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Clark students of color want campus space

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ore than 300 people have signed an online petition asking Clark University to establish a physical space on campus for students of color and a proposed Center for Gender, Race and Area Studies (CGRAS). The petition, spearheaded by students of color at the liberal arts college in Worcester’s diverse Main South section, has successfully grabbed the attention of school administrators. “The University is aware of the student concerns about the need for a multicultural space and we are developing a plan for implementation in Summer 2016 that we believe will fully respond to the student concerns,” Clark Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Davis Baird said in an email. Clark senior Stephon Richardson helped spearhead the movement for a physical space for students of color, saying the idea has been an ongoing issue. “For a good month or so, people have been talking about it,” Richardson said. “These ideas have been floating around Clark for a couple years — getting space, physical or financial investment in Clark’s campus.” Clark has a building, the Dana Commons, previously known as the Mary McLeod Bethune Multicultural Center, that used to be focused on “promoting racial and ethnic diversity,” according to petitioners, but has

since shifted focus to the Liberal Education and Effective Practice (LEEP) Center. Richardson said he is looking back to a time when Dana Commons had multicultural offices, student of color pre-orientation offices, and guidance for students of color throughout the school year. For that reason, Richardson says the petition’s asks are not out of the question. “We’re not calling for a new space, we’re calling for the restoration of an old space,” Richardson said. The idea of a specific physical space for students of color is not uncommon at other Worcester universities. Assumption College’s Cross-Cultural Center has a gathering space for African, Latino, Asian and Native American (ALANA) students at the Hagan Campus Center. Other colleges have spaces that welcome all students, with a particular focus on students of color. Worcester Polytechnic Institute has the OASIS House, renovated five years ago, which houses the school’s Office of Multicultural Affairs department and cultural center. Becker College has a Center for Global Citizenship, and the school was recently approved for a Bachelor of Arts in Global Citizenship program after the school became more intentional about reaching out to students of different cultures for events and trips. The College of the Holy Cross does not have a specified gathering space, but has dedicated office space in the Hogan Campus Center for

Petitioners created this display at Clark University to voice support for diversity and unity multicultural student organizations. Worcester State University has an office of Multicultural Affairs, which is geared toward issues of concern for students of color and is open to anybody on campus. Office director Marcela Uribe-Jennings said the purpose of multicultural centers goes beyond just having a physical space. “Multicultural Centers have a greater

WOO-TOWN INDE X City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. releases a list of steps to help unify the city and encourage diversity. +4

Burncoat High School re-emphasizes ban on carrying backpacks inside the school, and prohibits students from carrying any bags or purses as well, after a gun is found in a student’s locker. +3

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Bear sightings reported in towns outside of Worcester. Meanwhile, that growling you may have heard inside City Hall turned out not to be a bear, but the city manager after another Council meeting. -1

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mission and scope beyond creating a specific space for minority students — they provide educational awareness that further recognize and validate the experience, dynamic and contributions of other ethnic and racial groups,” Uribe-Jennings said in an email. “In other words, they provide cultural perspective for all.”

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For Clark specifically, Richardson said the current resource room that remains in “de facto” student of color control is too small to accommodate all students of color on campus, and is neglected, without any real resources behind it. He also said a physical space would be good for the multicultural events Clark schedules. “We want a physical space for legitimacy, and to centralize a lot of the efforts and dialogues that are happening,” Richardson said. “There will be a lot of instances where there’ll be a talk on Latin America here, Asia somewhere else, and they’re not organized and people don’t know about them.” Richardson also said a physical space would alleviate some racial tensions he sees at the mostly white university. Just under 20 percent of the school’s 2014 Fall enrollment were ALANA students. “There’s a lack of a safe space,” Richardson said. “There’s not a space where every student of color on campus feels comfortable to go to one space to have those sensitive talks about race. Campus-wide, through student and faculty micro-aggressions – having this space would counter that. I think that would benefit all students.” Uribe-Jennings said having an area on campus geared toward students of color can be a positive thing for those groups. “ALANA students look for an opportunity to have an area that creates a welcoming and supportive environment, a place that speaks to who they are and that reflects student’s cultural experiences and background,” UribeJennings said. “A center often houses images and educational resources that often address, highlight and confirm the many contributions of different ethnic/racial groups – ultimately an area that fosters a sense of belonging and cultural awareness.” Richardson said the petition, started on April 19, is representing many groups on campus. The Black Student Union, Women of Color Solidarity Group, Asian Cultural Society, Latin American Student Association, Caribbean African Student Association and International Student Association are listed as co-sponsors. In addition to the re-establishment of a space for students of color on campus, the petition asks the administration to provide the space with permanent staff, resources and funding, and that the office of Program Coordinator for Academic Advancement be moved into the space, either at Dana Commons or an equivalent location. It also requests “that the administration put an immediate freeze on plans or projects that would jeopardize the implementation of any of the above requests.” The petition is titled Give Students of Color and CGRAS a Physical Space on Campus and can be found online at change.org.

Council scraps civilian review board idea Tom Quinn

9 and released on his own recognizance. His trial has been continued until June 2. “This item is not playing the blame game. An order to look into establishing a civilian It’s not asking for a witch hunt,” Lukes said. review board to review the Worcester Police “I have confidence in the police department Department was effectively killed this week as one of our most professional units when councilors voted to file it, 10-1, with in the city. I think they need a voice sponsoring councilor Konnie Lukes as the and they don’t have one.” lone dissenting vote. The vote was not Lukes, who was at the center of a without debate or drama, however, as a few controversial Council issue involving councilors got into a war of words over the Worcester Police a few months ago prominence of racial tensions in the city of when she proposed a resolution late. commending the department on its The order requested that the city manager, professionalism, raised eyebrows “report on the feasibility of establishing an when she contrasted Worcester independent Civilian Police Review Board, with other parts of the country and with references to the applicability of a commented on what she said is budget, staff, subpoena powers, investigatory overblown speech by some in the powers with a goal of making determinations community. on merits of every citizen complaint “Given the climate of this country, regarding police conduct, and including and given the climate of what’s recommendations on police programs, policies, and procedures and providing citizen happened in this city recently – which I will define as somewhat of a input to the City Manager, all to promote manufactured issue,” Lukes said. “This is not community confidence in the Worcester Ferguson. The same issues that have appeared Police Department while respecting the rights in other cities have not appeared here, and of both the police and complainants.” I don’t expect them to be part of the dynamics of this city.” “Although I think there are some Konnie Lukes people in this city that wish that that kind of climate and those sets of events would occur here, because that would buttress their case,” Lukes continued, without getting into specifics. Councilor Rick Rushton, who was one of two votes against Lukes’ previous WPD resolution, had harsh words for his colleague. “I’m hoping as we go forward that members of this body will refrain from making incredibly stupid statements that people would be wanting things that are happening in Ferguson and Baltimore,” Rushton said, raising his voice to a near-shout. “Are you serious?” “To suggest that people who are asking for a conversation would lean to looting and violence is demeaning to this chamber,” Rushton continued. Lukes said she was proposing the order Councilor Sarai Rivera, the other councilor so the city could be proactive about future who voted against Lukes’ previous WPD issues involving the police department. The resolution, also spoke out against Lukes’ order comes on the heels of the arraignment order, saying she did not want it to get in the of Worcester police officer Michael Motyka, way of recent “good conversations” between who allegedly hurled a racial slur at a community members and the WPD. Mayor prisoner before physically assaulting him on Joe Petty and councilors Mike Gaffney and Dec. 1 last year. Motyka was arrested April

Moe Bergman had said before the meeting they were opposed to the order, and they elaborated on why before the vote to file, with Bergman bringing up the possibility that the City Council would not have unilateral

authority to create a review board overseeing the police. “Whether you support or don’t support the items, the issue to me is whether we’re going down a road we can’t go down,” Bergman said. “All the inquiries I’ve made with respect to the issue of a civilian review board tells me it would be a change in work conditions for the Worcester Police Department, which simply means the rank and file of the Worcester Police Department would have to agree to allow a change in their work conditions.” Lukes also had an order requesting an update to the Worcester Regional Research Bureau’s report years ago on civilian review boards, the conclusion of which was that the boards were not timely for Worcester. “I think it needs an update given the events that have happened nationwide,” Lukes said. Bergman said asking for an updated report did not make sense unless the council was willing to vote to implement a civilian review board, and it was clear the majority of councilors did not. “Reports are fine, but if your ultimate intention is not to vote on it, then I guess maybe the Research Bureau has nothing better to do than give us reports we’re not going to take votes on,” Bergman said. “Taking that conversation and going that route raises expectations in the community that I think are unhealthy.” APRIL 30, 2015 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM 7

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Incumbent councilors face uncertain future in Election Year I Walter Bird Jr.

t is early — very early — in this election season in Worcester, but already some incumbent candidates for City Council could be vulnerable. All of the councilors are seeking re-election, with one of them, Phil Palmieri, jumping from District 2 into the citywide, at-large race. Who is potentially at risk of losing a city paycheck come November, and who appears to be positioned for a win? There are north of 30 candidates for City Council (31 when last we checked, 14 for School Committee). There are 21 at-large candidates. With that many potential choices for voters, anything could happen. Here is who may be vulnerable come November — emphasis on may, and who has had some momentum on their side lately. WHO COULD BE VULNERABLE

Mayor Joe Petty: Let’s face it. Joe Petty has needed the crises that have marked the first months of 2015 like the city needs another infestation of the Asian Longhorned Beetle. Never mind that he has a rather feisty challenger in at-large Councilor Mike Gaffney. Others will run for mayor, of course, probably including At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes. But it is Gaffney who is seen as Petty’s biggest threat, and the first-year councilor has taken advantage of just about every opportunity so far to throw arrows at the mayor. From a volatile situation at North High School, to battles over a would-be parking lot across from Worcester State University that never got off the ground to racial strife that led the city to call in the US Department of Justice — the final year of Petty’s second term has seen him juggle one hand grenade after another. His job has been made tougher with the lack of a “floor general” who has his back and can

quell problems during Council meetings before they arise. Perhaps the biggest example was the most recent: when Gaffney challenged his colleagues to consider no property tax hikes in the next fiscal budget. Not one councilor rose to file the motion, which would have stopped discussion dead in its tracks. Instead, some blathered on about “Oz” and “Candyland,” giving the mayoral hopeful all he would need to cut his next radio ad. Voters should remember, however, that it is largely because of Petty that Ed Augustus Jr., who has earned near unanimous praise, is city manager. Petty is a shoo-in for Council, and is still the favorite for mayor, but it could be closer than you think. Rick Rushton: In 2013, Rushton finished fifth at-large with 5,752 votes. In 2011, he finished in the same spot, with 6,541. He only narrowly captured the spot in the last election over Gaffney, who shocked the city with 5,640 votes to oust Mike Germain. Rushton rarely shies from the spotlight, even if it might burn him. He has taken some controversial stances, and some observers think his stance on a motion earlier this year to support police may have caused irreparable damage. But Rushton has a bit of Teflon in him. Will it be strong enough to keep him from becoming an also-ran come Election Day? Phil Palmieri: Palmieri made the curious decision to leap from District 2 into the atlarge race. He does so with memories of a stinging defeat at the hands of Mary Keefe for state rep in the 15th Worcester District still fresh in minds of many. Some prognosticators already saw Palmieri as potentially beatable

in his own district; can he prove the wounds suffered in last year’s state election were not mortal, and pull out an at-large win? To do so, he not only has to fend off an eager crop of challengers - he has to knock off one of his colleagues. Does that make Rushton more vulnerable? We shall see. Kate Toomey: Not many councilors have been as adept as Toomey at avoiding major political pitfalls and landmines — almost never adopting a careerkilling position. Some might call it weak; Toomey simply does not jump in the way of speeding locomotives. Year after year, Toomey has her base of support. She is, perennially, near the top of the heap in terms of votes (Toomey received 8,182 in 2013 and 9,571 in 2011). This term she has managed to again walk the middle of the road deftly on major issues, could she fall victim to the winds of change? If voters are truly fed up with politics as usual, might they target someone who, while not causing major controversy, also has not set herself apart from the pack perhaps as much as she could in a year when councilors have bulls’ eyes on their backs? She may well be safe, but antipolice sentiment, plus a growing cry for more diversity on the Council could make things interesting. WHO COULD BE SAFE

just don’t like how he presents it.” Here’s the thing: As a mayoral contender, Gaffney may be a couple years short on his timing, but he could not have asked for better material for his campaign. Petty is a favorite among voters — or he has been, anyway — but when they debate, Gaffney will have no shortage of issues to toss at the incumbent. He has not always warmed himself to folks who show up at Council meetings, but with so much election-year vitriol aimed at incumbents, Gaffney just may have positioned himself as the outsider. Everyone loves an outsider. Konnie Lukes: The former mayor came in fourth in the last Council election and second in the mayoral race. Until Gaffney arrived on the scene, she was often the 1 in 10-1 when it came to Council votes. Now, it is often 9-2 between the both of them. Could Gaffney steal some of Lukes’ thunder? Has she hurt herself with moves such as calling for a vote of confidence in Worcester Police, then turning around and championing a Citizen Police Review Board? Perhaps. There is something about Lukes voters seem to like, perhaps the same thing Gaffney has tapped into - that outsider mode. Lukes is the check in checks and balances. Approve of her methods or not, she has not let her colleagues slide on a number of issues. Voters may want to make sure it stays that way.

Mike Gaffney: Gaffney is, to some of his colleagues, a mystery wrapped in an enigma. One thing is for certain: After a barn-burning start to his first term as councilor, he has tempered his approach somewhat. Oftentimes, you can hear folks say, “He makes sense, I

Economou has a challenger in District 3, but what his opponent lacks is a singular issue to use as a “gotcha” during the campaign. Economou is almost always even-keeled inside Council chambers. He does the constituency services thing as

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Moe Bergman:

Bergman has had his name bandied about for mayor. He will not run this year, but who knows what the future holds? Like Economou, Bergman is relatively steady when it comes to his countenance on the Council floor. He recently raised what was likely to become a controversial issue: metal detectors at the city’s high schools. That might cause some gasps among voters, but overall Bergman appears to be well-liked and respected, both for his tempered approach on the issues and how he treats his colleagues. He is a first-termer, so a loss may not be shocking, but right now a win looks easily attainable. Sarai Rivera: Rivera has two challengers in District 4, but one of them is 17 and the other one is (gasp) a Republican. Rivera wears her heart on her sleeve, which can prove an Achilles’ Heel to some politicians. So far, she has not been hurt by it. You never have to question where Rivera stands on an issue. If she is upset with a colleague, she sits with arms crossed, her legs bouncing a mile a minute. If she feels threatened or believes passionately in something, her tone reflects it. Rivera should — should — be safe come November, because many of those who have expressed outrage with some councilors have appeared solidly behind Rivera. N/A George Russell and Gary Rosen: So far, neither Russell in District 3 nor Rosen in District 5 has an opponent, which technically

would put them on the “Who Could be Safe” list. At this stage in the game it would be surprising if a challenger for either candidate emerged, although, much like Petty, Rosen has dealt with some controversial issues of late. The parking fiasco at Worcester State University and the tennis court brouhaha in Newton Square have put Rosen in some tight spots. Russell, meanwhile, has largely avoided any potential political missteps.

WOMEN BUILD

Habitat for Humanity’s eight annual National Women Build Week has put out the call for women in the MetroWest/Greater Worcester area to help address affordable housing needs throughout the community. The effort kicks off Saturday, April 2, when local volunteers build at Habitat’s current Worcester site at 79 Kendig St. The Pope Francis Build will be ADA compliant, LEED certified and the first affordable Net Zero Energy home build in the city. It will be dedicated to a veteran family. Habitat will also be hosting a build in Wayland. National Women Build Week runs through May 10, and challenges women to devote at least one day to building affordable housing in their communities. According to Habitat, more than 62,000 women from all 50 states have volunteered in previous years. National Women Build Week started in 2008, with Lowe’s helping to launch the national effort. “We are excited to participate in National Women Build Week,” said Tim CONCLUSION Firment, executive director of Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester. “This is Incumbents always have a leg up on the a great opportunity for women of all skill levels to come together to help a family in need of competition, especially newcomers who have not previously run a campaign. But with better housing.” To volunteer or donate to the project call 508-799-9259 or email Development more than three times the number of potential Coordinator Grace Warwick at Grace.Warwick@Habitatmwgw.org. For more information on at-large candidates as there are spots on the National Women Build Week, visit Habitat.org/wb. Council, the possibility of an upset or two is not a fantasy. We expect Petty will retain his mayoral seat, largely because, while some might see him as weak, behind the scenes he is not. He is a two-term incumbent, too. But again, with so much open hostility toward councilors, anything could happen this year. There is something else to consider: voter turnout. In the last municipal election, 15,272 voters cast ballots. Two years earlier, in the 2011 election, that number was 19,244. Petty, the big vote getter in 2013, 8,499 votes in the at-large race and 8,900 for mayor. In 2011, he received 10,206 and 9,008, respectively. Other councilors experienced similar drops in the number of votes received. That does not bode well for this year, but it remains to be seen whether frustration over incidents involving police, high schools and other issues that have dominated recent news headlines carries over into the primary and general election.

SAFE HOMES

The Safe Homes program of The Bridge of Central Massachusetts honors Mayor Joe Petty, City Manager Ed Augustus Jr., Human Rights Commission Chair Ed Robinson and Police Lt. Richard Bates Thursday, May 1 at the Safe Homes Gala and People of Courage Awards. The awards related to the city’s recent 100 score on the Human Rights Campaign Municipal Equality Index, according to Safe Homes Director Laura Farnsworth. In 2013, the city scored 55 on the Index. Last year, months after Augustus came on board as city manager, the score shot up by 45 points. Among the changes was the appointment of Bates as a Police Department liaison to the LGBT community. An LGBT liaison for the city was also named. Safe Homes will also award TD Bank a Corporate Award and Samantha Murphy Cripps, a peer leader in the Safe Homes program, with the Youth and Young Adult Award. The awards will be presented at Cyprian Keyes Golf Club in Boylston. The event will feature a silent auction, live auction, buffet dinner, a performance by Jazz Journey of the Joy of Music School and a performance by Dale LePage and the Manhattans. WSRS 96.1 DJ Greg Byrne emcees the event. For tickets, call 508-755-0333 or visit safehomesma.org.

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Groups ‘Zone’ in on Coes Pond Tom Quinn

he Coes Pond area has long been a target for restoration efforts. While members of the Coes Zone Task Force have grand plans for the future of nearly 21-acre area, they have already made a dent in the spot’s run-down reputation by partly restoring the Coes Pond Beach to its former glory recently. “We figured if we could restore the beach to what it used to be like it would gather a lot of public attention and show people we’re starting to make some progress and make some improvements to the Coes Pond area,” Task Force member Roger Parent said. The improvements include 451 tons – $8,351.46 worth – of new sand, spread over the beach. Volunteers also cleared away invasive brush from the shore, painted the vandalized bathhouse deep blue, and installed a sign and lifeguard chair. “What a beautiful spot it is, but what a more beautiful spot it could be,” District 5 City Councilor Gary Rosen said, admiring the improvements volunteers have made. Rosen is spearheading the Coes Zone efforts from the city side of things, working with his colleagues in local government to turn the area around. He’s been met with support – state Rep. Kate Campanale and City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. both took time out of their Saturday morning to volunteer at the site. “We’re finally moving,” Augustus said. “There’s a great active group there, and [Rosen] has really nurtured that group.” The Coes Zone Task Force was supplemented in its volunteer efforts on April 25 by Working for Worcester, a group of college students from across the city who choose a number of sites every year to devote time and resources to. “During our planning phase we found out about Working for Worcester, and we submitted a grant, and the most important thing is they coordinated getting all these volunteers in,” said Parent, who is from Shrewsbury, but has a passion for Worcester’s waterways. Worcester’s colleges aren’t just chipping in with volunteers for manual labor, though. The Task Force wanted to clear out overgrown brush near the shore to create more space and improve the beach’s aesthetic, but had to check in with environmental experts first. “We’re working with a group of professors and students from Clark University who identified all the invasive plants in here, so we’re leaving all the native plants, so we’re being ecologically mindful,” Parent said. The discarded branches and plants filled a large dumpster and then some, but the effort was worth the payoff for the view it created.

Worcester is leading the effort to save the “I’ve driven by here thousands of times, have lived in the area for decades may not building, and Director Deb Packard, who and I’ve never seen the water from this angle remember when Coes was a hotspot in the estimated moving costs at $150,000 for a [from the road],” Rosen said. city, although some volunteers yearn for few miles, said there are no concrete plans or Although the bathhouse was painted, those days. funding in place, but agreed that the building and looks good from the outside, work on “This was busy as heck – everyone used was historically important. the inside will have to wait for another day. to swim here,” Rosen said, noting he was “It’s one of the oldest buildings in Vandals had wrecked the plumbing system, thinking back to 40 or 50 years ago. “This Worcester, so we really want to save it,” and it will take a significant investment to was Worcester’s beach, not just Coes Pond or Packard said. “We’d like it to be used, not just the neighborhood beach. They would come restore the building to usefulness. “The last couple years we’ve had portable from all around – it was great.” be vacant.” toilets here because the bathhouse doesn’t Rosen, who said he would like to see the There are also plans for a playground at work,” Task Force member Jerry Powers said. beach renamed the John Binienda Memorial the Coes Knife site, and the Task Force wants Powers echoed what everyone at the site Beach after the longtime state representative, it to be a “universally accessible” playground said – making the beach presentable TOM QUINN was important to show the group was serious about the project, but it was only one project in a planned series of improvements. “It’s more than just fixing up the beach,” Powers said. “This is just the first step.” The Task Force has a long wish list. For the beach specifically, future projects could include a kayak and canoe launch, picnic areas, improved handicap accessibility and Wi-Fi. One thing that is out of their control is the old Big D supermarket property across from the beach. The owner said he is interested in turning the vacant property into housing, something that would be a welcome addition to the area. “It is a gorgeous site,” Augustus said. “If you put townhouse condominiums there across the pond, it would really be picaresque.” Task Force member John Reed has made the Stearns Tavern his personal pet project. At first glance, the building on Park Avenue has nothing to do with the Coes Zone. However, the owner of the property has two months left on his citymandated waiting period before he is allowed to demolish the building, Members of Working for Worcester and the Coes Zone Task Force volunteered and has offered the building to at Coes Beach recently anyone willing to pay to move it off the property. The building was moved to its current location in 1974, and the building itself can be dated to 1812, making it one of the oldest said the progress made on Saturday is for everyone to use, regardless of age or buildings in Worcester. energizing the Task Force for future projects. handicap. Volunteers said it is important to “The only reason we have a fighting “It’s nice to see the fruits of our labor. keep working to make Coes Pond a better chance is that if people want to move it We’ve got a long way to go, but this is the place. somewhere else in the city, it’s going to cost start,” Rosen said. “We expect this will be an “How many cities have this beautiful body a lot more money,” Reed said. “We happen to ongoing thing for years.” of water in an urban area?” Parent asked. be the closest available location.” “This is amazing, that this happened “It’s a resource. This pond, and the waters Reed, who is also a Grand Knight in the today,” Reed, who said volunteer efforts were that flow into and out of it, flow into the Knights of Columbus, wants the building working “in word and indeed,” said. “The Blackstone heritage corridor. It’s part of moved to the old Coes Knife property near turnout today speaks volumes. Anyone who history.” the beach, where it would serve as a center thinks this is a normal Saturday in the city of The history of the area is what the Task for trail tours and exhibits. Preservation Worcester – it isn’t.” Force is trying to restore. Even people who

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SAFETY FIRST: Worcester

Magazine had exclusive access to School Committee candidate Cotey Collins’ press conference on April 28 at City Hall. That wasn’t by design, but no other media outlet showed up to hear Collins, who is 18 years old and still a senior at Worcester Tech, talk about his comprehensive 33-page safety plan. Collins has been an outspoken advocate for school safety measures such as metal detectors – recently suggested by some city councilors – more security personnel at schools, and updated technology. His main argument for defeating an incumbent in November is that the School Committee has lost touch with what’s going on today in Worcester Public Schools, while he is still taking classes and is intimately familiar with students’ needs. How far that gets him has yet to be seen, although the always well-dressed and professional Collins has more than half the number of signatures he needs to get on the ballot. Not that the plan has a chance of being passed by the current administration – to fund all the suggestions, which are many, Collins plans to cut $4.3 million in school and Durkin Administration Building administrators’ salaries to bring them more in line with national averages. If he gets on the ballot, that may buy him some love among the fiscally conservative in the city, but he’s probably not his principal’s favorite student right now (Collins would cut $33,000 from Worcester Tech’s principal specifically).

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interesting thing that came out of Collins’ safety plan – apparently Adidas is the brand of choice for gang members at Worcester High Schools, much like more well-known gangs nationally use certain clothing or brands to identify themselves to compatriots. Collins said he got that info from surveying fellow students. No word on whether Nike is sponsoring his campaign.

NESN EXPOSURE: If you stuck around after the walk-off Sox win over Toronto yesterday, you got to see a couple Worcester State students debut their sports film on NESN. Senior Matt Collamer and recent graduate Andrew O’Connor made an almost seven-minutelong video about the rise, fall, and rebirth of baseball in Worcester as part of NESN’s Next Producer contest. The short focuses on Jose Canseco and the ownership problems with the Worcester Tornadoes, but takes a hopeful turn by tracking the Worcester Bravehearts and their victory in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League championship last year. A smorgasbord of Worcester notables made appearances, from Mayor Joe Petty - who gave a shout-out to District 2 Councilor Phil Palmieri for his efforts to keep baseball in Worcester - to Bravehearts owner John Creedon Jr. to Bravehearts coach (and firefighter) Kevin Hartigan. NESN got Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr to weigh in on the film, and the acclaimed writer gave a downright glowing review of the film, saying it felt fresh, full of colorful information, and was technically well done. This from a guy who had quibbles with Avatar, so you know the WSU movie must have been good. Participants on the show have the chance to win $20,000 and a job at NESN.

PI TIME: The Bank of America on Chandler Street was robbed April 27, and while information that leads to the capture of the suspect could lead to a reward from the Massachusetts Bankers Association, details are iffy. A man standing about 5-feet 7-inches in his mid 20s was responsible. He was either white or Hispanic, he may or may not have had a weapon, he received an undisclosed amount of cash from a teller after handing them a note, and he fled in an unknown direction. Not a whole lot to go on, but WPD investigators are reviewing security footage to clear up some of those details, and the investigation is ongoing.

MOVING VIOLATION: One Worcester police officer really wanted to get to the Bank of America robbery in time, but ended up crashing into a Rutland resident on Chandler Street. The unidentified 65-year-old civilian was trying to turn left onto Deerfield Street when the cruiser, which was in the left lane passing traffic, collided with the Hyundai Santa Fe. The collision sent the Hyundai over a sidewalk and several bushes, and the cruiser was sent over a curb. The 65-year-old woman refused medical treatment, but the WPD officer was transported to a hospital for minor injuries, in what is either a testament to how tough the older generation is or a great ad spot for the Hyundai Santa Fe. Police say the emergency lights and siren were going full blast before the incident, and end the press release with the ominous “to date, no citations

{ worcesteria } have been issued,” leaving open the possibility that they could find fault with the driver for failing to get out of the cop’s way. Or, it could just be that there will be no citations issued at all. The third possibility is that the officer who crashed into the Hyundai could be cited, although given the information police have put out, that seems unlikely.

LIGHTING IT UP: Jesse Burkett had its first baseball game under new lights on April 24. Fittingly, Sue Mailman of Coghlin Electric threw out the first pitch. Jesse Burkett was able to get Coghlin’s help to raise $100,000 in cash and $50,000 in donated materials and services. The field, located on Chandler Street, was dedicated to the late, great Ted Coghlin last year, and was one of his final contributions to the city. READY TO ROLL: The Pet Rock festival has found a new home at Becker College in Leicester. For the uninitiated, the festival does not celebrate the bizarre 70s fad, but instead features live music and games to benefit animal welfare causes. The festival will also feature a vegetarian food court, contests for dogs, a cat photo contest, dog massages, a doggie water park, demonstrations, exhibits, vendors and more. The festival celebrated 16 years in existence last year, but seemed to be in danger in 2015 when it could not find a venue. Luckily for the many organizations it donates the proceeds of the event to, it was able to partner with Becker to bring the festival back for another year. The date is set for Sept. 13 at noon. CONGRATS TO HER: At-large City Councilor Kate Toomey is one of 16 women honored

with a Talent of Leadership award from Alpha Gamma Delta. Alpha Gamma Delta is not a sorority – their website prefers the term “fraternity for women” - and it focuses on philanthropy. Toomey is an adult initiate from WPI’s Zeta Zeta chapter, nominated by her daughter, becoming one of 150,000 members worldwide. Toomey said the award came in the mail, and she had no idea she was even nominated.

IN THE TANK: Worcester police have arrested a suspect in connection with two robberies of April Lincoln Street gas stations, but there are still suspects (or suspect) at large for robbing Lincoln Street gas stations in April. Max Ritter, 19 years old from 1 Park View Drive, was arrested April 25 after detectives found probably cause to charge him with robbing the Gulf station on Lincoln Street twice, on April 21 and April 24, brandishing a handgun both times. Worcester police – say it with me now – did not respond to a request for information about suspects in the April 20 Shell station robbery on the same stretch of Lincoln Street or an April 6 robbery of the same Gulf station Ritter is accused of robbing. If you buy your gas on Lincoln Street, do it with both eyes open. DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Two Worcester residents on Jeopardy! in the same month? On April 24, Eric Fleury, a professor of political science at Holy Cross, managed to do even better than Erin Steinhart did on her stint on the popular game show earlier this month. Fleury racked up $17,400 before final Jeopardy, and correctly identified James Dean as the actor who gave an interview about the dangers of highway racing before dying in a car crash to move up to $30,000. Somehow, that was only good enough for second place, so Worcester has fallen short yet again. Still, congratulations to Fleury, who represented Worcester well on national television. Then again, his short story during the break was about how he was coerced out of being a Yankees fan by his in-laws, so maybe it’s good the prize money went to someone a little more likeable. DIPLOMATIC APPROACH: District 5 Councilor Gary Rosen is usually one of the more longwinded speakers on the Council floor, but it took him five seconds to make the motion to file Atlarge Councilor Konnie Lukes’ order to look into the feasibility of a civilian police review board. That didn’t stem the tide of speech that followed, however, which is usually the point of making a motion to file rather than voting on the actual order. If councilors had just voted to file, though, we wouldn’t have gotten to see At-large Councilor Rick Rushton blow his top, coming as close to yelling at Lukes as possible without forcing Mayor Joe Petty to use his gavel to restore order. That minor drama wasn’t nearly as funny as the spat between At-large Councilor Mike Gaffney and Rosen, however, after Gaffney suggested councilors talking about neighborhood meetings about the Worcester Tennis Club proposal at Newton Hill was pointless in light of the city manager’s agreement to the order on the floor to hold meetings with neighborhood residents about the issue. He said the council should pretend the 10 minutes of discussion never happened – not the best way to win friends and influence people.

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Race talks start, but are we listening?

Stop killing black people “Dear local, state, and federal government, Stop killing Black people. Sincerely, Julius Jones”

I wish the words above were the only ones needed to convey this simple message and have the killing stop. Unfortunately, I live in a country where I have to convince people that racism here has been a loud and clear call for more inclusion exists, that though one may not pull the in Worcester, greater diversity in city employment and trigger they are involved, and that our advancement on race relations. The discussion, activists and others have implored, must take place, particularly in light collective freedom is at risk every time an unarmed black person dies at the of rising tensions between some in the city’s communities hands of their government. In the fivecolor and police. century struggle for black liberation, It has not taken long, and while questions remain as to we offer these simple words: “Stop whether differences can be patched and divides bridged, the killing black people, because Black Lives conversation in Worcester has begun. Matter.” From planned meetings in the city facilitated by the US The message of stop killing black Department of Justice, to scheduled discussions at area colleges and universities, including the airing of documentary people elicits such responses as, “Here go the blacks, again, screaming race, called “American Promise” on April 28 at Worcester State University, to protests that have taken place and more that will and blaming me! I don’t know what you’re talking about, I’m not killing surely come - people most certainly are talking. you, so leave me alone.” The response Worcester Magazine has offered to help facilitate a often continues, “If you don’t mess discussion on race relations in Worcester, and our Op/Ed with the cops, you don’t get shot. These pages are open to any who wish to constructively air their concerns, their frustrations and their hopes. Julius Jones does people must have done something wrong, otherwise why would a cop do so in this week’s issue. that?” I look to the comment boards Talking, however, is the easy part. All the editorials, all of the T&G, and other sites, where the the marches, all the talks by people such as the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Riley, who fielded questions from students at Holy Cross earlier this week - all the words spoken, written or typed mean nothing if no one is listening or reading. There is nothing more confounding than trying to talk to someone when you know they are not listening. It is sort of like when a councilor stands to speak during a meeting while his or her colleagues either get up and walk out of the room or whisper in each other’s ears at tones audible enough to sometimes warrant a banging of the gavel from Mayor Joe Petty. That there appears to be so much anger behind the Black Lives Matter movement and other activists here should not be surprising. Many of them have said they feel like their voices have not been heard. They also see actions from their city officials that often send mixed signals. Take At-Large Councilor Konnie Lukes, who earlier this year outraged communities of color by calling for a vote of confidence in the Worcester Police Department, then turned around recently and asked for a Civilian Police Review Board to be established. There is a common thread to much of the talk surrounding race that has happened up to this point in Worcester. Much of it has involved accusations and insults, perhaps rooted in mistrust of the people on the other end of the conversation and distrust in a government that, however well-intentioned, wears the label of outsider. For any discussion to go beyond mere talk to real results, there has to be listening and understanding. We do not have to agree with the position or viewpoints of the person opposite us, but we can try to understand why they feel that way. And once there is understanding, anything is possible. It is not easy, but it is achievable. The discussion has started. Where will it lead? That depends on who is listening.

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writers are dismissive of the concerns of #BlackLivesMatter, and the thinly-veiled, hateful sentiment throwing shade on the expression of black collective and individual experiences, invalidating our voices by suggesting that our experience isn’t real. Detesting, attacking, invalidating and not defending black people is an act of solidarity with the status quo.

government violence based on a belief that the victim must have earned the ire, and somehow deserved to die. Our society blindly defends the deeds of these men as if their uniform imbibed them with an invincibility to scrutiny, and perhaps there are “bad apples,” but by and large the system works, the story goes. According the Bureau of Justice Statistics website (BJS.gov) “Local Police departments make up more than two-thirds of the 18,000 state and local law enforcement agencies in the United States.” If every one of these agencies had only one “bad apple” we’d have an epidemic of spoiled bushels, manifested as rampant police brutality, and nationwide we do. The Blue Wall and the culture of blind solidarity with police officers is a crime when guilty cops get to ride the coattails of heroic cops and stain the whole brotherhood. The officers and soldiers carry the banner of our nation, fighting for a cause, and in honor of the citizenry at large, historically to protect white society from whatever brown-skinned threat of the day; today we don’t say negro, we say criminal, felon and

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How is it that under 500 years of oppression some think that black people are just making it up? Somehow the concerns of the black family in the US suddenly had no basis after the Civil War? And with the waving hand of a signature, no longer had substance after the Voting Rights Act? And somehow all the millions of survivors who have been saying the same thing (stop killing black people) for half a millennia, somehow all of those people are wrong and you, dear poster, have figured it all out? I highly doubt that. Racism is fact, scientifically proven, and worthy of investigation, not ignorance. Blind solidarity with police and

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grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to analyze how mechanical forces and cellular growth factors affect the growth of human heart valves. The long-term goal is to use tissue engineering to develop replacement valves that are more natural and longer-lasting than current replacement valves. Kristen Billiar is professor of biomedical engineering at WPI and principal investigator for the three-year study. He said the ultimate aim is improve the quality of life for the 300,000 patients each year who undergo heart valve replacement surgery. “Right now, if you are a young person who needs a new heart valve, you are going to face several surgeries over the course of your life because the replacement valve will, itself, eventually need to be replaced,” Billiar said. “Our hope is to contribute to the field with new knowledge that advances development of a better treatment option.”

AClarkSPECIAL RELAY University holds its Relay for Life event each year, but this year’s was a little extra special.

About 200 people raised $16,000 over the course of two days, April 10-11, and they did so with one particular person on their minds: Clark alumna Cassandra McCann, who died March 2 of gastrointestinal cancer. The Relay was held in the Kneller Athletic Center, and that it is held each year at Clark is thanks to McCann and her friend, Emily Corbett, who brought Relay to the campus in 2009. “I am happy we were able to do something meaningful for Cassandra and all of her loved ones, to show that we still care so much about the club she brought to Clark and the cause that she fought ‘til the very end,” Clark senior Emma Weiner said of McCann. The American Cancer Society, which runs Relay for Life in several communities around Massachusetts, created a special plaque in honor of McCann’s devotion to the cause. It will hang in Beck House, where she spent many hours as an undergrad.

THE SCIENCE OF HONORS The sprawling science complex at Fitchburg State University will be named after President Robert and

Jeanne Antonucci Thursday, May 7 during a dedication ceremony at 4 p.m. Robert Antonucci is retiring in June after 12 years leading the school. The Board of Trustees voted this spring to name the 110,000-square-foot facility at 333 North St. in his honor. “The science complex is a fitting symbol of President and Mrs. Antonucci’s leadership and service to Fitchburg State,” Board of Trustees Chairman Martin F. Connors Jr. said. “Their devotion to the institution and its students is legendary, and we are honored that this magnificent building will bear their names.” The science building and adjacent Condike Science Building will now be part of the Antonucci Science Complex. Antonucci and his wife each hold two degrees from Fitchburg State. Among Antonucci’s accomplishments at Fitchburg State were the drafting of a new strategic plan, structural reorganization,

completion of a record-setting capital campaign, and oversight of an unprecedented number of major capital projects, including the science complex. Antonucci is a 35-year veteran of education, and served as the state’s commissioner of education from 1992-98. He played a key role in passing the Education Reform Act of 1993. His wife is a former educator known as a tireless ambassador for Fitchburg State over the course of her husband’s presidency.

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Clark University is among the colleges in the US and Canada featured in The Princeton Review Guide to 353 Green Colleges. Schools were chosen for the sixth

annual edition of the “green guide” based on data from the company’s 2014 survey of hundreds of four-year colleges concerning their commitments to the environment and sustainability. “It is gratifying that Clark is once again featured in Princeton Review’s Guide to Green Colleges, as we have been since its first publication,” said Jenny Isler, Clark’s Sustainability Coordinator. “Clark certainly epitomizes what it means to be a ‘green school’: we highlight sustainability education in our undergraduate and graduate programs; we continuously add green features in our buildings and landscape; we are proud of our many sustainability initiatives and practices.” According to Isler, sustainability is “our culture at Clark; it is how we do things and who we are.” The guide’s profile of Clark highlights the school’s “bold” climate action plan, which sets a goal of zero emissions by 2030, and notes its green campus features, such as the co-generation plant.

EARTH TO MARS WPI is sending 48 lucky kids to Mars this summer. The select group of middle school students

from around Massachusetts will take part in the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp, the largest of its kind in the country, to study the “Red Planet” with science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities. “Mission to Mars” will be held for the sixth season at WPI, from July 19-31. It will welcome students from lower socio-economic backgrounds, first generation to college and underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. Students entering grades 6-8 from Essex, Hampden, Hampshire, Suffolk and Worcester counties are eligible. Applications are due Friday, May 1. This year, the camp is partnering with the Mass Academy of Math and Science, which is located on the WPI campus. The campers will have something in common with WPI President Laurie Leshin, who remains a member of NASA’s Mars Curiosity Team. She will speak at the camp’s Media Day July 23. “We are proud to welcome the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp back to WPI. This important summer program allows us to work hand-in-hand, providing STEM programs to students who might not otherwise have access to them,” said Leshin. “Watching campers engage in hands-on science, math, technology, engineering and math activities while learning about Mars illustrates how project-based learning is both intellectually stimulating and fun.” Something is missing from Campus Corner - your school! Don’t be left out. If you have exciting news or something special happening at your school, Campus Corner is where it should be. Email your news/notice to wbird@worcestermag.com, RE:CAMPUS CORNER. All submissions for Campus Corner should be made by the Monday prior to that week’s Thursday issue. For more information, call the editor, Walter Bird Jr., at 508-749-3166, ext. 322. APRIL 30, 2015 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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terrorist. They are backed by “The People,” we support them, we stand behind them, we pay them, and give permission to their collective actions; all of us are complicit because they work for us. Though we are not direct murderers, if we don’t shed our unchecked solidarity, we’re participants in the process because murder doesn’t go unpunished unless it’s sanctioned by the society in which it occurs. I offer that if you are not pro-my freedom then your silence is violence, and you are endangering yourself in the process. Regardless of your identity, you have to say Black Lives Matter too; otherwise you won’t be free either, but you will be next. There is a worldview, a mindset, and an insidious group-think at play in our society, and its hunger for dominance has convinced us all that we are better than criminals, but also tells us all we aren’t good enough for our dreams. The blind love that we have for cops needs to evolve into enlightened love. The duality of good cops and evil criminal is too simplistic, and no longer serves us because everyone has a criminal in the family now; there are some two million incarcerated, an additional seven to nine million on probation or parole, including 2,500 in the Worcester courthouse; you either already have or soon will have a criminal in your family. What if it was your uncle saying, “I can’t breathe”

like Eric Garner, or your nephew shot while playing, like Tamir Rice? Would you feel the same? In the US, I have to say Black Lives Matter because it is sanctioned by our society that black men, women, boys, girls, transgender and transsexual people are killed on a regular basis by institutions who we pay to protect us, unpunished. I have to say Black Lives Matter, because people act as if black lives don’t matter. The violent deaths are heinous, but the slow deaths inflicted by poverty, poor health care, and systematic economic warfare are evils as well. Race is the keystone in the long arch of American injustice, and when it crumbles, we will usher in a new age of true freedom and liberty for all, instead of the broken class system which sits atop the caste status of blacks in the United States. We have research and science that proves racism does exist. It’s an open-and-shut issue, there is no doubt, it is fact. Look it up. I implore you to accept it, understand your role in it, and take the historic step to end racism in our lifetime. If you truly think that all lives matter, honor that belief with as much love for my life as for your holiday commute. Julius Jones has resided in Worcester for 17 years. He describes himself as a lovecentered artist, activist and writer focused on freedom

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‘A tiger in the house’

GROWING UP IN A DRUG-AFFECTED HOME Wanda Curtis

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{ coverstory } Just before Christmas last year, two children in Haverhill, 8- and 10-years-old, found their parents dead from a suspected heroin overdose. One of the children reportedly called their grandparents after they were unable to wake up their 39-year-old father. The 36-yearold mother was found in another room. The children were placed in the custody of their grandparents.

Last year, according to The Boston Globe, heroin overdoses were the suspected cause of 132 deaths in Essex County alone. In the span of less than one month, starting in January last year, Worcester had a reported 37 overdoses. The deaths were enough to cause alarm. The alarm grows louder when you consider the children growing up in homes where drugs are used. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported in 2007 (before the opiate epidemic reached its current magnitude) that more than eight million children in the U.S lived with at least one parent who abused or who was dependent on alcohol or an illicit drug during the previous year. According to Dr. Heather Forkey, clinical director of Foster Children Evaluation Services and chief of the Child Protection Program at UMass Children’s Medical Center, there has been a recent and dramatic increase in the number of children evaluated at the Medical Center for child abuse and neglect. Forkey evaluates children entering or changing foster placement in Worcester County. She suspects that much of the increase in cases being seen is related to drug abuse. “There’s been a huge increase in the continued on page 20

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number of children evaluated at UMass for abuse and neglect,” she said. “The number of children evaluated at UMass has increased by 46 percent during the past two years. I

the body to respond to danger. “Humans are built so we can live in the wilderness,” said Forkey. “Our brain and body is designed so that we can deal with dangers like predators, so we can run away, fight, or

The problem for kids with drug-affected parents is that the tiger lives in their house, and this system is repeatedly or constantly turned on. Having a parent who is unpredictable, or not able to meet a child’s needs, stimulates the same response having a tiger chase you stimulates. - Dr Heather Forkey, UMass Children’s Medical Center

suspect that much of that increase may be related to drug abuse.” Children who grow up in a home where one or both parents have a substance abuse problem, Forkey said, live with high levels of stress, which stimulate certain parts of their brain to release hormones designed to cause

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run, to turn up our inflammatory immune system so we can deal with a bite or injury, and turn on the parts of our brain that help us react quickly, and turn off the parts of the brain that let us think things through and have more complex thoughts. They are also designed to last in our system for 20 minutes, because within 20 minutes we would run away, fight the tiger, or ... be eaten. But in 20 minutes, it is over.” Forkey said children living with parents battling substance abuse issues have their stress response system activated repeatedly. She compared children living with a drugaffected parent to living with a tiger in the house. “The problem for kids with drug-affected parents is that the tiger lives in their house, and this system is repeatedly or constantly turned on,” she said. “Having a parent who is unpredictable or not able to meet a child’s needs stimulates the same response having a tiger chase you stimulates.”

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of stress as “toxic stress,” because of its damaging effects on the body. She said that toxic stress disrupts brain architecture and other organ systems leaving a child more at risk for stressrelated diseases and cognitive impairment.

“When we are born our brains are primed, but not yet ready to do much,” said Forkey. “Over the first few years of life, the nerve cells in the brain have to move, make connections with each other, reinforce those connections, and then prune away what we don’t really need. This process takes place through repetition. If you want a child to learn words, they have to be spoken to and language shared. If you want a child to walk they have to practice with a caregiver that supports that repeated and improving effort. But if the stimulus that is repeated is fear, then the brain becomes primed and prepared to have a strong response to even more minor issues, because this is the system that is turned on.”

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Pernet Family Health Service Early Intervention Service Coordinator Mara Pentlarge sits in the Millbury Street children’s room. Not having their needs met because a parent is incapacitated causes some of the worst fear for children, Forkey said, adding it does not have to involve physical abuse, domestic violence or inappropriate responses. That, said Forkey, is why children from homes affected by substance abuse may overreact to situations — because the part of the brain that reacts to danger become overdeveloped from being constantly stimulated, while the parts of the brain responsible for impulse control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility are underdeveloped. She advised that these children are not “bad” children. Instead, Forkey said they are reacting to what their brain perceives as grave danger. “They have not developed the skills for self regulation, which is learned over time,” Forkey said. “If a caregiver supports you and meets your needs, you learn that your needs will be met, and when something upsetting happens the child, over time, develops the capacity to self-regulate. For kids who don’t get that support, or who are

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are asked or explanations are demanded. They can’t remember what the teacher told them on the playground. So they make up a story, but then they get called a liar.”

EARLY INTERVENTION According to Forkey,

Dr. Heather Forkey, clinical director of Foster Children Evaluation Services and chief of the Child Protection Program at UMass Children’s Medical Center constantly having the fear response, more minor disruptions or upsets send the system into a full on mode. The body thinks that they are in mortal danger, so the response is appropriate to that fear, not appropriate to the situation.” For children who have not experienced trauma, pediatricians teach parents to let children tantrum and to ignore their tantrum and not give positive rewards of attention for tantrums. However, she said that works for a child with some skills in self-regulating. “For kids who have experienced these traumas, they don’t have basic skills-so they need external support,” said Forkey. “Bending down to the child’s level and holding their hand, or placing them on your lap facing out helps stimulate some self modulation. It works by stimulating the deep proprioceptive centers of the brain. It helps like a hug helps when you feel distressed.” Many children whose brains have developed in the context of toxic stress may get misdiagnosed as having ADHD, bipolar disorder, or when they’re older can be labeled as “criminals,” Forkey said. Misdiagnosis and/or mislabeling, she added, prevents them from getting the appropriate treatment and help that they need. “One reason the children get labeled has to do with how the children compensate and adapt to how the body has been impacted,” said Forkey. “They don’t have working memory because the prefrontal cortex [of the brain] didn’t develop, so they can’t hold on to what they’re told, so they may feel that they have to make things up when questions

early intervention can make a big difference in the lives of children in drugaffected families. She said the earlier intervention takes place, the more likely it is to initiate change in the child’s life. That intervention may take place through early intervention programs that work with the entire family,

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involve speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, social workers, psychologists, music therapy, educators, nutritionists and/or behavior specialists. Social worker Mara Pentlarge works with an early intervention program at Pernet Family Health Service in Worcester. She is involved in home-based activities that help parents learn to nurture their children and teach children how to regulate their emotions, how to interact with others, and how to perform tasks that children their age should know how to perform. They teach the children how to trust by consistently visiting them. They play games with the children and model appropriate responses for the parents

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when interacting with the children. “If mothers are feeling unsure that what they’re doing is right, you teach them how to respond to their child,” said Pentlarge. “You tell them they’re doing a good job and encourage them to strive to be their best self.” Pentlarge said one of the most difficult aspects of the early intervention program is having to discharge the children at age 3. She said it is difficult because program workers form a relationship with the parent and child. When the child turns 3, he or she is discharged. If a child is still experiencing developmental delays beyond that age, she said the child is referred to a special education program at the public school. “It’s a funding issue,” said Pentlarge. “All insurance companies in Massachusetts have to pay for early intervention, but only until age 3. Some parents have asked why the program can’t continue until the children turn 5.” Pentlarge said not all parents continue coming to the program. Their addiction, she said, may prevent some parents from completing the program. In those cases, the children may later be removed from the home because the parents are unable to care for them. “They’re good people and you’re rooting for them, but the addiction is tough,” she

“DCF made the referral, but the parents recognized they needed help,” said Pentlarge. “I felt glad that the parents recognized they couldn’t take care of the child and came to Pernet. They were saying we can’t take care of this kid and we want go get some help.” Pentlarge said the family was making progress and the mother was learning to respond to her child and looked delighted when she was with him. However, the parents later returned to using drugs and the child was removed from the home. Pentlarge said she was disappointed, but knew it was difficult trying to raise a young child and battle an addiction at the same time. “I felt sad,” said Pentlarge. “I went to see the parents after the child was removed. The mother later died of a drug overdose.”

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The DCF reports that 8,937 children under the age of 18 were in DCF custody and in placement as of April 1. Many of those children are from families affected by substance abuse. A DCF spokesperson explained how the decision to place a child in foster care is made. “The first, and most important criteria used in determining if a child need to be removed from their home is safety,” the spokesperson said. “This is the criteria used for every decision, not restricted to homes where

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there are concerns of substance misuse. If we have concerns that a child is not safe in their home and the parent or caregiver has not made arrangements to keep their child safe, the child may be removed from the home.” The same spokesperson made the following comment about the role that foster parents can play in the lives of children affected by parental substance abuse: “Our foster parents provide a sense of safety and stability into

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I’ll be your mirror: Two Joshua Lyford

Art shows have a way of being polarizing, generally speaking. People either “get it” or they don’t, and frankly that is part of the fun. In contrast to that standard, artists Louie Despres and Don Hartmann’s joint “I’ll Be Your Mirror” exhibit in the Krikorian Gallery at the Worcester Center for Crafts, 25 Sagamore Road, takes the concept, embraces it and turns polarization into more than just an asset - it’s one of the standout attributes of the showing.

At face value, Despres and Hartmann’s work could not be more different — on several levels. Matching photography with painting would be separatist enough, but the work itself takes it a step further. Where Hartmann’s paintings are stark and conspicuous, Despres’ photographs are busy and focused on a single point in time. Walking into the exhibit takes the differences a step further, splitting the room down the middle: Hartmann on the left, Despres on the right. The gallery revels in its differences and creates a powerful whole. “I chose Don and Louie because, first off, I admire their work tremendously,” said Candy Casey, Worcester Center for Crafts’ director of the gallery and gallery store. “I love the clarity of Louie’s photographs, his choice of personalities that draw him in close enough to want to take a shot and Don’s ability to paint livid personalities on canvas. I feel like he sees beyond the image and captures the real personality behind the placid face.” The opening of the show was held Thursday, April 23, and visitors to the show were as varied as the artwork itself, representing all facets of Worcester art aficionados, young and old. Some wore suits, others wore studded vests. All were welcome and all enjoyed the exhibit. “We wanted to make it a party,” said Despres as he and Hartmann hung their artwork before the opening. “I wanted to get people out of their houses and I wanted to promote the craft center.” “There’s nothing like seeing artwork on a wall and experiencing it,” he added. “You can’t get that from a computer screen yet. It makes you want to create more and get out more.” Hartmann and Despres first met 10 years ago at stART on the Street, when Despres and his wife, Tina Zlodis, bought one of Hartmann’s paintings. Years later, Hartmann picked up a copy of Despres’ photo collection books. Hartmann had suggested a joint show a few years ago, but according to Despres, the time wasn’t right. This year, however, would prove to be the pair’s chance to work together and it flows fabulously. “We have a certain aesthetic that’s the same,” explained Hartmann. “You can put one of my paintings next to one of his photos and there are some similarities. It’s all basically about people.” Hartmann said he uses photography, and Top left, Don Hartmann talks about his portrait taken by Louie Despres. At left, Louie Despres and Don Hartmann hang work for their show “Let Me Be Your Mirror.”

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Worcester artists team up particularly polaroids, as an influence for his paintings. For this particular show, Hartmann started from scratch. His artwork is generally quite “risqué” and for this exhibit, he opted instead to paint the likes of Evel Knievel, Lou Reed, Tom Waits and other celebrities over a harsh white background. “I looked at a lot of older, classier paintings,” said Hartmann. “For me, these are awfully primitive.” “If you look at my work, it’s about enjoying life and same with Don,” said Despres. “I hope people like what we’ve done here. I hope people like what we’ve done here. I hope people get a sense of thrill and enjoyment out of it.” Despres’ photographs feature regular people

enjoying the night life, and all that entails. Each picture tells a story and that story could be quite different to viewers of the gallery. They have a tendency to suck you in and you find yourself feeling like you are seeing Despres’ vision through your own eyes. This concept is extended further, for both artists’ work, as there are no frames in the gallery. There is no harsh line of demarcation that separates viewer from work, instead the paintings are hung and the photographs utilize rare earth magnets to stay up. Without frames, there is no gap to remind you that there is both art and reality space. “It’s real, it’s raw and it’s got that raw feel,” said artist and co-founder of the Worcester Artist Group, Jamie Johnston of

the gallery. The pair are self-proclaimed “vinyl geeks” and the exhibit featured an open record player, inviting visitors to bring their own selections to listen to, effectively giving a fluid soundtrack throughout the evening. The exhibit’s title is not just an apt name for the pair’s work, it is also an homage to a 1967 Velvet Underground song. While the record player was open to public’s musical choices, there was a list of banned records including Styx, Lynyrd Skynyrd (Despres explained a deep loathing of the band), any Rolling Stones record after “Tattoo You,” Kanye West, Mumford & Sons, The Eagles and any country music post-1972. The exhibit was a rousing success, with

hundreds of people coming in and out of the center to enjoy the pair’s work, beer and wine, and hors d’oeuvres. “It’s been great, the turnout is great,” said Despres as the evening wound down. “People have been excited about the show. It’s always good to have your stuff out there for people to see. The web doesn’t do art any good, you have to see it in person.” You can check out “I’ll Be Your Mirror” at the Worcester Center for Crafts, 25 Sagamore Road, through May 30. All of the artwork is available for purchase and you can find the artists online at Donhartmann.com and Louiedespres.com.

Above, Scott Boilard; Center, Paul Bobkowski and Louie Despres; Right, Worcester Center for Crafts Executive Director Honee Hess introduces the artists. Below, Sam Bonacci and Jenny Pacillo pose for a photo in front of Despres’ image featuring the two of them.

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Comic book enthusiasts new and old have something to celebrate Saturday, May 2 at That’s Entertainment!, 244 Park Ave., with Free Comic Book Day, an international celebration of all things comic book.

As the name aptly implies, those who visit the store Saturday will have access to five free comics of their choosing, from the selection presented by the day’s sponsors. The first Free Comic Book Day was held in 2001 and thousands of shops around the world participate each year. The day is presented by a number of comic book publishers, large and small, including Marvel, DC, Dark Horse Comics, Image and more. It started as a way

to not only show appreciation to longtime comic readers, but to give a jumping-off point to new readers who may be interested, but are overwhelmed by their options and don’t know where to start. “They wanted to celebrate the reading of comic books, basically,” explained That’s Entertainment!’s marketing coordinator and game master Sorana Gatej. “They were thinking, ‘we have all these fans already for the older books, how do we get the youth into comic books?’ They won’t know where to start from, because all the superhero series have been running for years, and the younger people had a daunting task to get into comic books.” The selection of comics chosen as part of Free Comic Book day is vast and consists of comics aimed at mature readers as well as young adults and children. The goal is to get people interested, excited and also show the

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variety of offerings. There is truly something for everyone. “They do a great job of balancing that out and getting new readers in and trying to appeal to the audiences reading comic books for years,” said Gatej. “We hope that they’ll come back and visit our store. For some people this is the first time that they have visited.” While the event is certainly about fun and introducing new people to the joy of comics, the hope is also that these new fans will return to That’s Entertainment!, as well as seeing the other, non-comic, offerings available at the store. “We have tons of people show up, we try to get the word out. We love exposing comics and corrupting the youth,” Gatej said with a laugh. “We’ll have lines snaking through the store.” The list of comics available on Free Comic Book Day is too long to list, but includes a huge variety as well as various collections to show people the sheer magnitude of what is out there. The real treat of the day, however, is the ability to meet some of the artists behind the books face to face, and even get sketches from them on commemorative, That’s Entertainment! 35th anniversary paper. The artists will utilize the store’s gaming and function room, nicknamed the “red room” because of its deep-red painted walls.

Among the artists are Zack Giallongo who has done work for Adventure Time, Star Wars: Ewoks and Broxo; Rob Stull, an inker and illustrator for Marvel, DC, Image, Aspen and Top Cow; husband and wife team Shelli Paroline and Braden Lamb, who works on Adventure Time; and Eric Merced, who has worked with Marvel, DC, Archie’s Upper Deck and more. “I love Free Comic Book Day,” said Merced. “I think it’s the best thing ever created concerning comics, because I feel that not

only is it great for fans to connect, but also great for introducing new readers into these fantastical worlds we create on the page. It makes me extremely happy when I see lots of younger kids in these events because that right there is the future of comics.” It is clear that Merced, along with the other artists participating in the event (and, presumably, most comic book artists), genuinely loves what he does, and greatly enjoys sharing his experiences with fans. “It’s who I am,” he said. “It’s a part of me

and my life. It’s an important part of my life because like every artist out there, it’s the way I express myself. That’s made even more important when I see what the reaction of what I create is in the eyes of others. I may not be able to save the world with my art, but it’s enough for me if I can just bring a smile to someone’s face.” Free Comic Book Day isn’t just a great time and opportunity for fans new and old, it is also the premier day for That’s Entertainment each year. “This is, I would say, our biggest day,” explained Gatej. “This is kind of like our black Friday. We are busy on that day, but we wait for this day all year round. We can’t wait for Free Comic Book day. It’s chaotic, it’s hectic, but we love it and it’s a positive vibe throughout the whole day. People’s faces just light up, it brings people together on multiple levels.” Check out That’s Entertainment! at 244 Park Ave. Saturday, May 2 to pick up some comics for yourself and be sure to find them on Facebook and at their website, Thatse.com, for all of their 35th anniversary events. You can find out more about Free Comic Book Day online at Freecomicbookday.com, and you can check out what artist Eric Merced has going on at his website, Ericmerced.com.

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that perhaps they’ve never experienced before.” The event will feature live entertainment and prizes from 104.5 WXLO, a pop-up photo booth, a food and beverage sampling from Uno’s to raise funds for Relay for Life Auburn, a mini-makeover by Sephora, a flavor sampling at Cold Stone Creamery, a Mother’s Day Gift Basket from The Paper Store and a in-store wine and beer tasting presented by Douglas Wine & Spirits. “We are very excited to see a wave of new customers come through the store and discover the great selection we have to offer,” said Douglas Wine & Spirits advertising manager Sara Slahetka. “At the same time, it is a great way to say thank you to the customers that have already found us and become loyal shoppers.” According to Barrows, the event serves as

a way to solidify the Shoppes as a component of the community, as well as a collection of stores. “For us, it’s all about being a part of the local community and positively contributing to that community in different forms, such as charitable giving, fundraising support,

retailers to produce or support events ranging from shopping center-wide, multi-day extravaganzas, to in-store book signings and demonstrations.” While exposure is obviously a huge piece of the puzzle, this also allows the participating stores to show appreciation to the moms of the area, with Mother’s Day right around the corner. “This event is a great opportunity for us,” said Slahetka. “Not only will it give us added exposure, but it gives us a chance to celebrate the Moms and women from the local area.” Head to the Shoppes at Blackstone Valley, 70 WorcesterProvidence Turnpike (Route 146), Thursday, May 7, 6-9 p.m., for the Sip, Pop & Shop event. The Shoppes can be found online at Shoppesatblackstonevalley. com as well as on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Stepping into Padavano’s Place at 358 Shrewsbury St. recently, you would have been greeted by a large and rambunctious crowd screaming and clapping for their chosen favorite in the “Padavano’s Idol” karaoke contest. The evening stood as the epic climax of a three-month whittling process, narrowing down a large field of vocal hopefuls to just three talented individuals.

Padavano’s Place features authentic Italian food at the tail end of Shrewsbury Street, a family-owned restaurant, they had featured karaoke on Thursday evenings for months, but owner Angela Padavano wanted to try something a little different, a bit more structured, to get enthusiasts something to root for. “It’s very exciting,” said Padavano. “We’ve

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down and round one of three began. The first finalist stepped forward to sing her first selection. She, along with the other two finalists, were narrowed down over the last several months from an original pool of 19. Under the intimate lights of Padavano’s,

Molly McGrath, performing as “Boots,” watches, along with the crowd, as Bjork’s “It’s Oh So Quiet” begins on the screen. McGrath nails her performance, vocally, but performance-wise also. Audience participation is high throughout the evening, but particularly during her rowdy version of the song. As the music stops and the cheering subsides, the judges begin their American Idol-style critiques. Though, unlike the Fox television show, they maintain a positive attitude. “I just smiled the whole time,” said judge Danielle Delloria, of Worcester act Auntie Trainwreck and one of three judges tapped for the event. “It was so much fun.” Delloria was speaking of the McGrath performance, but she could very well be speaking of the entire evening. It is rare to see a crowd so participative for a karaoke event, but they most certainly are on this evening and with $500 on the line for the winner, the singers are pulling no punches. George DiPietro is up next in the first round and sings “The Script” by Breakeven as more karaoke enthusiasts continued to pour in. DiPietro is wearing a black shirt, continued on page 40

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black hat and a red tie — which he utilizes as a performance enhancer throughout the evening. DiPietro’s voice is on point and he nails the falsetto segments of the song. Last up in the first round is Justine Picarello, a vocal powerhouse, who, while soft in the performance and crowd participation components, cannot be stopped with her singing chops. She chooses “At Last” by Celine Dion and sets the crowd ablaze with her performance. In between rounds, attendees are invited to sing karaoke selections of their own as the judges deliberate. It gives a chance for the contestants to take a breather and the crowd to buy drinks and food to get them through the next round without missing a beat. When round two begins, it is revealed that each singer must choose a selection by the opposite gender, a tough sell as it forces the participants to likely sing out of their usual

parts, while losing herself in the crowd. “Everyone is having the time of their lives,” announced judge Frank Papillo following the round. “We have some really amazing singers here.” The third and final round was about as intense as a karaoke contest can get. None of the performers were holding anything back, as this was the final culmination of months worth of competition. Picarello sang “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston, and though there was a slight mix-up of song versions at the beginning, she absolutely nailed the high notes. McGrath sang “I Need a Hero” by Bonnie Tyler and the energy was through the roof. DiPietro sang “You’re Falling Out of Reach” by Our Lady Peace, and was pushing his vocal chords to the limit to nail the song. After a few more rounds of cocktails and beers, the judges returned to their balcony overlook to announce the winners. As each of STEVEN KING

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range. The judges do not have an easy job, as it is clear by the first round that each of the finalists are on par with one another. “Negative feedback is not the purpose,” said judge Brett Brumby, a professional musician from Worcester who performs solo as well as with his wife, Lisa. “You want to say what is going to make people better. It’s amazing to hear everyone, I have my own perspective and that’s what I base it off of.” DiPietro performs first in round two, with “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton. He tosses his tie into the crowd and bounces around a bit while nailing the vocals. Justine follows with “I’m Not the Only One” by Sam Smith, and the only thing cooler than her song choice is the red silk one-piece and black leather jacket she’s rocking. McGrath finishes up the round with “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen and takes the energy level through the roof, nailing the syncopated vocal

the contestants had performed so well, second and third places were removed in lieu of a tied runner-up category and Justine Picarello was tapped as the judge favorite, taking home $500. McGrath and DiPietro both received gift cards to Padavano’s Place and everyone went home happy. “This is exactly what I wanted,” explained Padavano, following the announcement. “People are having a blast and it’s a friendly competition. I can’t wait to do it again.” Padavano said, while there is currently no date set, they plan on hosting competitions like these twice a year, and if the success of this first attempt is any indication, the field is only likely to grow more intense as word gets out. Head to Padavano’s Place at 358 Shrewsbury St. for live music, karaoke and authentic Italian food or check them out on Facebook and at their website, Padavanosplace.com.

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It wasn’t long ago that we marveled at the notion of lonely Joaquin Phoenix falling in love with Scarlett Johannson’s disembodied voice as it flowed soothingly from his hand-held device. I concluded my review of “Her” with this: “The ‘Terminator’ movies envisioned a day when artificial intelligence would grow self-aware then crush the world with an army of cyborg assassins. Forget about it. Computers will do more damage by becoming our best friends and then taking us down one broken heart at a time.” Still works for me. As we spend our days stroking our iPhones and being purred to by Siri, I grow more convinced that any AI revolution will be seductive rather than savage. We have seen plenty of movies — from “The Stepford Wives” to “Austin Powers” (with his fem-bots) — where beautiful women were built from machine parts to indulge male fantasies. Those films featured plenty of lust, but unlike “Her,” relatively little in the way of love, or even affection. Imagine the AI woman whom you’d want to bring home to Mom and Dad. In “Ex Machina” the word “god” gets thrown around very early. It flies off the lips of an excited young coder named Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), who has been summoned to the mountain retreat of Nathan (Oscar Isaac), the reclusive CEO of the world’s largest Internet company, whose work may indeed match the 21st-century definition of “divine.” Caleb is helicoptered in to help assess the human capabilities of the world’s first fully feasible example of artificial intelligence housed in the body of a lovely

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female robot named Eva (Alicia Vikander), whose impressively contoured form is mostly a CGI wonder of glass, wiring and lights. Caleb is ordered to interact with Eva for a week, which turns into a risky proposition for a guy with no family, no girlfriend and little flesh-and-blood interaction in his life. Eva’s flirtatiousness and innocence are like a tonic. He’s easily charmed, then smitten, then protective when Eva reveals that Nathan, her creator, is not everything he seems to be. “Ex Machina” is a mind-blower in the best possible way. It moves deliberately and dives deep into the ethics of Nathan’s experimentation, twisting its way around his secrets without revealing them until the appropriate moment. The film is just unsettling enough to keep you asking questions, like what is the story behind the stunning, yet perpetually silent, Asian woman who practically glides through the compound until she busts out a series of disco dance moves in Nathan’s bedroom? Watching “Ex Machina” I was reminded of another Scarlett Johansson film, “Under the Skin,” in which she played an alien who struggles to adjust to her unfamiliar surroundings after assuming the form of a human woman. Eva’s slow progression toward personhood has similar echoes, especially in a scene where she recognizes that the full realization of her physical self requires one final transformative step. “Ex Machina” is not a thriller, but it boasts a cat-and-mouse tension that ramps up as Caleb and Nathan begin warily circling one another over Eva’s fate. The movie is helped immeasurably by superb acting, especially by Isaac, who speaks so seamlessly, and with boatloads of self-assurance (and a twinge of condescension), that it’s easy to understand why he initially earns Caleb’s adoration. Fans of the British series “Black Mirror” also will enjoy the irony of watching the Gleeson fall under the spell of an AI woman. In that program, it was Gleeson who played the futuristic man-bot, the hard-wired vessel for his partner’s wants and desires. So yes, humanity’s relationship with its communications technology is part of an evolving Romeo and Juliet story. We just don’t know yet if it’s a comedy or a tragedy.

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You know how, when you walk in somewhere for the first time, you immediately get a vibe, a feeling for the place? A sort of visceral sense that says, “Yes, this is it!” or “No, this is a pretender”? So it was for me and Piccolo’s, an independent Italian restaurant that has held its own on Shrewsbury Street for 10 years and counting, far longer than I’ve been a proud citizen of Worcester (a mere seven months and counting). My dining companion and I arrived a few minutes before our recent 6 p.m. Friday reservation, entering into the bar area as

everyone who dines at Piccolo’s does, and right away I liked the feeling. No pretenders here, I thought. We were greeted warmly by a friendly maître d’ who, informed of our reservations, invited us to sit in the bar area if it pleased us, or the dining room. The bar area has several inviting tables and an appealing dark-wood coziness, and we considered it for a moment. The room felt like something from the past, th ’50s maybe, or th ’40s. I wouldn’t have been surprised to see men in suits and fedoras drinking Manhattans. As captivating as it was, we opted for the dining room, and that proved a good choice. We were ushered into a room in which we were the only patrons. In general, I don’t like being the only diners in a restaurant. The expanse of empty tables, the lack of conversation, the sound of pots clanking from a distant kitchen all can make for a certain awkwardness. But like the immediate appeal of the bar area, the dining room was warm and welcoming. More dark wood, a pressed tin ceiling, intimate yet somehow spacious at the same time. Being the first customers did not prove awkward at all, as the dining room exuded the enthusiasm of

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But what about the food? A restaurant can look nice and have a good, vibe but if the food doesn’t deliver then what’s the point? My history with Italian food is spotty. I’ve had the usual rich, starchy pasta dishes, the ho-hum marinara, the whatever-it-is smothered in gooey cheese. But I’ve had the sublime too, when a chef pairs tradition with imagination, sources fresh, high quality ingredients and turns out innovative plates of tasty distinction. I’m happy to report Piccolo’s food is more the latter than the former, and certainly does justice to the congenial surroundings in which it’s served and eaten. Our server, Dawn, did not hesitate when asked what the house specialties were. She said many people like the Pollo Maria Teresa (which has the curious menu description of containing “some lobster”), and that quite a few regulars swear by the veal parmesan (Vitello Alla Parmigiana). Some, but not all of the pasta is homemade, she advised. In addition to the usual menu, a print out (which could have used a proofreader, “mushrroms”) listed the daily specials. For apps, we tried the “crispy oysters” ($11.95) from the daily specials, and the continued on page 44

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Timballo Alla Paolo ($8.95) from the regular menu. Both were exceptional. The oysters arrived hot and crispy as promised; they were pleasingly plump, and with a squeeze of lemon, absolutely delicious. The Timballo (“rolled zucchini, asiago & ricotta … baked and served over marinara”) could have been one of those indistinct gooey somethings, but instead was wonderfully light, fresh and flavorful. Both dishes were true appetizers, because after polishing them off with enthusiasm, our appetites were humming with anticipation of the main dishes. The Vitello Parmigiana ($22.95) did not disappoint, and it is clear why regulars love it. A classic like veal parm doesn’t need dressing up or fancy presentation, it just needs to be done right. And so Piccolo’s is, with a golden-hued blanket of melted cheese atop a crisp-edged tender cutlet on a bed of marinara-tossed “maccheroni.” Pure Italian comfort food. The Raviolo Ricardo ($18.95) allows for a little fancier presentation than the veal parm. Stuffed with ground veal and ricotta, and served with “fancy mushrooms” and strips of prosciutto, this dish too could have been leaden and bland. It was anything but. The only off note of our meal was dessert. We chose to split the lemon blueberry

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You can get your car washed, buy a plant, turn in bottles and cans and even buy something used and cool, but did you know you can also grab a bite to eat at Boy Scout Troop 9’s fundraiser Saturday, May 2? The Scouts are holding a yard sale, car wash, plant sale, bottle and can drive and bake shoppe in the Halloween Outlet parking lot, 540 West Boylston St., from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pick through items at the yard sale. Get advice on planting this year, and buy some plants, too. Buy homebaked goods including pies, cakes, bread, cookies, brownies and more. Turn in your returnable bottles and cans. For more information, email odonnelt@ummhc.org or call 508-8685155.

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Al Vuona ome of the world’s best wine regions are located near rivers. The micro-climates created by rivers often create conditions that are just right for grape growing. That was the thinking behind the “Serie Riberas” line of wines from Chiles Conch y Toro winery. The term, which means river bank, has been an important project for Concha y Toro which also happens to be Chile’s largest winery. The hope was to develop a line of wines that would exemplify the soil and grapes found along some of Chile’s major rivers. I spoke with the man responsible for developing these wines, Marcio Ramirez. Since 1997 Ramirez has been part of the winemaking team at Conch y Toro, and this line represents some of his finest work. As he explained, “When making a wine I always expect

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Fitchburg State presents Jazz Alfresco. The Fitchburg State University Jazz Band will present an array of selections on the Highland Plaza, led by Professor Michele Caniato. Weather permitting. Part of Jazz Appreciation Month. The performance will include music by Benny Golson, Kenny Dorham, Antonio Carlos

Council, a state agency. Free. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Jacob Edwards Library, Reading Room, 236 Main St., Southbridge. 508-764-5426 or engagedpatrons.org Dana Lewis Live! Playing the greatest hits of the 50’s to the 80’s in the dining room. Best wood fired pizza’s, Italian food, full bar, and lottery. No cover. Come on out! Free! 7-10 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818. Joe Macey - Acoustic Soloist. 7-10 p.m. Flip Flops, 680 Main St., Holden. joemacey.com Union Music Ukulele Club. 7-8:30 p.m. Union Music, 142

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You know the tale, of course: five quirky kids vying for first prize, bragging rights and a trip to the National Spelling Bee Championship. It’s the “15th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2, 8-10 p.m., at Mount Wachusett Community College, theater, 444 Green St., Gardner. The cost is $22 and it is sponsored by Theatre at the Mount. For more information, visit mwcc.edu, email g_steele@mwcc.mass.edu or call 978-630-9388.

Jobim, Tom Coster/Carlos Santana, Frank Foster. The ensemble features students Ade Shields, flute; Issa Ford, trumpet; Kylie Brough, alto sax; Scott McGuire, tenor sax; Tyler Michaud, guitar; Ben Clinton, guitar; Billy Morgan, keys; Theo Demosthenes, keys; John Sanford, bass; and Jonathan Jena, drums. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Fitchburg State University, Highland Plaza Gazebo, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. 978-345-2151. Doolin - Celtic Music Duo . Please join us for an evening of Celtic music, featuring John Ebersold and Tim Loftus of The Boys of the Town. With a shared passion for Celtic music, they combine their talents on guitar, flute, whistle, and bodhrán. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Southbridge Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural

Southbridge St. 508-753-3702. Young Pop Cherries. 7-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508926-8877. Foundation Music Lesson Program Piano Recital. The Fitchburg State University Foundation Music Lesson Program will present a solo piano recital by Grace Betry. This talented young recitalist from the studio of Roy Imperio plays solo piano repertoire. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Fitchburg State University: Conlon Fine Arts, Kent Recital Hall, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 7:30 p.m.-midnight Hirosaki Prime, 1121 Grafton St. 508-926-8700. Blue Plate Open Mic Thursdays. Channel your inner Alfalfa weekly with our gang of misfit musical toys. Parking’s free, beer’s cheap and you are it! Free. 8-11 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main

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Lexington Fife & Drum Tattoo. 7-8 p.m. Lexington Green , Lexington. williamdiamondjrs.org Hip Swayers & Friends featuring T Square Rounders. Whether you are a round peg trying to fit into a square hole or a square peg trying to fit into a round hole or even if your name is not Peg, you will enjoy this show! 7:30-9 p.m. Espress Yourself Coffee, 2 Richmond Ave. 508-755-3300. Brentano Quartet. Bartók String Quartet No. 3 MacMillan, String Quartet No. 3 Schubert, String Quartet No. 14 in D minor “Death and the Maiden” Named Quartet in Residence at Yale School of Music beginning in Fall 2014, the Brentano Quartet has also recently achieved fame for providing the soundtrack to the film A Late Quartet. Known particularly for the intensity of their music-making, they have received numerous awards since starting out in 1992, including the Cleveland Quartet and Naumburg Chamber Music

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Awards. Beautiful Brooks Hall on the campus of The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester is a perfect setting this intimate chamber concert. A free pre-concert Talk starts at 7p.m. Mark Steinberg & Serena Canin, violins Misha Amory, viola Nina Lee, cello “Such was their ferocity on Saturday night that the instruments almost burst into flames.” The London Times $45 for Adults, $15 with Student ID, $5 for Youth under 18. 8-10 p.m. College of the Holy Cross: Brooks Concert Hall, 1 College St. 508-754-3231 or musicworcester.org Chicago Total Access. New England’s premier tribute to the band, Chicago. This is a high-energy, explosive show band

Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat. Let Dr. Nat start your weekend with jazz, swing, blues, soul, samba, R&B, Broadway, original songs about Worcester, and other surprises, such as special guest vocalists and instrumentalists. Dancers welcome! Ask about Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat (TFIDN) menu bargains in the cabaret room! No cover charge, tips appreciated. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 or natneedle.com Bo & Ira Blues. Bo Sharry & Ira Caplan play the blues in the Park Grill bar. Free. 6-9 p.m. Park Grill and Spirits, Bar, 257 Park Ave.

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dedicated to covering the band’s catalog that spans over 45 years. The audience will have “total access” to the music of Chicago. Chicago Total Access is a music group made up of 10 talented musicians which all grew up listening to American and British pop/ rock, jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, Motown, acid rock and music from the 40’s, 50’s,60’s and 70’s as well as classical music from the ages. This 10-piece band’s music is dedicated to the music of the American rock band “Chicago.” $15 in advance / $20 at the door. 8-10 p.m. Viva Bene Italian Ristorante, Club Symply Fargone at Viva Bene, 144 Commercial St. 978-563-9998 or symplyfargone.com Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Chooch’s Food & Spirits, 31 East Brookfield Road, North Brookfield. 508-867-2494. Karaoke & Dance Party. DJ & Dancing 12:30am - 2am Free. 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough.

with a real band! We provide the music and lyrics, you provide the superstar! 8:30-11:30 p.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484 or loveshackmusic.com Brian Chaffer & The Players & Big Mama Lu. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877. The Garcia Project with Acoustically Speaking. 21 plus. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629, or find them on Facebook. The Issues. Join Roberta and the gang for a night of classic and new pop hits all night long! 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420. “Blueswitch” jump blues/dancing. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439. DJ (21+). N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. How Bizarre - 90’s Rock Band - Dancing. 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

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See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Speak No Evil when you visit The No Evil Project Thursday, April 30, 5-7 p.m., in the Denholm Building, third floor, 484 Main St., Worcester. No Evil is a community social art project to show that people aren’t defined by their labels. The largescale exhibit features photos of more than 1,000 people posing as the three wise monkeys along with their labels and good deeds. There is no charge. The exhibit is administered by the Worcester Arts Council, for the Local Cultural Council – an agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Visit noevilproject.com.

508-439-9314. Clutch Grabwell returns to the Lucky Dog. Clutch Grabwell’s explosive sound and intensity is unlike anything else. Their relentless energy and swagger are the foundation of a raging live show that has gripped crowds from Boston to Los Angeles. Their unparalleled mix of hard rock and pop has earned praise from fans and critics alike. We are so happy to have them here at the Dog! $10. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-3631888 or find them on Facebook. Live Band Karaoke w/Fingercuff. Come and rock out

“BlueSwitch” An evening of Blues. The Ritz , 4 Circut Ave., Oak Bluffs. Lexington Fife & Drum Muster. Free. noon-5 p.m. Minuteman National Historical Park - Visitor Center, 250 North Great Road, Lexington. 781-862-1907 or williamdiamondjrs.org Spring Open House. Please join us for our Spring Open House! This will take place at our new location: 9 Irving Street in Worcester. This is a great opportunity to learn about our summer music programs, try out different instruments, meet our teachers, register for lessons and classes and see our new location! Our $40 annual registration fee will be waived for anyone who signs up for lessons at the Open House (new students only; offer valid on the day of the open house only). We hope to see you there! Free. 3-5 p.m. Worcester Music Academy, 11 Irving St. 508-635-6900 or worcestermusicacademy.com Secret Evil Plan at Webster Fish and Game. Secret Evil Plan at Webster Fish and Game! Free. 4-7 p.m. The Webster Fish and Game Club, 91 Gore Road, Webster. 508-943-9806. Dan Kirouac with Mike Gallant. On the deck (weatherpermitting) dankirouac.com, valsrestaurant.com for more information. Free. 6-9 p.m. Val’s Restaurant, 75 Reservoir St., Holden. 508-8290900 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 Jazzed Up Featuring Mauro DePasquale. Jazzed Up Trio featuring Mauro DePasquale an evening of a classic cool blend of American Songbook and Jazz Classics. If you like Sinatra, Buble’, Connick Jr., you will love Jazzed Up , “The Sweetest Music This Side Of Heaven” . No Cover. 7-10 p.m. Fish, 29 South Bolton St., Marlborough. 508-460-3474. Jo Petty Band. This Cape based band is all about Red Hot Blues Rock! Full home cooked dinner served tonight! $4 Donation. 7:30-10 p.m. !Cafe con Dios!, Main Room, 22 Faith Ave., Auburn. Joy of Music Piano Quintet Benefit Concert. Aaron Packard & Debby Greenebaum, violins; Regie Pineda, viola; Caroline Reiner-Williams, cello & Wendy Ardizzone, piano. All proceeds will benefit the Recital Hall Expansion Project. Mozart Piano Quartet in Eb Major and Dvorak Piano Quintet in A Major $25 Suggested Donation; $10 students - Everyone welcome regardless of donation. 7:30-9 p.m. Joy of Music Program, Recital Hall, 1 Gorham St. 508856-9541 or jomp.org Gamelan Gita Sari. A delightful evening of Balinese music and dance featuring Professor Suasthi Bandem’s students and

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guest artists concludes each semester. These events always play to standing-room-only crowds, so make sure you come early. No admission charge. 8-9:30 p.m. College of the Holy Cross: Brooks Concert Hall, 1 College St. 508-793-3490. Gilmour’s Breakfast Pink Floyd show. Gilmour’s Breakfast are back after a year-long hiatus with a new line up and a special show “Truth and Delusion” An Evening Of Pink Floyd. This show is certain to delight Floyd fans of all eras. Special lighting and visuals and a fantastic new line up. Tickets available online from pinkfloyd. bpt.me $15 door/ $12 online. 8-12:30, 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Cannery Music Hall, 12 Crane st, Southbridge. Find them on Facebook. Pete Towler Acoustic. Free. 8 p.m.-midnight Vintage Grille, 346 Shrewsbury St. 508-752-0558. The Deadites “Spring Nightmare” with special guests Telelectrix, The Agents Of Chaos and Nocturnal Creatures. Your favorite candy eatin’ freaks are back at the Dog. The Deadites are the preeminent monster hunting/slaying team east of the Mississippi, north of the Mason Dixon line and west of the western coasts of the Atlantic Ocean, but south of the Mei Lee Garden Chinese Food Restaurant on 381 Madison Avenue in Skowhegan, Maine. Also, they write some of the best electronic dance music in the world. Telelectrix (Electronic synth dance rock goodness.) The Agents Of Chaos, Futurecore Hip Hopera Electronic music created by Beaver McD and Captain Insidious and first is Nocturnal Creatures $8. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook. Sean Fullerton: ‘Fully’ Acoustic. Join Sean Fullerton for his ‘Fully’ Acoustic show at 3 Restaurant on the first Saturday of

every month throughout 2015! Sean specializes in Acoustic Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll, American Soul and Fingerstyle Guitar using 6 String, 12 String and resonator guitars, harmonicas, live guitar looping, Bose and UltraSound sound systems. Sean has been a successful

musician, singer/songwriter, recording engineer and producer since 1995, and performs in a wide variety of venues and for many weddings, parties, charitable and corporate events throughout New England. Fullerton was voted the 2010 Worcester Music Awards

If you’re looking for a good read, check out the Friends of the Worcester Public Library Spring Book Sale Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Square, Worcester. You’ll find everything from fiction and nonfiction to hard cover and soft cover. Books are priced from 50 cents to $2, and all proceeds support library programs. For more information, visit worcpublib.org, email events@worcpublib.org or call 508-799-1686.

“Best Solo Act”, nominated “Best Blues/R&B Act” in 2010 and 2011, and nominated again for “Best Solo Act” in 2012. Dinner, srinks and music. 8:30-11:30 p.m. 3 Restaurant, 461 West Central St., Franklin. 508-528-6333 or 3-restaurant.com The City Boys Acoustic Duo. Check out the cool acoustic styles of Johnny Romance and Chris “the Captain” Combs 8:3011:30 p.m. The GazBar Sports Grill, 1045 Central St., Leominster. loveshackmusic.com 9Teen. Steely Dan hits and much more! 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508842-8420. Babe Pino Band. Guitarist Peter HIFI Ward, bassist Bob Berry and drummer George Dellomo join Worcesters legendary blues man, harmonicat Babe Pino for some blues by bluesers for yousers. No cover charge. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Rivalries Bar, Shrewsbury St. DJ (21+). N/A. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353. Worcester Jazz Collective @ Sahara. Worcester Jazz Collective plays Sahara Restaurant every 4th Saturday! Deconstructed standards and originals. Free. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181 or worcesterjazzcollective.com

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Northboro Area Community Chorus. 43rd Annual Spring Concert “That Good Ole Country Music” $5. 3:15-5:30 a.m. Algonquin Regional High School, Bartlett St., Northborough. 508393-8943. The Blackstone Valley Community Chorus presents Stomp Your Foot. An exciting program celebrating music by American composers including Aaron Copland, Stephen Sondheim,

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Billy Joel, Paul Simon and more. Please join us! $5 suggested donation per person. 3-5 p.m. Uxbridge High School Auditorium, 300 Quaker Highway, Uxbridge. bvcchorus.org Worcester Children’s Chorus Spring Concert. Celebrate spring with a concert by the Worcester Children’s Chorus. Selections will vary from classical and Jazz arrangements to folk songs. $12 Adults, $10 Seniors, $5 Children. 3-4:30 p.m. Assumption College, Chapel of the Holy Spirit, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7077. Joy of Music Piano Quintet Benefit Concert. Aaron Packard & Debby Greenebaum, violins; Regie Pineda, viola; Caroline Reiner-Williams, cello & Wendy Ardizzone, piano. All proceeds will benefit the Recital Hall Expansion Project. Mozart Piano Quartet in Eb Major and Dvorak Piano Quintet in A Major $25 Suggested Donation; $10 students - Everyone welcome regardless of donation. 4-5:30 p.m. Joy of Music Program, Recital Hall, 1 Gorham St. 508856-9541 or jomp.org Jim’s Sunday Blues Jam. Every week, Jim Perry hosts the best blues jam around, and brings in very special guest performers. No cover. 6-10 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350. 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. 6-9 p.m. Plaza Azteca, 539 Lincoln St. Funky Jazz Jam Sundays. 21 plus First, and Third Sundays! More infoon Facebook. Free. 7-11 p.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Worcester Jazz Collective @ Electric Haze. Worcester Jazz Collective plays Electric Haze every 2nd Sunday! Deconstructed Standards and Originals. Free. 8-11 p.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629 or worcesterjazzcollective.com

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Blue Mondays. Guitarist/Singer Nate Flecha plays the blues every Monday. Free. 7-9 p.m. starlite, 37 Hamilton St., Southbridge. 772-402-8777 or find them on Facebook. Open Mic/Open Decks. Sign up is at 7pm for half hour or less slots Use our PA system, Mics, controller and sound tech Anything is welcome! 21plus free. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629. Fitchburg State University Spring Choral Concert. Fitchburg State University presents its spring choral concert on Monday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Weston Auditorium. The concert will feature the Fitchburg State University Choir and select Chamber Singers, performing a concert of varied literature under the direction of Professor Marjorie Ness and accompanied by William Ness. 7:309 p.m. Fitchburg State University: Weston Auditorium, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. Hip Swayers Deluxe. For fans of taxidermy and surf - you don’t want to miss this! 8-11 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-7529439. Monday - Ladies Night! 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Perfect Game Sports Grill and Lounge, 64 Water St. 508-792-4263. Monday night hang with our new DJ, DeeJayDee Smilesz and our bar-hump with a lump Alfredo. Our new DJ just moved here from NYC and can’t wait to play for you. Free. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook.

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Two Left - Classic, Modern Rock and beyond. Brian Degon (Vocals, Guitar), Fr. Gregory Christakos (Bass) and David

Degon (Guitar) Jam Classic Rock, Modern Rock and Beyond. Free. 7-10 p.m. Park Grill and Spirits, 257 Park Ave. 508-756-7995. Vertigo Trivia Game Show – Free to Enter This is not your typical pub trivia! An eight round interactive team event, complete with visual, audio, and other specialty rounds that are anything but boring! Prizes for the top finishers, and fun for all who participate. Teams will have a blast facing topics ranging from all areas of the knowledge spectrum! Visit and ‘like’ the Facebook page listed below for a free answer the day of the event. Teams can have up to six players, so grab your friends or family and come out for a night of fun competition and great food! Free. 7-9 p.m. Vintage Grille, 346 Shrewsbury St. 508-752-0558 or vertigotrivia.com Vertigo Trivia Night. Free to play and great prizes! Free. 7-10 p.m. Vintage Grille, 346 Shrewsbury St. 508-752-0558. Worcester State University Spring Student Recital. Students in the Visual and Performing Arts Applied Music program deliver performances of pieces learned throughout the semester. Free. 7-9 p.m. Worcester State University: Sullivan Auditorium, 486 Chandler St. Find them on Facebook. Tuesday Open Mic Night @ Greendale’s Pub with Bill 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. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or find them on Facebook. C.U.Next Tuesday! Tunes in the Diner with DJ Poke

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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. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Guiseppe’s Grille, 35 Solomon Pond Road, Northborough. 508-393-4405 or find them on Facebook. Crazy For The ‘80s Dance Party: III. All ‘80s music, all night, upstairs! Free admission! Taking your requests! Dress in your best ‘80s outfits! 21+ Free! 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543 or find them on Facebook. Karaoke. Karaoke by Star Sound Entertainment 8 p.m.-midnight Dark Horse Tavern, 12 Crane St., Southbridge. 508-764-1100. Wednesday Night Open Mic Night w/Wibble @ Mondo’s Bring your guitars, banjos, mandolins, trumpets & xylophones & let’s have some fun. Showcasing real live local music & talent! To RSVP a time slot in advance please send your name/ time slot you’d like and e-mail (optional) to darkhorseopenmic@ yahoo.com. To all other players that want to come up to jam and don’t want to RSVP, there will be a sign-up sheet so you get to play your tunes accordingly, so don’t fret (no pun intended). Here are the times: 8:30 9:00 9:00 10:00 10:30. Free. 8-11 p.m. Mondos, 6 Gillespie Road, Charlton. Dominos and other games at the bar. It’s tons of fun! Free. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or dominoesrules.org Marc Turo singing Standards. 8:30-11:30 p.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022. Sean Ryan on Acoustic. 9 p.m.-midnight Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

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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, “Agglomeration” by Megan McNaught and Luke Buffenmyer, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through June 30; “Random Payoffs” by Bob O’Donnell, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through July 8; “The Sixteenth ArtsWorcester Biennial”, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, May 1 - May 30. 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

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If you are fan of the band Chicago, you won’t want to miss this premier tribute band. Chicago Total Access rolls into Club Symply Fargone at Viva Bene, 144 Commercial St., Worcester on Friday, May 1. Watch 10 musicians who grew up listening to rock, jazz, blues and more. And watch them blow the roof off in a tribute to Chicago. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information, visit symplyfargone.com, email info@symplyfargone.com or call 978-563-9998. Booklovers’ Gourmet, “Paint, Pastel and Pen”, artwork by Caryl Savard, 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, 92 Downing St. 508-793-7349. Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibit: “Framework”, Through May 17. 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., Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, Senior Concentration Seminar Exhibition 2015: X, Mondays- Saturdays, through May 22. 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

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or danforthmuseum.org EcoTarium, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $14.00 adults; $8.00 for children ages 2-18, $10 college students with IDs & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special programs. 222 Harrington Way. 508-9292700 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. 978456-3924 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 978598-5000x12 or galleryofafricanart.org Highland Artist Group, 113 Highland St. highlandartistgroup. com Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Hours: 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org Museum of Russian Icons, Byzantium to Russia, TuesdaysSaturdays, May 2 - Sept. 12. 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: Themed Exhibit- “Beliefs” 2015, Through April 30. 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. 508-3463341 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, 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, 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 of the Heirloom: Seed Library Exhibit , Sundays, Tuesdays-Saturdays, through May 31; Library Exhibit: Women in Horticulture Hall, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, through June 30. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, free to Members & Children under . 11 French

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Sunday Night Cinemageddon! Movies Shown Every Sunday Night in the Diner! - Sundays, Sunday, May 13 Thursday, December 31. Facebook: Ralphs Diner. Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. Call 508-753-9543. StageTime Comedy Club - Saturdays, Saturday, April 11 Saturday, April 29. Great comedians from Boston, New York, LA and beyond! Every Saturday at 9:30PM. Just $10. $10. 9:30-11 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. Call 508-926-8353 or visit stagetimecomedyclub.com They’re Playing Our Song - Fridays, Saturdays, Friday, April 17 - Saturday, May 2. Sundays, April 19- May 3. Worcester residents, Chuck Grigaitis and Caitlin Sargent Lubelczyk, will be starring in the upcoming musical “They’re Playing Our Song” as part of WCLOC Theater’s Neil Simon season at the Grandview Playhouse in Worcester, MA. “They’re Playing Our Song” is directed by Jeremy Woloski. “They’re Playing Our Song” is a musical with a book by Neil Simon, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, and music by Marvin Hamlisch. In a story based on the real-life relationship of Hamlisch and Sager, a wisecracking composer finds a new, offbeat lyricist, and initially the match is not one made in heaven. The two undergo a series of trials and overcome a number of hurdles before finding true love by the final curtain. $20; $17 students and seniors. Saturdays: 8-10 p.m. Sundays: 2-4 p.m. Grandview Playhouse, 21 Grandview Ave. Call 508-753-4383 or visit wcloc.org The Arkansaw Bear by Aurand Harris - Thursday, April 23 - Friday, May 1. A moving story about Tish who makes a wish on a star to understand why her grandfather has to die. The Star delivers to her the World’s Greatest Dancing Bear, and a Mime, the

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bear’s assistant. They are running from the Great Ringmaster, who is coming to help the Bear to the Great Center Ring. Tish and the Bear plead for the Bear’s life, and she talks the Ringmaster into giving the Bear until the end of the day. She declares herself her grandfather’s legacy, and goes with her mother to see him one last time. Winner of many awards, this production is appropriate for 6 years old and up. Thursday and Friday, April 23 and 24 at 7 p.m.; also Saturday, April 25 at both 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.. All tickets are $12. For reservations and information, contact Barbara Guertin at (508) 951-2665 or e-mail to Barbara@4thwallstagecompany.org. Tickets are available on-line or at the box office. Box Office is cash or check only: it is not set up to accept credit cards. $12. 11 a.m.-noon, 1-2 p.m., 3 p.m.-4 p.m., 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jeppson Hall, 73 Lancaster St. Call 508-753-2989 or visit 4thwallstagecompany.org No Evil Project Full Exhibit Reception - Thursday, April 30. The No Evil Project is a community social art project to show that people aren’t defined by their labels. This large scale exhibit features photos of over 1,000 people posing as the three wise monkeys along with their labels and good deeds. Come join participants of the project to see this new installation. This exhibit is administered by the Worcester Arts Council, for the Local Cultural Council – an agency supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Free. 5-7 p.m. Denholm Building, 3rd Floor, 484 Main St,. Visit noevilproject.com An Italian Renaissance Kabbalat Shabbat at Temple Emanuel Sinai - Friday, May 1. An Italian Renaissance Kabbalat Shabbat “Il Concerto Di Salamone Rossi Hebreo” David & Sarah Gould Music Festival Friday, May 1- 7:30 p.m. Temple Emanuel Sinai 280 May Street, Worcester HaShabbat asher LiShlomo (The Shabbat of Salamone Rossi Hebreo) is a special re-imagining of

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a Friday evening Shabbat service as it might have occurred in the lifetime of the Jewish-Italian composer Salamone Rossi Hebreo (1570?-1630?), the first composer to set Jewish liturgy to choral music. Rossi, a noted musician and composer who worked alongside such greats of the early Baroque period as Monteverdi and Gastoldi, is most known for his settings of prayers, psalms,and piyyutim (hymns), published as HaShirim asher LiShlomo around 1623. HaShabbat asher LiShlomo is not a concert; it is a complete Friday evening service that follows the Italian rite and includes prayers set to Italian melodies, a Torah reading in the Italian trope, and Rossi’s music presented in its intended religious context. HaShabbat asher liShlomo is presented by Il Concerto di Salamone Rossi Hebreo, a group of talented singers led by Cantor Louise Treitman and Rich Lustig, Ph.D. About the David & Sarah Gould Music Festival: In honor of the 10th anniversary of Cantor Sheri Blum, David and Sarah Gould (z”l) established a fund for the purpose of financing an annual music program. This fund enables Temple Emanuel Sinai to bring in Jewish artists and performing groups. Free and open to public. 7:30-9 p.m. Temple Emanuel Sinai (May Street campus), Persky Sanctuary, 280 May St. Call 508-755-1257 or visit emanuelsinai.org Hye Spirit 2015 - Saturday, May 2. The live stage show features songs, dances, and recitations by members of the church’s Sunday School classes. This is the fifth edition of Hye Spirit which was first performed in 2008. Due to popular demand, it was repeated the following year with added material. A new edition has been presented every other year since 2011. This year the theme is “We Remember” in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide which began on April 24, 1915. Features

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include life in Armenia before the Genocide, customs and traditions, family survivor stories, settlements of survivors throughout the world, highlights of the lives of a number of prominent Armenians. Following the performance there will be refreshments featuring a sampling of Armenian delicacies and desserts. Free. 6-8 p.m. Armenian Church Of Our Saviour Cultural Center, 34 Boynton St. Call 508-963-2076. Gamelan Gita Sari - Saturday, May 2. End of the semester show-case of theatrical, dance and musical art of the Balinese Gamelan tradition, featuring students and guest performers, under the direction of Suasthi and I Made Bandem. Free. 8-9:30 p.m. College of the Holy Cross: Brooks Concert Hall, 1 College St. Call 508-793-2296 or visit academics.holycross.edu Loretta LaRoche - Humor Your Stress - Saturday, May 2. Loretta LaRoche has helped millions of people deal with everyday stress. With her irreverent humor and an innate sense of the absurd, she helps people see how needlessly complex and stressful our lives can become. Loretta’s wit, wisdom and humor is a commonsense view of life that leaves audiences inspired, motivated and roaring with laughter. An acclaimed humorist, speaker and author, Loretta has shared the stage with Former President Bill Clinton, Ellen DeGeneres, Suze Orman, Tony Robbins, Lisa Williams, Cesar Millan and many other great leaders. Please call the box office at 877.571. SHOW (7469) for more information. Full price tickets are $30, and $40, depending on seating location. Womenaid of Central Mass will be having a pre-show meet and greet with Loretta LaRoche that includes a book signing, hug, and photo opportunity. Tickets are $65, proceeds to benefit the W. 8-10 p.m. Hanover Theatre for

(7469) for more information. Ticket prices range from $35 to $85, depending on seating location.. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. Call 877-571-7469 or visit thehanovertheatre.org

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Advanced Marketing Techniques. This workshop will help you find out what your customers want and how to give it to them. It covers a wide range of marketing topics including pricing, research, communication and customer service. You will have an opportunity to learn about your competition, how to describe your service or product, pricing strategy, target markets and channels. Income based scholarships apply. Please inquire. 50. 9-11 a.m. Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) Central Massachusetts, 2nd Floor, 50 Elm St. 508-453-9206 or eventbrite.com Paint Lab! Mushroom Fairy Garden $15, Ages 6-12. Bring your painting clothes! Paint Lab for Kids is an after-school art 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! Only $15. 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

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Friday Night Fun with Glassblowing: Flower Vases (Mother’s Day gift idea!) Ever wanted to impress your mom with a one of a kind, hand crafted gift that she’ll love? Come and learn how to make a beautiful glass vase with a glass-drawn flower just for her! During this 3 hour class, you will learn the fascinating

process of glass blowing, and create your own unique colored flower vase just in time for Mother’s Day! No experience necessary, all materials are included. $80 workshop fee. 6:30-9:30 p.m. New Street Glass Studio, 35B New St. 508-757-1424 or register. worcestercraftcenter.org

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Art of Soldering. Soldering is one of the most engaging aspects of metal smithing, but is also one of the most complicated to master. In this class students of all levels will focus on learning some of the physics behind soldering as well as improve their soldering skills intuitively through various exercises. Students will practice sweat soldering various metals to create a mixed metal piece, pick soldering chain links and jump rings and an introduction to paste solder. In class we will incorporate these skills and create hinged hoop earrings and a long statement chain necklace. Students with soldering experience are encouraged to bring in pieces they are working on. $101 workshop fee. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Worcester Center for Crafts, 25 Sagamore Road. 508-757-1424 or register. worcestercraftcenter.org Create-It! Melissa & Doug Craft Session. Join us the first Saturday of each month for a fun craft project featuring Melissa & Doug art supplies. Children will get to take their creations home. Each week we will feature a different arts & crafts project. Kids will get to try out products like Mess-Free Glitter, Sand-Art and of course, paint! Free. 10-11 a.m. Cutie Patuties Children’s Consignment Store, 1021 Central St., Leominster. 978-534-6604 or find them on Facebook. Gardeners Round Table. This brown bag lunch is limited to afternoon workshop participants only. Please pre-register. Join Ellen Ecker Ogden for a round table discussion while eating lunch, to share your garden stories and talk about design challenges. It’s

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The 17th annual Art in the City Gala is being held Friday, May 1, 6-9 p.m., at Mechanics Hall, Washburn Hall, second floor, 321 Main St., Worcester. Enjoy an evening of arts and entertainment, featuring original art from dozens of local artists. The silent auction starts at 6, with welcome remarks at 6:30. A live auction and Fund-A-Need will be held at 8. Celebrity auctioneers include WXLO radio host Jen Carter and Shaun Connolly of “The Sort of Late Show.” Proceeds benefit Family Health Center of Worcester, the Lois B. Green Health Center and Family Health Center-Southbridge. Visit artinthecity.org. a good time to learn from others. Bring a bag lunch, or order from Twigs Café. Limited to afternoon workshop participants only.. 11:3012:30 a.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or dnbweb1.blackbaud.com Historic Open House Tour. What is that house? What goes on in there? If you have asked those questions regarding the yellow house at 140 Lincoln Street, please come on Saturday, May 2 from 1 to 4 p.m. Each room will have a person ready to answer any question regarding the history, the furnishings, or other questions you may have. Please come and see the beautiful furniture, and see how people lived in our Nation’s past. 140 Lincoln Street, Worcester, MA 01605 $5 Adults, $4 Seniors, $4 Youth, $2 Children, under 6 free. 1-4 p.m. Paine Estate, 140 Lincoln St. 508-797-3530. Workshop: Hands-on Kitchen Garden Design . Prerequisite: 10am - 11:30am “The Art of Growing Food” Lecture. Instructor: Ellen Ecker Ogden. Starting with an overview of your yard, Ellen will guide you to think about a five-year plan, and inspire you to think about fresh ways to grow an edible garden that is both productive and beautiful. You will learn about the four square organic gardening rotation system to build healthy soil, and we’ll discuss ways that you can add your own personality to your garden design With graph paper, pencils and photos of your kitchen garden, brainstorm ways to seamlessly integrate your kitchen garden into the pattern of your home landscape. Bring photos for sharing and anticipate individual attention so you will leave with a plan for how to grow an elegant edible garden to add to your enjoyment of growing and eating. Member: $35, Non-member: $50.1-4 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or dnbweb1.blackbaud.com Art Lab! Blow Paint Monsters! Free! So much fun! Stop by between 2-3pm, its free and walk in welcome! 2-3 p.m. C.C. Lowell

Art Supplies & Framing, 258 Park Ave. 508-757-7713 or cclowell. com Color Drops. Need help with your color overlays? In this threehour class you’ll learn how to set up bar color for a good color drop as well as tune up your skills at the marver when wrapping the color around your starter bubble. Then learn some tricks for blowing out the color evenly. Some rod colors will be provided; students may wish to bring their own system 96 compatible rod colors. $90 workshop fee. 2-5 p.m. New Street Glass Studio, 35B New St. 508-757-1424 or register.worcestercraftcenter.org Make Your Own Beer Stein. Get a taste of the ancient art of glassblowing in this fun one-night course. In one evening, you will learn about the history and process behind creating beautiful blown glass at the New Street Glass Studio. After learning the safety and studio etiquette rules, students will watch a brief demonstration of this 2000-year-old art before diving in and making their very own beer stein from glass gathered out of a 2100-degree furnace. Instructors will guide students through the steps from gathering to blowing the bubble, from shaping a cylinder to adding a handle No experience is necessary and all materials are included. $80 workshop fee. 6:30-9:30 p.m. New Street Glass Studio, 35B New St. 508-757-1424 or register.worcestercraftcenter.org

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Television Studio Production Certification Course for WCCA TV (Now on Channel 194). Learn how to produce your own quality videos and be a producer for WCCA TV! You’ll learn how to work with high quality video and television studio equipment as well as some ways to enhance your video. You can take the Saturday morning or afternoon class and become a producer Member for only $75. Days in 2015: Mar. 28th -April 25th, May 2nd - May 30th. Call, Tracy, at 508-755-1880 to sign up! $75. Worcester Community Cable Access (WCCA TV - Channel 13), 415 Main St. 508-755-1880.

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80 Dusty Fingers Pastel Painting Demonstration. Artists-in-Residence Joelle Feldman and Lisa Regopoulos set up a temporary studio in the Wayside Visitor Center and demonstrate the techniques and approaches they take with pastel to make artwork that is uniquely their own. Stop in to see how they transform a chalky stick of color into a work of beauty. Free with admission. noon-4 p.m. Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-456-3924 or fruitlands.org Escalating Inequality Workshop Series . This is the 4th in a 5-part workshop series on “Escalating Inequality” co-sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester and The First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA. Workshop 4 will focus on “The Need for Diversity in Unitarian Universalism”. The workshop series is free and open to anyone interested in the subject matter. The Unitarian Universalist Church is an LGBTQI welcoming and barrierfree community. For accommodations or more information please contact office@uucworcester.org. Free. 12:30-2:30 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester, 90 Holden St. 508-853-1942 or uucworcester.org The Portable Potted Herb Garden. Instructor: Betsy Williams. Grow your own culinary herbs, available for snipping from May to November. Nothing enhances meals like the taste of fresh herbs! Create an herb garden that can be moved from place to place to take full advantage of available sunlight. Plant 6 classic culinary herbs in a 14” container to grow on a sunny porch, patio or doorstep. Plants, pot, soil and a copy of Betsy’s cookbook, “Mrs. Thrift Cooks” are included. Tastings of a selection of herb butters, pestos, vinegars and salts, as well as rosemary walnuts, are also included. Please bring

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Medical Interpreting. Are you bilingual and looking for a way to use your abilities and earn money? Then look no further because this course will provide you the knowledge and skills to start or advance your career as an interpreter. In partnership with Transfluenci Translation and Interpreting Services, we are able to offer you this wonderful opportunity to learn the standards and ethics of the interpreting profession. You must be fluent in both English and at least one other language to take this course. Upon successful completion of this course, you will earn a Certificate of Completion and will be able to apply for jobs in a variety of settings including hospitals, health clinics, community organizations, and many more. You will also be offered an interview with Transfluenci Translation and Interpreting Services for potential employment as an interpreter. Need help with financing? Apply for a scholarship. 925. 4:30-9:30 p.m. Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, 215 Fitchburg St, Marlborough, MA, Marlborough. 508-485-9430 or trainnow.qcc.edu

Incredible DJ music, complimentary hors d’ouevres, door prizes, cash bar, friendly atmosphere. Best for singles approx. 35-65 years old, from all types of professions & backgrounds. Proper business/ casual attire required (no jeans, sneakers or hats - sport jackets are suggested for men). Tel. (781) 439-9401 Join our EmailList@ SuperSinglesDance.com. Visit our website for additional info and dance offerings. Super Singles® & Super Singles Dance® Copyrighted © 2008 All Rights Reserved $15. 8 p.m.-midnight Holiday Inn Tewksbury, 4 Highwood Dr - Tewksbury, MA, Tewksbury. 978-640-9000 or SuperSinglesDance.com

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Klem’s Spring Fest & Tent Sale. Tent Sale - come early for the best selection! Close-out and discontinued merchandise up to 90% off! Hours: Friday Noon-7pm, Saturday 9am-7pm and Sunday 10am-5pm. Gourmet food tasting, kids bounce house, free cotton candy & sno-cones! Meet and greet with Dan Kenney from Go Fish! Klem’s, Field, 117 W Main St., Spencer. 508-885-2708 or klemsonline.com

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Take a walk for a cause with the Walk to Defeat ALS Saturday, May 2, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Commerce Bank Field at Foley Stadium, 305 Chandler St., Worcester. The Walk raises money for a cure for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. There is no fee register, but participants can raise money as individuals or as a team. Visit webma.alsa.org. For more information, email catherie.rucci@ als-ma.org or call 781-255-8884.

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Wedding & Event Planner. $1499. 6-9 p.m. Quinsigamond Community College, 25 Federal St. 508-751-7900 or trainnow.qcc. edu

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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. 10-11 a.m. Fallon Information Center, 50 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury. 866-209-5073 or fallonhealth.org Medicare Supplement Sales Presentation. Not sure if you picked the right Medicare plan? Attend one of our meetings to learn more! With Fallon Medicare Supplement plans you can receive care at any facility of from any provider that accepts Medicare. You have the freedom to see who you want to see when you want to see them! There are no referrals and limited to no copayments. To reserve your seat today, or for more information please call 1-866209-5073. Free. Noon-1 p.m. Fallon Information Center, 50 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury. 866-209-5073 or fallonhealth.org

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Berlin Contradance. Beginners lesson at 7:30 p.m. dance 8-11 p.m. $5, $12 families. 7:30-11 p.m. Berlin Town Hall, second floor, 12 Woodward Avenue, 12 Woodward Ave., Berlin. 978-273-8238 or webpages.charter.net Super Singles Dance ® @ Tewksbury Holiday Inn - Sat. May 2, 2015 (Couples Welcome). Singles Dance 8 pm-12 am. Dance Lesson 7:15-8:00pm (Admission $15.).

program, after-school program, day camp, and support needs! Over 30 representatives from school and community groups and programs. See everything that Worcester and Worcester Public Schools has to offer you and your student! Performances by student and community groups! Raffle prizes! Snacks! See our Facebook Event page for the full list of exhibitors. Free. 9 a.m.-noon Harrington Gymnasium, WPI, 100 Institute Road. cppac.worcesterschools.org Free Comic Book Day at That’s Entertainment! It’s an important time of year for That’s Entertainment, the comics and collectibles shop located at 244 Park Ave. in Worcester, Massachusetts. On Saturday, May 2nd, the store will be celebrating Free Comic Book Day. As is tradition, the store will be giving away comics to all upon request. Customers can get up to five free comics. There will be a wide array of special releases to choose from, something appropriate for all ages. Customers are also encouraged to come in early, as quantities of free comics are limited. Stop in between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to meet guest comic artists, who will be offering signatures and free sketches to the general public. This will be a great opportunity to talk to artists about their processes and experiences with working in the comic industry. Furthermore, all of the events taking place at That’s Entertainment this year will be honoring their 35th anniversary. Guest artists will be the following: Shelli Paroline with Braden Lamb (Artist team on Adventure Time the comic book), Rob Stull (Comic book inker known for his work with Marvel, DC, Image, Aspen, Top Cow, etc.), Zack Giallongo (Known for his work in the Adventure Time comic book, Star Wars: Ewoks – Shadow of Endor, Broxo, and others), and Eric Merced (Has worked for major comic and gaming companies, such as Marvel, DC, IDW, Archie’s, Fantome, and more). Free. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. That’s Entertainment, 244 Park Ave. 508755-4207 or find them on Facebook.

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Two Nations Powwow. This is the 18th 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 third year at the Auburn Sportsman’s Club, Auburn, (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 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 Sportsman’s Club, 50 Elm St., Auburn. 508-791-3770.

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Friends Book Sale> Books on sale for $.50-$1. Fiction , nonfiction and biographies 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room, 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655.

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Girls’ Night Out: Science Journey! Perfect for scouts, individual girls, and smaller groups, ages 6-16. Sleep among the exhibits, enjoy a fun-filled overnight, dabble in science

experiments, and get up close and personal with some of our resident wildlife! One chaperone is required for every 5 children in a group. Individual girls and scouts must be accompanied by an adult. Reservations must be made in advance. Cost is $50 per person, including children and adult chaperones.. 7 p.m.-8:30 a.m. EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2703 or ecotarium.org

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Temple Emanuel Sinai Torah Trek Weekend. Torah Trek 2015 The Path to Our Future. Please join us for the historic Torah Trek Weekend and Archival Event. Saturday, May 2: 7:30 p.m. Havdallah & Deconsecration Service Enhanced Oneg Sunday, May 3 9- 9:45 a.m.: continental breakfast 10a.m. Torah Trek March Organization 10:30 a.m. Torah Trek Departure 12:00 noon. Deconsecration/Consecration of Salisbury Street Sanctuary-1 p.m. Celebratory luncheon reservation required by April 10 follow this link for reservation: tiny.cc/TTLUNCH all events free (please RSVP for luncheon). 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Temple Emanuel Sinai (May Street campus), 280 May St. 508-755-1257 or emanuelsinai.org Company of the Wolfe Argent. Representing a company of 15th century Burgundian men-at-arms, this group employs period clothing and weaponry to offer a lively glimpse of arms and armor, society, and daily life in the late Middle Ages. (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Studio 202 Higgins Education Wing, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

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Records & Burpee Traveling Children’s Zoo. WednesdaySunday 11am-7pm (Sunday hours are until 5pm). Pony and camel rides. The Records and Burpee traveling Children’s Zoo is operated by husband and wife Larry Records and Alexandra Burpee along with sons Ben and Harrison. Based out of their private farm in Dudley. Housed under a colorful big top their animal family consists of over 60 exotic and unusual creatures including kangaroos, monkeys, coatis, lemurs, yaks, macaws, reptiles, and more. There are plenty of animals to pet and feed- llamas, alpacas, and various breeds of goats and sheep. Educational signage and flowering plants add to the atmosphere. Free Admission. Klem’s, Field, 117 W Main St., Spencer. 508-885-2708 or klemsonline.com

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Art in the City 2015. 6-9 p.m. Mechanics Hall, Washburn Hall, 321 Main St. 508-752-0888 or artinthecity.org

>Saturday 2

540 West Boylston St. 508-868-5155. 2015 Central MA Heart Walk.Join the American Heart Association to walk with family, friends, co-workers and survivors at this year’s Central Massachusetts Heart Walk on Saturday, May 2nd at DCR’s Quinsigamond State Park, Lake Park in Worcester. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the walk at 9:30 a.m., rain or shine. Each step raises money to fund research and education, advocate for health and save lives. Food, free Hands-Only CPR training and educational materials will be offered during the event, as well as a Kids’ Zone with games and face painting. Live entertainment will be provided by the band Element 78. Walkers who raise $100 receive a Heart Walk T-shirt. The Heart Walk is sponsored nationally by Subway Restaurants and locally sponsored by Saint Vincent Hospital, UMass Memorial Medical Center, Big Y World Class Market, MedStar Ambulance, Medtronic and Milford Regional Medical Center. Media sponsors include WXLO Radio, The Worcester Telegram & Gazette, and Charter TV3. Call (781) 373-4556 or visit CentralMAHeartWalk.org today to find out how you can do your part to save lives. Free. 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. DCR’s Quinsigamond State Park (Lake Park), Intersection of Hamilton St. and Lake Ave. 781373-4556 or CentralMAHeartWalk.org Walk to Defeat ALS. Every year, hundreds of people across the state of Massachusetts bring their determination, energy, and passion to the Walk to Defeat ALS. The Walk is an opportunity to

Does your bicycle need repairs? Ride it on over to the Shrewsbury Public Library temporary site, meeting room, 214 Lake St., Shrewsbury for Let’s Make: Bikes! Monday, May 4 and Monday, May 11, 7-8:30 p.m. Sponsored by Worcester Earn A Bike, you’ll learn the ins and outs of bike maintenance during two free classes. Patch a leaky tube, check your brake pads, maintain your chain and more. Don’t forget your bike! Register in advance by calling 508-841-8533. For more information, visit wevans@cwmars.org.

Boy Scout Troop 9 Yard Sale, Car Wash, Plant Sale, Bake Shoppe and Bottle & Can Drive. Car wash, any donation yard sale, lots of household items, games, toys, books,etc., some large, some from an estate sale, all priced to go; Plant Salecome get expert advice as well as shop a large selection of flowering shrubs, small trees, vines, ground cover and hardy outdoor plants of all types and sizes, all ready for planting! All grown, transplanted and generously donated by one of our horticulturally-minded parent volunteers. Bake Shoppe- H]home-baked goodies including pies, cakes, breads, cookies, brownies, cupcakes, squares, etc. Bottle & Can Drive- bring us your returnable bottles for our transportation fund! Your contributions ensure that our trailer is in good working order to carry all of our outdoor equipment on camping trips. Donations accepted. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Halloween Outlet Parking Lot,

bring hope to ALS patients, to raise money for a cure, and to join together to fight for something we care about. The Walk empowers patients, friends, families, and the business community to fight back against a disease that leaves many feeling powerless. There is no fee to register, but participants can raise money as individuals or as a team! 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Commerce Bank Field at Foley Stadium, 305 Chandler St. 781-255-8884 or webma.alsa.org

>Sunday 3

Walk For Hunger. 47th annual Walk For Hunger set to May 3 in Boston! On Sunday, May 3, 2015, more than 40,000 people will come together with one voice and walk for our neighbors in need at Project Breads 47th Walk for Hunger. The Walk raises awareness around hunger in Massachusetts, makes a powerful statement about

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a shared commitment to help those in need and raise the dollars that make it possible for Project Bread to develop, fund and facilitate much needed programs. On May 3rd, join Project Bread at the Walk for Hunger on the Boston Common to create a fresh approach to ending hunger in our communities- where the opposite of hungry isn’t full, it’s healthy. Register and donate today at projectbread. org/walk 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Boston Common, Boston Common, 147 Tremont St., Boston. 617-723-5000 or projectbread.org

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Veterans Inc. 18th Annual Best Ball Charity Golf Classic. Support our Veterans and their families! Golf, become a sponsor, or donate a raffle prize. Wednesday, May 6th, 2015 Heritage Country Club, Charlton. Shotgun start at 9:00 am. To register or become a sponsor, visit veteransinc.org. Golfer Registration Fee: $150 per golfer (Includes giveaways, green fees, golf cart, and steak dinner) Registration Ends April 22. For more information, please contact (508) 791-1213 ext. 123 or Golf@ veteransinc.org. $150 per golfer, sponsorship opportunities available. 8-3, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Heritage Country Club, 85 Sampson Road, Charlton. 508-791-1213, ext. 123 or veteransinc.org

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Hidden World of the Czars: The Russian Empire in 3D Photographs. Note: additional presentation on June 6, 3 pm - 4 pm. Drawing on a trove of never-before-shown historic

photographs, this virtual tour of Czarist Russia spans the earliest days of photography in the 1850s to the fall of the regime in World War I. High resolution original stereophotos will be projected in 3 dimensions, as they were intended to be seen. See serfs in the squalor of 19th-century Russian peasant villages, bustling ports and cities of the new merchant classes, the glittering life of the czar and his court, and the wars and struggles that signaled the end of the empire. Through the magic of 3D, you can stroll the streets of Moscow, view houseboats in St. Petersburg, visit ancient monasteries, walk through villages and farms, visit with Tolstoy and his long-suffering wife Sonia, and stand in the trenches with conscripted Russian soldiers. This is a never-to-be-forgotten chance to see the once hidden and now vanished worlds of Russia’s storied past. Presented by Photoarchive3D (Photoarchive3D.org), a freshly digitized archive of 30,000 historic photographic images. $8 for Members, $12 for nonmembers. 7-8 p.m. Museum of Russian Icons, Auditorium, on the Lower Level, 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-5985000, ext. 10 or museumofrussianicons.org

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Flora’s Holiday. Performers: Diane Edgecomb and Margot Chamberlain. Celebrate flowers and the coming of spring with this unique story and music journey through the beautiful springtime blossoms of Tower Hill, an event specially crafted for this landscape by master storyteller Diane Edgecomb accompanied by Celtic harper Margot Chamberlain. The journey pauses by many interesting collections and features Greek, Norse and Native American stories about Daffodils, Lenten Roses, Pan and more. Join us for an enchanting evening walk through Tower Hill’s botanic paradise with this Living Myth event. Sign up early. This event is limited to 35. Flora: Roman goddess of flowers and spring. Diane and Margot

have collaborated together for twenty-five years. They are known for performances that combine rich story material with a carefully orchestrated underscoring of original and traditional music. Margot’s early music background combined with her love of language and song bring a beautiful depth of culture and emotion to each piece, while Diane’s vivid and carefully researched adaptations shed new light on the age old meanings inherent in each tale. Their outdoor living myth events have included an annual story and music journey at Arnold Arboretum every June at the time of the Summer Solstice. Member: $25, Non-member: $30.. 6-8 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or dnbweb1.blackbaud.com

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Lecture: The Art of Growing Food. Instructor: Ellen Ecker Ogden, author of The Complete Kitchen Garden. In this popular lecture, participants will be inspired to elevate an ordinary vegetable garden to extraordinary. A true kitchen garden opens your senses in new and inspiring ways, both in the garden and in the kitchen. Discover fresh ideas for how to combine classic design with practical technique to enhance your own design for an elegant edible garden. Member: $20, Non-member: $35. 10-11:30 a.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or dnbweb1.blackbaud.com

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Artist Talk & Discussion: Andre Lambertson. The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is committed to telling the stories of vulnerable populations all over the world, and perhaps some of the most startling are those of child soldiers. UNICEF estimates that at any given time there are 300,000 active child soldiers in 30 conflicts

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worldwide with forty percent of child soldiers scattered throughout Africa. In this capacity they serve as messengers, spies, forced wives, and combatants. All are subjected to atrocities of war that many are not old enough to understand. But what happens to the children who survive the conflict? What is life like after the war for the young men and women attempting to rehabilitate their lives? Africa’s Children of Arms presents the work of three photographers; Marcus Bleasdale, Robin Hammond and Andre Lambertson, who have followed the lives of former child soldiers in Liberia and The Democratic Republic of Congo. Their images tell the stories of former child soldiers of haunted pasts and of hope for the future. In this special Artist Talk, hear from photojournalist, teacher, and filmmaker Andre Lambertson , as well as Kem Knapp Sawyer , contributing editor at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and Grace Akallo . Free with Museum Admission. 2-3 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Conference Room, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

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Meet the Author: “ The Good Doctor: A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics”- A Talk & Book Signing with Barron Lerner, MD, PhD. Join us for a talk and book signing with Barron Lerner, MD, PhD in the Faculty Conference Room. Reception and book signing begin at 5:30, with a talk to follow at 6:00 pm. Books will be available for purchase. RSVP by April 22 to Worcester District Medical Society at wordmsa@ massmed.org Barron H. Lerner is a Professor of Medicine and Population Health at the New York University School of Medicine. In addition to his research, Dr. Lerner practices general internal medicine and teaches medical ethics and the history of medicine. Free. 5:30-7:30 p.m. UMass Medical School Faculty Conference Room, 55 Lake Ave. North. 508-865-3334 or library.umassmed.edu

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Monette Landscaping & Construction, Inc. Specializing in Hardscape Installation. Retaining Walls, Stone, Interlocking Block & Timber Patios and Walkways, Brick & Stone Pavers. Landscape Design. Lawn Maintenance. Serving Central Mass for more than 50 years. 508-885-2579 www.monette landscaping.com Wildwood Lawn Care, Inc. Complete Lawn Fertilization Programs Serving Central MA Licensed & Insured Dan Sutherland 508-829-1916

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Worcester Memorial Park Paxton. Garden of the Cross. Beautiful location. 1-4 nicely located burial plots. Plots adjacent to each other. Would provide a lovely resting place for your loved one. $2500.00 each (original price $4800.00 ea). Cathy 203-315-9291

Utz Quality Foods, Inc. Growing snack food company is looking for career-minded individuals who can maximize sales to operate company-owned routes in the Sterling, MA area.

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Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton MA 2 lots in Heritage II w/vaults. $2,500.00 for both. Call Rick at 508-450-7470

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

You are a self motivated creative and driven full-time multi-media account executive.

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Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, 4 beautifully situated burial plots in The Garden of the Cross. $2200.00 each (current value $5200.00 ea) 508-886-4449 Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, Ma. Lot Number 297-B Space 1 and 2, Garden Of Valor Section. Current value is $8,400.00 including 2 concrete burial vaults. $4,000.00 or B/O 508-375-0080

Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, MA. Heritage II, Lots 665 1&2 w/vaults. No reasonable offer refused. Call 508 -852-1690 or 774-454-0259

Worcester County Memorial Park Desirable ’Garden of the Gospels’, plot 127C with space for 1 or 2, $3600.00 or email best offer. Visit WCMP for a look - very nice. charlie@angelic.com

FOR SALE John Deere 318 Garden Tractor 18HP, 48" MWR Deck, PWR STRG, Hydro Trans, PWR Lift $2000.00 Oakham 508-882-3963* Samsung 55" TV w/ nice stand. Best offer. Great for lvg rm or basement. Exc. cond. $300 508-797-6068*

ITEMS UNDER $2,015 24 book series "Miracles of Marble Cove" by Guideposts. Friends, faith and mysteries. $180.00 or B/O 508-829-3606

7 1/2" to 14" wide planermolder w/ 2 H.P. motor. Exts. to 8"h. Mounted on table. $250.00 or B.O. Call 508-886-4086

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Acme Juicerator $40.00 or B/O 978-407-3627 Ask for Jorge.

New books hardcover. New Nancy Drew Starter Set six. value at $34.00 selling for $9.00 Call 508-853-3444

Schumacher electric car battery charger, 750 Amps. Used once $50.00 508-886-2273

Nursing uniforms, scrub sets & lab coats size small. $10.00. Cash only. 508-829-9240.

Table and 4 chairs. Solid maple. Good condition. $50.00 508-425-1150

Prepared wool for rug braiding. Assort. colors. Also, clamps & thread, pins, needles & lacers. $50.00 508-865-5193

Thule Truck Racks $300.00 Cash firm. 508-755-0888

Henredon 7 pc Ebony BR Set King bed & mirrored oval backboard. 2 end tables, 9 drwr dresser w/oval detached wall mirror, mens wardrobe & 3 drwrs. Orig. $15,000. Asking $7,000.00, but all offers considered. Must sell. 508-7910770*

Beautiful 4 piece Mahogany BDRM set. Mint cond. Circa 1940’s $2,000 or B/O Call 774321-0320 Digital Concert Piano Korg C15-S, $330. Tel.508-963-3656 Eliptical Nordic Track CS925 Perfect condition. Clean. $350.00 508-756-1315 Matthew Jiffy Ice Drill 3 HP. Tecumseh Engine. 6.5" Auger, used. $100.00 508-832-6019

RinseNvac carpet cleaner, complete with floor and upholstery wands, $50.00 Princeton 978-464-2485

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Tiller, Troy-Bilt. 4 hp, 14" tilling width, adjustable handle bars, frwd & reverse, 149 lbs Good cond. $400 B/O 508-886-2273 FURNITURE

Century Dining Room Set 4 side, 2 captain chairs. Oval table, extends to 9’. Lighted hutch, beveled glass front. "Rosewood" Asking $8,000.00 (orig. $20,000) 508-791-0770*

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Navy Blue Leather Sofa & Matching Chair Excellent condition. $700.00 or B/0 Worcester. Call 571-437-2123*

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FOUND-ADULT CAT IN PRINCETON Vicinity of Gates Road and Hubbardston. The cat appears to be someone’s pet because it was well fed when we trapped it, and is even more so, now. Owner can call 978-4645279 or 508-864-0298 or 978257-1410 to describe the cat in detail.

1999 Road King Under 8,000 miles. Too many extras to list. Always stored in room temperature. $14,000.00 978-4645525 or 781-879-8275 cell

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

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1988 MercedesBenz 300 SEL 6 cylinder gas. Very good cond. Runs exc. $3200.00 195k miles. Located in Sutton, MA 774-287-0777 1990 Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 Performance Coupe. 25K miles. 2 tops. LT5, 375HP. 6SPD, ZF Manual trans. Fully optioned. Fair weather only, always stored. $21,000.00 978-422-6624

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES TOWN OF SUTTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO ALL INTERESTED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 40A, §11, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Sutton Town Hall on May 7, 2015 at 7:40pm on the petition of UniBank (as Lessee under Lease dated February 26, 2013). The petitioner requests variances from the sign regulations contained in Article IV §4 Signs, to permit an internally illuminated free standing business sign and 4 wall mounted signs The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 171 WorcesterProvidence Turnpike, Sutton MA on Assessors Map #11, Parcel #’s ,10,37,305,307. The property is located in the B-2 Zoning District. A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal ofﬁce hours in the Town Clerk’s Ofﬁce located in the Town Hall. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated. Jeffrey Fenuccio Board of Appeals Clerk 4/23, 4/30/2015 MS

TOWN OF SUTTON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS TO ALL INTERESTED INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SUTTON In accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Ch. 40A, §11, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing at the Sutton Town Hall on May 7, 2015 at 7:35pm on the petition of James Catusi. The petitioner requests a Finding as required by MGL ch.40A §6 to allow the tear down and rebuild of a residence located on a pre-existing non-conforming lot. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 1 Ramshorn Road , Sutton MA on Assessors Map # 14, Parcel #’s 53 & 126. The property is located in the R-1 Zoning District. A copy of the petition may be inspected during normal ofﬁce hours in the Town Clerk’s Ofﬁce located in the Town Hall. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on this variance petition should appear at the time and place designated. Jeffrey Fenuccio Board of Appeals Clerk 4/23, 4/30/2015

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. WO15P1192EA Estate of: Alfred A Gammal Date of Death: 03/01/2015 To all interested persons: A Petition has been filed by: Joseph Gammal of Hopkinton MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that: Joseph Gammal of Hopkinton MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond. 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 05/12/2015. 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 date, action may be taken without further notice to you. The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: April 17, 2015 Stephanie K. Fattman, Register of Probate 04/30/2015 MS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main St. Worcester, MA 01608 Docket No. WO15P1197GD CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of: Pamela Srebnick Of: Auburn, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by D.D.S. of Worcester, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Pamela Srebnick is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Cooperative for Human Services, Inc. of Lexington, MA (or some other suitable person) to appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, and that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 05/12/2015. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: April 17, 2015 Stephanie K. Fattman Register of Probate 04/30/2015 WM

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT (SEAL) 001755 ORDER OF NOTICE TO: Michael J. Richard, Ellen E. Richard and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act:, 50 U.S.C. App. §501 et seq.: Milford Federal Savings and Loan Association, claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Millbury, numbered 13 Wingfoot Lane, given by Michael J. Richard and Ellen E. Richard to Milford Federal Savings and Loan Association, dated May 14, 2009, and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 44271, Page 338, 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 June 1, 2015 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act. Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER Chief Justice of this Court on April 17, 2015 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder 4/30/2015 MS TOWN OF SUTTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 7:00PM, 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 Michael Gordon, Sutton, MA. The project consist of an amendment to the Order of Conditions for surface water withdrawal on Maps 30 & (36), Parcels 60, & (15 & 16), on 227 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 and Riverfront District Administration Bylaw. 4/30/2015

TOWN OF SUTTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Sutton Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 7:30PM, at the Sutton Town Hall, 4 Uxbridge Road, Sutton, MA. The purpose of this hearing is to Amend the Order of Conditions submitted to the Conservation Commission by Andrew DeWolfe, Sutton, MA. This part of the project consists of installing a tight tank, removal of three trees and replacement of three trees on Map 15, Parcels 45, on 28 Horne 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 and Riverfront District Administration Bylaw. 4/30/2015 MS

TOWN OF MILLBURY CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Millbury Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 7:20 P.M. at the Municipal Ofﬁce Building, 127 Elm Street to act on a Notice of Intent from Stephen Ekstrom for construction of a 24’ x 32’ garage located at 58 Riverlin Street. Said work falls under the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40. Donald Flynn Chairman 4/30/2015 MS

TOWN OF MILLBURY CONSERVATION COMMISSION The Millbury Conservation Commission will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 at 7:30 P.M. at the Municipal Ofﬁce Building, 127 Elm Street to act on a Request for Determination of Applicability from Chris & Karen Kennedy for a 6’ x 16’ expansion of existing lower decking and replacement of existing upper decking at 29 Ramshorn Road. Said work falls under the jurisdiction of the Wetlands Protection Act M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40. Donald Flynn Chairman 4/30/2015 MS

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Worcester Probate and Family Court 225 Main Street Worcester, MA 01608 Docket No. WO15D0856DR DIVORCE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION AND MAILING Ben M Mbugua vs. Iris E Velazquez To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Njoroge Kamau, Esq. P.O. Box 60251 Worcester, MA 01606 your answer, if any, on or before 07/07/2015. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. Witness, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court. Date: April 17, 2015 Stephanie K. Fattman Register of Probate 04/30/2015 WM

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For Mark Gallant it all started with a bowl of chili and a fear he was about to get fired from his job. In January 2010 a big green truck rolled out onto 84 Holden St. in Worcester, selling hot dogs smothered in chili for a few days a week. A little more than a year later, The Dogfather, as his business is called, went fulltime. You’ve most likely seen the jovial and bearded Gallant around in one of his trucks - and chances are better than good that you’ve swallowed down one of his hot dogs. He has become a fixture in the city and a purveyor of a darned good hot dog. Customers and relatives call him “Lord Emperor of Hotdog Nation.” We think The Dogfather is just fine. How did you get started in the food truck business? Was it always hot dogs? I was

working in a very high-stress job. I had made a real big mistake and I thought I was going to get fired, I was sitting around with close friends and relatives and I make this chili, I had made it for years, and I used to bring it in to work. We were sitting around drinking and my friend said, tell me, if you do get fired what would you want to do? I said, I want to have a diner. No one thinks you have to work until 3 a.m., everyone thinks you’re going to be sitting around having a blast and making money. So the hot dog truck came up, I can’t afford a diner, and the hot dog truck became a vehicle for the chili. You make this incredible chili and people will line up to buy your chili, it will be like the Soup Nazi. So you have to have the chili, how do you get that to the customer? You can’t open a chili truck. Well, put it on a hot dog. The next thing you know, the next morning, we were driving to Connecticut to look at trucks. Bunch of morons.

How do you choose your locations? What does that entail and do you need permits?

In Worcester, it’s tough. It’s tough to find a location. The location I chose, Shore Drive and Holden Street – that’s the main location – is probably the worst spot you can pick for a hot dog truck. If you follow the books, where you can put the trucks, how you can start a truck business, that sort of stuff, everyone talks about traffic flow, foot traffic. In Boston, you’re in a downtown location, the offices empty out

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at lunch and it’s a beautiful sunny day and everyone comes and gives you money and buys your food. That’s not the case at my regular site, I chose that site because I wanted to be a destination truck.

Where is your favorite spot to do business?

That’s my favorite. My second favorite was the Worcester Common, I love that. We did the Out to Lunch series. You’ve got one element of the people in Worcester, but you got to meet the other people, the people that don’t live in Worcester that come to Worcester and have a different outlook on the city and you hear all that, not to mention the political folk that come down. You hobnob with the elite.

Talk about your customers, is there anyone who stands out? I love my customers. If

you look at the Facebook page and the Twitter, people are always asking to bring back dogs, because we have weird dogs. ‘Today only: Wacky Wiener Wednesday with macaroni and cheese on a hot dog.’ They’ll look on the website for something I created three years ago and ask me to bring it back, they’re fanatics, they’re nuts. I have a bunch that really standout, it’s funny, most of my regulars, you know what they’re getting. Once you finally remember what that guy eats, that’s the day he changes his mind, you know?

What are your thoughts on whether the City Council should allow more food trucks around the city? I see no reason why not.

This whole silliness about five years ago, when they changed the rules and literally put an entire industry out of business, it’s

just silliness. I talk to a lot of restaurant owners and I talk to a lot of people that want to get into the food truck business and we can coexist. I wasn’t in the business back then, but I guess there were a lot of out-of-towners. “Rogues” if you want to call them that, they’d come in and set up out front of a restaurant and take their business away and then leave trash everywhere and drive away. Ok, I suppose that could have happened, but to my mind – I’m born and raised in this city – I could have gone to Shrewsbury and had a permit in two seconds. Instead, I stuck it out and got all my permits in Worcester, because I believe in Worcester. Yet every time they start talking about having food trucks in the area, they think that they’re going to be the answer to the revitalization of downtown. Come on, we’re all in this together, let’s just coexist.

Some restaurant owners have said they have more stringent and costly regulations, which puts them at a disadvantage. What’s your counter to that argument? They also make more money than we do. I had one guy actually publish in a forum in one of the newspaper articles that he has to pay $4,000 for a liquor license every year, so it’s not fair. I’ll pay $4,000 for a

liquor license any day, considering how much you make back for that? They have stringent regulations, but so do we. Ours are easier because we’re mobile, but we have to have sanitation, we have to dump our tanks, we have to be all approved. My trucks are inspected more often than any restaurant in this city. Every time I’m someplace else, I get inspected. I’ve got three trucks that will be inspected by the city, one of the trucks is going to Westborough. It will be inspected and in June we’ll be at the Common again and they’ll inspect us every time we’re there. So, they have stringent regulations and more expense but, so do we. We make less money, but we have a lower overhead. They have a higher overhead, but they make more money. If they’re not making more money than us, then they’re doing something wrong. I think that’s a lot of BS, I really do. In February, when they needed someone down at the Oval and literally give away hotdogs for people to skate in sub-zero weather, I didn’t see any of the restaurants lining up down there to provide food. But, they can call the food truck and we’re stupid enough to send one down there. —Steven King

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Burncoat High nixes bags, purses carried by students When they return from spring vacation, students at Burncoat High School will find more stringent security measures in place as the result of a gun found in a student’s locker earlier this month. Starting Monday, April 27 students will no longer be allowed to carry any type of bag, book bag, large handbag or purse during the day inside the school, according to a phone message to parents from Principal William Foley.

The message was sent Sunday night, April 26. According to Foley, the incident involving a student who allegedly made threatening comments about police and in whose locker gun ammunition were allegedly found, was isolated. He said a “thorough” investigation was conducted throughout vacation week, and that every student’s locker was searched. Nothing out of the ordinary was found during that search, Foley said.

Metal detectors in Worcester high schools? On the heels of a student’s arrest at Burncoat High School after a gun was found in his locker, one city councilor is asking whether it is time to use metal detectors in the city’s high schools. He is also asking whether full-time police should be placed in all high schools, either in lieu of or addition to the metal detectors. At-Large Councilor Moe Bergman said he intends to file an order for the next City Council meeting, Tuesday, April 28 related to exploring the feasibility of metal detectors in the schools. He said the incident at Burncoat, in which a juvenile boy allegedly threatened to shoot a police officer and was arrested after a gun and ammunition was found in his locker, was part of why he wants to start a discussion about metal detectors. “I think that and the realization that society’s changed,” said Bergman, who chairs the Council’s Committee on Public Safety. “We live in an urban city, and there are certain realities that come with living in an urban environment. One of them is students are sometimes bringing dangerous objects into our schools. There has to be some realistic approach to what if they don’t listen [to being told not to carry weapons]. Are we still following the honor system, expecting someone to follow the rules when we know that’s not the case

Augustus releases report on diversity recommendations City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. released a detailed report on April 24 with recommendations on how to improve how Worcester serves an increasingly diverse population. The ideas cover five main categories - Creating a more Diverse and Culturally Competent Workforce; Improving Public Safety Relations with the Community; Providing Opportunities for Young People; Expanding Efforts to Educate and Engage the Public on the Electoral Process; and Enhancing Economic Development Opportunities. The recommendations range from broad, sweeping changes to concrete, specific suggestions. One of the recommendations is the creation of a new position in government – Chief Diversity Officer. Augustus said currently the Principal Staff Assistant position is combined with the Affirmative Action Officer position, and there is little time to focus on diversity and inclusion. “That’s 5 percent of that person’s responsibilities,” Augustus said. “It shouldn’t be 5 percent of one person’s job – it should be 100 percent of a higher-level person’s job.”

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