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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2018

VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 46

Walsh Inauguration Sets Inspirational Tone

The 2018 “L Street Brownies” Polar Plunge

By Richard Campbell

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he jewel that is the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre provided a polished backdrop to an eloquent occasion: the inauguration of Martin Walsh as a second term mayor of Boston.

From the opening call to order to the closing, the event ran flawlessly, and signified not only Martin Walsh’s ascendency as a time tested mayor, but the preeminence of historical and contemporary Boston among cities in our nation. There were charm filled moments (such as when students from the David Ellis Elementary School gave the pledge of allegiance, jostling amongst themselves for the limelight), or when the Morning Star Baptist Church Sanctuary Chorale raised the rafters and spirits. But it was most importantly, a celebration of democracy. If this could be

by Rick Winterson

Mayor Martin Walsh takes the oath of office. remembered as one of the coldest New Year’s in recent history, the unmistakable warmth of heart and good will in the house sent out a message of powerful belief in the future of Boston. continued on page 4

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he budding Year of 2018 brought some changes to the Annual L Street Brownies’ Polar Plunge.

This year’s Plunge took place through the Curley Community Center’s entrance on the M Street instead of the K Street entrance, which had been used in recent years. Also, the high tide was early this New Year’s Day, so the 2018 Polar Plunge was set for a comparatively early 9 a.m. And then there were the prevailing temperatures and breeze – again, not unknown at past Plunges – but certainly extremely frigid. continued on page 8

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Finding Our Way Home in 2018

By Mayor Martin J. Walsh To all Bostonians: happy new year, and may 2018 bring you happiness and health in Boston.

As we enter into the new year, I’m grateful for the people of Boston -- I continue to be inspired by our residents’ big hearts and deep love of community.

2018 brings a new year in Boston, and it also marks inauguration for myself, and for the Boston City Council. I’m humbled by the opportunity to serve a second term as Mayor of Boston. Inaugurations are often a time for celebrations and special events across the city. This year, to mark my second inauguration as Mayor of Boston, I wanted to do something really special -- and different. Something that really brings us together as a city.

As Bostonians, we know that the thing we love celebrating most is our spirit, our resilience, and each other. It’s what makes Boston, our city, our home.

The City of Boston, Pine Street Inn, and Bank of America are partnering on a new campaign

-- The Boston’s Way Home Fund.

This new initiative will raise $10 million in private funds to create 200 units of permanent, supportive housing over the next four years. These units will be for formerly homeless individuals, who will now have a lasting home in Boston.

Boston is a compassionate and caring city that looks out for one another as neighbors.

We are committed to making

sure that every person in our city has a place to call their home and build a better life.

We’ve made great strides these past few years in ending homelessness: we ended chronic veterans homelessness and we’re now on our way to ending all chronic homelessness. This fund brings us even closer to that reality.

I want to thank the donors who have helped kick us off the

fund -- and I hope residents and organizations throughout Boston will join us in this effort. No gift is too small.

As Mayor, people often ask me what they can do to help.

Today my answer is -- learn more about Boston’s plan to end chronic homelessness, keep supporting your neighbors and community, and consider becoming involved in the Boston’s Way Home Fund.

Since January of 2016, 425 chronically homeless individuals have been housed, representing more than 3,000 years of homelessness ended. This year, we’re hoping you can be a partner and advocate, and help increase that number even further.

I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to lead our city for four more years. Working together, we will make sure every member of our community knows they belong right here in Boston -- right at home.

Thank you, and happy New Year.

Gatey CYO Basketball in South Boston

New Year’s Eve: The day before Ed Flynn’s swearing-in as the newly elected District 2 City Councilor, he’s coaching the Gate of Heaven Basketball Team at South Boston’s Police Athletic League Gym. His Assistant Coach is Ed’s Dad, Ray Flynn.

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Councilor Ed Flynn Celebrates New Year

by Rick Winterson

Ed Flynn threw a gala party on New Year’s Day afternoon.

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nd why not? New Year’s Day is a day to celebrate, no matter who you are, where you are, or why you’re celebrating. Another new year has been rung in, 2018 most recently. The world-famous L Street Brownies’ Polar Plunge had taken place that morning, despite bitter-cold weather.

If anyone needed another reason, it was even the Seventh Day of Christmas (“Seven swans a-swimming …”).

Also, Mayor Marty Walsh had been inaugurated to his second term in office as the Mayor of the City of Boston on New Year’s morning.

An eloquent ex-Vice President Joe Biden keynoted this occasion.

Which brings us to Ed, who is now formally known as District 2 City Councilor Edward Flynn. Ed had won the District 2 City Council seat in November; he was sworn

City Councilor Flynn with his proud family – Kristen, Stephen, Caroline. in on New Year’s morning, along with the Mayor. It was joyful occasion for all of Ed’s supporters.

As a small measure of Ed’s gratitude for the support he received, he threw the afternoon party mentioned above at Amrhein’s.

It was a spirited, elbow-to-elbow crowd, who enjoyed this party and Ed’s official assumption of office hugely.

About halfway through the party, Ed took the floor to make a few remarks. He spoke in an impromptu fashion from notes, so there is no official reprint of his speech. But the key points he made included the opioid/drug crisis that is now afflicting Boston (during his campaign, Ed had

supported re-opening Long Island as a treatment facility) and the extraordinary pace pf development in District 2.

Ed’s remarks reflected his innate humility and his desire to serve He made a special point of promising to work with every precinct in District 2, whether or not voters from those precincts had supported him – “My office door will always be open to everyone in my district.”

The biggest single portion of Ed’s speech was devoted to his profound thanks for all of the support and effort his campaign received.

His extended family, along with his immediate family of his wife Kristen and his children Caroline and Stephen, had spent countless hours on his campaign since early in 2017. The varied, diverse groups of campaign workers who came to his party clearly demonstrated the wide-ranging support that Ed’s campaign had generated.

It was a Happy New Year event, indeed!

A Warm, Heartfelt Thanks From KEVIN CONROY and the SCLERODERMA FOUNDATION For 10+ years of support during the Annual L Street Brownies’ Polar Plunge…

Especially to the patrons of the L Street Tavern and the members of the 103rd Postal Fire Column Pipes and Drums!

Constituents from all over District 2 helped Councilor Ed Flynn celebrate.

A HAPPY 2018 TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE HELPED! For anyone who would like to donate: Please Make checks payable to: Scleroderma Polar Plunge c/o Kevin Conroy 169 W 8th Street So. Boston, MA 02127

Online at: www.scleroderma.org/taketheplunge Young Braeden checks off guests at Ed Flynn’s celebration.

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Inauguration...

with 10 million privately to create 200 units of permanent housing for the homeless over the next four years, simultaneously announcing a quarter million-dollar donation already secured from Bank of America. He pledged a challenge to Boston as a city of firsts, to become the first American city to end chronic homelessness in its midst.

The mayor’s confidence in Boston was ebullient and refreshing after a cold new year. Reminiscent of speeches once given by John Kennedy, the mayor’s rhetoric took flight in his conclusions.

In closing mayor Walsh said:

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There is no doubt that ritual in these events sustains a certain faith in city government in and of itself. Emerson College president, M. Lee Pelton opened with warm remembrances of his long standing relationship to the mayor, praising Mr. Walsh’s dedication to education and the city. The presentation of the colors, the pledge allegiance, and national anthem all gave a certain pride-filled solemnity. We begin to hear the underpinning of a particular civic theme of hope and opportunity which would return throughout the ceremony, fairly resonated in the opening prayers of Reverend Joseph White of St. Joseph’s Catholic Churchwords that were later cemented in presentations by the mayor and former vice president Joe Biden.

The very presence of Joe Biden for the Democratic faithful elevated the occasion, adding grace, humility, humor, and a certain verve. Biden immediately recognized all the attending local officials, from Charlie Baker to Michael Capuano, and cracked warm-wise about Stephen Lynch and his old friend Ray Flynn. The distinguishing feature of his remarks was how he seemed to include everyone in the Boston circle from city councilors, and singled out Associate Justice Kimberly Budd for special commendation. He gave warm thanks to Attorney General Maura Healey for remembering his son Beau, and reminisced fondly about being in audience with the Pope by the side of Ambassador Flynn- including clever jokes about police escorts to Italian restaurants.

Joe Biden began his comments about mayor Walsh by frankly stating he “believed Mayor Walsh is one of the very best mayors in the entire country”, and called mayor Walsh “a man of extraordinary character, at a moment when we need more character, and incredible courage… you know this is a man without a phony bone in his body.”

Biden enumerated the things Martin Walsh learned early in life, through childhood cancer and chemo, overcoming addiction to alcohol, and struggling growing up in the city as “things that

Mayor Walsh’s swears in members of the City Council in unison. can’t be learned in a book.” The most resounding part of Biden’s acknowledgements were directed to the mayor’s humility for others in life’s struggles. “This is a man, a mayor, who will never forget where he came from… who believes that every single man, woman and child deserves to be treated with dignity.” Biden spoke the narrative of the poor and outcast: “Can I beat my problem? Can I get my life back on track? Will anyone believe in me? Will anyone give me a second chance?” As he reminded the audience of the value of having a mayor who understands fully the need for people to be given opportunities in life, this humanist discussion led into praise for mayor Walsh’s well known courage in the protection of the working poor, and immigrants struggling to become Americans. The theme of possibilities for the middle class, the importance of honesty in civic life, and how to deal with tough issues, was stressed as ever more importantgiven the situation in Washington.

It is no secret that Joe Biden loves Boston and finds affinity with audiences here. In summarizing how incredible Boston is, and the unique values the city owns through its trials and accomplishments, he said to resounding applause: “Boston still owns the finish line.”

When Boston City Clerk, Maureen Feeney, (who had been keeping the agenda on cue throughout), read the official certification of the election, and introduced those who would witness the Oath of Office with the

mayor, civic pride turned to official solemnity. Kimberly S. Budd, Massachusetts Supreme Court Associate Justice, was joined on one side of the stage with the 47th Vice president, Joe Biden, mayor Walsh’s mother, Mary Walsh, and his partner Lorrie Higgins. With all the city councilors behind them, the mayor was sworn in and signed official documents.

The mayor’s inaugural address began shortly after the city council members were sworn to their offices-in unison- by the mayor.

Mayor Walsh began his comments after thanking all those before him for their kind words and service, and pledged love to his family and Lorrie Higgins. He thanked all the elected officials in attendance, and in particular, the city first responders who have been battling the cold to keep the city safe. He made tributes to city councilors, business people, teachers, students, veterans, and citizens in the city. He began with his accomplishments of 5,000 new homes, and the commitment to a new regional housing plan for moderate income homes, public, and senior housing. He mentioned the forced closing of the Long Island Bridge, and pledged to rebuild and open care for the homeless, and a newly remodeled addiction recovery campus. He distinguished between homelessness and the opioid crisis, and dedicated comprehensive efforts to resolve these separate complex problems. He pledged a new campaign Boston’s Way Home Fund

“From around the world and across our nation people look to Boston for hope, for opportunity, for a chance to build a better life.

They make Boston their home…”

“Today we take another step forward together, mindful of our history as a city of purpose and progress, optimistic about our future, and determined to fulfill a vision that grows with each generation… We are more than a city on a hill with the eyes of the world upon us. We are a city built by all the people of the world, as they turn hunger into hope, crisis into recovery, conflict into community. We are a city of neighborhoods that care, a city of second chances, a city of learning and healing, a city of current day creativity. We are one of the greatest cities of the world, and after four centuries our greatest days are yet to come.” By the time the Reverend Liz Walker recited a spirited benediction, the audience was truly ready to sing “God Bless America.”

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Congratulations at the Mayor’s Party

Mayor Walsh must have been exhausted by the time the after party rolled around, but true to form, he showed up and took pictures with attendents. The party held at The Park Plaza was a catered lunch in the ballroom, with ample refreshments prepared by the chefs of the hotel. South Boston Online ran into the entire Flynn family, and talked with former mayor Ray Flynn, who seemed to be enjoying meeting with friends from the his Boston Marathon Days-namely Thomas S. Grilk, the CEO of the organiztion. Senator Linda Dorcena Forry was on hand to wish the mayor well, as well as other state officials, and some of us plain old citizens! Photography by Richard Campbell

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emperatures hovered in single digits, just above 0 degrees F. The breeze, although fairly mild, lowered the wind chill to well below zero. This was responsible for some local Plungers giving the 2018 event a pass this year. But several hundred Plungers – perhaps as many as 500 or so – showed up, one of them all the way from Oregon.

However, that was a significantly low turnout, when compared to well over

1,000 on January 1, 2017. In fact, Mayor Walsh, who was inaugurated just an hour after this year’s Plunge, had originally asked the L Street Brownies to call it off. The Brownies respectfully but firmly declined.

Kevin Conroy’s last Plungerelated gathering, to raise money for scleroderma research, took place earlier at the L Street Tavern. The Plungers from the Tavern marched to the Curley Center to join the main body of L Street Brownies’ Polar Plungers, arriving just before 9 a.m.

The beach looked bleak, to say the least. What appeared to be low sand dunes were actually drifted snowbanks that had been lightly covered with blowing sand. Salt water ice formed in unexpected places, including where the actual Plunge took place..

Tommy McAuliffe blew “Charge!” on his bass horn. The yellow tape dropped. The 2018 Plungers, many in outlandish costumes, ran into the oncoming tide. Most slipped on submerged ice that had formed overnight. Everyone turned around

immediately to regain the shore and dry off as quickly as possible. Even though the water was measurably warmer than the surrounding air, the below-zero wind chills meant “get warm FAST!” The 2018 Brownies’ Plunge lasted from a few minutes before 9 a.m. till just about 9:05. Everyone recovered safely.

After the 2018 L Street Brownies’ Polar Plunge, many of the 2018 Plungers returned to the L Street Tavern to continue Kevin Conroy’s last scleroderma fundraiser.

Plans are already afoot for next year’s Polar Plunge. Stay tuned.

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Barbara Signor: 2018 Parade Chief Marshal

A beaming Barbara Signor is introduced as the 2018 Parade Chief Marshal by Allied War Veterans Commander Dave Falvey at the November Veterans’ Social.

by Rick Winterson Let it first be said that interviewing Barbara Signor and then writing a Spotlight article about her is not only easy, it’s a real pleasure. Barbara is a Marine, a professional caregiver, a skilled volunteer, a tireless veterans’ worker, a devoted single mother of three, and most especially, she’s a good and cheerful soul. Who could ask for a better subject? Not South Boston Online, for certain.

Barbara’s children are named Joseph, Thaddeus, and Medora.

Her extended family includes her father and mother, Ignatius and Maria Majchrzak, along with her two sisters Christina and Romualda, and her brother

Peter. She is truly devoted to them all, as well as being a kind, faithful friend to many others.

After graduating from Girls Trade High School, Barbara worked in Washington, D.C., for the Jeff Graham family; Graham was employed by then Secretary of State Dean Acheson. As soon as Barbara came of age (during the Korean Conf lict), she enlisted in the Woman Marines.

More about this later, but she has been devoted to military veterans’ causes ever since then.

Her 25 years of service in caregiving includes 11 years at South Boston’s Laboure Center, where Barbara taught knitting and crocheting, ran discussion groups on marital difficulties, and became certified as an alcohol abuse counselor. She then spent 14 years as a Nurse’s Aide – two at Marian Manor followed by twelve on the night shift at St. Margaret’s Hospital (Dorchester) on the cancer f loor.

Her specific assignments ran the complete gamut of Nurse’s Aide’s duties – emergency room, infant care, taking vital signs, patient care, and so on.

Barbara’s many accomplishments don’t stop there. She is just two courses shy of completing her Bachelor’s Degree at UMASS Boston. She’s

a lifetime member of both the Woman Marine Association and the Saunders Post (AL #383), and was President of the former and Treasurer of the latter. She teaches knitting and crocheting at the Ollie/ Senior Center, and taught CCD classes in South Boston parishes for over 40 years. As of this Christmas, over in the Design Center, she completed 20 years volunteering at Toys for Tots.

This writer was present when Barbara’s elevation to 2018 Parade Chief Marshal was announced at the Veterans Social last November 13. She beamed.

She’s only the third woman so honored - the first in 25 years. “I am truly honored,” she said, “As a veteran myself, I feel strongly about celebrating Evacuation

Day.” She then added that people have to realize how passionate St. Patrick was about all of the work he did during his lifetime.

A month later, Barbara was photographed with Mayor Walsh while she was volunteering at Toys for Tots, and then later, just after teaching a knitting/crocheting session at the Senior Center.

When asked about all of her community efforts, Barbara turned the compliment aside by mentioning the example of Sr. Maryadele at Laboure, as well as two friends, Helen Hurley and Mary Orton, who not only taught her knitting, but were also loving, genteel ladies who successfully raised large families.

You’ll hear more about Barbara Signor as Parade Day approaches (Sunday, March 18).

Mayor Marty Walsh gives Barbara Signor a Christmas greeting, to thank Barbara for all her volunteer work at Toys for Tots.

Become a South Boston Community Health Center Youth Ambassador!

The South Boston Community Health Center is pleased to announce that the first Youth Ambassadors meeting of the spring semester will be held Tuesday January 16 at 5:30 p.m. The location of the meeting is the South Boston Community Health Center – Dental and Eye Care building, 386 West Broadway 2nd floor. Youth ages 12 – 16 are encouraged to come to the meeting to learn more about becoming a Youth Ambassador.

Established in 2005, the Youth Ambassadors are a group of teens that make a difference in South Boston by engaging in community service work, peer health education, special events and public art projects. The Youth Ambassador meetings are held every Tuesday. In 2018 the Youth Ambassadors will be involved in a wide variety of activities and trainings designed to promote living a healthy and prosperous life.

Applications to become a Youth Ambassador will be accepted for two weeks, at the January 16th and 23rd meetings.

Pizza will be served!

If you would like more information about the Youth Ambassadors program please contact Linda Doran (617)464-7463 or Erica Tanen (617) 464-5871 at the South Boston Community Health Center.

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South Boston Catholic Academy News Submitted by: Jamie Brown

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outh Boston Catholic Academy has done a great deal of reflection on practice this year in order to ensure that they are providing rigorous, standards aligned instruction through learning experiences that are both authentic and deeply connected to the world around them.

We know that the foundation for learning begins with having strong relationships with teachers and peers.

At SBCA, teachers thoughtfully create cohesive classroom communities using the principles of Responsive Classroom.

Daily, as a school community, we join together in prayer. Once a week, we come together for a whole school morning meeting where we practice greeting one another, sharing about ourselves, acknowledging the accomplishments of students. We know that this whole school practice, combined with the Responsive Classroom work in the classroom, provides an environment where students are able to work and learn collaboratively.

After the foundation is set and the environment for learning is built, we know how important it is to provide students with learning that is similarly authentic and connected. Our Early

Childhood Program, in partnership with the Lynch Early Childhood Project, provides experiences for students to learn through play. Each unit of study includes several center based activities that share a theme or story. For example, in a unit of “Things that Grow” students plant seeds, look closely at seeds and dirt, read books about things that grow and change, and even pretend to operate a Flower Shop! Our Early Childhood program seeks to provide students with opportunities to approach tasks with an inventive and inquisitive nature.

In grades K2-6, our Literacy Program, in collaboration with Lesley UniversityandTheLiteracyCollaborative, seeks to establish an authentic love of reading and writing in all of our students.

Through workshop model experiences, students explore text in a way that engages them as readers. Students participate in read alouds to make note of text structure, reading groups and book clubs to share and discuss text with peers and independent reading where they can apply their learning. Additionally, students work in writing workshop to practice being authors of their own stories, In the upper grades, instruction of English/Language Arts and Social Studies, as well as religion, have been rethought to be more integrated and

thoughtful in order to promote student of community. Students study their understanding. Units of study around faith, as well as act out their faith through the American Revolution and regions of monthly masses and celebrations of the United States are improved through holy days and the liturgical seasons.

We continue to root our faith in service the use of more primary sources and text versus the traditional textbook. and kindness towards others. Students at SBCA continually seek to help the Study and learning in the sciences world around them, and has lead several and mathematics has been bolstered by shifting our thinking towards more service projects this year including a School Supply Drive for victims of STEM education, and thinking of how we can integrate science, technology, Hurricane Harvey, as well as drives engineering and mathematics in a supporting Breast Cancer Awareness, way that helps students make sense of DIPG Awareness and donations to local the world around them. Students in food pantries at Thanksgiving and The grade 6 recently created a “Christmas Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Village” that asked students to construct “A Bed for Every Child” at Christmas.

We look forward to highlighting gingerbread houses from nets and then our student learning during Catholic calculate various aspects of their structure, including finding volume as well as Schools Week, where students calculating surface area. Through our will present their Utopian Society projects as well as participate in work with Engineering is Elementary and our annual Science Showcase on the Museum of Science, students in grade January 31st. Our Open House will 3 have been learning about technology around them and collaborating to on also be held on January 31st from the design and construction of magnetic 9-1. For additional information about South Boston Catholic levitation trains. SBCA continues to utilizes innovative technology to Academy, please visit their website at www.sbcatholicacademy.org or further student learning, including 3D call 617-268-2326. If you cannot printers and virtual reality headsets. make our Open House, but would SBCA continues to acknowledge how important it is for the study of our like a tour, please join us on “Tour Tuesdays” every Tuesday at 9:00.

Catholic faith to be deeply rooted in the world around us as well as build a sense

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING

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PROJECT PROPONENT: Fan Pier Development, LLC PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The BPDA will be hosting a Public Meeting to discuss the Notice of Project Change and Second Amendment to the Development Plan for the Fan Pier Development, Planned Development Area No. 54 submitted by Fan Pier Development, LLC to the Boston Planning & Development Agency on December 18th, 2017.

As part of the Public Involvement Process for the site at 900 East First Street, Massport will host a public information meeting about the remediation and assessment activities for this site. The site is tracked by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) under Release Tracking Number (RTN) 3-00257. The purpose of this meeting is to provide information on the continued cleanup of the site pursuant to the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP).

The meeting will be held in the Senior Lunch Room of the Curley Community Center located at 1663 Columbia Road, South Boston, on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 7:00 PM. Please use the M Street entrance.

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Copies of the assessment and remediation documents are available for review at the South Boston Public Library and MassDEP, Northeast Regional Office, 205B Lowell Street, Wilmington, MA 01876 or on-line at http://public.dep.state.ma.us/wsc_viewer/.

Interested parties may also submit written questions or concerns to James Stolecki at Massport’s Environmental Management Unit Office, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, MA 02128 or by e-mail at jstolecki@massport.com.

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Celebrate FPTC Tenth on the Eleventh

A poster depicts an original FPTC performance piece, “Threw the Keyhole”, at AMP (Art Market Provincetown) last summer - out of the keyhole came themes, improv, emotions, you name it.

“FPTC” is the acronym for the “Fort Point Theatre Channel”, which has arrived at its Tenth Anniversary. You are invited to join us in celebrating this landmark year by coming to FPTC’s Tenth Anniversary gala Thursday evening, January 11, from 5 to 8 p.m. The party will be at 15 Channel Center in Fort Point (one block off A Street). And you know what? It’s blessedly free.

by Rick Winterson Ten years ago, Mark Warhol and Marc Miller co-founded the Fort Point Theatre Channel, usually abbreviated to “FPTC”.

Mark Warhol is a well-regarded contemporary composer, who resides in Gloucester.

Marc Miller was a theater major at MIT and has worked on numerous freelance arts projects. As its Co-artistic Director/Producer, Miller has overseen both the administrative and artistic aspects of FPTC during its first decade.

FPTC is best described as an artists’ cooperative – 23 of them, loosely organized, focused upon the individual strengths of individual artists, and most important, experimental in nature, both in its essence and in the details of its actual productions. As Marc Miller puts it, the FPTC’s working motto could be, “Sounds OK to us. Let’s do it!” So now it’s time to celebrate a decade of “doing it”! Please reserve the evening of January 11, a Thursday.

Bring nothing but yourself.

This brings us to Christine

Noah, originally from Louisville and a graduate of Davidson College (Davidson, NC, near Charlotte) with degrees in Theater and English. Christine resides in Cambridge and is affiliated with A.R.T. (American Repertory Theatre) as well as FPTC. Her most recent endeavor with FPTC was directing August Strindberg’s “Ghost Sonata”, which he wrote late in his life (1907), and which is regarded as a “classic of classics”. It was introduced to the U.S. in Provincetown by Eugene O’Neill. Christine used modern social media in her staging of “Ghost Sonata”, to emphasize the multitude of contemporaneous layers in Strindberg’s work.

Christine has now assumed the administrative responsibilities for FPTC that Marc Miller handled so well during FPTC’s first decade. She will establish a more formal Board of Directors, along with setting up artistic, advisory, and developmental groups within FPTC. That’ll be a challenging organizational task.

Say “hello” to Christine on the 11th; watch for a Spotlight article on her in a future issue of Online.

So let’s return to our intro line: You are invited, encouraged, and even passionately urged to plan on attending the FPTC’s free Tenth Anniversary gala at 15 Channel Center on January

11, 5 to 8 p.m. – music by the Carney Band, featuring Peter Tork (of the Monkees); spoken word/film/exhibits; with food and drink compliments of local establishments. Please RSVP to 800.838.3006. Or just show up on January 11. Local theater lives – and it’ll be alive and well in 2018

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In the event of a blizzard, FPTC’s Tenth Party will move from the 11th to January 18. Your car’s sticker will work in Fort Point but parking is very tight there – 15 Channel Center is only a five-minute walk from Broadway Station, so maybe you should consider public transport.

In any case, see you there!

The FPTC Carny Band features Peter Tork (center, of the Monkees).

Christine Noah will take on FPTC’s administration from Founder Marc Miller. They are on the set of Strindberg’s “Ghost Sonata”, a recent FPTC production.

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