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Neil Young tribute act Rust Never Sleeps will perform at Bull Run
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Rust Never Sleeps bring’s Young’s classics to Bull Run
They aren’t just “Out on the Weekend.” Rust Never Sleeps was born from the passion to perform Neil Young’s music and “to find the magic and follow the muse each and every time they take the stage.” Performing music from every period of Neil Young’s career, Rust Never Sleeps promises that each night is a unique and special experience. The band includes Kenny Gibson, vocals, guitars, harmonica, piano; Mike Garron, bass, vocals; Chuck Nemitz, guitars, vocals; Rob Hamilton, pedal steel, keyboards; Reena Langmeyer, vocals; and Jeremy Esposito, drums. What: Rust Never Sleeps — A Live Neil Young Retrospective When: 8 p.m. April 2 (doors open for dinner and seating at 6 p.m.) Where: The Bull Run Restaurant, 215 Great Road, Shirley How much: $20. www.bullrunrestaurant.com
“The Worst Person in the World,” one of the nominees for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars, is described as a modern dramedy about the quest for love and meaning. Set in contemporary Oslo, Norway, the movie unfolds as chapters in the life of Julie (Renate Reinsve), a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of boyfriends, breakups, family, and trying to find her career path. Reinsve and the film’s director and co-writer Joachim Trier have been receiving great acclaim. The Guardian called the film “an instant classic.” Presented by cinema-worcester. What: “The Worst Person in the World,” presented by cinema-worcester When: 7 p.m. April 1 Where: Park View Room, 230 Park Ave., Worcester How much: $11; $9 students and seniors. www.cinema-worcester.com A poster for “The Worst Person in the World.” PROMOTIONAL PHOTO
ADOPTION OPTION
Meet Billy
Meet Billy! Billy is an amazing dog. Arriving at the shelter after a caring member of the community found Billy alone, it soon became apparent why this lovely person decided to help him get a second chance at a loving home. Billy is sweet, playful, and affectionate. Although he can be shy at first, it is only because Billy has a very gentle soul. His beautiful eyes gaze at you with love and a longing to be a part of your life. Billy has been fortunate to spend time in a foster home. There they discovered that he is housetrained and walks well on leash. Billy has daily playdates with other dogs here at the shelter. His favorites friends are the ones who enjoy a good game of chase. Billy loves to run! He prefers that to lots of wrestling. To watch him run and have fun with the other pups is pure joy! Billy also played with the 8-year-old child in his foster the home, but has no experience with younger children. Please email the shelter at dogs@worcesterarl.org if you are interested in meeting this handsome boy!
Adoption Option is a partnership with the Worcester Animal Rescue League highlighting their adoptable pets. Check this space often to meet all of the great pets at WARL in need of homes. WARL is open seven days a week, noon-4 p.m., 139 Holden St. Check them out online at Worcesterarl.org, or call at (508) 8530030.
Billy is available for adoption through WARL.
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COVID-19 Protocols: The Worcester Animal Rescue League remains closed to walk-in visits with the animals and appointments must be made, in advance, to meet with any of the animals. Masks are required. Visit https:// worcesterarl.org/ for more information.
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60,000 artifacts are dozens of examples of Worcester inventions.
The English-style old ale, “Salisbury Mansion Ale,” would have been consumed often inside the pubs of the 18th century. Redemption Rock is adding molasses, as well, to copy a common practice in early American brewing and capture the flavor of rum, which is what the mansion’s namesake, Stephen Salisbury, would have sipped on. The mansion, the museum’s largest exhibit, was built for Salisbury in 1772 to act as both a home and his store. And the museum has a replica of Salisbury’s store as one of its exhibits.
“Salisbury would have stored things like molasses in the store,” Bumpus said.
After the beers are released, the museum will enter three cans as official artifacts, where they’ll sit alongside decades-old growlers made by city’s Norton Company and a can from the Brockert Brewing Company, one of the city’s earliest breweries.
Perhaps not as culturally or historically significant as other items in the enormous collection, Redemption Rock’s beers will nonetheless be preserved in the museum for at least the next 300 years, if nothing else as mementoes from the city’s ongoing craft beer renaissance.
Follow Redemption Rock online for updates on the three brews and their releases. To learn more about the Worcester Historical Museum, visit www.worcesterhistory.org.
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same neighborhood in the Bronx, two blocks away.”
Despite his expressive face and eyes, Pacino still was tough to pick out in the crowd at El Morocco, Tubert said. And the actor agreed.
“I know,” Pacino beamed. “People often are surprised when they meet me. I’m just shy. That’s why I act. I feel that in playing a character I can do things I, myself, would never do.”
On March 22, 1972, “The Godfather” opened at Showcase Cinemas 1&2 and became an instant mob hit, both figuratively and literally.
Its first matinee, on a Wednesday (a workday, no less), “The Godfather” drew its biggest matinee crowd to the Franklin Square theater in the cinema’s history.
About 15,000 moviegoers paid a record gross of $36,700 to see “The Godfather” at Showcase Cinemas 1&2 in its first five days of release. Pretty good when tickets were probably no more than $2.50 for an adult.
Another record was the first $10,000 one-day gross in the theater.
Ticket sales for “The Godfather” set a record for the 30 years Johnny Dee had been at the former Palace Theater. And Dee believed it was a record attendance for any theater in town.
There was no denying it. Worcester loved “The Godfather.”
Not only is “The Godfather” the best movie made in the last 50 years (I challenge you. Name a better movie from 1972 to present day. And don’t you dare say, “Avengers: Endgame”), its sequel, “The Godfather Part II,” is not only the greatest movie sequel of all time, it is as good (and, some will argue, is even better) than the original.
Half a century later, “The Godfather” is still relevant. There are no bad scenes and no bad performances in the movie. It is also the most quoted and quotable movie of the last 50 years. Practically every line in the movie is worthy to repeat.
At the time Tubert sat down with Pacino at the El, there was no script for “The Godfather Part II,” nor was the project even greenlighted yet by Paramount, but Pacino was already anticipating the call.
“I’d like to do ‘Godfather Part II,’ if it’s a continuing story, one that lets me grow older in it,” Pacino told Tubert.
Not only did “The Godfather Part II” continue Michael’s story and the Corleone saga, it won the Academy Award for Best Picture, like its predecessor, and both films brought home Oscars for Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro, respectively, playing the same character, Don Vito Corleone, aka Michael Corleone’s father.
“Francis made it a picture about people,” Pacino mused on the success of “The Godfather” in Worcester. “Most of the gangster pictures have been one-dimensional things, but Francis got inside his people. The characters were believable. You could identify with them.”
The party at El broke up around 3:13 a.m. Pacino, who said he was in desperate need of a rest after the play closes, led Clayburgh and the rest of the cast upstairs for a pre-dawn trip back to Boston, unbeknownst to him that he was about to become one of the most beloved and respected (and imitated) actors of his generation.
Before departing the El Morocco and Worcester, Pacino thanked Johnny Dee and Joey Aboody for a great time.
Pacino then turned to Johnny and said in Italian, “Sono molto orgoglioso Johnny, essendo Italiano e avento un grande lavore, un di teatro,” which translates in English to “I’m very proud of you Johnny, being Italian and having a big job, a theater manager.”
In June 2016, Al Pacino made his devoted fans (including the writer of this column) an offer they couldn’t refuse: an evening with the celebrated actor talking about his legacy and his craft at Foxwoods.
And, while it was strictly business, Pacino made it very personal and very funny.
Pacino talked about how director Francis Ford Coppola wanted the then-unknown actor to play the much sought-after role of Michael in “The Godfather,” to the chagrin of Paramount brass. Even Pacino thought Coppola was out of his mind.
“I got a call from Francis Ford Coppola and he’s telling me he’s directing ‘The Godfather.’ I thought he was mad,” Pacino said. “Now, everybody knew ‘The Godfather.’ This is a long time ago but the book was very famous. It was like ‘Gone with the Wind’ and everybody wanted to know who’s going to be the guy who plays Michael. So I’m on the phone with Francis and he said, ‘And I want you, Al, to play Michael.’ That’s when I thought he really lost it.”
Not only did the “Sollozzo scene” in “The Godfather” make Pacino an international sensation, it saved his job. When Pacino’s character kills rival gangster Sollozzo (Al Lettieri) and corrupt police captain McCluskey (Sterling Hayden), after a trip to the bathroom in an Italian restaurant, it convinced the fickle Paramount Pictures brass, once and for all, that they found their Michael.
“Now, during shooting, they wanted to fire me. They wanted to fire Francis but they thought, ‘Let’s fire the guy he hired,’” Pacino recalled. “The Sollozzo scene comes up. Later, I found out Francis moved it up. It wasn’t going to be shot that day but he moved it because he knew they were going to bounce me. Without Francis, I wouldn’t have the part.”
Due to the success of “The Godfather,” there was a period where Hollywood was asking Pacino to do everything, including the role of Han Solo in “Star Wars.” Pacino, who loves and understands Shakespeare, said he couldn’t wrap his head around George Lucas’ script. So he passed.
“Look what I did,” Pacino said in hindsight at Foxwoods in 2016. “I gave Harrison Ford a career. That’s what I did.”
Back in 1972, Joe Aboody delivers a cake that he made especially for Al Pacino, seen here smiling and seated at the El Morocco. Shortly after the release of “The Godfather,” actress Jill Clayburgh, seated, watches Al Pacino cut a cake
at The El Morocco. PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ABOODY COLLECTION
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