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olitics and art have always been connected: Picasso’s “Guernica” and Diego Rivera’s communist murals in the Rockefeller Center are just two examples of art sticking it to the man. But sometimes the politics that art is supposed to rail against integrates itself into the art scene, especially when there’s money involved.

This week’s cover story has Worcester Mag contributor Brian Goslow looking at how each of the many arts groups in the city differs, competes and plays politics with art. Some of these groups are looking to change how art is commissioned, made and seen in the city, and all have contributed greatly to the scene, but with so much overlap in mission statements and disorganization within the ranks, the politics involved may change the art more than the art may change the politics.

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May 6 - 12, 2010 ■ Volume 35, Number 35

Higher and better use?

What’s better for downtown: a half-empty hotel or a tax-exempt non-profit?

Jeremy Shulkin

stream we need so badly in the city right now.”

17-year-old fan gets tasered after n a time when everyone is focused For Proko and Re/Max realtor Tony running on the field at a Phillies’ game. on revenue, budget deficits and Economou, the process raised some Let that be a lesson to you rowdy the potential hike in taxes, — a questions about efforts to find a fullyTornado’s fans. -1 fixation on money (where it comes taxable organization to move in, with from and where it goes) — is inevitable. Proko asking for some kind of review WoMag’s Best Of Worcester Event The April 28 announcement that the before a property is sold to a non-profit. a rousing success at the Central Rock Massachusetts College of Pharmacy Economou agrees. “Would it be a plus Climbing Gym! Thanks to all who came! (MCPHS) purchased the receivershipin the area? Absolutely. But did the city +4 bound Crowne Plaza Hotel, came the give it its best shot to find an alternative morning after City Manager Michael to that site?” Economou muses.

Snow flurries last week, 80 degrees O’Brien’s 2011 budget proposal called Tim McGourthy, the City’s director this week. Ahhh, New England in the for dipping into the city’s $12 million of economic development, says that in Spring. 0 dollar tax levy, raising taxes to garner this case it was a private transaction, $2 million dollars. and government had no authority in Hazardous materials found while Naturally, when the non-profit school controlling the sale. He also pointed renovating Crompton park pool, and the bought the hotel for 16.8 million, out that the hotel hadn’t announced targeted July 1 opening reliant on nice effectively removing about $420,000 publically they were looking to sell, and weather. See above. -2 from the city’s tax roll (or about an was not aware of any conversations eighth of the proposed tax hike) worry with any other buyers.

The Mayor of Wormtown, LB Worm, set in that the property should remain in City officials say without MCPHS gets front page treatment and a 30 private, for-profit hands. nothing might have filled in the second video spot on Narragansett’s “I definitely am concerned, at a time building. “This would have effectively website, in which he pledges to drink 65 when we’re struggling,” says Beth Proko been a vacant property,” says Ford, who cases of ‘Gansett this year. A lofty but of Worcester Citizens for Business, who notes that options really came down to reachable goal. +2 estimates the building’s tax value at a “closed vacant building in the middle closer to $480,000 after all is said and of the city” versus a “thriving” building City Manager wants to dip into the done. “That’s really a lot of money to that doesn’t pay full taxes. $12 tax levy to the tune of $2 million for say that we don’t need.”

“If MCPHS didn’t step up at this street and sidewalk repairs. There ain’t Even William Ford, the City Assessor, time you’d have a piece of property no easy way out. -2 noted that losing the Crowne Plaza languishing there for quite sometime,” removes a good chunk of change from says William Kelleher oif Kelleher and Worcester boxer Edwin Rodriguez the city.

Sadowsky Associates, Inc., a local wins with a KO in Chicago in six rounds, “You’re talking about a lot of commercial real estate firm, who essentially lasting six rounds longer revenue,” he notes. “There’s a believes that it could’ve taken up to five than his previous fight, a KO after only considerable amount of revenue to make years to find another suitor.

47 seconds. +1 up.”

But what kind of effect will this have Grace Ross pushes a last-ditch effort in the long run? Massachusetts College to get enough signatures to face Deval of Pharmacy agreed to pay the first Patrick in the primary. She might be a full year of taxes and then 20% of the longshot, but a primary is good for any tax value each succeeding year, but to party. -1 Proko, “that’s still a huge amount of money we’re not receiving.”

Public college tuition fees set to Proko makes it clear that she believes rise, because college isn’t expensive the colleges in the city create a lot enough. -3 of opportunity, and admits “I see the benefit of having students downtown This week: -2 too,” but she would have preferred to Last week: +1 see the parcel stay in its current use.

Year to date: +10 “[It’s] disappointing that it wasn’t looked at to be picked up by another hotel,” she says, calling it “a bit of a possibly missed opportunity to get somebody in to continue that revenue

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But as “highest and best use” is a sort of buzz phrase in city governments around the country, the potential to have a whole new demographic downtown has many optimistic, even if they admit that the tax loss won’t be tangibly made up in the short term.

“No question that’s a big chunk,” says. “Nevertheless, over time there will be spin offs that will make up for that.

You can’t just count dollars and cents.”

“From an economic development perspective, I think this is a really good thing,” offers McGourthy. “The biggest impact would be on retail and services in the area,” he adds, using students walking to and from class up and down Main St. as catalysts for “spin-off growth.”

In fact, the area might benefit from MCPHS’ plan for student housing on 10 Lincoln Street. According to MCPHS president Charlie Monahan, three floors of the hotel will be leased out to house 242 students. The school hopes to increase enrollment to 1,000 students in two years, and expand to 2,000 students living downtown in five years. Their new digs at the Crowne Plaza will also bring in 200 jobs. (Currently, he says the hotel employs 100 workers, most of whom are part-time.)

While the DCU Center may miss having a hotel right next door, McGourthy points out that the Hampton Inn on Summer Street and the Hilton

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{ citydesk } Leasing Main Street Is it all just a little bit of history repeating?

Lauren McShane

concerns, “mainly, if the least has to be transferred,� he said.

This was the loudest concern at last week’s Main South CDC meeting, which was organized for residents to get a better understanding of the proposed plan for the now vacant lot. Tentatively named The Gardener’s Grill, owner David Fullerton (who is also owner and manager of Acoustic Java) plans to open a vegetarian restaurant that will be “another space for sociability and nourishment in a struggling neighborhood,� as he describes it.

The layout of The Gardener’s Grill would include a book nook, a possible space for live folk music and a tea bar. “[We want to] take a previously successful location and update it and offer the city of Worcester another healthful alternative,� Fullerton said.

He plans to serve unique and organic alcoholic cocktails, but mitigates that

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ith a proposal in the works to open The Gardener’s Grill at 912-914 Main Street, nearby residents are having flashbacks to the lot’s sordid history, and drawing attention to the neighborhood’s vulnerability.

These fears are certainly justified, but they could be preventing a potential business from opening.

For years now, the lot that once housed Al & Harry’s has been vacant, and a string of previous establishments, namely Scarlett O’Hara’s and The Barfly, systematically traumatized the neighborhood each time the lease transferred from bar to bar. Steve Teasdale, executive director of the Main South Community Development Corporation, explains that residents feel the restaurant would be “an asset to the area� but they still have

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“drinks won’t be the chief driver of revenue.� Rather, he expects people will be attracted by the atmosphere and the quality of the food.

This of course fueled the residents in attendance to recount horror stories from the Barfly days. “That was the worst,� one resident said. Everyone seemed to have a story about late night brawls and piles of garbage, or waking up to unexpected “squatters� in rosebushes.

Underage drinking was also a concern for residents, who share the neighborhood with so many college students. But Fullerton is an old pro, and plans to use Intellicheck Mobilisa devices to check IDs at tables that order any alcohol. “I think everyone’s concerns are really legitimate, there are things we all want to see addressed,� he said.

The meeting cleared up a lot of confusion for the residents in attendance. And in fact, they are generally in favor of Fullerton’s plan. “My feeling is we really have to give you guys a chance, we want the neighborhood to have options,� City Councilor Barbara Haller said. The success of Acoustic Java has also been

reassuring to residents, many of whom would like to see the same kind of clientele at Fullerton’s new location. “Dave knows how to run a business.

He brings a positive energy that really makes it a community establishment,�

Clark student Steve McCauley said.

But it seems that no amount of attaboys from Main South residents will make this a smooth ride for Fullerton, who faced the License Commission last week. Ultimately, Fullerton’s application for an alcohol license was withdrawn. “People were supportive, but now it’s an issue between David and Clark University,� Steve Teasdale explained.

In order to receive a liquor license, Fullerton has to have a lease with Clark University, at least a conditional one. At the time of the meeting with the License Commission, Clark made revisions to the drafted lease in response to the community’s concerns, which has put the project on hold for the time being.

The University, like the rest of the neighborhood is hesitant, afraid that history may repeat itself and leave another mess to be cleaned up.

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Garden Inn on Major Taylor Boulevard are still close by. Also, the Washington Square Redevelopment Plan (which brought you the rotary in front of Union Station) still has an open “Parcel 1,� a swath of land still available for hotel development. McGourthy adds that in the whole downtown area there are still “a number of parcels big enough to hold a hotel.�

Even now, there’s some question as to whether or not a hotel in Lincoln Square is the “highest and best use� for that property. According to a graphic in the April 28 Telegram and Gazette article, Smith Travel Research pegged Worcester’s hotel occupancy rate (the number of booked hotel rooms versus the total number of hotel rooms in the city) as peaking at 61.8 percent in 2008 between 2006 and 2010—reaching back before the Great Recession.

The numbers for the Crowne Plaza itself, though, recently didn’t even reach that high. The general manager of the hotel declined to talk to a reporter, but Monahan said the 243 room hotel’s occupancy rate fell below 50 percent before the sale.

Monahan also mentions that the average age of these students will be 28 years-old, and McGourthy points out that students will be there in the summers because of jobs, internships and staying for research. “This is permanent, full-time activity,� McGourthy notes.

With all these students living in the area, businesses may move in to take advantage. A call to the hotel’s front desk revealed that Crowne Plaza staff appropriately sent guests to Highland Street or Shrewsbury Street for dinner and drink recommendations (which makes sense since everything downtown

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closes at 5 p.m.). But with a noticeable boost in foot traffic, Main Street stores and restaurants may be persuaded to stay open longer. While Ford says that any property value boost in the area probably wouldn’t make up for the loss in taxes anytime soon, surrounding businesses will see customers increase— singling out the Armsby Abbey specifically, he says, “They still have to eat, they still have to drink.�

Kelleher was also reluctant to say a project like this would considerably boost property values, but did say that “activity breeds value, money follows value.�

But for Proko, just because 242 students are moving downtown, that doesn’t mean suddenly stores and restaurants are going to set up shop. “There’s an opportunity for business to go down there and feed off of that [but] just because we have a number of college students doesn’t mean that people are going to risk opening a business,� she says, citing outside issues like the economy and taxes that still have entrepreneurs hesitant about investments.

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State Rep. Lew Evangelidis (R-1st Worcester) has found the perfect way to combine his current political job with what he hopes to be his future one: Worcester County Sheriff. Evangelidis, now the only Republican entered in the race after Frank Beshai dropped out this week, has been sending out press releases after seeing loopholes in crimes that have achieved media attention. In 2009, Evangelidis filed a bill that would close the drunk driving loophole, which let offenders off the hook if they were caught on a private way (or, as highlighted in December of 2009, driving on a private college campus). More recently, the John Odgren trial had Evangelidis looking at “not guilty by insanity” defense sentencing, noting that a person convicted with this verdict only initially has to spend six months at Bridgewater State Hospital.

In 2009 (but now back in media attention) Evangelidis proposed changing the semantics from “not guilty by reason of insanity” to “guilty, but insane,” which would carry a ten year stay at Bridgewater with a review every year after that.

His newest cause is having inmates pay a fee for their incarceration, citing a January Massachusetts Supreme Court case (“Richard Souza & others vs.

Sheriff of Bristol County”) as a benchmark, even though the court ruled the sheriff could not have inmates pay fees without the state legislature’s consent.

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email sent to all the city councilors and the City Manager’s office, John Giangregorio of the Canal District Business Alliance mentioned an “awkward and embarrassing moment” that occurred at an April 27 meeting regarding the use of the $7.5 million in stimulus money awarded to the area last October. Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., the company drawing up the streetscape improvements, presented their finished “stage plans” for the area, but then revealed that no one in the Department of Public Works had reviewed them yet. Giangregorio not so subtly hinted that this process has taken longer than expected, and many are frustrated by what they feel is a disconnect between the area’s businesses and residents, and the City. An email back to the CDBA from a member of Congressman Jim McGovern’s staff defended the pace of the project and the City’s involvement. It also revealed MassDOT had to secure outside funding for the project because the time frame was too short to use stimulus money. More information could not be gathered by press time.

SHORT SALE: According to those involved in the sale of the Crowne Plaza Hotel to the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, the transaction happened very quickly—so quickly that people didn’t really know about it, or what hit ’em. City officials say the hotel never announced publicly that it was for sale, and even Charlie Monahan, MCPHS’ president, said that “this came about pretty suddenly…we can’t get into a lot of the details.”

ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS ASK: Certainly US Representative Jim McGovern was happy to accept the endorsement of the Worcester Police Department’s largest union, NEPBA local 911, and at the press conference union president Stephen Gunnerson, vice president Thomas Daly and founder/executive director Jerry Flynn all listed McGovern’s history of support for community safety as reasons why they chose to back him again in his bid for re-election. But, like Senator Scott Brown, who the union backed in January, McGovern met with the union to earn their endorsement—a smart move considering one of NEPBA’s criticisms of then senate candidate Martha Coakley was that she never reached out to the group. Same goes for McGovern’s six other challengers (all Republican or Independent), none of which approached the union according to a NEPBA higher-up.

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We moved to Worcester in August of 2009. When we first began researching information about the schools our children would potentially be attending, we learned that our daughter was zoned for South High Community School. We located the school on www.

GreatSchools.org, and the rating for South High was not very good.

(According to the website, this rating is based solely on test scores.)

Admittedly, this planted immediate doubts about our daughter’s attendance at South High. At the same time we began to pray specifically for guidance in this decision. And God answered, making it clear that it was His will for our daughter to attend South High.

THANK GOD for His direction, because in a very short time we have come to realize that South High Community School is truly a “diamond among us.”

The principal, Mrs. Binienda, and the staff are phenomenal. They work hard and they are focused on the success of every child that enters the building. Having years of experience in education, we see this as a very rare and priceless quality in today’s educational climate. The entire staff sacrifices daily to ensure that the children are prepared for the challenges of both college and life. A recent complement has been the sponsorship by Unum Corporation, which provides an invaluable amount of support – both financially and personally – through its increasing involvement with the students and staff.

Then there is the school’s untold academic might. SHS offers the most Advanced Placement courses in the city, a consistently high number of students enrolled in these rigorous courses and the largest number of students earning passing scores on those classes’ corresponding exams. Last year’s graduating class received acceptance letters from over 100 schools, with Harvard, Princeton and Stanford numbered among them. SHS offers free SAT prep classes leading up to the exam. They also offer five resource classrooms for students who face challenges in regular classes and service over 250 special needs students. They offer STEP classes supported by three special education teachers, three paraprofessionals and two clinicians to meet the emotional needs of thirty-five students.

Demographically, SHS currently hosts kids from over 30 nations.

With such a diverse makeup and all the challenges that come with it, this adds even more significance to the efforts and successes of the student body. The same various ethnicities that color everyday school life for SHS also brings along language barriers, dissimilarity and segregation – the types of issues that can easily hinder any school’s growth, internal culture and ultimately even its standardized test results. But at South, these potential barriers are met and surmounted.

The staff uses various activities to help enhance an alreadyimpressive focus on the daily growth of our kids. Last fall, SHS students actively participated in Hunger Awareness week, and they have launched a program to collaborate with other groups to eliminate world hunger. South’s occupation education department offers a broad range of classes from early childhood, television production, multimedia design, automotive repair, robotics and JBSG. South believes in offering a “hands-on” approach to teach students life-long skills. In a recent regional robotics competition, South took first place, qualifying them for their third consecutive trip to the World Championships in Dallas, Texas. Their auto shop has serviced more than 88 vehicles, including oil changes, tune ups, shocks, struts, brakes and exhaust systems. The tremendous music

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all me Susan Lucci. I prefer “Bob Hope,” but it’s all the same: I’m always the bridesmaid, never the bride when it comes to Dianne Williamson.

Worcester Mag’s annual “Best of Worcester” poll rolled ’round again and for the umpteenth year, “Best Columnist” went to that feisty fem of Franklin Street, the woman whose words are the only thing more deadly than her uppercut. I am the Mosely to her Mayweather.

This time around, I didn’t even come in 2nd — Clive McFarlane beat me out for that title. It could be worse, I guess — I could’ve been creamed by InCity Times’ Rosalie Tirella.

I’ve accepted the fact that Williamson writes for a daily paper, that her column appears ten times more often than my byline per month; I’ve come to terms with the “apples and oranges” explanation that’s meant to soothe my rankled scales. No, really.

This last pummeling packed an added punch: I was asked to help present the awards. Now, I’ve never been a gracious loser (ask my brother, who wore the Parcheesi board on his skull more than once) but my mother taught me some manners (along with how to make a decent turkey stuffing), so I agreed. (The very thought of handing over the award I clearly should’ve won…well.

But I digress.)

I agreed because: A) I’m an adult.

B) I know talent when I see it, and C) I never turn down free beer, wine and absolutely awesome food from the best of the best eateries. program offers chorus and band, which performs for both school and community events. Additionally, the school offers many athletic opportunities and a host of academic and social clubs.

In Russell Conwell’s speech “Acres of Diamonds”, he declared that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, achievement, or fortune – the resources to achieve all good things are present in one’s own community. This theme is made clear in an introductory anecdote, told to Conwell by an Arab guide, about a man who wanted to find diamonds so badly that he sold his property and went off in futile search for them. The property’s new owner subsequently discovered that a diamond mine was located right there on the property.

Conwell captures this sense of extraordinary-thingsin-ordinary-places in his expression: “dig in your own backyard!” This simple phrase depicts the oft-forgotten notion that success, genius, service and other such merits can be found in the everyday lives of “ordinary” Americans. In a climate that constantly emphasizes private and charter schools, it is a great reminder that we cannot abandon our urban/public schools.

We wish to commend the staff and students at South

I drew deeply from my well of lessons learned and listened to my mother’s advice — no, not “don’t marry a mama’s boy” or “a pinch of cinnamon is the secret to great soup” — but this gem: “take the high road.” So I took it, all the way to the top of a faux cliff located in the Central Rock gym on Barber Avenue. From there, I announced a dozen or so of the winners. I botched a Polish name, which would’ve horrified the aforementioned mom, but I volunteered to announce the winner of the coveted title. And that’s just what I did.

Except Williamson was a no-show.

I was fully prepared to challenge her to either an armwrestling match or a round of Scrabble, but she opted to hang at home in her Sponge-Bob Squarepants pajamas, I’d imagine. Skipped out on the award her fans bestowed upon their favorite. I hate to use the word “ingrate” but … I’ll let loyal readers be the judge.

I Facebooked the Divine Miss W. when I got home.

I blasted her for not attending an event celebrating Worcester’s appreciation of her talents, for not acknowledging the carpal tunnel her friends and family surely risked by bombarding the voting site. She was either unmoved or snoring soundly.

Williamson and I have been pals a long while now, and far be it from me to take a friend to task, etiquettewise, but confidentially, she’s never been five minutes late when we make plans for cocktails after work. I would’ve thought Pinot Grigio, gratis, would lure her, but…

Anyway, I just want to be clear that that there’s no hard feelings. Honestly. I couldn’t be happier for both Dianne and her runner-up Clive McFarlane. I wouldn’t want to suggest anything by mentioning that before this contest became an online affair, when people had to fill out the forms by hand, place them in envelopes slap a stamp on them and find a mailbox, I came a heck of a lot closer to the crown.

Just sayin’ … not that I’m bitter.

Janice Harvey can be reached at editorial@worcestermag.com High Community for their hard work and dedication. We also want to encourage our fellow Worcester-ians – we all need to start digging in our own backyards! Without doubt, we will find that there are more diamonds among us.

Sincerely, E D AND IRIS STOWE Parents of a South High School freshman Worcester

Correction There was an unfortunate typo in last week’s cover story “Is Main South Really Headed North?” Jose Rivera was 22-years-old, not 12-years-old.

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Posted by “Chris” on WORCESTERIN365.BLOGSPOT.COM: It just business as usual in

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good old Worcester. Cut out where you need it most. Fifty-four teachers will not have jobs at the end of this school year as was reported in the Worcester Telegram.

All were notified this past Wednesday. All non-tenured teachers will be the first to go. It’s time to get rid of the tenure system and start rating these teachers by performance. Tenure, is a joke. I don’t want to knock all tenured teachers here because I’m sure there are many great ones. But the ones that are just riding out the wave and buying their time should be the first that the school committee looks at to cut. Its time to weed out the garden because it’s starting to get choked out. Our kids are Worcester’s future and right now, the future is looking grim.

Posted by “Papamoka” on PAPASTRAIGHTTALK.BLOGSPOT. COM: The Governor of Arizona and the state legislature have just passed an immigration law that promotes racial profiling at the local police level. My condolences go out to everyone that is Latino or American Indian that lives in Arizona for all the bullshit traffic stops you are about to endure. Is the law Constitutionally sound? Hell no! Does it make sense? Hell yes! But it makes one obvious point and that is the fact that Arizona is in fact up to its eyeballs in trying to deal with a problem that the federal government has ignored for years. The border is not secure and illegal immigrants are coming whether we like it or not.

Posted by “Hannah Kurman” on WORDSTOPONDER.LIVEJOURNAL. COM: The ambitious July 1st opening of Crompton Park’s new $2.5+ million pool has been delayed by a couple of weeks due to soil testing and the discovery and abatement of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the caulking and traces of asbestos. The City of Worcester claims that the pool *will* be open for the summer season (July 1-August 15), although the pool itself

will be the only part operational - the facility would still remain incomplete, including the lawn areas. Despite the project plan prominently posted inside the Green Island Neighborhood Center (the building at Crompton Park), many residents and park-goers are unaware of what is going on.

Posted by “Paulie” on PAULIESPOINTOFVIEW.BLOGSPOT. COM: I have concluded that for Woo to actually be a “City on the Move” that a huge portion of the city’s population just has to move to an entitlement island somewhere in the South Pacific... and it is not just the folks in my hood that sit on their arses all day long it even includes those that think they can park their cars in my driveway or others private property when they want and for as long as they want while they conduct their private business and expect no consequence:>)

Posted by “Jeff Barnard” on WORMTOWNTAXI.COM: I got my first fare to Walmart this morning.

One of the new employees for the new Walmart took a cab to work today.

Now that I think of it, though, I have a sneaking suspicion that they’re not

I can’t say that I have ever been to the Worcester Art Museum, but I have been to Elm Park when they have art there in the summer.

Chris Burton, CONNECTICUT I consider nature art. I like going to a place like Purgatory Chasm.

called “employees” at Walmart. I think they’re called “associates”, aren’t they?

Maybe I was thinking of some other company...Nope.

Gabe Gerzon, CONCORD, MA

Posted by “Dee Wells” on WORCESTERISMAJOR.BLOGSPOT. COM: It’s hard these days for the

I go to Arts Worcester. They have a lot of current artists in the area.

average adult to find a job and it’s even harder if you’re a teenager living in Worcester County. I don’t know about you, but I grew up in a time when I worked numerous summer jobs- gas station attendant, office assistant, boat crew member and waiter. Through each job, I was able to learn new skills and \learn what it meant to work for someone and earn a paycheck. As a teenage employee working 30-40 hours during the summer, you get a sense of independence and the ability to buy the things you want or the often-striked deal with your parents of saving money to buy school clothes and supplies.

Nowadays, summer jobs are few and far in between and there are many teenagers who want to work and learn, but have no job prospects because those jobs are being snatched up by adults and technological advancements that allow one person to do multiple jobs.

Jane Rover, GAITHERSBURG, MD

I go to the Worcester Art Museum and a few shows at the Goddard House on Main Street.

Maren Jenson PORTLAND, OR

Mostly the Worcester Art Museum, and there are usually different art exhibits around the city like Elm Park or stART on the Street.

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ALL ART IS LOCAL

THE POLITICS OF MAKING ART IN WORCESTER Brian Goslow HELEN

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In an urban environment this large, it’s natural that different opinions will arise on how the city should support the arts.

From gallery owners to the non-profit cultural institutions that make up the Worcester Cultural Coalition, to artists looking for assistance in finding a studio or PR for an event, a heated debate can be found when discussing who gets grant money, gallery shows and credit for cultural events in the city. At opposite ends of the table you have the Worcester Artist Group and ARTSWorcester, two groups with the same long-term goals, but with different opinions on how to get there.

BE THE CHANGE

When Helen Sheldon Beaumont joined the Worcester Cultural Commission in August, 2008, just as it was about to present its first Art in the Park exhibition at Elm Park, she did so with the intention of overthrowing the way the group had done business for decades.

Target number one: Changing the guidelines used in administering Worcester’s portion of its annual Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) grant money.

“They (the commission) had used the same guidelines for 25 years,” says Beaumont, who met immediate resistance from several longtime commissioners who she felt thought she was unqualified to make such judgments. “I represented part of the community they knew nothing about.”

Undeterred, Beaumont researched the MCC grant process with fellow commissioner Deb McNamara and Ellen Ganley, the special projects assistant for the

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city’s Division of Economic Development. “I learned you’re supposed to represent the city, not yourself,” she said. “You need to find out what’s best for the city as a group. To them, it was about the big institutions. I felt the commission should represent the artists and the small business people.”

Flash to the most recent meeting of the Worcester Cultural Commission.

Beaumont, sits at the front of the table, serving as the commission’s chairperson.

The review, selection and allocation of the MCC funds are the most important charge of the City Manager-appointed nine-member board. For the current grant cycle, it dispersed $115,673 in grants to 61 artists, education institutions and organizations and two $4,000 Artist Fellowships to blues musician Jon Short and painter Don Hartman. The review process took commission members, who serve on an unpaid, volunteer basis, a month and a half of three hour, three times a week meetings to consider and judge the merits of all 100 submitted grant proposals.

Beaumont said there used to be a notion that only certain people received the MCC grants in Worcester and that dissuaded many in its cultural community to apply. “It is exactly the opposite of this,” she said. “We are always trying to reach one more person that didn’t know about the grants.”

WHO’S ON FIRST?

It’s easy to become confused about who’s behind any public event here, since, in most instances, it’s happening thanks to a combination of organizations, grants and individual efforts, all of whom battle to be acknowledged as its sponsor.

The event could have been funded by the City of Worcester, the Worcester Cultural Commission, the Worcester Cultural Coalition, ARTSWorcester or any of the area’s dozens of non-profit institutions, small businesses or semi-underground artist collaboratives.

When someone doesn’t get recognized for their efforts, it’s no surprise others who played a role get upset — even more so when they’ve volunteered their time.

For instance: ARTSWorcester is a member of the Worcester Cultural Coalition, for which the city’s Cultural Development Officer, Erin Williams, is the executive director. Other than being a fellow member of the coalition, ARTSWorcester is not affiliated with the Worcester Cultural Commission — except when it receives a MCC grant (which is technically called a Local Cultural Council agency grant), as it did towards presenting the Sixth Annual Colleges of Worcester Consortium Exhibition held earlier this year.

Confused? Join the club.

DEMYSTIFY

“A big misperception is we’re funded by the city and get a lot of money and have a lot of money,” says ARTSWorcester Executive Director Jan Seymour. “We don’t have a lot of money. We have a very small budget.” Its membership is just under 400, not including college students given membership through the Consortium show. It’s also more than a visual arts organization, providing area musicians work at their opening receptions and at their lunchtime concert series at St. Vincent’s Hospital.

In fiscal year 2009, ARTSWorcester — which Seymour calls “an artist co-op” and “membership driven organization” — hung 703 pieces of art made by 423 artists at 25 exhibitions in five city galleries, including its own Aurora Gallery and the Franklin Square Salon at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts; it sold $17,000 worth of work. “This year is not as good,” Seymour says. Its best year was 2008, when it sold $24,000 worth of art.

Scott Holloway says ARTSWorcester has helped his career, which in the past year has seen his surreal icon paintings shown both in the U.S. and internationally.

Prints of his barn paintings, originally displayed at the ARTSWorcester Gallery at Quinsigamond Community College, have gone onto to become a constant seller for him; through ARTSWorcester, he sold the original for $3,000.

ARTSWorcester gets 40 percent from the sale of works at its sponsored exhibitions; when sales are down, so is the organization’s operating budget which

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AN otherwise relies on its membership dues and annual fundraiser and financial assistance from individual donors, corporate sponsors and corporate-supported programs.

In some ways, it’s an organization in transition, in part, Seymour says, thanks to exhibitions like the Worcester artist Veronica Hebard-curated “Pop Euphoria” exhibition of contemporary illustrations and pop art in 2008, which have helped undo their long-term reputation, amongst some in the artistic community, as a West Side organization or being composed mainly of hobbyists or older artists.

Its basement gallery will soon be converted into an interactive space able to hold larger than usual work and allow member artists to work together to create out-of-the-ordinary group exhibitions. “It’s something many felt was missing in the city,” says Cynthia Woehrle, co-founder of Pecha Kucha Worcester and ARTSWorcester’s gallery director.

The organic nature of the new exhibition space promises to help widen ARTSWorcester’s appeal. “It has the capacity for change without pain,” Seymour says. “Everyone is open to it.

We’re mindful of the different schools of art.”

OUT WITH THE OLD

Worcester Artist Group (WAG) is seen as the prototype for the perfect arts organization.

The problem is, much of that belief is tied to a burst of excitement two decades ago when the organization, then based on Harlow Street, regularly paired cutting edge art exhibitions with avantgarde film nights, poets shared the spotlight with classical performers and live music by the likes of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Fugazi attracted big crowds—crowds that were too big for the location.

Subsequently, the organization has been nomadic over the past few decades, and at no point has the organization owned its own building. Last fall, it returned to the public consciousness through the creation of a website by Wayne Jacques (it also has a facebook page with 1,300 fans) and two benefit concerts put together by DJ Matt Griffin and longtime WAG artist and former WAG president J-Me Johnston.

Since that time, little has been heard from the group. “We’ve always had a strong number of supporters and people who wanted to help out, perform and promote shows but we realized what

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“The administrative end is where we need help the most — professional management people to come to our monthly meetings and help us put together a business plan; a grant writer would be ideal,” Bean says. “Then we could sit down with Erin Williams and the city’s planning office and point out a couple buildings we’re interested in, and they could point out a few to us.

People have been willing to give us space at a good deal, but frankly, we haven’t been ready to manage it.”

That can be part of the problem in creating a lasting legacy; WAG was always a fairly loose organization by design, that allowed and encouraged artists and performers to let it all hang out — within the legal limits.

“Everything WAG does is uncensored,” Bean says. “We’re different in that we try to be accessible and offer uncensored shows of artists who might have trouble having their work shown elsewhere. We want to offer cheap affordable studio space and a drop-in center where people

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can come in and just hang out without a purpose or appointment. We’ve done that in the past and we want to do that again.” And that, Bean says, will always be the difference between what the WAG and ARTSWorcester offers.

Brian Burris has experienced the benefits of both organizations, having regularly shown his paintings at WAG, for the early part of the past decade, and in recent years at ARTSWorcester, where he now sits on their board of directors, at Unum, through ARTSWorcester’s Corporate Art Loan Program, and the Worcester Mayor’s Office. He said there’s some division amongst city artists on what they want in a centralized arts organization.

One camp, Burris said, feels ARTSWorcester shouldn’t represent the city’s art scene. But that could be due to the mistaken belief the organization has been assigned such a role. “It’s an independent body, not some municipally established representative of Worcester’s artists,” he said. But, he added, even some members of city government are under this misapprehension and have sent artist and arts groups to ARTSWorcester as the “money point” for events or organizational funding.

IN WITH THE NEW The only divide in the arts community that Worcester graphic illustrator Andy Fish sees, he says, “is the occasional wannabe artist who spends more time griping about the art scene than making art.”

“There’s a fair amount of talkers who’ve never had a gallery show, never had their work published professionally — i.e. got paid a real wage for it, never mind make a living from it — those people tend to get down on themselves and that translates into them taking shots at others — and seldom to their face,” says Fish. “That’s the root cause.” He points out the welcoming nature of the city’s art institutions and the diverse nature of work you can see here, whether it’s ARTSWorcester, The Worcester Art Museum with its Wormtown Rocks! exhibition, Jeff Gemma’s Secret Society or the Dark World Gallery.

One place artists are on the same side is at Pecha Kucha Worcester gatherings.

Cynthia Woehrle helped created the local version of the international event

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T IN with then Worcester Magazine reporter Scott Zoback and invitational designer Michelle May last year after a friend raved about attending a Portsmouth, New Hampshire Pecha Kucha that brought artists and designers together to share creative ideas.

The event – where a selection of creative folk from all media and professions share 20 slides for 20 seconds each – started out at non-traditional art venues: the Bocado Tapas Bar and 55 Pearl, before moving onto the Worcester Art Museum, where 200 people attended, then Clark University’s Razzo Hall. In the fall, it’ll meet at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts. It’s matched leading area artists with a local college professor promoting his science, tattoo artists and photographers, a chef and a food artist, each giving rapid-fire eight-minute talks on their work.

STATUS QUO The person officially charged with making things happen in Worcester is Erin Williams, who was named the city’s Cultural Development Officer in 2004.

It’s impossible to try to fit all the things she covers in a 90-minute conversation, but it’s fair to say little escapes her attention. She’s excited about the second year of the Worcester Cultural Coalition’s “Out to Lunch” summer concert series, which will display the work of local artists and have a farmer’s market element to boot. She’s proud of how some of her interns have gone on to work for coalition members, contributing to a long time desire to keep college students here after graduation. She’s pleased that the upcoming Spring stART on lower Main Street will team up with the Worcester

Center for Crafts and the Sprinkler Factory next weekend, a cross-city type event she’s been pushing for since being hired, even as the majority of attention was being given towards establishing an arts district in Main South.

“We celebrate creativity throughout the city,” Williams says. “Do you look at one and only one area for artists? I think not. Is the Canal District emerging as a creative arts district?

Yes. But it doesn’t mean you can only have one.”

She mentions the activity going on in the Pleasant Street area with the recently relocated Saori Worcester studios and FYC Worcester and a hopeful new development in Main South.

The Worcester Cultural Coalition, which Williams oversees, celebrated its 10th anniversary last fall. It membership boundaries were recently extended to all of Central Massachusetts.

That’s due in part to foundation grant-funders encouraging non-profit organizations to streamline their resources and work together. Williams says the economic downturn almost forces a greater willingness to think creatively and in recognizing the value of partnerships.

In these tight economic times, all budgets are under fire. Governor Patrick and the Legislature have remained committed to supporting the state’s creative economy, but Williams said it wouldn’t be until late May, at the earliest, till the city knows how much money will be available for its share of the MCC pie for fiscal 2011. “We’re one of the only states that gives money to local artists,” she said, adding, “It gives every community in the state money to use as they see fit in a creative way.”

Williams credited the Worcester Cultural Commission with leveraging many times the dollar value received from the state — which Beaumont said funded over 60 programs that reached thousands of people.

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{ coverstory } this work enough to put creative thinking and culture into its Office of Economic Development.” She said her office generates $500,000 in grants, income revenue and in-kind support from Worcester Cultural Coalition members to support its marketing and program financing efforts.

The city soon plans to offer assistance to those looking to bring their professional artistic goals to fruition. “We’re getting ready to roll

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out a creative economy loan program out of the city’s Economic Development Office,” Cultural Development Officer Erin Williams says. “This will offer financial assistance to individual artists and owners of creative businesses in setting up shop in defined areas of the downtown area to stimulate a more creative retail experience. We’re looking for developers to participate in the program as well.”

CREATIVE GROWTH No matter what the argument, it’s obviously that the city’s arts and culture groups are slowly growing more united as they reach for the same goals. For instance, stART on the Street: Spring Edition on May 16, the latest stART inspired street fair featuring the work

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“It was Jill Burns from Fireworks who realized all these events were happening and called us together,” says stARt co-founder Tina Zlody.

“North Main Street made perfect sense for a Spring stART with the (Armsby) Abbey, Dr. Gonzo’s (Uncommon Condiments) and a double wide street that’s not busy on Sunday.” The event will give students from the Worcester Public Schools a chance to perform in front of a large audience. “We want to give exposure to them and what their cultural enrichment programs are doing,” Zlody says.

FINDING A VOICE If you’ve always held off applying for that grant to bring your own creative idea to fruition, commission members are willing to help make it a reality. “We want to support more and more creative programming throughout Worcester,” Beaumont said.

“We represent the arts people, the children, the teachers, the non profit organizations, the youth, and we give them representation through our ability to fund their programs so they continue to reach new places they’ve never been before. We devote ourselves to giving voices to our community in the arts — and giving voices to the community that need or receive the benefits of the programs we fund through grants.”

Making art in Worcester may feel like a sea of political red tape, but when you dig deep to the heart of this city’s creative community, all art is truly local. Politics be damned – when you pull aside the mystical curtain, you’ll see that the network of artistic individuals and organizations are actually working together in an invisible network of city, non profit and do-it-yourselfers all focused on one thing…the need to create.

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So Percussion hit Fitchburg’s CenterStage Lisa Denoncourt

Music is an art form, whose medium is sound. With the proper imagination, even the everyday sounds of city life can be transformed into something extraordinary. Brooklyn based quartet So Percussion, transforms these ordinary sounds into a unique experience through percussion and video in an energetic live show. The innovative group is bringing their ‘Imaginary City’ performance to Fitchburg State College’s CenterStage, Friday, May 7.

“Our sound is unique and our style is diverse. We draw on lots of influences as a group. We grew out of a John Cage and Steve Reich tradition of American experimental music, but found our musical identities in a hodgepodge world of Pearl Jam, Aphex Twin, Bartok and The Beatles.

With percussion, there are so many strong traditions from Africa and Asia,” member Jason Treuting explains.

“Imaginary City is a concoction of our many influences mixed with a slow-moving video component to boot!”

With a percussion based sound that defies categorization, the members have experimented with glockenspiel, toy piano, vibraphones,

bowed marimba, melodica, tuned and prepared pipes, metals, duct tape, a wayward ethernet port, and all sorts of sound programming in their musical arsenal.

Originally formed at the Yale School of Music in 1999, the group moved from New Haven to Brooklyn, yet as touring increased, some members changed, and the group quickly morphed into the current lineup: Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinski, Jason Treuting, and Eric Beach.

“In all that change, the program at Yale served as kind of a common ground and on top of that outlook, we do have an instant connection of sorts, musically and artistically. Maybe love at third or fourth sight,” says Treuting. The shared experience at Yale strengthened the groups bond, as Josh Quillen adds, “We all went through the same boot camp, of sorts.”

The ambitious foursome has toured the globe with electronic duo Matmos and released three albums, with two more on the way including a collaboration with Matmos, as well as an EP with American electronicmusic composer Paul Lansky.

The ‘Imaginary City’ live performance is directed

by Pulitzer Prize finalist and playwright, Rinde Eckert, adding a theatrical arc to the act. Original music created for ‘Imaginary City’ is composed using the spellings of cities that the group has traveled to, along with populations and zip codes, creating a

personalized performance. A video overlay of city architecture and life, compiled by visual artist (and Treuting’s sister) Jenise Treuting, is the final element in So Percussion’s interpretation of urban life; blending video landscape and multi-media soundscape. Fitchburg will even make an appearance in a special video created for the event. “The audience can expect that at some point they will be involved in the action. I’ll leave it at that,” says Quillen refusing to dish out any spoilers.

Combining musical skill and artistry, imagination and ingenuity, So Percussion creates an extraordinary performance out of the ordinary urban experience.

“The audience should expect the unexpected,” Treuting says. “This performance will mash together many sounds, some traditional percussion sounds like drums and vibraphones, with some sampled sounds and many ‘everyday’ objects like bottles and singing greeting cards and office supplies to make for a colorful evening.”

So Percussion’s ‘Imaginary City-Fitchburg style,’ Friday, May 7 at 7p.m. $22/$20 seniors/$7 under 18.

For more information contact the Weston Box Office: 978-665-3347. Fitchburg State College, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. To hear more of So Percussion head to sopercussion.com.

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Tim O’Keefe

The metal scene in Worcester has a place many thrash serious folks call home, and that is Ralph’s on a Thursday night. Celebrating its fourth anniversary this week, the Metal Thursdays series has proved that heavy music in New England has hammered out a loyal fan base.

“Metal Thursday as we now know it began in May of 2006,” says founder Chris Farmerie. “I felt very strongly that a regular metal night was needed in Worcester and that it needed to be booked by someone who both understands metal and has a strong connection to the local metal scene.”

Farmerie reached out to Ralph’s, who was

already trying to get a monthly metal night started, with the offer to take the reigns and bring in serious bands that the metal purists in the area would want to hear.

“Things just grew from there,” he says.

“Metal Thursday started as a once-monthly event and has now evolved into a twice-ormore-monthly event. I now have my good friend and fellow ‘metal-head’ Samantha Godbout assisting me with booking and promotion, which has been a really great thing for Metal Thursday and will continue to strengthen what we do.”

Metal Thursdays usually draws an eclectic crowd from the Worcester area, as well as metal junkies from Boston and all over New England.

“Attendance has been great,” says Farmerie. “The nature of weeknight metal shows is that turnout is always going to be unpredictable, but for the most part we almost always have a good-sized crowd. continued on page 23

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Nicholas Davis is Worcester’s unofficial poet laureate of this generation.

From his license-toinstill within the youth poetry scene, to a stint serenading as the singer in local band Pharmaceutically Gifted. He’s one of those guys you may see strolling with no shoes on around Worcester and it would be completely normal. Well, maybe the only guy, but that’s nitpicking, really. Davis co-hosts the Dirty Gerund Poetry Show every Monday at Ralph’s Diner at 9pm. We caught up with him at a local bowling alley, where street shoes are shunned, and asked him these very difficult poetry and mom-related questions.

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The traditional side of contemporary The Art of J. Barry Hanshaw

J. Fatima Martins

At UMass Memorial Medical School nestled away, among the medical buildings, you’ll find an oasis of tranquility at the Lamar Soutter Library.

Starting on May 3, J. Barry Hanshaw, MD, will exhibit his recent work in celebration of the publication of his coffee-table art book “The Art of J. Barry Hanshaw: Forty Favorite Works, With Reflections From the Artist” through June 11.

The exhibition, which is part of the library’s ongoing Artist-In-Residence Series, features 20 of Hanshaw’s oil paintings from the last two years and 6 of his best pastel drawings. The subjects include peaceful landscapes, seascapes, and bucolic mountain scenes set mostly in

New England with a few paintings from the artist’s trips to Europe. The Artist-In-Residence Series, now in its fourth year, exhibits a variety if art produced by UMass’ staff in medical residence.

Hanshaw works in both pastel and oil. His strength and talent is, undeniably, in the pastel medium, which he’s worked with for 15 years – many of which are included in his book.

In speaking about his work in oil, Hanshaw admits that he wants to continue to improve and try new subjects and methods. “I’d like to slow down with the process, have more control over composition, format, color and brush work.” As an artist, pastel was his first love, but he was forced to give up the medium because of health complications. Of the works in oil on display, the more successful paintings are his smaller, more intimate works, those completed while traveling, often times done quickly in plein air.

Though art making has been part of his life since childhood, Hanshaw’s training comes mostly from classes taken at the Worcester Art Museum over the past 20

years, and from various regional workshops. “I started painting seriously as a way to relax from my highpowered medical career. My wife actually encouraged me because she knew I loved art. I’m always taking classes with very good instructors like Bill Griffiths.” he says.

“My instructors influence my methods.”

Now retired, at 82 years, Hanshaw is focused on “devoting my time to improving my painting and be the best I can be before I kickoff.” Hanshaw’s beautiful book is a personal achievement for the artist. “The book is my legacy, it’s my art autobiography. I needed to organize my work, I’ve sold a lot of pieces and needed to see them together again.” In his book, Hanshaw describes his life in medicine and art, both concurrent passions.

His paintings, in oil, are rather traditional in subject and mode, popular, examples of American regional impressionism infused with light and atmosphere. At first glance they actually appear rather abstract because of his energetic brush work. They are the type of art that promotes restful contemplation, making a library setting at the medical school the perfect venue. “I enjoy the

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traditional style. It’s how I prefer to work.

I paint for myself. I paint in hope of being able to capture and communicate the beauty I see during my travels. I want to capture the changing light, the movement on water. Sometimes the light changes so quickly, you have to work fast. I’m looking to convey subtle contrasts, shadows, odd light.”

When looking at contemporary art today we have become accustomed to and expect the provocative, cutting-edge and even grotesque. Today’s art inspires us to look beyond the surface, to find juxtapositions; it’s emotional, surreal, and outrageously absurd at times. It does what art, at it’s best, should do – revolutionize

our thinking. There are moments, however, when we need to be reminded that contemporary art also includes the more ordinary and traditional. This is what you’ll find in the work of J. Barry Hanshaw.

The Art of J. Barry Hanshaw” opens with a reception on May 6 at 5 p.m., on first floor of The Lamar Soutter Library at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and runs through June 11. The book will be available for purchase with all proceeds donated to the UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center and the Hanshaw Pediatric Society.

Visit librarynews.umassmed.edu/category/ art-series for more details.

METAL THURSDAYS continued from page 20 On some of our best nights we’ve had well over 100 paid heads through the door.”

Among the metal bands set to perform on the fourth anniversary are Black Pyramid, Sexcrement, and local favorite Abnormality.

“This show will be the first with our new guitarist, Ben,” says Mallika Sundaramurthy, vocalist for Abnormality.

“We are excited to show him off and debut some new songs. Also, we haven’t played a show with Sexcrement in a while and we are looking forward to sharing the stage with them again.”

“Mallika offers the unique perspective of being a rare female vocalist in the Death Metal world,” says Farmerie, “and she is extremely knowledgeable about the local metal scene and metal in general.

Abnormality also had one of their songs included in the Rock Band 2 video game, which has brought them a lot of attention over the past few years.”

“We love Metal Thursdays at Ralph’s,” says Sundaramurthy. “The crowd is always lively and fun. You can drink outside in a sectioned area, and the beer is reasonably priced. The food is always good and the chef and bartenders are always cheerful.

They even come upstairs to check out the bands. It’s an all-around great place where twice a month metalheads can meet and catch up with friends.”

Farmerie is looking forward to a killer night of metal and music, one that will hopefully be a cherry on the sundae of the success that is Metal Thursdays.

“This lineup promises to deliver one hell of a Metal Thursday experience and I am extremely proud of its strength,” he says.

“This is not a show to be missed.”

Metal Thursday: 4 Year Anniversary Show with Black Pyramid, Sexcrement, Let The Night Roar and Abnormality at Ralph’s Diner, 95 Prescott St, Worcester on May 6. Check out myspace.com/ ralphsdiner.

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Once again erstwhile Elf director Jon Favreau is back behind the wheel of the impressive Iron Man franchise, steering a full load of A-list celebrities through a blazing, quipfilled script featuring great action scenes, cool hardware and hot women.

He not only pulls it off, he manages to make it all look easy.

Of course, none of it would be possible without the presence of Robert Downey Jr., the actor who has become a genre unto himself.

As Tony Stark, the superhero who has, as he puts it “successfully privatized world peace” he is as satisfyingly quirkfilled, self-destructive and charismatic as any character in an epic special-effects film could possibly be. Try to imagine someone else playing this role. Ben Affleck would bring the whole thing crashing to the ground. Christian Bale?

Forget about it. Chris Nolan’s brilliant re-imagining of the Batman franchise works almost despite Bale’s doleful, lowkey caped crusader. Iron Man without Downey Jr. however would be like The Maltese Falcon without Humphrey Bogart. He has almost become in the film world what his Stark character is the comic one, a highly successful, flawed but loveable genius. He has simply cornered the market on cool comic cynicism, and the script is written in his image.

The story takes up six months after the first film, with Stark reveling in his success as a one man army who has single-handedly subdued all the rogue nations on the planet. Everyone loves him except the government who wants a piece of the action, and who quite reasonably worry about all that power and responsibility entrusted in the hands of such a potential loose cannon. They bring him in for a hearing, with the marvelous Garry Shandling as Senator Stern, his

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chief antagonist. But Stark hijacks the proceedings with his superior technology and walks out on top. Things aren’t going so well for him in other areas though.

It turns out the device that empowers him is also causing him to die. He turns over control of his company to Pepper Pots, his longtime assistant and love interest, immediately starts lusting after her replacement Natalie Rushman (Scarlett Johansson), and soon after gets ambushed by formidable Russian heavy Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) who has some of the same technology.

Impressed, Stark’s sleazy competitor Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell) signs the guy up to devise a suit just like Iron Man’s.

Everything goes wrong at the expo Hammer throws, when Vanko turns against him and takes control of the robot suits he’s devised, leading to an epic battle, and so on.

There is a lot of extra story crammed into the cracks of that quick overview, including a great sequence where Tony gets drunk at his own birthday party and blasts the place up, a hilarious scene where Hammer goes through a litany of his ridiculously deadly weapons, and the witty touches that bring it into our world, like where Stark mutes a Bill O’Reilly rant about him on the TV. There’s also a somewhat less satisfying subplot with Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury the eye-patched leader of the organization S.H.I.E.L.D. Apparently we will be seeing more of his character as Marvel expands with the Captain America and Avengers movies. Count me a skeptic that any of these upcoming films will be able to rise above comic book status to the level of the effective pop culture and arms race satire that Iron Man has. It is one thing to suspend your disbelief and accept a cantankerous genius that devises a high tech suit, but quite another to buy into ancient gods with deadly hammers and mutant green monsters running all over the place (don’t forget how awful The Hulk was). Iron Man 2 shines because there is an interesting, believable presence at its center; someone who ends up making everyone involved look good.

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My husband had been hearing a buzz about Stephen Anthony’s for over a year before we had a chance to stop by last week. Despite the buzz that preceded our visit, we were relieved to discover that the restaurant pleasantly lived up to the hype.

Since there wasn’t a wait to be seated, we meandered outside to watch the happy families and cute couples in the nearby gazebo feeding ducks, geese and swans.

Even in the parking lot, the view was beautiful and the atmosphere relaxing.

Inside, the décor was simple, clean and elegant. French windows overlooked the lake and waterfowl behind the restaurant, while Edwardian and Victorian art decorated cream walls. A number of children’s books and games could be found at the host station, along with paper napkins, and lent a friendly welcoming air. Fellow patrons wore anything from denim and shorts to business casual attire.

We started our course with the two unusual appetizer selections of fried fiddleheads with hollandaise sauce and the sausage plate. As Stephen Anthony’s is also a sausage company, we were told we had to try their sausage. Both were excellent choices. The sausage plate offered two hand-formed breakfast-style patties, a mild Italian sausage, and a grilled dry-cured sausage similar to Polish kielbasa or Spanish chorizo. It came with three dipping sauces: real maple syrup,

spicy honey mustard, and a light marinara. All three sausages paired well with all of the sauces, surprisingly, and none were greasy. Each sausage also had a unique flavor mix of meat and spices, and we couldn’t say we had anything like them before. The fiddleheads were similar to fried asparagus, only more tender and grassy. The light batter was a perfect match, and the hollandaise sauce made it superbly rich.

It was very difficult to decide on dinner with all the regular menu choices and a page of daily specials, but Scott settled on seafood diavolo (a favorite), and I tried the crab-stuffed salmon. We learned that all the seafood comes from local vendors, purchased daily, and the crab, specifically, from Maine. Both our meals blew us away.

The seafood diavolo came on a massive plate, with mussels and seafood piled several inches higher than the bowl that held the fettuccini. Everything was the proper level of tender and chew, and had absorbed the rich wine-based tomato sauce flavor nicely. The mussels popped with juiciness. While not exceptionally spicy, the entrée had a good, building burn throughout the experience of eating it.

The crab-stuffed salmon came with sautéed spring vegetables and rice pilaf.

While the vegetables – a mix of broccoli, squash, carrots, and onions – were a little more cooked than I would have liked, the garlic-butter sauce they sat within was simple and delicious. The rice provided a nice, tender and nutty background for both the vegetables and the fish without

being too buttery. As for the salmon and the crab, they were perfect. Stuffed fish can be challenging, because it’s too easy to overcook the fish or undercook the stuffing – neither happened in this case.

The salmon was moist and flavorful with a slight char on the outside while the crab stuffing was warm, with a bright, fresh taste of chives, dill, scallions and garlic mixed with the inherent sweetness

of the crab. The covering of hollandaise sauce was just the right amount so as not to hide the flavors of the seafood and stuffing, but added another layer of texture and richness.

Despite the tempting choices, neither of us had room to evaluate the dessert selections. We finished our decent iced tea and iced coffee, and saw our bill for the 2 appetizers, 2 drinks, and 2 massive dinner entrées was $56.15. While it was a little more than we’d normally spend for a night out, it was worth it for the amount of food, the amazing tastes, and the top-notch service we received (never an empty cup, plenty of napkins, all questions answered in full and with a smile). If you’re looking for a little extra special for a hot date or a family dinner, you must check out Stephen Anthony’s in Marlboro.

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Happy Birthday O’Connor’s: In addition to celebrating their 21st year, O’Connor’s is proud to announce the newly extended “Shannon Bar” and the cozy new “Altar Bar.” The Altar Bar is an intimate setting, where O’Connor’s full menu of Irish, European and American favorites are served along with a vast array of draught beers and wine selection. Stop in and checkout O’Connor’s new look at 1160 West Boylston St., Worcester. 508-853-0789.

celebrate Mother’s Day with a brunch buffet on the patio at the Dark Horse Tavern. Brunch includes carving stations, pasta, dessert, coffee, tea and a mimosa for $14.95 per person, starting at noon. Reservations recommended. Dark Horse Tavern,12 Crane St., Southbridge. 508-764-1100.

EVO: Treat Mom to a free entrée at Evo for Mother’s Day; offer is limited to one free entrée per table, valid Sunday, May 9 only. Evo’s extensive menu selection can also be made to cater to vegans and those maintaining a glutenfree diet. Make your reservation today. Evo-234 Chandler St., Worcester. 508-459-4240.

Still River Café: In honor of mothers everywhere, the Still River Café will be donating 15% of their profits on Mother’s Day (May 9) to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation; dedicated to finding a cure to breast cancer and ensuring quality care for all. The Still River Café will be serving its full dinner menu and will be open special hours on Mother’s Day from 12 to 6p.m. Still River Café134 Union Rd., Eastford CT. 860-974-9988.

Brunch & Chamber Music: Join the Harvest Café in celebrating Mother’s Day with a buffet brunch and chamber music provided by members of Symphony Pro Musica and their friends and family. Brunch will be served from 9a.m. to 2p.m.; performance will be held in the dining room, reservations are recommended. Harvest Café, 40 Washington St., Hudson. 978-567-0948.

Worcester Restaurant Group Celebrates Mother’s Day: Treat Mom this Mother’s Day to a fabulous dining experience at either The Sole Proprietor, 111 Chop House, or VIA Italian Table. All three restaurants open at noon and will be offering a three-course price-fixed menu including: shrimp cocktail or house salad, 1.5 lb steamed lobster with potato and vegetable, and chocolate tulip cup with white chocolate mousse! Make your reservations now.

The Sole Proprietor-118 Highland St., 508-798-3474. 111 Chop House-111 Shrewsbury St., 508-799-4111. VIA-89 Shrewsbury St., 508-754-4842.

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Nashoba Winery 100 Wattaquadoc Hill Road, Bolton 978-779-5521 nashobawinery.com Nashoba Winery’s orchards, tour, retail shop, and restaurant make for a perfect New England experience — in any season. The wonderful grounds and quaint atmosphere couple well with niche wines, beers and spirits, and an equally renegade menu. Free-range poultry and beef, as well as wild game, meet delicious seafood, and varied regional vegetables. Pricing is moderate to expensive. Plan to make a day of it.

Harry’s Drive-in Restaurant and Dairy Bar 149 Turnpike Road (Route 9W) Westboro 508-366-8302 Harry’s Drive-in Restaurant and Dairy Bar is a quiet roadside attraction of vanishing Americana, and a venerable local institution of 60 years (nearly 40 in its present location) under the ownership of the original family. The menu is an endless list of entirely homemade comfort foods: full breakfast, American diner standards, steaks, burgers, pasta, club and open-faced sandwiches, wraps and pockets, salads, soups, stir fry, platters, sundaes and frappes, a kids menu, and, of course, loads of seafood — fried and otherwise. Breakfast all day. Beer and wine available. Cash only.

Prezo Grille and Bar 2291/2 Main St., Milford 508-634-0101 prezogrille.com Prezo Grille and Bar is a moderately upscale spot, well worth the trip to explore a bit of southeastern Worcester County. Prezo’s sizeable menu is filled with pizzazz — such ingredients as gorgonzola, goat and bleu cheeses; artichoke hearts, asparagus and sun dried tomatoes; and Madeira wine sauce and hoisin glaze. House favorites include chicken Sinatra, pot roast, and the seafood bomb. Check out weekly specials, or meet friends for designer drinks and flat-screen TVs at Prezo’s “horseshoe” bar.

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The Swapaholics are at it again, with The Canal District Clothing Swap on May 8 happening from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. If you’ve never been to a clothing swap before, here’s how it goes…From 10 a.m. to noon, bring a bag of clothing, accessories, or shoes you’re ready to part with, making sure they’re in excellent condition (think quality not quantity). Then take a stroll around the blossoming Canal District on a self guided tour (map will be provided).

When you come back between 1-3 p.m., you and a swarm of clothing hungry folks will swap your old clothes for “new to you” on tables sorted by clothing type. If you’ve brought a bag of clothes, you pay $3. If you didn’t – no worries – $5 will get you as much as you can carry out the door. 138 Green Street, Crompton Place, Worcester. Learn more at theswapaholics. com.

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How does one show appreciation for the countless hours of cooking and cleaning, nurturing and teaching, and so many other things that Mothers do?

urban art Art in the City is the 11th Annual Art Auction held on Friday, May 7. Join artists and art

aficionados as they celebrate the wealth of talent in our community. This fun night out at Art in the City, is an art auction gala to benefit Family Health Center of Worcester. Featuring over 30 artists’ works, with live music and hors d’oeuvres, as well as live-action bidding led by celebrity-auctioneers on sports tickets, dinners, vacation packages and more. $35 per ticket includes music and food. 6-9 p.m. Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, 2 Southbridge St. 508-860-7975.

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The Seven Hills Symphony Spring Concert on Friday, May 7 celebrates spring with a free concert by Worcester’s community orchestra. The program, titled “Música España,” features music inspired by Spain and Latin America. The Seven Hills Symphony concert will be held in the Faculty Conference Room of the Medical School building located at UMass Medical Center’s University Campus. 7:309:30 p.m. 55 Lake Ave. 617-824-0333, shsymphony.org.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden shows it by offering free admission for all Mothers on Mother’s Day Weekend, May 8-9. Whether an avid gardener or just one who admires the beauty of nature, all mothers will appreciate a visit to this garden paradise, bursting with the colors and fragrances of spring, and located just east of Worcester.

Families are invited to spend the day by strolling the gardens during this peak of display. Visitors are also welcome to bring picnics, although alcohol is not permitted. $10 Adults, $7 Seniors, and $5 aged 6-18, under 6 and WCHS members free. Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, exit 24 off Route 290.

508-869-6111, towerhillbg.org

and our city. Held rain or shine, a volunteer team will have a variety of tools on hand, however, bring what you can to help out (label what you bring).

Remember, it is not how much you give, it’s that you give. And, every little bit helps improve our community. 9 a.m.noon Shore Park, Shore Drive. ilwa.org.

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Celebrate your mom, and spend the morning with her at Broad Meadow Brook’s Flowers for Mom event on Saturday, May 8. Begin with a gentle family hike to view the wildflowers in bloom. After the hike, moms will be invited to sit and relax on the deck, while dad (or another adult) and kids will make some special gifts just for mom. This program is sure to make her smile! Appropriate for all ages. Wear shoes for walking. $8M/$10NM, $5M child/$6 NM child. Family rate: $25M/$30NM. 10 a.m.-noon Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, 414 Massasoit Ave. 508-7536087. massaudubon.org.

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Honor the memory of 7-year-old Jason White of Marlborough and others like him when you attend the 21st

Annual “You Gotta Have Heart” Premier Auction & Dinner Dance on Saturday, May 8. All proceeds benefit WHY ME Inc, a nonprofit organization providing emotional and financial support to families of children with cancer. $40 per person; $350 table of ten. 6-11:30 p.m.

Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Marlborough, 265 Lakeside Ave., Marlborough. Call 508-757-7734 or visit whyme.org.

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Help make our city a better place when you lend a hand to the Indian Lake Cleanup on Saturday, May 8. Consider joining this semi annual event to beautify a neighborhood

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of music and fun will raise funds to support the Sgt. Mike Towner Memorial Scholarship, which benefits graduating Wachusett Regional High School students committed to the study of and a career in Criminal Justice. Along with live music by Wood, Red Badge, and New Bay Colony, a cash bar, 50/50 raffle, and tee shirt sales will be featured. Come on out and bring your friends to support a great cause! Tickets may be purchased at the door or in advance by contacting Kerri or Ellen Towner via facebook message. 7 p.m.-midnight Tatnuck Square American Legion Post, 570 Mill St.

lucky dog The animals need you to give them a second chance at the Second Chance Animal

Shelter Fund Raiser at The Lucky Dog on Saturday, May 8. Second Chance is a “no kill” shelter seeking to find animals “forever homes” with good parents who will take care of them. With a goal to raise $2000, the line up includes Tiny Music (Stone Temple Pilots cover) at 12:30am; Dave Rivers Group at 11:30pm; Chase Haven at 10:30pm; and Sam James at 9:30pm. $10.

For more info contact Michael Capers @ 508-789-7035 or MCapers@Worcester. edu. The Lucky Dog is located @ 89 Green Street Worcester, secondchanceanimals. org.

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Moms are a work of art, so what better way to celebrate their artistry than a trip to Mother’s Day Weekend at WAM May 8 & 9.

WAM’s gift to all Moms is free admission.

Come with or without the kids. Either way, Mom’s admission is free (and so are the kids, 17 & under!). On Saturday, May 8 The Museum Café is open 11:302pm. Check online for special tours, art workshops and more. Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury St. Call 508-7994406, worcesterart.org.

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Salsa Sunday Mothers Day Event on Sunday, May 9.

Get in on the free raffles, plus appetizers and beverages will be served. Doors open at 5p.m. with a lesson at 5:15 p.m., followed by open dancing until 8:30pm.

A $5 cover gets you in the door and on the dance floor. 5-8:30 p.m. Salsa Storm Dance Studio, 9 Harrison St. Call 508854-8489 or visit salsastorm.com.

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Head out on Thursday May 6 to the outskirts of Worcester County and check out the tight harmonies of folk rockers The Bella Birds at The Rabbit Hole. Party on at the Lucky Dog with awesome 80’s band The Flock of Assholes with Go Gadget Go, Jaxon Boom! and May & Me. At Ralph’s, it’s the Metal Thursday XCII four year anniversary show with brutal performances by Black Pyramid, Sexcrement, Let the Night Roar, and Abnormality.

Have some fun with The Great Whiskey Rebellion as they light up the stage at Vincent’s. For covers that rock, head over to Beatnik’s and catch Rare Breed. End the night with Jay Graham and his guitar at Funky Murphy’s.

Get your night rockin’ on Friday May 7 with Jason James and the Bay State Rockers at the Blue Plate Lounge in Holden. Ralph’s is bumping with a full lineup featuring Sandal Machine Foot, KidNapKin, The Born Empty, and Golden Girls. For some sexy blues and funk head over to The Raven for Sound in Stone along with Great Big Circles, Ballou and Johnnycab. At Beatnik’s groove out with psychobilly rockers Clamdigger. Head out to the Lucky Dog and catch the jams of Soulstice, Mocha Java and Hard #9. Get your jig on with Irish songs and ballads by Green Rovers at the Fiddlers’ Green Pub. 50’s and 60’s rockers The Pinball Millionaires are shakin’ things up at Vincent’s. For smoking hot blues rock check out The Delta Generators at the The Cannery in Southbridge. Girls, Guns & Glory join Highway Ghosts at Framingham’s Amazing Things Art Center for a night of Americana and roots. Finish the evening with a healthy dose of the blues from Songs of Hiram at Gilrein’s, On Saturday May 8 rock out for a good cause at the Lucky Dog with a benefit show for the Second Chance Animal Shelter. Lineup includes: Stone Temple Pilots tribute Tiny Music as they join Dave Rivers Group, Chase Haven, and Sam James. Psychedelic misfits GroupAction is reuniting for a kickass performance at Ralph’s along with Huck, Mystery Wounds, and Shawn Revoltah. How much rock can you handle? Find out over at The Palladium with Skatefest featuring The Receiving End of Sirens, Recover, The Dear Hunter, Polar Bear Club, Envy on the Coast, Versa Emerge, All the Day Holiday, and Bad Habits. Catch the unstoppable force and face melting riffs of Death to New England at The Raven. Over at Beatnik’s check out the high energy pop punk of Go Gadget Go. Head out to the Marine Corps League and catch a stellar performance

by The Bubbleheads. Discover the blues and hard rock blend of White Rose Confession at The Cannery in Southbridge. Ryan Flaherty of Ameranouche opens for the soulful and jazzy Jubilee Gardensat the Sahara Café. Jazz fans, make sure to check out The Tierney Sutton Band at Tuckerman Hall. Finish your weekend at Tammany Hall with Behind the Barrier, Dead Ellington, Call 2 Consciousness, Ashland’s Attic and more!

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ARTSWorcester, New Again - Exploring Found Objects, through May 7. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free.

660 Main St. 508-755-5142 or artsworcester.org.

Booklovers’ Gourmet, “Harmony” Art Exhibit, Through May 29. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. 55 East Main St., Webster. 508-949-6232 or er3. com/book.

College of the Holy Cross: Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, 13: Works from the 2010 Senior Concentration Seminar, through May 28. Hours: closed Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday - Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. 1 College St. 508-793-3356 or holycross.edu Dark World Gallery, Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Monday - Saturday. 179 Grafton St. darkworldgallery.com DZian Gallery, Artist Reception and Meet & Greet with Robert Bissell, Friday (May 21). Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, closed

Monday - Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday - Saturday. 65 Water St. 508-831-1106 or dzian.net.

EcoTarium, Budding Scientists - Program for Kids Ages 4-6, Thursday; SkyWatch: Shields Up!, Thursday (June 17); SkyWatch: Geometry in the Skies, Thursday (Aug. 19); SkyWatch: Five Moons over Worcester, Thursday (Oct. 14). Hours: noon-5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. Admission: $12.00 adults; $8.00 for children ages 2-18, college students with IDs & senior citizens. Children under 2 & EcoTarium members free. Additional charges apply for Tree Canopy Walkway, Explorer Express Train, planetarium programs & other special programs.

222 Harrington Way. 508-929-2700 or ecotarium.org.

Fitchburg Art Museum, All that Glitters: Finnish Jewelry, through June 13. Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, noon-4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg.

978-345-4207 or fitchburgartmuseum.org.

Fruitlands Museum, A Closer Look: A six-part lecture series examining Fruitlands Museum collections, Tuesday (May 11); Fruits of the Sea Dinner, Saturday (May 22); A Closer Look: A six-part lecture series examining Fruitlands Museum collections, Tuesday (June 8); Flights of Discovery Exhibition, Through Nov. 15; For the Birds: Art from the Mass Audubon Collection, Through Nov. 15; Sculptor Joseph Wheelwright’s Tree Figures Exhibition, Through Nov. 15. 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard. 978-456-3924 or fruitlands.org.

Higgins Armory Museum, Family OverKnight, Saturday (May 22); WOO Card good at Higgins Armory Museum, Through Dec. 31; Exhibit: Beyond Belief: The Curious Collection of Professor Rufus Excalibur Bell, Through June 20, 2011. Hours: noon-4 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday. $10 for Adults, $7 for Children (age 4-16), Children 3 and under are Free.

100 Barber Ave. 508-853-6015 or higgins.org Museum of Russian Icons, Russian Sacred Art Trip: An Educational Tour, Friday (June 11) - Sunday; Grand Discovery: Icons Acquired from Private European Collections, Through July 30; Prosopon School of Iconology Icon Writing Workshop at the Museum of Russian Icons, Monday (July 26) - Saturday. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 11-3 a.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, 11-3 a.m. Friday, 9-3 a.m. Saturday. $5 adults, senior voluntary contribution, student and children free. 203 Union St., Clinton. 978-598-5000 or 978-598-5005 or museumofrussianicons.org.

Old Sturbridge Village, Admission: $7 - $20 charged by age.

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

800-733-1830 or 508-347-3362 or osv.org.

Post Road Art Center, Opening Reception: Flower Show 2010, Thursday; Flower Show 2010, May 7 - May 28; Call to Artists: Budding Artist Show 2010, May 20 - May 28. Hours: closed Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday - Saturday. 1 Boston Post Road, Marlborough. 508-485-2580 or postroadartcenter.com.

The Sprinkler Factory, Call for Artist and Artisans - Open Show, Friday (May 14); All Arts Weekend in the Woo - The Fire Works Studio, Saturday (May 15) - Sunday. Hours: noon-6 p.m.

Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, closed Saturday. 38 Harlow St. sprinklerfactory.com.

Top Fun Aviation Toy Museum, Go Fly a Kite, Sunday (May 16); 2010 Birthday Party, Sunday (Aug. 15). Hours: 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Saturday. 21 Prichard St., Fitchburg. 978-342-2809 or 978-2974337 or topfunaviation.com.

Worcester Art Museum, The Museum Cafe is Open, through Aug. 28; AIA Lecture: Mongolia: Cultural Heritage at Risk, Thursday; Tour: All Things Maternal, Saturday; WAM Zip Trip: The Salisbury Women, Saturday; ArtTime: Mother’s Day Mosaic Photo Frames, Sunday; Gallery Talk: The History of Rock & Roll, Sunday; Tour: All Things Maternal, Sunday; May Tour of the Month: Music in Art, May 12 - May 15; Wormtown Rocks! Exhibition, through May 14; WAM Zip Trip: El Greco’s Mary Magdalene, Saturday (May 15); Public Tour, Sundays, through May 30; Third Thursdays: Music, Tastings & Art, Thursday (May 20); WAM Zip Trip: Saint Francis Neville of the Fields, Saturday (May 22); Art All-State, Fridays, Saturdays, May 28 - May 29; Art All-State Exhibition & Reception, Saturday (May 29); Public Tour, Saturdays, through May 29; Selections from Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present through May 30; ArtTime: Celebrating Father’s Day, Sunday (June 13); WAM Faculty Art Exhibition, June 2 - June 25; Minimalism: Logic and Structure in the Graphic Arts, through July 11; What Matters, through Aug. 22; Wall at WAM: “Actions Speak,” THINK AGAIN (David John Attyah and S.A. Bachman), through Sept. 30; Hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, closed Monday - Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Admission: Free for members, $10 adults, $8 seniors, free for youth 17 and under. Free for all Saturdays, 10am-noon. 55 Salisbury St. 508799-4406 or worcesterart.org Worcester Center for Crafts, The Vases of Spring: A Celebration of Season, May 3 - June 22. Hours: closed Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, closed Saturday. 25 Sagamore Road. 508-753-8183 or worcestercraftcenter.org.

Worcester Historical Museum, Exhibit: Elementary Worcester, Through Aug. 7. Hours: closed Sunday - Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday - Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday - Saturday. 30 Elm St. 508-7538278 or worcesterhistory.org WPI: George C. Gordon Library, Beauty, Color, and Life: Photography by Diana Lados, Through June 14. 100 Institute Road. wpi.edu.

music >Thursday 6 Adult Lunch Jam Session. Jack’s Guitar Garage will run an hour and a half Jam session/Lunch. For a small fee, locals can spend their lunch break jamming with other musicians, having lunch, and working on skills. Walk-ins are always welcome! $5.

11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jack’s Guitar Garage, 243 West Main St., Northborough. 508-393-7200.

Crazy Dave and Farley!. Downstairs Bar at Ralph’s. Twice a week, Every week. Don’t miss it! 4-8 p.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

18+ Dollhouse Thursdays. 5 p.m.-2 a.m. Bluri Bar & Lounge, 320 Main St. 508-926-8247.

Chris Reddy -Acoustic Loops from Hell. 6-9 p.m.

Peppercorns Grille & Bar, 455 Park Ave. 508-752-7711.

Barry Rosenburg - Soundstage. 7-11 p.m. Bull Run Restaurant, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311.

The Bella Birds Perform At The Rabbit Hole. First Thursday, May 6, 7 to 8 p.m. The Bella Birds, a fantastic indie folk rock band that puts on a great show with catchy melodies, tight harmonies, creative lyrics, and perhaps absurd humor. The Rabbit Hole bookstore, 805 Main Street, downtown Fitchburg, Free. 7-8 p.m. Rabbit Hole (bookstore and more), 805 Main St., Fitchburg.

978-345-0040 or therabbitholeusa.com.

Thursday Night Music Series. 7-10 p.m. Devens Grill, 4 Ryans Way, Devens. 978-862-0060.

Open Mic Night with Bill McCarthy. To check the schedules and open slots visit: MySpace.com/openmicworld Free!.

7:30 p.m.-midnight Admiral T. J. O’Briens, 407 Main St., Sturbridge.

508-347-2838 or MySpace.com/OpenMicWorld.

Vance Gilbert Concert. $15. 7:30-10 p.m. Christ Episcopal Church, 1089 Stafford St., Rochdale. 617 480-0388 or hezstone. com.

A cappella group Tonehenge sings at Harvest Cafe. harvestcafeonline.com 978-567-0948 No cover, pass the hat for the performers. 8-10 p.m. Harvest Café, 40 Washington St., Hudson. 978-567-0948.

Acoustic Thursday w/ J.P. Mac. J.P’s knowledge of his guitar and his repertoire of music is sure to please all. Free. 8 p.m.-midnight Halligan’s Sports Bar and More, 889 Southbridge St., Auburn. 508-832-6793 or halliganssportsbarandmore.com.

College Night - Redcarpetworcester.com. 8 p.m.-2 a.m.

Irish Times / Rehab, 244 Main St. 508-797-9599.

Live Jazz & Blues. 8 p.m.-2 a.m. Cafe Destare, 320 Main St., Fitchburg. 978-345-5734.

Open Mic Thursdays. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. The SK Laters. SK Marshall-Paul Provost & George Dellomo music charge. 8-11 p.m. Gilreins, 810 Main St. 508-791-2583.

“Audio Wasabi”, hosted by Brian Chaffee. Free. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-6690122 or myspace.com/audiowasabi.

Open Mic Jam. Come join us on stage for our famous Open Mic Jam Sessions. All players and singers are welcome! Every Thursday starting @ 8:30pm! FREE. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Mill Street Brews (@ The Artist Development Complex), 18 Mill St., Southbridge. 508-764-6900.

The Flock of A-Holes with Go Gadget Go, Jaxon Boom and May & Me (1st). Come celebrate both Simon LeBoner (Flock vox) and Mike Hirsch’s (Go Gadget Go) Birthday tonight! $5. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888.

18+ College Thursdays. The Canal District’s 18+ College Dance Party Weekly Theme Parties with Prizes and Giveaways.

DJ Nick & DJ U-KNO Blazin the BEST! 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100 Applebee’s Karaoke. Join Magic Mike Entertainment DJ’s for Karaoke Night every Thursday Night!! Free. 9 p.m.-midnight Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar, 632 Park Ave. 508-3633032.

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Black Pyramid, Sexcrement, Let The Night Roar [GA], Abnormality. 9 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

Rare Breed. 9 p.m.-midnight Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508926-8877.

Retro Night 18+ “Songs and Video of the 70s & 80s”. 18+ 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Club Gallery, 150 Point St., Providence.

401-751-7166.

The Dive Bar Thursdays. Duncan Arsenault hosts this weekly music series at The Dive Bar, featuring musicians from all genres.

21+, ID required FREE. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Dive Bar, 34 Green St. thedivebarworcester.com.

Thursday Night is 18+ Night @ LC’s Lounge W/ CAVAN & Guest D.J.’s Every Week. Under 21 $5 21+ FREE. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. LC’s Lounge Live Music / Karaoke, 287 Main St. 508-926-8844.

Jay Graham Live!. Free. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Funky Murphy’s, S-Kalators (Paul & Scott). $5. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gilrein’s, 802 Main St. 508-791-2583.

Andy Cummings Live. $3. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Hooligan’s, 29 Blossom St., Fitchburg. 508-272-5092.

Vincent’s presents Great Whiskey Rebellion every Thursday night. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.

>Friday 7 Crazy Dave and Farley!. Downstairs Bar at Ralph’s. Twice a week, Every week. Don’t miss it! 4-8 p.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

Brian Chaffee. 6-10 p.m. Black Sheep Tavern, 261 Leominster Road, Sterling. 978-422-8484.

Jim Porcella. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508753-4030.

Beatles For Sale @ the ACS Relay For Life - Milford.

Beatles For Sale returns to Milford for this very special event. Free.

7-8:30 p.m. Milford High School, 31 West Fountain St., Milford.

Ed & Da’ve. Free. 7-11 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

Goddard Coffee House: Chuck & Mud. Popular husband and wife duo Chuck & Mud, accompanied by Walter Crockett on lead acoustic guitar and Mark Manuel on bass, perform their muchloved blend of classic and original folk tunes. $12. 7-9:30 p.m.

Goddard House & Art Gallery, 1199 Main St. 508-753-4890.

Imaginary City: So Percussion. $22 adults, $20 seniors, $7 under 18. 7-10 p.m. Fitchburg State College: Weston Auditorium, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg. 978-665-3347 or fsc.edu.

Tom Brennan - Amusing Grace. Tom Brennan is a Christian comedian, parodista, impersonator. Your spirit is sure to be lifted and set on fire! This will be an awesome evening of Christ-centered ministry and entertainment. Free. A love offering will be taken. 7-11 p.m. Mill Church Cafe, 45 River St., Millbury. 508-864-5658 or chapelatthemill.org.

Amy Speace ~ Singer-Songwriter. Amy Speace, a rising star, is recognized as much for her writing of instant classics as for her truly commanding voice. Amy Speace is rarely booked at small venues, so reserve early! Doors open at 7:30p.m. Call 978-4645414. $10 includes bottomless cup. 8-10 p.m. The Town Green Coffeehouse in the First Congregational Church of Princeton, 14 Mountain Road, Princeton. 978-464-5414.

Bill McCarthy. MySpace.com/BadClownProductions. Free.

8-11 p.m. Olde Post Office Pub, 1 Ray St., North Grafton. 508839-6106.

Chris Reddy -Acoustic Loops from Hell. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. al Fresco Trattoria & Bar, 680 Main St., Holden. 508-829-3008.

Eilen Jewell Band. 8 p.m.-noon Bull Run Restaurant, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311.

First Friday’s with Sally Sweitzer and Friends. Sally Sweitzer, Henri Nigro, Reed Butler, and Bill McGillvary will fill the Cafe with southern rock, country folk Americana. No cover, pass the hat for the performers. 8-10 p.m. Harvest Café, 40 Washington St., Hudson. 978-567-0948.

Girls, Guns & Glory with Highway Ghosts. Americana music is thriving in the Boston area! Girls Guns and Glory have

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Amazing Things Art Center, 160 Hollis St., Framingham. 508-4052787 or amazingthings.org/frontpage2.asp?DC_ID=1464.

The Last Call Band. Winner of the 2010 Worcester Music Awards for Best Rock Band 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420 or thelastcallband.com.

Tony Yodice - Acoustic Fridays. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Celtic Tavern, 45 Belmont St., Northborough. 508-366-6277.

Scott Babineau. Scott Babineau weaves his musical magic. free. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner.

978-669-0122 or gardnerale.com.

Soulstice, Mocha Java! and Hard #9. $7. 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or myspace.com/luckydogmusichall.

Clamdigger. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-9268877.

Coopers Escape. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Irish Times / Rehab, 244 Main St. 508-797-9599.

Double Take. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

Friday Night Decadence 18+. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Club Gallery, 150 Point St., Providence. 401-751-7166.

Hard Drive Classic Rock Maximized Rhythm & Blues. No Cover. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. KAS BAR, Southwest cutoff rte 20.

Ladies Night - Top 40 Dance Party. Our Top 40 Ladies Night Dance Party returns to Speakers! Ladies (and Gent’s) come in and dance the night away with the hottest DJ in the MetroWest Area DJ BOBBY B!!! FREE. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough. 508-480-8222 o speakersnightclub.net.

Latin Night with DJ Sammy Smoove. Jam’s 94.5 own DJ Sammy Smoove on the 1’s and 2’s! 18+, Doors open @ 9PM $2.00 drinks from 9-11! ;) 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Swagger Nightclub, 281

Lunenburg St., Fitchburg. 978-627-0260 or swaggernightclub. com/Menu.html.

Live Music Friday Nights @ Bocado. Pop Latino from 9p.m. Come and enjoy the spiced Music of Pueblo Nuevo Band: Spanish Style guitar with a combination of South American Flavors and Rumba. Free. 9-11 p.m. Bocado Tapas Wine Bar, 82 Winter St. 508-797-1011 or pueblonuevoband.com.

Pete the Polak, DJ. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. 3-G’s Sports Bar, 152 Millbury St. 508-754-3516.

Phantasia Fridays with DJ Tony-T. DJ Tony-T lights up the Fusion Dance Club spinning the HOTTEST Top 40, Mash-Ups and Hip Hop. Lounge opens at 9:00 pm - Dance Club opens at 10:30 pm. Coat Room available with attendant. No Cover Charge. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.

Sandal Machine Foot @ Ralph’s Diner. After a long awaited return, SMF is coming back hard to make you funk and what place better than Ralph’s Diner?! Come see Vinny Cirigliano on vocals (of Superbug, Fun with Hands, AriBand), Sean McLaughlin (of Crail and Fun with Hands), and new drummer Tony Porter (of Superbug). Also with the Golden Girls, Kid.Nap.Kin, and the Born Empty (Now On Tour!). SandalMachineFoot.com myspace. com/KidNapKin myspace.com/goldengirlsma myspace.com/ bornempty. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

Sons of Hiram. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Gilrein’s, 802 Main St. 508791-2583.

Sound In Stone, Great Big Circles, Ballou, Johnnycab. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. The Delta Generators. Authentic blues rock at the incredible Cannery Music Hall! 21+ $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. The Cannery, 12 Crane St., Southbridge. 508-764-1100.

The Last Call Band. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. JJ’s Sports Bar and Grill, 380 Southwest Cutoff, Northborough. 508-842-8420.

Bret Talbert - Live Acoustic Rock!. Local rocker performs the best in classic, modern rock & pop - with the aid of his trusty 6-string thing. 9:30-12:30 p.m. Creegan’s Pub, 65 Green St. 508754-3550. jason james and the bay state rockers. $5 cover charge.

9:30-12:30 p.m. Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508829-4566.

Rock Out w/ Sandal Machine Foot, KidNapKin, The Born Empty, Golden Girls. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

Every Friday Night @ LC’s Lounge is 21+ Night With CAVAN and D.J. Joe Tortorelli NO COVER. NO COVER. 10 p.m.-1:45 a.m. LC’s Lounge Live Music / Karaoke, 287 Main St. 508-926-8844.

The Pinball Millionaires. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.

>Saturday 8 Mood Disorder. Join Roberta, Craig, Pete, Tom & Jason as we rock the house for the first time at the Hawk’s Nest Tavern in Whitinsville! A cool mix of rock, top 40 and classic hits that will keep you on the dancefloor and screaming for more! 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Hawk’s Nest Tavern, 40 Plummer Ave, Whitinsville.

508-234-2124.

Hat on Drinking Wine. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Jubilee Gardens. with Ryan Flaherty of Ameranouche warming up at 9:30pm! 10-1:30 a.m. Sahara Cafe & Restaurant, 143 Highland St. 508-798-2181 or jubileegardens.com.

UCCM Choir Practice. with Claudia Acerra The Second and Fourth Saturday of Every Month 10 a.m. to Noon Nothing. 10 a.m.-noon Unity Church of Central Massachusetts, 21 Cedar St. 508-755-6830. worcester rock’s. Behind the Barrier, Dead Ellington, Gazbo, Slow Century, Call 2 Consciousness, After the Storm, Ashland’s Attic & Subject to Interpretation. Come spend Saturday at Tammany Hall! $8 in advance $10 at the door. noon-7 p.m.

Tammany Hall, 43 Pleasant St. 508-277-6324.

Skatefest. Featuring The Receiving End of Sirens, Recover, The Dear Hunter, Polar Bear Club, Envy on the Coast Versa Emerge, All

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Anniversary Party. Halligan’s Sports Bar and More is turning one year old. Come and enjoy the music of Acoustic guitarist Matt Beniot from 5pm-8pm and to In~Dispute from 8pm-12am. Lots of fun, FREE taco bar, deep fried turkeys and more... Free. 5 p.m.-1 a.m. Halligan’s Sports Bar and More, 889 Southbridge St., Auburn.

508-832-6793 or halliganssportsbarandmore.com.

Live Entertainment Hosted by “ Pichardo”. None unless specified. 6 p.m.-1 a.m. Canal Sports Pub, 177-179 Millbury St. 508-304-7327 or myspace.com/TheCanalSportsPub. Beatles For Sale the Tribute. Beatles For Sale the Tribute returns to the Gardner Music Hall for a special concert to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the release of the Beatles LP Let It Be. $10. 7-9:30 p.m. Gardner Music Hall, 152 Pleasant St., Gardner. 978-630-9994 or thegardnermusichall.com.

Bill McCarthy. MySpace.com/BadClownProductions. Free.

7:30-10:30 p.m. Verona Grille, 81 Clinton St., Shrewsbury. 508853-9091.

Billy Novick & Guy Van Duser. “Elegant. Riveting. Soulful.

Classic mastery.” $18 ($15 Members; $17 Students/Seniors).

8-11 p.m. Amazing Things Art Center, 160 Hollis St., Framingham.

508-405-2787 or amazingthings.org Music Worcester presents The Tierney Sutton Band. featuring Jazz Vocalist Tierney Sutton, with Christian Jacob, Trey Henry, Kevin Axt, and Ray Brinker. $39, $36, students $20/at door $15. WGBH, WICN members call in advance for discount. Please note: Tuckerman Hall no credit cards at door.. 8-10 p.m. Tuckerman Hall, 10 Tuckerman St. 508-754-3231 or musicworcester.org .

Songs for Ceilidh. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Celtic Tavern, 45 Belmont St., Northborough. 508-366-6277.

The Music of Patty Keough. No cover, pass the hat for the performers. 8-10 p.m. Harvest Café, 40 Washington St., Hudson.

978-567-0948.

Watermelon Slim & The Workers. 8 p.m.-noon Bull Run Restaurant, 215 Great Road, Shirley. 978-425-4311.

3 Guys Plumbing. Free. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. JD’s Sports Bar, 1 Pineland Ave, Shrewsbury. 508-757-1505 or myspace. com/3guysplumbing.

Dana Lewis Live! Dana Lewis Live! Playing the Greatest Hits of the 60’s to the 80’s Great food, Full Bar, Lottery and Me! Playing the Greatest hits of the 80’s to the 80’s Come have some Fun! FREE!.

8:30-11:30 p.m. Whistle Stop Bar & Grill, 85 Main St., Oxford.

508-987-3087.

Toni Knott & Marc Smith. Toni Knott & Marc Smith perform free. 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner.

978-669-0122 or gardnerale.com.

4th gear. $5 cover charge. 9 p.m.-noon Blue Plate Lounge, 661 Main St., Holden. 508-829-4566.

Auntie Trainwreck. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Squire Whites Pub & Restaurant, 347 Greenwood St. 508-752-7544.

Bow Thayer And Perfect Trainwreck. 9 p.m.-midnight Dive Bar, 34 Green St. Death to New England. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. The Raven, 258 Pleasant St. DJ’s - Every Saturday. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Bluri Bar & Lounge, 320 Main St. 508-926-8247.

Double Take. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Classic’s Pub, 285 Central St., Leominster. 978-537-7750.

Guy Bergeron. Known throughout New England for his witty and fun demeanor making his 3G’s Show a must see. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. 3-G’s Sports Bar, The Music Room, 152 Millbury St. 508754-3516.

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

978-345-5051.

My Silent Bravery. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Galway Bay Irish Pub, 186 Stafford St. 508-753-8909 or mysilentbravery.com.

No Alibi. $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

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Revolver. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Irish Times / Rehab, 244 Main St. 508-797-9599.

Rhed. The Rhed Band once again returns to Speakers Night club for another sold out show. $3 after 9:30pm (subject to change).

9 p.m.-2 a.m. Speakers Night Club, 19 Weed St., Marlborough.

508-480-8222.

Sarno & Provost. Tony Sarno & Paul Provost with SK Marshall & George Dellomo music charge. 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Gilreins, 810 Main St. 508-791-2583.

Seductive Saturdays with DJ Hydro - Top 40. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.

Songs For Ceilidh: Upbeat Traditional and Original Celtic Music. SongsForCeilidh.com. 9 p.m.-midnight Celtic Tavern, 45 Belmont St., Northborough. 508-366-6277.

The “Bubbleheads” 9 p.m.-midnight Marine Corps League, 181 Lake Ave. 508-829-7881.

Tony Sarno & Paul Provost Band. $10. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Gilrein’s, 802 Main St. 508-791-2583.

White Rose Confession. Outstanding blues based hard rock band hailing from Northeast Connecticut! 21+ $5. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

The Cannery, 12 Crane St., Southbridge. 508-764-1100.

The Reunion of GroupAction! w/ Huck, Mystery Wounds, Shawn Revoltah!. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

Go Gadget Go!. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877.

Sparce Grey Hackle. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m.

Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.

>Sunday 9 Mother’s Day Brunch with chamber music by members to symphony pro musica and their friends. harvestcafeonline.com 978-567-0948 Brunch served from 9am - 2pm. No cover for music but donations encouraged. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Harvest Café, 40 Washington St., Hudson. 978-567-0948.

Traditional Irish Seisiun. Authentic Irish Seisiun held the 2nd & 4th Sunday of every month. Fiddlers, in whistles, flutes, banjos, pipes, singers & more stop in to just enjoy making music.

An old world tradition suitable for the entire family. Free. 4-8 p.m.

Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St. 508-792-3700.

Jims Blues Jam Presents ‘Scott Bronnes’. Scott Bronnes brings his sweet soulful voice and heartfelt harmonica playing to Jim’s Blues Jam. 5:30-9:30 p.m. Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

Dana Lewis Live!. 7-10 p.m. Cafe’ Sorrento, 143 Central St., Milford. 508-478-7818 or myspace.com/danalewismusic.

Music Under the Moose with Danielle Every Sunday.

Live Music Downstairs Under the Moose every Sunday! 8 p.m.midnight Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-7539543.

Another Soldier Down presents: Metal For The Masses Every Other Sunday. Every other Sunday, Another Soldier Down presents a night of loud music! $5. 9 p.m.-2 a.m.

Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888 or myspace. com/anothersoldierdown.

Josh Briggs Live. Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Funky Murphy’s Bar & Grill, 305 Shrewsbury St. 508-753-2995 or facebook.com/ fiveonfriday.

Live Band Karaoke every Sunday night with “Same As Never”. Same As Never is looking for a lead singer. Come down and audition for them LIVE on our stage! You could be the next rock star! FREE. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888.

Polynesian Night with Frank & Eric. Frank and Eric will help you start your week off the right way all of your favorite tropical drinks while soaking in the sounds of days past. 9 p.m.1:30 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.

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Reggae Fusion Sundays with DJ Nick. DJ Nick and Weekly Guest DJ’s spin Reggae, Hip Hop and Top 40 every Sunday.

10 p.m.-2 a.m. Fusion, 109 Water St. 508-756-2100.

>Monday 10 “Driftin” Sam Politz at 7pm, Then NEW Karaoke at 9pm!. No Cover. 7 p.m.-1 a.m. Nick’s Bar and Restaurant, 124 Millbury St. 508-753-4030.

Tokyo Tramps. Tokyo Tramps Kamakazie The Ale House Lounge for Blue Monday free. 7-10 p.m. Gardner Ale House, 74 Parker St., Gardner. 978-669-0122 or gardnerale.com.

Open Mic Night with Bill McCarthy Free!. 7:30-11:30 p.m. Vinny T’s of Boston, 7 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury. 508-7550900 or MySpace.com/OpenMicWorld.

Spring Choral Concert of the Fitchburg State Choirs.

A large mixed choir, (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) and an 11 voice mixed chamber ensemble will present music of various style periods. The combined ensembles will present Moses Hogan’s Great Day Spiritual with Jeremy Flinkstrom, tenor soloist. Free.

7:30-9:30 p.m. Fitchburg State College: Conlon Building, Kent Recital Hall, 160 Pearl St., Fitchburg.

Assumption College Nights 18+ w/DJ Reckless. 10 p.m.-2 a.m. Bluri Bar & Lounge, 320 Main St. 508-926-8247.

>Tuesday 11 Bill McCarthy Open Mic. Open Mic FREE. 7-11 p.m.

Greendale’s Pub, 404 W Boylston St. 508-853-1350.

Jam Night @ LC’s Lounge. Looking to start a Jamm Night @ Lc’s Lounge Any Interest should give Kaz a call @ 508-9268844 FREE. 7-11 p.m. LC’s Lounge Live Music / Karaoke, 287 Main St. 508-926-8844.

Worcester Area Community Choir. Led by composer, guitarist Jim Scott, the choir will sing a wide variety of styles of choral music from rounds and chants to classical, jazz, world folk music from many cultures as well as contemporary pop music that celebrates ideals of community, diversity, ecology and peace. $5 / rehearsal or $50 / 10 rehearsals. 7-9 p.m. Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main St. 508-755-0995 or jimscottmusic. com.

“Totally Tuesdays” Rad tunes in the Diner played every Tuesday Night!. 8 p.m.-1 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

Big Jon Short. no cover. 8-10 p.m. Armsby Abbey, 144 North Main St. 508-795-1012 or armsbyabbey.com/2009/08/jon-short/.

Open Mic with Shane Hall. Open Mic hosted by Shane Hall.

Never ceases to be interesting! 1 food or drink item purchase. 8-10 p.m. Q Cafe, 362 Chandler St. 508-479-8311.

Vincent’s presents Scott Ricciuti and Michael Thibodeau every Tuesday night. 8-11 p.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.

Open Mic. New Open Mic at the English Social Club in Worcester. All styles, genres and skill levels welcome. Free. 8:30 p.m.-noon English Social Club, 29 Camp St. 508-754-3900 or myspace.com/briandolanmusic.

Tuesday DJs. 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Emerald Isle, 49 Millbury St. 508792-3830.

>Wednesday 12 Open Mic Night at Acoustic Java. Free. 5:30-7 p.m.

Acoustic Java, 932A Main St. 508-756-9446 Open Jam Sessions. 6 p.m.-1 a.m. Canal Sports Pub, 177179 Millbury St. 508-304-7327.

Open Mic Night hosted by Sax Player Joe Ferreira.

7:30-9:30 p.m. Harvest Café, 40 Washington St., Hudson. 978567-0948.

Open Mic Night with Bill McCarthy Free!. 7:30-11 p.m. Beatnik’s, 433 Park Ave. 508-926-8877 or MySpace.com/ OpenMicWorld.

Open Mike Night. No Cover Charge. 8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Firefly’s Framingham, 235 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham. 508-8203333 or fireflysbbq.com.

Terry Brennan. 8 p.m.-noon Banner Pub, The, 112 Green St. 508-864-8713.

FREE Wednesday night Concert series. Check out the luckydogmusic.com site calendar for band listings. 8:30 p.m.-1:45 a.m. Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green St. 508-363-1888.

Starving Artist Open Mic- Hosted by Josh Briggs and Tony Yodice. Free. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. José Murphy’s, 97-103 Water St. 508-792-0900.

Upstairs: The Great Whiskey Rebellion, Radio Control. 9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543.

Vincent’s presents Lisa Marie & All Shook Up every Wednesday. 9:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Vincent’s Bar, 49 Suffolk St. 508-752-9439.

poetry >Thursdays The After 9 Poetry Series. every Thursday open mic poetry then either a featured poet or a slam...no cover but there is a hat pass to help pay the feature...21+ 0. 8:30-10 p.m. Hotel Vernon The Ship Room/Kelley Square Yacht Club, 1 Millbury St. 508-3633507 or After9poetry.wordpress.com.

The Little “a” Poetry Series. The Little “a” Poetry Series occurs every Thursday night around 7:30 at the Q (362 Chandler St, Worcester) and is hosted by Cowboy Matt Hopewell. We have an open mic followed by a featured poet. To book a feature, e-mail Matt at themadcowboy@gmail.com 1 food or drink item purchase, donation to go to featured poet. 7:30-8:30 p.m. Q Cafe, 362 Chandler St.

>Sundays The Poets’ Asylum. Join Worcester’s longest running poetry series every Sunday night for an open mic reading followed by a featured poet and/or a poetry slam. This week we welcome Bob Gill to our stage. Bob Gill began attending the Sunday night reading in ‘99 and soon discovered that performance poetry was a heck of a lot more interesting than channel surfing his way through the evening hours. As time went by Bob began to help organize the reading and currently serves as treasurer & webmaster for poetsasylum.org. He has featured in venues in central & western Massachusetts and Providence, RI. His work has been published in Ballard Street Poetry Journal and the anthologies of the Poets’ Asylum. For more info please visit our website - poetsasylum.org.

6-9 p.m. Jumpin’ Juice & Java, 335 Chandler St. 508-926-8800.

>Mondays The Dirty Gerund Poetry Show. Spoken Word Poetry & Music & Surprise Ruckus blend together to create an eclectic, dynamic show that ain’t your grandma’s poetry reading. Open Mic, Comedy Shtick, Special Featured Performers, Poets On Tour, Snack Time and prizes for demented variations on poetry challenges!

Hosted by Alex Charalambides and Nick Davis. Music by Worcester Favorites, Shane Hall & the Ticklebomb Orchestra! The show also streams online most Monday’s! Check the dirtygerund.com website for a link! Coming Soon! Donations Accepted. 9-11 p.m.

Ralph’s Chadwick Square Diner, 148 Grove St. 508-753-9543 or dirtygerund.com.

>Wednesday Worcester Youth Poetry Slam meets Dickinson’s Ribbons. Open poetry reading by WBHS students of Dickinson’s Ribbons literary journal with poets Alex Charalambides of the Worcester Youth Poetry Slam and “Cowboy” Matt Hopewell of the Q Cafe. General public invited. Others welcome to read/perform original poetry. Free. 6:30-8 p.m. Beaman Memorial Public Library, Stiles Room, 8 Newton St., West Boylston.

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Auditions “Night of the Living Beauty Pageant” 7-14 year olds. May 7: 6-8 p.m. Barre Players Theater, 64 Common St., Barre. 978-355-3050.

Lucia di Lammermoor. May 7-9: Lucia is a lush dramatic masterpiece which follows a tragic heroine caught between family obligations, a forceful brother’s will, and her true love - her family’s sworn enemy. The three act opera boasts stunning arias, magnificent choruses, and a passionate love story for the ages.

Conductor: Ian Watson Stage Director: Eve Summer Scenic Design: Julia Noulin-Merat Costume Design: Toni B. Elliott Lighting Design: Ben Pilat $10 - $50 reserved seating, $8 student rush. 7-10 p.m.

Academy of Music Theater, 274 Main St., Northampton. 508-8470517 or commonwealthopera.org .

Beauty & the Beast. May 7 & 8: Seven Hills Charter Public School proudly presents “Beauty and the Beast.” The Musical will be presented at Quinsigamond College on May 7 and 8. Tickets can be purchased by emailing dlemoyne@sevenhillscharter.org or by calling 508-799-7500 or at the door. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. and the show begins at 7. 7 p.m.-midnight Quinsigamond Community College, 670 West Boylston St. Juno and the Paycock. May 7-15: Pilgrim Soul Productions at the Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre is pleased to announce its spring production of the 2010 season: Seán O’Casey’s tragiccomic classic Juno and the Paycock. Directed by Pilgrim Soul’s founder and Artistic Director Matthew J. Carr, this darkly comic family drama features local area performers Brenda Jenkins, Mark Patrick, Joe Finneral, Robbin Joyce, Bernie Galvin, Pat Delano, Rob Killeen, Bill Murphy, Todd Darling, and Cindy Ciullo. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. on May 7, 8, 14, and 15, with a Sunday matinee at 2:00 p.m. on May 16. The Sunday matinee features a special dinner/theater option. Individual tickets are $15. Dinner/Theater combined tickets are $35 (All Inclusive). Group discounts are available for groups of 25 or more.. 7:30-10 p.m. Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St. 508-752-0224.

Love, Sex and the IRS. Gateway Players Theatre, Inc. announces its spring production, “Love, Sex and the IRS“, by William Van Zandt and Jane Milmore. Showdates are May 7.8.14 & 15 at the Gateway Arts Barn, 111 Main St., Southbridge.

Performances are scheduled for 7:30pm. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and youth under age 18 and are available by calling Gateway at 508-764-4531. $12 adults, $10 seniors & youth under age 18. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Gateway Players Theatre Arts Barn, 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-764-4531.

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. May 7-15: Berlin Theater Company presents Off Broadway’s hilarious, longest running musical and winner of many theatrical awards. $15, $13 for seniors and students. 8-10 p.m. 1870 Town Hall, Grand Hall, 12 Woodward Ave., Berlin.

Lisa Lampanelli. May 8: Lisa Lampanelli is Comedy’s Lovable Queen of Mean. Two shows at 7pm and 9:45pm. $42-$62. 7 p.m.midnight Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St., Boston. 800-745-3000 or thewilburtheatre.com.

Dave Reilly’s Comedy Adventure. May 8: Appearing with Dave is “Father Guido” , and recording artist Rob Hamm. 48. 8-11 p.m. Clark University: Atwood Hall, The Daniels Theatre, 950 Main St. davereilly.com. auditions: “The Beauty and the Beast”, Disney musical. May 10: Gateway Players Theatre will hold auditions for the Disney musical “The Beauty and the Beast” on Monday, May 10 at 6:30 pm at the Gateway Arts Barn, 111 Main St., Southbridge, MA. All roles are open- from Belle and the Beast to Mrs. Potts, Gaston and the townspeople. free. 6:30-9 p.m. Gateway Players Theatre Arts Barn, 111 Main St., Southbridge. 508-764-4531.

Atticus Finch portrayed by Actor Richard Clark. May 11: As a loving father, compassionate friend and uncompromising attorney, Atticus Finch represents the divine spark in the human spirit as he leads a cast of other unlikely heroes in the American Classic “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The courtroom drama, the poignant interactions between father and children, the harsh realities of

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Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons. May 12-June 6: the 2006 Tony Award®-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were 30! Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St., Providence. 401-421-2997 or ppacri.org.

classes/ workshop >Thursday 6 Floral Design Workshop. Create a beautiful centerpiece with award-winning floral designer Lori Bourn. Perfect for Mother’s Day or home. Cost includes all materials. Pre-registration is required; email or phone to register. Proceeds to help support school arts education. $25. 6:30-8 p.m. Beaman Memorial Public Library, Stiles Room, 8 Newton St., West Boylston. 508-835-6489.

>Friday 7 The Art of Palmistry. Ever look at your hand and wonder what all those little lines and valleys mean? Ever wish you could figure out why friends act the way they do? Learn answers to these questions and more in this introductory workshop. Palm readings will be available to students following the workshop $45.

6:15-8:15 p.m. Generations Healing Center, 250 Main St., Oxford.

508-987-3310.

Yoga for Runners. Yoga for Runners is a series of yoga classes specially designed to complement and enhance the physical experience of running while stretching tired muscles.

With Stephanie Coutant-Matsen. $16, $14 for students/seniors, or use your class pass. First class is always free!. 10 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. Flowforms Yoga Center, 195 Lake Ave. 508-752-4700 or flowformsyoga.com/schedule/index.htm.

>Saturday 8 Introduction to Chakras. Feeling stressed?…Out of balance?... Do your intentions for a creative, meaningful life feel blocked or in conflict with your actions and decisions? Get in touch with your body’s 7 energy vortexes - or chakras - within the life force of our bodies. In this introductory workshop you will learn about the seven main chakras and how they affect your physical and emotional well-being. $35. 9-10:30 a.m. Generations Healing Center, 250 Main St., Oxford. 508-987-3310.

>Sunday 9 Adult Spring/Summer Classes Begin. Find out all about WAM’s new summer offerings, including a 7-week session in May, weekend workshops, week-long daytime and evening Institutes in June and July, and August workshops. Sign up for a favorite such as drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, computer art, and watercolor, or explore something totally new such as Expressive Drawing & Painting, Art Critique, or Modern Art for Dummies.

Classes for writers such as the new The Writer’s Toolbox Series are also available. All adult classes are offered for PDPs and some for college credit. Learn more by calling 508.793.4333 or 508.793.4334, or browse the Classes brochure online . Register early as classes fill quickly! Please see Classes brochure for pricing.. Worcester Art Museum, Higgins Education Wing, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406.

>Tuesday 11 Build Your Business: The Power of Twitter. Learn how to leverage the marketing power of Twitter! $35, Partial Scholarships Available. 6-8 p.m. Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) Central Massachusetts, 2nd Floor, 50 Elm St. 508-363-

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So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids. free.

6:30-8 p.m. Worcester Technical High School, 1 Skyline Drive.

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Reiki Share. All levels of Reiki practitioners and those who would like to receive are welcome. Information session is also available for those who would like to learn more about Reiki and its benefits or to schedule a class. Relax and rejuvenate and learn to take care of yourself with Reiki. 7-9 p.m. Bancroft School of Massage Therapy, 333 Shrewsbury St. 508-757-7923.

>Wednesday 12 Wednesdays, Women & Wine. Calling all women! If you’re a local business leader, community volunteer, a believer in empowering women, a mother, savvy woman or just like to enjoy a glass of wine in good company, please join us. Cash Bar. 6-8:30 p.m. El Basha West, 256 Park Ave. 508-363-2300.

Beginning Zentangle Class - A Taste of Zentangle.

In this two hour Taste of Zentangle class, students learn the basic principles and guidelines for the new and fascinating Zentangle art form. Students will explore the process of creating a Zentangle, and learn several patterns. Beginning Zentangle kit is included in the registration fee. $35. 7-9 p.m. Jumpin’ Juice & Java, Meeting Room, 335 Chandler St. 978-422-0549 or art-of-the-tangle. blogspot.com/.

Mastering QuickBooks. In this 6 session QuickBooks course, you will learn how to set up and maintain your bookkeeping system and navigate QuickBooks.195; Partial Scholarships Available. 6-8 p.m. Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) Central Massachusetts, 2nd Floor, 50 Elm St. 508-363-2300.

dance >Thursday 6 Salsa/Bachata Classes (Beg). Learn with other Singles & Couples for 6 weeks. Salsa dancing is characterized by a complicated rhythm, small steps, Cuban motion, and a compact hold. Salsa has a recurring 8-beat pattern, with patterns using 3 steps during each 4 beats. The skipped beat is usually marked by a tap or a kick. Salsa dancing is always sassy, sexy, and fun! $50pp.

6-7 p.m. American Ballroom & Latin Dance Studio, Maironis Park, 52 South Quinsigamond Ave., Shrewsbury. 508-925-4537 o americanballroomlatin.com.

Waltz Classes (Beg). Learn with other Singles & Couples for 6 weeks. The Waltz, with its ¾ rhythms and strong accent on the first beat, was born in the suburbs of Vienna. $50pp. 8-9 p.m. American Ballroom & Latin Dance Studio, Maironis Park, 52 South Quinsigamond Ave., Shrewsbury. 508-925-4537 or americanballroomlatin.com.

>Friday 7 Bachata Dance Workshops - Levels I & II. Level I - Learn Bachata, the hot and sexy dance from the Dominican Republic. Level one covers footwork, turns and partnering technique. Level II - Skill builder level - learn how to put together a partnering combination that will make you look impressive on the dance floor. This class is perfect for current bachata dancers that want to add more flair to their dance. Pre-requisite - Bachata level I $20 per level or $35 for both levels. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Salsa Storm Dance Studio, 9 Harrison St. 508-854-8489 or salsastorm.com.

Ballroom & Latin Dance Lounge. 7:15 Lesson & 8-11pm General Dance. Admission is $15pp with a $5 discount for students, DOCMA & MASSabda members. $15pp. 7:15-11 p.m.

American Ballroom & Latin Dance Studio, 52 South Quinsigamond Ave., Shrewsbury. 508-925-4537 or americanballroomlatin.com.

>Saturday 8 Worcester Contra Dance. Contra is an American folk dance, set to live folk music, in which a caller instructs the dancers through each set of moves. As the song continues, dancers progress along a line of other dancers, regularly swapping partners and enjoying new company while mastering the pattern of the

current dance. Dancing starts at 8:00 PM and goes until 11:00 PM, with a half-hour beginners’ lesson beforehand. Music by Einstein’s Little Homunculus, with Chris Weiler calling. $8/person, $6/student, $18/family; children under 12 free. 7:30-11 p.m.

Wesley United Methodist Church, 114 Main St. 508-853-4351 or worcesterdance.org/.

Dance to BYOBlues. Help the First Unitarian Church celebrate its 225th anniversary. Sodas and snacks will be available. $5 donation. 8-11 p.m. First Unitarian Church of Worcester, Unity Hall, 90 Main St. 508-757-2708.

Square Dance Ice Cream Sundae Night. Square Dance Ice Cream Sundae Night. Chuck & Gerry Hardy calling and Kathy Reardon cueing. Mainstream & Plus. 8:00-10:30pm. 8-10:30 p.m.

Sutton High School, 383 Boston Road, Sutton. 508-835-4560 or suttoncountrysquares.freeservers.com.

>Sunday 9 Mother’s Day Salsa Dance. Join us for a Mother’s Day filled with hot Latin music and dance. Get in on the FREE raffles.

Appetizers and beverages will be served. Doors open at 5pm with a lesson at 5:15 followed by open dancing until 8:30pm. A $5.00 cover gets you in the door and on the dance floor. $5. 5-8:30 p.m. Salsa Storm Dance Studio, 9 Harrison St. 508-854-8489 or salsastorm.com.

Superchief Trio Dance2Swing Swinin Sunday’s. 6pm Doors Open 6:30pm Beginner Friendly Group Swing Dance Lesson 7:30pm $12.. 6-11 p.m. Leominster Elks Lodge 1237, 134 N. Main St., Leominster. 978-263-7220 or dance2swing.com.

>Monday 10 Dance Lessons. Ever see those fun Irish (Ceili) couples dancing and want to learn how? The Hibernian Cultural Centre offers dance lessons every Monday night. Donations thankfully accepted.

7-8:30 p.m. Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St. 774-239-5818.

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>Friday 7 Author Event with Ann Hood. Providence Community Library invites you to join local best-selling author Ann Hood for a reading from her new book - The Red Thread. Free. 3-5 p.m. Mount Pleasant Library, Providence Community Library, 315 Academy Ave., Providence. 401-272-0106.

>Saturday 8 Tales of Wisdom and Wit for the Spiritual Journey.

Elisa Pearmaine is the author of two award winning books: Doorways to the Soul: 52 Wisdom Tales from around the World,(1998), and Once Upon a Time: Storytelling to Teach Character and Prevent Bullying (2006). She is a licensed mental health counselor specializing in teaching forgiveness and mindfulness through story. wisdomtales.com $10 donation.

7:30-9:30 p.m. Worcester Friends Meeting House (Quaker), 901 Pleasant St. 508-754-3887 or worcesterfriendsmeeting.org .

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WPI Venture Forum - New Opportunities in Robotics. $125 members and college students; $15 - $50 members/WPI alumni; $30 - general public. 5:30-8:30 p.m. WPI: Campus Center, Odeum, 100 Institute Road. 508-831-5075 or wpiventureforum.org.

Sports Concussion/Head Injury Forum. Main Speaker: Chris Nowinski, sports concussion expert, author, All-Ivy Harvard football player, WWE Pro Wrestler. Author of Head Games: Football’s Concussion Crisis. Special Guest: Michael Hirsh, MD, FACS, FAAP, UMass Pediatric Trauma Center Director, Surgeon-InChief of UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center Free. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Worcester State College: Sullivan Academic Building, 486 Chandler St. 508-450-8697 or concussion.eventbrite.com.

>Tuesday 11 Quickstep Classes (Int). Discover Quickstep with other Singles & Couples for 6 weeks. This fast version form of Foxtrot blossomed in 1925 with the influence of the Charleston by eliminating the kicks and introducing it as a progressive dance. $50pp. 8-9 p.m. American Ballroom & Latin Dance Studio, Maironis Park, 52 South Quinsigamond Ave., Shrewsbury. 508925-4537 or americanballroomlatin.com.

fundraiser >Thursday 6 Give Kids A Fightin’ Chance Charity Boxing Benefit.

WPD Gang Unit Charity Boxing presents: Give Kids a Fightin’ Chance- to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Worcester. Doors open at 6:30pm , Fight starts at 7:00pm. $25 GA (Available at The Palladium Box Office). 6:30 p.m.-midnight Palladium, The, 261 Main St. 508-797-9696.

lectures >Thursday 6 Mongolia: Cultural Heritage at Risk. Our popular Travels In Archaeology Series ventures further a field this year with a virtual trip to exotic Mongolia, the Land of Blue Sky. With its blend of Shamanist and Tibetan Buddhist art and culture against a breathtaking backdrop of golden steppes, Mongolia has become an exciting travel destination. FREE no museum admission required.

7-8:30 p.m. Worcester Art Museum, Conference Room, 55 Salisbury St. 508-799-4406 or webpages.charter.net/illyria.

Speaker-Photographer, Ron Rosenstock. The speaker, Ron Rosenstock, will speak about his work as a photographer and his work and life in the West of Ireland. There will also be an exhibit of some of his work. $5 Donation gratefully accepted. 7-8:30 p.m.

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Stump Grinding Cord Wood Trimming & Pruning Rubbish Removal Family Owned & Operated Fully Insured Discounts Available No Job Too Small

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Cost $50/week one zone, $75/week two zones. (10% off 8+ weeks/20% off 20+ weeks) FREE ad when you send us your legal notices for publication.

For more info or to advertise in this directory, please call June or Carrie at 508-755-1199.

LEGALS/PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE WORCESTER HOUSING AUTHORITY PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION FOR BID (12-3/7) Mill Street Apartments Asbestos Removal

The Worcester Housing Authority (WHA) invites sealed bids from Asbestos Abatement Contractors licensed in Massachusetts to provide Asbestos Abatement at 12-3/7 Mill Street Apartments, Worcester, MA. The project consists of asbestos removal, in the crawlspaces of 7 buildings.

Town of Millbury is announcing new hours for the Transfer Station effective May 11, 2010.

NEW TRANSFER STATION HOURS SUNDAY CLOSED MONDAY CLOSED TUESDAY CLOSED WEDNESDAY 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM THURSDAY 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM FRIDAY 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM SATURDAY 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM

S Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Docket No WO05P0249GI1

CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR REMOVAL OF A GUARDIAN OF AN INCAPACITATED PERSON In the interests of: Joy Giovanucci of: WORCESTER, MA Respondent Incapacitated Person/Protected person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Steven Hall of Oxford, MA in the above captioned matter requesting that the court: Worcester Probate and Family Court, 225 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608, Remove the Guardian.

The estimated construction cost is $25,000 - $35,000 Plans and specifications will be available May 5, 2010 @ Worcester Housing Authority Modernization Department, 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605. Plan deposit of $25 per set (refundable), Mailing fee is $15 per set (non-refundable).

Certified cashiers checks only, payable to WHA. A Pre Bid Conference will be held at the Community Room, Lowland Court, Worcester MA, 01610 on Wednesday May 12, 2010 at 10:00am.

General Bids will be received up to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday May 19, 2010 at 81 Tacoma Street, Worcester, MA 01605.

For additional information contact Tina Rivera at (508) 635-3302.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Notice is hereby given by Boulevard Garage, Inc. of 262 Shrewsbury Street Worcester, MA, pursuant to the provisions of Mass G.L c. 255, Section 39A, that they will sell the following vehicles on or after May 7, 2010 by private sale to satisfy their garage keeper’s lien for towing, storage, and notices of sale: 1. 2002 Audi A4 VIN# WAULC68E32A138679 2. 2004 Ford F150 PU VIN# 1FTPX14584NA45203 3. 1999 Honda CRV VIN# JHLRD1845XC063065 4. 1995 GMC Suburban VIN# 1GKFK16KXSJ756553 5. 2004 Volkswagen Passat VIN# WVWTH63B84P059655 6. 2002 Chrysler 300 VIN# 2C3AE76K42H272738 7. 1999 Jeep Gran Cherokee VIN# 1J4GW58N3XC747718 8. 1998 Chevrolet Blazer VIN# 1GNDT13W3W2207274 9. 2001 Chevrolet Impala VIN# 2G1WF55E819260883 10. 2005 Volkswagen Jetta VIN# 3VWSA69M45M064767 11. 1997 Ford Taurus VIN# 1FALP52U2VG217933 12. 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe VIN# 1GNEK13V53J295311 13. 2005 Bombardier Outlander VIN# 2BVEGCH166V000096 Signed, Pat Assad, owner Boulevard Garage, Inc.

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The petition asks the court to determine that the Gardian and/or Conservator should be allowed to resign; or should be removed for good cause; or that the Guardianship and/or Conservatorship is no longer necessary and therefore should be terminated. The original petition is on file with the court.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 05/18/2010. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person .If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.

WITNESS, Hon. Denise L. Meagher, First Justice of this Court Date: April 21, 2010 Stephen G. Abraham Register of Probate

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Candace Haddad Unable to read the fine print is frustrating, but it’s a future in store for all of us. As the eye ages, functionality decreases. Worcester native, Candace Haddad, was fed up with the blur and decided to do something about it. Her solution: iCandy, lightweight, compact and disposable reading glasses; a sweet solution to a sticky situation.

What inspired iCandy? I was out at a lovely restaurant with a friend and she was holding the menu upside down.

Neither of us could see the menu and if you say anything they’ll give you a dirty pair that was left behind.

Wouldn’t it be nice if they thought of us and the other 80 million baby boomers?

Is the product name a play on words?

It’s candy for your eye! Each iCandy is individually wrapped, like a piece of candy. Presbyopia is a natural part of the aging process, but who wants to be reminded of that? It’s a sweet treat; something that makes us smile instead of cringe. iCandy is available in two fun ‘flavors’: Licorice and Cherry. It’s like crayons for adults.

What’s the problem with traditional reading glasses? My theory is, if they went to Woodstock, they’re not going to want reading glasses dangling around their neck. Plus, reading glasses are commonly misplaced and forgotten due to constantly taking them on and off. My slogan sums it up: “Glasses not handy? Ask for iCandy!”

Speaking of flower power, ever go to Woodstock? I had the opportunity to go but didn’t. I would not do well in the mud.

Who currently carries iCandy? My goal is to have iCandy wherever there’s fine print: restaurants, hospitals, financial institutions, casinos, cruise lines, and hotels. It’s a thoughtful hospitality that is so greatly appreciated by that age group. Currently, several New England B&B’s carry along with a financial institution in New York, and Luciano’s Café at Maxwell Silverman’s. You can also order online at ineedicandy.com.

What does the future hold for iCandy?

I was approached by two distributors that want to pick up the line. I met them at the New England restaurant show. The response [at the show] was great. It’s a universal complaint that many restaurants face. If it’s too dark and your menu has small print, it starts the visit out on a negative note. A little present can solve a big problem.

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NOW HIRING! Immediate Direct Sales openings to help Charter keep up with the demand of our exciting Television, Internet and Telephone Services.

Our Worcester, MA location is currently recruiting Direct Sales Representatives.

If you’re highly motivated and well-organized, then Charter Communications wants you! We are looking for Direct Sales Representatives who will sell through door-todoor solicitation to new and existing residential customers, promoting the features and benefits of Charter products and services. Base salary plus commission. You must be able to maintain a minimum sales quota and be able to prioritize and organize effectively. Valid driver’s license with a satisfactory record is required.

Charter offers a full benefits package and 401k retirement plan. For a complete job description and to apply, please log on to charter.com.

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