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n our March 10 issue, writer Brendan Egan looked at what goes into helping refugees resettle from their homeland into Worcester. Egan looked at what it takes for refugees to get here, the services aimed at STEVEN KING helping them acclimate and the impact they have once they are here.

This week, in the second of this very special and exclusive two-part series examining refugees in Worcester, Megan Baynes takes us even deeper, focusing on the most controversial refugees today: the Syrians. Baynes gained exclusive access to Syrian families in Worcester that fled their war-torn homeland. Gaining their trust, she relays their challenges, their fears and their hopes. She also looks at the agencies aimed at helping refugees, how they provide their services and whether the can improve. From personal stories from the refugees themselves, to the clinical side of serving them in Worcester, Baynes wraps up our series with a poignant and informative look at a group of refugees clouded in preconceived notions and mystery. Join us as we wrap up our look at refugees “Starting Over” in Worcester.

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Binienda’s hiring as superintendent a win for city, blow to South High Tom Quinn

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outh High School principal Maureen Binienda was a high-profile figure in Worcester for her acclaimed leadership of a tough school, but her stature rose even more when she was proposed as interim superintendent of Worcester Public Schools following the departure of Melinda Boone late last year. The School Committee this week made it official, hiring her over interim superintendent and former Chief Academic Officer Marco Rodrigues and two other candidates, following a November election that tipped the scales of the committee in her favor.

Now that Binienda is officially the committee’s choice – she says she could start as early as April 25, although an order on the School Committee’s agenda Thursday night suggests an April 11 date – she has been making the rounds of local media, laying out her plan going forward as the boss of the large urban school system.

“The difference is I already know Worcester,” Binienda said when asked to comment on what she will do differently as superintendent. “My approach will be using what I know about Worcester.”

Binienda echoed something she has said before during the application process: she wants to spend time learning about the city’s elementary schools, since her focus has been on the high school level for the past eight

years as principal and 12 years before that as assistant principal – although early in her 40-year career, she said she was more familiar with the needs and challenges of those schools.

Her vow to visit all the district’s schools is indicative of what her staff says is one of her best qualities – her hands-on leadership.

“Maureen is an asset to the Worcester Public Schools system,” said South High Special Education Department Head Dennis Vanasse, who has worked 19 years at the school. “She’s a leader at South High School, building a community with students as well as staff, and going forward I anticipate she’s going to create a culture throughout the whole city of Worcester … She never asks you to do anything she wouldn’t do herself.”

The committee held an interview with the candidates as well as a meet-and-greet with the community in a search that was limited to internal candidates only over the objections of Mayor Joe Petty, School Committee member Jack Foley and various community groups. Binienda said she thought the search process was thorough enough, and defended her credentials.

“I really think that I could have applied to be a superintendent any place and been among the finalists,” Binienda said.

Staff at South High were universally supportive of their boss, and students have been congratulating her nonstop, she said, including one who gave her a celebratory card mid-interview.

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South High School principal-turned-superintendent Maureen Binienda “You won’t find anyone more dedicated to the students of Worcester than she is,” South High Automotive Instructor Greg Ricardi, a 26-year employee, said. “She’s a very hardworking woman, and the students are number one. She’s done wonders with this school, bringing the MCAS scores up, bringing the

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This year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Worcester ranks among the best in recent memory: great weather, great parade, lots o’ green. +2

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dropout rate down – she’s done an excellent job here.”

Specifically, Binienda said she wants to leverage the strengths of individual schools to improve the system as a whole.

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Legal hurdles could get in way of speed bump proposal Tom Quinn

“You need a home rule petition, I think, for a speed bump,” Mayor Joe Petty said.

The Department of Public Works has been f you live on Commonwealth Avenue, Heard reluctant to put obstructions in the road in Street or any of the dozens of Worcester the past, and Petty referenced two permanent roadways that have turned into glorified speed bumps he said were championed at the racetracks, City Councilor Moe Bergman has state level by the late Rep. John Binienda. a solution. Or, more specifically, he has a However, Bergman, an attorney in his proposal: temporary, portable rubber speed day job, said he could not find any evidence bumps that could prove to be a cost-effective of speed bump prohibitions in either the method of slowing down traffic in areas Massachusetts law listings or at the federal where nothing else has worked. level. A Worcester Magazine reporter also “Certain streets, by their very nature, are could not find any state laws specifically straightaways and cut throughs,” Bergman referencing speed bumps, and no federal law said. “We’re only talking about a plan for a requiring special permissions for them. couple of streets to see if it works.”

Bergman’s colleagues also asked the city The proposal came up at a meeting where solicitor for an opinion on other aspects of the speed regulation on roadways was a major plan. topic of conversation. Members of the public “You’re putting an obstruction in a road, came out to talk about problems around West and it’s almost like putting notice of a Chester Street with speeding motorists, and pothole,” City Councilor Mike Gaffney said, District 1 Councilor Tony Economou had asking for an opinion on requirements for two orders on the table requesting police giving notice in the case of installing a speed assistance with speed enforcement in that bump. area. Area residents William Hurley and “It’s a pretty reasonable price,” City Barbara Clifford said it had been years since Councilor Kate Toomey said in voicing the start of their efforts to regulate traffic on support for the plan. “When my kids were the street, and voiced concerns about people little and they wouldn’t put a ‘Slow Children’ speeding around stopped school buses. sign out, I would put cones out.”

Bergman, for his order, mentioned his time However, Toomey cautioned against on the Traffic and Parking Committee and the residents taking speed bumps into their own unanswered pleas from residents for speed hands, and asked if the city should look into bumps on their road.

“We heard a lot of folks frustrated over our their culpability if temporary speed bumps caught on in popularity. inability to provide any sort of speed bumps, “What happens if folks decide, hey that’s which in some situations seemed to be the a great idea, I’m just going to go buy it?” appropriate solution,” Bergman said.

The main obstacle to any effort to put speed Toomey asked. “Should we have regulations on that?” bumps on Worcester roads is a legal one.

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The price argument is a big one for Bergman, as temporary speed bumps can cost around $100, while other methods of speed regulation often cost more money. Bergman specifically targeted radar speed trailers – the signs that show drivers what speed they are going – as costing thousands of dollars. He also cited studies in California, the United Kingdom and others showing that while radar speed trailers reduce speed while they are up, almost as soon as they are removed drivers go back to whatever speed they pleased.

“Once they’re removed from a street – within a week, people go back to speeding the same way they were before the trailer was ever put there to begin with,” Bergman said.

“I think each District Councilor could name one or two streets where no other solution has been effective.”

In wintry Worcester, portable speed bumps have another advantage – unlike permanent alterations to the road, they can be removed when it snows. Interfering with snowplows is a major drawback to permanent speed bumps, although there are other criticism, including damage to cars. Overall, Bergman said, trying out temporary speed bumps looked like a lowrisk, potentially high-reward plan.

“We could certainly get a lot of bang for our buck on a pilot program with portable speed bumps,” Bergman said.

City Councilor Konnie Lukes reminded councilors of the City Hall garage, where a set of portable speed bumps was installed years ago at her request after motorcyclists started using the garage as a cut-through downtown.

“We had to use something to slow or decrease that shortcut ” Lukes said. “And if

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City Councilor Moe Bergman we’re going to leave them there permanently, what difference does it make in terms of calling them temporary? It’s just a different type of speed bump.”

The full order, requesting “the Commissioner of Public Works and Parks consider the use of and budgeting for portable rubber speed bumps on a pilot program basis for certain streets in the City where other methods of reducing vehicle speed has not proven successful,” was sent to City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. for consideration.

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said. “There are schools that do that really well, and I want to see how they can help other schools.”

Binienda also said she wants to look at restructuring the administration. A director of curriculum is first on her wishlist, although she also said she wants to look at consolidation and merging of positions to possibly create elementary and secondary school heads.

“You can’t do everything yourself,” Binienda said. “Your team has to complement your skills or be more active in other skills than you are.”

A vocational component to alternative programs, giving those students career training, will be another big focus with Binienda, along with communication between the school office, school base and community – a major concern of the School Committee under the last administration.

Binienda said part of what turned South around was a renewed focus on interpersonal relationships, an attitude she wants to bring to her new job.

“I know from being here – it really took South eight years to get here – the biggest thing we worked on was personal relationships and getting everyone on board,” Binienda said. “If you get people on board, people are willing to do whatever it takes to help the kids.”

Binienda also echoed a common refrain from school administrators and School Committee members – people don’t know enough about the good things going on inside school buildings, as the media often focuses on crises or negative stories.

Binienda, who uses the phrase “for example” liberally, told of one of her students who is going on to the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and said stories like that should get more play in addition to becoming more common as the quality of the school system increases.

Meanwhile, while staff at South said they realized Binienda would always remember the school and would still be their boss, they also mourned the loss of the popular principal.

“I’m happy for her and devastated for South High Community,” School Adjustment Counselor Lisa Bolshaw said.

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o hear and read the criticism, insults and vitriol directed at Worcester Police Chief Gary Gemme, you’d think he was the most hated man in the city. He just may be. He may well be the most hated man within his own department, but guess what? It’s nothing new.

Gemme, who received a rather glowing endorsement from City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. recently during a chat with Worcester Magazine, has been blamed for just about everything but the roads not being plowed on time. Actually, if you dig deep enough on social media, you just may find someone blaming him for that, too.

He is also rumored to being this close to out the door at 9-11 Lincoln Square.

There has been growing chatter that Gemme might retire by the end of the month. No confirmation on that, and City Hall does not appear to think so. Nonetheless, when the calendar turns to 2017, it would surprise the hell out of most folks if Gemme was still sitting behind the chief’s desk.

His time, say his critics, has come.

Ah, yes, the critics. Gemme is not the first Worcester police chief to be viewed as enemy number one – and he won’t be the last.

Just ask former Chief Ed Gardella. He was vilified by unionized officers years ago, and just like Gemme, he had his staunch supporters and equally devoted detractors. Among those who were not particularly enamored of Gardella were then-Capt. Gary Gemme. Yes the now-Chief Gary Gemme. He and others filed a complaint about Gardella several years ago with then-City Manager Tom Hoover.

How bad were the feelings about Gardella at the time? Just read this passage from

Virtually Pain-Free Hair Removal Jeff Hinkle in the June 2, 1999 issue of Worcester Magazine: “Officer James Collins is sitting in a doughnut shop sipping coffee and paging through a collection of newspaper articles he has accumulated in the three years since being elected president of Local 378 of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers. “‘This is nothing,’ says Collins, referring to the folder bulging with clippings and notes. ‘I’ve got four three-ring binders full of stuff at home.’”

“The purpose of his methodically organized collection, separated with paper clips and rubber bands, he says, is to document ‘examples of blunders that show his poor management style,’” the article continues.

“The allegedly incompetent manager to whom Collins is referring is his boss, Worcester Chief Edward Gardella.”

Most, if not all, those articles came from the Telegram & Gazette. Ironically enough, Gemme would come to hold the T&G with scorn as police chief, as the daily newspaper has frequently taken him to task.

When and if Gemme does leave, his legacy will be regarded highly by those who revered him and quite different by those who loathe him – not at all unlike Gardella. And not at all unlike, we suspect, whomever slips into the chair behind the chief’s desk after Gemme leaves.

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UNANIMOUSE TRAP:

A word on votes to make a vote unanimous. These are the dumbest, most pointless votes an elected body can take. Yes, more useless than “vote for reconsideration,” more annoying than having to vote on a colleague’s effort to recuse themselves – even worse than the votes the School Committee takes to accept a $5 gift from little old lady X. If you look for the official tally of the vote to choose South High principal Maureen Binienda as superintendent, you’ll see a 7-0 recommendation. But of course, it wasn’t 7-0. Jack Foley voted for Marco Rodrigues, but after he was outvoted, the School Committee voted to make the vote unanimous, which Foley assented to. The library board also pulled this nonsense when they chose head librarian Geoff Dickinson last year. All this is doing is giving journalists another semantic slip-up to commit when they list the vote total, or making us write some awkward explanation that no casual reader cares enough to think about.

Binienda said she was watching the committee on TV, but even if she wasn’t, the first vote is public record. Everyone knows who the losing voters were. City Clerk David Rushford, who announced his retirement during this week, and gave it almost as much fanfare as this onesentence mention here, said if someone votes against making a vote unanimous, it is not changed in the final tally, since it’s actually a motion to re-do the vote.

So you can’t vote 4-3 to make the vote 7-0, as hilarious as that would be. But seriously, elected officials – knock this off, stand by your votes, and trust that your selections are big boys and girls who can handle themselves.

DOTH PROTESTED TOO MUCH:

District 2 Councilor Candy Mero-Carlson successfully proposed a resolution this week – “That the Worcester City Council does hereby recognize the contributions of all city employees from every department who work every day to keep our city functioning and moving forward.” Seems innocuous enough, but does anyone remember when we had weeks of protests over a resolution complimenting the Worcester Police Department? Carlson, who wasn’t on the Council during that quagmire, made it clear her resolution covers every department, and she mentioned the Worcester Fire Department by name. No WPD reference, although they got quite a bit of praise for their gun control support earlier in the meeting from city Medical Director Michael Hirsch. Protesters are lying down on the job, apparently. Although maybe the resolution is more targeted than it looks, as Carlson specifically thanked people doing yeoman’s work, despite the personal Worcesteria crusade to stop talking like you’re in the Crusades. What about all the yeowomen doing good work?

WASTE OF A RIBBON: Another Worcester

business where no one understands the concept of a ribbon cutting is already open, but looking for visitors. The Institute for Energy and Sustainability opened the Worcester CleanTech Incubator at 44 Portland St. in January. Now they want to have a ribbon cutting March 31. A ribbon cutting, for the uninitiated, is a ceremony in which people celebrate the opening of a building or business by taking a large pair of scissors and cutting a large ribbon in half. It’s analogous to smashing a bottle of champagne on a ship before its maiden voyage. There has been a disturbing trend in Worcester lately, though, where people will open a building, wait a few months, then cut a ribbon at a random date in a bid to attract attention. It’s the equivalent of taking your new yacht on a trip to Bermuda, vacationing for a week there, coming back home, spending a few weekends showing your boat off to friends, and then randomly smashing a bottle of champagne on the deck as your guests look on in horror. Five startups have already moved into WCTI’s space, according to a press release, taking advantage of office space, conference rooms and the help WCTI provides in getting products to market faster. They try to provide a variety of support services to start-up business, including mentors and investors, and the whole Institute was started back in 2009 through a partnership between Clark University, WPI and the office of Congressman Jim McGovern. Watch our for an announcement in the future, when a brand-new startup that provides over-sized scissors, goldplated shovels and silver-gilded sledgehammers moves in to serve the burgeoning, but useless, opening ceremony industry. The ribbon cutting will, of course, take place two years after the opening.

BELATED VALENTINE: March 15 was the death-anniversary of Esther Howland, the notable Worcester resident known as the inventor of the Valentine’s Day Card. The occasion was marked, with the help of At-large Councilor Moe Bergman, but putting up a display with an example of Howland’s work in the City Council chamber that bears her name.

Howland did not die from an arrow wound, as Bergman noted that Cupid’s arrow never found her, somewhat ironically. The display will stay in the chamber as a permanent reminder of Howland, and is the latest in Bergman’s historical pursuits, with another notable mention being his greasing the wheels of the work to get the Charles E. Scott plaque erected near the Clerk’s office to remember Worcester’s longest-serving African-American councilor.

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QUEEN OF TARTS: So apparently this is huge news, but if you haven’t heard already, Worcester is getting a Dairy Queen! Cunningly, this was announced around the same time as free cone day on Tuesday, so unless you were willing to drive to Spencer or West Boylston you missed out on the promotion. No, somehow New England’s second-largest city doesn’t have a DQ yet, but will soon as part of a 60-franchise expansion, bringing the total number of stores in Massachusetts up near 100. What other bastions of American industry can we lure to the Heart of the Commonwealth? How do we have a Taco Bell but not a Chipotle? And how did we get left out of the distribution of Jimmy John’s stores? Hell, we can’t even get a Sonic, and I think they give franchisee rights are half off right now with the purchase of a Diet Coke at your local gas station. Can the Chamber of Commerce please get on this? How many more sub-par Wendy’s hamburgers must we fast food connoisseurs suffer through?

DUDLEY DURSLEY: In a bit of foreshadowing for what’s going to happen to the plan, the

Dudley Board of Health held a hearing on the proposed Muslim cemetery “despite a request from the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester for a continuance,” according to the Telegrampa. If you can’t get a continuance, your odds aren’t looking good for getting the actual proposal through, especially when the Dudley Health Inspector asked the board to request a whole battery of new maps and info from the applicants. If you’re not caught up on what’s happening with a group of Muslims from Worcester who want to start a 55-acre cemetery in Dudley, here’s the catch-up. The Islamic Society has a proposal to turn the current farmland into a 16,000 plot cemetery to bury their dead. Residents in Dudley have shown up in the triple digits to protest the cemetery. Some choice lines from February’s meeting, which caught the attention of “All Things Considered” on NPR: “You can Google and see how they [Muslims] bury and it’s just, it’s not a pretty sight, it’s not a pretty sight,” from neighbor Michael Roche, “Why not go bury your dead at a Christian cemetery. Why do you need your own cemetery if you’re willing to violate jihadi law,” from Jarrod Manzi in response to an offer by the applicants to conform to town requirements to bury their dead in caskets, and last but not least, “You say the ride to Enfield is too long, well, the ride from Afghanistan for a dead soldier is about 14 hours,” from an unnamed resident after the applicants said they are currently driving 90 minutes to Connecticut because it’s the closest Muslim cemetery available. A few residents at the most recent meeting Zoning Board of Appeals meeting complained that they are being painted as bigots. I’m not doubting the purity of heart for those residents whose objections are over poisoning of well water or impact on wetlands near the property – it must be tough to be lumped in with people who give a bad name to your cause, something Muslims who aren’t terrorists know a little something about. Here’s another great line from the Telegrampa from a March meeting - “The cemetery, [Town Administrator Greg Balukonis] said, would not provide tax revenue, jobs or recreational activities.” To really get a cemetery to succeed you have to make it like Hope Cemetery here in Worcester, where people use the installed Slip’N Slides in between headstones and you can apparently build your own skeleton by taking bones out of the mausoleums. But the crux of the matter is this – the Dover Amendment exempts religious or educational uses from the same permitting process as commercial businesses. The Muslim cemetery would appear to be both – religious for those of the Islamic faith, and educational for those of who have learned a little bit about the people of Dudley. The next health board meeting isn’t until April 19, but if you want to watch the ZBA show, it’s on April 7. And if you think the mob isn’t going to show up to that one, I have a Muslim cemetery in Worcester to sell you.

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Editorial Binienda earned nod as school superintendent

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ake no mistake: South High principal Maureen Binienda was going to be named the new superintendent of Worcester Public Schools unless she jumped off her St. Patrick’s Day float as grand marshal and tipped over a newborn in its stroller.

News flash: There was no news flash when the School Committee earlier this week chose Binienda, a longtime educator in the school system and beloved principal, to replace Melinda Boone. The interim guy knew it, even though he had tossed his hat in the ring for the gig. The two other candidates knew it. Donald Trump knew it – Binienda was the clear “winner.”

Complain about the process if you want. To be sure, we were discouraged when almost every School Committee member – some of whom had not been elected yet – said Binienda should be superintendent before a search had even been started.

We did not, however, have a problem with keeping the search focused on internal candidates. Contrary to what some yakkers on social media have said, all four were strong. All four validated and vindicated the decision to look in-house for the next school chief.

Did Rodrigues get a raw deal? Yes. He is qualified. He, too, has paid his dues. He had started to lay his own framework down for the school district. And he had absolutely zero, zilch, nada, nein chance of getting the permanent job. He at least deserved a chance. With Binienda in the mix, and the majority of her soon-to-be bosses coming out so strongly in her favor, he was doomed from the start.

However, that has nothing to do with Binienda. She has carried South High from its nadir to among the most respected, if not the most respected, schools in the city. Binienda did not just wander in off the streets with the right connections and land this job. She earned it.

Some, including us, pointed out the rather robotic answers Binienda delivered during her interview with the School Committee. Surprise, surprise, she may have been nervous. After all, Binienda does not live in a bubble. She knew she was the anointed one. She knew she was the odds-on favorite.

That carries with it a fair amount of pressure.

Know this: there will be a learning curve for Binienda as superintendent.

She does not walk on water, and this is uncharted territory for her. But the curve may not be as steep as you might think. While serving in the trenches does not a general make, it certainly lays the foundation for becoming one.

Not forgetting where you came from, to whom your loyalties lie – these are qualities of great leaders. We believe Binienda possesses those strengths.

We believe she will rise to the occasion and prove not merely a capable superintendent, but in fact one of the best the city has seen.

Why? Because she does not quit. She does not give up. She does not know “no” or “can’t do” or “not good enough.” Ask her colleagues. Ask her students. And while it does not mean she will master a $300-and-someodd-million-dollar budget right out of the gate, Binienda also will be be asked to do it alone, either. If she surrounds herself with the right people, and we think she will, Binienda will do just fine.

We expect changes inside the administration building on Irving Street. We would like to see Rodrigues remain as chief academic officer, his previous position. We expect changes among the principals’ ranks. Binienda should be bold and daring, while not wielding her new powers simply because she can. That is not her style, anyway.

The school district, despite its detractors, is not nearly as bad as some think. It is actually on the upswing. Most of its students are incredible talented, passionate, gifted and capable of achieving great things in life.

At the end of the day, isn’t that what education is about? Providing the opportunity for students to live up to their full potential?

They don’t come much more prepared to do that than Binienda.

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he sun was high in a cloudless sky for the city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, a perfect day for curbside viewing. Families were lined up early, dressed in kelly green sweatshirts, shamrock antennae and enough beads to stretch from here to the Emerald Isle – well, maybe just the restaurant on Millbury Street, not the country across the Atlantic. Indeed, it was a brilliantly bright and beautiful day, and I’m sorry to say Worcester never looked crummier.

I know it’s technically still winter, and melting snows always reveal trash that was trapped under the frozen mounds – but what is the excuse this year? We haven’t seen more than 6 inches of the white stuff and yet we have a trash problem that makes describing us as a “gritty” city the nicest thing CNN reporter John King could have said about Worcester. “Grubby” and “filthy” came to mind as I walked from Lovell Street down Maywood to Park Ave. I’m not talking about parade trash. That’s inevitable, and the city usually does a decent job of cleaning up the rubbish left behind after the last Shriner tips his fez. I’m talking about the litter I dodged and tripped over all along the way. I have to ask: has pride in one’s surroundings gone completely out of fashion?

I grew up in the Columbus Park neighborhood. It was one of Wootown’s best-kept secrets, our corner of Worcester. Few seemed to know exactly where Columbus Park was on the map. It was blue-collar, middle-class, you name it – whatever epithet you can come up with to describe a place made up of big families with dads who worked two jobs and moms who sold Tupperware and Avon to pay for a week’s vacation at Hampton Beach. My family never did own the house we called home. My parents were the caretakers of 14 acres of land owned by the Knights of Columbus, and keeping the grounds tidy was as natural as brushing our teeth before bed. I had a paper route, which took me to the porches, back doors and verandas of most of the houses in Columbus Park. Maywood and Lovell streets were part of my route, and not considered “Columbus Park proper,” but I can say without

hesitation this was a clean neighborhood. Residents swept their sidewalks; now they hardly shovel after a storm.

The walk I took on Parade Day was a disheartening one. I’m not talking gum wrappers, folks. I had to circumvent a busted fan — stand-up model — on the way down Maywood, only to cross over to the other side and discover a gag-worthy sight. In the gutter behind a parked car, I spotted a roasting pan that held a raw turkey “solar-baking” in the noonday sun, and covered with flies. I can’t describe the disgust I felt, or the shame. This is not my Worcester. Or is it?

I guess I’ll never understand how a person can arrive home and walk past litter that has been tossed or blown onto his or her lawn. It happens, I know – trash day means all kinds of foreign crap can land on anyone’s property. I get it – those recycle bins don’t hold much. That’s why I’m a strong proponent of switching over to the lidded trash buckets used in many towns. Auburn residents have two per household – one for real garbage, one for paper and plastics.

City officials talk a lot about enticing home buyers to consider Worcester; maybe we’d be a better sell if we didn’t allow our streets and sidewalks to resemble garbage dumps.

Understand that I’m not painting all of the city with the same stinky brush, nor am I implying that the rest of the city is litter-free in comparison to Maywood Street. A friend who watched the parade from the corner of Pleasant and Park described the debris surrounding Blue Jean Pizza as a disgusting sight.

Only last week, I hopped over a pile of vomit in that same stretch of sidewalk, and it wasn’t Parade Day. Elsewhere in the city, gutters are lined with discarded cups, cans and flyers; trapped against fences are the wrappers from fast food lunches and fallen leaves that never made the street sweep.

Trash bins with lids would be a start, and more business owners should take the initiative by keeping their sidewalks clean and safe. Sadly, pride is not something we can mandate.

It comes from within, and it’s fostered by our upbringing.

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Life-saving Legislation on Beacon Hill to continued insurance denial of care based on those faulty guidelines, many Commonwealth residents are unable to e are facing a moment-of-truth in Massachusetts health afford necessary treatment.

The legislation that is pending on Beacon Hill would policy and the outcome matters for all residents of directly improve the lives of thousands of Massachusetts Lyme the Commonwealth. This moment-of-truth does is not disease patients and their families, by mandating insurance about the opiate abuse crisis that has garnered so much of coverage for Lyme disease treatment. There are an incredible the media’s attention the past few months. It is, however, an 140 co-sponsors of An Act Relative to Lyme Disease Treatment equally compelling public health crisis involving a silent and Coverage, which was also concurrently filed in House as invisible epidemic plaguing our state: Lyme disease.

H.901. And yet, despite the majority of the Legislature Estimated to be six times more common than HIV/AIDS, and more prevalent in our nation than West Nile virus, Eastern signed on as co-sponsors, the bill has languished in the Joint Committee on Financial Services (JCFS) for 11 long months.

Equine Encephalitis and Zika virus combined, Lyme disease is he deadline for moving bills out of the JCFS was March 16. If a widespread vector-borne infectious illness which threatens S.502 was not favorably voted out of the JCFS, it would not to impact citizens’ lives well beyond health, affecting our continue to move forward through the legislative process. ability to work, attend school, and function as productive Families are losing their homes, their livelihoods, their members of society.

Massachusetts is second in the nation for confirmed cases of way of life to an insidious disease because they can’t afford their physician-prescribed medications due to denial of Lyme disease. The Centers for Disease Control estimates well over 300,000 cases annually across the United States and, due coverage. This fire is burning right here in homes across the to the CDC-acknowledged under-reporting of Lyme disease by Commonwealth and we are yelling for our elected officials – who are the firefighters here - to come to our aid. Yet as much as a factor of 10, there are likely over 50,000 people the fire continues to infected each year right here in spread rapidly – from Massachusetts. community to community Lyme disease is endemic in – with little sign of Massachusetts, and our state’s abatement. A 13-yearpublic health priorities and health old and her family should policy have not kept pace. The not have to worry about alarm has been sounded. Efforts by whether they will have Lyme disease advocates led to the formation of a governor-appointed state commission on Lyme the financial resources to save her life, due to insurers denying physician-prescribed care. disease and delivery of the Lyme Disease in Massachusetts Until S.502 is passed, there is nothing to stop insurers 2013 Report which determined that the next necessary and from deciding to deny insurance coverage for Lyme disease recommended step is for “mandatory Lyme disease insurance treatment. Denial of coverage is denial of care. We are coverage to be enacted in Massachusetts.” better than that. We care about our neighbors, our sons, our The Massachusetts Lyme Coalition, together with state Sen. daughters, our mothers, our fathers. Insurers are passing the Anne Gobi, D-Spencer, put forward life-saving legislation costs onto citizens, employers and the Massachusetts economy. introduced in the Senate as S.502, which, if passed, will put Enough is enough. We need the legislators to stand up for our the power of medical decision-making back into the hands collective voice and say to insurers, “Stop passing the buck to of doctors. Currently, some insurance providers are denying improve your bottom line.” coverage for Lyme disease treatment to Massachusetts Given that the Center for Health and Insurance Analysis residents, citing restrictive insurance guidelines. These Report found a substantially similar bill in the last legislative insurance guidelines have been found to be outdated and session, if passed, would result in little to no impact on non-compliant and were recently removed from the National insurance premiums for policy holders, that the Governor’s Guidelines Clearinghouse, which governs the various medical Lyme Commission Report recommends mandatory Lyme guidelines used by physicians in the United States. Yet, due

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disease insurance coverage, that 69 percent of the Legislature are co-sponsors of S.502 and H.901, and, finally, that 13 of the 17 members of the JCFS are co-sponsors of this legislation, we would expect this bill to have been favorably reported out of the JCFS committee many months ago.

We are told to continue to “wait” and given one excuse after another. The people of Massachusetts have been waiting for far too long to have access to their potentially life-saving medications. The people of Massachusetts want to return to work, school, and return to being a productive member of society. The people of Massachusetts should not have to fight two battles at once: one for their lives and the other for access to medication at the same time.

Any day now, we hope to receive assurance through the passage of S.502 that all of our efforts have not been in vain.

That the hundreds who attended the bills hearing in October, and shared their hearts and their stories - actually had their voices heard. That their herculean efforts to attend, despite crushing exhaustion, fevers, chills, and the myriad of other symptoms, did not go unappreciated. That the hundreds since then who have been calling, e-mailing, posting and Tweeting are being heard by their elected officials. That the people who bravely shared their photos so their legislators could see the faces of those who will be impacted by their decision – are applauded for their courage and rewarded for their efforts.

Any day now, the estimated 50,000 people infected with Lyme each year in Massachusetts won’t have to worry about receiving treatment.

Any day now, if this bill is passed, parents of children with Lyme disease will no longer have to hold fundraisers for their kids to receive appropriate care.

Any day now, if this bill is passed, people will receive the care they desperately need to get well.

Any day now, we will know whether our legislators choose to side with Massachusetts residents, the many Davids they represent, or with the Goliath insurance industry.

Any day now, Massachusetts will say enough is enough to insurers who deny care for Lyme disease.

Any day now, our hope in our elected officials may be renewed.

Any day now.

Michelle Treseler, a Fulbright recipient in public health, is co-founder of the Massachusetts Lyme Coalition.

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orcester Magazine’s annual Spring Arts Preview hits the streets next Thursday, March 24.

If you are a band, museum, artist, performance or film venue, theatre, author, bookstore or similar group or individual, we ask you to submit your listings of events happening from March 24 through May 31.

We comb past issues and web sites looking for the most up to date information, but the best source is you!

Your listing should include the name of venue/performer/event/etc, the

date and time, address, web site and social media information and a brief, but explanatory description of the event.

Feel free to include a high-quality, high-res photograph, which we may use if needed.

All information should be emailed to the editor at wbird@ worcestermagazine.com, Subject Line: SPRING ARTS PREVIEW. For more details, call 508-749-3166, ext 322 or email the editor.

We look forward to including you in this special, yearly edition!

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Have you ever attempted to appeal a parking ticket issued by the Worcester Parking Department? What a total waste of time you will have in trying to get a fair and objective hearing in this kangaroo court.

It was stupid of me to think the “Office of the Parking Administrator” would somehow be impartial. After all, they are the same people who issued the parking ticket in the first place. Any time the same group of people that accuse you of something, are the people who get to judge whether those accusations are correct, you get a very biased result.

My parking ticket involved a claim that I parked less than 5 feet from a driveway. In spite of the photos that proved they were wrong, the parking administrator “judged” that I was at fault, and demanded I pay the $20 ticket. Of course, the Parking Administrator informed me that I could appeal this decision to Worcester Superior Court. Yeah, right. Just to file an appeal in Superior Court would cost $275.

Okay, $20 isn’t going to break the bank. It’s just that residents and visitors to the City of Worcester deserve an impartial and reasonable process to dispute parking tickets, rather than the sham that currently exists.

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That’s What They Said “I consider it to be a lost opportunity for our community and our schools.”

- School Committee member Jack Foley, the only one not to vote for Maureen Binienda as superintendent, although he ultimately conceded and lent his support.

“Their primary interest is really getting people up and going in eight months, getting people jobs – just getting them out there to work and earn wages.”

- Dr. Marianne Sarkis, assistant professor of international development and social change at Clark University, on agencies charged with helping to resettle refugees and immigrants.

“Sometimes, some of the people going in and out of the house might be an undercover officer.”

- City Manager Ed Augustus Jr., on the same day as a major drug bust that nabbed drugs, guns and money in and around Worcester, about neighbors who often wonder why police aren’t doing anything about drug users going in and out of houses in their neighborhoods.

“Binienda has worked tirelessly for WPS students and understands firsthand what our schools are about. I am thrilled they chose her and kept the search local.”

- Ann Marie Quinn, on the Worcester Magazine Facebook page, about Maureen Binienda being named superintendent in Worcester.

“I’m feeling really good. I don’t want to sound like I’m Captain Nice, but I just like our guys are getting this … I’m smiling inside.

Let our guys enjoy it.”

- Bill Carmody, Holy Cross men’s basketball team coach, on the Crusaders’ trip to the NCAA Tournament.

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COMING TO AME Syrian refugees in Worcester Megan Baynes (Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series looking at refugees living in Worcester, the challenges they face and the services designed to help them)

Unless you work for Walt Disney, life rarely ends “happily ever after.” Like the “American Dream” it is a happy ideal, but not always achievable. For many Syrian refugees, this is the dream they come to America searching for.

They have been searching for that elusive happy ending since war broke out in their homeland five years ago, in 2011.

Mohammad Al Asmi, Mahmoud Al Nayef and Obaida Al Shamal were relocated to Worcester nine months ago, in search of place they could live with their families without fear of attack. Despite relatively low expectations, the American Dream has long since faded.

“I knew that it was not up to all the hype, and what I was on seeing on TV was not all it all, but when I came, I did not anticipate all these problems, Al Nayef said to Worcester Magazine through an interpreter.

According to an article in The Guardian, which references Department of Human Services data, the US has accepted 2,174 Syrian refugees since 2012 — roughly 0.0007 percent of America’s total population; a fraction of the millions that are currently displaced. President Barack Obama has committed to taking 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming year, five times the number the US has taken in the past four years. Even if America took that many, Syrians would still represent approximately 0.004 percent of the population. That ratio stands in stark contrast with the much poorer, and smaller, countries bearing the biggest burden of the Syrian refugee crisis.

However, there is a fear among some Americans that bringing more refugees from Syria to America may result in a Paris-style attack, based on supposed Syrian documents found in the aftermath.

Regardless, according to State Department, the process of relocating Syrian refugees to America is markedly different from the way refugees currently arrive in Europe. Indeed, officials say the refugee screening for this particular group is the most intensive vetting process of any group that arrives in the U.S. The registration process begins with the UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, and includes in-depth refugee interviews, home country reference checks and biological screenings, such as iris scans. Those who pass these background checks are referred for overseas resettlement based on criteria designed to determine the most vulnerable cases. Priority goes to survivors of torture, victims of sexual violence, targets of political persecutions, the medically needy, families with multiple children and a female head of household.

Then the U.S government performs its own intensive screening — a process that includes consultation from nine different government agencies who meet weekly to review a refugee’s case file. Multiple law enforcement intelligence and security agencies perform “the most rigorous continued on page 16

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Pictured with her child, this young woman suffers from extreme PTSD that means she is unable to leave her bedroom. She rarely talks and struggles interacting with her young son. She is unable to receive counselling because she cannot speak English.

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screening of any traveler to the U.S.” said a senior administration official, in an article

by Time. Biometric information, such as fingerprints, are collected and matched against criminal databases. Biographical information, such as past visa applications are scrutinized to ensure the applicant’s story coheres.

Worcester is a community that has historically been rich in multiple cultures, due to the large numbers of refugees and immigrants who call the city their home.

The Seven Hills Foundation commissioned a report in 2015 that looked at the foreign-born population in Worcester. The findings were eye-opening.

Worcester is home to an estimated 37,970 immigrants from 85 different countries, composing 21 percent of the city’s total population - compared to 15 percent statewide.

Foreign-born entrepreneurs also account for 37 percent of all business owners in Worcester, double the statewide rate.

The problems Syrian refugees face are not unique; they are also faced by other groups of refugees in Worcester. Yet, because of many misconceptions or perceptions surrounding Syria, the 27 Syrian refugees in Worcester County tread a particularly difficult path as they try to reunite their families, and finally find a place to call home.

SCATTERED FAMILIES

Few refugees come with their families, and most come alone. Al Nayef is still waiting for his parents and younger sister to be allowed to come to America.

Mahmoud Al Nayef, and Obaida Al Shamali at their home in Worcester. They met in the airport on their way to America.

being sent back. Despite trying to contact the agency that resettled him, and the UNHCR, he has not received a satisfactory explanation.

Al Nayef said he has nine brothers and sisters scattered around the world. One sister, he said, resides in Saudi Arabia, another in Canada. The rest are dispersed everywhere in “I arrived by myself,” he said. “I left with between. His youngest sister, he said, is being my parents. They were in Jordan, and we sent back to Syria with her parents They hope are the same case. So we came here on the to depart for Turkey soon after they return. understanding that they would bring [my His case is not unusual. family] here later on. But now they are Al Shamal’s family are in Jordan. They had sending them back to Syria.” a resettlement interview a year and a half ago He said he does not know why they are and have heard nothingl! since. The UN does ia ec er Sp

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not respond when the family asks about the delay, Al Shamali said, so they must wait.

LANGUAGE BARRIER

Most interviews with Syrian refugees have to take place with the help of an interpreter because most of them speak only a few words of English.

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he already speaks 13 different languages, including different Arabic dialects, but added, “That doesn’t matter here. Here, English is important. We need to know English; those 13 languages mean nothing.”

Their lack of language skills is not because they do not want to learn English. According to the refugees we spoke with, there is a significant lack of resources available to them, or that they know how to access. Despite the number of ESL schools in Worcester many are full, and the waiting list can be as long as six months. continued on page 18

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The refugees who met with Worcester Magazine fall under the care of Ascentria (formerly Lutheran Social Services of New England). “[The resettlement agencies] said, ‘When you come here, you can learn English and get a job,’” Al Nayef said, “but once I got here, I was told I had to get a job immediately.”

Refugees are given eight months in which to learn English, find a job and become selfsufficient. After the initial 90-day resettlement period, the agencies have a Refugee Case Management Program, run through the Massachusetts Office of Refugees and Immigrants, in which they continue to provide services from eight months to a year. After these eight months the refugees are expected to be self sufficient, or they go on to state welfare. As a result, many get stuck in a cycle of poverty, from which they lack the language skills to escape.

Al Nayef said he has received almost no support in the form of English as a Second Language (ESL) classes.

“The interpreter is the one who essentially said, ‘You’re on your own, good luck,’” he said. “They were supposed to help with getting the job and getting settled in, but they didn’t do that.”

All he was taught, according to Al Nayef,

was, “How is the weather”in the form of a single, one-hour English lesson.

CONFUSION AND MISUNDERSTANDING

Al Asmi’s eyes well up with tears when he talks about his family.

“They [the resettlement agencies] told me I cannot bring them over,” he said. “They told me once I become an American citizen I will not be able to bring my family over. My brothers and sisters and parents are still there.”

According to NOLO, a website offering legal services, “If you have lived as a refugee or asylee in the United States for less than five years [whether or not you have become a green card holder or a U.S. citizen], and you come from one of the countries listed by the U.S. government, you may file an AOR to help your spouse, your unmarried children under age 21, and your parents apply for refugee status through the U.S. Refugees Admissions Program.”

Although the process to bring over siblings is more complicated, the site explains, it is still possible with the filing of a “Form I-130 [which allows U.S. citizens to petition for many more categories of relatives than green-card holders can, including brothers and sisters.]”

Al Asmi said he has the number for his Ascentria case worker saved in his phone, but it turned out to be for a different member of the Ascentria community. When located, his actual case manager told Worcester Magazine, “[Al Asmi] can bring his biological parents, not the siblings. It has to be the spouse, biological parents or children under 21.”

According to Teri Hegarty, marketing and communications manager for Ascentria, there was a misunderstanding.

“There was clearly a miscommunication here, as every one of our case workers knows that there is a family reunification application process available to them.”

Hegarty said she was unfamiliar with the details of Al Asmi’s case, but welcomed him to contact Mohan Sunuwar at 774-243-3038.

Jozefina Lantz worked for Lutheran Social Services for 17 years, until the organization re-branded as ‘Ascentria’ in September 2014. She now freelances as a refugee and immigrant services expert and consultant in Massachusetts. Having moved from Slovenia 33 years ago, she said she understands in part how the refugees feel when they first arrive.

She declined to discuss Ascentria and their practices.

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screenings. It is a host of issues, so nobody can really give you a true answer.”

Although it is a possibility that, with the right support, Al Asmi may be able to bring over his family, nothing is guaranteed.

“Worcester is no worse than any other place,” Lantz said. “It may even be better off than other places.”

AGENCY SUPPORT

According to the Ascentria Website, “Changing [its] name was a vital component of our new corporate strategy.

The Ascentria name will help us open doors for new partnerships and expand our funding opportunities with foundations, corporate sponsors and donors, in support of our new clientcentered model of care.”

Jeffrey Kinney, board chair, and Angela Bovill, CEO, wrote in their 2014 annual report (the most recent available), “Last year we went through a transformation. We launched our new name, redefined our mission, broadened our appeal to forge new partnerships and chartered our course with a new vision and client-centered strategy.

“Our faith calls us to serve people in need, and empower them so they don’t just survive, but thrive.”

They continued, “We’ve made difficult decisions from changing our identity, to creating a more ambitious strategy so we can serve more people in innovative, holistic ways.”

According to the report, Ascentria resettled 877 refugees in New Hampshire and Massachusetts through its Services for New Americans Program. In Massachusetts, more than 80 percent of employable adult refugees were employed with 90 days of their arrival, according to the report. In New Hampshire, 90 percent of refugee clients were economically self-sufficient within six months of arrival.

Nationally, Ascentria runs 60 programs, boasts 1,400 employees and recruits 1,000 volunteers. In 2014. 86 percent of operating fees – just over $58 million - were spent on refugee and other services and programs.

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Left, pictured with her young grandson, this refugee came to America after she was shot in the leg by the regime in 2011. She asked to remain anonymous because she fears retaliation by the regime for her family still in Syria.

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requirement of 80 percent of total expense.

It is not clear how much is being spent specifically on resettling refugees.

“Ascentria, like every other resettlement agency, has a contract with our national VOLAGs [voluntary agencies], which oversees and approved the amount of cash assistance each refugee receives and the amount each agency receives for operational expenses to support the refugee,” Hegarty said, adding that support includes case managers, transportation and other costs. “In addition, each agency is allowed to allocate a small portion of that funding to a ‘flex’ fund to be used for emergency situations for refugees who may have complex medical or other situations for which other funds are not available.”

Funding is provided on a per-capita basis, Hegarty said, and is regularly monitored and audited.

Ascentria is receiving help in assisting refugees in the form of a $456,695 grant from The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts. The money will fund a pilot project, the Partnership for Refugee Wellness.

RESOURCES NEEDED

Catholic Charities is the oldest resettlement agency, and although it has yet to deal with any recent Syrian refugees, its workers help resettle approximately 50 clients a year. But there is a struggle between the amount of resources available and the number of refugees who need help.

“We always need more resources,” said Diane Lambert, senior administrator for programs at Catholic Charities.

Needed resources include basic need items, such as clothing, household goods, food cards and Walmart gift cards.

“Resettling refugees is really a part of our mission,” Lambert said. “We are guided by the principles of Catholic social teaching, particularly the concept of solidarity. We are all one human family, regardless of our economic, racial, or social differences. We are all brothers and sisters, wherever we may be.”

STILL AT RISK

Living it America is not always the safe haven refugees hope it will be.

One refugee spoke with Worcester Magazine only on the condition of anonymity, because he said he has family still in Syria and feared retaliation by the regime if they discovered he had spoken to the American media.

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Dr. Amjad Bahnassi from the Worcester Islamic Centre speaks with a refugee. He helps provide translation and other services for them. country after his mother became a victim of the regime. She was shot in the leg in 2011, he said, and it was only this year, in America, that she received surgery to repair the damage.

The family, he said, was unable to take her to the hospital in Syria, because all hospitals were controlled by the regime. Had he taken to her the hospital, the man said, they would have questioned why she had a bullet wound, and accused her of supporting the rebels. He said it is highly likely she would have been killed. His mother, he said, had to be transferred between different houses every two days to avoid her being caught and questioned by the regime. Only when he bribed a doctor, he said, was the family able to somewhat fix her wound and flee the country. She is now wheelchair bound.

His mother does not let her disability deter her. Although, she does not speak English she has learned to say, “America very good!” She flashes a thumb’s up and beams, prompting laughter from the other refugees.

“We are happy here,” his mother said in broken English. “We are safe.”

Safe, but not free from the horrors of a war-torn country.

The man’s wife suffers significant mental trauma, having witnessed the murder of her seven cousins via barrel bomb. When the regime ran out of rockets, they resorted to filling barrels with dynamite, glass shards and nails - dropping them across Syria, even on the houses of the innocent. The bombs can inflict incredible destruction on both buildings

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and human casualties. Most die instantly.

From the day she saw her cousins die, her husband said, she did not speak another word for four months.

“Her first words were, ‘I need mommy. They are coming after me. They are going to kill my children. They are coming. They are coming.

They are going to get us.’” he said. “She would not go to the bathroom alone, which is next to the room, for four months. I had to go with her. Sometimes, I would wait to go to school to pick up my son, hoping she will go out, that at least she will leave the house. She would not even go to pick her son up.”

His wife is receiving medication but Dr. Amjad Bahnassi, a psychiatrist and interpreter for the refugees, said the language barrier is too much for her to receive much in the way of counseling.

She struggles to interact with her 4-yearold son, who likely will not remember much of the life he has left behind. Bahnassi doubts he will remember anything.

The son is currently attending a local school.

“The teacher keeps sending home notes saying, ‘teach him English! Teach him English,’” the boy’s father said, “but who is going to teach him English? We need someone to teach us English.”

He laughed when saying that, but there was a palpable frustration in his voice. Like Al Asmi, he said he receives little support from Ascentria.

“It is an impasse,” according to Bahnassi.

“Apparently, Lutheran [Ascentria] has courses, but he said the timing is very difficult … He

has so many multiple medical appointments for everyone in the family, he has to take them. When he goes to the appointment later, after 3 p.m., there is no translation [service].

“So, basically, if he attends a Lutheran course he cannot go to his appointments because there would be no interpretation possible.”

NOT UNUSUAL

Dr. Marianne Sarkis is an assistant professor of international development and social change at Clark University in Worcester. She has also been working with refugees for about eight years.

She said she was not surprised by the problems the refugees are encountering.

“I came across a lot of cases like that when I was doing my ethnography here,” Sarkis said. “There was one family who came with eight or nine children, and they were resettled by one of the agencies. But after they were brought to Worcester they were just dropped at home and left. They didn’t know where to go for groceries, they didn’t know who to talk to, they didn’t know how to use the phone …

Their landlord was gone on vacation. They didn’t have electricity. It was in the summer, but they were just left on their own. Luckily a community member was able to call on her behalf to get the electricity back, and to take her grocery shopping.”

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Refugees, she continued, are completely dependent on the resettlement agencies.

However, the role of some agencies ends after they bring the refugees to America. Because of a lack of communication and coordination, another agency doesn’t always pick up where they left off, which makes it easier for some refugees to fall through the cracks.

With the primary interest of resettlement agencies aimed at getting refugees up and running within eight months, refugees who do not assimilate immediately in that time could be left behind.

“So the cultural adjustment — they [the resettlement agencies] recognize that there are a lot of limitations and challenges with the cultural adaptation and acculturation, but that really is not their primary interest,” Sarkis said. “Their primary interest is really getting people up and going in eight months, getting people jobs — just getting them out there to work and earn wages.”

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A young boy now begins his life in Worcester. His grandmother is disabled, his mother deeply traumatised and many of his family are still in Syria.

“All refugees come from an environment of trauma,” Sarkis said, “so they come with a lot of psychological and mental health issues that are not addressed after they are resettled. Between the English, the mental health, whatever gender norms they are used to: between all of these challenges and having to be self sufficient in eight months — or the stress of having to resettle in a new alien environment — the period of adjustment is really difficult on all of them.

“Some refugees have primary, or even secondary education, yet others don’t even have basic literacy skills in their own language and have never learned how to read or write. A lot of the cultures are oral cultures, so they don’t have a lot of written material.”

Those issues, Sarkis said, make it difficult for refugees to resettle.

“Eventually,” she said, “after five, or six, or even seven years they start to integrate, especially if their kids are in school, but it’s really difficult for the parents to get to that point, where they feel like, ‘Oh, okay, we are assimilated or acculturated or just we are fitting right in.’

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for the refugees once they arrive in America.

“You need culturally-competent, traumainformed, people to work with the refugees,” Sarkis said. “You need someone who is familiar with the language, who is familiar with the culture, the traditions, the way people talk about things. Each culture is unique. There are a lot of culturally-bound concepts. For example, some women will not tell you that they are depressed, because there is a lot of stigma attached to any mental health issues.

“So they find different ways of telling you that they are hurting emotionally, but refer to the pain in terms of headaches in back pains.

Every time you see them and ask, ‘How are you doing?’ they’ll say, ‘I have a headache.’

“Then you start asking, ‘What’s going on with everyone having chronic headaches?’ and you understand that they are lonely, they are depressed, they are really overwhelmed by everything and they are having a lot of challenges and lack support or resources to help them adapt to their new environment,” Sarkis said.

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said, or are unfamiliar with the culture, “a doctor might just give her an Advil and say, ‘Come back in two weeks and see me,’” she continued. “One woman I knew was given pain killers that just knocked her out, because her back was hurting. But every time I saw her, her back was hurting, and eventually we got to the bottom of things. She had just given birth and was still expected to clean, cook and care for her other children.”

COMMUNITY

Despite the problems faced by the refugees, the local community has stepped up to help those in need.

At the Worcester Islamic Center, the large and newer of the Worcester mosques on East Mountain Street, Bahnassi said he tries to provide support for the refugees. He told the story of how he came across an elderly man in the community who was crying. His benefits had been cut, Bahnassi said, because he was unaware he was supposed to reply to a form that had been posted to him. The form was in English and the man was unable to read it and did not know he had to reply.

Bahnassi said the WIC was able to help, and the man has since had his benefits restored.

He said the center tries to offer as much support to the refugees as possible, including translating documents.

Most important, WIC offers a community where the refugees can come together, with people from similar backgrounds, in a place of understanding.

Imrana Soofi, who immigrated years ago from Bangladesh, works closely with both the WIC and the Islamic Society of Greater Worcester, which is considered the mother mosque in Worcester. She established the nonprofit Muslim Community Link, and she and her board have identified social integration as a critical need among refugees.

MCL has partnered with ISGW to start a family and child play program. The organization is also partnering with WIC to start a farmers market, where vegetables from refugee farmers in Worcester will be sold.

In addition, Soofi said, MCL is starting running a pilot program, a 12-week workshop on trauma and healing, having recognized many new refugees arrive in the US having experienced or witnessed untold horrors and abuse.

MCL, Soofi said, is dedicated to all communities, but ensures the most underserved, including refugees, are included.

“We don’t want to do anything just for refugees, because we feel very strongly it stigmatizes them,” Soofi said. “They are already stigmatized [when they come here].”

MLC also works to create and strengthen social and societal bonds, with Soofi saying refugees need to feel a sense of belonging and inclusion in their new community.

Some work has already been done, according to Soofi, mentioning the city’s

Community Health Improvement Program, which has a cultural competency component.

“We all need to step up,” she said. “All of us. We all understand that yes, there are issues. We’re all scrambling to get ourselves better able to serve [refugees].

WAITING

Al Nayef is not ungrateful to be living in America, away from the constant fear of attack. He wonders, however, what kind of life he and his friends will have here if they cannot speak the language, obtain a job, and have no idea when they will next see their families? Despite the fact each was skilled in his trade prior to arriving in the US, they are on the brink of getting caught in a cycle of poverty, from which it is unlikely they will be able to free themselves.

They cannot get a decent-paying job, due to their inability to speak English, so even if they were receiving support to bring over their families, they would struggle to find the money to finance the trips.

“We are having a very difficult time,” Al Nayef said. “[The] English language is the hardest, but really it is everything that is really difficult. We tried to apply to go back. We asked to be returned, yet, I was told I could not return to Jordan, because the charity who brought me here would get in trouble for not being successful at resettling me.”

RESILIENCE

While the challenges are many, and the adjustment difficult, it is important to remember refugees are resilient.

“They eventually at some point adjust, in their own way, but it’s really difficult,” Sarkis said. “They adjust within five years, 10 years maybe. That’s a very long time.

“But I really don’t want to undermine the resiliency of people … I know very few people who have actually gone back home. They’re here, they’re in their own communities, they don’t have to fear the wars or conflicts from which they fled. They are facing a lot of problems, yet despite all these challenges they remain hopeful that their children will have a better life than theirs. And so they continue on, day after day.”

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Worcester has long been called a city on the rise. In recent years, however, that feeling of increased vibrancy and pride has become palpable. City Square, the expansion of MCPHS, the return of professional hockey to downtown, the dozens of exciting small businesses popping up throughout the city and the increased visibility of the already energetic and dynamic arts community and a number of other examples of an increased commitment to the betterment of Worcester has already shown that the city is willing to go the distance in propelling the Heart of the Commonwealth to new heights. continued on page 24

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Action! Worcester, the organization responNow, the recently burgeoning push toward public art, spearheaded by the 44-feet by 120- sible for operating the on-the-ground mofeet Denholm mural by Caleb Neelon and the ments of the festival 75-feet by 65-feet Hanover Theatre mural by itself and building Damien Mitchell, will receive the ultimate in both relationships citywide attention with POW! WOW! Worcesand sponsors, saw ter. the value in restrucThe festival, part of the worldwide POW! WOW! Worldwide takes place Aug. 26 through turing the image of Sept. 4.

POW! WOW! Worldwide has taken place in Hawaii, Long Beach, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan and now, for the first time ever, the festival will come to the East Coast, finding Worcester as its new home.

“I think Worcester is ready,” said Jessica Wash, co-chair of POW! WOW! Worcester and owner of pro-Worcester merchandiser Worcester Wares. “I think Worcester is going through a large amount of change right now. I think with the momentum of all the changes going on and all the pride and all the crazy ideas coming together, it made sense to try and do this.”

That sentiment was echoed by POW! WOW! Worcester events committee member and artist Hank Von Hellion, and while seeing large scale murals going up throughout the city will be a sight to behold, it will invariably be tied in with changing opinions of street and public art.

Photos from POW! WOW! Hawaii “I think Worcester is really in love with art right now, but I think there is a huge distinction in their minds between public art and street art,” said Von Hellion. “If it isn’t a pretty mural that someone paid three grand for, it’s not street art, it’s graffiti. I think that distinction is entirely man-made. Part of it is that just because it’s not a giant mural of a beautiful looking princess, doesn’t mean it’s not art and doesn’t have value and can’t be important to the community.”

Visible art will be increased significantly when POW! WOW! starts in August, as 8-12 walls have already been selected as space to be curated and painted by different international artists. The list of artists that have participated in the past is extensive and is too vast to include here (for more information, head to Powwowhawaii. com). The effect of these pieces will be long standing and work toward long range beautification of the city. downtown and the nuance in its collaboration “Long after these artists are gone, their with other development projects currently effects are still going to be here and it will underway. inspire people to do this on their own and “Bringing in a mural festival can literally create their own little events and homemade change the aesthetic of downtown overnight,” venues and things like that,” explained Von said Pacheco. “The average citizen of WorcesHellion. “Hopefully, the effects last longer ter should see this as a way to integrate than the actual festival.” culture directly into their building spaces. It Kyla Pacheco, director of operations at

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basically becomes a national hub because we’re bringing in these international artists, they’re coming to Worcester. This gives you the opportunity to really experience art on a community level.”

While the announcement has only just been made, the gears for a large-scale mural festival — perhaps POW! WOW! — had been spinning for quite some time. Che Anderson, co-chair of POW! WOW! Worcester and staff assistant to City Manager Ed Augustus Jr., was brewing the idea for over two years and, as a vocal and active art enthusiast himself, the project was personal. Speaking with Walsh and Von Hellion, the decision was made to travel to POW! WOW! Hawaii in February. This mission was entirely self-funded, without city funds,

Anderson said, and the goal was to both solidify a relationship and make sure that it was the right fit for Worcester.

“You can easily sit on the sidelines and talk about the negative things in Worcester and harp on that and that can be the general consciousness of the city, or you could get out there and if you want something to happen, you make that happen,” said Anderson. “It’s not about just saying, ‘We can’t have this,’ or, ‘We could have this,’ you have to get after it and go get it.”

“We had conversations with POW! WOW! for several months at that point,” continued Anderson. “The idea was that, if we’re going to look to partner with them, we have to get a feel for them ourselves, get a feel for them as people, get a feel for the artists they normally work with. That was a huge thing, but it was also to solidify a relationship.

We wanted to know how they do things. Our goal was to see how they do things and if we wanted to work them, but also to have them get a feel for us and make sure it was the right fit.”

While we will have to wait until August to see all that POW! WOW! Worcester has to offer, the goal is to make it a city wide festival, full of as many events as possible. An already vibrant city, continually enhancing that vibrancy in conjunction with increased visibility, is an exciting sight to behold and, as the periphery of outsider media continues to assail us with – if Worcester is a city on the rise, now is the time to make an indelible and long-term mark.

“We have so many possibilities,” said Anderson. “If you go to Austin, or Miami, or New York City and you want to do a music festival? Too bad, it’s already been done and everything is booked. If you want to do that in Worcester, you can do that. You want to have a mural festival? We can do that. You can come to Worcester as an artist and do anything you want. In a lot of ways, you can start from scratch.”

Worcester Magazine is the official media sponsor of POW! WOW! Worcester, so stay tuned in the coming months for more information – including how local artists will be involved, participating artist previews and more.

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

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Art is a collection of colors and shapes at its core. The difference is in how those are utilized, and it is up to an individual artist to discover that on his or her own and share it with the world.

With Neil Wilkins’ Flux, presented by ArtsWorcester with an opening night at the Hanover Theatre’s Franklin Square Society Lounge, 2 Southbridge St., Thursday, March 31, Wilkins set out to discover the art within the growth of his pieces.

“My paintings examine impermanence and transition,” said Wilkins. “As I build layers and shapes in the work, I experience them growing and changing. I try to capture these passing moments and present the sense of evolution and movement in my pieces.”

The sense of life in Wilkins’ paintings is

fascinating and integral what the artist tries to get across in his work. While viewers will likely take away different things from his pieces, lively is an understatement.

“Neil [Wilkins] is an up-and-coming artist, he has an energy and a drive to his professionalism that’s matched beautifully by his artistic execution,” said ArtsWorcester executive director Juliet Feibel. “The works are vibrant and a little hallucinatory. His color sense is right on. They’re lovely to the eyes.

He’s experiencing with picture planes and the way shapes interact and react. I always think I’m looking at the flow of water or the scenes beneath a microscope.”

Feibel’s words make a lot of sense when you consider Wilkins’ background in art as well as in teaching engineering and physics.

“I find that exploring engineering and physics concepts on a regular basis through the eyes of students can get a person to thinking,” explained Wilkins. “Honestly, there are so many ways that motion and forces to lend themselves to be understood and described in circular forms, radiating patterns and elliptical movements. Although there may or may not be a specific lesson in my head when I am

creating a work, the process of experimentation and inquiry is always at play.”

While it is easy to see that organic shapes, images and colors could come from a mind rooted in engineering and physics, the core of Wilkins’ art goes deeper than that.

“All my work has an organic underpinning,” he said. “Each piece has some type of natural phenomena at its heart. The stream of consciousness part comes into play while I am painting. I feel the most engaged with a work as I am creating a new form and the whole piece changes. Being present in those moments when a small mark will transform the direction and balance of a work is fascinating to me.”

Part of the intrigue nestled in pieces like Wilkins’ present in Flux, is the ability for different viewers to take different things away from the work.

“Each time I have the opportunity to exhibit, I am struck by the range of interpre-

tations and experiences people bring to the work,” said Wilkins. “I feel like each piece takes on a new life as a person interacts with it. I always hope that viewers will come away with a desire to examine the world around us a bit more closely.”

Head to the Hanover Theatre’s Franklin Square Society Lounge, 2 Southbridge St., on Thursday, March 31 from 6-8 p.m. to check out Neil Wilkins’ Flux exhibit. For more information on Wilkins and his art, check out Neilwilkins.com, for more on ArtsWorcester, check out Artsworcester.org and for more on the Franklin Square Society Lounge, head to Thehanovertheatre.org/franklinsquare.php.

The opening is free and open to the public and will be available for viewing by appointment through July 12. Appointments can be made by emailing info@artsworcester.org or by calling 508-755-5142.

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{ film } The boy in the sand Jim Keogh

If “Lawrence of Arabia” taught us anything, it’s that you don’t draw from another man’s well — not in the desert. Omar Sharif made arguably the most famous entrance in movie history to defend one of these sacred holes, whose contents mean the difference between life and death.

The tools needed to retrieve water from beneath the sand: a bucket and a rifle.

So it’s no surprise that a good deal of the action in “Theeb” takes place around these precious water sources.

The Bedouins of Arabia’s Hejaz Province, circa 1916, migrate from well to well with unerring accuracy.

The tribe’s respected sheikh has just died, and his middle son, Hussein (Hussein Salameh Al-Sweilhiyeen), has assumed responsibility for his younger brother, Theeb (Jacir Eid AlHwietat). He teaches the boy the ways of nomadic life, including the secret to firing a gun with maximum impact, a skill needed in a place where bandits roam.

One night, the camp is visited by a British soldier and his guide. They are in search of someone to guide them to an ancient well on the road to Mecca, and then to the railway. The significance of the railroad cutting across the sand is implied, the train derided as “the iron donkey” by a desert dweller because of its service in transporting Ottoman soldiers. The mysterious box lugged by the soldier offers the only clue to his mission.

(You’ll have to re-screen “Lawrence” for more historical detail about the Arab revolt against the Turks in WWI.) As a matter of honor Hussein agrees to act as guide, and the trio departs the next day across spectacularly stark vistas that resemble the sets from “The Martian.” Visually, the film blends the breathtaking with the gritty (who knew flies are such a persistent nuisance in the desert?).

The distraught Theeb trails behind them, hoping to shadow his brother to his destination. He loses his way, then miraculously reconnects with the group, who, against their better judgment but with little choice, allow the boy to join them. They locate the well, but their timing is terrible.

A band of thugs occupying the area opens

fire, sending the brothers fleeing into the mountains.

“Theeb,” one of four films on Cinema 320’s spring schedule that were nominated for best foreign-language movie at this year’s Academy Awards, is an accelerated comingof-age story that demands the boy assume the mantle of adulthood very quickly. His moment of truth occurs when one of his attackers, partly incapacitated by a bullet wound to the leg, is carried back to the well atop a camel — his gradual emergence into view an homage to Sharif’s memorable entrance. Theeb must negotiate the nature

of his relationship with this stranger — is the man a threat or a protector? — to facilitate his own survival.

Their give-and-take forms the core of the movie’s latter half. The man is a killer, he’s proven that. But are those murders justified if committed in the name of a free Arab state?

Theeb can’t determine whether the man is a revolutionary or a scoundrel so he lets it ride for a time, even digging the bullet out of the man’s thigh and helping to cauterize the wound. It’s what you do when the vultures are circling.

“Theeb” will be shown at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday and Saturday, and at 1 p.m. and 3:05 p.m. Sunday in the Jefferson Academic Center at Clark University.

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Excellence at 85 Main Sandra Rain

On a recent Saturday evening, two friends and I traveled 20 minutes south of Worcester to dine at 85 Main. Over the last decade, 85 Main has become something of a culinary epicenter in the bustling town of Putnam, Connecticut. Antiques shops, art galleries, and performance spaces occupy every corner of downtown. 85 Main boasts ample parking, but Putnam itself is an extraordinarily walkable town, so don’t hesitate to park by the picturesque Cargill Falls before moseying up the block for dinner.

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85 Main offers two unique aesthetics separating the bar area from the dining room.

The bar features a star-studded ceiling that twinkles overhead and murals of vibrant mermaids fit to grace the Wynwood Walls.

The dining room is more reserved, pre-set with blue linen napkins that pop against the space’s beige and burnt orange color palate.

On the far wall of the wine cellar, the arch of a beautiful steel gate towers overhead, tastefully intertwined with the intricate stonemasonry.

We opted to sit in the quiet wine cellar, where our server greeted us and talked through the dinner specials. She explained 85 Main’s specials compliment the regular menu while providing an innovative culinary outlet for the back of the house. One of my friends mentioned she loved St. Germain and our server recommended the Pear Martini. I ordered a Negroni from the classic cocktail menu, which intrigued me by noting the year of origin for each drink; for example, I learned that the Negroni was invented in 1919.

We ordered the Farmstead Cheese Plate, the fish tacos, and the Coconut Hoisin Steamed Mussells from the nightly specials menu. We also ordered a Seared Tuna Crunch roll off the

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Two sweet potato battered Haddock fish tacos arrived next, served on soft corn tortillas with cilantro sour cream and mango and sweet corn salsa. 85 Main prides itself on sourcing the freshest seafood, made equally clear by the Seared Tuna Crunch Roll that appeared soon after. I am sometimes wary about ordering sushi in an establishment that doesn’t bill itself as a Japanese restaurant, but the simplicity and quality of the ingredients shone brightly with every bite. Our server dropped off the Coconut Hoisin Steamed Mussells in a steaming bowl that emitted the scintillating aroma of ginger and green onion.

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When our Warm Chevre Salad had not yet arrived, we began to question our own order.

My friend asked, “Did we actually order it or did I just suggest that we order it?”

“I’m pretty sure we ordered it,” I confirmed.

Our server dropped by a moment later and I politely asked for the salad once more. She obliged and within 10 minutes it appeared on our crowded table, a big bowl of mixed greens topped with herbed goat cheese, roasted beets, shaved fennel and basil oil.

We all prodded at it with our forks, spearing beets, and scooping up creamy dollops of goat cheese.

“I’m glad we didn’t let this one escape us,” I said between bites. My friends nodded in agreement.

Just then, Executive Chef and Owner James Martin strode over to our table in his crisp white Chef’s Coat to welcome us to Putnam and thank us for stopping in. We assured him we’d be back.

The bill came to $92.52.

85 Main opens at 11:30 a.m. every day of the week; dinner is served 5-9 p.m.

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Wayback Burgers, which has a spot in Worcester off Tobias Boland Way, is opening

its newest restaurant in the Burlington Mall, 75 Middlesex Turnpike, this spring. It will mark the third location owned and operated by franchisee Al Abbas, and the sixth location in Massachusetts. The new burger joint is expected to add 30 new jobs.

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The newest hot spot in Worcester’s Canal District, Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St., opened recently, and from the looks of things in photos shared on the restaurant and bar’s Facebook page — one of which is featured here — it was a rousing success. It shows no signs of slowing down, with The Curtis Mayflower band already booked to play Friday, March 25 at 9 p.m.

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Brothers Craig and Brian Herlihy have combined their musical talents with their cultural heritage and created a fresh take on Irish music. $20 advance; $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 WGBH presents A St Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn with Brian O’Donovan. This concert follows the format established for the still growing Christmas Celtic Sojourn concert series while introducing a wide range of new and familiar musicians to audiences eager to celebrate the holiday in true Irish style. Full price tickets start $26. 10% discounts are available for members, groups of 10+ and WOO Card holders. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or tickets. thehanovertheatre.org Irish music. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

DJ 21+Canal. Closed 1/23/2016 N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:40 a.m.

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

Blues, Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll, Memphis Soul, Fingerstyle Guitar, originals & covers. Dinner, Drinks, Music. 7:30-10:30 p.m. William’s Restaurant & Tavern, 184 Pearson Blvd, Gardner. 978-632-7794 or >Friday 18 seanfullertonmusic.net Pakachoag Music School Summer Programs. Summer Tester, The Dropout Act and more at The Cove. TesterPrograms at Pakachoag Music School Registration for summer tester13.com/ The Dropout Act - soundcloud.com/thedropoutact programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and more TBA $7 Doors at 8pm- Show at 9pm 21+ 8 p.m.-midnight >Thursday 17 Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Pakachoag Music School Summer Programs. Summer Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at Facebook.

Programs at Pakachoag Music School Registration for summer pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-791-8159.

Annie Brobst Trio. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585.

Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org Brett Casavant. 8-11 p.m. McNally’s Grille & Pub, 88 Sargent Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at Ron Sloan not alone. HarmoniCat Ron Sloan sings and plays Road, Westminster. 978-874-1444. pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-791-8159. with Peter Ward on guitar and George Dellomo on the snare drum Brian Chaffee. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., while the bakery smells like heaven! No cover charge. Noon-2 p.m.

9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org BirchTree Bread Co., 138 Green St. 774-243-6944.

Coco Montoya. Guitar One Magazine calls guitarist/vocalist Coco Annual St Patrick’s Day Parade Party with Chris Reddy. 2-7 Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat. Let Dr. Nat start your weekend with Montoya “the hottest southpaw in the blues” and raves about his p.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484. “master touch and killer tone.” The Boston Globe succinctly states Amanda Cote Live Acoustic St. Patrick’s Day. Happy St. that Montoya’s music is “hot, blistering soul.” $22 advance; $26 day Patrick’s Day! Come celebrate at Halfway Cafe! Live music all day You won’t find Guns ‘N Roses there, but you of show. 8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great 4:30-8:30 p.m. Halfway Cafe, 820 Boston Post RoadE, Marlborough. will find 175 master craft designers and Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com 508-480-0688. artists at the Paradise City Arts Festival Ken Macy live at 8. no cost. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Sean Fullerton “Fully” Acoustic St Patty’s Day! Join at Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

Sean Fullerton for St Patrick’s Day! Sean Fullerton has 20 years of Trade Center Marlborough, 181 Boston Zack Slik. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, professional experience, performing solo all over New England in Post Road West, Friday, March 18 through Leominster. 978-534-5900. restaurants, bars, performing arts centers, coffee houses, parties, Sunday, March 20, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Live Bands. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., graduations, weddings, festivals and more, specializing in Acoustic Furniture, lighting, glass, paintings, photography Gardner. 978-669-0122.

Blues, Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll, Memphis Soul, Fingerstyle Guitar, – these are just some of the great things you’ll Andy Cummings & Swingabilly Lounge. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. originals & covers. Dinner, Drinks, Music. 5-9 p.m. George B. Preston be able to buy. Cost is $13 for adults, $12 for Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035.

American Legion Post 209, 32 Dedham St., Dover. 508-785-9878 or seniors, $8 for students. Children 12 and under Ben Cote Band & Flight of Fire. Two Bands...Alternative seanfullertonmusic.net are free. Parking is free, too! Want more info?

Rock $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or St Pattys Day Bash. Join us for a traditional Irish feast, along Visit festivals.paradisecityarts.com, email infor@ bencoteband.com with music by The Cosby Sweaters Sure to be a good time!! 21.95 for paradisecityarts.com or call 800-511-9725.

Clam Diggers. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston a Corn Beef and Cabbage Buffet. 5-8 p.m. The Barn at Wight Farm, St. 508-853-1350.

420 Main St., Sturbridge. 774-241-8450 or t3chefs.com DJ DBBLD & DJ Scotty P. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Industry Bar Room, Bluegrass Jam w/ Victor. Open to all skill levels! Jam out with jazz, swing, blues, soul, samba, R&B, Broadway, original songs about 109 Water St. 508-756-2100. musician’s in search of the elusive Bluegrass. Host & instructor, Victor JCDC. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Worcester, and other surprises, such as special guest vocalists Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

Jim Perry. 9 p.m.-midnight Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. Evdokimoff will guide the group through songs, chord changes and and instrumentalists. Dancers welcome! No cover charge, tips St Patrick’s Day with Sean Daley. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Partner’s 774-823-3022. leads. Meet, greet, and jam at 6:30PM. Always the 3rd Thursday of appreciated. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury Karaoke. Karaoke by DJ Nancy of Star Sound Entertainment 9 Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. every month! 6:30-8 p.m. Union Music, Performance Center, 142 St. 508-753-4030 or natneedle.com St Patrick’s Day with The Drunken Uncles. 8-11 p.m. p.m.-1:30 a.m. Danger Zone Saloon, 948 Main St., Warren. 413Southbridge St. 508-753-3702 or find them on Facebook.

Thank Friday it’s Nat 5:30-7:30, then Jennifer Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044.

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Open Mic Most Thursdays @ Barbers North. To check Antkowiak Open Mic Cabaret 9pm. 5:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s The McCrites St. Patrick’s Day show 8pm; Grade “A” Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Fancy 10pm. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 978-345-5051. on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is The Drunken Uncles! Playing all your favorite songs! Come have Second Hand Smoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to a drink with your favorite uncles! Free. 6-9 p.m. Park Grill and Spirits, Grove St. 508-793-0900. reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” Thursday Open Mic Night. Now the frost is on the pumpkin, it’s the time for guitar plunkin...Join a decades old tradition of sharing Bar, 257 Park Ave. 508-756-7995 or find them on Facebook.

Shady Armadillo. Your favorite new country hits all night! 9 in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over Bill McCarthy Every Friday at Barbers Crossing North. p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are and musical camaraderie in an old-fashioned fun roadhouse! P.A. Now catch Bill McCarthy playing his heart out every Friday at Barbers Northborough. 508-842-8420. friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed and support of all sorts provided, be part of the fun...Hosted by Ed North (Sterling, MA) @6:30pm Visit: BillMcCarthyMusic.com for info. The Great Escape (Journey Tribute). The amazing tribute to Sheridan. 00. 8-11 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Journey is back at JJ’s!! $5. 9-12:30 p.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio 508-829-4566.

Audio Wasabi. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Sterling. 978-422-8438.

380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To Brian Richard. 7-10 p.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508DJ (21+) Canal. N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked Gardner. 978-669-0122.

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65 Water St. 508-926-8353. as “open” usually is! Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), College Night w/DJ XTC & DJ Scotty P. 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Round Midnight soulful jazz and blues. We will be playing DJ One 3. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, Industry Bar Room, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.

175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8438. three sets of soulful jazz and blues this Saturday at the Canal 64 Water St. 508-792-4263.

Seamus Pender & Eileen Quinn. 7-11 p.m. McNally’s Grille & DJ/Karaoke with DJ Bruce *Dancing*. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Restaurant on Water Street in Worcester from 7 to 10. Hope to see Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

DJ 21+Canal. Closed 1/23/2016 N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:40 a.m.

Pub, 88 Sargent Road, Westminster. 978-874-1444. you there! N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St., 65 Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

St. Patrick’s Day with Yoke Shire. If you were lucky enough to Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg.

Water St. 508-926-8353. catch Yoke Shire at their sold out Bull Run appearances on St. Patrick’s 978-345-5051.

Clark University Concert Choir. Emily Isaacson Director Free >Saturday 19 Karaoke w/ Royal Crown. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Day 2012 or 2013, then you know why we’re so excited to have them and Open to the Public. 7:30-9 p.m. St. Peter’s Church, 929 Main St, Pakachoag Music School Summer Programs. Summer Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. back this year! “Yoke Shire know how to throw a St. Patrick’s Day Programs at Pakachoag Music School Registration for summer DJ (21+) Canal. N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Worcester, MA 01610, 929 Main St. celebration!” declared Bill Copeland’s Music News in their review of Joe Macey. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Tavern on the Common, 249 Main programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Yoke Shire’s 2013 St. Patrick’s Day performance at the Bull Run. Yoke St., Rutland. 508-886-4600 or joemacey.com Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle Shire has established themselves as New England’s Premiere Traditional DJ Tec Threat. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Sean Fullerton “Fully” Acoustic. Sean Fullerton has 20 years Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at Irish Music Group performing at prominent Boston venues over the past Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. of professional experience, performing solo all over New England in pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-791-8159.

St Patrick’s Day with DJ Scotty P & What We Do few years including The Harp, The Hard Rock Café, Cheers and Faneuil restaurants, bars, performing arts centers, coffee houses, parties, Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., Hall. Yoke Shire has also been a featured performer in The Boston Irish Productions. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Industry Bar Room, 109 Water St. graduations, weddings, festivals and more, specializing in Acoustic Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org 508-756-2100.

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Hip Swayers Trio. Hang with us at Birchtree on a mid-morning in March - great coffee, yummy bread, your pals and swayful tunes! 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Birchtree Bakery, 138 Green St. 774-243-6944.

Suzanne Cabot and Pamela Hines. 2-4 p.m. Hardwick Vineyard & Winery, 3305 Greenwich Road, Hardwick. hardwickwinery.com Open Mic. Open to musicians, poets, comedians or anyone with a talent! Hosted by Stephen Wright. 6-9 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-926-8800 or nucafe.com Alias Draleaus Talented classic rock duo. Talented Classic Rock Duo. N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St., 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Gold City & Armouraires Quartet Southern Gospel Concert. Gold City Now into their 34th year, Gold City is synonymous with setting the standard for male quartets since their inception in 1980. Many have tried to pattern their style and sound, but there’s only one Gold City. Theirs is a stellar career with numerous number one songs, fan and industry awards, and prestigious honors.

Yet this Gadsden, Alabama-based group remains down-to-earth, grounded in their southern roots, and committed to continuing their mission of delivering power-packed four-part harmonies and singing songs that are meaningful, entertaining, inspiring, and uplifting. More info: goldcityqt.com Armouraires Quartet: armourairesquartet.com Visit gospellightradio.org for more information about the 2016 Gospel Concert Series. $25 and $35. 7-9 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-0888 or mechanicshall.org Jazzed Up Featuring Mauro DePasquale. Jazzed Up Trio featuring Mauro DePasquale performs “The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven” a romantic blend of jazz classics and American Songbook Favorites. If you like Sinatra, Bennett, Buble’, and Connick Jr., you will love Jazzed Up! At 7-10 Fish Restaurant and Wine Bar, Marlboro MA No Cover. 7-10 p.m. Fish, 29 South Bolton St., Marlborough.

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The Babe Pino Blues Band. The Pino Ward band continues to rock and roll the white eagle with all these blues. Please join Babe Pino, Peter HiFi Ward, Bob bass Berry and George E Drumboy. Early start early finish time for more! 7-11 p.m. White Eagle, corner room Green & Harrison Sts, 4 Harrison St. 508-753-9612.

Joe Macey. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Guiseppe’s Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405 or joemacey.com On Track. Christian Rock $5 Donation. 7:30-10 p.m. !Cafe con Dios!, Main Room, 22 Faith Ave., Auburn. 508-579-6722.

Aaron Neville. Having one of the most evocative and recognizable voices in American music, Aaron Neville is an international ambassador of New Orleans R&B, though his soaring falsetto sounds at home in many styles. Coming of age in the incredibly creative 1950s Crescent City R&B scene, Neville gained national attention with the Wild Tchoupitoulas, a touring Mardi Gras celebration that led to the creation of the Neville Brothers band - an institution in itself that would confirm Neville’s iconic status. Sold Out! 8-11 p.m. Bull

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The fifth annual Roller Skate-a-thon for Birthright of Hudson-Marlborough fundraiser will be held Saturday, March 19, 6-8 p.m., at Roller Kingdom, 5 Highland Park Ave., Hudson. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit organization, which supports pregnant women and mothers in need. Sing karaoke, play games or laser tag for $4 each. There will be door prizes, a raffle and 50/50 raffle. Email questions to birthrightofhm@gmail.com or call 508-481-2055. For more information about Birthright, visit birthright.org. Donate any amount in lieu of admission. Skate rentals are $3.

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Dazed with opener Rockhouse. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900.

DJ DBBLD & DJ Scotty P. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Industry Bar Room, programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.

Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle Doctor Robert. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900.

Hit the Bus. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-791-8159.

Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., 508-459-9035.

Karaoke. shangrilarestaurant.net Chinese & Japanese Restaurant 9 Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org Jumpin’ Juba: Live blues and roots-rock. Jumpin’ Juba p.m.-midnight Shangri La, 50 Front St. 508-798-0888. mixes blues from Chicago, Memphis and New Orleans with roots-y rock Auntie Trainwreck. Join Auntie Trainwreck as we make our first Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425& roll, jazz, calypso, & Latin flavors. Steve Hurl’s guitar playing draws ever appearance at Padavano’ s Place!

You will definitely want to come 4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com from great blues, & early rock & roll. Bruce Ward’s piano work recalls early and grab a bite to eat from Padavano’ s incredible menu, chock Bill McCarthy. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., full of authentic Italian home style food: a large variety of appetizers, such greats as Prof. Longhair & Albert Ammons. Drummer Brian Flan West Boylston. 774-261-8585. knocks out a solid beat. Slap Happy is their 2nd CD offering of upbeat, salads and entrees are sure to please everyone. Then, stay to dance Contemporary Folk duo Neptune’s Car in concert. 8-10 varied blues/roots tunes. stevehurl.com reverbnation.com/jumpinjuba the night away to all the Classic Rock, Blues, Alternative and Party p.m. Amazing Things Art Center, 160 Hollis St., Framingham. 508free. 2-3 p.m. Leominster Public Library, 30 West St., Leominster. 978favorites you can handle!

It’ s sure to be a fantastic evening of food 405-2787 or amazingthings.org 534-7522 or leominsterlibrary.org and fun when the Trainwreck pulls in to Padavano’ s Place for the first Gale County. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Tri Scealta - Irish, Scottish, American trad music. Mai time- join us, and help us show Shrewsbury St. who your favorite Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

Hernon, Nancy Hewitt and Kyle Carey comprise Tri Scealta (Three Auntie is!

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9:30 p.m.-1 Hitchcock Blondes. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The GazBar Sports Grill, 1045 Stories). Making their Central Mass debut, this trio of veteran singers a.m.

Padavano’ s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022 or find Central St., Leominster. from Ireland & America will share their bounty of heart-rendering them on Facebook.

Jim Weeks Band. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., songs and heartwarming stories. Their combined talents bring DJ (21+) Canal.

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Canal Restaurant & Bar, Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. forth ancient songs of Ireland, traditional tones of Scotland, and 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

On the Rocks. On the Rocks all night long! ontherocksma.com/ new American interpretations in a way no singing group has done DJ Reckless.

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Perfect Game Sports Grill and $7 at the door 21+ Doors at 8pm Show starts at 9pm $7 at the door. before. Tickets are $12 each, and can be reserved online at: bit.ly/ Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263.

8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or DJ’s. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. TriScealtaWorcester or by contacting htfoley@charter.net. 12. 2-4 find them on Facebook. p.m. Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St. 508-792Two-Timers live at 8. No cost. 8-11:59 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & 3700 or find them on Facebook. >Sunday 20 Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

David Kaplan & Caroline Shaw in performance. David Pakachoag Music School Summer Programs. Summer Linda Dagnello Jazz Quintet. 8:30 p.m.-midnight Nick’s Bar Kaplan, a regular guest at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Programs at Pakachoag Music School Registration for summer and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

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3-4:30 p.m. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, Razzo Hall, 92 Downing St. >Monday 21 Music at Trinity: Organ Music for Meditation on the Pakachoag Music School Summer Programs. Summer Passion. Cantor John Weit plays selections for solo organ offered Programs at Pakachoag Music School Registration for summer as a time for meditation on the Sunday of the Passion, marking the outset of the holiest week of the Christian calendar. The Nave will be programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and open at 2:30 p.m. for silent meditation before the music begins at 3 Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at p.m., lasting for approximately forty-five minutes. The Nave remains pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-791-8159. open for mediation following the music until 5 p.m. The same Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., music presented on March 20 will be repeated over three evenings Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, March 21, 22, 23, each following a Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, brief Holy Eucharist in Christ Chapel at 6 p.m. Organ music begins 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. at approximately 6:35 p.m. each day following worship and will Trivia Night! “The Commitments” and “The Field”. 9 last approximately 20 minutes each evening. Free. 3-4 p.m. Trinity p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753Evangelical Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St. 508-753-2989, ext.

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Program to include Schumann’s Davidsbündlertanze for piano, as well programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle as a piece commissioned by Mr. Kaplan, New Dances of the League Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at of David. Purchasing a ticket to this concert will help to support all Music Guild projects, including “Music To Go”, the Hovenesian Prize of pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-791-8159. the annual Young Artist Competition, and the Music Guild sponsored Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org concert during the Music Worcester season. This event is free for Dam Chick Singer. 8:30-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Clark University students and faculty members. Please have your Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

ID ready at the door. $25 general public. Free to Clark University students with ID. 3-5 p.m. Clark University, Razzo Hall, 950 Main St. Vertigo Trivia Night. Free to play and great prizes! Free. 7-10 p.m. Vintage Grille, 346 Shrewsbury St. 508-752-0558.

508-793-7471 or musicworcester.org Spring Gala: Celebrating 5 Years of Music Making. The Tuesday Open Mic Night @ Greendale’s Pub with Bill McCarthy Local Musicians Showcase! To check the Worcester Music Academy is celebrating it’s 5th anniversary and to celebrate we’re having a Spring Gala. There will be performances by schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on our Teen Rock band “Cataclysmic”, our Teen A Cappella Group “Aca- Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve Awesome”, our Student Chamber Music Ensembles and our Faculty.

In addition, we will be having a raffle and a bake sale to raise money it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty for our school. We hope you will join us and help us to celebrate 5 different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are wonderful years of music making! Free, Donations Appreciated. 3-6 friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed p.m. First Unitarian Church, Unity Hall (2nd floor), 90 Main St. 508recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly 635-6900 or worcestermusicacademy.com gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio Big Jon Short. 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To 9439. check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked Hangover Hour 5pm, then Andy Cummings 8:30pm. 5 as “open” usually is! Free. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or find them on Facebook.

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Open Mic Sundays @ Plaza Azteca! To check the schedules >Wednesday 23 and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Pakachoag Music School Summer Programs. Summer Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at Programs at Pakachoag Music School Registration for summer another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-791-8159. supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St.,

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bullrunrestaurant.com Wednesday Night Open Mic/Local Musicians Showcase w/ Bill McCarthy @ Guiseppe’s. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 7:30-10:30 p.m. Guiseppe’s Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405 or find them on Facebook.

Stripped Down. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 The Women’s Alliance holds its 21st annual Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Silent Auction Saturday, March 19, 6:30-9 p.m., at Subterra: Reckless (Residents Night). Welcome to Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church, 9 Upper Subterra! by Kick It Recordings and The Cove Music Hall. These river St., Brookfield. Among the auction items are restaurant Resident Nights are sooo much fun. Half the price all night long gift certificates and a weekend getaway. There will also be a and SoOoO much great energy. This months rez-nite wil feature the chili cook-off. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Tri-Town Internationally traveled, former MTV DJ, voted Worc Top DJ 5yrs...

Domestic Violence Task Force. Questions regarding the silent resumes so long it’ll choke a Donkey, our good friend and a straight auction or information on how to donate goods or services may beast on them wheels of steel; Reckless! Reckless (MA) (Prolifik be directed to Barbara Hale at 508-347-5912. The event is free.

Talent Mngt) Hailing from the Northeast, cutting up the coasts, Reckless has been causing “Pandemonium,” worldwide. www. facebook.com/djrecklessma djreckless.com/ Sneaker & The Dryer (MA) (Kick It Recordings - NSB Radio - Tight Crew) Formed in late Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181.

2004, “Bass Music Specialists” Sneaker & The Dryer are an act not Experience Hendrix. The Experience Hendrix Tour has been to be missed. Having rocked crowds from all over New England, to paying homage to the musical genius of Jimi Hendrix for over a decade, bringing together a diverse, all-star aggregation of California and NYC to Las Vegas, Baltimore, Miami, Canada, and many extraordinary guitarists including multiple Grammy-winning Kennedy more the S&D boys keep a busy schedule. Combining deft mixing, Center honoree Buddy Guy, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd crazy looping, insane layering and on the fly remixing matched with and Black Label Society’s Zakk Wylde. The tour evokes the era electric energy, Sneaker & The Dryer put together an EDM showcase when artists treated each performance as a unique interaction with that destroys floors far and wide!! Specializing in all things bass their audience. Jimi Hendrix called this his “electric church.” The they incorporate everything from Electro House and 4/4 to Dubstep, Experience Hendrix Tour fully embraces this approach, presenting Breaks, D&B, Indie and Mid Tempo. Sneaker & The Dryer have played multiple opportunities for performers and audiences to witness unique alongside some of the biggest names in the industry including: collaborations among the participating artists, and will highlight these Starkillers, Ed Solo, Charles Feelgood, Josh The Funky 1, Swamp, artists performing their favorite Hendrix signature songs including Bad Boy Bill, Optical, Farace, Donald Glaude, Dj Irene, Dara, Steve “Little Wing,” “Fire,” “Purple Haze,” and “Voodoo Child (Slight Smooth, Bam Bam, Punisher, Monk, Wavewhore, Atomic Babies, Reid Return).” Ticket Prices are $48, $58, $68 and $88. Please call the Speed, Uberzone & Bassbin Twins, Annalyze, Venom, Simply Jeff, box office at 877.571.SHOW (7469). Ticket Prices are $48, $58, $68 Grandmaster Caz, and many more. kickitrecordings.com soundcloud. and $88. 7:30-10 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 com/massappealkickit R.O.A.R at the Door. Please be on your best Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre.org behavior. $5 / 21+ w/ Proper ID Ladies Free before 10pm Open: John Mayall. Known as the “Father of the British blues,” John 9PM-2AM $5 at the door- Ladies free until 10pm. 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Mayall is an English blues singer, guitarist, organist and songwriter, The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on whose musical career spans over fifty years. In the 1960s, he was Facebook. the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band which has Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304schooled some of the most famous blues and blues-rock musicians of 6044. all time, including Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Jack Bruce, John McVie, Karaoke w/ Royal Crown. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Mick Fleetwood, Mick Taylor, Don “Sugarcane” Harris, Harvey Mandel, Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

Aynsley Dunbar, Walter Trout, Coco Montoya, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Open Mic - hosted by Amanda Cote. All genres and acoustic Andy Fraser (of Free), John Almond, and Jon Mark. Using Chicago style instruments welcome. 21+ or with guardian. Sign-up begins at 8:30 blues as a starting point for their sound, which has evolved from album Free. 9-11:30 p.m. Legends, Airport Road - Fitchburg Ma, Fitchburg. to album, John and the Bluesbreakers have amassed an enviable body 978-895-5883. of work. And while at one point John was playing a fairly jazzy sound, The Wednesday night hang with Sam James (of The he has always come back to the blues. His live shows are the stuff of Voice), Nate Chung (of Holy Cross) and your host Erick legend. High Energy, Rockin’ Blues. Always an exciting night with one G. (behind the bar). Wednesday night. G Bar. Come and hang. of the Masters of the genre. Very highly recommended...if you’re a fan Great bar, great staff. We also feature the amazing Nate Chung from of the blues, don’t miss it! The Bull Run is a full-service, farm-to-table Holy Cross. Music starts around 9:00/9:30. Let’s make Wednesday’s restaurant in a pre-revolutionary tavern, located about 35 miles NW wild again. Free! 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. G Bar, 62 Green St. of Boston, with plenty of free parking and rustic, old-world charm. $52 advance; $57 day of show. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.

Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org Brown Bag Concert: Frank Vignola & Vinnie Raniolo.

One of the “brightest stars of the guitar,” Frank Vignola teams up with Vinny Raniolo in a Brown Bag for the history books! Often featured on NPR, Vignola and Raniola are also familiar figures on Public Television. With Vignolo’s stunning virtuosity and Raniolo’s stellar accompaniment, between them they have played with Ringo Starr, adonna, Donald Fagen, Wynton Marsalis, Tommy Emmanuel, the Boston Pops, the New York Pops, and guitar legend Les Paul plus Leon Redbone, Vince Giordano, Deana Martin and Olli Soikkeli. Table and balcony seating; bring your lunch or buy one at the Hall while they last! Bring a dry or canned food item supporting the Mechanics Hall food drive. Free Admission. Noon-1 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-5608 or mechanicshall.org Duotone Instrumental Guitar Duo! Free. 7-9:30 p.m. Sahara

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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, Art Exhibit: Genevieve Grenier’s “New England Landscapes”, Through May 15. Hours: 12:30ArtsWorcester, Now! New Art by New Artists: A Juried Exhibition 4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. in Collaboration with the Worcester Center for Crafts, Wednesdays, 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, March 18 - April 16; Opening of Museum of Russian Icons, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, “Now! New Art by New Artists: A Juried Exhibition in Collaboration 11-3 a.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 11-3 with the Worcester Center for Crafts”, Friday. Hours: closed Sunday a.m. Friday, 9-3 a.m. Saturday. Admission: Adults $10; Seniors - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, (59 +), $7; Students, $5; Children 3-17, $5; Children <3, free.

1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000 or 978-598-5000x17 or artsworcester.org museumofrussianicons.org Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for Old Sturbridge Village, Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age. tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org Children under 3 free. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge.

Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 500 800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Booklovers’ Gourmet, Images from Word.A.Day Illustration Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-696-0909.

Project by James Heroux, Through March 31. Hours: closed Sunday, Post Road Art Center, Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232 485-2580 or postroadartcenter.com or er3.com Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 Clark University: Schiltkamp Gallery, “Jump-DevolveWhisper”audio/video installations by Stephen DiRado & Matt Malsky, p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754-8760 or preservationworcester.org Through March 26. 92 Downing St. 508-793-7349.

Prints and Potter Gallery: American Arts and Crafts Clark University: University Gallery, Hours: noon-5 p.m.

Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or 508-793- 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. 508-7527113 or clarku.edu Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. to 2170 or printsandpotter.com 1 p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for gallery. 310 High St., Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 or College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Alexa Horochowski: Club Disminución, Mondays, Tuesdays, qvcah.org Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through April 16. Hours: Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: free.

633 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross.edu Salisbury Mansion, Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday, 1-8:30 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. Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 40 Highland St. 508-753p.m. Friday - Saturday. 123 Union Ave., Framingham. 508-620-0050 8278 or worcesterhistory.org SAORI Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio, 18 Winslow or danforthmuseum.org St. 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester.com EcoTarium, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m.

Sprinkler Factory, Surface: 64 variations on a theme - Gallery to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $14.00 adults; $10 for Hours, Sundays, Saturdays, through March 20. Admission: Free. 38 children ages 2-18, college students with IDs & senior citizens.

Harlow St. sprinklerfactory.com Children under 2 & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, programs & other special program. 222 Harrington Way. 508-92910 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West 2700 or ecotarium.org Fisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham. Boylston St. 508-853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com Tatnuck Bookseller & Cafe, Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday Fitchburg Art Museum, Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Saturday. 18 Lyman St., Westborough. 508-366-4959 or tatnuck.com Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, The Foster Gallery, 51 Union St. 508-397-7139 or Fitchburg. 978-345-4207 or fitchburgartmuseum.org thefostergallery.com Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m.

Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m.-midnight Wednesday, closed Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

Thursday - Saturday. 50 Grove St., Fitchburg. 978-345-1157 or 21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-297-4337 or fitchburghistory.fsc.edu Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St., topfunaviation.com Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Fitchburg. fitchburgstate.edu Framed in Tatnuck, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, free to Members & Children 6 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. 1099 Pleasant under. 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111 or towerhillbg.org St. 508-770-1270 or framedintatnuck.com Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-456- Worcester Art Museum, Cyanotypes: Photography’s Blue Period, Through April 24; Pierre Bonnard, Dining Room in the Country, 3924 or fruitlands.org Through June 19; Veiled Aleppo, Through June 5; Art Carts: Family Gallery of African Art, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 Fun - The Archaeology of Pottery, Friday; Arms and Armor: The p.m. Monday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to

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Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, $12 seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first Saturdays of each month, 10am-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-7994406 or worcesterart.org Worcester Center for Crafts, Opening Reception: NOW! New Works, New Artists, Friday. 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, The Art of Peace, Through March 31. Hours: 1:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655 or worcpublib.org WPI: George C. Gordon Library, 100 Institute Road. wpi.edu

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Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits - Fridays, Saturdays, Saturday, September 18 - Monday, December 31. Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits 257 Park Ave Worcester MA 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 18th & 19th Robbie Printz Pete Costello and friends Fri & Sat March 25th & 26th Al Park Scott Higgins 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 beantowncomedy.com. $20 per person except Special Events. 6 p.m.-midnight Park Grill and Spirits, Comedy Room, 257 Park Ave. Call 800-401-2221 or visit beantowncomedy.com An Inspector Calls - Sundays, Sunday, March 13 - Sunday, March 20. A Mystery by J.B. Priestly $20 (regular), $17 (student, senior). 2-4:30 p.m. Calliope Productions Inc, 150 Main St., Boylston.

Call 508-869-6887 or visit calliopeproductions.org A Couple of Blaguards - Pasture Prime Players, Inc. and Pilgrim Soul Productions are delighted to announce performance dates for their spring production “A Couple of Blaguards.” A two-man show by literary greats Frank and Malachy McCourt, it is a bubbling stew of their well-known humor with a dash of poignancy to sharpen the flavor. Similar to Frank McCourt’s best-selling novels, the story follows the trials of the young McCourts in poverty-stricken Limerick, Ireland, to their journey to the U.S. and Brooklyn, New York, where the young men learn to incorporate the day-to-day lessons of their hard Irish past. A story of immigration, triumph over hardship, and the love between family, “A Couple of Blaguards” is a theatrical event that will find a place in the heart of every audience member. All tickets are $15 and are available for purchase at the Bittersweet Country Crafts Co-op at the Activities Center or reserved by calling 508-248-5448.

Child watch services with Irish-themed snacks and activities for ages 5-12 will be available at the Center for the March 13 performances for $8. Pre-registration for these services is requested. $15. Friday, March 18, Saturday, March 19, 7:30-10 p.m. Sunday, March 20, 2-4 p.m. Charlton Arts and Activities Center, 4 Dresser Hill Road, Charlton.

Call 508-248-5448.

Moon Mouse - Friday, March 18. Marvin the mouse wants to

be popular. Constantly bullied and picked on by the “cool” rats, he is labeled as a looser and a geek. To get away from the continuous badgering, he retreats into his science books and a world of fantasy.

He longs to have adventures, to be the hero. Join Marvin on the space adventure of a lifetime; a trip to the surface of the moon on his homemade rocket, where he meets a strange cast of misfit creatures, learns of infinite peril and awesome beauty. $28 adult $25 child/senior. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Cultural Center at Eagle Hill, 242 Old Petersham Road, Hardwick. Call 413-477-6746.

Headliners Comedy Series (Ballroom) - Friday, March 18.

Each month we will bring you the best and funniest comics from the famed Headliners Comedy Club. This month’s comics are James Dorcey, Paul Landwehr and Rob Steen. $16 advance; $20 day of show. 8:30-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Ballroom, 215 Great Road, Shirley. Call 978-425-4311 or visit tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com An Inspector Calls - Friday, March 18 - Saturday, March 19. A Mystery by J.B. Priestly $20 (regular), $17 (student, senior). 7:30-10 p.m. Calliope Productions Inc, 150 Main St., Boylston. Call 508-8696887 or visit calliopeproductions.org “Junie B’s Essential Survival Guide to School” - Tuesday, March 22. Now that Junie B. Jones has been going to school for over one-and-a-half years, who better to write the book on everything you need to know? From bus rules to band-aids, carpools to cookies, Junie B. and friends deliver the definitive word on surviving and thriving in style. With a jillion tips, tricks and trip-ups, Junie B. shares her hard-won expertise and shows us all how school is sometimes scary, sometimes super-fun, and always something to sing about! An all-new musical adventure based on Barbara Park’s popular book. Contact Theatreworks USA for ticket information.

10-11 a.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. Call 800-497-5007 or visit mechanicshall.org

outdoors >Saturday 19

Third Week Wonders Preschool Series: Who Took the Farmer’s Hat? If you are between the ages of 3 and 5, bring your favorite adult for a thematic hour of a story, an activity, and a naturalist-led walk. Choose from the third Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday of each month. Be prepared to go outside. $3 Child Members, $4 Child Nonmembers, Adults Free. 10-11 a.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org

>Sunday 20

Sunday Volunteer Days. Learn about nature as you assist with a variety of property, maintenance, and ecological management projects such as gardening, buildings and grounds work, trail clearing, wildlife monitoring, and animal care. Projects are primarily outside, but inside projects are sometimes needed. Carpentry skills welcome. Nature lovers appreciated. For all ages, but children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. For more information contact the Sanctuary at 978.464.2712. Free. 1-4 p.m. Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. 978-464-2712.

>Wednesday 23

Spring Woodcock Watch. : Please join us at sunset for one or both of these evenings. From late March to late April, woodcocks put on incredible courtship flight displays, spiraling 200 feet into the air before descending rapidly to almost the same “launch site” on the ground! Bring binoculars if you have them. Leaders: Sanctuary Staff. For more information and to register, call 978.464.2712. Free Adult and Child Members and Nonmembers. 7-8 p.m. Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. 978-464-2712 or massaudubon.org

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>Wednesday 23

Art Carts: Family Fun - Antioch, the Hunt Mosaic & WAM. Ever wonder how our wonderful collection of mosaics got Art Carts: Family Fun - Fun and Games. Discover the past here? How they were made? Where they came from? Where is by playing games! Learn to play chess medieval style, checkers with Antioch? Learn about all this and try your hand at making a mosaic! no kings, plus classic games such as Nine Men’s Morris and Mancala!

(Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 1-2 (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court, 55 Salisbury St. 1-2 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Salisbury Hall, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

508-799-4406.

Art Carts: Family Fun - Drawing Club. Art is fun to look Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor at but it is also fun to make! Try your hand at sketching some art. is nice and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor?

Copy a master piece or draw your own! Pick up a clip board, pencils, Is it comfortable? How and why did they decorate it? Discover the colored pencils, paper and a stool, and have some creative fun! answers to these questions and more with our hands-on armor (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. activity! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum 2:30-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court, 55 admission. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Knights!

Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

Exhibition, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

Woophoria. Join us for a night of fun, creativity, and entertainment Game Night at Barnes & Noble: Splendor. Thursday at Woophoria! Open to the general public, the event will feature nights in March is Game Night at Barnes & Noble. This week we play Splendor. Ages 8+ free. 7-8 p.m. Barnes & Noble Booksellers Millbury, 70 Worcester Providence Turnpike, Millbury. 508-865-2801 The Women’s Fellowship of Elm Street or bn.com Congregational Church in Southbridge sponsors a Chili Cook-Off Saturday, March 19, 5-7 p.m. at the >Saturday 19 church, 61 Elm St., Southbridge. Best chili gets a prize. Cost When Spring Comes National Storytime. Spring is in the is $5 for tasting and judging, $5 for bowl of chili, corn bread, air...you can smell it, hear it and feel it - and you can read it! Join dessert and drink. For tickets, call 508-347-3464 or the church us to celebrate spring’s arrival. Activities will round out the fun. Free. office at 508-764-8058 on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday 11-11:30 a.m. Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Millbury, 70 Worcester mornings. For more information, visit the Facebook event page or Providence Turnpike, Millbury. 508-865-2801 or bn.com email threelaws0_1@yahoo.com.

Tour of the Month: Botanical Imagery. Botanical imagery as symbol, decorative element, or realistic depiction of the natural world, will be surveyed with a focus on botanical photograms in the special local cultural venues, restaurants/caterers, creative retailers, exhibition, “Cyanotypes: Photography’s Blue Period”. Tour begins entertainment, food samplings, family-friendly activities, and more. in the Lancaster Lobby. Free with Museum Admission. 2-3 p.m.

Explore Worcester County’s most creative organizations! Free Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. admission! Free. 5:30-7 p.m. EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way. 508929-2700 or find them on Facebook. >Saturday 19 – Saturday 26 Melkite Greek Catholic: Great and Holy Wednesday Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor. Knightly armor Vespers & Divine Liturgy of St. Basil (Blessed Bread is nice and shiny, but how does it feel? How heavy is the armor? & Intentions). With special prayerful remembrance for the gift Is it comfortable? How and why did they decorate it? Discover the of the holy priesthood, the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great is answers to these questions and more with our hands-on armor celebrated in conjunction with Vespers. In this service, we recall how activity! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum Jesus, Our Lord, prepared to offer Himself, as Priest and Victim, by admission. 2-3 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Knights! Exhibition, 55 revealing the Sacred Mysteries of His Body and Blood being broken Salisbury St. 508-799-4406. and poured out for the salvation of the world to His Holy Apostles. image - archangelsbooks.com/prodimages/Giant/Icons/a-35.jpg. >Monday 21 Melkite Greek Catholic: Great and Holy Monday Service 7-8:15 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 256 Hamilton St. 508-752-4174 or find them on Facebook. of the Bridegroom. The name of this service is based on the Bridegroom in the parable of the Ten Virgins, Matthew 25:1-13. It is related to the Parousia, or Second Coming of Christ, which is associated with spiritual vigilance and readiness for the judgment that will take place at that time. 7-8:30 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 256 Hamilton St. 508-752-4174 or find them on Facebook.

>Tuesday 22

Melkite Greek Catholic : Great and Holy Tuesday Blessing of the Oil & Anointing. The hymns of this service urge us to imitate the adulteress when she met the Lord. Upon meeting Him, she realized the gravity of her sins, fell down before Him and washed His feet with her tears and precious perfumes.

That is, she confessed her sins and turned away from them. Holy Anointing is in remembrance of this tremendous act of love, brought about by one who was sinful. The Church brings forth the holy oils and celebrates the Sacrament of Anointing for health of body, mind and spirit. image - fisheaters.com/annointing.jpg . 7-8 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 256 Hamilton St. 508-752-4174 or find them on Facebook.

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>Wednesday 23 – May 13

New Escape Room Challenge - 100% Free! Sherlock Holmes. Hercule Poirot. Nancy Drew. Nate the Great. You?! Real-life escape room games are sweeping the nation, and pretty soon, they’ll be sweeping the temp site of the Shrewsbury Public Library!

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be on the case, having a secret mission and a pressing deadline to help save the community from an unknown danger? Well, something sinister is up at the Shrewsbury Public Library temp site, and now it’s time for you and your group to step up and save the day! You are invited to try and escape our “locked” room where only the savviest, most observant puzzle masters and crafty codebreakers will be successful in escaping with the evidence we need to solve a mind-boggling mystery. Teens Only Sessions (For grades 6-12 only - each session lasts about one hour): March 21st at 7:30PM Vacation Week April 19th at 10AM & 2:30PM - April 20th at 10AM & 2:30PM - April 22nd at 10AM May 12th at 7PM Family Sessions (For kids and adults, the suggested minimum age is 8): March 23rd at 5:30PM April 7th at 5:30PM - April 22nd at 2:30PM - May 12th at 5PM -

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May 13th at 5PM Adults Only Sessions (Harder challenge for those 18+): March 24th at 5:30PM - April 13th at 6PM - May 13th at 7PM So is your group up to the challenge? Call Dan to set up a time, and best of luck! Optional donations to the Friends of the SPL are welcome.. Shrewsbury Public Library Temp Site, 214 Lake St., Shrewsbury. 508-842-0081.

in the Pan Mass Challenge in their quest to “crush cancer” $25 Donation at the Door. 7-11 p.m. The Barn at Wight Farm, 420 Main St., Sturbridge. 774-241-8450.

fundraisers fairs/ >Friday 18 festivals Murder Mystery Dinner, hosted by the Colorectal Cancer Alliance of Central MA. Tickets Available at www. eventbrite.com Dinner, Theater, Raffles and More! All proceeds benefit Colorectal Cancer Research at UMass Medical School $46 each or 2 tickets for $90. 6-10 p.m. El Basha Restaurant, 256 Park Ave. 774-275-1986.

46th Annual Lenten Supper For Orphans & Chronically Ill Children of Lebanon & Syria. Guest Speaker Dr. Najib Saliba Professor of Middle East History, Worcester State University “Will the cradle of Christianity be without Christians?” Worcester, MA – On March 18, 2016, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church will hold their 46th Lenten Supper in support of Orphans & the Chronically Ill Children at the Chronic Care Center in Lebanon. The Chronic Care Center is a specialized institution for the treatment and follow-up of childhood chronic diseases, like Thalassemia and Insulin Dependent Diabetes. This year’s menu includes an appetizer platter of hummus, meatless stuffed grape leaves, baba ganoush (eggplant base), and vegetables. The entrée will be baked cod with bread crumbs, served with rice pilaf and green beans in a tomato sauce. That will be followed by sfaf, a Lebanese Lenten cake. In observance of fasting during Lent, all products will be made without meat or dairy. Dinner begins at 7:00pm. Reservations are required. A $20 donation for the meal and any additional free will offerings/donations will be greatly appreciated. Please make checks payable to: Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 256 Hamilton St. Worcester, 01064. For forms and more information, contact Joe Najemy at (508) 752-4174 or (774) 2392393, j.najemy@charter.net or use the one here.

>Saturday 19

Easter Bunny Pictures at Klem’s. Children & Pets Welcome! $5 Donation to the Spencer Lion’s Club. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Klem’s, 117 W Main St., Spencer. 508-885-2708 or klemsonline.com The 5th Annual Roller Skate-a-thon for Birthright of Hudson-Marlborough. Birthright of Hudson-Marlborough is hosting its 5th Annual Roller Skate-A-Thon! Join us for this family friendly and fun event. 100% of funds earned will go to this nonprofit organization, which supports pregnant women and mothers in need. Included there will be karaoke and games, or laser tag for $4 each. There will be door prizes, a raffle, and a 50/50 raffle!

Please email birthrightofhm@gmail.com or call 508-481-2055 with questions. For more information about Birthright, see the official website at http://birthright.org/en/. We hope to see you there!

Donation of any amount instead of admission, $3 skate rentals or bring your own. 6-8 p.m. Roller Kingdom, 5 Highland Park Ave., Hudson. 508-481-2055.

Women’s Alliance Twenty-first Annual Silent Auction.

Restaurant gift certificates, weekend getaway among items to be auctioned The Women’s Alliance founded in the 1850s, has been active in charitable causes since its inception. A portion of the proceeds from this year’s Silent Auction will benefit the Tri-Town Domestic Violence Task Force. Questions regarding the silent auction or information on how to donate goods or services for the auction may be directed to Barbara Hale at 508-347-5912. Free. 6:30-9 p.m.

Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church, 9 Upper River St., Brookfield.

508-867-5145.

Comedy Crushes Cancer. Join your hosts at The Barn for a fun evening, all for a good cause. Your donation will help local riders

>Friday 18

Boston Flower and Garden Show. Enjoy eye-popping displays, lectures, demos and more, with the theme “Nurtured by Nature”. Relax in comfort while your driver navigates the Boston traffic. Bring your own lunch, sample the food concessions at the show, or enjoy lunch at one of the many nearby restaurants.

Member: $60, Non-member: $70. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Travel Destination towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org

>Friday 18 – Sunday 20

Paradise City Arts Festival. 175 master craft designers and fine artists were selected from every corner of America in a rigorous competition to participate in this exciting event on the first weekend of spring. From artists with established reputations to emerging talents fresh on the scene, the show and sale offers a wide range of fine furniture, lighting, glass, landscape-scale and pedestal-size sculpture, art quilts, ceramic dinnerware, wearable art, playful and elegant jewelry and remarkable paintings and photography. With live music every day and the special exhibit, American Beauty, in the Sculpture Café, Paradise City is an experience like no other! It is beautiful, unique, festive and fun. Free Parking! $13 adults; $12 seniors; $8 students; 12 & under free; discount coupon online: festivals.paradisecityarts.com/spring-marlborough-discount-coupon.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center Marlborough, 181 Boston Post Road West, Marlborough. 800-5119725 or festivals.paradisecityarts.com

>Saturday 19

Festival of Feathers. Join us for an urban bird celebration and learn the basics of bird watching, meet one of our resident birds of prey, collect data on Worcester’s urban bird populations, and discover bird, egg, and nest specimens from our behind-the-scenes natural history collection. Discover which birds live on the EcoTarium’s nature trails on a guided bird walk (free tickets to the birds walks are available first come, first served at the Tickets and Information Desk on the day of the event). While you are here, BYOB (bring your own basket) and find fun prizes at an Egg Hunt in our Nature Explore® Outdoor Exhibit! Egg Hunts will be held for different age groups, including: Ages 5 and under at 11:00 a.m., Ages 6-8 at 1:00 p.m., Ages 9 and up at 3:00 p.m. Free with EcoTarium admission ($15 adults, $10 children 2-18, seniors 65+ and students with ID); Free for EcoTarium Members and children under 2. EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700.

Job Fair for Blissful Meadows Golf Club. Free. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Blissful Meadows Golf Club, 801 Chockalog Road, Uxbridge.

508-278-6110 or blissfulmeadows.com Batman vs. Superman Storytime and Costume Contest.

Join us for this special storytime celebrating the movie release of Batman vs. Superman. Come dress up in costume. Activity and costume contest will follow the reading. Free. 2-3 p.m. Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Millbury, 70 Worcester Providence Turnpike, Millbury. 508-865-2801 or bn.com

>Saturday 19 – Sunday 20

Maple Days. The Department of Conservation & Recreation, in partnership with Blackstone Heritage Corridor, Inc. will partner once

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to again continue the tradition of Maple Sugaring at River Bend Farm in Uxbridge, MA. Come enjoy this free family-friendly program and learn the entire operation from sap to syrup as knowledgeable volunteers immerse you in what once was an early spring tradition.

From tapping the trees, to boiling the sap into syrup at the “sugar house,” you will find this tour educational, entertaining and a tasty treat awaits you at the end. Free, public tours are at 11 a.m., 12, 1, and 2 p.m. free. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Blackstone River & Canal Heritage State Park, 287 Oak St., Uxbridge. 508-278-7604 or blackstoneheritagecorridor.org

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Want to run? Sign up for the 16 annual St. Patrick’s Road Race/Walk at The Barton Center for Diabetes Education Inc., 60 Clara Barton Road, North Oxford, Saturday, March 19, 12-3 p.m. The 4-mile run benefits the Campership Fund, which sends children with Type 1 Diabetes to Barton Center educational and recreational camp programs. Pre-registration is $25, $30 day of race. Register online at running4free.com. For more information, visit bartoncenter.org, email events@bartoncenter.org or call 508-987-2056. th

March 19 @ Brandeis University, 2 p.m.

March 22 @ Becker College, 3 p.m.

March 22 @ Becker college, 5 p.m.

March 26 vs. MIT, 12 p.m.

March 26 vs. MIT, 2 p.m.

March 29 vs. Anna Maria, 3 p.m.

March 29 vs. Anna Maria, 5 p.m.

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>Wednesday 23

Might Squirrel Beer Tasting. Celebrate Mighty Moments with Beatniks and Mighty Squirrel Brewers at our beer tasting event on Wednesday March 23, 2016. Beer tastings, give a ways and more. 6-9 PM 6-9 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or mightysquirrel.com

college sports swimming & diving Men’s

WPI March 17 NCAA Championships Day 2 @ Greensboro, South Carolina, TBA March 18 NCAA Championships Day 3 @ Greensboro, South Carolina, TBA March 19 NCAA Championships Day 4 @ Greensboro, South Carolina, TBA

Women’s

WPI March 17 NCAA Championships Day 2 @ Greensboro, North Carolina, TBA March 18 NCAA Championships Day 3 @ Greensboro, North Carolina, TBA March 19 NCAA Championships Day 4 @ Greensboro, North Carolina, TBA Clark March 17 NCAA Championships @ Greensboro, North Carolina, 10 a.m./6 p.m.

March 18 NCAA Championships @ Greensboro, North Carolina, 10 a.m./6 p.m.

March 19 NCAA Championships @ Greensboro, Aquatic Center, Greensboro, North Carolina, 10 a.m./6 p.m.

baseball Holy Cross

March 19 @ Yale, 1 p.m.

March 19 @ Yale, 4 p.m.

March 20 vs. Yale, 1:05 p.m.

March 20 vs. Yale, 4:05 p.m.

March 22 @ UMass, 3 p.m.

March 23 vs. UMass-Lowell, 5:05 p.m.

Becker March 17 vs. Lesley @ RussMatt Central Florida Invitational, Lake Myrtle Park, 2:45 p.m.

March 17 vs. Lesley @ RussMatt Central Florida Invitational, Lake Myrtle Park, 5:45 p.m.

March 18 vs. Lesley @ RussMatt Central Florida Invitational, Chain of Lakes Park, 9:30 am.

March 22 vs. Westfield State, 4 p.m.

Assumption March 19 vs. American International, 12 p.m.

March 19 vs. American International, 3 p.m.

March 22 vs. Bridgeport, 3:30 p.m.

WPI March 17 vs. Gordon, 3:30 p.m.NCAA Championships Day 3 @ Greensboro, South Carolina, TBA March 19 @ Worcester State, 12 p.m.

March 19 @ Worcester State, 3 p.m., New England Baseball Complex March 22 vs. Nichols, 3:30 p.m.

March 23 vs. Brandeis, 3:30 p.m.

Worcester State March 19 vs. WPI @ NEBC, Northborough, 12 p.m.

March 19 vs. WPI @ NEBC, Northborough, 3 p.m.

March 20 vs. Roger Williams @ NEBC, Northborough, 11 a.m.

March 22 @ Endicott, 3:30 p.m.

Clark University March 18 @ Mass-Maritime, 3:30 p.m.

March 19 vs. Elms College, 3:30 p.m.

March 20 @ Brandeis University, 12 p.m.

March 20 @ Brandeis University, 2:30 p.m.

March 22 vs. Plymouth State, 4 p.m.

March 24 vs. Nichols College, 3:30 p.m.

March 26 @ Emerson College, 12 p.m.

March 26 @ Emerson College, 3 p.m.

March 29 @ Wheaton College, 3:30 p.m.

Anna Maria March 19 vs. Maine-Presque Isle @ New England Baseball Complex, Northborough, 12 p.m.

March 19 vs. Maine-Presque Isle @ New England Baseball Complex, Northborough, 2:30 p.m.

March 20 vs. Maine-Presque Isle @ New England Baseball Complex, Northborough, 12 p.m.

March 20 vs. Maine-Presque Isle @ New England Baseball Complex, Northborough, 2:30 p.m.

March 23 vs. Eastern Nazarene @ New England Baseball Complex, Northborough, 3 p.m.

softball Holy Cross

March 18 vs. Providence, 12:30 p.m.

March 18 @ Stony Brook 2:30 p.m.

March 19 @ Stony Brook, 12:30 p.m.

March 19 vs. Fairfield, 2:30 p.m.

March 20 vs. Fairfield, 12:30 p.m.

March 22 vs. UMass-Lowell, 2:35 p.m.

March 22 vs. UMass-Lowell, 4:35 p.m.

Assumption March 16 @ Stonehill, 3 p.m.

March 16 @ Stonehill, 5 p.m.

March 19 @ Adelphi, 12 p.m.

March 19 @ Adelphi, 2 p.m.

March 20 @ Pace, 12 p.m.

March 20 @ Pace, 2 p.m.

March 22 vs. Stonehill, 3 p.m.

Becker March 17 vs. Trinity (Connecticut) @ Clermont, Florida, 3 p.m.

March 17 vs. Plymouth State @ Clermont, Florida (FA 4), 5 p.m.

March 18 vs. Bowdoin @ Winter Garden, Florida (Foundation Academy Field 2), Winter Garden, Florida, Florida, 1 p.m.

March 18 vs. Southern Maine @ Winter Garden, Florida, 5 p.m.

March 20 vs. Lesley, 12 p.m.

March 20 vs. Lesley, 2 p.m.

March 22 vs. Clark University, 3 p.m.

March 22 vs. Clark University, 5 p.m.

Nichols March 16 vs. Kenyon (Field 2, Naples, Florida), 9 a.m.

March 16 vs. Augsburg (Field 2, Naples, Florida) 11 .m.

WPI March 22 @ Fitchburg State, 3 p.m.

March 22 @ Fitchburg State, 5 p.m.

Anna Maria March 10 vs. Franciscan @ Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 9:30 a.m.

March 10 vs. East. Mennonite @ Little River, South Carolina, 11:30 a.m.

Worcester State March 20 vs. Bates @ Clermont, Florida (Legends Way 5), 9 a.m.

March 20 vs. Tufts @ Clermont Florida, Legends Way 3, 11 a.m.

March 21 vs. Southern Maine @ Clermont Florida, Hancock Park 3, 1 p.m.

March 21 vs. Hood @ Clermont, Florida, Hancock Park 2, 3 p.m.

March 21 vs. St. Norbert @ Clermont, Florida, Hancock Park 1, 5 p.m.

March 22 vs. Kalamazoo @ Clermont, Florida, Hancock Park, 3, 9 a.m.

March 22 vs. Allegheny @ Clermont, Florida, Hancock Park 2, 11 a.m.

March 22 vs. Thomas, Maine @ Clermont, Florida, Hancock Park 1, 1 p.m.

Clark March 18 vs. Bridgewater State, 3 p.m.

March 18 vs. Bridgewater State, 5 p.m.

March 19 @ Brandeis University, 12 p.m.

Holy Cross March 19 @ Army West Point, 12 p.m.

Assumption March 19 vs. Saint Rose, 1 p.m.

Clark University March 17 @ Wesleyan University, 7 p.m.

Becker March 19 vs. Rivier, 1 p.m.

March 23 @ Emerson, 6 p.m.

Anna Maria March 19 @ Mass. Maritime, 11 a.m.

March 22 vs. Western Connecticut State, 5 p.m.

Clark March 19 vs. Skidmore College, 1 p.m.

Women’s

Holy Cross March 19 @ Lehigh, 1 p.m.

March 22 vs. Harvard, 6:05 p.m.

Becker March 23 @ Colby-Sawyer, 4 p.m.

Assumption March 19 @ New Haven, 1 p.m.

March 22 vs. Franklin Pierce, 7 p.m.

Worcester State March 18 vs. Castleton State, 6:30 p.m.

March 20 vs. Meiji University @ UC Santa Barbara, 5 p.m.

March 21 vs. George Fox @ UC Santa Barbara, 2 p.m.

March 23 s. Hope @ Santa Barbara, 2 p.m.

tennis Men’s

Holy Cross March 18 @ Boston University, 3 p.m.

March 19 vs. Colgate, 6:30 p.m.

March 20 vs. Fordham, 11 a.m.

Assumption March 21 vs. Saint Anselm, 3 p.m.

March 23 vs. Stonehill, 3:30 p.m.

Nichols March 16 vs. Hamilton, TBA, Orlando, Florida March 16 vs. Onondaga Community College, TBA, Orlando, Florida Clark University March 29 vs. Johnson & Wales, 3:30 p.m.

Becker March 22 @ Lesley, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s

Holy Cross March 19 vs. Colgate, 3:30 p.m.

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Across 1 IRS Form 1040 figure 4 Imperial follower?

7 Baltic, e.g.

10 Bunny bounce 13 Vietnamese soup 14 It's chalked before a shot 15 Efficient movements 17 Share, sometimes 19 Influential filmmakers 20 Cut cards with your stomach muscles?

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Expert Staffing is hiring for 12 hour rotating shifts!

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Process Technicians for a Friday-Sunday 12 hour shift (am and pm) Quality Technicians for a Friday-Sunday 12 hour shift (am and pm) Production Associates for a Friday-Sunday 12 hour shift (am and pm) Production Associates for new 12 hour rotating shifts, both days and nights. 7am-7pm and 7pm-7am These shifts will be every other weekend, 2 on 2 off, 3 on 2 off, 2 on 3 off, etc.

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SEASONAL HELP WANTED SPRING/SUMMER Person needed to work in fast paced outdoor environment headquartered in Sutton, MA. Employment will include shop work, and the potential to install and remove external flooring at entertainment events. Applicant must be able to work out of state and country. Experience not required. Onsite training will be provided.

Requirements: Must be punctual, work well with others, have a valid driver’s license or reliable transportation to and from work. Special consideration will be made to applicants with the ability to drive a truck under & over 10,000 pounds with a utility trailer and/or have a current forklift license.

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Huge 9000 sq. ft. indoor flea market open 6 days a week with over 130 dealers. Yankee Flea Market is the place to shop whether it be antiques, collectibles or just household furnishings. We also buy (and sell) complete or partial estates as well as furniture, gas & oil memorabilia, vintage beer signs and lights and much, much more.

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Large chest with mirror $50.00. Call after 5pm. 508798-3994

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Bathroom Vanity 30" W X 31" T X 22 1/2" D. Vintage, Strong, Solid, Beige & White. Many Uses. $65 508-754-1827

Golf clubs, bag, cart (used) Asking $250. 508-865-5726*

Ceramic Wall Tiles 4 1/4" X 4 1/4". Vintage, Light Blue, Many uses. 600 + Pieces $190. 508791-0531 Craftsman Single Stage Snowblower Never used. $200. 413-967-7932 Ionic Detox Footbath Machine and Countertop Drinking Water Filter $200 774-578-5923

FURNITURE Corner Hutch Solid pine - 4 doors - 48" x 76". Accommodates 42" television. $250.

Photo available. 508-829-6792

YARD SALES & FLEA MARKETS INDOOR YARD SALE INDOOR Yard Sale First Church in Sterling (on the common).

Saturday, March 19. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.. Over 25 tables. Free admission. Coffee, pastries, light lunch. 978-422-6657

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Dear Heart of Jesus in the past i have asked for favors, this time i ask this special one, (mention request) ...take it dear heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it becomes your favor not mine. Amen. Say this prayer for three (3) days, promise publication and favor will be granted. Never known to fail. In grateful thanks I will never stop trusting in God and his power.

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Novena Dear Heart of Jesus in the past i have asked for favors, this time i ask this special one, (mention request) ...take it dear heart of Jesus and place it within your own broken heart where your father sees it. Then in his merciful eyes it becomes your favor not mine. Amen. Say this prayer for three (3) days, promise publication and favorwill be granted. Never known to fail. In grateful thanks I will never stop trusting in God and his power.

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PETS & ANIMALS CATS/KITTENS FOR SALE Ragdoll cat Beautiful markings, male, neutered. Born 12/14. $450.

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REAL ESTATE APARTMENT FOR RENT Grafton & Millbury 1 & 2 Bedroom Apartments Starting at $875/mo.

Some include heat/hot water, all include Onsite Laundry, Off Street Parking & AC units.

All newly renovated, close to all major routes.

Grafton Properties 508-839-5775 CALL FOR BONUS! RUTLAND - 3 BDRM 1.5 BA, Townhouse, fully applianced, inc. w/d, private yard w/deck, pkg for 2, no pets, no smkg. $1250/mo. Avail 4/1.

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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

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. $13,000 obo 978-4645525 or 781-879-8275 cell 978 -464-5525 2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter Black and gray. Mint cond.

469 miles. Asking $1650.00.

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

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

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.

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2002 Lexus LS 430 126K. Loaded with options. Always garaged & dealer maintained. $9,500 508-829-4485

2003 Volkswagen Beetle One owner. Dark blue. 102,000 miles. Owner’s manual. Excellent condition. 5 speed, disc music, title. Call 508-829-3752 $3,500

1988 MercedesBenz 300 SEL 6 cylinder gas. Very good cond. Runs exc. $3200.00 195k miles. Located in Sutton, MA 774-287-0777 2003 Cadillac DeVille Tan/Tan Leather Int, 47 Orig Miles. Elderly Owned. Alloy Wheels New Tires And Brakes Loaded with All Options Must See $4,850 Call 774-239-0800 1999 Pontiac Grand Am 6 Cylinder, automatic, needs work or use for parts. 159,903 miles. $675. 978-422-8084

2008 Lincoln MKZ Silver/gray, full pwr seats, win, SR, CD/ MP3 ready, leather, heat/cool seats, new tires/brakes. Must see. 508-853-3085 or lawtonspecs@yahoo.com 2009 Mazda CX-7 Blackcherry with gray & black interior.

48,000 miles $9,500. 774-8230466

2002 Chevrolet Corvette 39,000 miles Red with black interior.

Car is in excellent condition! $26,000 or best offer.

Call: 774-823-0466.

2002 Ford Taurus Wagon SEL Auto., 6 cyl., leather seats, clean. 70,800 miles. $2195 OBO. 508-243-8399.

2008 Ford Mustang 8 cyl, 300HP. 21K miles. Never driven during winter. Always garaged. Perfect cond. $21,900 negotiable.

508-865-3528 after 3pm.

2010 Honda Civic 32K miles, very good cond. Front wheel drive. Automatic. A/C, power s t e e r i n g /b r a k e s /w i n d o w s / locks. $9,950 Hubbardston, MA 978-870-3291 1985 Cadillac Eldorado 74K miles. Never been in snow.

Mint condition. Gray w/landau top. Bonus 2 Free Air tickets & 5 star condo for a week in FL. $5,000.00 Oakham 407-3753917

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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

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee Well maintained, 219K miles, 4 new tires & recent repairs. $2500. Princeton.

Call 774-261-0641.

BOATS 25 HP Suzuki (Like New) with Boat & Trailer with Bonus 2 Free Air Tickets to Orlando and 5 star condo for a week. Disney anyone? Pete 407-3753917 $4,000

CAMPERS/TRAILERS 3 Horse Trailer 2002 Exiss XT/ 300 Gooseneck. Great condition. All alum. S.S. nose. On craigslist pics. $9,000. Paxton.

Call Robert at 508-757-0887* Truck Camper 1985 Bought new in 1991. Real Life brand. Bathroom, shower, self contained. 8ft truck bed. $2900.00 B/O 774-287-0777 2001 Layton 40 Ft. Park Model Trailer. Bedroom has over sized bed. Kitchen complete with stove, refrigerator, and dining set. Living room area has two sleep sofas. Full attached deck, with screen room and hard top roof. Trailer is located in Wells, ME. Must be removed from site. Reason for selling moving to Florida. Price $5,000. Call 413-433-3646

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LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR AUDITING SERVICES The Town of Millbury, acting by and through the Office of the Town Manager, hereinafter referred to as the Town, is seeking proposals from qualified firms or individuals, hereinafter referred to as the Auditor to provide the municipality of the Town of Millbury with auditing services. The Town is seeking proposals from qualified independent auditors, licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and having sufficient governmental accounting and auditing experience in performing an audit for a period of three (3) years beginning with Fiscal Year 2016 and ending June 30, 2018. Copies of the RFP may be obtained at the Town Managers Office, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA 01527 or online at www.millbury-ma. org. RFP’s must be returned by APRIL 18, 2016 at 11:00 AM

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Edward J. Flagg and Wendy Leighton to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for, Castle Point Mortgage, Inc., its successors and assigns, dated May 19, 2008 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 42880, Page 372 as affected by a Loan Modification Agreement recorded in said Registry at Book 44823, Page 285, subsequently assigned to GMAC Mortgage, LLC by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds in Book 43950, Page 111, subsequently assigned to Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC by GMAC Mortgage, LLC, by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds in Book 50860, Page 288 , of which the Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 01:00 PM on April 7, 2016 at 425 1/2 Putnam Hill Road, Sutton (Manchaug), MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit: The land with the buildings thereon situated in Sutton, in the Village of Manchuag in said County of Worcester, on the easterly side of the state highway known as lot fifty-two (52) as shown on the map entitled “Property of Knight Finance Corp.

Manchuag Village, and Mills, Sutton, MA, Revised Plan September 1927, Scale One Inch Equals 80 Feet”, and filed in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds as Plan 4 in Plan Book 52. The improvements thereon being known as 425 1/2 Putnam Hill Road, Sutton, MA 01590 also known as 425 1/2 Putnam Hill Road, Manchuag, MA 01526. Parcel # 49-115 Being the same lot of ground described in a deed dated 11-28-1994 by and between John R. Boucher and Ellen P. Boucher unto Edward J. Flagg and Debra L. Flagg and recorded 11-30-1994 among the Land Records of Worcester County, MA in Book 16738, page 298. Deed recorded herewith Bk 58772 Page 369 The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check, or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE. Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC Present Holder of said Mortgage,

By Its Attorneys, Orlans Moran PLLC, P.O. Box 540540, Waltham, MA 02454 Phone: 781-790-7800 189.6736 3/17/16, 3/24/16, 3/31/16

THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION – HIGHWAY DIVISION NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING Project File No. 606888 A Design Public Hearing will be held by MassDOT to discuss the proposed Harding Street Resurfacing & Streetscape project in Worcester, MA. WHERE: Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission, 2 Washington Square, Union Station Worcester, MA 01604 WHEN: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 @ 6:30 PM PURPOSE: The purpose of this hearing is to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the proposed Harding Street Resurfacing & Streetscape project. All views and comments made at the hearing will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible.

PROPOSAL: The proposed project consists of pavement resurfacing, reconstructed concrete sidewalks, resetting of existing granite curbing, new signing and striping, minor utility adjustments and streetscape amenities, including new street lights, street trees and landscaping, benches, and enhanced crosswalks, to complement the improvements previously constructed within the City’s Blackstone Canal District. Bicycle accommodations, consisting of a bicycle lane on both sides of the roadway, will also be provided in accordance with applicable design guides. A secure right-of-way is necessary for this project. Acquisitions in fee and permanent or temporary easements may be required. The City of Worcester is responsible for acquiring all needed rights in private or public lands. MassDOT’s policy concerning land acquisitions will be discussed at this hearing. Written views received by MassDOT subsequent to the date of this notice and up to five (5) days prior to the date of the hearing shall be displayed for public inspection and copying at the time and date listed above. Plans will be on display one-half hour before the hearing begins, with an engineer in attendance to answer questions regarding this project. A project handout will be made available on the MassDOT website listed below. Written statements and other exhibits in place of, or in addition to, oral statements made at the Public Hearing regarding the proposed undertaking are to be submitted to Patricia A. Leavenworth, P.E., Chief Engineer, MassDOT, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116, Attention: Roadway Project Management, Project File No. 606888. Such submissions will also be accepted at the hearing. Mailed statements and exhibits intended for inclusion in the public hearing transcript must be postmarked within ten (10) business days of this Public Hearing. Project inquiries may be emailed to dot.feedback.highway@state.ma.us. This location is accessible to people with disabilities.

MassDOT provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (including but not limited to interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, open or closed captioning for videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats, such as audio tapes, Braille and large print), as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact MassDOT’s Chief Diversity and Civil Rights Officer by phone (857-368-8580), fax (857-368-0602), TTD/TTY (857-368-0603) or by email (MassDOT.CivilRights@ dot.state.ma.us). Requests should be made as soon as possible prior to the meeting, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, requests should be made at least ten (10) business days before the meeting. In case of inclement weather, hearing cancellation announcements will be posted on the internet at http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/Highway/ THOMAS J. TINLIN PATRICIA A. LEAVENWORTH, P.E. HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR CHIEF ENGINEER

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR COMPUTER NETWORK ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE The Town of Millbury, acting by and through the Office of the Town Manager, hereinafter referred to as the Town, is seeking proposals from qualified firms or individuals, hereinafter referred to as the Consultant to provide the municipality of the Town of Millbury with computer network administration and information technology technical assistance to various offices and departments of the Town of Millbury. The Town is seeking proposals from qualified computer administration consultants for the provision of required services for the municipal Fiscal Year 2017, the period from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. The Town reserves the option to extend the contract for an additional period not to exceed 2 consecutive twelve (12) month periods at their sole discretion subject to annual appropriation.

Copies of the RFP may be obtained at the Town Managers Office, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA 01527 or online at www.millbury-ma.org.

RFP’s must be returned by APRIL 18, 2016 at 10:00 AM

www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES Invitation For Bids The Worcester Housing Authority invites sealed bids for Phase II at MA 12-01 Great Brook Valley Gardens in accordance with the documents prepared by BSC Group, Inc. The work is estimated to cost $800,000, including alternates. Project consists of but is not limited to: building and landscape improvements to the Phase II area consisting of 56 units in nine (9) buildings and associated landscape areas. General Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday March 30, 2016 at the Worcester Housing Authority, Department of Modernization, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Filed Sub-Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday March 23, 2016, and publicly opened and read aloud at the same address. Filed sub-bids will be taken for the following portions of the work: Masonry Work: 04 21 10 Brick Masonry, Electrical: Section 26 00 00: Electrical. A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday March 16, 2016 at the Worcester Housing Authority, Department of Modernization, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 at which time bidders will be invited to visit the project site(s) with the a Worcester Housing Authority representative. Failure to attend or visit the premises shall be no defense in failure to perform contract terms. Bids are subject to M.G.L c149 §44A-J and Davis Bacon wage rates as well as other applicable laws. General Bidders must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) in the following category(ies) of work: General Building Construction. Filed Sub-Bidders must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) in the following category(ies) of work: Masonry Work and Electrical. Each bid shall be accompanied by a bid deposit in the amount of 5% of the bid price in the form of a Bid Bond, issued by a responsible surety company licensed to do business in Massachusetts, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, made payable to the Worcester Housing Authority by bidders for the greatest possible bid amount (considering all alternates). Bid forms and Contract Documents will be made available on the Worcester Housing Authority website (http://worcesterhousing.com/purchasing.html) at no cost. Hard copies will be made available on Wednesday March 9, 2016 at the Worcester Housing Authority, Department of Modernization, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 and thereafter, Monday thru Friday 8:00 A.M. through 4:30 P. M. Copies of the contract documents may be obtained by depositing $50.00 in the form of a company check, made payable to the Worcester Housing Authority, for each set of documents so obtained.

The amount of the deposit will be refunded to each person who returns the plans, specifications and other documents in good condition within ten (10) days after bid opening. Bidders requesting contact documents to be mailed to them should include a separate check in the amount of $40.00 for each set payable to the Worcester Housing Authority to cover mailing and handling costs. The contract documents may be seen, but not removed at: 1. Worcester Housing Authority, Department of Modernization, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 2. F.W. Dodge, 24 Hartwell Ave., Lexington, MA 02173 3. Reed Construction Data, 30 Technology Parkway South, Norcross, GA 30092 4. Project Dog, 18 Graf Road Unit #8 Plan Room, Newburyport, MA 01950 Attention is called to the following: 1. Provisions of Equal Employment Opportunity; 2. Provisions for payment of not less than the minimum wages as set forth in the Specifications; 3. Provisions of Chapter 14, Acts of 1966, Imposing a Temporary Sales Tax, Section 1, Subsection 6 (d) and (k) exempting the Authority from the operation of such a chapter; 4. Requirement to furnish and pay for a Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Bond as set forth in the specifications, 5. Insurance certificate indicating coverage for public liability, property damage and workers compensation, in accordance with the contract requirements, must be filed by the successful bidder upon signing of the contract.

The contract will be awarded to the responsible and eligible bidder with the lowest contract price including the dollar amount of all accepted alternates.

Questions regarding this project shall be submitted in writing 72 hours prior to opening and emailed to Mod-Bids@worcester-housing.com. Reference the WHA Job Number only in the subject line.

Worcester Housing Authority Dennis L. Irish, Chairperson DATE: March 2016 END OF INVITATION FOR BIDS

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Joan L. Smith and Andrew F. Smith to MetLife Home Loans, a Division of MetLife Bank, N.A., dated August 5, 2011 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 47697, Page 169 subsequently assigned to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by MetLife Home Loans, a Division of MetLife Bank, N.A. by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds at Book 49638, Page 141; of which Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 2:00 PM on March 24, 2016 at 16 Bashaw Road, Sutton, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit: A certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated on Bashaw Road, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, being shown on a plan recorded in Worcester South Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 507, Plan 37. Being all and the same premises conveyed to mortgagor(s) by deed dated 06/09/1983 and recorded with Worcester South Registry of Deeds in Book 7791, Page 389.

The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, liens, attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to M.G.L.Ch.183A, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE. Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC , Present Holder of said Mortgage,

By Its Attorneys, ORLANS MORAN PLLC, PO Box 540540, Waltham, MA 02454 Phone: (781) 790-7800 15-000586 3/3, 3/10, 3/17/16

Commonwealth of Massachusetts County of Worcester SUPERIOR COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT CIVIL ACTION No. 16cv169A ORDER OF NOTICE BY PUBLICATION To Joan M. Laurence, Trustee of Forty Four Whitney Realty Trust, and James F. Laurence, Trustee of the Northborough Whitney Realty Trust, both of 12 Whitney St, Northborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts - DEFENDANTS AND TO ALL PERSONS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940 AS AMENDED: TD Bank, N.A. - PLAINTIFF claiming to be the holder of a mortgage covering property situated at 22 West Street, Millbury, Massachusetts given by, Country Candle Co., Inc., Joan M. Laurence, Trustee of Forty Four Whitney Realty Trust, and James F. Laurence, Trustee of the Northborough Whitney Realty Trust recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 32695, Page 43, has filed with said court a Complaint for authority to foreclose said mortgage in the manner following: by entry on and possession of the premises therein described and by exercise of the power of sale contained in said mortgage. If you are entitled to the benefits of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 as amended, and you object to such foreclosure you or your attorney should file a written appearance and answer in said court at Worcester in said County on or before the fourteenth day of April, next or you may be forever barred from claiming that such foreclosure is invalid under said Act. Witness, Judith Fabricant, Esquire, Administrative Justice of said Court this seventh day of March, 2016.

Clerk, Dennis P. McManus, By: Corrine Gorman, First Asst. Clerk 03/17/2016 MS. TD Bank, N.A. by its Attorneys Fusaro, Altomare & Ermilio, PC, Steven P. Murphy, Esquire, 71 Elm Street, Worcester, MA 01609

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester, ss. SUPERIOR COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT CIVIL ACTION No. 16-0154B To Thomas Niewiera, Personal Representative for the Estate of Julie L. Niewiera, of Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; Thomas Niewiera, Trustee for the Julie L. Niewiera Revocable Trust, of Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; Thomas Niewiera, of Stratham, Rockingham County, New Hampshire; Kenneth A. Niewiera, of Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; James R. Niewiera, of Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Natalie A. Cross, of Barre, Worcester County, Massachusetts AND TO ALL PERSONS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940 AS AMENDED: Millbury Savings Bank, a banking institution with a place of business in Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts claiming to be the holder of a mortgage covering property situated on Southwick Road, numbered 10 on said Road, in Sutton, Massachusetts given by Julie L. Niewiera to Millbury Savings Bank dated February 23, 2006 recorded in Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 38449, Page 352, has filed with said court a Complaint for authority to foreclose said mortgage in the manner following: by entry on and possession of the premises therein described and by exercise of the power of sale contained in said mortgage. If you are entitled to the benefits of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 as amended, and you object to such foreclosure you or your attorney should file a written appearance and answer in said court at Worcester in said County on or before the fifteenth day of April, next or you may be forever barred from claiming that such foreclosure is invalid under said Act. Witness, Judith Fabricant, Esquire, Administrative Justice of said Court this third day of February 2016 Dennis P. McManus, Clerk 03/17/2016 MS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Division INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE Docket No. WO16P0681EA Estate of: Elva M. Smith Date of Death: January 15, 2016 To all persons interested in the above captioned estate,

by Petition of Petitioner Ronald R Smith of Sutton, MA a Will has been admitted to informal probate. Ronald R Smith of Sutton 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. 06/17/2016 MS

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 Docket No. WO12P2140PM CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF CONSERVATOR’S ACCOUNT In the matter of: George Clark Protected Person/Disabled Person/Respondent Of: Millbury, MA To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, you are hereby notified pursuant to Rule 72 of the Supplement Rules of the Probate & Family Court, that the First thru Eighth account(s) of Jewish Family Services of Worcester of Worcester, MA as Conservator of the property of said Respondent has or have been presented to the Court for allowance. You have the right to object to the account(s). If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 04/05/2016. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to object to the account(s). If you fail to file the written appearance and objection by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you, including the allowance of the account(s).

Additionally, within thirty days after said return day (or within such other time as the Court upon motion may order), you must file a written affidavit of objections stating the specific facts and grounds upon which each objection is based and a copy shall be served upon the Conservator pursuant to Rule 3 of the Supplemental Rules of the Probate & Family Court. You have the right to send to the Conservator, by registered or certified mail, a written request to receive a copy of the Petition and account(s) at no cost to you. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person.

If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, Hon. Leilah A Keamy, First Justice of this Court.

Date: March 9, 2016 Stephanie K. Fattman, Register of Probate 03/17/2016 MS

MILLBURY FINANCE COMMITTEE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, in accordance with Section 6-7: Action on the Budget, of the Millbury Charter, the Finance Committee will hold a public hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2017 operating budget. The hearing will be held at the Millbury Municipal Office Building on Monday, March 21, 2016 at 7:00PM. Jennifer O’Connell, Chairman

ANSWERS TO TODAY’S PUZZLE

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 J.L. Sullivan, Inc. to Anthony Tam, Trustee of Tam Realty Trust, dated November 14, 2014 and recorded in Worcester Registry of Deeds in Book 53037, Page 136 and the Confirmatory Mortgage dated December 7, 2015 and recorded in said Registry of Deeds in Book 54783, Page 20, of which Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 o’clock A.M. on the 13th day of April, 2016 on the mortgaged premises at 7-9 Egan Avenue, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, where the auctioneer’s red flag is displayed, being all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, To wit: 7-9 EGAN AVENUE, WORCESTER The land in Worcester with the buildings thereon situated on the easterly side of Egan Avenue, being Lots No. 157 and 158 on Plan of Blithewood Heights, recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 40, Plan 66, more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the easterly line of Egan Avenue which is two hundred twenty-six and six hundredths (226.06) feet measured by said line southerly from its intersection with the southerly line of Blithewood Avenue; THENCE easterly by Lot No. 156 on said plan one hundred (100) feet; THENCE southerly by Lots No. 188 and 187 on said plan fifty (50) feet; THENCE westerly by Lot No. 159 on said plan one hundred (100) feet; THENCE northerly by said Egan Avenue fifty (50) feet to the place of beginning. Containing 5,000 square feet of land, more or less. Also the land in said Worcester, situated on the easterly side of Egan Avenue, being lot 159 on a plan of Blithewood Heights, recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 40, Plan 66, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point in the easterly line of Egan Avenue at the most westerly corner of lot 158 on said plan; THENCE easterly one hundred (100) feet, by said Lot 158 to Lot 186 on said plan; THENCE southerly twenty five (25) feet by said Lot 186 to Lot 160 on said plan; THENCE westerly one hundred (100) feet by Lot 160 to the easterly line of Egan Avenue; THENCE northerly twenty-five (25) feet by the easterly line of Egan Avenue to the place of beginning. Containing 2,500 square feet of land. Both of the above described parcels are known as 7 Egan Avenue in Worcester, MA and are the same premises conveyed to Marie B. Alger by deed of Marie B. Gilmore a/k/a Marie B. Gilmore dated July 13, 1989 and recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 12235, Page 147. Also the land in Worcester, Massachusetts BEGINNING at a point at the most northwesterly corner of Lot 160, situated on the easterly line of Egan Avenue, said point being about three hundred one and six hundredths (301.66) feet southerly from the intersection of the southerly line of Blithewood Avenue with the easterly line of Egan Avenue; THENCE easterly, by land now or formerly of Marie B. Alger, about one hundred and no hundredths (100.00) feet to a point; THENCE southerly, by land now or formerly of Thomas H. and Irene R. Donahue, Jr., about fifty and no hundredths (50.00) feet, to a point; THENCE westerly, by land now or formerly of Walter Sabacinski, about one hundred and no hundredths (100.00) feet, to a point on the easterly line of Egan Avenue; THENCE northerly, by the easterly line of Egan Avenue, about fifty and no hundredths (50.00) feet, to the point of beginning. Said tract contains 5,000 square feet and is designated on Assessor’s Plan Book 34, Plan 38, as Lots 160 and 161. Reserving to the City of Worcester, however, any easements acquired for sewer and water purposes in the street abutting said property. Title to said property is recorded in Worcester District Registry of Deeds Book 53234, Page 381. LOT 7 WASHINGTON STREET, FRANKLIN The land situated in Franklin, Norfolk County, Massachusetts on the westerly side of Washington Street and being shown as Lot 7 on a plan entitled “Plan of Land in Franklin Mass, Scale: 1” – 80’, dated July 7, 1986 Landmark Engineering of New England, Inc. Reg. Land Surveyors & Reg. Prof. Engineers, 14 Common St., Wrentham, Mass.,” said plat’ recorded with Norfolk Deeds as Plan No. 1061 of 1986 in Plan Book 340 to which reference is made for a more particular description. Said Lot 7 contains 109,100 ± square feet, according to said plan. Subject to takings for relocation of Washington Street. Title to said property is recorded in Norfolk County Registry of Deeds Book 32696, Page 496. THIS NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE ONLY APPLIES TO THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7-9 EGAN AVENUE, WORCESTER. The parcel is being sold with the express acknowledgement that the Mortgagee makes no representation or warranty as to the presence or absence of any wetlands or environmental issue at all, or as to any contaminants or other substances, as noted under Mass. Gen. Laws 21E, or otherwise. If a violation of M.G.L. c. 21E or any other Statute, Code or Regulation does exist, the correction thereof will be at the Buyer’s sole cost and expense, and shall be separate from the purchase price. The Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Mortgagee from any and all costs, expenses or liability related thereto. TERMS OF SALE: $10,000.00 shall be paid in cash or bank cashier’s check by the purchaser at the time and place of sale, with the balance to be paid in cash or by certified or bank cashier’s check at the offices of Michael J. Norris, Esquire, 171 Locke Drive, Suite 108, Marlborough, Massachusetts, 01752, within 30 days from the date of the sale.

All bidders must exhibit said required deposit to the auctioneer immediately prior to the auction sale in order to qualify as a bidder. The balance of said purchase price shall be held in escrow by the attorney listed below until the time of the closing, whereupon a foreclosure deed shall be delivered terminating said escrow. The purchaser will be responsible for all closing costs, state documentary stamps, and recording fees. Said premises will be sold subject to and/or with the benefit of any and all rights of way, easements, restrictions, covenants, conditions, reservations and agreements of record, to the extent that the same are in force and applicable, outstanding tax titles, municipal or other public liens or assessments, water bills sewer bills, liens or claims in the nature of liens, all existing encumbrances of record created prior to this Mortgage, and the right of redemption of the United States of America, if any. It shall be the bidder’s sole responsibility to ascertain all items described in this paragraph and no representations are made concerning compliance with applicable zoning regulations. This sale may be postponed or adjourned from time to time, if necessary, by the Attorney for the Mortgagee at the scheduled time and place of sale. The description of the premises contained in said Mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale. If the highest bidder fails to complete the purchase of the premises on the terms provided in this Note and in the Agreement of Sale signed following the sale, the Mortgagee reserves the right to sell the premises to the second highest bidder and then to the successive highest bidders. If the Mortgagee exercises that right, it will notify the second highest bidder or the next successive highest bidders who will then have three (3) days to deliver the deposit specified above to the Mortgagees’ Attorney, Michael J. Norris, and to agree upon a closing date. Vincent Trunfio, Present Holder of said Mortgage By his attorney, Michael J. Norris, Esquire, 171 Locke Drive, Suite 108, Marlborough, MA 01752 Francis J. Trapasso, Auctioneer

TOWN OF MILLBURY CENTRAL CEMETERY Notice is hereby given to all citizens with interests in Central Cemetery in the Town of Millbury. All seasonal decorations and any unauthorized items must be removed by Sunday March 27, 2016 in order to facilitate the spring cleanup of the cemetery.

Any and all items in violation of the Cemetery Rules and Regulations remaining in place after this date will be removed and disposed of by the Town Of Millbury.

Millbury Department of Public Works March 17, 2016 & March 24, 2016

John Vo

STEVEN KING

Two minutes with...

When asked why he would locate his business to South Main Street, 763, to be exact, John Vo doesn’t miss a beat.

“This is the neighborhood that needs it the most,” he says.

The Worcester native is a first-generation VietnameseAmerican, a Holy Cross grad who majored in philosophy and visual arts, and an owner of Nine Dot Gallery. Though it’s a small space that shares a storefront with a nail salon, the gallery works to include the local community, providing a home for young artists to draw, paint and collaborate with other creatives.

“Making a place like this was my childhood dream,” Vo says.

You’re a co-owner of Nine Dot Gallery, but you were an artist first. Talk about your art interests and your work. I went to Holy

Cross and that’s where I took my first art class. I’ve always been inclined to create work. Going there I felt nurtured to make something that was more than myself and I had the resources to do so. I started off as a painter and a 2D artist because I’ve always loved drawing. It was something readily available. Being there helped me create a visual vocabulary. Originally, my work dealt with identity and the idea of belonging and I think it still does. It was a way of understanding myself, and where I was coming from as a VietnameseAmerican.

Talk about painting on silk. Before there

was oil paints or Western influence that’s what they were doing. I’ve adopted that and tried to contextualize it so it could survive here. So, when I paint I think of it as a chef would source materials so I can physically mend these two worlds together. The application itself is very difficult because it’s watercolor and it tends to bleed everywhere. What I’ve learned from both Vietnamese and American artists is patience. Its like therapy… and problem solving. When I started painting I used it as a tool to explore myself, but now I’ve laid so much groundwork from where I came from, Worcester and Vietnam. Culturally, I want to take that torch and run with it.

When did you go back to Vietnam and why?

My first trip back to Vietnam was in 010 and it was only through a Fulbright Scholarship that I had the resources to do so. The proposal I wrote was to learn silk painting and woodblock printing both of

which are folk-arts in Vietnam. It was a way for me to explore my roots and was very serendipitous that it all worked out.

When I was there I got to travel through the whole country and it echoed the same immigration story of my parents. I went to Saigon, which is in the southern part of the country and worked my way north. When my father was there he was captured and taken up north. As the year progressed for me studying there, I was able to go to Thailand for a conference.

My family actually walked to Thailand to leave Vietnam and get to the U.S. I put it out there to the universe and it answered back.

Talk about your family’s migration to the United States. My family, like many of

those Vietnamese families that have made the same type of trip, they don’t really like to speak about it. I’ve only come to understand the story through my own research of there paperwork. I translate all of their paperwork. They don’t speak English. I found out in 1985 that my parents left after my father was released from a POW camp. They decided that they didn’t want to live there, so my dad, with my pregnant mom, walked all the way to Thailand. My mom gave birth to my older brother. Shortly after, they found a way to get to the U.S. At that time I think there were only two ways to get out, walk or take the ocean. People would build boats and hope that they could get to Malaysia or walk to Thailand.

Nine Dot Gallery is a family business. You’re co-owner with two of your brothers. Talk about its inception and vision. My older brother and I both went to Holy Cross and my twin brother went to Boston

College. We’ve always been into the arts and culture. My twin, he‘s more into the fashion end of it. When I was in college my older brother and I, along with my twin brother started a T-shirt company and it worked out to see that there was an appetite for this type of culture.

At first we were doing hand-screened printed shirts and cut and sew hoodies.

We realized we could make a living being creative. Our plan was to actually open a space in 2009 when he graduated, but we couldn’t find the resources at that time because no one was getting jobs. It wasn’t really feasible at that time, so we put it on the back burner. I’d been working a bunch of odd jobs and saving money and my older brother has been working a corporate gig for a while now. Everyone was kind of in a stable spot so we started it. It was our hope to have a space that would cultivate a younger us in a lot of ways. Growing up, we had always wanted a place that would cultivate and nurture this type of creativity. When I envisioned the layout. I wanted it to be a place where young creatives could come and work and that’s why we have an open door policy if you want to come in and draw or paint … please use the space.

Why South Main Street as a location? This

neighborhood definitely needs it and we didn’t want to separate ourselves from the regular businesses that we go to everyday, and because of that there are no velvet ropes, no hierarchy, there’s no sense of “Oh, it’s a gallery” There’s no real standard for a gallery here, but we wanted to create one that is accessible for everyone.

The gallery has been open for about six months. Has the community been receptive?

When we have events, we’ll have some foot-traffic from people around the neighborhood. They’re very excited to see it, but they’re hesitant to step in. So we always try to invite them, but it’s almost like they don’t know how to cross that threshold yet. I think with the warmer weather and things we have coming, people will get down with the vibe for sure.

Where did the name Nine Dot Gallery name come from? Nine dot is an actual puzzle;

I think it was used as an icebreaker. It’s business jargon. The concept behind it is that you have to connect all nine dots using only four lines. You try to do that mentally and you think, “This is impossible,” but it’s only by breaking that frame that box that you can solve the puzzle. It’s a tool to teach people to think outside the box.

Of the local artists, who inspires you? There’s this young artist, Sharina. She’s an amazing painter. Young people that can adapt their skills from painting on canvas to painting on shoes and clothing. She’s able to transform and make her work very present in multiple forms. People like that will have a bright future here for sure.

What do you have coming up? Next month we have two painters: Shawn Powers, which I think is first show, and Sharina, who is having her second show here.

They will be doing a homegrown kind of feel. Shawn does futuristic kind of work and Sharina’s work deals with people and animals coexisting. The month after we’re having some Canadian artists come through … get a little fresh water through.

– Steven King MARCH 17, 2016 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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