards.” This applies even to restaurants that use kosher ingredients, such as Weintraub’s Delicatessen on Water Street, which serves a traditionally Jewish menu. Owner David Mizrahi said he buys his meat from Hebrew National and considers the food kosher, even though he is not certified. He said he believes he is providing a benefit for his Jewish customers. “If we close, they’re going to go somewhere else and eat non-kosher food,” Mizrahi said. Mizrahi said his problem with kosher certification was the requirement to close on Saturdays, in line with the Jewish observance

of sundown on Friday to Saturday night as a day of rest. It is supposed to mirror the day God rested while creating the Earth, but Mizrahi said it made a business plan that relies on non-Jewish customers as well as Jewish patrons untenable. “Years ago, there were two other kosher delis on Water Street,” Mizrahi said. “They couldn’t make it because they were not open on Saturdays. It’s not easy these days. Some people try to do a kosher thing, but even in Boston or New York, without Saturday, it’s difficult.” While Krems conceded there is a cost associated with missing out on a day of business – added to additional costs for hiring a “mashgiach” supervisor or training a staff member to be one, the extra cost of ingredients and the fee paid to the certification agency – the decline in koshercertified restaurants had less to do with the cost involved and more to do with wanting to appeal to non-Jews as much as possible. “A meat restaurant is not worth it to go kosher, unless they’re marketing to that population,” Krems said. “It’s usually not a matter of money. They want to have their cake and eat it too.” Keeping Saturday as a day of rest is why the kosher counter at Clark University’s cafeteria closes on the weekend, while the rest of the dining hall stays open. Dining

Services General Manager Michael Newmark said it’s all the same sort of food as the rest of the cafeteria – it’s just acceptable for observant Jewish students to eat. “When people hear kosher, it could be an item you’re very familiar with, it’s just produced under the kosher kitchen and guidelines,” Newmark said. “There are certain items that are more expensive. But there’s no special meal plan – anyone can eat here. It’s the same [cost] as if you came in off the street. We work with the university to ensure it’s open to everybody.” Blotner, along with the Clark Hillel group and dining services vendor Sodexo, brought kosher options back to the school in 2013 after years of absence, and the Worcester Vaad certifies the kitchen – located in a separate room from the rest of the kitchen to ensure proper separation of ingredients – and serving area. As one of the few koshercertified kitchens in the area, Newmark said the catering services it provides are kept busy year-round, and Blotner said he always recommends people come and purchase food there - “it makes you feel young” eating among college students, he said. And it’s not just Clark students or the Jewish community taking advantage of the program – Clark Business Manager Paul Wykes said students of other religions actually prefer the kosher food.

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“The kosher station has been really popular with students who don’t need to keep kosher,” Wykes said. “There’s a perception that it’s better quality … it’s helped improve the perception of the dining program.” The quality of the food is a key part of the kosher riddle. Whether Worcester could support a kosher-certified restaurant in the future depends on it, Blotner said. It would have to be an eating establishment that could move beyond serving just one segment of the population and could attract people who don’t keep kosher, but just like the food a risk, given the high start-up costs of any restaurant, and the added difficulty of keeping kosher. “It’s not whether the community could use it or couldn’t, it’s a question of whether a private individual wants to open it up,” Blotner said. “If there was a free-standing kosher restaurant, it would have to be in the right location that would attract the general public, not just the kosher crowd.” Reporter Tom Quinn can be reached at 508-749-3166 x324 or tquinn@ worcestermagazine.com with story ideas, feedback, or questions. Follow him on Twitter @bytomquinn

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the City Council devoted about half its meeting to discussing park bench donations, and the amount of investigation the city should do into the people honored with the $2,000 gifts. City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. mentioned during that meeting that a number of bench donations were being held up because after a 2014 kerfuffle over a Crystal Park bench – police said the name on the bench was not luring criminals to the area, but their advice was dismissed – the city was pushed to institute a new policy for accepting bench donations, and At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes even suggested stripping all names from donations and making them anonymous. As it turns out, there are five benches in limbo as part of this saga. And actually, at least one of the honorees hasn’t been vetted properly - there’s also been a donation to name an Elm Park bench after Saint Spyridon Cathedral delayed since October 2014. But even a cursory search will tell you that Saint Spyridon killed a woman, which could make him ineligible for a Worcester bench. That’s right – the patron saint of potters once raised a woman’s child from the dead, according to lore, shocking the mother so much that she died on the spot. I mean, he proceeded to raise her from the dead as well, but still – if you’re treating everyone the same, there’s actually more evidence the Bishop of Trimythous was dangerous than there was for the Crystal Park honoree. Other benches that have been delayed include one for World War II veteran and park lover Herbert Adams, longtime Green Hill Golf Course pro Walter Cosgrove (who already has a tournament named for him at the city-owned course), John Lord and Shane Keenan. While the latter two names aren’t as famous, there is a Facebook page dedicated to the effort to get a memorial up for Keenan. “Things are still moving forward with the Shane Martin Keenan memorial bench,” reads the last update on Feb. 8, in part. “Logistics are still in limbo. We can all understand the speed of government red tape, right?”

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out the lights in the basement of City Hall, lighting it up as bright as Worcester’s future. That also means things like the Department of the Department of Public Works are more visible on the signage downstairs. Hey,

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CALLING THEM OUT: The Howie Carr

Show did some digging into the state EBT program – more commonly known as welfare – to find locations that Joe Q. Taxpayer would disapprove of. Liquor stores, smoke shops - “This EBT Spending Will Make You Rip Your Hair Out,” one headline promises. Don’t tell me what bodily reaction I will have to your columns, Howie Carr. The gist is that since Temporary Assistance for Needy Families money is basically the equivalent of cash and can be withdrawn at ATMs, it has a higher potential for abuse than other programs, and looking at the locations of ATMs that were used over an 18-month period suggests that not everyone is using their funding on the bare necessities, with $100,000 taken out at liquor stores and around $100,000 at two Florida towns, towns that the show points out are near Disney World – hey, they’re just asking questions, man. As usual, we’re going to focus on the Worcester connection. Zorba’s Tavern gets a mention for $202 in transactions, and Jay’s Smoke Shop off Park Avenue tallied $987. On air Carr mentioned the Worcester Police Department ATM, and over $1,000 taken from there. “What, are they having a special on turkeys at the WPD?” Carr asked. Hey, posting bail is just as necessary as food or drink sometimes. The report does make it clear that it’s not ATM owners’ responsibility to police the program, placing none of the blame on business owners. Hmm, I wonder who they are casting as the villains here?

IN THE BELFRY: So you’re a bat flying around Worcester, and you’re looking for a place to hang out with fellow bloodsuckers. Where do you go? City Hall of course, as employees there found out this week. The winged critter did a few laps of the office, drawing a crowd amazed at its ability to go in circles, before disappearing. The

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BATTLE LINES DRAWN: The tax rate debate is all set to go. Worcester’s split tax rate means residential and commercial property owners pay different rates, with residents paying a lower rate, but a higher share of the tax burden by volume, and businesses saying the high rates are driving enterprises to other cities and cutting down on jobs. The City Council is tasked with choosing one “line” as the tax rate each year, and tend to choose one between the recommendations of the Chamber of Commerce and the Accurate Worcester Assessments on Real Estate homeowners group. This year, AWARE is recommending line 221, which would increase the median single family tax bill by $58 and the median commercial bill by $377. The Chamber is recommending line 181, which would increase the median single family bill by $187 and would decrease the median commercial bill by $154. Someone always tries to score political points by voting for the lowest residential rate, but you’ll notice homeowners’ tax bills are going up with any of the reasonable choices, the result of property values going up citywide. If you’re placing bets – and you shouldn’t, since your taxes are going up – bet on the homeowners this year, as the Chamber could count on the votes of former City Councilors Rick Rushton and Phil Palmieri last year, both of whom were replaced, meaning the Chamber has to indoctrinate new councilors in addition to swaying the swing votes their way.

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our news section with the latest in the Mount Carmel saga, but there is one “evergreen” story that reared its head this week – should the city be putting up Christmas trees? This is always sort of a tenuous thing, since technically putting lights and ornaments on a plant isn’t specific to one religion or another, but City Hall regular Idella Hazard got a rare response from the city manager during the public comment of the City Council meeting. While Hazard’s comments about the tree – which sits on the second floor landing at City Hall – ranged from complaining about celebrating Civil War veterans during a peaceful holiday, to a lack of diversity in the Civil War veterans’ portraits, to asking how the city picked the Civil War instead of another war, at the core was the idea that putting Christmas trees up was “so controversial it’s not even funny.” City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. said the tree was a gift from a Worcester State University professor, part of a project that engages students with learning and is timed to celebrate the end of the Civil War, much like the city’s restoration of the Civil War monument on the Common.

Manager Mike O’Brien, and a few others, to the UMass board of trustees this week, according to MassLive. He will also be part of the UMass Building Authority, which does exactly what is sounds like. O’Brien saw the growth of UMass Medical School in Worcester and – wait, O’Brien moved to Southboro? How did we forget that? Sheesh, if the man who steered the revitalization ship for years in Worcester is moving to greener pastures, what are college kids going to do? Do we really believe we can retain people who work in Boston when the city’s former biggest booster has upgraded to MetroWest?

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here is no getting around it: taxes are going up for at least some taxpayers when councilors hold their tax classification hearing next week. The question is how much? Here’s what can safely be said for the fiscal 2017 tax rates: councilors will not adopt a single tax rate. Nor will they go with lowest residential. And while it may put frowns on some of the faces over at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, councilors are unlikely to support its suggest rates of $19.94 per $1,000 assessed valuation on residential property and $31.19 for commercial/industrial property. Under that scenario, the median residential tax bill would increase by $187, while commercial property taxes would drop by $154. On the city’s list of possible tax rate options, it is Line 181. AWARE, a residential taxpayer advocacy group, unsurprisingly, is balking at that proposal. The group, led by Joan Crowell, has suggested Line 221, with a residential rate of $19.25 per $1,000 and a commercial rate of $32.99. Under that proposal, the median residential bill would go up $58. Commercial/industrial property owners would see an increase of $377. The current residential tax rate is $20.61. The current commercial/ industrial rate is $33.98. The idea that commercial rates in Worcester should continue to decline is championed by the Chamber, and given the high rate currently paid – and the disparity between residential and commercial tax bills – the argument is valid. Critics, however, suggest the larger businesses will not be affected; in fact, they claim, some like Unum and Walmart, would make out like bandits by writing off any increase. It is, however, the smaller businesses that would carry the burden. On the other hand, residential property owners are tired of seeing their taxes go up. Don’t forget, also, the many tenants renting property in Worcester. Their landlords may well pass any increases on to them in the form of higher rents. This year, valuations went up dramatically, which on the one hand is a positive for the city; for some taxpayers, it means an increase in taxes, even if the lowest possible residential rate is adopted. Triple-decker property owners, for example, will see an increase. How to solve the problem? That’s the million-dollar question. A single tax rate is appealing to some, but is it feasible in a city with billions of dollars in tax-exempt property? Over 30 percent of all property in Worcester is tax exempt. That leaves a much smaller group shouldering a much larger burden. The city had, up until last year, been moving to at least bring the commercial rate lower, toward the residential rate. That trend stopped last year, and may not continue this year. While past City Councils have been business-friendly, the current group of councilors may not be as willing to pass the buck onto residential property owners. Councilors should consider inching the commercial tax back down this year, while remaining as sensitive as possible to residential taxpayers. To that end, Line 191 deserves consideration from the Council. Under that option, the residential tax rate would be $19.77 per $1,000, the commercial rate $31.64. The median residential tax bill would increase by $155, while the commercial bill would drop $21. It is not popular to suggest raising taxes, but the sharp rise in valutations made it a near certainty this year. A tax rate of $19.77 is a decrease for residential rate payers, as is a $31.64 rate for commercial property owners. Looking forward, Worcester needs more taxpaying businesses inside its borders. As important, it needs businesses that provide good-paying jobs to its residents, who thus can afford to pay taxes. But that is not a novel idea. As always, the trick is making it all happen. Until then, the annual tax dance continues, and no one is likely to be satisfied.

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O CHRISTMAS TREE! O CHRISTMAS TREE!

Last Friday evening, after taking in “Kinky Boots” at the Hanover Theater, my friend, Rick, and I dropped into The Muse formerly the less-than-swanky Red Baron, now a nifty little cocktail bar, located across from Federal Square. Since the night wasn’t too blustery and we were curious, we first walked past the Denholm building. With all the hubbub about the holiday decorations planned for the once grand dame of department stores, I wanted to get a look at the tree of lights that once draped the building’s front every Christmas. I cricked my neck to catch a glimpse of the star on its rooftop. There it was: my childhood. Denholm’s was like no other store when I was a kid. It was a business so special, I wore a dress and gloves when I went there - not unlike attending Sunday Mass. Standing in front of it now, I was taken aback by the expanse of the sidewalk - was it always so wide? It must have been. The windows have been beautifully, artfully dressed for this season’s celebration, but I remember a time when that was not unusual. Denholm’s was the gemstone surrounded by smaller businesses that acted as its baguettes, in a setting we took for granted. There are very few pictures of me as a kid. My parents didn’t own a camera, and my mother must have considered using her S&H Green Stamps for dining room furniture more important than capturing our smiling faces for posterity. However, I was lucky enough to visit the Denholm’s Santa on at least one occasion, and there’s

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photographic evidence that I didn’t scream in terror. I do, however, look as though I’m demanding an ID from the old guy. Like countless other Worcesterites, I cherish my Denholm Santa picture. For me, and for generations of Worcester born-andbreds, the name “Denholm” evokes a very different downtown, and a very different world. It was where my sister, Lyn, worked as a gift wrapper at age 16, and spent her entire first paycheck - all 35 dollars - on a dress from the children’s department for me. It was where my brother, Kevin, was hired to work in receiving. It was where Donna Hackett and I rode the escalators, looking down on its perfume counters, admiring their glittery opulence. And just outside, my patrolman father, Howie “Herk,” later a detective with the Juvenile Division, directed traffic at the intersection of Franklin and Main. He, too, wore gloves: white ones that made his hands resemble doves as they flew through the air, choreographed to accompany his whistle. His whistle! It was his own, and it sprung from his lips, not from a metal object on a lanyard. He spun on his heels, guiding the constant heavy traffic till it flowed smoothly. It was traffic the likes of which that corner hasn’t seen since the white elephant we called the “Galleria” appeared and effectively ruined downtown for decades to come. Windows that once displayed furs and leathers now showcase golden Buddhas and African masks; the US Postal

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Service has created a patriotic albeit nostalgic scene complete with an antique sleigh and enough flags to circle the North Pole. By far, the most striking display in the 2016 Denholm building is the one that celebrates “Dress for Success,” the program that helps women of low income find suitable attire for job interviews. This window, more than the rest, reminded me of the stark contrast between the Donna Reed world that was my childhood and the world I live in today. The mannequin used in this display is chic, cool and retro - her suit and hairdo transported me. When I closed my eyes, I could hear the ice tinkle in a highball glass. Andy Williams might be on the hi-fi, and there’s a Jello mold that no one will eat waiting in the pantry. When I opened my eyes, I remembered that this wasn’t a scene from “Mad Men,” and her suit was a hand-me-down. My father, gone now some 11 years, no longer sends Ramblers through green lights, and there is no Denholm Santa for my grandson to visit. But the star atop the Denholm building shines brightly once again, and for that, I am grateful.

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With the holiday season upon us, sentiments of charity and helping the less fortunate become widespread across the community. As families gather together and celebrate what they’re thankful for, they think of those in need and give back – whether out of the goodness of their hearts or in an effort to get on Santa’s good list this year. In this year’s “Gift of Giving” cover story, we take a look at a few area organizations that serve the community – one that helps prisoners to reintegrate back into society, one that assists adults and children with disabilities, one that provides influential mentoring to local youth, and another that feeds and advocates for the hungry.

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With the help of the Dismas House, former prisoners are given second chance. “Our mission is the reconciliation of former prisons to society,” said Dave McMahon, who has been the co-executive director at the Dismas House for 18 years. “The way we do that is we have supportive programs throughout Central Mass: The Dismas Family Farm in Oakham and two homes in Worcester – the Father Brooks House and the Dismas House. We start off by finding people who are motivated or want to turn their life around, [and] work with them with getting stable first. A lot of these folks come with nothing but a garbage bag with their belongings.” First, the staff helps residents work on the basics – clothing, food, IDs, etc. – and then on longer-term goals, such as getting to see their families, recovering from drugs and alcohol, and all aspects of their health care, including mental and physical health. Then they focus on goals for long-term stability, such as schooling, volunteering and work. Among the most rewarding aspects of working with Dismas House, McMahon said, are the individual relationships he has built over time with residents, volunteers, board and staff. As for the most challenging? Funding and drugs. “There’s an epidemic of drug use not just in Worcester, but surrounding towns,” he said. “It’s just gotten deadlier [and] we really need

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to do something. I would argue we need more safe places like Dismas House for people to recover in Central Mass., but there really isn’t funding to build new beds.” It is a struggle to keep their programs funded and supported, he says. “I think that oftentimes there’s not a lot of sympathy for people coming out of jail,” McMahon said. “But I think when people put in the time and effort to support people coming out of jail, you see a great payoff in public safety, less use of emergency rooms for medical care, and finally in the well-being of the people we’re serving.” Not only does the community help residents of the Dismas House, but the residents give back to the community as well. Dismas House used to have a partnership with a local area farm where the residents would volunteer, and when they raised enough money to start their own program, they took over a farm that used to be called Ed’s Place and turned it into the Dismas Family Farm. “The Dismas Family Farm is a really unique place,” McMahon said. “One way in which the men working there give back is we have a CSA program where people can buy a share of what’s growing at the farm, but also connect low-income families in the area with healthy produce. We partner with Worcester Common Ground and make sure we get shares in the hands of people who need the food.” The signature element of the Dismas House, he said, is the “family-style environment” they have. “It includes our staff working hard to help each resident individually with challenges and obstacles in their life – recovering from drugs and alcohol, case management, transportation, mental health, advancing their goals educationally or vocationally, and what their long-term plans are for housing,” McMahon said. “We have volunteer cooks from area churches, families and student groups come and we break bread together and create a welcoming environment. The people who come in know they’re an important part of the community and welcomed back.”

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From young children to the elderly, Easter Seals Massachusetts helps people with disabilities of all ages across the state. “Our mission is to ensure equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play,” said Paul Medeiros, the president and CEO of Easter Seals Massachusetts. “Basically, we want to meet unmet needs for people with

GIFT OF GIVING LISTING: CHARITIES AND NONPROFITS ABBY’S HOUSE

52 High St., Worcester 508-756-5486 or info@abbyshouse.org abbyshouse.org Abby’s House is Worcester’s largest provider of affordable housing specifically designed to meet the needs of women and children. WHAT TO GIVE: Twin sheets, twin blankets, twin mattress pads, twin zippered vinyl mattress covers, twin mattress sets (new condition), towel sets, travel coffee mugs, small umbrellas, gift cards (to A.C. Moore, CVS, Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, Home Depot, Michael’s, Price Chopper, Price Rite, Target and Walmart), dishwasher detergent (powder, liquid or packs), paper towels, paper cups and bowls, paper plates (large and small), 13-gallon kitchen trash bags, microwave oven (tabletop, 1.4-2 cubic foot), heavy-duty contractor trash bags, heavy shower curtains, paper lawn and leaf bags, a wheelbarrow, 4 cross-cut shredders, postage stamps, 8 ½ x 11 copy paper, Keurig K-cups, bus passes and a portable digital projector (high lumens).

AFRICAN COMMUNITY EDUCATION (ACE)

24 Chatham St., Worcester 508-799-3653 or info@acechildren.org acechildren.org ACE is a community-oriented educational program targeted toward African refugee and immigrant children living in Worcester WHAT TO GIVE: Monetary donations, school supplies, office supplies, kids toys, jackets, hats, mittens, gloves, window plastics (for weather), vacuum cleaner and seasonal items.

AIDS PROJECT WORCESTER

85 Green St., Worcester 508-755-3773 or info@aidsprojectworcester.org aidsprojectworcester.org AIDS Project Worcester is a nonprofit organization that uses advocacy, education and collaborative initiatives to enhance the lives and health of people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted infections. WHAT TO GIVE: Gift cards, restaurant certificates, toys, games, winter clothing, socks, scarfs, hats, gloves, nonperishable food, towels, washcloths, paper products, and personal care items for women and men.

ALTERNATIVES Unlimited

50 Douglas Road, Whitinsville Call Sandra Marquis at 508-234-6232 or info@ alternativesnet.org alternativesnet.org Alternatives is a leading provider of services for adults with developmental or psychiatric disabilities in Central Mass, serving more than 2,000 individuals through 60 residential, employment, and day programs. WHAT TO GIVE: Donate $5 gift cards (grocery stores, pharmacies, fast food establishments, and department stores like Bed Bath and Beyond and Kohl’s), kitchen supplies (pots, pans, utensils, plates, cups, etc.) and household supplies (twin sheets, pillows, towels, blankets, etc.). There is also the option to bake a treat for their holiday open house desert table.

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opportunities,” Medeiros said. “It’s important as human beings to have a well-rounded life and that goes for everyone.” Overall, he said, working at Easter Seals has, “certainly shaped my life. It’s never boring. I’m always learning more. It’s been a great career path and I’ve met a lot of interesting people.”

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disabilities.” Easter Seals provides a number of programs to help the people they serve, including assisted technology and the ability to try out those technologies before buying; rehab and therapy services, including occupational, physical and speech therapy; employment services; recreational activities; a youth leadership network; a video game arcade; and recently a martial arts and selfdefense program. As the organization has grown over the years, its outreach has spread as well. “All of our programs have become bigger [and] we’re able to serve more people now,” Medeiros said. “Our advocacy efforts as well have really done a lot for the community. Recently, there was a bill passed to make sure people who are contracting with the state hire people with disabilities. We definitely had a role in advocating for that bill, so that was pretty exciting.” Since the implementation of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), there passed, there have been a lot more opportunities for people with disabilities, Medeiros notes, but there’s still a ways to go, including education about the reality of being disabled. “Especially in the employment area, there’s that stigma or perception that because someone has a disability, they won’t be able to work at the same high level as someone without a disability,” he said. “I can speak from personal experience with people I work with and have been around that that’s just not the case. Sometimes, there’s a need for some accommodation, but once that accommodation is in place, definitely anybody with a disability can work at just the same level as anyone. I think those hiring managers having that understanding is a huge step.” Another challenge that needs to be tackled in the community is making sure there’s opportunity for transportation for people with disabilities to allow them to get to work and also get into the community. “Another thing people don’t often think about is those social recreational

Jean McMurray is celebrating her 21st year as executive director of the Worcester County Food Bank, and she remembers when the staff consisted of just eight people. Today, it boasts a staff of 20. “We’ve developed in a couple of important ways,” McMurray said. “We’ve gone from being an organization that distributed donated food, to an organization that continues to help feed people who are hungry with donated resources, but in the last 10-15 years, we’ve realized that donated food is not going to end hunger permanently. “We’ve been advocating for more systematic and sustainable solutions so hopefully, one day, people don’t need food

pantries … such as advocating for a higher minimum wage or something that more closely resembles a living wage. We also know there are other ways we can make sure people have access to healthy food. We’re involved with things such as community gardens, looking at how we can do more urban agriculture in cities like Worcester, [and] we want to make sure the food stamp program is as effective and efficient as it can be. There’s more we can do to be more food secure and healthy.” Another way the organization has grown is in size, expanding from renting a 1,600-square-foot warehouse facility to owning a 40,000-square-foot facility, as well as growing from one truck to three trucks that are on the road everyday picking up donated food. Another improvement? Healthier food. “When I first started the majority of food was non-perishable and now more of our food is perishable,” McMurray said. “The top category of food we distributed last year was frozen protein, in the form of meat and fish, and fresh fruits and vegetables. We are thrilled because we’ve always been concerned with not just the quantity of food

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Ascentria Care Alliance offers programs of social services administered in New England for the aged, assisted living, adoption, family counseling, foster care and teen assistance. WHAT TO GIVE: Gift cards to grocery stores or a prefilled grocery bag containing coffee, rice and sugar and/or oil as a helpful “staple” donation

AUBURN YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES

21 Pheasant Court, Auburn 508-832-5707 or admin@ayfs.org ayfs.org Auburn Youth and Family Services provides support for the community of Auburn through services such as family and individual counseling, after-school programs, summer programs, a food pantry, a clothing closet and more. WHAT TO GIVE: Digital camera, tissues, 100-percent juice, healthy snacks (popcorn, granola bars, pretzels, seasonal fruits and vegetables), watercolor paints, Elmer’s glue (liquid and glue sticks), construction paper, ice packs, latex-free Band-Aids, disposable cameras, beads for crafts, pencils, one-subject notebooks, peanut butter, jelly, juice, canned goods (corn, green beans, peas, soups), Parmalat milk, cereal, pasta, shampoo, toothpaste and laundry detergent. Donors can also “adopt” a child or family in need.

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66 Pullman St., Worcester 5080-886-4500 belikebrit.org Be Like Brit was established after the death of Britney Gengel, a 19-year-old who had traveled to Haiti to help children there. She died in the earthquake of 2010. The organization, started by her parents, built a 19,000-square-foot, earthquake-proof orphanage in the shape of the letter “B,” which now houses 66 children. WHAT TO GIVE: six-piece set of 10-ounce bowls, stainless steel 16-ounce drinking glasses, pasta sauce (plastic jars), 1-pound canned ham, girls’ underwear (sizes 4-16), girls’ bathrobes (12 large, 12 small), young women bathrobes (12 medium), clothing storage bags (compression), body lotion, MagLight Flashlights, shower curtains, dental items (visit web site for list), mattress protectors, women safety step sneakers, women sneaker safety step, large Ziplock bags for board games, Lifetime folding chairs, children’s shampoo, coconut oil, girls’ tennis sneakers (black), boys’ white tank-top undershirts (small, medium, large), hair-cutting kits for boys, hair brushes for ethnic hair, boys’ belts (black), cropped cardigan sweaters (small, medium), medical items, tools and food and kitchen items (see web site for complete list).

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MASS/METROWEST

484 Main St., Suite 360, Worcester 508-752-7868 bbbscm.org Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/Metrowest has supported children in the community through individualized mentoring programs for over 50 years. WHAT TO GIVE: Craft supplies (crayons, markers, colored pencils, construction paper, stencils, beads), games appropriate for kids ages 6-13 (Monopoly, Jenga, Connect 4, Apples to Apples, Sorry, Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land, puzzles), and sports equipment (basketballs, footballs, soccer balls, Wiffle balls and bats, jump ropes, hula hoops and Frisbees).

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Worcester County Food Bank Executive Director Jean McMurray stands with the many boxes of food to be donated.

6 Tainter St., Worcester 508-754-2686 or info@bgcworcester.org bgcworcester.org The Boys and Girls Club of Worcester is the largest

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we distribute, but the quality. We want to distribute food that supports peoples’ health and well-being.” Now is the time of year people are thinking about the blessings they have and of those who are less fortunate, McMurray said, and as a result, the food bank definitely sees an increase in donations. But it’s not just at the holidays when people are in need. “Hunger is a year-round problem and that’s why the Worcester County Food Bank is here year-round distributing food into the community,” she said. “Someone may be doing okay right now, but into the New Year who knows? We never know when someone is going to need our help, and we see trends over the course of the year. Obviously, living in New England we have high heating costs through the winter, but in the summer, when children don’t have access to the school breakfast and lunch program, [it] can be a strain of the household budget to provide good nutrition to their children.” Without the help of the community, the Worcester County Food Bank wouldn’t be able to help the less fortunate to the extent that they do. “We’re grateful for your support and if you can think of us again come April or August, we’re here year-round doing what we do,” McMurray said. “We couldn’t do it without everyone … the community coming together to make our mission and efforts possible.”

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When it comes to young people in the community, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/Metrowest is among the bestknown mentoring programs. “We serve over 1,000 young people, most of them between the ages of 7-12,” said Harold Pinkham, director of advancement. A large portion of how Big Brothers Big Sisters mentor young people is through site-based programs, Pinkham said, where an adult mentor is matched with a young person and they go to a site location – such as a local school or the YMCA – typically, once a week during the school year, where the mentor can help with homework, play a game, or just spend time with their match. The more typical program, he added, is community-based, where “bigs” meet on a once-a-week basis with their “littles” and spend time with them - bringing them to a local library or sporting event, or hanging around their house to help with homework, usually somewhere that “introduces them to a new or once-in-a-lifetime experience that they would not be able to get on their own.” Setting up these matches is no easy feat, Pinkham notes “We have about 15 match support specialist and each one of them are given a case load of around 60-70 matches,” he said. “To create a match, it typically takes around 15 hours to do reference checks, interview

both the young person and the adult to see if there are some commonalities to make it a good match, and CORI and background checks. All of that is put into place to make sure it is a safe match, and when it takes place it really makes a difference in the life of a young person.” As for the ideal length of the mentoring relationship, Pinkham said the magic number is 18 months. “When a match is first created, we ask the adult mentor to give it a year with the young person,” he says, but statistically, as “kind of a nationwide statistic,” if the organization can make the match happen for a minimum of 18 months, they see a strong increase in school grades and selfconfidence. Some matches go on for years. “Last year, we recognized our oldest match in the agency,” Pinkham says. “They celebrated their 50th match year. They’re both older gentlemen now, but the relationship they grew really held 50 years later. Gov. [Charlie] Baker was a former Big Brother and talks about how he is still connected to his little – they’re still in contact today -- and that shows you the type of impact that comes out of this type of relationship.” Jeffrey Chin has been CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mass/ Metrowest for four years, but has been involved as a clinical social worker and nonprofit leader more than 20 years, 13 of which have been Continued on page 16

youth development agency in Central Mass, serving over 6,000 youth annually. WHAT TO GIVE: New, unwrapped toys for children ages 5-12, gift cards for teen members, gift cards for families to purchase food for holiday meals, art and school supplies for programs at the Club, and wrapping paper for volunteers who will be wrapping the donated gifts during a wrapping party on Saturday, Dec. 17 from 9 a.m. to noon.

BROKEN TAIL RESCUE

508-625-0332 or info@brokentailrescue.org brokentailrescue.org Broken Tail Rescue is a nonprofit, foster-based rescue organization dedicated to the rescue of unwanted and abandoned animals in urgent need. WHAT TO GIVE: Wire crates, dry dog and cat food, wet puppy and kitten food, cat litter, Nature’s Miracle, laundry detergent, gas gift cards, humane traps, and fleece blankets, as well as vehicle donations.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES

10 Hammond St., Worcester 508-798-0191 or info@ccworcorg ccworc.org Catholic Charities is committed to meeting the needs of the poor, the homeless and the infirm and to enhancing the quality of life for all. WHAT TO GIVE: Gift cards (food or discount retail stores), as well as gloves, scarves, hats and winter coats for both children and adults.

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CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING ALLIANCE (CMHA)

6 Institute Road, Worcester 508-752-5519, ext.105 or info@cmhaonline.org cmhaonline.org CMHA leads a collaborative response to homelessness that fosters long-term housing stability through prevention, quality services, education and advocacy. WHAT TO GIVE: Tables, chairs, sofas, upholstered furniture, bureaus, bed frames, mattress and box springs (queen or smaller). Items donated must be in good, clean and in gently used condition (can’t be torn, stained, soiled or broken). Check their website for a full list of items they cannot accept.

CENTRO

11 Sycamore St., Worcester 508-798-1900 or info@centroinc.org centroinc.org Formerly Centro Las Americas, CENTRO is the largest minority-led, community-based, multi-service, multicultural, multilingual, nonprofit organization in Central Mass. WHAT TO GIVE: Food items to donate to their food panties, as well as coats, hats, and gloves for their families. Contact the organization for more items to donate.

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work appropriate handbags), and new/unopened hosiery. Please ensure all items donated are freshly dry-cleaned/laundered and ironed, not more than 5 years old and suitable for wearing to job interviews.

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lives have been affected by difficulties including abuse, neglect, WHAT TO GIVE: Gift cards for discount and grocery stores or gas cards

DARE FAMILY SERVICES (CENTRAL REGION)

1241 Main St., Worcester 508-755-7100 darefamily.org/locations/central-region-ma The Dare Family Services Central Region office provides home-based intensive and Enhanced Therapeutic Foster Care, as well as Family Support and Stabilization services to children and families with histories of neglect, severe trauma and abuse. WHAT TO GIVE: Toys or other items for children ages 10–18 and items for teenagers, especially gift cards.

DISMAS HOUSE

30 Richards St., Worcester 508-799-9389 or cmdismashouse@aol.com dismashouse.org/ Dismas House provides a platform for healthy reentry from prison to those most in need of recovery, decent work and housing. WHAT TO GIVE: Gift cards for male residents, twin sheets and blankets in new condition, toiletries, hats, gloves and pajamas.

DRESS FOR SUCCESS WORCESTER

484 Main St., Suite 110, Worcester 508-796-5660 or worcester@dressforsuccess.org worcester.dressforsuccess.org WHAT TO GIVE: Interview-appropriate suits and blouses, professional separates (blouses, slacks, skirts, dresses, blazers, and jackets), work appropriate shoes, jewelry, scarves, handbags (briefcases, portfolios or

484 Main St., Worcester 800-244-2756 or info@eastersealsma.org easterseals.com/ma/ Easter Seals provides services to ensure that children and adults with disabilities have equal opportunities to live, learn, work and play. WHAT TO GIVE: Art supplies (paint, markers, colored pencils, canvasses, paper, etc.), XBOX360 games for teenagers, and smaller items for their martial arts classes (weight bands, hand targets and small weights).

ELM PARK CENTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION INC.

284 Highland St., Worcester 508-752-1201 or information@elmparkcenter.com elmparkcenter.com The Elm Park Center for Early Childhood Education Inc. is committed to providing high-quality developmental experiences for the benefit of the children and families in our community. elmparkcenter.com WHAT TO GIVE: Items for the children, including clothing, toys, diapers and supplies

FAMILY HEALTH CENTER OF WORCESTER INC.

26 Queen St., Worcester 508-860-7700 fhcw.org The Family Health Center of Worcester is a full-service health center that provides access to affordable, high quality, integrated, comprehensive and respectful primary health care and social services, regardless of patients’ ability to pay. WHAT TO GIVE: Personal hygiene supplies, soaps, razors, shampoo, baby blankets, bottles for newborns, mittens and hats

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GINNY’S HELPING HAND

52 Mechanic St., Leominster 978-537-1387 or ginnyshelpinghands@gmail.com ginnyshelpinghand.org Ginny’s Helping Hand, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the everyday living needs of the less fortunate. WHAT TO GIVE: Clothing, shoes, small household goods, crafts, toys, board games, puzzles, books, CDs/ DVDs, small kitchen appliances, dining room sets (no hutches or buffets), holiday decorations, greeting cards, kitchen table sets with matching chairs, bedroom sets (head/foot boards and dressers), knick knacks, dishes, pots and pans, kitchen utensils, bicycles, bicycle helmets, artwork, decorative items, small electronics (radios and DVD players in working condition), linens, towels, sheets, curtains, blankets, comforters, bookcases, storage shelving, sleeping bags, jewelry, baby furniture and playpens, and wooden or glider rockers. Check their website for items that cannot be accepted.

GIRLS INC.

125 Providence St., Worcester 508-755-6455 or info@girlsincworcester.org girlsincworcester.org Girls Inc. was formed to give ethical, educational and social advantages to girls of lower-income families. WHAT TO GIVE: New, age-appropriate books for girls

grades K–8 and items for the holiday party (bookmarks, pens, pencils, erasers, small journal books, candy canes, candy to fill stockings, pre-filled stockings, baking supplies, decorations for sugar cookies, and holiday craft supplies). Please make donations by Wednesday, Dec. 14, if possible.

GREATER WORCESTER HOUSING CONNECTION

7 Bishop St., Framingham 508-872-4853 smoc.org/greater-worcester-housing-connection.php The Greater Worcester Housing Connection provides housing and supportive services to homeless and formerly homeless individuals in the Worcester region towards the community goal of ending homelessness. WHAT TO GIVE: Clothing for men and women (socks, underwear, hats, gloves, and coats), hygienic items (soap, toothpaste, combs and toothbrushes), sheets, linens, towels and household goods.

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY- METROWEST/GREATER WORCESTER

11 Distributor Road, Worcester 508-799-9259 or office@habitatmwgw.org habitatmwgw.org Habitat for Humanity of MetroWest/Greater Worcester offers an opportunity for community residents to partner with families in need of housing to work sideby-side with volunteers to build homes. WHAT TO GIVE: Items for their ReStore, such as appliances, architectural items (columns, mantels, porch posts), media, cabinets/countertops, doors, electrical (residential items in working condition), flooring, furniture, hardware, home décor, insulation, lighting, lumber, masonry, paint, plumbing fixtures and hardware, roofing materials and gutters, tools, vents, vinyl siding and accessories, windows/screens, and more. Check their website for ReStore donation guidelines for each type of item and for items they cannot accept. You can also donate labor, services and materials, along with vehicles.

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FRIENDLY HOUSE

36 Wall St., Worcester 508-755-4362 friendlyhousema.org Friendly House provides a continuum of comprehensive coordinated neighborhood basic services to inner-city families, including housing, youth programs and food services. WHAT TO GIVE: Gift cards, movie passes, and new gifts

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HEIFTER FARMS AND RANCH

216 Wachusett St., Rutland 508-886-2221 heifer.org Heifer International, founded by Dan West, has as its mission to end world hunger and poverty. WHAT TO GIVE: Help by donating or fundraising, partner with Heifer, incorporating the organization’s mission into classroom teachings and more. Visit web site for more information on how to help.

HORIZONS FOR HOMELESS CHILDREN (CENTRAL REGION OFFICE)

111 Park Ave., Worcester 508-755-2615 horizonschildren.org Horizons for Homeless Children is the Commonwealth’s leading organization devoted exclusively to serving homeless children. WHAT TO GIVE: Play-Doh, Legos, finger paints, wooden puzzles, blocks puppets, crayons and colored pencils, diapers (size 6) gift cards to discount stores (Stop and Shop, Target, Macy’s), baby wipes, antibacterial wipes, hand sanitizer, and tissues, or check out their Amazon wishlist on their website

JEREMIAH’S INN

1059 Main St., Worcester 508-755-6403 or info@jejremiahsinn.com jeremiahsinn.com Jeremiah’s Inn operates a residential Social Model Recovery Program, to provide a safe space for men to recover from addiction, and a Nutrition Center that features a food pantry, provides grocery store tours and cooking demonstrations, and a gardening program. WHAT TO GIVE: Fresh produce (home-grown or purchased), eggs, non-perishable food items (cereal, oatmeal, Farina, rice, pasta, starches, canned meats and fish, soups, stews, chili, beans, canned fruits, canned sauced or tomatoes [stewed, diced or paste], granola, cereal bars, condiments), dish washing liquid, undergarments (socks, underwear and undershirts all sizes M-XXXL), toiletries, snow blower, kitchenware, etc. For a full list, visit their website.

JOY OF MUSIC PROGRAM

1 Gorham St., Worcester 508-856-9541 or rich@jomp.org jomp.org The Joy of Music Program is a nonprofit community music school located in Worcester, offering a full range of classes, lessons and concerts to people of all ages. WHAT TO GIVE: Musical instruments in good condition, especially good-quality professional level instruments for high intermediate and advanced students.

LITERACY VOLUNTEERS FOR GREATER WORCESTER 3 Salem Square, Suite 332, Worcester 508-754-8056 x1 or info@lvgw.org

lvgw.org The Literacy Volunteers for Greater Worcester provide essential, “one-to-one”, basic literacy or English (ESOL) tutoring for adults. WHAT TO GIVE: Gift cards and certificates, snacks, coffee, tea, New Oxford Picture Dictionaries and audio ear buds/headsets. Also, recipe-labeled baked goods for their Holiday Bake Sale/Exchange on Dec. 12.

MAIN IDEA

info@mainidea.org mainidea.org Main IDEA empowers youth by encouraging selfexpression through quality accessible arts programs. WHAT TO GIVE: Crayola markers, composition notebooks, hand drums and recess equipment (footballs, soccer balls, basketballs, jump ropes, etc.)

MUSTARD SEED

93 Piedmont St, Worcester 508-754-7098 mustardseedcw.org/ The Mustard Seed Catholic Worker is a house of hospitality in the Catholic Worker movement and plays a role in feeding the hungry in the community, with a soup kitchen opening at 4 p.m. and dinner served at 5:45 p.m., both only available on weekdays. WHAT TO GIVE: Food pantry non-perishables, anything simple to cook, sleeping bags and blankets (new or used), socks, warm hats, coats, shoes, winter clothing, toys for children.

NATIVITY SCHOOL OF WORCESTER

67 Lincoln St., Worcester 508-799-0100 or email Cindy Schofield at cschofield@nativityworcester.org nativityworcester.org The Nativity School of Worcester is an accredited, independent, Jesuit middle school that provides a quality, all-scholarship education to under-served boys of all faiths. WHAT TO GIVE: Navy blue blazers, white buttondown shirts, khaki pants, belts and dress shoes for boys in sizes from boys’ small to men’s large; sports equipment, such as basketballs, soccer balls, whistles, stop watches and related items; art supplies

PATHWAYS FOR CHANGE, INC.

588 Main St., Worcester 508-852-7600 Pathways for Change’s mission is to address the impact of sexual violence by providing quality and multicultural services to those whose lives have been impacted by sexual violence and to provide education geared toward ending violence. WHAT TO GIVE: Office or household goods (new or gently used), media (books, CDs, video games, DVDs, etc.) new or gently used. Check their website for condition guidelines for donated items.

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plantingtheseed.org Planting the Seed Foundation is a 100-percent volunteer, nonprofit, charitable organization dedicated to improving the lives of homeless children and their families. plantingtheseed.org WHAT TO GIVE: For their upcoming toy drive, toys/ gifts for newborns to age 18, especially gift cards for teens, as well as monetary donations through their website and school supplies.

PROJECT NEW HOPE

70 James St., Suite 157, Worcester 774-243-7859 or office@projectnewhopema.org projectnewhopema.org Project New Hope is an organization that helps U.S. veterans and their families with addressing the challenges, fears and stigma that they face during and after military service. WHAT TO GIVE: Gift cards for clothing stores, restaurants, toy stores, discount retail stores, movie passes, sporting events, museums, concerts, nail salons or hair salons or iTunes.

RACHEL’S TABLE

633 Salisbury St., Worcester 508-799-7699 rachelstable.org The mission of Rachel’s Table is to distribute donated and specially purchased foods, without charge, to agencies feeding hungry families and individuals in greater Worcester and to reduce the waste of nourishing food. WHAT TO GIVE: Unused perishable or non-perishable food and monetary donations to support their milk fund and produce programs – check their website at rachelstable.org for donor guidelines.”

RAINBOW CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER

10 Edward St., Worcester 508-791-6849 or rainbow@rainbowcdc.com rainbowcdc.com Rainbow Child Development Center transforms the lives of children and their families by providing quality education and therapeutic programs and services. WHAT TO GIVE: Clothing items for children (sizes 4T to youth XL), including coats, hats, mittens, boots, warm socks, pajamas and underwear, as well as gift cards to grocery and discount stores.

SOUTH WORCESTER NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT CORP.

47 Camp St., Worcester 508-757-8344 or RChare2625@aol.com swnic.net The South Worcester Neighborhood Improvement Corporation has been a valuable resource and a valued contributor of social services to the neighborhood since our founding in 1969. WHAT TO GIVE: Gift cards (especially for teenagers,

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STAND UP FOR KIDS

774-242-4289 or worcester@standupforkids.org standupforkids.org/worcester Stand Up for Kids helps to stabilize and improve the lives of homeless and street kids in Worcester and in cities across America. WHAT TO GIVE: Gift cards (fast food, coffee shops, discount retailers, and grocery stores), bus passes, gloves, men’s belts, backpacks, packaged socks, underwear (especially in men’s sizes medium and large and women’s sizes 7, 8, and 9), and gently-used winter boots (men’s sizes 9-13 and women’s sizes 7-12). Check their website for a full list.

UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS

Denholm Building, 484 Main St., No. 300, Worcester 508-757-5631 unitedwaycm.org United Way of Central Mass helps families from 30 area towns, connecting them to much-needed resources. WHAT TO GIVE: Donate or volunteer to any number of local agencies and organizations. You can download a Holiday Wish List for 2016 by visiting unitedwaycm.org.

VETERANS INC.

60 Grove St., Worcester Call their donations hotline at (508) 791-1213, ext. 199 or email donations@veteransinc.org veteransinc.org WHAT TO GIVE: Personal care items, such as razors (Gillette/Schick for men and women), deodorant, soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, toothpaste, dental floss, feminine hygiene products, Vaseline, hand lotion, medicated food powder, nail files/clippers, cough drops, Vicks Vapor Rub, reusable water bottles, combs/hairbrushes, chargeable barber kits, diabetic testing kits; men and women’s clothing, towels (bath, hand and washcloths), bed pillows, blankets, pillow cases, children’s needs, and more. For a complete list and requirements for donating (such as sizes needed or conditions of items donated), visit veteransinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016_Wish-List.pdf.

VISITATION HOUSE INC.

119 Endicott St., Worcester 508-965-7391 visitationhouse.org Visitation House is a home that welcomes women with

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WHY ME AND SHERRY’S HOUSE

1152 Pleasant St., Worcester 508-757-7734 whyme.org Why Me is a nonprofit organization created to help Central New England families cope with childhood cancer. WHAT TO GIVE: New food pantry items (condiments, kid-friendly cereal, oatmeal, canned fruit, fruit cups, applesauce, canned meats [ham and chicken], canned tuna fish, spaghetti sauce, juices [especially individual juice boxes], peanut butter, fluff, mac and cheese, rice, etc.), paper products (towels, napkins, plates, septic-safe toilet paper), Advil and Tylenol (for adults and children), front-loading washing detergent, sandwich bags, toiletries, etc. Check their website for a full list.

WORCESTER ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE 139 Holden St., Worcester

508-853-0030 worcesterarl.org Worcester Animal Rescue League (WARL) is a nonprofit organization that aims to protect, care, and love cats and dogs throughout Central Mass. WHAT TO GIVE: Blankets, cat and dog food (wet and dry types), KMR Milk Replacer Food Supplements (for nursing kittens and puppies), kitten food, comforters, blankets and towels (not pillows and sheets), Kuranda beds, cat and dog beds, toys (furry mice and balls with bells, stuffed animals, Kongs, Ruff Wear, Nylar bones, Jolly Balls, Tuffies), martingale collars, belt collars hook and eyes for dogs (no plastic snap collars), leashes, gentle leaders and easy walk harnesses, litter boxes (small), latex gloves, gauze, distilled water and more. Check their website for a full list.

WORCESTER COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL

484 Main St., Second Floor, Worcester 508-754-1176 wcac.net Worcester Community Action Council’s (WCAC) mission is helping people move to economic self-sufficiency through programs, partnerships, and advocacy. WHAT TO GIVE: Hats, gloves, socks, sweatshirts, or sweatpants for youth ages 16- 24, as well as gift cards (fast food or discount stores) and bus passes

WORCESTER COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND CARE INC.

106 Tacoma St., Worcester 508-852-3792 worcestercomprehensive.org Worcester Comprehensive Education and Care (WCEC) provides nurturing and stimulating child care that is responsive to the entire family, by offering programs and opportunities to those most in need. WHAT TO GIVE: Diapers, baby wipes, new children’s underclothing (toddler and preschool), new children’s clothes (toddler through age 13), children’s winter clothing (mittens, hats, boots, snow suits, etc.), art sup-

plies (glue, buttons, fabric, stickers, tissue paper, yarn, felt, paper, etc.), children’s computer software, new children’s books and gift cards for families (grocery stores, Walmart or movie theaters)

WORCESTER COUNTY FOOD BANK

474 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury 508-842-3663 or foodbank.org The Worcester County Food Bank is the region’s leading anti-hunger organization distributing over 5 million pounds of donated food and grocery product. WHAT TO GIVE: Cereal, oatmeal, rice, beans, lowsodium soup, stew, chili, dry and canned pasta, lowsugar canned fruits, ethnic foods (Hispanic, Indian, Asian, Kosher, etc.), canned tuna and chicken, peanut butter, jelly, broth (chicken or beef), low-sodium canned vegetables, and healthy snacks (granola bars, nuts, dried fruits, crackers, etc.). No glass bottles (including baby food) or perishable foods.

WORCESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS “COATS FOR KIDS” PROGRAM

210 Park Ave., Suite 224, Worcester Contact Liz Vecchio at 508-799-3479 (office), 508-7531288 (cell) or vecchio@worc.k12.ma.us worcesterschools.org/coats-for-kids WHAT TO GIVE: Donate new winter wear (jackets, hats and mittens) or donate a gift certificate, themed-basket or item for their fundraising event raffle table

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masterpiece of a book.” Emberley is a Massachusetts native living in Ipswich. He hesitates to call himself an artist and, according to Neelon’s book, prefers to say “he draws pictures for a living.” He has created over 100 books from his home and he never focuses on the same subject or style twice. He utilizes wood block printing, painting, line drawing, ink and water color and computers to craft his different beloved books, which include “Ed Emberley’s Big Green Drawing Book,” “Ed Emberley’s Great Thumbprint Drawing Book,” the 1968 Caldecott Medal-

winning “Drummer Hoff, The Story of Paul Bunyan” and many more. “It’s inter-generational,” said Katrina Stacy, Worcester Art Museum’s associate curator of education. “He’s been publishing and working for 60 years and he’s still publishing. So, it’s something that everyone who comes into this gallery has some kind of memory of. I think that’s what captures people’s attention, that he is so prolific and changed his working style all the time. He was always inventing and STEVEN KING

Urns of wheat sit atop stairways in the Renaissance court for the upcoming medieval holiday festivities at Worcester Art Museum.

Joshua Lyford If there is a tie-in between the two new showcases at the Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St., it is in explosive colors. With “Kahbahbloom,” the gallery focused on the art and storytelling of prolific author and artist Ed Emberley, the colors are unavoidable upon walking into the gallery space. With “Medieval Holidays,” a month-long celebration of the seasons, the colors may strike a bit more subtly, but still serve to excite and offer a new look for the longstanding institution. “Kahbahblooom” is on view through April 9 and serves as a comprehensive retrospective of Emberley’s many works. “Medieval Holidays” is available to soak in through Dec. 31. Both are exclamation points next to the other new offerings the museum has. “Really, he’s an innovator,” Adam Rozan, Worcester Art Museum’s director of audience engagement, said of Kemberley. “He’s an artist. You can see walking through here [the gallery] that he continued to adapt to new things. From his first book into dabbling with computers and stuff, it’s moving his style. It’s amazing, he didn’t consider himself an artist or that he’d one day be in an art museum.” “Kahbahblooom” was guest curated by artist and writer Caleb Neelon, alongside the museum’s curatorial and education staff. Neelon had been working on a book showcasing Emberley’s work (“Ed Emberley,” Ammo Books, 2014) around the same time Rozan and museum staff were looking into putting together an exhibit in a similar vain for some time. “We’ve been hunting for this exhibition,” said Rozan. “It was always, how can we do this? We always wanted to do this, but who? One day, it was happenstance, I thought, ‘Oh my god, I love this book.’ Some people knew about all these various stories. What I find fascinating is he’s developed a new person every time. “They [Neelon and Emberley] were working on this book when it was in draft form while we started talking to them. He had already done the homework and put together this

Associate Curator of Education Katrina Stacy talks about the “KAHBAHBLOOOM: The Art and Storytelling of Ed Emberley exhibit.”

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trying new things.” With “Medieval Holidays,” the museum is showcasing the re-installation of the arms and armor from its Higgins Armory acquisition. The museum’s Knights! exhibition will be closed to make way for the changes, and “Medieval Holidays” will spice things up in holiday fashion. The medieval holiday décor will be showcased throughout the museum and will have events to highlight the shift throughout the museum. Events include tours, arms and armor demonstrations and a concert focusing on medieval songs by Salisbury Singers. “With the medieval theme, all of the programming is medieval which is a shift for the public,” said Stacy. “We wanted to make sure our programming and our décor had a real root in our collection. The reopening of the medieval gallery happened to occur at the right moment for us.” The interior entryway flourishes with holly, ivy and wheat -classic Christmastide décor. “Having a decoration over the doorway was a classic welcoming gesture in many different religions,” said Stacy. “The most important parts are the holly, ivy and the wheat. You can see that throughout the décor all around. The red berries and the green of the ivy, and the color and texture of the wheat, all relate to the traditional celebration of Christmastide. Originally, the red berries represented the masculine and the black berries of the ivy represented the feminine. Over time, the red came to represent the blood of Christ. Wheat was related to breaking bread.” These two Worcester Art Museum offerings highlight other new components in the museum, like “The Pregnant Woman” by German artist Otto Dix, created in 1931, which

prodded one student to write, “I like that you can’t see the face and you have to imagine” in the nearby logbook. There is new furniture throughout, with Rozan saying, “We try to get you to slow down and enjoy the museum.” There is also a citizenship gallery, “Picket Fence to Picket Line: Visions of American Citizenship,” as the museum is a polling location during elections. “We looked at citizenship from all these different perspectives,” Rozan said. “Environment, shared spaces, education, protests.” A two-story bunk house fills the back corner of the “KAHBAHBLOOOM: The Art and You can visit the Worcester Art Museum, Storytelling of Ed Emberley exhibit.” Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at 508-749-3166, 55 Salisbury St., Wednesday-Friday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 ext. 325, or by email at Jlyford@worcestermagazine.com. p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and every third Thursday, Follow Josh on Twitter @Joshachusetts and on Instagram @ 3-8 p.m. You can find out more about these and other Joshualyford. offerings online at Worcesterart.org.

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Nuovo restaurant on Shrewsbury Street was the gracious host of Worcester Magazine’s inaugural Hometown Heroes Award Dinner Monday, Dec. 5. Dozens showed up in support of this year’s six chosen recipients. Clockwise from top left, Worcester Magazine editor Walter Bird Jr. introduces Hometown Hero Nicole Bell, as Mayor Joe Petty, who provided each winner with a city certificate; Worcester Police Officer and Hometown Hero David Rojas, left, with Police Chief Steve Sargent; Hometown Hero Paw Wah shares a moment with Mayor Joe Petty; Hometown Hero Tim Ford, second from left, enjoys dinner; Mayor Joe Petty presents certificates to Hometown Heroes Javier Rincon, middle, and John Robles. A special thanks to publisher Kathy Real, who handed out plaques to the recipients, and to Anna Maria College, which sponsored and attended the event.

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Local Porch seeks to bring craft fairs home Joshua Lyford With an increased public interest in the creations of makers and a positive drive toward buying locally across the country, the importance of space to find locally crafted goods is beginning to boil over. It isn’t always easy for interested parties to find the creators of these goods, however, with niche locales, homegrown storefronts and farmer’s markets and craft fairs being the most obvious ways to find the goods today’s locally-interested consumers want. To meet that demand, two entrepreneurs and their team recently launched Localporch.com, a platform that seeks to bring the craft fair feel home. Localporch could be described as a sort of friendly meet-up of Etsy, Uber and Craigslist, but for the platform to work, consumers have to latch onto the one to one relationships between the makers and crafters and the consumers looking for goods. “The craft fair/farmers market-goer is slightly different,” LocalPorch co-founder and CEO Kim Sullivan. “A lot of this is hypothesis, but we believe that consumer is much more broad than the average Etsy shopper. Typically, Etsy shoppers are very predominantly female and predominantly millennial. You go to craft fairs and you see everyone, all ages. We’re going to be able to help that consumer, they’ll be able to see before they pull the trigger.” The “seeing” component is important to the consumers Localporch is built to appeal to, according to Sullivan, who started the company with co-founder Suzi Capone, who is also VP of operations for the project. The website is setup to bring the consumer

and maker together. Purchasers can get items delivered, or the pair can meet in person. The pair are connected and a discussion can begin. Along with the human element of interaction available with the site, is the all-important locality factory. Each product and bio for the makers is accompanied with a location map, so those perusing the website know exactly where the product comes from. With that localfocus, the local, virtual, craft market is set up to bolster current craft purchasing possibilities, like craft fairs and stores. “I want people to understand that we’re a compliment to current channels,” said Sullivan. “We don’t want to be an obstacle. We want to enhance local commerce, not take it away. We want to be another way for consumers to find artisans.” Adding a channel should increase makers’ reach, according to Sullivan, and with that notion and visibility, should kick off a sort of “all boats rise with the tide” effect. “Through raising awareness and making that discovery easier, I think it will inherently strengthen, because it will grow more easily and more quickly,” said Sullivan “As it grows, the need for more makers and products will increase. I think that will be the byproduct.” Sullivan and Capone had bounced ideas around, but one quirky interest of Sullivan’s sparked the creative juices that would flow into Localporch. Sullivan liked buying local, but it could be difficult, and when she moved to Rutland from Park City, Utah while working in project management with Capone, she had a hard time tracking down a niche product she had come to love: goat milk soap. Combine that interest in a specific market space that could only be found in person

at craft fairs with an entrepreneur’s attitude, and you get Localporch. “That’s always been in there,” said Sullivan. “I just didn’t know it. When I look back now, it totally makes sense. I ran the ski and snowboard club in college. We’d be abroad on a ski trip and I’d say, ‘I’m gonna get a group of people to go paragliding. If I get 20 people to go, I get to go for free.’ So, I would do that. I’d always be talking about, ‘Oh, what if I try this?’ I like to be a thinker. I enjoyed managing people in the past. I think it was finding this shift and all of a sudden I said, ‘I can do this. I should try and do this.’” Still, for the concept to work, makers and consumers need to latch onto the platform, something that Sullivan said has already begun, with 70 maker applicants currently awaiting approval. “It’s a nervous excitement,” she explained. “I’ve worked on this for 14 months. When I first started to work on it, we saw we had these two sides to the marketplace. I always said the consumer side is easier, that will happen. It’s the maker side we have to prove out. You need both sides of the marketplace and a nice happy balance for it to be successful.” To find out more about LocalPorch, or to sign up as a maker, or peruse as a consumer, head to Localporch.com. LocalPorch is also online on Facebook.com/localporch and Instagram @Localporch. Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at 508-749-3166, ext. 325, or by email at Jlyford@worcestermagazine.com. Follow Josh on Twitter @Joshachusetts and on Instagram @Joshualyford.

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A few thoughts delivered in the lull just before the studios’ lateyear thrust for an Oscar orgasm (looking at you “Jackie,” “Fences” and “Manchester by the Sea”):

• “Office Christmas Party” is this year’s obligatory holiday-movie-with-amean-streak: think “Krampus” and “Bad Santa.” (The latter’s most hateful legacy is how hack screenwriters now glue “Bad” onto every crappy comedy title as shorthand for unseemly behavior from an unlikely source, like “Bad Teacher,” “Bad Moms” and “Bad Santa 2.”) The OCP cast is ridiculously uninspiring — Jason Bateman. Jennifer Aniston. Olivia Munn. Has science still not devised a way to stop Olivia Munn from happening? — with a single exception. That would be T.J. Miller, the doughy redheaded cut-up from HBO’s “Silicon Valley.” The guy already was growing on me, then sealed the deal in “Deadpool” with his appraisal of Ryan Reynolds’ melted face: “You look like an avocado that had sex with an older avocado.” I still won’t see his Christmas movie, though I will eat a big bowl of guacamole in his honor. • Compare the remarkably similar trailers for “Deepwater Horizon” and “Patriots Day” and tell me Mark Wahlberg hasn’t gotten fat and lazy with the “based on true events” formula. Here’s how the trailers

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go: blue-collar Joe enjoys morning idyll with impossibly cute wife (Kate Hudson and Michelle Monaghan, respectively), goes through the early rituals of his day (arriving for work as an oil rig driller/cop patrolling the Boston Marathon, joking with guys wearing hardhats/badges), portentous music signals oncoming tragedy, chaos ensues, impossibly cute wife shown looking concerned, swelling music signifies heroic actions are on the way, tag line encourages courage (DH: “In our darkest hour courage leads the way.” PD: “There is a time to show courage. There is a time to seek justice.”) Wahlberg’s next project is another Transformers movie, perhaps the most courageous career move of all. • Despite its lightly fictionalized treatment (Wahlberg’s cop is a composite character), I am hoping “Patriots Day” does a good job recounting the marathon bombing. I’m also looking forward to “Stronger,” the Jake Gyllenhaal film about Jeff Bauman, who lost his legs in the attack. But both movies have a tough act to follow with HBO’s documentary “Marathon: The Patriots Day Bombing,” a heartbreaking account of survivors’ struggles to regain their lives after sustaining maiming injuries. • The premise of “Passengers” makes me laugh. More than 5,000 hibernating people are being transported aboard a spacecraft to a distant colony when a technical malfunction awakens two of them 90 years early. As luck would have it, they are the two most attractive people on board: Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. Romance ensues. I’m calling it now: this one will tank. The lead actors have been popular in specific movies, and Lawrence has won an Academy Award — but who among you was able to sit through “Joy”? Sometimes when watching a trailer, you find you’re just not feeling it; there’s no charm, no charisma. Such is the case with “Passengers.” To further complicate the movie’s fate, it’s opening one week after “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” which will be dominating at the box office, especially among sci-fi fans who would rather watch two Wookies make out than endure Lawrence-Pratt repartee. • One of the toughest scenes in the 1979 weepie “Kramer vs. Kramer” occurs when an unemployed Dustin Hoffman shows up during a Manhattan advertising agency’s Christmas bash and insists on a job interview then and there (he lands the position at $33K, which seems low even for 1979). Nearly 40 years later I still remember the scene. I suspect I’ll forget the entirety of “Office Christmas Party” within 10 minutes.

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On a recent Wednesday, I visited Grille on Main in Douglas for dinner with three friends. As luck would have it, we stumbled upon trivia night - a guilty pleasure that lured us into sticking around for the better part of the evening. Festive holiday decorations made the simple space feel snug. Our server was one of the most communicative industry professionals I have ever encountered. Rather than dance around the puzzle of fitting everything on the table or trying to read her audience in regards to timing, she simply asked where and when we wanted each dish. While this could have come off as brusque, I appreciated her sense of efficiency.

And it was a good thing she was so knowledgeable, because the literature on the tables was thick, but lacked key details including a beer list. We ordered beverages, red ($8), white ($8), Wormtown on draught ($4.25) and a Sam Adams bottle ($4). The wine that arrived was not the Pinot Noir on the menu, but our server assured me I would enjoy the Murphy Good and I did. We asked what appetizer she recommended, and she suggested the Honey Teriyaki Chicken Fingers ($9.99). We also ordered a Veggie Quesadilla ($10.99) to share. The Chicken Fingers were exceedingly basic, but adequate for satisfying the group. Appetizers should always be crowd-pleasers, but no matter how simple, I’d prefer them prepared fresh to order. The Veggie Quesadilla was equally tolerable, prepared in a flour tortilla with roasted red peppers, mushrooms, onions and Monterey Jack. Adorable elementary-aged children wearing aprons breezed by our table well into the night carrying trays to deliver entrees and bus tables under the guidance of adult employees. It was awfully cute, but raised a few surprised eyebrows.

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music >Thursday 8 Clark University Concert Band. Samantha McGill, Director University Center/Tilton Hall, 950 Main St. Subterra: Kid Prophecy. No Backpacks, No Re-Entry past Smoking area, No outside Drinks $7 / 19+ w/ Proper ID $5 / 21+ w/ Proper ID 21+ Ladies Free. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. Christmas Dinner and Concert with the Worcester Chamber Music Society. Call 508-347-0362 or buy your tickets online. Experience an evening of festive cocktails, fine dining and a special holiday concert presented by The Worcester Chamber Society, a mixed classical chamber ensemble performing selections of Baroque music with a holiday theme. Learn more about The Worcester Chamber Society at worcesterchambermusic.org Menu: 1st course: Tossed Mixed Greens with Parmesan Tuile Entrée: Braised Short Ribs with Mashed Potatoes & Roasted Root Vegetables (vegetarian entrée available by request) Dessert: Chocolate Peppermint Cake $55 for members, $65 for non-members. 6-9 p.m. Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or osv.org Dana Lewis Live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s in the lounge “The sound track of your Youth” Best Wood fired Pizza’s, Italian Food, Full Bar, Lottery & Me! No Cover. Come on out! Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook. Open Mic Most Thursdays @ Barbers North. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your

host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paidperformers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8438. A Ukulele Christmas. Join us for the holiday edition of Ukulele Night. This is not to be missed. Holiday Classics with a twist. Ugly Sweater Contest! Come on down, sing along and celebrate the season. 7-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or find them on Facebook. Amanda Cote. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Open Mic. Attention Performers- Amateurs and Experts! Do you sing or play an instrument? Are you looking for a crowd that will appreciate your incredible sense of humor? Maybe you have some secret talent that you’re ready to share with the world (or at least your local coffee house). Drop in for Open Mic! Full Sandwich Menu Desserts Coffee & Espresso BYOB beer & wine only $0. 7-10 p.m. Cake Shop Cafe, 22A West St., Millbury. 508-865-9866 or cakeshopcafe.com Fitchburg State Band and Ensembles Winter Concert. The Fitchburg State University instrumental ensembles will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8 at Weston Auditorium. Admission is free. The concert band, directed by Michael La Cava, will be playing a mix of new band music, as well as traditional favorites and holiday music. The guitar ensemble, coached by Paul Luria, will be playing classical pieces

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for Lois’ happy hour time. Dwight Perry, George Dellomo, Bob Berry and whoever the cat drags in! No cover. 8-10 p.m. Dunny’s Tavern, 291 East Main St., East Brookfield. John Brazile. 8-11 p.m. Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. 508-459-2025. Open Mic hosted by Michael Rivelis. 8-11 p.m. Mr. Dooley’s Olde Irish Country Pub, 303 Shears St., Wrentham. Sam James Performs at Loft, Thurs at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. Sean Fullerton. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Audio Wasabi. 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Thursdaze -- Open Mic. 18+ with proper ID Hosted by local artist Rife Styles BYOB for guests over 21! (hard alcohol prohibited) 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Spiritual Haze, 589 Park Ave. 508-799-0629. Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Metal Thursday CCCXXVIII: Unmercyful, Headrot, Solium Fatalis, & Plea Of Insanity. $10. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543 or find them on Facebook. Mike Melendez. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Thumpin College Thursdays. Come dance the night away with our DJ Scrappy every Thursday Night. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. MB Lounge, 40 Grafton St. 508-799-4521. Zack Slik & Sonny Jim Clifford. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s

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Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat. Let Dr. Nat start your weekend with jazz, swing, blues, soul, samba, R&B, Broadway, original songs about Worcester, and other surprises, such as special guest vocalists and instrumentalists. Dancers welcome! No cover charge, tips appreciated. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-7534030 or natneedle.com 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. The Carlos Odria Trio. Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Basil n’ Spice, Thai Cuisine, 299 Shrewsbury S. 774-317-9986 or basilnspice.com Hit the Bus. 7-10 p.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-3046044. Round Midnight, soulful jazz and blues. Round Midnight are incredibly talented, with a soft soothing sound. They play jazz, blues, and r&b, with their own special twist. N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Bar/Lounge, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Mark Marquis Christmas Fundraiser Concerts 2016. 2 Nights ~ Dec 9 & 10, 2016 ~ 7:30 PM (Snow Date Sunday ~ Dec 11th) 29th Annual Christmas Fundraiser Concerts for Needy Children The Most Peaceful Night of the Year Christmas Music with Mark Marquis and Friends First Church Unitarian Universalist 15 West St, Leominster, MA 01453 Tickets $10 Each Night Mark Marquis and Friends will be presenting two Nights of Special Christmas Music to raise money for needy children. Tickets on sale at these locations City Music 17 Sack Blvd, Leominster, MA 01453 Phone (978) 534-8989 citymusiconline. com Wavelengths Music Studios 300 Hamilton St, Leominster, MA 01453 Phone (978) 978-466-8008 waveproaudio.com Monument Square Community Music School 14 Monument Square #406, Leominster, MA 01453 Phone (617) 823-1848 monumentsquaremusic. com Salvi’s Barber Stylist 118 Lancaster St, Leominster, MA 01453 Phone (978) 534-9824 Or Call Mark Marquis for tickets at 978-5344635 Please like & share Mark Marquis here on Facebook. Promotion by Richard Axtman ~ Northern Music northernmusic@yahoo.com $10 per ticket per night. 7:30-10:30 p.m. First Church Unitarian Universalist of Leominster, 15 West St., Leominster. 978-537-0310 or find them on Facebook. Boston Pops Holiday Concert 2016. Join the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra with conductor Keith Lockhart for their sparkling and beloved Holiday Pops concert. Generously sponsored by The Hanover Insurance Group. $55, $75, $95, and $125; 10% discount available for members and groups of 15 or more. 8-10 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 508-471-1791 or thehanovertheatre.org Brian Chaffee. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Chris Reddy. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Specialty Sandwich Co, 624 Main St.,

Holden. 508-829-4848. Concord Band Holiday Pops Concert. The Concord Band will hold its annual Holiday Pops concerts at 8:00 pm on Friday, December 9 and Saturday, December 10, 2016 at the Concord Performing Arts Center, 51 Walden. Tickets are available in tables for four (with a few for six on the rear stage) at $25 per person for adults and $15 for children under 12. Tickets and table location can be ordered online at ticketstage. com/CONCORDBAND/. Free refreshments and drinks are provided at tables. More information about the Concord Band and the Holiday Pops program can be found at the Band’s website concordband.org. $25 per person for adults and $15 for children under 12. 8-10 p.m. Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden, 51 Walden St., Concord. 978-897-9969. Dave Harrington. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., Leominster. 978-466-3433. Dave Malouin. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., Leominster. 978-466-3433. Jay Graham. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Kevin Shields Performs at Loft, Friday at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. Live Bands. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Blacksheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-0255. Sam James. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Frank’s, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-4202253. Topher Brew. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Sean Fullerton “Fully” Acoustic! Please join Sean Fullerton tonight for a fun night of Acoustic Blues, Rock, Memphis Soul, and Fingerstyle Guitar...originals and covers. Dinner, Drinks, Music. 8:3011:30 p.m. Tavern on Central, 3 Central St., Ashburnham. 978-8271272 or seanfullertonmusic.net Auntie Trainwreck. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Backyard Swagger. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. Crossroads. The finest in new and classic rock and country music. Plan on a rock and country holiday celebration with Crossroads $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or find them on Facebook. HooDoo Revelator. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978345-5051. Key Performance. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. 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 The Voice’s Sam James. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Frank’s 274

Shrewsbury St. Worcester. DJ’s. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-755-0879. 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! N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:40 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Safe House Radio Show. This is a live radio broadcast with 2 living DJs hoping to drag you out of your lonely IPods and phone apps to hear the local & national metal, thrash, screamo, punk and alternative you wont hear on mainstream radio. Tune into WCUW 91.3FM in the Worcester and surrounding areas. Or stream live on wcuw.org (hit the listen live button in the upper left corner of screen) Join your DJs Summi and Momma Bear for an hour of metal, thrash, screamo, punk & alternative. You’re not alone in your digital world. Were out here live! Call in to let us know your listening @ (508)753-2284 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 Online on Facebook.

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Sip and Stitch! No Cover. 1-5 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Student Recital - Concert. Students of Pakachoag Music School aged 6 to 18 perform favorite selections for family and friends. Each recital includes varying ages and instruments. Saturday’s 3:00 pm program will also include Suzuki Group violinists. Sunday’s program will include the Pakachoag Fiddle Band. Free. 1:30-2:30 p.m., 3 p.m.-4 p.m. Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, The Great Hall at Pakachoag Church, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 508-791-8159. Music & Poetry of the Season with Lindsay Adler. Stop by for a fun and heartwarming music and poetry sampling featuring folk musician Lindsay Adler and special guest. Where do poetry and song meet? This event will feature a mix of live acoustic songs, instrumentals and poetry that celebrate the arrival of winter and its many seasonal celebrations. $5-$10 per person. 2-3:30 p.m. Booklovers’ Gourmet, 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232. Secret Evil Plan at Rapscallion Brewery Tap Room. Secret Evil Plan at Rapscallion Tap Room in Sturbridge MA! Free! All Ages! Awesome beer, acoustic rock! Free! 4-7 p.m. Rapscallion Brewery & Tap Room, 195 Arnold Road, Fiskdale. 617-869-5702. 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! 6-9 p.m. Nancy’s Quaker Tavern, 466 Quaker Hgwy (Route146a), Uxbridge. 508-779-0901 or find them on Facebook. Open Mic. Open to musicians, poets, comedians or anyone with a talent! Hosted by Stephen Wright. 6-9 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-926-8800 or nucafe.com Babe Pino Band. Babe and Bob, Peter and George. Merry Blues my baby! No cover. 7-10 p.m. Rocky’s, 139 Water St. 508-757-6259. Jazzed Up Featuring Mauro DePasquale. Jazzed Up Trio

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featuring Mauro DePasquale presents “The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven” a romantic blend of Jazz classics and American Songbook favorites. If you like Sinatra, Buble’, Bennett, Connick Jr., you will love jazzed Up! Fish restaurant and Wine Bar, Marlboro at 7PM. No Cover. 7-10 p.m. Fish, 29 South Bolton St., Marlborough. 508-460-3474. Lexi Weege | Rachel Zamstein Live! Special Guest Sheri Ryder. Lexi Weege’s music is passionate, alive, awakened; the narrative of a woman unashamed of her desires and unafraid to seize control. Weege conjures up decadent scenes of the roaring twenties with her stellar voice and jazz-influenced compositions. Lexi will be performing with her band The Wondertwins; AJ Del Negro, Bass and Tom Del Negro, Guitar. Rachel Zamstein (featured on America’s Got Talent, Season 6) takes you on a soulful musical journey. A multi-talented musician and songwriter who is not afraid to stray from the norm. Rachel zigzags her way across a landscape that is equal parts jazz, blues, folk and, of course, rock. Special Guest Sheri Ryder w/Matt Soper $12 ADV $15 door. 7-10 p.m. Wokshop13 Cultural Arts Center, The Grand Hall, 13 Church St., Ware. 413-277-6072 or brownpapertickets.com New England Weather, talented duo. Rob and Jared of New England Weather, are a very talented duo who play a wide genre of music. Just like their namesake, you never know what’s happening next! Come on down and be pleasantly surprised. N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Bar/Lounge, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Outrageous Greg’s Crazy Karaoke. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Martys pub. 37th Annual Holiday Pops Concert. This concert features the area’s finest holiday pops concert performed by the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra with the combined college choruses of Anna Maria College, Assumption College, Clark University, Worcester State University, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, all under the direction of Conductor John Delorey, and Choral Conductor Michelle Graveline. There will be 55 floor tables (seating up to 10 per table) as well as balcony seating. Individual floor seats at $48 each, and balcony seats, at $39 each, can be obtained by writing to the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, P.O. Box 20070, Worcester, MA 01602, or by calling (508) 754-1234. Floor Table Seat: $48 each; Balcony Seat: $39 each. 8-10 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-754-1234 or masymphony.org Backseat Zero. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057. Chad Clements. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., Leominster. 978-466-3433. Concord Band Holiday Pops Concert. The Concord Band will hold its annual Holiday Pops concerts at 8:00 pm on Friday, December 9 and Saturday, December 10, 2016 at the Concord Performing Arts Center, 51 Walden. Tickets are available in tables for four (with a few for six on the rear stage) at $25 per person for adults and $15 for children under 12. Tickets and table location can be ordered online at ticketstage.

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com/Concordband/. Free refreshments and drinks are provided at tables. More information about the Concord Band and the Holiday Pops program can be found at the Band’s website concordband.org. $25 per person for adults and $15 for children under 12. 8-10 p.m. Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden, 51 Walden St., Concord. 978-897-9969. Danielle Lessard. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Dezi Garcia. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Frank’s, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-420-2253. Live Bands. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Blacksheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-0255. MA Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops Concert. John Delorey, Conductor; Michelle Graveline, Choral Conductor. A beloved Worcester Holiday event, the Holiday Pops Concert is an ideal celebration for friends and family and company holiday parties! Features traditional favorites of the season, light classics, dance theatre, chorus, and the Best of Broadway! Consortium Choir, Soloists Jane Shivick and Richard Monroe, Narration by Jim Polito, and much more! $39; $48. 8-10 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-0888 or mechanicshall.org Matt Maratea and more at the Cove. Matt Maratea brings his hip hop style back to the Cove! More TBA Hosted By Toreba Spacedrift $10 at the Door 21+ to enter Doors at 8pm $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. Mike Melendez. 8-11 p.m. Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. 508-459-2025. Nik Chisholm Performs at Loft, Saturday at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. The Dinosaurs. Free. 8-11 p.m. The Nines Neighborhood Bar, 136

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Millbury St. 508-340-0318. Worcester Consortium Winter Concert. 8-10 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-0888. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Clam Digger. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Dezi Garcia. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Frank’s 274 Shrewsbury St. Worcester. Fistful of Karma. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Simple Man Saloon, 119 High St., Clinton. 978-365-1949. Hit the Bus. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Lost Artifacts. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. The Flat 5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. Truth Squared. Formed from the core of the Bruce Mandaro Band, Truth2 (Truth Squared) is a new band designed to throw fresh fuel onto the fire of the jam-band scene. From rock to jazz, folk to bluegrass, they use many styles to create their own original songs to make your Head, Heart and Feet soar. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508926-8877 or find them on Facebook. Union Outlaw. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. We & The Dawg. No Cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.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 DJ’s. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-755-0879. DJ’s. 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! N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:40 a.m. Canal Restaurant &

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Santa Brunch. 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Student Recital - Concert. Pakachoag students, aged 6 to 18, from beginners to advanced, perform favorite selections for family and friends. Sunday performances included piano, violin, flute, voice and the Pakachoag Fiddle Band. Free. 1:30-3 p.m. Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, The Great Hall at Pakachoag Church, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 508-791-8159. Holiday Concert at Worcester Art Museum. Salisbury Singers will usher in the holidays with their annual Holidays at WAM concert. Free with Museum admission. 2-3 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Medieval Holidays at WAM: Salisbury Singers Concert. Salisbury Singers, a mixed chorus of selected volunteers under the dynamic leadership of Music Director Michelle Graveline, is now in its 42nd season. Free with Museum Admission. 2-3 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or worcesterart.org 2016 Hanukkah Concert. A wonderful holiday concert everyone can enjoy! Free and open to the public, the Worcester JCC will host a Hanukkah Concert featuring Hankus Netsky and The Hebrew National Salvage Project presenting “Lost and Found Jewish Musical Treasures.” The program includes Hassidic melodies, klezmer dance tunes, Yiddish folksong, pieces from the Yiddish theatre, and other Hanukkah classics. The ensemble includes pianist and arranger Hankus Netsky, vocalist and actress Miryem-Khaye Seigel, bassist Kirsten Lamb, and percussionist Grant Smith. To RSVP, call or email Nancy Greenberg, (508) 756-7109 x232; ngreenberg@worcesterjcc.org Free. 3-5 p.m. Worcester JCC, 633 Salisbury St. 5087567109, ext. 232 or bit.ly/2fLorAS Blue Plate Sunday Jam featuring Trigger. Bring your guitar, bass, voice, drumming ability, harp, violin, etc.. and join in on the jam. We have a full set up and welcome all musicians to come down and have fun. 3-7 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-8294566. A Celebration of Trumpet, Flute & Piano. Joy of Music Faculty Concert Series featuring a program of Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Muczynski & Faure with trumpeter Scott Daugherty and guest artists flutist Jung-Yi Alice Hsieh Daugherty and Ilya Kazantsev, piano. Donation is $15, $10 seniors and students but everyone is welcome regardless of donation. Suggested Donation $15; $10 for seniors & students ~ Everyone welcome regardless of donation. 4-5:30 p.m. Joy of Music Program, Joseph & Jordan Shapiro Concert Hall, 1 Gorham St. 508-856-9541 or jomp.org A Christmas Concert. United Church of Christ, Federated, invites the Community to a free Christmas Concert on December 11, 2016 at 4:00 pm under the direction of John Rondeau. Featured will be Soprano, Caleigh Banks Ducharme; Tenor, Matthew Olds, the Pulaski Brass Band, the UCC Choir and a Community Sing of the Hallelujah Chorus. A freewill offering will be taken. A reception will follow the concert at which plates of homemade cookies will be available for purchase. Free with Freewill offering taken. 4-6 p.m. United Church of Christ, Federated, Sanctuary, 4 Church St., Webster. 508-943-0061. Celebration of Lessons and Carols for Advent. You’re invited! Join us in the grace and simplicity of Worcester’s most historic Church building (1845) for a service of readings and music for the season of Advent. St. John’s Schola Cantorum is a choir made up of professional and semi-professional singers under the direction of Dr. Sean Redrow, and Lucia Clemente-Falco, Assistant Director, and Accompanist. Works include Gregorian Chant, and pieces by Sweelinck, Vaughan Williams, Villette, Manz, and living composers Caracciolo, Conahan, and Stopford. Elevator accessible and restroom facilities are available in the building. We’d love you to join us for beautiful music and Scripture readings in anticipation of Christmas! Free. 4-5 p.m. St. John’s Catholic Church, 44 Temple St. 508-756-7165. The Hangover Hour at 5pm, then a Night of Sinatra at 8pm. $10 Cover. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508753-4030. Dana Lewis Live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s

in the lounge “The sound track of your Youth” Best Wood fired Pizza’s, Italian Food, Full Bar, Lottery & Me! No Cover. Come on out! Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook. Open Mic Sundays @ Plaza Azteca! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@ verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6-9 p.m. Plaza Azteca, 539 Lincoln St. The Sunday Jam with feature artist Tony Soul! Mikey Lynch hosts the Sunday Jam with a great feature artist every week and open jam session. 7-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Mark Marquis Christmas Fundraiser Concerts 2016. 2 Nights ~ Dec 9 & 10, 2016 ~ 7:30 PM (Snow Date Sunday ~ Dec 11th) 29th Annual Christmas Fundraiser Concerts for Needy Children The Most Peaceful Night of the Year Christmas Music with Mark Marquis and Friends First Church Unitarian Universalist 15 West St, Leominster, MA 01453 Tickets $10 Each Night Mark Marquis and Friends will be presenting two Nights of Special Christmas Music to raise money for needy children. Tickets on sale at these locations: City Music 17 Sack Blvd, Leominster, MA 01453 Phone (978) 534-8989 citymusiconline. com Wavelengths Music Studios 300 Hamilton St, Leominster, MA 01453 Phone (978) 978-466-8008 waveproaudio.com Monument Square Community Music School 14 Monument Square #406, Leominster, MA 01453 Phone (617) 823-1848 monumentsquaremusic. com Salvi’s Barber Stylist 118 Lancaster St, Leominster, MA 01453 Phone (978) 534-9824 Or Call Mark Marquis for tickets at 978-5344635 Please like & share Mark Marquis. Promotion by Richard Axtman ~ Northern Music northernmusic@yahoo.com $10 per ticket per night. 7:30-10:30 p.m. First Church Unitarian Universalist of Leominster, 15 West St., Leominster. 978-537-0310 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. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

>Monday 12

Mid Year 2016 Auditions. WYO offers various programs with different orchestras and bands for various stages of a student’s development. Over 200 students participate in one of WYO’s eight ensembles and 2 honors chamber music groups. Drawing from over 60 towns and 70 schools, WYO represents the best talent from schools in Central Massachusetts. With over 25 performances a season, students perform in world class venues such as Mechanics Hall, Shalin Liu, Paramount Theatre (Boston). Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra (WYSO) Worcester Youth Philharmonic (WYP) Worcester Youth String Orchestra (WY Strings) Worcester Youth Baroque Orchestra (WYBO) Worcester Youth Wind Ensemble (WYWE) Worcester Youth Jazz Ensemble & Combos (WYJE) Worcester Youth Clarinet Choir Worcester Youth Flute Choir No student has ever been turned away from WYO due to financial obstacles, please email us about our Financial Aid & Scholarship Program. $35 Audition Fee. 3:45-4:30 p.m. Worcester Music Academy, 11 Irving St. 508-281-9976 or worcesteryouthorchestras.org Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. A Night of Sinatra! $10 Cover. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

art | dining | nightlife | December 8 - 14, 2016 Hip Swayers Deluxe! Designate yr. drivers and sway yr. way to Vincent’s for our monthly Drink & Sway Rock n’ Roll Party! 8-11 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

>Tuesday 13

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”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or find them on Facebook. 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. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

>Wednesday 14

Nothing But Trouble! A’ Capella Singers. When you put three

female a Capella singers together, what do you get? Nothing But Trouble! Come join in on the fun! Free. 2-3 p.m. Briarwood Continuing Care Retirement Community: Birches Auditorium, 65 Briarwood Circle. 508-852-9007. Open Mic Wednesdays at CJ’s Steak Loft in Northborough. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook. Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and support – and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * regularly gigging paidperformers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free. 6-9 p.m. CJs Steakloft, 369 W. Main St. (route 20), Northborough. 508-393-8134 or find them on Facebook. Mauro DePasquale Duo. Worcester’s own Vocalist/Pianist Mauro DePasquale of Jazzed Up for an intimate evening of romantic American Songbook and jazz classics. Relax and enjoy! jazzedup.net No Cover. 6:30-8:30 p.m. GAR Hall, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. Sam James Performs at Loft, Wednesday at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. Nick’s Jazz Jam. No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Karaoke. Come sing your hearts out with DJ Mikey Mic’s every Wednesday Night. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MB Lounge, 40 Grafton St. 508-7994521. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St.

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Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits - Fridays, Saturdays, Saturday, September 18 - Monday, December 31. Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits 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 Dec 9th & 10th Mitch Stinson and Friends Fri & Sat Dec 16th & 17th Mike McCarthy and Friends Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits Great Food and Fun Make Reservations Early at 800-401-2221 or online at dickdoherty.com “Sorry! Wrong Chimney!” - Sundays, Fridays, Saturdays, Saturday, November 26 - Sunday, December 11. A Holiday Farce by Leo W. Sears and Jack Sharkey David Tuttle is moonlighting as a department store Santa so that he can buy his wife a fur for Christmas. He tells her he’s working late at the office, but she finds out he isn’t at the office. A suspected other woman, hypnotism, the notorious Santa burglar Kris Kreigle and his gun toting fiancée, and a confused policeman add up to a rollicking tale that is hilarious Christmas or anytime entertainment. Directed by Christine Taylor & Rob Latino Starring April Swanson, Isaac Swanson, Lacey Melanson, Greg Glanville, Nick Doig, Anne Adams, and Mark Bourdeau November 26 - December 11: Fridays at 8PM, Saturdays at 2PM & 8PM, Sundays at 2PM Tickets: $18, seniors/students/US military $16, 12 and under $10. 2-4, 8

p.m.-10 a.m. Stageloft Repertory Theater, 450A Main St., Fiskdale. Call 508-347-9005 or visit stageloft.org “Little-Shop-of-Horrors” - Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Friday, December 2 - Saturday, December 10. 8-10:15 p.m. Worcester County Light Opera Company, The-Grandview-Playhouse, 21 Grandview Ave. Call 508-753-4383. “Little-Shop-of-Horrors” - Sundays, Sunday, December 4 Sunday, December 11. 2-4:15 p.m. Worcester County Light Opera Company, The-Grandview-Playhouse, 21 Grandview Ave. Call 508-7534383. The 1940’s Radio Hour - Sundays, Sunday, December 4 - Sunday, December 11. A musical by Walton Jones $12 regular, $17 student/ senior. 2-4 p.m. Calliope Productions Inc, 150 Main St., Boylston. Call 508-869-6887 or visit calliopeproductions.org Hot Dog! A Comedy Sideshow - Thursday, December 8. Come see the only show of its kind at the legendary Coney Island Hot Dogs! Featuring: Jimmy Cash, Rob Crean, Mike Dorval, Jeff Flibbert, Dennis Hurley and more! Free. 8-9 p.m. George’s Coney Island, 158 Southbridge St. Call 508-753-4362. The 1940’s Radio Hour - Friday, December 9 - Saturday, December 10. A musical by Walton Jones $12 regular, $17 student/ senior. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Calliope Productions Inc, 150 Main St., Boylston. Call 508-869-6887 or visit calliopeproductions.org Dangerous Obsession - Sunday, December 11 - Monday, December 12. A psycho-thriller by N. L. Crisp n/a. 7-9 p.m. Calliope Productions Inc, 150 Main St., Boylston. Call 508-869-6887 or visit calliopeproductions.org

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Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor is nice and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor? Is it comfortable? How and why did they decorate it? Discover the answers to these questions and more with our hands-on armor activity! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 1-2 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court Balcony, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Art Carts: Family Fun - Antioch, the Hunt Mosaic & WAM. Ever wonder how our wonderful collection of mosaics got here? How they were made? Where they came from? Where is Antioch? Learn about all this and try your hand at making a mosaic! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

>Friday 9

Preschool Story Hour-Bats. Enjoy an hour of nature-themed fun with your youngster. Listen to an engaging story, make a craft to take home, and go for a walk on one of the sanctuary’s beautiful trails. Participants are invited to stay for an additional half hour to socialize and enjoy free play in the classroom or play yard. Free for adults, $2 child members, $3 child nonmembers. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. 978-464-2712 or massaudubon.org Art Carts: Family Fun - Fun and Games. Discover the past by playing games! Learn to play chess medieval style, checkers with no kings, plus classic games such as Nine Men’s Morris and Mancala! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 1-2 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court Balcony, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor is nice and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor? Is it comfortable? How and why did they decorate it? Discover the answers to these questions and more with our hands-on armor activity! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court Balcony, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

>Saturday 10

Zip Tour: Bierstadt. Zip tours are fast paced views of one artist or work of art, and last only 20 minutes. Free with Museum admission; Admission free for all the first Saturday of each month between 10am12noon. Tour begins in the Lancaster Welcome Center. Free with Museum admission.. Noon-12:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Holiday Nature Crafts Open House. Come to the visitor center to view our tree, decorated with imaginative ornaments handcrafted from natural materials, and then join us in the Program Room to make your own. Volunteers will guide you through the process of creating several ornaments, or create your own design. Holiday yummies and music provided. Drop in anytime between 1:00 and 4:00 pm for some fun! For more information and to register, call 508-753-6087. $4 for Adult Members, $2 for Child Members / $5 for Adult Nonmembers, $3 for Child Nonmembers. 1-4 p.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Road. 508753-6087 or massaudubon.org

>Saturday 10 – Sunday 11

Artist James Currans’ work is on display through Feb. 27 at Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester, in conjunction with ArtsWorcester. Check out his unique creations on canvas. An artist’s reception will be held Thursday, Jan. 12, 6-8 p.m., but pay a visit to the theatre first to view Currans’ work. To register an appointment, call 508-755-5142, or email info@artsworcester.org.

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>Wednesday 14 - Wednesday 21

lectures >Thursday 8

Holiday Paint Night with the Junior League of Worcester. Please join the Junior League of Worcester for a unique fundraiser... Holiday Paint Night! ArtReach is committed to giving back to their local community by providing fun, affordable art experiences for everyone! And they are so generous to donate $20 from every ticket sold to the Junior League of Worcester. This fundraiser will help us to continue to run programming and give back to our community, just like we have been doing for over 90 years. This is a BYOB event, we are doing pot-luck snacks, so feel free to bring your own munchies as well. And, don’t forget to bring your friends! Tickets are $25.00 To purchase go to the ArtReach website. Select the Junior League of Worcester event and choose what you would like to paint. 25 per person. 7-9:30 p.m. ArtReach, 322 West Boylston St. 774-262-3953 or find them on Facebook.

>Tuesday 13

Worcester JCC’s Author Series: William Novak. Free and open

art | dining | nightlife | December 8 - 14, 2016 Don’t miss the fourth annual Children’s Holiday Party Saturday, Dec. 10, 1-4 p.m., in the Saxe Room at Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Square, Worcester. For more information, find the event page on Facebook or email worcestercarib@gmail.com. to the public: Accomplished co-editor and ghostwriter, William Novak, publishes yet another laugh-out-loud collection, Die Laughing: Killer Jokes for Newly Old Folks. Best known as the co-creator of The Big Book of Jewish Humor, William Novak continues to poke fun at getting older while celebrating good humor. For more information, please contact Nancy Greenberg at ngreenberg@worcesterjcc.org or call (508) 756 7109 7-9 p.m. Worcester JCC, 633 Salisbury St. 5087567109 or bit. ly/2eAAE7T

>Wednesday 14

Self Help Spirituality Book Club. A book club for people seeking direction on the road of life. Read, learn, and share with others as books encompassing various traditions and approaches are discussed. All are welcome. Titles: Dec. 14: Help, Thanks, Wow - Anne Lamott:, Jan. 11: The Prophet - Khalil Gibran, Feb. 8: We are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For - Alice Walker. Call to reserve your copy, or pick one up at the Main Library. Meets the 2nd Wednesday of the Month free. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Worcester Public Library, Talking Books Room, 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655, ext. 3.FUNDRAISERS Saturday 10 Denholms for the holidays... Experience the magic that was Denholms. Featuring retro Denholms decked out for the holidays both inside and outside Hors D’oeuves & Dessert, Cash Bar, Valet parking, Vintage Fashion Show and More! Sponsorships also available at $125, $250. Call Preservation Worcester for details. With gilded escalators, festive window displays and a wide array of fashions, Denholms once was Worcester’s largest and most modern department store. Experience the building once again lit up for the holidays as we relive the golden days of shopping in downtown Worcester and look forward to experiencing more magic in a revitalized downtown. $65 Members, $75 general public, $90 day of. 7:30-11 p.m. Denholm Building, 484 Main St. 508-754-8760 or preservationworcester.org

>Sunday 11

Breakfast with Santa. All You Can Eat Breakfast Buffet from 7:30 am to 10:00 pm. Santa and Mrs. Claus will interact with the diners. Your breakfast favorites will be served including Eggs, Pancakes, Bacon, Sausage French Toast, Corned Beef Hash, Fresh Baked Muffins and much more! $8 for Adults, $4 for children 12 and under. 8-10 a.m. United Church of Christ, Federated, Fellowship Hall, 4 Church St., Webster. 508-943-0061.

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Nature Adventures for 5 to 7 Year Olds. Join us for a hands-on nature program designed especially for five, six, and seven year olds. Each month we’ll focus on a new nature topic. We’ll explore our nature topic indoors using investigations, crafts, and activities and outdoors in Broad Meadow Brook’s beautiful 430-acre wildlife sanctuary. These classes will provide in-depth learning in a supportive social environment. (Homeschool classes for 8 to 16 year olds meet at the same time.) For more information and to register, call 508-753-6087. $8 Child Members, $12 Child Nonmembers. 1-3 p.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Road. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org

>Thursday 8 – Thursday February 23

Early Risers Toastmasters. Each Thursday morning members meet between 7:45 AM and 9:00 AM to practice speaking and

leadership roles. The goal is to become better speakers and communicators. Quite a number of members have gone on to successful careers as public speakers and have had additional members have additional success in their respective careers. We also have one member who is part of the successful Worcester Men of Song! For those wanting to visit our club, there is no cost to do so as a non-member. We offer a supportive and friendly environment for members and non members. Non members can come to as many meetings as they would like for free! During the month of January we also encourage visitors to bring a friend! More details to come. There is no cost to attend as a nonmember. 7:45-9 a.m. ERA Key Realty Associates, 29 East Mountain St., Worcester, MA. 508-450-5935 or earlyrisers.toastmastersclubs.org

>Friday 9

Homeschool Programs at Wachusett Meadow - Weave your Wool into Fabric. Learn to use a small frame loom to weave a piece of fabric. Then use your fabric to make a bag or a wall hanging that you can take home. $8 Child Members, $12 Child Nonmembers. 1-3 p.m. Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. 978-464-2712 or massaudubon.org Glassblowing Apothecary Jars. Get a taste of the ancient art of glassblowing in this fun one-night course. In one evening, you will learn about the history and process behind creating beautiful blown glass at the New Street Glass Studio. After learning the safety and studio etiquette rules, students will watch a brief demonstration of this 2000-year-old art before diving in and making their very own apothecary jar from glass gathered out of a 2100-degree furnace. Students will choose their own colors and instructors will guide the class through the steps from gathering to applying colors, from blowing a bubble to shaping their own apothecary jar. Educators will then demonstrate the process of making a matching glass lid. No experience is necessary and all materials are included. Fee Breakdown: Student Fee: $85 Materials Fee: $5 $90. 6:30-9:30 p.m. New Street Glass Studio, Hot Glass Studio, 35B New St. 508-753-8183, ext. 301 or register.worcestercraftcenter. org

>Saturday 10

Holiday Help Series: Zumba Class. Got a to-do list to take care of this weekend? Start with this energizing Zumba class guaranteed to get you pumped for the day! Wear comfortable clothing. Online registration at eventkeeper.com Free. 9:30-10:30 a.m. Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room, 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655, ext. 3. zampognari means Christmas Sheperds. coming down the hills with their bagpipes playing carols, some of which we will be singing at the Circolo’s Christmas FESTA. All are welcome. Bring a festive dish to share. Buon Natale! Free of charge. 10 a.m.-noon Beaman Memorial Public Library, muriel stiles meeting room, 8 Newton St., West Boylston. 508-835-3912. Learn to Use the Potter’s Wheel. Use the potter’s wheel to throw pots, and bowls, and have fun while learning. You will be taught the basics of throwing, practice on the wheel under the instructor’s guidance, and decorate and fire your successful “first works”. *Limited to 10 students Fee Breakdown: Student Fee: $49 Materials Fee: $10 $59. 1-4 p.m. Worcester Center for Crafts, Wheelthrowing, 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183, ext. 301 or register.worcestercraftcenter.org

>Sunday 11

Forge a railroad spike knife with Jason Scott. In this one day class, students will learn the basic techniques of making a blade, using a railroad spike. The importance and safety aspects of being able to properly hold on to hot metal will be discussed. Students will have the opportunity to make one knife of their own, as well as gain the knowledge of modifying and making more in the future 10 am to 4 pm (½ hour lunch break) Minimum of 3 students to run the class, and a maximum of 6. $70 members / $85 non members. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St. 774-545-0720 or eventbrite.com Helmutt’s Drop In Studio. Add to your museum visit experience by participating in Helmutt’s Drop-In Studio, offered in conjunction with the

exhibition, “KAHBAHBLOOOM: The Art and Storytelling of Ed Emberley.” Try your hand at some of the techniques Ed uses to create his colorful picture books, like thumbprint drawing, printmaking, and making pictures with color block shapes. New art-making activities weekly. Dec 7,8,9 & 11 - Finger print winter full bean people and cut & paste cats, mice & more Open hours: Wednesdays-Fridays, 11am-12noon, and 1-3pm; Sundays 2-4:45pm. Suitable for all ages; Helmutt’s Drop-In Studio is available on a first-come, first-served basis. (All programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 2-4:45 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Studio 100, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

>Tuesday 13

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Worc. County Memorial Park Paxton, MA Grave sites. 2 lots, Good Shepherd. Plot 147, graves 3 & 4. $5000.00 each. B/O Call Kris 508-735-9996 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

Cemetery Plots 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 Garden of Serenity Two lots for sale. Present price $3495 for both, will sell for $900 each, totaling $1800. Call 801-294-7514 Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton MA Garden of Heritage II. 2 Lots w/vaults. Current value $8300.00 Asking $3950.00 for both or B/O. Call Jim 508-769-8107 Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA Garden of the Cross Premier Location, Must sell Value $5250 Asking $4000 OBO 508-799-5678

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Brother HL-2170W Wireless Laser Printer, bought new, very good condition, $50 508640-5888

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Oak Children’s Bed & Desk Set Wooden chest, oak table, marble top table. Good condition. Price is negotiable. 774276-1047

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Huge 9000 sq. ft. indoor flea market open 6 days a week with over 130 dealers. Yankee Flea Market is the place to shop whether it be antiques, collectibles or just household furnishings. We also buy (and sell) complete or partial estates as well as furniture, gas & oil memorabilia, vintage beer signs and lights and much, much more. Open Tuesday-Saturday: 10-5, Sunday 11-5, FR FREE Be sure to check us out on Facebook ParkEinEg Admission for sale Maytag Washer & Dryer 3 months old. Paid $649 each. Moving, must sell. Asking $1000. 508-886-6968 Heavy Duty Prototype PVC Pipes Hammock Frame w/1 cloth & 1 rope material, all accessories. $75 978-537-9925 Golf clubs, bag, cart (used) Asking $250. 508-865-5726* C-13 Zeppelin Stamp Flag Cancelled $200. Got Stamp Questions? Call Ron at 413896-3324 Radiators Cast iron - 8"x 20 x 36 (H); 5" x 10 x 24 (H); 5" x 10 x 36 (H) all 3 for $100. Baseboard Weil Mclain radiators - 2" x 9" x 24" - 2 pcs - $50. 508-847-4531 16 Gallon Fish Tank Everything included except fish. $75 508-414-7833 Thomasville dining rm set Round table expands w/2 leaves to 68", marble top buffet 65" long, marble top tea trolly 44" long & chairs. Also 2 lighted hutches. Top condition. $1,495. 508-829-6891 Christmas tree 3ft and fully decorated plus other assorted decorations. $15. Call 508 853 -3444.

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PETS & ANIMALS Free to a Good Home Free 3 Parakeets Blue, aqua, green. Healthy. Cage and all. 978-537-7252

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Kenmore HE Ex Lg Washer Top loading, no agitator, lightly used. $350. 978-464-2347 Furniture Corner Hutch Solid pine - 4 doors - 48" x 76". Accommodates 42" television. $250. Photo available. 508-829-6792 Wanted to Buy Veteran Will Buy Military Items American, German, Japanese, Italian etc. From Vietnam, Korea, WW2, WW1 and earlier. Please call 978-928-1238. Wood for Sale Cut, split, and delivered Seasoned or Kiln Dried Firewood. Visit woodbustersfirewood.com for details. Or call Putnam Services 508-886-6688

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AUTOMOTIVE Auto/Motorcycle 2001 Suzuki Intruder 1500cc, showroom condition, lots of chrome, Vehix pipes. $4000. Call John at 978-466-6043. 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

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Autos 2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter Black and gray. Mint cond. 469 miles. Asking $1650.00. Includes helmet. 207-289-9362 OR 207-450-1492. Auto/Van 2008 Ford E250 Extended Van 3dr, A-T/AC, Power package. Roof racks. Int. shelving, tow package, 6 rims, 8 tires in good cond. Exc. overall cond. 57K miles. $9,999. 508-8292907

2004 Pontiac Bonneville 114,000 miles. Graphite Gray. $595 Motor knocking, likely needs replacement, body and interior good shape. Good project or parts car. 508-873-7449 2013 BMW 128i 7K Orig Miles, Grey, 3.0, Automatic, Fully Loaded, Serviced. $16,900. 774-239-0800

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2001 Ford Focus MECHANICS SPECIAL NEEDS ENGINE SOHC, Automatic, 4 cyl, 4 door, clean interior, straight body, new front brakes/rotors, clean title. First $300 takes it. 508-869-6841 1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe, Grey and Black. 50,000 miles. Holden area. $16,000. 407-375-3917

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1997 Mercedes-Benz E-420 Sedan, 4 dr., 8 cyl., 214,000 miles. Silver. $2,995 obo. New tires, brakes & more. Good, quiet engine. Purrs like a kitten. 508-865-5372

1978 MG MGB 47,000 mi. Green ext. Very solid car from GA. Good overall condition. $7500. Please call 508-7351845.

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. $42,000. 407-375-3917 1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Original low mileage beauty. Recent 350/325 hp engine. Must see! Trophy winner. 774-437-8717 $6,500 2003 Chevy Corvette Convertable 50th Anniversary Edition 26,000 miles. Automatic, original owner, always garaged, mint cond. $25,000 firm. 774-696-4187 1999 Pontiac Grand Am 6 Cylinder, automatic, needs work or use for parts. 159,903 miles. $675. 978-422-8084 2008 Ford Mustang 8 cyl, 300HP. 21K miles. Never driven during winter. Always garaged. Perfect cond. $21,900 negotiable. 508-865-3528 after 3pm. 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 1988 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6 cylinder gas. Very good cond. Runs exc. $3200.00 195k miles. Located in Sutton, MA 774-287-0777 2011 Ford Ranger 2WD Silver 13K Mi. Auto. O/D 4 Cyl A/C Remote Start Bedliner Tonneau Cover Trailer Pkg Step And Toe Rear Bmpr $8,950 774-2390800

Boats 18 Ft. Fiberglass Fishing Boat Galvanized roller trailer, 90HP mariner, outboard motor. $1250. Also 14 ft. boat & trailer. $500 508-853-5789. Ask for Stan. 25 HP Suzuki (Like New) with Boat & Trailer Holden area. Pete 407-375-3917 $2,000 Campers/Trailers

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Premises: 47 Main Street, Sutton, Massachusetts By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Robert Vanzant and Dustin Vanzant to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Village Capital & Investment LLC and now held by Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP, said mortgage dated February 18, 2009, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds, in Book 43837 at Page 215, as affected by an Assignment of Mortgage dated November 2, 2011, and recorded with said Deeds in Book 48102 at Page 1, as affected by a Loan Modification Agreement dated March 12, 2012, and recorded with said Deeds in Book 49347, at Page 256, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction on December 22, 2016, at 10:00 AM Local Time upon the premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: The land in the Village of Manchaug in said Sutton, on the northeasterly side of Massachusetts Highway leading from Manchuag to East Douglas, with the buildings thereon bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron pin on the northeasterly side of the road leading to Douglas at the northwesterly corner of said tract at land now or formerly of one Conley; THENCE N. 67 degrees E., by said Conley land 177.30 feet to an iron pipe at land now or formerly of one Caisse et ux; THENCE S. 25 degrees E., by land of siad Caisse et ux 82.55 feet to an iron pipe; THENCE S. 62 degrees 35’ W., by said Caisse et ux land 173.28 feet to a stone bound in the northeasterly side of said road; THENCE N. 27 degrees 50’ W., by the northeasterly side of road 95.01 feet to the point of beginning. CONTAINING 15,493 square feet. The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. For Mortgagor’s Title, see Deed dated April 23, 2008, and recorded in Book 42853 at Page 185 with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds. TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Marinosci Law Group, P.C. 275 West Natick Road, Suite 500 Warwick, RI 02886 Attorney for Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP Present Holder of the Mortgage Telephone: (401) 234-9200 MLG File No.: 14-16970 Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Division INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE Docket No. WO16P3747EA Estate of: Judith A. Crowley Date of Death: November 13, 2016 To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Mary Jane Morgen of Westborough MA a Will has been admitted to informal probate. Mary Jane Morgen of Westborough MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond. The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner. 12/08/2016 WM Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Division INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE Docket No. WO16P3228EA Estate of: Elizabeth Mitchell Also Known As: Elizabeth Ann Mitchell Date of Death: 9/12/16 To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Betteanne Kuhnen of Warren, PA A Will has been admitted to informal probate. Betteanne Kuhnen of Warren, PA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond. The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner. 12/08/2016 WM

Town of Sutton Invitations for Bid Rufus Putnam Roof replacement Sutton Mass. Sealed bids are being solicited under MGL Ch 149, for Rufus Putnam Roof Replacement adjacent to Sutton Town Hall at 4 Uxbridge rd. Sutton, MA 01590 in accordance with specifications. Specifications may be obtained at the Town Administrator’s Office, Second Floor, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA 01590, starting on Wednesday December 14, 2016 between 8:00am and 4:00pm each business day excluding Fridays when proposals may be obtained between 9:00am and 12:00noon, until scheduled opening of bid. Bids must be in duplicate and enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to the Town Administrator, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA 01590 no later than 11:00am Thursday, January 5, 2017 at which time they will be opened and read aloud. The town of Sutton reserves the right to waive any informalities or irregularities in the proposals received, or to reject any and all proposals, or to accept proposals deemed to be in the best interest of the town of Sutton. The Town Administrator will award the contract on behalf of the Town of Sutton no later than sixty (60) working days after the date of the bid opening. James Smith Town Administrator

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LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT 16 SM 010387 ORDER OF NOTICE To: Sean M. Hurley and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act:, 50 U.S.C.c. 50 §3901 (et seq): Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust, not individually but as Trustee for Pretium Mortgage Acquisition Trust claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Sutton, numbered 55 Uxbridge Road, given by Sean M. Hurley to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., its successors and assigns., dated July 28, 2005, and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 36945, Page 204, and now held by plaintiff by assignment has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before January 9, 2017 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act. Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER, Chief Justice of this Court on November 28, 2016 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder (15-014161 OM) 12/08/2016 MS SPECIAL TOWN MEETING The Board of Selectmen, Town of Millbury, has called a Special Town Meeting for Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 7:00 pm in the auditorium of the Millbury Memorial High School, 12 Martin Street. Petitioned warrant articles are due in the Office of the Board of Selectmen no later than 4:30 pm on December 15, 2016. A special voter registration will take place on Friday, December 23, 2016 from 8:30 am to 8:00 pm in the Town Clerk’s office at 127 Elm Street, Millbury. TOWN OF MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm St, Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 At: 7:35 p.m. To act on a petition from: Roger Raymond & Dipanjan Nath of 232A West Main Street, Millbury, MA or two variances for the construction of a two story garage at the above address. Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to; Property at 232A West Main Street, Millbury, MA; Book# 561031, Page# 261, S-1 District. First Variance: To construct a 24x24 foot, 2 story garage on a lot with 40,314 feet of area, where 60,000 feet is minimum. A variance of 19,686 feet is required. Second Variance: The main house has 2,176 square feet; the proposed 2-story structure contains 1,152 square feet exceeding the 30% of floor area of the primary structure. A variance of 499 square feet is required. All interested parties are invited to attend. Paul Nigosian, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals

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TOWN OF MILLBURY BOARD OF APPEALS In accordance with Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws and the Zoning Ordinances of the Town of Millbury, a public hearing will be held in the hearing room of the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm St., Millbury, MA on: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 At: 7:05 p.m. To act on a petition from: Steven Gaspar of 314 Gaffney Road, Oakham, MA For a Variance for frontage in the Millbury Zoning Ordinance relative to; Property at 15 Howe Ave, Millbury, MA; Book# 32456, Page# 68. To tear down present two family structure and rebuild or reconstruct a new two family structure w/ new foundation within the same location as the older structure. Millbury Zoning bylaw section 22.3 frontage; This applies to new construction within a lot with 90 feet of frontage, where 100 feet is required. All interested parties are invited to attend. Paul Nigosian, Chairman Millbury Board of Appeals Town of Millbury Conservation Commission The Millbury Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 7:05 P.M. at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street to act on a Request for Determination of Applicability from F&D Trucking for the installation of an overflow drainage pipe associated with construction of a commercial building located at 14 McCracken Road. Said work falls under the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40. Donald Flynn Chairman

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In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A, Section 5 of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, December 12, 2016, at 7:15 p.m., at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA, in regard to a proposed addition to the Millbury Zoning By-Laws as proposed by the Petitioners: Any Methadone Treatment Center, Facility, Clinic, Service Center and/or, any similar type program (hereinafter Methadone Clinic) that dispenses, prescribes, administers, allocates, delivers, hands out, or uses in any way, Methadone, or any synthetic version of the same or similar type drug form, may not operate and/or locate within one thousand (1,000) feet of a public school, private school, parochial school, Town or Commonwealth of Massachusetts approved charter school, a public or privately accredited preschool, accredited headstart facility, vocational school, college or university, or a Town and/or state public park or playground which is located within the Town of Millbury’s boundaries. The distance between any school, park or playground, as herein described, and a proposed Methadone Clinic, will be determined by a straight line drawn between the closest boundary of the Methadone Clinic to the closest boundary of the school and/or park/playground as herein described. Petition 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 Board of Selectmen The Millbury Board of Selectmen will hold a Public Hearing on Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 7:15 p.m. in the Conference Room, Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA to act upon the application for a New Wine & Malt License for The Coop, Inc. 110 Elm Street 110 Main Street, Millbury.

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Premises: 5 Katherine Street, Millbury, MA By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Joseph M. Fresolo and Jean M. Barbieri to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Prime Mortgage Financial, Inc., and now held by HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-21, said mortgage March 25, 2005, recorded or filed at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 36029, Page 277 as affected by a Loan Modification Agreement dated May 1, 2009, recorded at said Registry in Book 44391, Page 98, said mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Prime Mortgage Financial, Inc. to Aurora Loan Services LLC by assignment dated 1/21/2009 and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 43791 at Page 107; said mortgage was assigned from Aurora Loan Services LLC to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., by assignment dated 5/11/2009, and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 44262 at Page 169; said mortgage was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by assignment dated 6/11/2013, and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 51075 at Page 179; said mortgage was assigned from Nationstar Mortgage LLC to HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-21, by assignment dated 7/18/2014, and recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 52707 at Page 49; for breach of the conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose on January 4, 2017 at 11:00 AM Local Time upon the premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: THE LAND AT 5 KATHERINE STREET, MILLBURY, WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, WITH THE BUILDINGS THEREON AND MORE PARTICULARLY BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: PARCEL 1: THE LAND IN SAID MILLBURY ON THE WESTERLY SIDE OF KATHERINE STREET AND NORTHERLY SIDE OF A 40 FOOT STREET, BEING SHOWN ON A PLAN DATED MAY 1, 1950, MADE BY K.A. RICHARDSON, ENGINEER, RECORDED WITH THE WORCESTER DISTRICT REGISTRY OF DEEDS, PLAN BOOK 173, PLAN 28, FURTHER BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER THEREOF AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAID 40 FOOT STREET WITH SAID KATHERINE STREET; THENCE SOUTH 71° 16’ WEST SEVENTY-FIVE (75) FEET BY THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF SAID 40’ STREET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH 18° 44’ WEST ONE HUNDRED THIRTYFIVE AND ONE-TENTH (135.1) FEET, MORE OR LESS, BY OTHER LAND OF JAMES F. THODES TO THE TOWN LINE BETWEEN SAID MILLBURY AND THE CITY OF WORCESTER; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY SEVENTY-FIVE AND ONE HUNDREDTHS (75.01) FEET, MORE OR LESS, BY SAID TOWN LINE AND IN PART BY LAND OF DOROTHY L. RHODES TO SAID KATHERINE STREET; THENCE SOUTH 18° 44’ EAST ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX AND FIVE TENTHS (136.5) FEET BY THE WESTERLY SIDE OF SAID KATHERINE STREET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 10,135 SQUARE FEET OF LAND, MORE OR LESS. PARCEL II: THE LAND IN SAID MILLBURY, LOCATED ON A 40 FOOT STREET LEADING SOUTHWESTERLY FROM KATHERINE STREET, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF SAID STREET SEVENTY-FIVE (75) FEET SOUTHWESTERLY FROM KATHERINE STREET AT PARCEL I ABOVE DESCRIBED; THENCE BY THE NORTH SIDE OF SAID STREET SOUTH 71° 16’ WEST TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET TO OTHER LAND, NOW OR FORMERLY, OF LISA JEAN MALDONADO, MARK JASKULKA AND BRIAN JASKULKA; THENCE BY OTHER LAND OF LISA JEAN MALDONADO, MARK JASKULKA AND BRIAN JASKULKA NORTH 18° 44’ WEST ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THIRTYFOUR AND FIVE TENTHS (134.5) FEET TO THE MILLBURY-WORCESTER TOWN LINE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY BY SAID TOWN LINE TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET TO PARCEL 1 ABOVE; THENCE BY SAID PARCEL I, SOUTH 18° 44’ EAST ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE AND ONE TENTH (135.1) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 3,370 SQUARE FEET OF LAND, MORE OR LESS. The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. For Mortgagor’s Title see deed dated March 7, 2005, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds, in Book 35842, Page 87. TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP 1080 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860 Attorney for HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-21 Present Holder of the Mortgage (401) 272-1400

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Mark Duffner Mark Duffner is the linebackers coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Duffner found himself in Worcester back in 1986 serving as the Defensive Line coach and Defensive Coordinator for Holy Cross. He would go on to coach at Holy Cross for 11 years, six of those as head coach. He has now been in the NFL for 20 seasons and is relishing in working with some standout defensive players. How did you end up at Holy Cross? I was the defensive coordinator at University of Cincinnati, and we wound up talking with the University of Dayton staff, and that’s where coach Rick Carter was the head coach, and we talked football with their staff on occasion, and I knew coach Carter a little bit just from those short casual conversations. At any rate, when he got hired at Holy Cross, his defensive coordinator stayed (behind) and took the position at Dayton as the head coach That was Mike Kelly, he was very successful there, and then coach Carter reached out to me and asked if I was interested in being the coordinator and linebacker coach at Holy Cross, and I opted to come with him, and he was a very successful head coach. He had won at every level, and had just finished winning the Division III National Championship in Dayton. I thought it was a great opportunity to be with and connect with a coach that was obviously on the move in his career and well thought of, and also it was great to have the chance to come to a school with the reputation of a Holy Cross. How long were you at Holy Cross? I was there 11 years. Five years as the defensive coordinator and six years as the head coach.

From there you, transitioned on to the University of Maryland? When I left Holy Cross, I was the head coach at University of Maryland for five years. And then when I got fired at Maryland, I was fortunate to get a coaching job in the

NFL. I coached with the Cincinnati Bengals for six years, and then three years with the Green Bay Packers, eight years with the Jacksonville Jaguars, then two seasons with the Dolphins, and now I’m with Tampa Bay. This is my 20th season with the NFL.

in college for the University of Cincinnati for four years as the defensive line coach. Probably, the best spot to really run the defense is at linebackers, coaching linebackers. Part of the deal when I was going with coach Carter at Holy Cross, he wanted me to coordinate and also coach the linebackers.

How was the transition from being a college head coach to the NFL? It was actually very, very Who’s the stud on your defense right now?

interesting. I never really had any interest. I always felt like I was going to be a college coach and I was privileged to coach in college for 11 years as a head coach and nine as an assistant … I was a college coach by nature and I didn’t know how NFL players would respond to a college coach. I wasn’t sure about all that, but when I was fired at Maryland, I still had a year on my contract, but was fortunate to get an opportunity to go to the NFL, and when I got there I found it to be very very good. It was all about coaching football and learning football and teaching football. You actually had more time for your family, based on the off-season schedule, which is still an everyday job, but you’re not involved in the recruiting and some of the other details that you have as a collegiate coach. It was a good transition, and ultimately I stayed with it all the rest of these years.

Well, we got a couple of guys. The two linebackers that I think are, so far, having a really productive season in the NFL are a guy named Lavonte David, who is from Nebraska, and he played in the Pro Bowl last year, and then a younger player by the name of Kwon Alexander, who is from LSU, and those two guys are playing the most for us. We’re very fortunate to reconnect with a guy that I coached in Jacksonville by the name of Daryl Smith, and he was our all time lead tackler in Jacksonville, and he’s also having a productive year. So I’ve got three very good players who are also very fine people.

What does it take to be a defensive leader? Well, at linebacker you’ve got to be a productive player, meaning active, you’ve got to make plays, run game, pass game. When you play linebacker, it’s your job to be able to affect You played college football yourself, on the the run game productively and the pass game defensive line. How did you become a linebacker’s productively. You can sometimes do your job, coach? Yeah, I played college ball at William & but it’s all about making plays, making tackles. Mary in Virginia. I was actually a coordinator I think they’re both ( David and Alexander)

ranked in the top 10 in the NFL, in terms of tackling and tackles for loss and things of that nature, so they’re productive. And then when you produce on the field, whether it’s in high school, college or the NFL, people respect you and then that allows you to have the ability to lead and people lead in different ways. In some ways very quietly, but by being very productive on the field. And other ways, by being a highintense personality. They’re both developing their leadership skills and highly respected players on this team.

You guys have Jameis Winston at the helm of QB. What does practicing with a guy like him week in and week out do for the defenses preparation? Well, shoot, preparing for Jameis Winston you’ve got to prepare for a quarterback that can not only throw, and has, as they like to say at this level, all the throws, he’s got long ball, he can throw the touch plays, but he’s also got excellent escape ability, running ability, and so you’ve got to scramble proof, if you will, your defenses and make sure you can contain this type of a player. In the NFL, you’re seeing more and more of this. Dak Prescott in Dallas, Cam Newton, the players that both have the ability to run and get out of trouble, but also can throw it. That puts a lot of stress on your defense. So I’m very pleased I’m with this guy at this point as a young player who, so far, is developing in a positive way. DECEMBER 8, 2016 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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