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August 29 - September 4, 2013 ■ Volume 38, Number 52
Worcester’s 911 system could get Smart Walter Bird Jr.
t is not likely to happen soon because of the price tag, but city officials have at least expressed interest in a so-called Smart911 system that would allow people to provide detailed personal information that would then be available to emergency dispatchers. The idea is to better prepare first responders to handle emergency situations and it has piqued the interest of safety officials here. “We’re definitely interested in the product,” says Dave Clemons, director of emergency management in Worcester. “Probably the biggest benefit is people can maintain their own data. Another benefit is any 911 calls from students at our area colleges, if they have information from where they normally live, that’s available to us as well. That would be a big advantage because we get a huge influx of students from other states.” With the Smart911 system, which is voluntary, you log onto www.smart911. com and create a profile, entering as little or as much information as you choose. Details can range from the number and kinds of pets in your home to any inhabitants with special needs, disabilities or illnesses. When 911 is called, that information immediately pops up on the dispatcher’s computer screen. Worcester would be the first large Massachusetts city to utilize Smart911. The problem is affordability. According to Tom Axbey, CEO of Framingham-based Rave Mobile Safety, which developed the system, the one-time, start-up cost for
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Worcester would be $45,000, $5,000 of which involves installing and setting it up. There would also be a recurring annual cost. During a meeting several months ago with Framingham-based Rave Mobile Safety, city officials suggested being used as a test pilot for the program, with Rave waiving the start-up costs. Clemons says company representatives seemed receptive, but there has been no discussion since. District 5 Councilor Bill Eddy, who chairs the council’s Public Safety Committee, introduced the program at a recent council meeting. City Manager Mike O’Brien was aware of it, because he also attended the informational meeting. “After [the] Virginia Tech [shooting], they’re doing a lot of colleges,” Eddy says of the system. “I was impressed with the fact that when we talked about the ill-fate Pit Bull ordinance, helping first responders was part of the provision that got struck down, that pit bull owners need to post something that first responders would know right away [that there was a potentially dangerous dog on the premises].” With Smart911, he notes, that information could already be part of a caller’s profile. Smart911 is currently employed in some smaller communities, including Framingham, Milford and Medford. Nationally, it is active in 450 municipalities throughout 35 states, according to Axbey. Colleges use a similar program, called Rave Alert. Locally, schools such as Clark University and WPI, as well as the UMass school system, are using it. That system costs Clark about $10,000 a year, according
to Business Manager Paul Wykes, who says the school switched to Rave from another vendor about a year ago. Clark uses it to send out emergency notices via one or all of several methods, including email, text and cell phone. The students are automatically signed up through their college emails. Wykes says about half of them also provide their cell phone numbers. It has been used on several occasions, including the water main break outside Worcester State University (WSU) several months back that left much of the city without water. There are several cases where Smart911 has proven a life-saver, Axbey says. In Arkansas, a mother created a family profile that included pictures of her child. Some time later, that child went missing. When she called 911, the photo was readily available to the dispatcher, who simply asked, “What’s she wearing today?” Police located the child a short time later, Axbey says. In Chicago, a person who was allergic to bee stings, and whose information had already been logged into the system, dialed 911, but could not speak. The dispatcher asked the person, ‘Have you been stung by a bee?” The person responded by banging on a wall or table, Axbey says, and the dispatcher sent out EMT personnel, who saved the caller’s life. Ever-changing technology necessitates alternate ways to alert emergency personnel, says Axbey, adding his company also would help Worcester promote the program to the community to
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A weekly quality of life check-in of Worcester
VW (Asian longhorned) Beetle visits Worcester on the heels of the five-year anniversary of the ALB in the city to encourage “spotting the beetle” during Tree Check Month. +1
West Nile Virus detected in mosquitoes collected in Millbury. Central Massachusetts Mosquito Control Project sprays the west quadrant of the town to reduce mosquito population. -2
Worcester celebrates its first Caribbean American Festival with sunny skies and warm temperatures, bringing music and colorful outfits to Park Ave. and Institute Park. +2
Two of Worcester’s most talented, Andrea Ajemian and Kaz Gamble, are leaving Worcester for California – at least for now. The two will be working on film and music projects in LA, but promise to come back to make movies in the Woo. We’re sad to see their departure. -1
A meeting on the future of public art in Worcester is held at the WCC with artists, city officials and business owners sharing big ideas. +2
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Twenty-five volunteers from the College of the Holy Cross help clean a parcel of land in the Canal District, near Kelley Square. +1
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Worcester’s Director of Planning and Regulartory Servies, Joel Fontaine, announces he will step down Sept. 13 to take a job in Illinois. -2
Vibram Open is held once again at Maple Hill disc golf course in Leicester with professionals from around the world. +1
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Dance studio owner Klein sells to student and ‘did it right’
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hen Charlotte Klein was getting ready to open her Worcester dance studio in 1977, her daughter, 15-year-old Elisa Ruth, offered these simple words of encouragement: “Mom,� she said, “if you’re going to do it, do it right.� On the week Charlotte and her husband, Ben, were set to open the doors on the business, Elisa died after a long struggle with Cystic Fibrosis. There was no thought of giving up the dream, however. Charlotte had been running a dance studio since 1952 when she started teaching in a 14-foot by 14-foot room in her parents’ basement on Dellwood Road, not far from the space at 1122 Pleasant St. she and Ben found after spying a “For Rent� sign one night when they were out to dinner. Six years later, Charlotte would open her second dance studio in Westborough. Now,
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{ citydesk } SMART 911 continued from page 4 intriguing. There are people who have all sorts of special needs.” encourage participation. As for why the company sees Worcester “The 911 system was designed around as the first big community in which to land-line phones,” he says. “Today, 75 launch Smart911, Axbey says, “I think percent of those calls are coming from a they’ve long shown an interest in public mobile phone. With a land line you just safety.” He adds that in the communities get the phone number and address. With he speaks with, “No one ever says it’s a a mobile phone, all you see is the 10-digit bad idea. It’s just a matter of when.” number and the x-y coordinates on a And a matter map. There is also a of money. As much higher degree Probably the biggest benefit Eddy notes, of dropped calls.” is people can maintain their own data. the question is Asked about how the city security concerns, Another benefit is any 911 calls can afford such as who would see such personal from students at our area colleges, the system. “O’Brien said information, Axbey if they have information ‘Let’s see if we says the dispatcher can get state is the only person from where they normally live, money for this, with access, unless maybe for next that’s available to us as well. it is transmitted to year,’” he says, a responder. The — Dave Clemons, director of emergency adding he plans management in Worcester. information times out to schedule a after 40 minutes, he Public Safety Committee meeting on the says. proposed system sometime in the fall. “This is optional,” Eddy stresses. “It’s Have a news tip or story idea? You not like it’s Big Brother. It’s all stuff so can reach Walter Bird Jr. at 508-749first responders arriving on scene have on 3166, ext. 322, or by email at wbird@ their screens or a dispatcher can say, ‘We worcestermag.com. Follow Walter on had a 911 call and no one said anything, Twitter @walterbirdjr and don’t miss him but at that location you have a child every Thursday morning at 8:35 with Paul who is severely allergic to bee stings or Westcott on WTAG 580AM. a mother with diabetes.’ I find that really
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That is the percentage of parents who were more likely to have started saving for college when they talked to their kids about paying for college before the age of 10. When parents waited until their child was over 10, the percentage dropped to 80.
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NOT TALKIN’: A Worcester Police officer was tipped off by a motorist just after midnight on Thursday, August 22 about a fight between two males that was happening on Park Ave., further down from where the officer was parked in the Walgreen’s lot at the intersection of Chandler Streets and Park Ave. When the officer arrived, he reportedly saw a man standing with his arms raised, who had a laceration to his left arm. According to the officer, while talking with the man, he was approached by another man who told him that he was in need of an ambulance; this second man was said to be suffering from a stab wound as well, but to his chest. The police officer called an ambulance for the two stabbed men, but neither would offer any details of the incident, including any information on the suspect’s description. It’s said the two men are in good condition. Anyone with information should send an anonymous text to 274637 TIPWPD + the message or a anonymous web-based message at worcesterma.gov/police. Calls can be made to the Worcester Police Detective Bureau at 508-799-8651. HEAVY LIFTING: If David Pepin was trying to set himself up to start a contracting business, he didn’t quite make the right choices in how to go about getting himself a company phone and work tools. Pepin, 40, 1500 Main St., Leicester, was found with a Galaxy I-Phone, a Dewalt cordless screw gun and a Ryobi jig saw while walking down Lincoln Street on Saturday, August 24 around noon, according to police. A Worcester Police officer responding to a call that a man was seen breaking into a vehicle in the Lincoln Plaza parking lot, identified the man with the phone and the tools as the suspect. Pepin could not provide proof of ownership for any of the three items he had in his possession, according to the officer. The officer was able to return the phone to its owner, and while doing so, three men approached the officer and said they too were missing items – work tools that were last seen in the back of their pick-up truck. The screw gun and jig saw were returned to the men. Pepin was placed under arrest and charged with breaking and entering into a motor vehicle in the daytime with the intent to commit a felony and larceny over the value of $250. NOT SO FAST: The outcome of an early Sunday morning car crash on Main Street was not good for anyone, but it sure did confirm the need for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over program. The state-wide initiative cracks down on drunk driving through Labor Day. A Worcester Police officer was monitoring traffic as part of the program when he saw a red pick-up truck speeding at what the officer says to have been in excess of 50 MPH. The truck was traveling south on Main Street, the operator disregarded a red light traffic signal at the intersection of Main, Chandler and Madison streets and that’s when things really hit the fan. The speeding truck collided with a Ford Focus that was traveling westbound, which caused the truck to roll onto its roof and slide more than 100 feet, right on top of the hood of the on-duty officer’s cruiser in the upright position. The driver was identified as Jimmy Ngo, 18, 39 Lakewood St., Worcester. Ngo was interviewed and arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, operating a motor vehicle so as to endanger, red light violation and speeding. No injuries were reported.
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36 years after taking that first bold step on Pleasant Street – and more than 60 years after starting her business in that tiny room in her parents’ house – Charlotte Klein is turning over the keys. It seems only fitting that she is handing them over to 32-year-old Rachel Rubin, who has spent virtually her entire life inside the Worcester studio. She started dancing at three, going all the way through high school before attending Dean College,
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where she earned her degree in dance and minored in business. She tried her hand at running her own dance business in Mendon, which she ran for two years. Married with three children, Rubin decided she would wanted to go back to where it all started and returned to the Charlotte Klein Dance Studio as a teacher. “It’s been my whole life,” Ruin says of the place Charlotte Klein ran more like a family than a business. She is talking as she sits with Charlotte and Ben Klein in the lobby area of the business. “I did sports in high school, but this was my second home, if I had nothing to do. Even now, if I have nothing to do I’m here.” Becoming the new owner of the dance studio – the name will remain unchanged – started out as playful joking by Charlotte Klein. “Charlotte was always joking she was going to retire,” Rubin says. “I just never thought she’d be one to retire. I just knew this is what she does. It just came about. She said to me, ‘What are your plans?’ I said, ‘If the opportunity came about I would love to one day own the studio.’” That day came earlier this month and now it is Rubin’s turn to serve as matriarch over the Charlotte Klein dance family. It is a brood that has produced dancers who have gone on to be stars. The most famous alumni have to be Diane and Elaine Klimaszewski, also known as the Coors Light Twins. They started in the studio when they were 4 and left at 16 to work at Disney. Their careers rocketed from there. Many others have gone on to perform on Broadway, in television and in movies, among them Nancy Lemenager, Joe Cavise, Melissa Mahon and Jacqui Guimond.
“We really stay in touch,” Charlotte Klein says. “I think it’s wonderful.” The time was right to sell the business, she says. “I’m 79. I’ve had three joint replacements,” she says. “With two studios and 11 faculty it just became too much. It was time to pass on the torch. And we have family in California and we’d like more time to be able to travel.” Reflecting on the past, Charlotte and Ben acknowledge there were challenges, including the economic collapse that crippled some businesses. Theirs was able to survive. “The economy affected us a couple years ago,” Charlotte Klein says, “but we have been over $35,000 in scholarships to help our students and their families.” The dance business, adds Ben Klein, traditionally has not been hurt too much during economic downturns. “It might be down a bit,” he says, “but we’ve never been clobbered.” There may be another reason why the Charlotte Klein Dance Studio has weathered whatever financial storms have come its way. “As my former lawyer said,” Charlotte Klein says, “we are the kinder and gentler studio, particularly with finances. We have always helped out people.” She says it “feels great” to have sold her business to a former student, especially one as talented as Rubin. “The interesting thing about us,” Charlotte Klein says, “is although this became a large student population we tried to keep a sense of intimacy. We really care about people and I know Rachel is going to be the same way. [Rubin] is probably the most soughtafter teachers for special choreography. She has an amazing work ethic and talent.” Listening to Rubin, it seems clear that the family-oriented nature of the dance studio will remain intact. “Charlotte was my mentor,” she says. “She taught me what to do and what not to do. She just taught me life and how to grow up and be strong. I always considered her my family.” Charlotte Klein, sitting in a chair on top of the last project she oversaw as owner – new flooring behind the counter – is asked what she thinks her late daughter, Elisa, would say after all these years and with the business now in Rubin’s hands. Klein tears up almost immediately, her voice cracking. “She’d say I did it right.” Have a news tip or story idea? You can reach Walter Bird Jr. at 508-7493166, ext. 322, or by email at wbird@ worcestermag.com. Follow Walter on Twitter @walterbirdjr and don’t miss him every Thursday morning at 8:35 with Paul Westcott on WTAG 580AM.
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School Superintendent Melinda Boone has shared her goals for next year with the School Committee. Among them, she says by September 2014 there will be a “20 percent increase in the number of positive media reports” about the school system. That got our attention, since very little in the way of information comes our way out of the schools’ administrative offices. An increase would be most welcome. School Committee member Tracy O’Connell Novick says that particular goal reflects issues the board has raised in the past. “There are things in our schools that are good that don’t get much coverage,” Novick says. “We don’t control our press and I certainly understand that, but we can potentially do a better job of projecting the amazing things that happen in school every day.” Novick declined to assess an overall grade when it comes to the administration’s communication with the media, saying, “I think it varies on what department you’re talking about.” Worcesteria doesn’t mind slapping a grade to a couple departments. Brian Allen, the chief financial officer, gets an “A+” for being highly responsive. Chief Academic Officer Marco Rodrigues, on the other hand, merits a “D-” – only because we don’t like flunking people. Boone herself is a “D” student when it comes to returning phone calls, but a “B” or so when you catch her at a meeting.
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MASS CONCERN: More
Massachusetts families are saving for college, according to Fidelity Investments’ seventh annual College Savings Indicator study, which reports 68 percent of families say they have started saving. That is up from 65 percent last year and 59 percent in 2008. Nationally, college savings are up, with parents setting aside an average of $5,000 last year. And in Massachusetts there was a 20-percent increase in the number of new U.Fund College Plans opened in the first half of this year. Still, Massachusetts parents say they plan to pay for 60 percent of the total cost of college, but are on track to afford just 22 percent. Twenty-three percent of parents in Massachusetts say they have asked their kids to contribute toward the cost of college, with an average starting age of 13.3. If you have a child in high school with his or her sights set on college, it’s something worth thinking about.
A RESIDENT CONCERN: The announcement by City Planner Joel Fontaine that he is stepping down to take a job in Illinois did more than raise questions about just how City Hall will replace such a valuable member of its team; it brought the push for a uniform residency requirement back into the spotlight. Officials will likely want another Worcesterite to fill Fontaine’s shoes. You don’t have to look far for critics of a residency requirement. “I’m not a fan,” At-Large Councilor and former Mayor Konnie Lukes says of a measure championed by Mayor Joe Petty. “I started out that way, but when I saw all the obstacles … I just think it’s a stupid kind of process. I hope we don’t’ get stuck another year waiting to fill that spot.” The city, Lukes says, is doing itself no favors by requiring employees to live within city limits. “Are we on the right track with the residency requirement if we want to be a first-class city by closing our borders?” EXCUSE HER: At-Large Councilor Kate Toomey has some folks wondering why she got up and left a recent meeting of the City Council’s Public Service & Transportation Committee when topic turned to National Grid and its controversial Smart Grid Pilot program. You’ll have to keep guessing, because Toomey isn’t saying anything more than a “personal matter.” As for her thoughts on NGrid and the substation on Tory Fort Lane that has so many folks in a tizzy, Toomey says, “I think people need to be involved in what happens in their own community. They have every right to be involved.” WRONG CITY: Shuli Xu has heard the critics and naysayers and he just doesn’t get
it. “Worcester’s a good place,” the dean of students for the newly-named MCPHS University says. Xu tells the story of a man he heard talking about how he was afraid to live in Worcester because of all the crime and how unsafe it was. “I was like, ‘What? What city are you talking about?’” Count Xu among the city’s fans, something that was evident as he helped celebrate the opening of new apartments at 371-379 Main St. Students from MCPHS will be among those taking up residency there.
TAKE THAT: Speaking of the old Marcus Building, At-Large Councilor Phil Palmieri
appeared to be taking a none-too-thinly-veiled shot at Dean Marcus during his comments at the ribbon cutting at 371-379 Main St. Marcus, of course, owns property on Front Street, including the Midtown Mall, which some officials see as rundown and standing in the way of a downtown bustling with new development. “Sometimes,” Palmieri says, “we have to push very, very hard. Sometimes there’s a resistance in the private sector that doesn’t want to see things happen as quickly as we would like to see. This is part of … the Marcus empire that will hopefully move forward in going south.” Ouch!
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The misguided plan to update the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electric grid by super-imposing 21st century wireless microwave technologies over aging 20th century infrastructure gained critical momentum in Massachusetts when the DPU approved a 15,000 household pilot program for Worcester, despite objections from MA Attorney General Martha Coakley. Evidence of harm emerged already when smart meter installation began in other states. A portion of the population, predominantly women, experienced such immediate adverse effects due to pulsed radiation and dirty electricity caused by meter installation that they were driven from their homes. Now, darkďŹ eld microscopy from independent research makes visible one mechanism of destruction: trauma to blood cells in the presence of smart meter pulsed RF radiation. Staggering the installation and activation of meters and neighborhood repeaters, installing new meters without consent, updating AMR meters to transmit 24/7, and withholding or providing false information causes individuals with resulting health challenges to be misdiagnosed and subjected to invasive, ineffective testing and treatment. Health care providers are not aware of the cause; the home electromagnetic environment has been altered by 24/7 exposure to pulsed RF radiation. Scientists speculate that damage occurs especially at night, when parasympathetic nervous system function dominates. At the August 21 meeting of the Public Service and Transportation Sub-Committee, Councilor-at-Large Rushton asked National Grid to provide documentation supporting claims made in writing to the City Council regarding health and safety. He also requested that the Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health ofďŹ cer independently research health implications for both WiMax antennas and smart meters. No additional ratepayer money or time should be wasted denying a fore-gone conclusion - that the rush to install new infrastructure proceeded under false pretenses, was based on erroneous assumptions, and the stakes are highest in Worcester, which is Ground Zero. Communities representing over 4 million Americans have already banned smart meter installations, and groups in over 30 states are waging battles. Informed Worcester residents are being given the extraordinary opportunity to guide
energy policy in the United States to a higher level of integrity, by declaring an immediate moratorium on smart meters. A comprehensive cited rebuttal to National Gridâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s documentation, compiled by Clare Donegan, is available on-line at HaltMAsmartmeters.org. PAT R ICIA B UR K E HaltMAsmartmeters.org
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ART EXHIBIT AT HOLY CROSS The College of the Holy Cross hosts reThink INK: 25 Years at the Mixit Print Studio as its first exhibit of the semester in the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery now through October 26, 2013. The exhibit features fine art printmaking by artists who have worked in the Mixit Print Studio in Somerville since its founding 25 years ago. A series of artists lectures that will be open to the public will be held through the exhibition. An opening reception for the show will be held on Wednesday, September 11, from 5-7 p.m. Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester. Offices.holycross.edu/cantorartgallery/exhibitions/current.
ISRAELI NOVELIST TEACHES AT WORCESTER SCHOOLS As part of The Schusterman Visiting Israeli Artist Program, a residency program for 10 Israeli artists at North American colleges and universities, Dror Burstein, an awardwinning Israeli novelist, will teach a course this fall on Israeli culture as reflected in Hebrew literature since the ’70s at Clark University and will teach a course on Genesis in art and literature at Holy Cross. This residency, like others part of the program, is an initiative of the Israel Institute to expose the Israeli culture to a widerr audience and to foster interaction between the artist and the community in which he is based. Bursein is the editor of the poetry journal Helikon and writes literary and art reviews for the Hebrew press. He has been awarded the Jerusalem Prize for Literature, the Ministry of Science and Culture Prize for Poetry, the Bernstein Prize for his novel “Avner Brenner” and the Prime Minister’s Prize in 2006.
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES Dick Hoyt, marathon runner and elder of Team Hoyt, will speak at Anna Maria College’s annual fall Academic Convocation on Wednesday, September 4 at 1:30 p.m. in the school’s Fuller Activities Center. Hoyt will speak on this year’s program theme: overcoming obstacles. Team Hoyt, comprised of Dick and his son Rick, have run the Boston Marathon 31 times, competed in more than 1,100 athletic events in the past 34 years, including 252 triathalons. Dick Hoyt has spoken across the country at corporate and community events educating folks on the world of disabilities. Dick Hoyt is both personally and professionally in tune with the topic, after having his son Rick born a non-speaking quadriplegic with cerebral palsy and graduating from Boston University with a degree in Special Education. Dick Hoyt’s talk at Anna Maria is free and open to the public, but reservations are required and can be made by contacting eajamian@annamaria.edu. Anna Maria College, 50 Sunset Ln., Paxton. annamaria.edu.
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From farm to table, Worcester restaurants and one bakery offer fresh ingredients while driving the local economy Taylor Nunez
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arm-to-table,” a buzz phrase interjecting itself into conversations across the country, is a responsibility taken seriously by a few real-deal establishments in Worcester that serve up farm-fresh foods regularly. Armsby Abbey owner and farm-to-table maven Alec Lopez refuses to use the phrase more often than not. For the sake of this article he makes an exception, but not without voicing his concerns over what he finds to be a debased expression. “There are a lot of people who claim to be ‘farm-to-table,’ or use it as a marketing catch and, unfortunately, it’s become really bastardized. [But] I eat, sleep and breathe this.” Founding and representing what it means to truly be farm-to-table, Lopez, along with Volturno executive chef Neil Rogers and Sweet owner and executive chef Alina Eisenhauer, lead Worcester in its quest for a fresher future, and in turn, a prosperous economy for business owners and farmers alike.
of the business. My first two years there, it sort of become obvious that the bar had no representation of who I was,” Lopez recalls. Looking back on those earlier days, Lopez remembered driving as far as Amherst, Mass. to have a beer because he found there were few places in the area that offered what he longed for. “It was on one of those many drives that I pulled over and had an epiphany. ‘Why doesn’t Worcester have what I want?’” For the time that followed this realization, Lopez made The Dive Bar his obsession, transforming it into a craft beer haven. Lopez would seek out and travel to small beer festivals looking to pull together a polished beer menu for Dive patrons. Armsby Abbey was born when Lopez needed to push the envelope further, to create what Lopez describes as, “A gallery STEVEN KING
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or Lopez, an Argentinian native, buying goods from local farmers wasn’t a novel idea, it is a way of life. “Where I’m from it’s just the way it is. In Argentina — this was the early ’70s — people just used what was available,” Lopez explains. Everything from local bakeries’ baguettes to farm-fresh milk, Lopez and his family took advantage of farms within their proximity. “Foundationally, it’s just what is normal to me.” Though mostly raised in the States (Lopez’s family moved when he was 10), Lopez’s father always made meals from scratch, which became the only method of cooking Lopez was familiar with. Though his friends would eat fast food when he was a teenager, he knew it didn’t taste right. Today, Lopez credits his palate to his adolescence. Lopez’s wife, Sherri Sadowski, experienced a similar childhood, growing up on a farm in Rhode Island. Settling roots in Worcester, Lopez was an employee of The Dive Bar in Worcester prior to buying out the owners. “When I bought out the first owner, I took control
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of the most manicured collection of beers.” In addition to that? Real food. Armsby Abbey presents a dailychanging draft and bottle selection, but equally impressive is the evolving food menu. Utilizing a robust 42 farms from all over New England, Armsby Abbey’s menu discloses the exact location each ingredient in every dish comes from. For Lopez, he had high hopes Armsby Abbey would change Worcester for the better. “We never ate out in this town. We needed to know a little bit more about where our food was coming from. This was a way of offering our way of life … inspire others to use local produce.” To Lopez’s disappointment, he found that most restaurants maintained their set ways of buying produce, meats and cheeses from non-local distributors. However, there was one exception:
Volturno Pizza Napoletana, led by executive chef Neil Rogers. Born and raised in Shrewsbury, Mass., Rogers has traveled the country working as a chef and has been in the business for 18 years. Though the farm-totable movement was not always on the forefront of his mind, Rogers experienced it a great deal in the restaurants he worked in and it wove its way into his work. Believing for much of his earlier days that buying local and serving up farm-to-table only meant fresh goods, today Rogers recognizes it is much more than that. “Now local means best product, grown within a short distance, that is fresh and is grown without harsh chemicals and pesticides, by people who take pride in their product,” he says. Like Lopez and Rogers, Sweet’s Eisenhauer has been farm-to-table for
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eing, arguably, the two main players in the restaurant farmto-table game in Worcester, Lopez and Rogers’s bond over buying local has fostered camaraderie in such a way that they even, from time to time, share ingredients. “I can call Neil and say, ‘Hey, my garlic guy is buried in garlic scapes and he’ll drop them off.’ I knocked over sea salt once and, lo and behold, he had some from Maine to get me through to my next delivery. I’m glad they’re around,’” says Lopez of Volturno. Rogers, too, enjoys the friendship between the two establishments. “It is great to have Armsby Abbey in town. They have done an exceptional job in being a leader in the Worcester restaurant scene,” praises Rogers. He also is an advocate for the power in numbers. “There’s two of us so our reach is a little farther and we can use many, many different establishments, therefore dispersing more money to local farms.” To get in touch with local farms, Rogers uses Trace and Trust, a Rhode Island-based company that puts him in touch with ranchers, farmers and fisherman so he can buy directly from the source. What makes Trace and Trust even more unique is the ability it gives Rogers to be able to provide customers who order any fish, pork or meat with a QR code that gives the customer information on the who, where and when of the food item. Connecting with farms across the state, Rogers is able to bring the freshest ingredients to Volturno. “I can serve vegetables in my restaurant that were picked the night before.” Acknowledging that most restaurants purchase mass-produced vegetables from purveyors that likely have been treated with chemicals, Rogers
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feels good about what he is presenting to the public. “I can take pride in saying that we are one of a few restaurants in the area that serve healthy, quality food.” Like Lopez, buying from local farms is not simply an option for Rogers, it’s the only way. “There really is no decision on if we would take this stance with using sustainable and local resources for our customers. It’s not just a way, it’s the only way.”
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opez, Rogers and Eisenhauer recognize the challenges farm-totable bring. For one, New England weather can be a fickle thing. “If it’s too hot, too much rain or some kind of infestation, we might not be able to get a product from one particular farm, so we will have to outsource to a different one. This could happen overnight and we have
to react instantaneously,” says Rogers. One particularly damaging Noreaster once left Rogers without fish for nearly a week. Despite New England’s sometimes grueling winter months, Lopez and Rogers can rely on greenhouses to equip their kitchens during the 6- to 8-month off season. Though one would imagine a restaurant owner and chef to be apprehensive of the off season, Lopez relishes it. “It’s like euphoric fantasy land if you care about food. Everyday you are inspired and challenged with what is available.” Lopez has mastered the growing season and is in tune with when and how to serve food, so much so it appears to an outsider like an art form. “For example, I know from now leeks will be available and will be there for the next three months. They get sweeter as they are colder; they’re almost like candy. All these subtle things you have to pay attention to,” Lopez says. For Eisenhauer, owner and executive chef of Worcester desert bar Sweet, available fruits are a big concern. “The greatest challenge
A Black Angus mix snuggles up to Alec Lopez, owner of Armsby Abby at Adams Farm in Athol. Inset: Chelsea Frost, office manager at Adams Farm, takes Lopez through the hanging cooler at Adams Farm.
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in pastry and dessert, being in New England, is fruit. We definitely highlight whatever is in season here, but I will also supplement with fruit from other regions where it is in season, trying to use organic as much as possible,” she says. “Why not use the best, freshest, healthiest [food] all the time, without thought? Because for others, it’s easy and convenient. They don’t have to think about their food or dishes on a daily basis,” says Rogers of why he believes the the farm-to-table trend hasn’t set on everywhere. Eisenhauer has witnessed other restaurant owners use excuses that, in her eyes, do not hold up. “I sometimes hear people use the excuse that the local dairy or eggs are too expensive, but in actuality, the difference is not huge and in many cases, when the national commodity prices rise due VEN KING
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to fuel, weather, etc., the small local purveyors stay the same. To me, even at a higher price, the difference in quality and sustainability are worth every penny.” Lopez deems the purchasing of massproduced foods unexplainable. “It’s so simple to access wonderful produce. Farmers markets, they’re not massive, they’re not all over the place, but they’re accessible.”
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opez isn’t dreaming when he says fresh food is accessible in Central Mass. According to mass.gov, there are over 250 farmers markets in Massachusetts alone and a whopping 35 of them run during the winter months. For continued on page 16
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Ray Mong, co owner of Applefield Farm in Stow holds a case of Sun Gold tomatoes which he sells at his farm store, farmers markets, local restaurants and Whole Foods supermarkets. Mong with his brother Steve and sister in-law Kirsten have been growing produce using organic methods for 25 years at Applefield Farm.
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Worcesterites looking to cook with fresh produce in their homes, there are a couple farmers markets right in the city. Amy Lynn Chase, owner of Crompton Collective and Haberdash vintage clothing, also runs the popular Canal District Farmers Market. “People questioned if our market was necessary because we already [have several] in Worcester but I’m watching steady lines at each farmers’ tent each week.” Chase believes that the more
perfecting his razor-sharp technique, he called Lopez and expressed his desire to bring what he had learned back to Worcester — under the condition that he could take over Lopez’s job as head chef. Lopez happily obliged and Evangelous now leads the kitchen. One of the farms that appears from time to time on Armsby Abbey’s menu is Harms Family Farm in Brookfield, Mass. Owned by husband and wife Luke and Sonya Harms, the duo specialize in
A Brown Turkey fig from Berberian’s Farm in Northborough. The fig tree was planted on the farm in a greenhouse in the early ’60s and provides Armsby Abby with fresh locally-grown figs, a rarity in the Northeast.
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Basil sprouts from First Leaves Family Farms.
people familiarize themselves with where their food comes from, farm-to-table will find greater success in area restaurants. Chase, herself, began to become conscious of local farms after visiting Lopez’s brainchild. “[Armsby] Abbey was the place where I really started to pay attention to the farms in the area and wanted to learn more about them,” she says. As Chase has found, the farm-to-table trend is spreading to the masses, even if restaurants are slow to follow suit. Even Lopez’s own staff picked up his contagious enthusiasm towards presenting quality, fresh foods after going through a rigorous training period where they learned about the food and beer they were serving. “They are 100 percent dialed in. This isn’t just a job for any of them. They are passionately committed to the idea of what this is,” states Lopez. Armsby Abbey’s head chef Damian Evangelous worked for Lopez for two years prior to traveling and refining his skills. During this formative time, Evangelous had the privilege to work for renowned chef Jose Andrés. After 16 W O R C E S T E R M A G A Z I N E . C O M • A U G U S T
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maple syrup production and have acreage dedicated to vegetables, leased to and managed to a neighbor of the couple. The Harms’ farm has two greenhouses and a root cellar, as well. The majority of its produce is marketed through a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Like Lopez, eating freshly-grown food was the only way of life Sonya Harms knew in her early childhood years. It wasn’t until adulthood that she realized, with disappointment, the truth about the produce sold in regular supermarkets. “I was 20 years old and was hanging out with a high school friend and he said, ‘Let’s go to The Living Earth and get some organic veggies for dinner,’ and I said, ‘Aren’t all vegetables organic? They all come from earth.’ Then I got my first lesson about the large-scale chemicallydependent agricultural system that was, and is, the majority of the goods you see in grocery stores,” Harms says. The experience inspired her. Over the next several years Sonya Harms would travel a path that would lead her to 29, 2013
farming. Later, she would meet her future husband, Luke, a Charlton, Mass. native who had been producing maple syrup in Maine since 2006, and together they would start Harms Family Farm. Harms finds her work rewarding and is always learning new tricks of the trade. “I am constantly reading about various crop needs, soil science and biological life, pest life cycles and storage needs,” she says. Even though their passion for their farm is evident, the couple recognize some significant challenges in the game. Perhaps the largest is making connections and finding new accounts to sell to. “Working upwards of 70 hours a week doesn’t leave much time for finding accounts that fit the farm. It takes time and energy to seek out prospective stores and restaurants,” Sonya says. Luckily, Harms Family Farm has made a couple key relationships to keep them going. “It’s great when you do find businesses like Armsby Abbey and The Living Earth that are committed to supporting local producers and who really understand the implications behind that choice. You know
uying local isn’t just about quality food, either. “Buying local helps the cities, small business and consumers to get better products at a fair market value and enjoy them. Now the person who grows/raises the product gets the money directly,” says Rogers. Lopez agrees, acknowledging what buying local can give to those supplying. “The person raising that product, it gives them the freedom to be better or bigger or to exist and to evolve.” Knowing the person growing the food you are purchasing is an interesting facet to these farmer/restaurant relationships. “You know who you are supporting, and if you care to find out, you know the work and the process that it takes to produce it. Most anything in the grocery store that you buy, you don’t know who you are benefitting, but you do know the money you are spending is not staying in your community,” says Harms. There’s no doubt a significant reason to push for farm-to-table is the taste. Eisenhauer puts it rather simply: “The less distance and time there is from when an ingredient is harvested to when it ends up on your plate, the better the food will be in both nutrition and taste. Sourcing locally just makes sense.” Farm-to-table, in the end, is more than delicious fresh food; it’s about creating an independent, self-sustaining and healthy city. In Harms’ words, “I think that it is really a matter of health and food security. If we keep our farmland healthy and productive, we keep our communities healthy and productive, then we are less dependent on outside sources that are completely beyond our control.”
art | dining | nightlife | August 29 - September 4, 2013
night day &
Halloween Outlet celebrates 25 years Josh Lyford
A quarter of a century is a long time to endure by modern business standards, especially in these difficult economic times. Few companies can go the distance and yet, for the Halloween Outlet, it’s just business as usual as it celebrates 25 years with style.
Much of the store’s success can be attributed to the unbelievable life and style that the brick and mortar location on West Boylston Street has achieved. The storefront itself creates a looming figure alongside busy Route 12 and, much like its interior, exudes the perfect combination of fun and fright. Arriving at the store, customers are greeted by a glowering 20-foot pumpkin that marks the entrance to the outlet’s expansive interior. If the enormous grimacing pumpkin head didn’t alert you that things are a bit different at the Halloween Outlet, stepping inside most certainly will. The store has a uniquely spooky introduction to the wares within, forcing some shock from even the bravest shoppers. While it is highly suggested to check out the one-of-a-kind entranceway, there is a separate entrance for children who might not be ready for sheer terror with their shopping experience quite yet. Once beyond the entrance, the building opens up. The 30,000-foot retail area is impressive to say the least. If you have never been to the Halloween Outlet, it really is something special to behold. Hundreds, if not thousands of costumes line the racks. Incredible handmade masks line the walls. Toward the back of the store, Rochelle Traina, who also designs the amazing in-store sets, offers incredible
(and fantastically gory) make-up artistry to store-goers. You cannot possibly grasp the magnitude and scope of the store’s vision without seeing it firsthand. There are so many small, personal touches throughout, constantly reminding customers of the love and forethought put into every detail by the store’s owners, which makes a lot of sense, considering that the Halloween Outlet has been family operated for its entire 25-year run. The Arvanigian family has truly achieved something special with the staple Worcester store. Evidence of the family’s unique outlook can be seen all the way back, from the shop’s humble beginnings. Gary Arvanigian and his family once operated a scrap paper business. Mr. Arvanigian would also fix up Corvettes in his spare time as a source of extra income. At some point he decided to trade one of these Corvettes for a stock of Halloween costumes that would be sold at the store. From here, Mr. and Mrs. Arvanigian would drive back and forth to New York to restock the shelves with various costume supplies. Eventually, they sold the paper business and put their focus on Halloween. These days, the family-run business is practically an institution. Daughter Christine Arvanigian has worked within the family business for years and has now begun to take hold of the reins. With her lifelong Halloween pedigree, it is impossible to see the business’s future as anything but supernova-bright. If any doubt still remains about the powerful presence situated on West Boylston Street, there are a few additional things to consider. Not only has the Halloween Outlet coined the term “superstore,” they were also the first year-round Halloween store. They have appeared in publications including The Wall Street Journal and appeared on television, featured on The Travel Channel’s “Most Extreme Halloween” show. The store has visitors from all over the world, something that very few outlets can claim. “I want you to come here for the experience,” says Arvanigian resolutely. “I want you to be scared.” If you are first-timer in the Halloween Outlet world, this is a great year to get introduced. In fact, even if you’ve made the trip every year, there will be some extra special surprises to get you back in, like the 20-foot Creepy Carnival Ferris Wheel. The store has plenty of upcoming events to get involved in, too, and no surprises
here, they are all clever and interesting. On Sept. 21 and 22, the store will be running its annual Bizarre/Bazaar tent sale, featuring food trucks, face painting, entertainment and big discounts. They are also currently presiding over the Zombie
with the Red Cross on Oct. 19, the Princess Party, Ghost Stories, Trick-or-treating and Horror photo shoots taking place on Kids’ Day on Oct. 12. And finally, on Oct. 31, you can come to the store for the ultrafun Indoor Trick-or-Treating. STEVEN KING
The Halloween Outlet celebrates its 25th anniversary. Founders Janis and Gary Arvanigian with their daughter Christine (foreground right) and some of their grandchildren Elise, Ani Manz, Mia, Samara Apelian and Charlie. Movie Trailer contest, which asks for creative folk in the area to lend their talents to crafting a short 2-3 minutes zombie trailer. The entries must be in by Sept. 1; find all additional information at Halloweenoutlet.com. If that isn’t up your alley, there is the Home Haunting Kit Contest on Oct. 5, the community building Vampire Blood Drive that will be in partnership
Make sure to check out the store for yourself at 540 West Boylston St. and take a peek at their website at Halloweenoutlet.com for a listing of upcoming events and a great photo gallery. For entries to the Zombie Movie Trailer contest, email Zombietrailer@halloweenoutlet.com. It may only be August, but in Worcester, it’s “Happy Halloween” all year round.
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“I’ve played in a ton of bands,” says Jim Perry. It’s a Friday afternoon and he’s sitting at a local cafe, about to begin discussing his new band, Hothouse. He won’t be able to do it without repeatedly cracking a smile as a mixture of awe and pride creeps into his voice. “To me, chemistry is un-explainable. You can have
after a couple of additions to the lineup, including the aforementioned second guitarist. “We hadn’t really focused in on a particular enough style. It was a little bit all over the place,” says Perry. “We started playing out and not really catching on. It was getting frustrating.” The band splintered, giving way to a mash-up of the remains of Hothouse and another local band, which became Dawg House, a band that Perry remembers as something of an experiment. Dawg House was short lived, but led to a relationship with bass player Dave Kenderian, whose chemistry with drummer Ron Ouimette
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the best combination of players you could possibly imagine and then the chemistry still doesn’t happen, for whatever reason. So the chemistry’s beyond just skill and compatibility, it’s another dimension.”
This isn’t the first go-round for Hothouse. “We started the concept of it around 1998,” he says over a bowl of tomato soup. “And it was just myself, a drummer and a bass player, just a trio. Not by design, it was only ‘cause I couldn’t find a really good match for me, you know, a second guitar player or keyboard player or anything to match up to what my vision was.” The trio recorded a full-length album and began playing shows in 2000, but the magic just wasn’t there for Hothouse 1.0, even 18 W O R C E S T E R M A G A Z I N E . C O M • A U G U S T 2 9 , 2 0 1 3
was, as Perry puts it, instant. Kenderian brought a funkier style to the table and the wheels began turning. “Ron and I started talking about, well maybe we should just do Hothouse and make it funkier.’” The addition of Mike Lanigan on second guitar solidified the lineup and from there on out there was no stopping the four-piece. “It was mind-boggling from the first rehearsal,” says Perry. “It was like we were absolutely meant to play with each other, the four of us.” The band is currently working hard to get the Hothouse name out there, playing as many gigs as they can, including a recent set at Beatnik’s that saw the band both stirring up the dance floor and soundtracking romantic slow dances all in the span of a few minutes. A new website and a full-length album are both in the works “so
that as we head into next spring, next summer, we’ll be completely ready for a full blitz,” says Perry. Perry speaks like the seasoned musician he is, even mentioning his own reluctance to admit the abundance of chemistry his new iteration of Hothouse is blessed with. “I think we’ve all been through it so many times that we know better, we know better than to get too hot and excited too quick,” he says. The foursome just kept their heads down and continued rehearsing for about a month and a half until they couldn’t stand it anymore. “Finally we just said look, this is pretty fucking amazing. Let’s get excited and not worry about it,” Perry laughs. The four members come from long and varied musical backgrounds, some having honed their chops and paid their dues in Top 40 wedding bands, and Perry has been writing music since the age of 16. He describes Hothouse as “Rockin’ funkified soulful blues” but admits that the blues are the strongest foundation and the biggest touchstone for what the band is all about. As the principal songwriter for the group, Perry has years of experience and music to draw on, and rattles off the bands he loves and is influenced by like some kind of hallowed shopping list. When discussing his own band, he speaks like a proud parent; when he talks about Eric Clapton, early Jeff Beck, and The Yardbirds, he reverts back to youthful reverence. He has a profound love of the blues, especially “that whole guitar blues thing,” which serves as something of a well to be dipped into when he writes, but he places an emphasis on accessibility and treats the idea of pop appeal as gospel. “I grew up loving the Beatles, The Beach Boys, and the Kinks, all that kind of stuff too, so I try and keep a little bit of a pop sensibility to what I write too, and it’s tricky.” His lifetime of songwriting fuels the Hothouse repertoire handily, and their set-list and still-in-the-works album include songs he wrote in the ‘70s and ‘80s, as well as a few he wrote this year. The band is the product of Perry’s vision, but sometimes even the visionary steering the ship needs to be shaken and stirred a little. Perry recalls a recent trip to New Orleans he took with his girlfriend, a trip that offered the opportunity to be both a tourist and a student in a distinct but decidedly different music scene. “[It was] a life-changing experience,” he says. “I mean, just hearing all those really funky rhythm sections, no matter what kind of music they were doing, everything was so geared towards the beat. It’s influencing everything I do now.” The way he tells it, this raw curiosity seems almost as important as band chemistry, and even at this point in his career he considers an eye-opening experience like this one a blessing, and a good weapon in the fight against inertia and stagnation. “As long as I’m on this side of the ground I hope things like that keep happening,” he says, adding, “I don’t like to stand still.” The result of all this chemistry? Perry just shrugs and slips back into proud parent mode. “I guess you could say that the response has been spectacular.” Catch Hothouse on August 30 at JJ’s Sports Bar & Grille in Northborough; September 8 at Pet Rock Festival, Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester at 3:15 pm.; September 20 at The Bull Run in Shirley, where the band will open for Christine Ohlman and Rebel Montez; and October 4 back at Beatnik’s in Worcester.
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Lynne Hedvig
The world’s industrial landscape has shifted dramatically in the information age; our ability to store and transport massive amounts of information on a tiny digital scale has enhanced our capacity to create on a more independent level, outside of the traditional institutionalized settings. The everyman Instagram photographer is an example of how the digital sphere has transformed an artistic field. So too, in many ways, is the trickling out from Los Angeles of the film industry, once so canonically centralized there, now come to pool in new areas with welcoming incentives and locations. Places like Massachusetts, and, increasingly, Worcester.
more they come, the more they explore beyond the 128 beltway. Also, with the new studio projects at Devens and now the Pullman project right here in town, we could see a real surge in the amount of film and television projects here in town.” For Stimpson, who lives and works in Worcester County, the appeal of the area stems from both a logistic place and a personal one. “This is my backyard and we have a great troupe of people that
hypocrisy brought the story to life. “It was just a fascinating story of how far someone could go hiding behind the immunity of the pulpit. As a director, I often help in the writing of the screenplay, but in this case I took on the writing completely.” In fact, on this production, many who were a part of the crew wore multiple hats. Local movie darling Andrea Ajemian, who was co-producer and line producer on “Sins of a Preacher,”
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This summer, local production company Moody Independent filmed its most recent movie, “Sins of the Preacher,” starring Gail O’Grady, James McDaniel, Christopher Gartin, Tom Kemp and Taylor Cole, almost entirely in Worcester. Drawing from the area for everything from locations to crew to talent, the movie is a truly local production, and representative of an emerging trend. Director Christoper Gartin as the preacher. John Stimpson (“The March Sisters at Christmas,” “The Legend of Lucy Keyes”) says, have pulled together on the six films I’ve “I think Worcester is being discovered shot in and around Worcester…Central as a filmmaking hub. David O. Russell Mass. just works for making films in so discovered it in a big way with ‘American many ways. The variety of locations, from Hustle’ last spring.” downtown Worcester, which could double In addition to the varied settings and for New York or Boston, or Moscow for gaggle of fresh media-oriented faces from that matter...to the quaint surrounding the state’s many colleges, Massachusetts towns.” offers a competitive package of tax “Sins of the Preacher,” adapted from incentives for filmmakers. These include Kathryn Casey’s book, “Dirty Little a a 25 percent payroll credit, a 25 Secrets,” is the story of a preacher with percent production credit and a sales tax a dark secret, and the tribulations of a exemption. family trying to unearth it. For Stimpson, As Stimpson notes, “The Mass Film Tax who also adapted the screenplay, the Credit program has been vital to pulling productions to the Commonwealth and the insidious nature of the preacher’s 20 W O R C E S T E R M A G A Z I N E . C O M • A U G U S T 2 9 , 2 0 1 3
describes this extra push from everyone as being a product of the local spirit of the process. “The difference between working on a movie that John and I make locally, and working on a big budget film in LA or Boston, is that what we don’t have in money we make up with in heart. We treat our cast and crews like family and that is why multiple Hollywood actors have come back to work with us on multiple films.” John Stimpson and Andrea Ajemian, along with producers Mark Donadio and Miriam Marcus have worked together on six Moody Independent films now, and with each new one, the work they are doing here in Central Mass. is becoming noticed more and more and their tactics of focusing on local talent and flavor are being adopted by other filmmakers. Filming around the same time as several other movies in Massachusetts, including David O’ Russell’s “American Hustle,” “Sins of the Preacher” had to compete for cast and crew members from the area’s
collection of skilled individuals. But unlike many of these other productions, “Sins of the Preacher” was able to draw from its producers’ deep roots and appeal in the area. Ajemian, for example, has put her own feelers out around Worcester for years now and has accumulated a community of involved locals eager to contribute to these productions. “It was challenging at first because there were so many locations in the script, but we got really creative. My good friend Larry Army Jr. allowed us to film in his old law offices…In that one office floor, we were able to shoot the police chief’s office, the police station, the DA’s office, the DA’s conference room, the therapist’s office, and the judge’s office.” Ajemian adds that “had we moved locations for all of those specific scenes, it wouldn’t be doable on our budget and with our limited time.” The young filmmaker says that’s another reason why she loves shooting in the city. “People in Worcester love that we make films here and are always so willing to help and be a part of the production.” And for all that the people of Worcester have contributed to “Sins of the Preacher,” so too have the producers contributed to this community by offering an avenue into the film industry that would otherwise be unavailable or at least difficult to be a part of for locals. Some of Ajemian’s favorite moments from the filming of “Sins of the Preacher” are derived from a pride she feels for the individuals involved. “One of our local actresses, Sarah Cote from Millbury, has a lead role…Sarah was an extra in ‘BoyBand’ a few years back…So, to see Sarah grow so much as an actress and get cast in such a big role in ‘Sins of a Preacher’ was really moving for me. That’s why I make films here…my production coordinator on the last six films, Katrina Morgan, just joined the union, IATSE. I’m so proud of her. She’s from Sterling and started out two years ago as a volunteer. That’s just awesome. There is so much talent right here in Worcester. People just need to be given a chance to shine. We give people that chance and they do not take it for granted, they thrive.” “Sins of the Preacher” will be airing on Lifetime television network September 14. Look for more local productions to come from these filmmakers in the future. John Stimpson is currently shopping around an adaptation of Casey Sherman’s book “Bad Blood” as well as pushing to shoot another, “Crashing Camelot,” adapted from William Noonan’s novel “Forever Young” about his lifelong friendship with JFK Jr., next summer on Cape Cod.
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Jim Keogh
Woody Allen has created some of the most memorable female characters in the history of cinema. There was, of course, Annie Hall; the fiery Maria Elena of “Vicky Cristina Barcelona,” and the neurotic Holly of “Hannah and Her Sisters.” All three roles earned Academy Awards for the actresses who played them — Diane Keaton, Penelope Cruz and Dianne Wiest (who took home a second Oscar for Woody’s “Bullets Over Broadway”).
Cate Blanchett may join them. She is revelatory in “Blue Jasmine,” playing Jasmine French, the former wife of a philandering Wall Street tycoon (Alec Baldwin, doing an even oilier version of “30 Rock’s” Jack Donaghy) who swindled investors in Bernie Madoff fashion and wound up in prison, leaving her flat broke. Jasmine is cast from her former life as a high-society Manhattan spouse into an unfamiliar world that owes her nothing and proves it time and again. The fall is far and the landing hard. What does one do when one has lost everything? Drink heavily (Stoli martinis with a twist of lemon), gobble Xanax like they’re candy corn, and reenact “A Streetcar Named Desire” by moving into a seedy San Francisco walk-up with your blue-collared doormat of a sister, Ginger, who can’t seem to find a boyfriend who owns a shirt with sleeves. Jasmine, this modern-day Blanche Dubois, has suffered a nervous breakdown that’s left her mind addled — she talks aloud to herself, or, more accurately, to figments from her past. You would pity her delusional self a bit more if she weren’t so patronizingly icy to Ginger (Sally Hawkins in the Stella
role) and her men. In flashbacks Jasmine is visited by Ginger and her then-husband Augie (a very good Andrew Dice Clay — where’s he been?) and the disdain is palpable — Jasmine can barely concoct enough excuses to avoid them. She does, however, convince the couple to invest some recent lottery winnings with her husband. Like the rest of his clients, and Jasmine, they lose every cent. “Blue Jasmine” flits back and forth in time, reflecting the pinballing whir of Jasmine’s brain. Allen does a masterful job maintaining a coherent, engaging narrative about a central character who is anything but engaging and coherent. Blanchett presents Jasmine as a slowmotion trainwreck, a woman so ill-equipped for the unrefined world outside of Park Avenue she scarcely knows how to turn on a computer. She’s haunted by inner demons that manifest themselves outwardly, in stream-ofconsciousness torrents that offend or bore most people within shouting distance. All the actors are at the top of their game here, from Blanchett on down. Particularly enjoyable is the reliable, and underrated, Bobby Cannavale as Ginger’s thuggish boyfriend, Chili (the Stanley Kowalski surrogate, if you’re keeping a “Streetcar” scorecard). Okay, so the guy’s living in San Francisco and he’s got a New Yawk accent that’s thicker than a Carnegie Deli pastrami-on-rye sandwich. Details, details. Cannavale’s Chili is brutish, funny and not a little pathetic; his ongoing war with Jasmine is one for the books. Also look for quality stuff from Louis C.K. and Peter Sarsgaard playing against type as love-struck suitors. Here in late August, as the temps start to cool and classrooms reopen, we’re ready to leave behind the summer blockbusters, most of them major disappointments (looking at you, “Lone Ranger”). Finally, we can welcome some of the smaller substantive movies that get swept out to sea during the warm-weather flood of tent-pole films. “Blue Jasmine” is a fine harbinger of good things to come.
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9:45, Fri-Wed: 11:30, 1:55, 4:20, 6:45 Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 11:30, 2, 7 Solomon Pond Thurs: 12:50, 3:55, 6:50, 9:35, Fri-Wed: 12:45, 3:45 Westborough Thurs: 1:25, 4:25 Worcester North Thurs: 1:05, 3:50, 6:30, FriWed: 1:05, 3:50, 6:30, 9:10
7:45, 10:30, Fri-Wed: 1:40, 4:30, 6:50, 9:20
PLANES (PG) Blackstone Thurs: 11:50, 2:10, 4:40, 6:55,
THE WAY, WAY BACK (PG-13) Worcester North Thurs-Wed: 1:15, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25
9:15, Fri-Wed: 11:55, 2:20, 4:40, 6:55 Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 11:30, 1:45, 4, 7 Solomon Pond Thurs: 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 6:55, 9:25, Fri-Wed: 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7 Westborough Thurs: 1:50, 4:50, Fri-Wed: 2:40, 5, 7:20 Worcester North Thurs: 12:10, 2:25, 4:40, 6:55, Fri-Wed: 1:20, 4:25, 6:55
Solomon Pond Thurs: 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:25 Worcester North Thurs: 1:40 THE SPECTACULAR NOW (R) Solomon Pond Fri-Wed: 1:15, 4:05, 6:55, 9:20 Worcester North Thurs: 12:30, 2:50, 5:25,
THE WOLVERINE (PG-13) Solomon Pond Thurs: 12:25, Fri-Wed: 6:45, 9:35 THE WORLD’S END (R) Blackstone Thurs: 1:40, 4:35, 7:30, 10, Fri-
10:20, Fri-Wed: 1:45, 4:40, 7:25, 10:15
Wed: 1:40, 4:30, 7:25, 10, 12:25 a.m. Solomon Pond Thurs: 12:40, 4:10, 7:20, 10, Fri-Wed: 12:50, 4:10, 7:15, 9:55 Westborough Thurs: 1:35, 4:35, 7:30, 10:05, Fri-Wed: 12:40, 3:30, 7, 9:35 Worcester North Thurs: 1:30, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55, Fri-Wed: 1:30, 4:10, 7:10, 9:55
SATYAGRAHA (NR) Westborough Fri-Wed: 12:35, 3:45, 6:55, 10:10
WE’RE THE MILLERS (R) Blackstone Thurs: 1:30, 4:25, 7, 9:40, Fri-
STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS/WORLD WAR Z (NR) Solomon Pond Fri-Wed: 12:40, 7:25
Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 11:20, 2, 4:40, 7:20, 10 Solomon Pond Thurs: 12:35, 3:45, 7:05, 9:40,
RED 2 (PG-13) Elm Thurs: 7:30 Worcester North Thurs: 1:45, 4:40, 7:25,
Wed: 1:30, 4:25, 7:05, 9:40, 12:10 a.m.
THE CONJURING (R) Blackstone Thurs: 7:35, Fri-Wed: 9:15, 11:50 Cinemagic Thurs: 9:10 Solomon Pond Thurs: 3:35, Fri-Wed: 10:15
Fri-Wed: 1:10, 4:20, 7:35, 10:10 Westborough Thurs: 1:55, 4:40, 7:35, 10:10, Fri-Wed: 12:50, 3:35, 7:10, 10:10 Worcester North Thurs: 1:10, 4:15, 7:15, 9:50, Fri-Wed: 1:10, 4:15, 7:20, 9:55
THE GRANDMASTER (YI DAI ZONG SHI) (PG-13) Blackstone Fri-Wed: 1:20, 4:05, 7:20, 9:50,
YOU’RE NEXT (R) Blackstone Thurs: 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, 7:45,
12:20 a.m.
THE HEAT (R) Worcester North Thurs: 12:45, 3:40, 6:40,
9:45, Fri-Wed: 12:45, 3:40, 6:40, 9:45
THE LONE RANGER (PG-13) Strand Fri-Sun, Tues, Wed: 7 THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (PG-13) Blackstone (reserved seating) Thurs: 3:30, 9:35 Blackstone Thurs: 12, 1, 4, 7:05, 10:05, Fri-
Wed: 12:40, 3:40, 4:45, 6:35, 9:30 Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 12:10, 3, 6:50, 9:50 Solomon Pond Thurs: 12:20, 3:40, 7:10, 10:05, Fri-Wed: 12:30, 3:35, 6:50, 9:45
10:15, Fri-Wed: 12:20, 2:50, 5:10, 7:55, 10:15, 12:30 a.m. Cinemagic Thurs-Wed: 11:50, 2:20, 4:45, 7:10, 9:45 Solomon Pond Thurs: 1:10, 4:20, 7:30, 9:55, Fri-Wed: 1:05, 4:25, 7:25, 10:05 Westborough Thurs: 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 10:05, Fri-Wed: 12:25, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 10 Worcester North Thurs: 12:35, 3:05, 5:25, 8, 10:20, Fri-Wed: 12:35, 2:55, 5:25, 8, 10:25
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Blackstone Valley 14: Cinema de Lux 70 Worcester/Providence Turnpike, Millbury, MA 01527 www.showcasecinemas.com Showtimes for 8/30 - 9/5. Subject to change. Despicable Me 2 (PG); 1 hr 38 min 12:00pm 2:30pm 4:50pm Elysium (R); 1 hr 49 min 12:05pm 2:45pm 5:15pm 7:50pm 10:20pm Getaway (PG-13); 0 hr 0 min 12:10pm 2:35pm 5:00pm 7:45pm 10:05pm 12:15am Grown Ups 2 (PG-13); 1 hr 41 min 7:10pm Jobs (PG-13); 2 hr 2 min 9:10pm 11:55pm Kick-Ass 2 (R); 1 hr 43 min 9:35pm 12:00 am Lee Daniels' The Butler (PG-13); 2 hr 12 min 12:45pm 3:45pm 6:40pm 9:45pm One Direction: This Is Us (PG) CC/DVS; 1 hr 32 min 12:15pm 2:40pm 5:05pm 7:30pm 9:55pm 12:05 am One Direction: This Is Us in 3D (PG) REAL D 3D; 1 hr 32 min 11:45 am 2:10pm 4:35pm 7:00pm 9:25pm 11:35pm Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (PG); 1 hr 46 min 11:30 am 1:55pm 4:20pm 6:45pm Planes (PG) CC/DVS; 1 hr 32 min 11:55am 2:20pm 4:40pm 6:55pm The Conjuring (R) CC/DVS; 1 hr 52 min 9:15pm 11:50pm The Grandmaster (Yi dai zong shi) (PG-13); 2 hr 10 min 1:20pm 4:05pm 7:20pm 9:50pm 12:20am
Looking for your favorite theater and don’t see it listed? Email editor@worcestermag. com and we’ll do our best to include it in the coming weeks.
Blackstone Valley Cinema de Lux 70 Worcester/Providence Turnpike, Millbury 800-315-4000 Cinema 320 at Clark University, Jefferson Academic Center 950 Main St.; Cinemagic, 100 Charlton Rd., Sturbridge 508-347-3609 Elm Draught House Cinema, 35 Elm St., Millbury 508-865-2850 Holy Cross Seelos Theater, 1 College St. 508-793-2455 Regal Solomon Pond Stadium 591 Donald Lynch Blvd., Marlborough 508-229-8871 Regal Westborough Stadium 231 Turnpike Rd., Westborough 508-366-6257 Showcase Worcester North, 135 Brooks St. 508-852-2944 The Strand Theatre, 58 High St., Clinton 978-365-5500 Worcester Public Library (WPL) Saxe Room, 3 Salem Sq.
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (PG-13); 2 hr 0 min 12:40pm 3:40pm 4:45pm 6:35pm 9:30pm The Smurfs 2 (PG); 1 hr 45 min 11:40 am 2:05pm The World's End (R); 1 hr 49 min 1:40pm 4:30pm 7:25pm 10:00pm 12:25am We're the Millers (R); 1 hr 49 min 1:30pm 4:25pm 7:05pm 9:40pm 12:10am You're Next (R); 1 hr 36 min 12:20pm 2:50pm 5:10pm 7:55pm 10:15pm 12:30am
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Flying Rhino FOOD ★★★★ AMBIENCE ★★★1/2 SERVICE ★★★★ VALUE ★★★1/2 278 Shrewsbury St., Worcester • flyingrhinocafe.com • 508.757.1450
Eclectic, healthy dining on Shrewsbury Street Marc Cochon
Billing itself as a “café and watering hole,” Flying Rhino has been a Shrewsbury Street fixture for the last decade. It’s a place with a casual, young vibe and an eclectic menu that has recently been revamped to reflect an active partnership with WooFood, a healthy-eating organization founded by local medical students. WooFood has given Flying Rhino its Silver Certification for offering a wide range of healthful options. Without sacrificing flavor, the new emphasis on seasonal vegetables and whole grains
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Flying Rhino is one of Worcester’s prime venues for outdoor dining, with sidewalk tables and a side deck including an outdoor bar. Inside, the décor is colorful and informal, with a large main bar, wooden tables and mosaic tile accents. A wide range of specialty cocktails, beers and wines are on offer and the menu, reflecting influences from across the globe, invites diners to mix and match appetizers, sandwiches, salads and main courses to suit their moods. An array of tempting appetizers is offered, each in two sizes ($8-$20). Chicken lettuce wraps are messy but delicious — grab a leaf of Bibb lettuce, stuff it with bits of grilled chicken, carrots and cabbage, and then douse the result with two Asian-inspired sauces: peanut and sesame-soy. Trust me, it’s a challenge not to drizzle the sauces all over yourself. Rhino’s hot wings are fabulous — succulent and crisp, balancing the sweetness of honey with crushed pepper’s bite, and complemented perfectly by a buttermilk-based dipping sauce that contrasts nicely with the wings in terms of
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temperature, texture and taste. We’d return just for those wings. Quinoa salad ($9) is presented beautifully — a cylinder of quinoa pilaf studded with red peppers sits atop a raft of perfectly crisp green beans, topped with almonds and garnished with a sesame ginger dressing. The quinoa pilaf is cool, creamy and satisfying — a great introduction to this increasingly popular whole grain. Cajun shrimp ($8) are a well-matched add-on — five generous and nicely spiced specimens are arranged artfully aside the salad. Entrées mostly range in price from the mid-teens to the mid-twenties. Honey chipotle salmon ($21) features a thick filet with nicely crisped skin, topped by a honey-chipotle compound butter. The salmon sits atop a creative barley-based jambalaya and is surrounded by a pool of bright green tomatillo vinaigrette. It’s a generous and satisfying dish; the
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GOLF AND DINNER BENEFIT
Assabet Valley Mastersingers hosts a fundraising golf outing and dinner fundraiser event on Wednesday, September 11 from 1-8 p.m. at the Cypian Keyes Golf Club in Boylston. The golf
outing begins at 1 p.m. with a scramble tournament format that will award prizes for longest drive and closest to pin. Dinner at the Clubhouse will follow with entertainment by the 16-voice Assabet Valley Chambersingers with jazz, pop and classical selections. Cost to golf and for dinner is $130 per person or $500 for a group of four. Dinner guests pay $35. Register online at AVMsingers.org. Cypian Keyes Golf Club, 284 East Temple St., Boylston.
COOKING CLASS AT RED MAPLE INN
Red Maple Inn offers a series of cooking classes from 6:30-9:30 p.m. this summer with Chef Shari Alexander. Classes feature
demonstrations of various international cuisines and fresh, local ingredients, a multi-course dinner and wine pairings. Available to everyone from those looking for inspiration to experienced cooks. Dates are: September 14 – Taste of Tuscany II, October 19 – Julia Child’s Bistro Favorites. Advanced reservations required: 508-8859205. $85 per person. Red Maple Inn, 217 Main St., Spencer. theredmapleinn.com/ cooking_school.php
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Bocado 82 Winter St., Worcester, 508-797-1011 bocadotapasbar.com
Cheese plates and pairings
Bocado Sara Jane Nelson
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One of the great things about Bocado tapas bar is that whether you’re starving or just in the mood for a small bite, they have something for you. While the Spanish ambiance is well received, a menu written in Spanish can be very intimidating, however, the staff understands and is helpful in explaining what each item is. Bocado is also a fantastic place to embrace the tradition of sharing plates with your friends. I took advantage of both of these benefits by sharing a charcuterie and cheese plate with friends of mine.
We had the Charcuteria y Queso plate with Mahon cheese, Idiazabal and Tenera Curada. The Mahon was a nuttier, semihard cheese. The Idiazabal was a semi-hard, sheep’s milk, mildly smoked, sharp cheese. The Tenera Curada was lightly-smoked cured beef with garlic, mustard and herbs. The plate also came with a sliced, toasted baguette, a sweet and hot pepper and fruit preserve. I admit my favorite thing about this plate was the sweet and hot pepper, which I proceeded to slice into tiny pieces so I could pair it with everything else. However, that is not to say that the cheese and beef were not also delicious. I particularly liked the Idiazabal, beef and pepper together. The Charcuteria y Queso plate offers your choice of three items from a selection of 15 and costs $16. They also have the option of a one or two choice plates for $7 or $12 respectively.
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TASTE OF 7NANA
7 Nana Japanese Steakhouse holds Taste of 7 Nana event on Monday, September 16 from 6-9 p.m. Offered to guests will be tastings, sushi-making demonstrations, a free 7 Nana t-shirt, cocktail ice luge and the opportunity to vote for their favorite signature entrees, sushi dishes, desserts and cocktails. Tickets $17 now through August 31 and $20 when purchased September 1-16. VIP tickets, which include one drink ticket, a $10 gift card and exclusive chopsticks, are $25. Buy tickets and learn more at 7nanasteakhouseworcester.com. 7 Nana, 60 Shrewsbury St.
BANQUET FACILITIES
RUSSIA: A CULINARY JOURNEY
Darra Goldstein, professor, author of four cookbooks and food editor of Russian Life Magazine, will speak of Russia’s culinary landscape, past and present, at the Museum of Russian Icons on Thursday, September 26
Saturday, September 14 6:30 p.m. Dinner 8:00 p.m. Show • Dinner & Show VIP Seating $75 • Dinner & Show $65 • Show Only @ 8:00 p.m. $35 42 West Boylston St., (Rt. 12) West Boylston, MA 508-835-4722 • w w w.ourmanor.com
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from 6-7 p.m. Admission to the lecture is $7 for Museum members and $10 for nonmembers. Museum of Russian Icons, Auditorium, 203 Union St., Clinton. museumofrussianicons.org.
HALLOWEEN COCKTAIL PARTY
Dress up for a Halloween cocktail party at the EcoTarium on Thursday, October 24 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. The Dale LePage Trio will perform music from the Mad Men era, live and silent auctions will be held and heavy hors d’oeuvres will be served.
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REC SLOW FOOD GALA
The Regional Environmental Council hosts its seventh annual Slow Food Gala on Thursday, October 17 at the College of the Holy Cross from 6-9:30 p.m. The event
will kick off with a welcome reception and silent auction with an assortment of hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar at 6 p.m. Following, at 7 p.m. is dinner and the annual awards ceremony. Silent auction winners will be announced at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $75 for REC members and $95 for nonmembers. All proceeds benefit the REC’s urban agriculture programs: Ugrow, YouthGrow and REC farmers’ markets. Register by October 9 at recworcester.org. Cash bar. The event benefits VNA Care Network & Hospice’s home health and hospice services and the use of technology for patient care. Costumes are options, but awards will be given for the best. Tickets are $50. vnacarenetwork.org/news/ halloween2013.
QUICK, GOURMET MEALS
Learn how to make a quick and delicious dinner at Tower Hill Botanic Garden on Sunday, November 10 from 1-4 p.m. The class will show participants how to cook minestrone soup, chicken in a lemon wine sauce with capers, mushrooms and artichoke hearts served over rice, a mixed green salad with a homemade herb dressing and a cheesecake stuffed with fresh peaches. Tastings will be provided at the end of the class. Cost is $30 for members and $35 for nonmembers. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Dr., Boylston.
PEPPERCORN’S PROMOS
Peppercorn’s Grille & Tavern offers several
promos during the month of September. Beginning on September 13, on Fridays from 11:45-1:45 guests can choose an allyou-can-eat buffet for $9.99 per person. Starting a little earlier on September 7, Peppercorn’s will extend its happy hour on Saturday and Sundays from 12-3 p.m. The three-hour window offers customers $5 Swedish Fish martinis, $5 glasses of Estrella chardonnay, $5 appetizers and $10 pitchers of Wormtown 7 Hills beer. Currently up and running is an Instagram contest that allows users to follow @ PeppercornsWorcester, post a food photo and tag @PeppercornsWorcester for a chance to win a $25 gift card to the restaurant. Peppercorn’s Grille & Tavern, 455 Park Ave. epeppercorns.com.
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Reality. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133 or facebook.com/EnterThisReality. Out to Lunch Summer Concert Series. Farmers Market opens at 11 a.m., main stage talent performs 12 noon - 2 p.m. Visit WorcesterCommonOval.com to see the dynamic line up of talent we’ve booked for this summer series - sure to put some sizzle in your lunchtime at the Oval! Free and open to the public. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Worcester Common Oval, 455 Main St. 508-799-1175. Free Live Acoustic Original Reggae and Jamaican Buffet at One Love Cafe. Both meat and vegetarian entrees. Call (774)272-3969 for reservations. $10 per person Buffett. 5-10 p.m. OneLove Cafe, 800 Main St. 508-753-8663 or facebook.com/events/164007660454055. Beatles For Sale the Tribute. Beatles For Sale the Tribute brings it’s live Tribute Show to the town of Paxton for a special ONE NIGHT ONLY performance! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets as Beatles For Sale takes you on a musical journey through the Beatles entire performing/recording career, from She Loves You to Abbey Road. “A splendid time IS guaranteed for all. Rain Date: August 30th, 2013 Free. 6-8 p.m. Paxton Center School Bandstand, 19 West St., Paxton. townofpaxton.net. Niki Luparelli and Dapper Dan Burke. Join Tricky Niki and Dapper Dan on 8/29 and 9/5 for an evening of Rat Pack and Mad Men era music. No Cover. 6-9 p.m. Bistro Limoncello, 290 W Main St., Northborough. 508-393-5440. Dana Lewis LIVE! Summer Sunset Concert Series. EVERY Thursday (weather permitting.) Live Music, Cool breezes Georgeous sunsets out on the deck. Great Food, Full Bar & me! Playing Acoustic Classic Rock, Folk & Country music. “The
sound track of your youth” No Cover. Come on out! 6:30-8:30 p.m. Grille on the HILL. grillonthehill.net. Summer Acoustic Series featuring Frank Hinkley. Great live music on our deck every Thursday all summer long! Great deck drink specials, etc! This week’s artist: Frank Hinkley 7-10 p.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. The Union Ukulele Club. 7-9 p.m. Union Music, 142 Southbridge St. 508-753-3702. Night Train (Roots/Blues, LIVE MUSIC). No Cover. 7:15-9:45 p.m. The Mill at 185 West Boylston Street, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. themill185.com. Thursday Open Mic Night/Local Musicians Showcase With Bill Mccarthy. Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve a pot at openmcc@ verizon.net. Free. 7:30-11 p.m. Leitrim’s Pub, 265 Park Ave.
Live Band Karaoke w/ Fingercuff. Live Band Karaoke with Fingercuff every Thursday at Angry Hams Garage! June 27th thru August 29 is Angry Idol 3! Win $1000! loveshackmusic.com 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Angry Ham’s Garage Restaurant & Pub, 2 Beacon St., Framingham. QUADRAPLANE (fills in for The Flock tonight) with THE GREAT WHISKEY REBELLION and POINTE BLANK. QUADRAPLANE! covers your favorite rock songs from the 70’s to current including bands like Journey, Bon Jovi, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Survivor, Stone Temple Pilots, Weezer and many more. (facebook.com/quadraplaneband) The Great Whiskey Rebellion plays folk with swagger (including a violin) (facebook.com/thegreatwhiskeyrebellion) On first is Pointe Blank - A female led blend of the sounds of Muse meets The Cars! (facebook.com/pointeblankband) $5. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/events/171477503038910.
Woodstock Fair returns this holiday weekend, from August 30-September 2, with exhibitors showing off livestock, fine art and crafts, food including locally-grown produce; there will be baking, pulling and other contests, a midway, horse show and live entertainment. Gates will be open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. and the fair will close at 11 p.m. Friday-Sunday. On Monday, gates will open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and the fair will close at 8 p.m. Admission is $12 for adults, $8 for those 60 and older and free for children younger than 10. Learn more at woodstockfair.com. 508-798-2447 or Look for us on facebook: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World. Greg Tata. 8-11:30 p.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Sqare, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Karaoke Thursdays! Every Thursday night hosted by DJ Fast Track. Come Rock the Mic Every Thursday Night at Karaoke! 18+ No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Club Remix, 105 Water St. 508-756-2227.
Metal Thursday! One of the Most Respected Nights for Metal in New England! Visit facebook.com/metal.thursday. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Open Mic Night! 9-11 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. The Housetones. 9 p.m.-midnight. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.
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Dana Lewis LIVE! Classic Radio Hits from the 50’s to the 80’s. “The Soundtrack of your Youth” Free! 5:30-8:30 p.m. Webster House Restaurant, 1 Webster St. 508-757-7208. Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat. Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat (TFIDN) is an unfettered romp through Nat’s musical imagination backed up by his hefty piano chops and hip vocals! Special guests are welcome to sit in, and often do! Help me make this the time & place to connect, escape, network, chill, eat, drink, and above all be merry. but if you’re blue, why be alone? No Cover charge = tips appreciated! 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, Cabaret Room or Outdoor Patio, 124 Millbury St. 508-5795997 or natneedle.com/tfidn. Open Mic. Open to musicians, poets, comedians or anyone with a talent! Hosted by Patrick McCarthy. 6:30-9 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-926-8800 or nucafe.com/events. Bill Mccarthy Classic & Contemporary Acoustic and NotSo-Acoustic Rock! Free. 7-10 p.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Dinner Dance With The Workingman’s Duo. The Workingman’s Duo will perform and acousto-electric show
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with Tom Yates - guitar/vocals and Rick Maida - bass featuring songs from early rock to Woodstock. This is a dinner dance and the food is a great value - $10-14 for chicken or prime rib. The bar and dance floor are open to everyone if you only want dancing and drinking. No Cover. 7-10 p.m. Maynard Golf Course, 50 Brown St., Maynard. 978-637-2268. Bobby Brazo. 8-11 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Jay Graham. 8-11:30 p.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Sqare, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Mark Poulin as Roy Orbison. Folk/Blues: Mark Poulin as Roy Orbison Mark Poulin has been performing his Roy Orbison tribute for over 15 years. He performs his own concerts and works with many tribute shows in New England and nationally. His rendition of Roy visually and vocally are eerily accurate. Website: MarkPoulin.net. $20 general public; students & seniors $19; members $17; children under 12 $10. 8-10:30 p.m. Amazing Things Art Center, 160 Hollis St., Framingham. 508-405-2787 or amazingthings.org. The Carolyn Wonderland Band. A musical force equipped with the soulful vocals of Janis and the guitar slinging skills of Stevie Ray, Carolyn Wonderland reaches into the depths of the Texas blues tradition with the wit of a poet. Visit the EcoTarium for free this Friday, August 30 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. when the Highland Street Foundation offers free admission as part of its Free Fun Fridays summer program. EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way. ecotarium.org. She hits the stage with unmatched presence, a true legend in her time. Along with the guitar and the multitude of other instruments she plays trumpet, accordion, piano, mandolin and lap steel. Wonderland’s ability to whistle remains most unusual. $18 advance; $22 day of show. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com. Tony Soul Project. $5. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Army Of None, Next 2 Nothing, The Molten Llama, Muya. facebook.com/pages/Army-Of-None-WorcesterMA/137399206306639. $8. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/ events/389016657871050. Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Hot House. JJ’s welcomes Hot House to our stage! No Cover.
9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. Little Red and the Riders! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. NEW! “High Voltage Friday’s” High Energy Hardcore with DJ Chananagains! Every Friday Night! 18+ $10, 21+ $5. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Club Remix, 105 Water St. 508-756-2227. The River Neva, Bottlefight, Sonic Pulse, Derailer, and Human Floor (between sets)! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Little Red & The Riders. Little Red (aka Ann Souza) is back from Houston! Don’t miss her jumpin’ and swingin’ show at Nick’s! 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Andy Cummings. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. DJ One-3. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Friday Night Dance Party with DJ Blackout. DJ Blackout bringin’ the energy to get the party poppin’ all night long No Cover charge. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Center Bar & Grill, 102 Green St. 508-438-0597. Plush Worcester: Disco Daze w/ Mike D & Ryan Benwa. This week’s Guest’s DJ Midas (facebook.com/ pages/DJ-Midas/213298542059179) NEXT WEEK”S EVENT PAGE Plush Worcester: Disco Daze w/ Mike D & Ryan Benwa (facebook.com/events/389576654476816). Free. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-7982181 or facebook.com/events/389576654476816. Supernova Friday. Come out every Friday to Worcester’s hottest new nightclub, Bar FX, and be a part of Worcester’s growing EDM scene. Resident DJ’s Frankie Feingold & Goofy Bootz hit you with the hardest house in the city every Friday night. $10 (18+). 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Bar FX, 90 Commercial St. 774-823-3555 or facebook.com/barfx.worcester.3.
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Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards Folk Music at Last BBQ. Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards are a folk duo from Massachusetts whose songs resonate with the lover of Americana and old country music - commanding familiar traditional melodies and poignant, introspective lyrics, and backing them with delicate arrangements on ukulele, clarinet, guitar and banjo. August 31 is the last BBQ for the 2013 season. Free. 6-9 p.m. Carter and Stevens Farm, 500 West St., Barre. P.E. James plays Boomer Ballads at the Grill on the Hill! Come sing along with your favorite acoustic songs from the 50’s, 60s, and 70s at the best restaurant for sunset dining in Worcester! Free! 6-8:30 p.m. Grill on the Hill at Green Hill Golf Course, Skyline Drive. Wonder Bar Saturdays with Nat Needle. Performance August 31st and EVERY Saturday in September! Jazz, Swing,
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Blues, Soul, Motown, 50’s Rock n’ Roll, requests welcome. Bring the whole family for a classic American cultural experience. “Nat Needle Goes Great With Dinner!” - Blues legend B.B. King Kong. No Cover charge - tips appreciated! 7-10 p.m. Wonder Bar Restaurant, 121 Shrewsbury St. 508-752-9909 or natneedle.com/wonder-bar-saturdays. Ari Charbonneau. 8-11 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Brian & Captain. 8-11:30 p.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Sqare, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Chad Clements. 8-11:30 p.m. The Mill, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. Jussi Reijonen. World Music: Jussi Reijonen It is said that music does not lie in the notes themselves but between them, and it is exactly in that space where Boston-based Finnish fretless/fretted guitarist and oudist JUSSI REIJONEN’s music thrives and blossoms. His eagerly anticipated debut album, “Un”, out now on unmusic, has been a lifelong musical journey in the making. Website: JussiReijonen.com. $18 general public; students & seniors $17; members $15; children under 12 $9. 8-10:30 p.m. Amazing Things Art Center, 160 Hollis St., Framingham. 508-405-2787 or amazingthings.org/frontpage2. asp?DC_ID=2190. Karaoke Dance Party With CJ/DJ @ Eller’s Restaurant. Hey Everyone Come Down and Join CJ/DJ at Eller’s Restaurant Lounge for a Karaoke Dance Party. We will have a blast singing songs from yesterday and today and maybe some dancing too. No Cover! 8-11 p.m. Eller’s Restaurant, Lounge, 190 Main St., Cherry Valley. 508-868-7382 or ellersrestaurant.com. MULLETHEAD, the fabulous 80’s hair/glam metal band returns to Worcester with guests The FUNKY MONKS (Red Hot Chili Peppers band) and Lone Wolf James. MulletHead is Face Melting 80’s Hair Metal with a Mocking Twist! The FUNKY MONKS (formerly known as Red Hot Minute) (facebook.com/funkymonksworc) Lone Wolf James (facebook.com/groups/245599748805783). $8. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508363-1888 or facebook.com/mullet.head.3. 9Teen. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Bill Mccarthy @ T.J. O’brien’s. Classic & Contemporary Acoustic and Not-So-Acoustic Rock! Free. 9 p.m.-midnight Admiral T. J. O’Briens, 407 Main St., Sturbridge. 508-347-2838. Bion, Sorcerer. and Brimstone! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Dan Kirouac. Dan has been part of the regional music scene for over twenty-five years. When not busy with tribute band BEATLES FOR SALE, solo performances showcase vocals accompanied by a six-string acoustic guitar. From the one-hit wonders to the lost classics, from the 50’s to today, every show is a different experience, drawing from almost 500 contemporary and oldie rock and pop songs. More information
at dankirouac.com. Free. 9 p.m.-midnight Tal’s Place, 138 Lake St., Webster. 508-949-6559 or facebook.com/#!/ events/368646259903620. Karaoke with Outrageous Greg. Karaoke with Outrageous Greg every Saturday night. The absolute BEST Karaoke in Worcester! No cost, Worcester College Students Get WOO Points. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Fiddlers’ Green Pub & Restaurant, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700. Shamrock Whisky. Come on down to the BPL to hear some great rock & blues with Shamrock Whiskey, featuring an array of covers & original tunes. 9 PM - 12 AM. $5 cover $5. 9 p.m.-midnight Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Sheez Late @ Ralph’s Aug 31. 9-10 p.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543 or facebook.com/events/1392647637620747. The Feather Merchants. If you haven’t heard them yet, this is a great chance to check out one of the area’s up and coming bands! Cara Brindisi and the Feather Merchants play songs you know and love, but with a twist all their own! 9 p.m.12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. Tyra Penn & Her Army of Snakes! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Little Sugar and The Big Spoonful. Little Sugar and The Big Spoonful is a four piece electric blues band, performing originals, country, delta , funk and soul. $5. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. “Tantrum Saturdays” Dance Party Every Saturday Night with DJ Tony T. Get ready Worcester for some great dancing to the beats of Tony T. Watch for the surprise contest each week. 18+ only $10, 21+ only $5. 10 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Club Remix, 105 Water St. 508-756-2227 or remixworcester.com. Dj Reckless. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263.
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Revolution Sunday’s! Drag Show Extravaganza Hosted by Lady Sabrina and Bootz! Featuring The Remix Girls, Special Guests, and DJ Whiteboi Spinning Beats! 18+ $8 21+ $5. midnight-1:30 a.m. Club Remix, 105 Water St. 508-756-2227. Sunday Brunch w/Chet Williamson. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Blues Jam with A Ton of Blues. 3-7 p.m. RG Scooters Pub, 84 Lakefront St., Lunenburg. 978-348-2453. Big Jon Short - solo acoustic country blues. Free. 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Jim’s Blues Jam. Featured guests weekly. Donations welcome. 6:30-10 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Open Mic Sundays At Perfect Game With Bill Mccarthy. Email Bill McCarthy to reserve a spot at
Upload your listings at worcestermagazine.com. Click the Night & Day toolbar, then choose Calendar to place your event listing in both our print and online weekly calendar. openmcc@verizon. net. Free! 6:30-10:30 p.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263 or or Look for us on facebook: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World. Sunday Funday Karaoke with DJ Matty J. No Cover charge. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Center Bar & Grill, 102 Green St. 508-438-0597. The Flock Of A-Holes play their annual LABOR DAY EVE BASH! with guests. Every year the Flock sings their un-official “goodbye” to the Summer. Tonight, let’s rip it up one more time, 80’s style! $6. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or facebook.com/groups/ TheFlockOfAssholes. Probable Cause. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.
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Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 7-10 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. The ALL NEW Open jam every Monday hosted by Mike G. We’ll have a backline for you to play on. Just bring your guitars/cymbals/snare/sticks! A legendary stage for you to jam on! Free to get in, Jam ON! 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or theluckydogmusichall.com. Bop & Pop Jazz Organization. Classic Hammond Organ Quartet grooves every Monday night at the Dive. Free. 9 p.m.-midnight Dive Bar, 34 Green St. facebook.com/ BopNPopJazzOrganization.
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Lou Borelli Octet Plays First Tuesday Jazz Night. Lou Borelli Octet plays mostly original arrangements from the Dave Pell Octet, one of the bands credited with the creation of the West Coast Jazz scene in the 1950’s. Shorty Rogers
and Marty Paich were the first arrangers to showcase the unique sound of this group. We are honored to play these arrangements as a tribute to Don Fagerquist, a Worcester born trumpet player, who went out to the West Coast to play with the great bands of his time. No Cover, but tips are appreciated. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-752-6213. Open Mic Tuesdays/Local Musicians Showcase @ Greendale’s Pub With Bill Mccarthy. To check the schedules and open slots visit: MySpace.com/OpenMicWorld. Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is Your The Flock of Assholes play their annual Labor Day eve bash as an unofficial goodbye to summer on Sunday, September 1 at Lucky Dog Music Hall from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Cover charge is $6. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. facebook.com/groups/ TheFlockOfAssholes.
Host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve a spot at openmcc@verizon.net. Free! 7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or MySpace.com/OpenMicWorld. “See You Next Tuesday” with DJ Poke Smot! Downstairs! Guest DJ’s and Bands each week! No Cover! Check our Facebook page {facebook.com/ralphs.diner} for guests each week. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.
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8133 or theravenrockclub.com Open Jam w/Sean Ryan. Open Jam Free. 8:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Bike Night with Sheldon HD. 6-9 p.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Live Music with Matt Robert. Matt Robert’s solo Wednesday night shows present a loose, rambling trip through the songbook he’s developed over thirty years of performing. The Worcester-based guitarist plays a blend of rootsy originals and interpretations of ancient folk, blues, and jazz, as well as current roots and rock tunes. (facebook.com/mattrobertmusic) 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-926-8800 or nucafe.com/events. Lynn Jolicoeur & The Pulse. Covering a wide range of modern and classic pop and jazz artists, Lynn Jolicoeur and The Pulse make songs their own with new arrangements and incredible solos, bringing the term “cover band” to a new level. Free concert for members and concert series ticket holders - Seating is Limited. Please Pre-Register. 7-9 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden: The Orangerie, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508869-6111 or towerhillbg.org. Wednesday Night Open Mic/local Musicians’ Showcase w/ Bill Mccarthy @ Guiseppe’s. Visit myspace.com/openmicworld for info and the latest sign-up schedules. Email Bill McCarthy to reserve a spot at Openmcc@verizon. Free. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Guiseppe’s Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405. “Krazy Wednesday Jam Session” with The “Get On Up Band”. The music is hot motown/funk/swing/blues style. We offer a drum kit, bass rig and a full PA system for all to use, so bring what you play and “ get on up.” Free. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Krazy Horse Bar & Grill, 287 Main St. Worcester. 1-774-823-3131. Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 8 p.m.-
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508-793-7349 or 508-793-7113 or clarku.edu. Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for gallery. 310 High St., Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com. College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, reThink INK: 25 Years at the Mixit Print Studio, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Aug. 23 - Oct. 26. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508793-3356 or holycross.edu/departments/cantor/website. EcoTarium, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $14 adults; $8 for children ages 2-18, $10 college students with IDs & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium members Free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special progra. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org. Fitchburg Art Museum, Nora Valdez: Baggage, Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Sept. 1. Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg. 978-3454207 or fitchburgartmuseum.org. Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m.-Midnight Wednesday, closed Thursday - Saturday. 50 Grove St., Fitchburg. 978-3451157 or fitchburghistory.fsc.edu. Framed in Tatnuck, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. 1099 Pleasant St. 508-770-1270 or framedintatnuck.com. Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-456-3924 or fruitlands.org.
Gallery of African Art, Gallery of African Art Free Tours, Thursdays, through Dec. 19; Weekly Thursday Tours at the Gallery of African Art, Thursdays, through Dec. 26. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. 62 High St., Clinton. 978-368-0227 or 978-598-5000x17 or galleryofafricanart.org. Higgins Armory Museum, WOO Card good at Higgins Armory Museum, Through Dec. 31. Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: General Admission: $12 for Adults, $10 for Seniors (age 60+), $8 for Children (age 4-16), Children 3 and under are Free. 100 Barber Ave. 508-853-6015 or higgins.org. Highland Artist Group, 113 Highland St. highlandartistgroup.com. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Hours: 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org. Museum of Russian Icons. Alexander Gassel: Rediscovering the Past, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Oct. 5; Series of One Icon Exhibits, Through June 20, 2014. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 11-3 a.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 11-3 a.m. Friday, 9-3 a.m. Saturday. Admission: Adults $7, Seniors (59 and over) $5, Students (with ID) & children (3-17) $2, Children under 3 Free, Groups (any age) $. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000 or 978-598-5000x17 or museumofrussianicons.org. Old Sturbridge Village, Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age. Children under 3 fre. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org. Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-6960909. Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508754-8760 or preservationworcester.org. Prints and Potter Gallery, American Contemporary Art & Craft Gallery, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Dec. 31; Paint and SwitchWorcester Artist, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through June 30. Hours: closed Sunday, 10-5:30 a.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10-7 a.m. Wednesday Thursday, 10-5:30 a.m. Friday, 10-5 a.m. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-752-2170 or printsandpotter.com. Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the Arts Center. Friday - Sunday. Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 or qvcah.org. The Sprinkler Factory,EXOTIC INFORMATION, Saturdays, through Aug. 24. Hours: noon-6 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory.com. Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, closed. Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. 21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978297-4337 or topfunaviation.com. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, From a Different Perspective, Through Sept. 8; Latticework: Mixed Media and Prints of Kim Henry and Susan Jaworski-Stranc, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Sept. 8; Guided Garden Tour, Sundays, through Dec. 30. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday Saturday. Admission: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, Free to Members & Children under . 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508869-6111 or towerhillbg.org.
Worcester Art Museum, 1-Day Artist Residencies, Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Aug. 31; Audio Tours, Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Aug. 31; Free Summer Admission at Worcester Art Museum, Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Aug. 31; The Allure of Blanc de Chine, Through Aug. 31; Families @ WAM Tour, Saturdays, through April 13; Free Summer Celebration: WAM & EcoTarium, Saturday; Saturday Families @ WAM: Make Art!, Saturdays, July 6 - Aug. 31; Saturday Families @ WAM: Tour, Saturdays, July 6 - Aug. 31; Saturday Zip Tours @ Noon, Saturdays, July 6 - Aug. 31; Zip Tour, Saturdays, through Aug. 31. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, $12 seniors, Free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first Saturdays of each month, 10am-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or worcesterart.org Worcester Historical Museum, Alden Family Gallery, Through Dec. 31, 2015; Blue Star Museums Military Personnel & Family Discount, Through Sept. 2; In Their Shirtsleeves, Through Dec. 31; Stories They Tell, Through Dec. 31; Worcester 911, Through Aug. 31. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-753-8278 or worcesterhistory.org. Worcester Public Library, Hours: 1:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655 or worcpublib.org. WPI: George C. Gordon Library, 39/29: A Retrospective Show by Lora Brueck, Through Oct. 18; Invented -- WPI Patents Past & Present, Through Oct. 31. 100 Institute Road. wpi.edu.
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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES TOWN OF MILLBURY PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Millbury Planning Board In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 9, 2013, at 7:15 p.m., at the Millbury Jr./Sr. High School Auditorium, 12 Martin Street, Millbury, MA, on the application of Darin and Chantal Haig, 92 McCracken Road, Millbury, MA for a Multifamily Special Permit under Article 1, Section 14.11(a) of the Millbury Zoning Bylaw and Site Plan Review approval under Section 12.4 of the Millbury Zoning Bylaw. Plan is available for inspection in the Planning Department during normal business hours. Anyone wishing to be heard on this application should appear at the time and place designated above. Richard Gosselin Chair 8/22, 8/29/2013 MS
TOWN OF MILLBURY PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Millbury Planning Board In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws and Chapter 16 of Millbury General Bylaws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, September 9, 2013 at 7:45 p.m., at the Millbury Jr./Sr. High School Auditorium, 12 Martin Street, Millbury, MA, on the application of New England Power Co., property located off of Cross Street, Millbury, MA, for a PostConstruction Stormwater Management Permit under Section 16.3 of the Millbury General Bylaw. Plan is available for inspection in the Planning Department during normal business hours. Anyone wishing to be heard on this application should appear at the time and place designated above. Richard Gosselin Chairman 8/22, 8/29/2013
TOWN OF SUTTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO ALL INTERESTED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 40A, §11, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Sutton Town Hall, on September 5, 2013 at 7:35pm on the petition of Eugene Tetreault. The petitioner requests a rear setback variance from the requirements of Section III (B)(3)(table II) of the zoning bylaws in order to construct an attached garage. The property that is the subject of this petition is 39 Griggs Road and is located in the R-1 Zoning District. A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal office hours in the Town Clerk’s Office located in the Town Hall. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated. Richard Deschenes Board of Appeals Clerk 8/22, 8/29/2013 MS
NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Elizabeth Monaco to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., dated May 11, 2010 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 45816, Page 59, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder , for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 p.m. on September 9, 2013, on the mortgaged premises located at 12 ALSTEAD PATH, MILLBURY, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: The land in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on the Northerly side of Alstead Street, also known as Alstead Path, shown as Lots 318, 319, 320 and 321 on a Plan entitled ‘Part II Dorothy Pond Heights, Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, owned by J.W. Wilbur Co., Inc.’ dated June 27, 1923, drawn by Ernest W. Branch, Civil Engineer, Quincy, Massachusetts, recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 39, Plan 56, to which reference is made for a complete metes and bounds description. Being the same parcel conveyed to Elizabeth Monaco from Antoinette Donovan and Margaret M. Donovan, by virtue of a Deed dated 07/02/2007, recorded 08/13/2007, in Deed Book 41642, Page 395, as Instrument No. 2007-00107361 County of Worcester, State of Massachusetts. For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed recorded with Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 41642, Page 395. \These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. 150 California Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 558-0500 201205-1246 - PRP 8/15, 8/22, 8/29/2013 MS
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 Docket No. WO13P2564GD CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 & §5-405 In the matter of: Bonnie Wilson Of: Worcester, MA RESPONDENT (Person to be Protected/Minor) To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Department of Developmental Serv. of Shrewsbury, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Bonnie Wilson is in need of a Conservator and other protective order and requesting that Victor T Sloan of Uxbridge, MA (or some other suitable person) to appointed as Conservator to serve Without Surety on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is disabled, that the appointment of a Conservator is necessary, and that the proposed conservator is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 09/10/2013. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the abovenamed person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 14, 2013 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate 08/29/2013 WM
TOWN OF SUTTON Sutton Planning Board Public Hearing Notice In accordance with the provisions of Section VI.L of the Sutton Zoning Bylaw – Accessory Apartment Bylaw, the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the application of Gilmore Building Co. Inc., for Ian and Rebecca Mott, 427 Boston Rd Sutton, MA to construct a 720 s.f. +/attached accessory apartment at this location. The hearing will be held in the third floor meeting room at the Town Hall on Monday, September 9 at 7:45 P.M. A copy of the plans and application can be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk during normal office hours. Jon Anderson, Chairman 8/22/, 8/29/2013 MS
TOWN OF SUTTON Sutton Planning Board Public Hearing Notice In accordance with the provisions of Section VI.L of the Sutton Zoning Bylaw – Accessory Apartment Bylaw, the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the application of Charbel Najem, Capstone General Contracting for Virgina Shugrue, 19 Bashaw Road to construct a 768 s.f. +/- attached accessory apartment at this location. The hearing will be held in the third floor meeting room at the Town Hall on Monday, September 9 at 7:15 P.M. A copy of the plans and application can be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk during normal office hours. Jon Anderson, Chairman 8/22, 8/29/2013 MS
TOWN OF SUTTON Sutton Planning Board Public Hearing Notice In accordance with the provisions of Section VI.H and VI.I of the Sutton Zoning Bylaw, the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on the application of Michael McGovern, 86 Putnam Hill Rd, Sutton, MA, on land currently owned by Carol and Wesley Helgesen at 229 Manchaug Road. The land is proposed to be divided into seven lots, three of which will be retreat lots, 3 standards lots, and one lot with the existing home. The applicant seeks permits for the 3 Retreat lots each with 50 feet of road frontage, ranging in size from 7 to 9.5 acres and one common driveway permit to serve three of the lots. In addition and in accordance with Article 16 of the General Bylaw and M.G.L. c. 87, two scenic roadway alterations involving tree removal and stonewall modifications will also be necessary to provide access to these lots. The hearing on all three of these applications will be held concurrently in the third floor meeting room at the Town Hall on Monday, September 9, 2013 at 7:30 P.M. A copy of the plan and applications can be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk during normal office hours. Jon Anderson, Chairman 8/22, 8/29/2013 MS
TOWN OF MILLBURY CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Millbury Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 7:30 P.M. at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street to act on a Notice of Intent from John Elliott for work to replace retaining wall at 299 Millbury Avenue. Said work falls under the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40. Donald Flynn Chairman 8/29/2013
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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Docket No. WO13P2624EA Estate of: June L Eklund Date of Death: 01/20/2013 To all interested persons: A Petition has been filed by: William H Eklund of Sutton MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that: William H Eklund of Sutton MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond. You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on 09/17/2013. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you. The estate is being administered under formal 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 recipients 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. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 20, 2013 Stephen G. Abraham, Register of Probate 08/29/2013 MS TOWN OF MILLBURY CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Millbury Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, September 4, 2013 at 7:45 P.M. at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street to act on a Request for Determination of Applicability from Paul and Rosemary DiPierro for work associated with a septic system repair at 248 Riverlin Street. Said work falls under the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40. Donald Flynn Chairman 8/29/2013 MS
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given by J.D. Bousquet & Sons, Inc. 37 Main Street, Sutton, MA, pursuant to the provisions of Mass G.L c. 255, Section 39A, that they will sell the following vehicle on or after September 13, 2013 by private sale to satisfy their garage keepers lien for towing, storage, and notices of sale: 1. 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee VIN# 1J8HR68217C579860 Signed, Theodore J. Bousquet 8/29, 9/5, 9/12 MS
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TOWN OF SUTTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO ALL INTERESTED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 40A, §11, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Sutton Town Hall, on September 5, 2013 at 7:30pm on the petition of Karen T. and Michael A. Bronson. The petitioners request a Finding from MGL. Ch.40A Section 6 that the reconstruction of the non-conforming single family dwelling will not be substantially more detrimental to the neighborhood than the existing use. The property that is the subject of this petition is 172 Manchaug Road and is located in the R-1 Zoning District. A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal office hours in the Town Clerk’s Office located in the Town Hall. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated. Richard Deschenes Board of Appeals Clerk 8/22, 8/29/2013 MS
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A lifelong Worcester resident, Joe Parenteau, now 47, went to South High School as an adolescent. He later earned an associate’s degree in Computer Maintenance and Technology. Parenteau has a background in electronics, which he gained as an employee of Reliable Cash Register and Worcester Scale, where he did wiring and programming. Joe currently works as a locksmith at Caola Locksmiths located at 385 Park Ave. Caola Locksmith, having been in business for more than 65 years, is somewhat of an institution in Worcester, specializing in lock installation, key duplication, access control and safe sales. Parenteau took a few minutes out of his day to talk with Worcester Magazine about everything key related, even giving us the scoop on which locks can be picked and the future of keys. How did you get into the locksmith business? I knew that Puritan was hiring (the company that owns Caola Locksmiths) and I was tired of working 80 hours a week, so I applied. They started me behind the bench working on different stuff; eventually they sent me on the road. That was about 11 years ago.
How has technology affected your business? A lot of it’s going remote control, wireless access control. A lot more electronics than mechanical
were dishonest we wouldn’t be in this line of work.
open a door lock with a credit card? Credit card yes, paperclip no, unless there are no tumblers inside the lock. You can credit card a door lock if it’s installed wrong.
What’s the key to being a good locksmith? Customer service basically.
Have you come across a lock you couldn’t pick? We carry some non-pickable locks that can’t be picked. Those jobs aren’t easy, sometimes you can get to the lock by another door or avenue and work from the backside but that’s usually a case-by-case basis.
things are coming into play. That gives us another avenue of locks to work on. I have an electronic background so there might be programing I might have to learn, but other than that it’s not that big a deal.
ones from Home Depot.
How do you see the business changing in the future? More keyless entry,
How hard would it be to make a key to the city? Too hard, I don’t know what
What’s the most interesting case you’ve had or the company has had in recent memory? We’ve done a few change-
What’s the worst lock to work on? The
of-key jobs for companies that we’re not too proud of, like locking out the Worcester Tornados. We’re not real happy about it but that’s part of the job. Domestics, where a wife is locking a husband out, those aren’t that fun either. I did change some locks and make some keys for Bob Cousy, he was one of my dad’s favorite players. -Steven King, Photographer
to tell you.
eliminate the mechanical end of it. You’ll always need some mechanics to override if anything fails.
Does Hollywood accurately portray locks? Can you pick a lock with a paperclip or
We have a lot of repeat business. We deal with a lot of landlords, building owners, a lot of residential jobs. We also do a lot of automotive locksmithing, not a lot of companies do that anymore.
With your skill set have you ever been tempted by the darkside? Is there a building in the city that you can’t get inside of? No, probably not. If we
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