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n August 1999, I had been a full-time reporter with the Blackstone Valley Tribune for a little under a year. On Aug. 11, the call of a car accident came over the scanner. A car had been hit by a truck in Mendon, a little over the Uxbridge town line. Inside that car was a 16-year-old girl whose life had really just begun. She would have been going back to school soon – only that day did not arrive. Shawna Shea died instantly that night, leaving behind an identical twin, Erin, and devastated parents. I met them through that tragedy. Over

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the years, her father, Skip, has become the kind of friend you don’t need to see often to feel a bond. This year, he launches the sixth annual Shawna Shea Film Festival. It will be held over three days next month in two venues in Southbridge. If you like offbeat independent films — the kind that disturb you after the last scene has faded — you don’t want to miss this one.

At the same time, you’ll be supporting the Shawna Shea Memorial Foundation Inc. This story accompanies our annual Fall Arts Preview, which tells you what is going on when it comes to arts, theater, film, music and literature. Hold onto this one so you don’t miss a beat this fall!

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Council (mostly) on board with Amazon pitch for Worcester

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he City Council the week roundly signaled it wants the city manager to go after a bid for a second Amazon headquarters, but they were split on how to go about it. While some wanted to see a Worcester-centric pitch, others argued the city would be best suited working on a statewide application.

Councilor At-Large Konnie Lukes, who filed the order that launched the conversation, said Worcester’s strength is its central location. As a city on the rise, she said, a bid for Amazon, which is looking to open a second headquarters in North America, would be a positive exercise.

“We can take now that leap of faith in Worcester,” she said. “We’ve always suffered from an inferiority complex and we’re starting to get over it. But clearly, we have to go for even more, and increase our expectations even higher than we have in the past. There’s no reason we have to be burdened by the past.”

Lukes’ order prompted the discussion. She requested the city manager submit a response to the company’s request for a second headquarters by the Oct. 19 deadline. The headquarters would bring up to 50,000 jobs at an average salary of $100,000, but the company has strict requirements. It wants a 100-acre plot of land to develop for the $5-billion venture, and wants access to a metropolitan area of more than a million people, and direct access to public transit.

Worcester is among hundreds of cities around the

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stArt On the Street celebrates its 15th year in grand fashion, as thousands turn out on a sun-soaked day. +4

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Patriots players were no doubt in a great mood as they visited Worcester earlier this week, in the wake of a bounceback win over the New Orleans Saints.

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There is probably a logical explanation, but doesn’t it seem like some of the most inconvenient road work gets started right when school starts? Not just in Worcester, either. -2

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Total for this week: Great to see efforts to help victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, like the one at South High School, as reported by the Telegram & Gazette, where students sold bags of popcorn to raise money. +3

It may be a pipe dream, but Worcester has nothing to lose in bidding for Amazon. +1

City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. this week recommended a cap of 15 on stores selling pot in Worcester. It could have been 420. -2

Amy Schumer did some filming at Worcester Regional Airport recently, according to MassLive, once again revealing the city’s Hollywood appeal. +3

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lissa Parker, mother of one of the 20 children gunned down at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, has made the best of an unthinkable situation. In the five years since the shooting, which shook the world, she has become an advocate and activist for school safety with her organization Safe and Sound Schools.

Parker was in Worcester last weekend, speaking at a conference for women at the DCU center. We caught up with her afterward, and talked about her work and what Worcester Public Schools can do to make its school buildings safer.

Parker co-founded Safe and Sound Schools with Michelle Gray, another Sandy Hook mother. The organization advises school leaders on how to upgrade building security, with both short-term fixes and long-term planning.

Most recently, the organization has launched the Safe and Sound Youth Council Initiative, which encourages student councils to pick up the issue and push school administrations for better security.

“We want them to be a part of the conversation, because they are such an intricate part of the solution,” she said. “They are going to be the ones that alert others about safety issues and safety concerns, so it’s really important they have a voice and that we give it to them.”

She offered that Worcester student councils and the school administration could both use

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country vying for the company, including Philadelpia, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Denver, New York and Chicago.

At the meeting, Lukes stressed she wants the proposal to be a Worcester-centric one, and said she’s wary of a statewide approach with Boston as the anchor.

“I’m concerned we get detoured with this proposal toward the Boston side. Boston’s not going to do anything for Worcester, we still have that [Route] 128 barrier,” she said.

But on that, it seemed, she was alone. City Manager Ed Augustus, Jr., joking that this is the one instance he’s ever been accused of being a pessimist about Worcester, said the city may be better off working with Boston on a statewide approach.

“I’m the most enthusiastic cheerleader about Worcester, but I actually read the [request for proposals] and I see what it requires,” said Augustus.

The company requires access to an international airport within 45 minutes, and that

just isn’t something Worcester has, he said.

Instead of crafting the city’s own proposal, he said he has been meeting with state leaders to create a statewide pitch for the company. The statewide application, he said, could connect a corridor between Boston and Worcester.

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If Worcester put an application in on its own, he said, it wouldn’t be as serious as a statewide bid, because the city doesn’t meet all of the company’s requirements.

Mayor Joe Petty was on board with the city manager’s approach, saying it quickly became clear that was the best route when discussing it last week.

“It’s going to be a state application. And we’re going to be part of that,” said Petty. He also disagreed with Lukes regarding the city having an inferiority complex.

Stu Loosemore, speaking for the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, encouraged the city to get a “complex and comprehensive” pitch in by deadline.

At an event earlier in the week, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito told Worcester Magazine the same. She said Amazon would be smart to choose Massachusetts as the second home for its headquarters.

“We offer a lot in this state, including a talented workforce,” she said.

The governor’s office is encouraging city leaders from across the state to put forward their best proposals, which the state would then collect and bundle, she said. When asked whether she considers Worcester an ideal location for an Amazon campus, she stopped short of answering but said that anywhere in the state, a massive corporate headquarters would have a ripple effect.

“I think it would be really important just for Amazon to call Massachusetts their home,” she said.

At City Council this week, not everyone was brimming with enthusiasm at the idea.

District 3 Councilor George Russell said he is cautiously optimistic about the idea, but with a “big, big, big, big asterisk.”

“We on the east side of the City of Worcester are drowning – drowning – in truck traffic,” said Russell. “Just please keep that in mind. We don’t need anymore.”

But Councilor At-Large Kate Toomey said the south side of Worcester, by the intersection of routes 20 and 146, would be an ideal location. It connects to the Mass Pike, connects to I-290, and connects to the Worcester Regional Airport. But, she agreed an application with more than just Worcester would be beneficial.

“It’s a good thing. It’s a very good thing.

Working together, we very possibly could make this happen,” she said.

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At the heart, her decision to get involved stemmed from a guilt that accompanied her grief.

“After Emilie died,” she said, “I remember just being up late at night, thinking over and over again about all of the different things, small simple safety measures that could have saved her life and others, and I wanted to somehow reach out to all the different families out there, all across the country and just say, ‘You can do this. You can make a change.

These are easy, simple solutions.’”

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That, she said, is the core mission of the project: making the best information on school building safety easily accessible.

“We just want our hindsight to be others foresight,” she said. “Really, that’s the desire that we began with. So the education component was vital for us, to be able to take the experts that are out there and really give them a platform to share the information that they had already had that was available but just hard to organize for people.”

The Sandy Hook shooting in December 2012 was among the deadliest and most horrific acts of terrorism on U.S. soil. It was the third-deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history and has since launched intense debates on federal and state gun control policy that are still ongoing.

Meanwhile, the problem of lone gunmen shooting into crowds of innocent people has not gone away. In 2017, there have been at least 320 mass shootings, according to Mass Shooting Tracker, an organization that monitors gun violence. In 2016, the organization reported 477 mass shootings. High-profile mass shootings by young white men have again elevated the issue into national news cycles. In Plano, Texas, nine people were left dead after a 32-year-old man opened fire at a party earlier this month. Last week, a sophomore at a high school in Rockford, Wash. opened fire on his classmates, killing one and injuring three.

While Parker’s activism is deeply tied to gun violence, she said she steers clear of policy debates on gun safety, instead focusing all her effort on the school building safety.

“That really just isn’t our fight,” she said.

“We wanted our audience to not feel isolated by political views. We felt like this is a table we want all participants at. Our fight is to protect schools and that is a non-partisan approach we felt like is the most effective in actually accomplishing what our goals were.”

Parker first got involved in activism with the blog The Parker Five, chronicling her fam-

in buildings, work to make and then audit changes, or to verify the systems actually work.

Part of Parker’s work, like her talk at the DCU Center, is also sharing her story and helping others cope with their own loss. She’s done so with her book, “An Unseen Angel,” speaking tours and an art therapy project in her daughter’s name called, The Emilie Parker Art Connection.

Grieving, she said, requires patience and faith. It’s something that comes in stages and gets easier, but only very slowly.

“There’s a process to it and I had learned that that process is a marathon,” she said.

In that marathon, she said she is on the second mile, but her decision to commit to advocacy, to stay busy and to share her story have helped her reconcile.

“As far as my enjoyment of the marathon, that has improved drastically,” Parker said.

“And you know, we’ve been able to find happiness among the sorrow and the pain we’ve felt in the loss, and that has been a blessing.”

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PETTY v LUKES: It came down

to the wire, but the race for mayor is set.

Longtime Councilor and former Mayor Konnie Lukes will challenge incumbent Joe Petty. Councilor At-Large Mike Gaffney pulled out of the race Tuesday afternoon, hours before the deadline. Many felt a rematch between Petty and Gaffney was likely, and Lukes has signaled she’s really only in the race to make sure Petty doesn’t run unopposed. Gaffney could not be reached for comment (addressed in a later item) but said on his online Cheers Worcester program he’s not running for mayor because as mayor it would be inappropriate to continue his YouTube videos or his writing in the Worcester Independent Leader. So, in an effort to hang onto his media outlets and attack what he sees as corruption, Gaffney is hanging back this year. He threw his support behind Lukes, saying she’s a strong woman with a tempered mind. Petty, he said, has embarrassed the city. Lukes, for her part, said she expected Gaffney to run, and, because he’s out, she’s in on principal. The mayor’s race should always be contested, she said, as it’s an important platform from which to raise issues.

DISPENSARY CAP: City Council

expressed support on Tuesday for a proposal by City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. to cap pot shops at 15, take advantage of a 3-percent local sales tax offered by the new law, and put together an expensive host community agreement for prospective marijuana entrepreneurs. The proposal went to subcommittee hearings, and will have to come back to council for a vote.

Apparently, the city considers the four existing medical marijuana locations to be part of the 15, which means that the city would only have room for 11 more, if the council passes the ordinance package.

OFO: Haven’t heard of it? The Chinese-based bike share program, with an innovative dockless app-based interface, launched in Worcester last Friday. I took a bike around and found the experience enjoyable and the app easy to use. Others said they had trouble using the app – said it crashes too often, especially when updating financial information. But if the company smooths the app out, I’d say they have a pretty good market here in Worcester. I see people riding the bikes all over downtown, and I’ve only heard complaints from the people you’d expect complaints from. Among the complaints: the company doesn’t provide helmets (OK, mom, bring your own) and the bikes get left everywhere. Well, that’s the point. You’re supposed to use the app and find the nearest bike, walk to it, and rent it. If all the bikes are on the City Common, that defeats the point.

BIKE SAFETY: It’s worth pointing out that after the ofo launch, many people, from the

curmudgeons online to real bike safety activists, have been pointing out that bike infrastructure is lacking and biking is dangerous in Worcester and the surrounding towns. When a cyclist dies in a crash like the one in Charlton last Friday, the lack of proper bike infrastructure is laid bare.

The city manager has committed to putting together a “bike master plan,” along an with overall master plan in the works at City Hall. He said data from the ofo bike share program will help the city prioritize parts of the city that need bike infrastructure the most. This should really be a cause everyone can get behind. The more people who feel safe riding a bike in this city, the fewer cars there are on the road. Less cars, less congestion. Less emissions, less pollution. Less pedestrian accidents. Get where I’m going with this?

PANHANDLING: The City Council talked at length about measures they could possibly take to curb panhandling without taking the sort of legal action that landed them in trouble in court in 2015. But the substance of the discussion was dwarfed, in my humble opinion, by District 5 Councilor Gary Rosen’s framing. In launching the discussion, he said, “I’ve been out on the corners, as people know. I’ve been surrounded by panhandlers, many of them, we’re on a first name basis now.” Everyone who follows city politics closely knows the sheer dedication Rosen shows – out there at major intersections holding his sign what seems like every day, and it might be. He’s been out there since May, campaigning for his bid for at-large Council. The thought of him becoming fast friends with panhandlers along the way is honestly a decent premise for a feel-good comedy.

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Amazon headquarters, some in Boston, where a headquarters is objectively more likely, are no

{ worcesteria } fans of the idea – and they have some good points. Reporter Jason Pramas, in the Weekly Dig, points out that of the 50,000 jobs the company will be offering at the new headquarters, almost all of them will be in software development, and jobs catered to the working class will be through the same subcontracted companies that exist around here today. He makes the case that even in Boston, which is pretty well gentrified, the headquarters would rapidly change neighborhoods and raise rents. He’s advocating for a strong “no” campaign, much like the one that beat back the failed bid for the Olympics. Would there be enough people in Worcester to have the same effect? Would Amazon even possibly consider Worcester? A lot of hypotheticals, and, as ever, a lot to argue about.

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NO COMMENT: If former mayor Ray Mariano quoted him accurately in his Worcester Sun

piece, Councilor At-Large Mike Gaffney will not participate in the election coverage of any local media outlet. He’s quoted as saying, “I will not be participating in any candidate profiles, stories or endorsements with the local media.” I reached out to confirm and he didn’t respond, which I suppose is almost a confirmation in itself. He told the Telegram as much last week as well, and hasn’t gone on record with us in months. It’s an interesting strategy, given he’s also publishing with his own media outlets. Media circumvention via social media is all the rage right now.

ALL ELECTRIC BUSES: Mayor Joe Petty is one of 18 mayors across the state to call for

a fleet of all-electric buses. As reported in the Telegram, the mayors sent a letter to MassDOT secretary Stephanie Pollack pushing for all-electric buses by 2030. Petty was the lead signatory. Now, I back the cause and there’s no reason not to push for it. But the fuel used by Worcester Regional Transit Authority seems the least of its worries. Think of all the emissions we could reduce if the city had a robust busing system that could take people to, say, Union Station, in a reasonable amount of time. Public transit is a tough nut to crack and the state isn’t doing the city any favor. All RTAs across the state have been level-funded in the Legislature for three years. If it came down to funding for electric buses or funding for RTA operating budgets, I’d have to go with the RTA.

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GREEN ISLAND FLOODING: While it’s a far cry from the kind of flooding seen in Houston and Jacksonville, last year, only 4 inches of rain caused damaging flooding in the neighborhood.

Late last week, city officials and residents sat down to hash out a $5-million flood mitigation plan to keep the neighborhood dry, according to the Telegram. The neighborhood’s problem, like most areas where flooding is prevalent, is that it’s mostly comprised of impervious surfaces like roads, sidewalks and parking lots, and it was built on a floodplain. Possible fixes include sealing manhole covers and removing sediment from stormwater systems. Residents want to see a moratorium on paving over lawns and other measures to increase porous surfaces.

MARGOLIS ANALYSIS: The city’s progressive base is celebrating Mike Gaffney’s

withdrawal from the mayor’s race and the election results in the District 1 and District 5 preliminary last week. In two blog posts, progressive political activist and commentator Dan Margolis frames the issue as a collapse of a conservative political movement headed by Gaffney and promoted by Turtleboy Sports with the so-called Turtleboy Sports ticket. Candidates connected to Gaffney, Turtleboy or the City Republican Party, were outperformed by moderate or progressive candidates – Paul Franco of the City Republican Committee finished 400 votes behind center democratic candidate Matt Wally in District 5 and narrowly beat Doug Arbetter, a young progressive. He did, however, move on to the general election. In District 1, Bill Coleman, who often stood out holding signs with Gaffney, finished last. Of course, the election results on Nov. 7 are what really matter, and it remains to be seen how close Margolis’ framing will be to reality.

PETTY ENDORSEMENT: Mayor Joe Petty’s most recent endorsement comes from the Environmental Action League of Massachusetts, which on Monday got behind Petty’s bid for mayor. The organization cited the Greenwood Solar Farm’s opening as a major reason for the endorsement, and also credited the city’s push for LED lighting and investment in public parks.

NO ENDORSEMENTS?: While Joe Petty and others actively court endorsements, other

candidates reject them, arguing they don’t have a place in city politics. Konnie Lukes told me as much Tuesday night. She said that without endorsements, she’s free to be independent.

In an email earlier in the week, Gary Rosen said he’d rather be “unencumbered by such endorsements,” which would leave him beholden to individuals and groups.

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his one really needs no debate. Of the money left from the expected $9 million or more in surplus from last year for the city to do with what it pleases (following the Five Point Plan, much of it would be accounted for), it should go back whence it came: the taxpayers.

There is talk about helping out the schools, and that would be a noble effort. On its own, however, the city has, in recent years, recommitted itself to providing additional funding to its public schools. Could $1.8 million or more (the figure could be higher by the time the state certifies the city’s Free Cash) help? Absolutely. There is no doubt a great amount of pressure on City Manager Ed Augustus Jr. when it comes to just how to spend the surplus funds.

But it is hard to field calls from senior citizens, as this editor did recently, who cannot afford to pay their tax bill, their car insurance and other bills and not feel their pain. They need a break, even a small one.

As previously noted, much of the extra money is already accounted for per the Five Point Plan: 50 percent goes into the bond stabilization fund and 30 percent is directed into what is known as OPEB, or Other Post-Employment Benefits, that ginormous burden on the city for retiree health costs.

So that brings us back to roughly $1.8 million. What to do with it? Schools? Public Safety? Cleaning up the trash around the city? These are worthwhile efforts all of them. But one can’t help but think of an equally worthwhile venture: putting cash back into the purses and wallets of Worcester taxpayers.

Every year, come tax classification time, there is much hand-wringing and consternation over how to set the tax rate.

The business community pressures city officials to adopt a rate more favorable to them. Residential taxpayer advocates make the same argument on their behalf. And, pretty much every year, each councilor rises to make some sort of grand statement on how difficult it is to balance competing interests and why they settled on a particular tax rate. Some always side with residents. Some are friendlier to businesses. And so on.

Here we are, with the city poised to receive close to $2 million with which it can what it chooses. Let us make it easy for them: give it back to taxpayers. Of course, School Superintendent Maureen Binienda could (and would) make great use of the money. We have heard many suggestions from officials already. And Augustus could come up with any number of other ways to spend it.

Maybe there is a particular school program that could be funded for a couple hundred thousand dollars. We’d be OK with that. The schools, which have been denied millions in funding from the state for years - money it will more than likely will never see - need the city’s support whenever possible.

So, too, do taxpayers. It is hard to imagine the school or other city departments having a problem with that.

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A great opportunity for kindergartners deposits over 12 years will accumulate tax-free and enable you to pay for your child’s college tuition without being subject to federal or state income taxes. Let’s remember that hrough the efforts of state Treasurer Deb Goldberg, putting aside money early and often is the best way to build Worcester children entering kindergarten have the your savings and help your child pay for college. opportunity to enroll in an exceptional college savings I certainly can relate to this program; years ago, in the program called $eedMA. This program, in its second year of elementary grades, the Worcester Public Schools had a a pilot three-year program, will assist families in Worcester banking program through People’s Bank and I would bring my Public Schools to begin funding their child’s education. Each few dollars to school on a Friday with my bankbook and place child, when enrolled, will receive a commitment of $50 to it in my account. This experience made me a better saver develop a 529 college savings account during this school year. The 529 account is specifically designed to help families throughout my life, paid for my college, and ever since then I have always tried to put money into a savings account. save for college through professionally-managed portfolios According to Goldberg, “We chose of mutual funds. When a child with a 529 I’m thrilled that Worcester, Worcester because it is a city with an unmistakable commitment to academic account reaches college the second largest city achievement. The culture of higher education age, the funds in the in Worcester makes the city a natural fit for account can be used to in Massachusetts, was our pilot program. It is a clear path for most pay for qualified higher selected, because it gives Americans that economic mobility starts with education expenses post-secondary education and training. (including accredited our families and students aResearch shows that millennials aged 25vocational and technical 35 with college degrees earn 60 percent training) and are exempt opportunity to secure a more and have an unemployment rate three from federal and state bright future. We have this times lower than those without a college income taxes.

The pilot program is great opportunity to make education.”

Goldberg also sees the $eedMA program being funded through a difference in the lives of complementing Worcester’s already a grant from Santander innovative approach to college affordability Bank and other our children, so I would under Worcester’s 30K Commitment donations as well. In addition, the accounts encourage kindergarten Partnership, which is providing affordable options for public higher education through are offered through parents to take advantage a partnership including Fitchburg State the Massachusetts University, Mount Wachusett Community Educational Financing of this program.

College, Quinsigamond Community College Authority’s U.Fund, and Worcester State University. According which is sponsored by to Goldberg, this program provides students the Commonwealth and managed by Fidelity Investments.

MEFA is a nonprofit state authority created to provide college with the ability to earn an associates and bachelor’s degree planning information, guidance and programs to help families for $30,000 in four years. Not only is this program one of the most affordable in the Northeast, it creates a pipeline for plan, save and pay for college. our residents to attain economic prosperity. This program is a Through the $eedMA program, parents can support their great opportunity to promote education in our community. If child’s future by investing in the program and adding to the pilot proves successful, this program will expand to other it throughout their child’s school years. Remember, those districts in Massachusetts. kindergarten students registering for the program will have I’m thrilled that Worcester, the second largest city in the $50 placed in their savings account and it will remain Massachusetts, was selected, because it gives our families and in their name going forward. It’s important for parents to students the opportunity to secure a bright future. We have continue to deposit money in their child’s account and this great opportunity to make a difference in the lives of our have that money go toward their college tuition. I know 12 children, so I would encourage kindergarten parents to take years down the line is a long way off, but this program will advantage of this program. help children to think about college while still in primary If parents or grandparents have missed the sign-up at school, and to keep that as a goal. Research shows that just kindergarten enrollment, they can go online to secure the establishing a college savings account makes a child seven form from www.$eedMA.org. In the years to come you’ll be times more likely to attend college. thrilled that you did it. This opportunity is a win-win for Believe me, the years go by fast, and now is the time to Worcester’s families. consider such a wise investment. Also, remember that regular

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That’s What They Said “The biggest asset our Commonwealth has are people, and we need to invest in them.”

- Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, in Worcester to announce funding to expand the Worcester Housing Authority’s A Better Life program.

“We don’t open until 11 o’clock and by the time 10:30 rolled around, this place was packed.”

- Tina Zlody, co-founder and codirector of stART on the Street, at this year’s 15th anniversary event, which attracted thousands to Park Ave in Worcester.

“We have how many places that sell booze in

Worcester, but we need a cap on pot shops?”

- Christine Shustak, commenting on Worcester Magazine’s Facebook Page about a proposed cap of 15 stores selling pot in Worcester.

“The role of mayor really has to be somebody that’s going to sit back and not get into the fights, particularly the ones I get into and try to expose things. I’m really open to seeing Konnie Lukes run.”

- At-Large City Councilor Mike Gaffney, on his “Cheers Worcester” program on Facebook, announcing he will not run for mayor this year.

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Fly the flag To the Editor: At the City Council meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 5, an item on the agenda that most likely flew under the radar was Councilor Gary Rosen’s order to expand the use of our city flag. The item was sent to the manager’s office, which means that, given the opportunity to implement it, the city manager will make an effort to see it through.

This is a good thing for the city for a few reasons. First off, it is good because it is aesthetically pleasing. Things that make our city look nicer are good for that reason alone. Second, if this is implemented properly, it can be used to creative a positive association with our city and its iconography. Last, all throughout Worcester, no matter which part of the city you live in, that flag binds us all together.

Seeing our flag flying is something that makes me feel very proud to be a Worcesterite. Worcester is a city to be proud of and we should be flying our flag accordingly.

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Artist, performer, filmmaker and writer ​Skip Shea prepares footage for the 6th Annual Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival, screening at two locations in Southbridge early October.

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performance space and the Quinebaug Valley Council on the Arts and Humanities Center.

The foundation does not single out the Shawna Shea did not live best and brightest; rather, it aims to help the long enough to see all her “uniquely average,” as Shea is described in a dreams come true. A tragic public service announcement about her on the car accident in 1999 when foundation’s website. As her father points out, Shea was not the most gifted student. she was 16 robbed her of “If she got a ‘C’ I’d buy her dinner,” Skip any future, and stole from Shea, an artist and filmmaker, said recently. her family a passionate, She was, in fact, the polar opposite of her creative and fiercelytwin, Erin, who always excelled academically. independent young woman Shawna Shea had a different gift – an whose brief time here left an ability to connect with people society might otherwise cast out. indelible mark.

“At her wake,” Skip Shea recalled, “a She would have turned 34 this year, but girl came up to me who had transferred to while she has been gone 18 years, her spirit Uxbridge. She was sitting in the library one not only lives on, it is soaring thanks to the staunch refusal of family and friends to allow day, getting pretty seriously bullied by some kids, and Shawna went in and stopped it. And her memory to fade.

Two of the biggest efforts have Shea’s name she was small, but she was that kid. She stood up for the underdog.” all over them, literally. The Shawna E. Shea School did not interest Shawna Shea at all, Memorial Foundation, Inc. and the Shawna her father said. In retrospect, maybe she knew Shea Memorial Film Festival both pay tribute something other did not. to Shea ‘s creative side, with the foundation “She didn’t need [school], because she awarding scholarships to graduating wasn’t going to be here,” Skip Shea said.

Uxbridge High School students for the past Instead, she spent much of her time with 16 years. The film festival, meanwhile, enters friends. its sixth year this year and will be held “There is always that element in towns like Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 5-7 at two venues in Southbridge: Starlite, a contemporary art and Uxbridge, I guess in every town, where you see a certain group of kids walking down the

street and you cross the street,” Skip Shea said. “Shawna didn’t believe that. She always defended them. She always championed them.”

The scholarship reflects that. A description

“You just kind of stop.

Everything, even today, is still stopped at that moment.”

- Skip Shea, whose daughter, Shawna, died in a car accident in 1999.

He now runs a film festival in her name. of the Shawna Shea Memorial Scholarship perhaps says it best: “What makes the [scholarship] so unique is that awardees are carefully selected to align with Shawna’s

values: helping those who live in the margins of society, having less than average grades; lacking the most advantageous socioeconomic opportunities.”

Last year, the program expanded to award a scholarship to a graduating senior from Southbridge High School planning to attend Quinsigamond Community College, which has a Southbridge campus.

One of Shawna Shea’s other passions was for the performing arts. So much so that when director Steven Spielberg came to town to film parts of his 1997 film, “Amistad,” she went down and stood in line, hoping to land a role as an extra.

The film festival, and the awards given in her honor, including the scholarship and Women in Film Fellowship (first awarded last year to Erica Chick) that is given out as part of the festival, are all reflective of Shawna Shea as a person and of her love for film and the arts.

“What’s important to say is Shawna loved the performing arts,” her father said. “She loved being onstage. I think she’d be doing it if she could be here. She really, truly enjoyed it.”

The film festival and scholarships help ease some of the pain of losing one of his twin daughters, which Skip Shea admits has never fully left him.

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in 2000, raising $10,000 in one day.

It formed the basis for the scholarship fund for Uxbridge High School students.

“I didn’t get involved that year,” Skip Shea said, adding he did take part in directing the scholarship fund.

“Then we started our own fundraiser to keep it going. We didn’t do one every year. It was just too painful.”

While he had his own creative side, Skip Shea did not fully satisfy his muse right away after his daughter’s death.

“I was writing, probably just writing poetry at the time,” he said.

About six years after she died, her father started directing films - not the mainstream variety. Skip Shea’s short films can be raw and disturbing. One need look no further than his 2013 production, “Ave Maria.” Likewise, “Microcinema,” which he made in 2011, is also a shock both visually and emotionally.

“I had always wanted to make movies,” he said. “I took the scenic route getting here.”

With an eye toward giving a voice to other independent-minded filmmakers, Skip Shea started the

film festival in 2011. That first year featured one block of films over two hours at the Elm Draught House Cinema in Millbury. It has expanded since then, attracting filmmakers from around the world. This year, the festival will be held in two venues over three days.

All proceeds go toward the Shawna E. Shea Memorial Foundation, Inc. Among the highlights of this year’s festival is the screening of the Shawna Shea Memorial Foundation Women in Film Fellowship, which is devoted to first-time female filmmakers, Friday, Oct. 6, 4:30 p.m., at the Art Center.

The festival will also feature the world premiere of Richard Rowntree’s horror film, “Dogged.”

In addition, the husband and wife documentary film team of Colin and Laura Graham, who created “Outcast: The House that Carol Built,” will attend from Scotland.

There will also be a screening of the 2016 Women in Film Fellow’s “Namaste.”

For the second straight year, the festival will also hand out the William C. Gerrity Award for best production. Gerrity, who died in 2015, worked on a number of acclaimed TV productions, including 1971’s “The French Connection.”

The award was the result of a friendship struck between Shea, his wife, Anna Chinappi, and Gerrity’s daughter, Kate Travaline, who

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of a car with her friends heading down Mowry Street in Mendon on that fateful Aug. 11 evening in 1999.

“It looks like an optical illusion,” Skip Shea said of the street, which crosses right over Route 16 to the other side. “You don’t even see the stop sign.

It looks like it just continues across Route 16.”

The car drove through the stop sign. An 18-wheeler heading in that direction struck the car on the passenger side. Shawna Shea died immediately, but her father did not know that right away.

Skip Shea said he remembers walking into the hospital, where he was met by a priest. “He said, ‘Shawna was in an accident. She’s pretty banged up.’

I thought, ‘OK, I can handle that.’ Then he said it killed her.

“You just kind of stop. Everything, even today, is still stopped at that moment.”

One year after Shawna Shea’s death, the seeds were planted for the foundation, which recently became a nonprofit organization and now awards scholarships in her name.

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{ Fall Arts Preview } winning the award. They announced Tommy’s works as development and administrative name and I just freaked out. Anna came over manager at WICN radio in Worcester. Like with Shawna’s twin, Erin. There was just this Shea, she also lives in Uxbridge. For more immediate connection. The twin thing, the than eight years, Travaline has also served film thing.” as president of the Uxbridge Education Chinappi told Travaline about Skip Shea, Foundation. The committee hosts a fundraiser how he was a filmmaker, which, of course, led to award scholarships and grants to students in the Uxbridge Public Schools system.

“I was at a ceremony, WHAT: Shawna Shea Memorial Film Festival sitting next to a very exciting woman who WHEN: Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 5-7 was chatting on about WHERE: Starlite, 39 Hamilton St., Southbridge the Shawna Shea Film Quinebaug Valley Council on the Arts and Festival,” Travaline recalled. “She just started Humanities Art Center, 111 Main St., Southbridge talking about what it was SCHEDULE: shawnasheaff.com about, that it was given in honor of Shawna Shea, TICKETS: eventbrite.com who was killed in a tragic car accident.”

Little did they know of to a discussion about Travaline’s father. the deeper tie they shared. Like Skip Shea, “We found all these weird connections we Travaline has twins – two boys, Tommy and had,” Travaline said. “It was almost like it was Devin. Also like Shea, Tommy makes films, meant to be. Tommy has always loved film. following in the footsteps of his grandfather.

He actually had a film he created. He entered As it turned out, the following year, Tommy it into the film festival last year.” applied for the Shawna Shea Memorial Travaline told Shea and Chinappi she Scholarship and won.

“It had been a year since I had seen Anna,” wanted to help with the foundation. Given her father’s legacy, the idea of an award in Travaline said. “We didn’t know he was

production in his name made sense. Travaline said she plans to be at the film festival again this year. She said her father left a lot of scripts and movie budgets when he died, which she plans to package into something to give to the winner of the William C. Gerrity Award.

The film festival is much needed, she said.

She also likes the messages behind it.

“I think it’s wonderful,” Travaline said.

“First of all, it’s very different. It allows people to be themselves. You don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to have a lot of money. You just have to have some talent and creativity and passion. “And I love that they’re doing it in the name of Shawna.”

For his part, Skip Shea is proud of what the foundation and film festival have been able to accomplish. The festival itself has “arrived,” he said.

“People are coming over from England to be here,” he said. “We are legitimately an international film festival.”

The spirit behind both the foundation and film festival remains, no matter how big the festival grows. Where it all started was in the heart and mind of a young woman who simply didn’t get the chance to make her own dreams come true.

Skip Shea admits making films and working with the foundation and film

festival have helped him deal with losing his daughter. In fact, he has only become more determined to make sure more people know about Shawna Shea.

“As hard as it is, it has helped,” Skip Shea said. “Last year, it occurred to me when I was bringing [film festival] fliers to put up in the Uxbridge Library, the librarian said, ‘Who’s Shawna Shea?’ I said, gee, we’re a family here, we live here.

“That’s when I made the PSA about her.

Now when anybody comes to the film festival or goes to the web site, they will know Shawna. They will see what she looks like.

They will hear people talking about her. They will see her move.”

The 2017 Shawna Shea Film Festival is held Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 5-7. For more information, visit shawnasheaff.com. For more about the Shawna E. Shea Memorial Foundation Inc., and to watch the video about Shawna, visit shawnafoundation.org.

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{ Fall Arts Preview } THE DIRTY GERUND POETRY SHOW Monday nights, 9 p.m.

Ralph’s Diner, 148 Grove St., Worcester Hosted by Alex Charalambides and Nick Davis, this event offers an open mic, special guest performers and poetry challenges.

FRANK O’HARA PRIZE POETRY WINNERS READING Sunday, Sept. 24, 3-5 p.m.

First Unitarian Church, 90 Main St., Worcester Winners will read from their manuscripts, including Richard Fox (first place, “Skating on the Edge of Flesh”), Jeff Walt (second place, “Each Morning I Rise Like a Sleepwalker and Rot a Little More”), Jennifer Freed (third place, “On Their Anniversary She Whispers Her Name”) and Marsha Kunin (honorable mention, “In the Garden of the Blind Barbarian”).

JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA Monday, Sept. 25, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Worcester Public Library, Children’s Room, 3 Salem Square, Worcester New York Times bestselling children’s book author and Worcester native Jarrett Krosoczka visits. All ages.

“ON TYRANNY: LESSSONS FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY” WITH TIM SNYDER Monday, Sept. 25, 5 p.m.

Clark University, Jefferson Academic Center, Room 320, 950 Main St. Author Tim Snyder delivers a lecture on his latest book. An expert on tyranny, he has written at length about fascism, communism and the Holocaust. Event is free. For more information, call 508-793-7253.

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COMMUNITY READ Tuesday, Sept. 26, 7 p.m.

Leominster Public Library, 30 West St., Leominster Fitchburg State’s year-long Community Read continues with an intergenerational discussion of “The Girls of Atomic City” by Denise Kiernan.

Professor Robert Carr leads the discussion. Admission is free.

DIVERSITY LECTURE SERIES Wednesday, Sept. 27, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Worcester State University, May Street Building (auditorium), 280 May St., Worcester Gay football player Michael Sam presents “From Hitchcock High to the NFL: I am Michael Sam.” BE SPOKEN POETRY Wednesday, Sept. 27, 7 p.m.

Starlite Art Gallery, 39 Hamilton St., Southbridge DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES: FIRST LADIES OF RESILIENCE Wednesday, Sept. 27, 6 p.m.

Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge Jacqueline Berger, known as “The First Ladies Lady,” brings her inside knowledge to Sturbridge. A reception with the speaker, including refreshments and a cash bar, starts at 6 p.m. Illustrated lecture starts at 7. Tickets are $12 per person ($10 for OSV members), and may be purchased at osv.org. For more details, call 1-800-733-1830.

JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA: Monday, Sept. 25, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Worcester Public Library, Children’s Room, 3 Salem Square, Worcester New York Times bestselling children’s book author and Worcester native Jarrett Krosoczka visits. All ages.

LITERATURE FREE PEOPLES ARTISTS WORKSHOP Monday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m.

Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St., Worcester Come the last Monday of every month for a group open to all creative people. Sponsored by The Worcester County Poetry Association. Group facilitated by Sid Solomon and Sam Lalos.

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DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES Tuesday, Sept. 26, 9-10 a.m.

Worcester JCC, 633 Salisbury St., Worcester Adrien Finlay, executive director of Music Worcester, talks about the organization and its future plans. Includes light breakfast. Donation: $2.

NICHOLS READS Tuesday, Sept. 26, 5 p.m.

Nichols College, 129 Center Road, Dudley Poet Frederick-Douglass Knowles is presented. Free.

DARCIE DENNIGAN Tuesday, Sept. 26, 5 p.m.

WPI, Higgins Labs, 100 Institute Road, Worcester A published poet, Dennigan has been an assistant professor in residence at the University of Connecticut. She is co-founder and teacher of Frequency Writers: A Writing Community for Providence & Beyond.

THE THIRST LAB POETRY SERIES Tuesday, Sept. 26, 7 p.m.

The Thirsty Lab, Route 31, Princeton bg Thurston appears at the series.

NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL: A CONVERSATION WITH NAOMI SHIHAB NYE ON BREAKING DOWN WALLS WITH POETRY Thursday, Sept. 28, 3-4:30 p.m.

Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St., Worcester A reading of Naomi Shihab Nye’s poems.

THE LITERARY ARTS OPEN MIC Thursday, Sept. 28, 6:30 p.m.

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Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston Instructor Trish Finlay helps people deal with pain through writing. The cost is $75 for members, $90 for non-members.

STORYTIME IN THE CONSERVATORIES Fridays, Oct. 6-Dec. 29, 11:30 a.m. to noon Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston Come every Friday morning in the conservatories to hear stories about plants, the seasons and the natural world around us.

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THE ART OF COLLABORATION: THE FLORIST AND THE FARMER – TALK & BOOK SIGNING Saturday, Oct. 7, 11 a.m. to noon Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston Presenters Jill Rizzo of Studio Choo East and Anna Jane Kocon of Little State Flower Company talk about their collaborative partnership and more. Book signing follows talk.

ELEVATING WOMEN IN STEM Saturday, Oct. 7, 3-5 p.m.

WPI, Alden Memorial, 100 Institute Road, Worcester Event features keynote speaker and WPI alumnae Urvashi Tyagi, director of engineering at Audible.

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SPINNING YARNS! Monday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m.

Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St., Worcester Bring your textile craft or other work in progress [sketchbook, laptop, etc.} and listen to audiobooks and audio dramas with us. A start-of-theweek social where all are welcome. RSVP on the Facebook event page.

AMERICA IN THE WORLD LECTURE SERIES Thursday, Oct. 12, 3:45 p.m.

BRUNONIA BARRY AUTHOR EVENT AND BOOK SIGNING Nichols College, 129 Center Road, Dudley Saturday, Oct. 7, 2-4 p.m.

Professor Anand Toprani, Naval War College, presents a lecture on “Oil Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Square, Worcester and U.S. Strategy: 1945 to the Present.” Free.

New York Times and international best-selling author Barry visits on the heels of her latest published novel, “The Fifth Petal.” Free.

“OUR ONE COMMON COUNTRY” Thursday, Oct. 12, 6-7 p.m.

Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge Author James B. Conroy sheds light on Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and the tragedy of the Civil War. Cost is $10 for OSV members, $12 for non-members.

HEIRLOOM GRAPES OF MASSACHUSETTS & NEW ENGLAND: TALK & WINE TASTING Saturday, Oct. 14 Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston Learn about 19th-century horticultural pioneers who actively collaborated to develop new varieties of table and wine grapes for New England.

Cost is $5 for members, $ for non-members, plus admission. For more information, visit towerhillbg, email registrar@towerhillbg.com or call 506-869-6111, ext. 124.

SPINNING YARNS! Monday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m.

Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St., Worcester Bring your textile craft or other work in progress [sketchbook, laptop, etc.} and listen to audiobooks and audio dramas with us. A start-of-the-week social where all are welcome. RSVP on the Facebook event page.

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SPEAKING OF BOOKS-CONVERSATIONS WITH CAMPUS AUTHORS Wednesday, Oct. 18, 3:45 p.m.

Nichols College, 129 Center Road, Dudley Author Dr. Ar McGovern, associate professor of psychology at Nichols, talks about his new book: “The Bottom Line: Unfortunate Side Effects of Capitalist Culture.” Free.

AN EVENING OF POETRY AND PROSE WITH JOHN HODGEN AND CHRISTIE HODGEN Thursday, Oct. 19, 7:30-9 p.m.

Assumption College, Jeanne Y. Curtis Performance Hall, Tsotsis Family Academic Center, 500 Salisbury St., Worcester An evening of poetry and prose with John Hodgen and his daughter, novelist Christie Hodgen.

MONTHLY DOCTOR WHO DISCUSSION NIGHT Thursday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m.

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THE WOMEN OF WPI ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE Saturday, Oct. 21, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WPI, Rubin Campus Center, Odeum, 100 Institute Road, Worcester The third annual conference features keynote speaker and author Sara Laschever. Cost is $10 per person. Register by Oct. 13 at http:wpi. imodules.com/WPIWomen17Conference.

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES Tuesday, Oct. 24, 9-10 a.m.

Worcester JCC, 633 Salisbury St., Worcester State Sen. Harriette Chandler speaks at the JCC. COMMUNITY READ Wednesday, Oct. 2, noon Amelis V. Gallucci-Cirio Library, Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St., Leominster Fitchburg State’s year-long Community Read continues with a discussion of “The Girls of Atomic City” led by librarians Connie Strittmatter and Asher Jackson, along with Dani Langdon of Fitchburg State’s Center for Professional Studies.

DIVERSITY LECTURE SERIES: Wednesday, Sept. 27, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Worcester State University, May Street Building (auditorium), 280 May St., Worcester Gay football player Michael Sam presents “From Hitchcock High to the NFL: I am Michael Sam.” WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

FRONTIER LANDSCAPES THAT INSPIRE THE ‘LITTLE HOUSE’ BOOKS – TALK & BOOK SIGNING Sunday, Oct. 29, 12:30-1:30 p.m.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston Presenter Marta McDowell reads from her book to mark the 150th anniversary of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s birthday.

Free with admission.

FALL FORUM: TAKING A HARD LOOK AT FEMINISM THROUGH A RACIAL LENS Thursday, Oct. 19, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

YWCA of Central Massachusetts, Board Room, 1 Salem St., Worcester Join a panel of women as they discuss what it means to identify as a feminist. For more information find the event page on Facebook or email events@ywcacentralmass.org.

RABBIT HEART POETRY FILM FESTIVAL Saturday, Oct. 21, 2:30-5 p.m.

Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St., Worcester A celebration of the meeting of poetry and visual arts – poetry movies.

Cost is $10

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BARNES & NOBLE 4TH SATURDAY POETRY OPEN MIC Saturday, Oct. 28, 7-9 p.m.

Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 541D Lincoln St., Worcester This month features Eve Rifkah. Free.

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SPOOOOOKY STORYTIME Saturday, Oct. 28, all day Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St., Worcester Celebrate all things Halloween with readings of classic and beloved Halloween tales from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

SUNKEN GARDENS: TALK, DEMO & BOOK SIGNING Sunday, Oct. 29, 2-4 p.m.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston Author Karen Randall talks about her book.

Free with admission.

“ON TYRANNY: LESSSONS FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY” WITH TIM SNYDER: Monday, Sept. 25, 5 p.m.

Clark University, Jefferson Academic Center, Room 320, 950 Main St. Author Tim Snyder delivers a lecture on his latest book. An expert on tyranny, he has written at length about fascism, communism and the Holocaust. Event is free. For more information, call 508-793-7253 DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES: ADRIEN FINLAY Thursday, Oct. 26, 9-10 a.m.

Worcester JCC, 633 Salisbury St., Worcester Executive Director of Music Worcester Adrien Finlay will discuss the history of Music Worcester. Light breakfast included. Donation of $2 appreciated. RSVP to Nancy Greenberg at ngreenberg@worcesterjcc. org or at 508-756-7109, ext. 232.

LITERARY QUALITIES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT Thursdays, Oct. 26-Nov. 30, 10-11:30 a.m.

Worcester JCC, 633 Salisbury St., Worcester A reading and discussion course focused on the Bible’s universal wisdom, as opposed to the theology of any one religion. For details, contact Nancy Greenberg at ngreenberg@worcesterjcc.org or at 508-756-7109, ext.

232. For more information, visit worcesterjcc.org.

PEARS EXHIBIT TALK Saturday, Nov. 4, 11 a.m.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston Laura Baring-Gould talks about sculpting.

Free with admission.

COMMUNITY READ Saturday, Nov. 4, 11 a.m.

Leominster Public Library, 30 West St., Leominster Professor Joe Moser presents a pair of film screenings: “Millions Like Us” and “Raggedy Man.” SECOND REVOLUTIONS: THOMAS JEFFERSON AND HAITI BY JAMES ALEXANDER DUN Tuesday, Nov. 7 American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury St., Worcester Princeton University professor James Dun’s lecture is based on the book “Dangerous Neighbors: Making the Haitian Revolution in Early America.”

COMMUNITY READ Wednesday, Nov. 8, 3:30 p.m.

Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library, Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St. Librarian and archivist Asher Jackson introduces an exhibit titled, “World War II-Era Women of Fitchburg and Leominster.”

FISCHER FISHBOWL: CLIMATE CHANGE Thursday, Oct. 26, 3:45 p.m.

Nichols College, 129 Center Road, Dudley Professors Mike Neagle & Boyd Brown present the sixth Fischer Fishbowl Series discussion, which considers the implications of Trump’s decision to DEATH CAMP LIBERATOR ALAN MOSKIN remove the U.S. from the Paris climate accord.

Thursday, Nov. 9, 6:30 p.m.

Nichols College, 129 Center Road, Dudley “MINUTEMEN REVISITED” THE 13TH ANNUAL ROBERT Alan Moskin, who fought in the U.S. Army during World War II, talks of C. BARON LECTURE BY ROBERT GROSS the horrors of liberating a concentration camp.

Thursday, Oct. 26, 7 p.m.

American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury St., Worcester CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS CHILDREN’S BOOK Robert Gross discusses his 1976 Bancroft Prize-winning book, “The FESTIVAL Minute Men and their World.”

Saturday, Nov. 12, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Mount Wachusett Community College, 444 Green St., Gardner “KING PHILIP’S INDIAN WAR” A free, kid-friendly event that celebrates the adventures found in books.

Thursday, Oct. 26, 6-9 p.m.

Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge DIVERSITY LECTURE Author Michael Tougias presents a slide presentation on the war between Tuesday, Nov. 14, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Colonists and Native Americans. Cost is $10 for OSV member, $12 Worcester State University, May Street Building, Banquet Hall, first floor non-members.

Rev. Sharon Risher, whose mother was killed in the June 17, 2015

{ Fall Arts Preview } shooting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, speaks.

WHAT A STENCH! THE CIVIL WAR’S INSTANT CITIES

BY MELANIE KIECHLE Thursday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m.

“KING PHILIP’S INDIAN WAR”: Thursday, Oct. 26, 6-9 p.m.

American Antiquarian Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge Society, 185 Salisbury Author Michael Tougias presents a slide presentation on the war between Colonists and St., Worcester Native Americans. Cost is $10 for OSV member, $12 non-members.

Kiechle takes folks on a tour of Civil War smellscapes to explain how wartime smells combined with antebellum medical beliefs to create public health in American cities after the war. Based on her new book, “Smell Detectives: an Olfactory History of NineteenthCentury America.”

ANNUAL DOCTOR WHO EXTRAVAGANZA Saturday, Nov. 18, all day Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St., Worcester Help commemorate the world’s longest-running science fiction serial, “Doctor Who.” Featuring special sales, highlights from episodes, door prizes and more.

SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY Saturday, Nov. 25, 12-5 p.m.

Annie’s Book Stop, 65 James St., Worcester Show your support for independent businesses. Get your holiday shopping done early. Find more details on Annie’s Facebook page.

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FILM

Aquaman, Skywalker, lead the legends of the fall Jim Keogh

Movie attendance took a nosedive this year, with the studios blaming everything from killer hurricanes to digital media’s continued encroachment to poor Rotten Tomatoes scores.

Their propensity for making crappy movies hardly entered the conversation.

But I remain hopeful. As the weather turns, the films typically improve since Academy Award voting isn’t far off. Here are some to watch for during the big cool-down.

SEPTEMBER (what’s left of it)

“Stronger”: Jake Gyllenhaal plays Jeff Bauman,

to Tobe Hooper, the director/co-writer of the original “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” who died only a few weeks ago. Hooper gave the world Leatherface, and Leatherface continues to give the world a whirring blade to the pancreas.

who lost both his legs in the Boston Marathon bombing and fought fiercely to regain his life.

Early reviews are tagging Gyllenhaal as an Oscar contender.

“Flatliners”: Why mess with the original, where Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, Keifer Sutherland and other fresh young faces of 1990 purposely stopped their hearts to steal a glimpse of the Other Side? Because you can, and because you want to lose money.

“Blade Runner 2049”: Making a sequel to one of the great science fiction movies is a dangerous proposition. Audiences will emerge either marveling at the new worlds they’ve just experienced, or lamenting that the filmmakers should have left well enough alone. Harrison Ford’s return at least checks one of the good boxes.

“American Made”: Cacklin’ Tom Cruise plays pilot Barry Seal, who ran drugs for the CIA in the 1980s. The film purports to be based on a true story, which I assume means the real-life Seal was married to a woman two decades his junior, as he is in the movie (Cruise’s year of birth: 1962; actress Sarah Wright’s [who plays his wife]: 1983). As Matthew McConaughey

NOVEMBER

“Murder on the Orient Express”: Agatha Christie’s chestnut gets re-roasted in this tale of dandies on a train who are all suspects in the murder of a fellow passenger. Kenneth Branagh’s lavishly-mustachioed detective Hercule Poirot gives the stink-eye to the likes of Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dame Judi Dench and Willem Dafoe. purred in “Dazed and Confused”: He gets older and the girls he pairs with stay the same age.

Annual March of Dimes Signature Chefs Auction

2017 Honorees

Thursday September 28th, 2017 5:00pm Mechanics Hall, Worcester

Enjoy an evening of local cuisine and networking while supporting babies and mothers in the Worcester County Community.

Help us recognize our 2017 honorees and local families benefiting from your generosity.

Cuisine Provided by Local Chefs and Restaurants Including :

OCTOBER

“Leatherface”: I include this simply as a tribute

DECEMBER

“Justice League”: Yeah, Batman, Flash and Wonder Woman are all here, but isn’t everyone most curious to watch Jason Momoa’s Aquaman unleash his sea-born fury on the creatures of the night? The DC

D ance P rism— A magical professional performance!

The

Nutcracker 35 th Season —Share the joy!

Mechanics Hall Dec 10 only 1:00 & 5:00

Tickets, Sponsorship or Information pkady@marchofdimes.org | www.Signaturechefs.org/Worcester

Also Fall River Nov 26, Sudbury Dec 3, Littleton Dec 9, Andover Dec 16 & 17 Special Programs for Youth Groups Rsvd: $20 Ch, Stu, Sr; $26 Ad • Group Rates Other sponsors include: Becker College, Claro Advisors, Delta Dental, Guardian Life, Grimes & Company, Howard D’Amico PC, People’s United Bank, Pojanic Hurley & Ritter LLP, Sedar & Chandler, Sullivan Insurance Group, UMass Department OB/GYN

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Meet Clara & the Nutcracker Prince after perfs!

www.danceprism.com |

508-752-0888 | 978-371-1038

{ Fall Arts Preview } Universe had a big win this year with “Wonder Woman,” and there’s no reason to think the streak won’t continue thanks to the waterboy.

A MONSTER CALLS Friday-Saturday, Sept. 22-23 Seelos Theater, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester A boy seeks the help of a monster to cope with his single mother’s illness.

“Death Wish”: Bruce Willis resurrects Charles Bronson’s street-justice vigilante. The original film was such a product of its time and place — gritty, crime-infested mid’70s New York — that the shift to contemporary Chicago is a risk. But I hear bad stuff happens there, too.

THE TEACHER Tuesday-Wednesday, Sept. 26-27, Saturday, Sept. 30, Sunday, Oct. 1 Cinema 320, Clark University, 950 Main St. From the Slovak Republic, a teacher is basing her grades on how handy her students’ parents can be.

“The Disaster Artist”: Franco brothers James and Dave star in this behindthe-scenes look at the making of cult favorite “The Room,” widely-touted as the worst movie ever made by someone not named Ed Wood.

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi”: “Luke, I am our agent.” Mark Hamill finally gets paid to unsheathe his light saber once again (his cameo in “The Force Awakens” notwithstanding). The film also marks a fond farewell to Carrie Fisher in her final appearance as Leia — or is it? Hologram technology never lets anyone truly die.

THINGS TO COME Wednesday, Sept. 27 Seelos Theater, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, getting fired from her job and dealing with a cheating husband.

KONG: SKULL ISLAND Friday-Saturday, Sept. 29-30.

Seelos Theater, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester A team of scientists explore an uncharted island in the Pacific, venturing into the domain of the mighty Kong, and must fight to escape a primal Eden.

LOST IN PARIS Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 3-4, Saturday, Oct. 7.

Cinema 320, Clark University, 950 Main St. From France, a Canadian librarian receives a letter from her aunt in Paris, leading to some wild misadventures.

PATERSON Wednesday, Oct. 4 Seelos Theater, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details. continued on page 22

‘TIS THE SEASON OF

MECHANICS HALL

Music & More!

WORCESTER, MA 1857 - 2017

OCTOBER 2017 1

Mechanics Hall Cinema: Gone With the Wind

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Concerts For Kids: Introduction to Chamber Music

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Music Worcester Opening Night: Wynton Marsalis & Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

7

Dil Se 2, We Care Charity Annual Fundraising Musical Event

15 Young@Heart Chorustm: Still Got It 16 Hops & Harmony, A Fun Evening of Live Entertainment & Singing. All Are Welcome! Experience Not Expected! Song of the Night: Thiller!

17 Worcester Youth Orchestras 70th Season Preview & Donor Reception 18 United States Marine Band, The President’s Own 21 Martial Artists & Acrobats of Tianjin, China “China Soul,” Music Worcester 22 Violin Legend Gil Shaham and Pianist Akira Eguchi, Music Worcester 27 “We Are The Roses” Showcase, Color of Fame

NOVEMBER 2017 8

Brown Bag Concert: Berklee College of Music Jazz Ensemble

DECEMBER 2017 2

Handel’s Messiah, Performed by the Worcester Chorus, Music Worcester

12 The Worcester Chorus, Salisbury Singers, Master Singers, Sounds of Stow, and the Worcester Children’s Chorus Collectively Perform Britten’s War Requiem.

Music Worcester

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Brown Bag Concert: NEC Symphonic Winds & Chamber Singers with U.S. Navy Band Northeast

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15 Brown Bag Concert: Michael Dutra—Strictly Sinatra Now!

‘XLO’s Acoustic Xmas Starring Goo Goo Dolls with Special Guests

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Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops Concert

17 Worcester Youth Orchestras Fall Philharmonic Concert 19 Worcester Men of Song Annual Barbershop Harmony Concert 22 Brown Bag Concert: Sivan Arbel, Jazz Vocalist and Composer 29 Brown Bag Concert: All That (Holiday) Jazz, with the WPI Big Band and Hook Organ

10 The Nutcracker Ballet Performed by Dance Prism 11 Hops & Harmony, A Fun Evening of Live Entertainment & Singing. All Are Welcome! Experience Not Expected!

17 Worcester Youth Orchestras Annual Family Holiday Concert 22 An Italian Dinner Show, Grille 57 Restaurant 29 Mechanics Hall Cinema: Little Women

Join The Fun!

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SHAWNA SHEA FILM FESTIVAL Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 5-7 Starlite Gallery, 9 Hamilton St., Southbridge and Quinebaug Valley Arts Center, 11 Main St., Southbridge Founded in 2012, the Shawna Shea Film Festival celebrates independent films and filmmakers in memory of Shawna Shea. Tickets are available online at Shawnasheaff.com. With films from all over the world, spread between two venues, 2017 looks to be the best yet.

THE MIDWIFE Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 10-11, Sunday, Oct. 15.

Cinema 320, Clark University, 950 Main St. From France, a drama about a Parisian midwife dealing with the arrival of the woman who broke up her parents’ marriage.

THE PRINCESS BRIDE: AN INCONCEIVABLE EVENING WITH CARY ELWES Saturday, Oct. 14 Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St. A behind-the-scenes look at fan-favorite “The Princess Bride” with Cary Elwes himself, following a screening of the film.

MARJORIE PRIME Tuesday-Wednesday, Oct. 17-18, Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 21-22.

Cinema 320, Clark University, 950 Main St. A sympathetic software program listens to an elderly woman remembering her late husband.

BEATRIZ AT DINNER Wednesday, Oct. 18

Seelos Theatre, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester A holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy client’s dinner party after her car breaks down.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Friday-Saturday, Nov. 3-4 Seelos Theatre, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester An adaptation of the fairy tale about a monstrouslooking prince and a young woman who fall in love.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Friday, Oct. 20 Seelos Theatre, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage.

MY COUSIN RACHEL Wednesday, Nov. 8 Seelos Theatre, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester A young Englishman plots revenge against his late cousin’s mysterious, beautiful wife, believing her responsible for his death. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

WONDER WOMAN Wednesday, Oct. 25 Seelos Theatre, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained warrior. When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, she leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny.

THE BEGUILED Wednesday, Nov. 1 Seelos Theatre, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester The unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls’ school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.

Seelos Theatre, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester Captain Jack Sparrow searches for the trident of Poseidon while being pursued by an undead sea captain and his crew.

THE FRESHMAN: SILENT FILMS ACCOMPANIED BY THE MIGHTY WURLITZER Saturday, Nov. 18 Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St. Harry Lloyd’s The Freshman, a silent comedy, accompanied by Clark Wilson on the Wurlitzer organ.

A GHOST STORY Wednesday, Nov. 29 Seelos Theatre, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.

MEGAN LEAVEY Friday-Saturday, Nov. 10-11 Seelos Theatre, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester Based on the true life story of a young Marine corporal whose unique SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during Friday, Dec. 1 and Saturday, Dec. 2 their deployment in Iraq.

Seelos Theatre, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his WIND RIVER life as an ordinary high school student in New York City while fighting Wednesday, Nov. 15 crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man when a new threat emerges.

Seelos Theatre, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester An FBI agent teams with a town’s veteran game tracker to investigate a DUNKIRK murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

Wednesday, Dec. Seelos Theatre, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surTALES rounded by the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in Friday-Saturday, Nov. 17-18 World War II.

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{ Fall Arts Preview } BOWER BIRD AKA CRAZIES IN LOVE Monday-Wednesday, Sept. 25-27, 8 p.m.

M.W. Repertory Theater Company, Etc. Little Theatre, WPI, 100 Institute Road, Worcester ALMOST MAINE Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 28-30 Little Theatre, WPI, 100 Institute Road, Worcester THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Friday-Sunday, Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Little Theatre, WPI, 100 Institute Road, Worcester GOD OF CARNAGE Friday-Saturday, Sept. 29-30, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 1, 2 p.m.

The Black Box, Franklin Performing Arts Company, 15 West Central St., Franklin Winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Play, God of Carnage takes place in the Cobble Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn, where two sets of parents discuss how to deal with an unfortunate incident that occurred in Cobble Hill Park the previous day. Tickets are $26 at vendini.com.

KONG’S NIGHT OUT Oct. 6-22, Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays, 2 p.m.

Stageloft Repertory Theater 450A Main St., Fiskdale The story of what happened in the hotel room next to the hotel room where Ann (played in the 1933 movie by Fay Wray) was whisked out of the bed and into the Manhattan night by King Kong.

EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL Wednesday-Thursday, Oct. 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, 8 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 8, 15, 22, 2 p.m.

Worcester County Light Opera Company, 21 Grandview Ave., Worcester.

This hilarious stage show features elements from the classic cult horror films “Evil Dead 1,” “Evil Dead 2” and “Army of Darkness” combined into one night of blood-spattering, zany, zombie fun. The show tells the story of five college students who go to a cabin for a weekend of fun and accidentally unleash evil forces that turn them into demons. This interactive show is full of surprises and lots of laughs. Tickets are $22 for general admission, $18 seniors/students. Splatterzone tickets $35. Buy tickets at ticketstage.com.

FIRST THINGS FIRST Thursday-Sunday, Oct. 12-15; Friday-Sunday, Oct. 20-22 Calliope Performance Center, 150 Main St., Boylston George has been Pete’s best man at both of his weddings. Pete, now happily married to Sarah, is shocked when he learns that his first wife, Jessica, was not killed in a climbing accident, as they had thought, but is alive and well and keen to resume her life with Pete. This leads to a series of hilarious situations as George helps Pete try to find a way out of his untoward predicament without upsetting either of Pete’s wives or his second wife’s domineering mother. Tickets are $20 and may be bought online at ticketstage.com or by calling 508-869-6887.

GALA 2017: ANYTHING GOES IN THE BOX Saturday, Oct. 14, 6 p.m.

The Black Box, Franklin Performing Arts Company, 15 West Central St., Franklin Ben Cameron has appeared on Broadway in Aida and the original casts of Wicked and Footloose. He has toured with Sweet Charity,

Fame, Tommy, Footloose and State Fair. He is currently the creator/ host of Broadway Sessions at The Laurie Beechman Theater. Tickets are $125 at vendini.com

JESSE SCHEVE

MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT Saturday, Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 22, 2 p.m.; Friday-Saturday, Oct. 27-28, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 29, 2 p.m.

The Black Box, Franklin Performing Arts Company, 15 West Central St., Franklin Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthur’s quest to find the Holy Grail. Inspired by the classic comedy film, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the musical also diverts a bit from more traditional versions of the legend. Tickets are currently on hold.

FAHRENHEIT 451 Friday, Oct. 27-Saturday, Nov. 18 The Cannon Theatre, 410 Great Road, Littleton

A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL Thursday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 10, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 11, 2 p.m., 8 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 12, 1 p.m., 6:30 p.m.

Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester

DISNEY ON ICE: DARE TO DREAM Friday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 28, 11 a.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 29, 12 p.m., 4 p.m.

DCU, 50 Foster St., Worcester See Moana, Elsa, Rapunzel and more. Tickets range from $27-$77 and may be bought online at ticketmaster.com or at the DCU Box Office.

A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL Thursday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Nov. 10, 8 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 11, 2 p.m., 8 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 12, 1 p.m., 6:30 p.m.

Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester Christmas Story, The Musical chronicles young and bespectacled Ralphie Parker as he schemes his way toward the holiday gift of his dreams. Chock-full of delightful songs and splashy production numbers.

Tickets are $40, $55 and $75. Call 877-571-7469.discountsavailable to theatre members and groups of ten or more. Please contact the box office at 877.571.SHOW (7469) for more information.

TALES OF THE LOST FORMICANS Friday-Sunday, Nov. 17-19, 7 p.m.

Little Theatre, WPI, 100 Institute Road, Worcester Experience humanity like never before in Constance Congdon’s Tales of the Lost Formicans.

Dylan Boyd as Ralphie Parker in A Christmas Story, The Musical.

THEATER

THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER Friday-Saturday, Dec. 1-2; Friday-Sunday, Dec. 8-19 Gateway Players Theatre, 111 Main St., Southbridge

DISNEY LIVE! MICKEY AND MINNIE’S DOORWAY TO MAGIC Friday, Dec. 1, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester Join Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and the comical duo of Donald Duck and Goofy as they step into mysterious portals throughout the Disney universe, entering the enchanted lands of more than 20 of your favorite Disney characters and encountering surprises at every turn of the doorknob.

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Dec. 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 8 p.m.; Dec. 3, 10, 2 p.m.

Worcester County Light Opera Company, 21 Grandview Ave., Worcester

THE NUTCRACKER Saturday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m; Sunday, Dec. 3, 2 p.m.

The Black Box, Franklin Performing Arts Company, 15 West Central St., Franklin Experience all the festive magic and colorful splendor of The Nutcracker as FPAC stages its cherished annual production of the holiday classic with live orchestra, special guest artists and more than 100 area dancers!

Ticket sales currently on hold.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Friday-Saturday, Dec 8-9 The Cannon Theatre, 410 Great Road, Littleton ’TIS THE SEASON Saturday, Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 10, 2 p.m.

The Black Box, Franklin Performing Arts Company, 15 West Central St., Franklin The holidays are jolly and bright as ’Tis the Season! returns to entertain FPAC audiences with great merriment, fanfare and fun! An original large

cast musical first presented by FPAC in 1995, ’Tis is an upbeat, jazzy extravaganza featuring members of the Kenny Hadley Big Band, with contemporary arrangements of favorite holiday classics in musical styles ranging from R&B, gospel and Motown to rock, pop and Broadway.

Celebrate the season with FPAC! Ticket sales currently on hold.

10TH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL Friday, Dec. 15, 7 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 16, 2 p.m., 7 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 17, 4 p.m.; Wednesday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 22, 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 23, 2 p.m., 7 p.m.

Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester Celebrate the holiday season with New England’s largest production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Check out the 10th annual production, adapted by president and CEO Troy Siebels and featuring the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ, New England’s largest theatre pipe organ. Tickets are $28, $45 and $55. Please contact the box office at 877-571-7469 for more information.

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MAX HATT AND EDDA GLASS Thursday, Sept. 21 Starlite, 39 Hamilton St., Southbridge

CLAY MCBRIDE

STUDIO TWO-A TRIBUTE TO THE BEETLES Friday, Sept. 29 The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St., Worcester

BEAU SASSER’S ESCAPE PLAN Thursday, Sept. 21 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St.

GOV’T SURPLUS Friday, Sept. 29 The Cannery Music Hall, 12 Crane St., Southbridge

JOYNER LUCAS: THE 508 TOUR Friday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m.

Palladium, 261 Main St. With Louie Gonz and Kev Young

THE SILENT TREES, THE NEW MOTIF Friday, Sept. 29 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester UFO AND SAXON Friday, Sept. 29 Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With Jared James Nichols

SICK SEASON-A TRIBUTE TO ALICE IN CHAINS WITH LUCKY #9 Friday, Sept. 22 The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St.

OPIATE WITH STONE TEMPLE POSERS Saturday, Sept. 30 The Cannery Music Hall, 12 Crane St., Southbridge

NO TRIGGER Friday, Sept. 22 Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove St. With Choke Up, Save Ends, Hot Knife

MT & CODEX OBSCURUM PRESENT: BLOOD FEAST Saturday, Sept. 30 Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove St. With Ravage, Reckless Force and more

SAINTS AND SINNERS WITH JOE STUMP Friday, Sept. 22 The Cannery Music Hall, 12 Crane St., Southbridge BACKSTROM SUTKA PROJECT Friday, Sept. 22 Starlite, 39 Hamilton St., Southbridge CREAMERY STATION AND AIRLOOMS SATURDAY Saturday, Sept. 23 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester

BLACK MOUNTAIN SYMPHONY Saturday, Sept. 30 Beatnik’s, 439 Park Ave., Worcester MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Saturday, Sept. 30 Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester WYNTON MARSALIS AND JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA With Tigers Jaw, Foxing.

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THE FAB FOUR: THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE Saturday, Sept. 23 Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester Award-winning Beatles tribute.

JAKE OWEN Sunday, Sept. 24 Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Rd., Webster With Jillian Cardarelli, Liz Boudreau

KOBRAI KAI WITH MEDICATED SAVAGE AND IDAK Saturday, Sept. 23 The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St., Worcester

SOIL AND SAVING ABEL Wednesday, Sept. 27, 6 p.m.

Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With Kirra, One Day Waiting, A King in Wait

STEVIE D AND THE INFINITE GROOVE Saturday, Sept. 23 Starlite, 39 Hamilton St., Southbridge

LIZZIE & THE WHEELHORSES Wednesday, Sept. 27 Starlite, 39 Hamilton St., Southbridge

JOYS AND SORROWS-TOM KEIL MEMORIAL CONCERT Saturday, Sept. 23 Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., Worcester DAN + SHAY Saturday, Sept. 23 Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Road, Webster With Devin Dawson, Britt Hill EXTREME Saturday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m.

Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester Extreme performs with Bad Marriage

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FOO TOPIA-FOO FIGHTERS TRIBUTE Thursday, Sept. 28 Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove St., Worcester

EXTREME: Saturday, Sept. 23, 7 p.m.

Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester Extreme performs with Bad Marriage

AQUANETT-80’S HAIR METAL COVERS Saturday, Sept. 30 The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St., Worcester CHUCK MOSLEY-EX-FAITH NO MORE, BAD BRAINS, CEMENT Sunday, Oct. 1 Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove St., Worcester

SOUND TRIBE SECTOR 9 Thursday, Sept. 28 Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With Opiuo, SunSquabi

WYNTON MARSALIS AND JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA Wednesday, Oct. 4 Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., Worcester

THAT ONE EYED KID Thursday, Sept. 28 Starlite, 39 Hamilton St., Southbridge With RVBY MY DEAR, Glass Mannequins, Courtney Swan

FOZZY Thursday, Oct. 5 Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester

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With Gemini Syndrome, The Stir SLIP-NOT, SLIPKNOT TRIBUTE Friday, Oct. 6 The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St., Worcester CRAZY ON YOU-A TRIBUTE TO HEART Friday, Oct. 6 The Cannery Music Hall, 12 Crane St., Southbridge KUNG FU AND AFTER FUNK Friday, Oct. 6 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester ISSUES AND THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Friday, Oct. 6 Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With Veil of Maya, Volumes, Silent Planet, Too Close to Touch, Syla, Half Hearted, Barbarian, Fathom Farewell VALE OF PNATH, FIRST FRAGMENT, VIRVUM, THE LAST KING Friday, Oct. 6 The Raven, 258 Pleasant St., Worcester DEAN FORD & THE BEAUTIFUL ONES, A PRINCE TRIBUTE Saturday, Oct. 7 Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove St., Worcester THROUGH THE DOORS-ULTIMATE DOORS EXPERIENCE Saturday, Oct. 7 The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St., Worcester continued on page 26

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COLD TRAIN Saturday, Oct. 7 The Cannery Music Hall, 12 Crane St., Southbridge REZNO AND NINE MILLZ PRESENTS Saturday, Oct. 7 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester LATIN ROOTS MEDIA PRESENTS: PNB ROCK Saturday, Oct. 7 Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With Don Q, Zoey Dollaz, Phresher

FORMULA 5 AND CYCLES Thursday, Oct. 19 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester

Tuckerman Hall, 10 Tuckerman St., Worcester With Malcolm Halliday, Kallin Johnson, Sima Kustanovich, Olga Rogach, Myron Romanul, Ian Watson

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Palladium, 261 Main St., Thursday With The Word Alive, We Came as Romans, Escape the Fate

SUN JONES, WAY UP SOUTH AND NIKKI HOWARD Saturday, Nov. 4 Beatnik’s, 349 Park Ave., Worcester

JUST WINGIN IT WITH DAPPRASCAL Thursday, Oct. 12 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester

INVISIBLE SUN-THE POLICE TRIBUTE Friday, Oct. 20 The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St., Worcester

JONAH MATRANGA, DORI CAMERON, RIVAL CINEMA AND MORE Thursday, Oct. 12 Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove St., Worcester

COMEBACK KID, BURN AND JESUS PIECE Friday, Oct. 20 The Raven, 258 Pleasant St., Worcester

THE BACKSEAT BOOGIE BAND Friday, Oct. 13 The Cannery Music Hall, 12 Crane St., Southbridge

EYES ON SATELLITES, DOPGHOST, DREAMER & SON, SLEEPSPIRIT Saturday, Oct. 21 The Raven, 258 Pleasant St., Worcester

FRIDAY THE 13TH WITH OBERON ROSE AND SACRED LAKE Friday, Oct. 13 Starlite, 39 Hamilton St., Southbridge

THE ELDERLY WOMEN-A PEARL JAM TRIBUTE Saturday, Oct. 21 The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St., Worcester

SONS LUNARIS, THE SILKS, FIRE IN THE FIELD Friday, Oct. 13 Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove St., Worcester

GIL SHAHAM Sunday, Oct. 22 Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., Worcester

TWC PRESENTS: ILL-ESHA, LIVING LIGHT AND ZOO LOGIC Friday, Oct. 13 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester

INSANE CLOWN POSSE Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m.

Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With R.A. The Rugged Man, Lyte, Outland Camp

ROCK AND SHOCK Friday-Sunday, Oct. 13-15 Palladium, 261 Main St. and DCU Center, 50 Foster St., Worcester With acts like Ministry, Death Grips, DevilDriver, Twizted with horror favorites like Kane Hodder, James Remar, Tony Todd.

SAVAGE MASTER Wednesday, Oct. 25 Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove St., Worcester

TOUBAB KREWE AND WEST END BLEND Saturday, Oct. 14 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester

WICN PRESENTS THE VAUGHN MONROE SHOW Sunday, Oct. 15 Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester 1940s big band era tunes with Vaughn Monroe Orchestra YOUNG @ HEART CHORUS: STILL GOT IT Sunday, Oct. 15 Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., Worcester UNITED STATES MARINE BAND Wednesday, Oct. 18 Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., Worcester

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Wednesday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m.

Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With Sunlord.

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Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With lespecial, Jaw Gems

ALIVE! ’75 Saturday, Oct. 14 The Cannery Music Hall, 12 Crane St., Southbridge

PHISH TRIBUTE: THE LIZARDS Saturday, Nov. 4 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester

HITTIN’ THE NOTE Friday, Oct. 20 The Cannery Music Hall, 12 Crane St., Southbridge

FOREIGNERS JOURNEY-JOURNEY TRIBUTE Friday, Oct. 27 The Cannery Music Hall, 12 Crane St., Southbridge THE FLOCK OF ASSHOLES’ HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA Friday, Oct. 27 The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St., Worcester GET THE LED OUT: THE AMERICAN LED ZEPPELIN Saturday, Oct. 28 Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge St., Worcester Led Zeppelin tribute.

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ARCH ENEMY AND TRIVIUM Saturday, Nov. 4, 5:30 p.m.

Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With While She Sleeps, Fit for an Autopsy GRACIE DAY AND THE SPEEDBUMPS Saturday, Nov. 4 Starlite, 39 Hamilton St., Southbridge ISSUES AND THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (above): Friday, Oct. 6 Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With Veil of Maya, Volumes, Silent Planet, Too Close to Touch, Syla, Half Hearted, Barbarian, Fathom Farewell FENNARIO Saturday, Oct. 28 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester GWAR Saturday, Oct. 28 6:30 p.m.

Palladium, 261 Main St. With Ghoul, Doyle, U.S. Bastards WICKED HALLOWEEN WITH DATSIK Sunday, Oct. 29, 8 p.m.

Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With Bear Grillz, Monxx ORGONE Thursday, Nov. 2 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester JON PARDI-LUCKY TONIGHT TOUR Thursday, Nov. 2, 7 p.m.

Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With Midland, Runaway June IMMOLATION WITH OUTER HEAVEN, DESOLATE AND SUMMONING HATE Thursday, Nov. 2 Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove St., Worcester GRIZ Friday, Nov. 3 Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With Big Wild, Muzzy Bear

FLOGGING MOLLY Sunday, Nov. 5, 7 p.m.

Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With Anti-Flag, Jon Snodgrass

THE MAINE Tuesday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m.

Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With Dreamers, Night Riots EVERYONE ORCHESTRA Thursday, Nov. 9 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester TIESTO CLUBLIFE COLLEGE TOUR Thursday, Nov. 9 Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With K?D, DZEKO THE KNOT AND TWO DJIMMS Saturday, Nov. 11 Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St., Worcester ATTACKER WITH SEAX, I DESTROYER AND MORE Saturday, Nov. 11 Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove St., Worcester BRITTEN’S WAR REQUIEM Sunday, Nov. 12 Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., Worcester TOMB MOLD, GARROTED AND MORE Tuesday, Nov. 14 Ralph’s Rock Diner, 148 Grove St., Worcester TYLER THE CREATOR Wednesday, Nov. 15 Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester

SONEJY Friday, Nov. 3 Starlite, 39 Hamilton St., Southbridge

HIM-THE FAREWELL TOUR Thursday, Nov. 16 Palladium, 261 Main St., Worcester With CKY, 3TEETH

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ARTS At this celebration of artisans, the Village will showcase New England trades from the 19th century. The Village’s blacksmith, potter, tinner, cooper, printer, and others will showcase their skills by crafting more complicated items not usually displayed at the Village. They will be joined by artisans of historic crafts from throughout New England who will demonstrate their work. From etching, to spinning, to woodworking, experience “handmade” from the past.

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{ Fall Arts Preview } Presented with the Northeast Feltmakers Guild, an exhibition of wool feltmaking explores the connection between the process and the world around us.

MATERIAL NEEDS Through Friday, Sept. 29 ArtsWorcester, 660 Main St., Worcester Artsworcester.org Group exhibition of 2016-17 Material Needs artists: Jennifer Davis Carey, Katie Dye, Ralph Ferro, Casey Hickey, Tomoko Sakai, Rebecca Smith, Pamela Stolz, Susan Swinand and Jill Watts.

SIGHT, SOUND AND SENSATION: SCOTT NIEMI AND DEREK HOFFEND Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 1 Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St., Worcester Sprinklerfactory.com An exhibition featuring Scott Niemi and Derek Hoffend, combining paintings with sculptures and installations.

MIGRATION + MEMORY: JEWISH ARTISTS OF THE RUSSIAN AND SOVIET EMPIRES Thursday, Oct. 12 through Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018 Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union St., Clinton Museumofrussianicons.org

REDISCOVERING AN AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF COLOR: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF WILLIAM BULLARD Saturday, Oct. 14-Sunday, Feb. 25 Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St., Worcester Worcesterart.org

CIRQUE DU NOIR Saturday, Oct. 14 Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St., Worcester Sprinklerfactory.com The 10th anniversary of the popular event.

2017 STUDENT ART EXHIBITION Thursday, Oct. 19 Worcester State University, 486 Chandler St., Worcester Worcester.edu The Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery exhibits the best of the 2016-17 academic year, demonstrating the expectations of the VPA program and the achievements of VPA students.

MAKING VISUAL THE MUSIC OF ISMAEL RIVERA AND S.A.P.E.: SOCIETE DES AMBIANCEURS ET DES PERSONNES ELEGANTES/ SOCIETY OF TASTEMAKERS AND ELEGANT PEOPLE Thursday, Oct. 19 through Friday, Dec. 15 Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester Holycross.edu AN AMERICAN CRAFT FESTIVAL AT TOWER HILL BOTANIC GARDEN Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 28-29 continued on page 30

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REUSABLE UNIVERSES: SHIH CHIEH HUANG Through Sunday, Nov. 12 Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St., Worcester Worcesterart.org LITTLE CIRCUS: DON HARTMANN, SCOTT BOILARD, ROB AND EMILY SANDAGATA Saturdays and Sundays through Sunday, Oct. 8 Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St., Worcester Sprinklerfactory.com NONOBJECTIVE NOW: NEW ENGLAND ARTISTS EXPLORE ABSTRACTION Opens Friday, Sept. 22, runs through Monday, Jan. 5, 2018 Davis Art Gallery, Printers Building, 44 Portland St., Worcester Davisartgallery.com BACKROADS STUDIO TOUR 2017 Sunday, Sept. 30-Sunday, Oct. 1 Backroadsstudiotour.com Discover the artists of Central Massachusetts as well as their crafts on a self guided tour through rural New England.

GABRIELLE THIERRY: THE MUSICALITY OF THE WATER LILIES Through Saturday, Oct. 7 Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester Holycross.edu WATER + COLOR Tuesday, Oct. 3 Traina Center for the Arts, Clark University, 950 Main St., Worcester Clarku.edu A six-artist showcase curated by Elli Crocker, professor of studio art.

JOHN HAAYES-NIKAS’ THE RETURN, AULA ALAYOUBI’S LINES OF HEAVEN AND SUSAN SWINAND’S ALL TOGETHER NOW Friday, Oct. 6-Saturday, Nov. 4 ArtsWorcester, 660 Main St., Worcester Artsworcester.org PHANTASMAGORIA-A GROUP SHOW CURATED BY AARON WHITE Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 7-29 Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St., Worcester Sprinklerfactory.com

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Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Stoddard Education and Visitors Center, Worcester 11 French Drive, Boylston Towerhillbg.org BEAUTY AND THE EDGE Through Saturday, Oct. 28 ArtsWorcester, 660 Main St., Worcester Artsworcester.org A solo exhibit from Sue Dion.

A GROUP SHOW CURATED BY BAYDA ASBRIDGE Saturdays and Sundays, Nov. 4-26 Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St., Worcester Sprinklerfactory.com ART ON THE LINE Saturday, Nov. 4 ArtsWorcester, 660 Main St., Worcester Artsworcester.org The fan-favorite arts event returns; live music and food accompanies the exciting pick-up of 5-inch-by-7-inch and 8-inch-by-11-inch works of art for $20 or $30.

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COMING AWAY: WINSLOW HOMER AND ENGLAND Saturday, Nov. 11- Sunday, Feb. 4 Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St., Worcester Worcesterart.org E PLURIBUS UNUM-A MEMBERS EXHIBITION IN COLLABORATION WITH THE FITCHBURG ART MUSEUM Friday, Nov. 17 through Saturday, Dec. 16 ArtsWorcester, 660 Main St., Worcester Artsworcester.org A GROUP SHOW CURATED BY KC SCOTT Saturdays and Sundays, Nov. 11-Dec. 3 Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St., Worcester Sprinklerfactory.com HOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF CRAFTS Friday-Sunday, Nov. 24-26 Worcester Center for Crafts, Krikorian Gallery, 25 Sagamore Road, Worcester Worcester.edu/wcc

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Friends, family coming together for Matt Maloney Walter Bird Jr.

Carol Maloney can sum up the bond between herself, her husband, Dave Nelson, and their son, Matt Maloney, in three simple words: “We’re good friends.”

Sure, they are mother, father and son. They have been ever since Nelson adopted Carol Maloney’s only son so many years ago. But they are more than that. Nelson and Matt Maloney, for example, share a bond that started long before they even met. Both are musicians – very good musicians, at that.

Nelson, a drummer, has been playing since he was a kid. Matt Maloney started making music as a trombone player in the fourth grade and, like Nelson, would go on to play and sing in bands such as Fat Bradley. Carol Maloney and her son, meanwhile, took their familial ties into the business world, with Matt Maloney licensed as a CPA in February this year and joining his mother to help run an accounting business in western Mass, where they live.

“It’s just the three of us,” Carol Maloney said of the trio. “We get along really well. We love doing things together. We share a lot of interests. We’re good friends.”

Which made what happened in early July this year even harder to take.

“He had pain,” Carol Maloney said of her 38-year-old son, who grew up in Westborough. “He thought it was food poisoning. I thought it was appendicitis.”

Matt Maloney went to the hospital. The next day, the family got the call. A CAT scan had revealed something more than food poisoning or appendicitis.

“They didn’t like what they saw,” Carol Maloney said.

One day later, the diagnosis came back: Matt Maloney had colon cancer.

“It happened in like a heartbeat,” Carol Maloney said.

The news, she said, left everyone, even the doctors, scratching their heads.

“Because he had no warning at all and it had gotten to this point,” she said.

A little more than two months later, Carol Maloney still hasn’t fully come to terms with that life-changing news.

“I still haven’t wrapped my head around it,” she said. “It’s just the most devastating thing we’ve ever been through as a family.

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If he complained about anything, in fact, it was when he learned a benefit would be held in his honor. Friends and family had rallied together, with a gofundme campaign raising money and Nelson’s friends in the music scene banding together to plan a benefit concert, A Day of Music for Matt, that will be held Sunday, Sept. 24 at Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St., Worcester. James Montgomery will headline, called in by his friend, longtime local musician Steven Going, who plays with Nelson in three bands.

Matt Maloney, his mother said, was not immediately keen on the idea.

“Matt is absolutely, I don’t know what the best word is to use, if it’s ‘uncomfortable,’” Carol Maloney said. “He has used that word a lot. He does not like being the center of attention or being in the spotlight. It’s also difficult, like the word, ‘benefit,’ for us. Here we are, professional people. We work hard for a living. We’ve always taken care of ourselves. At first, it was very hard for him to accept and say yes.”

Ultimately, Matt Maloney may have had no choice.

Going, one of his father’s WHAT: A Day of Music For Matt best friends, WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 24, 1-7 p.m. and Kent WHERE: Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St., Worcester Weinheimer, HOW MUCH: $20 another friend, simply would not take no for an answer.

“They had been after Dave about this since Day 1, ever since he told them [about Maloney’s illness],” Carol Maloney said. chemotherapy to her son for another 46 One of the bands Going and Nelson play hours.

“Two weeks later,” she said, “he starts it all in, Band of Brothers, is sponsored by The Undivided MC, the motorcycle club of which over again.”

Weinheimer is president. Weinheimer was This week marked his fifth treatment, friends with Mike Lynch, who plays in the Carol Maloney said, adding he is being same three bands with Going and Nelson. treated on two fronts: through Mass General Unlike some other motorcycle clubs with Cancer Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital more notorious reputations, The Undivided in Northampton and Dana-Farber Cancer MC, according to Going, raises money for Institute in Boston. community causes.

Doctors, she said, do not yet know the “Their whole thing is to help other people,” prognosis for Matt Maloney. For now, the Going said, noting the club is responsible for family is trying to come to terms with a new getting Band of Brothers (The Brotherhood reality. and Wilbur & The Dukes are Going’s other “Probably for a good month, going on two bands) many of their gigs. two months, I couldn’t even talk about it,” “Kent and I have been close the past couple Carol Maloney said. “That is just really starting to change now. Part of it is, now years. He knows David,” Going said. “As soon he’s in treatments. The rhythm is there. He’s as [they learned about Nelson’s cancer], he handling them absolutely amazingly. He turned to me and said, ‘We’ve got to do a never, never complains.” benefit.’ I said, ‘Absolutely.’”

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That was about six weeks ago. Going and Weinheimer have since partnered to put together Sunday’s fundraiser, which will also feature Blind Tiger Swing Posse (a project of area musician Doug Moore, who helped Going establish Wilbur & The Dukes), Government Surplus and Maximum Recoil.

A version of Wilbur & The Dukes will play as well, with Shakey Steve of A Ton of Blues.

In addition to Going and Weinheimer, Carol Maloney said she is grateful to her sister, Joni Maloney-Kelleher, and Matt’s lifelong friend, Meghan Blaushield, who she said have been helping out by selling tickets for and spreading the word about the fundraiser.

Between family (Carol Maloney is one of 10 siblings, Nelson one of nine) and friends, the outpouring of support has been a bright spot during an otherwise trying ordeal. It has come in the form of well wishes, words of comfort and fundraising. In just 10 days on gofundme.com, the Matt Maloney Treatment Fund had raised a little under $8,000 of a $10,000 goal. Sunday’s benefit concert will likely add much more.

“Our families and friends have been giving us so much love and support, all of them,” Carol Maloney said. “We don’t know what we would do without them. We are so blessed.”

The entire effort to help her son, she said, “has just taken off.”

“I know it started because of Dave, but it really, now, with his friends, it’s just amazing,” Carol Maloney said. “[My son] just is one of those people that everybody loves, he just is. He’s just very caring. He’s just a good soul. I guess that’s the best way to describe Matt.”

Even with the love, the benefit and so much support, the pain and uncertainty of her son’s illness is never far from her family’s thoughts.

“It still feels like Matt and Dave and I found out about his diagnosis five minutes ago,” Carol Maloney said.

A Day of Music for Matt at Bull Mansion runs 1-7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24. Tickets are $20 each and can be bought at Bull Mansion; Halligan’s, 889 Southbridge St., Auburn; and Guertin Graphics, 134 Southbridge St., Worcester.

Walter Bird Jr. is editor of Worcester Magazine. Share story tips and comments at 508-749-3166, ext. 322, or by email at wbird@worcestermag.com.

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Union Music hits a different note with new owner ELIZABETH BROOKS

Joshua Lyford

Union Music has well over 100 years of history in Worcester, first opening as a pawnshop called Union Loan Co. in 1900. It was renamed Union Music in 1962 and has been a beloved local shop for years since. For the first time since opening 127 years ago, the area staple will leave the hands of the Kamp family, after being purchased by businessman and real estate developer Jeff Mararian.

“I started working when I was 10,” said Carl Kamp, saying he had been around the store pretty much since infancy. “Sweeping floors was my job. They gave me a guitar and I’ve been playing guitar ever since, even though I retired. I was very lucky.”

Kamp stood in the back office of Union Music, a busy space filled with music equipment and boxes, a sign of the transition the business is undergoing. On the wall behind him was a well-worn acoustic guitar and there was hummus on the desk in the room, a dish he offered everyone in the room.

“Jeff was interested in the building and I’m getting older,” Kamp said. “I was skating in January, I shouldn’t have been skating, and I fell on my head.

I like sports. That set me back a little bit and Jeff seemed interested, interested in taking over the business and keeping the people and the store the way it was. That was important to me, we have such a great staff.”

Just outside the office, Sean Jyringi, a guitar player and longtime employee of Union Music, was organizing instrument cables.

“The people that work here, that’s why we’re still here,” Kamp said. “It’s not me. I was fortunate to have good people. It’s a long list; teachers, repair people.”

Before buying Union Music, Jeff Mararian was the owner of the popular Blackstone Tap on Water Street for 12 years.

“I was looking to buy real estate and a new business,” said Mararian. “A friend of mine that knew Carl told me he was thinking of retiring. We’re taking things day by day. Carl’s been here forever and he’s been teaching me

Above: The new owner of Union Music, Jeff Mararian, in the store’s office.

Left: Carl Kamp of Union Music in the showroom of the store his family owned for three generations. instead of the main big box stores. They like that personal experience.”

Although Kamp is retiring, he said he plans on continuing those things in life he loves, which include helping out at Union Music as well as his favorite personal life activities.

With a lifetime of playing guitar under his belt, Kamp continues to perform, including a recent

performance at employee Jyringi’s wedding.

“I’ll be playing guitar, I have a gig tomorrow and had some last week,” he said. “I’ve always been a naturalist and I’ll continue my study of wildlife, birds and such. There’s a triathlon coming up that I’ve done a number of years. I’m not doing the bike part anymore, but I’ll do the kayaking and running-though now I’m walking. I’ll still come in the store.”

While Kamp is excited to pursue his interests, leaving behind the business he and his family have owned for so many years is not without its troubles.

“It’s a difficult change,” said Kamp. “This has been my whole life. I’ve had people come in and say they bought their first guitar from me when they were 12 years old, and they’re still playing, and they’re my age, or close.”

“But [Mararian’s] business acumen is much better than mine ever was,” he added with a smile.

Mararian nodded as Kamp spoke. The responsibility of taking over a beloved local family business is not one to be taken lightly, which the new owner understands.

“It’s Carl’s legacy,” he said. “He’s been in this city since 1900 with his family. I want to offer him an awesome retirement and I’m going to keep things just how he had them and improve what we can and expand things as we go. This is a part of the local community, a part of the local flavor. It’s pretty simple.”

Union Music is located at 142 Southbridge St. You can find more information online at Unionmusic.com.

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

as we go along and helping me with the transition process.”

While the business is transitioning to its new ownership, Marian said customers shouldn’t expect any sudden shifts away from what made Union Music a local staple.

“We’ll have a lot of the same as well as new things,” he said. “I want to keep up the same tradition of the local music store that Carl’s had forever, but also add new things and expand on the services that we have that people don’t know about, like the repairs and buying and selling used equipment that other people don’t offer.”

“There’s no reason not to come in,” he added, “especially with the extra services like the repairs and the lessons that we do. All the teachers have been here for years. I think a lot of people are coming back to the local stores, SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 • WORCESTERMAGAZINE.COM

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It’s clear Jennifer Lawrence’s character in “Mother!” never saw “The Shining.” If she had, she would know that when a woman is isolated inside a sprawling house with her writer husband who suffers from a crippling creative block, things can get unhappy.

Do they ever.

The walls gush blood. Hubby’s mood darkens. A mysterious man and woman show up at their door, then insinuate themselves into the household.

Before long, the apocalypse has visited itself upon this once peaceful haven.

Offering up much more about “Mother!” may not be useful, because this film aggressively defies conventional description.

Writerdirector Darren Aronofsky has stitched together an allegoryladen horror film with inspirations ranging from “Rosemary’s Baby” to the Bible (both Testaments) to his own “Requiem for a Dream.” The movie is off-putting, unsettling, intriguing (sometimes), revolting (sometimes) and built to divide its audience.

Lawrence (known only as Mother) is the young woman at the story’s center, first seen blissfully renovating an old Victorian located in the middle of a field surrounded by forest. When shown from above, the house resembles a planet suspended in an emerald solar system. Otherwise, Aronofsky chooses to shoot Lawrence in suffocating pore-level close-ups.

Mother’s husband, identified only as Him (Javier Bardem), is a frustrated poet. He grumbles; she encourages. The pages remain empty.

One night, a man with a hacking cough (Ed Harris) knocks on their door, and Him

invites the man to stay indefinitely. The next day, the man’s wife (Michelle Pfeiffer) arrives, and is also asked to stay. She’s got a serrated edge to her, pounds hard lemonade and grills Mother (to her evident discomfort) with rude questions, mostly of the “Why don’t you have any children?” variety. When the couple’s adult sons show up, a full-on Cain and Abel situation ensues.

These events occur in the first two-thirds or so of the film’s running time, which has the feel of an Edward Albee play (Pfeiffer would have made a great Martha from “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”). The final third involves what is essentially an invasion of the now-pregnant Mother’s home by mobs of people who worship her husband and follow his teachings — his creative hurdle overcome, he has composed something people insist was written specifically for them. The hordes grow violent; they interpret literally his philosophy of sharing as a license to ransack the house. When Kristen Wiig materializes as a homicidal book publicist, you know you’ve been transported into a new cinematic dimension.

Rejoice if you are a fan of Christian allegory, because “Mother!” spreads it on like frosting with a trowel. But be warned that Aronofsky is going for broke here. His imagery evolves from gruesome to repelling in the final reel as the notion of sacrifice is evoked in the most literal way. I’ve been reviewing movies for three decades, and this is one of the rare times I can recall thinking, “Am I truly witnessing this?”

I can appreciate Aronofsky’s artistry and his boldness — my English-major senses tingle when presented with the opportunity to go spelunking in Metaphor Cavern. Still, I didn’t come away from “Mother!” feeling my own spirit was fed by this movie, which is what I always hope for when I walk into the theater. The thing turns too ugly.

It’s also bloated. Aronofsky purportedly wrote “Mother!” in less than a week; kudos to him for answering the muse so decisively.

Unfortunately, fevered inspiration is no substitute for considered editing. He had something in his grasp and he let it get away.

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Downtown Clinton was alive on a recent Friday night when I embarked on a date at Clintons Bar & Grille. The space boasts outdoor seating, a lofted event space, a crowded bar area and a classy dining room to boot. I’ll admit that when we arrived, I was surprised by the sheer number of guests and their general exuberance. The host informed us it would be a 20-minute wait for a table, so we ambled around

the bar area, admiring the set up.

The entire vodka selection had been arranged on a ledge high above the bar seats and backlit to illuminate bottles of everything from Grey Goose to Square One. Clintons Bar & Grille felt like the kind of place that makes you want to drink a martini and conduct a business deal.

As I pawed at the hardwood floor with my heels to confirm authenticity, a gentleman to my right introduced himself as a town selectman, welcoming us personally to Clinton.

He could tell we weren’t locals and wanted to make us feel right at home. I wondered if all guests received municipal welcomes, or if we’d just gotten lucky. Light bulbs cast shadows down on us from their lofted cages, which had been accented in a shade of candy apple red. The host came to tell us our table was ready, and we darted off to the dining room, following close behind him.

Exposed brick, rustic wooden tables, pristine linen napkins, real candles and leather booths all lent a splendid touch to the ambience. The slight suggestions I have

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We sat next to a white beam, which separated us from the next table – an element of privacy I didn’t mind, but the beam was covered in condensation marks that could be scrubbed clean with little effort.

I’ve been asked by my dear editor to Marinated Swordfish served with butternut squash risotto and resist comparing restaurants to one fried brussel sprouts, and 16-ounce New York Sirloin Strip another outright, served with Gorgonzola polenta cake but I can’t resist saying Clintons in this regard all make for easy fixes, and Bar & Grille bears would elevate Clintons Bar & Grille with little striking similarities to two local favorites I trouble. Apart from being troubled by the lack will note as Feaux-eys Bar & Grill and Feauxof an apostrophe in the establishment’s title, continued on page 37 I would have liked a simple bold typeface

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Given our collective ofo fever, exploring the city streets has never been easier. This week, the self-proclaimed “buncha weirdos” is meeting at Elm Park (intersection of Russell and Williams) at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 21.

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If you would very much like to be included in Worcester’s Young Professional narrative, then you’d better get yourself to Lock 50 Thursday, Sept. 21. Not only will this educational seminar run you just $20, it will also keep your hors d’oeuvres plate full and your palate tickled. The fine wine is excellent, but the networking is divine.

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Worcester’s new aesthetic isn’t just cupcakes and bike lanes; for our fresh image to stick, we must also embrace individual beauty in its endless varieties. From Sept. 24-25, the New England Beauty/Barber Expo will take over ATTENTION, PORK DORKS the DCU Center for a refined summit of the Tuesday, Sept. 26 marks the first in a series of region’s top stylists, cosmetologists, nail Chef Dinners at Flying Rhino, 278 Shrewsbury technicians, makeup artists, and barbers.

St. “Pig Out at the Rhino” kicks off at 6:30 Organizer “Ambitious” Angelo Padin says, “I including five courses with the option of want to make sure people know that everyone alcohol pairings. Chef Chris O’Hara guarantees is welcome. We will have education sessions, an intimate event with ultra-limited competitions, demonstrations and vendors.” availability. Tickets are available on Eventbrite Tickets on Eventbrite range from $24.99for $79, with a $20 upcharge for cocktails $79.99. You can also find Padin, CEO of outdoor our covered deck designed to strike a bacon balance withEnjoy the WooCutz, dining modelingon in Timberland’s 2017 Fall perfect pork pairing. or Look lowerBook. level patio overlooking

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I can’t say the Food Network has effectively improved my own culinary prowess; however, if I’ve learned one lesson from hours of watching Chopped, it’s this: Don’t forget to use everything in your basket! On Monday, Sept.

25, 5:30-8:30 p.m., contestants will go head to head in the White Room in a “Chopped”style competition using staples of the Jeremiah’s Inn Food Pantry. Chefs from The Hangover Pub, Kummerspeck, Flying Rhino and The Twisted Fork will create an appetizer and an entree judged

by Jim Eber of Mass Foodies and “Chopped” alumna Alina Eisenhauer. Will Jim and Alina accept this rose? There’s only one way to find out. Tickets are $27 on Eventbrite. Sashay away. The tribe has spoken. Auf Wiedersehen.

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Our server was definitely busy, but made the time to check in and delivered persistent apologies about wait times. We didn’t mind his absence, as we were lost in our own conversation over two glasses of red: the Meiomi Pinot Noir ($13) and the Montepulciano ($9). While I can’t resist the ripe berry bouquet and toasty mocha elegance of Meiomi, it cost $2 more at Clintons Bar & Grille than I ordinarily find at restaurants of a similar caliber – see my previous reviews for reference. My date requested something tannic from our server (who was a dead ringer for a mature Paul Pfeiffer of “The Wonder Years,” by the way.) The Montepulciano offered energetic tannins and hints of licorice and blueberry that pleased my companion.

Freshly-baked bread arrived on the table, along with a plate of parmesan and olive oil. Our Truffled Pan-Seared Scallops ($12) followed shortly after, served on a picturesque slate with Julienne Cucumber, Creme Fraiche and Aged Balsamic. The scallops were expertly-seared with a golden-brown crust, and although I found the cucumber slivers difficult to spear with my fork, they were

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For my entree, I ordered the Marinated Swordfish ($30) served with butternut squash risotto, and fried brussel sprouts. The dish embodied bold autumn flavors and a generous portion of swordfish that I found equal parts sweet, moist and meaty. My date enjoyed the 16-ounce New York Sirloin Strip ($31) cooked medium and served with Gorgonzola polenta cake. The meat was tender and uncomplicated, well-matched with a silky polenta cake. He paired it with the Badia Estate Chianti, a balanced wine with supple tannins and fresh acidity brought to life by the pungency of the earthy Gorgonzola.

Every mid-sized town could benefit from the culture and community built around a reputable restaurant like Clintons Bar & Grille.

The atmosphere reads “bistro” to me, more so than “bar and grill,” but there’s certainly no shame in making one’s title approachable.

Families will love the pizza, professionals will love the steak and visitors will love unearthing a hidden gem in Clinton.

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Clark University Geller Jazz Nightclub Presents: Matt Wilson Quintet’s Carl Sandburg Project. Clark University’s Geller Jazz series welcomes Matt Wilson Quintet’s Carl Sandburg Project to campus Versatile, dedicated, and funny, Matt Wilson is in high demand for his unique drumming style and well recognized. He has been voted the Downbeat Critic’s Poll #1 Rising Star Drummer for five consecutive years. Matt brings that imaginative jazz spirit that to “Honey and Salt,” a Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my shared celebration of original music inspired by Carl Sandburg’s poetry open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former and the place that Wilson and Sandburg (1878-1967) both hail from: or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s Knox County, Ill. More than a decade in the works, Wilson released an * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording album of this music in August 2017 that features guest readings of studio owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To Sandburg’s work by actor Jack Black and iconic jazz artists such as check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as Carla Bley, Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Christian McBride, Rufus Reid and “open” usually is! Free. 6-9 p.m. Kretschmann Brewing Co (KBC Brewing) John Scofield. Matt Wilson - Drums Jeff Lederer -- Saxophones, Clarinet - Brewery and Beer Garden, 9 Frederick St., Webster.

Ron Miles - Trumpet Martin Woods - Bass Dawn Thompson - Guitar, Open Mic Most Thursdays @ Barbers North. To check Voice This performance is made possible through the generous support the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on of the estate of Selma B. Geller. There will also be an ice cream sundae Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your bar! Free and Open to the Public. 7:30-9 p.m. Clark University: Higgins host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve University Center, The Grind, 950 Main St. it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the Decades & Genres...The 80’s. This Thursday celebrates the 80’s email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different with Dave Mack... 5. 8-11:20 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and 8877. supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paidVillage Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580. performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/operators Open Mic Night With David Bazin. Acoustic Style, bring your * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules acoustic instrument down and or sing and share your talent! No Cover. and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free. 8-11 p.m. Belfont Hotel, 11 South Main St., Millbury. 508-917-8128.

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Open Mic @ The Blue Plate. Show off your musical talents, Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club collaborate, or just listen to some cool tunes in a laid back atmosphere.

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Most Thursdays. PA provided. Free. 7-10 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Latin Night with Shawn and Henry. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. MB Lounge, Bring your kids to the Scarecrow Contest Friday Sept.

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See why Mauro DePasquale’s Jazzed Up has become a Worcester institution at Bull Mansion Weekly No Cover. GAR Hall, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. DJ Night - Every Thursday. 9 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420.

Josh Briggs Live Music Acoustic on the Deck. 9-11 a.m., 5-7 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420 or jjsnorthboro.com Beau Sasser’s Escape Plan. 21 + / Doors open 6pm / Curfew 2am Beau Sasser’s Escape Plan “Organ driven, hard hittin’, boogaloo rooted funk with a rock ‘n’ roll spirit” beausescapeplan.com/ 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629 or find them on Facebook.

Dana Lewis Live! Dana Lewis Live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s in the lounge “The sound track of your Youth” Best Wood fired Pizza’s, Italian Food, Full Bar, Lottery & me! No Cover. Come on out!

Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook.

Open Mic Night/Local Musicians Showcase at KBC Brewery Every 3rd Thursday! To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network *

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DJ Cuzn Kev. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St. DJ 21+Canal. Live Dj pushing out all the latest hits for you’re listening and dancing pleasure! (Thursday is college night @ the Canal) N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-9268353.

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Josh Briggs Live Music Acoustic on the Deck. 9-11 a.m., 5-7 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420 or jjsnorthboro.com Dana Lewis Live and Well! Enjoy a cool beverage on a summer evening out on the deck at “Worcester’s Best Kept Secret” Great New Menu, Full Bar, Gorgeous vistas, Spectacular Sunsets and me playing live, acoustic Music from the 50’s to the 80’s. “The Sound Track of your Youth” Grill on the Hill, 1929 Skyline Drive, off Belmont Street at Green Hill Park.

No cover, be There! (weather permitting) Free! 5:30-8 p.m. Grill on the Hill, 1929 Skyline Drive. 508-854-1704 or find them on Facebook.

Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat! Start your weekend with Nat Needle at Nick’s Worcester, 124 Millbury St. No cover charge this and most Fridays.

Thank Friday It’s Dr. Nat (TFIDN) is an unfettered romp through Nat’s musical imagination backed up by his hefty piano chops and hip vocals!

Special guests are welcome to sit in, and often do! Help me make this the time& place to connect, escape, network, chill, eat, drink, and above all be merry... but if you’re blue, why be alone? 5:30-7:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, Cabaret, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030 or find them on Facebook.

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

7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Dan Kirouac. Dan has been part of the regional music scene for thirty years, delivering the best in mainstream and contemporary adult rock or pop from the 1950’s to current N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Bar/Lounge, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Sean Fullerton and his Mad Loops Laboratory. Sean Fullerton specializes in Acoustic Blues, Rock, Folk, Memphis Soul and Fingerstyle Guitar using a wide variety of guitars, harmonicas, guitar looping, vocal harmony technology, Bose and UltraSound sound systems.

Sean performs solo for many venues and events throughout New England year-round. Dinner, Drinks, Music and Fun. 7-10 p.m. The Seoul Kitchen, 142 Littleton Road, Westford. 978-399-0016 or seanfullertonmusic.net Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

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Every Friday Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Wong Dynasty and Yankee Grill, 176 Reservoir St., Holden. 508-829-2188.

Karaoke. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Foodworks, Route 20. 508-752-0938.

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

Every Friday - Original Rock Bands. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-439-9314.

Guest and House DJ’S. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. MB Lounge, 40 Grafton St. 508-799-4521 or mblounge.com Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978345-5051.

Karaoke Fridays at Three G’s Sportsbar. Join Magic Mike Entertainment every Friday night for Karaoke! Free! 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Three G’s Sports Bar, 152 Millbury St. magicmikeentertainment.com Karaoke with DJ Bruce. Free. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Meiji Asian Cuisine, 24 Leicester St., North Oxford. 508-731-0120.

Marko and the Bruisers album realease party! Marko and the Bruisers album release party! With performances by The Prozacs, The Pathtetics, The Sawed Offs & The Labor Pains...Crappy Punk Rock...

Making music, beer, skateboarding, more beer...”We make music, and play said music for people who may or may not like it.” $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

TD & The Change Live at JJ’s! Classic to Modern Rock, Pop, = Country. 9 p.m.-noon JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420.

Lavender Restaurant Karaoke. Join Magic Mike Entertainment DJ’s for Karaoke Night every Friday & Saturday Night! Free. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Lavender Restaurant, 519 Boston Post Road, Sudbury. magicmikeentertainment.com DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044.

DJ 21+Canal. Live Dj pushing out all the latest hits for you’re listening and dancing pleasure! (Thursday is college night @ the Canal ) N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-9268353.

Safe House Radio Show. This is a live radio broadcast with 2 living DJs hoping to drag you out of your lonely IPods and phone apps to hear the local & national metal, thrash, screamo, punk and alternative you wont hear on mainstream radio. Tune into WCUW 91.3FM in the Worcester and surrounding areas. Or stream live on wcuw.org (hit the listen live button in the upper left corner of screen) Join your DJs

Summi and Momma Bear for an hour of metal, thrash, screamo, punk & alternative. You’re not alone in your digital world. Were out here live! Call in to let us know your listening @ (508)753-2284 after 11pm. Hope you tune in to hear local and national metal and more! 91.3fm or wcuw.org It’s your community radio! So enjoy it already! Sheesh! 11 p.m.-midnight WCUW Studios, 910 Main St. 508-753-2284 or find them on Facebook.

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Josh Briggs Live Music Acoustic on the Deck. 9-11 a.m., 5-7 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 7 p.m.-9 p.m., 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420 or jjsnorthboro.com Art + Market with Dick’s Market Garden. Your produce needs are covered this summer with our perennial favorite, Dick’s Market Garden. Starting this year in early June with strawberries, peas, greens, and early vegetables, the Market Garden then transitions to the cool weather flowers, apples, and gourds towards the fall. All of the items sold are locally grown (Lunenburg, MA). Enjoy the museum galleries before or after your market visit! Market runs Saturdays, June 17, 2017 - October 21, 2017, and does not operate during anticipated lightning. Visiting market is free! 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Salisbury Parking Lot, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

Assumption College Family Weekend Band Concert.

The Assumption College Band under the direction of its conductor, Bruce Hopkins, will be performing its first concert of the school year in auditorium of the Tsotsis Building. Featured will be works from the concert band repertoire from many different centuries. Free. 11-11:30 a.m. Assumption College, Jeanne Y. Curtis Performance Hall in Tsotsis Family Academic Center, 500 Salisbury St. Fall Music Open House. Please join us for our annual fall open house! Come try instruments at our instrument petting zoo, meet our teachers and learn more about our various music programs. Our $40 annual registration fee will be waived for new students who register at the open house (valid day of open house only). We hope to see you there!

Please note address is 9 Irving Street, not 11 Irving St. Free. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Worcester Music Academy, 11 Irving St. 508-635-6900 or worcestermusicacademy.com Assumption College Family Weekend Chorale Concert.

The Assumption College Chorale in the first concert of the season will present a concert of varied choral works from traditional to contemporary.

The Chorale will be directed by Prof. Richard Monroe and accompanied

by Mr. Brett Maguire. Please join us in the Foyer of the Tsotsis building immediately following the concert for a reception. Free. 2-3 p.m.

Assumption College, Jeanne Y. Curtis Performance Hall in Tsotsis Family Academic Center, 500 Salisbury St. Creamery Station. 21 + / Doors open 6pm / Curfew 2am “Creamery Station is a Connecticut based band that takes multiple styles of music, such as jam, blues, rock, and bluegrass, and mixes it together into what is guaranteed a thrilling live experience you won’t be able to get enough of!” creamerystation.com 6 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508-799-0629 or find them on Facebook.

Dan Kirouac with special guest Mike Christian. Dan has been part of the regional music scene for thirty years. When not busy with the tribute band Beatles For Sale, his solo performances showcase vocals accompanied by a six-string acoustic guitar. From the one-hit wonders to the lost classics, from the 1960s to today, every show is a different experience, drawing from almost 500 contemporary and oldie songs. More information at dankirouac.com. Mike “Mingo” Christian is drummer and vocalist for Beatles For Sale - tonight, he sits in on vocals, percussion, and acoustic guitar. Free. 6-9 p.m. Highfields Golf & Country Club, 42 Magill Drive, Grafton.

Alias. Alias is a very talented and engaging classic rock duo. If a fun night is what you’re looking for then come on in for some great food, drinks, and music. Join us for a night to remember! N/A. 7-10 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, Bar.Lounge, 65 Water St. 508-926-8353.

Dana Lewis Live! Every Saturday night. Live, acoustic music, Family food, Full Bar, Lottery and me! Playing the Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s.

“The Sound Track of your Youth” No cover. Be there! Free! 7-10 p.m.

Nancy’s Quaker Tavern, 466 Quaker Hgwy (Route146a), Uxbridge. 508-

779-0901 or find them on Facebook.

Mauro DePasquale’s Jazzed Up Trio. Mauro DePasquale’s Jazzed Up the best in jazz. A romantic blend of jazz classics and American Songbook favorites. If you like Sinatra, Buble’, Connick Jr, Bennett, you will love Jazzed Up. jazzedup.net No Cover. 7-10 p.m. FISH, 29 South Bolton St., Marlborough. 508-460-3474.

Hip Swayers Deluxe! Spend a swayful Saturday with us! Free. 7:3010:30 p.m. B-Man’s 140 Tavern, 348 Redemption Rock Trail, Sterling.

978-422-9763 or find them on Facebook.

Worcester Chamber Music Society’s Joys and Sorrows.

Joys and sorrows Tom Keil Memorial Concert Saturday, September 23 7:30 PM Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester One of the most loved chamber works of all time, Schubert’s “Trout Quintet” is full of grace, charm, and elusively beautiful melody. It’s currents carrying a suffused joy. Then a chamber setting of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony, visions of sublime beauty and scenes of terrible strife blended, to end with soprano Kendra Colton’s voice calling us to the realms of angels.

Program Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667, “The Trout” Mahler Symphony No. 4 in G major, arranged for chamber ensemble With guests Donald Palma, conductor; Kendra Colton, soprano; Demetrios Karamintzas, oboe; Rane Moore, clarinet; Margaret Philips, bassoon; Kevin Owen, french horn; Nathan Varga, double bass; Robert Schulz and Aaron Trant, percussion; Kevin Galie, harmonium Pre-concert talk ½ hr. before the show Free (Reservations required). 7:30-9:30 p.m. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St. 508-217-4450, ext. 1 or worcesterchambermusic.org The Assumption College Family Weekend Band Concert is Saturday, Sept. 23, 11-11:30 a.m., at Assumption College, Jeanne Y. Curtis Performance Hall in Tsotsis Family Academic Center, 500 Salisbury St., Worcester. Free. For more information, email jchlapowski@assumption.edu.

Kobra Kai returns to the Cove w/ Medicated Savage & IDAK. Kobra Kai-Bringing the 80’s to the ladies! Current and former members of Anthrax, Shadows Fall, All That Remains, Acaro, Ross The Boss and Hellspeak have joined forces in a project called Kobra Kai. The mission is simple: Old school rock and metal covers done the way the way a show truly was back then - a party! The group says, “The way we see it, our time would usually consist of heading out to a bar, checking out a band and having many, many, many drinks- So why not get on stage and have a good time as well? And you are not going to see the typical cover-band bullshit. Just kick-ass drunken madness!”

Band Members Marc Lopes - Vocals (Hellspeak, Ross the Boss, Let Us Prey) Jon Donais - Guitar (Anthrax, shadows fall, dead of night) Felipe Roa - Guitar (Acaro) Matt Bachand - Bass (Act Of Defiance, shadows fall, dead of night) Mike Bartlett - Drums (ex - all that remains) Medicated Savage medicatedsavage.logoeffect.com/index.html It Destroys and Kills IDAK returns to the stage after a year off. You won’t want to miss it! itdestroysandkills.com/ $10 in advance/$15 at the door 21+ 8pm Doors $10 in advance $15 at the door. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or find them on Facebook.

Live Music. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Blueprint New American Bar & Grill, 9 Village Square, Westminster. 978-668-5580.

The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute. The Emmy® Award winning Fab Four elevates Beatles tributes to a new level with their precise attention to detail and uncanny, note-for-note live renditions of Beatles’ classics such as “Can’t Buy Me Love,” “Yesterday,” “A Day In The Life,” “Twist And Shout,” “Here Comes The Sun” and “Hey Jude.”

Watching The Fab Four is like watching the real thing. Their incredible stage performances include three costume changes representing every era of the Beatles ever-changing career. This loving tribute to the Beatles has amazed audiences in countries around the world, including Japan, Australia, France, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico and Brazil. The Fab Four is truly the ultimate tribute. Tickets are $33 and $43 depending on seat location. 8-9:30 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 877-571-7469 or thehanovertheatre. org

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Guest and House DJ’S. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. MB Lounge, 40 Grafton St. 508-799-4521 or mblounge.com Karaoke-DJ Fenton with Music and Dancing. A jewel in the fashionable Canal District sandwiched between Harding and Water St @ Kelly Square in Worcester, MA...A great fun, and exciting social gathering that allows you to be relaxed, sing your heart out or just sing along with those who love to take the mic and belt one out. Also, enjoy warm, efficient servers who will get to know your name and have your drink request before you ask for it. Take a tour of political memory lane of photos, bumper stickers and artifacts that line the wall...if walls could speak! But proprietor Guy Glodis states...leave the politics at the door and come in enjoy an evening of friends, music and cocktails or beer. Drinks are also very reasonable...a top shelf straight up martini is priced way under $10...other places have them over $10..Shaken not Stirred! Free.

9 p.m.-1 a.m. The Ballot Box, 11-17 Kelly Square. 774-243-1606 or find them on Facebook.

Live Band “Windfall.” No cover charge. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Wong Dynasty and Yankee Grill, 176 Reservoir St., Holden. 508-829-2188.

No Alibi. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508853-1350.

SNG. SnG Band plays fun danceable music from all eras. We specialize in three chord wonders and more complicated tunes. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

Stacy’s Mom. Join Stacy’s Mom for our debut at Time Out in North Brookfield, MA on Saturday, September 23rd, 2017! We’ll be playing the best in Classic Rock, Alternative and Pop the way only Stacy’s Mom can, including incredible vocal harmonies, searing guitar solos and a groove that will most definitely get you on the dance floor! Come out and rock all night with this all female band that’s new to the Central MA music scene!

21+, $5 Cover, music starts at 9 pm! $5. 9 p.m.-midnight Time Out, 31 East Brookfield Road, North Brookfield. Find them on Facebook.

The Flock - Live Music at JJ’s. Classic Rock, 80s and more. 9 p.m.-noon JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough.

508-842-8420.

The Russo Brothers & Friends. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Annie Brobst Duo. 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

Lavender Restaurant Karaoke. Join Magic Mike Entertainment DJ’s for Karaoke Night every Friday & Saturday Night! Free. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Lavender Restaurant, 519 Boston Post Road, Sudbury. magicmikeentertainment.com DJs. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Compass Tavern, 90 Harding St. 508-304-6044.

DJ 21+Canal. Live Dj pushing out all the latest hits for you’re listening and dancing pleasure! (Thursday is college night @ the Canal ) N/A. 10:30 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. 508-9268353.

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Giuliano D’Orazio - Solo Acoustic. 5-8 p.m. Padavano’s Place, 358 Shrewsbury St. 774-823-3022.

Dana Lewis Live! Dana Lewis Live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 50’s to the 80’s in the lounge “The sound track of your Youth” Best Wood fired Pizza’s, Italian Food, Full Bar, Lottery & me! No Cover. Come on out!

Free! 6-9 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818 or find them on Facebook.

Open Mic Sundays @ Park Grill & Spirits. To check the schedules and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paidperformers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/operators *

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Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” usually is! Free. 6-9 p.m. Park Grill and Spirits, 257 Park Ave. Andy Cummings. No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

Karaoke. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-7988385.

Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978345-5051.

Karaoke with DJ Soup. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water St.

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Blue Mondays - Live Blues. 7-11 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122.

Staged Reading: Amazing Opportunities Available in our Town, Episode 2. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385.

Karaoke. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-7988385.

oysters and the incredible music of The Jazzed Up Duo. (Jazzedup. net) The oysters start at 4:00 PM and the talented Mauro and Phil start playing at 6:30. The freshest seafood, we typically offer a rotating variety of 3-4 types of oysters mainly from the North East Region and all for a dollar apiece. Free musical entertainment with dinner. 4-8:30 p.m. Bistro, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. 508-755-6070 or bullmansion.com First Ladies of Resilience with Jacqueline Berger. America’s First Ladies are iconic examples of resilience, courage and emotional agility-- and Jacqueline Berger should know, as she’s written a twovolume series about these remarkable women. An engaging and inspiring speaker, Berger invites us into the lives and times of these women with an insider’s familiarity, earning her a national reputation as “The First Ladies Lady.” Learn more about Jacqueline at firstladieslady.com.

Tickets must be purchased in advance at osv.org/event/speaker-series/ jacqueline-berger. $12 for Non-members, $10 for OSV members. 6-8 p.m. Old Sturbridge Village: Fuller Conference Center, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or osv.org It’s Sick Season with A Tribute to Alice in Chains Friday, Sept. 22, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at The Cove Music Hall, 89 Green St., Worcester. Also Lucky #9. Cost is $7 at the door. Must be 21plus. Doors open at 8 p.m. For more information, find the event page on Facebook or email CoveJimmy@gmail.com.

Open Mic Wednesdays at CJ’s Steak Loft in Northborough. 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 >Tuesday 26 Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@verizon.net (make sure you put Tuesday Open Mic Night @ Greendale’s Pub with Bill “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) Network * Collaborate * Learn.

McCarthy Local Musicians Showcase! To check the schedules Over sixty different musicians regularly support my open mic nights all and open slots visit: Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic World on Facebook Bill are friendly and supportive -- and many are: * Former or currently signed McCarthy (originator of the “Half-Hour Sets!”) is your host at another recording artists * Award-winning pro’s or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging great Open Mic Night! Email Bill McCarthy to reserve it at: openmcc@ paid-performers * Published songwriters * Recording studio owner/ verizon.net (make sure you put “open mic” in the email’s “subject box”) operators * Combinations of any and/or all of the above. To check the Network * Collaborate * Learn. Over sixty different musicians regularly schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot marked as “open” support my open mic nights all are friendly and supportive -- and many usually is! Free. 6-9 p.m. CJs Steakloft, 369 W. Main St. (route 20), are: * Former or currently signed recording artists * Award-winning pro’s Northborough. 508-393-8134 or find them on Facebook. or semi-pro’s * Regularly gigging paid-performers * Published songwriters Jazzed Up featuring vocalist/pianist Mauro DePasquale. A * Recording studio owner/operators * Combinations of any and/or all of perfect blend of jazz classics, American songbook favorites, and farm to the above. To check the schedules and open slots visit Facebook. Any slot table dinning. If you like Sinatra, Connick Jr., Buble’, Bennett you will love marked as “open” usually is! Free. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 Jazzed Up. If you love great food and service you will love Bull Mansion!

W Boylston St. 508-853-1350 or find them on Facebook.

No Cover. 6:30-8:30 p.m. GAR Hall, Bull Mansion, 55 Pearl St. Borelli Jazz Duo. No Cover. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Duotone Instrumental Guitar Duo! Free. 7-9:30 p.m. Sahara Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181.

Boogie Chillin’. Bluesy, bluegrassy, acoustic band with a twist. Jon Toast Masters. Speak before a group, develop speaking skills 7-10 Bonner - Guitar & Vocals Fernando Perez - Percussion Zack Slik p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 Water St. (Grotto), 65 Water St. 508Mandolin & Vocals Dan Villani - Violin/fiddle Rose Villani - Bass Free! 9 926-8353. p.m.-midnight Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439 or find them Beatniks Open Mic Night. Beatniks Open Mic Night...Free entry! on Facebook.

Every other Wednesday. Check our calendar for details. Stop by for Karaoke. DJ Nancy, of Star Sound Entertainment. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club music, poetry, comedy and other entertainment. Set up in the bar or on KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798-8385. the stage, it’s your choice. Great chance to try your routine out or simply Karaoke. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798get some stage time. 8-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

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Open Mic. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. 508-304-8133.

Karaoke with DJ Bruce. Free. 9 p.m.-midnight Antonio’s Pizza by Ekow and Jessica’s Birthday Bash. 21+ Free entrance Doors the Slice, 268 Chandler St., Worcester, MA. at 6pm curfew at 2am Performers and live music! Also celebrating with a birthday performance from Ekow himself. Come down and celebrate! >Wednesday 27 More details to come.... 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Electric Haze, 26 Millbury St. 508The Motown Jukebox. Join “Motown Tom” Ingrassia--Worcester’s 799-0629 or find them on Facebook. very own Agent Double-O Soul--every Wednesday morning from 9 am to Karaoke. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club KasBar, 234 Southwest Cutoff. 508-798noon for The Motown Jukebox on WCUW 91.3FM for 3 hours of Motown 8385. music and the stories behind the hits. “Motown Tom” is a Motown Karaoke. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Partner’s Pub, 970 South St., Fitchburg. 978historian and author. His current book--Reflections Of A Love Supreme: 345-5051.

Motown Through The Eyes Of Fans was named the Best Music Book of Karaoke with DJ Soup. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Whiskey on Water, 97 Water 2016 by the National Indie Excellence Awards. “Motown Tom” has twice St. been named Best Radio Personality in local media polls. WCUW streams Karaoke with Mikey Mic’s. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. MB Lounge, 40 Grafton live online at wcuw.org. 9 a.m.-noon WCUW 91.3 FM - Worcester’s St. 508-799-4521.

Community Radio Station, 910 Main St. 508-753-1012 or wcuw.org Jazzed Up Duo and Buck a Shuck Wednesdays. Join us every Wednesday in this historical Bull Mansion Bistro for buck a shuck

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Nonmember: $24 per session, includes cost of admission per child.

10:30 a.m.-noon Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston.

508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org >Thursday 21 Developing a Personal Yoga Practice. Developing a Personal Intro to TIG Welding with Randal Gardner. TIG welding is a Yoga Practice with Lucy Cimini Saturday, September 23rd 1:00 - 3:00 process that allows for welding of a large variety of metals. It requires pm Cost: $35.00 Have you ever stepped onto your mat at home and more skill and practice than MIG welding but offers far more control and stood in Mountain Pose with a blank stare not knowing what to do next? precision. In this class you will learn: Equipment setup and safety. Basics Have you ever wanted to start your morning with a yoga practice but of GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) Use of personal protective equipment didn’t know how? Do you want to practice at home, in the studio and associated with welding. Part preparation. Puddle control. Welding off the mat? This workshop, taught by Lucy Cimini (CMYW Founder, techniques for various positions (flat, vertical, horizontal, overhead).

ERYT500hr, C-IAYT, CZT) will guide you through a basic home practice, Welding techniques for various materials (steel, stainless steel, aluminum) help you develop your own personalized home practice and teach you Weld bead inspection and analysis. Limit 4 students Minimum enrollment the tools to create your own individualized experience based on your 2 students. If your class does not reach minimum enrollment by 2p on needs. This workshop will include discussion and an instructive practice the date it is set for, your class will be canceled. Students will have the of a suggested sequence. Please pre-register. This workshop needs a option of transferring their ticket to another class or receiving a refund. minimum to run. $35. 1-3 p.m. Central Mass Yoga and Wellness, #28, Please provide us with both a contact number & email to ensure you are 45 Sterling St., West Boylston. 508-835-1176 or centralmassyoga.com properly notified of course changes. Class Requirements: Appropriate shop clothing: (natural fiber clothing, long sleeves/ jeans is the typical minimum Make Your Own Beer Stein. Get a taste of the ancient art of recommended) closed toe shoes (leather steel toe boots recommended). glassblowing in this fun one-night course. In one evening, you will learn $60 WorcShop Members / $75 Non-Members. 6:30-9 p.m. The about the history and process behind creating beautiful blown glass at WorcShop, 243 Stafford St. 774-545-0720 or eventbrite.com the New Street Glass Studio. After learning the safety and studio etiquette Paint Nite @ Canal. Come “Enjoy” an evening and “Create” a rules, students will watch a brief demonstration of this 2000-year-old memorable evening painting with friends at The Canal Restaurant & Bar. art before diving in and making their very own beer stein from glass Come early and enjoy some of our dinner and drink specials prior to the gathered out of a 2100-degree furnace. Instructors will guide students event. See Webpage Link Below. 7-9 p.m. Canal Restaurant & Bar, 65 through the steps from gathering to blowing the bubble, from shaping a Water St. 508-926-8353 or paintnite.com cylinder to adding a handle No experience is necessary and all materials are included. Fee Breakdown: Student Fee: $85 Materials Fee: $5 $90. >Friday 22 4:30-7:30 p.m. New Street Glass Studio, Hot Glass Studio, 35B New St. Make Your Own Shot Glass. Try your hand at flameworking 508-753-8183, ext. 301 or register.worcestercraftcenter.org borosilicate glass in this fun, one-night workshop! In one evening, you will learn about the history and process behind creating a neat shot glass >Sunday 24 at the New Street Glass Studio. After safety and studio etiquette are Make Your Own Essential Oil Rollberball. Make your Own discussed, students will watch a brief demonstration and will make their Essential Oil Rollerball with Kayla Robillard Cost: $30.00 includes supplies own shot glasses under expert guidance. No experience necessary. All and your own take home roller ball! Join Kayla to play with essential materials are included. Fee Breakdown: Student Fee: $60 Materials Fee: oils! Come and make your own essential oil roller ball just for you. Melt $20 $80. 6:30-9:30 p.m. New Street Glass Studio, 35B New St. 508away stress and anxiety. $30. 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central Mass 753-8183, ext. 301 or register.worcestercraftcenter.org Yoga and Wellness, 45 Sterling St., West Boylston. 508-835-1176 or centralmassyoga.com

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Spiritual Discernment Conference. Rev. Andrew Abu-Ghazaleh lives in Nazareth, Israel and travels the world teaching deep truths from God’s word. Love offerings will be taken. 10 a.m.-noon, 1-3 p.m., 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Freedom Worship Center, 141 West Boylston St., West Boylston.

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Nine Reasons to Consider Assisted Living. While most people think the idea of aging in place is the preferred living arrangement as we age, it might be better for those people to consider assisted living as a housing option. Moving to an environment that would provide ongoing resources and services one would need in order to live a happy, >Saturday 23 secure, and fulfilling life in the later years is often the best decision one Assumption College Graduate Studies Open House. Join could make. This seminar will review nine key factors to consider when us and learn how a graduate degree or certificate from Assumption deciding whether or not assisted living might offer the best lifestyle College can advance your career. 10 a.m.-noon Testa Atrium, Assumption for our loved ones or even for ourselves. Presented by Laurie Nelson, College, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7387 or info.assumption.edu Executive Director of Christopher Heights Webster. Please RSVP to save Lasciatemi cantare means let me sing. O cantare o parlare. your space. Free for CMS Chamber Members & Affiliates of Worcester The West Boylston Italian Circle is the perfect place to do it, as long Chamber ($15 for non-members). Noon-1 p.m. Chamber of Central Mass as it is in Italian! We meet for two hours to practice our speaking in a South, Conference Room, 46 Hall Road, Sturbridge. 508-347-2761 or comfortable, easygoing atmosphere. Different levels and backgrounds cmschamber.ning.com keep us on our toes to keep our Conversation flowing and in Italian. The CORI Sealing Workshops with EPOCA. Learn how to seal your Circolo is intergenerational with heritage Italian speakers often mingling CORI and make the most of your job search. Free. 3-4 p.m. Worcester with school and self-taught learners. Tutti sono benvenuti. Free of charge. Public Library, Banx Room, 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655, ext. 3.

10 a.m.-noon Beaman Memorial Public Library, Muriel Stiles meeting Forge a Railroad Spike Knife with Jason Scott. In this 3.5room, 8 Newton St., West Boylston. 508-835-3912. hour class, students will learn the basic techniques of making a blade, Salt Water Etched Ring and Bangles. Use the non toxic method using a railroad spike. The importance and safety aspects of being able of salt water etching to create customized pieces of copper and brass to properly hold onto hot metal will be discussed. Students will have the that can be fabricated into wide ring bands, cuff bracelets or decorative opportunity to make one knife of their own, as well as gain the knowledge embellishments. Students will learn how to sweat-solder sterling silver as of modifying and making more in the future. Minimum of 2 students a backing on their jewelry pieces to create wearable mixed metal pieces. required to run the class & a maximum of 4. If the class does not reach *Open to beginners/ all levels $81. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Worcester Center minimum enrollment 3 days prior, it will be canceled. Students will for Crafts, Metals Studio, 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183, ext. 301 or have the option of transferring their ticket to another class or receiving register.worcestercraftcenter.org a refund. Please provide us with both a contact number & email to Kid’s Watercolor Workshop: Autumn Foliage. Instructor: ensure you are properly notified of course changes. Class Requirements: Margaret McCandless Learn to paint the changing season. Ages Appropriate shop clothing: (natural fiber clothing, long sleeves/ jeans is 10+ Pre-registration required, max 12 Member: $14 per session,

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the typical minimum recommended) closed toe shoes (leather steel toe boots recommended). No experience necessary. How to find us! Turn in at the Blue Hive parking lot (233 Stafford St.) drive to the back of the lot and turn right to go behind the building. There will be a large garage door. The entrance to the WorcShop is the door on the right with the blue awning. $75 WorcShop Members / $90 Non-Members. 6-9:30 p.m. The WorcShop, 243 Stafford St. 413-272-9550 or eventbrite.com

The Clustertruck Food Festival hits the EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester Saturday, Sept. 23, 5-10 p.m. The festival and Pulse Magazine take over the museum grounds a night of fun with beer from Wormtown Brewery and live music

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

124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org Rainbow Lunch Club. The Rainbow Lunch Club meets the 2nd & 4th Wednesdays of each month and offers LGBTIQA seniors age 60+ a nutritious meal and an opportunity to socialize with friends and enjoy various activities including programs, entertainment and educational series. Advance reservations are required. Please call or email by the previous Wednesday: (508)756-1545 ext.404 or wlen@eswa.org All are Welcome: LGBTIQA 60 years old and older; younger partners, friends, and allies! $2.50 suggested donation for those age 60+; the fee for younger individuals is $5.50. Noon-2 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Church of Worcester, 90 Holden St. 508-756-1545 or meetup.com Assumption College Graduate Studies Open House. Join us and learn how a graduate degree or certificate from Assumption College can advance your career. 5-7 p.m. Testa Atrium, Assumption College, 500 Salisbury St. 508-767-7387 or info.assumption.edu Figure in Context #28. 3-hour figure workshop held by Void’s Creations at The WorcShop Featured model: TBA Set design: TBA This is not just your average nude model on a stand, we will be staging an environment for the model to pose in (local artists are welcome to volunteer to bring to life a different creative setting each session) The

from Doctor Robert. Proceeds benefit the scholarship programs at the Ecotarium. Cost is $7 online, $10 at the door. VIP admission is $25. For more information, visit clustertruckworcester.com, email mperry@pagioinc.com or call 508-756-5006. event will be recurring bi-weekly on Wednesday evenings from 6-9pm starting May 25th. 6-630 pm gesture 6:30-9 pm long pose All mediums are welcome, please bring your own easels and supplies. If you intend to use messy media please bring a drop cloth as well. No experience necessary. How to find us! Turn in at the Blue Hive parking lot (233 Stafford St.) drive to the back of the lot and turn right to go behind the building. There will be a large garage door. The entrance to the WorcShop is the door on the right with the blue awning. $15 General Admission / $20 with Reference Photos. 6-9 p.m. The WorcShop, Classroom Side B, 243 Stafford St. 774-545-0720 or eventbrite.com Mindful Meditation. These guided meditations for relaxation and healing are intended to assist you in releasing your stress and anxiety.

By relaxing the body and the mind you can improve your overall sense

of well-being. Free for Cancer Patients, survivors and their families. Open to all. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Generations Healing Center, 250 Main St., Oxford.

508-987-3310 or pinkhippy.org

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ALFA Presents a look at NEADS. John Moon from NEADS Service Dogs of Princeton will share how service dogs, properly trained and matched with their human partners, are able to lighten the load of Intro to backyard goat farming. Good will donation. 10:30 a.m. to “simple everyday tasks” most of us take for granted. How often do we 12:30 p.m. The Red Barn in Holden, MA, Main floor, Barn, 52 Shrewsbury think of families with children on the autism spectrum, veterans grappling St., Holden. 508-829-6640. with PTSD or a physical injury or hearing loss, even teachers working with special needs children and how a properly trained dog helps mitigate >Saturday 23 – Sunday 24 the effects of limited mobility and independence. NEADS benefits Central Mass Lyme Foundation 3rd Lyme disease from correctional facilities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island where Conference. The Central Mass Lyme Foundation will host its 3rd Lyme carefully screened and trained inmates work daily with each service dog disease conference. This event will explore the complexities of Lyme and in training, plus over 250 volunteers who offer to socialize the pups in other tick-borne diseases and include presentations by experts in primary training on the weekends. This program is an ALFA Food for Thought care, research, testing and much more. Tickets go on sale, April 1st. $10 lecture. 2:30-4 p.m. Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, Ellis now or $20 at the door. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Worcester Technical High White Lecture Hall, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. 978-665-3706.

School, Worcester Technical High School, 1 Skyline Drive. 888-511-5963 Author Visit with Jarrett Krosoczka. Join us for a fun visit or CentralmassLymeConference.com with “New York Times” bestselling children’s book author/illustrator and Worcester native Jarrett Krosoczka. Perseverance, optimism and above >Tuesday 26 all a talent for visual storytelling are traits that have benefited Jarrett J. Marylou Hannon presents “Mary Cassatt”. Marylou Hannon Krosoczka in his pursuit to become the award-winning author-illustrator and Art Matters present Mary Cassatt. An American woman was at the he is today. From picture books that capture the raucous behavior of very heart of a radical revolution in art. Impressionism changed the art exploring your creative side and letting your imagination run wild, to world forever. Overcoming social stigma, and cultural as well as national a graphic novel series that follows the exploits of a super-hero Lunch boundaries, Mary Cassatt defied the times to become an independent, Lady, all thirty-three books Jarrett has created in just fifteen years as innovative, and professional artist. She is famous for her unromanticized a published author/illustrator, are infused with humor, heart, and a images of women and children, not saccharin or sentimental, but respect for his readers. It’s these qualities, too, that attract young readers honest, realistic and yet still adorable. Join us for a look at her beautiful (and listeners) to his books, from “Punk Farm” to “Platypus Police images, her interesting life and her celebrated accomplishments. Free Squad: Never Say Narwhal”, and making them perennial favorites on and Open to the Public. 2-3 p.m. Briarwood Continuing Care Retirement the bookshelves of homes, libraries, and bookstores. Join us for Jarrett’s Community: Birches Auditorium, 65 Briarwood Circle.

Developing Character workshop on Tuesday, September 26 at 3:30 p.m.

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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. in the Saxe Room of the Main Library. The doors will open for the event 508-770-1270 or framedintatnuck.com promptly at 3:15 p.m. Tickets for entrance will be given out beginning at Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-4563 p.m. on a first come, first served basis. This event is free and open to 3924 or fruitlands.org the public. Overflow seating will be available in the Children’s Room. Free. Gallery of African Art, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 3:30-4:30 p.m. Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room, 3 Salem Square. p.m. Monday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 508-799-1655 or mywpl.org 5:30 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Donations accepted. 62 High St., Clinton. 978-265-4345 or 978-598-5000x12 or galleryofafricanart.org Highland Artist Group, 113 Highland St. highlandartistgroup.com ADC Performance Center (@ The Artist Development Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Complex), 18 Mill St., Southbridge. 508-764-6900 or adcmusic.com Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, Hours: 12:30-4 p.m. Sunday, Anna Maria College, 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton. 508-849-3300 or closed Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 414 Massasoit annamaria.edu Road. 508-753-6087 or massaudubon.org ArtsWorcester, Material Needs: Jennifer Davis Carey, Katie Dye, Ralph Museum of Russian Icons, Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Ferro, Casey Hickey, Tomoko Sakai, Rebecca Smith, Pamela Stolz, Susan closed Monday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Swinand, and Jill Watts, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Sept. 29. Saturday. Admission: Adults $10; Seniors (59 +), $7; Students, $5; Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Children 3-17, $5; Children <3, free. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free. 660 Main St. 5000 or 978-598-5000 or museumofrussianicons.org 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org Old Sturbridge Village, Cabinet Making in Early 19th Century New Asa Waters Mansion, Admission: $3 for guided tour $7-10 for tea. England, Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through 123 Elm St., Millbury. 508-865-0855 or asawaters.org Dec. 31; Make No Little Plans, Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Assumption College: Emmanuel d’Alzon Library, 500 Fridays, Saturdays, through Dec. 31. Hours: 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Salisbury St. 508-767-7272 or assumption.edu closed Monday - Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday.

Booklovers’ Gourmet, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to Admission: $28 Adults, $26 Seniors (55+), $14 Youths (4-17), free for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Children 3 & Under, $14 College Students with valid college ID. 1 Old Webster. 508-949-6232 or bookloversgourmet.com Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 Clark University: Cohen-Lasry House, 11 Hawthorne St. clarku. or osv.org edu Park Hill Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday Clark University: Schiltkamp Gallery, 92 Downing St. 508Friday, closed Saturday. 387 Park Ave. 774-696-0909.

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Post Road Art Center, Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing St. p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508-485clarku.edu 2580 or postroadartcenter.com Clark University: University Gallery, Hours: noon-5 p.m.

Preservation Worcester, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, noon-8 p.m. Wednesday, noon-5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 10 Cedar St. 508-754-8760 or Thursday - Saturday. 950 Main St. 508-793-7349 or 508-793-7113 or preservationworcester.org clarku.edu Prints and Potter Gallery: American Arts and Crafts Clark’s Cafe and Art On Rotation Gallery, Hours: 6 a.m. to Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 1 p.m. Sunday - Saturday. Admission: Free for gallery. 310 High St., 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Clinton. 978-549-5822 or 978-365-7772 or aorgallery.com 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 142 Highland St. 508-752-2170 or College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art printsandpotter.com Gallery, Gabrielle Thierry: The Musicality of the Water Lilies La Musicalité Quinebaug Valley Council for the Arts & Humanities, the des Nymphéas, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Arts Center, Hours: 2-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 2-4 Saturdays, through Oct. 7. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. p.m. Saturday. 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-346-3341 or qvcah.org Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or Quinsigamond Community College: Administration holycross.edu Building, 670 West Boylston St. qcc.edu Danforth Museum of Art, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Rollstone Studios, Hours: 11-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday Monday - Tuesday, noon-5 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. Admission: free. 633 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 123 Union Ave., Framingham. 508-620-0050 or Main St., Fitchburg. 978-348-2781 or rollstoneartists.com danforthmuseum.org Salisbury Mansion, Hours: closed Sunday - Wednesday, 1-8:30 Dark World Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday p.m. Thursday, 1-4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 40 Highland St. 508-753- Saturday. 179 Grafton St. darkworldgallery.com 8278 or worcesterhistory.org EcoTarium, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to SAORI Worcester Freestyle Weaving Studio, 18 Winslow St. 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $15.00 adults; $10 for children 508-757-4646 or 508-757-0116 or saoriworcester.com ages 2-18, college students with ID & senior citizens. Children under 2 Sprinkler Factory, Admission: free. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory. & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy com Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special Taproot Bookstore, Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. event. 222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to Fisher Museum Harvard Forest, 324 N. Main St., Petersham.

7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 1200 West Boylston St. 508978-724-3302 or harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu 853-5083 or TaprootBookstore.com Fitchburg Art Museum, Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Tatnuck Bookseller & Cafe, Hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 9 Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday - Thursday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday - Saturday.

Fitchburg. 978-345-4207 or fitchburgartmuseum.org 18 Lyman St., Westborough. 508-366-4959 or tatnuck.com Fitchburg Historical Society, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 The Foster Gallery, 51 Union St. 508-397-7139 or thefostergallery. p.m. Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, closed Thursday com - Saturday. Admission: Free. 781 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-345-1157 or Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, fitchburghistoricalsociety.org closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. 21 Prichard Fitchburg State University: Hammond Hall, 160 Pearl St., St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-297-4337 or topfunaviation.com

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Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12 Adults, $9 Seniors & $7 Youth, free to Members & Children under. 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111 or towerhillbg.org Worcester Art Museum, Jeppson Idea Lab: Master Vases from Ancient Greece, Through Oct. 1; Reusable Universes: Shih Chieh Huang, Through Nov. 12; Art + Market with Dick’s Market Garden, Saturdays, through Oct. 21; Art Cart: Classical Europe & Asia, Saturday; Zip Tour: Wicar: Electra receiving the ashes of her brother, Saturday; Sunday Public Tour, Sundays, through Dec. 17; Art Cart: Classical Europe & Asia, Wednesdays, Fridays, Sept. 27 - Sept. 29. Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Admission: Free for members, $14 adults, $12 seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all first Saturdays of each month, 10am-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or worcesterart.org Worcester Center for Crafts, Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org Worcester Historical Museum, Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-753-8278 or worcesterhistory.org Worcester Public Library, Hours: 1:30-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday - Saturday. 3 Salem Square. 508-799-1655 or worcpublib.org WPI: George C. Gordon Library, 100 Institute Road. wpi.edu

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Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits - Fridays, Saturdays, Saturday, September 18 - Tuesday, December

31. Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits 257 Park Ave Worcester MA 01609 Dick Doherty’s Beantown Comedy Clubs Showtimes: Friday 9pm-Saturdays 8pm -$20pp Reservations Recommended at 800-401-2221 Prices: $20 Fri/Sat pp except Special Events Drinks and Appetizers available in the show room Full Dinner Available before Show in Restaurant $5off with College ID and Reservations 2 for 1 Active Military or Veterans and Reservations $4 off with Dinner Receipt and Reservations. Fri & Sat Sept 22nd & 23rd Mitch Stinson Steve Halligan and Friends Fri & Sat Sept 29th & 30th Joe Larson Steve Scarfo and Friends Dick’s Beantown Comedy Escape at Park Grill & Spirits Great Food and Fun Make Reservations Early at 800-401-2221 or online at dickdoherty.com Comedy Open Mic in the Cabaret! - Mondays, Monday, May 15 - Monday, December 18. The 1st and 3rd Monday of every month! Sign ups are at 7:30 and the show starts at 8:00! Free. 7:30-10:30 p.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. Call 508-753-4030.

The Sort of Late Show with Shaun Connolly - Saturday, September 23. Come see Worcester’s premier, and frankly only, Live Talk Show with your host Shaun Connolly! Featuring fine sidekickery from Doug Guertin and performances from our one-man backing band James Keyes! Guests: Comedian: Josh O’Neill (Cincinati comic in for the Boston Comedy Festival!) Guests: Worcester Railers HC’s own Tom Matthews and Eric Lindquist plus Thomas Mahoney’s “Would You Rather?” with Ryan Staples, Bryan O’Donnell and Casey O’Donnell) AND Alan Richardson! $5.

7-9 p.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. Call 508-7539543 or visit Facebook.

Auditions - A Christmas Carol - Sunday, September 24.

Theatre at the Mount is holding auditions for the musical A Christmas Carol (Madison Square Garden version) and needs a cast of 7 men, 5 women, several children plus ensemble. Adult auditions are Tuesday, September 19 and Wednesday, September 20 at 7PM and children’s auditions are Sunday, September 24 @ 4PM; all auditions are in room 182. Production dates are November 24, 25, 26, December 1, 2, 3

and rehearsals are Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings. For more information go to mwcc.edu/tam/audition-information/ 4-6 p.m. Mount Wachusett Community College: Main building, 182, 444 Green St., Gardner. Call 978-630-9162 or visit mwcc.edu

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Children’s Gardening Hour. Instructor: Alice Puccio Join us for hands on time in the youth garden learning about the plants that grow there and how to care for plants at home. Activities will vary week to week depending on what needs to be done, but will include simple tasks such as weeding, watering and planting. We will also harvest vegetables that we grow, and eat the produce from the garden. Appropriate for children 6 + Pre-registration required, max 12 people Member: $5 per child-adult pair, Nonmember: $12 per child-adult pair, includes cost of admission. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124 or towerhillbg.thankyou4caring.org Scarecrow Contest. Design your own spooky, serious, or silly tabletop scarecrow and have it displayed in the library for voting! All materials provided. Voting ends Monday, October 23. Free. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Worcester Public Library Tatnuck Branch, 1083 Pleasant St. 508799-8329.

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Baby Chicks! Chick it out! Our incubated eggs are expected to hatch anytime between October 10-12. Come in beforehand during our regular public hours, beginning September 21st, to take a peep at the egg observatory and to submit your egg-cellent name suggestions.

Names will be drawn randomly. For families with all ages. Free. 3-6 p.m.

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Art Cart: Classical Europe & Asia. Explore the Classical world through art and object. Discover the art of Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Learn about and create Greco-Roman mosaics. Or color your own Mandala. One or more of these activities will be available. Ask our friendly docent what topic will be on tap today! (Programming subject to change) Free with Museum admission. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Renaissance Court, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

Scarecrow Contest. Design your own spooky, serious, or silly tabletop scarecrow and have it displayed in the library for voting! All materials provided. Voting ends Monday, October 23. Free. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Goddard Branch - Worcester Public Library, 14 Richards St. 508799-8330.

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Dahlia Show. Dahlia Show Presented by the New England Dahlia Society Saturday, September 23, 1pm-5pm Sunday, September 24, 10am-4pm Free with admission Join dahlia enthusiasts of all ages and abilities, from novices, to experienced growers who all share something in common - an interest in these beautiful and diverse blooms. See hundreds of colorful blooms in every size imaginable - from silver dollar to dinner plate - at the second New England Dahlia Show. 1-5 p.m.

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

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Dahlia Show. Dahlia Show Presented by the New England Dahlia Society Saturday, September 23, 1pm-5pm Sunday, September 24, 10am-4pm Free with admission Join dahlia enthusiasts of all ages and

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>Wednesday 27 – October 29

The Sleepy Hollow Experience. After last year’s sold-out run of The Sleepy Hollow Experience at Old Sturbridge Village, the museum is again joining forces with Brian Clowdus Experiences to bring the immersive theatrical experience back to the Village. At The Sleepy Hollow Experience, guests will be ghoulishly guided through the Village’s countryside where they will encounter Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, Brom Bones and quite possibly the Headless Horseman. Please note that each outdoor performance is approximately 1.5 hours long, and requires standing and walking. Performances are rain or shine. If the evening is a rainout, a modified version of The Sleepy Hollow Experience will take place in Old Sturbridge Village’s Stephen M. Brewer Theater. The production runs Wednesday - Sunday nights from September 27 through October 29. Tickets can be purchased at sleepyhollowosv.org/tickets.html $30-$35. 7:30-9 p.m. Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-733-1830 or sleepyhollowosv.org

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Full: Trip to New York Botanical Garden and Dale Chihuly Glass Art Exhibition. Enjoy a special day at the New York Botanical Garden while this breathtaking exhibition is on view. Included are a guided tour of the Chihuly Exhibition, a buffet luncheon at the historic Stone Mill, and free time to explore the rest of the Garden and enjoy the narrated Garden Tram tour. Member $225, Non-member $250, includes deluxe motor coach, all-garden admission, guided tour of Chihuly exhibit, and buffet luncheon; Register by September 1st. 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston. 508-869-6111, ext. 124.

fairs/ festivals >Thursday 21 - October 12

Baby Chicks! Chick it out! Our incubated eggs are expected to hatch anytime between October 10-12. Come in beforehand during our regular public hours, beginning September 21st, to take a peep at the egg observatory and to submit your egg-cellent name suggestions. Names will be drawn randomly. Children of all ages welcome. Free. 3-6 p.m.

Goddard Branch - Worcester Public Library, 14 Richards St. 508-7998330.

>Friday 22 – October 29

Davis Mega Farm Festival. Davis Mega Farm Festival *Craft Beer *BBQ *Live Music Saturday Nights *World Famous Davis Mega Maze *Zip Line * Corn Cannons *U-Pick Pumpkins *Plus 40 Attractions 19.95 per person. 4:30-9 p.m. Travel Destination 978-422-8888 or DavisMegaFarmFestival.com

>Saturday 23

Alpaca Llips Farm “For the Love of Local” Fall Festival.

Come and visit our alpaca farm. Hand feed the animals, take selfies with llamas/alpacas or have your photo taken by our onsite photographer, many local handmade products displayed and sold, picnic area available.

Bake sale, food truck and more. Free Admission. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Alpaca-Llips Farm, 156 Intervale Road, Rutland. 508-330-0209 or alpacallipsfarm.com Central Mass Lyme Foundation 3rd Lyme disease Conference. The Central Mass Lyme Foundation, Inc. is proud to bring top Lyme literate physicians and experts to Worcester to help educate the general public about Lyme and other tick-borne diseases. Honorary speaker is Dr. Kenneth Liegner, Dr. Daniel Cameron, Dr. Steven Phillips, Dr. Elena Frid, Dr. Jane Markes, Dr. Nancy Fox, Dr. Lee Cowden and many more. Tickets are only $10.00 each. For more information, contact Michele Miller at CentralMassLyme@gmail.com. $10. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CentralMassLymeConference.com Worcester Public Library’s Fourth Annual Volunteer Fair. Make your community better by volunteering! If you’ve ever considered volunteering in the community but didn’t know where to start, visit our Fourth Annual Volunteer Fair! Whether you enjoy working outdoors, advocating for children, assisting people in crisis, or helping our immigrant population, representatives from local organizations will be available to discuss volunteer opportunities for all interests and backgrounds, especially for those aged 16 and older. Free. 2-4 p.m.

Worcester Public Library, Saxe Room and Lobby, 3 Salem Square. 508799-1655.

Clustertruck Food Festival. The Clustertruck Food Festival and Pulse Magazine are taking over the EcoTarium grounds for an evening of amazing food, drinks, music, and more! The party will be packed with Worcester favorites, including craft beer from Wormtown Brewery and live music by Doctor Robert. You’ll get the opportunity to purchase food from a huge selection of some of New England’s best food trucks, grab a glass of beer or wine, and explore the beautiful outdoor spaces of the EcoTarium in the ultimate after-hours setting. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the scholarship programs at the EcoTarium Museum of Science and Nature. $7 online, $10 at the door, VIP $25. 5-10 p.m. EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way. 508-756-5006 or clustertruckworcester.com

>Saturday 23 – Sunday 24

Festival of New England Makers. At this celebration of artisans,

the Village will showcase New England trades from the 19th century.

The Village’s blacksmith, potter, tinner, cooper, printer, and others will showcase their skills by crafting more complicated items. They will be joined by artisans of historic crafts from throughout New England who will demonstrate their work. From etching, to spinning, to woodworking, experience “handmade” from the past. Adults $28 Seniors (55 and over) $26 College Student (with valid college ID) $14 Youths (4-17) $14 Children age 3 and under Admitted Free. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge. 800-7331830 or osv.org 27th Annual KidsFest. KidsFest is two full days of music, food, and family fun! Live shows, walk-around entertainment, magic shows, clowns, our scenic summit SkyRide and much more! Enjoy great food and product sampling by vendors! More details on specific shows and entertainment will follow as we get closer to the event. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wachusett Mountain Ski Area, 499 Mountain Road, Princeton. 978-4642300 or wachusett.com

>Sunday 24

Auburn Farmers’ & Cultural Market. The Auburn Farmers’ & Cultural Market was formed to provide Auburn residents with access to locally grown and produced food and to help shine a spotlight on local small businesses. Upcoming markets will feature fruits and vegetables from Cotyledon Farm, meat, dairy, and eggs from Cooper’s Hilltop Farm, maple products from Pure BS Maple Shack, hot sauce and jerky from Andy’s Heaven and Hell, local honey from Auburn, and goats’ milk products from Elzire’s Acres. Cooper’s will also be selling ice cream sundaes and root beer floats made with local Bliss ice cream from Attleboro and root beer from Olde43 in Auburn. Additional vendors sell a variety of products ranging from baked goods to handmade jewelry and gifts, and the event will also feature a free bouncy house and live music. More information about the market can be found on Facebook @AuburnFCM or online at auburnfcm.org. Free! 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Riley-Pappas Performance Pavillion, 203 Pakachoag St., Auburn, Auburn.

774-415-0698 or find them on Facebook.

fundraisers >Friday 22 – Sunday 24

Autumn Escape Bike Trek presented by Sunovion. The Autumn Escape Bike Trek is a three-day, 160-mile ride from Plymouth to Provincetown, MA (two-day, 105-mile option available) taking place from September 22-24, 2017. Enjoy a gorgeous ride along Cape Cod with plenty of activities following the ride each day! All food and accommodations for the weekend are included in your fundraising minimum. Proceeds benefit the American Lung Association’s mission of saving lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through research, education and advocacy. Visit BikeTrekNewEngland. org and click “Autumn Escape Bike Trek” for more info! *Register before March 31 to get discounted registration and an early-bird t-shirt!* $55 fir 2-day,$75 for 3-day. Hilton Garden Inn, 4 Home Depot Dr., Plymouth.

401-533-5172 or action.lung.org

>Saturday 23

Taste of Saint Joseph. Tasting event, wine, craft beer & liquor. Also food from local restaurants. Brazilian, Italian, Greek, Chinese $30 each, two for $50. 6-9 p.m. Church Social Center, 10 Dupont Street, Worcester, MA, 10 Dupont St. 508-873-1190.

>Monday 25

8th Annual Mayo Bowl Hosted by James White. The Mayo Bowl is the largest professional athlete attended event in the New England area. Each year the Mayo Bowl sells out all twenty bowling lanes at Kings Dedham. The event attracts well over 400 attendees and reaches over 4.2 million individuals through social media. All proceeds from the Mayo Bowl benefit Boston Medical Center (BMC). $95 per ticket. 6-9:30 p.m. Kings, 600 Legacy Place, Dedham. 781-421-3025, ext. 208 or mayobowl.com

poetry >Saturday 23

Carle Johnson @ Barnes & Noble 4th Saturday Poetry Open Mic. This month the 4th Saturday Poetry Open Mic will host its regular open mic followed a reading by series host, Carle Johnson.

Come out and read a poem or two in the open mic and stick around for the feature. The group usually enjoys coffee and snacks at the in store café after the reading. Free and open to the public. 7-9 p.m. Barnes & Noble Booksellers - MA/Worcester, 541 D Lincoln St. 508-797-4770 or worcestercountypoetry.org

>Sunday 24

The Winners’ Reading for the WCPA Poetry Contest: The Frank O’Hara Prize. Join the winners of the 2017 WCPA Annual Poetry Contest: The Frank O’Hara Prize for a reading of their work and the work of contest judge, Lori Desrosier. There will be an opportunity to mingle over refreshments as well. This year’s winners include: First Prize - Richard Fox, Second Prize - Jeff Walt, Third Prize - Jennifer Freed, and Honorable Mention - Marsha Kunin. Contest Chairperson, Robert Steele, will moderate the ceremony. Lori Desrosiers’ books include The Philosopher’s Daughter published by Salmon Poetry in 2013 and Sometimes I Hear the Clock Speak, Salmon Poetry, 2016. Her poems have appeared in Contemporary American Voices, Best Indie Lit New England, String Poet, Blue Fifth Review, and many other journals and anthologies. She is Editor-in-Chief of Naugatuck River Review, a journal of narrative poetry, and WORDPEACE, an online journal dedicated to peace and justice, and serves as an editor for several other publications.

She teaches Literature and Composition at Westfield State University and Poetry in the Lesley University M.F.A. graduate program. Please join us for what is always a fun, and inspiring, event. Free and open to the public.

3-5 p.m. First Unitarian Church of Worcester, 90 Main St. 508-757-2708 or worcestercountypoetry.org

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Worcester County Memorial Park, Paxton MA Garden of Heritage II. 2 Lots w/vaults.

Current value $8300.00 Asking $3950.00 for both or B/O. Call Jim 508-769-8107

Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Garden of Faith, 2 grave plot. Today’s cost $4600, asking $1100.

508-278-7777

Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Garden of Faith, Double Lot , Current Price $4600. Asking $2300 OBO. 239-450-6553

Heavy Duty Prototype PVC Pipes Hammock Frame w/1 cloth & 1 rope material, all accessories. $50 978-537-9925

Dog Crate and Bed Crate 20"x 21"x 28". $60. Bed is memory foam, 29" long by 25" wide. $20. 978-464-5953

Electronics - 3 Desktop Printers with manuals. Boombox, CD, DVD players, speakers. All excellent. 508-4590446

Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Garden of Serenity Two lots for sale.

Present price $3495 for both, will sell for $900 each, totaling $1800. Call 801-294-7514

Worcester County Memorial Park 2 Cemetery plots $2,000.

Number 262 Unit A Section Valor 1 & 2. Call 508-450-1124

New Howard Cemetery Sutton, Mass 1 lot for sale. Present price $500.00, will sell for $350.00.

Call 508-579-0587

Bedroom Set - 3 Piece Pennsylvania House Queen bed, dresser w/ 8 drawers & large mirror, and 6 drawer bureau. Asking $500. Also mahogany hutch, asking $300.

Call 508-798-1879

Troy-Bilt 21 HP Super Bronco Lawn Tractor & lawn mower lift.

Exc. Cond. and low hours. Call 508-450-7486 & leave message

Worcester County Memorial Park - Paxton Two lots, section 511, Garden of Valor. Asking $1500 OBO. 508-754-1188

Cemetery Plots Two cemetery plots at Worcester County Memorial Park for sale. I am a 1968 Wachusett grad. Please call (713) 557-8659 and ask for Anne Heil.

Worcester County Memorial Park Paxton, Ma. Lot Number 297-B Space 1 and 2, Garden Of Valor Section. Current value is over $10,000 including 2 concrete burial vaults. $3,000.00 or B/O 508-3750080

Cemetery Plots Two cemetery plots at Worcester County Memorial Park for sale. I am a 1968 Wachusett grad. Please call (713) 557-8659 and ask for Anne Heil.

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Electric Hoyer Lift Battery charger, extra battery and canvas carriers. $400. Call 508829-0468 Elegant Diamond Engagement Ring Approx. 2 carats set in white gold. Replacement cost $6585, asking $4495.

508-829-3363

HELP WANTED

Antique Horse Drawn Doctor’s Carriage $600. Antique cooking stove with stove pipe, $500. 508-735-9568 Invacare Series 9XT Wheelchair Invacare 9XT High Strength Lightweight Manual Chair. 20" urethane tires, electric red, 18"x18" Jaycare back seating and back support, rear ant tippers, footrests, full length adjustable arm rests. Purchased brand new $2450, used 2 weeks. Asking $1500 OBO. All original paperwork and receipt.

978-314-3270 for more info/ viewing.

Approx. 25 Bales of Hay Suitable for mulch. $3/bale. 978464-2978. If no answer leave number, will call back.

Trees Evergreens, Hemlocks Spruce, Pine (3’ to 4’ tall) 5 for $99 Fieldstone Round/Flat $28/ton 508-278-5762

Miele Vacuum Cleaner accessories included cost $500 asking $100. Excellent Condition Call 508-829-3403 New Pool Boat 69" x 39" inches one year old, only $18.00.

Call 508 853-3444

U.S. C14 Zeppelin Stamp (U) Flag cncl. $175. Stamp questions? Ron 413-896-3324

Free Pachysandra Plants 6" square bed, you dig up.

Call 508-853-6379

Purple king comforter. skirt. 2 pillowshames/pillows. valences 37"w, matching Pd $125 asking $50. 508-829-9240

Danby Apt. Size Washing Machine bought 2011 $330 asking $175. Have papers 508-8528091

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We currently have job openings and are seeking qualified candidates for Process Leaders, Automation Operators and Material Handlers on our Night Shift.

12-hour Work Schedule – 7:00 pm to 7:00 am 2 or 3 nights worked, 2 or 3 days off An average of 42 hours per week Every other weekend is a long weekend off!

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16 HP Powerland Multi- Fuel Generator full power outlet panel, electric start, like new $950.

Call 508-886-6003

Surround Sound Stereo; Onkyo TXD5676 w/remote.

Cambridge subwoofer w/ 5 speakers. $125. 508 865-9584.

Soft Microsuede light aqua couch 72"x 36" w/ 4 striped matching pillows. Great shape. $150. Call Diane (508) 981 1941.

Elite Whirpool Coner Tub New white american standard tub $700. Call 978-422-8084

Maytag Electric Range Super capacity asking $250.

978-305-4784 anytime.

Power Wheel Chair Excellent Condition. Recently services has attachable leg lifts $400.

508-829-0468

Pool Table 7-1/2 ft. Classic 1950s coin-op. 1pc, 3/4 slate. owned 35 yrs. With acc. New felt. Millbury 508-523-3133

Remote Door Entry Kit Bear claw latches. 5 function remote wilk bilt, new boxed $250.

508-667-5234

Oxy Act Torch Setup Tanks, reg., hose, torch, stick welder.

Run 30amp with rods. Millbury.

508-523-3133

Beugler Professional Pinstriping Tool with DVD 6 Wheel Heads and much more. New, Boxed $150. Call 508-667-5234

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Over 40 Acres! Over 3000 Vehicles!

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HOLDEN 3 Room/1 bedrm Apt OR 4 Room/2 bedrm/2 bath Apt w/hdwd flrs, w/d hkups, 1st/last/ security, no smoking & no pets, credit ck & references required $700/mo plus utilities OR $1500/ mo plus utilities 508-450-3400

2001 Suzuki Intruder 1500cc, showroom condition, lots of chrome, Vehix pipes. $2900.

Call John at 978-466-6043.

Hobart Mixer 20qt bowl, hook paddle, whip $1500. Cash & Carry. Call 508-791-5222 Bill

Prayer To St. Jude May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be Adored, Glorified, Loved & Preserved throughout the world, now & forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus, please pray for us. Saint Jude, Worker of Miracles, please pray for me. Saint Jude, Helper of the Hopeless, please pray for us. Say this prayer 9 times a day for 9 days, by the 9th day your prayer will be answered even if you don’t believe. This Novena has never been known to fail. publication must be promised. Thank you St. Jude and God. DG

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New Construction.Prices ranging from 160k to 200k based on size and finishes. 888-7337089

1999 Road King Under 8,000 miles. Too many extras to list.

Always stored in room temperature. $10,000 obo 978-4645525 or 978-549-3670 cell

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

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Main St., Holden Location 1200 sq. ft. $1400/month.

Heat & lights included. Plenty of parking. Call 508-829-0044

2012 Yamaha Zoomer 49cc scooter. Great condition, rode once. 4 miles. $2300 neg.

Must be seen, serious inquiries only. 508-770-1797 $2,300

Causeway Mall - Office Suite Rt. 12 - W. Boylston Office with reception area plus four single offices. First floor.

Convenient location.

508-835-6613

2012 Yamaha Zoomer 49cc scooter. Great condition, rode once. 4 miles. $2300 neg.

Must be seen, serious inquiries only. 508-770-1797

Causeway Mall - Rt. 12 West Boylston Office suite w/reception area & waiting room. With 2 offices.

Handicapped accessible.

Second fl. 508-835-6613

2007 Harley Davidson FXSCUS Great condition, detachable windshield & storage bag, have floor boards mounted and have original forward controls. 9100 mi. $10,000 firm.

508-308-2041

Lazy Boy Rocker Recliner Tan. 4 months old. $175.

Call 508-865-0732

Mini Trampoline- 3 ft

by Sunny Health $45.00.

Call 508-414-7933

FREE TO A GOOD HOME 4 Stall Rabbit Hutch with 2 rabbits for free.

Call 978-514-1856 PET SITTING

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FLYING FIELD WANTED Local RC club is looking for a field to fly quiet, electric-only model planes. Land owners who are willing to share their space with hobbyists should contact 508-641-3787.

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Green Day Recycling FREE ELECTRONIC REMOVAL Businesses/Schools Computers, Towers, Monitors, UPS, Cables, Printers & More Minimum 25 items Dennis Wood 508-277-7513 denwaynewood@yahoo.com

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

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Adirondack Park New York 98 Acres Private, & two unit farmhouse. Barns, fields, timber, hunt, fish, ski. Sub-dividable. Near Lake Champlain Lake Placid, Schroon Lake.

Country getaway in nature’s beauty. Just 4 hours away. $199k Mike 774-239 4010

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

2008 Honda Metropolitan Scooter Black and gray. Mint cond.

469 miles. Asking $1650.00.

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

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2013 PleasureWay Sprinter RV

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2007 Harley Davidson Street Glide 29,400 miles. Excellent condition.

Denim Silver. $10,500.00 508-340-2658

Mercedes diesel engine, low miles, well maintained, extras.

Serious inquiries only. $79,000.00 508-839-7362

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2003 Chevrolet Blazer 4 wheel drive, 4 dr, LT, 207 mi;es, engine 4.2,New Brakes, lt, needs work. Asking $1995 OBO. 508-736-7385 Ask for Michael

1930 Ford Model A Sport Coupe, Grey and Black.

50,000 miles. Holden area. $16,500. 407-375-3917

2012 Cadillac CTS AWD, 21,800 miles. Crystal red.

Heated black leather seats.

Panoramic roof. Dealer maintained. Under warranty. $24,500.00 978-534-8860

2004 Chevrolet Impala Great shape, clean, power everything, recent sticker, runs great, front wheel drive, good tires, 130k highway miles, $1,200 OBO. 774-364-4636

1997 LEISURE TRAVEL FREEDOM WIDEBODY

AUTO/TRUCK 2006 GMC Sierra 1500 V8, Power everything, 1 owner. Trailer pkg, track rack, 84K mi.

Chrome steps, Rhyno bed. Mint.

Remote start. 10,000 OBO 508735-1218 2006 Nissan Titan New cat converter, wheel bearings & exhaust, new front rotors & pads, bedliner. 135K mi. Set up for plow use, only used 1 winter. Needs manifold gasket & rear rotors. $4000 obo. 508308-2041

1978 MG MGB 47,000 mi.

Green ext. Very solid car from GA. Good overall condition. $7500. Please call 508-7351845.

1999 Pontiac Grand Am 6 Cylinder, automatic, needs work or use for parts. 159,903 miles. $675. 978-422-8084

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1985 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Original low mileage beauty. Recent 350/ 325 hp engine. Must see! Trophy winner.

774-437-8717 $6,500

1932 Ford Coupe Little deuce Coupe, with a Corvette mill and four on the floor. 6,000 aprox. mi. Original hot rod, all steel, show car, looks and sounds great. Holden area. $47,000. 407-375-3917

1987 Mazda RX-7 Coupe, 50,000 mi, red, power sunroof, all original, 5 spd, sharp, fast car. Excellent cond., smells new, very clean. $8500 or make offer. Ken 978-534-1505

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Tables • Chairs • China • Linen

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2008 Audi A3 60K Original mi.

4 DR hatchback, black w/charcoal cloth, Ac, cd, all pwr options. Fully serviced. Like new. $6999. 774-239-0800 Mer. Benz 260 E (6) Sedan, 1989. Ex. green (G.M.) & tan int. Starts 1st time, runs + drives exc. Auto trans. No stall/overheat/alarm. 244K mi.

Asking $500. 978-660-8034

1985 Nissan 300ZX Original owner, 96K mi, black, auto, digital dash, 6 CD, stored winters. $4950. Call Bruce at 978537-6646.

2005 Chevrolet Cavalier Runs good, 135,000 mi, have title, great on gas. Fixed rust on car. $1050/bo 508-450-5564

& Collectibles “Oh My Gosh” Antiques & Collectibles Found at The Cider Mill

Class B, 112.000 miles, Clear Title $ 4.100 Call 413-2008256

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25 HP Suzuki (Like New) with Boat & Trailer Holden area.

Pete 407-375-3917 $2,000

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LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Debra Couture, to Millbury Federal Credit Union, dated May 9, 2006, recorded in Worcester County Registry of Deeds in Book 38941, Page 381, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10 o’clock A.M. on the 3rd day of October, 2017, 38 Lackey Road, Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage. To wit: The land in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts on the Westerly line of Lackey Road, and which is more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a drill hole located at the northeasterly corner of the premises to be conveyed in the westerly line of Lackey Road at a corner of stone walls on the southeasterly side of a barway at a point southerly measured by the stone wall marking at the westerly line of Lackey Road, a distance of four hundred eighteen and forty-eight hundredths (418.48) feet, more or less, from the corner of stone walls forming the boundary of the north line of my farm and the southerly line of land now or formerly of one Bishop; THENCE S. 7º 28’ 50” West by a stone wall by the westerly line of Lackey Road one hundred thirty-nine and fifty hundredths (139.50) feet to a drill hole still on said Lackey Road; THENCE S. 13º 13’ 30” West still by a stone wall by the westerly line of Lackey Road thirty-eight and forty-two hundredths (38.42) feet to a drill hole at land now or formerly of Edgar D. Leonard; THENCE N. 80º 23’ W. by land now or formerly of Edgar D. Leonard two hundred forty-five and forty-five hundredths (245.45) feet to an iron pin at other land now or formerly of Edgar D. Leonard; THENCE N. 1º 09’ 40” East still by land now or formerly of Edgar D. Leonard one hundred seventy-five and no hundredths (175.00) feet to a drill hole in a stone wall; THENCE S. 86º 10’ 10” East by a stone wall by land now or formerly of Edgar D. Leonard two hundred nine and ten hundredths (209.10) feet to a drill hole still at other land nor or formerly of Edgar D. Leonard; THENCE S. 65º 09’ East by land now or formerly of Edgar D. Leonard sixty-two and fifty-six hundredths (62.56) feet to the point of beginning.

BEING the same shown on a plan entitled “Plan to show property in Sutton, Mass., owned by Edgar Leonard,” dated May 30, 1969 by Kenneth Shaw, Registered Land Surveyor, filed in Worcester District Deeds, Plan Book 329, Plan 36. CONTAINING according to said plan 1.11 acres of land, more or less, all of said courses and distances being more or less. Being the same premises as conveyed in a deed from Edward D. Leonard to Steven J. Couture and Debra Couture, dated December 21, 1977 and recorded with Worcester County Registry of Deeds in Book 6370, Page 231. A deposit of $5,000.00 for the entire mortgage premises being sold, is to be paid by certified check or bank check by the purchaser at the time and place of the sale. The Mortgagee also reserves the right to alter the order of sale on the date of the auction. The balance is payable at the closing. The closing will occur within thirty (30) days after the date of the sale at the Law Offices of Melia & Osol, 16 Harvard Street, Worcester, MA 01609. Other terms to be announced at the sale.

The Mortgagee reserves the right to continue the sale from time to time by public announcement at the time and date of the original or any continued sale. If the highest bidder fails to complete the purchase of the mortgage premises on the terms provided in this notice and in the Memorandum of Sale signed following the auction, then the mortgagee reserves the right to convey the mortgage premises to the second highest bidder at the auction. If the mortgagee exercises that right it will notify the second highest bidder who will then have three (3) days to deliver the deposit specified above to the Mortgagee’s attorney, Law Offices of Melia & Osol, 16 Harvard Street, Worcester, MA 01609, and agree upon a date for delivery of the deed. Premises to be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.

Millbury Federal Credit Union Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys, Law Offices of Melia & Osol, 16 Harvard Street, Worcester, MA 01609 9/7, 9/14, 9/21/17 MSC

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LEGAL NOTICE MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Francis C. Mateer and Geraldine F. Audette to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for First National Bank of Arizona, dated March 21, 2005 and recorded in Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 35941, Page 230 of which mortgage Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee for Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-QA7 is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Services Inc. to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Trustee for RALI 2005QA7 dated August 13, 2009 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 44734, Page 305; assignment from Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Trustee for RALI 2005QA7 to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee for Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-QA6 dated June 26, 2013 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 52066, Page 36 and assignment from Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee for Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-QA6 to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee for Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-QA7 dated October 14, 2015 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 54427, Page 100, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 518 Mendon Road, Sutton, MA 01590 will be sold at a Public Auction at 10:00 AM on October 3, 2017, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: A parcel of land in the southeasterly part of Sutton shown as Lot 10 on a plan entitled “Deer Park Estates” Definitive Subdivision Plan of Land in Sutton, Massachusetts, dated August 8, 1988 by Dunn Engineering Co., Inc., and recorded in Plan Book 614, Plan 19. Beginning at a point on the southerly sideline of Mendon Road at the northeasterly corner of land of Dana Gravison, Inc. shown as Lot 1 on a plan entitled “Plan of Land in Sutton, Massachusetts” dated August 10, 1987 by Andrews Survey & Engineering Inc., said point also being 153.73 feet easterly from the corner of the intersection of the easterly sideline of Bartlett Road and the southerly sideline of Mendon Road, said point also being the northwesterly corner of the parcel of herein described and running; S 82° 29’ 55” E. along the southerly sideline of Mendon Road 9.07 feet to a point; thence S 85° 42’ 29” E along the southerly sideline of Mendon Road 58.59 feet to a point: thence S 85° 41’ 09” E along the southerly sideline of Mendon Road 97.85 feet to a point: thence S 75° 41’ 08” E along the remains of a stone wall and said southerly sideline of Mendon Road 72.00 feet to a point; thence SOUTHEASTERLY along the arc of a curve on the westerly sideline of the proposed Gunstock Road as shown in said “Deer Park Estate” plan having a radius of 30.00 feet of length of 22.68 feet to a point; thence S 57° 37’ 48” W along the northerly side of Lot 11 as shown on said “Deer Park Estates” plan 25.00 feet to a point; thence N 78° 22’ 57” W. along the northerly side of said Lot 11, 99.00 feet to a point: thence S 28° 38’ 31” W. along the westerly side of said Lot 11, 142.80 feet to a point on the northerly line of Lot 12 shown on said definitive plan; thence N 79° 00’ 58” W. along the northerly side of said Lot 12, 99.09 feet to a point at the southeasterly corner of said Lot 1 and the southwesterly corner of the herein described parcel: thence N 13° 00’ 00” E along the easterly side of said Lot 1 shown on said plan of land by Andrews Survey & Engineering, Inc. 138.41 feet to the point of beginning. For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 32949, Page 176. See also deed recorded in said Registry of Deeds in Book 47758, Page 60. The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments and liens, and subject to prior liens or other enforceable encumbrances of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to all tenancies and/or rights of parties in possession. Terms of the Sale: Cash, cashier’s or certified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this requirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of Sale upon acceptance of bid; balance of purchase price payable in cash or by certified check in thirty (30) days from the date of the sale at the offices of mortgagee’s attorney, Korde & Associates, P.C., 900 Chelmsford Street, Suite 3102, Lowell, MA 01851 or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee. The description for the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee for Residential Accredit Loans, Inc., Mortgage Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-QA7 Korde & Associates, P.C., 900 Chelmsford Street, Suite 3102, Lowell, MA 01851 (978) 256-1500 Mateer, Francis C., 16-027669, September 7, 2017, September 14, 2017, September 21, 2017

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www.centralmassclass.com LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Terry W. Jernberg and Linda P. Jernberg to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for, Marathon Mortgage Company, Inc., its successors and assigns, dated November 24, 2003 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 32307, Page 78, as affected by Loan Modification recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 56337, Page 1 subsequently assigned to CitiMortgage, Inc. by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. by assignment recorded in said Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 48918, Page 234 and subsequently assigned to Federal National Mortgage Association by CitiMortgage, Inc. by assignment recorded in said Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 52908, Page 314; of which Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 3:00 PM on September 28, 2017 at 21 Quabbin Path, Sutton, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit: The land with the building thereon in Sutton, Worcester County, Massachusetts shown as Lot 5 on a Plan of Land entitled “Definitive Subdivision Plan of Land for New State Acres in Sutton, Mass., Scale 1” = 40’, Date: February 23, 2000, prepared by Guerriere and Halnon, Inc., Engineering & Land Surveying, 1031 Providence Road, Whitinsville, Mass. 01588” as revised, which plan is recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 758, Plan 21, for which a more particular description can be found.

Said Lot containing 50,888 square feet of land, more or less, as shown on said plan. Together with and subject to the rights of others to use the roads and ways as shown on said plan as roads as typically are used in the Town of Sutton by expressly reserving the fee in the road to the grantor. Being the same premises conveyed to the herein named mortgagor (s) by deed recorded with Worcester Worcester District Registry of Deeds herewith. 32307-76 The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, liens, attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to M.G.L.Ch.183A, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession. TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE. Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale. Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys, ORLANS PC, PO Box 540540 Waltham, MA 02454 Phone: (781) 790-7800 16-008540 09/07, 09/14, 09/21/17 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 October 5, 2017 at 7:40pm on the petition of Galaxy Pass, LLC. The petitioner is requesting a Special Permit as it pertains to III.A.Table 1.

E.4 and E.10 of the Town’s Zoning Bylaws to permit a Medical Clinic and Restaurant Use. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 11 Pleasant Valley Road as shown on Assessors Map #10, Parcel #151. The property is located in the Business-Highway 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 petition should appear at the time and place designated.

Daniel Petrelli Board of Appeals Clerk Filed in the Town Clerk’s Office

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 October 5, 2017 at 7:35pm on the petition of Dennis and Margaret Robbins. The petitioner is requesting a Special Permit as it pertains to II.C (2) (d) of the Town’s Zoning Bylaws to construct a 12’x29’ front deck. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 4 Church Circuit as shown on Assessors Map #16, Parcel #90. The property is located in the Residential 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 petition should appear at the time and place designated.

Daniel Petrelli Board of Appeals Clerk Filed in the Town Clerk’s Office

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 October 5, 2017 at 7:30pm on the petition of Christopher Morin. The petitioner is requesting a Special Permit as it pertains to VI.C of the Town’s Zoning Bylaws to operate a Home Business offering window cleaning and pressure washing services. The property that is the subject of this petition is located at 37 Central Turnpike as shown on Assessors Map #19, Parcel #20. The property is located in the Residential 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 petition should appear at the time and place designated.

Daniel Petrelli Board of Appeals Clerk Filed in the Town Clerk’s Office

ADVERTISEMENT The Worcester Housing Authority, the Awarding Authority, invites sealed bids from Contractors for the Hallyway Upgrades Phase II at 200-2 Curtis Apartments (WHA Job No. 2016-08) for the Worcester Housing Authority in Worcester Massachusetts, in accordance with the documents prepared by Garofalo Design Associates, Inc… The Project consists of: Painting interior stair halls; repairing plaster walls; abating and replacing floor tiles, and replacing limited windows. The work is estimated to cost $ 386,883.25 Bids are subject to M.G.L. c.149 §44A-J & to minimum wage rates as required by M.G.L. c.149 §§26 to 27H inclusive. General bidders must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) in the category of General Building Construction. General Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m., Wednesday October 18, 2017 and publicly opened, forthwith. Filed sub-bids for the trades listed below will be received until Time, 2:00 p.m., Wednesday October 4, 2017 and opened forthwith.

Filed sub-bidders must be DCAMM certified for the trades listed below and bidders must include a current DCAMM Sub-Bidder Certificate of Eligibility and a signed DCAMM Sub-Bidder’s Update Statement.

SUBTRADES: Section 05.50.00 Metal Fabrications Section 08.51.13 Aluminum Windows Section 09.91.23 Interior Painting All Bids should be delivered to: Worcester Housing Authority 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 and received no later than the date & time specified above. General bids and sub-bids shall be accompanied by a bid deposit that is not less than five (5%) of the greatest possible bid amount (considering all alternates), and made payable to the Worcester Housing Authority. Bid Forms and Contract Documents will be available for pick-up at: Worcester Housing Authority website (http://worcester-housing.com/purchasing. html) at no cost. Hard copies will be made available on Wednesday September 13, 2017 at the Worcester Housing Authority, Department of Modernization, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605 and thereafter, Monday thru Friday 8:00 A.M. through 4:30 P.M. Copies of the contract documents may be obtained by depositing $50.00 in the form of a company check, made payable to the Worcester Housing Authority, for each set of documents so obtained. The amount of the deposit will be refunded to each persons who returns the plans, specifications and other documents in good conditions within (10) days after bid opening. Bidders requesting contract documents to be mailed to them should include a separate check in the amount of $40.00 for each set payable to the Worcester Housing Authority to cover mailing and handling costs. There is a plan deposit of $ 50 per set (maximum of 2 sets) payable to the Awarding Authority. Deposits must be a certified or cashier’s check, or money order. This deposit will be refunded for up to two sets for general bidders and for one set for sub-bidders upon return of the sets in good condition within thirty (30) days of receipt of general bids. Otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Awarding Authority. Additional sets may be purchased for $ 50 Bidders requesting Contract Documents to be mailed to them shall include a separate check for $ 40 per set, payable to the Awarding Authority, to cover mail handling costs. General bidders must agree to contract with minority and women business enterprises as certified by the Supplier Diversity Office (SDO), formerly known as SOMWBA. The combined participation goal reserved for such enterprises shall not be less than 10.4% of the final contract price including accepted alternates. See Contract Documents - Article 3 of the Instructions to Bidders.

The job site and/or existing building(s) will be available for inspection at 10:00 A.M. on September 27, 2017 at 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester For an appointment call N/A. The Contract Documents may be seen by electronic media at: Worcester Housing Authority Website - http://worcester-housing.com/purchasing.html Project Dog - www.projectdog.com; Joseph Merrit & Co www.merrittgraphics.com; and CMD (formerly Reed Construction Data) www.cmdgroup.com/Home

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester, SS Probate Court 17E0090PP To William P. Ducharme and Karen A. Ducharme both of Millbury in the County of Worcester and to all other persons interested. A petition has been presented to said Court by Judith A. Taft of Millbury in the County of Worcester representing that she hold as tenant in common undivided part or share of certain land lying in Millbury in said County Worcester and briefly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the westerly side of John F. Kennedy Memorial Drive at Lot #14 on said plan; Being the same premises conveyed to Robert F. Taft and Judith A. Taft by deed of Harry A. Brennan and Mary A. Brennan dated May 25, 1982, and recorded with the Worcester Registry of Deeds in Book 7474, Page 299. See also: Conveyance of Common Title by Grantor, Judith A. Taft to Grantee(s) Judith A. Taft, a one-half undivided interest as an individual, reserving a life estate, and as a tenant in common with William P. Ducharme and Karen A. Ducharme, a one-half undivided interest as husband and wife, tenants by the entirely, dated July 5, 2016 recorded with the Worcester County Registry of Deeds in book 39351 at page 287. Setting forth that she desires that all the aforesaid described part of said land may be sold at private sale for not less than $300,000.00 dollars, and praying that partition may be made of all the land aforesaid according go law, and to that end that a commissioner be appointed to make such partition and to be ordered to make sale and conveyance of all, or any part of said land which the Court finds cannot be advantageously divided either at private-sale or public auction, and be ordered to distribute the net proceeds thereof. If you desire to object thereto you and your attorney should file a written appearance in said Court at Worcester before ten o’clock in the forenoon on the third day of October 2017., the return day of this citation. Witness, Leilah A. Keamy, Esquire First Judge of said Court, this fifth day of September 2017.

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Two minutes with...

Brian Hamilton

Brian Hamilton is the director of healthcare and life sciences at Consigli Construction. Hamilton was selected for this new position in April as a product of Consigli’s intense focus on the innovation economy.

Consigli was founded in 1905 as a masonry contractor, and is presently in its fourth generation of family ownership. Consigli prides itself on maintaining accessible leadership for clients and employees alike.

The company is recognized by the Boston Business Journal as the second-largest construction company in Massachusetts and by Engineering News-Record as one of the 100-largest in the country. Consigli generates $1 billion in volume, annually. In a press release issued at the time of Hamilton’s appointment, Consigli shared, “As director, Hamilton will lead a specialized team dedicated to maintaining the company’s standard of excellence and reputation as a partner with leaders in the life sciences and health care industries throughout the entire New England region including Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut.” Nearly six months later, Hamilton has risen to the challenge, keeping pace with the life science boom. He is currently immersed in revolutionizing patient rooms at UMass Medical Center.

Consigli contends that attracting the best and brightest talent requires facilities that are technologically advanced, built to standards of medical precision, and flexible enough to support their evolving needs and future growth.” Hamilton continues to make that vision a reality. He is a native of Auburn, Massachusetts.

What is your personal history with the city of Worcester? I graduated from

Worcester Polytechnic Institute with my undergraduate degree in 1988 and went back and got my master’s in Manufacturing Engineering in 1997. I’m a board member of the American Red Cross of Central Massachusetts and have worked at Consigli Construction, a Milford-based company, for 20 years.

What does your personal career path look like at Consigli? I’ve been here for 20 years and been treated very well by Consigli. I started as a project manager, working on Worcester-based projects that included clients Reliant, UMass Memorial Medical Center, AbbVie and WPI. In April, I took

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on a new challenge when I was named director of healthcare and life sciences. I oversee the day-to-day development of all projects in these two industries, companywide.

How has the company grown since you started 20 years ago? The growth over

the last 20 years has been remarkable.

We have opened seven regional offices stretching from Maine to Washington, D.C. as well as expanding our headquarters in Milford with a brand new building that we opened earlier this year. We now have more than 800 employees and upwards of $1 billion in annual volume. We have expanded our roots, while maintaining our core competencies as a true builder with more than 350 skilled carpenters, laborers and masons on staff.

What specific challenges have you faced in trying to rejuvenate the city of Worcester?

Worcester is important to Consigli. It is where we started and where our roots Can you explain your unique goals at Consigli remain. We are currently the largest commercial contractor in Central as a construction management firm?

Consigli is the perfect blend of generations Massachusetts. We believe in the vitality of Worcester and have worked with some of experience paired with innovation. amazing clients like WPI, the Mercantile We were founded in 1905 in Milford.

Center and UMass Medical Center to Consigli has remained true to our core values rooted in a passion for building and enhance the vibrancy of the city. We accountability. I’m proud to be part of this are also very active in the Worcester community supporting many Central team and the incredible work we do on a Massachusetts-based charities and nondaily basis. profits including Working For Worcester, among others.

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Can you share a brief anecdote about one of your recent projects to illustrate your continued commitment to Worcester? We

recently completed work at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, which had acquired the New England School of Acupuncture. The program, which is located adjacent to the CitySquare complex in Worcester, occupies a newly-renovated, turn-of-thecentury telephone company building. The project was a complete renovation of the five-story building.

What can you tell us about your work at UMass Medical Center? We are in the

midst of a multiyear project with UMass Memorial Health Center. We are proud to be working with a client who is making such an investment in their patients, their community, their people and their future.

Our work includes patient rooms with modern finishes and décor, state-of-the art beds, patient lifts and designated family and staff zones.

Do you still frequent any of your favorite spots from your days as a WPI student?

I was actually at The Boynton on Saturday night.

– Sarah Connell

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