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orcester’s public radio station, WICN, has played a reoccurring role in my life. I saw its first antenna going atop WPI’s Alden Hall in 1969, then spent the following year hanging around with its student staff who let a 13-year-old kid do rip and read sports, call a few of the Engineers’ football games and get his FCC license. I filled in for the late Bunny Price in 1975 when the local jazz legend couldn’t make it in for his “Maiden Voyage” program (I asked him what I should play and he said, “Grab anything that has New Orleans on it!”), continued to listen while working at cross-town rival WCUW when WICN was recognized as one of the country’s best rock stations in the 1980s, then returned to host a late night rock show in 1993-94. Two decades later, I’ve been given the honor of writing this week’s cover story on the station’s 45th anniversary and in the process, got the chance to reconnect with many of the people whose programs have been the soundtrack to much of Central Massachusetts’ cultural makeup since it first went on the air. Times, tastes and the station’s program schedule may change, but WICN (“Jazz+ for New England at 90.5 FM”) continues to be an important piece of Worcester’s social fabric. —Brian Goslow, contributing writer

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Massive cut to budget would ‘decimate’ Worcester mental health center Tom Quinn

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he Kiva Center has been on the upswing recently, expanding its services and moving to a new location on Shrewsbury Street. The center, however, is in danger of becoming a casualty in Governor Charlie Baker’s quest to fix the state’s budget deficit, as the proposed budget would cut funding for Recovery Learning Communities statewide by 50 percent. A Recovery Learning Community is a peer-to-peer network that provides support to people struggling with mental health or trauma issues. The Kiva Center, which opened in 2007, is one of six RLCs across the state, and serves 54 cities and towns. Director Brenda Vezina said the center’s goal is holistic, rather than simply treating a person’s symptoms. “We usually use the term wellness, because we believe anyone can achieve that,” Vezina said. “Peer support is based around relating to a person. There’s peer pressure because people want to rise to where their friends are, where their peers are.” Vesper Moore, who leads support groups a few days a week, said the Kiva Center is unique among the many treatment options for mental health or trauma issues. “Basically, we’re a place that offers unconventional means of support unlike other places,” Moore said. The statewide RLC budget had been $3.4 million, but if the proposed fiscal year 2016 budget is passed it will drop to $1.7 million.

Director of the Kiva Center Brenda Vezina talks about budget cuts and the impacts they will have on this organization. “To take a 50 percent cut would decimate us,” Vezina said. “We would have to close or find another way to function, and we haven’t even begun to look that far.” Vezina said the cuts would affect essential services such as support groups, housing and

employment help, hospitalization bridging, and the simple use of physical space for people to meet and find resources. Although other organizations offer similar kinds of help, RLCs tout their lack of red tape – since it is a cost reimbursement program, there is

WOO-TOWN INDE X It is Sunshine Week, a time to focus on the importance of accessing public information. Sadly, some local, state and federal officials would rather we are kept in the dark. -3

Clark University’s Cinema 320 continues to be a haven for movie lovers craving something a little off the beaten path. +1

It is looking less and less likely that Worcester would host any major Olympic events, should Boston win its controversial bid for the games. -2

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A weekly quality of life check-in of Worcester With Wormtown Brewery officially opening, 72 Shrewsbury St. has grown even more dangerous for the reporters inhabiting a second-floor office, particularly with Volturno and Sweet already proving quite tempting. -1

no complicated referral system. The main argument RLC leaders have in their fight against the looming budget cuts, which are in the early “House 1” stage of the legislative process, is that cutting funding for RLCs would actually cost the state money. “I don’t believe this current administration understands the value of the recovery learning communities as a cost-effective service to the state,” Vezina said. “The amount of money we save is far greater than what we cost.” Mental health hospitalizations can cost thousands of dollars per person, per night. A week of hospitalization in Massachusetts, for example, can cost $17,500, according to the Kaiser Foundation. Studies. The studies, including one by UMass Medical School, have consistently found RLCs help people who would otherwise require professional medical attention solve their problems in a different setting. “We have people who may choose to be spoken with or supported through a peer support model, which costs less than a clinical or emergency room visit which could result in a hospitalization,” Vezina said. In fact, the UMass study found that RLCs reduced re-hospitalizations at a rate of around 82 percent. Each RLC employs one “bridger,” a person who helps with the transition from the hospital to regular life. According to a press release issued jointly by the state’s RLCs, each bridger works with an average of 50 people, saving the state

A diverse group of candidates shaping up for City Council election, while a 17-year-old takes aim at School Committee. +2

Tax-exempt, nonprofit properties increase in Worcester - and councilors are mad as hell, particularly at colleges such as Holy Cross that save huge on taxes even on totally vacant land. -1

Worcester Public Schools sixth annual science fair at Ecotarium shows off young scientists. +2

Mounds of snow start melting, reminding us that yes, spring actually is around the corner - somewhere. +1

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Worcester gives OK to housing plan tax break Tony Quinn

rate housing building for college students. Although it would have resident assistants and amenities like a classic college dorm, it he developer of proposed dorm-style will be owned privately. apartments in the vacant Osgood Bradley At-large Councilor Rick Rushton heads Building told city councilors this week the Economic Development Committee that that Worcester was the most welcoming place made the recommendation to the council. He he had been in his 40-year after the council said while everyone agreed the project would approved a deal granting his company tax be good for the city, the committee took relief on the nearly $33-million project. concerns over the city’s tax gamble seriously. The project is being undertaken by Rick “One of our concerns TOM QUINN as a committee was that we want to make sure any relief we give a developer is just enough,” Rushton said. “To protect the taxpayers we need to balance the need to re-energize a particular area with the principal that the only relief you give is just enough to make it happen.” The city is giving a tax increment financing deal that will afford the developer a break on real estate taxes for 10 years, to get the project off the ground, after which the building will be taxed normally. Vision has City Councilor Rick Rushton explains his support of a also applied for state tax break for the company that wants to turn the tax credits that have not been awarded yet, Osgood Bradley Building into market rate housing and the amount the for college students. company will get is unclear. To mitigate that risk of unnecessarily Shaffer of Vision Development, which has funding the project with taxpayer dollars, completed similar projects in other areas of Rushton said Vision has agreed to return the country. The plan is to turn the building, any money in excess of the $6.2 million it is which has been an eyesore after years of seeking in aid. commercial use, into a 100-unit market

“The allocation of state tax credits received in excess of the $6.2 million will result in 75 percent of the allocation being returned to the city by reduction in the exemption of local real estate taxes,” Rushton said. Rushton did a quick math problem to give an example of what he was talking about – if

Vision gets $300,000 more than is necessary in state tax credits, they will give $225,000 back, since the credits are not a dollar-todollar ratio. Rushton said the developer has also agreed to reduce the exemption from 80 percent to 70 percent over the 10-years

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fter months of keeping the plan under wraps, City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. revealed details of a proposal to pave a field behind Chandler Magnet School, turning it into a parking lot and creating space so commuting Worcester State University students don’t clog up the neighborhood. Shortly after the official announcement, however, the plan was scuttled after a massive grassroots outcry from the community. The impetus for the plan started when, Augustus said, residents came to his office complaining about Worcester State students taking up roadside parking, leaving no room for homeowners. The city declared some streets as resident-only parking, but that had the unintended consequence of creating problems for teachers at Chandler Magnet and May Street schools, according to Augustus. May Street School principal Luke Robert said the playground at his school has turned into a de facto parking lot, with 25-30 cars instead of room to play. Both sides agree more parking is needed, including councilors who pressed the city manager to resolve the issues – but residents had serious concerns about the city’s plan and were able to muster enough opposition to force the city manager into retracting the idea. Joining the opposition were Mayor Joe Petty and District 5 Councilor Gary Rosen, whose district includes the Worcester State area. Rosen had been among the most vocal councilors asking for the parking problem to be addressed.

THE PLAN The parcel behind Chandler Magnet School is 15 acres. The idea was to sell 10 of those acres to a private developer, preserving the rest as a buffer zone to mitigate abutter’s complaints. Augustus said the number of spaces was in flux, but the city anticipated 700-800 spots being built. The buffer zone would have been protected as parkland, which would require an act of the legislature to change. The city anticipated a sale price of $1 million. A private developer would have bought the property, but would have had a contract with Division of Capital Asset Management to provide parking to Worcester State. The city would have still owned the 5 acres used for a buffer zone. Students using the new lot would free up space at existing Worcester State lots,

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according to the plan, which would then clear space for teachers at May Street School to get them off the school’s playground. Rockwood Field across the street would have been upgraded with turf to make up for the loss of the Chandler Ball Fields, which often host soccer and other events. “[Chandler] has never been maintained. It’s not like a field of dreams,” Augustus said Monday, March 16, one day before shelving the plan. “It would be replaced with real, nice soccer fields with goals and lines, and would be so much more appropriate for kids to play on than this field. Worcester State would still use it for their baseball team, but there wouldn’t be any sensitivity to frequency of use when it’s turf. When it’s turf you can use it for as long as you want.” The city would have also tried to solve similar problems at Gates Lane School, where it currently rents Webster Square spots for teachers. The city would have used half the revenue from the sale of the Chandler property to solve that problem and build a soccer field at Bennett Field in the area. A developer would have been required to fix Chandler Magnet’s driveway, which needs considerable work, and build a playground on school grounds. The other half of the revenue from the sale would have gone to open space acquisition. The city recently bought the 23-acre Donker Farm for around $600,000, and Augustus said the city would have had money available in the future if more parcels like that became available. The property currently does not give offer tax benefits to the city, but would have contributed around $60,000 as a parking lot, according to Augustus. “If this whole plan was adopted, there would be 40-percent more soccer fields in the city of Worcester, there would be half a million dollars more that would go into open space acquisition, we would permanently solve the parking problem at three elementary schools in the city of Worcester, there would be a new playground and driveway at Chandler Magnet School, we would take the pressure of the neighborhood in terms of parking that they’ve been complaining about for a number of years,” Augustus said.

THE OPPOSITION More than 700 people signed an online

petition opposing the plan. The argument against it boils down to two main points. The first is a desire to preserve green space in the middle of an expanding urban environment. The second is the way the plan was unveiled, continued on next page

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$800,000 per bridger. Vezina said calls to the center come in multiple times a week, which also saves money on calls that would otherwise require 911 or an ambulance. “The amount that we’d be giving back to the budget is so small in comparison to what we save the budget,” Vezina said. “This is an uninformed cut. It leads me to believe we need to do more math and more proving of our cost effectiveness.” Baker’s office said mental health is a priority for the administration, a statement that appears to be backed up by a proposed 1.7-percent increase in state Department of Mental Health funding, and a 5.1-percent increase in Adult Mental Health and Support Services. The administration also said it is working to increase the role of peer specialists in programs statewide. “Governor Baker is pleased to propose a budget that fixes the previous administration’s $1.8 billion deficit while increasing funding for the Department of Mental Health, public education and transportation without raising taxes or fees,” press secretary Elizabeth Guyton said.

“Additionally, the administration’s budget increases funding for adult mental health and support services and protects Clubhouse funding, which provides skill development to help disabled individuals receive the training they need to get a job.” Moore said Clubhouses are important for finding a career, but cannot replace the peer support the Kiva Center offers. “People will need support for that employment, and not everyone responds to traditional therapy,” he said. Vezina agreed that Clubhouses provide important career services, but stressed the unique, and in her mind, irreplaceable, role of RLCs in the mental health treatment system. “Taking control of their own mental health and trauma experiences, and becoming empowered enough to do that, is really what recovery learning communities provide, and you can’t put a price on that,” Vezina said. The Kiva Center will join with the other RLCs in the state to drive to the State House in Boston Wednesday, April 1 to lobby for restoration of the full $3.4 million in the budget.

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duration of the deal lasts. “[The building] has been an albatross around our neck, since it’s right next to Union Station, it’s right next to Washington Square, and this awful building has been there, and now we have a responsible developer that wants to come in and make market housing. It’s clearly a project that is long overdue,” At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes said during a recent Council meeting. “Not only should this developer get a TIF, he should get a plaque, a resolution, and a statue that lights up and says thank you.” Other councilors had raised the possibility of the building being sold to a nonprofit organization at some point, which would eliminate the future tax gains the city is banking on by giving the developer a break now. The issue is particularly sensitive in light of election-year talks of repealing the Dover Amendment that protects nonprofits from many commercial restrictions. Rushton said the deal does not contain any restrictions on who the property can be sold to. “The banks don’t like that language, because it hampers them if there’s a default;

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which some view as duplicitous. Juliet Feibel, who started the petition and an accompanying website, remains staunch in her belief that green space must be preserved at all costs. “I think people are done with seeing the city asphalted over, and I think that’s why this is touching a nerve,” Feibel said. Needless to say, Feibel is thrilled that her petition was a major part of the movement against the proposal. “I am so grateful to our elected representatives for listening to their constituents, and I look forward to looking at ways to preserve those lands formally,” Feibel said. “As long as there is open space, it needs to be protected.” She is of the belief, shared by many, that what Augustus calls “mitigation” is really just a collection of unrelated items designed to make the parking lot pill easier to swallow. The logic is that if the city can get “wealthier May Street residents,” soccer players and elementary school teachers on its side by promising them various concessions and improvements, there will be no one left to fight the battle against the parking lot. “All that’s being proposed are bells and whistles,” she said. “They are distractions designed to divide the opposition.” The alleged strategy didn’t work, and residents bombarded government officials with calls and objections. Mardia Coleman was also against the project, sending out a press release listing various objections to the plan. Coleman, along with her husband, intentionally chose the Chandler Street neighborhood when they moved to Worcester because of its connection

they’d have trouble selling the property because there would be a deed restriction,” Rushton said, noting the developers tried to work with commercial lenders to alter the language, but were unsuccessful. Councilors noted Vision was risking millions of dollars of its own money, and the upside of the project was huge, considering the Osgood Bradley building, which is located on Grafton Street, currently contributes nothing to the city. “It’s safe, it’s secure, and it’s better than any dorm you could get at any college in the country,” Rushton said. “And it will be accessible by all the universities, and it puts more feet on the ground around Union Station, giving life and potential for retail opportunities.” Developer Rick Shaffer, who has committed to using local labor in the project, said he will pay back Worcester’s welcoming attitude with hard work and results. “Myself and my staff will work tirelessly to make this a successful project, to make it something you are proud to have supported,” Shaffer said.

Soccer field at the end of Moore Ave. and behind Chandler Magnet School.

to the rest of the city. “We wanted to be part of the excitement of living in the city and seeing students and living near the college and feeling like we were part of a vibrant, growing city,” Coleman said. That excitement is mitigated somewhat by the parking problems. Coleman summed up the thoughts of many residents when she said it is not the city’s job to build a parking lot on Worcester State’s behalf. “It’s not up to our neighborhood to rectify the problems Worcester State has created,”

Coleman said. “The Worcester State cars are not a problem for the neighborhood to solve,” Feibel said. “There is no deal the neighbors should have to accept. It’s very simple – Worcester State manages its own parking problem on its own land.” The idea that Worcester State should build a parking lot on their own land is pervasive among opponents of the plan. The university issued a statement after the cancellation of the proposal. “We commend City Manager Augustus for

seeking creative solutions to issues raised by those who live in our neighborhood,” spokesperson Renae Lias Claffey said. “We stand ready to partner with the city in the future to make our neighborhood a better place to live, work, and go to school.” Claffey was able to confirm a rumor swirling around that former city councilor Bill Eddy was being employed as a consultant by Worcester State. Eddy did not return a phone call seeking comment. MARCH 19, 2015 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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IT’S PART OF THE EXECUTIVE:

A recent online poll for the Telegram and Gazette posed the question, “In which branch of the federal government do you have the most confidence?” The choices were Congress, the Supreme Court, the Executive or the military. Astute governmental scholars, or anyone who kept their notes from fifth-grade history class, may argue that the military is not actually a branch of the U.S. government. They’d be correct. While the traditional view of American politics is that government is divided into legislative, executive and judicial branches, the idea to include the military in that equation could have been a biting commentary on the increased presence of the military-industrial complex in our modern system of government. Or it could be that coming up with daily polls takes a daily toll, since the poll was quickly removed and replaced with one that only contained three branches of government. We may never know who won the original poll, but the judicial branch took the revised poll in a landslide.

MARCH (MUNICIPAL) MADNESS: It’s March,

which means Worcesterites will be filling out their tournament brackets. No, not the NCAA tournament – the March Municipal Madness tournament, sponsored by the Worcester Regional Research Bureau. The tournament pits different government initiatives and policies against each other, and residents can pick their favorites. Unfortunately, the winning policy will not actually become law – hot button topics like “increase police presence in schools” and “establish a single tax rate” are available as choices – but five winners will receive tickets to the WRRB’s 30th anniversary meeting. The bracket can be a little redundant – five of the policerelated items begin with the word “expand,” and another quarter of the bracket is mostly about infrastructure improvements – but political junkies can now get their fix while everyone else is talking about the basketball tournament.

TOO MANY OPENINGS: Wormtown Brewery finally had its grand opening for its new location at 72 Shrewsbury St. on March 17. The award-winning brewery opened its new doors on its fifth anniversary, serving up popular beers like Be Hoppy and Hopulence. Of course, Wormtown had a STEVEN KING soft opening on Monday, and a “friends and family” opening on Friday, and have been filling growlers for weeks. Serving beer for a few weeks before your grand opening seems like it would take away some excitement from the actual ribbon cutting, but the beer is so good we’ll forgive them for not building any suspense. TOO MANY MEETINGS: Auburn will have to hold another town meeting to vote on a warrant

after some pages got stuck together in the printer. By rule, warrants have to be mailed in 14 days before a meeting, but the Telegram & Gazette reports only seven of the warrant’s 11 articles were mailed, so another meeting will have to be held on April 1. Nothing in the warrant was emergency-level, but it never looks good when the government of a city can’t even get their printers to behave.

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{ worcesteria } TARGET ON DOVER: Moe Bergman and Tony Economou went on the Jordan Levy

Show March 13 to drum up citizen support for their home rule petition presented at the March 17 council meeting, and they got a huge response. The home rule petition would ask the state Legislature to exempt Worcester from the Dover Amendment, a law protecting non-profit agencies from the same restrictions as commercial businesses, allowing them to move into residential neighborhoods without and input from the neighbors. The proposal struck a chord with taxpaying homeowners, a handful of which showed up at a recent Council meeting to share their horror stories of nonprofit moving into their neighborhoods and ruining property values, often with what the speakers claimed was a tenuous claim to an “educational” mission, one of the ways an organization can get non-profit status. The councilors’ petition would not ban nonprofits from residential neighborhoods, but would make them prove they would add to the neighborhood, and would allow neighbors a chance to be heard in the process. Mayor Joe Petty had to use the gavel to silence the crowd at times, which applauded heartily after a few points they agreed with. The Council will debate the issue again next week, as Konnie Lukes held the item under privilege. At one point Petty took a break to explain to the crowd what holding under privilege entailed, but it did not scare anyone off from sticking around for the end of the debate – if there is one thing people are passionate about, it is their homes, and Economou and Bergman seem to have the community’s support on this one.

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POTHOLE LOOPHOLE: Should it be easier to call in requests to fix potholes? One of Gary

Rosen’s constituents thinks so, and the councilor brought a strange DPW policy to the council’s attention March 17. Apparently residents need to give a house number for each pothole they want fixed, which is troublesome for a long road like Mill Street, which could currently qualify as off-road based on how bumpy the ride is. Rosen wants a truck that is in the area to fill all the other potholes, as well. It would be nice if the city would fix potholes on a street without explicitly being given a house number.

DIRTY DIRT BIKES: What’s the best way to stop people from doing stupid things on ATVs? Taking away the ATV would do the trick, but apparently the City Council needs to pass an ordinance to put some teeth in the current law governing the off-road vehicles. An order was previously voted on in July, but Moe Bergman is requesting an update as to whether ATVs can be confiscated when used in an illegal manner. The topic will become timely again when all the snow melts, as the city has had problems with injury and death related to dirt bikes and other vehicles in the past. Dirt bike enthusiasts have been warned. QUALITY OUT: Worcester police have arrested two suspects in the March 14 Quality Inn

shooting, where a 15-year-old was shot multiple times. Police had said they were looking for three male suspects, but so far 27year-old Joseph Green of Bluff Street and 19-year-old Kephon Dimery of Elizabeth Street are in custody. Police have not established a motive of the shooting, but the current theory is that the men belong to rival gangs in the city. The victim was conscious when police arrived at the scene, and is in stable condition. The Quality Inn, on the other hand, has some image cleanup to do.

WITH HER OWN KNIFE: An attempted purse theft almost went very wrong on March 11. According to police, a woman was robbed in the parking lot of the Park Tower Building on Park Avenue when a masked man attempted to grab her purse from her shoulder. After a brief struggle, the woman dropped her car keys and a utility knife she had brought with her. Naturally, the would-be thief went for the knife and slashed the victim’s thigh, making an escape without stealing the purse. The injuries were reportedly not serious, although the next time the robber tries to steal a purse, he might now be armed. GOING FOR THE STEAL: A former Worcester basketball coach is being held without bail after one of his former players positively ID’d him has the perpetrator of a home invasion in November. The victim was allegedly struck in the head with a shotgun, according to the Telegram & Gazette, and recognized his former coach even though he was partially masked. What makes the story even stranger is that the coach, Jesse Ouellet, was in contact with his son before the attack. His son is a friend of the victim, and was in the room before Ouellet burst in and stole cash and marijuana. The son is also identified as a suspect, as police believe he may have worked with his dad to set up the attack. Teamwork and aggressiveness are part of basketball, but Ouellet is accused of not leaving it all on the court. As an entirely unrelated side note, previous charges against Ouellet for using a wrapped foil cigar as a weapon were dismissed, his lawyer pointed out in court.

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Criminal records should be public

Count Worcester Magazine as standing firmly on the side of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Gatehouse Media, the Boston Herald and the Boston Globe against recent rulings on the state’s public records law. According to a decision by Secretary of State William Galvin, local and state police pretty much now have carte blanche to decide which criminal records they should release to the public. This sets a dangerous precedent, but really if you look at the practices already employed by many police departments, it should come as no surprise. One need only look to the Worcester Police Department and its track record when it comes to complying with public records laws and requests for information. The department, through its two-person media relations crew, routinely plays favorites and picks and chooses to whom and when it will respond, and with what information. Worcester Magazine recently made a detailed public records request, along with a request for comment from the police chief, on matters concerning North High School. There was no response within the mandatory 10-day period, not even a return email confirming receipt of the request. Inside the Worcester Police Department, all that seems to matter to certain top cops is carrying out vendettas against media that actually had the temerity to stand up and cry foul to their often rude, crude and downright abusive and threatening treatment of members of the press. Now, rather than send a message that they are not above the law, the state is clearly telling police departments they not only can continue their shenanigans with local media — now they can withhold information that carries significant importance to the general public in the form of arrest records. And this does not just pertain to police officers who are arrested. Departments have long thumbed their noses at the public records laws when it comes to providing that information. Now it extends to any John Q. Criminal. Never mind, of course, that state lawmakers last year did crime a big favor by deciding that anyone arrested for domestic violence will not have his or her name listed on police logs. Massachusetts is taking giant-sized leaps backward when it comes to keeping the public informed. In Worcester, it just got worse.

For Augustus, a no win No one has ever questioned the intelligence of City Manager Ed Augustus Jr., even

those who were not jumping up and down, waving pom poms when he was ultimately given the permanent gig here in Worcester. In the year or so he has been on the job, perhaps at no point has Augustus demonstrated just how savvy he is than this week, when after trying to come up with a solution to the parking woes around Worcester State University - which is exactly what his bosses on City Council wanted him to do - he scuttled a complex plan that would have given a city field to Worcester State to convert it into a parking lot. In return, the city would gained other playing fields and goodies. Augustus was going to present the plan at an April 1 public meeting, and he had no intentions of going public with it until then. His stated reason is believable enough — that residents deserved not to learn of it through rumor and piecemeal speculation, but rather when the i’s were dotted and the t’s crossed. That was not the real reason, of course. Augustus knew darn well that once he went public with the plan, a good number of City Councilors and School Committee members would scream bloody murder — just loud enough so their constituents would hear them. Remember, this is an election year, folks, and , there was no way in hell most councilors were going to sign off on destroying a city-owned piece of land whose primary purpose is to give the kiddos and others a place to play. For what? A parking lot to help a university that continued to build building after building when it knew darn well it had no way to accommodate the resulting increase in commuting students clamoring for a place to park? After the plan went public, it took mere hours for Augustus to know it was game over. Never mind that the very councilors who kicked him in the teeth over this plan were the same ones kicking him in the teeth to solve the parking problem in the first place. This is an election season, folks. The city manager made the only play that made sense. He gave in. Weak? No sir. Smart. Very smart.

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Bring on the Mets

To the Editor: l of this talk about affiliated baseball in Worcester has got me thinking (and dreaming). The talk so far has been mostly about the PawSox, but I think a more realistic option would be to bring the New York Mets AAA team to Worcester. Obviously, I would love to have the Sox team, but I think the Providence deal will most likely happen. The Mets AAA team is currently playing in Las Vegas. Obviously, this is extremely inconvenient when it comes time to call a player up to New York. All you have to do is Google Mets Las Vegas and you’ll find article after article about how players hate playing out there, and how the Mets organization would rather have a team back east, but currently have no options. Worcester, 170 miles and just three hours from Citi Field in NYC, could certainly be that option. Not to mention the fact Worcester’s own J. P. Ricciardi is currently the Mets assistant GM and former Millbury resident Ron Darling does play by play for the Mets so there are local ties to the team. I love watching the Bravehearts and the Tornadoes before them, but to have an affiliated baseball team in Worcester, the city that is home to the first Major League Baseball perfect game, would be a much bigger experience, We could still see the PawSox, or ProvSox, when the two teams play each other during the year. Portland, Manchester, Hartford, Lowell, Pawtucket all have MLB affiliated teams and all of those cities are smaller than Worcester. There are a number of cities smaller than Worcester with AAA teams, and 21 of the 30 AA teams are located in cities smaller than Worcester. A move by the PawSox to Providence opens the door for Worcester to share in that experience of watching MLB’s most promising young stars. I urge the mayor, City Council, and city manager to continue to pursue this idea of bringing a team to the city. MIKE LAWTON Millbury

Support parents’ rights to opt out of controversial student test

To the Editor: I am disturbed and discouraged to hear that Superintendent (Melinda) Boone has not distributed a written opt out/refuse the PARCC test form to every student in the district. Parents and students have the right to opt out/refuse the PARCC (the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers) pilot test that will begin this month. Additionally, parents/guardians who submit their own opt out/refuse forms for the PARCC pilot test are being informed by their school administration that

itor d E e to th s r e t Let they do not have this right, and that the PARCC pilot testing is mandatory — a patently false statement. The administration is taking advantage of the parents’ lack of knowledge about their rights. No parent should be denied the right to opt out/refuse the PARCC pilot. No child can be compelled to accept such a test personally once his or her guardian has notified the school of the decision to opt the child out of such a test. It is illegal to force anyone to participate in a research study. PARCC is still being field tested in Massachusetts. The state will decide in the fall of 2015 whether to replace MCAS with PARCC. Last spring this parent-led movement also gained the support of the (Education Association of Worcester) EAW teacher’s union in Worcester by voting “NO CONFIDENCE” in the implementation of PARCC. In the fall of 2014, the School Committee voted, 5-2, to implement Superintendent Boone’s proposal to go forward with PARCC in the majority of the schools. On Thursday, March 19 the Worcester School Committee will be addressing an agenda item about the PARCC. The agenda item, which was initiated by Brian O’Connell reads as follows: “To notify parents and guardians as to the right to ‘opt out’ of taking the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) examination this spring, to provide substantive academic instruction, during test administration time, to students who are not taking the test, and to give guidance to teachers proctoring the test as to the procedures for working with the students not taking the test.” I ask the Worcester School Committee, Mayor (Joe) Petty and Superintendent Boone to support Brian O’Connell’s motion and support parental rights. DONNA COLORIO Worcester

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GOING BLUE Clark University is changing

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its colors to blue, for at least one day, anyway. The school’s 111 commencement exercises will feature Matt Goldman (pictured at left) as its keynote speaker. Goldman is cofounder of Blue Man Group, and a 1983 graduate of Clark, where he earned a bachelor’s degree. He earned his M.B.A. in 1984. At the commencement he will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters degree. Also at graduation, Clark University will award honorary degrees to journalist and food writer Mark Bittman (1971); Audrey Flack, a pioneer of photorealism; and Francis Lelo, vice chancellor of Laikapia University in Kenya.

INTERNATIONAL FLAIR The International Students Association (ISA), a student initiative at Clark University, will holds its annual International Gala Friday, March 20, 7-10 p.m. in the Kneller Athletic Center. The event is held each spring, and showcases diversity through music, native dress, dance other customs of students’ home countries. Free and open to the public.

GOOD FELLOWS Past and current fellows in the Worcester State University - Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps

fellows program were recognized earlier this month at the college, according to WSU spokesperson Renae Lias Claffey. The program started in 2007, and since then 20 Worcester State students have been trained and served as fellows at the RFK Lancaster campus, working with at-risk teens and kids in a residential treatment facility founded in 1969 by friends and colleagues of Robert F. Kennedy. Claffey, in a post on the school’s web site, said 1994 WSU grad David Tivnan, director of operations at RFK, and Dr. Mark Wagner, director of the Binienda Center for

Civic Engagement, presented plaques to 2012 WSU graduate Erika Anderson, who has worked two and a half years with RFK. The school also honored current fellows Craig Snyder, Brittany King, Jen Cardenas and Cassie Giardina.

WINNING WORKERS

The College of the Holy Cross recently honored five employees with the 2014 Claire B. Burns Award, which was established in 1997 in honor of the wife of 1949 Holy Cross graduate Donal Burns. The awards are given to non-exempt employees of the college, working or retired, who have demonstrated, fostered and promoted the spirit of family. This year’s recipients, recognized at a banquet earlier this month, were Francine Buck, Marilyn Casello, Agnieszka Macko, Noriah Nor and Tomi Progri. RoseMarie Caranci received The Rev. William O’Halloran Award. On April 9, Holy Cross will honor employees who have worked at the school for 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45 years during the 25+ Years Awards Ceremony. Something is missing from Campus Corner - your school! Don’t be left out. If you have exciting news or something special happening at your school, Campus Corner is where it should be. Email your news/notice to wbird@worcestermagazine.com, RE:CAMPUS CORNER. All submissions for Campus Corner should be made by the Monday prior to that week’s Thursday issue. For more information, call the editor, Walter Bird Jr., at 508-749-3166, ext. 322.

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Music and all that jazz:

WICN celebrates 45 years in Worcester Brian Goslow

Chet Williamson could not hold back his enthusiasm.

Despite having hosted radio shows more than 30 years, the host of WICN’s “Afternoon Jazz” program was excited about a new release and the story associated with it, just as if he was a young teenager falling in love with magic of a new artist for the first time. He is responding to “Be Bim Pop,” a track from Art Hirahara’s latest album on the Los Angeles-based Posi-tone label. Doing a bit of research on the title, he found out the title is a Korean dish that L.A.-based musicians like to order at 3 or 4 in the morning as they wind down after a show. “It’s an inside thing,” said Williamson, a longtime musician himself. “Plus it sounds like be bop.” The tale is the kind of knowledge music aficionados crave in their lifelong search for new musical discoveries. WICN, the Worcesterbased National Public Radio-affiliated station that promotes itself with the slogan “Jazz+ for New England” is celebrating its 45th anniversary and features a program lineup filled with musicphiles, many who have been with them for one, two, three, and in the instance of Mark Lynch — four decades. It is a dedication that is hard to duplicate — and leads to great radio listening at 90.5 FM — and online at wicn.org.

FROM THE START

WICN’s broadcast history began in late 1969 at the base of the bell tower in WPI’s Alden Hall (when the school was known as Worcester Tech) and the Hogan Campus 12

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the station’s call letters initially stood for the Worcester InterCollegiate Network, with the initial goal of having participants from all of the region’s colleges.

“Rocket” Bob Slavin, a WPI Class of ’71 math and science major, was WICN’s first program director. “There were some trial runs,” he recalled. “We set a little studio in a dorm at my fraternity to practice and at some point we went live.” Initially, the station had limited broadcast hours; weekday programming was bookended by classical music and progressive rock, with

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the 7 o’clock hour featuring “Inside Jean Shepherd,” a manic monologue from the late New York based humorist (imagine Garrison Keillor doing a daily show unassisted). General manager Keith J. Thompson oversaw the station from the Holy Cross side. “Keith had this rich, very straight classical voice and he was really good at it,” Slavin said. At the time, Holy Cross also had a campusonly AM radio station, leaving the modern rock to their cross-town counterparts. “So we, the WPI nerds, were in the unlikely position of being the hippies of the group and they were like the straight-laced Holy Cross kids and all they wanted to do classical,” Slavin said.

Other than complaints from nearby neighbors getting interference from the station’s Alden Hall signal, the station did not make much of an initial impact on the local radio audience. “I don’t think “the public cared about us that much,” Slavin said. “We just did it.” He went on to work at WBCN in Boston, where he had an extended run in the ’70s as an announcer and music director during the station’s heyday. “For me, it was an entry into broadcasting, so the impact was everything for me,” said Slavin, who also served as music director at Boston’s WCOZ. Three years after first signing on, WICN made the brash decision to set out on its own, moving to studios at 75 Grove St. and almost putting itself out of business in the process. On numerous occasions, the station has faced the adversity of possibly going off the air due to financial difficulties, but each time, its devoted management, staff, board of directors and listenership stepped up to not only save the station, but increase its on-air product each time. WICN’s general manager, Gerry Weston, is a radio lifer who came to Worcester after spending 27 years at three Louisville public radio broadcasters and four years working in Salisbury, Maryland. After his father passed away four years ago, he wanted to return to his home state of Massachusetts — he was born in Hingham — where his radio career began in Orleans. “I saw this job had opened up,” Weston said, “and my music passion is jazz; and

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obviously, my career passion is public radio and it was just the perfect marriage for me, at this point in my career, to come back and manage what is the only NPR jazz station in New England.” He enjoys being around the music all day and having the chance to craft a good sounding radio station. “We are a professionally staffed radio station,” Weston said, “and it’s our duty to present listeners with as professional a sound as we can.”

A NEW LANDSCAPE There are as many unique stories as there are hosts.

Ed Gardella, who began filling in as a jazz host in the mid-1990s, became a full-time programmer after retiring as Worcester’s police chief in 2000. “A woman told me you drive me home every Friday afternoon,” Gardella said of his weekly shift at the station. Joe Slezik, host of Saturday afternoon’s

wherever you went in Central Mass., whether it was a local diner, antique store or small town market — something that will probably never be repeated in the digital age. When she retired in 1994, Slezik knew he wanted the spot

Above: Mark Lynch with the Stray Cats in 1982. Right: Lynch as he prepares for his “Inquiry” interview program today. Jazz Matinee, is celebrating his 30th anniversary at the station this year. After hosting a morning show for over a decade, he took over for local radio legend Mary Marderosian, whose Saturday afternoon shows in the’80s and ’90s always seemed to be playing

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(The beloved Marderosian passed away on Sunday, March 15 at the age of 93). He is a proud jazz traditionalist, and his listeners love him for it, always putting him at the top of the station’s fundraising efforts. “I don’t play hard jazz; I play big bands and swing and vocalists, most of it from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s,” Slezik said. “I don’t get into modern stuff STEVEN KING unless I feel they’re really good. I love the music; it’s all about the music.” No one tries to hide the fact that the station has an older audience. During the week, Weston sees its audience as being “in the 45-60 age range, hip, wanting to hear great music they can’t hear on commercial radio that is exciting and might cause them to go out and buy it or, more likely these days, download it.” During the day on Saturday, when continued on page 14

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WICN features more traditional jazz sounds, the audience tends to be older, while Sunday is dedicated to contemporary jazz — providing airtime for the next generation of jazz players — with Marty Friedman’s “Sunday Jazz Brunch” and Bonnie Johnson’s “Colors of Jazz,” which also includes a touch of Brazilian, R & B and show tunes. Weston recognizes younger audiences needed to be attracted to listen and support the station for the format to thrive. “We can’t be the Great American Songbook all week long,” he said. “We can’t ignore contemporary jazz musicians if we are a real jazz station — we just can’t.” Statistically, the numbers of people listening to jazz on a nationwide scale seem to be declining; Nielsen’s 2014 year end report noted that it had fallen to being the least consumed music in the country — not counting children’s music — with only two percent of

Left: Thompson Riley Above: The original WICN studio at WPI. the music sold in the U.S. being in the jazz format. Williamson continues to have faith in its future, however, noting that when it comes to the music being made today, jazz is flourishing.

“Some of the recordings that have come in recently are absolutely outstanding, the best music you could possibly ask for,” he said. It is hard not to be affected by the sounds presented by Jim Benitez, host of “Latin Jazz Now!” on Friday evenings from 7-11 p.m. “I’m trying to bring an updated, up-tempo new Latin sound that is brewing all over the place,” said Benitez. “What I care about most is good, well-orchestrated, large-band salsa and Latin jazz and sophisticated Latin music with lots of Afro-Cuban influence.”

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Spanish Harlem Orchestra while Cuban-born pianist Manuel Valera and Puerto Rico-born percussionist Paoli Mejias are amongst his most requested Latin jazz acts.

Henry’s Hammer Coffeehouse at the First Unitarian Church, for the next three decades; he also served as WICN’s program and station director and for many, was its public face. The music’s legacy continues in 2015 through Tom Banyai’s “Bluegrass Junction” and Nick DiBiasio’s “Against the Grain” — two programs that have aired since the mid1990s — and Nick Noble’s Thursday night “Folk Revival,” which, thanks to its special Facebook page that encourages listeners to check in throughout the broadcast, has people tuning in from as nearby as Westborough and Southborough to as far

hard rocking blues-rock from contemporary artists” to WICN audiences for nearly two decades.

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“Live Jazz New England,” hosted by pianist Pamela Hines, airs on the last Wednesday of each month at 2 p.m. and features live performances and interviews from the station’s Portland Street studio with pianists having opportunity to utilize the station’s own Baldwin baby grand piano. This month’s show features the Worcester Jazz Collective. “The show is still evolving but the unique aspect of it so far has been that the essence of the musicians have come out on the show,” Hines said. “I write a show script, but inevitably I veer off into impromptu questions once an artist answers the first few questions. I’ve had a life long passion for documenting and learning about people’s histories, especially photographic histories.” In November 2005, after her Evil Gal Orchestra played a WICN Brown Bag Concert at Mechanics Hall, Michelle Willson got to talking with then station manager Brian Barlow about music and radio — and the fact she had always wanted to host a program built around the jazz and rhythm and blues from the 1930s-60s. Soon after, Willson was hosting her own “Jazz ’n’ Blue” show, an opportunity that came at a time she was “deeply heartsick and burned out” and helped convince her to continue on the musical path she had been following most of her life. “Sharing music with my wonderful WICN friends helped me rediscover whatever that zooma-zooma-wheee-ooo-la-la-va-va-vavoom feeling is called,” said Willson, who can now be heard hosting the station’s “Morning Jazz” shift Mondays through Wednesday (with Rick McCarthy completing the weekday slots) from 6-10 a.m. Many of the station’s hosts, past and present, credit Barlow with having had the vision of putting forth a five-year plan that guided it through the process in which it moved from its former Chatham Street home to the Printers Building on Portland Street, where it has state-of-the-art broadcast and recording studios — and building owner Wyatt Wade had outfitted the outside of the building with speakers that allow the station’s shows to add a welcoming sound to the block. Folk music has played a key role throughout WICN’s history, beginning with Gary Rand’s “Folk Spotlight” in 1971; by 1973, he had been joined by Gene Petit, who would become one of the music’s most guiding forces, as both a host and organizer of live shows, most memorably at the John

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fulfill its commitment to serve the local community. “Business Beat” features in-depth interviews with Central New England business and economic development leaders, “Public Eye” is a usually lighthearted halfhour talk show that explores a variety of subjects, and “Inquiry,” hosted by Mark Lynch, covers as wide a range of subjects as any program possibly could. Lynch joined the station in its early Alden Hall days, having been enticed to participate by friends at WPI after he graduated from Clark University. His first shows — “Psychic Journal” and “Momento Mori” — were short spoken word programs build around the results of his obsessive research on

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paranormal phenomena that were recorded in an announcer’s booth made out of a converted broom closet. A third show, “Put Your Head on My Shoulder,” featured him responding to letters from lovesick listeners seeking advice. “That was insane,” said Lynch, who added to the insanity by using the on-air moniker of “Your Recently Deceased Uncle Mark.” The name traveled with him when the station moved over to Grove Street, where he gained cult status in the late 1970s and early ’80s as one of the hosts of its late night “Positive Noise” rock programming. At the time, the station’s antenna was attached to Channel 27’s in Boylston, which allowed it to reach a good portion of “Central New England,” making it a must listen for the region’s underground music fans. Listeners would never know who would turn up — The Stray Cats stopped by prior to a date in the basement of the Worcester Center Galleria on their first United States tour. “We played a lot of international bands,” Lynch said. Spin Magazine honored WICN’s rock programming in 1986 by giving it an award acknowledging it for having the country’s “Best Musical Selection of the Year.”

Northeastern University student and WICN intern Mary Schmitt files music in the CD library. One of its listeners was Megan Jasper. “WICN felt like a lifeline,” she said. “They played interesting, relevant music that I felt connected to. It was an oasis and a glimpse into something that felt super important and that I desperately wanted to be a part of.” Jasper, along with sister Maura and best friend Judy Robichaud, were given a “Positive Noise” air shift while still attending Doherty Memorial High School. Lynch, who had taken the chance of giving them a show at such a young age, served as “an awesome role model. I aspired to do what he did — follow his heart, do what he loves, making his own rules as he went.” Now the executive vice president at Seattle’s Sub Pop Records, Jasper — who became a permanent footnote in musical history when she created the “Grunge

Lexicon” for a New York Times reporter in 1992 (Google it!) — said those days at WICN definitely directed her career path. “I felt that music opened a door for me that led me to a community I could feel a part of and I still feel that same way,” she said. “That community has continued to expand and I feel grateful to be a part of it.”

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The Grove Street location (which now houses WPI’s Faraday residence halls) had one infamous quirk — the bathroom was not in the studio; more than once, Lynch returned from a trip down the hall to find the door to the station had locked itself and he had to set out to find the building’s night guard to let him back in. Not to be outdone, the station’s next home in the Center for the Performing Arts Building on Chatham Street, where it moved to in 1987, had a former still-tiled YMCA swimming pool as its record library. “You always felt you were going to get athlete’s foot,” Lynch said. “The whole floor slanted down to the rock department.” Lynch retired as a rock programmer as the ’80s came to a close, took some time off, then returned in the early ’90s, using his real name for the first time as the host of “Inquiry,” an eccentric interview show that he said is basically about his life. “I had a bifurcated life — I was teaching at the Worcester Art Museum and I was also into ornithology and birds,” Lynch said. “I wanted to know, basically, if there were points that the arts and sciences intersect and what kinds of conversation they would have with each other.” By interviewing authors and scientists — along with visual, spoken word and performing artists from all around the world, Lynch feels he is giving his local guests an outlet in which they’re put forth as equals with their international counterparts. “Your Recently Deceased Uncle Mark” will return to the airwaves this Saturday, March 21 from 11 p.m.-3 a.m. when he brings “Positive Noise” back to the life as part of WICN’s 45th anniversary-related programming that’s bringing many of the station’s alumni back to its airwaves. “It’s going to be a fun four hours and

TOP ACTS GIVE BACK HELP WICN CELEBRATE 45TH ANNIVERSARY While most institutions celebrate anniversaries on even number years, or after 25, 50 or 100 years, WICN is going against the grain by honoring its 45th Anniversary with a celebration and concert on April 2 at Mechanics Hall. “We felt that we were overdue for some sort of special signature event,” explained station manager Gerry Weston. “Former station manager Tom Devlin had contacted me about a year ago through email — he has been at WGBH for a long time (after leaving WICN) — and he suggested, ‘Have you ever thought about bringing back the old hosts and having some kind of a party?’” That thought got Weston thinking about celebrating the entire history of the station. “Forty five years is a long time.” Putting together the lineup for the Mechanics Hall show — which will include a “mix and mingle” VIP ticket featuring station staffers past and present — was a yearlong process that utilized the many connections of WICN’s collected staff. “We knew that for this to be successful, we needed a range of musicians — not just jazz,” Weston said. Those asked to perform were happy to give back to a station that regularly invites performers to play live over the air and talk about their latest releases and upcoming shows. Humorist and author Loretta LaRoche will MC the event. The performers include 22-year-old saxophonist, composer and singer/songwriter Grace Kelly. “She has been a fabulous friend of WICN since she was a kid,” Weston said. “We reached out to she and her father — who is her manager — and they agreed very quickly to be a part of this and said they would clear their schedule to make sure it happened.” The now 22-year-old Kelly said she will perform “some swinging jazz and great jazz standards” in appreciation of a station’s that played a major role in her career development. “WICN has always been such a family for me and supporting my music,” said Kelly. “My very first interview ever was with Joe Zupan when I was 12 years old. They have been so great and generous at promoting my gigs, interviewing me and hipping a lot of new folks to my music.” Weston’s one regret is that there is not a bluegrass band amongst the lineup that also includes Giacomo Gates, Pamela Hines, the Yoko Miwa Trio, Dale LePage, Jeff Colella, Aztec Two-Step, Chet Williamson, Michelle Willson, Mark Mandeville and Raianne Richards and Joan Watson-Jones. Vocalist LePage said WICN is a listening staple in his home “and countless others

both young and old” and that the station has been instrumental to bringing his genre of music — the Great American Songbook — to the local masses. “They were the first to give airtime to my original jazz CD ‘Poet In The Dark,’” he said. “I love looking out into the crowds and seeing the 20 and 30 years old men and women embracing the genre by dressing in retro fashions and enjoying their period cocktails.” Mandeville and Richards are honored to have been chosen to perform on the historical Mechanics Hall stage for a station that has given the duo — and the Americana roots music that it champions — great support over their career as they went from a new local act to touring nationally. “While Worcester can often be a tough town for folk music or acoustic concerts, Nick Noble has cultivated a space devoted to the genre in his weekly program The Folk Revival,” Mandeville said.“Nick’s STEVEN KING

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dedication to and enthusiasm for local folk artists is clear, and his attention to our own musical projects has been much appreciated over the years. Having sent countless promotional recordings to radio stations across the country with the gamut of responses or lack thereof, we can attest to WICN’s commitment to local artists and their respective releases.” “It’s going to be a blast,” Weston said of the 45th anniversary concert, all proceeds from which will benefit the radio station. “If you like music, if you like good food, if you like to have a good time — and if you like all kinds of good music, and obviously, if you like Mechanics Hall, please come out.” The station is no stranger to Mechanics Hall, having hosted Brown Bag Concerts there for over three decades. The noontime events are free of charge; those that cannot make it to the shows can listen to them on the air. The 2015 spring Brown Bag series opened on March 18 and will continue over the next three Wednesdays with performances by Blue Honey, Jeff Colella and the New Black Eagle Jazz Band.

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{ coverstory } and overseer of its invaluable Jazz History Database, which archives the station’s interviews with jazz musicians for future researchers, said WICN has brought enormous opportunity for local, regional and international artists through the many festivals its created or supported throughout its history. The station also partners with the Worcester Public Schools for its “Instrumental Partners” program that has collected well over 100 instruments — all kinds are accepted — from area residents and put them in the hands of local students who would otherwise be unable to partake in musical activities. Based on the Nielsen ratings that measure

hopefully I’ll get enough sleep beforehand,” said Lynch, who will mainly play music from the late ’70s and early ’80s. “And thankfully, the bathrooms are in the station.”

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WICN has truly become an international broadcaster in recent years, thanks to online streaming, a strong online archive and a recently rebuilt website to spotlight all of the station’s offerings. While it has a growing number of listeners

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around the world, Weston said it is not as large as some people think, although some of WICN’s biggest financial supporters are former Worcester area residents who stream the station from outside New England.

The station has expanded its reach with help from one of its original partners. Students from WPI developed an Android app that allows people to access WICN from their smartphones and are in the final stages of developing a similar app for the iPhone that it hopes will be available by the end of the spring. WPI students also have, on an ongoing basis, helped the station explore ways to improve and expand its on-air signal reach. Richard Falco, a WPI professor who is also the school’s director of jazz studies

how many people listen to a radio station more than 15 minutes at a time, it’s estimated that approximately 40,000 people a week listen to WICN over the FM broadcast band, Weston said. Online, the number can range from five to 300 people at any given time. Financially, the station has recovered from the economic downturn that started in 2008 and hit NPR music stations especially hard. “We have climbed our way back and finished in the black on a cash basis the last fiscal year, and we hope to do the same this fiscal year,” Weston said. It is doing so with only two full-time staffers — Weston and membership director Astha Shrestha. “Everyone else is part-time or volunteer,” he said.“We have one of the best niches of any radio station in the New England states. “We’re it if you want a healthy dose of jazz every single day. We’re the only game in town, with an incredible mix — especially for local businesses that are looking to reach a nice niche audience.”

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Worcester woman channels grief into book, nonprofit group Joshua Lyford

When Lauren Muscarella said goodbye to her mother, Alice, she refused to allow herself to wallow in the loss. She instead transitioned the matriarch’s positive attitude into personal growth and an unwavering hunger to represent those same ideals she was instilled with.

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Muscarella took it upon herself to do two things: establish a nonprofit organization, Trauma to Art, and write a book, “Alice’s Law.” Both efforts served to honor her mother and provide a “springboard” to dealing with personal loss. “Alice’s Law” was released in February through Trauma to Art Publishing, an imprint of Wyatt-MacKenzie. It is comprised of thoughts, ideas and stories Muscarella used to understand her loss, as well as document her personal victories and stumbling blocks. Muscarella needed some time to cope with her mother’s death to breast cancer at the age of 51 - Muscarella was only 20 - but she refused to allow herself to beaten by it. While dealing with the tragedy, she struggled to find guidance in the form of a book. Finding none, she created it herself. “It was the book that I wanted to find when

my mom died,” said Muscarella. “I felt like the books were either a really strict guide or a memoir. I love memoirs, but it’s not necessarily helpful when you are grieving.” Instead, her book is a bit of a catch-all, though not in a sense of loose direction. Muscarella crafted “Alice’s Law” to be a bit of everything; it provides some suggestions, but doesn’t force a reader in that particular direction. Instead, it sets a standard for personal growth and a lingering ode to the mother she loved so dearly. “It was more establishing a legacy and finding a way to honor lost loved ones that initially motivated it,” the author said. “I looked for books that talked about that and I never found one. I kept compiling this information and eventually put the book together.” The daughter of an Italian Catholic father from Boston and a Polish Catholic from Chelsea, Muscarella said she started writing at the age of 5, first creating an illustrated book about a Thanksgiving turkey. “It was a controversial book about the turkey dying,” Muscarella recalled, laughing. She said her mother was a lifelong inspiration, as well as her best friend who encouraged Muscarella’s writing as well as other creative outlets, such as drawing and painting. Just prior to her mother’s passing, Muscarella said she crafted a book of her own. “Just before my mom died, she had written a children’s book for our neighbor,” she said. “He was having a hard time fitting in and it was about her being a kid and not fitting in. Then at the end of the story she realizes that everyone thinks and everyone has their own issues. It’s the cutest ever and it’s really funny.” The trauma of losing her mother forced Muscarella to confront the very real and painful questions that come along with loss. Muscarella said her mother was a powerful, positive and inspiring influence to those around her. Rather than be swallowed up by sadness, she used these memories to catapult herself - and hopefully others – toward becoming the best possible versions of themselves. “After she died, I really wanted people to know about my mom,” Muscarella said. “Her life had been cut short and I wanted to get this into people’s hands.” “I want to perpetuate this idea that the best way of coping with loss is to turn your life into something that honors your lost loved ones,” she added. “Your actions and the things you do, that is a representation of them. You still have a life to live and that is valuable. I believe that everyone, in some fashion, needs to think of their life as a role model to other people.” In addition to the book, Muscarella created the nonprofit organization Trauma to Art: Turning Grief into Creative Expression in 2011 to help people experiencing their own loss in the initial stages of grief and facilitating positive creativity through that process. “You want people to remember the good things and use that as a way to do more good things,” said Muscarella. “That is not to discount that it is very challenging that to cope with some things. I miss my mom and we had a lot of fun together, she was one of my best friends. I wonder what our relationship would have been like if she was alive.” Graduating from American University in Washington, D.C. with a degree in journalism, Muscarella spent a year ghostwriting novels on relationships. Muscarella currently resides in Worcester with her brother. She said writing will always be an important component of who she is. “It’s the only thing that I do where, when I’m writing, I feel like nothing else exists,” she said. You can purchase a copy of Muscarella’s book, “Alice’s Law,” on Amazon.com. Learn more about Trauma to Art online at Traumatoart.org.

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Ronnie Earl ready for ‘Father’s Day’ Jim Perry

In a brief interview with Ronnie Earl recently, he spoke of his appreciation for the Bull Run Restaurant in Shirley.

“They are all such great people, and they treat me nice,” he said. “It’s like my home.” Chances are pretty good if you go to a musical event at Bull Run that has even just a hint of blues, Earl is likely to bounce up on stage and jam with whoever is performing. On Saturday, March 21, Earl will have the stage all to himself, celebrating his 61st birthday and the completion of his latest album, “Father’s Day.” He claims to be in a good place mentally these days. “I’m happy. I’m married. I love life,” Earl said Ronald Horvath, a.k.a. Ronnie Earl, was born March 10, 1953 in Queens, New York. As a child, he had access to a record collection filled with jazz and blues albums, fueling his love of music.

His amazing career started in the mid 1970s, when he attended Boston University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in special education. While at school, he went to a Muddy Waters show in Boston, which was a watershed moment for the young Ronnie Earl. There was no turning back. He had bought a Fender Stratocaster a few years earlier, but now he was hooked. He picked up some guitar work at the Speakeasy in Cambridge. Earl remained a side man, playing with Otis Rush, Big Walter Horton and other greats. His hunger for the blues brought him on to a couple of bus trips to Chicago, where he hung with Koko Taylor. She introduced him to the scene. Back in Boston, he started a band with John Nicholas, called the Rhythm Rockers. For a time, the two of them took a bus trip to Atlanta, New Orleans, and finally to Austin Texas to explore these blues havens. While in Austin, Earl met Jimmie Vaughan, and the two became close. Inspired by Jimmie’s band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Earl returned

home with new resolve to make his mark. The next year, 1979, Earl joined Roomful of Blues, the seminal blues swing institution, and remained with them for the next eight years. During this time, he began a solo career, recording a couple of well received albums. After leaving Roomful in 1988, he formed his own band, the Broadcasters, named after the classic Fender guitar. The original lineup included legendary harmonica player, Jerry Portnoy. The lineup changed periodically through the years, including at various times, David Maxwell, Ron Levy and Sugar Ray Norcia. Earl spent much of the ’90s on the road, including highly successful tours of Europe. Those tours produced two acclaimed live albums that are considered classics of the genre. As the new century began, Earl continued recording, releasing a flurry of records and solidifying a band lineup that plays with

him still. David Limina plays the Hammond B3 and piano, Lorne Entress is the drummer and Jim Mouradian supplies the bass. Singer Diane Blue will belt out a handful of tunes, but mostly Earl will play his guitar, because, as he claims, “my guitar is my voice.” One of the greats of blues guitar, Earl can stab you right through the heart with his intense approach and flurry of perfect notes. BB King once said of Earl, “He makes me proud.” Drive out to the Bull Run on Saturday to see and feel for yourself.

Seeing No Evil in Worcester’s Denholm Building Joshua Lyford

Everyone is familiar with the three wise monkeys, one each covering its mouth, ears and eyes. It is representative of the principal of seeing, hearing and speaking no evil. Worcester web designer Troy Thompson took the concept one step further, issuing a simple invitation to a diverse range of individuals: take three photos, one representing each wise monkey, add in three labels and list a good deed performed.

With these simple pieces, Thompson hopes to tackle stereotypes and open up an important conversation: that all people, across race, religion, gender and selfidentification, can do good. With a crowdsourced Kickstarter campaign under way, Thompson hopes to open a year-long exhibit in Worcester’s Denholm Building. “It’s really simple, but it’s really complicated at the same time,” said Thompson. “The main idea is to show that people aren’t defined by their label. Despite negative stereotypes that people may have, there is a wide variety of people doing good in the community.” Provided the Kickstarter campaign reaches

its goal of $7,999, the free Denholm exhibit will feature canvas prints of 1,000 individuals, their labels and their deeds, and would stretch for 158 feet. The people would represent the more than 3,000 individuals photographed since Thompson’s modest beginning at stART on the Street in 2011. Thompson had no idea at the time the project would grow so large in just a few short years. He said the idea came as he watched the country’s cultural climate shift to an “us versus them” mentality. The photos, he thought, could act as a precursor to community relationships, seeing individuals and their labels could spark a simple realization: that while our selfidentification traits may be wildly different, at our core, we all share similar fears, aspirations, and sometimes a misguided understanding of labels. “To me, people use labels as a generic grouping,” said Thompson. “A lot of times they might say ‘I don’t like or agree with so and so.’ That removes them from being people, a lot of times someone may not even know someone from that group. This puts a face to the label and humanizes them.

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saving wriggling worms from the puddles that would, otherwise, serve as their tomb. “The ones I like are when they are completely opposite and surprising,” recalled Thompson. “I photographed a self-described atheist and his good deed was that he dressed up like Santa Claus at an orphanage. Talk about breaking stereotypes.” If the Kickstarter campaign sees full funding, the collection of photographs, which are a creation entirely consisting of community members, will be mostly reached by the efforts of the community as well. In many ways, Thompson is a sort of curator to a social experience. Thompson himself is in a multiEverything falls from that. It shows that racial marriage, and hopes the exhibit serves they’re real people, just because you can’t as a conduit for discussion on labels, race and relate or don’t agree with one aspect doesn’t other sensitive subjects involving labels. mean they are bad people and you might “Labels themselves are neutral, there is relate to other things about them.” no positive or negative, it’s a description,” Following the photographer’s first foray explained Thompson. “It’s the stereotypes into his ongoing social experiment, for that get applied to those labels that are lack of a better term, he would be invited positive or negative.” to colleges such as Nichols in Dudley and As of this publication, the Kickstarter high schools such as Wachusett Regional to project has currently reached $2,420 of its photograph students the same way. He said $7,999 goal with 20 days left to go. the most people photographed in one session “Ultimately, it comes to how do I view is over 300. other people and how do I label and “A lot of the power of this is to see all of stereotype,” Thompson said. “It gets people these different kinds of people together at to think about these things. I think these one time as a community,” said Thompson. conversations are really important.” Thompson said the labels and deeds span You can support the project at Kickstarter. almost any imaginable, and include church com and can learn more about Thompson’s volunteering, assisting neighbors and even No Evil project at noevilproject.com. M A R C H 1 9 , 2 0 1 5 • W O R C E S T E R M A G A Z I N E . C O M 19

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La Scala is the Goldilocks of the Italian restaurants along Shrewsbury Street. The intimately cozy atmosphere, coupled with a wide-array of food and drinks, make it “just right” for nearly any situation.

Upon first walking into the restaurant, you are greeted with a cozy but upscale atmosphere with TVs above the bar playing selections that include NBC Family helping to impart a homey feel. The relaxed atmosphere is upscale enough to play to the date scene as well as a gathering of friends or family. The nine tables of various sizes plays into this flexibility, allowing for the quintessential Italian date experience – with your table right up next to another but somehow your

conversation is still your own – to a large table for ramping up the night in a large group with some American Italian food and drinks. The offerings at La Scala are varied and substantive both on the food and drink front, with seasonal offerings in both. If you were to select a Shrewsbury Street restaurant based just on the affordability of draft beer, the $3 Coors light and $4 Perroni would put La Scala toward the front of the pack. There is a wide selection of wines and mixed drinks for those who are grain-in-a-glass adverse. While the cranberry spritzer ($8) was tasty, it veered to the strong side, but at least you are getting your money’s worth. Value is one thing that would be a reoccurring theme at La Scala, extending throughout the entire menu. Appetizers were priced from $8 to $14. The butternut squash ravioli ($10) came with 10 pieces of delectable stuffed pasta. The squash filling was balanced nicely by a sweet pumpkin sauce. The pieces were quickly all picked off the plate before moving on to the main course. With a slew of dishes, including pasta, pizza, salads and everything in between, just settling on something can be mildly overwhelming. Old favorites graced our

(well-filled) plates with a chicken marsala ($16) that was a pleasing amount of sweet without being overwhelming. The chicken in the dish cut easily and there were plentiful mushrooms spread throughout. The chicken La Scala ($18) represents an indulgent take on two Italian American favorites, with a thin piece of eggplant parmesan topping two chicken breasts worth of chicken parmesan. The combination resulted in juicy chicken boosted by tender eggplant. The angel hair pasta in both dishes was cooked well, if not being the most flavorful example of pasta, but the red sauce with a slight tang to it set it off nicely. La Scala had a simple list of desserts, with

the Cannoli winning out for the table. Sourced from InHouse Coffee down the road, the Cannoli was capped with chocolate and drizzled with white chocolate and raspberry sauce. At $6, it was a tasty treat to end the meal. The portions and prices at La Scala consort to create a strong value, with the meal topping out at $62 before tip and with our take-out containers heavy with the next day’s dinner. But it isn’t just value that sells a restaurant like La Scala. The full bar was seemingly populated with regulars and the same courtesies that were extended to them flowed to our table. The waitress checked in frequently, but unobtrusively and even steered us toward the marsala when it was clear that we were wavering between dishes. With that friendly dining experience and affordability, La Scala cements itself as a location that can serve many purposes and diners.

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It’s a man’s world Jim Keogh

Woody Allen once famously said “The heart wants what it wants.” The reverse is just as true. The heart is pretty damn sure when it doesn’t want something. In the case of Viviane Amsalem, that something is her husband.

After 30 years of marriage, Viviane is desperate to divorce Elisha. They are incompatible, she insists. I’ll say. Viviane is vivacious and social; Elisha cold and taciturn. He doesn’t beat her or scream at her or even stray with other women. Instead, his form of punishment is an impenetrable wall of silence broken only by a string of passive-aggressive complaints and criticisms. “He whispers venom,” Viviane confides. Unfortunately, he’s doing that whispering in Israel, where a husband and wife can only be divorced by a court of rabbis who issue a “gett,” or marital dissolution. The snag is that the husband must agree to the gett before the divorce can be decreed. If he refuses he can drag out proceedings for years, theoretically until death do they part, or sometimes until a merciful rabbi overrides the vindictive husband and approves the gett anyway. “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem” follows Viviane’s (Ronit Elkabetz) fiveyear ordeal to win permanent separation from Elisha (Simon Abkarian), whose intransigence is maddening: at every turn he refuses to consent to the gett, even while acknowledging that the marriage is essentially over. The film is set inside a bleak Israeli courtroom, where the three dour rabbis hear testimony from a series of witnesses and then typically scold Viviane for not reconciling with her husband. The patriarchal cloud over the room is overpowering. The rabbis agree that a man “needs a strong hand” in a marriage.

One witness, a middle-aged single woman who supports Viviane, is subjected to an accusatory line of questioning clearly meant to impugn her morals. When Viviane objects to a point of twisted logic, of which there are many, one judge barks, “Know your place, woman!” Little wonder that an exhausted and defensive Viviane will lament, “You don’t see me.” Much of the case is argued through male surrogates. Viviane’s firebrand attorney, Carmel (Menashe Noy), expresses bitter outrage at the unfairness of the system, but does his client no favors with outbursts the rabbis deem disrespectful. Across the aisle, Viviane’s main inquisitor is Elisha’s brother, Shimon (Sasson Gabai), whose oily questions are directed toward finding Viviane unworthy of Elisha, which by the warped sensibilities of the court should actually make her eager to return to her husband. (Viviane’s physical attractiveness works against her: she becomes a natural target for accusations of infidelity. One judge, angered and distracted, even orders her to pull back her hair.) The film’s most powerful moments occur when Viviane unleashes the years of pentup resentment and pain like a flare in the darkness. Her raw and withering testimony brings the courtroom to a standstill, temporarily giving her the visibility she seeks, yet doing little to soften the stance of her husband A wise person once said that the only people who truly know what goes on in a marriage are the two people in it. Actually, you don’t have to be particularly smart to have said that — you just have to be married. “Gett” eventually leads down a path where only husband and wife, apart from rabbis and lawyers and family, can determine their own destiny. As always with these things, somebody will be unhappy. Maybe both. Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem will be shown at 7:30 .m. Thursday and Saturday, and at 1 and 3:15 p.m. Sunday in the Jefferson Academic Center at Clark University. The film is part of the Cinema 320 series.

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Jay Graham. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Joe Macey - Acoustic Soloist. 7-10 p.m. Olde Post Office Pub, 1 Ray St., North Grafton. 508-839-6106 or joemacey.com. Richard Gilewitz Acoustic Adventures. “Guitar notes, tales from the road, and laughs along the way.” 7-9 p.m. Union Music, Performance Center, 142 Southbridge St. 508-753-3702. Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 7:30 p.m.-midnight Hirosaki Prime, 1121 Grafton St. 508-926-8700. The Moody Blues Timeless Flight: The Polydor Years Get your tickets to The Moody Blues as they kick off their new tour at The Hanover Theatre in Worcester on March 19. They return for one night, but a lifetime of hits, as original members Justin Hayward, John Lodge and Graeme Edge continue to wow audiences worldwide. Full price tickets are $60, $80, $90, and $128, depending on seating location.. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre.org Blue Plate Open Mic Thursdays. Channel your inner Alfalfa weekly with our gang of misfit musical toys. Parking’s free, beer’s cheap and you are it! Free. 8-11 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566. Brett Casavant. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Columbia Tavern, 11 Merriam Ave, Leominster. 978-227-5874. Deux Amis! No Cover. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Fossil Funk. 8-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Live Acoustic. 8-11 p.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508755-0879. Sean Fullerton: ‘Fully’ Acoustic. Join Sean Fullerton for his ‘Fully’ Acoustic show!! Sean specializes in Acoustic Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll, American Soul and Fingerstyle Guitar using 6 String, 12 String and resonator guitars, harmonicas, live guitar looping, Bose and UltraSound sound systems. Dinner, drinks and music. 8-11 p.m. Noon Hill Grill, 530 Main St., Medfield. 508-359-9155 or noonhillgrill.com. Thirsty Thursday Open Mic Night @ Dark Horse Tavern with Mark & Wibble. Join us down at the Dark Horse & bring your guitars, banjos, mandolins, trumpets and xylophones, and let’s have some fun. Showcasing real live local music & talent! To RSVP a time slot in advance please send your name/time slot you’d like and e-mail (optional) to darkhorseopenmic@yahoo.com. To all other players that want to come up to jam and don’t want to RSVP... there will be a sign-up sheet so you get to play your tunes accordingly, so don’t fret (no pun intended). Here are the times: 8:20 8:40 9:00 9:20 9:40 10:00 10:20 10:40 Free. 8-11 p.m. Dark Horse Tavern, 12 Crane St., Southbridge. 508-764-1100 or find them on Facebook. Audio Wasabi - Hosted by Brian Chaffee. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Worcester’s new Thursday night Party Show the weekly dose of MAN vs MaSHANE. Guest opening bands Crushed Vinyl and Keeping Company. Thurs party night is back at the Lucky Dog! . Every Thursday night, we bring the dance, rock and rave back to the Dog. MAN vs MaSHANE delivers one of the most fun experiences you’ll have in the Worcester night life. $5. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. Airspray. 21plus free. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Karaoke Singing Contest - $500.00 prize. Karaoke contest

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is open to solo singers 21 years or older. Three singers selected each week to compete in karaoke contest finals which will begin on April 2 and run for 4 weeks. 24 singers total will compete in finals week 1. Those 24 will be narrowed down to 12 singers for finals week 2. Those 12 will be narrowed down to 6 singers for finals week 3. Those 6 will be narrowed down to 3 singers, the best of the best, for finals week 4. At the end of week 4 finals, 1 singer will win the Grand Prize of $500.00. There will be open karaoke starting at 9 p.m. The contest portion of the night will start between 10 and 10:30 p.m. and then more open karaoke after the contest. free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-696-4845. Live Acoustic. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Funky Murphy’s Bar & Grill, 305 Shrewsbury St. 508-753-2995. Metal Thursday CCLXXI: Psycho, Impenitent Thief, and Eaten! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. Mike Brennan. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. Chris Reddy Acoistic Loops from He’ll. 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. 508-459-9035. College Night w DJ Xkaliber. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. DJ (21+). N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 WATER ST., 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

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Mike Ordway. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057. Peter Sulski, J.S. Bach: The Complete Solo String Works, Part Eight. In a noontime recital, our own Peter Sulski presents another installment of his on-going series: Bach’s complete works for solo strings. Noon-2 p.m. Clark University: John and Kay Bassett Admissions Center, 3 Maywood St. 508-793-7356. Assumption College HumanArts: Early Music Fridays featuring harpsichord music. Assumption College HumanArts series presents Early Music Fridays featuring Catherine Gordon, Harpsichordist. This event will take place in the Tinsley Community Center, Lauring Community Room located at the Chapel of the Holy Spirit. Free. 12:35-1:35 p.m. Assumption College Tinsley Community Center, 500 Salisury St., Worcester . assumption.edu Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat. Let Dr. Nat start your weekend with jazz, swing, blues, soul, samba, R&B, Broadway, original songs about Worcester, and other surprises, such as special guest vocalists and instrumentalists. Dancers welcome! Ask about Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat (TFIDN) menu bargains in the cabaret room! No cover charge, tips appreciated. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 or natneedle.com Drunken Uncles. All your favorite songs by an amazing accoustic duo. Free. 6-9 p.m. Park Grill and Spirits, Bar, 257 Park Ave. 508-756-7995 or find them on Facebook. Open-Mic, Lee Room.Open-Mic Lee Room every third Friday: 3/20, 4/17, 5/15 & 6/19. “Road Apples” featured on 3/20. 7-9:30 p.m. First Baptist Church of Worcester, Lee Room, 111 Park Ave. 508-755-6143.

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Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. The Flock Of A-Holes 80’s party at The Lucky Dog Music Hall. Narragansett Del’s Shandy beer launch party too! Giveaways 9:30-12:30. A delicious launch party for Del’s Lemonade - Narragansett beer. A special draft price all night, along with prizes and Gansett giveaways all night from the Gansett Girls. 3 sets from The Flock of A-Holes, 9:30 p.m. -1:30 a.m. . $7. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-3631888 or find them on Facebook. Blow it up Johnny! $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. De La High. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Hanna Khan.9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-9268877. Mike Lynch Trio. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. Thank Friday its Nat 5:30 to 7:30pm, Then Jeff Gallindo Trio with Sean Farius and Bob Gullotti at 9pm! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. The Issues. Classic and current pop hits all night! 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. The Lights Out, Cuban Rebel Girls, Secret Lover, and Prefab Messiahs! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543. The Plagiarists. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900. Josh Briggs Duo - Acoustic Rock. No cover. 9:30 p.m.12:30 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. DJ (21+). N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St., 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. DJ Matty. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508304-6044. DJ One -Three. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. DJ’s. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-755-0879.

Macey & Ralston Acoustic Duo. 7:30-10:30 p.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585 or joemacey.com. Mick Carr. 7:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Fiddlers’ Green Pub & Restaurant, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700. Sean Fullerton: ‘Fully’ Acoustic. Join Sean Fullerton for his ‘Fully’ Acoustic show! Sean specializes in Acoustic Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll, American Soul and Fingerstyle Guitar using 6 String, 12 String and resonator guitars, harmonicas, live guitar looping, Bose and UltraSound sound systems. Dinner, drinks and music. 7:30-10:30 p.m. William’s Restaurant & Tavern, 184 Pearson Blvd, Gardner. 978-632-7794 or williams-restaurant.com Joe & Heather.8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Chooch’s Food & Spirits, 31 East Brookfield Road, North Brookfield. >Saturday 21 508-867-2494. Bach Birthday Celebration. March 21, 1685 marks the birth of Karaoke & Dance Party.DJ & Dancing 12:30am - 2am Free. the incomparable J. S. Bach, and Salisbury Singers celebrates Bach’ 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. s 330th birthday with a performance of several well-known Bach 508-439-9314. choral works: the glorious motet “Jesu meine Freude”, the festive Ken Macy. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 cantata “#1 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern”, and the lovely Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. wedding cantata “#196 Der Herr denket an uns”. Accompanied by Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Billy’s Pub, 81 Clinton St., Shrewsbury. the Bach Consort of Worcester, Salisbury Singers presents a concert 508-425-3353. Melanie! Melanie Safka first attracted national attention when she of Baroque elegance and magnificence. $25 adults, $20 seniors, and stepped onto the stage at Woodstock, the summer of ‘69. $38. 8-11 student tickets available for $10 at the door with student ID. Trinity p.m. Viva Bene Italian Ristorante, Club Symply Fargone at Viva Bene, Evangelical Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster St. 508-753-2989. Town Meeting. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978144 Commercial St. 978-833-9698 or symplyfargone.com. 345-5051. The Edgar Winter Band. In late 1972 Edgar Winter brought together Dan Hartman, Ronnie Montrose and Chuck Ruff to form The Love, Death, and Heroism: Music Edgar Winter Group, the legendary band that created the number one “Frankenstein” and the ever popular “Free Ride.” The Bull Run is of the Late, Great Romantics. A a full-service, farm-to-table restaurant in a pre-revolutionary tavern, located about 35 miles NW of Boston and 15 minutes from Rt 495. Plenty of free parking and rustic, old-world charm. You loved him on “The Tonight Show.” . $55 advance; $60 day of show. 8-11 Spend an intimate evening with comedian Jay p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, Leno at the Hanover Theatre for the 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 Performing Arts in Worcester Sunday, or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com. March 22, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Who knows Zach Slik. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Rye & Thyme, what topics he’ll lampoon, but you won’t want 14 Monument Sqare, Leominster. 978to miss it. Tickets are $48, $68, $78 and $125. 534-5900. Limited VIP tickets, with photo opportunity, are Live Bands. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Black $200. Visit www.thehanovertheatre.org, email Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, marketing@thehanovertheatre.org Sterling. 978-422-8484. or call 877-571-7469. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner

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9:30 p.m. Hudson High School, Auditorium, 69 Brigham St., Hudson. 978-562-0939 or eventbrite.com The Rich Goodreau Band. The Rich Goodreau Band is a full on, hard rockin’, high energy band! $4 Donation. 7:30 p.m.-midnight. Cafe con Dios!, Main Room, 22 Faith Ave., Auburn. Backstreet Zero. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057. Flock of Assholes. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Simple Man Saloon, 119 High St., Clinton. 978-365-1949. James Keyes. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Billy’s Pub, 81 Clinton St., Shrewsbury. 508-425-3353. Maximum Recoil. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. Live Music. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122. Neighborhood Formula, Midnight Static & Joe Sabourin. The progressive funk band from Charlton, The Neighborhood Formula is headlining the night along with Midnight Static. They are an alternative electronic pop band, (featuring Steve from The Luxury!) and on first is the terrific Joe Sabourin. $6. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. Bad Reputation. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St.,

Don’t miss the Worcester Animal Rescue League’s Third Annual Wagtime Gala Friday, March 20, 7-10 p.m. at Tatnuck Country Club, 1222 Pleasant St., Worcester. This is the big one: the single, largest fund raiser for WARL, featuring dinner, dancing, auctions and more. It is being held for the first time at Tatnuck Country Club. Help make sure all pets get a home. Tickets are $65 each, two for $120. Visit www.worcesterarl.org/wagtime; or email charlotee@eventlivema.com.

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Leominster. 978-537-7750. Becky Chace & Brian Minisce - Acoustic Rock Duo. No cover. 9 p.m.-1:20 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Brian & Captain. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Sqare, Leominster. 978-534-5900. Cats Under the Stars. 21 plus. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Damnation. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-9268877. Mayhem. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. Probable Cause. One of the area’s best party bands comes back to JJs! 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. Squelch. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508793-0900. Take Two. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Rivalry’s Sports Bar, 274 Shrewsbury St. 774-243-1100. The Curtis Mayflower, Jumbled Mess, and Pistol Whipped. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508753-9543.

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The Power of Music Heals: A Benefit for Samantha’s Cause. Our dear friend Samantha is fighting cancer and we need your support to help her conquer it. Please join us for a night of Worcester’s best local original music and our dear friend who will be there to say hi to all! Bands include - Curtis Mayflower; Jumbled Mess; Pistol Whipped. 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543 or find them on Facebook. DJ (21+). N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St., 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. DJ Reckless. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. DJ’s. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-755-0879. Worcester Jazz Collective @ Sahara. Worcester Jazz Collective plays Sahara Restaurant every 4th Saturday! Deconstructed standards and originals. Free. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181 or worcesterjazzcollective.com

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Fellowship of the King. A tribute to Elvis 2-6 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-9268877. Fractal Forms and Frozen Refrains. Free to Seven Hills Staff and Students-Cost of Museum Entrance to General Public. 2-4 p.m. EcoTarium, Auditorium, 222 Harrington Way. 508-799-7500, ext. 1011. Myths, Fairy Tales, and Ghost Stories. Alumna Darlene Dobisch (‘00) will return to campus triumphantly to

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present a program of vocal music accompanied on piano by Clark’s own Sima Kustanavich. Admission will be free for Clark students and faculty, but there will be a $20 charge for others as part of the Music Guild’s fund-raising efforts to support Music Worcester. 3-5 p.m. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, Razzo Hall, 92 Downing St. 508-793-7356. Symphony Pro Musica Concert. Angelo Xiang Yu is the acclaimed soloist in SPM’s March concert, playing Saint-Saens’ Violin Concerto No. 3. and Ravel’s”Tzigane.” The program will include Higdon’s “blue cathedral,” and Debusy’s “La Mer.” $25 Adults; $20 Seniors; free for students grades 12 and under. 3:30-5:30 p.m. Mill Pond School Westborough, Auditorium, 6 Olde Hickory Path, Westborough. 978-562-0939 or eventbrite.com Aaron Packard, violin - Joy of Music Faculty Concert. Music by Bach and Strindberg for solo violin. $15 Suggested Donation; $10 Students & Seniors; Everyone welcome regardless of donation.. 4-5:30 p.m. Joy of Music Program, Recital Hall, 1 Gorham St. 508-856-9541 or jomp.org Songs for the Earth. The Master Singers of Worcester dedicate this concert to raise awareness of the environment and our fragile planet. The concert will include settings of Thoreau in “To Love This Earth” by Gwyneth Walker; the Chief Seattle text “Earth Is Our Mother” by Dave Brubeck; and the spectacular paean to the Creator of the natural world, “Benedicite”, by Andrew Carter. The program will also feature the world premiere of Worcester composer Dorothy VanAndel Frisch’s “Cherish The Home We All Share”, and several movements from Darius Milhaud’s Ballet, “Creation du Monde”. The Master Singers will be joined by the WPI orchestra, the Worcester Children’s Chorus and singers from area choirs. There will be a preconcert lecture at 3:00pm, “Conserving Massachusetts Landscapes in the Era of Climate Change: Understanding the Past, Shaping the Future”, given by Henry Tepper, President of Mass Audubon. The lecture will be held in Washburn Hall at Mechanics Hall, and is free and open to the public. Tickets are required to attend the concert. $25; $20 for seniors, students. 4-6 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-842-1349 or mswma.org Brett Brumby Acoustic Rock. No cover. 5-8 p.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Hangover Hour 5pm, then Andy Cummings at 8:30pm. No Cover. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030. Open Mic Sundays @ Plaza Azteca! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook. Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it! at: openmcc@verizon.net. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. 6-9 p.m. PLAZA AZTECA, 539 Lincoln St. Funky Jazz Jam Sundays.21 plus First, and Third Sundays! More info at facebook.com/electrichaze FREE. 7-11 p.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Worcester Jazz Collective @ Electric Haze. Worcester Jazz Collective plays Electric Haze every 2nd Sunday! Deconstructed standards and originals. Free. 8-11 p.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629 or worcesterjazzcollective.com Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Live Acoustic. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Funky Murphy’s Bar & Grill, 305 Shrewsbury St. 508-753-2995.

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Blue Mondays. Guitarist/Singer Nate Flecha plays the blues every Monday. Free. 7-9 p.m. starlite, 37 Hamilton St., Southbridge. 772402-8777 or find them on Facebook. Open Mic/Open Decks. Sign up is at 7 p.m. for half hour or less slots. Use our PA system, Mics, controller and sound tech; Anything is

welcome!! 21plus. Free. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Monday - Ladies Night! 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Monday night hang with our new DJ, DeeJayDee Smilesz and our bar-hump with a lump Alfredo. Our new DJ just moved here from NYC and can’t wait to play for you. Free . 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. Worcester Jazz Collective @ Nick’s. Come hear Worcester’s rising jazz group. Martin Gohary on piano, Tim Hetu on drums and Geoff Oehling on acoustic bass! No Cover. Free. 8-11 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 or worcesterjazzcollective.com Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

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2Fer Tuesdays with Pete Towler Solo Acoustic. 7-10 p.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044. Two Left - Classic, Modern Rock and beyond. Brian Degon (Vocals, Guitar), Fr. Gregory Christakos (Bass) and David Degon (Guitar) Jam Classic Rock, Modern Rock and Beyond. Free. 7-10 p.m. Park Grill and Spirits, 257 Park Ave. 508-756-7995. Vertigo Trivia Game Show – Free to Enter. This is not your typical pub trivia! An eight round interactive team event, complete with visual, audio, and other specialty rounds that are anything but boring! Prizes for the top finishers, and fun for all who participate. Visit and ‘like’ the Facebook page listed below for a free answer the day of the event. Teams can have up to six players, so grab your friends or family and come out for a night of fun competition and great food! Free. 7-9 p.m. Vintage Grille, 346 Shrewsbury St. 508752-0558 or vertigotrivia.com. Tuesday Open Mic Night @ Greendale’s Pub with Bill McCarthy Local Musicians Showcase! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook. Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it! at: openmcc@verizon.net. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook.7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 C.U.Next Tuesday! Tunes in the Diner with DJ Poke Smot and Special Guests every Tuesday Night!. No cover. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508753-9543. Every Tuesday: Jon Bonner and Boogie Chillin’. 9 p.m.midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. Hip Hop Tuesdays. Every Tuesday is different! Check our Facebook page, under events for more details! $5-$15. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Open Mic with Key Performance. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750. Preacher Row, Thinner & Styk. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Grille 57, 57 Highland St. 508-798-2000 or grille57.com Worcester Jazz Collective. No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

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Brown Bag Concert featuring Blue Honey. A seasoned regional band brought together by love of the Blues, Blue Honey has twin gun slinger guitars, a sultry female voice, a soulful sax, and a hard hitting rhythm section. Elayne Fikucki, vocals; Kevin Williams, guitar, vocals; James Bennett, saxophone; Austin, drums; Fred D, bass; and Darren Pino, guitar. Brown Bag Concerts are noon to 1 p.m. A limited lunch concession is available and patrons may bring their own “brown bag” lunch. Seating is generally cabaret style. Free Admission. Noon-1 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-5608 or mechanicshall.org

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Upload your listings at worcestermagazine.com. Click the Night & Day toolbar, then choose Calendar to place your event listing in both our print and online weekly calendar. Duotone Instrumental Guitar Duo! The Duotone Instrumental Guitar Duo will be playing two great sets of swinging jazz, pop, and world music. Come enjoy great food - We look forward to seeing you there! Free. 7-9:30 p.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181. International Night. 21 plus. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Find them on Facebook. Toast Masters. Speak before a group, develop speaking skills 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St . (Grotto), 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Aaron Trant, Solo Percussion. Aaron Trant is an active musician in the Boston area and beyond. This performance and residency is made possible through the generous support of The Traina Chamber Music Fund, Department of Visual & Performing Arts/Music. Residency activities with students will occur on day of the concert. 7:30-9 p.m. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, Razzo Hall, 92 Downing St. 508-793-7356. Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 8 p.m.-midnight Dark Horse Tavern, 12 Crane St., Southbridge. 508-764-1100. Karaoke. 8-11 p.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585. Wednesday Night Open Mic Night w/ Wibble @ Mondo’s. Join us down at the Dark Horse & bring your guitars, banjos, mandolins, trumpets and xylophones and let’s have some fun. Showcasing real live local music & talent! To RSVP a time slot in advance please send your name/time slot you’d like and e-mail (optional) to darkhorseopenmic@yahoo.com. To all other players that want to come up to jam and don’t want to RSVP, there will be a sign-up sheet so you get to play your tunes accordingly, so don’t fret (no pun intended). Here are the times: 8:30 9:00 9:00 10:00 10:30. Free. 8-11 p.m. Mondo’s, 6 Gillespie Road, Charlton. Dominos and other games at the bar. Free. 8:30 p.m.1 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or

Believe it or not, you will soon be back in your garden. But for now, get some tips on gardening for small spaces at the Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Square, Saturday, March 21, 2:30-4 p.m. Experts from Seed to Stem will demonstrate how to bring plants into small spaces such as apartments. You will learn about container gardens for herbs and veggies, wall-hanging plants in the kitchen and more. For more information, email events@worcpublib.org. dominoesrules.org Free Metal/Punk/HC crossover show with Los Bungalitos, Killbeast, Reckless Force, Crow Feeder. Brought to you by The Noise Floor Podcast. Free. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5051. Live Acoustic. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Funky Murphy’s Bar & Grill, 305 Shrewsbury St. 508-753-2995. Sean Ryan on Acoustic. 9 p.m.-midnight Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

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ArtsWorcester, “Agglomeration” by Megan McNaught and Luke Buffenmyer, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through June 30; “Random Payoffs” by Bob O’Donnell, Wednesday-Saturday, through July 8; Multi-Artist March show: Jennifer Amenta, Marion Buricatu, Amanda Kidd Schall and Scott Coffrin, and Allen Levine, Thursday-Saturday, through April 11. Hours: closed Sunday Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Fre. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org

Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org. Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, Art in Motion: Guayasamín’s Ecuador Unframed. Through March 27. 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu/ Booklovers’ Gourmet, “Bartlett Art Invitational” - Traditional and Digital Artwork created by Bartlett High School Art Students, through March 31. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232 or er3.com. Clark University: University Gallery, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or 508-7937113 or clarku.edu. Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for gallery. 310 High St., Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Pulse: New Work by Faculty Artists, Monday- Saturday through April 10. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross.edu Danforth Museum of Art, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-5 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 123 Union Ave., Framingham. 508-620-0050 or danforthmuseum.org. EcoTarium, KEVA: Build It Up!, Sundays, Tuesday- Saturday, Oct. 4 - April 26; Preschool and Toddler Wednesdays, Wednesdays, through Dec. 16. Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $14.00 adults; $8.00 for children ages 2-18, $10 college students with IDs & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special programs. 222 Harrington

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Old Sturbridge Village, Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age. Children under 3 free. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org. Post Road Art Center, Call to Artists: Themed Exhibit“Abstraction” 2015, Thursday - Thursday. Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508-485-2580 or postroadartcenter.com. Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754-8760 or preservationworcester.org Prints and Potter Gallery: American Arts and Crafts Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-7522170 or printsandpotter.com. Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 or qvcah.org. Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: free. 633 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com Salisbury Mansion, Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday, 1-8:30 p.m. Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 40 Highland St. 508-7538278 or worcesterhistory.org

closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-753-8278 or worcesterhistory.org Worcester Public Library, Hours: 1:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-7991655 or worcpublib.org

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Sunday Night Cinemageddon! Movies Shown Every Sunday Night in the Diner! Sundays, Sunday, May 13 Thursday, December 31. Facebook: Ralphs Diner. Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. Call 508-753-9543. Pilgrim Soul Productions - RED by John Logan FridaySaturday, Friday, March 13 - Saturday, March 21. RED by John Logan Directed by Matthew J. Carr. Featuring Mark Patrick and Luke Dombroski. Master painter Mark Rothko has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art. But when his young assistant gains the confidence to challenge him, Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing.. $20; Under 18 and Seniors - $18; Groups - $16. 7:30-9 p.m. Alternatives Whitin Mill Complex: GB and Lexi Singh Performance Center, 60 Douglas Road, Whitinsville. Call 508-296-0797. Funny Money Thursday, March 19 - Saturday, March 21. A British comedy by Ray Cooney. $18 Regular, $15 Student/Senior. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Calliope Productions Inc, 150 Main St., Boylston. Call 508-8696887 or visit calliopeproductions.org A Search for Justice Friday, March 20. Stephen Collins will perform his one person play. This performance piece The Worcester County Horticultural Society holds its 17th annual meeting will examine issues of social, political at Tower Hill Botanical Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston on Thursday, March 19, and religious justice. We will hear the 4:30-6:30 p.m. The Society owns and operates Tower Hill. Come hear from guest speaker words of Abolitionist Editor William Lloyd Greg Watson, director of policy and systems design for Schumacher Center for Garrison, Thomas Hardy and others, New Economics. The event is free, but registration is required. Tower Hill members may as they comment on war and religion. bring guests, but only members may vote at the business meeting. Register by visiting www. Partially funded by the Worcester Arts towerhillbg.org or calling 508-869-6111, ext. 105. Council. Donation requested. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Worcester Friends Meeting House (Quaker), 901 Pleasant St. Call 978Sprinkler Factory, Various Artists Various Media 2015 , Sundays, 464-5146 or visit worcesterfriendsmeeting.org Saturdays, through March 29. Admission: Free. 38 Harlow St. Man of La Mancha Friday-Saturday, Friday, March 20 sprinklerfactory.com Saturday, March 28. Matinee on 3/ 22 /15 at 3:00 7:30-9:30 p.m. Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 Southgate Retirement Community, 30 Julio Drive, Shrewsbury. p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, Pilgrim Soul Productions - RED by John Logan Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West March 22. RED by John Logan Directed by Matthew J. Carr. Featuring Boylston St. 508-853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com. Mark Patrick and Luke Dombroski. Master painter Mark Rothko has Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Tower Hill Botanic Garden Library just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art. But Exhibit: Ex Libris, Dr. John Green, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, when his young assistant gains the confidence to challenge him, through April 30. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors could also become his undoing. Variety Opening Reception: March & $7 Youth, Free to members & young children. 11 French Drive, 13, 6:00- 7:15 p.m. Performances: March 13, 14, 20, and 21 at Boylston. 508-869-6111 or towerhillbg.org 7:30 p.m. March 22 at 2:00 p.m. Produced by Special Arrangement Worcester Art Museum, Art Since the Mid-20th with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. $20; Under 18 and Seniors, $18; Century,Through Dec. 31; Nude Drawing in the Galleries, Thursdays, Groups, $16. 2-3:30 p.m. Alternatives Whitin Mill Complex: GB and through March 26; Uncanny Japan: The Art of Yoshitoshi, Sundays, Lexi Singh Performance Center, 60 Douglas Road, Whitinsville. Call Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, through May 24; Tour of the Month: 508-296-0797. Painting with Light: The Beauty of Stained Glass, Saturday. Hours: 11 Jay Leno Sunday, March 22. Jay Leno’s late night television ratings a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. domination included more than two decades of The Tonight Show Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 with Jay Leno, winning every consecutive quarter of his hosting over a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, the past 19 years. Full price tickets are $48, $68, $78, and $125, $12 seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first Saturdays depending on seating location. Limited VIP seats are available for of each month, 10 a.m.-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or $200 and include a photo opportunity. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Hanover worcesterart.org. Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. Call 877-571-7469 Worcester Center for Crafts, Looking Back, Through April or visit thehanovertheatre.org 11. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 25 Funny Money Sundays, Sunday, March 22 - Sunday, March 29. Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org. A British comedy by Ray Cooney. $18 Regular, $15 Student/Senior. Worcester Historical Museum, Alden Family Gallery, Through 2-4 p.m. Calliope Productions Inc, 150 Main St., Boylston. Call 508Dec. 31; “In Their Shirtsleeves”, Through Dec. 31; “Stories They Tell”, 869-6887 or visit calliopeproductions.org Through Dec. 31; “The Greek Experience”, Through March 21. Hours:

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Anna Maria College Mar. 21 Home vs. University of Maine at Presque Isle 12 p.m. Mar. 21 Home vs. University of Maine at Presque Isle 2:30 p.m. Mar. 22 Home vs. University of Maine at Presque Isle 12 p.m. Mar. 22 Home vs. University of Maine at Presque Isle 2:30 p.m. Mar. 24 Home vs. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 2 p.m. Mar. 24 Home vs. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts 4:30 p.m. Mar. 25 @ Nichols College 3:30 p.m. Assumption College Mar. 21 @ Pace University 12 p.m. Mar. 21 @ Pace University 3 p.m. Mar. 22 @ Adelphi University 12 p.m. Mar. 22 @ Adelphi University 3 p.m. Mar. 25 Home vs. Merrimack College 3:30 p.m. Becker College Mar. 19 @ Massachusetts Maritime Academy 3:30 p.m. Mar. 21 vs. Elms College @ Franklin Pierce University 12 p.m. Mar. 21 vs. Elms College @ Franklin Pierce University 3 p.m. Mar. 22 vs. Elms College @ Franklin Pierce University 12 p.m. Clark University Mar. 21 Home vs. Emerson College 12 p.m. Mar. 21 Home vs. Emerson College 3 p.m. Mar. 22 Home vs. Norwich University 12 p.m. Mar. 22 Home vs. Norwich University 2:30 p.m. Mar. 24 Home vs. Wheaton College 3:30 p.m. College of the Holy Cross Mar. 21 @ Yale University 1 p.m. Mar. 21 @ Yale University 3 p.m. Mar. 22 Home vs. Yale University 1 p.m. Mar. 22 Home vs. Yale University 3 p.m. Mar. 24 Home vs. University of Massachusetts 5 p.m. Fitchburg State University Mar. 20 Home vs. Johnson & Wales University 3 p.m. Mar. 21 vs. Wentworth Institute of Technology 12 p.m. Mar. 21 vs. Wentworth Institute of Technology 2:30 p.m. Mar. 23 @ Keene State College 3:30 p.m. Mar. 25 Home vs. Rivier University 3 p.m. Nichols College Mar. 25 Home vs. Anna Maria College 3:30 p.m. Worcester State University Mar. 19 vs. Mount Saint Vincent University @ Lakeland, FL 10 a.m. Mar. 19 vs. Mount Saint Vincent University @ Lakeland, FL 12:30 p.m. Mar. 21 vs. Centenary College of New Jersey @ Winter Haven, FL 10 a.m. Mar. 21 vs. Centenary College of New Jersey @ Winter Haven, FL 12:30 p.m. Mar. 24 Home vs. Endicott College 3:30 p.m. Mar. 25 @ Worcester Polytechnic Institute 3:30 p.m.

Men’s Ice Hockey College of the Holy Cross Mar. 20 vs. TBA Mar. 21 vs. TBA

Men’s Lacrosse

Anna Maria College Mar. 19 Home vs. Wheelock College 5 p.m. Mar. 21 Home vs. Massachusetts Maritime Academy 1 p.m. Mar. 24 Home vs. Regis University 5 p.m. Assumption College Mar. 21 Home vs. Franklin Pierce University 12 p.m. Mar. 24 @ Southern New Hampshire University 7 p.m. Becker College Mar. 22 Home vs. University of Maine Farmington 2:30 p.m. Mar. 25 @ Rivier University 7 p.m. Clark University Mar. 21 Home vs. Manhattanville College 7 p.m. Mar. 25 Home vs. State University of New York at Oneonta 7 p.m. College of the Holy Cross Mar. 21 Home vs. Saint John’s College 1:05 p.m. Nichols College Mar. 24 Home vs. Daniel Webster College 4 p.m. Tufts University Mar. 21 Home vs. Trinity College 1 p.m. Mar. 24 Home vs. Western New England University 3:30 p.m.

Women’s Lacrosse

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Heavy Equipment Mechanic Mechanics are needed to repair hydraulic utility equipment. Altec Industries is an industry leader and an OEM of aerial units, digger derricks and cranes. Related experience is required (e.g., aerials, tractors, cranes, dozers, GSE, MRAP). Take pride in becoming an equipment expert. Join the thousands who have made Altec their career decision, building on 85 years of success! Visit www.altec.com for more information and send resume to corprecruiter@altec.com EOE / AAP M/F/H/V

HW Staffing has immediate opening 1st shift warehouse forklift operator, call Danny 508-581-8855

Service Support Staff SUNNYSIDE MOTOR CO.,INC HOLDEN. Write repair orders for customers, dispatch work to the technicians,keep the customer informed on progress, close repair orders. Excellent customer service skills, multitasking required. A current drivers license with an acceptable record is required, Saturdays are necessary.If you meet the above please call Eric Friend 508-829-4333

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Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, Ma. Lot Number 297-B Space 1 and 2, Garden Of Valor Section. Current value is $8,400.00 including 2 concrete burial vaults. $4,000.00 or B/O 508-375-0080

RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT RETIRING - 6 X 6 walk in freezer, 1 & 2 door freezers, coolers, sandwich units, Blodgett pizza ovens, pizza prep table, dishwasher, S.S. tables, grill, 2 auto fries, meat slicer, 20 qt. Mixer, shelving. Much more. Call 978-928-3866.

HW Staffing Solutions connecting great employees with great companies, if you are looking for work we can help call us today to schedule an in person interview. 508-581-8855

Local manufacturing company has immediate position open for A/R - A/P Specialist with experience in Human Resources. 3+ years bookkeeping experience and Human Resources. Full time, Mon-Thurs. Please send resumes to Accounting@stellarind.com or fax to (508) 865-5016.

Rutland Nurseries is seeking full-time seasonal Landscape Laborers. Valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license required. Apply in person at Rutland Nurseries, 82 Emerald Road, Rutland, MA 01543 (508) 886-2982 or email resume: hr@rutlandnurseries.com

Summer Help Immanuel Lutheran Nursery School located in Holden, MA is looking for summer help. Duties would include covering staff vacations from June to August in our Infant, Toddler and Preschool classrooms. If interested, please email Kristine @ ilnsholden@yahoo.com or call (508) 829-5391 *We are a licensed center through the Department of Early Education and Care

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Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton MA 2 lots in Heritage II w/vaults. $2,500.00 for both. Call Rick at 508-450-7470 Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, 4 beautifully situated burial plots in The Garden of the Cross. $2200.00 each (current value $5200.00 ea) 508-886-4449 Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA. Heritage II, Lots 665 1&2 w/vaults. No reasonable offer refused. Call 508 -852-1690 or 774-454-0259

Worcester County Memorial Park Desirable â&#x20AC;&#x2122;Garden of the Gospelsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, plot 127C with space for 1 or 2, $3600.00 or email best offer. Visit WCMP for a look - very nice. charlie@angelic.com Worcester Memorial Park Paxton. Garden of the Cross. Beautiful location. 1-4 nicely located burial plots. Plots adjacent to each other. Would provide a lovely resting place for your loved one. $2500.00 each (original price $4800.00 ea). Cathy 203-315-9291

Samsung 55" TV w/ nice stand. Best offer. Great for lvg rm or basement. Exc. cond. $400 508-797-6068* ITEMS UNDER $2,015 4 Place Setting (16) pcs. Portmeiron Botanic Garden design. Orig. $325 Now $175 978-8406539 Antique Cedar Chest 44"L x 19"W x 18 1/2"H $75 (978)534-0711

FOR SALE Delta 12" Portable Planer Mounted model 22-540 $200.00 Cash & Carry 978-422-7481*

Dining Room Set w/ 5 chairs. Good condition. $500.00 or B/O 508-756-4720

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Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA. 2 Lots in the Garden of Faith. $2500.00 for both. Near the feature. Mary 508-886-4334.

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www.centralmassclass.com ITEMS UNDER $2,015 Luggage 4 piece set-burgandy spacious. Not all with wheels. $50.00/all 508-754-1827 Nursing uniform (scrub sets) and white lab coats. Some new,some slightly used.. asking $10.00. sz sm 508 829-9240. Pro Form 400GI Treadmill Carb counter, incline, program select, pulse control, speed, etc. Space saver. $200.00 978-855-3779 Stand Mounted 16" Mounted Scroll Saw. $50.00 Must sell, B/0 508-829-6544 Vintage Metal Bed Full size. Art deco design. 4 wheels. Unique. Excellent. $150.00 508-7910531

FURNITURE Century Dining Room Set 4 side, 2 captain chairs. Oval table, extends to 9’. Lighted hutch, beveled glass front. "Rosewood" Asking $8,000.00 (orig. $20,000) 508-791-0770* Henredon 7 pc Ebony BR Set King bed & mirrored oval backboard. 2 end tables, 9 drwr dresser w/oval detached wall mirror, mens wardrobe & 3 drwrs. Asking $7,000.00 508-791 -0770* Navy Blue Leather Sofa & Matching Chair Excellent condition. $700.00 or B/0 Call 571-437-2123*

HEALTHCARE SERVICES COUNSELING What is your body trying to tell you?

Let’s release the blocks that keep you from reaching your full potential. Body read and 20% off first session. Anna Smith Core Energetics Body Psychotherapy 508-735-3535 HEALTHCARE SERVICES MISCELLANEOUS

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1992 GMC Pickup Custom new tires, 366 motor, gas automatic, no rust. Harley black & orange. Asking $15,000 or B/O Call 508-768-8505 Jon

2002 Mercury Grand Marquis White, gray leather int. Low miles. 131K, car ported. Very good cond. Runs exc. well maintained. All paperwork. Asking $3,300.00 603-8092089

1994 Dodge Ram 1500 4X4 5.2 V8 Auto, 142K Miles. Regular cab. Black. Cap, hitch. Good shape. $3975.00 978-422-8084

2004 Cadillac CTS Black, grey interior. Loaded. Only 67K miles. $8750.00 508-581-7967

2000 Ford F150 Flareside Pickup Showroom condition inside and out. 100K miles. All power, needs nothing. $8000.00 Call 978-466-6043

2004 Lincoln Town Car Signature Edition. 43,500 hyway miles. Excellent pristine cond. inside/out. Showroom cond. Always garaged. Grey/light green. $9,300 978-868-0357/ 508-942-2134

RUN YOUR AD UNTIL IT SELLS ONLY $20 FOR SIX LINES! Reaching 90,000 readers in PRINT & ONLINE Contact Carrie at 978-728-4302 (Not available through online booking)

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Burgundy leather reclining sofa and dark beige cloth swivel rocker recliner Free. Call 508865-1256

Who said nothing in life is free? Run your four line ad for FREE for two weeks and then you have to the option to run your ad until it sells for $20! Or you may run your ad from the beginning until it sells for $20 (no refund if the item sells within the two weeks) $2015 FOR FREE! SUBMIT ITEMS UNDER $2014 Here’s all you need to do! 3 ways to submit... 1. Mail completed form to Central Mass Classifieds, P.O. Box 546, Holden, MA 01520 2. OR FAX the completed form to 508-829-0670 3. OR Email the info with name/address/phone number to sales@centralmassclass.com

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HD=9K= J=9< KM:EAKKAGF JMD=K2 Maximum 4 lines (approx. 28 characters per line). We reserve the right to edit if ads come in that are too long. NO phone orders accepted. See ways to submit above. Merchandise Ads Only - NO autos, snowmobiles, RV’s, trailers, boats, ATV’s, etc. We have a special rate for these ads ($20 till it sells). NO business Ads accepted for this section. If we suspect the ads are being sent in by a business, we reserve the right to refuse. Limit 1 ad per name/address/ phone number every 2 weeks. Free Ads will run for 2 weeks. If you choose to run your ad until it sells for $20, no refund will be given if it sells within the ﬁrst two weeks. Limit 1 item per ad (group of items OK if one price for all and under $2,014). $2015). Price must be listed in ad. NO Cemetery Plots

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2003 Dodge Ram Van w/chair lift. 78K orig miles. Excellent condition. $5900.00 or B/O Leominster 978-840-2662 2008 Ford E250 Extended Van 3dr, A-T/AC, Power package. Roof racks. Int. shelving, tow package, 6 rims, 8 tires in good cond. Exc. overall cond. 57K miles. $14,999.00 508-829-2907 AUTOS 1930 Ford Model A Huckster 22 Woodland Rd. Holden, MA 508-829-2282 1988 MercedesBenz 300 SEL 6 cylinder gas. Very good cond. Runs exc. $3200.00 195k miles. Located in Sutton, MA 774-287-0777

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1999 Road King Under 8,000 miles. Too many extras to list. Always stored in room temperature. $14,000.00 978-4645525 or 781-879-8275 cell 2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter Black and gray. Mint cond. 469 miles. Asking $1650.00. Includes helmet. 207-289-9362 OR 207-450-1492.

1990 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 Performance Coupe. 25K miles. 2 tops. LT5, 375HP. 6SPD, ZF Manual trans. Fully optioned. Fair weather only, always stored. $21,000.00 978-422-6624 2000 Toyota Corolla Blue, tan interior, AC, PS, PB, PW, PL. Low 109K miles. Great shape dependable. $3750.00 508581-7967

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2004 Toyota Corolla Maroon, grey interior. AC, PS, PB, PW, PL Toyota dependability. Low 137K miles. $5875.00 508-581-7967

1986 Stingray Super Sport 17 foot bowrider w/170hp Mercruiser. This is a classic. Full boat cover and bimini top. Very clean. $2950.00 B/O Call Cliff 603-494-8219/508-829-9882

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Truck Camper 1985 Bought new in 1991. Real Life brand. Bathroom, shower, self contained. 8ft truck bed. $2900.00 B/O 774-287-0777

2 Storage Shelves for a Cargo Van Like New. (1) 42 x 46 and (1) 54 x 46 $100 B/0 Call Box 508-752-2768 (Paxton)*

Snowmobile trailer/tilt blk steel, 8â&#x20AC;&#x2122; long, 3â&#x20AC;&#x2122; wide. New Hitch cap, $175. Call 978-582-4692 noon-6. *

2005 Mercury Grand Marquis One owner, bought new Oct. 2005. Exc. cond. White ext, light gray int. 100K mostly highway miles. $5,500.00 indagt_raoul@hotmail.com 978 -502-8031

Kayak Perception Sole Includes many accessories. $700.00 978-424-6315 *

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We Buy and PICK UP Your junk or wrecked cars or trucks. We Sell New and Used Parts. Specials on Batteries and Tires. New and Used! Airport Auto Parts, Inc. 56 Crawford St. Leominster, MA 01453 978-534-3137

Dickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Auto Body Collision Experts Lifetime Guarantee In Writing On All Collision Repairs. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t let your insurance company tell you where you have to have your vehicle repaired. It is your right by law to choose a registered repair shop of your choice. 94 Reservoir St. Holden, MA 508-829-5532/508-886-6230 RS#4474 Visa/MC

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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

2000 Wilderness 37â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Trailer w/attached screenroom. East Douglas,MA on site at Lake Manchaug Camping. Center slide out, Sleeps 6-8. Call for details. $7000.00 Russ 508769-0811

Classic Car 1957 Chevy Bel Air 4dr hardtop. Total frame off resto. New 350 crate motor. Appraised at $47,500, only 5,000 miles since resto. $30,000 OBO. Call Len cell 508-789-3436 Millbury, MA

2011 28â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Lightweight Camping Trailer w/slide. Electric awning and many extras. Excellent condition. Reduced price $14,200.00 or B/O 978-602-0099

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Fuller RV Sales & Rentals 150 Shrewsbury St., Boylston 508-869-2905 www.fullerrv.com BBB Accredited A+ Rating 24 ft Light Weight 2004 Terry Dakota Travel Trailer Sleeps 7, bunk beds & full bed, 16ft awning, A/C, Central heat, microwave & 3 burner stove. Dual powered fridge/freezer. Loads of storage, outdoor shower. 2 batteries, travel septic. Like new. $6900.00 OR B/O 508-579-6622

Campers/trailers 5x8 foot black metal. Almost new landscape trailer. Never been registered. Used only in yard. Mint condition. Fold down 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122; gate. After 5 P.M $450 Don 978-5490118

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CLASS IT UP! Living the Classifieds’ Lifestyle! Messages from the universe. Do you ever get them? Regardless of one’s beliefs, I think that everyone receives those nudges now and then. For awhile now, I have received the message that I need to meditate. Meditation is supposed to be very beneficial for health and stress, but the thought of meditating totally stresses me out! That can’t be good, right? What freaks me out is the silence. I am one of those kinds of people who always has sound going on in the background regardless of what I am doing, even going to sleep at night. In silence, my mind tends to race and anxiety will build. So, how is meditation going to help? However, when I am listening to the radio or watching TV, I keep receiving that message…..meditate. So, I guess I should give it a go. What type of messages are you getting? When you are at home or out and about, do you ever get those nudges that you really need to take action on something? We have advertisers in this section that will be happy to solve those nudges. Is it something that you need taken care of around the house? A new apartment, car or a nice relaxing massage? Some quality painting, landscaping or clean up now that spring is actually arriving? Whatever it is, I believe you can find the solution to those messages that you are getting. Let’s meditate on it! Always grateful…..

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LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES TOWN OF SUTTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO ALL INTERESTED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 40A, §11, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Sutton Town Hall on April 2, 2015 at 7:30pm on the petition of Jodi Healy. The petitioner is requesting a Home Business Special Permit to operate a Real Estate Office. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 72 Hutchinson Rd, Sutton MA on Assessors Map #22, Parcel #112. The property is located in the R-1 Zoning District. A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal office hours in the Town Clerk’s Office located in the Town Hall. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated. Jeffrey Fenuccio Board of Appeals Clerk 3/19, 3/26/2015 MS TOWN OF SUTTON Sutton Planning Board Public Hearing Notice In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 40A § 5, the Sutton Planning Board will hold a public hearing to consider changes to the Town of Sutton Zoning Bylaw. The hearing will be held on Monday, April 6, 2015 at 7:10 P.M. at the Sutton Town Hall. The following is a summary of the proposed changes; a copy of the proposed changes may be inspected in the office of the Town Clerk during normal business hours. 1. To amend the Zoning Bylaw, Section III.A.4. Table 1 – Table of Use Regulations to allow “Self Storage Facility” by Special Permit granted by the Planning Board in the Office Light Industrial District (OLI) and amend section I.B. – Definitions by adding a definition for “Self Storage Facility” and “Story or Stories” (By Petition) The Board will also discuss the following proposed article: 2. Designation of approximately 85 acres along Route 146 south at the Millbury Town line as a Priority Development Site. Robert S. Largess, Jr., Chairman Sutton Planning Board 3/19, 3/26/2015 MS

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Premises: 15 Hough Road, Sutton, MA By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Leo R. Saucier and Michelle D. Saucier to Sovereign Bank and now held by Santander Bank, N.A. f/k/a Sovereign Bank, said mortgage dated March 1, 2007, and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 40784, Page 108, as affected by a loan modification agreement dated September 10, 2009, and recorded in said registry at Book 45120, Page 355 for breach of the conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction on April 10, 2015 at 1:00 PM Local Time upon the premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: The land in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, with the buildings thereon and all the privileges and appurentances thereto belonging, situate on the easterly side of the road leading from South Sutton to East Douglas, now called Hough Road, said parcel of land being more particularly bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the southwesterly corner thereof at a point on the easterly side of said Hough Road, said point of beginning when measured along the easterly side of said Hough Road being 290 feet distance northerly from the north end of the South Sutton rural Cemetery; Thence northerly by said Hough Road, 180 feet to a point at land now or formerly of Leo A. Godbout et ux; Thence a right angle turn and running easterly by said land now or formerly of Leo A. Godbout et ux, 200 feet; Thence a right angle turn and running southerly still continuing by land now or formerly of Leo A. Godbout et ux, 180 feet; thence a right angle turn and running westerly still continuing by land now or formerly of Leo A. Godhout et ux, 200 feet to the point of beginning. For title, see Deed dated June 25, 1997 recorded in Worcester, County Registry of Deeds in Book 18956, Page 356. The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. For Mortgagor’s Title see deed dated June 25, 1997, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds, in Book 18956, Page 356. TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Shechtman Halperin Savage, LLP 1080 Main Street Pawtucket, RI 02860 Attorney for Santander Bank, N.A. f/k/a Sovereign Bank Present Holder of the Mortgage (401) 272-1400 3/19/ 3/26, 4/2/2015 MS THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (SEAL) LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT COURT 2015 SM 001024 ORDER OF NOTICE To: Stephen W. Ashby and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.: Green Tree Servicing LLC claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Millbury, numbered 251 Riverlin Street, given Catherine G. Ashby and Stephen W. Ashby to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated August 23, 2003, and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 31565, Page 116, and now held by the Plaintiff by assignment has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the UnitedStates of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil ReliefAct. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before April 20, 2015 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act. Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER, Chief Justice of this Court on March 5, 2015 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 201412-0030-TEA 3-19-2015 MS Public Auction Notice is hereby given pursuant to provision of M.G.L. c255 sec.39A that the following vehicles will be sold on March 20, 2015, at a private sale to satisfy our garage keeper lien thereon for towing and storage charges and expenses of sale and notice. 2010 Volkswagen Passat - V.I.N. WVWMP7AN1Ae555429 2002 Nissan Maxima - V.I.N. JN1DA31D62T404796 Sale at Early’s on Park Avenue 536 Park Ave. Worcester, Ma 01603 3/5, 3/12, 3/19/2015 WM

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STEVEN KING

Geoffrey Dickinson (This interview has been edited for length. Read the full interview online at worcestermagazine.com)

Libraries were a career change for Geoffrey Dickinson, who worked in IT for about five years before pursuing his master’s in library science. With a brand new degree from Indiana University and a chance to move anywhere, Dickinson immediately moved back to Massachusetts. He started at the Ames Free Library in North Easton. From there he moved to the assistant director position in Franklin. Next, it was on to department head and then acting director in New Bedford. Now Dickinson is the newest head librarian in Worcester. The head librarian position has been a tough one to keep filled over the last few years; did you have any reservations during the interview process? During the interview process, no. I really did my due diligence before applying for this position. Most library administrators across the state are actively looking for other opportunities. I did see this position open up every year, year and a half and two years, and I was one of those people who thought that there was obviously something going on. Why is there a higher turnover than there should be? But before I applied I made an effort to look at the previous directors. I did my searches and talked to people who knew the previous directors and learned who they were and their justifications for leaving. It really came out that it wasn’t a dysfunction in the city necessarily, it was more about personal choices for the most part and retirements, deciding that previous positions fit them better than the big city library. At that point I decided that it was worth the interest.

What are your top priorities as head librarian? There are clearly some major

projects underway. First and foremost there are just the process things like the budget, which need to get solidified. Meeting with City Hall to make sure enhancements are supported and included in the budget so we can financially move forward and improve. On the in-

house side, obviously there are staff concerns and patron concerns. Security is an issue, which goes hand-in-hand with administrations setting appropriate policy. The interim director has done a fabulous job addressing these policy issues. Improving security and staff issues are included in the budget requests and will be the first priority: make the library a safe place. Great services are not going to work if it’s not a safe place and people don’t want to come in. It’s a balancing act, balancing improving those services with making sure it’s a safe place to provide those services. So it’s meeting with the stakeholders and the police and other agencies that may be able to help mitigate some of these issues around the drug use and the homelessness around the behavioral issues that are really sort of rampant in the library right now.

The Library Board recently adopted policies to try to deal with the problem of homeless individuals and drug users at the library. Have you dealt with similar issues in the past? New Bedford does have these

issues. New Bedford is a slightly smaller community but the issues are still there. The public library is still used in the exact same way that Worcester’s library is being used. The main library is right downtown, similar to this library. The shelters are also right downtown. It’s become a place for people to come in and hangout they

don’t have anywhere else to go. When you have that many people unfocused in a public library things happen. So yes, New Bedford had the same issues with people not using a library for what a library is used for, using it for their own dealings, that is an issue we’ve been working through, still working through, the same as Worcester. The policies come first, then we have the footing to start acting on those policies whether it is punitive or procedural changes that will show the community that we’re working towards building a safer environment within the library. It’s going to be a challenge, no doubt about it, but it’s a challenge that every city faces.

Worcester’s One City, One Library initiative, coupled with the bookmobiles, is a very proactive way to keep young kids connected to the library. How do you attract the older kids? I can’t kid anybody, there is a drop in attendance of preteen and teenagers into the library, so the library’s role is to find out what will attract them. I think that our youth services department has really jumped on that early on with their LSTA grant, building that media lab. I hinted [at] this during my presentation at my interview, using technology. That‘s where the teens are refocusing their energies. Their information and their entertainment input is electronic, instead of picture books and story times and things that the younger children are utilizing. The fabulous thing about public libraries is that we can roll with that kind of change and service, and that’s where our youth services department saw that and really jumped on it. We can build upon that and push programming and

advocacy and advertising things to build out that section of teen services. To get that word out and get the kids to come in to the library and use and focus those energies, and that’s a lot of energy there, into how that technology is getting used and then move that into a constructive environment. We’re here to provide a learning environment for people on their own or through structured classes. It will be a way to get those teens involved on their own terms and their own technology.

You’ve been working in libraries for the past 13 years a lot has changed in that time, where do you see libraries in the next 13 years? It’s not really a change in services

it’s just a growth of services. I see libraries getting larger, providing more with less, that’s sort of the old adage at municipal public libraries. You have to provide more with less and that’s where this use of technology really comes in. There’s a big push in e-book and digital books or that type of service provision, shifting collections, you have your print books on the shelf. I see a large growth in those electronic books and that’s where we have the apps to access all of these e-books for cell phones, tablets and e-readers. It had its little bubble when they first came out, an influx of these e-readers, but I think in the future it’s going to be tablets and cell phones providing a lot of the access to the library collection. As far as the traditional collection, the books are always going to be here. No one’s going to kid anyone, saying libraries are gone, you can Google everything. Well that’s not the case. Our circulation tells us that the books are what people want. - Steven King MARCH 19, 2015 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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