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Martial arts for the disabled seeks to shatter perceptions Tom Quinn
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o some, a martial arts class may seem like an odd endeavor for an organization that works with children and adults with disabilities or special needs. Aren’t they physically demanding – more rigorous than someone in a wheelchair could handle? Aren’t they full of rules and traditions – conventions someone who struggles to follow direction would find impossible? But like a stack of bricks beneath a mighty karate chop, those assumptions and more are shattered at the newly-started Accessible Martial Arts program run by Easter Seals Massachusetts. CEO Paul Medeiros started with the nonprofit as an occupational therapist. He also happens to be a second degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, so when a survey put out by the Easter Seals found martial arts as an area of interest for the Worcester region – Medeiros did not rig the outcome, he laughed at one point – it was the perfect marriage of hobby and occupation. “It’s always been my dream to bring those two things together,” Medeiros said. The class, he said, was open to anybody. Much like Easter Seals serves people with a dizzying array of disabilities, the volunteers at the martial arts classes are prepared for any kind of special need. “We have people with physical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, autism. We had some people
Mike Kennedy of the Center for Living and Working, right, breaks out of Easter Seals VP of Public Affairs Joe Bellil’s arm hold in a martial arts class hosted by Easter Seals at the YWCA in Worcester.
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A week of expansion news as JetBlue announces new flights at Worcester Regional Airport and Wormtown Brewery gets set to delivery beer outside of Massachusetts. +2
Congratulations to all those with the Holden Landmark Corp, including Worcester Magazine, who won awards at the annual New England Newspaper & Press Association awards banquet. Sweet! +4
The Worcester Junior Sharks to become Worcester Junior Railers for 2017-18 season, which makes sense, since the Sharks have left and the Railers are coming to town. Skate on, boys! +1
An unusual occurrence as a tornado touches down in Conway. Tornadoes in February in Massachusetts? Yikes! -2
Will he or won’t he? Former Mayor Ray Mariano keeps folks guessing over potential mayoral run. Good or bad? We say good for the rumor mill. +1
Should the city sell off some private property? Maybe. Maybe not. But it is worth discussion and consideration. +1
CSX truck traffic a headache for neighborhood residents Tom Quinn
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ruck drivers coming out of the CSX freight yard are wreaking havoc on city streets, according to a number of residents and the city councilors who represent them. The group has issued pleas for a speedy resolution to a problem they say they predicted years ago when the inter-modal terminal was expanded. Rich Boucher, a Dell Avenue resident, said he followed multiple trucks on different days recently, and saw them speeding, taking turns they could barely make, and generally infringing on roads designed for residential traffic. “They’re going too fast on Hamilton Street,” Boucher said. “... I think you’re opening yourself up to issues if [you] don’t do something quick.” The issue at its core is that truck drivers visiting the CSX rail yard are taking frequent left turns out of the property onto Grafton Street and continuing onto other residential roads, when they are supposed to take a right and get onto I-290, and get to their final destination from there. The problem is exacerbated by the rise of GPS, which often redirects drivers onto residential roads, even after they correctly take a right out of the rail yard. In response to renewed constituent complaints, District 2 Councilor Candy MeroCarlson and District 3 Councilor George Russell filed an order asking city officials to look at traffic in the Hamilton, Plantation and Grafton streets area and “find solutions to address the ongoing issues specifically regarding the increase in traffic for tractor trailer trucks since CSX has expanded in this area.”
Trailer trucks exit Route 290 on to Water Street on their way to the CSX yard on Grafton Street Everyone involved said it was a public safety issue. “Right now, when a truck leaves CSX and goes to the Mass Pike on Grafton Street, they pass by five schools,” Russell said. “They go by five schools, the truck traffic parades by those kids going to school every day. We need to mandate a reconfiguration at the end of that driveway.” Grafton Hill resident Sandy Ellis said the neighborhood was “placated” with a lesser
share of mitigation money, a pool of funding provided by CSX to try to ease the pain of the railyard expansion. But the improvements, as much as they are appreciated, don’t help the core problem, Ellis said. “The new trees and street-scapes aren’t going to prevent accidents or kids getting hurt on their way to school … good common sense and enforcement will keep us safe, and these good common sense rules and enforcement should not pit one neighborhood against
another or benefit one neighborhood more than another,” Ellis said. “We all deserve our safety, so we’re counting on you to set those rules and enforce them, once and for all.” The mitigation money is an especially sore subject for areas of the city that received no tangible benefit from the CSX expansion, but have to deal with the fallout regardless. “The folks down on Lake Avenue and Sunderland Road got zero dollars in
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sign up today with visual impairments, so really anyone is welcome,” Medeiros said. The program — the first of its kind in the area — is being held one Monday a month at the YWCA, 1 Salem Square, Worcester, which is providing gym space free of charge. The first open session was held this week following a successful pilot program, and there are four additional classes scheduled – one per month, the next on March 27. “We invented this from scratch,” Medeiros said. “We did a pilot program of four classes, and it was very interactive. We asked what people liked, what they didn’t like, what we could improve. And it was received really well, so we decided to open it up to the public.” At the first open session, Easter Seals Massachusetts Youth Services Coordinator Patrick Remy led a group of nearly 20 in exercises ranging from jumping jacks to punching routines, while Medeiros roamed the room interacting with individual participants. People in wheelchairs worked out alongside those with intellectual disabilities – all with a smile on their face. “Martial arts provides confidence,” Medeiros said. “I think that carries over into your life so much.” People get into martial arts, whether at the seemingly ubiquitous youth karate classes or Olympic-level judo, for many different reasons. Some may want to learn how to defend themselves, others just want a good exercise. At the Accessible Martial Arts class, it’s a little bit of everything. “This program is very holistic,” Medeiros said. “We start out with stretching, we move on to exercise, just to get people’s heart pumping. Then we do a self-defense portion. And we end with a little meditation and yoga session at the end. So the goal is very holistic. We want people to get in shape, learn a little self defense and have a little socialization.” A big benefit of martial arts, for some, may be the “martial” side of the coin. Medeiros said knowing how to get out of a bad situation is useful for anybody – but it can be especially useful for those with a perceived weakness. Although the program is just starting out, in addition to expanding attendance and the number of classes, Medeiros said he would like to see classes at different skill levels in the future. “That’s important for people with disabilities,” Medeiros said. “It is a group that can be targeted for abuse, and I think having that ability to defend yourself a little bit is important.” At the YWCA, a participant at a different fitness class shouted encouragement to the group as the gaggle of volunteers demonstrated a punching routine – adding a hearty “hiya.” Another future plan, if all goes well, is to get participants up in front of the class on a rotating basis to lead some of the exercises, Medeiros said. “It’s just an opportunity to have some leadership and gain that confidence as well,” Medeiros said. Easter Seals Massachusetts is funding the program now, but Medeiros said he would like to find money for it either in the form of grant funding or from a community sponsor. For now, the program will continue building attendance and experience, as Medeiros plugged the benefit of a brother learning martial arts next to a brother in a wheelchair, or a mother dropping a daughter with autism off at a class designed to welcome her. “It’s open to everyone, whether you have a disability or not,” Medeiros said. “We’re having fun.”
mitigation money,” Russell said. “But they get probably about a third of the truck traffic right now. I represent people down on Lake Ave that have trains in their backyard and trucks in their front yard, and believe me, they’re sick to death of it.” While the order, which was passed unanimously by the Council, puts the matter in the city manager’s hands, councilors did have a few suggestions. Russell, who has been grappling with the issue for a long time, mentioned positive steps taken in the past, ranging from a new sign on the Mass Pike redirecting truckers, to increased police enforcement, to a jersey barrier at the end of the driveway. Future solutions could include asking CSX to retool the driveway further or making Pond and Winter streets one-way. At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes recommended a general or targeted reduction of speed limits. Russell also mentioned a spillover truck yard off Route 20 in Shrewsbury that is becoming a source of frustration, as CSX does not have enough room for all the drivers that visit the yard, necessitating a trip to the overflow spot. If the yard was moved to near I-290, he said, truckers would not have to cut through residential neighborhoods on their way there. Russell called for the city to do something “once and for all” to make the issue a priority. Residents said they brought up all
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these concerns years ago when the process was beginning, and are frustrated that a solution has been so elusive for so many years. “We were utterly assured repeatedly by our then-district city councilor, our then-state representative, our then-city manager and our then-lieutenant governor that truck traffic would be routed away from Grafton and Hamilton Streets to more appropriate truck routes,” Ellis said. “And, yet, here we are again.” Carlson, in her first term on the City Council, was unwilling to accept some of the common excuses used for why the problem persists. A copy of the Memorandum of Understanding with CSX shows a commitment to stop truck traffic in the neighborhood. A street chart shows that some roads are meant to be off-limits to trucks of a certain weight. And a response to leave it up to the state holds no water, Carlson said, holding up an email from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation saying, in essence, that controlling truck traffic near the terminal falls within the city’s purview. “The buck stops here,” Carlson said. Reporter Tom Quinn can be reached at 508-749-3166 x324 or tquinn@worcestermagazine.com with story ideas, feedback, or questions. Follow him on Twitter @bytomquinn.
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They weren’t celebrating in New York when the new Worcester Airport to JFK Airport link was announced this week, but you bet they were celebrating here. The big knock on Worcester Airport was always the lack of people using it – mostly because JetBlue only flew to Florida, and while that’s super convenient for anyone heading in that direction, for most destinations people still had to get to Boston to go out of Logan. But now, with a flight to a hub in New York, Worcesterites can ditch Boston and fly anywhere (that you can get to from JFK). It feels good to get what is undeniably a win, for once. We may not have a Mass Pike exit, the T may be talking about putting a “very” in front of our insufficient commuter rail service, but now we have a transportation option people have been pining after for years. Massport officials – the state organization bought the airport from the city in 2010 – have long said improvements would boost traveler numbers at the airport. Well, after a CAT III landing system is completed, ORH will have one heck of a draw for business people and pleasure seekers alike.
JURY’S OUT: The city is extending the deadline for requests for interest for the Old Courthouse on Main Street “due to high interest.” Readers might remember the previous buyer, Brady Sullivan, was so desperate to get out of the deal and escape Worcester that they left behind a $100,000 deposit. So it’s nice to see more interest in the building, even if it leads to another heartbreak. The city is also adding another developer tour on March 2 ahead of the new March 10 deadline for letters. Whoever gets the Courthouse had better keep the scratch ticket room intact.
40 WORDS IN WOMAG: Once in a while,
people will notice that One A Day Multivitamins have a serving size of two vitamins and everyone has a good chuckle. That’s the same reaction I get when reading about how, in Worcester, the “100 Males to College” program will support – drum roll, please – 50 students next year. The Telegram has more on the program, which started in Springfield in 2015 and isn’t going to change its name just because Worcester is only sending half the recommended serving size. Of course, when the state first partnered with Springfield Public Schools, they brought in 119 total students, so one wonders what the point of including a number at all is. The problem the grant identifies is that male high school students attend college at a lower rate than female students – by a margin of more than 10 percent within the first 16 months after graduation, according to state data cited by the T&G. In Worcester, that rate is 71.2 percent for females and 58.8 percent for males in the last year data was available. The program provides dual enrollment courses, mentors and test training, among other things. And it’s showing results – all 59 of the students currently in the Springfield program are graduating, and 56 are going on to college, with the remaining three joining the military. It’s not free – Worcester asked for $200,000 and got about $84,000, hence the name discrepancy. Brockton also got state funding to start the program, one year after Framingham got on the list.
CARMELIZING: The Mount Carmel Preservation Society has not given up yet. Members
of the group, which was dealt a blow when the Historical Commission shot down their request for more permanent protections for the historic church property on Mulberry Street in January, have a meeting coming up this week. A day or two after that, MPS President Mauro DePasquale said via email, a new strategic plan will be released. The Catholic Diocese of Worcester will be able to demolish the church in May, after applying for a permit last May and waiting the required one year. But while earthly commissions have failed MPS, they are still appealing through the Catholic Church’s “canon law” system, which allows parishioners to funnel disputes through higher-ups in the church hierarchy. One assumes that will be part of any strategic plan, although DePasquale also said the group is still collecting donations and pledges and questioned why the Diocese’s architect has not signed off on facade work ordered by the city to make the church safe. He also referenced the “continued run-around and frankly maltreatment” of MPS members he said are being shut out of future decision-making – which from the Diocese side, could include continued negotiations with developers to take over some of the land to provide a cash infusion that could be used for preservation in some form or another.
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couple weeks of schadenfreude. The ride-sharing company’s CEO appeared a little too chummy with President Donald Trump, leading many users to delete the app from their smartphones.
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{ worcesteria } Then a former employee alleged a corporate culture that enabled sexual harassment on a disturbing level, leading to another wave of deletions. And somewhere in there they got sued for allegedly stealing self-driving car technology from a Google company. So now Lyft is in Worcester, in what appears to be an acceleration of expansion plans. The ride-sharing company is like Uber, minus the scandals and plus some goofy pink mustaches you’re supposed to put on your car. Lyft is also launching in Springfield, Amherst and Pittsfield as part of an expansion to more than 50 new cities.
ITALICIZE THIS: There was an interesting detail on the city manager’s recommendations of appointees to boards and commissions this week. Usually, the forms are pretty boilerplate, giving the person’s name, the body they are being nominated for, and when their term expires. This week, though, there was a new addition. In larger font, and bolded to boot, under each nominee’s names was the phrase “Worcester Resident.” This could be a cheeky response to a request from a few weeks ago from At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes that the city include addresses for its board nominees, after one nominee forgot to update his resume (we’ve all been there) and put that he was presently in Minnesota or something. At the time, the city’s position was that every nominee is verified as a Worcester resident at the first step in the application process, and this may be a thinly-veiled indication of what the city thinks of that address request. NEIL THE MIGHTY: The Telegram has a really nice piece about Neil Fingleton, the Holy
Cross basketball standout and “Game of Thrones” actor who passed away in his home country of England at the age of 36 recently. The Guinness Book of World Records certified him as the tallest man in the U.K. In 2007, when he measured more than 7 1/2-feet tall. Fingleton played high school basketball in Worcester as well, starring for Holy Name, and “became a Worcester guy,” according to one of his close friends. In addition to playing the giant on “Game of Thrones” later in life, he also started a clothing line for big and tall men. And somehow, despite his height drawing TV and news coverage while still in high school, friends said it was his personality that drew people to him – which might be his biggest achievement of all.
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TOWN HALL IN THE CITY: Commonwealth Conversations, a listening tour that brings
town hall-style meetings to different areas of the state so constituents can talk to their state senators and meet some new ones, is coming to Worcester on March 14. State Sens. Harriette Chandler, Mike Moore, Ryan Fattman and Anne Gobi will be hosting the event at the Seven Hills Foundation on Hope Avenue for two hours, starting at 6:30 p.m. According to the literature, the tour is designed to “foster more civic engagement in the community and help each senator learn more about issues outside of his or her own district.” This is the second time the tour has been held, with the first round coming in 2015. You’ll notice they seem to have been coincidentally held in non-election years. This year, a new twist is that of the four stops in each region, one will be “designed specifically around transportation issues in each region in effort to build a vision for sustainable mobility across the entire Commonwealth.” Think they can stop the T from ruining that express commuter rail line even further?
MIDDLE OF THE ZONE: The Worcester Bravehearts are constructing a roster for this
year’s summer baseball season, and this week they announced the signings of four more Central Massachusetts players. Matt Geoffrion of Northboro, Shrewsbury’s Kendall Pomeroy and Dudley native Sebastian Gruszecki, all pitchers, will be taking the field for the team this year. West Boylston’s Mariano Ricciardi will also join the team, joining his brother Dante as a sort of mini-dynasty on the team. Fans counting down to opening night June 2 can actually buy their season tickets now.
OLD TRIVIA VILLAGE: Jeopardy! contestants need to take a trip to Old Sturbridge Village. That was the takeaway from the living museum’s appearance on the game show, which featured a video category for OSV as part of one of this week’s shows. I’ve still got 50 episodes to work through on the DVR, but the Telegram has a recap of the clues and contestants’ answers. They missed “the miller made his living by keeping one sixteenth of what he milled as village residents would bring grain to be turned into flour. This word to the mill, you might say.” No one buzzed in for “grist” on that one. No one buzzed in to guess which poet wrote children “love to see the flaming forge,” and got a question about what Puritan-descended religious denomination owned the Meeting House wrong. That would be Longfellow and Congregationalists, respectively. FAMILY PASSING: Worcester Magazine would like to extend its condolences to At-Large Councilor Mike Gaffney, whose mother recently passed away. His fellow councilors were informed during this week’s meeting.
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he Nov. 7 municipal election is well over eight months away. There are still about seven months to go to the preliminary election. Most candidates still haven’t formally announced their intentions, but we’re slowly starting to get the picture. We know, for example, barring the unexpected, that Beautiful District 5 Councilor Gary Rosen will be challenged by Doug Arbetter. On the at-large side, Ed Moynihan has said he will jump in the race. Other incumbents, such as Moe Bergman, are getting ready to kick off their reelection campaigns. All indications are Mayor Joe Petty will run once more, but the big question is will At-Large Councilor Mike Gaffney challenge him once again? The two have staked out a bitter feud, and a second straight showdown between the two would no doubt be riveting. The other as-yet-unanswered question is whether former At-Large Councilor and Mayor Joe O’ Brien will return to action. O’Brien told Worcester Magazine last year he was going to run either for Council or School Committee. Since then, he has remained pretty quiet. Then there’s the cat-and-mouse game in which former Mayor Ray Mariano appears to be delighting. Also the former executive director of the Worcester Housing Authority, Mariano is currently a columnist for the Worcester Sun. His most recent column dealt with the many questions he has fielded regarding his mayoral intentions. Like a pro, of course, Mariano refrained from offering a firm answer. But he did put forth what he would do if he was mayor. At the very least, he has taken a shot at the current administration and put it on notice that, as Mariano sees it, things could be done much different. Between now and May 16 – the last day to submit nomination papers to the Board of Election Commissioners – we will here rumors. We will see false starts that never get off the ground. We may well get a big surprise or two. In Worcester, local elections are as much about the speculation and rumor mill as they are about the actual results. And, oh, how we love it.
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hen Worcester Magazine learned it would be taking home 22 awards this year as part of the annual New England Newspaper & Press Association’s awards ceremony, it was a moment of great pride. When the night came, and those awards were handed out, the feeling became one of deep gratitude. Most of all, it is gratitude to our readers and advertisers for staying with us for all 40-plus years that Worcester Magazine has been telling the stories of Worcester and Central Massachusetts. They are, after all, why we are able to do what we do. As important, they are why we do what we do. We are blessed to deliver the news, the humor, the entertainment, the opinions, the good, the bad and so much more. And we are blessed to have a dedicated staff that puts more into what they do than could ever possibly be relayed. So this is a time to say thank you to our readers and advertisers. It is also a time to say congratulations to the Worcester Magazine staff: our publisher, our advertising executive, our sales reps, our media coordinator, our reporters, our photographer, our interns, our art director and assistant production manager, our controller, and most of all, to our owner for allowing us the freedom to do it all. The awards received this year were not merely acknowledgments of individual efforts, which were many – they were a nod to everyone who has kept Worcester Magazine going all these years. Past owners, writers and other staff; all have shared in the successes – past, present and, dare we say, future. Thank you does not seem enough, but we’ll say it as sincerely as we can: Thank you.
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f my enemy’s enemy is my friend, then it’s time to subscribe to the New York Times. I’ve been around a long time – long enough to recall vividly the upheaval of the 1960s. I say “vividly” because while I wasn’t a little kid, I was still too young to score acid from anyone, and I wasn’t making enough money babysitting to tap a Harry on Park Ave. more than once a month. I’d need hypnotherapy to erase the searing memories of JFK’s assassination, the murders of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, and the attempted murder of George Wallace, all of which replayed on television with a frequency rivaling “I Love Lucy.” Once you’ve lived through a decade of watching candidates, elected officials and activists get picked off like flies on a porch screen, you tend to toughen up when it comes to politics. Anyone who survived the ’60s nods at Yoga Berra’s famous nugget: “It’s deja vu all over again,” but nothing really compares to the current state of affairs we find ourselves facing. Watergate, which rounded out my high school years and cemented my core belief that good always triumphs, seems like small potatoes compared to the Trump-Russia investigation. Nixon was a thoroughly unlikable guy with zero charisma. Trump doesn’t exactly possess charisma either, but he speaks some strange monosyllabic language that appeals to many, a language incorrectly and hilariously identified as “telling it like it is.” By and large, Nixon’s followers weren’t cretinous yahoos, not that he had “followers.” Trump’s base is much more cult-like than any of the Republican voters that I can recall from the Nixon era. Nobody ever adored Nixon, except maybe Pat, poor thing, who always looked like she’d rather be anywhere other than wherever she was (Melania Trump does seem to have that in common with Mrs. Nixon).
Nixon hated the press. Most presidents harbor at the very least a dislike for the media in general, but Nixon really hated the press. So does Trump, who has gone so far as to call the media “the enemy” of the American people. Even Tricky Dick didn’t voice so ham-handed a declaration of war on the press but then again, Nixon was no dummy. An insecure, paranoid liar perhaps, but no dummy. One glaring difference between Nixon’s attempts to squelch the press and Trump’s attack on the media is the technological leap made since Woodward and Bernstein sat at their Smith-Coronas hammering out headlines. Forty-five years ago, the Internet wasn’t any more a reality than flying cars. Trying to suppress information nowadays is like trying to scoop Lake Erie into a Tupperware container. Trump has announced that he’s skipping the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, which is no surprise, given that the annual affair raises money for journalism scholarships. Why encourage truthseekers? According to CNN - one of Trump’s most vexing “enemies” - the last president to skip the fete was Ronald Reagan, and only because he was laid up in the hospital after an assassination attempt (“Best Excuse For Blowing Off An Invite” award goes to The Gipper. Taking a bullet beats “I have to wash my hair” by a country mile). Picking a fight with the press makes about as much sense as bad-mouthing the intelligence community. Trump seems to have rattled two very powerful cages in his belief that he can run this country like one of his companies, and I can’t help but think that his reign as Supreme Ruler will wind up remembered the same way his magazine, steaks and casinos did: as short-lived, abject failures. More than a few reporters will relish covering the moment when he morphs into Richard Nixon, wistfully boarding a Trump jet with a pathetic wave of his little hand. Pass the popcorn. I can’t wait.
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POWER PLAYERS Board of Health holds sway in Worcester Tom Quinn
Quick, name three members of the Worcester Board of Health. Or just see if you know how many people are on the board. Unlike elected boards, whose members are falling over each other for attention, the first members of the city’s reconstituted Board of Health have largely been content to work in the background. While they are still getting acclimated to the broad powers they wield, in interviews, board members were down to earth about applying their health backgrounds to the Heart of the Commonwealth. 12
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CRASH COURSE The Board of Health existed
for a long time in Worcester as an advisory panel, without any real power. City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. sought and was granted power from the City Council and the state to reorganize the Board of Health in 2014, giving it regulatory powers. He then appointed five members to serve on the board with the stated goal of improving the city’s health without getting caught up in campaigning or political agendas.
Since then, the board has tackled a couple controversial issues. It approved a needle exchange program, aimed at cutting down on transmissions of HIV and other diseases in the middle of an opioid epidemic, despite some opposition from those who thought it was encouraging drug use. And it raised the age to buy tobacco products in the city to 21, to try to curb youth smoking, despite opposition from some business owners who said they would be negatively impacted. Both votes seemed to take advantage of the separation of the board from politics as usual – a needle exchange in particular had been voted down by the City Council years before the Board of Health tackled it. The focus for the board now is on the Community Health Improvement Plan. The CHIP is a comprehensive road map of how to make Worcester a healthier city, pulling together goals and priorities and identifying strategies and partners to tackle everything from substance use to racism and discrimination to access to healthy food. The board works closely with the city Division of Public Health on many of its priorities. The five members are Chairperson David Fort, Joanne Calista, Jerry Gurwitz, Abby Averbach and Edith Claros (the latter did not respond to a request to be interviewed for this story).
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David Fort likes to take a strategic approach to things. Seriously, it’s even in the name of his company, Fort Strategic, where he works as a business strategy consultant. “I help businesses with their business
strategy,” Fort said. “If they want to go from point A to point B, actually, if they want to go from point A to point C, I tell them how to get there through point B.” Business-speak aside, Fort is interested in public health in his professional life, in addition to his Board of Health duties. While he has experience in many areas of business — private equity, venture capital, helping start-ups start up — he said he has a special place in his heart for healthcare companies. “When I was in college, I would have different internships, but also working with a lot of public health issues,” Fort said. “A little bit of AIDS research, a little bit of working with gangs and working with kids, getting kids to protect themselves being sexually active, a lot of gangs in Worcester, trying to work with them.” While Fort was born and raised in Worcester, he did spend time at the University of Michigan, walking away with a master’s degree in public health administration. He also worked for years in the healthcare
“I’m glad this opportunity came about. I’ve been working in the healthcare space for a long time, since 1990. Healthcare, public health. For me, it was perfect.” – David Fort industry, including his first job at Fallon Community Health Plan. “I’m glad this opportunity came about,” Fort said. “I’ve been working in the healthcare space for a long time, since 1990. Healthcare, public health. For me, it was perfect.” Fort actually applied to a different board initially, not knowing of the Board of Health openings, but Augustus rerouted him, and Fort said it was the right move. “I’m pretty comfortable in arenas where there are a lot of smart people, and I think my first impression was that I was with some really amazing, smart people, all of who were very knowledgeable, very successful in their own right, and I was impressed with the group the city manager put together,” Fort said. “I was honored to be there.” If anyone on the Board of Health has experienced the political controversy that characterizes other Worcester committees, it is Fort. When he was first appointed, At-Large City Councilor Mike Gaffney raised questions about Fort’s background, saying his resume,
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{ coverstory } “deals with everything but public health.” The accusation that Fort was being appointed for reasons other than his ability to improve public health in Worcester is still fresh more than two years later. “Sometimes, people have an agenda, sometimes they don’t read all the facts, [and] that’s exactly what you’re going to get,” Fort said. “That’s why the city manager put together this board. He didn’t want people to have agendas or politics, he wanted people who were dedicated to the field of public health, and trying to uplift the city of Worcester. We had a city councilor who didn’t read my resume, didn’t know anything about me. It’s really easy for someone to talk about how a person’s not qualified, but read the resume and read what I’ve been doing for the last 30 years.” The transition from city commission novice to old government hand is not yet complete, though. Given the board’s status as a newer entity, at least in its current incarnation, there has been a bit of a learning curve. Make that a big learning curve, as Board of Health members have had to catch up on what city government had been doing, what they were not empowered to do, and what they should do – never mind how to handle the minutiae of serving on a municipal commission. “The first little bit of time was learning, and
understanding what the expectations were for this board,” Fort said. “We had to first get a handle on what we needed to do, what the policies were that were already in place, what we wanted to take up, what were some initiatives already out there, what were some of the things we couldn’t do, understanding the laws, understanding what the needs were. For myself, and I think many of my colleagues, I think it was more about listening for quite some time to understand what we were dealing with.” If Fort has a public health focus, it is youth, he said. Asked what he does in his free time, mentoring youth features prominently alongside travel as a hobby. A former coach for the Worcester Vikings football team, and a graduate of North High School, Fort said he always has the next generation in mind. “There’s a lot of young people out here, and I’ve tried to encourage young people to be a part of the city, to try to make things better,” Fort said. “At some point this is going to be their city, and I want them to be a part of it.” Right now, Fort said, the priority for the board is pushing through the CHIP. When city medical director Michael Hirsh declared one fateful day Worcester would be the healthiest city in New England by 2020, it provided a convenient, if ambitious, benchmark. Fort said if everything keeps moving in the right
direction, he could see that goal happening. “[City officials] really want to make the city a great city, and public health is a part of that,” Fort said. “And having all the different players – the city manager, the mayor, city councilors, all working together, and certain parts of the business community – I think it’s possible … [I’m] seeing a city that has the right trajectory, the right mindset, the right people pushing things as opposed to getting mired in politics. We have a lot of people really pushing forward to make things happen.”
JOANNE CALISTA One focus of the CHIP is equality in health, making sure everyone has access to the same level of care, and that
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“Our mission is to promote better access and health equity,” Calista said. Easier said than done, although Calista and her staff at the nonprofit are finding a way. Calista highlighted a few of the center’s many programs, including Language Link, which translates documents and provides interpreters for appointments so that language is not a barrier to care. The center also provides training for community health workers and participates in research. “Oftentimes, we may be the communitybased arm of an educational institution, and sometimes we do our own research,” Calista said. Calista has a background as a clinical social worker, “but I currently do more policy work than clinical work.” The Board of Health is also not the first government board she has served on, as she was also appointed to the Massachusetts Board of Certification of Community Health Workers. It’s an occupation that
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{ coverstory } can be misunderstood, she said. That’s not uncommon for other things in the industry, though, as Calista pointed out. “I think healthcare can be very complex and changing, and even for people who were born in this country it can be complex,” Calista said. “I do a lot of navigation for family and friends.” Calista is not a native Worcesterite, but she has been here since 1991, when she was hired at UMass Medical Center’s HIV Clinical Center. Since then, she has gone through a number of different organizations, including AIDS Project Worcester, Community Healthlink and the state Department of Public Health. More than just the jobs, she said Worcester’s welcoming spirit kept her in the city. “I just fell in love with the community,” Calista said, recalling how a nurse at UMass Medical gave her some furniture when she was new in town. “The people were so welcoming.”
“I want to make sure, in voting on anything, that I have all the information I need, that we’re doing the will of the community. I tend to think of things more broadly than in terms of regulations. I tend to think of the overall health of the community, in systems.” – Joanne Calista Calista was recruited to the board, she said, after receiving a letter from the city manager asking her to apply. It was a good time to jump into public health efforts in Worcester, she said, and she has since worked hard to learn about what the board can do that would be helpful, not redundant. “I saw fascinating discussions framing some issues as public health issues,” Calista said. “... I was very excited about it. My first thought was, how does this board fit with other structures? How does it be helpful and not duplicative? … Boards can be wellintentioned, but they have to be focused, too.” As followers of the state’s Open Meeting
Law, Board of Health members do not deliberate on issues in between monthly meetings. That can slow things down, Calista said, but it is better to take a thoughtful approach than to rush into a haphazard solution. “I want to make sure, in voting on anything, that I have all the information I need, that we’re doing the will of the community,” Calista said. “I tend to think of things more broadly than in terms of regulations. I tend to think of the overall health of the community, in systems.” One focus of hers, Calista said, is behavioral health. Worcester is known for its array of excellent healthcare services – it’s just a matter of expanding them and making them available to all, she said. While some of that may be beyond the scope of the board, she said taking those issues into account is the only way a fully comprehensive plan can be enacted. “I am very concerned about behavioral health services,” Calista said. “We have some excellent ones in the area – I would love to see more of them, and I would love for them to be more accessible.” Calista said she likes to travel, and also listed Reiki – an alternative treatment focusing on using hand placements to channel someone’s “life force” - as an area of interest in her free time. Not that there is much free time for someone with a full-time job and a spot on a few health-related boards. But Calista said she is happy to help in any way she can. “I feel fortunate to live in this community, and if I can be of service, I will be,” Calista said. “... we are all one.”
ABBY AVERBACK “It’s not health – it’s public
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“We have so much more input from so many more stakeholders because we’re taken so much more seriously,” she continued. In her day job, Averbach is director of the Office of Data Analytics at Commonwealth Medicine, the public service consulting and operations division of UMass Medical School. She is also a trained epidemiologist, and previously worked for the state Department of Public Health. “Essentially my job is to help develop and execute contracts in the data analytics space,” Averbach said. “Anything relating to public health policy, health reform, anything like that.” While Averbach works in the health industry, her view of the Board of Health as looking after public health is an important distinction. Taking the board’s vote to raise the smoking age to 21 years old as an example, she said that solely going from a health standpoint, the vote should have been a snap. Smoking is bad for your health – there is no debate among medical professional on that front. But because the Board of Health takes a broader view, they listened to retailers and others who said it would affect their business, and Averbach even took a trip to a local tobacconist to learn about the cigar industry. It’s all part of making sure the board doesn’t get a myopic view of the world. “Public health is about the entire community,” Averbach said. “Economic health is part of public health. I’m not looking to install a set of narrow ordinances that only have a health benefit but may have a negative impact on other sector of our community … good policy should come from some degree of consensus.” Averbach was the first chairperson of the board after a period of rotation, leading it through the smoking regulations and the needle exchange approval. While she saw a number of potential areas of interest on the horizon – marijuana regulations and tanning salon concerns among them – she said the current process of laying out a road map, currently tied to the CHIP, was key to maintaining order.
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JERRY GURWITZ There’s no medical basis for the idea that Jerry Gurwitz has public service in his blood, but it’s evident at a glance.
Gurwitz’s father, Arnold, was the longestserving commissioner of public health in Worcester history, spending 25 years overseeing health programs in the city until he left in 1994. The younger Gurwitz now
serves as the chief of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at UMass Medical School, and said he is happy the Board of Health came together the way it did. “The people on the board of health are really smart, and really driven by science and data,” Gurwitz said. “It’s just fascinating that this group of people came together. Each of us wasn’t involved in selecting the others, but it’s a great group of people. I don’t know how it happened, but we work really well together.” In addition to his work as a physician — and a geriatrician more specifically — Gurwitz serves as the executive director of the Meyers Primary Care Institute, a partnership between the medical school, Reliant Medical Group and Fallon Health. “It’s a group of researchers and educators who focus primarily on the health of populations, and improving the health of populations in communities,” Gurwitz said. “Particularly, studying special populations, like older adults, like children, pregnant women, people with chronic illnesses.” Improving the health of a population sounds like it fits nicely with the board of health’s mission, which Gurwitz characterized as simultaneously focused and broad. “This board has a special role. It’s very focused on health, and I think it has a number of different goals and objectives,” Gurwitz said. “But one is to educate the community, and two is, if possible, to impact positively the health of the community … that’s a pretty broad focus. One of the challenges has been figuring out, among the different things relating to the health of the community, where do we put our efforts?” PHOTO SUBMITTED One of the big focus areas for the board so far has been smoking. Gurwitz stood by the board’s decision to raise the age to buy tobacco products to 21 years old in Worcester – in fact, he said, it would be irresponsible for a
doctor on a board designed to improve health to not do something about cigarette and tobacco use, saying he deals with it often with his patients. “As a physician, how can you not be completely against smoking?” Gurwitz said. “It’s part of what we do. It’s impossible not to feel incredibly strongly about trying to attack that issue in any way possible.” But the major focus area for Gurwitz is one that’s tough to tackle, and yet must be addressed: the opioid crisis. “I think right now we’re pretty overwhelmed with one big thing, and that’s opioids,” Gurwitz said. “It’s just intuitive that
“I think a lot can get done, whether it’s high profile or low profile ... We have a great division of public health, with some great leadership.” – Jerry Gurwitz that’s a primary issue for the community as well as the nation right now. It’s pretty hard to get beyond that, so that’s become pretty dominating in terms of our thinking. I think the biggest challenge for us is how can we do something positive to impact that overwhelming issue?” How to do something about overwhelming issues is the Board of Health’s job, after all. It is made tougher by the nature of public health; there are long-term issues that need to be addressed at some point, but there will always be new crises and issues popping up. “It’s balancing between the things that are right in front of us and are so urgent and longer term issues that are encompassed in
the CHIP,” Gurwitz said. “We’d like to focus on those if we could. But there’s so many urgent issues right in front of us right now.” While the Board of Health may not generate the headlines the City Council or School Committee gets, Gurwitz and other board members said that does not bother them. He joined his colleagues in heaping praise on the Division of Public Health for their outreach and education efforts, saying it freed the board up to work on issues without having to worry about public relations too. “I think a lot can get done, whether it’s high profile or low profile,” Gurwitz said. “... We have a great division of public health, with some great leadership. They do a tremendous job communicating with the public and the community about healthrelated issues. So I’m not sure our meetings are the ideal place to do it, or the critically important place to do it. I see our meetings as a place to get work done.” As for hobbies, Gurwitz said he tried to run every day, although after he turned 60, “it doesn’t feel like running anymore,” he said with a chuckle. The Worcester Public Schools graduate who also sent his kids through the public school system, and who cited Worcester’s diversity and affordability alongside its potential, has deep roots in the city and a desire to invest in its future health. Can Woo-town be the healthiest city in the area by 2020, though? “I think it’s an aspirational goal … I think the most important thing is without question, improvements can be made, and whether we’ll be the healthiest city I’m not sure, but can we be better than we are?” Gurwitz said. “There’s no question about it in my mind.”
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Master Singers of Worcester offer farewell, thanks Joshua Lyford
Malcolm Halliday (sits in the spotlight with Clara Barton and) plays a Beethoven selection from the upcoming event “Around the World in Forty Years.”
The Master Singers of Worcester, a choral group founded in 1976, is celebrating 40 years of vocal performance with “Around the World in Forty Years” at Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., Saturday, April 1 at 7 p.m.
The event will feature a number of firsts, including two musical premieres, “An Ode to Clara Barton’s Portrait” by artistic director Malcolm Halliday, and “The Bells,” Edgar Allen Poe’s famous poem, set to five octaves of hand bells, by group member Steve Barnicle. The evening will also serve as Halliday’s final performance as artistic director of the group. “Around the World in Forty Years” the 40th anniversary celebration, features a wide variety of work, which is important to Halliday and the group. A varied choral program has been a hallmark in Halliday’s career with the Master Singers. “As artistic director of the Master Singers of Worcester, one of my stipulations of taking the position many years ago now, I can’t remember how many years ago that is, I’ve been associated with the chorus about 19 years, I was accompanist for the first few years before I became artistic director, one of my stipulations of working with this local community chorus was that I’d have a lot of autonomy and freedom with the programming,” Halliday said recently from the Mechanic’s Hall stage. “My feeling was that it was important for the Master Singers to make a contribution to the local community with ambitious programming.” Halliday is retiring from the Master Singers and moving from Massachusetts.
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Leslie Graff gets her ‘Just Desserts’
ELIZABETH BROOKS
Joshua Lyford
Sutton painter Leslie Graff is a formidable talent. Her paintings shout visually and aesthetically clean pop art based on what she calls “traditionally feminine arts” featuring women cooking, cleaning and reading around their house with stylish garb and bright color palette. Graff blends these bold images with statements about the world and human interaction.
The painter this week held an ArtsWorcester exhibit opening at the Franklin Square Salon Gallery, Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., with appointment viewings through July of this year. The exhibit is called, “Just Desserts,” and like her paintings, could be taken literally, as Graff is baking pies and cakes, many of which are featured in her art, but it can also be taken as an ironic suggestion of sorts. Yes, there are paintings of dessert and desserts made by the artist available, but just desserts? Like the title, the wordplay may speak to something more. “It is intentionally ambiguous,” Graff said, holding up a 30-inch-by-40-inch painting, called “How it Looked in the Reflection.” She is standing in her dining room, surrounded by paintings of cake. This one features what she calls “best birthday cake.” Her three sons love the cake, and she even baked it for her own wedding. The pink frosted cake and blue, red and black painting behind it are eye-catching. To the right of the cake slice, the image is mirrored on a smooth metal toaster. In it, the cake is distorted. “I want people to come to their own conclusions, but they talk to common experiences we have,” said Graff, going on to point out the distorted reflection of the cake. “It’s really fun to take traditional feminine arts to make a feminist statement. It’s funny how they become social, political statements.” Graff was in the midst of baking numerous desserts when the interview began. She placed three cakes into the oven and mixed batter on the adjacent counter top. When she finished, she pointed out a piece with intricate round patterns in the background and a chocolate pound cake with chocolate buttercream in the foreground. The cake and pattern look like a mosaic or a turtle shell made of perfect angular parts.
Leslie Graff explains her process for painting ‘glass ceiling (lemon cake)’, a 36” x 36” acrylic on canvas
“It’s called ‘Seeing So Many Angles,’ because of the pattern and the chocolate tiles,” Graff said. “It’s about realizing that situations are really complex and a lot of time when we make judgments, we’re probably wrong. It’s really fun to make these cakes and these desserts. I always think there is so much metaphor in the things all around us that actually speak to our experience, but we don’t pay attention to them. When we do it just makes you think in a different way. You can have a painting on your wall that doesn’t say anything to you, or you can have one that reminds you of something or says something to you. It’s about how you present it so it conveys what you want it to.” Graff stopped herself and recalled that the timer on the oven held three cakes made for the ArtsWorcester opening. She stepped back into the kitchen,
“I’ve gotten down to being able to be a pretty good visual judge on when desserts are done. We’ll set it to 20 minutes and check in on it.” Graff stepped into her studio, surrounded by paintings. The space was immaculate, and perhaps most surprising, the floor was carpeted in an immaculate bright white. There is nothing between the painter’s brush and the crisp luminous carpet, but there are few spots. Graff said she could never tear out the carpet, as she often sits on the floor to paint. “I think it’s because I used to teach preschool and I’m really used to being down and the floor and doing things, especially with big canvases. It’s like, you’re turning it constantly,” she said, making a downward vertical brush stroke motion followed by a horizontal one. “This isn’t comfortable to me, but this is. Plus, I don’t want to sit on hard tile.”
This is the busy season for the professional painter. There are exhibits and museums and commissions to get to, and the volume of work in her home is prolific. “Art’s funny. One of the the biggest stresses that nobody thinks about is that, it’s constant choices,” said Graff leaning against a couch in the studio. “I can do this or this. You have to train yourself early on in art, I’d get stuck. Do I want to do it this way or this way? You have to learn that you have to make a decision and pick one. If I like it, I can always go back to the exact same thing and paint it in a different direction. Once you give yourself that freedom, then you’re like, OK, I can move forward.” Graff’s paintings serve her twofold. There is an interior joy gleaned from the experience of painting, but also the exterior gratificacontinued on page 22
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There’s No Such Thing as a Quiet Night at Quinn’s Sandra Rain
We were lucky to snag the last spot in the large parking lot adjacent to Quinn’s Irish Pub on West Boylston Street on a recent Tuesday evening. Quinn’s presented as the epitome of a neighborhood restaurant and bar from the moment we walked through the door. Everyone seemed to know one another, an anomaly explained by the charismatic owner who made rounds throughout the evening, introducing patrons like the
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patriarch of a much anticipated family reunion. Every seat in the bar and dining area was full.
Quinn’s at 8 p.m. on a Tuesday felt like we had fast-forwarded to the weekend. The interior appeared polished and rustic, with tables suited for families sharing an evening together as well as tables intended for bar customers playing trivia or Keno. More than 15 monitors hung about the room, so there was really not a bad seat in the house for those who came to catch a sporting event on the big screen. Hardwood floors and pine paneled ceilings gave the aura of a hunting lodge. I was struck by how the marble surface of the bar was kept absolutely spotless even on a busy night. We finagled our way to two bar seats and ordered a couple of beers: a Wormtown Be Hoppy and a Sam Adams Cold Snap. We decided to start with the Buffalo Chicken Dip ($10.99) as an appetizer, a cheesy spread served in an Au Gratin dish with golden fried pita chips. The dip wasn’t spicy, making it easy for sharing - a serious crowd-pleaser. While I might have enjoyed a touch more pulled chicken for substance, the consistency proved both rich and warming. My date ordered a Murray Quinn Burger
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($10.95), a juicy half-pound Angus burger, char-grilled and topped with American cheese, lettuce, onion and pickles. Burgers come cooked medium-well unless otherwise specified, so he made sure to request medium preparation. The fries had just the right amount of crunch, though they likely had been frozen at one time. No one could walk away from the Murray Quinn Burger disappointed. I ordered the Guinness Pot Roast ($12.99), a special recommended by my server instantaneously when asked for guidance. The Pot Roast offered a heaping portion of hearty braised beef that fell apart at the touch of my fork. The beautiful nuances of the sauce were dwarfed a bit by salinity, but the Guinness’ character remained intact, emitting familiar aromas of the flagship Irish brew. Of note was
a delightful side of shredded kale that had been sauteed with red onions and spritzed with fresh lemon juice. House-made mashed potatoes rounded out a colorful plate. Service was friendly and swift when it came to taking orders, but a few alterations could have easily maximized space and time on the back end of our meal. For example, our entrees arrived within too short a window of our appetizer, rapid pacing that resulted in the loss of valuable room at the bar due to our plethora of plates. Also, I love it when
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someone wraps my leftovers for me and clears away dirty dishes, but I understand the constraints of a busy bar service. Still, adding this into the repertoire may have expedited departure times on a busy night. Quinn’s Irish Pub is the kind of restaurant
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BITE SIZED
Lock 50 Restaurant, 50 Water St., Worcester, has been selected to host Cru Night Wednesday, March 15. It is one of only 50 restaurants chosen worldwide, according to a press release. “We are extremely proud to be the only restaurant in Massachusetts chosen to host Cru Night,” Lock 50 owner Ed Russo said. “We pride ourselves on bringing new and exciting wines to our customers and this honor reinforces that commitment.” An exclusive wine event, Cru Night was launched by Leonardo LoCascio Selections. For Cru Night, Lock 50 and other restaurants will celebrate Orma, one of Italy’s most distinguished, single estate vineyards. You can buy Orma’s 2012 Toscano Rosso on Cru Night by the glass for $25. In addition, Russo will pair a “unique and specially-designed” menu of meats and cheeses with the wine. For more information, visit lock50.com.
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Wormtown Brewery, 72 Shrewsbury St., Worcester, is expanding distribution to Rhode Island. The Brewery said its award-winning beers will be sold and delivered for the first time outside of Massachusetts through an agreement with McLaughlin & Moran Co. of Cranston, Rhode Island. A launch date of April 3 is expected. “This is a big step for our brewery and one we didn’t take lightly,” Wormtown founder and brew master Ben Roesch said, noting the brewery will celebrate its seventh anniversary next month, March 7. “It wasn’t easy getting to this point, and I am proud of our team for making it happen.” Wormtown also announced it will start delivering limited amounts of six-pack bottles and 16-ounce cans to the Metrowest and Interstate-495 North areas of Massachusetts. That is definitely reason to Be Hoppy!
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THEY’VE GOT THE MEAT
Worcester’s Benny Correa is among 110 professional meat cutters from Texas Roadhouse restaurants around the nation who will compete in the semifinals of the National Meat Cutting Competition, Marcy 7-8, in Orlando, Florida. The semifinalists came from an original group of 450 meat cutters. The winner of the national competition will win $20,000 and be crowned Meat Cutter of the Year.
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“I am moving to Mexico,” Halliday said. “My partner and I are making a dream house there in the lovely colonial city of San Miguel de Allende. That’s a world heritage site. It has buildings dating back to the 1500s. It’s in the province of Guanajuato. I’ve been visiting there for about 10 years, and about three years ago we bought some land. The house has been under construction for about two years, and it will be done over the course of the next few weeks.” While Halliday will leave his role as artistic director, he will return to Massachusetts for some select performances and visits. While he is retiring from the Master Singers role, he is not retiring completely. “I’m 60 years old. I feel like I’m too young to retire totally,” Halliday said. “I’ll be giving up all the wonderful things I do here in Worcester full time. I have a full-time church job at the First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury, it is one of the largest active music programs in the state. I’ve been there for almost 28 years. When I retire from them, it will be 27 years and 10 months. I’ve been able to do a lot of really interesting programs there. I have a little lake house in Ashburnham, so I’ll be up doing concerts. I’m already committed to playing a duo piano concert at Tuckerman hall that happens every fall. I’ll be back and forth but it won’t be quite the same situation as it is now.” Before he leaves, however, Halliday will premiere his “Ode to Clara Barton’s Portrait,” sung to the portrait of the famed founder of the American Red Cross located inside Mechanics Hall. “She was maybe one of the greatest heroines of the 19th century in the world,” explained Halliday. “She was just unbelievable and she started the American Red Cross. She did all these incredible things. The war was when she became famous, because she GRAFF continued from page 19
tion of human interaction and the sharing of experience. “The act of being creative is fun, the older I get, the more I need to paint. Even when I go on vacation, I take paints with me. It’s how I relax,” said Graff. “You don’t think about it, but you have so much time in your head when you’re doing it. You have a lot of head space and think time when you’re painting. You tend to miss that. It’s sort of meditative. It’s emotive. You’re not so busy that you don’t know what’s going on in your head.” “It’s a lot about voice, too,” she continued. “It’s about getting to say things and I like that. I like that power of being able to say something in a way that’s eloquent, in the sense that it’s not so direct. There is always a lot of word or thought to my art. You get to create something that connects with people. Every person you meet, you can learn some-
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performed healthcare for soldiers on the front and worked in all these desperate situations. “I refer to her face being covered in blue because of the gun powder in the piece. I’m really excited about it, because not only is it an interesting concept to provide this woman who is just overwhelmingly a force of nature in our nation’s history, but also, she achieved fame in the Civil War era and this is a Civil War-era hall.” The “Ode to Clara Barton” is scored for two choruses: one accompanied by organ and one by piano. There is a narrator speaking the words of Clara Barton who will be dressed in period costume. Halliday is also excited for Barnicle’s rendition of Poe’s “The Bells” and the participation of what he calls one of the finest hand bell choirs, the Shrewsbury Ringers. “It’s really wild,” said Halliday. “It goes through several verses, and each time the bells get heavier. He talks about little silver bells and then bronze bells. Each verse gets progressively darker and gloomier. it’s almost like a descent into madness. Even though it’s not mentioned and it’s not a direct connection, I always picture Quasimodo on the bell. I don’t think anyone has ever set that text for a presentation with a chorus accompanied by a hand bell choir.” You can find more information about Malcolm Halliday, the Master Singers of Worcester and upcoming events, including “Around the World in Forty Years,” online at Mswma. org. “Around the World in Forty Years” takes place Saturday, April 1 at 7 p.m. at Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. Tickets can be found online at Mechanicshall.org, or on Ticketfly.com. Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at 508-749-3166, ext. 325, or by email at Jlyford@worcestermagazine.com. Follow Josh on Twitter @Joshachusetts and on Instagram @Joshualyford. thing from them and everyone has things in their experience that are different than yours. I really like to share something from my experience and gain something from theirs.” Leslie Graff’s “Just Desserts” exhibit opening took place on Wednesday, March 1, at the Franklin Square Salon Gallery, Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St. The works are on view through July this year and the gallery is open by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, email info@artsworcester.org, or call 508-755-5142. For more information on Graff and her work, as well as upcoming shows, news and portfolio, head to Lesliegraff.com.
Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at 508-749-3166, ext. 325, or by email at Jlyford@worcestermagazine.com. Follow Josh on Twitter @Joshachusetts and on Instagram @Joshualyford.
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Seeking better, getting bitter Jim Keogh
“Bitter Harvest” casts a light on the atrocity of the Holodomor — Josef Stalin’s systematic starvation of millions of Ukrainians in 1932 and 1933. This obliterative chapter in human history deserves a deep cinematic dive to fully capture the horror, the breadth and the context. Sadly, this is not that movie.
Indeed, “Bitter Harvest” feels about right for a middleschool audience (teachers: instant field trip), a relatively fleet 103 minutes wrapping terrible events around the story of young lovers separated by the winds of misfortune. The starcrossed romance of the sensitive artist Yuri (Max Irons) and his life-long love Natalka (Samantha Barks) is either the spoonful of sugar needed to digest the larger truths about the genocide, or a rank trivialization of it. I was reminded of Michael Bay’s “Pearl Harbor,” which proposed that Japan’s attack was, above all, a masterful ruse to reunite Ben Affleck with Kate Beckinsale. It feels almost ignoble to knock a film with such pure intentions, and clearly director George Mendeluk and writer Richard Bachynsky Hoover want to do good here. They use Yuri’s village as a microcosm of Ukraine’s suffering under Stalin, who ordered his armies to confiscate the country’s wheat for the Soviet empire, leaving the farmers and their families with virtually nothing to eat. The goal is to inform and illuminate, but oh, couldn’t they have produced a better movie to get the job done? The Holodomor cries out for a big picture, with meaty backstories, a keen study of the machinations leading to Ukraine’s decimation, and dialogue worth a shit. Nothing here gets any breathing room. Instead, the filmmakers load the cliches
into a Gatling gun and fire away, hoping to draw blood. Stalin becomes the comic-book villain with the street-sweeper mustache who is either hissing (“Ukraine must bend to our will.”) or erupting (“Damn those Ukrainians!”). When Yuri moves to Kiev to pursue his painting career, his work is appraised as “hideous” by a state-sponsored art inspector who looks exactly like Lenin. Sadists and saints vie for valuable screen time. I typically grant wide discretion to the tradition of defaulting to British accents to suggest the “other” in historical dramas set in non-English speaking countries. But we are a global community now, and the practice is getting distracting, if not downright silly. Why should people wandering the snowy streets of Kiev sound like the touring company of “Oliver!”? And is London-born Terence Stamp truly the best choice to play a sabre-wielding Ukrainian warrior? Compounding the problem is the film’s mix-andmatch approach toward speech patterns, which will actually convince you that anything sounding vaguely Russian is of place — even in Moscow. While stretches of “Bitter Harvest” manage to capture the menace of the times and the famine’s devastating impact, the movie loses itself with implausible scenarios. For instance, a scene in which Natalka poisons the vicious local commissar is a pointless departure (he does not die, he simply hallucinates the face of his mother, of whom he is clearly not a fan). Imagine the savagery such a man would have visited on Natalka and her family once he’d recovered. Instead, he simply makes her dry his wet feet with her hair, as though the indignity is worse than the violence. Sorry, not buying it. “Bitter Harvest” makes many such tonal miscalculations; the film is rushed, underwritten and poorly constructed. That’s a shame, because the Holodomor cries for remembrance. I can only imagine what Ken Burns might have done with it.
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Carlos Odria. 6-9 p.m. Bistro, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. 508755-6070. Dana Lewis Live! Dana Lewis Live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s in the lounge “The sound track of your Youth” Best Wood fired Pizza’s, Italian Food, Full Bar, Lottery & Me! No Cover. Come on out! Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook. Open Mic Most Thursdays @ Berbers North. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978422-8438. PRISM ~ Safe Homes Youth Chorus. A brand new program for Greater Worcester LGBTQ youth (ages 14-23) and their straight allies to explore their musical, artistic, and social selfexpression through choral performance in an inclusive, supportive, and nurturing environment. No experience necessary ~ open to new and experienced singers of all abilities. Contact: Kathryn at KDSmusique@aol.com or 774.239.8563 Free. 6:30-9 p.m. Safe Homes Worcester, 4 Mann St. safehomesma.org Carlos Odria - Jazz and World Music Guitar. Solo guitar - instrumental music. Original compositions and jazz standards arranged by Peruvian-born guitarist Carlos Odria (Ph.D. Musicology). Odria has done extensive research on different world music traditions and developed a unique blend of styles including flamenco, jazz, samba, Cuban, and Afro-Peruvian genres. He has been a featured artist at national music festivals and has performed at concert halls and universities across the east coast. For more information, visit: carlosodria. com Free. 7-9 p.m. GAR Hall, Bull Mansion, Bistro, 55 Pearl St. Josh Briggs. 7-10 p.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Open Mic. Attention Performers- Amateurs and Experts! Do you sing or play an instrument? Are you looking for a crowd that will appreciate your incredible sense of humor? Maybe you have some secret talent that you’re ready to share with the world (or at least your local coffee house). Drop in for Open Mic! Full Sandwich Menu Desserts Coffee & Espresso BYOB beer & wine only $0. 7-10 p.m. Cake Shop Cafe, 22A West St., Millbury. 508-865-9866 or cakeshopcafe.com Open Mic @ The Blue Plate. Show off your musical talents, collaborate, or just listen to some cool tunes in a laid back atmosphere. Most Thursday’s. PA provided. Free. 7-10 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Dana Lewis Live! Great Food, Full Bar, Lottery, Flat Screens and ME! Playing your favorite hits from the 50’s to the 80’s. “The Sound track to your Youth” Free!. 8-11 p.m. Barber’s Crossing Road House, 861 Main St., Leicester. 508-892-7575. John Brazile. 8-11 p.m. Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. 508-459-2025. Jon Short. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Peter HIFI Ward & electric blues. George Dellomo and Bob Berry join Peter Ward playing the blues and some country too. No cover. 8-10 p.m. Dunny’s Tavern, 291 East Main St., East Brookfield. Sam James Performs at Loft, Thurs at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. Strange Creek Battle of the Bands. 21+ with proper ID 8 p.m.-midnight Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Subterra. The Best in House, Breaks, Electro, and Drum &
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Don’t miss the Worcester State University 2017 Faculty Art Exhibit, now in progress on Saturdays through March 11, 1-5 p.m., at The Gallery, Ghosh Center, 486 Chandler St., Worcester. Admission is free. For more information, visit worcester.edu, email Gallery@worcester.edu or call 508-9298651. Bass every Thursday night! Resident DJ’s- Sneaker & the Dryer, Toreba Spacedrift, DJ Ray, Massappeal, & The Ark with guest DJ’s weekly 21+ Doors at 8pm Cover varies based on Guest DJ’s. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or thecovemusichall.com Audio Wasabi. 8:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Matt Robert Solo. No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Blue Light Bandits. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385. Karaoke Party featuring DJ Matt! 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Snow Day, Earthward & Dylan Musucco. Snow Day- Born in the heart of Blackstone Valley, Snow Day is a rock band out of Worcester that combines the hard hitting power of rock ‘n’ roll with a gentle upbeat vibe of what we like to call, “party pop.” And Dylan Musucco (acoustic indie rock) 9PM Show Time $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or find them on Facebook. DJ Cuzn Kev. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. DJ XKALIBER Performs at Loft, Thurs at 11. 11-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.
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Thank Friday it’s Nat 5:30 to 7:30; then The Resisitors at 9pm. No Cover. 5:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Dan Kirouac. Dan has been part of the regional music scene for thirty years. When not busy with the tribute band Beatles For Sale, his solo performances showcase vocals accompanied by a six-string acoustic guitar. From the one-hit wonders to the lost classics, from the 1960s to today, every show is a different experience, drawing from almost 500 contemporary and oldie songs. More information at
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dankirouac.com. Free. 6-9 p.m. Park Grill and Spirits, 257 Park Ave. Bill McCarthy Every Friday at Barbers Crossing North. Now catch Bill McCarthy playing his heart out every Friday at Barbers North (Sterling, MA) @6:30pm Visit: BillMcCarthyMusic.com for info. Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8438. Chad Clements. 7-10 p.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. Kingdom of Jones. 7-10 p.m. Homefield Brewing, 3 Arnold Road, Fiskdale. 774-242-6365. Lisa Marie & Johnny Juxo. Lisa Marie & Johnny Juxo. Lisa Marie is a versatile singer and songwriter & Johnny Juxo is a very talented musician and singer. Together playing a mix of R&B, rock, blues, folk, soul and jazz to name a few... these two will have you dancing in your seat! N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Bar/ Lounge, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Rare Ould Times. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Press Box, 536 Lincoln St. 508-856-9255. Celtic Concert: Kate, Katie, Katie, Caite together again! Chadbourne - Mahoney – O’Neill - Sargent Lubelczyk are back again “four” more! Never let it be said we don’t give “our” public what they ask for! Yes, yes, back together again with songs and stories and certainly a laugh or two: Kate Chadbourne, Katie Mahoney, Katie O’Neill, and Cait Sargent Lubelczyk! We hope you will join us for a night of traditional, contemporary, folk, and perhaps a showtune! $15 before hand, $20 at door. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700. Windfall (classic rock band). Windfall is a classic rock band that has performed throughout New England, starting in the 70’s! We’re still going strong. Check us out at windfallrock.com free admission. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Olde Post Office Pub, 1 Ray St., North Grafton. 508-839-6106. Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., Leominster. 978-466-3433. City Boys. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Dana Lewis Live! Great Food, Full Bar, Lottery, Flat Screens and Me! Playing your favorite hits from the 50’s to the 80’s. “The Sound track to your Youth” Free! 8-11 p.m. Barber’s Crossing Road House, 861 Main St., Leicester. 508-892-7575. Danny Leblanc. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057. Dezi Garcia. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Frank’s, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-420-2253. Kelly & Tribe. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Left Right. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The GazBar Sports Grill, 1045 Central St., Leominster. Mike Melendez Performs at Loft, Friday at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. Punk party at the Cove! Local Punk invades the Cove! Come down for a rager! The Burnouts Playing Green Day’s album Dookie in it’s entirety Damnation damnationpunk.com/ Gingerwulf facebook. com/wearegingerwulf/ The McGunks mcgunks.com/ $7 at the Door 21+ Doors at 8pm $7 at the door. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. The Mallet Brothers. 21+ with proper ID 8 p.m.-midnight Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Ghost Guest, Jack Swing & The Bird Hour. The saddest band in Worcester is playing with two amazing bands from Pittsburgh...Jack Swing will have you rocking and grooving into the night...The Bird Hour will have you shaking your hips like its 1979... And of course after you have fun you will get sad in the funniest way possible with your favorite emo Ghost band. So come support local and touring musicians and have a great night of drinking and dancing! Five and Free with a College ID. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or find them on Facebook. Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Foodworks, Route 20. 508-752-0938. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Acoustic Night Featuring “Giuliano D’Orazio” of Hot Letter. No Charge. 9 p.m.-midnight The Ballot Box, 11-17 Kelly
Square. 774-243-1606. Ed & Dave. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Hoodoo Revelator. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Sam James. 9 p.m.-noon Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. 508-459-2025. Shamrock Whiskey. Shamrock Whiskey brings high energy rock and blues hits with a jam band flavor Free. 9 p.m.-midnight Scoreboards Sports Bar, 137 Lancaster St., Leominster. 978-534-1313. Lavender Restaurant Karaoke. Join Magic Mike Entertainment DJ’s for Karaoke Night every Friday & Saturday Night! Free. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Lavender Restaurant, 519 Boston Post Road, Sudbury. magicmikeentertainment.com Special Performance by Jim Perry and Johnny Blue Horn. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. College Night - 18+ every other Thursday. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. DJ TecThreat. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. Navy Train. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. DJ 21+Canal. Live Dj pushing out all the latest hits for you’re listening and dancing pleasure! N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:40 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Safe House Radio Show. This is a LIVE radio broadcast with 2 living DJs hoping to drag you out of your lonely IPods and phone apps to hear the local & national metal, thrash, screamo, punk and alternative you wont hear on mainstream radio. Tune into WCUW 91.3FM in the Worcester and surrounding areas. Or stream live on wcuw.org (hit the listen live button in the upper left corner of screen) Join your DJs Summi and Momma Bear for an hour of metal, thrash, screamo, punk & alternative. You’re not alone in your digital world. Were out here live! Call in to let us know your listening @ (508)7532284 after 11pm. Hope you tune in to hear local and national metal and more! 91.3fm or wcuw.org It’s your community radio! So enjoy it already! Sheesh! 11 p.m.-midnight Online on Facebook.
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Dan Kirouac. Dan has been part of the regional music scene for thirty years. When not busy with the tribute band Beatles For Sale, his solo performances showcase vocals accompanied by a six-string acoustic guitar. From the one-hit wonders to the lost classics, from the 1960s to today, every show is a different experience, drawing from almost 500 contemporary and oldie songs. More information at dankirouac.com. Free. 6:30-9:30 a.m. The International Golf Club and Resort, Fireplace Room, 159 Ballville Road, Bolton. 978-779-6911. Musical Animals. A concert for the whole family! Learn about whale songs, bird songs and how music can be used to describe or imitate animals. Hear Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee, Tchaikovsky’s Song of the Lark, Falcone’s The Tortoise & the Hare, and more! -An educational, entertaining & interactive concert -Program designed for ages 4-10, but all ages are welcome -See the instruments up close after the concert Feel free to come dressed in your favorite animal themed attire! Free. 10:30-11:30 a.m. David French Music Company Recital Hall, 53 B Otis St., Westborough. 800-366-5993 or find them on Facebook. Sip and Stitch. No Cover. 1-5 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Give Winter the Boot-Punk & Metal Spring Kickoff. Time to kick winter out and bring in the spring with an all day Punk & Metal rock show! Only $8! Doors at 3:30! 21+ 3:30 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or on Facebook. All Things Irish -- featuring Larry Kirwan and Yoke Shire. Make your reservations now for an incredible night of Irish entertainment! Music, dance, food, raffles, fun! Doors open at 4:30, live music and festivities until 10:00. Featuring Larry Kirwan and guest from Black 47, Traditional ballads by Yoke Shire, step dancing, bag pipes and drums by Quaboag Highlanders, Shepherd’s Pie,
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cash bar, Irish themed raffles and more! Proceeds support people with disabilities through the Polus Center for Social & Economic Development, Inc. Free, donations welcome, reservations requested. 4:30-10 p.m. American Legion: South Barre Post 404, 450 South Barre Road, Barre. 978-270-2457 or poluscenter.org Dana Lewis Live! Every Saturday night. Live, acoustic music, Family food, Full Bar, Lottery and Me! Playing the Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s. “The Sound Track of your Youth” No Cover. Be There! Free! 6-9 p.m. Nancy’s Quaker Tavern, 466 Quaker Hgwy (Route146a), Uxbridge. 508-779-0901 or find them on Facebook. Ted and Rosemarie. 6-9 p.m. Homefield Brewing, 3 Arnold Road, Fiskdale. 774-242-6365. Mychael David & Howie Swett. If you like country music with a bit of rock tossed in this is where you want to be. If you haven’t seen these guys live yet, this is a great night for it. Come on down enjoy a great night out, with great music, food, and drinks. N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Bar / Lounge, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Outrageous Greg’s Crazy Karaoke. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Martys pub, 225 Canterbury Street, 508-373-2503. Panic! At The Disco Death of a Bachelor Tour. Panic! At The Disco announced that they will embark on the Death Of A Bachelor Tour, a headline U.S. arena run in celebration of the success of their gold-certified fifth studio album Death Of A Bachelor, supported by MisterWives and special guests Saint Motel. Panic! At The Disco Death of a Bachelor Tour Panic! At The Disco also released a new music video for “LA Devotee,” a dark and brooding ode to frontman Brendon Urie’s current city co-starring Noah Schnapp (Will Byers) from the acclaimed Netflix series Stranger Things. The eerie clip was directed by Scantron and Mel Soria. Earlier this summer,
the Recording Industry Association of America honored Panic! At The Disco with the gold certification of their album Death Of A Bachelor for exceeding 500,000 units sold. Death Of A Bachelor was one of only eleven albums released in 2016 to receive an RIAA certification this year, and the only alternative genre release to reach this milestone. The album also spawned RIAA certified gold singles “Hallelujah” and “Victorious.” Produced by Jake Sinclair, Death Of A Bachelor marks the first release from Panic! At The Disco in nearly two years, following 2013’s acclaimed Too Weird To Live, Too Rare To Die!. Aside from debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart, the album has produced five top 15-charting hits on the Hot Rock Songs chart with “Hallelujah,” “Emperor’s New Clothes,” “LA Devotee,” current single “Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time,” and the album’s energetic, lead single “Victorious” charting Top 10 at Alternative. $59.50, $39.50, $29.50 All tickets subject to applicable handling, convenience and facility fees. Tickets on sale now at the DCU Center Box Office, by phone at 800-745-3000 and online at ticketmaster.com. 7-10 p.m. DCU Center- Arena and Convention Center, 50 Foster St. 508-755-6800 or ticketmaster.com A Celtic Celebration. This cabaret-style concert will feature a wide range of Irish folk tunes, including the choral suite, Letters from Ireland, arranged by Mark Brymer, with such songs as The Cliffs of Doneen, Molly Malone, The Wild Rover, and The Wearing of the Green. Irish Tenor Brendan Caroll will join the Salisbury Singers to lend his wonderful singing voice and read authentic letters from Irish immigrants about their experiences. There will even be an opportunity for the audience to sing along to their favorite Irish ballads! With the McInerney Irish dancers and traditional Irish instruments this event promises to be to be a festive evening. Refreshments, wine and beer will be available as well as the opportunity to bid on wonderful items featured in our Silent Auction. $30, Cabaret Seating. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Armenian Church Of Our Saviour Cultural Center, 34 Boynton St. 508-756-2931 or salisburysingers.org
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Doctor Robert. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Jim Weeks. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The GazBar Sports Grill, 1045 Central St., Leominster. Nik Chisholm Performs at Loft, Saturday at 8. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. Sean Fullerton and his Mad Loops Laboratory. Sean Fullerton specializes in Acoustic Blues, Rock, Folk, Memphis Soul and Fingerstyle Guitar using 6 String, 12 String and resonator guitars, harmonicas, guitar looping, Bose and UltraSound sound systems. Sean performs in a wide variety of venues and events throughout New England year-round as a solo musician, as well as with his Acoustic Beatles tribute called Beatle Wood, and his Acoustic Folk Alan Goodrich. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., tribute called Creeque Alley. Dinner, Drinks, Music and Fun. 8-10:30 Leominster. 978-466-3433. p.m. Tavern on the Common, 249 Main St., Rutland. 508-886-4600 Christine Lavin and Don White. This is Don White’s 60th or seanfullertonmusic.net birthday show - come & be a part of the madness as we say goodbye Shaggers at the Black Sheep. Always a great time with the to Don’s 5th decade on the planet. Christine Lavin and Don White Shaggers. And the Sheep has the best pizza and nicest bartenders are two of the funniest entertainers on today’s music scene. This is in New England. 0. 8-11 p.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster a double trouble show. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and you’ll laugh some Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484. more. Two of America’s most-loved songwriters and raconteurs join The Venice Baroque Orchestra, Gianpiero Zanocco, forces for this one-of-a-kind event. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, featured violinist. Please join us for a pre-concert lecture in Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets. Washburn Hall at 7pm, free to all ticket holders. Founded in 1997 bullrunrestaurant.com by Baroque scholar and harpsichordist Andrea Marcon, the Venice Dana Lewis Live! Great Food, Full Bar, Lottery, Flat Screens and Baroque Orchestra is recognized as one of the premier ensembles Me! Playing your favorite hits from the 50’s to the 80’s. “The Sound devoted to period instrument performance. The Orchestra receives track to your Youth” Free! 8-11 p.m. Barber’s Crossing Road House, wide critical acclaim for its concert and opera performances 861 Main St., Leicester. 508-892-7575. throughout North America, Europe, South America, Japan and Diabolic and Block McClouds Album Release. 21+ with Korea, Taiwan and China. The Orchestra has appeared in many more proper ID 8 p.m.-midnight Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799cities across the United States than any other Baroque orchestra in 0629. history. They also maintain the most frequent touring schedule to DJ Karaoke with DJ Fenton. None. 8 p.m.-midnight The Ballot Asia. Their performance in Worcester will showcase some of Baroque Box, 11-17 Kelly Square. 774-243-1606. music’s finest works, including pieces by Vivaldi, Corelli, and Galuppi. Members and their guests are welcome to the 176th annual meeting of the Worcester County Horticultural Society at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, Friday, March 3, 4:30-7 p.m. Meeting followed by guest speaker Stephen Stimson, principal and owner of Stephen Stimson Associations, on “Agrarian Roots: A New Vision for Tower Hill Botanic Garden.” A reception in the Great Hall will be held after the presentation. For more information, visit towerhill.org, email thbg@towerhillbgo.org or call 508-869-6111, ext. 136.
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and Fingerstyle Guitar using 6 String, 12 String and resonator guitars, harmonicas, guitar looping, Bose and UltraSound sound systems. Sean performs in a wide variety of venues and events throughout New England year-round as a solo musician, as well as with his Acoustic Beatles tribute called Beatle Wood, and his Acoustic Folk tribute called Creeque Alley. Supporting your local farms! 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Princeton Farmers Market, 14 Mountain Road, Princeton. seanfullertonmusic.net Blue Plate Sunday Jam featuring Trigger. Come on down, bring your guitar, bass, sticks, harp, sax, voice, or whatever instrument you’d like and join in on the jam. Each week a local band from the area will host the event, providing a full band set-up (PA, Drums, amps, microphones). All types of music are welcome. This week’s feature band is Trigger. 3-7 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. The Armenian Church of Our Savior Cultural Center, 34 Boynton St., Worcester, hosts A Celtic Celebration Saturday, March 4, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Refreshments, wine and beer will be sold, and their will be a silent auction. The cost is $30. Seating is cabaret-style. For more information, visit salisburysingers.org or email infor@salisburysingers.org.
St. Spyridon’s Greek Cathedral, 102 Russell St., Worcester Admission: $6.00, Kids 12 and under: free Irish Bands, Irish Dancers, Corned Beef, Beer and Wine Irish goods for sale, Face Painting for the kids
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Livegrass. Bluegrass all stars 3-6 p.m. Homefield Brewing, 3 Arnold Road, Fiskdale. 774-242-6365. Danielle Lessard - Acoustic Artist. 5-8 p.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Dana Lewis Live! Dana Lewis Live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s in the lounge “The sound track of your Youth” Best Wood fired Pizza’s, Italian Food, Full Bar, Lottery & Me! No Cover. Come on out! Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook. Open Mic Sundays @ Plaza Azteca! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6-9 p.m. Plaza Azteca, 539 Lincoln St. The Sunday Jam with feature artist Brad Faucher! Mikey Lynch’s Sunday Jam with a great feature artist each week and open jam session. All are welcome. No cover. 7-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Duke Robillard. Blues guitar wiz, Duke Robillard, is a founder and 12-year member of Roomful of Blues, which accompanied Big Joe Turner and Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson and many more on record and in live appearances during his tenure. After leaving the group, Duke played briefly with rockabilly king Robert Gordon, then replaced Jimmie Vaughan in the Fabulous Thunderbirds after spending the previous decade touring with his own band and recording 5 critically acclaimed albums for Rounder Records. He as also toured and recorded with Bob Dylan and Tom Waits. Known for his amazing guitar work, powerful songwriting and skillful session work, “The Duke” is a one-man cheering section for all things blues. The Blues Music Awards (formerly W.C.Handy Awards) have named Duke Robillard “Best Blues Guitarist” four years out of five (2000,2001,2003,2004) making him the second most honored guitarist for that award! He was also nominated in that category in 2005, 2007 and 2008. $25 day of show. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com Almost Acoustic Sundays. 21+ with proper ID 8 p.m.-midnight
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Open Mic/ Open Decks. 21+ with proper ID Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Comedy Open Mic. No Cover. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Dana Lewis Live! Great Food, Full Bar, Lottery, Flat Screens and Me! Playing your favorite hits from the 50’s to the 80’s. “The Sound track to your Youth” Free! 8-11 p.m. Barber’s Crossing Road House, 861 Main St., Leicester. 508-892-7575. Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.
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Twister Tuesday. 21+ with proper ID Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Piaist Bobby Gadoury. Pianist Bobby Gadoury is that rare combination of naturally gifted, classically educated and trained musician. The combination makes for a stunning performance by a very warm and personable performer. A regular at Nuovo Restaurant in Worcester and Grill 37 in Pomfret, Connecticut, Gadoury’s repertoire includes classical, Sinatra, Billy Joel and all the music you love! Free and Open to the Public. 2-3 p.m. Briarwood Continuing Care Retirement Community: Birches Auditorium, 65 Briarwood Circle. 508-852-9007. Pianist, Bruce Pratt, Jr.. Pianist Bruce Pratt, Jr. is that rare combination of naturally gifted, classically educated and trained musician. The combination makes for a stunning performance by a very warm and personable performer Free and Open to the Public. 2-3 p.m. Briarwood Continuing Care Retirement Community: Birches Auditorium, 65 Briarwood Circle. 508-852-9007. Tuesday Open Mic Night @ Greendale’s Pub with Bill McCarthy Local Musicians Showcase! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or find them on Facebook. Dana Lewis Live! Great Food, Full Bar, Lottery, Flat Screens and Me! Playing your favorite hits from the 50’s to the 80’s. “The Sound track to your Youth” Free! 8-11 p.m. Barber’s Crossing Road House, 861 Main St., Leicester. 508-892-7575. Tuesday Talent Showcase. “Unsung Heroes” Featuring Kevin Kvein & more. 8-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Dam Chick Singer. No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and
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The Motown Jukebox. Join “Motown Tom” Ingrassia-Worcester’s very own Agent Double-O Soul--every Wednesday morning from 9 am to noon for The Motown Jukebox on WCUW 91.3FM for 3 hours of Motown music and the stories behind the hits. “Motown Tom” is a Motown historian and author. His current book--Reflections Of A Love Supreme: Motown Through The Eyes Of Fans was named the Best Music Book of 2016 by the National Indie Excellence Awards. “Motown Tom” has twice been named Best Radio Personality in local media polls. WCUW streams live online at wcuw. org. 9 a.m.-noon WCUW 91.3 FM - Worcester’s Community Radio Station, 910 Main St. 508-753-1012 or wcuw.org Art Carts: Family Fun - Coat of Arms. During the Middle Ages a coat of arms was used for identification. Back then, many people could not read and heraldry became a method of identification of individuals, institutions and states. We associate heraldry with Knights, for whom the tradition was started, but it a system that became more broadly used. Come learn basic heraldry and design your own arms! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Medieval Galleries, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Mauro Depasquale. 6-9 p.m. Bistro, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. 508-755-6070. Open Mic Wednesdays at CJ’s Steak Loft in Northborough. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook. Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6-9 p.m. CJs Steakloft, 369 W. Main St. (route 20), Northborough. 508-393-8134 or find them on Facebook. Tab Benoit. Guitarist, singer and songwriter Tab Benoit, who makes his home near New Orleans in Houma, Louisiana, is definitely a man with the blues. He’s one of a handful of bright rising stars on the modern blues scene who paid his dues as a road troubadour playing 250 nights a year. $35 advance; $40 day of show. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com Dana Lewis Live! Great Food, Full Bar, Lottery, Flat Screens and Me! Playing your favorite hits from the 50’s to the 80’s. “The Sound track to your Youth” Free! 8-11 p.m. Barber’s Crossing Road House, 861 Main St., Leicester. 508-892-7575. Nick’s Jazz Jam. No Cover. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Chris Reddy. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Quinn’s Irish Pub, 715 West Boylston St. 508-459-2025. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Karaoke with DJ Soup. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. Mike Melendez. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.
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ArtsWorcester, “Dresses: Fight or Flight” by Alicia Dwyer, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through July 15; “Monday Mosh Monsters” by Adam Cutler and “Faces All Around” by Tim Evans, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through March 3; The 13th Annual College Show, Thursdays, Fridays,
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Saturdays, through March 3. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu Booklovers’ Gourmet, Expressionist Paintings by Kate Vezina, Through March 31. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232 or bookloversgourmet.com Clark University: University Gallery, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or 508-7937113 or clarku.edu Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. to Panic! At The Disco brings their Death of a Bachelor Tour to the DCU Center, 50 Foster St., Worcester, Saturday, March 4, 7-10 p.m. Touring on the heels of their fifth studio album, the band is joined by MisterWives and Saint Motel. Tickets are $29.50-$59.50, and can be bought at the DCU Box Officer, by calling 800-745-3000 or at ticketmaster.com.
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, Last Frontier / Última Frontera: La Subjetividad del Territorio, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through April 13. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross.edu Danforth Museum of Art, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-5 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 123 Union Ave., Framingham. 508-620-0050 or danforthmuseum.org EcoTarium, Turtle Travels, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sept. 17 - May 7. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $15.00 adults; $10 for children ages 2-18, college students with ID & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special event. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org Fisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham. 978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu Fitchburg Art Museum, Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg. 978-345-4207 or fitchburgartmuseum.org Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m.-midnight Wednesday, closed
Thursday - Saturday. 50 Grove St., Fitchburg. 978-345-1157 or fitchburghistory.fsc.edu Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. fitchburgstate.edu Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-4563924 or fruitlands.org Gallery of African Art, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Donations accepted. 62 High St., Clinton. 978-265-4345 or 978-598-5000x12 or galleryofafricanart.org 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 Road. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org Museum of Russian Icons, Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Adults $10; Seniors (59 +), $7; Students, $5; Children 3-17, $5; Children <3, free. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978598-5000 or 978-598-5000 or museumofrussianicons.org Old Sturbridge Village, Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday. Admission: $14 - $28 charged by age. Children under 3 free. 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. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-696-0909. Post Road Art Center, Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508485-2580 or postroadartcenter.com Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754-8760 or preservationworcester.org Prints and Potter Gallery: American Arts and Crafts Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-7522170 or printsandpotter.com Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 or qvcah.org Quinsigamond Community College: Administration Building, 670 West Boylston St. qcc.edu Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: free. 633 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com Salisbury Mansion, Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday, 1-8:30 p.m. Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 40 Highland St. 508-7538278 or worcesterhistory.org SAORI Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio, 18 Winslow St. 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester.com Sprinkler Factory, Admission: free. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory.com Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West Boylston St. 508-853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com The Foster Gallery, 51 Union St. 508-397-7139 or thefostergallery.com Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. 21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-297-4337 or topfunaviation.com Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, free to Members & Children under. 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111 or towerhillbg.org Worcester Art Museum, Facing the World: Modernization and Splendor in Meiji Japan, Through April 16; Helmutt on the Move,
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Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sept. 1 - Aug. 31; Helmutt’s Drop In Studio, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, through March 3; Jeppson Idea Lab: Renoir’s The Jewish Wedding, Through March 26; KAHBAHBLOOOM: The Art and Storytelling of Ed Emberley, Through Sept. 9; Mary Cassatt, Through April 2; Zip Tour: Molenaer: Figures Smoking and Playing Music in an Inn, Saturday. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, $12 seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first Saturdays of each month, 10am-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-7994406 or worcesterart.org Worcester Center for Crafts, Exhibition: Bandits and Heros, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through March 11. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org Worcester Historical Museum, Hours: closed Sunday Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-7538278 or worcesterhistory.org Worcester Public Library, Hours: 1:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-7991655 or worcpublib.org WPI: George C. Gordon Library, 100 Institute Road. wpi.edu
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Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits - Fridays, Saturdays, Saturday, September 18 - Tuesday, December 31. Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits 257 Park Ave Worcester MA 01609 Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Clubs Showtimes: Friday 9pm-Saturdays 8pm -$20pp Reservations Recommended at 800-401-2221 Prices: $20 Fri/Sat pp except Special Events Drinks and Appetizers available in the show room Full Dinner Available before Show in Restaurant $5off with College ID and Reservations 2 for 1 Active Military or Veterans and Reservations $4 off with Dinner Receipt and Reservations. Fri & Sat March 3rd & 4th Billy Winn Jason Cordova and Friends Fri & Sat March 10th & 11th Sean Sullivan and Friends Fri & Sat March 17th & 18th Bethany Van Delft Drew Dunn and Friends Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits Great Food and Fun Make Reservations Early at 800-401-2221 or online at dickdoherty.com Worcester State Theatre presents Almost Maine Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Thursday, March 2 - Saturday, March 4. This moving and funny student directed production focuses on how love grows in northern Maine. Like us on Facebook @ VPAatWorcesterState or on Twitter and Instagram @WSUVPA. Read our blog The Artful Lancer at WSUVPA.wordpress.com. $14 public, $10 seniors, $7 students. 8-10 p.m. Fuller Theater, Shaugnessy Building at Worcester State University, Fuller Theater, 486 Chanlder St. Call 508-929-8843 or visit worcester.edu Wit - Friday, March 3. By Margaret Edson Directed by Matthew J. Carr Presented by Pilgrim Soul Productions March 3,4, 10 and 11 at 7:30 PM March 12 at 2:00 PM Vivian Bearing, Ph.D., a renowned professor of English has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. During the course of her illness Vivian comes to reassess her life and work with a profundity and humor that are transformative both for her and her audience. “A dazzling and humane play that you will remember till you dying day.” -NY Magazine Reservations: 508-2960797 pilgrimsoulproductions@gmail.com pilgrimsoulproductions. com $20/$18 under 18 and over 64 $16 for groups of 10 or more. 7:30-9 p.m. Alternatives Whitin Mill Complex: GB and Lexi Singh Performance Center, 60 Douglas Road, Whitinsville. Call 508-2960797 or visit alternativesnet.org Sister Act - Friday, March 3 - Saturday, March 4. Sister Act Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Glenn Slater; Booke by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner; Additional Book Material by Douglas Carter Bean Based on the Touchstone Picture Motion Picture, Sister Act, written by
Joseph Howard. Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International, New York, NY Sister Act tells the hilarious story of Deloris Van Cartier, a wannabe diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a crime and the cops hide her in the last place anyone would think to look-a convent! Under the suspicious watch of Mother Superior, Deloris helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own. A sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship, Sister Act is reason to rejoice! February 24, 25, March 3, 4 at 8:00pm; March 5 at 2:00pm $22. 8-10:30 p.m. Mount Wachusett Community College: Theatre, 444 Green St., Gardner. Call 978-630-9388 or visit mwcc.edu Sister Act - Sunday, March 5. Sister Act Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Glenn Slater; Booke by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner; Additional Book Material by Douglas Carter Bean Based on the Touchstone Picture Motion Picture, Sister Act, written by Joseph Howard. Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International, New York, NY Sister Act tells the hilarious story of Deloris Van Cartier, a wannabe diva whose life takes a surprising turn when she witnesses a crime and the cops hide her in the last place anyone would think to look-a convent! Under the suspicious watch of Mother Superior, Deloris helps her fellow sisters find their voices as she unexpectedly rediscovers her own. A sparkling tribute to the universal power of friendship, Sister Act is reason to rejoice! February 24, 25, March 3, 4 at 8:00pm; March 5 at 2:00pm $17. Worcester State Theatre presents “Almost Maine,” Thursday-Saturday, March 2-4, 8-10 p.m., Fuller Theater, Shaughnessy Building, Worcester State University, 486 Chandler St., Worcester. Cost is $14 for public, $10 seniors, $7 students. For more information, visit worcester.edu, email VPABoxOffice@ worcester.edu or call 508-929-8843.
2-4:30 p.m. Mount Wachusett Community College: Theatre, 444 Green St., Gardner. Call 978-630-9388 or visit mwcc.edu
dance >Thursday 2
Dr. Seuss Birthday Bash. Help us celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday with stories, songs, birthday cake, and a fun craft! Ages 10 and under. free. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655. Cats Meow. $50. 5:30-8:30 p.m. DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Leominster, 99 Erdman Way, Leominster. 978-466-4516 or healthalliancefoundation.org
>Friday 3 – Saturday 4
Soulful house dj nights in bistro fri 3/3 w/ big spoon. Chill after hours in the Bistro. 10:30PM-2AM / No cover! Late Night Food Menu Available (view menu at bullmansion.com) DJ will play after Acoustic show by Sarah Wallace Saturday 3/3 - Big Spoon (Nu-Disco, Funk, Deep House, Soul House) Soundcloud.com/ bigspoonma Mixcloud.com/bigspoonma 55 Pearl St Downtown Worcester Complimentary parking in our Chestnut St lot Free. 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Bistro, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. 508-755-6070 or find them on Facebook.
>Saturday 4 - Sunday 5
Soulful house dj nights in bistro sat 3/4 w/ big spoon. Chill after hours in the Bistro. 10:30PM-2AM / No cover! Late Night Food Menu Available (view menu at bullmansion.com) DJ will play after Acoustic show by Sarah Wallace Saturday 3/4 - Big Spoon (NuDisco, Funk, Deep House, Soul House) Soundcloud.com/bigspoonma Mixcloud.com/bigspoonma Free. 10:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Bistro, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. 508-755-6070 or find them on Facebook.
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Helmutt’s Drop In Studio. Add to your museum visit experience by participating in Helmutt’s Drop-In Studio, offered in conjunction with the exhibition, “KAHBAHBLOOOM: The Art and Storytelling of Ed Emberley.” Try your hand at some of the techniques Ed uses to create his colorful picture books, like thumbprint drawing, printmaking, and making pictures with color block shapes. New art-making activities weekly. Mar 1 - 3 & 5 Cut and Paste Animals & Draw a Folding mini-Book Open hours: Wednesdays-Fridays, 11am-12noon, and 1-3pm; Sundays 2-4:45pm. Suitable for all ages; Helmutt’s Drop-In Studio is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Free with Museum admission. 2-4:45 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Studio 100, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.
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Form and Function: Reflecting Nature in Sculpture. Form follows function in nature: a woodpecker’s skull is uniquely shaped and constructed to withstand hammering. In this sculpture class, we will study how animals are “put together” and apply what we learn in constructing our own critters. Possible material for sculpture include clay, papier-mâché, wire, mixed media, and found materials. Students will learn foundational techniques to build and to express themselves with unique 3D forms. For more information and to register, call 508.753.6087. $60 Child members, $75 Child nonmembers. 12:30-11 p.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Road. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org
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Friday Morning Birds. Enjoy a leisurely birding experience and help document the sanctuary birds over the season. This weekly walk helps us confirm which birds are migrating and which are year-round residents. We’ll explore different corners of the sanctuary each week - you never know what we will find. Birders of all levels are invited. For more information and to register, call 508.753.6087. Free for Mass Audubon Members, $5 for Nonmembers. 7-9 a.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Road. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org 176th Annual Meeting of the Worcester County Horticural Society at Tower Hill Botanic Garden. Business Meeting begins at 4:30pm. The Annual Meeting will include a presentation of the Society’s business over the past year and a vote on candidates for the Board of Trustees as well as any resolutions and proposals. The Business Meeting will be followed by a presentation by Guest Speaker Stephen Stimson, FASLS, Principal and Owner, Stephen Stimson Associations. Mr. Stimson’s presentation is titled: “Agrarian Roots: A New Vision for Tower Hill Botanic Garden”. Please join us for a reception in the Great Hall immediately following the presentation. Admission is free. Registration is required. Members are welcome to bring guests. 4:30-7 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 136 or towerhillbg.org
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Saturday Morning Bird Walk for Adults. Explore the sanctuary grounds in search of birds during this program for casual and novice birders alike. Come discover the immense variety of birdlife that exists at this large urban sanctuary. We’ll teach you the basics of birding and bird identification during an easy-to-moderate walk along the trails. Free for members. Bring binoculars and field guides, if you have them. Wear appropriate footwear and bring a water bottle. For more information and to register, call 508.753.6087. Free for Mass Audubon Members, $5 for Nonmembers. 7-9:30 a.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Road. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org First Saturday of the Month Volunteer Days at Broad Meadow Brook. Join us on this Saturday morning for wildliferelated volunteering activities. Maintaining habitat and monitoring populations are part of managing the largest urban wildlife sanctuary
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in New England. Spring through early fall we look for butterflies and dragonflies, take care of bird feeders, and battle invasive plants. Open to adults and families with children ages 8 and older. For more information call 508.753.6087. Free. 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Road. 508-753-6087.
>Saturday 4 – Sunday 12
Heifer International’s Pancakes at the Farm. Join us for Heifer Farm’s annual pancake breakfast. Imagine! Pancakes covered in Heifer Farm maple syrup with a side of farm-raised pork sausage, coffee and juice served family style in our Visitor Center overlooking rolling hills. Enjoy our newly expanded Shop@Heifer gift shop & cafe! After breakfast, tour the farm to view the maple sugaring operation, meet the newborn kids & lambs and explore Heifer’s Global Village. Reservations are recommended for this popular breakfast feast by calling 508-886-2221 or by e-mailing heifer.farm@ heifer.org. Admission: $14 per adult, $7 per child (ages 3-10), free for children 2 and under. 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Heifer International Learning Center at Overlook Farm, 216 Wachusett St., Rutland. 508886-2221 or heifer.org
family >Thursday 2 – Thursday 30
Art Carts: Family Fun - Antioch, the Hunt Mosaic and WAM. Ever wonder how our wonderful collection of mosaics got here? How they were made? Where they came from? Where is Antioch? Learn about all this and try your hand at making a mosaic! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 1-2 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor is nice and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor? Is it comfortable? How and why did they decorate it? Discover the answers to these questions and more with our hands-on armor activity! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Medieval Galleries, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.
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Arms and Armor: Company of the Wolfe Argent. Representing a company of 15th century Burgundian men-atarms, this group employs period clothing and weaponry to offer a lively glimpse of arms and armor, society, and daily life in the late Middle Ages. (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Conference Room, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. Tour of the Month - Treasures of the Middle Ages. Discover the newly reinstalled medieval galleries including the Spoletto frescoes, arms and armor from the John Woodman Higgins collection, and stained glass windows. The tour will also look at other treasures in the Museum’s collection from the Middle Ages including the Chapter House. Tour begins in the Lancaster Welcome Center. Free with Museum admission. 2-3 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.
>Saturday 4 – Sunday 5
Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor is nice and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor? Is it comfortable? How and why did they decorate it? Discover the answers to these questions and more with our hands-on armor activity! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 2-3 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Medieval Galleries, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. MARCH 2, 2017 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM
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Family Winter Tree ID Walk. Instructor: Alice Puccio Trees are most commonly identified by their leaves, but there are other clues that can help identify type of tree. Learn how to identify trees in the winter time on a family friendly walk through the woods. Preregistration required, max 20 people/5 families Member: $15/family, Nonmember: $25/family plus cost of admission. 1-2 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org Worcester Chamber Music Society - Carnival of the Animals, Annual Free Family Concert. Saint-Saens has created a delightful, heart-warming and humorous musical depiction of a veritable zoo full of animals. Aided by the witty poems of Ogden Nash as updated by our own narrator Rohan Gregory, this is entertainment for young and old alike. Musicians become Elephants, Kangaroos, Donkeys, Fish and of course, the king of the jungle, the Xylophone! Bring the kids, they’ll laugh, you’ll cry! Or perhaps you’ll laugh and they’ll cry, either way it’s fun, fun fun! Featuring artwork inspired by the music, created by students at Dawson Elementary School in Holden. Bring a new or gently used book to donate to Reliant Medical Group Foundation’s Reach Out and Read program and you will be automatically entered into a raffle to win a free family pass to the EcoTarium. Sunday, March 5, 2017 3:00-4:00 PM Mechanics Hall 321 Main Street, Worcester Free Admission (reservations are not required) With guests Robert Schulz, percussion; William Kirkley, clarinets; and Anthony D’Amico, double bass Free. 3-4 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-0888 or worcesterchambermusic.org
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Arms and Armor: Knight’s Tale. The Knight in shining armor conjures a thousand images and captures the imagination. What were the strengths of armor? What were its weaknesses? Learn about all the different kinds of arms and armor that were used by knights and soldiers of the past in this interactive program. Follow this with a visit to the Medieval Galleries and immerse yourself in the world of chivalry! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Conference Room, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.
>Wednesday 8
PAW Patrol Live! “Race to the Rescue”. PAW Patrol is on a roll with the first-ever live tour! It’s the day of the Great Race between Adventure Bay’s Mayor Goodway and Foggy Bottom’s Mayor Humdinger, but Mayor Goodway is nowhere to be found. PAW Patrol to the rescue! Ryder summons Marshall, Chase, Skye, Rubble, Rocky, Zuma, and the newest pup, Everest, to rescue Mayor Goodway and to run the race in her place. Tickets are $20, $30, $40 and $58 depending on seat location. VIP tickets are available for $110. Discounts are available for members and groups of 10+. 10 a.m.-noon Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre.org Art Carts: Family Fun - Roman Empire. Did you know that our Roman collection includes art from five different countries, spread across ten centuries? Why are there so many heads without bodies? And how can you recognize an emperor or god from just his face (or feet)? Learn about Europe’s first great empire, and use one of our maps to discover where our objects came from. (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 1-2 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court by the Roman Gallery, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.
>Wednesday 8
PAW Patrol Live! “Race to the Rescue”. PAW Patrol is on a roll with the first-ever live tour! It’s the day of the Great Race between Adventure Bay’s Mayor Goodway and Foggy Bottom’s Mayor
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Humdinger, but Mayor Goodway is nowhere to be found. PAW Patrol to the rescue! Ryder summons Marshall, Chase, Skye, Rubble, Rocky, Zuma, and the newest pup, Everest, to rescue Mayor Goodway and to run the race in her place. Tickets are $20, $30, $40 and $58 depending on seat location. VIP tickets are available for $110. Discounts are available for members and groups of 10+. 6-8 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-5717469 or thehanovertheatre.org
college sports Men’s Basketball
Holy Cross Mar. 2 @ Patriot League Tournament, Quarterfinals, TBA Mar. 5 @ Patriot League Tournament, Semifinals, TBA Mar. 8 @ Patriot League Tournament, Championship Game, TBA
Women’s Basketball
Holy Cross Mar. 1 vs. Loyola, 7:05 p.m. Mar. 4 @ Patriot League Tournament, First Round, TBA Mar. 6 @ Patriot League Tournament, Quarterfinals
Men’s Lacrosse
Holy Cross Mar. 4 @ Loyola, 12 p.m. Becker Mar. 1 @ Mount Ida, 3:30 p.m. Mar. 4 @ Rivier, 1 p.m. Mar. 8 @ Dean, 3:30 p.m. Anna Maria Mar. 1 vs. Wheelock, 5 p.m. Mar. 4 @ Nichols, 11 a.m. Assumption Mar. 4 vs. Le Moyne, 2 p.m. Mar. 8 @ Adelphi, 4 p.m. Nichols Mar. 1 @ Rivier, TBA Mar. 4 vs. Anna Maria, 11 a.m. Mar. 7 vs. Salem State, 4 p.m. Mar. 9 vs. UMass Boston, 4 p.m. Clark University Mar. 1 @ Skidmore College, 6 p.m. Mar. 4 vs. Gordon College, 1 p.m.
Women’s Lacrosse
Holy Cross Mar. 1 vs. University of New Hampshire, 5:05 p.m. Mar. 7 @ University of Vermont, 3 p.m. Becker Mar. 1 vs. Nichols, 4 p.m. Mar. 4 vs. Dean, 1 p.m. Mar. 8 vs. Mt. St. Vincent, 4 p.m. Assumption Mar. 4 vs. Bridgeport, 11 a.m. Nichols Mar. 1 @ Becker, 4 p.m. Mar. 7 @ Fitchburg State, 4 p.m. Mar 9 vs. Framingham State, 7 p.m. Worcester State Mar. 4 vs. Western Connecticut State, 12 p.m. Mar. 9 vs. Gordon College, 4 p.m
Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Worcester State Mar. 4 @ Tufts Last Chance Meet, TBA Holy Cross Mar. 4 @ IC4A Indoor Championship, Boston University, 12 p.m. Mar. 5 @ IC4A Indoor Championship, Boston University, TBA
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Women’s Track & Field
Worcester State Mar. 4 @ Tufts Last Chance Meet, TBA Holy Cross Mar. 4 @ IC4A Indoor Championship, Boston University, 12 p.m. Mar. 5 @ IC4A Indoor Championship, Boston University, TBA
Men’s Ice Hockey
Nichols Mar. 4 vs. Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Championship in TBA, TBA Holy Cross Mar. 3 @ Atlantic Ice Hockey Tournament, First Round, TBA Mar. 4 @ Atlantic Ice Hockey Tournament, First Round, TBA Mar. 5 @ Atlantic Ice Hockey Tournament, First Round, TBA
Women’s Tennis Holy Cross Mar. 2 @ Boston University, 5 p.m.
Baseball
Nichols Mar. 4 vs. Framingham State in NEBC (Northborough, Mass), 3:30 p.m. Mar. 5 vs. Wheaton in Clark University (Worcester, Mass), 11 a.m. Mar. 5 vs. Wheaton in Clark University (Worcester, Mass), 1 p.m. Worcester State Mar. 4 @ Fisher in NEBC (Northborough, Mass), 11 a.m. Mar. 4 @ Fisher in NEBC (Northborough, Mass), 1:30 p.m. Mar. 7 vs. Mass-Dartmouth in NEBC (Northborough, Mass), 3 p.m. Holy Cross Mar. 4 @ California-Riverside, 4 p.m. Mar. 5 @ California-Riverside, 4 p.m. Mar. 6 @ California-Riverside, 9 p.m. Mar. 7 @ California-Riverside, 9 p.m. Mar. 8 @ Cal State Northridge, 5 p.m. Anna Maria Mar. 4 vs. Lakeland @ Fort Myers, Fla., 12 p.m. Mar. 7 vs. Haverford @ Fort Myers, Fla., Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic, 3 p.m. Mar. 8 vs. Pitt-Bradford @ Fort Myers, Fla., Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic, 9 a.m. Mar. 8 vs. Coast Guard @ Fort Myers, Fla. (Player Development Complex), 12 p.m. Assumption Mar. 3 @ Rollins, 3 p.m. Mar. 3 vs. Nyack @ Rollins, 6 p.m. Mar. 4 @ Rollins, 12 p.m. Mar 5 vs. Saint Anselm @ Rollins, 11 a.m. Mar. 6 vs. Concordia (N.Y.) @ Winter Park, Fla., 2 p.m. Mar. 7 vs. Bentley @ Rollins, 11 a.m. Mar. 9 vs. Saint Anselm @ Rollins, 1 p.m. Clark University Mar. 4 vs. Iowa Wesleyan @ Lake Myrtle Field No. 6, Auburndale, Fla., 3 p.m. Mar. 5 vs. SUNY Poly @ Lake Myrtle Field No. 2, Auburndale, Fla., 9:15 a.m. Mar. 5 vs. SUNY Poly @ Lake Myrtle Field No. 2, Auburndale, Fla., 12:15 p.m. Mar. 6 vs. New England College @ Chain Of Lakes Park Field No. 2, Winter Haven, Fla., 9 a.m. Mar. 7 vs. Husson University @ Chain Of Lakes Stadium, Winter Haven, Fla., 10:30 a.m. Mar. 9 vs. Wittenberg University @ Lake Myrtle Field No. 1, Auburndale, Fla., 12:30 p.m. WPI Mar. 5 vs. St. Joseph’s @ Auburndale, FL, RussMatt Invitational - Lake Myrtle Park Field #3, 10 a.m. Mar. 5 vs. St. Joseph’s @ Auburndale, FL, RussMatt Invitational - Lake Myrtle Park Field #3, 12:30 p.m.
Mar. 6 vs. Muskingum @ Auburndale, FL, RussMatt Invitational - Lake Myrtle Park Main Field, 2:30 p.m. Mar. 6 vs. Muskingum @ Auburndale, FL, RussMatt Invitational - Lake Myrtle Park Main Field, 5:30 p.m. Mar. 8 vs. New England College @ Auburndale, FL, RussMatt Invitational - Lake Myrtle Park Field #8, 11 a.m. Mar. 8 vs. New England College @ Auburndale, FL, RussMatt Invitational - Lake Myrtle Park Field #8, 1:30 p.m.
Softball
Holy Cross Mar. 7 vs. Florida International @ Fort Myers, Fla., Florida Gulf Coast Invitational, 1 p.m. Mar. 7 vs. Florida Gulf Coast @ Fort Myers, Fla., Florida Gulf Coast Invitational, 5:45 p.m. Mar. 8 vs. Ball State @ Fort Myers, Fla., Florida Gulf Coast Invitational, 2:30 p.m. Mar. 8 vs. Florida Gulf Coast @ Fort Myers, Fla., Florida Gulf Coast Invitational, 5:00 p.m. Anna Maria Mar. 6 vs. Cazenovia @ North Myrtle Beach, S.C. - Field 1, 9:30 a.m. Mar. 6 vs. SUNY Poly @ North Myrtle Beach, S.C. - Field 1, 11:30 a.m. Mar. 7 vs. Wentworth @ North Myrtle Beach, S.C. - Field 3, 1:30 p.m. Mar. 7 vs. Sweet Briar @ @ North Myrtle Beach, S.C. - Field 3, 3:30 p.m. Mar. 9 vs. Medaille @ North Myrtle Beach, S.C. - Field 5, 9:30 a.m. Mar. 9 vs. Mary Washington @ North Myrtle Beach, S.C. - Field 5, 1:30 p.m. Assumption Mar. 5 vs. Georgian Court @ Clermont, Fla. (Hancock Park), 2017 PFX Spring Games, 3:30 p.m. Mar. 6 vs. Concordia @ Clermont, Fla. (Hancock Park), 1 p.m. Mar. 7 vs. West Virginia Wesleyan @ Clermont, Fla. (Hancock Park), Spring Break Trip, 10:30 a.m. Mar. 7 vs. Ferris State @ Clermont, Fla. (Hancock Park), NTC Spring Games, 1 p.m. Mar. 9 vs. Caldwell @ Clermont, Fla. (Hancock Park), 10:30 a.m. Clark University Mar. 4 vs. Elms College @ North Collier Regional Park #1, Naples, Fla., 9 a.m. Mar. 4 vs. Eastern Nazarene @ North Collier Regional Park #1, Naples, Fla., 1 p.m. Mar. 5 vs. New Jersey City University @ CenturyLink Sports Complex #2, Fort Myers, Fla., 9 a.m. Mar. 5 vs. Mount Mary @ CenturyLink Sports Complex #2, Fort Myers, Fla., 11 a.m. Mar. 6 vs. Alverno College @ North Collier Regional Park #5, Naples, Fla., 1 p.m. Mar. 6 vs. Rockford College @ North Collier Regional Park #5, Naples, Fla., 3 p.m. Mar. 7 vs. Wheelock College @ CenturyLink Sports Complex #1, Fort Myers, Fla. , 1 p.m. Mar. 7 vs. Pitt-Bradford @ CenturyLink Sports Complex #2, Fort Myers, Fla., 3 p.m. Mar. 8 vs. Geneva College @ North Collier Regional Park #1, Naples, Fla., 9 a.m. Mar. 8 vs. Swarthmore @ North Collier Regional Park #1, Naples, Fla., 11 a.m. WPI Mar. 5 vs. Theil @ Kissimmee, FL, Citrus Games, 11 a.m. Mar. 5 vs. Simmons @ Kissimmee, FL, Citrus Games, 1:15 p.m. Mar. 6 vs. Saint Joseph’s @ Kissimmee, FL, Citrus Games, 11 a.m. Mar. 6 vs. Saint John Fisher @ Kissimmee, FL, Citrus Games, 3:30 p.m. Mar. 8 vs. Simmons @ Kissimmee, FL, Citrus Games, 1:15 p.m. Mar. 8 vs. Meredith @ Kissimmee, FL, Citrus Games, 3:30 p.m. Mar. 9 vs. Franklin @ Kissimmee, FL, Citrus Games, 1:15 p.m. Mar. 9 vs. Saint John Fisher @ Kissimmee, FL, Citrus Games, 3:30 p.m., 5:45 p.m.
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LAWN & GARDEN LANDSCAPING & LAWN MAINTENANCE Lawn Care and Maintenance Routine lawn care and maintenance, spring/fall cleanups, trimming, pruning, etc. Reasonable rates, insured. Respectful, honest service. Call 508-320-3431 or email lashawaypc@gmail.com. Thank you. 508-320-3431
FOSTER PARENTS WANTED Seeking families throughout Central Massachusetts who are interested in improving a child’s life. Call to inquire about our upcoming foster parent training. $1,000 SIGNING BONUS Call for Details (Must mention this ad during inquiry)
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MULCH & LOAM Sterling Peat LLC Quality Screened Loam & Compost, Screened Loam/ Compost Mix, Mulches, Screened Gravel. Fill, Fieldstone. 978-422-8294
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Devens, MA DC now hiring! Full-time Maintenance Tech Apply online: www.oreillyauto.com/careers
Powell Stone and Gravel, RA Powell Construction are currently looking for experienced workers in the fields of: CDL Truck Drivers Site Laborers Site Heavy Equipment Operators Gravel Pit Crushing/Screening Operators Landscape Retail Sales No phone calls, stop in for application or visit web site: www.powellstone.com 133 Leominster-Shirley Road, Lunenburg
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Front Office Staff Looking for a part to full time office staff member. We are looking for someone who is personable and has good computer skills. Medical office experience is preferred. Duties include phone triage, appointment scheduling and dealing with families. Please email resume to employmentopenings206@ gmail.com
TREE SERVICES Ross A. McGinnes Storm Damage, Tree Work, Stump Removals. Free estimates. Call 508-365-9602
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Rolloff, Residential and Commercial Drivers in West Boylston, MA! $3,000 Sign On Bonus! Requirements: Over 21 years old Class A or B CDL with Airbrake Endorsement 1+ Years Experience Turn A Job into a Career with The Industry Leader! Excellent Pay, Big Company Benefits, and Professional Paid Training! Call, text or apply online for immediate consideration! 1-877-220-5627 Text "WASTE" to 51893 to Learn More jobs.wm.com Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Disability/ Veteran
Police Dispatcher The Town of Sutton Police Department is seeking qualified candidates to fill positions of: (1) full time police dispatcher and (1) part time dispatcher. The successful candidate must be 18 years of age, a United States Citizen, possess a high school diploma or its equivalent and hold an active driver’s license. Previous experience with public safety dispatching and knowledge of related computer software will be given preference. Applications and job descriptions - including pay rate, can be found on the police department’s website: www.suttonpolice.com. Starting pay for the full time position will be $17.93 hourly and $16.54 hourly for part time position. These rates do not include any applicable shift differential. Applications and resumes will be accepted until 4pm on Monday March 20th 2017. The Town of Sutton is an equal opportunity employer.
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Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Unit C, section Heritage II, plots 1 and 2. Today’s price is $6500, asking $3500. 508-344-9626
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• Project Engineer II (Mechanical, Environmental, Electrical, Civil, Chemical) • Principal Engineer • CAD Technician/Mechanical Designer • Administrative Assistant Our growing company offers a highly competitive compensation package and the opportunity to join a dynamic, highly skilled team with real potential for growth. Area & Engineering Sales Manager - IMA Dairy & Food USA Inc. (Leominster, MA or any other unanticipated worksites/locations throughout the US; Domestic and International traveling is required up to 85-90% of the time, also including weekends when traveling overseas.) - Lead field sales effort to identify and secure profitable business for Petitioner’s proprietary machinery utilizing engineering, design, and product knowledge by preparing and making presentations on a) Aseptic Food-Packaging Equipment as follows: Thermal Process & Packaging Design for Aseptically Processed Liquid Food; Thermal Process & Packaging Design for Aseptically Processed Fluid Homogeneous Foods; Thermal Process & Packaging Design for Aseptically Processed Low-Acid Heterogeneous Foods Containing Discrete Particulate b) Clean-In-Place systems for Aseptic applications: US Food and Drug Administration requirements and approval; Conveying knowledge of microbiological validation of food aseptically processed and package and Understanding of Aseptic Filling and Packaging Operations. Plan and modify product & package configurations to meet customer needs; Operate within cost budgets to continually improve selling cost as a percentage of sales; Work with customers to define project requirements, develop and present solutions with a primary focus on closing the order and consulting with managers and project teams to insure customer requirements are implemented into the customization of the product; Conduct market research and gathering competitive information to keep the company apprised of market conditions and competitive positions of its products in the marketplace; Act as the primary backup for Project Management when dealing with the customer related issues once an order has been placed; Perform all of the foregoing with a focus on Mechanical Engineering specialized in complete line design of packaging equipment for the dairy, food, beverage industry, using knowledge of electrical design-specification concepts of complete line automation from product processing to final packaging and applying principles of Aseptic Thermal Processing and Optimization for high and low acid food with implementation of efficient energy recovery systems, and regulations and applications of Aseptically Processed and Package Foods (Dairy and Food) Vs. alternative technologies. Requires a Bachelor’s degree (or its foreign equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Management and/or Food-Packaging Technologies and 4 years of experience in job offered or 4 years of experience in the Related Occupation. Will accept any combination of degrees, certificates, training and/or experience with education and experience evaluation. Related Occupation: Sales Director of North America or any other job title: Leading field sales effort to identify and secure profitable business for Petitioner’s proprietary machinery utilizing engineering, design of Non-Aseptic Packaging Line. Planning and modifying product & package configurations to meet customer needs; Operating within cost budgets to continually improve selling cost as a percentage of sales; Working with customers to define project requirements, develop and present solutions with a primary focus on closing the order and consulting with managers and project teams to insure customer requirements are implemented into the customization of the product; Conducting market research and gathering competitive information to keep the company apprised of market conditions and competitive positions of its products in the marketplace; Acting as the primary backup for Project Management when dealing with the customer related issues once an order has been placed; Performing all of the foregoing with a focus on Mechanical Engineering specialized in complete line design of packaging equipment for the dairy, food, beverage industry, using knowledge of electrical design-specification concepts of complete line automation from product processing to final packaging. Must have proof of legal authorization to work in U.S. Send resume to LMarrone@imausa.net.
Expert Staffing in partnership with Boutwell, Owens & Co., Inc. has several openings for 12 hour shifts-Days and Nights Packers, Air Hammer Operators, Material Handlers, Utility Persons, Conveyor Tenders, Sheeter Operators, Gluer Operators and Die Cut Operators. Please apply at: Whitney Square, 40 Spruce Street, Suite 206, Leominster, MA 01453 barbara.sidilau@expert-staffing.com 978-798-1610
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Worc. County Memorial Park Paxton, MA Grave sites. 2 lots, Good Shepherd. Plot 147, graves 3 & 4. $5000.00 each. B/O Call Kris 508-735-9996 Worcester Memorial Park Paxton Garden of Honor, 2 plots, unit B, graves 3 & 4. Today’s cost $8500 for both, asking $4000. Call 910-477-9081
Worc. County Memorial Park, Paxton Garden of Honor, 2 plots, Plot 17, Unit C, Graves 3 & 4. Today’s cost is $8,800 for both. Asking $2950 total for both. Call 978-582-9309
Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Garden of Serenity Two lots for sale. Present price $3495 for both, will sell for $900 each, totaling $1800. Call 801-294-7514
Expert Staffing in partnership with Injectronics is now hiring for 8 hour Shifts-1st, 2nd and 3rd. Production Associates and Process Techs. Apply at:
Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton MA Garden of Heritage II. 2 Lots w/vaults. Current value $8300.00 Asking $3950.00 for both or B/O. Call Jim 508-769-8107
Whitney Square, 40 Spruce Street, Suite 206 Leominster, MA 01453 978-798-1610 barbara.sidilau@expert-staffing.com
Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Two lots, section 511, Garden of Valor. Asking $3500 OBO. 508-754-1188
Walk-ins welcome! Office Assistant for casual Holden office. Min. 2 yrs exp. Strong organizational & customer service skills, phones, sch. appointments. Microsoft word accuracy, emails, some knowledge of Excel & A/R. Hrs. approx 8:30 -5:00 Resume email: busybee@ busybeenursery.com or fax 508-829-6668 Our Readers Make Great Employees! Call Michelle today to place your Help Wanted ad! 508-829-5981 ext.433
MERCHANDISE CEMETERY PLOTS Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, Ma. Lot Number 297-B Space 1 and 2, Garden Of Valor Section. Current value is over $10,000 including 2 concrete burial vaults. $3,000.00 or B/O 508-3750080 Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA. 2 Lots in the Garden of Faith. $1500.00 for both. Near the feature. Mary 508-886-4334.
Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA Garden of the Cross Premier Location, Must sell Value $5250 Asking $4000 OBO 508-799-5678 Worc. County Memorial Park Paxton. Garden of Faith, 2 plots, Section #347-A 1&2. Today’s cost is $3,900.00 for both. Asking $1,500.00 total for both. Call 508-882-3421 or 909-714-0064 FOR SALE Vintage wood rocking chair w/upholstered seat & pillow. $85. Antique wood chair w/upholstered seat & pillow. $85 508-859-8170
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Nintendo Wii system Big Game Hunter, Sports Resort, Super Mario 25th All Star Anniv. game. $100. 978-537-8603
Veteran Will Buy Military Items American, German, Japanese, Italian etc. From Vietnam, Korea, WW2, WW1 and earlier. Please call 978-928-1238.
Golf clubs, bag, cart (used) Asking $250. 508-865-5726* Stunning Diamond Engagement Ring Approx. 1.25 carats, centered among 8 smaller diamonds. Replacement cost $6585, asking $4495. 508-829-3363. Optonica Stereo Receiver SA 5105 w/analog tuning, metal knobs. Clean, no scratches or dents. $40. 774-364-4752 Kubota Tractor Model 1870, 4WD Diesel with bucket. Only 160 Hrs. $9800. 508-829-5494 MacBook Pro laptop 4 yrs old but very clean and runs great. 13" screen. $550. Call 508-212 -0178 VINTAGE TABLE LAMPS Five (5) Lamps, Ceramic, Floral Designs/Gold Trim. Best Offers. 508-791-0531 1967 D28 Martin Guitar Intricate abalone shell embellishment on neck. Warm, sweet tone one expects from an instrument of this vintage. Hard shell case included. $4500 OBO. 617-527-5201 Old Mandolin, w/case $200 508-755-1990 Gaiam Mini Stepper NEW 11.5" L X 5" W , 18 lbs. Resistance Cords, Counter Display. Mint. $75. 508-754-1827 New fireplace screen Modern, black, universal size. Asking $25 cash. Will deliver locally. 508 829-9240 after 5 p.m.
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Amana ART104TFDW 14.3 cubic foot refrigerator/freezer, bought new, excellent condition, $375. 508-640-5888 Brother HL-2170W Wireless Laser Printer, bought new, very good condition, $50 508640-5888 Oak Children’s Bed & Desk Set Wooden chest, oak table, marble top table. Good condition. Price is negotiable. 774276-1047 Maytag Washer & Dryer 3 months old. Paid $649 each. Moving, must sell. Asking $1000. 508-886-6968 Heavy Duty Prototype PVC Pipes Hammock Frame w/1 cloth & 1 rope material, all accessories. $75 978-537-9925 C-13 Zeppelin Stamp Flag Cancelled $200. Got Stamp Questions? Call Ron at 413896-3324 Radiators Cast iron - 8"x 20 x 36 (H); 5" x 10 x 24 (H); 5" x 10 x 36 (H) all 3 for $100. Baseboard Weil Mclain radiators - 2" x 9" x 24" - 2 pcs - $50. 508-847-4531 Corn Hole Game College size, 4 bags. $65. 978-798-1475 U.S. C14 Zeppelin Stamp (U) Flag cncl. $175. Stamp questions? Ron 413-896-3324 FREE Black Upright Piano FREE All keys work, matching bench. Please call 978-660-8034 FURNITURE Corner Hutch Solid pine - 4 doors - 48" x 76". Accommodates 42" television. $250. Photo available. 508-829-6792
EDUCATION MUSIC INSTRUCTION Guitar Lessons/ Most Instruments All ages/25 years experience Recreational Dept. Sterling Lou Valentino 860-574-9467 www.yogavisionaries.com Testimonials/Rates
OTHER COMMUNITY FLYING FIELD WANTED Local RC club is looking for a field to fly quiet, electric-only model planes. Land owners who are willing to share their space with hobbyists should contact 508-641-3787. NOVENAS Prayer To St. Jude May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be Adored, Glorified, Loved & Preserved throughout the world, now & forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, please pray for us. Saint Jude, Worker of Miracles, please pray for me. Saint Jude, Helper of the Hopeless, please pray for us. Say this prayer 9 times a day for 9 days, by the 9th day your prayer will be answered even if you don’t believe. This Novena has never been known to fail. publication must be promised. Thank you St. Jude and God. DG
REAL ESTATE HOUSE FOR RENT Sterling 3 BR Farmhouse, spacious kitchen, 1.5 baths, oil/hot air heat, town water, great access to Rtes I-90 and 12. $1475/mo + util. Ref req. 978-365-4027 evenings House for rent in Worcester 3 Brm + den, 1.5 bath, water front, quiet, safe, lots of renovations, finished basement. $1750/mo. 617-818-5346
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Publisher’s Notice All real estate advertised in this publication is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, the Massachusetts Anti Discrimination Act and the Boston & Cambridge Fair Housing Ordinances which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age, children, marital status, sexual orientation, veterans status or source of income or any intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll free at 1-800-827-5005. For the NE area call HUD at 617-994-8300. The toll free number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275 or 617-565-5453
AUTOMOTIVE AUTO/MOTORCYCLE 2001 Suzuki Intruder 1500cc, showroom condition, lots of chrome, Vehix pipes. $4000. Call John at 978-466-6043. 1999 Road King Under 8,000 miles. Too many extras to list. Always stored in room temperature. $10,000 obo 978-4645525 or 978-549-3670 cell 2007 Suzuki Boulevard Cruising Motorcycle C90T; 1474cc; 6300 miles, 1 owner, perfect cond. accessories and new battery. Garaged, covered & serviced. $6,000 508-8498635
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2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter Black and gray. Mint cond. 469 miles. Asking $1650.00. Includes helmet. 207-289-9362 OR 207-450-1492.
1999 Pontiac Grand Am 6 Cylinder, automatic, needs work or use for parts. 159,903 miles. $675. 978-422-8084
AUTO/VAN 2008 Ford E250 Extended Van 3dr, A-T/AC, Power package. Roof racks. Int. shelving, tow package, 6 rims, 8 tires in good cond. Exc. overall cond. 57K miles. $9,999. 508-8292907 AUTOS 2005 Chrysler Pacifica 6 Cyl., AWD, Good Tires, New Sticker, New Brakes. Very clean, runs good. $2000 OBO. MUST SELL. 508-736-7385. Ask for Michael. 2013 BMW 128i 7K Orig Miles, Grey, 3.0, Automatic, Fully Loaded, Serviced. $16,900. 774-239-0800 2001 Ford Focus MECHANICS SPECIAL NEEDS ENGINE SOHC, Automatic, 4 cyl, 4 door, clean interior, straight body, new front brakes/rotors, clean title. First $300 takes it. 508-869-6841 1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe, Grey and Black. 50,000 miles. Holden area. $16,000. 407-375-3917 1997 Mercedes-Benz E-420 Sedan, 4 dr., 8 cyl., 214,000 miles. Silver. $2,995 obo. New tires, brakes & more. Good, quiet engine. Purrs like a kitten. 508-865-5372 1932 Ford Coupe Little deuce Coupe, with a Corvette mill and four on the floor. 6,000 aprox. mi. Original hot rod, all steel, show car, looks and sounds great. Holden area. $42,000. 407-375-3917 2003 Chevy Corvette Convertable 50th Anniversary Edition 26,000 miles. Automatic, original owner, always garaged, mint cond. $25,000 firm. 774-696-4187
2012 Cadillac CTS AWD, 21,800 miles. Crystal red. Heated black leather seats. Panoramic roof. Dealer maintained. Under warranty. $24,500.00 978-534-8860 1988 Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6 cylinder gas. Very good cond. Runs exc. $3200.00 195k miles. Located in Sutton, MA 774-287-0777 2014 Chevrolet Spark LT2 20K Mi. Silver 1.2 Auto Remote Start 37 Highway Mpg 32 City A/C C-D Heated Leather Cruise Fully Serviced, Fully Loaded 7,950 774-239-0800 1978 MG MGB 47,000 mi. Green ext. Very solid car from GA. Good overall condition. $7500. Please call 508-7351845. BOATS 25 HP Suzuki (Like New) with Boat & Trailer Holden area. Pete 407-375-3917 $2,000 CAMPERS/TRAILERS 3 Horse Trailer 2002 Exiss XT/ 300 Gooseneck. Great condition. All alum. S.S. nose. On craigslist pics. $7,995. Paxton. Call Robert at 508-757-0887*
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MILLBURY PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 13, 2017, at 7:30 p.m., at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA, on the application of K. Martin Linder located at 400 Southwest Cutoff, Worcester, MA/ Lot A Latti Farm Road, Millbury, MA, for Site Plan Review Special Permit under Article 1, Section 12.4 of the Millbury Zoning Bylaws, and for a Post-Construction Stormwater Management Permit under Section 16-3 of the Millbury General Bylaws, to construct a 10,500 square foot commercial office building, parking facilities and associated grading. Application is available for review in the Planning Department during normal business hours. Anyone wishing to be heard on this matter should appear at the time and place specified above. Richard Gosselin Chairman
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In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Millbury Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, March 13, 2017 at 7:15 p.m., at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA, on the application of United Material Management of Millbury, LLC, to construct and operate a solid waste handling and processing/ recycling facility, property located at 333A Southwest Cutoff, Millbury, MA, for Major Modification to Site Plan Review Special Permit under Article 1, Section 12.4 of the Millbury Zoning Bylaws, for revisions to utility installation and septic plan. Application is available for review in the Planning Department during normal business hours. Anyone wishing to be heard on this matter should appear at the time and place specified above. Richard Gosselin Chairman
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 Donald R. Daly and Maureen A. Daly to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., dated May 25, 2007 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 41245, Page 284, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. to The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of CWABS Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-10 dated October 4, 2011 and recorded with said registry on October 24, 2011 at Book 48001 Page 233 and by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWABS Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-10 dated May 15, 2014 and recorded with said registry on May 27, 2014 at Book 52358 Page 81, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 a.m. on March 10, 2017, on the mortgaged premises located at 7 WEST ST, MILLBURY, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: A certain parcel of land situated in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts on the southerly side of West Street and is bounded as follows: Commencing at the northeast corner of the premise at a point on a line of said street; thence S. 20 deg. 15’’ E. with land now or formerly of one Edward A. Taylor 92.75 feet to a stake at the fence at land of one Proctor; thence S. 71 deg. 55’’ W. with the fence and said Proctor’s land 77.75 feet to the land of one Stewart; thence N. 27 deg. 19’’ W. with said land 52.8 feet to the land now or formerly of W.A. Harris; thence N. 67 deg. E. with said Harris’ land 27 feet; thence N. 24 deg. 20’’ W. with said Harris’ land to the line of said West Street, 38.5 feet; thence N. 69 deg. 45’’ E. with said street line 60 feet to the place of beginning. For title reference see deed recorded in Book 17816, Page 339 For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed recorded with Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 17816, Page 339. 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. THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-10, Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, MA 02458 (617) 558-0500 201603-0114 - PRP TOWN OF SUTTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING The Sutton Finance & Warrant Advisory Committee will hold public hearing on Thursday, March 16, 2016 at 6:30 pm at the Sutton Town Hall regarding the FY18 budget and warrant articles for the Spring Town Meeting, Monday, May 8, 2017. Any citizen interested is invited to attend this public hearing.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Division INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE Docket No. WO16P3259EA Estate of: Kenneth A. Larrivee Also Known As: Kenneth Andrew Larrivee Date of Death: August 16, 2016 To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Alan J. Larrivee of Worcester MA a Will has been admitted to informal probate. Alan J. Larrivee of Worcester MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond. The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner. 03/02/2017 WM
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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. WO17P0517EA Estate of: Ronald R Vaillancourt Date of Death: 10/29/2016 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by: Barbara Vaillancourt of Douglas MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Barbara Vaillancourt of Douglas MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE 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 the return day of 03/28/2017. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Leilah A Keamy, First Justice of this Court. Date: February 21, 2017 Stephanie K. Fattman, Register of Probate 03/02/2017 MSC
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 Wayne W. Gasco, Angela Gardner, a/k/a Angela Gasco to Household Finance Corporation II dated July 26, 1997, recorded at the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 19029, Page 158; said mortgage was then assigned to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust by virtue of an assignment dated February 5, 2015, and recorded in Book 53358, Page 358; of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION at 12:00 PM on March 14, 2017, on the mortgaged premises. This property has the address of 23 West Street, Millbury, MA 01527. The entire mortgaged premises, all and singular, the premises as described in said mortgage: That certain lot or parcel of land with any buildings thereon located in the Municipality of Millbury, Worcester County, State of Mass; bounded and described as referenced below. Beginning on the southerly side of West Street at a stone monument about fifty- three and twenty hundredths (53.20) feet easterly from the intersection of the easterly line of Water Street with the southerly line of West Street; Thence southerly by land of one Amedee about one hundred five and five tenths (105.5) feet to a stone monument at land of one Turgeon; Thence by said Turgeon land sixty- two (62) feet to a stone monument at land of one Squire; Thence by said Squire land one hundred nine and five tenths (109.5) feet to a stone monument on the southerly side of West Street; Thence by said West Street sixty-five and thirty-five hundredths (65.35) feet to the place of beginning. Subject to and with the benefit of any and/or all rights, restrictions, covenants and easements of record, insofar as the same may be in force and applicable. For title see deed dated 1- 18-95 from Carl F. Gasco, Nancy L. Gasco & Wayne M . Gasco, to Wayne M. Gasco & Angela Gardner, recorded in the Worcester County Registry of Deeds Book 17619, Page 119. Subject to and with the benefit of easements, reservation, restrictions, and taking of record, if any, insofar as the same are now in force and applicable. In the event of any typographical error set forth herein in the legal description of the premises, the description as set forth and contained in the mortgage shall control by reference. Together with all the improvements now or hereafter erected on the property and all easements, rights, appurtenances, rents, royalties, mineral, oil and gas rights and profits, water rights and stock and all fixtures now or hereafter a part of the property. All replacements and additions shall also be covered by this sale. Terms of Sale: Said premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and assessments, tax sales, tax titles and other municipal liens and water or sewer liens and State or County transfer fees, if any there are, and TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) in cashier’s or certified check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of the sale as a deposit and the balance in cashier’s or certified check will be due in thirty (30) days, at the offices of Doonan, Graves & Longoria, LLC, (“DG&L”), time being of the essence. The Mortgagee reserves the right to postpone the sale to a later date by public proclamation at the time and date appointed for the sale and to further postpone at any adjourned sale-date by public proclamation at the time and date appointed for the adjourned sale date. The premises is to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, leases, tenancies, and rights of possession, building and zoning laws, encumbrances, condominium liens, if any and all other claim in the nature of liens, if any there be. In the event that the successful bidder at the foreclosure sale shall default in purchasing the within described property according to the terms of this Notice of Sale and/or the terms of the Memorandum of Sale executed at the time of foreclosure, the Mortgagee reserves the right to sell the property by foreclosure deed to the second highest bidder, providing that said second highest bidder shall deposit with the Mortgagee’s attorneys, the amount of the required deposit as set forth herein. If the second highest bidder declines to purchase the within described property, the Mortgagee reserves the right to purchase the within described property at the amount bid by the second highest bidder. The foreclosure deed and the consideration paid by the successful bidder shall be held in escrow by DG&L, (hereinafter called the “Escrow Agent”) until the deed shall be released from escrow to the successful bidder at the same time as the consideration is released to the Mortgagee, whereupon all obligations of the Escrow Agent shall be deemed to have been properly fulfilled and the Escrow Agent shall be discharged. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale. Dated: February 10, 2017 U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust By its Attorney DOONAN, GRAVES & LONGORIA, LLC, 100 Cummings Center Suite 225D Beverly, MA 01915 (978) 921-2670 www.dgandl.com 53281 (GASCO) FEI # 1078.02041 02/16/2017, 02/23/2017, 03/02/2017
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George Annan was born and raised in Worcester, where he attended North High School. He is currently a student at Worcester State University, where he studies finance and business. However, Annan is known around Worcester for his photography. He picked up a camera just a few years ago, but has already made a name for himself online and in the Worcester/Boston communities. He is currently working on two projects he hopes to have done by the end of the year.
How did you get involved in photography? I
knew I always liked it, I just didn’t know how to articulate it. I can remember being 6 or 7 and being fascinated by pictures. I’d always go to the library at school or the Worcester Public Library and look at picture books. I’d purposely find books that had pictures that just looked cool. Even in my house my mom would always magazines like W magazine and Vogue, and my dad would have car magazines, so I’d always be like, ‘Wow, all this stuff looks cool.’ I just never knew how to do it. it wasn’t until I was 19 or 20 that I picked up my first camera. I had seen all my local friends from high school pick it up, so, I was like, ‘Oh, I want to try and see how it works.’ And it just kind of stuck with me.
What was the first camera you shot on? My dad had an old Canon, a Canon EOS 630. It’s a film camera from 1989. And even before I started shooting it, I spent the summer of 2014 and 2015 locked in my room, learning everything I could about photography before I actually started shooting on it. Before that, I would just walk around and take pictures on my iPhone, and use VSCO cam, and I was happy with that, but at the same time I was like, ‘Oh, I really want to take all these cooler pictures.’ I remember in high school I’d get fascinated by websites such as Hypebeast and the future fashion editorials and stuff about architecture. And I knew that that was what I was drawn to, I just didn’t have the means to do it until I got the camera from my dad. Do you only shoot film? Yeah, I enjoy the
process because it makes me slow down as a photographer. I feel like if I shot with digital it wouldn’t set me apart from everyone else who posts on Instagram
or other forms of websites. I just enjoy it because it makes me slow down in a way, because with film you only get 36 or 24 shots, and it’s like each shot is worth money, in a sense, because you have to pay to get it developed. So, my thought process now is I’m really careful when I shoot and I’m really detail-oriented. Not to say I couldn’t be that way with a digital camera, but with my film camera I’m more mindful of what I’m shooting and what I want to capture.
What kind of camera are you shooting on now? I have a Yashica T5. It’s a point and
shoot. I forget the year it came out, I want to say 1999 or 2000, but I was drawn to it because I had seen Terry Richardson use it, and I read a lot of his interviews and he said it was his trusty camera, and he’s shot for a bunch of companies, and if he’s using a tiny point and shoot for all these editorials, it must be something good. And the thing about it, what separates it apart from other cameras, it has a Carl Zeiss lens. So that means the picture quality is super sharp and the colors it picks up are super-contrasty, and that’s the kind of style I want to shoot toward. It’s just convenient to have a camera that I can easily put in my pocket and not have to lug around a ton of material. If I go to Boston or New York, the last thing I want to be doing is fiddling with camera equipment. I want to have everything compact and easily accessible.
That’s an older camera, how were you able to find it? Actually, a friend had it, my
friend Kevin. So, I got the camera around mid-August. I saw it laying around in his room. And asked him I was like, ‘Yo, when did you get this?’ and he said he’d had it for a few years now. He has a whole bunch of cameras. And I looked at him
and was like, ‘How much are you willing to let that go for?’ And he said he didn’t have a price. And I told him, ‘I’ll buy it off you right now. Name your price.’ And he said $400. And he let me try it around the house and stuff, and I just knew from when I saw it, all my research prior to me seeing the camera at his house, I was like, ‘I know I need to have it.’ I felt like it was just destiny … I made him drive to the closest Santander ATM and took out $400, even though I had bills to pay, but I was like ‘I need this camera, I’ll deal with the consequences later, I just need this camera.” I gave him $400 on the spot and he was just like, ‘Make me proud, just shoot a bunch of stuff on it.’ So, that’s what I’ve been doing the past handful on months. I take it everywhere I go. I care about that camera more than my phone or anything else. If my house burned down, all my possessions could get burned up, but as long as I have my camera and film, I’ll be happy.
What are you currently working on? I’m trying to work toward having my work be featured in galleries. My current project, I’m working on having it be featured in
Pavement Coffeehouse in Boston. Me and Allison, the art director, we went over 24 photos to have printed, and I’m still working on the set dates because I have to print the photos. So, that’s one thing. Other than that, I have two personal projects that I want to work on. One is about ATMs. I’m a broke college student and I always see ATMs. Another one, my friend Julia help me on this, called ‘I heart my death trap.’ It’s about vintage cars, older cars. Think about the Consumer Report issues and how they have the car edition. I want to take all those older cars from the ’90s and ’80s and shoot them in 2017, no matter what condition they’re in, beat up or relatively used. I want to have that car in a glamour shot. I want to tie it into a sentimental reason, like how everybody has their first car, and whether it was a new one or a beater, you have that emotional attachment to it. Even with my car, my car’s name is Norma, and it’s a 1997 Corolla, and even though I lost it two days ago, I feel like it was my girlfriend, I used it for everything, so now I want to get that project out there. - Tom Matthews MARCH 2, 2017 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM
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