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Neighborhood Round Up
‘Black History Month
Film Series’ at the West
End Branch Library
concludes
On Wednesdays in February, the
Friends of the West End Branch
Library sponsors the “Black
History Month Film Series “ at the
library, located at 151 Cambridge
St. Programming includes Lee
Daniels’ “The Butler” (2013, 132
minutes, Rated PG-13) on Feb. 25
at 3 p.m.
Black History Month
lecture at the West End
Branch Library
Black
The West End Branch of the
Boston Public Library, located at
151 Cambridge St., presents a
Black History Month lecture on
Thursday, Feb. 26, at 6:30 p.m.
At this time, Vincent Licenziato,
a local historian, will make a
presentation about the Boston
Emancipation Trail and the stories
behind 21 statues, sculptures, and
monuments in Boston relevant to
the African-American experience
in America, which exemplifies the
American story: a struggle for freedom, equality and justice.
‘Abstract Works’ on
display at West End
Branch Library
Until Feb. 26, the West End Branch
of the Boston Public Library,
located at 151 Cambridge St., will
feature a daily art exhibit entitled
“Abstract Works.”
At this time, Jacques Martret
will display his paintings, mostly oils on canvas. Besides original creations, his work includes
recreations of well-known artists,
such as Pablo Picasso, Vincent Van
Gogh and Henri Rousseau.
‘Irish Heritage Month
Film Series’ at the West
End Branch Library
On Wednesdays in March, the
Friends of the West End Branch
Library, presents the “Irish
Heritage Month Film Series”
at the library, located at 151
Cambridge St.
Programming includes “Run &
Jump” (2013, 106 minutes, not
rated) on March 4 at 3 p.m.;
“Good Vibrations” (2013, 103
minutes, not rated) on March 11
at 3 p.m.; “The Irish Pub” (2014,
72 minutes, not rated) on March
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Road, Suite 100, Auburn Hills, MI 48326. Ref: DS2014-019.
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+2 yr. exp. in the job offered.
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Auburn Hills, MI 48326.
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18 at 3 p.m.; and “Calvary”
(2014, 101 minutes, Rated R) on
March 25 at 3 p.m.
‘Irish History Month
Lecture’ at West End
Branch Library
The West End Branch of the
Boston Public Library, located
at 151 Cambridge St., presents
a multi-media presentation entitled “Irish Need Not Apply: A
History of the Irish in Boston” on
Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m.
Beginning in the 1700s, local
historian Christopher Daley looks
at the migration of Irish to the
Boston area and discusses the
popular anti-Irish/Catholic sentiment of the time. Also discussed
will be the rise of the Irish as
political figures in Massachusetts.
Celebrate ‘The Final
Stretch’ of winter
The Esplanade Association
Friends Council will hold “The
Final Stretch” – a party that celebrates the arrival of spring and
Marathon season in Boston – at
the Back Bay Social Club, 867
Boylston St., on Thursday, March
5, from 7 to 10 p.m.
Event tickets are $25 each, and
all proceeds will benefit The
Esplanade Association. Visit
http://www.esplanadeassociation.
org for tickets and more information.
‘20s and 30s Megillah
Reading and Purim
Bash’
The Vilna Shul, located at 18
Phillips St., presents Havurah
on the Hill’s annual “20s and
30s Megillah Reading and Purim
Bash” on Saturday, March 7, at
7 p.m.
Come dressed as your favorite character from the 1985 film
“Back to the Future” for this
party and interactive megillah
reading.
Visit www.vilnashul.org for
more information.
RESCHEDULED: Free
screening of ‘Rafting to
Bombay’
The Vilna Shul, located at 18
Phillips St., offers a free screening of “Rafting to Bombay” on
Sunday, March 8, at 6:30 p.m.
Co-sponsored by the South
Asian Arts Council, this amazing
story is seen through the eyes
of one family’s journey and love
for India. Israeli filmmaker Erez
Laufer recounts the narrative of
his family’s escape from Nazi-
occupied Poland to safety in
Bombay through a stunning portrayal of India, past and present.
Visit www.vilnashul.org for more
information.
Book Discussion Group
meets at West End
Branch Library
The West End Branch of the
Boston Public Library, located
at 151 Cambridge St., welcomes
the Book Discussion Group on
Thursday, March 19, at 3 p.m.
At this time, the group will
discuss “Sweet Tooth” by Ian
McEwan, copies of which are
available at the library.
Expert parenting-panel
meets at Vilna Shul
The Vilna Shul, located at 18
Phillips St., presents an expert
parenting-panel with wine, chocolate and cheese on Thursday,
March 19, at 7 p.m.
At this time, a panel of experts
will guide guests in a discussion
on nutrition, mental health, mindfulness and links to Jewish roots
for inspiration.
Visit www.vilnashul.org for
more information.
French baroque sonatas
preformed at West End
Branch Library
The West End Branch of the
Boston Public Library, located
at 151 Cambridge St., presents
French baroque sonatas, including Janet Fink on recorder and
Alastair Thompson on harpsichord, on Thursday, March 19,
at 6:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be provided.
Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday night services
The Vilna Shul, located at 18
Phillips St., presents Havurah on
the Hill’s “20s and 30s Shabbat”
with author Rachel Kadish on
Friday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m.
Visit www.vilnashul.org for
more information.
‘Children’s Day’ comes
to Vilna Shul
The Vilna Shul, located at 18
Phillips St., presents “Children’s
Day” with local author Linda
Marshall on Sunday, March 29,
at 2 p.m.
At this time, Marshall will read
her award-winning book “The
Passover Lamb,” and kosher
snacks and Passover activities will
round out the afternoon.
Visit www.vilnashul.org for
more information.
Easy-to-learn
meditation at Toe2Heal
Toe2Heal, located at 25 Myrtle
St., offers meditation on
Wednesdays and Fridays from 8
to 8:30 a.m. and on Sundays from
6 to 6:30 p.m. Walk away relaxed
that can last days or even weeks.
Connect to your true self, uplift
your spirits and increase your
energy levels.
There is a suggested donation
of $5 for person. R.S.V.P. to info@
toe2heal.com.
‘Guided Imagery
Meditation’ at West
End Branch Library
The West End Branch of the
Boston Public Library,
151 Cambridge St., offers
“Guided Imagery Meditation
with Polly Fletcher” every Friday
from 12:15 to 1 p.m. Wa n t
more energy and focus? Join Polly
Fletcher, “Get Your Vibe On”
coach and occupational therapist, for “Guided Visualization
Meditation.” Strengthen your
mental focus and transform limiting thoughts to reduce stress and
improve overall health.
Compassionate Friends
group reaches out to
bereaved parents and
families
The Boston Chapter of The
Compassionate Friends (TCF)
meets at Trinity Church on the
first Tuesday of each month from
6 to 7:30 p.m.
TCF is a national self-help,
mutual-assistance organization
offering friendship, understanding and hope to bereaved parents
and their families. Call
617-539-6424 or e-mail [email protected] for more information.
West End Food Pantry
seeking donations
The West End Food Pantry needs
help to continue serving its more
than 120 clients per month. They
welcome donations to replenish
the supply of food that they give
out to hungry residents in the
neighborhood.
The pantry is located in the
West End Branch of the Boston
Public Library and is staffed by
volunteers from ABCD’s North
End/West End Neighborhood
Service Center. Non-perishable
(canned and boxed) items are
being sought, including rice,
pasta, canned tuna, canned chick(Roundup Pg. 3)
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Neighborhood Round Up
en, chili, beans, vegetables, cereal,
soups, cup of noodles, etc.
Donations can be left at the
library, 151 Cambridge St., on
Monday through Wednesday
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday
from noon to 8 p.m. and Friday
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Volunteers needed for
hot meal program
Introduction to laptops,
eReaders and iPads at
the West End Branch
Library
The West End Branch of the Boston
Public Library, 151 Cambridge St.,
offers an introduction to laptops,
eReaders and iPads by appointment only. Get the most out of
your eReader or Laptop. Receive
tips and guidance during these
one-on-one sessions. Call Branch
Librarian, Helen Bender at617523-3957 or e-mail hbender@bpl.
org to set up an appointment.
Yoga for seniors at
the West End Branch
Library
The West End Branch of the
Boston Public Library, 151
Cambridge St., presents yoga for
seniors every Tuesday from 2:45
to 3:30 p.m. Classes are led by
Tatiana Nekrasova, a certified
yoga instructor.
Volunteer at Spaulding
Rehab
Stay active, meet new people and
be connected with your community by volunteering at Spaulding
Rehabilitation Hospital. Staff
members will match your skills
and interests to a volunteer oppor-
Volunteers needed
for American Cancer
Society cosmetic sessions
The American Cancer Society is
currently seeking volunteers for
the “Look Good…Feel Better”
sessions held at Tufts Medical
Center, 800 Washington St. “Look
Good . . . Feel Better” is a free program that teaches cancer patients
hands-on cosmetic techniques
to help them cope with appearance-related side effects from
chemotherapy and/or radiation
treatments. Cosmetologists certified and trained by the American
Cancer Society conduct the sessions, which are non-medical and
do not promote any product line.
Volunteers are needed to assist
the cosmetologist conducting the
session and are responsible for
set-up, cleanup, and any other
needs of the program. Programs
are held from noon to 2 p.m.,
one Monday every other month.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Nanyamka Hales
at 781-314-2611 or via e-mail at
[email protected], or
visit cancer.org.
King’s Chapel Tuesday
Recitals
King’s Chapel, 58 Tremont St.,
presents its Tuesday Recitals.
Admission is by suggested donation of $3 per person; the donations are given to the performing musicians. Programs begin at
12:15 p.m. and last approximately
35 minutes; for more information,
call 617-227-2155. Programming
includes
cellist
Sebastian
Baverstam performing works by
Bach and Britten on Feb. 24; violinist Dorian Bandy performing
works by Biber, Tartini and more
on March 3; Jacob Reed on the
C.B. Fisk organ performing works
by Bach and Brahms on March
10; guitarist Leonid Chindelevitch
performing works by Albeniz
Villa-Lobos and more on March
17; Rodger Vine on C.B. Fisk
organ performing works by Bach,
Handel, Brody and Weaver on
March 24; and Handel & Haydn
Society performing Beethoven:
Sonato no. 10 in G Major on
March 31.
Be a friend to elderly in
need
FriendshipWorks seeks caring
people to offer help and support
to isolated elders in the Boston
area. Volunteers are needed to
provide companionship and assist
elders with tasks such as reading,
organizing, or going for a walk
- lend an hour each week and
gain a friend and a new perspective. Volunteers also needed to
escort elders to and from medical
appointments. No car is needed
and hours are flexible. For more
information or to apply online,
visit www.fw4elders.org or call
617-482-1510.
Society provided more than
19,000 rides to cancer patients in
New England last year, but needs
new volunteer drivers to keep up
with the demand for transportation.
Make a difference in the
fight against cancer by becoming a volunteer driver for the
American Cancer Society’s Road
to Recovery. Drivers use their own
vehicle to drive patients to and
from their treatments. The schedule for volunteers is flexible, and
treatment appointments take place
weekdays, primarily during business hours. If you or someone you
know is interested in becoming
a volunteer driver for Road to
Recovery, contact your American
Cancer Society at 800-227-2345
or visit www.cancer.org.
Join the Downtown
Boston Rotary Club
The Downtown Boston Rotary
Club, the first new Rotary Club
in Boston in 100 years, holds
meetings at the UMass Club in
the Financial District on the first
and third Tuesdays of each month
from 6 to 7:15 p.m. For more
information, visit www.dbrotary.
org or call 617-535-1950.
After-work tai chi group
at the West End Library
The West End Branch of the
Boston Public Library, 151
Cambridge St., welcomes afterwork tai chi group every Thursday
from 5 to 5:45 p.m. Come and try
this low impact energy exercise
with yang-style tai chi instructor
Arthur Soo-Hoo.
exhibits with historical themes at the
adams gallery
Local residents needed
to drive cancer patients
to and from treatment
The American Cancer Society is
in great need of Road to Recovery
volunteers to drive local cancer
patients to and from their chemotherapy and/or radiation treatments. An integral part of treating cancer successfully is making
sure cancer patients receive their
treatments, but many find making
transportation arrangements is a
challenge. The American Cancer
david j. sargent hall, suffolk university
120 tremont street, boston
featuring original materials or reproductions
of importance in the chronology of Boston
and New England
gallery hours: 9am – 7pm daily
617.305.1782
www.suffolk.edu/adamsgallery
Black
The North End/West End
Neighborhood Service Center
(NE/WE NSC), located at 1
Michelangelo St., serves a hot,
fresh, home-cooked lunch to
seniors in the neighborhood
Mondays and Fridays, and is
looking for two volunteers to help
with shopping, food preparation,
cooking, serving and clean-up.
The non-profit providing services
and programs to low-income residents of the North End, West End
and Beacon Hill is looking for
volunteers who can assist with the
whole meal from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
on a Monday and/or Friday, but
can make arrangements to fit your
schedule.
Contact Maria Stella Gulla, director, at 617-523-8125, ext. 201,
via e-mail at mariastella.gulla@
bostonabcd.org for more information.
tunity. The hospital is currently
recruiting volunteers, ages 18 and
up, for two- to three-hour-a-week
shifts for a minimum of six to 12
months commitment. Visit www.
spauldingnetwork.org for more
information.
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editorial
Guest Op-Ed
Electricity rates just keep going up for Boston users
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh
Black
Boston faces some of the highest electricity prices in the nation, and in January,
rates increased by 29 percent. This puts
many Boston residents in a very tough
spot, in particular, those residents who
heat with electricity. While the City does
not have control over these prices, we
are using every lever we can to help ease
this burden and better manage our energy
in the long-term. Over the next month,
I encourage you to take advantage of
new energy saving
incentives
Household Size
from
Renew
1
Boston, explore
2
utility discounts,
3
and attend our
4
workshop
to
5
help
tenants
6
and landlords
of multi-family
buildings work together to save money
and energy.
For a limited time only, Renew Boston,
in partnership with Mass Saves and
NSTAR, are providing steep discounts
on energy-saving lightbulbs, power strips,
and shower heads. Through this special
offer, Boston residents can get four LED
lightbulbs, a smart power strip and a
low-flow shower head for just $15—a
retail value of $75. Taking small steps to
conserve energy such as changing your
lightbulbs, turning off lights when not in
the room, and turning down your thermostat just a few degrees, can add up to
big savings throughout the year. You can
order your efficiency kit online at techniart.com/renewboston.
The City is also working will all utilities
to provide assistance to those who need
it most. As I mentioned in my State of
the City Address, the Boston Water and
Sewer Commission will increase the water
discount for all senior and disabled homeowners to 30 percent. And I have asked all
other utilities to do the same.
Many residents already qualify for discounts on their energy bills through programs administered by Action for Boston
Community Development (ABCD).
Eligibility depends on your household
size and income. If you receive any form
of public assistance such as SNAP, TANF,
SSA/SSI, or Veteran’s Benefits, you auto-
matically qualify. Savings are substantial
and could even offset the rate increase.
Plus, ABCD offers a variety of additional
energy and money saving programs for
low-income residents, so I encourage you
to call at 617-357-6012.
If you don’t qualify for ABCD’s programs, there are other programs available
to help you save money and energy.
Renew Boston offers no-cost home energy
assessments for any resident in a building
with four or fewer units, including renters.
Not only will you get free energy saving
gadgets, but
an Energy
Household Income
Advisor
$32,700
will provide
$42,650
other tips
$52,700
and resourc$62,727
es to help
$72,763
you
save
$82,800
money.
I
had my own
audit done last spring and I’m already
saving money and energy. Plus, my home
is now much more comfortable. Sign up
online at RenewBoston.org or by calling
617-635-SAVE.
One of the biggest challenges is reaching residents who live in buildings with
five or more units. Whether renters or
condo owners, these residents are often
unable to make energy efficiency improvements to their buildings, yet they are left
footing the energy bill. Renew Boston
has a special program that helps coordinate tenants and landlords to provide
whole-building energy solutions.
These programs offer near-term solutions to help Bostonians get through
this winter and reduce their energy bills.
However, we need broader policies and
planning that give us more autonomy over our energy in the long-term.
TheGreenovate Boston 2014 Climate
Action Plan Update, which I released in
January, provides actions and strategies
that will help Boston do just this. We need
more local energy that is green, affordable
and resilient. The more energy we can
produce locally, the more jobs we can create in Boston and the more control we’ll
have over our energy. Energy conservation
remains a top priority and one of the most
effective things we can do to manage energy both today and tomorrow.
Martin Walsh is Mayor of Boston.
THE BEACON HILL TIMES
President/Editor: Stephen Quigley
Marketing Director: Debra DiGregorio
([email protected])
Art Director: Scott Yates
Founding Publisher: Karen Cord Taylor
© 2007 Independent Newspaper Group
Phone: 617-523-9490 • Fax: 781-485-1403
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B H A C
D E T E R M I N A T I O N S
The Beacon Hill Architectural
Commission held a public hearing on
Thursday, February 19. The following
determinations were made:
masonry; replace door hardware and install
APPROVED WITH PROVISIOS
Application 15.858 BH 65 Anderson
Street
Applicant: Street & Company (property
manager): Modify existing gate, incorporating sunburst design and extending length
of pickets
Application 15.863 BH 58 Beacon Street
APPROVED WITH PROVISIOS
Application 15.864 BH Hoyt Place
(Beacon Hill Nursery School Playground)
Applicant: Beacon Hill Nursery School:
Undertake renovation of existing playground, to include replacement of existing
playground structures and surfaces [administrative] and replacement of stockade and
chain link fences
APPROVED WITH PROVISIOS
Application 15.862 BH 28-32 Derne
Street
Applicant: Derne Street Partners LLC
(owner): Undertake substantial rehabilitation, including replacement of windows
and doors, introduction of a garage door
and new window openings at Ridgeway
Lane elevation, renovation and expansion
of existing penthouse, major masonry restoration, construction of roof decks, site
improvements, etc.
APPROVED WITH PROVISIOS,
DORMER MODIFICATION AND
INTERCOM
PANELS
DENIED
WITHOUT PREJUDICE
Application 15.859 BH 28-30 Mount
Vernon Street
Applicant: Grassi Design Group (architect): Remove rear dormers and construct
inset roof decks and doors (visible from Joy
and Walnut Streets); restore infilled entry;
replace wood windows in kind; install
storm windows; repaint trim and restore
intercom, etc.
APPROVED
UNDER
ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
Applicant: Stephen Clarke (owner):
Replace wood 2/2 double hung window
with paired door at rear of property (visible
from Branch Street)
ALL WERE APPROVED
►Application 15.857 BH 65 Anderson
Street: Repoint north elevation
Application 15.824 BH 33 Beacon Street:
Replace metal water meter cover in sidewalk
Application 15.856 BH 45 Beacon Street:
Emergency temporary repairs to rear of
carriage house at property, to include installation of rubber strip and asphalt berm
Application 15.799 BH 137 Charles
Street: Replace 9 wood 1/1 windows
II.
Administrative
Review/Approval
(continued):
Application 15.823 BH 90 Chestnut
Street: Replace glass block panels and concrete surrounds in sidewalk abutting property
Application 15.822 BH 84 Joy Street:
Replace 2 wood 6/6 windows in kind
Application 15.821 BH 30 West Cedar
Street: Replace copper dormer cladding in
kind; replace copper gutters in kind
BEACON HILL ARCHITECTURAL
COMMISSION
Joel Pierce (Chair), Annlinnea Terranova,
Kenneth Taylor, P.T. Vineburgh, Vacancy
Alternates: Thomas Hopkins, Susan
Knack-Brown, Mary Fichtner, Danielle
Santos, Vacancy
School Days (from pg. 1)
ment. “While Evacuation Day and Bunker
Hill Day have already been identified, please
share with us how you think we should
make up any additional days this year.”
While the school year calendar is part of
the Boston Teachers Union contract and any
changes must be negotiated BPS said they
are looking for stakeholder perspectives at
this point.
The poll asks, “How would you recommend we adjust our school year calendar?”. Those taking the poll are asked to
choose between, eliminating Bunker Hill
Day in June, eliminating Evacuation Day
in March, eliminating Good Friday, eliminating February vacation, eliminating April
vacation, replace February and April vacations with a week long vacation in March,
or start school before Labor Day.
“Students have missed a lot of school and
we need to find a way to make them up that
works for teachers, parents and students,”
said City Councilor Sal LaMattina. “I support adding Evacuation Day and Bunker
Hill Day to the school calendar and the BTU
has indicated they want to make this work
because teachers have already received eight
paid snow days.”
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TUESDAY, FEB. 24
SATURDAY, MARCH 7
RECITAL, cellist Sebastian Baverstam performing works by Bach and
Britten, King’s Chapel, 58 Tremont St., 12:15 p.m., suggested donation; $3,
call 617-227-2155
EVENT, Havurah on the Hill’s annual “20s and 30s Megillah Reading and
Purim Bash,” Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips St., 7 p.m., visit www.vilnashul.org for
more information
WENESDAY, FEB. 25
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
FILM, Lee Daniels’ “The Butler” (2013, 132 minutes, Rated PG-13), West
End Branch of the Boston Public Library, 151 Cambridge St., 3 p.m.
FILM, “Rafting to Bombay,” Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips St., 6:30 p.m., visit www.
vilnashul.org for more information
TUESDAY, MARCH 10
THURSDAY, FEB. 26
LECTURE, Black History Month with local historian Vincent Licenziato, West
End Branch of the Boston Public Library, 151 Cambridge St., 6:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 3
RECITAL, violinist Dorian Bandy performing works by Biber, Tartini and
more, King’s Chapel, 58 Tremont St., 12:15 p.m., suggested donation; $3,
call 617-227-2155
RECITAL, Jacob Reed on the C.B. Fisk organ performing works by Bach
and Brahms, King’s Chapel, 58 Tremont St., 12:15 p.m., suggested donation; $3, call 617-227-2155
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
FILM, “Good Vibrations” (2013, 103 minutes, not rated), West End Branch
of the Boston Public Library, 151 Cambridge St., 3 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 17
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4
FILM, “Run & Jump” (2013, 106 minutes, not rated), West End Branch of
the Boston Public Library, 151 Cambridge St., 3 p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5
FUNDRAISER, The Esplanade Association Friends Council’s “The Final
Stretch,” Back Bay Social Club, 867 Boylston St., 7-10 p.m., tickets: $25
each visit http://www.esplanadeassociation.org for tickets and more information
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18
FILM, “The Irish Pub” (2014, 72 minutes, not rated), West End Branch of
the Boston Public Library, 151 Cambridge St., 3 p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 19
MEETING, Book Discussion Group, West End Branch of the Boston Public
Library, 151 Cambridge St., 3 p.m.
Esplanade (from pg. 1)
places that dedicated runners can
go to encounter safe and consistently clear miles of pathways. As
home to Boston’s most used running paths, the Esplanade remains
heavily used throughout the year
and is relied on by runners in and
around the city.
“At The Esplanade Association,
we are always amazed and
inspired to see how many people run on the Esplanade regardless of the weather,” said Tani
Marinovich, executive director.
“It is a true testament to the dedication and tenacity of the Boston
community and our runners.”
Beginning last year, The
Esplanade Association Friends
Council even decided to change
their winter fundraiser theme to
“The Final Stretch,” a party to
celebrate the end of winter and
the beginning of spring, running
and Marathon season in Boston.
In addition to being a night to
reconnect, socialize and celebrate,
“The Final Stretch” raises valuable funds for The Esplanade
Association’s work to care for
and improve the park. This work
includes ensuring that the park
paths remain beautiful and safe
for the millions of bikers, walkers
and runners who use it each year.
LEGAL NOTICE
“The Final Stretch” sold out
last year, something the organization believes was largely due to
the enthusiasm of the community
around the theme.
“Last year was our first year
ever to sell out a winter fundraiser,” Marinovich said. “It was
really amazing to see how excited our committee members and
attendees were around not just
the park, but what it represents
to the city.”
This year’s “Final Stretch”
party will be held on Thursday,
March 5, at the Back Bay Social
Club (located along the final
stretch of the Boston Marathon).
The party is open to all runners
and non-runners alike who are
ready to celebrate and stretch
their legs after a long winter.
To attend and support the
park, visit www.esplanadeassociation.org.
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The Boston Center for Jewish Culture, Boston,
Massachusetts, Owner, request bids for removal and
replacement of the existing elevated pedestrian deck and
site entry steps immediately in front of the Vilna Shul and
bounded by Phillips Street in a northerly direction. Project
scope includes the careful dismantling of the deteriorated
historic wrought iron fencing and gate assemblies at the
perimeter of the existing deck, and access age assemblies
to either side of the deck. Fence and gate assemblies shall
be carefully dismantled, removed to a remote shop location
for cleaning/paint removal and restoration, including reconstruction of missing components and decorative details of
the fencing fabric.
The Vilna Shul is listed in the State and National
Registers of Historic Places. The project is being partially
funded with a grant from the Massachusetts Preservation
Projects Fund through the Massachusetts Historical
Commission. All work must be performed in accordance
with the documents prepared by Spencer & Vogt Group,
Inc. and meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for
the Treatment of Historic Properties.
State law prohibits discrimination. Awarding of
this contract is subject to Affirmative Action and Equal
Opportunity guidelines. A copy of the bidding documents
may be obtained by emailing the architect at pguthrie@
spencervogt.com. A pre-bid meeting will beheld at the site,
ACTIVITY, expert parenting-panel with wine, chocolate and cheese, Vilna
Shul, 18 Phillips St., 7 p.m., visit www.vilnashul.org for more information
FRIDAY, MARCH 20
EVENT, Havurah on the Hill’s “20s and 30s Shabbat,” Vilna Shul, 18
Phillips St., admission: free, 6:30 p.m., visit www.vilnashul.org for more
information
TUESDAY, MARCH 24
RECITAL, Rodger Vine on C.B. Fisk organ performing works by Bach,
Handel, Brody and Weaver, King’s Chapel, 58 Tremont St., 12:15 p.m., suggested donation; $3, call 617-227-2155
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25
FILM, “Calvary” (2014, 101 minutes, Rated R), West End Branch of the
Boston Public Library, 151 Cambridge St., 3 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 29
FAMILY ACTIVITY, “Children’s Day,” Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips St., 2 p.m., visit
www.vilnashul.org for more information
TUESDAY, MARCH 31
RECITAL, Handel & Haydn Society performing Beethoven: Sonato no. 10 in
G Major, King’s Chapel, 58 Tremont St., 12:15 p.m., suggested donation;
$3, call 617-227-2155
14-16 Phillips Street, on Monday, March 2, 2015, at
10:00 AM. Bids shall be evaluated on the basis of price,
previous experience with similar types of construction
projects, ability to perform the work in a timely manner,
and references. All bids must be delivered to the architect’s
office at the above address prior to 3 pm, Wednesday
March 11, 2015, to be eligible for consideration. All grant
funded work must be completed by June 30, 2015.
Patrick Guthrie, RA
Project Architect
SPENCER & VOGT GROUP
Architecture Preservation
1 Thompson Square, Suite 504
Charlestown, MA
02129
617.227.2675, ext. 104
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Estate of:
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Date of Death:
January 20, 2015
To all persons interested in the above captioned
estate, by Petition of Petitioner Rosemary Jordano Shore of
Boston, MA a Will has been admitted to informal probate.
Rosemary Jordano Shore of Boston, MA has been
informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the
estate to serve without surety on the bond.
The estate is being administered under informal
procedure by the Personal Representative under the
Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision
by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to
be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled
to notice regarding the administration form the Personal
Representative and can petition the Court in any matter
relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and
expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled
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LECTURE, “Irish Need Not Apply: A History of the Irish in Boston,” West
End Branch of the Boston Public Library, 151 Cambridge St., 6 p.m.
RECITAL, guitarist Leonid Chindelevitch performing works by Albeniz VillaLobos and more, King’s Chapel, 58 Tremont St., 12:15 p.m., suggested
donation; $3, call 617-227-2155
CONCERT, French baroque sonatas, West End Branch of the Boston Public
Library, 151 Cambridge St., 6:30 p.m.
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F E B R U A RY 2 4 , 2 0 1 5
THE BEACON HILL TIMES
PA G E 6
Exploring the Public Garden indoors
On Feb. 4, the Friends of
the Public Garden presented
“Searching for the Histories of
Boston’s Public Garden,” a lecture
by Boston University Professor
Keith N. Morgan.
The event, attended by 75
people at Suffolk University Law
School, explored the origin, early
designs and evolution of America’s
first public botanical garden.
Morgan traced the Public
Garden’s development from its
original submersion under tidal
marshland through the highly embellished Garden of the
Victorian era to the design we
know today. He explored the historical significance of the Garden’s
most famous statues and shared
images of art that was inspired
by the Garden, such as Maurice
Prendergast’s “Large Boston
Public Garden Sketchbook” and
Robert McCloskey’s children’s
book “Make Way for Ducklings.”
More than a dozen audience
members were attending the lecture as part of a training program.
In spring, Friends of the Public
Garden volunteers will be leading tours in the Public Garden
and sharing highlights on its history, horticulture, sculpture and
Friends of the Public Garden docents Sherley Smith,
Linda Whithead and Sidney Kenyon.
other significant elements. Tours
will provide community members with an opportunity to learn
about the rich history of one of
Boston’s most cherished greenspaces from other members of the
community.
Morgan teaches history of
Seventy-five people gathered at Suffolk University
Law School on a brisk winter evening to explore the
histories of Boston’s Public Garden at a lecture presented by the Friends of the Public Garden.
art and architecture at Boston
University, where he has taught
for over 30 years. He has been
published numerous works over
the past few decades, including his most recent co-authored
book “Community by Design:
the Olmsted Office and the
Development of Brookline,
Massachusetts, 1880-1936.”
For more information on
upcoming Friends of the Public
Garden events and the launch of
the Public Garden Tour Program,
visit www.friendsofthepublicgarden.org.
MBTA returning to normal schedule after storms
MBTA needs billions of dollars in
improvements and upgrades.
However, there is no appetite
among members of the House
and Senate that live outside the
MBTA’s service zone to take on
the revenue issue. With a majority
vote needed to pass any meaningful change, the majority in the
state legislature live outside the
MBTA zone.
Petruccelli said no matter how
many reforms there are there is
a greater need now for more
revenue.
“With most of my constituency relying on the MBTA I am
very angry and frustrated by this
major disruption in service,” said
Petruccelli. “My colleagues and
I have over the years done many
reforms and increases in various
taxes to provide much needed
new revenue not only for MBTA
but all of MassDOT. Moving
forward it is my opinion more
reforms and new revenues are
needed for the MBTA to provide
the kind of services that its users
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the rails last week. Commuters
already frustrated with several
MBTA closures during the record
breaking winter storms pushed
and shoved to make it onto an
already packed train. Now commuters are feeling like victims of
a broken system.
The MBTA reported that 16
out of its 72 Blue Line cars were
out of service and it would take
about 30 days to fully restore all
lines.
While one side on Beacon Hill
will say it is a management issue
others will argue the state has
kicked the can down the road
for far too long and it has now
become a revenue issue.
Senators
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revenue provided for the MBTA
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02/12/15 – A victim reported
while she was attending a meeting
in her Beacon Street office building at around 11 a.m., unknown
person(s) entered her office and
removed an iPhone 6S from inside
her pocketbook, which was sitting
on her desk.
Larceny from a Motor Vehicle
02/13/15 – A victim report-
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2015 SUV, which was parked on
Charles Street by the center gate,
between 8 p.m. on Feb. 12 and
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ward to working in the months
ahead with my colleagues to provide those solution. I hope the
appropriate legislative committee
will have an oversight hearing to
get some answers as to why these
problems have occurred.”
Mayor Martin Walsh seemed
just as frustrated.
“The MBTA has faced incredible difficulties over the past few
weeks due to the historic amount
of snowfall and increasingly cold
weather, coupled with an aging
system,” said Mayor Martin
Walsh last Friday.
Walsh said closures to the T
have posed an incredible hardship to workers and people living
throughout the city of Boston.
City Councilor Sal LaMattina
echoed the Mayor’s frustrations.
With thousands of workers and
young professionals in his district relying on the T to get to
jobs downtown LaMattina said
the closures have uncovered a
bigger problem that needs to be
addressed.
“In my district there are thousands of hotel workers, young
professionals, people who work
in the restaurant industry that
need a reliable train system,” he
said. “It was bad enough that we
saw record breaking amounts of
snow over the past three weeks
but being unable to make it to
work and bring home a paycheck
only added to the frustration.”
The problems over the past
three weeks that forced several closures led to the resignation of embattled MBTA General
Manager Dr. Beverly Scott effective April 11.
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Designed to both educate and entertain, Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro’s
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This event is about “wonderful wines, creative food and good friends,”
says Cecilia Rait, proprietress and wine director of the BHHB.
Beginning at 7:00PM, diners are invited to visit all four regions without leaving the comfort of their seats. Cecilia and Tracy Burgis of
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expanding the history, curiosities and nuances of each selection. During
this educational dinner guests will sample wines from the Languedoc/
Roussillon region featuring Gérard Bertrand Wines. Bertrand is one of
the leading winemakers from Southern France and a former member of
the French National rugby team. The dinner will showcase wines from
Southern France as well as the culinary artistry of Beacon Hill Hotel
& Bistro’s Executive Chef Lucas Sousa, whose dishes are designed to
complement each featured wine.
This intimate adventure is set in communal seating to encourage conversation, laughter and fun. For $65.00 per person (tax and gratuity
not included), guests are treated to four wines, a four-course dinner and
Cecilia's and Tracy's good cheer, humor and expertise. Reservations are
encouraged as the event will sell out fast.
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for the relief demanded in the complaint. You are also required to file your answer to the complaint
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within reasonable time thereafter.
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Audra McDonald
‘Freckleface Strawberry
The Musical’
Riverside Theatre Works presents “Freckleface Strawberry The
Musical,” Feb. 28,March 7, at 7
p.m.; March 1,8, at 2 p.m.; March
3,5, at 10:30 a.m. The theater is
located at 45 Fairmount Ave., Hyde
Park. Tickets, schoolday matinee
performances, $5; weekend performances, children,$10, adults, $15.
Call 866-811-4111 or visit www.
rtwboston,org. Silk Road Ensemble
‘Simon Says’
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Is there life after death? That’s
what some people try to prove
in Little Seer Productions’ presentation of Mat Schaffer’s dramatized seance, “Simon Says,”
appearing Feb. 26-March 14, at the
Boston Center for the Arts Plaza
Theatre, 539 Tremont St., South
End, Boston: Thursdays, Fridays,
also Wednesday, March 11, at
7:30 p.m.; Saturdays,2,7:30 p.m.;
Sundays, 2 p.m. Tickets, $25,$30$40. Check for special appearances
with “The Blindfolded Madman”
and mentalist Christopher Grace,
Feb. 28, March 7,13,14,28, at 10
p.m. For tickets and more information, visit simonsaystheplay.com,
BostonTheatreScene.com or call
617-933-8600. Berklee Performance
Center
Guthrie Govan performs with the
Jon Finn Group, Saturday, Feb. 24,
at 8 p.m. at the Berklee Performance
Center, 136 Mass. Ave., Boston.
Tickets, $18; Berklee’s Jazz
Composition Department presents
Write of Spring, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m.
($12); the Signature Music Series
features a student orchestra performing Great American Songbook:
The Music of Disney, March 1
at 7:30 p.m. ($12-$16); and the
Middle Eastern Music Festival
focuses on the Music of Persia,
March 3, at 8 p.m. ($12); followed
on March 5 at 8 p.m. with the
Women Musicians Network student
club,($12). Visit www.berklee.edu/
BPC/ or call 617-747-2261.
‘Lollipops for Breakfast’
Charlestown Working Theater presents Bonnie Duncan’s new performance for families, “Lollipops for
Breakfast,” Feb. 28 and March 1
at 5 p.m. The play is told without
words, but various forms of puppetry, music,acrobatics and audience participation. Brendan Burns
and Tony Leva provide live music
C I T Y
Above all, don’t miss Rockport’s
own dynamic super-star, Paula Cole,
March 7, at 6 and 9 p.m. ($48/$50).
Visit www.passim.org or call 617492-7679.
Spend an evening with the fabulous,
two-time Grammy Award winner, six-time Tony winner, Audra
McDonald, on Sunday, March 1,
at 5 p.m. at Symphony Hall, 301
Mass. Ave., Boston.Tickets start at
$50 and are moving fast, so call
CelebrityCharge at 617-482-6661,
visit www.celebrityseries.org or the
Box Office. The Silk Road Ensemble with
Yo-Yo Ma marks its 15th anniversary celebration, Wednesday, March
4, at 8 p.m. at Symphony Hall,
301 Mass. Ave., Boston. A limited
number of tickets start at $90. Call
CelebrityCharge at 617-482-6661,
visit www.celebrityseries.org or the
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Audra McDonald. Spend an evening with the fabulous, two-time
Grammy Award winner, six-time Tony winner, Audra McDonald, on
Sunday, March 1, at 5 p.m. at Symphony Hall, 301 Mass. Ave., Boston.
Tickets start at $50 and are moving fast, so call CelebrityCharge at
617-482-6661, visit www.celebrityseries.org or the Box Office. for a post-show family dance party.
The play is for children age 4-up and
their families. For more information
and tickets, visit www.charlestownworkingtheater.org.
South Asian Showdown
2015
The South Asian Showdown, featuring vying Bollywood vs. Fusion
teams, will be heldSaturday, Feb. 28,
at 6 p.m. sharp, at John Hancock
Hall, 180 Berkeley St., Boston.
Doors open at 5 p.m. There’s food
for sale, and an afterparty immediately following the competition. The
show sells out early, so order tickets
now at www.southasianshowdown.
com. Brian Brooks Moving
Company
Celebrity Series of Boston welcomes
New York- based choreographer
Brian Brooks and his Moving
Company, with special guest Wendy
Whelan, Feb. 28 ,at 8 p.m., and
March 1, at 3 p.m. at the Citi
Shubert Theatre, 270 Tremont St.,
Boston. Tickets start at $60. Visit
citicenter.org, call Citi Charge at
866-348-9738 or the Box Office.
Boston Conservatory
The Boston Conservatory Chamber
Series will hold a free concert, Feb.
27, at 8 p.m. in Seully Hall, 8 The
Fenway, Boston. Programs are subject to change without notice. For
more information, visit bostonconservatory.edu. Berklee Global Jazz
Institute The Berklee Global Jazz Institute
celebrates its fifth anniversary with
performances by Joe Lovano on
Wednesday, Feb. 25, and Antonio
Sanchez and Danilo Perez,March
4, 4-6 p.m. at Zero Gravity Room,
1260 Boylston St., Boston, Events
are free of charge and open to the
public. Also check out the Concert
Series and Jam, March 3, 6:30-8:30
p.m. For more information, visit
www.berklee.edu/bgji.
‘In the Mood’
American Classics presents song
duo, Valerie Anastasio and Tim
Harbold, performing their new
show, “In the Mood- A Time
Capsule of Classics from 1939,”
Friday Feb. 27,at 7:30 p.m. in
Follen Church, 755 Mass. Ave.,
Lexington, and Sunday, March 1,
at 3 p.m. in Pickman Concert Hall,
Longy School of Music, 27 Garden
St., Cambridge. Tickets:$20-$25.
Call 617-254-1125 or visit www.
amclass.org.
Club Passim
There’s open mic Tuesday, Feb. 24,
March 3, at 7 p.m. (club members, free, non-members, $5)
at Club Passim, 47 Palmer St.,
Cambridge; one mic shoot-out with
Ry Cavanaugh, Jeffrey Foucault and
Friends, Wednesday, Feb. 25, at
8 p.m. ($15/$20); Susan Cattaneo
with opening act, Amy Fairchild,
Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. ($15/$13)’ Toby
Lightman, with opening act Gerard
Dowd, Feb. 27, at 8 p.m. ($18/$16);
Cassie and Maggie McDonald,
Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. ($12/$10); the
Nebraska Project’s lo-fi tribute to
Bruce Springsteen, March 1, at 2
p.m. ($5/$8); Sean Watkins, March
1,at 8 p.m. ($20/$22);Musette
Explosion, March 2, at 8 p.m.
($13/$15); and songwriter Kristin
Andreassen’s CD release show,
March 4, at 8 p.m. ($13/$15).
Altan
World Music/CRASHarts presents
world renowned traditional Irish
band, Altan, Saturday, Feb. 28, at
8 p..m at Somerville Theatre, 55
Davis Square, Somerville. Tickets,
$30. Call WorldMusic/CRASHarts
at 617-876-4275 or visit www.
WorldMusic.org.
‘The Glass Menagerie’
Trinity Repertory Theatre continues
its season with Tennessee Williams’
powerful dramatic play, “The Glass
Menagerie,” Feb. 26 through March
29, at Chace Theater, in Providence,
RI. Tickets, $30-$71. Check for
discounted preview and pay-whatyou-can tickets. For tickets/more
information, visit the Box Office
at 201 Washington St., Providence,
RI, www.trinityrep.com or call
401-351-4242.
Danny Swain
The Dance Complex at 536 Mass.
Ave., Cambridge, features Salem’s
Danny Swain, in “The Danny
Swain Variety Hour,” Feb. 28, at
8 p.m. and Sunday, March 1, at
7 p.m., in a evening of dance, lip
sync, comedy and theater. Reserve
tickets, $30; Boston Dance Alliance,
students, seniors, $25; cate tables
with service, $25-$150; reception
follows. On Feb. 24, 5:15-7:15
p.m. visitors are invited to a free,
community dialogue, “What is the
Color of Movement?” For more
information, visit dancecomplex.
org or eventsdancecomplex@gmail.
com, or call 617-547-9363. ‘That Hopey Changey
Thing’
Stoneham Theatre Artistic Director
Weylin Symes leads Richard Nelson’s
first of four plays, “That Hopey
Changey Thing,” starring a Boston,
star-studded cast, Feb. 26-March 15,
at the 395 Main St., Stoneham theater. Showtimes:Thursdays at 7:30
p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 3,8
p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.; Wednesday,
March 11, at 2 p.m. Tickets, $45$50; students, $15. Call 781-279-
2200 or visit www.stonehamtheatre.com.
‘The Mousetrap’
Theatre@First opens its new season
with Agatha Christie’s mystery, “The
Mouse Trap,” Feb. 27,28,March
4-6, at 8 p.m. and March 7, at 4
p.m, at Unity Somerville, 6 William
St., Somerville. Tickets, $15; students,seniors, $12; group discounts
also available. Visit www.theatreatfirst.org or goldstar.com.
‘The Underpants’
The Theatre Company of Saugus
presents Steve Martin’s comedy,
“The Underpants,” an adaptation
of Carl Sternheim’s 1910 farce, performed Feb. 27,28,March 1,6,7,8,
Friday and Saturdays at 8 p.m.
and Sundays, at 2 p.m., at the East
Saugus United Methodist Church,
85 Chestnut St., Saugus. Seating
is cabaret style with refreshments
available. At the door, adult tickets, $18; seniors,students, children,
$15. Advance tickets, $15/$18.
Seating is reserved. Visit TCSaugus.
org, call 781-816-7019, or e-mail
[email protected].
‘Pericles’
The Brown/Trinity Repertory MFA
program presents Shakespeare’s
“Pericles,” an epic story of love,
adventure, revenge, and truth, Feb.
26-March 7, at the Citizens Bank
Theater, Pell Chafee Performance
Center,87 Empire St., Providence,
RI. Performances:Friday, 7:30p.m.;
Saturdays, 2,7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2
p.m.; Wednesday-Friday, 7:30 p.m.
The play contains adult subject matter and language. Admission, $12;
students, seniors, $6. Call 401-3514242 or visit trinityrep.com. Lunar New Year
Peabody Essex Museum at East
India Square in downtown Salem,
celebrates the Lunar New Year with
a full day of family activities, free
of charge with museum admission,
Saturday, Feb. 28, from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. There are performances, drop-in art activities, interactive
performances, exhibitions, films, art
cart, and more. Admission, adults,
$18; seniors, $15; students, $10;
members, youths 16-under, free of
charge. Call 866-745-1876 or visit
pem.org. Aztec Two-Step
The Firehouse Center for the Arts
welcomes back Rex and Neal of
acoustic group Aztec Tw-Step, celebrating the 40th anniversary of
their 1975 RCA release, “Second
Step,” and performing the entire
album, Saturday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m.
at Firehouse Center for the Arts,
Market Square, Newburyport.
Tickets, $30; members, $28. Call
the Box Office at 978-462-7336 or
visit www.firehouse,org.
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Afternoon of Arthur
Miller Firehouse Senior Readers’ Theater
presents An Afternoon of Arthur
Miller, when students will perform
scenes from the renowned playwrights greatest works, Sunday,
March 1, at 1 p.m. The event, held
in the Firehouse Center for the Arts
Arakelian Theater, Market Square,
Newburyport, is free of charge,
first-come,first-served. However,
donations are appreciated. For more
information, call 978-462-7336 or
visit www.firehouse,org.
Maple Sugaring tours
‘Greenland’
Guest director Meg Taintor
helms Nicolas Billon’s 55-minute,
award-winning
drama,
“Greenland,” starring Charlotte
Kinder and Dale J. Young, with
Christine Powers and Gillian
Mackay-Smith alternating as
Judith, with the Apollinaire Theatre
Company, Feb. 20 through March
15, at Chelsea Theatre Works,
189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea.
Performances:Friday, Saturday, at 8
p.m.; Sunday, March 8,15, at 3 p.m.
Post-performance receptions with
The Fred Hersch Trio headlines at
Scullers Jazz Club, Feb. 25, at 8
p.m., followed by the Persuasions,
Feb. 26, at 8 p.m.; Allan Harris,
with his new CD, “Black Bar
Jukebox, Feb. 27, at 8 and 10 p.m.;
and Michel Camilo, Feb. 28, also
at 8,10 p.m.. at the club located in
Doubletree Suites by Hilton, 400
Soldiers Field Road, Boston. For
more information, call 617-5624111, e-mail [email protected],
or visit www.scullersjazz.com.
Reel Abilities
ReelAbilities: Boston Disabilities
Film Festival is held through March
2, featuring 16 screenings in 14
venues statewide. For more information, visit www.reelboston.org.
Kowloon Komedy Club
The Kowloon Komedy Club at
Kowloon Restaurant, Route 1N,
(948 Broadway), Saugus, presents
Bobbie Collins, Feb. 27, at 7:30
and 9:45 p.m. Admission, $30, and
Chris Zito, Feb. 28, at 7:30 and 10
p.m. ($25). For more information
and reservations, call 781-233-0077
or visit www.kowloonrestaurant.
com.
Liz Longley
me & thee coffeehouse welcomes
award winner Liz Longley with
opening act Jesse Terry, Friday,
Feb. 27, at 8 p.m. in the Unitarian
Universalist Church of Marblehead,
28 Mugford St.,Marblehead. Doors
open at 7:30 p.m. Advance tickets,
$20; at the door, $23. Visit www.
meandthee,orgo r call 781-631-
‘Oceanside’
Brian Brooks Moving Company. Celebrity Series of Boston welcomes New York- based choreographer Brian Brooks and his Moving
Company, with special guest Wendy Whelan, Feb. 28 ,at 8 p.m., and
March 1, at 3 p.m. at the Citi Shubert Theatre, 270 Tremont St.,
Boston. Tickets start at $60. Visit citicenter.org, call Citi Charge at
866-348-9738 or the Box Office.
8987. Mindscape
Lisa Esposito, abstract Expressionist
artist, presents her exhibition,
“Mindscape,” now through March
1, Wednesdays through Sundays,
12-5 p.m., at the Firehouse Art
Gallery in the Firehouse Center for
the Arts, Market Street, downtown
Newburyport. Her work may also
be viewed at www.lisaesposito.com.
Beausoleil
Internationally beloved Cajun band
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
performs Friday, Feb. 27, at 8 p.m.
($39-$58), at the magnificent Shalin
Liu Performance Center, 35 Main
Street, Rockport; followed by the
esteemed Brentano Quartet, Feb.
28, at 8 p.m. ($28-$46). Check for
related events. Call 978-546-7391
or visit www.rockportmusic.org.
‘Intimate Apparel’
A lonely, Manhattan AfricanAmerican seamstress in early 20th
century finds romance in a letter
exchange to a man working in the
Panama Canal, until she discovers he’s not what he claims to be,
in Lynn Nottage’s play “Intimate
Apparel,” at Lyric Stage Company
of Boston’s 140 Clarendon St.,
Boston theater, appearing through
March 14: Wednesday, Thursday, at
7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday,
3,8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m.; also
March 11, at 2 p.m. Tickets start at
$25; seniors, $10 discount; student
groups, special rate, $20; student
rush a half-hour before curtain,
$10; group rate also. Check for
relate events. Call the Box Office
at 617-585-5678 or visit lyricstage.
com. ‘The Big Meal’
Zeitgeist Stage Company presents
eight actors portraying more than
five generations of 26 characters,
over 50 years, in Dan LeFranc’s
90-minute play, “The Big Meal,”
through March 7, at the Boston
Center for the Arts (BCA) Plaza
Black Box Theater, 539 Tremont St.,
South End, Boston.
‘Uncle Jack’ The Boston Center for American
Performance (BCAP) and Boston
Playwrights’ Theatre (BPT) present Michael Hammond’s play,
“Uncle Jack,” a comedic take on
Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya,” which
he also directs, to March 1, at
the Lane-Comley Studio 210, 264
Huntington Ave., Boston. Tickets,
$30;seniors, groups of 10+, $25;
Boston University College Fine Arts
membership, $15; students, $10,
those with BU IDs, free at the door.
Call 617-933-8600, visit www.
bostontheatrescene.com or www.
bu.edu/cfa/bcap.
‘Albatross’
The Poets’ Theatre presents
“Albatross,” Matthew Spangler
and Benjamin Evett’s adaptation
of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” featuring Evett in a solo performance,
through March 1, at the Liebergott
Black Box at Emerson University,
Boston. Popular award-winning
former Boston director-playwright
Rick Lombardo helms the production. For tickets and more information, visit www.artsemerson.org or
call 617-824-8400. New England
Conservatory events
New England Conservatory presents
the Music of Ken Schaphorst and
John Medeski, Thursday, Feb. 26,
in Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough
St., Boston. Medeski leads a master
class Feb. 25, at 1 p.m. in Keller
Room. He also performs on piano
and Hammond B3 organ with
the conservatory orchestra, led by
Schaphorst, Both events are free
Popular Boston-based director
Melia Bensussen helms Merrimack
Repertory Theatre’s world premiere
production of Nick Gandiello’s
two-hour, two-act family drama,
“Oceanside,” through March 8, at
the Nancy L. Donahue Theatre,
50 E. Merrimack St., Lowell.
The play contains adult content.
Performances:Thursday at 7:30
p.m.; Friday, Saturday, 8 p.m.;
Sunday, 2,7 p.m.; Saturday, Feb. 28,
at 4 and 8 p.m.; Wednesday, Feb.
25, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March
1, at 2 and 7 p.m. Check for related events. Tickets:$20-$60; senior,
student, group, military discounts.
Visit www.mrt.org or call 978-6544678. Spring Celebration
Works of Parviz Tanavoli, the
acclaimed father of modern Iranian
sculpture, will be on view through
June 7 at the Davis Museum at
Wellesley College, 106 Central St.,
Wellesley. Check out other exhibitions on view simultaneously. For
more information about gallery
hours and additional events, call
781-283-2051 or visit www.theDavis.org. Pretty Raw
The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis
University, 415 South St., Waltham,
features groundbreaking exhibition,
“Pretty Raw: After and Around
Helen Frankenthaler,” through June
7, at the Foster Gallery. The museum is open to the public, free of
charge, Tuesday-Sunday, from 12
noon to 5 p.m.
‘The King of Second
Avenue’
New Repertory Theatre proudly presents the world premiere of
Robert Brustein’s klezmer musical,
“King of Second Avenue,” based
on Israel Zangwill’s “The King of
the Schnorrers,” (no, that’s not
snorers), through March 1 at the
Charles Mosesian Theater, Arsenal
Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal
St., Watertown, featuring an allstar Boston cast. Previews, Feb.,27,
at 8 p.m.; performances, Feb. 26,
at 2,7:30 p.m.; Feb. 28, at 3,8
p.m.; March 1, at 2 p.m. Tickets,
$30-$60; student, senior, group discounts. Call the Box Office at 617923-8487 or visit newrep.org.
Black
Scullers Jazz
Spectacle Management presents
South African freedom fights and
musical icons, Hugh and Vusi
Masekela, paying homage to 20
years of freedom and featuring the
country’s freedom songs, Tuesday,
Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. at John
Hancock Hall at Back Bay Events
Center, 180 Berkeley St., Boston.
Tickets, $32-$74. Call 617-5311257 or visit www.spectacleshows.
com.
of charge and open to the public.
On Thursday, March 5, visiting
artist-in-residence bassist-composer
Dave Holland performs in Brown
Hall, following a master class in
Pierce Hall at 2:30 p.m. He also
leads a small combo master class in
Pierce Hall on March 3 at 1 p.m.
Call 617-585-1122 or visit necmusic.edu/.
As part of her Wallflower World
Tour, Diana Krall will kick off her
tour on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 8
p.m. at the Shubert Theatre, 265
Tremont St., Boston. For tour tickets, visit www.dianakrall.com/ or
call the theater at 617-482-9393.
‘Terra Nova’
Hugh and Vusi Masekela
C I T Y
Diana Krall
Spectacle Management presents
Siobhan Magnus and Mark Maher
in a tribute show, Ella Fitzgerald
and Frank Sinatra, which was postponed from Jan. 24 to Feb. 28, at
7:30 p.m. at the Larcom Theatre,
13 Wallis St., Downtown Beverly.
Maher replaces John Steves, originally scheduled to perform. Tickets,
$35-$55, those with previous tickets
may use them now. If they’re unable
to attend, they may call 617-5311257 for refunds. Visit www.larcomtheatre.com. Disconts fo seniors
or groups of 10 or more.
Flat Earth Theatre performs
Ted Tally’s gripping historical
drama, “Terra Nova,” the story
of famous English explorer, Capt.
Robert Falcon Scott’s, ill-fated
expedition, through Feb. 28, at
the Arsenal Center for the Arts,
321 Arsenal St., Watertown.
Performances:Fridays,Saturdays,
Thursday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m.
Advance tickets, $20; at the door,
425; student rush, $10. Visit
flatearth.ticketleap.com/terra-nova/.
T H E
the actors are held in the gallery.
Advance tickets, $20; at the door,
$25; students, $15. Call 617-8862336 or visit www.apollinairetheatrecom. Mass Audubon’s Ipswich River
Wildlife Sanctuary (87 Perkins Row,
Topsfield) welcomes visitors to enjoy
and share the maple sugaring season on one-hour guided tours, rain
or shine, Saturdays and Sundays,
Feb. 28 and March 1,7,8,14,15, at
10:30a.m., 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.,
culminating with a taste of the sweet
stuff. Foods are for sale in the barn.
Fee: adults, $10; children, $8; Mass.
Audubon members, $9/$7. Children
under 3 in a backpack are admitted
free of charge. Advance registration
is required. Call 978-887-9264 or
visit www.massaudubon.org/ipswichriver. Ella and Frank
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City Paws
Dental Care Tips
Walsh mans hotline during snowstorm
By John Lynds
Mayor Martin J. Walsh personally manned the Mayor’s Hotline
during the last storm--fielding
phone calls from Boston residents
and taking down addresses that
needed more attention for snow
removal.
“I encourage Boston residents
with snow related problems or
questions to call my hotline at
617-635-4500,” said Walsh on
a Facebook post with a picture
of him manning the phones. “We
have nearly 600 pieces of equipment clearing snow from Boston’s
streets. We will get to every single
street in every neighborhood as
quickly as possible.”
Walsh announced that the City
of Boston has secured additional resources from Connecticut,
New York City and the National
Guard to assist Boston’s Public
Works Department (PWD) in
ongoing snow removal operations.
The City has secured two
additional 135 ton per hour snow
melters from New York City. The
melters arrived on Thursday and
the City is currently surveying
locations in Beacon Hill for snow
removal. A 350 ton per hour
melter is continuing to operate at
the Tide Street snow farm, and an
80 ton per hour melter is operating at the Franklin Park location.
The Boston Public Works
Department (PWD) overnight
Monday removed 1,200 truck
loads of snow from Beacon Hill
and other Boston’s neighborhoods. PWD crews have been
working around the clock to
remove what has been a historic
amount of snow in the City of
Boston. The City has removed
over 17,000 truckloads of snow
since the first winter storm at the
end of January. Boston received
a total of 16 inches of snow in
the most recent snow that ended
on Monday, for a total of 7.5
feet since January 23. Boston is
closing in on the most snow for
a season in recorded history (107
inches).
From the start of this snow
season to today, Boston PWD has
plowed 283,254 miles of roadway, put down over 74,000 tons
of salt, and plowed for 168,231
hours.
The City has secured the following equipment to assist with
snow removal: 16 tri-axle dump
trucks; 5 skid steers (BobCat); 8
front end loaders; and 3 backhoes.
In addition, the National
Guard has deployed 10 guardsmen and supplied five bobcats
from Joint Base Cape Cod.
PWD
is currently using utilizing ten
snow farms across the City and
Black
second round with an enzymatic
toothpaste for dogs. Never use
Each February, the American human toothpaste (which is not
Veterinary Medical Association meant to be swallowed) for a
(AVMA) sponsors National Pet dog.
I alternate, using both a soft
Dental Month. This is an edutoothbrush
and an interproximal
cational campaign promoting
routine dental care for dogs and or sulcus brush to work around
cats. During the past year, I’ve the gumline. These small brushes
learned a few things about this are designed to slip into tiny
topic and this seems to be the spaces. Poppy lets me do a far
perfect time to share that infor- better job without the toothpaste. I’m not fighting her busy
mation.
The AVMA says, “More than tongue trying to get that poultry
just a cosmetic issue, yellow teeth flavor. But, I do rub dog toothand bad breath can be a sign of paste on all of her teeth to give
serious disease in our pets, which her the benefit of the enzymes.
Orastrip Test
may affect their kidneys, livers,
At your dog’s next annual
and hearts. Oral disease is the
most frequently diagnosed health checkup, you may be offered a
problem for pets, with most dogs test called Orastrip to diagnose
and cats becoming affected by dental disease. In some cases
there will be an additional charge
age 3.”
After some dental issues with for the test while other practices
my first Westie, Sassy, my hus- may include it in the cost of the
band and I have been devoted examination. Most of the martoothbrushers for her succes- keting to veterinarians for this
sors Maggie Mae and Poppy. test discusses its value in conMaggie only needed one profes- vincing pet guardians of the need
sional dental cleaning in her 15 for dental procedures.
years. With morning and evening
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very good tips
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got second proximal and child’s toothbrush rub
dog or cat
options for off plaque and the toothpaste provides in Boston,
saving
as enzymatic treatment. A gauze pad can you have
many teeth help you hold back your dog’s lips.
most likeand doing all
ly paid far
that she could
more than
to reduce the
that.
cost of care.
What’s more, there is a great
Working with a veterinarian range of prices for this work
on a twice daily regimen of oral among those providing the sercare and antibiotics to treat and vice in our area. In addition to
help stop the spread of the dis- getting a second opinion on the
ease, she succeeded in saving all need to perform a deep cleaning,
but one tooth. Thanks to this there may be reasons why your
article and additional reading it animal needs a hospital with
inspired, I have changed Poppy’s special expertise in either dental
morning routine.
or anesthetic care.
First, I now brush her teeth
thoroughly with just a wet toothDo you have a question or
brush. Rubbing away the plaque topic for City Paws. Send an
along the gumline is vital to pre- email to Penny@BostonZest.
vent the formation of tartar also com with your request.
known as calculus. Then I do a
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Mayor Martin Walsh personally manned the Mayor’s Hotline and fielded
questions from residents regarding snow removal operations throughout
the city.
is working to secure additional
snow farm locations to increase the
City’s capacity to store snow once
it is removed from the streets and
neighborhoods.
Mayor Walsh has also issued the
following safety tips:
Please help your neighbors and
do your part to assist during this
snow event by clearing sidewalks
and shoveling out hydrants.
Have a contractor check the
roof to see if snow needs to be
removed. If roof snow can be
removed from the ground with
the use of a snow rake, do so
with caution. Avoid working from
ladders and be mindful of slippery
surfaces.
Shoveling snow requires significant exertion, please be cautious
and pay attention to symptoms.
Stop if you feel chest pain, shortness of breath, lightheaded, nauseous/vomiting. Call 911 if those
symptoms do not resolve quickly
when you stop exertion.
Carbon Monoxide poisoning is
a concern during winter weather,
especially with the use of generators Residents should be sure to
use their home heating systems
wisely and safety, and have a working carbon monoxide detector on
each floor of your home. Call 911
immediately if you suspect Carbon
Monoxide poisoning.
Sitting in a car while idling can
be deadly if the tailpipe is blocked.
Do not let children sit in an idling
car while shoveling. Clear any
household exhaust pipes of snow.
For example, gas exhaust from
heating system or dryer.
Remember to keep catch basins
and fire hydrants clear.
Snow piles can make navigating
intersections dangerous for walkers and drivers, please take extra
care when turning corners with
snow piles that might limit visibility.
If you see a person in need of
shelter, of it there is an emergency,
please call 911.
Please check on neighbors, especially the elderly and disabled.
If you are walking in the street,
remove your headphones, so you
can hear traffic.
For those with questions or
concerns, help is available through
several channels. The Mayor’s
Hot Line (617-635-4500) will be
running with extra staff around
the clock for the next two days
and the City’s social media and
mobile technology strategy will be
in full effect throughout the storm.
Residents can tweet @notify boston with a question or concern,
and use the Citizens Connect app
to report issues.
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Fed up? Think Green
by Suzanne Besser
Anyone who’s fed up with all
that white stuff blowing around
outside might want to start thinking green instead.
That’s just what several Beacon
Hill urban gardeners are doing.
And they’re happy to share their
thoughts on how to grow edible
greens indoors and sow seeds for
transplanting outdoors when the
weather warms up.
“If you’ve got a little bit of
light, you can have an herb garden inside,” said Ridgeway Lane
resident Sandra Gilpatrick, who
recommends starting with chives.
“It’s nearly impossible to kill a
chive, and they’re so good on
everything from omelets to potatoes.”
She planted thyme with chives
in a soil-filled clear rectangle vase
so that her young son could watch
the roots growing. Her real pride
and joy, though, is a lemon tree,
which has produced seven edible
lemons since moved inside last
fall. A single blue and red spectrum light positioned above gives
the required light to the tree and
herbs.
Like Gilpatrick, Jessie Banhazl
of Green City Growers, who spoke
at last week’s Back Bay Garden
Club meeting, suggested those living in small dark apartments grow
fresh produce by placing artificial
lights, such as high-intensity discharge ones, beneath kitchen cabinets, on a pantry shelf or under a
coffee table. Containers should be
easy to water and drain well.
When Mt. Vernon Square resident Lisa Meaders feels nature-deprived, she turns to the nutritious
microgreens she grows for salads,
sandwiches, soups and garnishes.
“Take an old fruit container, line it
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with fabric, fill it with potting soil,
sprinkle organic seeds on top, put
it by the window, keep it moist,
and watch it grow for two or three
weeks – instant gratification!” said
Meaders, who is passionate about
gardening and enjoys showing others how to grow their own food.
For her microgreens, Meaders
uses organic pea, spinach and
other common seed varieties like
basil, beets, broccoli, celery, pars(photo by Lisa Meaders)
ley and radishes. “Growing microgreens is a way to feel like you’re Greens will grow in Beacon Hill’s smallest spaces, as evident by these
doing something that’s good for lettuce plants thriving near urban gardener Lisa Meaders’ front steps
yourself,” she said.
last summer.
Gilpatrick and Meaders, both
members of the Beacon Hill a horticultural light in an ordi- according to Banhazl. An area
Garden Club, say they’ll start sow- nary fluorescent light bulb holder that isn’t dirt at all, such as a
ing seeds indoors in March so that over the trays. These products rooftop, back deck, parking spot
by mid-May they’ll be transplant- can soon be purchased at Charles
or back alley, can be converted
ing greens outdoors in the typically Street Supply or at gardening
into a productive growing space,
small sunny spaces available to supply companies online.
as long as it has enough sunlight.
neighborhood gardeners. In variSeed starting and other garRaised beds can be constructous containers set on Gilpatrick’s
dening classes begin soon at the ed of untreated wooden planks,
350 square foot deck off her kitchMassachusetts Horticultural landscape fabric and hardware
en, she grows edibles like strawSociety, The Trustees of
berries, Easter radishes (“good
cloth. Clay, plastic, metal, cloth,
for impatient adults because they Reservations, the Boston Center wood, ceramic or stone containcome up right away”) and flower- for Adult Education and other ers with good drainage are also
ing nasturtium (“great in salads”). institutions around Boston. The ideal for urban gardening. Or,
Meaders, who has been garden- Urban Bounty: How to Grown Green City Growers is availing on the Hill for almost 30 years, Fresh Food, Anywhere is available to help homeowners identransplants her sprouted seeds to able from Green City Growers.
Raised beds and containers tify what plants are suitable for
containers of all sorts. She grows
tomatoes, spinach, lettuce, little are the best option for urban growing in their space, build the
Mexican cucumbers and other gardeners because light require- raised garden and educate them
vegetables packed tightly togeth- ments, soil quality and water on its proper care. They have
er in a small raised bed outside, access can be more easily con- installed more than 300 raised
in repurposed wine boxes, along trolled than in-ground gardens, beds in greater Boston.
her front steps, even vertically on
a recycled palette. Her outdoor
window boxes become her herb
Last Wednesday, Temple Street intense sunlight,” she said. “We’ll
garden, filled with lemon grass,
resident Becky Mulzer spotted make it!”
scallions and other little greens.
Other ways to think green
Beacon Street resident Betsy green buds on a honeysuckle vine
Art in Bloom
Madsen, also a member of the on her kitchen deck railing and
Museum of Fine Arts
Garden Club, said March is the so shoveled a path through four
April 24-26, 2015
time to start seeds for cold weather feet of snow to photograph them.
Boston Flower
crops such as parsley, kale, broc- “To me, February is always a big
& Garden Show
coli and Brussels sprouts that can month of quiet progress – plant
March 11-15, 2015
tolerate frost. But, warmer weath- changes, many minutes of lonSeaport World Trade Center
er crops like tomatoes, which can’t ger daylight being added, more
go into the ground until mid-May,
would become too leggy if their
seeds were started that early.
She
recommends
buying
seed from Charles Street Supply
or ordering them online from
Johnny’s Selected Seeds or Nichols
Garden Nursery in Oregon, which
has a climate similar to Boston.
“Your seed packet is your best
friend,” said Madsen. “It tells you
everything you need to know.” She
suggests beginners and those with
tiny outdoor spaces start small
by planting around 6 seeds each
of cherry tomatoes, basil, nasturtiums and ‘little gem’ marigolds
in milk cartons, flats or peat pots,
and labeling them with Popsicle
sticks. The tray can be set on
a radiator or warming mat, and
Photo by Becky Mulzer
kept moist by a water-wicking
mat. Madsen recommends placing Green buds formed on a Temple Street honeysuckle vine last week.
An early sign of spring