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rom the moment Frank Sinatra sang those opening lines of “I’ve Got the World On A String” to formally open the Worcester Centrum in 1982, to the final appearance less than a week ago by the majestic Asian Elephants with the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the building now called the DCU Center has been, literally and figuratively, the center of attention in Worcester. And while she toils largely behind the scenes, Sandy Dunn, has been there for most of the 34 years the Centrum/DCU has been welcoming visitors of the two- and four-legged kind through its doors. The words of that Cab Calloway tune were not only first sung in concert by Sinatra (1953 in Belgium) – they also quite accurately sum up how Dunn feels as general manager of what she calls “the jewel of Worcester.” She loves what she does, the people she works with and the city she works in. I got to sit down (and walk) with Dunn inside the DCU recently, where we talked about growing up in rural Pennsylvania, where she first got a taste of managing buildings and what it has been like running one of the state’s premiere entertainment venues. It was a great conversation and a fun stroll down memory lane. It even yielded a moment that now seems rather poignant, with Dunn offering a funny story about the rock star Prince, who died just several days after my interview with Dunn. Inside is a look at both the woman behind the DCU Center and the building itself, which, Dunn insists, remains the city’s jewel.

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Worcester area Muslims step up as presidential election delegates Tom Quinn

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uslims make up only about 1 percent of the population of the United States.

But with politicians on the national

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scene increasingly focusing on Islam, and policy proposals from Republicans drawing accusations of Islamophobia from those on the left, Muslims across the country are trying to make their voices heard in the upcoming presidential election.

The Worcester Islamic Center recently jumped into the fray, getting dozens of Worcester-area Muslims to drive down to Greenfield earlier this month for a caucus to determine delegates for the presidential election The move paid off, as two area Muslims were elected delegates for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and will travel to Philadelphia in July for the Democratic National Convention.

“Our community generally hasn’t been involved in politics,” Noman Khanani, the first delegate elected in the 2nd Congressional District for Sanders. “I guess it’s more a frustration with politics. But Bernie’s campaign really resonated with me.”

The Council on American-Islamic Relations and other Muslim groups recently announced a national drive to register 20,000 voters, and some are shooting for a more ambitious goal of one million voters. But first come the primaries, and although former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a substantial delegate lead, WIC Media Relations Director Tahir Ali said it was important to get the Muslim community involved and active as early as possible.

“It doesn’t matter whether you win or lose.

You’re already a winner if you participate,” Ali said. “Winning is a goal, but it’s not the only goal.”

Ali knows a thing or two about American Muslims and their voice in politics. In 2004 he published “The Muslim Vote: Counts and Recounts” about Muslim voters before and after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. He said this year is different than past years, with both front-runners for the Republican presidential nomination – Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz – proposing policies ranging from barring Muslims from entering the country (Trump) to ordering law enforcement to patrol Muslim neighborhoods (Cruz).

“Especially with all the racism coming out of people running for the highest office in the country, talking about kicking people out, talking about building walls – you have to get involved,” Ali said.

A 2015 Pew Research Center study found that around 70 percent of American Muslims consider themselves Democrats, compared to 11 percent on the Republican side. Ali remembers his own experience as a delegate in 1992 – for George H.W. Bush.

“At that time it seemed to be a good idea,” he said.

Homaira Naseem of Boylston was elected as a female delegate for Sanders, who earned 29 delegates in Massachusetts on March 1.

The delegates are not just abstract numbers, they are represented by people. Those people were recently chosen via caucuses – one for

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City, Burncoat High community lose a local hero with passing of former football player Ron Brace. -5

Kurt Isaacson names new president of Spectrum Health Systems. +1

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Total for this week:

A weekly quality of life check-in of Worcester

The city would have to file Home Rule Petition to allow funeral homes to cremate unclaimed dead bodies. State remains behind times on this issue.

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each candidate in each of Massachusetts’ nine congressional districts. The 2nd Congressional, which Naseem and Khanani were both elected in, encompasses Worcester and surrounding towns and is represented by Congressman Jim McGovern, a Clinton supporter.

“We have a big Muslim community in Worcester, and they have all supported me,” said Naseem, who is currently volunteering for the Sanders campaign.

McGovern stood up against Islamophobic speech himself earlier this year, when he used an invitation to the State of the Union address in Washington D.C. to bring Asima Silva to the nation’s capital. Silva organized “Meet a Muslim Day” at the Worcester Islamic Center earlier this year, and other WIC members said McGovern’s gesture was an important step for their group.

“There’s a big gap between our community and the community at large,” Naseem said.

“There are a lot of struggles they’re facing because of negative coverage in the media.”

Khanani has also participated in phone banks for Sanders, and said while some of his conversations have been negative, the experience overall has been positive.

“To mobilize and raise our voices is important, especially with the current climate of Islamophobia,” Khanani said, adding he didn’t think all Trump supporters were dangerous. “I don’t think they’re bad people.

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Council tries a quicker approach to debate over ATV/bike confiscation Tom Quinn

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ll-terrain vehicles and dirt bikes are a fun hobby for some, and the vehicles have gained popularity over the years. But some Worcesterites prefer to get their kicks driving through traffic or tearing up public parks, and law enforcement can be reluctant to chase after the drivers for fear of making the situation more dangerous.

City councilors this week reflected on the necessity for quick action on the issue after Main South Public Safety Alliance head William Breault revived a petition he originally filed last year.

“This petition is from nine months ago,” Breault said. “Some of you read it, any maybe some of you didn’t. We’ve had a couple of deaths, a number of accidents, a number of injuries – I hope you pick this up and do something with it.”

Specifically, Breault wants the Council to amend its ordinances to include a seizure policy for illegally-

driven ATVs and dirt bikes. Currently, the city works with Environmental Police on enforcing existing ordinances governing the vehicles, but some say unless the vehicle is stolen, the ability of police to impound the ATV is hampered, causing problems when trying to curtail the activity in the future.

In a bit of self-reflection not always characteristic of the workings of the city’s governing body, councilors pointed to the slow, inefficient nature of its subcommittee system and ultimately referred the issue directly to City Manager Ed Augustus Jr., rather than sending it to the Public Safety Committee chaired by At-Large Councilor Kate Toomey.

“It’s not always easy to meet regularly and often as a committee,” said At-Large Councilor Moe Bergman, who brought the issue forward more than a year ago when he was the Public Safety chairperson. “I’m wondering if it would be more efficient to refer this to the administration to start having a conversation with

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can respect that – people are frustrated.”

Ali concurred, saying he did not judge the entire Republican Party solely based on the front-runners who advocate policies specifically targeting Muslims.

“These people are in the minority, just like I stand against the minority of people who give Muslims a bad name,” Ali said.

The Sanders campaign has been criticized for a failure to attract nonwhite voters, gaining many of its delegates from areas rich in young, college-aged voters with small minority populations. While Khanani, at age 24, meets one of those criteria, he said it was important for people to see the diverse support his chosen candidate attracts.

“It adds some diversity to the campaign,” Khanani, of Shrewsbury, said. “Bernie is resonating with younger voters, minority

voters. It helps people see this campaign is the real deal.”

While the vast majority of Muslims in America are supporting Democrats, according to CAIR, Ali said the important part of the movement was not which candidate it supported, but that Worcester-area Muslims and Muslims across the country were taking advantage of their constitutional right to vote.

“Whatever minority group you belong to, you need to stand up,” Ali said. “No matter who you support, the idea is you give back to your country.”

Reporter Tom Quinn can be reached at 508-749-3166 x324 or tquinn@ worcestermagazine.com with story ideas, feedback, or questions. Follow him on Twitter @bytomquinn.

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Rewind: 40 Years of News, Entertainment and More

“The New Campus Rebels”

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ack in April 1986, Worcester Magazine’s Heidi J. LaFleche wrote about the return of student activism, with a stirring center point revolving around local student activists staging a “die-in” at the Worcester Federal Building.

The student demonstrators, the “People in Solidarity with Central America,” protested at the building by laying on the ground, as if they had been assassinated by Contra soldiers.

Nine students and residents were arrested during the protest.

“This could be 1968–a time of galvanized social activism and moral fury,” wrote LaFleche.

“But, it’s 1986, when such abstractions as ‘justice’ and ‘peace’ are supposed to take a back seat to things like career, wealth and personal gain.”

The die-in was in protest to the continued funding of the Nicaraguan Contras by the U.S. government, a rebel group that would dissolve in the early 90s. While the US backed (covertly at points) Contras were billed as Nicaraguan government counterpoints, there were a large number of human rights violations and terrorist attacks committed by the rebel forces.

“It is widely believed in post-graduate circles that activism is dead on college campuses, that students in the ‘80s are more concerned with grades and resumes than social change,” LaFleche wrote.

The author went on to explain Worcester’s social activism community had grown (though not to Vietnam-era levels of

awareness) and enacted change, with Clark University divested itself of $6 million in South African-related holdings following a mock funeral staged during a trustees meeting.

Did the student activists of the ‘80s affect long-term change with protests like the Federal Building die-in? Well, the country did eventually defund the Contras, and was found to have violated international law by supporting the rebellion (The U.S. was not found to have directly contributed to human rights violations). In the end, however, the Constitution superseded the power of the International Court of Justice and Nicaragua pulled its complaint in 1992.

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{ citydesk } DIRT BIKES continued from page 7 On April 10, police officers reported seeing training was the result of numerous a group of men riding dirt bikes recklessly on complaints from citizens that involved large the [city lawyer] and the chief of police and groups of youths riding four-wheelers and dirt Main Street and Mill Street, driving through his deputy chiefs … the timetable right now, traffic signals and ignoring traffic laws. bikes recklessly throughout the city streets. before kids get out of school, is critical. Once Later that same day, foot patrol officers saw Foot beat officers have been paying special kids get out of school the problems we have now will blossom into much bigger problems.” attention this spring in an effort to curtail this a masked dirt bike rider doing wheelies in the street, forcing cars to pull over to the side of behavior.”

On April 20, Worcester Police arrested a the road. When officers arrested the juvenile Multiple councilors commented on their 42-year-old Chatham Street resident for doing on Illinois Street, they found the dirt bike was own, up-close and person experience with donuts in Crystal Park, causing “extensive stolen, and the youth was charged with a slew damage” to the park grounds. He was charged ATV and dirt bike riders, and no one had a of crimes, including receiving stolen property. positive view of the situation. with trespassing with a motorized vehicle, “Most of these are defacement of stolen from someone else public property to begin with,” At-Large This petition is from nine months ago. Some and operating Councilor Mike Gaffney a recreational of you read it, any maybe some of you didn’t. said. “Confiscated is one vehicle thing. I think the owner We’ve had a couple of deaths, a number of negligently, would like to get the bike according to accidents, a number of injuries – I hope you back, too.” a WPD press The issue, like many pick this up and do something with it. release. That others, has come up before incident was on the Council before without – William Breault the Council’s an acceptable solution. mind on Tuesday, That inaction is no longer and the WPD “These folks are on social media, Snapchat, an option, according to some. recently elaborated on its efforts to stop “Over the last 20 years, this issue started Facebook, Youtube, making videos,” At-Large illegal ATV activit.

Councilor Khrystian King, a noted motorcycle as more of a distraction, a nuisance, and now “Recently, the foot beat officers have it’s become a public safety issue where it’s rider, said. “I’ve seen these folks take over received special training pertaining escalating in terms of danger to the road and Kelley Square, I’ve seen them take over to recreational vehicles through the pedestrians,” At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes Water Street and jeopardize the lives of folks Massachusetts Environmental Police,” driving cars, walking, children walking on the said, calling for a vote within the next month. according to a WPD press release.

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Even when the riders are not endangering lives, they are causing problems, according to District 5 Councilor Gary Rosen, who bemoaned damage to a sports field in his district, and said the large rocks or other barriers being installed at certain parks are not enough to stop the problem completely.

“Some of these riders are very ingenious,” Rosen said. “Confiscation is about the only way. Take them away, take them away, and take them away, and never give them back.

That’s about the only way we can handle this.”

In addition to ATV riders endangering others, they are sometimes endangering themselves by riding illegally in city streets.

In August last year, a 23-year-old passenger on an ATV died on Goddard Memorial Drive after crashing. The driver of the ATV was charged with a variety of crimes after witnesses observed a group of ATVs doing wheelies and swerving across the road. The rest of the ATV riders fled after witnessing the crash.

“I don’t want to wait,” Breault said. “One more death, one more person being severely injured, is one too many.”

Reporter Tom Quinn can be reached at 508-749-3166 x324 or tquinn@ worcestermagazine.com with story ideas, feedback, or questions. Follow him on Twitter @bytomquinn.

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Apparently, our readers are delicate flowers who can’t handle a few four-letter words in the paper.

So I’ll be replacing anything distasteful with the world “polito” instead. With that in mind, here is the reaction from Sam Etre at Corvette City Autobody, the first person a reporter talked to on a walking tour of the area outlined in the city’s Downtown Urban Revitalization Plan, which picks out a couple dozen blighted or otherwise underutilized properties for potential acquisition – read, eminent domain. “I’m not letting them take a [polito] thing,” Etre said. “... this is probably one of the best streets in the city.” City officials have stressed that eminent domain is a last resort for properties where the owner doesn’t want to voluntarily sell or invest in upgrades. Let the record show a reporter did not lead Etre on, only asking if he had received a letter from the city recently. Brian Grenache, Etre’s stepson and the current operator of the business, said the repair shop’s Southbridge Street location, right next to Worcester landmark Hurricane Betty’s, gets them jobs based on location all the time, and that moving would hurt the single father’s family. “This is a pretty [polito] good location,” Grenache said. “Most of our work comes off the street … every day hustling, it’s tough to get pushed out of here.” Again, let the record show that no one is getting eminent domained yet, and nothing has even been approved yet by the state – there will be a public hearing May 5 at the DCU Center, for one thing – but it’s clear that if the Worcester Redevelopment Authority needs to break the emergency glass and take some properties by force, some owners are not going to go quietly into that good night.

TAKEN: First in a photo series on the city’s hit list – I mean, Urban Revitalization Plan acquisition list.

This week is Hurricane Betty’s, which could be turned into the world’s smallest water park, with caramel instead of water. Or it could be commercial and retail use, Worcester’s call. This is right next to Corvette City Autobody, and would be part of the same parcel under the draft URP.

FOOD TRUCKS AND NOTHING ELSE: The city’s

Chief Development Officer Mike Traynor announced the first proposed site for a “food truck friendly” zone – by the old Auditorium on the north end of Main Street. That area has been a focus for the city for a while as they struggle to find a buyer for the Aud after selling the old courthouse last year. Some might say the city should choose a location with more foot traffic, rather than taking the “if you build it” approach to development. Then again, if the point of the old food truck killer ordinance was to stop them from competing with brick and mortar establishments, the new location will continue that proud tradition. The city manager also has the authority to designate other food truck friendly zones, and the program on the Common – Thursday lunches – will continue. Former City Councilor Rick Rushton also got a shout-out as the “patron saint of food trucks.” Sign me up for whatever church has that saint lineup.

MAKING FRIENDS: This is inside baseball of the highest order, but so many people were

interested in former Worcester Public Schools Superintendent Melinda Boone when she was running the show in Worcester, some people must still be following her career as superintendent in Norfolk, Virginia. Recently, the Virginian-Pilot found itself defending a reporter from allegations of a skewed article after she wrote a piece that seemed to imply a lack of transparency on the part of the school department. And round and round we go. The undisputed fact seems to be the district switched database systems around 2014, which made it unable to fulfill a public records request filed by the VP. Just think of it like Tom Brady destroying his old phone during the Deflategate mess, and it makes a little more sense. The VP issued an article defending their reporter after Boone called a press conference to outline her problems with the article – and the media in general, it seemed at times. Not all the media though – the kicker of the whole

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thing is that the VP found out about the press conference minutes before it happened, having not actually received an invitation ahead of time. Notice was posted on social media 12 minutes before it occurred. Of course, other reporters were notified personally with more than a lunch break’s worth of notice, something a reporter from a TV station that is now probably also on the do-not-contact list called the superintendent out on. “We wanted to make sure we had media here,” Boone said. She then presumably did not order a few dozen pizzas with pepperoni and irony to celebrate the occasion.

GOING, GOING, GONE: Worcester foreclosure auctions are strange. I’m prepared to say that, and not much else, as my head is still reeling from the most recent sale. For those that don’t know, when the city takes over a property due to a failure to pay taxes, they don’t just hold onto it. It is sold at an auction, and that auction is bizarre. The most recent one, on April 21 at 10 a.m., was held in a tiny room on the fourth floor of City Hall. The room was the same narrow disappointment the Board of Election Commissioners squeezed into when reviewing a request for an election recount last cycle, so it’s apparently the room reserved for sad meetings about broken dreams. The cast of characters was probably the most diverse group I’ve seen in a City Hall meeting, and even though they were competing for property, they seemed to all be on friendly terms and having a good time, like they were bidding on a property in Monopoly and not in real life. It also had an air of “baby’s first auction.” Someone bid $25,000, only to walk that back and say they mean $20,500. Quite a bit of difference there, although the auctioneer was kind enough to let it slide. Even with all that, the meeting went by in a flash. Showing up one minute late meant I missed one parcel out of four, and the whole auction was over by 10:08 a.m.

The city got the minimum bid on 100 Fremont St., but properties on Sutton Lane and Dewey Street both got contestants into rounds of spirited bidding. And hey, $30,500 for 50,000 square feet of land with buildings on site? Maybe next time I’ll bring my checkbook and try to join the cool kids’ club.

CALL IN COL. SANDERS: Overheard on the scanner – police searching for a tall, skinny

black male wearing a Burger King crown. Guys, just check the database for people whose date of birth matches the current day. They don’t just give those crowns out for nothing. Next up police will be looking for a redhead dressed as a clown with striped socks.

TIF, PART 37: The City Council’s Economic Development committee recommended approval of a written Tax Increment Financing deal policy, to be used going forward when giving tax breaks to developers as an incentive to come to or stay in Worcester. The Worcester CommunityLabor Coalition got a number of items they had been pushing for, “It’s a good policy,” Worcester Fitchburg Building Trades union leader Brian Russo said. “Perhaps someday it will become a great policy.” The policy includes updates in language for reporting requirements for developers, local labor and equal opportunity employment, including a 5 percent “best efforts” goal for women hiring and a 10 percent goal for minorities, in line with the city’s affirmative action rules, something that led to participants calling for a change in the system. “I’m not satisfied with those numbers,” Lenny Cooper from the NAACP said. “Those numbers might have reflected the population 25 years ago, but they don’t reflect what’s going on now.” Worcester Chamber of Commerce Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy Stu Loosemore was also on hand, as he has been through the whole process, to submit a letter from the Chamber reminding the Council to keep the policy as a road map rather than a set-in-stone requirement, and again stating that changes to the minimum wage – perhaps to $15, as the WCLC wanted – should happen at the state level, not city by city. In the end, progress was made – how much progress remains to be seen. We’ll check back in at the next TIF submitted for approval.

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Chairman and District 1 Councilor Tony Economou’s stated desire for one or two speakers during the meeting so as to not repeat testimony heard over the last few months, activist Julius Jones managed to get his turn at the mic, and offered a suggestion. “If there is going to be a rule that people not repeat themselves, that should be for the people and for the Council,” Jones said. I cannot be any more in favor of anything than I am in favor of this. If I had a nickel for every time I heard a councilor say “I don’t want to repeat/echo ...” and then immediately repeat or echo something they or someone else already said, I’d have enough money to buy myself and a few friends a seat on the Council, change the rules to stop that from happening again, and probably buy the Auditorium to boot.

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t first glance, it seems a rather bold step. Some might call it bullying. Worcester officials, in announcing an urban renewal project aimed at effecting permanent and definitive change in and around its downtown core, has told some two dozen property owners to either get on board or get out of the way.

They didn’t use that exact language, of course, but city planners are reserving the right to take certain key properties by eminent domain if their owners do not play along.

Some say it is a necessary step toward completing projects such as CitySquare and the proposed Theatre District. Others see it as risky proposition that could alienate property owners who may double down in their resistance to change (hello, Dean Marcus).

Talking to many different Worcester types, we believe the city, while obviously within its rights to at least wield its power, has an obligation to continue the progress already started. Of course, no city redevelopment plan should start with taking property by force. Indeed, the Worcester Redevelopment Authority first would negotiate with owners to redevelop their properties. If that fails, they would then encourage them to sell to developers. And if that fails? That’s where eminent domain comes in.

Some property owners have already publicly responded to the city’s plans. Not surprisingly, none are shouting, “Take my building, please!” On the other hand, some have insisted there is no demand for some of the spaces they own. Which begs the question: If the city takes those spaces, what will they do with it that the previous owner did not?

There is no blanket answer to that question. Each property, its purpose and potential use differs based on both its own unique features as well as the desires of its owner. What we have seen with at least some of the targeted properties on the city’s list is a defiance among their owners to do anything different than what they have been doing for years.

The Midtown Mall springs immediately to mind. The problem in that case, however, is its owner, Marcus, has tenants. The city is dotted with storefronts that cannot seem to be given away. The Midtown Mall has given its tenants, many of them immigrants, the opportunity to operate their own business. The problem is the Midtown Mall, and many if not all the other properties on the city’s list, are simply outdated, underutilized, eyesores or all three.

You have on the list a strip joint, a couple empty adult theaters and a diner, to name a few of the properties the city believes could be put to better use in its overall plan for revitalizing its urban core.

We agree. And we have written about and talked with property owners such as Marcus, who is unlikely to give an inch to the city.

What, then, are planners to do? What is the city to do?

To be sure, properties and businesses should not be gobbled up without a concrete plan. And any vision for the future of downtown Worcester and its surrounding neighborhoods must have an eye on wise development. As noted in a recent editorial by the Telegram & Gazette, tearing down a small business and replacing it with a chain store is not exactly prudent planning.

That said, no matter what the city chooses as its ultimate shape for the future, some property and business owners quite simply will not budge. In that case, the city has no choice but to go with Plan C.

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lot like an extra from “Boogie Nights,” and if he could have seen the pictures his family dug up for his wake, he would have roared. He was a problem fixer, the one you called t’s happened. I am of an age when people in my life when you needed something done right, because he “knew a have begun to die. Of course, at any age, we can and do experience loss, but the longer we live, the more likely the guy.” He loved being the connection to solving a headache, a crisis or worse. people we know and love begin to fall way. We expect to What he was — or so I believed — was indestructible. He lose our parents, though we hope we never will; accidents survived not one, but two brain aneurysms and stomach and illnesses are always the crap shoots we hope to avoid.

And even though I’m aware of the realities of time, I was not cancer, all without ever considering the possibility that any of these catastrophic illnesses might stop him, or even slow prepared when David Cardinal died. him down. After his strokes left him with limited use of his I was sitting in Wicked Wings, taunting my Acid Reflux left side, I asked him why he didn’t go out on disability. with spicy rubs, when the call came. The suddenness of If ever there was a man eligible for and deserving of a it, the abrupt shift from relaxing with friends to weeping disability check, it was Dave. He looked at me like I had in a public place made the moment — and I use this word two liberal heads, and said: “Why would I do that? I’m not reluctantly for want of a better one, because I dislike its disabled.” I never brought it up again. casual overuse — surreal.

Dave was not supposed to die the way he did. Falling To understand my heartbreak is to have known Dave. backwards down a flight of stairs while juggling groceries He was as “Worcester” as the bricks that make up City and a door key seems like a mundane way for a guy like Hall. He was Columbus Park, through and through. He was Dave to go. The EMTs said his death was instantaneous; I’m my childhood pal and nemesis, my first, though not my counting on those words to mend my broken heart. last, experience with unrequited love. He was the tease I spoke at Dave’s funeral Mass. With both of his parents who shoved me off the raft on Coes Pond, and then dove and three siblings sitting in the front row, I wanted to do in to save me because I couldn’t swim. He was the boy him justice. Is that even possible, when the order of things is who got me in hot water by writing “Dave Was Here!” on so out of whack? Parents aren’t supposed to bury 60-yearmy mother’s chalkboard when I sneaked boys in while babysitting. He was my first kiss, thanks to “spin the bottle.” old sons.

The last time I saw Dave, four days before his death, He was annoying, and charming, exasperating and, Good he was overseeing the Friday fish-fry at the Knights of Lord, a conservative.

We fought constantly over politics, sometimes to the point Columbus on Circuit Ave. For those of us who grew up in of blocking each other on Facebook. He could be the biggest Columbus Park, Coes Pond was the center of our universe – and Dave was always on its shores. The guy was a born burr in my undershorts. I’m sure he’d say the same about boss, but a benevolent dictator, and on this chilly March me – and did. evening, he was directing things his way. As I was leaving, Dave was a fixture on the nightclub circuit back in we embraced and he gave me a smooch on the lips. The kid the '70s, before he became a Worcester County House of who planted my first kiss gave me one more for the road.

Correction jail guard. He managed the Red Barn, and the I only wish I’d held him close to me a little longer.

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Thank you to the over 600 seniors from across the Middlesex and Worcester district who attended the 36th Annual Senior Conference April 21 at the Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School in Marlborough.

I would like to express my appreciation to all of the distinguished speakers at the conference, including Secretary of State William Galvin, State Treasurer Deborah Goldberg, State Auditor Suzanne Bump, Secretary of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs Alice Bonner, Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, Representative Kate Hogan, Marlborough Mayor Arthur Vigeant, and Assabet Valley Superintendent Ernest Houle.

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“As the opiate addiction epidemic continues to impact so many lives we are committed to responding to the crisis by expanding access to treatment and providing the highest quality of care that sets individuals on the path to long-term recovery.”

- Kurt Isaacson, on being named new president and CEO of Spectrum Health Services.

“I think the story is that beyond being this gifted athlete, he was a good person. Regardless of the fact that he was a local sports legend, it’s really sad when someone young dies, and we feel really badly for his family and his friends. We consider ourselves to be a school community, and it’s sad when you lose any member of your school community.”

- Burncoat High School principal William Foley, on Ron Brace, the former Burncoat student and NFL player, who died Saturday, April 23.

“I took the weekend off, and came back that Monday. I just wasn’t ready – I wasn’t old enough.”

- John Hayes, a chef at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, as quoted by the Telegram & Gazette on the first time he tried to retire. He is now retiring at 83 years old.

“I’m not letting them take a [expletive deleted] thing. This is probably one of the best streets in the city.”

- Sam Etre, of Corvette City Autobody, on the city’s announcement that it might use eminent domain to acquire some properties for its urban revitalization plan.

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“I found an appreciation of the arts, an appreciation of, well, through theatre and college and there, I think [I learned] this business is about family. We live, eat and breathe together. You can’t be somebody who wants to punch in and punch out and have home life and work life.

That’s not what this business is about. Like family, you have to get over some bumps with people who might be frustrating to you on a given day because you’re with them all the time.”

- DCU General Manager Sandy Dunn, on her early experience at the Chautauqua Institution in New York, which she says helped map her future career path.

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Sandy Dunn lets out a laugh that only makes her guest want to know more.

“I’m not telling it.

I’m not telling it,” she says teasingly.

Rewind the conversation a bit, and Dunn is talking about convincing the person on the other end of a phone to let her come in

and meet Tony Tavares. It was 1983, and Tavares was the first general manager of what was then the Worcester Centrum, what some described at the time as “the jewel of Worcester.”

In her mid-20s, Dunn was in the process of moving from New York to Worcester, where her husband was pursuing his graduate degree at Assumption College. Dunn needed a job.

Although young, she already had property management under her belt, including running a 7,000-seat amphitheater. She wanted to stay in the business – so much so that she waited three hours, maybe more for Tavares to show up the day she was supposed to meet with him. The meeting would end up lasting

only 15 minutes, because, as she tells it, Tavares had no job for her.

Telling the story, Dunn, with a decidedly spring-looking scarf draped comfortably around her neck and over an open black blazer, Dunn tells the person sitting across from her, on the other side of her desk of her upper-floor, corner office at the DCU Center, “I have sordid story, but I’m not going to tell you the sordid story.”

Her resistance, of course, only heightened the curiosity, but Dunn did not budge. She said she wouldn’t tell, and she did not. She would, however, go on to tell the “PG-13 version.”

To hear her tell it, Dunn pretty much grew up in a 1950s TV show. A 100-acre farm.

Rolling hills. In the middle of nowhere.

Well, not exactly nowhere. Dunn grew up in Punxsutawney, a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania – home to the famed groundhog who determines whether we will have a longer or shorter winter every year.

“My father was an optometrist, so we were in the upper echelon in a coal mining town,” the now-57-year-old Dunn said. “I had a wonderful childhood. Two older brothers.

It was 10 years behind. Even though I was born in [1958], it was like I lived through the ’50s. Everything you saw on TV as being this quintessential, perfect household, with parents PHOTOS SUBMITTED

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Dunn has a reflective look to her as she leans back in her chair. The sun is unapologetically creeping across her desk through the office window.

“I researched the area,” she says, “and everything came up, ‘Centrum, Centrum, Centrum. Greatest arena ever.’ I called and they said there were no openings. I asked, could I just meet with the general manager.

“I came, got the appointment and waited and waited and waited. He wasn’t there. His secretary wasn’t there. I waited three and

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and kids, that’s what it was like.”

Her mother, Dunn said, often played hostess, whether serving her children or entertaining guests. Maybe, then, it is only a natural extension that, now many years removed from that idyllic childhood, Dunn is also a hostess of sorts – albeit to a much larger family.

As general manager of what anyone who remembers Worcester of the ’80s and ’90s knows as, quite simply, The Centrum – it has since been renamed the DCU Center, a switch made in 2004 – Dunn oversees a full-time staff of 85 employees and 800 part-timers inside a 15,000-seat arena and convention center. Now looking much different than its first incarnation, which opened in 1982, the building is nestled on a downtown pocket of land framed by Foster and Commercial streets, Major Taylor Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. It is owned by the city and run by Pennsylvania-based management company SMG. Dunn’s office inside the building is a spacious one: a leather couch looks inviting as you wait just down the corridor, peering into the office. Inside, memorabilia abounds – from a Harlem Globetrotters basketball to, yes, even a Tim Murray Bobblehead, and just about everything in between. When she is not afoot, scurrying through the halls or up and down the stairs and elevators of the DCU, Dunn sits behind the same wood desk Tavares occupied way back in 1983, when Dunn first ventured in looking for a job.

It is from her seat in that office, looking out over Downtown Worcester on recent, sun-drenched afternoon, that Dunn talked with Worcester Magazine about how she got here – and about that iconic building she now runs with SMG Management. She didn’t remain seated, of course. Walking through the corridors of her executive office suite, scooting down the cement stairs onto the concourse and standing at the edge of an empty arena that has hosted just about every form of entertainment you could think of – Dunn talked about the unique experience she had at an education center in western New York State, her early years with the Centrum and DCU, how the entertainment scene has changed, what it has meant for the DCU – she even dished about some of the more interesting acts that have come through Worcester.

But what about that sordid story?

{ coverstory } a half hours. During the day, my husband kept coming in, saying, ‘This is crazy. You shouldn’t wait.’ But I waited and waited and waited.”

She did not, it turns out, waste her time while waiting.

“Their receptionist at the time was on the phone,” she says. “I was eavesdropping, of course, and she told her girlfriend she was going to quit that day. Finally, three and a half hours later, the GM shows up, somewhat apologetic that he’s late. It was a very short meeting, 15 minutes. Basically, again, I’m in the arena business, it’s 1983 and I’m a woman. After 15 minutes, he said he could call … Mechanics Hall, but said, ‘We really have nothing here for you.

“I said, ‘Well, while I’ve been waiting for you, your receptionist told her friend she is

SANDY SAYS: Most Unusual Request: “Neil Diamond came in and wanted a softball field, like that. He wanted his crew to come out and play softball for a day.

You call over to Parks, and they say every park is reserved in the city. I think we had to bargain some tickets to get a field. Prince took his bed from the Marriott. That was kind of unusual. He took his bed with him. He loved the bed so much, he took a semi over and had guys load the bed into the back of the semi.” going to resign today. Could I have that job?’

He was all flustered, ‘What do you mean?

That’s not possible. She’s been with us a year.

Why would you want that job? You’ve got all this experience.’ I said I wanted to stay in the industry. He said, ‘Wait here,’ and went out.

He found out she had, in fact, resigned that day.”

“Long story short,” Dunn says, a satisfied smile crossing her face, “before I left that office, I had the job.”

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Dunn attended Allegheny College in western New York State, where she majored in communications and minored in theatre, studying the technical side of the business.

It was the final years of college, however, that set Dunn on the trajectory that would ultimately lead her to Worcester.

“I worked my last couple years of college at Chautauqua Institution,” Dunn said of the nonprofit adult education center and summer resort on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in New York. “There is nothing like it in the country.”

see, had met and married her husband, Joe, at Chautauqua. In 1983, about two years after their wedding, he decided to attend Assumption College.

With a secretary’s job in hand, Dunn returned to New York. She was not relocating for about another month, so she had time.

A lot can happen in the span of 30 days, however.

“In that time period, multiple executives were laid off from the Centrum, including the guy who hired me,” Dunn says. “I didn’t know if I still had a job. Basically, I didn’t worry

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Dunn first went there in the summer of ’78, working as stagehand. She returned the following summer and ran the 7,000seat amphitheater and six other buildings, including a 200-seat philosophy hall.

“I had pitched the institution to create a full-time job for production. They agreed,” Dunn said. “I was the first full-time production manager ever.”

She held that job for two years, but her personal life drew her away. Dunn, you

about it. I just showed up that day, crossing my fingers. I probably did that nine months.”

She had gone from managing buildings to answering phones, but Dunn wasn’t complaining much.

“Remember,” she says, “I was coming from western New York to Massachusetts, so I think the pay was actually better.”

In the early going, Dunn and her husband lived on Hamilton Street above a bar. She had no car, and relied on the bus to get to and home from work every day.

Less than a year had gone by when circumstances changed, and Dunn found herself presented with yet another opportunity.

“Within nine months, the secretary to the general manager resigned,” she says. A smile creeps to her face. “There’s a sordid story there, too, which I won’t tell, but ultimately I got that job.”

Once more, she resists pleas to spill the beans. Like the story of her initial hiring – and much like she runs the DCU Center – Dunn keeps her cards close to her chest. If the sordid tales are to come someday, they likely

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won’t be told to a reporter while Dunn is still wearing the title of general manager.

When Tavares left, Dunn ended up taking on more duties for his successor.

“I tell people in the industry now that I all but ran the building for the GM,” she says with a laugh. “Everything comes across the GM’s desk. I was smart, I had a GM who was willing to tell me everything. If I saw something come through, a contract I didn’t understand. I would go in and he would STEVEN KING

explain it to me. By the time he left, I was basically running the building from that desk while he played golf.”

By the time Rich Kreswick came on as GM around 1987, Dunn was seasoned enough to be much more than a secretary, which is essentially what Kreswick needed. At her urging, he named Dunn as events manager. It is a move she credits to the building manager, SMG. “I didn’t come up a normal path,” she said, “but because I was good, and because they respected that, they found me a way to grow my career. At the time, it was a small company. Now we’re a very large company.

That probably couldn’t have happened with a large company.”

Dunn was events manager for about eight months, but her job evolved into much more than that.

“Every time the GM would go out of town,

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SANDY SAYS: he would leave a memo to the staff that in his absence, go to Sandy Dunn, so I was in charge every time the GM left,” Dunn said.

The only problem was she was not being paid like it.

“I went to him and said, ‘There is something that doesn’t seem right here,’” said Dunn. “‘There are five people whose salary is bigger than mine. You’re leaving the building in my charge and telling them to come see me. Why am I getting paid two-thirds their salary and I’m in charge?’”

Within a month, she said, she was named

have gotten that promotion.”

Dunn and her husband moved back to New York. By then, she had a young family. It was around 1990, and while her new gig was not something she envisioned long-term, it gave her a taste of the other side of the business – how to run a convention center.

Standing in a hallway outside the executive offices, Amy Peterson finds herself alone with a reporter as Dunn is whisked away by a photographer. The director of marketing for the DCU, she has been there for eight years.

What has she seen, as far as how the building

director of events and administration. What happened after that showed both Dunn’s resolve and SMG’s intuition.

“There came a time in the late ’80s when the financials were not very good for the Centrum,” Dunn said. “We did a retreat at the Marriott and came up with ideas on how to make it better. The next day, I asked to see the GM. I said, ‘I’ve been thinking all night and I really think you should eliminate my position and let me go.’ I said, ‘Well, you know, this position was kind of created for me and you could save money by eliminating it.’

“He said, ‘You’re out of your mind. You’re the number two person in the building. I’d be lost without you.’”

Roughly 60 days later, Dunn was gone from the Centrum – but not how you might think.

“I was offered the GM’s position in Niagara Falls at the convention center there,” she said of another SMG-run property. “I think if I never had that conversation, I never would

and business has grown?

“The convention center has continued to grow and probably outgrow some of the business,” she says. “Where some of the clients have expanded into the arena, they’ve taken up a bigger footprint, events you might not even had considered, like “Magic the Gathering.” As downtown continues to grow, more commercial, more retail, more residents, one begets the other.”

A short while later, our walk having taken us into the upper-level arena seating, Dunn once again stops to let a photographer snap a few pictures. It seems the perfect time to ask Peterson about her boss. What does she really think about her?

“I would say she is, first of all, she’s taught me so much,” Peterson says, cut off by a sudden, playful intrusion from Dunn, who cracks, “Remember, performance reviews are coming up.”

Peterson laughs. Her boss’s lighthearted

A Time When Everything Went Wrong: “The Celtics game we had five or six years ago. It was a perfect storm for humidity in the area.

This building doesn’t have a dehumidifier. We had ice laid and the court down. The courts start getting slick, so they went in for halftime and determined they weren’t going to finish the game, which is fine, but they didn’t choose to notify us. They decided they would grab the microphone and just tell everybody’s the game off and you all get a full refund.

In addition, and because this happened, everybody came down for autographs, and the audience just swarmed. It was every crowd management nightmare you could imagine.

We got through it, but not the way we would normally manage something.”

remark leads right into what Peterson says next.

“She’s honest. She’s a teacher. She’s taught me so much, even in eight years. That’s a relatively small amount of time to be with a company, particularly at my age,” she says.

“I find my peers moving from company to company, job jumping and looking for the next opportunity.

“So I think it pays tribute to the experience of working here and working for Sandy.

Honesty is a good policy. Sometimes, brutal honesty is even better. It’s a challenge, more so than a demand. It makes you look at the building as if it were your own. [Dunn’s office], her staff tend to look at things as if it is our own.”

“I definitely look at Sandy as a mentor,” Peterson adds.

For her part, Dunn says she brings a rather old-school approach to management, while taking care to note and meet the needs of her employees. continued on page 24

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“I have great pride in my staff here, in the employees here and how great they are,” she says. “I also have great sensitivity to their needs and the fact that they have lives outside of here. I hope I’m sensitive to that and give them what they need.

“I also have very high expectations of them, very high. I am of the mindset that you work for your company, your company doesn’t work for you.”

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but it had come through some tough times,” Dunn said. “It still was doing some exciting The same, she said, goes for sales. Arena things, but we had come and gone with arena sales are vastly different than convention football in the time I was gone, and concerts center sales. had fallen way off.”

While she did not see her job at the Gone were the ’80s, when the Centrum was convention center in New York as a long-term deal, Dunn also didn’t think she would return pretty much the only viable concert venue.

Most of the other arenas, including the old to Worcester.

Boston Garden and “The Dunk” in Providence, Rhode Island, were sports-focused.

In the years since, most if not all those older venues have been Tiger cubs were born at the facility renovated, and new facilities have during a performance run of Ringling popped up, including the Xfinity Center in Mansfield; the Tsongas Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center in Lowell; and the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, still referred to by many as Harbor Lights.

“I never thought I’d come back, but “You have all these additional buildings in Worcester broke ground on a convention the marketplace,” said Dunn. “If you had ‘x’ center,” she said. “I knew the Worcester market and had convention center experience. number of seats back in the ’80s, maybe it was 100,000 seats available, now you have, I think it led to an easier transition for in the same marketplace, in public venues everybody growing into the convention like this, 300,000 seats available. You didn’t center.” increase your fan base anymore. You didn’t When Dunn returned in 1994 to take improve your product anymore. All these the reigns of the Centrum, the convention venues, we’re all killing each other for deals. center was under construction. It opened in What we were making for a concert back in September 1997. the ’80s versus what we’re making now is Since its heyday in the ’80s, the Centrum night and day.” had taken a downturn financially. continued on page 28 “I don’t remember the numbers, specifically,

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The other one would be Billy Joel. I remember the GM brought his baby in to listen to a rehearsal. [Joel] stopped rehearsal, went behind the curtain, brought out earmuffs, and said, ‘Could you put these earmuffs on the baby?’ I mean, who would do that?”

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It is not, Dunn said, as simple as calling up the promoter for, say, U2 and booking them for one or two nights.

“They play downtown,” she said. “Well, it’s 5,000 more seats. They’re commanding a $250 ticket price. Do the math. There’s no way I can compete with those types of numbers. And it’s downtown. A lot of artists come through and say they want to to be downtown.

“We are the Boston play. We’re close enough to Boston. We’re Boston media.

We don’t stand alone, like Providence and Manchester do.”

Add to that a more recent variable. Make that two recent variables: Gillette Stadium and Fenway Park. Both have become major players in the concert business. U2 has played several shows at Gillette in Foxborough, which has also hosted the likes of Bon Jovi.

Fenway has attracted top-selling acts like Billy Joel, who returns in August, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones.

“So we’re doing great, when you look at all of those competitive forces and what’s out there,” said Dunn. “We break even without debt service.”

A lot of the success is owed to efforts Dunn undertook upon returning to Worcester.

Staff changes were made, new business was

actively sought, and some musical acts that had not been coming back to the city, were brought back.

“It was,” Dunn said, “kind of a top-tobottom surgical look at everything.”

Another change came about eight years ago, she said, when the financial dealings for both the convention center and arena were combined. Both were operating in the black, even though, according to Dunn, convention centers are not money makers. They exist, she said, to drive economic impact.

As for financial management, the city owns the DCU center, making it responsible for capital improvements and debt service.

Operating costs are handled through the building, but as Dunn notes, those costs should — and are — offset by rent and service fees.

According to figures provided by the DCU, net operating income over the past three years has been $241,707 in fiscal 2015, $488,0999 in fiscal 2014 and $335,480 in fiscal 2013. Gross operating revenue for those same years was $9.9 million, $11.2 million and $9.8 million.

There have been three renovation projects at the DCU, the most recent starting in 2013.

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system. A separate phase focused more on what was visible to the public. Restrooms were updated and/or added and the main concourse was expanded, to name but a couple of noticeable improvement.

The most recent changes have included a new retail store, Worcester Wares, and restaurant, Figs & Pigs Kitchen + Pantry.

Both have given the DCU a so-called “street presence” it did not have previously.

“Both of those were not so much about driving revenue to the building as they were about the importance of us in the urban environment,” said Dunn. “SMG has a lot of national partners we can draw down from. Probably 15 years ago … a Toronto urban architect came and presented at our national meetings. I asked them to come in and walk our environment and talk about what we could do to make the fan visit, the conventioneers visits, better in our world. They look in our building and in a five block area.

“One of the areas they really pointed out was we needed to engage the street. The [former] Worcester Sharks merchandise office was on that corner where Worcester Wares is now.

When that left, I knew we needed to replace it. We’ve got pharmacy students going from housing and campus up Commercial Street all the time. It gives them something halfway.”

The new restaurant as an easy add, Dunn said, because the space had already housed a concession stand; the architect only needed to reverse the design from inboard to outboard.

What has helped, according to Dunn, is the city’s recognition of the importance of maintaining the DCU. “Great kudos to the city, which has always cared for this building,” said Dunn. “We, in ‘90s, before this building got built, we would do tours, and even to this day we do tours of the arena, and everybody who’s in our business says, ‘What? This building was built in the ‘80s? It’s in great shape.’ And that’s before the renovations were done in the arena.”

“Part of that,” she continued, “is the city has realized it has to maintain it. It’s part of the image of the city. The city’s done a great job at continuing to invest in the building.”

SMG agrees.

“The city has been an outstanding partner for many years, as we have worked together to freshen, upgrade and re-purpose the venue, given the dynamics in the industry, advances in technology and changing expectations,” said Harry Cann, senior vice president of operations & business development for SMG. “The city’s commitment to and investment in the DCU Center is the backbone of our joint success.”

Up until the renovations, however, much of what was being done amounted to little more than a Band-Aid approach, Dunn said. When former City Manager Mike O’Brien directed Dunn to “think big” about what was needed to improve the building, she did just that. More is needed, she said.

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Whether and when those items are checked Are you listening, City Manager Ed off, Dunn has proven the right person – and Augustus Jr.? Dunn has a wish list, and it is not short on ambition.

“I would love to see the city big-time expand the convention center,” Dunn said. “They should consider The Worcester Firefighter’s Memorial Service looking at expanding toward in December 1999 is General Manager Main Street. I don’t think it’s a five-year project. I had told Sandy Dunn’s most memorable event. “A Mike O’Brien, ‘Don’t build on lot of our stagehands are firefighters, so they that parcel.’ At one point, they were intimately involved in the search [for were looking at a seven-story parking lot there. I said, ‘Don’t the Worcester Six], so it just touched the do it. I’ll be landlocked.’” building [in a personal way.]

Expanding the convention center in that direction, she said, would people on Main Street and put the center’s woman – in charge. door, quite literally, on Main Street.

“Sandy’s passion for the industry and the “We need to look at a solution to get city is evident,” said Cann. “She has done our trucks off the street,” Dunn said of the an excellent job leading our efforts at the conundrum of having 18-wheelers clog DCU Center for many years. Central to our up Commercial Street when loading and [mission] is maximizing the event experience, unloading an event or concert. “I would encourage the city to be looking at that continued on page 34 and not building something out on those

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Dunn has spent close to two hours entertaining her media guests. She reminds them she had never anticipated returning to Worcester. The decision, she says, had as much to do with family as it did with business.

“I raised my family in the industry. I watched peers raise their families,” Dunn says. “For me, I chose to come back here. At the time I came back, I was looking at a lot of other cities. It was a very conscious choice to come back here.

A 15,000-seat arena, six miles door to door, quality environment and schools. I had a 6and 4-year-old. I had to go to PTA meetings.

You can do all those things, particularly in Worcester, because everything’s close.”

Given her love for the city, her accomplishments at the DCU Center and how she ended up here, is this where Dunn plans to wrap up her career. Is this where she plans to stay?

“I don’t know. We’ll see,” she says with an air of mystery. “My kids are in the work world now. I grew up away from my parents.

I know I want to be around my kids. I want

to be around their children. I want to be a grandparent someday. If they told me tomorrow they were all moving to London, I would look for a job in London.

“I’m not trying to leave … but I also think things are in good hands. I don’t think I would leave the building worse for the wear if I chose to leave.”

The way Dunn sees it, the DCU Center would remain what it always has been.

“I would say it’s the jewel of downtown,” Dunn says unhesitatingly. “As importantly, I would say it’s the welcome mat for downtown.

Hundreds of thousands of people come to Worcester, and this might be the only thing they know about Worcester. They come and go, and say this is their experience in Worcester. We take that with great pride, and try to a great job in representing it.”

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Last year, the Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St., had great success with its first ever ArtRaiser fundraising event, to benefit the art space. This year, ArtRaiser returns, this time on May 5, Cinco de Mayo, and the usual revelry and artistry will be accompanied by Cinco de Mayo appropriate themes.

The crux of ArtRaiser 2016 is the silent auction of original artwork, the proceeds of which benefit the Sprinkler Factory’s ongoing efforts to provide a local home for the arts and this year will be no different; however, this time around, the silent auction will be accompanied by a pinata party, Mexican and French (a la Cinco de Mayo) cuisine, a cash bar, DJ Pandaphonic and other music and a ribbon cutting ceremony for the brand new Sprinkler Factory West Gallery and Performance Gallery.

“It’s good to have a theme,” said Sprinkler Factory volunteer Birgit Straehle. “Theme parties are sometimes inspiring and they’re fun to plan.”

Straehle and Sprinkler Factory gallery manager Luis Fraire recently traveled to Mexico to visit Fraire’s family, and were inspired to coordinate the ArtRaiser with Cinco de Mayo themes. The pair spoke to Worcester Magazine as the resident gallery cat, Momma, purred atop a table located to the side of the open art space.

“Around the time of that trip, we had the idea that we wanted to do another ArtRaiser,” explained Fraire. “While we were there, we got a lot of ideas and decorations. We will attempt to make this an authentic Cinco de Mayo party.”

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or touch or know they could do, it definitely helps everyone.”

With the Cinco de Mayo-inspired ArtRaiser, the themes of the evening will be focused on things both Mexican and French. Cinco de Mayo, which focuses on the unlikely victory of a small Mexican army over a much larger French force, lends itself well to a triumphant underdog tale, but the evening will not be a winners and losers type of event; it will focus on the positive side.

“It was an unlikely victory,” said Fraire. “A very large army was defeated by a much smaller army. It’s a good, inspirational, anythingis-possible type of story.”

With the opening of the new West Gallery and Sprinkler Factory Performance Center, contributions at events like the ArtRaiser can be seen and appreciated right away, and Fraire is excited to see what growth the future can bring.

“In 2017, we will see the full potential of the space,” he said. “We’ll see what happens in 2018, but if we can continue this model into the future, I think this will be a long, sustainable system.”

Head to the Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St., Thursday, May 5, 6-10 p.m., for the Cinco de Mayo ArtRaiser in support of the Sprinkler Factory’s ongoing efforts to provide, maintain and improve a lasting home for the arts and artists of Central Massachusetts. There will be music, Mexican and French-inspired cuisine, a cash bar and DJ Pandaphonic will perform.

Get there early for the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the new West Gallery and Sprinkler Factory PerforWorcester artist Jane Campion works at C.C. we have such a great artists community, we mance Center. Tickets (and more information Lowell, the oldest art store in America, located thrive,” said Campion. “We continue to do about the space and it’s upcoming events) well as artists do well. It’s really inspiring to at 258 Park Ave. and has provided some of are available online at Sprinklerfactory.com. work there and getting to see the trials and er- Prices are $30 for admission and $20 for stuher work for the silent auction. rors of other artists and knowing they can go “I’m inspired by all the local artists who dents. The silent auctions closes at 9 p.m. someplace like the Sprinkler Factory. It’s cool feel at home there or are welcomed there,” Reporter Joshua Lyford can be reached at there because it’s a great space for the artists said Campion. “It’s a great environment for 508-749-3166, ext. 325, or by email at Jlyto have a space to work. There are all these everyone to get to know each other and be ford@worcestermagazine.com. Follow Josh on inspired by others. It’s a hidden gem. The first things people might not have gotten to see Twitter @Joshachusetts. established artists and up and comers utilizing the space side by side.

“It feels a lot like an art community space because we see it very often - many, many new faces,” said Straehle. “The crowd hangs out and sometimes it’s a good breeding environment for new shows. People meet each other and if a new artist comes to town they meet here or ArtsWorcester and get to meet each other again. If people feel inspired by the arts, it’s great.”

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time I went there, I was in awe. It’s a gorgeous building with big windows and an inspiring atmosphere. It’s perfect for me as an aspiring artist.”

With a place like the Sprinkler Factory offering a space for both established and upand-coming artists, its success can directly impact the success of artists and other area institutions; all boats rise with the tide.

“C.C. Lowell has always been in Worcester. We’re a small local art store, but because

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Combining the competitive spirit of a 5K road race with the craft beer movement – putting a special focus on local craft breweries – sounds like a sure thing.

As it turns out, the Worcester Craft Brew Races have been a resounding success. The event will return for its third year Saturday, April 30, at City Hall.

ter is in a great position because there’s also great beer coming out of the city, Boston, Vermont and throughout New England. That’s a consideration. I think more people are starting to focus on local and supporting small business.”

The 5K itself is a run or walk affair, followed by a three-hour, post-race craft beer

Runners and beer aficionados alike can rejoice in a mutual appreciation for fine drinks and good times.

Spearheaded by Gray Matter Marketing out of

Newport, Rhode Island, a company that operates craft beer-focused road races across the country, in places like Savannah, Georgia, New Haven, Connecticut, Boulder, Colorado and Portland, Maine, the Craft Beer Races harnesses interest in running with active craft brew communities.

“We focus on local first,” explained Gray Matter director of communications, Brian Hodge. “We pick cities that have a good craft beer scene and an active community. Worces-

celebration. Finishers of the timed race receive medals that double as bottle openers, a souvenir pint glass, unlimited samples of craft beer (which the organizers provide) as well as available food trucks, music and more.

“All of our events have grown year after year,” said Hodge. “Not [all of them have grown] as dramatically as Worcester.

Last year, we drew about 600 people and this year we’re shaping up to be over 1,200. Once the word gets out and people understand what it is, it attracts more and more folks.”

Participating breweries include Wormtown Brewery, Downeast Cider House, Jack’s Abby, Stone Brewing, Medusa Brewing Company, Harpoon, Samuel Adams, Wachusett Brewing Company, 3Cross Brewing Company, Narragansett, The Berkshire Brewing Company, Cold Harbor Brewing Company and many more.

“We start local and work our way out from there,” said Hodge. “It isn’t the typical beer festival. The 5K element brings out a different crowd. Everyone just worked up a sweat, that continued on page 40

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“When we decided on Worcester, we reached out to [Preservation Worcester] and they were excited to be involved,” said Hodge. “It’s a great way to engage with a younger audience. Every place has a story to tell, whether it’s through its buildings, or its food and drink (like great beer), but it all adds up to authentic experiences in noteworthy destinations, which is part and parcel of what we’re trying to with our events. Visit cool cities, experience the local flavor, maybe work up a little sweat, but always have fun along the way.”

With the Craft Beer Races growing every year, the hope is to continue the event and be a part of the burgeoning craft beer focus throughout the Central Mass community.

“The support we’ve had here in Worcester has been really positive,” said Hodge.

“They’ve been really supportive of our efforts in not only coming to Worcester, but also in helping the event.”

To enjoy the third annual Craft Brew Races, head to City Common, 455 Main St., Sunday, April 30 at noon. Registration runs from 10:45-11:45 a.m. To participate as an individual or team, head to Eventbrite.com to purchase tickets for $55 per person.

Tickets for those not running are available for $45.

For designated drivers, there is a special reduced price of $15. For more information on Worcester’s Craft Brew Races, check out Craftbrewraces.com/worcester. For more information on Preservation Worcester, head to Preservationworcester.com.

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What in God’s name is going on? It has been a watershed year for the passing of rock stars, and it is only April. I was kind of expecting it, to be honest. Something was in the air. But really, I was thinking in terms of older, aging icons, like Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry, Little Richard and many others sneaking through their late 70s and 80s.

But then David Bowie, Maurice White, Glenn Frey, Paul Kantner and others left us instead.

Meanwhile, Keith Richards took a long, deep drag on his ciggie, grinned, and slugged his Jack Daniels.

And now Prince.

Prince Rogers Nelson, was a genius of the highest order. I don’t like to use the word “genius,” but how can you deny the moniker to the Purple One? He could do anything and everything. He was a multi-instrumentalist, eclectic performer, a master of the recording studio, and a prolific songwriter.

There will be – and have been - many words written about Prince the man, but as a fellow musician, I would rather expound upon his music, and what it means to me.

He explored many different genres, but soul and funk were his foundation. Prince took funk to a level it never knew before. His influences (George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic, Sly and the Family Stone, Jimi Hendrix and especially James Brown) created a hybrid that transcended mere influence and

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became something wholly other.

The rhythm in his funkiest stuff was absolutely ferocious, tingling the listener’s spine with its fierce stabs in the gut.

The amazing thing was how creative and varied his funk experiments were. The more well-known examples, “1999” and “Kiss,” were merely a tiny chip on the tip of an iceberg of masterful results.

Dig deeper into his catalog and you won’t regret it. “Sexy MF” from the symbol album, “Housequake” from “Sign O’ the Times,” “Get Off” from “Diamonds and Pearls,” and the title track from “Emancipation” are but a few examples of funk as a high art form.

Prince’s songwriting was tremendously innovative. When he wasn’t funkified, he wrote beautiful pop music. “Diamonds and Pearls,” “Money Don’t Matter 2Night,” “I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man,” and “Thieves In the Temple” are the work of a master craftsman with a gift for melody and song form.

His songs appeared on the charts in the hands of others.

The Bangles took his “Manic Monday” to the top, Chaka Khan embodied “I Feel For You,” and of course, Sinead O’Connor turned “Nothing Compares 2 You” into an international smash.

630 Sunderland It’s sometimes easyRoad to miss what an innovative lyricist Worcester, 01604in “When Doves Cry” was a fresh Prince was. TheMA imagery approach to transferring innermost thoughts into words. He was always searching for new ways to phrase things unlike anyone has heard before.

Dig, if you will, the picture Of you and I engaged in a kiss The sweat of your body covers me Can you my darling Can you picture this?

And let us not forget his uncanny ear for arranging. Yes, he arranged virtually every note in every recording he oversaw.

There was always something that made the listener turn his head sideways like a curious dog.

Much like David Bowie, he was extremely bold and innovative in the way he heard things. Two of his biggest hits, “When Doves Cry” and “Kiss,” have no bass guitar, which is anathema to funk. But he pulled it off. It definitely helped that he himself was a master at almost every instrument in his rainbow. But you can’t teach the kind of instincts he possessed.

Locally, Prince left an indelible mark. I collected a few quotes of appreciation. Charlene Arsenault, keyboardist for the band Boombox, is a lifelong worshiper of all things Prince.

“He was undoubtedly, for me, in that almost other-worldly category,” she said. “I didn’t realize until I was older how

incredibly talented he was. He was the first musician that I realized, ‘Oh my God, and he’s playing that instrument on that song, too!?’”

Bruce Reed, who used to roam the stage for Tornado Alley and Big Dawg, is a fan.

“Prince changed the direction of music,” he said. “For me, the beats in many of his tunes were relentless; the James Brown influence in them was evident and made people dance.

You couldn’t stop yourself.”

Jeff Thomas, a versatile musician from the MetroWest area, would stop in at local blues jams and rip through “Jungle Love,” the Prince-penned hit for Morris Day and the Time.

“Few people have paid such public homage to their influences, while still being their own person,” Thomas said, admiring Prince’s ability to stay original, while embracing so much of the spirit of his idols.

Added Reed, “He might have been small in stature, but he was a giant in the music industry.”

Throughout his incredibly prolific career (almost 40 albums), he constantly evolved and reinvented himself.

Sometimes it was not as successful as others. Still, the record stands. It is a masterful catalog of music.

Jim Perry has been making music for several decades. The 630 Sunderland Road former host of Sunday Night Worcester, Blues Jams MA 01604at Greendale's Pub in Worcester, he is a contributing entertainment writer for Worcester Magazine. Reach him at jimperrymusic@gmail.com.

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On Dec. 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon shook hands in the Oval Office, an event captured in a photograph that is the single most requested image in the National Archives. They were on interesting personal trajectories at the time: Elvis had evolved from counterculture hero into a guy who performs in a jumpsuit and cape; Nixon already had put into place the machinery of his own downfall. The King and King Lear.

and not of the Woodstock generation.)

Thea actors are clearly enjoying themselves here, especially Shannon, who plays the King as a slightly delusional, though wholly earnest, wannabe cop. That there is a kernel of truth to all this — Elvis did get his badge, but failed to crack down on even his own drug use — only amplifies the silliness. The filmmakers do go off track a couple of times when Elvis somberly muses about his own humanness while examining himself in the bathroom mirror (Elvis and bathrooms: a bad association). There’s no room for such introspection when the leader of the free world is waiting for you to show him your Kung Fu moves.

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by Antonio Bolivar) was driven into exile as of well-executed mannerisms and vocal a boy to escape enslavement by the rubber tics, they manage to capture the essence companies. Since then, he’s lived in isolation believably.

The film depicts an Elvis disenchanted with and has developed a fierce spiritual code that commands respect of the jungle and its the nation’s direction, especially rampant drug use among American teens. “It’s make or inhabitants.

At different stages of his life, Karamakata break time for this country,” he growls. That encounters two European scientists/explorers, sentiment spurs him to seek a meeting with the president. Today, he probably would have including Theo, based on real-life adventurer Theodor Koch-Grunberg, whose diaries inform run for the presidency himself.

Elvis approaches the White House about the the narrative. Theo is nominally one of the possibility of being given a badge that would good guys, who wishes only to inform an ignorant world of the truth about the Amazon allow him to go undercover to infiltrate the territories. Four decades later Karamakata drug culture, and a very reluctant Nixon encounters Evan, whose motivations are far agrees to a sit-down. (I love how arranging sketchier. The shaman has an answer for both the meeting with Elvis is regarded as a coup of them, requiring an arduous journey and a by the Nixon’s staff because of the singer’s little mind-bending. “appeal” to the nation’s youth. Only the flat“Embrace of the Serpent” will be shown at top administration of a man who famously 7:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday, and at 1 and walked the beach wearing a dark suit and 3:25 p.m., Sunday, in the Jefferson Academic wingtip shoes could be oblivious to the fact that Elvis at the time was the darling of Vegas Center at Clark University.

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7 Nana combines the glitz and glamour of a club with affordable and fantastic sushi options, positioning it as a restaurant equally suited to kicking off your Saturday night or enjoying a mid-week date.

7 Nana sits at the posh end of Shrewsbury Street, nuzzled up again Sweet and Volturno.

All these restaurants are housed within parts of a former Buick dealership, and each takes the double height ceilings in their own direction. At 7 Nana, a chandelier that would be at home in Las Vegas takes center stage over the main room’s central bar. Seating

surrounds the bar area with a quiet nook of extra dining hidden out of the way.

On a recent Friday night, the room was full of the electricity of the limitless beginning to the weekend and fairly mundane dance music bumping at a level just high enough to be vexing. The club vibe here is strong and it’s what will make or break the experience for you. We sat at a high-top near the expansive front windows so we could take in the passersby along Shrewsbury Street as we dined.

To get into the clubbing mood of the room a drink was a necessity. Mai Tai? They got it. A scorpion bowl with various warnings about the minimum number of people who should be drinking it? Check! All are great options, but we ended up going with a bottle of unfiltered sake ($9) that came with two short-lived glasses that prolong the ritual of drinking the refreshing alcohol.

Now well on our way to catching up to the vibe of 7 Nana, we dove into the food and started with the ika yaki appetizer ($9). This is a broiled whole squid with eel sauce. While you might be tempted to go with the calamari, as we were, take the dive into the whole squid. It comes out sliced into perfect pieces with a sweet eel sauce for dipping. The strong

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For our main dish we decided to split one of the sushi dinner specials. We landed on the Maki B that combines one roll each of spicy tuna, spicy salmon and spicy crab, plus a soup and salad for $15. The miso soup was rich with seaweed flavor and full-bodied. The salad had the trademark Japanese steakhouse ginger dressing and was fresh and satisfied the need for some greens with the dish.

When the sushi rolled out, it did not immediately impress. This was, after all, a collection of very simple rolls. But once we each had our first bite we were sold. The fish was flavorful and spicy without being overwrought, and the rolls were generously plump. These were just wonderfully constructed spicy rolls that hit all the right points on our taste buds. After finishing the three rolls we were absolutely stuffed.

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Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., Open Mic. Attention Performers- Amateurs and Experts! Do Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org you sing or play an instrument? Are you looking for a crowd that Escape The Room. Escape Games Worcester is a real life, will appreciate your incredible sense of humor? Maybe you have live action escape the room game that offers a fully interactive some secret talent that you’re ready to share with the world (or at experience. You and your teammates are locked in a room with a least your local coffee house). Drop in for Open Mic! Full Sandwich mystery that needs to be solved before your time is up. Each of our games has a unique and suspenseful storyline, which will be revealed Menu Desserts Coffee & Espresso BYOB beer & wine only $0. 7-10 p.m. Cake Shop Cafe, 22A West St., Millbury. 508-865-9866 or as you explore the room and search for clues. All clues, puzzles cakeshopcafe.com and riddles will ultimately lead you to the final mystery, which will Ukulele Club w/ Rich Leufstedt. Break out your Hawaiian hold the key that will allow you to escape. Or will it? Can you work together to solve the mystery and escape the room? $25. 4-10 p.m. shirt and join the 20+ participants in Union Music’s Annual Ukulele Club. Open to all skill levels. Rich Leufstedt enlightens the League of Northworks Building, 108 Grove St. escapegamesworcester.com Crafty Uketographer’s every month in the ways of sweet strumming.

Night Club, Vowws, Lovewhip. 21 plus doors at 6pm, music Sing along and learn songs! Always the LAST Thursday of every at 9pm Night Club Night Club is a synth pop duo (Emily Kavanaugh Month. Meet, greet, and jam at 7PM Free. 7-8:30 p.m. Union Music, and Mark Brooks) from Los Angeles, CA. They are currently scoring Performance Center, 142 Southbridge St. 508-753-3702 or find the upcoming Comedy Central series, “Moonbeam City.” Night Club them on Facebook.

Video: Not In Love youtube.com. VOWWS Music: vowwsband.com Janiva Magness. Janiva has been#1 on Blues radio for 2 weeks 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629 or find in a row now, and #30 on Americana radio with a debut at #5 on them on Facebook. the Billboard blues chart. Janiva Magness is among the premier Music of the East & West with Aaron Larget-Caplan. blues and R&B singers in the world today, possessing an earthy, You are invited to attend a classical guitar performance generously raw honesty born from her life experience. A charismatic performer sponsored by the Southbridge Cultural Council on Thursday, April known for her electrifying live shows, she is a gutsy and dynamic 28th 2016 at 6:30 pm Music of the East & West is a multi-cultural powerhouse. She received the coveted 2009 Blues Music Award for classical music performance by classical guitarist Aaron LargetB.B. King Entertainer Of The Year (the second woman to ever win Caplan, featuring music inspired by myth, poetry, love and loss by this award, Koko Taylor was the first). She also won Contemporary composers from Japan and the United States. This solo program is Blues Female Artist Of The Year, an honor she received in 2006 and one-hour in length, and celebrates the aesthetic of the Far East & 2007. She has received a total of seventeen Blues Music Award Western musical traditions that are highlighted on Aaron’s latest CD release “The Legend of Hagoromo” (Stone Records). Suitable for all- nominations. In 2015 she was nominated for Song of the Year for “Let Me Breathe” - Contemporary Blues Album for her CD, “Original” ages and listening levels, the program will feature one composition and she won Contemporary Blues Female Artist Of The Year. Her by a Massachusetts composer who is invited to attend and speak 12th and newest CD, “Love Wins Again,” is due in April, just in briefly about the composition. Music of the East & West is a fusion time for this show. Get a signed copy! Love Wins Again’s 11 core recital that highlights similarities and differences between cultures songs and two bonus tracks are built on a sonically sophisticated and demonstrates how the traditions can compliment each other architecture that’s in full service of Magness’ remarkably flexible and without loosing the qualities that make them unique. This is a skill generous voice, which can flow as smoothly as champagne or churn that is very much needed by people of all ages in our society as we seek to understand our neighbors and navigate our rapidly changing up gravel on command and shattering genre barriers by enshrining elements of Americana, soul, rock, pop, country and blues. USA society. Though guitar is one of the most popular instruments, Today declared, “Magness is a blues star,” and The Philadelphia classical guitar is not heard daily, and with the advent of streaming music and online videos, many young people have never experienced Inquirer said, “Magness sings superbly, with a scorching intensity.” live music. This project seeks to rectify that. As an additional bonus, Born near Detroit, Magness immersed herself in records by James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Etta James and all the other R&B greats. hearing a new composition for the first time allows for the listener to be a part of the creative process for music is alive and constantly She formed her first band, Janiva Magness and The Mojomatics in changing. Aaron Larget-Caplan is a sought-after soloist and chamber 1985, and soon after the influential Phoenix New Times named her group the city’s Best Blues Band. The Chicago Sun-Times raved, musician, connecting with audiences with a Bernstein-esque ease.

“Her songs run the gamut of emotions from sorrow to joy. A master Since his debut, he has premiered more than 60 compositions of the lowdown blues who is equally at ease surrounded by funk or and performed throughout the USA, Europe, and Russia. He has soul sounds, Magness invigorates every song with a brutal honesty,” energized classical guitar through several projects, including his while Blues Revue called her “a blues interpreter of the highest New Lullaby Project. His recordings have received critical acclaim rank-punchy and tough-swaggering, incendiary vocal performances.” from Audiophile, Fanfare, American Record Guide, Guitar Magazine, Fueled by all the positive press, National Public Radio’s Weekend and are issued on Albany, Stone and Navona Records. A graduate Edition profiled Magness, putting her in front of an audience of of the New England Conservatory, he is on faculty at the University millions and expanding her ever-growing fan base. Living Blues of Massachusetts Boston. After the program Aaron will answer questions with audience members. All welcome. Light refreshments declared, “Accolades come easy when you’re this good. Magness is

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blessed with smoky, seductive pipes that bend the blues into pure enchantment. Her steely conviction is authentic, soulful and playful.

The emotion rings true.” “Hopefully, this recording will bring the rest of the world to Janiva, and then they’ll know, like I know, that she’s one of the “real deals” out there.” - Bettye LaVett “One of the most fiery and original vocalists in contemporary blues and soul” Thoughtful, inventive and almost unerringly on the money.” - MOJO The Bull Run is a full-service, farm-to-table restaurant in a prerevolutionary tavern, located about 35 miles NW of Boston, with plenty of free parking and rustic, old-world charm. $20 advance; $24 day of show. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant. com Wolfman Chuck Presents:Thursday Night Rock & Roll. $7 at the door or free with College ID. 8 p.m.-midnight The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook.

Black Sheep Idol $500 Live Band Karaoke Contest –Fingercuff. You could be $500 richer, Live Band Karaoke with Fingercuff Black Sheep Idol Contest. Come on down and rock out with a real band. 9 weeks to qualify. Over 300 songs to choose from. 8pm 8-11:30 p.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484.

Chris Reddy Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster.

978-668-5580.

Corey Bazillion. 8-11 p.m. The Columbia Tavern, 11 Merriam Ave, Leominster. 978-227-5874.

Dan Cormier. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900.

Open Mic’ Night with David Bazin. Acoustic style Open Mic’, bring your acoustic instrument and we’ll plug in it in or mic’ it for you and also we provide mic’s for vocals. Signups for order of performers starts at 7:30. At 8:00 David Bazin kicks the night off with a quick set and then the night is open from there! No Cover. 8-11 p.m. A & D Pub Function Room, 60 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-9013.

Sam James Performs at Loft, Thurs at 8. No cost. 8-11 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

The cold soldier band. Dwight Perry-Ron Sloan-Bob BerryGeorge Dellomo play the whatnot blues for youse no cover charge.

8-10:30 p.m. Dunny’s Tavern, 291 East Main St., East Brookfield.

508-867-5925.

Thursday Open Mic Night. Now the frost is on the pumpkin, it’s the time for guitar plunkin...Join a decades old tradition of sharing and musical camaraderie in an old-fashioned fun roadhouse! P.A. and support of all sorts provided, be part of the fun...Hosted by Ed Sheridan. 8-11 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508829-4566.

Audio Wasabi. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

College Night w/DJ XTC & DJ Scotty P. 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Industry Bar Room, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.

DJ/Karaoke with DJ Bruce *DANCING*. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

Karaoke w/ Royal Crown. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

Stripped Down. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

The Acquaintances. Covers, Rock & Roll $5. 9 p.m.-midnight Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

Sean Fullerton - Acoustic Rock & Blues. 9:30-12:30 p.m.

Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

DJ (21+) Canal. N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

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Pakachoag Music School Summer Programs. Summer Programs at Pakachoag Music School Registration for summer programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at

pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-791-8159.

Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org Red Ledger, Zero The Clock, Inman, Dead City Riot, Influenza, Nashoba. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133 or find them on Facebook.

Escape The Room. Escape Games Worcester is a real life, live action escape the room game that offers a fully interactive experience. You and your teammates are locked in a room with a mystery that needs to be solved before your time is up. Each of our games has a unique and suspenseful storyline, which will be revealed as you explore the room and search for clues. All clues, puzzles and riddles will ultimately lead you to the final mystery, which will hold the key that will allow you to escape. Or will it? Can you work together to solve the mystery and escape the room? $25. 4-10 p.m.

Northworks Building, 108 Grove St. escapegamesworcester.com 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! 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 William Thompson Funk Experiment | Teddy Midnight | 3 Piece Meal. William Thompson Funk Experiment returns to our hometown of Worcester for this awesome show featuring the amazing Teddy Midnight! Opening the night is 3 Piece Meal! Music at 9 sharp! William Thompson Funk Experiment has become quite the spectacle. A uniquely interactive show experience featuring a group of musical talents that put high stock in making sure you leave feeling uplifted and truly entertained. The band delivers tight hardhitting original tunes that have a way of pulling fans right into their fantasy laced world of fun and bewilderment. WTFeX invites you to leave your worries at the doorstep and come and get down. WTFeX has played numerous venues in the Northeast including: Middle East Nightclub, Electric Haze Hookah Bar, The Spot Underground, Penuches, Tammany Hall, Harpers Ferry, Fontanas, Pearl St. Nightclub, Wonderbar, Hard Rock Cafe, Black Eyed Sallys, Church Boston and Arch Street Tavern with acts that include: The Pimps of Joytime, The Nth Power, Twiddle, The Breakfast, The McLovins, Soule Monde, Peter Prince and the Moon Boot Lovers, Afroman, The Hornitz, The Ever Expanding Elastic Waste Band (members of Morphine), On the spot trio, Danny Bedrosian and Secret Army(members of Parliament Funkadelic), Fikus, West End Blend, Funky Dawgz Brass Band, The Heavy Pets, Relative Souls, The Jauntee, The Alchemystics, D.P.R, Van Gordon Martin Band, Cosmic Dust Bunnies, Viral Sound and Big Ol’ Dirty Bucket. The band has also played numerous festivals in the area which include: Strangecreek Music Festival, Wormtown Music Festival, DISCJAM, Camp Coldbrook, Ziontific, Spectral Fest, Evolvefest (New Jersey) and the Open Road Festival alongside acts such as: Bernie Worrell Orchestra, Karl Densons Tiny Universe, Dumpstafunk, Turkuaz, Kung fu, Consider the Source, Oteil Burbridge, Eliot Lipp, Dopapod, Rusted Root, Max Creek, Lionize, Rubblebucket, Break Science, Ten Foot Ganja Plant, Fungus Amongus, Zack Deputy, Strangefolk and Ryan Montbleau Band.

Sit ins include: The Hornitz, Force from Alchemystics, Kid Ryddim and Oteil Burbridge of the Allman Brothers Band and Dead and Co. Brooklyn based Teddy Midnight demonstrates a creative combination of progressive rock, drum and bass, jazz and downtempo. This unique blend earned the term Electro-Dance-Funk, a self- described genre based on the style of Teddy Midnight. The band’s live show instinctively gets the party moving and won’t let up any time soon.

With members Wiley Griffin, Sean McAuley, Adam Magnan, and Sean Silva, Teddy Midnight is the group you don’t want to miss. Teddy Midnight’s debut EP was released early 2014 featuring songs that Live for Live Music calls “...cosmic, soothing contemplative pieces that soar through carefully constructed sections, and will have you dancing.” They’ve shared the stage with fellow local bands, Dopapod, Consider the Source and MUN, as well as festival regulars Kung Fu, Twiddle, The Werks, Brothers Past, Lespecial, and The Indobox.

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Brooklyn Bowl, Gramercy Theatre, and Bowery Ballroom, Teddy Midnight performed at various festivals during Summer 2015. New fans were gained during well known festivals such as Catskill Chill, Disc Jam, Spectral Fest, Harvest Fest and the Werk Out Festival this year and continue to generate a loyal following. The band has been hard at work this fall after the announcement of Wiley Griffin as their lead guitarist in August and are currently recording a new full length album at Telefunken Studio. 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629 or find them on Facebook.

Bill McCarthy Every Friday at Barbers Crossing North.

Now catch Bill McCarthy playing his heart out every Friday at Barbers North (Sterling, MA) @6:30pm Visit: BillMcCarthyMusic.com for info. Free! 6:30-9:30 p.m. Barbers Crossing (North), 175 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8438.

Ballads from Boston: Music from the Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballad Collection- with David and Ginger Hildebrand. This concert features music from the Isaiah Thomas Broadside Ballad Collection at the American Antiquarian Society.

This is popular music from the year 1814, which will be played by costumed musicians on period instruments. David and Ginger Hildebrand specialize in researching, recording, and performing early American music -- their most recent focus was on that of the War of 1812 and the bicentennial of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

They present concerts and educational programs throughout the country for museums, universities, and historical organizations. They have consulted for and provided soundtrack materials for numerous documentaries, including the PBS series Liberty!--the American Revolution, Rediscovering George Washington, and Anthem. David and Ginger have issued seven full-length recordings, including CD/ music book sets focused on George Washington and Benjamin Franklin. In 1999 they founded The Colonial Music Institute. Ginger holds an M.M. from the Peabody Conservatory; David’s M.A. is from George Washington University and his Ph.D. from Catholic University.

David is also an author for the Johns Hopkins University Press, and they both teach privately in addition to performing widely. 7-9 p.m.

American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury St. 508-755-5221 or americamantiquarian.org Tim Scott. 7-10 p.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-3046044.

Gov’t Surplus- The Gov’t Mule Tribute. More TBA $7 at the Door 21+ Doors at 8pm Show at 9pm $7 at the door. 8 p.m.-1 a.m.

The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook.

Brett Casavant. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. McNally’s Grille & Pub, 88 Sargent Road, Westminster. 978-874-1444.

Celebrating America! New Haven Symphony Orchestra with Worcester Chorus. New Haven Symphony Orchestra and the Worcester Chorus will once again take the stage at historic Mechanics Hall to perform a spectacular evening of music celebrating America! Artistic director Chris Shepard has arranged a program featuring Bernstein, Lambert, and Tower pieces reflecting Americana styles and traditions. In March 2008, the New Haven Symphony Orchestra was chosen as one of seven orchestras nationwide to participate in the League of American Orchestras’ highly competitive three-year Institutional Vision Program. In December 2009, the orchestra was featured in the Miramax film Everybody’s Fine starring Robert DeNiro. In May 2010, the Orchestra released its first commercial CD in over thirty years-a disc featuring the music of William Walton on the Nimbus (London) label and in October 2010 the orchestra released Portrait of an Orchestra, a photographic celebration of the musicians who make up the NHSO. The orchestra also received the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers award for “Adventuresome Programming,” reflecting its renewed commitment to performing the music of contemporary composers. Adults $49, Students $17.50, Youth $7.50. Ticket fees apply. Series and other discounts apply. 8-10 p.m.

Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-0888 or musicworcester.org

Chris Reddy. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., West Boylston. 774-261-8585.

Freestone Band. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Tavern on Central, 3 Central St., Ashburnham. 978-827-1272.

Jay Graham. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., Leominster. 978-466-3433.

Melissa Ferrick. Melissa Ferrick’s 12th original album is a coming home. She has arrived in a place musically that is both familiar and new. Melissa is a better writer, engineer, producer, and overall artist.

The self-titled album is, in many ways, a new beginning for Ferrick.

Written in just over a year, recorded at home, and released on her own relaunched label, “Right On Records,” Melissa Ferrick has given us a simple, eloquent and honest acoustic album with an undeniable level of maturity. For long-time fans, this will be a welcome new arrival. For those who are just discovering Ferrick, this is a superb way to be introduced. A completely solo effort in its process, creation and release, Melissa Ferrick is marking the middle of her career with a perfect return to songwriting, and to herself. Ferrick’s life has always been an open book. Signed to Atlantic Records in the mid-’90s, she helped represent a new wave of alt-rock females, like Liz Phair, PJ Harvey and college-mate Paula Cole, who sang about womanhood with sharp, unchecked honesty. Morrissey proved an early champion when he personally invited her to tour as his opening act, and Ferrick eventually went on to found her own label and release a number of albums in which she played every instrument herself. Her life took dips and turns along the way, and she chronicled every detail in her songwriting amidst the warm backdrop of pedal-steel guitars and rootsy harmonies. “Ferrick released one of the year’s most singular albums...Ferrick’s self-titled latest is worth finding if you missed it. “Melissa Ferrick” is an unfussy record built around her prowess on guitar, with her voice expressive and closely miked.” - James Reed: Boston Globe “Melissa has simply delivered an eloquent and honest acoustic album with an undeniable level of maturity.” - Charlotte Robinson: Huffington Post “Ferrick punches out a perfect pop hook with her sublime cadence and ace acoustic guitar strumming. She unwinds the tale of an August night when the stars exalted the spirits of a whole seaside town - and helped Ferrick “get good with getting old.”” - Jeb Gottleib: The Boston Herald The Bull Run is a full-service, farm-to-table restaurant in a pre-revolutionary tavern, located about 35 miles NW of Boston, with plenty of free parking and rustic, old-world charm. $22 advance; $24 day of show.

8-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, Sawtelle Room, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311 or tickets.bullrunrestaurant.com Mike Melendez Performs at Loft, Fri at 8. No cost. 8-11 p.m. Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

Mikey Me & Brutha B. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

Retro Stew. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900.

Sean Fullerton. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057.

Clam Diggers. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

DJ Artbeat. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. GD Lounge, 2 Washington Square.

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How Bizarre. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Grove St. 508-793-0900.

Karaoke. Karaoke by DJ Nancy of Star Sound Entertainment 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Danger Zone Saloon, 948 Main St. , Warren. 413436-7115.

Neon Alley. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place.

508-459-9035.

Niki Luparelli and Dapper Dan Burke - Lost at Sea. Marooned, Shipwrecked, Sailing over Coney Island Join Tricky Niki and Dapper Dan for a Naughty Nautical evening of sea themed tunes, yacht rock cabaret, cruise line calamity, and of course taking your requests. Featuring percussion by Eli Mateo Songs by Prince and David Bowie will also be featured $10. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Nick’s Bar

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and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 or find them on Facebook.

Truth Squared. Rock, Classic Rock, Covers & Original music $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

A Ton of Blues. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

Lavender Restaurant Karaoke. Join Magic Mike Entertainment DJ’s for Karaoke Night every Friday & Saturday Night! Free. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Lavender Restaurant, 519 Boston Post Road, Sudbury. magicmikeentertainment.com DJ (21+) Canal. N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Safe House Radio Show. This is a live radio broadcast with 2 living DJs hoping to drag you out of your lonely IPods and phone apps to hear the local & national metal, thrash, screamo, punk and alternative you wont hear on mainstream radio. Tune into WCUW 91.3FM in the Worcester and surrounding areas. Or stream live on wcuw.org (hit the listen live button in the upper left corner of screen) Join your DJs Summi and Momma Bear for an hour of metal, thrash, screamo, punk & alternative. Your not alone in your digital world.

Were out here live! Call in to let us know your listening @ (508)7532284 after 11pm. Hope you tune in to hear local and national metal and more! 91.3fm or wcuw.org It’s your community radio! So enjoy it already! Sheesh! 11 p.m.-midnight Online on Facebook.

games has a unique and suspenseful storyline, which will be revealed as you explore the room and search for clues. All clues, puzzles and riddles will ultimately lead you to the final mystery, which will hold the key that will allow you to escape. Or will it? Can you work together to solve the mystery and escape the room? $25. 4-10 p.m.

a successful musician, singer/songwriter, recording engineer and producer since 1995. Specializing in Acoustic Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Memphis Soul and Fingerstyle Guitar using 6 String, 12 String and resonator guitars, harmonicas, live guitar looping, Bose and UltraSound sound systems, Sean performs in a wide variety of

EDITOR’S PICK: Help one of the area’s most renowned and longeststanding bands celebrate its 31st year. Catch the unmistakable sound of Wilbur and the Dukes, featuring The Hurricane Horns, Saturday, April 30, 9:30, at Jillian’s of Worcester, 315 Grove St.

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Jazz Workshop and Combo Concert On The Green. Eric Hofbauer Director Rain location University Center, The Grind Clark University Campus Green, 950 Main St. Louder Louder, Snow Day, Dr. Spaceman, Spo, Low-E. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133 or find them on Facebook.

Pakachoag Music School Summer Programs. Summer Programs at Pakachoag Music School Registration for summer programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-791-8159.

Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org Little Red & The Riders at the Dramatic Club. Fun little juke joint neighborhood bar, not that far from Worcester, with good drinks & happy people- nice dance floor and Little Red & The Riders start of their summer tour dates! Come on out to jump & swing with us! 8 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. The Dramatic Club, 29 Daytona Ave Framingham MA, Framingham.

Ernest Benoit @ Wycked Java. 4-7 p.m. Wycked Java, 108 Water St. songkick.com Escape The Room. Escape Games Worcester is a real life, live action escape the room game that offers a fully interactive experience. You and your teammates are locked in a room with a mystery that needs to be solved before your time is up. Each of our

Northworks Building, 108 Grove St. escapegamesworcester.com CBGB Tribute Night. 21 plus $10 Doors 6 $10. 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629 or find them on Facebook.

Open Mic. Open to musicians, poets, comedians or anyone with a talent! Hosted by Stephen Wright. 6-9 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-926-8800 or nucafe.com Bob Moon From the Comoncheros. Talented Classic Rock Guitarist And Singer 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Dan Kirouac solo/acoustic. Dan has been part of the regional music scene for thirty years. When not busy with the tribute band Beatles For Sale, his solo performances showcase vocals accompanied by a six-string acoustic guitar. From the one-hit wonders to the lost classics, from the 1960s to today, every show is a different experience, drawing from almost 500 contemporary and oldie songs. More information at dankirouac.com. Free. 7-10:30 p.m.

Bailey’s Bar & Grill, 18 Main St (Route119 ) Tonwsend Ma, Townsend.

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Sean Fullerton “Fully” Acoustic! Sean Fullerton has been

venues and for many weddings, parties, charitable and corporate events throughout New England. For more information, please visit seanfullertonmusic.net Dinner, Drinks, Music. 7-11 p.m. Terry O’Reilly’s Irish Pub, 45 Union St., Newton Center. 617-964-9275 or terryoreillys.com This Machine Tour with musician and satirist Roy Zimmerman. Roy Zimmerman is coming back to Worcester on April 30th! Tickets are $15 through Paypal or at the door. If you purchase online, please bring a copy of your email receipt the night of the concert. If you’ve never seen Roy before (and even if you have), he is a fantastic musician, definitely worth checking out!

We hope you can join us! This event is open to the public. From the artist: YouTube links: “This Machine” is ninety minutes of Roy Zimmerman’s hilarious, rhyme-intensive original songs. The title is a reference to Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger to be sure, but also an acknowledgement that songwriting does good work in the world.

“Sometimes I think satire is the most hopeful and heartfelt form of expression,” says Roy, “because in calling out the world’s absurdities and laughing in their face, I’m affirming the real possibility of change.” Roy’s songs have been heard on HBO and Showtime. He’s

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shared stages with Bill Maher, Robin Williams, Ellen DeGeneres, John Oliver, Kate Clinton and George Carlin. He’s been profiled on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” and he’s a featured blogger for the Huffington Post. 15. 7-9 p.m. UU Church of Worcester, Main room / Sanctuary, 90 Holden St. meetup.com Wachusett Music Series Presents: Cheryl Wheeler.

Cheryl Wheeler has to be seen to be appreciated. Nothing you read and nothing you hear from her albums prepares you for how good a performer she is. You may not be familiar with Cheryl, but you have probably heard her music. She is very respected as a songwriter by her peers, which can be seen by how many of them record her songs.

Chery’s songs have been covered by artists as diverse as Dan Seals, Peter Paul and Mary, Kenny Loggins, Garth Brooks, Suzy Boggus, Melanie, Bette Midler, Maura O’Connell, Sylvia, Kathy Mattea, and Holly Near. If they think she is great, then you owe it to yourself to learn more if you aren’t familiar with her. From her albums you can tell that she is a gifted songwriter with a beautiful voice. From other people’s comments about her you can learn that she is a natural story teller with a fantastic sense of humor. But until you see her in person, you never really believe what you’ve been told about her.

Besides, almost half of the songs she does during her shows haven’t been recorded! If you have never seen her do a live concert, then by all means do so! I get e-mail from people all the time thanking me for spreading the word about Cheryl. They go to the concert knowing they will enjoy it, and often find it even better than they had thought it would be. If she doesn’t ever perform near you, then try to find a copy of her video or her live album and see what you are missing.

You can find some clips of her on YouTube, but they are usually only the songs, and not the stories. If she ever performs near you, do what you can to attend. If you don’t, you will kick yourself later for missing a great show. $25 in advance $30 day of show. 7-10 p.m. First Church of Sterling, 6 Meetinghouse Road, Sterling. 978-365-2043 or wachusettmusic.net Crimson Rain. Rock! $5 Donation. 7:30-10 p.m. !Cafe con Dios!, Main Room, 22 Faith Ave., Auburn. 508-579-6722.

Master Singers of Worcester presents “Jubilant Spring”. The Master Singers of Worcester kick off their 40th anniversary with a concert to welcome spring presenting the work of several current composers, including Bob Chilcott’s “The Miracle of Spring”, and the area premiere of “Safe to Port” by Michael Hoppe, along with Norman Dello Joio’s energetic “A Jubilant Song”. The concert will close with the Worcester Premiere of the folk mass, “Suite Criolla”, by Juan Ramirez, sung in Spanish with Latin-styled percussion, featuring tenor Ray Bauwens, soprano Ilona Jokinen, and narrated by Bob Bachelder. $25-Adults; $20-Seniors & Students.

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Best - Live Bands. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-439-9314.

David Bazin & Blues Junction. Classic Rock, Blues, and Jam Post 184, Houghton St., Webster. 608-943-9039.

Band Music. Come on down and lend an ear and or dance the night Worcester State Univeristy Presents the Fauré away! No Cover. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Wheelock Inn, 82 Wheelock Ave., Requiem. The Chorus, Chorale and Alumni Singers perform the Fauré Requiem to welcome the spring. $15 public, $10 students and Millbury. senior citizens. 7:30-9:30 p.m. All Saints Episcopal Church, 10 Irving Invisible Sun - Tribute to The Police. New England’s premier Police tribute band returns to Rye & Thyme for a spring show that is St. 508-929-8145 or worcester.edu not to be missed! 28 songs by The Police featuring Brian Chaffee on An evening with Hot Letter at the Cove. $7 at the door. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find lead vocals and Keys, Scott Babineau on bass and lead vocals, Chris Reddy on lead guitar, and Roger Stebbins on Drums. No cover for this them on Facebook.

Brother Maynard. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Tavern on Central, 3 Central St., show! Reservations are recommended. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Rye & Thyme, 14 Monument Square, Leominster. 978-534-5900.

Ashburnham. 978-827-1272.

Karaoke. shangrilarestaurant.net Chinese & Japanese Restaurant 9 Kevin Shields. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Happy Jack’s, 785 North Main St., p.m.-midnight Shangri La, 50 Front St. 508-798-0888.

Leominster. 978-466-3433.

Michael Spaulding. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Secret Sage. Secret Sage is a fresh and earthy acoustic group from central MA whose lively rhythmic tunes are sure to get you Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

Nik Chisholm Performs at Loft, Sat at 8. No cost. 8-11 p.m. moving! These four utilize a wide range of musical styles, from reggae to traditional folk, playing a variety of acoustic and percussive Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177. instruments. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926Sam James. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Mill 185, 185 West Boylston St., 8877 or find them on Facebook.

West Boylston. 774-261-8585.

Wilbur & The Dukes. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Jillian’s - Worcester, 315 Whitney Doucette. 8-1 p.m. South Side Grille & Margarita Grove St. 508-793-0900.

Factory, 242 West Broadway, Gardner. 978-632-1057.

Lavender Restaurant Karaoke. Join Magic Mike Entertainment 9Teen. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. DJ’s for Karaoke Night every Friday & Saturday Night! Free. 9:30 508-853-1350. p.m.-1 a.m. Lavender Restaurant, 519 Boston Post Road, Sudbury.

Abraxas. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Michael’s Cigar Bar, 1 Exchange Place. magicmikeentertainment.com 508-459-9035.

My Better Half. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Bad Reputation. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

Leominster. 978-537-7750.

DJ (21+) Canal. N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Benny Sharoni Quartet. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Lutheran Church, Jeppson Hall, 73 Lancaster St. 508-753-2989 or trinityworc.org Pakachoag Music School Summer Programs. Summer Escape The Room. Escape Games Worcester is a real life, Programs at Pakachoag Music School Registration for summer live action escape the room game that offers a fully interactive programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and experience. You and your teammates are locked in a room with a Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle mystery that needs to be solved before your time is up. Each of our Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at games has a unique and suspenseful storyline, which will be revealed pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-791-8159. as you explore the room and search for clues. All clues, puzzles Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., and riddles will ultimately lead you to the final mystery, which will Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org hold the key that will allow you to escape. Or will it? Can you work Jubilee Gardens Trio joined by harp player Tomoka together to solve the mystery and escape the room? $25. 4-10 p.m.

Howard at Birch Tree! Jubilee Gardens Trip will be joined by Northworks Building, 108 Grove St. escapegamesworcester.com Hugh Moffatt - Opening ... Chuck & Mud. Hugn Moffatt Tomoka Howard on the harp (yes the kind that angels play) will be - Opening ... Chuck & Mud $10 advance tickets available at Brown mesmerizing show, great for coffee, and delicious treats at Birch Paper Tickets: http://bpt.me/2536249 $15 at the door / $10 WCUW Tree. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Birch Tree Bread Company, 138 Green St. Members The list of artists who have recorded Hugh Moffatts songs Worcester MA. Clark University Student Recital. Every semester, the student is international and multi-dimensional. They range from Patti Page to Jerry Lee Lewis to The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band to Merle Haggard, recital showcases the achievements of our best and most devoted Dolly Parton, Alabama, and Johnny Cash and include pop, country, music students as they perform works they have been studying bluegrass, traditional, and gospel artists from around the world. These during the semester. The music will range from classical sonatas recordings include the chart-topping country singles Just in Case by to modern compositions, classic songs, and jazz standards. It is always a special event. We hope you can join us! Sima Kustanovich, Ronnie Milsap, Old Flames Cant Hold a Candle to You (first by Joe Sun and then by Dolly Parton), and How Could I Love Her So Much Accompanist Free and Open to the Public. 3-4:30 p.m. Clark

by Johnny Rodriguez, and the Southern Gospel hit Roll Away the University: Traina Center for the Arts, Razzo Hall, 92 Downing St. Stone by Wendy Bagwell and the Sunliters. As a performing artist, Music at Trinity: Harmonie Transverse in Concert.

Moffatt has released ten albums and toured extensively around the Harmonie Transverse returns for an annual performance at Trinity world. His albums are Loving You, Troubadour and Dance Me Outside playing works written for and transcribed for flute ensemble. (duets with Katy Moffatt) for Rounder Records, The Life of a Minor Under the direction of Jay V. Kast-Tuttle, these musicians, who are performers, teachers, parents, and artists, play a wide range of flutes Poet for Watermelon Records, Live and Alone for Brambus Records providing a six octave range nearly covering the full range of a piano in Switzerland, The Wognum Sessions (The Hugh Moffatt Trio) for Strictly Country Records in the Netherlands, Ghosts of the Music for and an orchestra. Free will offering. 3-4:30 p.m. Trinity Evangelical

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Brambus, and Songs From the Back of the Church and Only Along For The Ride on Sohl Recordings. Sony Australia also released a 17song compilation from his first two albums under the title, The Way Love Is. He is, with composer Michael Ching, the librettist for three original operas. Two are one-acts: King of the Clouds, commissioned and premiered by Dayton Opera in 1993, and Out of the Rain, commissioned jointly by Opera Delaware, the Kansas City Lyric Opera and Opera Memphis and premiered by Opera Delaware in 1998.

These operas have each had multiple productions. Their full-length opera, Corps of Discovery, A Musical Journey, commissioned by the University of Missouri and based on the Lewis & Clark expedition, premiered in May of 2003 in Columbia, Missouri. Opera Memphis produced the professional premier in April of 2004. Fargo Opera and the University of Idaho have also mounted independent productions.

In 2010, Opera Memphis presented the first performances of Glucks classic opera, Orpheus and Euridice, with a new English translation

by Moffatt and Ching. In 2014, Moffatts short play, The Truth, was produced in Nashville by the Pulp Friction 10-minute Play Festival.

Another play, Leaving Home, will be part of the 2015 festival. His childrens picture book series, Dissolvo Dog, in collaboration with illustrator Julie Sola, is planned for publication late in 2015. Moffatt currently teaches an online course in songwriting for Danville Community College in Danville, Virginia, and is pursuing an MFA in Writing (Screenwriting and Playwriting) from Spalding University in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the brother of singer-songwriter Katy Moffatt. $10 Advance - $15 at the Door - $10 WCUW Members. 4-6 p.m. WCUW 91.3 FM - Worcester’s Community Radio Station, 910 Main St. 508-753-1012 or wcuw.org Big Jon Short. 5-8 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-7529439.

Alex Culbreth. Alternative Rock. Breaking strings and breaking hearts. $5. 6-9 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or alexculbreth.bandcamp.com Open Mic Sundays @ Plaza Azteca! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/ operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free! 6-9 p.m. Plaza Azteca, 539 Lincoln St. Haunted Summer (L.A.) on the Patio! Haunted Summer from Los Angeles makes their way through Worcester in a special free show on the patio on May Day. Described by Las Vegas Weekly as “Ghostly, shimmering, shoegaze and gothic nighmare-pop.” A hat will be passed around to help them keep the van rolling to the next town so please show some Worcester hospitality if you can! Stay for the movies after! Free (but donations for the band are requested). 8 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508753-9543 or find them on Facebook.

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Pakachoag Music School Summer Programs. Summer Programs at Pakachoag Music School Registration for summer programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-7918159. varies. Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org Worcester State University’s Spring Student Recital.

Enjoy the instrumental and vocal talents of Worcester State students who study music under WSU’s Visual and Performing Arts

Department. Free. 7-9:30 p.m. Worcester State University: Sullivan Auditorium, 486 Chandler St. 508-929-8145 or worcester.edu

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Pakachoag Music School Summer Programs. Summer Programs at Pakachoag Music School Registration for summer programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-791-8159.

Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org Storytime. Join us every week for storytime. Visit bn.com for details. Free. 11-11:30 a.m. Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Millbury, 70 Worcester Providence Turnpike, Millbury. 508-865-2801 or bn.com Beatles For Sale the Tribute. Back by popular demand!

Beatles For Sale returns to the Birches Auditorium at Briarwood Retirement Community on Tuesday, May 3rd at 7:00pm. Take a musical trip back in time to the 1960’s at the height of Beatlemania!

Hear all your favorite Beatle hits and Beatle B-sides from Please Please Me to Let It Be, all performed completely live by New England’s #1 Beatles Tribute band, Beatles For Sale! A splendid time is guaranteed for all! Free concert for residents of the Briarwood community (and the general public, as seating allows.) This program is supported in part by a grant from the Worcester Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Free. 7-8:30 p.m. Briarwood Continuing Care Retirement Community: Birches Auditorium, 65 Briarwood Circle.

Chillin Tuesday & Wild Wednesday. At Beatniks it’s all about you! …Tuesdays tend to be more chill, Wednesday’s more wild, but you never know what will be going on. Indoor Cornhole boards, Darts, Board games, Cards, Jukebox wars and more. Thursdays thru Sundays are about music of all kinds, but no matter what we have going on its always a great vibe! Come on down anytime and make our place your place. 7-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-9268877.

Tuesday Open Mic Night @ Greendale’s Pub with Bill McCarthy Local Musicians Showcase! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or find them on Facebook.

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Pakachoag Music School Summer Programs. Summer Programs at Pakachoag Music School Registration for summer programs begins March 15th! Programs include: *Music and Movement Samplers *Musical Theater *Private Lessons *Fiddle Band *Suzuki Violin and Cello For complete information visit us at pakmusic.org, email info@pakmusic.org, or call 508-791-8159.

Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic.org Rhythm Kids at Pakachoag Music School. Rhythm Kids at Pakachoag Music School New drumming class for kids ages K to Gr. 2 Free Demo Class - April 6th 8 week inaugural session begins April 13th Discounted tuition - $150 Wednesdays 5:30 to 6:15 pm Pakachoag Music School 203 Pakachoag Street Auburn, MA 01501 Please e-mail info@pakmusic.org to reserve a space in the free

demo or visit pakmusic.org/register to register for the spring session!

Free demo. 5:30-6:15 p.m. Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn. 508-791-8159 or pakmusic. org Chillin Tuesday & Wild Wednesday. At Beatniks it’s all about you! …Tuesdays tend to be more chill, Wednesday’s more wild, but you never know what will be going on. Indoor Cornhole boards, Darts, Board games, Cards, Jukebox wars and more. Thursdays thru Sundays are about music of all kinds, but no matter what we have going on its always a great vibe! Come on down anytime and make our place your place. 7-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-9268877.

Spring Dance Concert. This eagerly anticipated annual collaboration by our dance instructors ~ Kaela Lee, Jimena Bermejo and Audra Carabetta ~ presents an exciting range of original pieces by students and faculty, and sometimes includes interpolations from the classical and modern repertory. No admission charge. 7-8 p.m., 9 p.m.-10 p.m. College of the Holy Cross: O’Kane Hall, Fenwick Theatre, 1 College St. Omaggio Duo Performs. The Omaggio Duo - cellist Ning Tien with pianist Monica Tessitore - will perform music from four continents, including compositions by Korde, Martinu, Part, Piazzolla, Stravinsky, Zhang and Zheng. Tien is an instructor in Fitchburg State’s Community Music Lesson Program. Free. 7:30-9 p.m. Fitchburg State University: Conlon Fine Arts, Kent Recital Hall, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg.

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

Open Mic at Legends Bar & Grille. Weekly Open Mic hosted

by Amanda Cote - Signup sheet goes out at 8:00, music starts at 8:30. Kitchen is open until 9pm. All genres and acoustic instruments welcome. 8-11:30 p.m. Legends, Airport Road - Fitchburg Ma, Fitchburg. 978-342-6500 or find them on Facebook.

Subterra: May The 4th Be With You (4orce Takeover).

Welcome to Subterra! by Kick It Recordings and The Cove Music Hall. May the 4th be with you - A 4orce Takeover night! The annual celebration the 4orce family has created with our love for Star Wars and and all that is musically awesome! Massappeal (MA) (Kick It Recordings / 4orce Productions / Table Manners) The name says it all really! Massappeal has been on the grind for 15yrs and no stranger to the underground. Known for his high energy Drum and Bass sets, driving the crowd to peak hour enjoyment! Get ready to witness the sheer passion in his performance. If he’s not bouncing all over waving his arms, pumping up the masses, he’s scratching up the vinyl with ferocity. Starting his career in Seattle circa 98’ getting down to the likes of Donald Glaude and DJ Dan as residents, @ NAF Studios, learning from countless shows of Glaude and how he worked the crowd with his signature, “Put your F-ing hands up!” After a few years he moved back east to MA, tearing & mixing it up through parties all over MA, NY, NH, WA, CA, FL, NV and not slowing down anytime soon. 4orceproductions.com/massappeal/ soundcloud.com/ massappealkickit kickitrecordings.com The Bionic Moose Knuckle (Deep in the Bush) (4orce Productions / Beatdown Prod. / Breakers Paradise) Coming at you with the freshest DnB/Jungle or Breaks that

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you can imagine. Sneaker & The Dryer (MA) (Kick It Recordings NSB Radio - Tight Crew) “Bass Music Specialist” Btz started Sneaker & the Dryer back in 2004 and since that time has rocked crowds all over the continent and abroad. Combining deft mixing, crazy looping, insane layering and on the fly remixing matched with electric energy, S&D puts together a Bass Music showcase that destroys floors far and wide. Sneaker & The Dryer is a multi genre act specializing in all things bass and has played alongside some of the biggest names in the industry including Starkillers, Charles Feelgood, Josh the Funky 1, Uberzone, The Bassbin Twins, Farace and many more. With releases on Kick It Recordings, Hard Granada, Held 2 Ransom and Sorry Shoes Records, just to name a few, multiple features on major compilations and a plethora of tunes dropping in 2016 on a handful more labels, S&D is making his mark on the production world in style. With his own unique blend of House, Breaks, Electro and many more genres he simply calls “Bass Music”, Sneaker & The Dryer has had multiple tracks chart on Beatport and Track It Down and his Ramp Show Mixes have been enjoyed by tens of thousands! With over 10 years now on the award winning NSB Radio, his signature style is heard worldwide on a weekly basis and has earned him multiple award nominations. As the head of Kick It Recordings and backed by Sky Artist Management, Sneaker & the Dryer is pushing things to the limit on all levels! It’s Business Time! sneakerandthedryer.com/ R.O.A.R at the Door. Please be on your best behavior. $5 / 21+ w/ Proper ID Open: 9PM-2AM Ladies Free before 10pm $5 at the door- Ladies free until 10pm. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508363-1888 or find them on Facebook.

Jim Devlin Performs at Loft, Weds at 9. No cost. 9-11 p.m.

Loft 266 Bar & Lounge, 266 Park Ave. 508-796-5177.

Open Mic - hosted by Amanda Cote. All genres and acoustic instruments welcome. 21+ or with guardian. Sign-up begins at 8:30 Free. 9-11:30 p.m. Legends, Airport Road - Fitchburg Ma, Fitchburg.

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ADC Performance Center (@ The Artist Development Complex), 18 Mill St., Southbridge. 508-764-6900 or adcmusic. com Anna Maria College, 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton. 508-849-3300 or annamaria.edu ArtsWorcester, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m.

Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday.

Admission: Free. 660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for tea. 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu Booklovers’ Gourmet, “A Time for All Seasons”, paintings & photographs by Sharon Lindgren, Through April 30; “A Time for All Seasons”, paintings & photographs by Sharon Lindgren, Through April 30. 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: Cohen-Lasry House, 11 Hawthorne St. clarku.edu Clark University: Schiltkamp Gallery, Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibit, Through May 22. 92 Downing St. 508-793-7349.

Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing St. clarku.edu 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.,

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Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Amalgam: 2016 Senior Concentration Seminar Exhibition, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, April 28 - May 27; Amalgam: 2016 Senior Concentration Seminar Exhibition, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, April 28 - May 27; Opening Reception for Amalgam: 2016 Senior Concentration Seminar Exhibition, Thursday. 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, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $15.00 adults; $10 for children ages 2-18, college students with ID & senior citizens.

Children under 2 & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special event. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org Fisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham.

978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu Fitchburg Art Museum, Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg. 978-345-4207 or fitchburgartmuseum.org Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m.-midnight Wednesday, closed Thursday - Saturday. 50 Grove St., Fitchburg. 978-345-1157 or

fitchburghistory.fsc.edu Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. fitchburgstate.edu Framed in Tatnuck, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. 1099 Pleasant St. 508-770-1270 or framedintatnuck.com Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-4563924 or fruitlands.org Gallery of African Art, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Donations accepted. 62 High St., Clinton. 978-265-4345 or 978-598-5000x12 or galleryofafricanart.org Highland Artist Group, 113 Highland St. highlandartistgroup. com Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Art Exhibit: Genevieve Grenier’s “New England Landscapes”, Through May 15. Hours: 12:304 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday.

414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org Museum of Russian Icons, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 11-3 a.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 11-3 a.m. Friday, 9-3 a.m. Saturday. Admission: Adults $10; Seniors (59 +), $7; Students, $5; Children 3-17, $5; Children <3, Free.

203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000 or 978-598-5000x17 or museumofrussianicons.org Old Sturbridge Village, Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age.

Children under 3 free. 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge.

800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-696-0909.

Post Road Art Center, Call to Artists: Cultural Influence

Exhibit 2016, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through April 28. Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508485-2580 or postroadartcenter.com Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754-8760 or preservationworcester.org Prints and Potter Gallery: American Arts and Crafts Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-7522170 or printsandpotter.com Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 2-4 p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 or qvcah.org Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: free.

633 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com Salisbury Mansion, Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday, 1-8:30 p.m. Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 40 Highland St. 508-7538278 or worcesterhistory.org SAORI Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio, 18 Winslow St. 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester.com Sprinkler Factory, The Marvelous Dissection of [Hu]Man - Closing Reception, Saturday. Admission: Free. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory. com Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West Boylston St. 508-853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com Tatnuck Bookseller & Cafe, Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday,

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9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday Saturday. 18 Lyman St., Westborough. 508-366-4959 or tatnuck.com The Foster Gallery, 51 Union St. 508-397-7139 or thefostergallery.com Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-297-4337 or topfunaviation.com Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Art Exhibit: Hudson Valley Seed Library, Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, May 3 - June 5. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, Free to Members & Children under.

11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111 or towerhillbg.org Worcester Art Museum, Art Carts: Family Fun - Antioch, the Hunt Mosaic & WAM, Thursday; Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor, Thursday - Friday; Pierre Bonnard, Dining Room in the Country, Through June 19; The Last Judgment Tapestry, Through Sept. 18; Veiled Aleppo, Through June 5; Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor, Friday; Arms and Armor: Knight’s Tale, Saturday - Sunday; Art Carts: Family Fun - Arms and Armor, Saturday - Sunday; Zip Tour: Lastman: Paris & Oenone, Saturday. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, $12 seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first Saturdays of each month, 10am-noon.

55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or worcesterart.org Worcester Center for Crafts, Exhibition: Pottery Invitational, Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays, May 1 - July 24. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 25 Sagamore Road.

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Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655 or worcpublib.org WPI: George C. Gordon Library, 100 Institute Road. wpi.edu

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Here’s a show not to be missed. The New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Worcester Chorus take the stage Friday, April 29, 8-10p.m., at historic Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., Worcester, to perform music celebrating America. The cost is $49 for adults, $17.50 for students, $7.50 for youth. For more information and tickets, visit musicworcester.org or email musicworster.org.

Edward Albee as directed by Jon Bethel $14 public, $10 seniors, $7 students. 2-4 p.m. Fuller Theater, Shaugnessy Building at Worcester State University, 486 Chanlder St. Call 508-929-8843 or visit worcester.edu

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Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits - Fridays, Saturdays, Saturday, September 18 - Monday, December 31. Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits 257 Park Ave Worcester MA Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Clubs Showtimes: Friday 9pm-Saturdays 8pm -$20pp Reservations Recommended at 800-401-2221 Prices: $20 Fri/Sat pp except Special Events Drinks and Appetizers available in the show room Full Dinner Available before Show in Restaurant $5off with College ID and Reservations 2 for 1 Active Military or Veterans and Reservations $4 off with Dinner Receipt and Reservations. Fri & Sat April 29th & 30th Amy Tee Maya Manion and friends. Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits Great Food and Fun Make Reservations Early at 800-401-2221 or online at beantowncomedy.com Worcester State Theatre presents Student Directed One Act Plays - Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Thursday, April 28 - Saturday, April 30. Worcester State Theatre presents three one act plays directed by WSU students with vast experience in and around the stage. The one act plays are: The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter as directed by Nathen Wheeler, MUD by Maria Irene Fornes as directed by Eddie Sanchez, and The Zoo Story by Edward Albee

as directed by Jon Bethel $14 public, $10 seniors, $7 students.

8-10 p.m. Fuller Theater, Shaugnessy Building at Worcester State University, 486 Chanlder St. Call 508-929-8843 or visit worcester.edu Cyprian Comedy Show - Friday, April 29. $25 show only / $45 dinner and show. 6-10 p.m. Cyprian Keyes Golf Club, 284 East Temple St., Boylston. Call 508-869-9900 or visit cypriankeyes.com Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Friday, April 29. $10 adults/seniors, $5 youth 12 and under. 7-8:30 p.m. Stageloft Repertory Theater, 450A Main St., Fiskdale. Call 508-347-9005.

Comedy Show and Dinner with Rob Steen and Friends - Saturday, April 30. Enjoy our delicious Italian Dinner, while laughing the night away. Get your tickets online today! Rob Steen has been doing comedy for 25 years. He has been featured on several TV shows including The Late Show with Dave Letterman where he was a frequent guest. Rob has been compared to Robin Williams due to

his fast paced delivery & quick wit. He will keep you on your toes and laughing non-stop. You never know where he will take you, but you will be laughing all the way. $35. 6-10 p.m. Blissful Meadows Golf Club, 801 Chockalog Road, Uxbridge. Call 508-278-6110 or visit blissfulmeadows.com Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Saturday, April 30. $10 adults/seniors, $5 youth 12 and under. 11 a.m.-12:30, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Stageloft Repertory Theater, 450A Main St., Fiskdale. Call 508-347-9005.

Worcester State Theatre presents Student Directed One Act Plays - Sunday, May 1. Worcester State Theatre presents three one act plays directed by WSU students with vast experience in and around the stage. The one act plays are: The Dumb Waiter

by Harold Pinter as directed by Nathen Wheeler, MUD by Maria Irene Fornes as directed by Eddie Sanchez, and The Zoo Story by

Paint Lab for Kids! Summer Fields ($15) Ages 6-12.

Bring your painting clothes! Paint Lab for Kids is a painting class hosted every week! We provide everything; canvas, brushes, paint and easels! With step by step instruction your child will leave with a canvas creation of their own! Ages 6-12. Seating provided for parents to stay and watch. Call to reserve your spot! 508-757-7713. $15. 5-6 p.m. C.C. Lowell Art Supplies & Framing, 258 Park Ave. 508-757-7713 or cclowell.com Seeing the Civil War. Just as technological innovations made the Civil War one of the bloodiest conflicts in American history, innovations in printing and image making brought the war alive to both civilians and combatants alike. The war was seen as never before: soldiers and battlefields, politicians and generals, nurses and families, bombed cities and victory parades all filled newspapers and prints, photographs and stationery, games and broadsides.

This program will explore how Americans envisioned the conflict as it was being fought and how it was commemorated once the war ended. Through scholarly discussions and hands-on workshops, we’ll explore photographs, stereographic images, lithographs, drawings, illustrated newspapers, and ephemera of all kinds, such as recruiting broadsides and illustrated letters and envelopes. The Lead Scholar

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of the recently published Emblems of the Passing World: Poems after Photographs by August Sander. He writes for publications including the New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, Slate, is Joshua Brown who is a social historian and executive director of the Times Literary Supplement, and Pakn Treger. 11 a.m. | Oral the American Social History Project located at the City University of History Films Christa Whitney, director of the Center’s Wexler Oral New York. He is an expert on the history of American visual culture, History Project, will screen and then discuss two short films from and his current project focuses on the rise of the illustrated press. the project’s “Beyond the Books” series showcasing Yiddish literary He has worked closely with AAS in several capacities, including figures and their descendants: Ida Maze: The “Den Mother” of Yiddish conducting the CHAViC Summer Seminar in 2012 and delivering the >Saturday 30 Spring Morning Photo Walk. Discover the Village during the Montreal and Alter Esselin: Craftsman of Wood and Words. 11am & 2009 James Russell Wiggins Lecture in the History of the Book in 1pm | Tour the world’s first Yiddish museum! This 45-minute tour quiet morning hours when photo opportunities abound. The Village American Culture. The Center for Historic American Visual Culture takes the visitor through the Yiddish Book Center’s museum exhibits is closed to the general public for the first 2 hours of the program.

(CHAViC) is a program of the American Antiquarian Society that and allows them to... Discover the whole of Yiddish literature and Bring your own photography equipment and join our expert staff provides opportunities for people to learn about American visual its writers LEARN about Yiddish language Encounter the stories of photographer as she guides you through the historic properties, culture and resources, promotes awareness of AAS collections, and three immigrant families told through words, pictures, and artifacts both inside and out. Learn how to frame shots, explore working with stimulates research and intellectual inquiry into American visual Experience the world of rural Jews in 1912-1914 Glimpse life in the materials. $30. 6-9 p.m. American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury light and shadows, and walk away with some terrific photographs!

American Jewish home Explore a Yiddish print shop Watch classic Photographers of any level are welcome. Dress appropriately for St. 508-755-5221 or americanantiquarian.org Yiddish film clips listen to vintage Yiddish radio See our visiting the weather and wear comfortable shoes. Extra camera batteries exhibits Tour the Yiddish Writers Garden, and more Free. 10 a.m. to 4 recommended but not required. Price does not include regular >Thursday 28 – June 9 p.m. Yiddish Book Center, 1021 West St., Amherst. 413-256-4900 or Bodyshaping Strengthen & Sculpt for Women (1 hour). museum admission, should you wish to visit the museum following support.yiddishbookcenter.org the program. Maximum of 15 participants $10 members/$15 nonBodyshaping Strength & Sculpt for Women, instructed by ACE Advanced Zentangle. Instructor: Karen Keefe These 3 ½ Certified Master Trainer Lin Hultgren, will provide you with an effective members. 7:30-10:30 a.m. Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge hour sessions are for those who have already participated in the Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or osv.org upper, lower & core body conditioning program (with exercise Introduction to Zentangle class and are very familiar with the basic 13th Annual Women’s History bus trip. Join the Worcester >Saturday 30 – Sunday 1 emphasis focus on women’s most requested ‘need improvement Historic Craft Classes - April/May 2016. Spend some concepts, methodology and practices. These sessions will focus on Women’s History Project on our 13th annual bus trip to significant areas’, waist, hips, lower abs, glutes, thighs, triceps and lower lats) learning more complex tangles, blending of patterns, techniques of places of women’s history. We will be heading to Cambridge, stopping time at OSV learning a historical craft. Formerly known as Crafts utilizing body weight, handheld weights & bands. This one hour tangulation and use of various Zentangle tools with different media. at Concord’s Colonial Inn to hear speaker Christine DeLucia, Assistant at Close Range, these adult workshops vary from blacksmithing to class is non-impact, modification/beginner friendly, and will have textiles, coopering, foodways, and more. Come and try your hand at For example: zendalas, white on black tiles, and sepia tone on taupe Professor of History at Mt. Holyoke College, on the topic of “The you feeling/seeing positive results in weeks! Please bring a mat, a craft and take home your finished masterpiece! Unless otherwise tiles. Supplies and instruction will be provided along with materials water and handheld weights. $10 drop in fee. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Paxton History and Culture of Northeast Native American Women” followed specified, workshops will be held in the Museum Education building. for producing additional art at home. Member $45, Non-member $55. by lunch. On to Cambridge and the 21st Annual Harvard Pow Wow Center School, Cafe’, first doors on left in parking lot, 19 West St., Our April 30 and May 1 classes include Intro to Basketmaking, Intro 1-4:30 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. hosted by the Harvard University Native American Program. Last Paxton. 508-798-8576.

508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org to Pottery, Bread Making, Basic Blacksmithing, Forge Welding, and stop is Mount Auburn Cemetery which is recognized as one of the Food Gift Love: 100 Recipes to Make, Wrap, & Share more. Cost varies depending on class. Visit our website for more most significant designed landscapes in the country and listed in >Friday 29 information. Prices vary depending on class; $70-$255 for non OSV - Talk & Book-Signing. Instructor: Maggie Battista Maggie Preschool Story and Nature Hour - Rain Showers. Enjoy the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and designated a National Historic Landmark in 2003. Fee for WWHP members is $80 members. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Old Sturbridge Village, Museum Education Battista, food-gift guru and founder of Eat Boutique, will demonstrate an hour of nature-themed fun with your youngster. We’ll read an how to make madeleines, a sweet treat included in her book, Food engaging storybook, make a craft to take home, and go for a walk on and for others is $90. Deadline is April 19, 2016. Contact 508-767- Building, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 Gift Love. She’ll also offer creative guidance on how to wrap food or osv.org one of the sanctuary’s beautiful trails with lead teacher and naturalist, 1852 or info@wwhp.org. $80 WWHP member; $90 nonmember.

Art Workshop: Introduction to Digital Photography with gifts with style, just in time for Mother’s Day. Maggie is the founder/ Chris Eaton. Participants are invited to stay for an additional half hour 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Travel Destination 508-767-1852.

Norm Eggert. Learn how to take pictures like a pro! Photographer director of Eat Boutique, an award-winning online boutique and for free play in the classroom or play yard and socialization. For ages Asthma and Allergy Management Open House. Are you Norm Eggert leads beginning and intermediate students through the story-driven recipe site that’s the go-to resource for food gifts. Along 2.5 to 5 yrs. For more information and to register, call 978.464.2712. living with asthma or allergies? Our Certified Health Educator will essentials for capturing stunning pictures in the two-day introductory with selling an ever-changing collection of food gifts, hosting pop-up Adults- Free, $2 Child Members, $3 Child Nonmembers. 10:30-11:30 provide you with easy tips to help improve your environment and boutiques and hand-packing small batch food gifts for private clients, digital photography workshop. Students will learn some basic to better manage your asthma or allergies. Free carbon monoxide a.m. Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Maggie has written for Style Me Pretty, Food52 and Snippet & Ink. concepts needed to take great photographs: composition, lighting, screenings will also be provided to those who are interested. Free.

Goodnow Road, Princeton. 978-464-2712 or massaudubon.org Her first cookbook, Food Gift Love, featuring more than 100 recipes and balance as well as key features of a DSLR camera. Students Stand Against Racism Community Forum. Free community 9:30 a.m.-noon Fallon Information Center, 50 Boston Turnpike, to make, wrap and share, was released by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will then venture out into the Fruitlands campus to photograph the Shrewsbury. 866-209-5073 or fchp.org workshop. Bring your brown bag lunch! Free. Noon-1 p.m. YWCA grounds and learn to see with a photographer’s eye through one-on- in October 2015. She has received the Oracle Award for Storytelling Reflexology Spa Day with Joanne LaLiberte. Call 508of Central Massachusetts, Gymnasium, 1 Salem Square. 508-791Excellence in the Northeast. Margot Chamberlain’s versatile approach one coaching and group tutorials. At the end of day two, students 949-6232 to register. Joanne LaLiberte is a certified pre-med and 3181, ext. 3049. to harp and song brings an underlying poetic weave to support Arbor Day Tree Walk. Leader: John Trexler, Tower Hill Executive holistic health educator. $20/20 minute session. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 will share their best works in a group critique that will include tips each tale. Free with Admission. 1-2 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, p.m. Booklovers’ Gourmet, 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232. for exercising newly acquired skills after the workshop is complete.

Director Emeritus Walk the wilds of Tower Hill and learn about the Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Building and Space is limited. To register, contact programming@fruitlands.org or 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg. great diversity of habitats and the tree species they support. Free call (978) 456-3924, ext. 239. $200 Members, $250 Nonmembers. thankyou4caring.org with Admission, Pre-registration required. 1-2 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Running the Rock and Native Plant Gardens at The New York Botanical Garden. Presenter: Jody Payne Being a Art Time: Gifts for Mom ages 3-13 with Adult. $10 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or garden director and curator at a major botanical garden means being Harvard. 978-456-3924 or fruitlands.org Members, $15 Nonmembers. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org a multi-tasker of the highest order. Not only must she understand the 55 Salisbury St. 508-793-4333 or worcesterart.org Spring Evening Photo Walk. Explore the Village during the >Sunday 1 plants and their needs, but she builds collections, oversees design “magic hour”- that special time of day when the light is especially >Monday 2 and installation, and works with gardeners, volunteers, and students. Primrose Show at Tower Hill Botanic Garden. Presented golden. The Village is to the public during this time, so this is a Fun at Five Networking. Join us for spring networking under by the New England Chapter of the American Primrose Society.

Jody will talk about her experiences “doing it all” at The New York rare opportunity for fantastic photos! Bring your own photography Included with admission. Free for members. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tower the Reception Tent at the only lakeside venue in the area The equipment and join our expert staff photographer as she guides you Botanical Garden. Sponsored by the New England Chapter of the Sturbridge Host Hotel! Mingle and network with a vivacious crowd, North American Rock Garden Society Free with Admission. 11 a.m.- Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111. through the historic properties, both inside and out. Learn how to enjoy the fresh air, beautiful vistas, tasty appetizers and chances to frame shots, explore working with light and shadows, and walk away noon Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869- Yiddish Book Center Open House. Schedule 2 p.m. | The win cool drawing prizes. Our sponsor, Velvet Greene Garden Center, 2016 Melinda Rosenblatt Lecture presented by Adam Kirsch: “Is 6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org with some wonderful photographs! Photographers of any level are will present an outstanding display of hanging baskets, planters, There Such a Thing as Jewish Literature?” Jews take pride in the Learn to Use the Potter’s Wheel. Use the potter’s wheel to welcome. Dress appropriately for the weather and wear comfortable bedding plants, and more depending on what’s in full bloom in the throw pots, and bowls, and have fun while learning. You will be taught name “the people of the book”; the Jewish literary tradition is shoes. Extra camera batteries recommended but not required. thousands of years long, spanning many languages and genres and a first days of May! Just in time for Mother’s Day on May 8th, you can the basics of throwing, practice on the wheel under the instructor’s Limited space remaining. Price does not include regular museum wide variety of approaches to religious questions. But does anything even purchase plants for cash at the event! RSVP by phone or email admission, should you wish to visit the museum before the program. guidance, and decorate and fire your successful “first works”. to join us. $10 for pre-registered Members, $15 at the door, $20 for define Jewish literature, formally or thematically, beyond the mere Maximum of 15 participants. $10 members/$15 non-members. 4-7 *Limited to 10 students $59. 1-4 p.m. Worcester Center for Crafts, p.m. Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. Wheelthrowing Studio, 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183, ext. 301 fact of its being written by a Jew? Adam Kirsch explores the fraught non-Members. 5-7 p.m. Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center, 366 Main St., Sturbridge. 508-347-2761 or cmschamber.ning.com history of attempts to define Jewish literature and looks for clues to or register.worcestercraftcenter.org 800-733-1830 or osv.org Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP). its definition and its future. Adam Kirsch is director of the master’s Paint Lab for Kids! Summer Fields ($15) Ages 6-12.

Fused Jewelry for Mom. Come make beautiful fused glass Meets the first Monday of every month. GRASP was created to help program in Jewish studies at Columbia University and the author jewelry for Mother’s Day! You’ll learn about the basics of cutting and Bring your painting clothes! Paint Lab for Kids is a painting class

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shaping glass for fusing, make 1 or 2 jewelry pieces that you’ll leave at the end of class for firing. Your finished creations will be ready for you a few days after the class. No experience necessary, all materials included. $60. 6:30-8:30 p.m. New Street Glass Studio, Flat Shop, 35B New St. 508-753-8183, ext. 301 or register.worcestercraftcenter. org

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hosted every week! We provide everything; canvas, brushes, paint and easels! With step by step instruction your child will leave with a canvas creation of their own! Ages 6-12. Seating provided for parents to stay and watch. Call to reserve your spot! 508-757-7713. $15. 2-3 p.m. C.C. Lowell Art Supplies & Framing, 258 Park Ave. 508-7577713 or cclowell.com Make your own hula hoop workshop. Join us for some hoop making fun! $39 includes hula hoop materials and beginners class. Hula-hooping is a great workout and a lot of fun for both kids and adults! When it comes to adult play, toy store hoops fall short.

It’s best to get a hoop that fits with your body’s dimensions. So why not make your own? The great part about making your own hoop is that you can decorate it and make it unique. And have some laughs and conversation while you’re at it! Hoop making material will be provided. Find yourself a fun, colorful tape that you would like to use and bring it along! There’s a ton of duct tape patterns out there now, let your imagination run wild. :) If you would like to make additional hoops to practice with or to give as gifts the cost is $29 per hoop.

Join us the following weeks for hoop classes! You can use our hoops or bring your own! $39. 7-8:30 p.m. New England Fitness Compound, 88 Webster St. Find them on Facebook.

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provide resources of help, compassion and most of all understanding for families who have had a loved one die through drug use. We are a community of those who have lost a loved one to addiction. And we understand the isolation, the stigma, the special kind of pain that accompanies this loss. We are here. We are walking the same path.

Take our hand. And we will walk together. Free. 7-8:30 p.m. Our Lady of the Angels Church, Parish Center, 1222 Main St. 508-755-5041 or grasphelp.org

a “war on terror” will be explored in a panel discussion at 3:30 p.m.

Monday, May 2 at Ellis White Lecture Hall in Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St. Admission is free and open to the public. The topic will be explored by Fitchburg State faculty members Eric Budd (Economics, History and Political Science) and Heather Urbanski (English Studies) with graduate student and veteran Ross Caputi. The talk will draw on experts from the campus to introduce a discussion of the lessons and legacy of a war on terror that has helped to shape the country - and the world - for nearly 15 years. The panel will look at the lessons and legacy from multiple perspectives. 3:30-5 p.m. Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, Ellis White Lecture Hall, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg.

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Stress Management Program. A four-week thought provoking workshop. Learn how to take care of yourself to reduce stress. Topics include the definition of stress, techniques to decrease stress in our lives, prioritizing commitments, healthy eating and exercise, and relaxation techniques. This is free and open to the community.

Free. 11 a.m.-noon Fallon Information Center, 50 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury. 866-209-5073 or fchp.org

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Great Books! Discussion Group. Join us in a discussion of the classics. Reserve your copy today! May 4: “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez free. 7-9 p.m. Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room, 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655.

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Comic Book Backgrounds and Living Space. $89.00 : Part 1 & 2 of Comic Book Backgrounds and Living Space. Tuesday, 4:306pm. May 3rd (Part 1) and May 10th (Part 2) Do you find drawing backgrounds to be an absolute chore? This workshop will make the challenge of drawing realistic backgrounds & environments more manageable as students explore tried and true methods of drawing objects and buildings in perspective. Workshop will include exercises with figures, lighting effects, and rendering worlds and environments so engaging, readers will feel that they can step right into them.

About The Artist Learn the basics with artist Michael McMenemy.

Enter the world of sequential art and develop your own graphic novel with memorable characters and unique settings. Michael McMenemy is a graduate of Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, where he studied Illustration, and took a profound interest in sequential art and storytelling. He endeavors to improve as a graphic storyteller by exploring new approaches to the craft and developing innovations within the comics medium. See examples of his work in the Worcester-centric children’s book, Siegfried, the graphic novel Dirt: Green Tornado Water, and ongoing comics series Something Creepy and Pale Dragon. More at mcnemesis.com In each workshop, Michael will guide students through each step of the process of creating a comic book, from concept to publication. Students are encouraged to attend all courses, but can also choose a single course that they would enjoy or benefit the most from. Call us to sign up today, 508757-7713 $89. 4:30-6 p.m. C.C. Lowell Art Supplies & Framing, 258 Park Ave. 508-757-7713 or cclowell.com

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Discover Art: Dots for Tots ages 14-36 months with Adults. $10 Members, $15 Nonmembers. 11 a.m.-noon Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. 508-793-4333 or worcesterart.org

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Meditation: a Smile and a Long, Slow, Deep Breath.

Explore meditation, refresh a stale practice, or simply come and meditate with others. Led by Donna Mitchell-Moniak, founder of Spirit Fire Meditative Retreat Center, this four-week class will include techniques within meditation and the results each brings, meditation sessions, and discussions about meditation experiences. Common challenges and simple solutions to establishing a practice will also be explored. Donna teaches The Practice of Living Awareness, a contemporary meditation practice that combines traditional meditation techniques with engaging one’s senses. Students are sure to find these classes both restoring and refreshing. Participants should wear comfortable clothing. Space is limited. To register, contact programming@fruitlands.org or call (978) 456-3924, ext. 239. $60 Members, $70 Nonmembers. 6:30-8 p.m. Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-456-3924 or fruitlands.org

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>Wednesday 4 – June 8

Self-Care for Caregivers. Have you set aside your life to care for another resulting in your health and well-being negatively impacted? As a former Alzheimer’s caregiver, and a caregiver educator, Mary Beth is passionate about helping others skillfully navigate the path of caregiving. Come to educational sessions, learn movement, meditation, yoga and conscious communication techniques, so you can support yourself. You will also share and learn from others in similar circumstances, feeling support as our community of caregivers gathers and grows. Tapping into the wisdom of positive psychology and strengths-based education, you will develop new skills for managing stress and incorporating self-care into your real and busy life. $15 Class $80/ 6 Week Series. 10-11 a.m. Pathways to Wellness, Sakura Yoga Studio 2nd Floor, 50 Elm St. 508-556-7022 or sakura.pathways2wellnessllc.com Yoga for Everyone. A Gentle Kripalu yoga class, it is an accessible practice designed to adapt to all body types, ages, and fitness levels. Kripalu Yoga is built on a distinctive invitation to use postures to engage in self-compassion and non-judgmental awareness. Students are encouraged to meet the needs of their body type through gentle exploration of their physical edge. Students learn to attune to their bodies and practice at an intensity that feels right in the present moment. $15 Class $80/ 6 Week Series. Noon-1 p.m.

Pathways to Wellness, Sakura Yoga Studio 2nd Floor, 50 Elm St. .

508-556-7022 or sakura.pathways2wellnessllc.com Teen Yoga. Based on the Kripalu Yoga in the School’s curriculum, the only scientifically validated evidence-based teen yoga curriculum that was researched by Harvard, join a fun, fast paced series of 6 yoga classes specifically designed to meet the unique emotional and developmental needs of teens and adolescents. The curriculum targets Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) competencies, including

stress management, self-appreciation, confidence, compassion, and relationship skills. $15 Class $80/ 6 Week Series. 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Pathways to Wellness, Sakura Yoga Studio 2nd Floor, 50 Elm St. 508-556-7022 or sakura.pathways2wellnessllc.com Wellness Yoga. Come practice with like-minded people in a supportive community and learn tools for healing, health and wellbeing. A research-based practice focused on empowering students with tools for emotional balance, it is an ideal practice for those with PTSD, depression, anxiety or an imbalance of joy.

This practice is an empirically informed clinically tested program comprised of five practices: Breathing techniques, Postures, Yoga Nidra, Meditation and Gratitude that form a toolbox for strength and resilience. Safe and gentle, no prior yoga experience is necessary in order to deeply benefit from the program. $15 Class $80/ 6 Wk Series. 6-7 p.m. Pathways to Wellness, Sakura Yoga Studio 2nd Floor, 50 Elm St. 508-556-7022 or sakura.pathways2wellnessllc.com Restorative Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra. Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra is a restorative guided meditation practice that relaxes you at every level of being. There is no way to do it wrong, you simply lie down and listen.

Through props, breath awareness, body scanning, healing music and nature imagery, Divine Sleep invites you to become aware of each layer of being without needing to fix anything. Yoga Nidra has been proven to relieve chronic pain and fatigue, stress, anxiety and depression, high blood pressure, insomnia and nervous system dysregulation of PTSD. $15 Class $80/ 6 Week Series. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Pathways to Wellness, Sakura Yoga Studio 2nd Floor, 50 Elm St. 508-556-7022 or sakura. pathways2wellnessllc.com

lectures >Monday 2

Lessons from the War on Terror. The legacy of 15 years of

Family Birdwalk at Broad Meadow Brook. Broad Meadow Brook is a great place to watch and learn about birds. Kids and grownups can appreciate the beauty and amazing abilities of our feathered friends. This program will introduce you to some common backyard birds, their songs, and birdwatching techniques, just in time for spring and Bird-a-Thon. Bring binoculars if you have them, or we have some to lend. For ages 6 and older. For more information and to register, call 508.753.6087. $3 Adult Members, $4 Adult Non-members, $2 Child Members, $3 Child Non-members. 9-10 a.m. Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org

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Sogetsu Ikebana. Experience the beautiful art of Sogetsu Ikebana, an internationally recognized school of Japanese flower arranging, with award-winning teacher Kaye Vosburgh. Instructor will contact you about supplies and materials you need to bring. Member $35, Non-member $50, per class. 9:30 a.m.-noon Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org

>Saturday 30

Primrose Show at Tower Hill Botanic Garden. Saturday, April 30th, from 10am to 5pm and Sunday, May 1st, from 10am to 4pm. Included with admission. Free for members. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111.

Derek Jeter Presents Night at the Stadium Storytime.

Seven-year-old Gideon is overjoyed to be at Yankee Stadium watching his favorite team win! And when the game is over, he’s going to get an autograph from his favorite player. However, Gideon gets separated from his family and then he tumbles into a secret part of the stadium. There he discovers a magical world where everything from the rakes and the hoses to the bats and balls to the food to the monuments in Monument Park has a story to tell. But can Gideon finally find his family and get the autograph he really wants? Free.

11-11:30 a.m. Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Millbury, 70 Worcester Providence Turnpike, Millbury. 508-865-2801 or bn.com Clifford the Big Red Dog Visits Storytime. Clifford visits Storytime! Free. 1-1:30 p.m. Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Millbury, 70 Worcester Providence Turnpike, Millbury. 508-865-2801 or bn.com

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>Saturday 30 – Sunday 1

Primrose Show. Presented by the New England Chapter of the American Primrose Society Saturday, April 30, 10am–5pm Sunday, May 1, 10am–4pm Most people probably know Primroses as the ubiquitous potted plants with bright pastel flowers that land in every garden center and grocery store in February and March to brighten winter’s darkest days. However, few gardeners are aware of the amazing versatility in the genus Primula, and the wonderful contribution these plants can make to the home landscape. There are actually more than 450 species of Primula in the wild, ranging in height from a few millimeters to over a meter tall, and their flowers can be red, blue-purple, yellow, white, and all shades in between. They are attractive to gardeners for their early spring bloom and adaptability to garden and greenhouse cultivation. Many are especially adaptable to shade and rock garden environments. Free with admission. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111.

>Tuesday 3

Daffodil Show. Presented by the Seven States Daffodil Society Tuesday, May 3, 12noon–8pm Wednesday, May 4, 10am–4pm Free with Admission. Free with admission. Noon-8 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111.

>Wednesday 4 – Sunday 8

Records & Burpee Children’s Zoo. Educational Family Fun! Camel & Pony Rides! Come see baby goats & sheep, petting animals, lemurs, yak, monkey, coatis, parrots & more! Free admission. Klem’s, Field, 117 W Main St., Spencer. 508-885-2708 or klemsonline.com

fundraisers >Friday 29

Fund Raiser for Madie Strong. Please join us at The Barn at Wight Farm in Sturbridge, Mass. to support Madie Strong. Madison Miller is a beautiful 14-year-old-young woman who is battling a rare form of childhood cancer. We hope you’ll join us and many others from our local community in the support of Madie Strong along with her family and friends. $20 donation requested at the door. The event will feature- Wine Tasting by Yankee Spirits Hors d’oeuvres by Table 3 Restaurant Group Live Music by Joyco Raffles for great prizes For Reservations contact Kristin Peterson at kpeterson@yankeespirits. com. $25 donation at the door. 7-11 p.m. The Barn at Wight Farm, 420 Main St., Sturbridge. 774-241-8450 or t3chefs.com

>Saturday 30

4th Annual Chords for Cancer. Dedicated to raising cancer awareness, Chords for Cancer has has helped raise thousands of dollars for the UMass Memorial Medical Center Cancer Center in Worcester, MA, as well as give exposure to some extremely talented local artists. The Onyx Room at Western Avenue Studios, 122 Western Ave., Lowell.

Yard Sale. Yard sale Elm Street Congregational Church Corner of Elm and Park Streets 61 Elm Street Southbridge, MA 01550 (Next to the Southbridge Town Hall) Saturday, April 30th 8am-2pm Indoor and Outdoor (Rain or Shine) For more information please contact the church office AT 508-764-8058 Free. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Elm Street Congregational Church, Fellowship Hall, 61 Elm St., Southbridge.

508-764-8058 or find them on Facebook.

2016 5K/Walk for Autism Acceptance. 5K Run USATF certified route at 9am Kids Fun Run & Walk at 10:30am Registration starts at 7:30am $30 Adult Runner, $20 under 18, $20 student for

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collection to the public to browse and purchase. On top of that, owner Patty Cryan will be give short talks at 1:00 PM on both days.

On Saturday, she will talk about books that talk about books, and on Sunday, she will share some of her adventures working with vintage books. Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester has been finding and selling vintage books for several years, but mostly through private and online sales so the books could be kept protected and safely handled.

Recently, owner Patty came into a larger collection of vintage books they were particularly excited about. Bookstore staff, clad in archival gloves to protect the books, have been researching and listing all the books in our inventory. All books will be available through the bookstores usual outlets for online and private sales, but for this >Tuesday 3 weekend only, anyone is able to peruse the beautiful, uncommon, Adopt-A-Book. At this event, people will have the opportunity to and historical collection. From rare translations, to special illustrated view rare books, pamphlets, newspapers, prints and other historic editions, to first editions, the selection is wide and eclectic. Come items that have been acquired during the past year and found a out and celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with ABSW and get a home at AAS. They can then adopt one or more of these materials chance to look through our special collection of vintage books! Free! in their name, a friend’s name or in memory of a special person. An 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St. 508-796-5613.

AAS curator will use this gift to buy something equally interesting World Tai Chi & Qi Gong Day 2016. Free. 10 a.m.-noon YWCA of Central Massachusetts, 1 Salem Square. 508-767-2505. in the coming year. Sample items for adoption include: issues of Craft Brew Races - Worcester. The 5k will begin at 12:00 p.m. historic newspapers priced from $10-75; a broadside at $35; a at Worcester Common. All runners must check in prior to the run at Bib children’s book for $40; a popular novel at $75; a volume of poetry Pick Up to receive their race number, timing chip and 21+ bracelet. for $100; and a lithograph or engraving from $100-1,000. All Bib pick up & onsite registration Location: Worcester Common (map) donations to the 2016 Adopt-A-Book are tax deductible and will be | Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. It is strongly recommended that all permanently recorded on a special bookplate and in the AAS online runners arrive early to registration to alleviate race day delays. TEAMS library catalog. During the event, Society curators will also describe their collections and explain what they buy and why. The AAS library Gather your friends, family or mutual craft brew lovers and join or create aims to collect one copy of everything printed in America through the a team when registering to compete for the team prizes. Three award nation’s centennial in 1876. The annual Adopt-A-Book event is a way categories include Largest Team, Largest Brewery Team, and Fastest the public can help AAS fulfill its mission while learning more about Team. More Info Awards and medals All 5k participants will receive a historic printed materials and the inner workings of a major American Craft Brew Races medal at the finish line. Awards will be presented to the top three male and female finisher’s during the post-race Brew research library. $10. 6 p.m.-8 a.m. American Antiquarian Society, Festival. Prices Vary, Please Refer to Website. Noon-4 p.m. Travel 185 Salisbury St. 508-755-5221 or americanantiquarian.org Destination 401-856-9197 or craftbrewraces.com the 5K, $25 Walk/family. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. DCR’s Quinsigamond State Craft Brew Races Worcester. Charitable Beneficiary: Park (Lake Park), Intersection of Hamilton St. and Lake Ave. 508Preservation Worcester is the charitable beneficiary of the Worcester 298-1607 or firstgiving.com Craft Brew Races. A portion of all proceeds will go towards Walk to Defeat ALS. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Commerce Bank Field at Preservation Worcester. Event Overview Dress Up: Optional... and Foley Stadium, 305 Chandler St. webma.alsa.org >Friday 29 entirely unnecessary... but definitely encouraged! Run: Or Walk! A 9th Annual East Meets West Health & Business Fair Stand Against Racism. A celebration of culture and diversity, relaxed, but timed midday 5k open to runners and walkers on scenic & Blood Drive. Vendors wanted - space is still available! Join featuring song, dance, spoken word and other performances. Join courses. Drink: A 3-hour Craft Brew Festival featuring sampling of Life-Skills, Inc. and Page Chiropractic Health Center at our 9th annual us as we pledge to end racism and discrimination! Free. 3-5 p.m. over 20 local breweries. What do I need to bring?: You will need East Meets West Health Fair & Business Bonanza at Bartlett High Worcester City Hall Common, Front St. 508-791-3181, ext. 3049 or your ID in order to receive your 21+ bracelet when you pick up School gymnasium in Webster, MA. This interactive fair will offer find them on Facebook. your race bib prior to the race. The bracelet must be worn during free screenings, raffles, demonstrations & more from a variety of Worcester Pride Youth Game night. Worcester Pride Youth the race and presented for entry into the Festival. Festival Only and conventional and holistic vendors and local businesses. We are also Committee is hosting a Queer Game Night! We will have games like Designated Driver participants must present their ID at the gate of hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive at this event. Admission Risk, Uno, Jenga, and more. The event will be in the Conference the Brew Festival following the race for access to the festival. Food is free and you can enter into a drawing for our flat screen TV Room at Nu Cafe towards the back of the cafe. This is a free event vendors will be onsite selling, so cash is also recommended. Parking: giveaway! Come and enjoy free samples of healthy food, beauty and food and drinks will be provided. It is open to youth of all ages.

There is no parking available immediately at the Common, however products, demonstrations, and indulge yourself in an energy healing For more information please contact youthprideworcester@gmail. session. You’ll be sure to leave with a better understanding of what com Free! 5-8 p.m. Nu Cafe, 335 Chandler St. 508-926-8800 or find there are a number of downtown garages available on race day for race participants at their standard rates (Parkopedia map). These your community has to offer for good health & better living! Proceeds them on Facebook. garages include the Commercial St. Garage, Worcester Public Library, from this event benefit adults with developmental, emotional, and Federal Plaza Municipal Garage, and the Worcester Plaza Garage. intellectual disabilities served by Life-Skills, Inc. Free. 11 a.m. to >Friday 29 – Saturday 30 21+ Event: This is a 21+ event, no exceptions. No one under the 3 p.m. Bartlett High School, Webster, MA, Gymnasium, 52 Lake Friends of the Worcester Public Library. 10-4, 10 a.m. age of 21 is permitted to participate in the event, including babies, Parkway, Webster. 508-943-0700, ext. 2130 or life-skillsinc.org to 4 p.m. Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room, 3 Salem Square. children and pets. Advance tickets: 5k + Brewfest $55, Brewfest only 508-799-1655. $45, Designated Driver $15 - Day of ticket prices increase by $10. >Sunday 1 Noon-4 a.m. Worcester City Hall Common, Front St. 508-799-1175 3rd Annual Millbury Parents Club 5K and Fun Run. >Saturday 30 or craftbrewraces.com The Millbury Parents Club’s 3rd Annual 5k and Fun Run will be May International Tabletop Games Day. Don’t miss our annual Family Discovery Day: All about Art. Celebrate art and the 1st. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year to raise money for the celebration of tabletop gaming! Stop by any time during the day to Millbury Public Schools to help pay for things that aren’t covered by meet some fellow gamers, learn a new game, or teach an old favorite. creative spirit during this family-friendly art extravaganza! See the creative endeavors of talented teens featured in special exhibition the school budget including buses for field trips, science programs, Refreshments and door prizes will be on hand. No need to register Student Art Competition and vote for your favorite piece. Explore reading programs and more. Link to Registration: app.racereach.

- just drop in! Free! Shrewsbury Public Library Temp Site, Meeting materials and techniques found in the exhibition or try a traditional com/r/millbury-parents-club-3rd-annual-5k-fun-run/details Windle Room, 214 Lake St., Shrewsbury. 508-841-8533 or find them on art form inspired by Fruitlands’ historic collections. Explore the Field, Millbury, Canal St. (Route 122A), Millbury. app.racereach.com Facebook.

Walk for Hunger & 5K Run. Register for the 48th annual Walk Independent Bookstore Day Vintage Book Sale. Saturday, walking trails and contribute to a nature collage that will grow right out of the Fruitlands landscape. Packed with fun, this afternoon for Hunger & 5k on May 1st in Boston! On Sunday, May 1st 2016, April 30, is Independent Bookstore Day, and ABSW is making the promises to be an artful adventure for young and young at heart! Free more than 40,000 people will come together on the Boston Common whole weekend into a celebration for our friends! For the whole with admission. Noon-4 p.m. Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill to make a powerful statement about hunger in Massachusetts. Money weekend from April 30 - May 1, the store will open its vintage book Road, Harvard. 978-456-3924 or fruitlands.org

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Enjoy music from the Isaiah Broadside Ballad Collection with David and Ginger Hildebrand Friday, April 28, 7-9 p.m., at the American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury St., Worcester. For more information, visit americanantiquarian.org, email library@mwa.org or call 508-755-5221.

raised from the Walk will be used to develop and fund hundreds of critical programs that provide hunger relief to families and individuals across the state. In addition to the scenic 10-mile Walk course along the Charles River, this year the Walk for Hunger (no registration fee) will kick off with a 5k ($40 registration fee; $45 day-of registration fee) starting on the Boston Common. Whether you jog the 5k, walk one mile, or all 10, please register and donate today at projectbread. org/walk, and join the tradition. Walk: Free (Donations strongly encouraged!); 5k: $40 (If registered before 5/1), $45 (If registered on 5/1). 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Boston Common, 147 Tremont St., Boston.

617-723-5000, ext. 523 or projectbread.org

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The WorcShop Grand Opening. Come celebrate the grand opening of The WorcShop! We are proud to announce that The Worcshop has secured a 6 year lease on our new 18,000 sqft facility, in Worcester, MA. We are a creative cowork facility that will seamlessly integrate traditional art with artisanal crafts, progressive design & cutting edge technology. Our goal is to provide members of our community access to resources that will allow them to learn about and pursue, without serious monetary restrictions, whatever inspiration or innovation they choose. Presently, we see a new opportunity in organizational collaboration where we can pool our resources and share our tools and knowledge, essentially ensuring that any creative possibility could be realized. Our Grand Opening celebration will featured an entire day of family friendly fun. Live music, live art, performance acts, blacksmithing demos & clothed figure drawing, handmade items from local craftspeople & more... *Suggested Donation $ 15-20* Lineup The Alchemystics facebook. com/alchemystics Rebel Alliance facebook.com/rebelalliance413 The Headband facebook.com/theheadband Eye Witness facebook. com/eyewitnessrocks Fox & The Dragon m.facebook.com/ foxandthedragon/ Terraphorm m.facebook.com/Terraphormmusic/ Shane Hall Mitz (dj) Lightshow by Illuminati Illuminations Snack booth from Catered by Emilee Electric Haze will be running a beer garden & hookah lounge Donations Center courtesy of Worcester Free Store (clothing, toys, home goods, etc) & Strangers Helping Strangers (food) Stay tuned for more annoucements over the next few weeks, & we look forward to seeing you all! To get involved, or inquire about vending or performing contact us a theworcshop@ gmail.com theworcshop.com $15-20 suggested donation. Noon-9 p.m. The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St. theworcshop.com

>Saturday 30 – Sunday 1

Two Nations Powwow. This is the 19th annual Two Nations

Powwow. At this Native American style cultural festival you will be able to experience everything from native music and drumming, to dancing, traditional regalia, a teepee village, food, arts & crafts vendors, storytelling, cultural activities and teachings, and much, much more. This will be our fourth year at the Auburn Sportsman’s Club, Auburn, MA (50 Elm Street, off Rt 20). We are proud and grateful to the Club for their continued sponsorship and partnership with us in putting on this great event. Our powwow is free and open to the public, so we invite you all to come on down and join us in celebrating our heritage and experiencing Native American culture and community. You’ll have a great time enjoying the outdoors while getting a little taste of how things use to be; as well as how we live our traditions today. Entry into the Powwow is free, but there is a $5.00 fee, per car, to park at the Sportsman’s Club. Come and enjoy! $5 parking fee per car. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Auburn Sportsmam’s Club, 50 Elm St., Auburn. 508-791-3770.

>Sunday 1

New England VegFest. Sunday, May 1, 2016 The New England VegFest is a free festival that brings the local community together to celebrate vegetarianism: an animal-friendly, environmentally sustainable, and healthy lifestyle. For more information, visit the website 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. DCU Center- Arena and Convention Center, 50 Foster St. 508-755-6800 or dcucenter.com New England VegFest 2016. New England Vegfest is a free festival that brings the local community together to celebrate vegetarianism_ an animal-friendly, environmentally sustainable, and healthy lifestyle. The event (which began as “The Worcester VegFest” back in 2010) is now in it’s 7th year and will feature 120+ socially responsible exhibitors, inspiring national speakers, vegan food court, and complimentary samples of food and product. The event will also include vegan cooking demos, educational exhibits,

book-signing, children’s activities, and fundraising raffles. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. DCU Center- Arena and Convention Center, North Exhibition Hall / Showcase Corner, 50 Foster St. 508-755-6800 or newenglandvegfest.com Vintage Book Sale Sunday. Saturday, April 30, is Independent Bookstore Day, and ABSW is making the whole weekend into a celebration for our friends! For the whole weekend from April 30 May 1, the store will open its vintage book collection to the public to browse and purchase. On top of that, owner Patty Cryan will be give short talks at 1:00 PM on both days. On Saturday, she will talk about books that talk about books, and on Sunday, she will share some of her adventures working with vintage books. Annie’s Book Stop of Worcester has been finding and selling vintage books for several years, but mostly through private and online sales so the books could be kept protected and safely handled. Recently, owner Patty came into a larger collection of vintage books they were particularly excited about. Bookstore staff, clad in archival gloves to protect the books, have been researching and listing all the books in our inventory.

All books will be available through the bookstores usual outlets for online and private sales, but for this weekend only, anyone is able to peruse the beautiful, uncommon, and historical collection. From rare translations, to special illustrated editions, to first editions, the selection is wide and eclectic. Come out and celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with ABSW and get a chance to look through our special collection of vintage books! Free. Noon-6 p.m. Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St. 508-796-5613.

>Wednesday 4

Daffodil Show. Presented by the Seven States Daffodil Society Tuesday, May 3, 12noon_8pm Wednesday, May 4, 10am-4pm Free with Admission. Free with Admission, $12 adult, $9 senior, $7 child 6-18, child under 6 free. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden,

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“Star Wars Day-May the 4th Be With You” X-Wing Learn to Play Event. Join us as we celebrate all things Star Wars and learn to play Star Wars X-Wing. “May the 4th Be With You!” free. 7-8 p.m. Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Millbury, 70 Worcester Providence Turnpike, Millbury. 508-865-2801 or bn.com

dance >Friday 29

A Jookin’ Jam Session with Lil Buck, Cristina Pato & Friends. “a tremendous virtuoso, with a lovely, light wit” - The New Yorker Enjoy an evening of celebration headlined by the jookin’ phenomenon Lil Buck, who came to international attention when ballet star turned director Damian Woetzel paired the young dancer with cellist Yo-Yo Ma. The performance, captured on video by Spike Jonze, went viral, with over 3 million views to date. Lil Buck has gone on to perform with New York City Ballet and in Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson: One, the Spike Jonze film Her, Benjamin Millepied’s NOWNESS videos. In the latest of a series of unique performances created by Damian Woetzel, Lil Buck is joined by a stellar cast of musicians, marking the welcome return of Fall ‘15 ATB artist-inresidence, Galician gaita player Cristina Pato. We expect a capacity audience for this event. RSVP recommended at bit.ly/1X3YJUy. In the event of inclement weather, the performance will be held at Dinand Library, Main Reading Room. For updates, visit www.holycross. edu/lilbuck Co-sponsored by the Office of Advancement and in conjunction with the 2016 Academic Conference, College of the Holy Cross free. 8-10 p.m. College of the Holy Cross: Hogan Campus

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Irish Contra Dance. Join the Worcester Folk Orchestra for an evening of dancing with Paul Wilde calling jigs & reels! No partner or experience necessary! $10 per person or $5 Per foot $10. 7-10 p.m.

Fiddlers’ Green Pub & Restaurant, Hall, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700 or find them on Facebook.

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The Reminisants ~ Real Rock n Roll Band with Real Rock n Rollers. Sunday May 1st 2016 The Reminisants Band Leominster - Fitchburg Elks (Dance2Swing) 134 North Main St. Leominster MA 01453 6:00pm Doors Open 6:45pm ~ Beginner Group Swing Dance Lesson... 7:30pm ~ The Reminisants Band Admission Only $14 Singles and Couples Always Welcome. All Dance2Swing Events are Beginner & Social Friendly Please invite your friends, They will be glad you did. For Wicked Easy Directions: Visit our web-site below Next Week:5/8/16 The Love Dogs Band $14. 6:45-10:30 p.m. Leominster Elks Lodge 1237, 134 N. Main St., Leominster. 978-840-3375 or dance2swing.com

>Wednesday 4

Spring Dance Concert. This eagerly anticipated annual collaboration by our dance instructors ~ Kaela Lee, Jimena Bermejo and Audra Carabetta ~ presents an exciting range of original pieces by students and faculty, and sometimes includes interpolations from the classical and modern repertory. No admission charge. 7-8 p.m., 9 p.m.-10 p.m. College of the Holy Cross: O’Kane Hall, Fenwick Theatre, 1 College St.

poetry >Sunday 1

The Hangover Hour Spoken Word Salon. Each gathering of The Hangover Hour honors the work of a dead poet. We specialize in lost or forgotten poets whose powerful work lingers on bookshelves gathering in dust. As always host Dave Macpherson will provide a few laughs along with a literary libation and a performance by the Second Hand Penny Players. Open mic precedes the feature. Come on down.

Donations accepted for the performer. 5-6:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

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April 30 vs. Lafayette @ Holy Cross, 4:35 p.m.

May 1 vs. Lafayette @ Holy Cross, 1:05 p.m. (Senior Day) May 1 vs Lafayette @ Holy Cross, 3:35 p.m. (Senior Day) Assumption April 30 @ Saint Anselm, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.

May 1 @ Saint Anselm, 1p.m.

May 3 vs. Stonehill, 3:30 p.m.

Nichols April 28 vs. Fitchburg State, 3 p.m.

April 30 vs. Eastern Nazarene, 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

May 1 @ Roger Williams, 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

May 3 vs. Westfield State, 3:30 p.m.

WPI April 30, NEWMAC Tournament Semifinals Game 1 @ Clark, 12 p.m.

April 30, NEWMAC Tournament Semifinals Game 2 @ Clark, 3 p.m.

May 1, NEWMAC Tournament Semifinals Game 3 (if necessary) @ Clark, 1 p.m.

Anna Maria April 30 vs. Johnson & Wales (RI), 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

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Worcester State April 28 @ Salve Regina, 3:30 p.m.

April 30 @ MCLA, 12 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

May 2 vs. UMass Dartmouth, 3:30 p.m.

Clark University April 28 @ 7:00 P.M. Clark University @ Rivier

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Holy Cross April 30 vs Boston University @ Holy Cross, 12:05 p.m.

April 30 vs Boston University @ Holy Cross, 2:05 p.m.

May 1 vs Boston University @ Holy Cross, 12:05 p.m. (Senior Day) May 4 vs Bryant @ Holy Cross, 4:05 p.m.

Becker April 29 vs. TBA, 10 a.m.

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Eighth graders brought a 30 minutes to sample started a T-shirt room-only event that afternoon “The students joined the project in additional local restaurants. program to raise one money to send school together for January after I was contacted about it,” saidthan a dozenannual showcase of comestibles will be autistic kids to summer camp.

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5-8 p.m. Wednesday, That event is the annual at High School. “I try to have art students do held from at Leominster City Hall. It’s starting half Show Life Skills/ABA Talent Leominster a community project before graduating as Auditorium which before, according to an hour earlier than Leominster High School, of April 15 Melissa Tasca. part of their portfolios.”

Development Coordinatorsaid, 16 businesses took place the afternoon The portraits are aimed to help childrenBusiness Tasca As of Tuesday afternoon, up for the event: 435 in the school auditorium. feel valued and important, to know that and former have signed Twenty-two current Confections, the many people care about their well-being, from Leominster Behavior Aunty Ellen’s Creative Life Skills and Applied and sang and to act as meaningful pieces of personal Bar & Grille, Restaurant & Sandwich Columbia Tavern, Comeketo Analysis students danced rehearsing Happy Jacks history in the future. have been GazBar Sports Grill, they The Shop, Cantina, selections “It means a lot that we gave that to Restaurant, Mezcal Restaurant, Il Camino for a couple of months. lot of time Shancakes, them,” senior Julia Lucier said. “We all A 2nd medical a Foods, Rye & Thyme, Banana, “The kids have put wanted the pictures to be perfect because Roots Natural BBQ, Split My outfits and marijuana facility?

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New & historic David 508-829-4581

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Specializing in plumbing service and repairs.18+ years of experience. Licensed & Insured Master Plumber #13680 joshsheaplumbing.com 508-868-5730

TREE SERVICES

New England Tree Experts Tree Removal, Tree Trimming Stump Grinding 508-842-3393

Ross A. McGinnes Tree work, Stump removal, pruning & removals.

Free estimates. Fully insured.

Call 508-365-9602

LAWN & GARDEN CLEAN UP SEASONAL Spring clean up College student available to spread mulch, spring yard clean-up and any other yard house clean-up 508-688-2475

LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION BobCatBob

$ 80- per hour, 2 hour minimum. 508-579-4670 LANDSCAPING & LAWN MAINTENANCE Better Yards & Gardens LLC Spring/Fall Clean-Ups, Dethatching, Mowing, Aeration, Slice Seeding, Fertilizer Programs, Mulching, Edging, Planting, Pruning, Landscape Design & Installation.

Fully Licensed & Insured 508-641-5687

GRASS MOWING Free Mowing Offer!

A.B.C. LAWN

A Better Cut Lawn!

Spring Cleanup, Dethatching, Lawn Cutting & more!

A professional lawn service company servicing Millbury & Sutton residents for 25 years!

Free estimates!

508-865-8539 McDuff’s Lawn Mowing Relax & Enjoy Your Lawn "Just once or once a week" 774-234-0283 mcduffslawnmowing @yahoo.com Ask for Mike.

50% Off Your First Mow. Senior Discounts IRRIGATION/ SPRINKLERS Carney & Sons Sprinkler Systems Holden, MA 508-829-4310 Service & Repair All Makes, Complete Installations, Spring Start Up/ Winterize, Hanging Plants carneyandsons@charter.net

Mow, Clean Up, Prune, Mulch!

Financing & Prepay Discount Estimates within 24 Hours

Landscape Design & Maintenance

(508) 410-2756 Clean ups, Walkways/Patios, Bobcat Services, Lawn Renovation, Yard Expansion and more!! lawnbz@gmail.com Dave’s Tree & Landscaping Enhancing the view from your home.

Custom & Ornamental Pruning.

Mulching. Planting. Lawn Mowing. Tree Removal.

Certified Arborist.

Call for consultation & free estimate.

(508)829-6803. davestreeandlandscaping.com Jack Longone Landscape Contractor Lawn Maintenance & Landscape Projects, Cleanups, Edging, Mulching Professional Service Totally Insured 508-826-2338

Service Directory

www.centralmassclass Call Sales at 978-728-4302 .com to place your ad or e-mail sales@centralmassclass.com

CHIMNEY SERVICES

BUILDING & REMODELING

CHIMNEY SERVICES

building • restoration • remodeling

TOP HAT CHIMNEY SWEEP

Regen

New Homes • Additions Kitchen & Bath Remodels Complete Restoration Fully Licensed & Insured

774-696-7437

nick@regenbuilders.com www.regenbuilders.com P.O. Box 3192 | Worcester, MA 01613

FLOOR COVERING

Flooring 30 Years in Business

C&S

Carpet Mills CARPET & LINOLEUM 30 Sq. Yds. $585 Installed with Pad Berber, Plush or Commercial Free Metal Included Call Tom

800-861-5445 or 508-886-2624 LAWN CARE

CHIMNEY CLEANING

C.S.I.A. Certified Sweep #1529 Insured

$50 Off Caps or Masonry • Free Inspection All Types of Masonry • Water Leaks

Professional Cleaners Since 1982

Quality Chimney

NEW ROOFS

Randy Moore 508-839-9997

TopHatChimneySweepmass.com

HOUSE CLEANOUTS/ANTIQUES

Green Junk Removal Moving & Storage

Call Peter (978)

• Spring Cleanup • Mulch • Lawnmowing/ Fertilizing • Tree/Bush Trimming • Tree Removal •Walkways, Patios & More

774-230-0422

Fully Insured • Quality Work Reasonable Price

Bob Fahlbeck • 508-839-3942

508-476-1436 watsonslandscape.biz

MR. LE 508.865.4248

Donald F. Mercurio

• WATER DAMAGE • • WATER STAINS •

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Repaired & Replaced Foundation Repairs Brick • Block • Stone Basement Waterproofing 508-835-4729 • West Boylston

Owner Operator Insured

COUNTRYSIDE PAINTING

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR Call Jim Charest 508-865-4321 or Cell 508-277-9421 WINDOW REPLACEMENT

The Sharpening Guy Serving Central Mass Mobile and Pickup & Delivery

Knives • Scissors • Garden Tools Axes • Chain Saws • Mower Blades Electric Trimmers & Knives Push Mowers • Machetes

Steve Watson Douglas, MA

PAINTING SERVICES

SHARPENING

RESIDENTIAL

Perennial Gardens & Lawn Care

PAINTING SERVICES

LAWN MAINTENANCE & LANDSCAPE PROJECTS

Select Residential Items | Call for Details

COMPLETE LAWN MAINTENANCE Mowing • Weeding • Fertilizing • Trimming Aerating • Thatching Spring & Fall Cleanup Auto Sprinklers & Drip Systems • Sod & Seeding New Mulch (Bark, Hemlock & Pine) • Rock Gardens Steps • Retaining Wall • Flagstone • Pavestone Brick • Decking & Fencing • Patio FREE ESTIMATES ALL WORK GUARANTEED

Watsons Landscape

MASONRY

BULKHEADS

SPECIAL: 6 Items $25!!

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• CONCRETE SPECIALISTS - Walkways, Patios, Sidewalks & Pool Patios...

• FENCE ALL TYPES - Vinyl, Chain link, Ornamental & Wood...

• STONE HARDSCAPES - Patios, Stone Walls, Pavers, Walkways & Pool Patios...

MILLER’S LANDSCAPING

TOTALLY INSURED

Hot Crack Sealing Free Residential Estimates 13 Years Experience

YOUR COMPLETE FENCE & STONE WORK COMPANY

LANDSCAPE SERVICES

Clean ups, Edging, Mulching Professional Service

B&F Sealcoating

CALL

508-839-1157

LE’S PROFESSIONAL LANDSCAPING

Spring Cleanup - Dethatching - Lawn Cutting and more!

SEALCOATING

"Small Jobs My Specialty"

LANDSCAPING LANDSCAPE SERVICES

LAWN CARE

508-826-2338

Bob Yaylaian

CONCRETE, FENCE & STONE FENCE, STONE & CONCRETE

LANDSCAPE SERVICES

A Better Cut Lawn!

508-865-8539

ELECTRICAL SERVICES

508-835-1644 for free estimate

Fully Insured Free Estimates www.millerslandscapingma.com

TheUpscaleResaleCompany.com

ASK about double blocks (size 3.75” x 1.75”) and COMBO pricing into our other zone and reach 40,600 households in 26 towns in Central Mass each week. FREE line ad included with each block purchased. Book for 52 weeks and receive a Spotlight Business of the Week! Ask for details!

ELECTRICIAN

835-2601

www.GoRedRooster.Com

8 weeks ........... $32.75/week = $262 12 weeks ......... $27.75/week = $333 20 weeks ......... $26.20/week = $524 36 weeks ......... $24.50/week = $882 52 weeks ......... $23/week = $1196 Minimum commitment of 8 weeks.

508-410-4551

We Buy, Move or Remove Everything Antiques to Modern Licensed & Insured

A.B.C. LAWN A professional lawn service company serving Sutton and Millbury residents for 25 years

$99

SIZE PER BLOCK 1.75 X 1.75

WE ALSO SERVICE:

Barbers, Beauty Salons, Groomers, Vets, Tailors, Farmers, Restaurants ALL TYPES OF SCISSORS INCLUDING:

Japanese Style, Barber, Groomer & Specialty Scissors, Clipper Blades, Knives & More

CALL OR TEXT MIKE 978-855-9800

SNEADE BROS. VINYL SIDING & REPLACEMENT WINDOWS Fully licensed & Insured

Richard Sneade

508-839-1164

www.sneadebrothers windowandsiding.com

Five Star Painting Interior/Exterior Painting & Staining • Powerwashing Concrete Epoxy Fully Licensed and Insured Grafton Resident

508-479-8040 WELLS No Water?

Stop Wishing For It! Well & Pump Installation & Filtration Service

978-422-7471 24 Hr Emergency Service 877-816-2642 Mobile: 978-815-3188

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HELP WANTED LOCAL

FOSTER PARENTS WANTED

Laborer-Building Maintenance in Holden DPW Buildings/ Grounds Division. This is skilled work primarily involved in the maintenance, upkeep, and repair of municipal buildings, including miscellaneous custodial duties. Work involves the setup/cleanup of function and meeting rooms.

Experience in one or more building related crafts and trades; working with public; snow and ice removal activities; some experience in caring for lawns, trees and shrubs.

The employee works under the general supervision of the Building/Grounds Foreman, receiving specific instruction on jobs. Apply at Office of Town Manager, 1204 Main St., Holden, MA 01520.

Visit www.holdenma.gov "Employment Opportunities" for more information. EOE

Seeking families throughout Central Massachusetts who are interested in improving a child’s life.

Call to inquire about our upcoming foster parent training. $1,000 SIGNING BONUS Call for Details (Must mention this ad during inquiry)

688 Main Street, Holden, MA Toll Free (877) 446-3305

www.devereuxma.org LANDSCAPING & LAWN MAINTENANCE

EMPLOYMENT HELP WANTED

A.R.I. Grounds Maintenance 978-464-2809 ARIGroundsMaintenance @yahoo.com Commercial/Residential Lawn Maintenance, Lawn Mowing Programs, Mulch Installation, New Lawn Installations, Spring & Fall Cleanups, Plantings/Pruning, Dethatching/Aeration, Overseeding/Top Dressing

Burnham Maintenance Clean-ups.

Lawn Maintenance.

Shrub Pruning. Bark Mulch, Screened Loam & Compost.

Patios & Walkways.

Fertilization Programs.

Deliveries Available.

Please call 508-829-3809 LAWN CARE MISCELLANEOUS The Sharpening Guy Serving Central Mass Mobile and Pickup and Delivery Special: 6 Items $25!!

Select Residential Items, Call For Details Residential Knives, Scissors, Garden Tools, Axes, Chain Saws, Mower Blades, Electric Trimmers & Knives, Push Mowers, Machetes Call or text Mike 978-855-9800 MULCH & LOAM Sterling Peat Inc. Quality Screened Loam & Compost, Screened Loam/ Compost Mix, Mulches, Screened Gravel. Fill, Fieldstone. 978-422-8294

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Preschool Teacher Here We Grow Preschool in Clinton is hiring a full time preschool teacher. Must be at least EEC Teacher cert. Contact Rose 978-368-7400 Exp Bulldozer Operator Hoisting License Required.

Call (508) 881-1600. Ask for Mary x306 or Larry x321 Tolerance Health Care Aid Is Needed Urgently!!! CNA’s, PART-TIME, ALL SHIFTS. Assisted Living and Memory Care position available to take care of elderly people. Must be certified, reliable and have great references, $950 per week, Send resume to fbrittany45@yahoo.com for details. 508-315-6487 HELP WANTED LOCAL Asphalt Laborers & Drivers Wanted CDL Drivers and Laborers with experience FT. Caruso Paving 508-886-4736

Culinary Professional Needed to join our team of fine dining servers. Food preparation, wine service and fine dining experience required. Come be with others who love their work. Part time. Sonoma 206 Worcester Road Princeton, MA 01541 sonomarestaurant@verizon.net No phone calls please.

Laborer-Grounds Maintenance in Holden DPW Buildings/ Grounds Division. This is skilled work primarily involved in the maintenance, upkeep, and repair of the landscaping and grounds of municipal buildings. It also includes occasional miscellaneous custodial duties. Work involves maintenance on landscape beds, lawns, flower beds, and other exterior ground landscaped items.

Performs mowing of lawns and string trimming of surrounding areas. Experience in maintenance of public lawns and grounds; use of a variety of power equipment; working with the public, and; snow and ice removal activities. The employee works under the general supervision of the Building/Grounds Foreman, receiving specific instruction on jobs. Apply at Office of Town Manager, 1204 Main St., Holden, MA 01520.

Visit www.holdenma.gov "Employment Opportunities" for more information. EOE

HELP WANTED

Expert Staffing in partnership with Injectronics, has openings for Production Associates SEVERAL JOB OPENINGS- Clinton, MA Expert Staffing is hiring for 12 hour rotating shifts!

Are you seeking a new full time career opportunity?

If you have good work history and reliable transportation call Expert Staffing today at (978)798-1610 Job Summary: Clean room and assembly production workers.

Requirements: High School Graduate or GED Must be able to read, write and communicate in English Basic Math and computer skills needed Detail oriented Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test EOE Quality Technicians for a Friday-Sunday 12 hour shift (am and pm)- Work 36 hours get paid for 40 Production Associates for new 12 hour rotating shifts, both days and nights. 7am-7pm and 7pm-7am These positions will be strictly working in the clean room on a 3 person assembly line.

Apply in person at: EXPERT STAFFING 557 Lancaster Street, Leominster, MA 01453 Walk ins welcome Please send resumes to: sharon.wyatt@expert-staffing.com

ARCHway, Inc. An agency serving adolescents and adults on the autism spectrum is seeking energetic and creative people to fill the following positions: Part Time Residential Instructor positions available to teach activities of daily living and social skills.

Hours available are: 2nd and 3rd shifts Mon-Fri, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Shifts Sat and Sun Starting Pay is $13.00/hour To apply: Fax/mail a letter of interest and resume along with salary requirements to:

ARCHway, Inc.

77 Mulberry St. Leicester, MA 01524 Fax: 508-892-0259 Email: scombs@archwayinc.org

PARTS DRIVER Full time

Strong customer service skills, clean driving record, knowledge of Central MA, must be able to lift 50lb.

Contact Ben Seitz Parts Manager 508-829-5323

Sigler Machine Co. Part time office work in small family owned company.

Knowledge of Quickbooks preferred. Flexible hours, days.

978-422-7868

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Jasmin Henville, DMD, PC seeks Dentist (Managing Clinical Director) to provide quality dental care to patients in Worcester, MA. Req.: DDS or DMD or equiv. & MA dental license.

Resumes to: Code UID-MCD Tina Bough Aspen Dental Management 281 Sanders Creek Parkway E. Syracuse, NY 13057

Opening-Library Associate The Conant Public Library, Sterling is accepting applications for a part-time library associate. Responsibilities include: assisting the public with library services at the circulation desk and assisting with library programs. Customer service experience and proficiency with on-line services required. C/W Mars circulation software is preferred. Monday -Thursday 5p.m. to 8p.m. and Saturday rotation. $14.26 per hour. Email resumes to conantpl@cwmars.org. EEO/ AA/ADA

MERCHANDISE CEMETERY PLOTS Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton, MA Garden of the Cross - 2 Lots Value $10,500 - asking $5000 OBO 774-239-9189

Worc. County Memorial Park, Paxton Garden of Honor, 2 plots, Plot 17, Unit C, Graves 3 & 4. Today’s cost is $8,800 for both. Asking $3500 total for both. Call 978-582-9309 Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA Garden of the Cross Premier Location, Must sell Value $5250 Asking $4000 OBO 508-799-5678 ESTATE SALE ESTATE / YARD SALE 1 Bud Row Ave-Millbury. Sat 4/30 & Sun 5/1. 9AM-3PM We are doing a full cleanout of entire house, basement, shed, yard.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE

Motorized Wheelchair

4 Goodyear 225/50 R 16" Assurance All Season Tires Ex. condn. Mntd on G.M. 5 hole alloy rims. $500. 978-422-8084

Pride Jazzy Select 6 Ultra used only 3 weeks. Great stability on 6 wheels, tight turn radius, elevating pwr seat, fully adjustable foot platform, 300 lb wgt capacity. Asking $3500 OBO. 508-783-5431 Piano Mahogany, upright, w/bench.

1st flr., easy move. Perfect for aspiring musicians.Free! 508245-8830

Golf clubs, bag, cart (used) Asking $250. 508-865-5726* Knee Scooter - Like New Tierod steering and brake. Metal basket. $175 OBO. 978-6977964.

Lane Furniture Maroon Queen bed frame Head Board / Foot Board & Rails $300/bo 978-305-4784 Leave Mg Mens Bicycle Like new, hardly used. Paid $450, will sell for $300 obo. Helmet incl. 774285-0598 C-13 Zeppelin Stamp Flag Cancelled $200. Got Stamp Questions? Call Ron at 413896-3324 Ariens Snow Blower Elec. start, service records. Exc. Cond. $400 508-245-8830 Antique stereo Motorola stereo console record player.

Walnut cabinet. $35 or best offer. 508-425-1150 Oak framed mirror 41 x 29 inches. Very good condition. $35.00 firm price. Call me at 978-833-4915.

Tub transfer chair New $160, used 2 weeks. Asking $135.

508-461-9365 VANITY OR CABINET STORAGE 30" W X 31" T X 22.5" D Vintage, Laminate, Strong $65 BO. 508-754-1827 VINTAGE END TABLES (2) 16" W X 30" L Two-tier, Wood, Maple, Spacious, Exc. $75 OBO. 508-791-0531

Callaway Irons 3 - Wedge, Driver, Putter, Bag. $200 firm.

508-471-6294 Air Conditioner Friedrich 6000 BTU, used 1 year. Cools Great! $200. Call Ralph. 508-7520351 FURNITURE Moving - Must Sell! Solid cherry dining table, dark wood TV cabinet for flat screen, solid maple rocking chair, antique pine drop-leaf table, and more.

508-829-4571 / 508-404-8323

EDUCATION MISCELLANEOUS Medical Spanish Classes for Health Professionals & Medical Translation Services.

Call Amy Maki 630-656-7868

REAL ESTATE

Yard Sale & Flea Market Directory Publisher’s Notice All real estate advertised in this publication is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, the Massachusetts Anti Discrimination Act and the Boston & Cambridge Fair Housing Ordinances which make it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age, children, marital status, sexual orientation, veterans status or source of income or any intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call HUD toll free at 1-800-827-5005.

For the NE area call HUD at 617-994-8300. The toll free number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275 or 617-565-5453

MUSIC INSTRUCTION Instrumental, Vocal, Jazz Improv Lessons available on most instruments. Lou Borelli 508-752-6213

REAL ESTATE APARTMENT FOR RENT Worcester - Greendale Area Bright, 4 rms, gas heat, fridge & gas stove, off street pkg, yd. $900/m. Avail. now. No pets, no smoking. Rose, Re-Max. 508-847-3194 508-847-3194 VACATION PROPERTY FOR RENT Moody Beach, ME Beautiful ocean views and short walk to Moody Beach.

New three bedroom, two bath home on Ocean Ave. $2200/ week. For information call 774-292-9184, or e-mail: wkdubovick@comcast.net

LAND FOR SALE IN STERLING

BY OWNER

Residential building lot of 2.8 Acres of hardwood forest. Has 321 ft. frontage which allows for a two family or duplex home. South facing hillside overlooking East Waushacum Lake.

Excellent orientation for active or passive solar system with walkout basement. Located on dead end road with low traffic, and a two minute walk to town-residents only beach. Priced at $179,900.00. Shown by appointment only.

Please call 978-422-3566.

GRAFTON FLEA MARKET, INC. OPEN EVERY SUNDAY OUTDOOR/INDOOR

6am - 4pm • Acres of Bargains • Hundreds of Vendors • Thousands of Buyers • 47th Season

Call 978-728-4302 or email sales@ centralmassclass. com

Rte. 140, Grafton/ Upton town line Grafton Flea is the Place to be!

Selling Space 508-839-2217 www.graftonflea.com XX-Large Yard Sale 4 Evergreen Rd, Hubbardston, MA. April 30 & 31, 8a-3p. Antiques, furniture, tools, dining room set, books, doll house, collectables and more.

INDOOR YARD SALE: Saturday April 30th 8-2 140 RESERVOIR STREET, Rte 31, Holden, MA. Located in the Holden Car Wash Plaza (next to the Big Y Plaza) Quality new and used items for Crafters, Equestrians, Home Decor, Wine Beer and Spirits Accessories, neon beer signs, greeting cards, baskets, ribbon, furniture, Yamaha keyboard, music stands, Wine racks, walk in and stand alone coolers, horse trailer , saddles, other horse tack and too much more to list here.

RAIN OR SHINE.

Rutland, MASS 20th Annual Town Wide Yard Sale Sat. April 30th - 200+ participants. Maps at town lines and on Common (Rts 122A and 56) starting at 7:15 AM. Rain or Shine. Join the fun!

Leominster - Sat. Apr 30 & Sun. May 1 8am-12pm 65 Wachusett St. Two day barn sale. Assorted collectables, wood carvings, Tonka trucks, toys, vintage clothing, linens, books, records, lanterns, dishware, and lots more.

Grarage Sale 2370 Main St. Jefferson. Saturday April 30, 9a-3p. Cash only. Large inventory, old records, sheet music, art supplies, calligraphy supplies, oil & acrylic paints, paper, picture frames, wooden boxes and craft supplies, 3 sewing machines and supplies, old linens, tools, locks & keys, and decorative cookie tin collection.

kee Flea Market Yan1311 Park Street (rt. 20) 2 miles off exit 8 Mass Turnpike Palmer, MA • 413-283-4910

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

Bring your items in for a free valuation. Additional dealer space will soon be availbable as we are expanding, call us for details.

Open Tuesday-Saturday: 10-5, Sunday 11-5, FREE FREE Parking Admission Be sure to check us out on Facebook

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Docket No. WO16P1139EA Estate of: Linda Sue Robbins Date of Death: 02/24/16 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by: Arthur K Robbins of Worcester, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: Arthur K Robbins of Worcester, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration. You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 05/10/2016. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.

UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Leilah A Keamy, First Justice of this Court. Date: April 7, 2016 Stephanie K. Fattman, Register of Probate 04/28/16 MS

LEGAL NOTICE MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Nicole A. Bailey to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for Security First Mortgage Funding, LLC., dated November 8, 2011 and recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 48121, Page 114 of which mortgage Federal National Mortgage Association is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Security First Mortgage Funding, LLC to Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC dated March 6, 2013 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 50582, Page 151; and assignment from Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC to Federal National Mortgage Association dated August 6, 2015 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 54162, Page 48, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 138 Leland Hill Road, Sutton, MA 01590 will be sold at a Public Auction at 2:00PM on May 18, 2016, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: A certain parcel of land, with the buildings thereon and all the privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, situated on the westerly side of the Leland Hill Road, in the Town of Sutton in said Worcester County, and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the northeasterly corner thereof at a point on the westerly line of said Leland Hill Road and at land formerly believed to be of Strakosz; THENCE N. S. 13 degrees 35 feet 27 inches W. by said Leland Hill Road, 4.74 feet to a point; THENCE N. S. 28 degrees 14 feet 35 inches W, still continuing by said Leland Hill Road 245.26 feet to a point at other land now or formerly of Frank H. Dakin and Mildred Dakin; THENCE N. 83 degrees 15 feet 00 inches W. by other land now or formerly of Frank H. Dakin and Mildred Dakin, 330 feet to a point; THENCE N. 16 degrees 55 feet 30 inches E. still continuing by other land now or formerly of Frank H. Dakin and Mildred Dakin, 236.63 feet to a point; THENCE S. 83 degrees 15 feet 00 inches E. still continuing by other land now or formerly of Frank H Dakin and Mildred Dakin for a portion of the distance and by said land now or formerly believed to be of Strakosz, 378.62 feet to the point of beginning. For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 48121, Page 112. The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments and liens, and subject to prior liens or other enforceable encumbrances of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to all tenancies and/ or rights of parties in possession. Terms of the Sale: Cash, cashier’s or certified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this requirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of Sale upon acceptance of bid; balance of purchase price payable in cash or by certified check in thirty (30) days from the date of the sale at the offices of mortgagee’s attorney, Korde & Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee. The description for the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Federal National Mortgage Association, Korde & Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 (978) 256-1500Bailey, Nicole, 15-022246, April 21, 2016, April 28, 2016, May 5, 2016

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INVITATION FOR BIDS Fire Station Number 2 Boiler Replacement Notice is hereby given that the Town of Millbury, acting by and through the Office of the Town Manager, is seeking competitive, sealed bids for the installation of a Boiler at 206 West Main Street, Millbury, Massachusetts 01527. All bids must be sent to Bob Spain, Town Manager, Town of Millbury, Municipal Office Building, Board of Selectmen/Town Manager Office, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, MA 01527 on or before Friday, May 20, 2016 at 11:00 A.M., at which time they shall be publicly opened and recorded. The work under all contracts awarded under this Invitation For Bids is subject to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 30, Section 39M, Chapter 30B, Chapter 149, Sections 44A through M, and all other laws of the Commonwealth, and the bylaws of the Town. Bidders are required to submit a bid deposit in the amount of five percent (5%) of their total bid equal to the bid price times the estimated purchase quantities contained in the bid specifications.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained from the Office of the Board of Selectmen/ Town Manager, 127 Elm Street, Millbury, Massachusetts 01527. The Town of Millbury reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to accept any part or portion of bid, to waive any informalities in a bid, to accept proposals and to award contracts as shall be in the best interest of the Town of Millbury.

Bob Spain Town Manager Town of Millbury April 28, 2016

LEGAL NOTICE MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Kathleen J. Paradis to Drew Mortgage Associates Inc., dated October 31, 2005 and recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 37741, Page 381 of which mortgage Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HSI Asset Securitization Corporation Trust 2006-OPT3, Mortgage-Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-OPT3 is the present holder by assignment from Drew Mortgage Associates Inc. to Option One Mortgage Corporation dated October 31, 2005 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 37741, Page 391; and assignment from Sand Canyon Corporation f/k/a Option One Mortgage Corporation to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HSI Asset Securitization Corporation Trust 2006-OPT3, Mortgage-Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006OPT3 dated May 20, 2015 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 53777, Page 252, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 14 Cedar Hill Road, Sutton, MA 01590 will be sold at a Public Auction at 1:00PM on May 18, 2016, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: The land in Sutton, at #14 Cedar Hill Road, situated on the easterly side of Cedar Hill Road, being shown as Lot #49 on a plan entitled “Colonial Acres”, (now called “Stonebridge Farms”, pursuant to a Vote of the Sutton Planning Board, recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 15619, Page 271), last revised on November 6, 1989,

by Kalkunte Engineering Corporation, recorded with said Deeds in Plan Book 652, Plan 114, and more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the northwesterly corner of the lot herein described, at a point on the easterly sideline of Cedar Hill Road, said point being at the southwesterly corner of Lot #48, as shown on said plan; THENCE S. 87° 42’ 00” E., by said Lot 48, a distance of 184.51 feet to a point at land now or formerly of Herman; THENCE S. 00° 03’ 21” E., by said Herman land, a distance of 72.29 feet to an iron pipe, as shown on said plan; THENCE S. 85° 31’ 41” E., still by said Herman land, a distance of 110.00 feet to Lot #12, as shown on said plan; THENCE S. 09° 29’ 45” W., by said Lot #12, a distance of 59.06 feet to Lot #50, as shown on said plan; THENCE N. 87° 42’ 00” W., by said Lot #50, a distance of 290.01 feet to a point on the easterly sideline of Cedar Hill Road; THENCE N. 02° 18’ 00” E., by the easterly sideline of Cedar Hill Road, a distance of 135.00 feet to Lot #48, as shown on said plan, which is the point of beginning. CONTAINING 31,656 square feet, more or less, according to said plan. For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 37741, Page 379. The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments and liens, and subject to prior liens or other enforceable encumbrances of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to all tenancies and/or rights of parties in possession. Terms of the Sale: Cash, cashier’s or certified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this requirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of Sale upon acceptance of bid; balance of purchase price payable in cash or by certified check in thirty (30) days from the date of the sale at the offices of mortgagee’s attorney, Korde & Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee. The description for the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for HSI Asset Securitization Corporation Trust 2006-OPT3, Mortgage-Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-OPT3 Korde & Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 (978) 256-1500 Paradis, Kathleen J., 15-020956, April 21, 2016, April 28, 2016, May 5, 2016

www.centralmassclass.com NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Scott T. Martin Ogden and Justine E. Martin to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated June 26, 2007 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 41429, Page 221, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to The Bank of New York Mellon, f/k/a The Bank of New York, as trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-12 dated December 12, 2014 and recorded with said registry on December 22, 2014 at Book 53184 Page 312, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 p.m. on May 25, 2016, on the mortgaged premises located at 110A Wheelock Avenue, Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT:The land in Millbury on the southerly side of Wheelock Avenue being shown as Lot B on a plan of Lavallee Brothers, Inc., and recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 466, Page 10, and more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the Northwesterly corner of the lot B herein described at a point on the southerly sideline of Wheelwork Avenue at land now or formerly of Curran as shown by lot A on said plan; THENCE N. 50 degrees 36 ‘ 34’’ E along the sideline of Wheelock Avenue a distance of 10.00 feet to a point; THENCE S. 39 degrees 23’ 26’’ E a distance of 270.81 feet to a point THENCE S. 52 degrees 50’ 34’’ W a distance of 80.06 feet to a point; THENCE N. 39 degrees 23’ 26’’ W a distance of 182.69 feet to a point; THENCE N. 50 degrees 36’ 34’’ E a distance of 70.00 feet to a point; THENCE N. 39 degrees 23’ 26’’ W a distance of 85.00 feet to the point of beginning.

Containing 15, 590 square feet more or less. Said realty has an easement rights for the purpose of utility connections for a distance of ten (10) feet in Lot A as shown on said plan running along the southwesterly sideline of land now or formerly of one Carlson. For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed recorded with Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 23293, Page 8. These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.

The Bank of New York Mellon , f/k/a The Bank of New York, as trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-12 Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C., 150 California Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 558-0500 201410-0627 – TEA 4/28, 5/5, 5/12

LEGAL NOTICE MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Stephen K. Kagotho and Serah W. Muiruri to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., dated July 14, 2003 and recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 30792, Page 327 of which mortgage Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee for the Certificate Holders of CWMBS, Inc., CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2003-42, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-42 is the present holder by assignment from MERS, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., a separate corporation that is acting solely as nominee for Lender, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. and its successors and assigns to Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee for the Certificate Holders of CWMBS, Inc., CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2003-42, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2003-42 dated September 23, 2011 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 48080, Page 236, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 2R Smith Road a/k/a 14 Smith Road, Sutton, MA 01590 will be sold at a Public Auction at 3:00PM on May 18, 2016, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: A certain parcel of land on Smith Road in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts being shown as Lot 2R on a Plan of land entitled “Plan of Land in Sutton, Mass. Owned by Gordon J. Ellis to be deeded to Stewartia LLC, 1” = 100’, July 9, 2001, Lavalle Brothers, Inc., 497 Central Turnpike, Sutton, Mass.” which Plan is recorded in Worcester Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 771, Plan no. 7 and to which Plan reference may be made for a more particular description. Lot 2R contains, according to said plan, 2.0603 acres. The above parcel of land is a portion of the deed to the Grantor from Gordon J. Ellis, Jr. dated July 30, 2001 and recorded in the Worcester Registry of Deeds in Book 24558, Page 55. For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 30792, Page 325. The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments and liens, and subject to prior liens or other enforceable encumbrances of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to all tenancies and/or rights of parties in possession. Terms of the Sale: Cash, cashier’s or certified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this requirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of Sale upon acceptance of bid; balance of purchase price payable in cash or by certified check in thirty (30) days from the date of the sale at the offices of mortgagee’s attorney, Korde & Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee. The description for the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee for the Certificate Holders of CWMBS, Inc., CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust 2003-42, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-42 Korde & Associates, P.C. 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210 Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 , (978) 256-1500 Kagotho, Stephen, 15-023324, April 21, 2016, April 28, 2016, May 5, 2016

Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at7:45PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Request for Determination of Applicability submitted to the Conservation Commission by William Cosenza, Sutton, MA. The project consists of one dangerous tree between both properties at 184 & 186 Manchaug Road, and two trees near the road between 182 and 184 Manchaug Road, on Map 42, Parcel 18, for 184 Manchaug Road in Sutton. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands Protection Bylaw.

Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 8:00PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Notice of Intent submitted to the Conservation Commission by Matthew D’Anello, Sutton, MA. The project consists of construction of a single family house, appurtenances and septic system on Map 35, Parcels 142, on 65 Century Farm Road, Sutton, MA. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands Protection Bylaw.

Town of Millbury The Board of Selectmen in the TOWN OF MILLBURY will hold a Public Hearing on, May 10, 2016 at 7:20 p.m. at the Municipal Office Building, 127 Elm Street to act upon the Petition of NGrid to install 1 SO Pole beginning at a point approximately 480’ feet South of the centerline of the intersection of Bayberry Lane. National Grid to install new SO P22-2, for services to the gatehouse at the dam.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 508-831-2200 Docket No. WO16C0152CA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the matter of: Ian Micah Pham Of Millbury, MA To all persons interested in petition described: A petition has been presented by Jasmine R Stoll requesting that: Ian Micah Pham be allowed to change his/her/their name as follows: Ian Micah Stoll. IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Worcester ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON: 05/24/2016 WITNESS, Hon.Leilah A Keamy First Justice of this Court Date: April 19, 2016 Stephanie K. Fattman Register of Probate 04/28/16 MS

Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 8:15PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Notice of Intent submitted to the Conservation Commission

by Gianni Romeo, Sutton, MA. The project consists of construction of a driveway and garage with associated paving, earthwork and utilities within the wetland buffer zone on Map 16, Parcels 108, on 11 Dudley Drive, Sutton, MA. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands Protection Bylaw.

Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 7:30PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Notice of Intent submitted to the Conservation Commission by William & Cynthia Campbell, Northbridge, MA. The project consists of Amending the existing Order of Conditions on Map 10, Parcels 109, on 44 Marble Road, Sutton, MA. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands Protection Bylaw.

Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 8:30PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Notice of Intent submitted to the Conservation Commission

by Gianni Romeo, Millbury, MA. The project consists of a common driveway to access two single family dwellings, with grading, wetland crossing and replication area on Map 42, Parcels 34, on 289 Putnam Hill Road, Sutton, MA. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands Protection Bylaw.

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (SEAL) LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT 16 SM 002983 ORDER OF NOTICE To: Paul Otten; Ginger Otten and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.: Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee for the PrimeStar-H Fund I Trust claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in MILLBURY, 1 GATES LANE, given by Paul Otten and Ginger Otten to Bank of America, N.A., dated May 15, 2007, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 41151, at Page 284, 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 United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. 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 May 30, 2016 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 April 14, 2016 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 4/28/2016 MS 201410-0753 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 May 5, 2016 at 7:35pm on the petition of Michael Niejadlik for a home business special permit. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 337 Central Turnpike, Sutton MA on Assessors Map #24, Parcel # 37. 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.

Richard Deschenes Board of Appeals Clerk Filed in the Town Clerk’s Office Town of Sutton Conservation Commission The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 8:45PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to review a Notice of Intent submitted to the Conservation Commission

by Gianni Romeo, Millbury, MA. The project consists of a common driveway to access three single family dwellings, with associated grading on Map 42, Parcels 32, on 290 Putnam Hill Road, Sutton, MA. This notice is publicized in accordance with the provisions of General Law Chapter 131, Section 40 commonly known as the Wetlands Protection Act, and the Sutton Wetlands Protection Bylaw.

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PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE Notice is hereby given pursuant to provisions of M.L. c255 sec.39A the following vehicles will be sold April 30, 2016 at a private sale to satisfy our garage lien thereon for towing and storage charges and expenses of sale and notice.

2004 Dodge Stratus V.I.N. 1BEL36R84N266266 2004 Acura TSX V.I.N. JH4CL96814C003708 2004 Lexus RX330 V.I.N. JTJHA31U840048268 2005 Chevy Aveo V.I.N. KLITD52685B337826 Sale held at Early’s on Park Ave.,Inc., 536 Park Avenue, Worcester, MA 01603 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 May 5, 2016 at 7:30pm on the petition of George McGuirk for a variance from Sect. III(B)(3)(Table II) of the town’s bylaws for side yard setback relief. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 87 Dudley Road, Sutton MA on Assessors Map #5, Parcel # 110. The property is located in the Industrial Zoning District. A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal office hours in the Town Clerk’s Office located in the Town Hall. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated.

Richard Deschenes Board of Appeals Clerk Filed in the Town Clerk’s Office

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LEGAL NOTICE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY FACILITIES SITING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TO BE HELD BY MASSACHUSETTS ENERGY FACILITIES SITING BOARD STAFF REGARDING PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF NATURAL GAS PIPELINES, COMPRESSOR STATIONS, AND AN LNG STORAGE FACILITY IN WORCESTER, NORFOLK, AND BRISTOL COUNTIES, MASSACHUSETTS Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Docket No.: PF16-1-000 Algonquin Natural Gas Transmission, LLC(“Algonquin”) has proposed to construct new natural gas pipelines and related facilities in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. The facilities would comprise the Access Northeast Project (“Project”). In Massachusetts, the Project would include approximately 55.51 miles of new pipeline, plus additional facilities, both of which are described in more detail in the tables below.

Proposed New Pipeline Facilities in Massachusetts Facility Name

Diameter

Location(s)

Length (in miles)

Q-1 Loop

30-inch

Medway, Bellingham, Franklin, Millis, Norfolk, Walpole, Sharon, Canton, Stoughton

21.68

I-8 Loop

30-inch

Braintree, Weymouth

4.19

Westboylston Lateral

16-inch

Medway, Milford, Upton, Grafton, Sutton, Millbury, Shrewsbury, Boylston, West Boylston

26.78

Acushnet

24-inch

Freetown, Acushnet

2.86

Additional Proposed Facilities in Massachusetts Facility Type

Location(s)

Add 10,320 horsepower (“hp”) to a compressor station that has been proposed to be constructed as part of the Atlantic Bridge Project, FERC CP16-9, which is under review.

Weymouth

Build a new 10,320 hp compressor station

Rehoboth

LNG liquefaction, storage, and vaporization installation, including two LNG storage tanks with a total combined capacity of 6.8 billion cubic feet

Acushnet

New metering and regulation station

Acushnet

New metering and regulation station

West Boylston

The Project is currently being reviewed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) in what is called the Pre-Filing Process. FERC will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) to satisfy the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act. The EIS will be used by FERC to consider the environmental impacts that could result if it approves the Project. FERC is required to review and recommend measures to avoid, minimize or mitigate such impacts.

The Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board (“Siting Board”) participates in FERC proceedings involving natural gas pipelines in order to represent the interests of the Commonwealth and its residents. The Siting Board will hold four public hearings to hear directly from residents, officials, and other interested persons about their concerns relating to the Project. The Siting Board hearings, set forth below, are separate and distinct from the public hearings being held by FERC. Monday, May 2, 2016, 7:00 pm Grafton High School Auditorium 24 Providence Road Grafton, MA 01519

Thursday, May 12, 2016, 7:00 pm Ford Middle School Auditorium 708 Middle Road Acushnet, MA 02743

Monday, May 9, 2016, 7:00 pm Walpole High School Auditorium 275 Common Street Walpole, MA 02081

Wednesday, May 11, 2016, 7:00 pm Abigail Adams Middle School Auditorium 89 Middle Street East Weymouth, MA 02189

The Siting Board also seeks written comments concerning the proposed Project. Comments should be sent by email to BOTH robert.j.shea@state.ma.us and dpu.efiling@state.ma.us or by U.S. mail to: Energy Facilities Siting Board, One South Station, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, Attention: Robert Shea, Presiding Officer. The comments should be sent to the Siting Board by May 20, 2016. The Siting Board will use the comments it receives, whether oral or written, in drafting a comment letter on the Project to FERC. If you have any questions, please contact Robert Shea at the e-mail or physical address above.

Additional information about the Project is available on the FERC website (http://www.ferc.gov). Click on the eLibrary link, click on “General Search” and enter the FERC docket number “PF16-1.” For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or call FERC at 1-866-208-3676.

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Minutes to Route 2, 140 and 68, this industrial/office complex is currently offering office space suitable for a variety of tenants with suites available from 1000 to 11,000 square feet and pricing from $5.00 to $9.00 for the base rent. Contact Peter for further details. Aberman Assoc. Inc Peter Haley 978-537-4971 x 69

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Live on lovely Kendall Pond and enjoy walking out your front door right to the water and your own private beach area! Enjoy swimming, canoeing, fishing and the beauty of a sunset--summer is coming! This adorable 2 bedroom bungalow is waiting for you with a great yard ~ perfect for a garden (complete with mature blueberry bushes!) Hot water tank, electric baseboards and pellet stove all within last 2 years ~ close and convenient to Rt 2 ~ don’t miss out on this darling waterfront property! As-Is. Aberman Assoc Inc Tracy Sladen 978-537-4971 x17

Gardner $119,000 Amazing income opportunity. This multifamily home generates $ 35,400.00 Gross income and is centrally located in Gardner, less than 1/2 mile from route 2. This would be a great initial property for a upcoming real estate investor. Aberman Assoc Inc. Mark Gerber 978-537-4971 x 63

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Beautiful well maintained house built in 1993.Qualify for 100% financing with USDA Loan. Move in Ready! Great size yard with paved driveway. Open kitchen with dinning room area with a slider to the deck. 3 Br’s total 2 on the main level and large master bedroom on the lower level plus 2 full bath.

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Great central business district property with two first-floor commercial units and a lovely three-bedroom apartment upstairs. Large basement with several rooms. Double garage and parking area in rear. Ideal opportunity to live and work or rent out apartment for extra income.

Buyer due diligence to include verification of property details, condition, and allowable uses by the City of Gardner. Contact listing agents for information regarding Seller improvements.

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Leominster $226,900 Exceptional condo unit with numerous upgrades. Exquisite condition, house beautiful décor. The added feature of a fully finished lower level, with 3rd bath with shower stall, adds convenience and comfort for both owners and guests. Lg. mstr bdrm with full bath and walk in closet, loft area provides room for desk or cozy area for the reader. This is a “must see” condo unit to fully appreciate what it has to offer. Aberman Assoc Inc Sandra DeRienzo 978-537-4971 x 42

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4br 2 1/2 bath colonial. 4 bedroom colonial back to front livingroom large enough for grand piano with fireplace. Hardwood floors throughout. Aberman Assoc Inc Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

Hubbardston $289,900 Privacy plus walking paths and association beach - fabulous contemporary multi level, gleaming hardwood and ceramic tile floor. Custom Kitchen, nearly 2 private acres w/ beach rights and lodge available! Wrap around deck and balcony. 600 sf of living in basement not included in total sf. This home is a pleasure to show and shows pride of ownership. Possible 4th bedroom or office in basement. Recent Title V in hand. Aberman Assoc Inc Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

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4 br 1 1/2 bath colonial, In town turn of the 20th century colonial. 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms with two additional rooms in the walkout basement. Garage workshop has full storage loft above Dog kennels, paddocks not included. Sterling town beach for residents only. Aberman Assoc Inc Paula Savard 978-537-4971 x 14 www.paulasavard.com

Lunenburg $299,900 Tudor Ranch Home Sits on Level 3/4 Acre Lot w/ Private Backyard! Newer Addition and Recently Remodeled, New Roof! 2-1/2 Baths, 2 Fireplaces. Fireplace in Family Room Reaches the Ceiling.

Leaded glass windows. Cathedral Ceilings with Exposed Beams. Radiant heat in master! Gourmet Kitchen with Granite Countertops, Custom Cabinets, and much more. New Septic System has been Designed and Approved with an appraised cost of $30000 Which Seller will Leave in Escrow For Seller to complete septic! Aberman Assoc Inc. John Keefe 978-537-4971 x64

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Brian Boisvert For the past 22 years, Brian Boisvert has worked with photographers both amateur and professional editing and printing - first at the Spag’s photo lab until it closed, then at the L.B. Wheaton Camera Shop. Always at home in the lab Boisvert prides himself on his attention to detail, color correcting and contrast control.

Boisvert, a Worcester native who now lives in Leicester with his wife, Eileen, and his three kids, talked to us about his first year as owner of L.B. Wheaton.

Can you talk about the history of the L.B. Wheaton Camera Shop? The company

itself has been around since 1895; it was started on Main Street in Worcester.

From Main Street, it moved to Lincoln Plaza, then to 259 Park Ave., and now two doors up to 261 Park Ave. Langston Bradford Wheaton started the business and it was family-owned. Steve Pond, my predecessor, married into that family, then later divorced. His ex-father in-law thought Steve was the best bet to keep it going. He was right, because Steve was great. I was lucky enough to work with him for 15 years until he retired.

About a year ago you made the jump from employee to owner of L.B. Wheaton. How’s it been? Stressful, stressful. I did a lot when

I wasn’t the owner, Steve was retail and paperwork, I was retail, production and the lab, I had a lot on my plate. When Steve retired and I made him the offer, I realized I had a lot more on my plate including all of the ordering. I would say now I’m getting to a reasonably calm level. I appreciate all of the customers sticking with me. To be honest with you, I was a little nervous once Steve left.

You know better than most that it’s a risky move buying into a camera store and photo lab. What made you take the leap?

I basically bought myself a job. I don’t want to do anything else. I really enjoy my job. I’ve been in the industry for over 20 years, on the retail side. This was a great opportunity. The worst thing that could happen would be that I fail, which would be tragic. Believe me I don’t want to be the guy who closes a 125-year-old business, I don’t want to be in the record books for that. That would be the owner with the asterisk next to his name. I

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will continue to do what I enjoy until we can’t do it anymore and hopefully that won’t happen. I love my customers. They come in sometimes just to chat. You don’t get that in a box store. America was built on small businesses I hope that’s not too much of a cliche.

You own the only camera store/photo lab in Worcester. Where are the next closest stores of this kind? Newtonville Camera in

Newton, they’re bigger than us actually everyone is bigger than us. We specialize in Canon, although we carry brands that are compatible with Canon, Nikon and Sony. I don’t think there’s anyone around us doing the same thing with the gear and the professional lab.

What are some of the unexpected challenges of owning a small business that you hadn’t anticipated? There’s not enough time in a 24-hour day balancing work and home life, at least right now. I knew it was going to be a struggle. My kids are great and they understand why sometime I can’t make their games, and why sometimes I find myself still here at 9 p.m. trying to catch-up on things. I have two part-time employees who are fantastic. They give me all the hours they possibly can. I like to think that’s the small business attitude again, but I didn’t realize I’d have so little time.

Have you ever been genuinely shocked by some of the imagery people have brought in to be developed and/or printed? I have

been mortified. Sometimes, I see very risque photos. It would be a perk if it was done right and was artistic. I’ve had people come in with disposable cameras after some fun with his or her friend.

I’m always amazed that they come back

and pick it up. I had one that was pretty graphic. There was nothing illegal about it ... so as a professional I adjusted the density, added a little green so it wasn’t too magenta ... gotta make sure those flesh tones are right. That doesn’t happen often. Most of the people that come in are moms and dads with kids photos, and I’m lucky enough to have the professional photographers. It’s far and few between that I get the disturbing ones ... thank goodness, but I’ll still help where ever I can.

You’ve lived and breathed photography for the past 22 years. Do you photograph? I take photographs, but I wouldn’t consider myself a photographer. I know the ins and outs, but my main talent is in the editing. I’ve been using Photoshop since it came out ... I enjoy the editing, the design work. I like manipulating imagery. I’ve had prints hang at the Sprinkler factory and at Arts Worcester, abstract work. It was kind of dark, believe it or not. It’s not something you would hang in your living room, but it

all seemed to sell pretty well. I think I’m done with it. I said what I wanted to say, and I got all my frustrations out. I enjoyed the digital aspect of it. I don’t do much artistically with it. I photograph my kids.

Talk about some of your new services and products on the horizon. We will be having

rental equipment, which is huge. It’s still in the works and we will be trained. I’m not sure about the inventory, but it’s big, especially for wedding photographers who on occasion have come in and say, “I just dropped my lens. I need something NOW.” That’s happened a couple of times. That’s in the works, but we’re also getting a couple of new machines for the lab side of things. We’re getting a dye-sublimation printer and a 3D heat vacuum machine. It can print on pretty much everything. I think it will go over really well. The more new services I can find, the better.

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