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, C mmission Theres a treat! • gi es approval to demolition But th synagogue battle is far froni over
Audltl Guha STAFF WRITER "When litigation takes ome esidents have begun to place you never know what doesn t care about the fate of will happen, so I am in bordering neighborhoods li ke Brighton a d Brookline after the favor of the two sides Boston Lan marks Commission ap talking and working proved de lition of the 74 Corey Road syna ogue at a hearing on together to come to an Tuesday, M h 26. amicable solution." Residents of Brookline :ind Brighton h ve been up at arm& to City councilor Bnan Honan protect thi historic building and have oppo d the creation of a new synagogue roposed twice as bif as "As I understand It. the BLC the present one by the Sephru die chose not to exercise the 90-da} pro Communit of Greater Boston A viso. It will, however tile a report. to petition op sing the project was the BRA to be co11,1dered in i~ signed by 72 neighbors last De 'Small Project Rcv1e\\ · proce s cember in t e interest of preserv ing under Article 80 of th« City\ Zoning the quality f life in this quiet rl!si Code. The BLC report ''ill contain .dential are , according to the 74 recommendations for building and Corey Roa Concerned Neighbors landscape design and the In\t.allation of a commemorati v,• plaque:· he Committee. Accordin to Joe Teller, member said. of the task orce and Brighton resi Task force member \\ere given a dent, the au ority of the BLC under tour of the building c.1rlicr and agree that while it is in d1rl' nl'ed of repair '.be · Q!Ldelay. policy i~ i!!l\_i- or even demofition, \\hat the} are ~ory and s for a 90-day penod. proposing is just too h1g for the area. It's purpose is to work with develop "The building i., a \\red.. it ers to arriv at the best solutio1 to doesn't ...erve the1r purpo-.e and i& PHOTO BY JOHN TRACY proposed p s for demolition. 1 hat probably unsafe," said Robert Ro.... Kendall Eaton, 20 months old, reaches for an egg under a tree at Saturday's 19th annual Gerry McCarthy Easter Egg Hunt. The event, which attracted may mean mding an altematiw to member of the taskforce. 'They de- 500 people, was held on the grounds of the St, Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton. For the story and more photos, see page 10. demolition. SYNAGOGUE, page 6 rt psychologist claims Garland is mentally competent
by Eric Convey some," Garabedi an said. wa., the next day. Po~- charged him with misde BOSTON HERALD Garalx.:dian said he tool O\.er Garland's lawsuit meanor motor vehicle ffen.<;e),. A court ychologist said Monday that a fonner against Ryan from attOOle) {}dJ11el J. Shea O\er the Prosecutor Sandra sser said Garland told inve.- Seeking a priestly confession hockey star d high-tech salesmm - who was ar weekend Among the ~ que...tiOl'b for Garabedian tigators he went to the house "to stop his pain." rested Th y trying to confront a priest he says is whetlk!r he \\ill continue with a plan from Shea to Sources said last week that Garland had been led By Robin Washington When Nilan asked Ryan last and Eric Convey add the explo-.1\e charges ag~ Medeiro~. to belie'e Ryan was pjanning to confess to abusing week about allegations from Gar abused him is mentally fit. BOSTON HERALD "I do not eel there's evidence of mental illness," Garland al l eg~ that Ryan abused him on numer him and another teen ~ the 1980s and becanie dis land and fellow accuser David Car psychologis William Hudgins said in Chelsea Dis ous occa-.1on~ and that Medeiro-. groped him once in traught when the pri~st fai led to come forward. A mutual friend of Garry Garland ney, the priest confessed to wrong trict Court er evaluating Garry Garland. "He's say an office building near the official cardinal\ re~i Source., indicated the once-powerful priest plans to and the priest he is accusing of sex doing, multiple sources told the ing at this int he does not wi h to harm himself, or dence in Brighton. Garland undernent p...}ch1atric heed hi-.. la~ )er's advice to remain silent. Ryan ha-. abuse i-. trying to broker a deal that Herald. anybody el for that matter." evaluation Thul".day nigh~ and again \1onda}. afier repeate
trying to prevent coim-100 in water pipes that can lead to Jeff McLaughlin 1 MWRA water main breaks that disruJX service. damage rropetty communications cpardinator or even cause pavement coll~. 'The project invol v~ rehabilitation of the Charles River Valley Sewer pipes and Western Aqueduct Suwly the sewer lines which lie below~ water pipes to cure the main water pipes along Western Ave. and 'ooh Harvard waste. It will last for the next 50 years. ENT RT"IN MENT Street," said Jeff McLaughlin. communications cooolina Officials as.sured residents that the MWRA's staff will tor to residents at recent community rreetin~ wm with contractors R. l.cw<>Etion to minimize Big pple Circus Construction will invoh e '\liplining" I0,740 feetofthe impacts to the public as a result this work. The hope is PHOTO BY WINSLOW MARTIN 70-year-old water main. a critical jXlit of the water trans that it will not interruJX supply services, and that con- Rev. Abraham Waya (left) of the United Methodist Church In Brighton and s to Boston mi~ion system, by sliding in a new ductile iron pipe. struction \\ill be organized to mmodate neighbor- Rev. Lorraine Anderson of the International Community Church carry a cross • About 3,680 feet of thi~ line will be cleaned and lined \\'ith hood traffic pattern&. school sclfrlules and community during last week's Good Friday procession through Allston and Brighton. cement mortar, with ne"' valve. and chambers installed. evenb. Stops were made at many churches In the area, remembering the day Jesus The rehabilitation of the 100-year-old South Charles Along the pipeline rehabilitatif routes, street excava- was crucified. · River Valley Sewer Line "'ill involve insertin~ a layer into INSIDE ROADS, page 7
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The foll wing is the seventh in a the marlet and we thought none was series of 1 terviews conddcted by worth t e price. If it wasn't for the local histo ian ·Bill Marchione vith kitty w o goes berserk if he cannot Allston-Sri hton community ac go out, we would have wound up in tivists. Thi week, the featured guest a B roo~ i ne condo. is Aberdee activist Eva Webste1: At first. I refused to consider Brightop as an alternative. The Bill Marc ione: Please tell usu lit image I had of the community was tle about y urself; where you grew of thos~ seedy Allston streets near up; a bit bout your family back BU wit out resident homeowners. ground, sc ooling, work, etc. Then w saw this 1897 house near Eva Webs r: I was born and ra sed Clevela d Circle and it was love at in Warsaw, Poland. My father was a first sig~t. The fact that the area was colonel in the Polish Army. As a urban. but not too much - with no young man during World War II, he tall builtlings. so livable. so walka had been c pi:ured by the Nazi s and ble. waslthe main attraction. And we forced to d slave labor in Germany. loved th~ neighborhood's proximity He made a aring escape and joined to the C~est n ut Hill Reservoir. a Polish c mbat unit. He was a tough, stro g-willed man. BM: H1w did you first become in My "ma a" was a kind and gen l'Oll'ed i co1111111111ity activities"! tle soul, bu she was al so scarred by EW: I iad just spent a long, hot the war. hen she was a young summer doing some renovations in child, her father suddenly di ~ap side. and laying down stone garden peared wi ut a trace. My granc1ma paths. Ij was backbreaking work. and her ch ldren almost starved to but not~·ng brings a stronger bond death after at. with ah me like stripping old paint After t war, they learned or diggi g in dirt and seeing beauty through th Red Cross that he had come o* of it. Then. the students been taken o a concentration camp descend~d on the neighborhood dur and ki lled. ing Labqr Da) weekend. There was On this s de of the Atlantic, most trash e\ ~f\ where. Dru nken hordes people thin that you had to be Jew were yell ing and screammg profam ish to be b tali zed or killed by the tie~ in th,e middle of the night. 1 was Nazis. My aternal grandfather was Ii\ id. 1apked myself. what's the use Peoples a Polish Ca olic. Without dimi nish of impr~\ ing the house when the Federal Savings Bank ing the min -defying tragedy of the Eva Webster has been a valuable member of the Allston-Brighton community. neighbo~hood is going to pot? European J ws, there were tremen One d~y. I found a leaflet stuck in 224 \:\1nh I ,ir, 1r 'lru·t \11, ton • 1 \'i \ 1.irkrt \trcrt. Brighton dous num rs of victims among our filont door from the 121 ( r ntrr '-tr<"l• Jamaica Plam • l'J1l' lcnm ~trcet West Roxbury many other thnic groups as well. two years of each oth~·r. I) on ill) feet. and held a number of Circ l elR~servoi r Community Asso (617) 254-0707 Experien es of my parents' gener At the onset of the 198&. Poland interesting, stimulating job~ in Man ciation. J went to their meeting. I wvvw.pfsb.com . was going through an mcredible po hattan. I met my husband in 1990. ~ ation notwi hstanding, I have fond \\as suf!tised to see only a few peo \Ion}>, 1 I Dll .. memories 0 growing up in post-war litical upheaval. On.l lllaJ) citizen<,. and when he \\a.\ offered a position ple in attendance. I a-;ked what Poland. I s surrounded by in er inspired by the SoltJarit) mo\e at Harvrud Medical School. we could b¢ done about the student esting peop e, well-educated and in ment, rebelled again.,! the commu mo\ed to Boston. problem! They asked if I'd like to tellectually urious. nist rule and Soviet domination. represen the CIRCA on the Boston Back th , people's li ves \\ ere Martial law was irnpo ed. There BM: Ho11 long hare you been w1 College Task Force. A short time free of co mercial television and were troops with loaded machine Allsto11-Brighto11 re~ident "! later. thqy made me CIRCA presi materialism and it seems to me we guns camped outside of my bed EW: Since early 1995. but we pre dent. Our fi rst project together was a had more time for famil y life, room windows. Eve1yone li\ed in \ iousl) Ii' ed in Brooldine. not far street-cltjaning program. I also pro Expert Watch Repair ALL fri ends and eaningful cultural pur fear of a Soviet i n va~ion and \\hat from Allston. posed th~ t we rename the organiza WATCI ll"S FIXED ON PREMISES suits. I stu ied economics with a wou ld happen if the Polish mi lita.t) tion the Aberdeen & Reservoir /11c/11di11g: focus on fo ign trade, but after two fo ught back. The econom)' wa'> in BM: \\>haT attracted you to 1he co111- Civic As ociation. I wanted to spot MOVADO • RAYMOND WEIL years I deci ed it was too dry for me shambles. 11111111ty :' light thtt neighborhood's historic OMEGA • ROLEX • HEUER and switch to linguistics and liter- At the earliest opportunit). I wa.... EW: To be perfectl) honest. the fact name __, Aberdeen - and ARCA Jc,pc/111 /\,·pall", Pearl Stri11gi11g, on a fli ght to New York. That \\a.'I a that 11 \\as close to Brook.line. We Appmi-11/ Sen•1ce Auailnble : ature. had a nice ring to it. 21h 11,m ard 'it. (l nolidge Corner, across the street ~As an asp ring lit(irary translator. I little crazy- one small suitca'>e and had been looking to buy a free Brucg~ <"r \ B,1gels) Brookline moved to E gland, and shuttled be about $70 was all I could take with standing hJuse there - please don ·t BM: Were you satisfied with tween Lond n and Warsaw. My par me. I only knew one person in Ne\\ laugh - so our cat could roam out 277-9495 ents died at ound that time. wit hin York. But I managed to land square- side. but 'el) fe\\ houses were on WEBSTER, page 20
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------+------~--. Page 4 Al on-Brighton TAB Friday. April 5. 2002 ______:www. townonline.com/allstonbrighton Brookline Coa h -PUBLIC SAFETY Tax Alternative At about 11:2 0 a.m., officers on pa- Servi11g qreater Bosto11 a11d Be11011d Arrests 11 ol observed a known breaking and • 11-Po senger Luxury "' J ,, Car thieves arrested l'ntering suspect, George P. Fitch, 47, · Von th Cargo Space 1oo , i J Three men were arrested for of 4 Piper Lane, Acton, walking from • Travel Privately lhe back alley of 45 Ashford St. where • Com elilive Rotes 1 alleged!) tealing cars from an lo Lo on Allston dealership storage lot on many break-ins had been reported. • Trans orlolion To All Functions WednesdJy. April 3, according to a Fitch, canying a laptop, a CD play • Radio Dispatched for Quick Service pohce repon. l'r. a camera and several other ite™, • Profe ionol and Friendly Service While <,topped at a red light at War- entered a blue Volvo stationwagon ren A\enue on Commonwealth Av with a Massachusetts registration and Call for dm appointment enue at about 2: I 0 a.m.. officers ob lled the scene. He headed in the wrong ~n ed '\U'ipect Kofi Bro"-n, 20. of98 direction on Wadsworth Street. 617-738-1700. Hlmard Ave .. Dorchester. dri\.ing a Officers stopped the car at Cam grJ) Honda Accord \\ ith a Massa hlidge and Lincoln streets after many chu-..ett-. licen<,e and accelerating at a attempts. )ellO\\ light. A threshold inquiry revealed that his At a slurp bend on the \\et road. of d1iver's license had been revoked. fice!'. felt that he had ample time to The item<; he allegedly had included slow dO\\ n. "° they followed the car. an CBM laptop ThinkPad with an ID ,. A query of the license plate with the tag saying "Property ofBoard ofF.du 1 RMV re\ealed that it wa., a.-.signed to Brighton cation" in a black leather case, a silver a,.. hue Dodge StraM. l colored Brookstone watch, an AIWA ~ compact disc player in a black nylon The} followed Brown mto the alley Coom.~.., (j 30 behmd Meh in Road. where he was case, a Canon Rebel 2000 camera in a fon:ed to <,top as suspect Sidole., ~ reen nylon case, a brown leather Canelus. 17. of 860 Huntington Ave., wallet, two gold colored rings with Bo,ton. dri\ing another gray Honda ... tones, a silver colored pocket watch Accord with Ma,sachu...etb license nn a chain, a Boston High School ring plate-. entered from the other side of with a red stone inscribed Kevin M. the alley with hi'> headlight-, oil Kays. a Sydney 2000 Olympic hock M~~ hile. officers ;;a"' a juvenile sion of purglary tools. take something out of his rxx:ket and ey coin, a gold-colored $5 piece, a set !+)ear-Old from the same address as Bro\\fn had been arrested la..,t month begin to manipulate his handcuffs. Of of keys, a silver-colored Edie Bauer Canelus coming out of a blad. Honda for driving a yello\\ lnfiniti '>!Olen from ficers found a small set of keys in his watch with a blue Velcro band and an Accord with Ma'>-..achusett-, plates a the saJll! lot. hand. unknown amount of U.S. and foreign To take advantage of this CD offer, just open any le"' feet awa). The four anached plates, hammer, As officers noticed the tape ded. to l.'Oins in a tan bag. Brookline Savings checking account and sign up for An oflicer who wa'> familiar with tla<,hlight'> and clothing found in the car the store radio open and the cassette When officers inquired about the • irect deposit. Stop by any office today or open onhne. the Cark!lus brothers from pre' ious were taken a., e\ idence. 1lle cars and deck empt). Hannah wa.,
Allston-Brighton Healthy Boston Coalition There are many people who 9t1i ANNUAL UNSUNG HEROES AW ARDS CELEBRATION work behind the scenes helping NOMINATION FORM other- in the Allston-Brighton communit). These indi\ iduals Completed form may be malled or faxed 10 - Allston-Brighton Healthy Boston Coalition 159 Washington Stn:et or group help their ne ighbo~ Bnghton, MA 02135 and communit) through their Fax: (617) 782-9411 \\.Ork in local agencies. business or commumt) projects. Their NOl'tfiNATIONSMUSTBERECElYEDBY FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2002 moti\ation is the simple knowl Cntena We are seelcmg names ofpeople who have made a s1gmficanr beneficial conrribut1on ro the lives ofpeople ?'I ost 105 pounds m the Allston-Brtghton community Nominees s~ould incluile only those people (a jmgle indlVldua/, or more than one edge that the) have helped im Individual who worlced together in an organization, business or pro;ect) who have not been honored in a major, :.in 2 mon th s.I "* prove life in the community. public way m recent years. : _ Lisa renstermacher The Allston-Brighton Health) Name/names Bo ton Coalition wants to honor Our evolutionary new weiqht loss program the ··un ung heroes" for their Name and description of project, business or organization (if applicable): is no available in your area! dedication and unselfish efforts • E t whenever and whe1 ever you want at the ninth annual Unsung He roes Award Celebration. bland foods Address of nonunee/nominees Pa1.,t heroe have been hon • drugs or medications ored for such activities as Street City Srate Zip Code w breakthrough programs such as • founding a neighborhood crime Home Telephooe(s)· Work Telephone(s). ____Occupation(s) : ------Express® and Fast•Tracker™ watch group, being a scout leader. faci litating an interna Please explain "'hY you feel this person/persons should be considered for an Unswig Heroes Award, giving oday for your FREE consultation . tional volleyball group. out concrete examples "'herever possible. Please be as daai/ed as you can, attachiJJI up to one addiJional pagt The more we know about a nominee and tire more compll!ltdforms rtctlvtdfor that indivU/ual, tire more standing support of youth sports thorough the decision-malrfng process can be. 1 888-355-TRIM programs, running an English conversation group for nev. im LAWRENCE Stadium Plaza Shopping Center migrants and supporting fellow 160 Winthrop Ave. enior citizens. Braintree Jarnarca Plain This year·s winners will be Brockton Manchester Canton Marlborough honors on June 6 with a dinner Chelmsford Nashua Chestnut Hill Needham and awards ceremony at Boston Dedham SaJgus Framingham Weymouth College. We burn Please till out the following form to make your nomination. YourName· ______HomePbone; ____ WorkPbone: ____ Ove 400 Centers Nat ionwide I Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9 am - 7 pm; Sat. 8 am - 1 pm •As pie vary, so does the r we ght loss Some '!lay lose more or 1ess than l The deadline is Friday, April 12. Your Address: ------0 2 l AVi~ght LOIS Conters. me Your Signature. ------I •
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about other available pwi:.tram'. the knov. ledge and resources they graduates ill receive $500 to $1,000 un ite with some 3,000 other women supported by some 500 volunteer For more informatintt. call 617- need to take Jie citizenship exam. off closing osts when they purchase and men for the Avon Breast Cancer crews and will receive hot meals; 783-0500. ext. 273. To register. call 617-783-0500. ext. a home in oston. and will be con 3-Day. These breast cancer ··cru water and snack stops; gear transport; A doctor a d a dental s~ciali ~t 273. by Apri l 9. sidered fo Fannie Mae programs will be availa le to answer health-re saders" will walk 60 miles uver three hot showers; and comprehensive 1 and MHF low-interest rate loans in days to raise money and awareness lated question · Tuesday. April 9, rt Free citizenship m;:dical services. Each evening, al~ There's a home-buying the state. ere wi ll be access to low for breast cancer programs nation pa11icipants will enjoy camaraderie Jackson Man Community Leamin,! course starts on April 11 down-pay ent financing options for Center, 500 mbridge St., Allston. 101 class in Spanish wide including medical research, pa and entertainment, and sleep in sup: A free citizenship cour.e 1s offered buyers of ~I incomes. The registra tient care, suppo11 services, educa A doctor will avai lable from 5 to <1 plied tents under the stars in the Avon at the Joseph M. Smith Community The Allston Brighton Communit; tion fee is 25 per person. Registra tional seminars and nonprofit p.m.; a dentis from 6 to 7 p.m. A Breast Cancer 3-Day "Mobile City." Health Center, 287 Western Ave .. 0e,·elopmen1 Corp. will begin a tion is requ d. community-based breast health pro health screen ng and Ma'>sHealth Allston. beginn ing Tht11-...da). April Santheson decided to participate in four-session coup,e in Sparnsh. start For mot·nformation or to regis grams. the Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day in sign-up is avai able from 5 to 7 p.m. 11. The five-week couN~ \•ill be of ing on Saturda). April 20. The class. ter. call Eli beth or Ashley at 617- Sponsored the Joseph M. Smith The Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day in honor of her mother, Frances San fered Thursdays and Fridays from I 0 which i'> co-sponsored b) Peoples 787-387-t xt. 35. Boston will step off on May 17 in theson of Plymouth. Community alth Center, the pro- a.m. to noon . Federal Sa' ings Bank will cm er all Fitchburg, and end with closing cere "My mom was diagnosed with . gram is free o charge. Glucose and This course. sponsored b) the aspects of bu) ing a home. It "ill cholesterol sci enings will .be avai l Local resident to walk monies on May 19 on the Boston breast cancer in 1997 and is now four - Joseph M. Smith Community Health meet four consecuti\ e Saturdays Common. The walken; will cover able. Individu Is and families can year~ cancer-free. This will mark my Center and Boston Puhlic Health through ~l a) 11 from 9:30 a. m. to 60 miles in three days about 20 miles a day, traveling at sign up for assHealth and learn Commission, will give participants noon in Allston. Income-eligible Tanya S~theson of Brighton wi ll their own pace. The walkers will be COMMUNITY NOTES, page 23 . ' . , • FbR HER t~ke an extra 25o/o off a I permanently-reduced fashions for total savings of 40%-70% off original* prices on hot winter fashions and fab lous classics in NOW Bridge Sportswear, Sutton Studio Better Sportswear, Y.E.S. Co temporary Sportswear, Dresses, Suits, Shop for Women and Shop for Petites. fa~hion jewelry/scarves/wraps I take an extra 30%-40% off alr~pdy-reduced prices on a sensational selection of fashion accessories, handbags, hats and hair accessories. Total savings of 50%- 70% off orig.· prices. sh~s and boots I save 30%-50% on r\39 . prices on a vast selection of shoes in super styles and colors- and boots. Only@Bloomingdale's hosiery I 3 pr. for 18.00 Sav on every pair of our exclusive pantyhose including control tops, sheer-to-waist and opa ues, in a sumptuous array of nudes and hues. Reg. 6.95- 12.95 each. in mate apparel, hosiery and socks I take an extra 25%-50% off ,.. air dy-reduced prices on our terrific selection of basics and luxuries, for a total savings of 40° -75%off orig.* prices.
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' Intermediate price reductions CHARGE will be det rmrn ed by applying an ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RA~E of ~· f: ::: :r~tD:a~es R~ fur:re and mattress savings may ~t be combin~d with an other certificate. bonus or extra ·discount offer Photos are representative only. Furniture and mattresses must be delivered from our may have been tak n pror to this sale.~~:.~~~'. ~~~,.,n~~. ~~.. .P ~~~ ; .~~.. ~~ f:,:;;s~ ...... ?.~ ~,~~t'ln6u nftvrTt~· ...... ~ ~. l ~h ~ '°l.t ti.on")rt""e l'lt r or.. toto .. ,..,. h .. I .. t i l'\ ,,... ('..,f h n.rn.r tnr Dln.n innrl-,lo'C" ~'ln nlrl rnuntru 0 1'-,rl c,,r rlnn f'1h1 MV 11 (;')fl ('-,In nnrtr c ..... r1.., .. l'lnril 7 ')()(\') Friday, April 5, 2002 Allston·Brighton TAB, page 7 FR OM PAGE ONE REAL ESTATE or construction cr¢ws to dig up roads FACTS WHAT TIME IS IT? ROADS, rom page 1 Selling your home soon? How long will tion wiII be prepared to access the "We do not have to open MWRA Water/Se it take? Be$in by asking your agent the pipelines These excavations are gener er Rehabilitation Project in Allston marketing time of homes recently sold in fi up the entire area," your area. Look at prices, features and ally 10 t by 20 feet in size, al lowing the financing offered. How does your equipme t to be lowered into and Mclaughlin assured home compare? pushed gh the pipelines. The average marketing time for those "We not have to open up the entire residents. "We will only homes may then be applied to yours. This will be an "average" time for "average" area," claughlin assured re~iden ts . dig at access points every . ' homes at an "average" price. If your ''We wiU ly dig at access points every home is offered in above average con ~i- I ,(XX) to ,500 feet so as not to be too in 1,000 to 1,500 feet so as trusive t the cornmunity." not to be too intrusive to Kate ''If dig the major intersoctions, we coul have a problem, so I ~uggest the community." Brasc o they w on weekend momin~s," said tJ. Jeff McLaughlin, MWRA ()nu); District 4 Police Capt. William Evans. ~21 -:::::::: officials said that they have communications coordinator -,,. conduct traffic studies. They plan to Shawmut Properties -.. maintai two 12-foot lanesoftn,fficand • projects covering 6CX> ~ in Boston. lion at a below average price, it could have po ice directing traffic at major take less time to sell. • ''When cables fai l, ti-ere are e~treme wcrl: Next, look at homes currently offer~d ly long outages, so we are going to re The roject will stretch through for sale. How long have they been on the lieve load on the Lmcoln Street Slation market? Is there a house similar to youts Western Avenue, Bertram, No1th Har that has not sold in over 300 days? How by placing new cahle and conduit y~ varci, S and Travis Street rueas and is it priced, compared to what you wfll terns to prevent what happ!ned l ••••••••••••••••••••••••• EDITORIAL (HOW TO BAKE A 8AL.ANC£D BUDGET J Tu ·ng off Web radio em kable invention wriose miracles never seem to cease. he i ternet not only has put an inexpensive means of commu ica ·on and a virtual library in every home that can afford a personal co puter, but also radio stations galore, providing acce to music for al sorts of tastes from anywhere and everywhere. Alas, here comes he federal government, and its scythe is swinging low. Under a thority of a law pas-;ed by Congress in 1998. a royaltie arbitration p el of the U.S. Copyright Office has proposed a fee schedule th the Webstreaming stations must pay per listener e'ery time they pl ya recording. It may not sound like much - it is 0.14 ce11ts - but then you find out that many of these stations have next to d that they would have to pay the amount retroactively if of Congress says ) es to the recommendation. That's when you gin to understand why it is that the fee could put many MIX THE DOUGH\' I NGR.EO\£.NT and probabl most of these stations out of business. The reco ding industry, which sought an even bigger hit on inter ~· \ ,, net radio, is uoted in some pre~s accounts as saying the station v. ill survive just ne. And back during the dot-com craze when the) were offering the· testimony to the p1nel, some of the internet ..,tation "' thought the would be making mounds of money, too. No more. A the internet tations argue, their business is sti ll relatively ne\\<. They don't have any advertisers. They have done the math and knov. the) will be ruin d. Giving r ording artists royalties is fine with the stations; right now, they d over-the-air stations pay royalties to songwncers for playing thei music. The problem is that this additional amount is too 8At-c.E1 AND SER.VE SWALLOW CAREFUL&..'( high. And e royalties panel is ..1 lso proposing an absolutely tlanening amount of perwork to go along with it. LETTERS Perhaps e Librarian of Congress will reject the propo...aJ. lf not, Congress s*uld reconsider its legislation. As long as there i no . ocial peri l or unf irness to others, the Web ought to be allowed to continue Group makes budget porated mrny of their recommenda towns but in the coming fiscal year, • Allow School Building Assis tions into ~his report. Each of the 15 we must look at ways to help ease tant:e Bureau loans to be paid back all the ways in which it enlarge~ options for Americans. recommendations members of the working group has the pain of a potential 10 percent over seven or perhaps I 0 years, • To the editor: solicited Ideas from their munici cut in local aid. rather than the current five years . In Janllar), Speaker Thomas M. palities and we have incorporated We as a group have identified • Eliminate the civil service re Finneran appointed a Working those thopghts and ideas into this several key areas that should be ex quirement for certain municipal em Bla e.the smokers, too Group on Local Aid and it is with final repolt. amined as the fi scal 2003 budget is ployees. plea1,ure that we present our findings Over th~ last I0 years, the Legis prepared. • Review the distribution of addi onti uing their campaign to enrich themselves by making to you toda~. Our charge was to find lature has followed through on its • The Local Early Retirement In tional a-;sistance to cities and towns. Am ricans think they a··e unaccountable for any blessed ways that would be helpful to com commitment to increase ~tate aid to centive Program should be adopted ( lther areas that we feel the Com C thi they do, lawyers have now filed class-action la'' uit munitie~ a.., the) prepare for the fi the 35 1 cities and towns of the com b) the Legislature to ..ilkm 1.:itie.., lllllh..-e on Wan and Means should saying the iggest three tobacco companies in the nation seduced naJ11.:ial cn-.1 that our state is current monwealth. The economic grov,,th and towns to take part in th•~ cost lo..ll,. at while drafting the fiscal 2003 · !) facmg. The Committee on Ways many into moking by claiming some cigarettes were healthier we have experienced has been as saving measure. budget areas follows: and Means is faced with a daunting toundingTeand municipalities have • The departments of Environ •Delay the income tax rollback. than others task in writing and balancing the fis received any of the benefits. mental Management and Environ • Place a moratorium on the c~ In fact, ome cigarettes transmit less tar and nicotin~ per mea cal 2003 budget. We hope that the • Chap er 70, the main source of mental Protection should review ation of new charter schools. sured unit an other cigarettes. Even the federal government once recommendation presented herein state education aid to cities and many of their regulations and man • The Department of Education said the lo er levels of tar meant these cigarettes were less a dan will help offset any potential cuts in towns, i~reased by 257 percent dates placed on cities and towns. If should review its regulations and ger than th others. And the government itself approved the ma local aid funding. from 19Yf through 2002 and was there is not an imminent threat to mandates and decide whether they The Working Group on Local Aid chines use to calculate the amount of the cancer-causing sub funded at more than $3.2 billion in public health, these regulations and are necessary, cost effective and has been meeting twice a week since fiscal 2002. mandates should be eased back dur properly coordinated. stance carr ed by the smoke, according to an Associated Pre the beginning of February. We split • Gran~ for early childhood edu ing the current economic crisis. • Allow for more Keno license · - report. into four sub The above headline ran in the Boston Hall evert. state council was wrong, to force Bar What about the annual pre-para~ Herald's "Inside Track" column last According to Spillane. "If a person rios to move .his time at the la<;t breakfast sponsored every year b~ wee" (March 27). As someone still espouses i:tbortion rights, that person is minute. Banios is not my candidate in the Bunker Hill Associates? Will th~ connected to his old turf in not permitted to be involved in politi this Allston to Saugus Senate seat. slate Knights council force a chan~ CharlestO\\ n, it was already old news cal activi~es at a Knights of Colum He's not kept secrets from hb con of venue for this annual Bunker Hitt to me that a Jarrett Banios for State bus facility." stituents. He's openly gay and he's Day gala? Or will Binningham, B.; 2 Second Ave., P.O. Box 9112, Needham, MA 02494 61 7/254-7530 Senate campaign kick-off had to be However, I agree with Rep. Banios. pro-choice. rios and their ilk be denied a forum EDITOR - WAYNE BRAVERMAN, (781) 433-8365 canceled over at the Bunker Hill Two weeks ago. Massachusetts Sen Some politically active folks in from which to speak? • WBRA [email protected] Knigh~ of Columbus Hall. ate President Tommy Binningharn, Charlestown think one of the other I am a pro-life Democrat anti ...... R'E°Po'R°T'ER'·· ~ ...A'Lioi'Ti .. G'u·H·A·:·6s.6433.~iii33 ...... who is rynning for governor, held a candidates may have dropped a dime proud of it. I am a member of th€ ...... [email protected] time at t1f same K of C Hall and he's on the Banios event at the Knights. I Knights of Columbus and proud of ii. OITOR IN CHIEF - GREG REIBMAN, (78 1) 433 8345 prcxhoioe on abortion, too. don 't think that's the case. It sounds I was the Charlestown Chapt& [email protected] 00 0 0 0 The Bpnker HiU Council appears more like some internal politics over SAU. GIARRATAi'lfl Chairperson for the Massachusetts ""'"'cliE TlVE DIRECToR'"~ '"00NN;:·HANDEL : ('78'i') '43'~'~8'37Ci'"'"'"'' caught ~een a rock and a hard at the state council in Norwood. Citizens for Life back between 1975- PHOTO EDITOR - DA YID DEL Poro. (78 1) 431-8391 place. Ac!cording to the Charlestown While I disagree with Banios on his 77 and proud of that time too. HoW. ADVER ISING DIRECTOR -- CRIS WARREN, (78 1) 433-8313 The Bunker Hill Knights took Jar council's lawyer John Tobin, the abortion stance, if K of C Halls have ever, I feel no matter how well moti ret's money over a month before and Knights in Charlestown took the to step up into the heads of every pol vated the Massachusett~ State SALES EPRESENTATIVE - HARRIET STEINBERG, (781)433-7865 ...... the "Charlestown Patriot" newspaper money f~r the Banios time because wanting to rent their facilities for polit Council was, baning Banios did lit. RE L ESTATE SALES - MARK R . M ACRELLI , (78 1) 433-8204 had been running his newspaper ads they've l)een renting the hall to pols ical times, these halls will be dark and tie to advance the cause of unboJ'I) ...... &'!"'""''''''""''''''"'"'"'''""'''''''"'"''''"" ' ' '""''"'"""""""'"'"'"" PR UCTION MANAGER - BARBARA GORSKI, (781) 433..{;784 for a few \\eeks. lbe event was sched for years - including to Biimingham. empty. The last time I saw a real pro lite. It seems to have backfired upon uled for Tuesday. March 26. and Bar They never thought twice about doing lifer rent the Bunker Hill K of C Hall, the Knights and the Bunker Hill ENERAL E-MAIL -- [email protected] ri ~ assumed things were on track so. the year was 1978 and the candidate Knights should not be blamed for SPORTS E· MAIL - ALLSTON-BR I G HTON . SPORTS~ CNC.COM unul five days before the kick-off Said i;obin, "We're a community was Avi Nelson. Besides Nelson or doing what they and most K of C EVENTS E-MAIL -- [email protected]\1 rail}. resource and never have screened Ray Flynn, there was just a handful of councils have always done. Renting ARTS E-MAIL -- [email protected] According to both the Boston Her people for their beliefs." other pro-life pols. · their halls is a matter of survival. ald report and my own sources, the Tobin ~d he tried to talk Spillane lf the Bunker Hill Knights of Empty halls is stupid. ARTS C LENDAR E-MAIL - [email protected] ...... Charlestown K of C Council was ap out of CllOCeling the time, but appar Columbus was able to survive a recent With all the troubles going on in CN EDffOR IN CIDEF - KEVIN R. CONVEY, KCONYh"Y@'CNCC0~1 parentl) forced to cancel the event entl} the reported word was cancel the Tommy Binningham time, it could the Archdiocese over the pedophile under pres.sure from the Massachu time or lose your council charter. By have survived a Jarrett Banios time, priest scandals, Banios should be the GENERAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS ~ State Council Knights of Colum the way, Spillane said he didn't know too. The state council did more hann least of the state council's concerns, Clrculallon nfonnatlon - 1-(888)-343-1960 Sales Fax NO.- (781) 433-a201 Main Tele hone NO. - (781) 433-8359 Edltorlal Fax NO. - (781) 433.a202 bus. The attorney for the state council, anything! about the recent Biiming than good with their recent shouldn 't it? Classified o. - 1-800-624-7355 Arts/Calendar Fax NO. - (781) 433-a:!OO John W. Spillane, told the Herald's ln ham tinle. Charlestown decision. Meanwhile, What happened last week id ide Tracksters that the local council Hey, aS a member of the Knights of Banios moved his time over to the Charlestown could happen in Wes] Copyright 2002 Community Newspaper Co in Cllarlestown was .. carrying out the Columbus for over 29 years over at Royal Sonesta ·across the Prison Roxbury or Roslindale or Allstort,O't Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction by any means without perm1ss100 IS prohibited . principles of the organization" by Pere M¥CJuette Council in Southie Point bridge and more than 400 folks anywhere we say "Our .Way or the booting Banios from the K of C and as dpro-lifer forever, I feel the showed up. llighway!? wwwmwoo l i~ ~~ ll M00~ ~~~~=0 n~------~------F_n~~~~~·~A£p_ril~S.~m M~~~~~Ul ~~9 priestly celibacy Police news; It's stranger than fiction The ent crisis in the Roman and callous abuse. rather than to compas t\ time again for .. Beat This:· ber that the next time I get too brace l et~. police said. An undercov Ford van with a mesh bra on the Catholic urch has led some ixople to sionate service, of other.. Yet rather than an all-'>tar selection of the "tfred." er store officer saw her leave with front. claim the hole problem is caused by the it<; outcome, pedc1J'hilia \iolates e\ery I fine!-it police beats or actual A REGULAR FRED ASTA IRE out pa) ing for the bracelets, and My comment: >'<111 don 1 suppose priestly v w of celibacy. They reason thing that celibacy is supposed to pro items taken from police bloners fRAM INGHAM - An intoxi- then return to the stt>re and try to 11 belonged to the H'ooden COH'? that pries who are sexually repressed mote. across the region. cated man \\Us taken into protective take the tags off. WELCOME TO act out by engaging in pedophilia. This Celibacy can bl: dangerous \\hen those cuslod) Saturday nrght outside of Mr commellt: Why 1rn11/d you BIZARRO WORLD view is s metimes joined to the claim expected to be commined to it do not ~nezer \ on W:l\·erle) Street. come back unless you really 1ranted ASHLAND - A Holliston resi that it is th admission of a disproportion have the emotio11al and psychological GUEST F\llice ..aid the man. who wa~ to get caught? dent reported a grny Lincoln Town ately high number of gay men to semi development needed to li\e it. Indeed. COLUMN across the 'treet from the dm\ n HOT FOR TEACHER Car missing from the Shaw's park- naries tha leads to pedophilia. Both of celibacy is a recip! for ~ter when it b tQ\\ n pub. wa.s seen dancing \\ ith MARLBOROUGH - Two 111g 101. The vehicle and driver were used to ignore serious emotional and ~y a·Iight pole. these clai ignore the fact that pe- TOM MORONEY Marllxirough teens were rurested on ltx:ated on Main Street shortly dophilia be exhibited by straight as chological issues. Mr conunem: Remember the gm Thursday between 11 a.m. and thereafter. The driver told police he ~ell Fortunately, semmaries these days are 1tho was too tired to ll'alk? Must as ga men and by married a<; well noon afier police said they tried to also owns a gray Lincoln Town Car much more attum: .' WBZ 4 News is now on RCN channel 8 at 8 A.M. and 8 P.M . RCN is helping you keep up with the ever changing International, national and local scenes. Now, Monday through Friday, you can tune into channel 8 at 8 A.M. and 8 P.M. to catch a rebroadcast of the WBZ 4 News. You' ll get a rundown of the big national and international stories of the day plus local news, news conferences and sports. . . 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April 5. 2002 \\ W\\.townonline.com/allstonbrighH n Llaina Mendez, 5, is ready to search for goodies at the East er egg hunt. traub, 2, shares one of the eggs he found with Bugs Bunny. Bugs was at Saturday's Easter egg hunt. compliments of Six Flags Great Adventure Theme Photos by John Tracy New England. 'RRES ONlJtNT i urky sides and a soggy morning couldr "t keep a crowd of 50< people, whic included Mayor Thomas Meni o and bundle-, of -;m ling chil dren. rom flocking to the I< th annual Ge1ry McCarthy Easter Egg Hunt la'>t Satur ay. ; As the puddlell of the previous r)i ght ' rain dried. parents w th kids in band acked the grounds of St. Eli1a beth ·. Medical Center in B 'i!!hron 10 forag for so 111e of rhe nem ly 16.000 trink -filled eggs hidden n among the d imp grass. For mar y of the brigh eyed moppets. it wa'- their first Easte egg hunt. 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A~pn..:..:. 1..:::.5:....:....::.2002 .Allston-Brighton TAB, page 11 EDUCATION A reaches out School auction brings in cash and fun omeless students Our Lady of "It helps eliminate on Evening Academy stu Presentation raises nts not only Live in the All Boston Public Schools' the need for students Here's what was sold: B s n-Brighton neighborhood, Homeless Student $30,000 and parents to do all but in eve section ofBoston. Howev ltems up for auction at Our Lady Square YMCA; day-care services; er, as mos Bostonians know, th s is a Initiative is an By Judy Wasserman the small sales every CORRESPONDENT of the Presentation School's auc tmd unfmished furniture decorated very expe ive city for housing. The year. Sometimes, tion/gala last month ranged from a by different Presentation students. organization whose It took five months to plan with t~her making your student's lunch Silent auction items included gift 181 items up for auction. When the those candy, primary purpose is to for a week to local professional certificates to local restaurants and last bang of the gavel was heard, Our ensure that the magazine and sports team tickets to a week's stay businesses; a chance to be Principal Lad) of the Pre entation School in at a cottage on <;ape Cod and a lot of of the Day at Presentation; babysit education of the city's Oak Square had raised $30,000. The w~pping paper sales things in between. ting services; swimming les.')()ns; a recent auction and gala was the students remains stable' can be a burden." Michael Gilarde, event chairman, fishing trip in Boston harbor; tuition ~identi vacancy rate is extremely school' first. but it apparently won't said last week sortie of the gifts and to baseball camp; tickets to Celtics low and, a result, some of students while they are without be the last. Michael Gilarde, services were "very creative." I LEC.\I. ~OTICES ~ - AU O SALE In the County ol SUFFOLK WITNESS, HON. ELAINE M MORIARTY, decedent be proved and allowed, and that LEGAL NOTICE Date of Death February 4, 2002 ESQUIRE, First Justice of satd Court at KENNETH P QUINLAN of NEWTON in the Notice of Pending Sale BOSTON thlS day, March 22, 2002. County of MIDDLESEX be appointed executor, named in the will to serve without :co rt ordered sale of 1991 BMW, NOTICE OF PETITION FOR Richard lannella surety. :v1 #WBSAK0314MAE34355, previously APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR Register of Probate IF lfou DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, till to Fritz Morrell, for storage due. Bids AD#823548 YQU OR YOUR ATIORNEY MUST FILE A du April 8, 2002 at 36 Electric Ave., To all persons interested in the above Allstor\/Bnghton Tab 415102 WRITIEN APPEARANCE IN SAID Bri hton, MA, 617-?85·3364 . captioned estate a petrbon has been COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE presented praying that the last wiB of said QU1NLAN ESTATE TEN O'CLOCK IN THE FORENOON A 811809 decedent be proved and alowed, and that LEGAL NOTICE (10:00 AM) ON April 25, 2002. All ton/Brighton 3129, 4/5, 4 12/02 ESTHER FINN of FRAMINGHAM in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts In addition, you must file a written affidavit County of MI DDLESEX be appointed The Trial Court of objections to the pelition, staling s~iflc ' D AMAN ESTATE administratrix with the wim annexed of said Probate and Family Court Department facts and grounds upon which the objection LEGAL NOTICE estate to serve v. thout surety. The hrst SUFFOLK Division 1s based, within thirty (30) days after the Commonwealth of Massachusetts named executor has decl ned to serve. DocketNo.02P0456EP1 re~rn day (or such other lime as the court, The Trial ~urt In the Estate of CORNELIUS o motion with notice to the petitioner, may robate and Family Court Department F QUINLAN all w) in accordance with Probate Rule 16. SUFFOLK Division Late of BOSTON W TNESS, HON. ELAINE M. MORIARTY, IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, In the County of SUFFOLK Docket No.02P0590AA1 YOU OR YOUR ATIORNEY MUST FILE A E QUIRE, First Justice of said Court at • Date of Death January 14, 2002 BOSTON this day, March 25, 2002. .. WRITIEN APPEARANCE IN SAID NOTICE OF PETITION FOR PROBATE .... the Estate of MARSHA DERMAN aka COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE MARCIA DERMAN aka MARCIA OFWILL Richard lannella 1 EN O'CLOCK IN THE FORENOON To all persons interested in the above PLATOW aka MAJ:!SHA (10:00 AM) ON April 25, 2002. Register of Probate PLATOW caot1oned estate, a petition has been . .. : . presented praying that the last will of said .. Late of BOSTON • ... t : ' ' • ' • I To place your legal notice ..., CALL NON-___CALL TOLL FREE call Sara LaLander at 781-433-7998 ·•. I 888-224-2211 Dl AMOND POOLS Page 2 Allston-Brighton TAB Fiiday, April 5, 2002 www.townonfine.com/allstonbrigh on ' . assachusetts' #1 Homeseller is also Brighton's #I Homeseller! ' COLDWELL BANKER HUNNEMAN 26.6% Pending Sa.le $279,500* Recently Sold $265,000* , • B 2.3% Recently Sold $259,000* Recently Sold $309,000* Recently Sold $199,000* .. Represents MLS Dollar volume sales with data gathered from the MLS-PIN Service for the period 1/1/01 to 12/31 /01 . All Other represents 91 firms each with less than 3% total market share. Recently Sold $499,000 '" Recently Sold $389,000* Recently Sold $310,000* COLDWELL BANKER HUN NEMAN (617) 254-0330 (617) 731-2447 Brighton L Brookline www. hunnem;i n.com * All prices lis ed for the properties shown are list prices. ... __ _.__ - - INSIDE BRUDNOY ATTHE MOVIES An 'A' · for 'Aida' Death to this , PAGE 18 'Smoochy' PAGE 16 ..... ············· ··················· ················· ···············································~··············· ··· ·································· • Lubin ended up spending five years as a member of the Ringling Bros. Circus, during which time he Barry Lubin returns to Boston fine-tuned his clowning, and discovered his lim with the Big Apple Circus itations as well as his strengths. ··1t sounds self-explanatory, but for By Josh B. Wardrop me, clowning was all about STAfF WRITER being funny. What I mean to say is that eing a featured perfonner in the 24-year-old, I' m not a 'skills' clown - I don't do jug world-famous Big Apple Circus canie a fair gling and stiltwalking. That's the kind of amount of prestige in the world of circus thing that the great circus schools perfonners. But professional clown in Europe train you in for years be Barry Lubin - a fonner Emerson fore they let you get out there and per College student with many ties to the form - Ringling Brothers gives you area - sow1ds just as excited by some of the perks eight weeks of training and then you're out that come with the high-profile gig. in front of crowds. "Last night, I did the halftime show for the "For me, clowning hac; always been about entertain- Celtics at the AeetCenter, which was an ab~l ute ing," Lubin says. "The quest for acceptance overwhelms all else, I dream come true," says Lubin, 49, during a recent guess. I guarantee, even if I'd become an accountant, it'd still be trip to Boston to publicize the Big Apple there, and it'd sti ll come out." Circus's new hov., "Big After his stint in Ringling Brothers. Lubin returned to Top Doo-Wop," ""hich Boston and took up stand-up comedy for awhile. "It was a hits Boston on April 6. "It great scene at the time, the late 1970s. There were lots of was so cool to be on the great comics who'd play at the Ding Ho and the other parquet fl oor-I desperate!} wanted a Boston comedy clubs,'' he says. "Basically, you'd do · piece of it when the} tore down the your set, and then you'd just hang out." Garden, but they had that building ite Even so, Lubin soon realized that, ironically, locked up tight." there was too much clown in him to be a reliably Lubin got close to the par funny stand-up comic. "My act quet, but not on it, in 1974 \\hen, was totally derivative of clown- as an undergraduate, he auditioned for ing. I used to start my set by say Ringling Bros. Clown College at the ing, 'Hi, rm Bar!) Lubin.' And old Boston Garden. '"I'd done then I'd just stand there, completely silent three years at Emerson,., he re and blank, for a minute or two. It totally calls, "changing my ma1or from freaked people out, and they'd laugh in spite of themselves. TV to radio to journalism. I fi Then the rest of my act wou ld be real physical comedy - clown nally decided to take a year off stuff. The other comedians really didn't like following me,'' he chuckles. and figure out what I really wanted to do, and it was during that ~o, when Lubin had the opportunity to return to clowning with Big Apple in time that I tried out for Clown College and got 19~2. he seized it, and he brought with him his favorite character: Grandma, accepted. So, off I went." CIRCUS, page 18 More than skin deep Susan Miller stages "My Left Breast" at Copley Theatre wfrom Woodlands Far Away, 2001" is part of t~e ulayered Forms/ Layered Images" exhibit. process of creating revealed in layers · Seven artists develop "Layered Fonns" in New Art Center exhibit By Joanne Sliver the mind. Sometimes the pieces fit together. Some BOSTON HERALD I times they collide. About 15 years after being treated for breast cancer, Susan Miiier turned her experiences Into an igzag of thread stitch together Karen Mc- To translate such a realm into visual form, many OBIE-winning om~woman play. • Carthy's visions of the world. Deborah artists tum to layers as well , building up works Putnoi's universe tends to arrange itself from a number of individual elements. Whether lit By Alexander Stevens "It was a surreal experience," she says, on the grid, with each panel holding clues to ·its erally collaging one item onto another or assem STAFF WR TER phone from her home in ew York. "First. of n ghbors. bling pages into a book, they create pieces that hen Susan Miller felt a lump in her course, you just want to be \\ell You \\ant to know ·emerge over time, over space and over the course left breast, she did what all smart you're going to live. You want to kno\\ you're VISUAL ARTS REVIEW ·of careful looking. W women do - he went to her doctor. going to see your kids grow up. And grow up your "Layered Forms/Layered Images," at the New After two misdiagnoses, the lump was biopsied, self1 Then, you're dealing with repairing. And a scarded objects accumulate on the pages of Art Center in Newton through May 19, features the and on a fateful Friday, she got the dreaded call : It new image. It's very upsetting for women. You're S nill Hunnibell's open books. Sharon McCart work of seven artists who employ various strata in was cancer, and not losing a function - you till have your hands, n weaves bits of plants and feathers into a col the objects they make. Their subject matter ranges THEATER the doctor want- your mind, your legs. But now you see yourself la of old letters, music, fabric and shorthand from Putnoi's often jarring interior landscapes to ed her in for differently. Asymmetricall)." f McCartney's more soothing natural vistas. Mc surgery the next week. She had a modified radical Despite being a writer and an acnes , Miller did nres.or these artists - as for the viewing public - Carthy sews divergent points of view into collage mastectomy, followed by chemotherapy. n't think about turning her experience into a theater th cosmos unfolds in layers. It can take sha~ in constructions that evoke vast panoramas and close Miller, a divorced mother of an 8-year-old son, piece until almost 15 years later. She was looking th depths of a pond, the syncopated jumble of. a ups of blades of grass. Remembered times· and was36. 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T Eric Abraham and '.Zdenek Sverak (Jan's frame by frame. ~leaned it and restored the colors. father) was for the 1996 Best Foreign Language There were Gentian bombers and Messerschmitt<>, Film Oscar winner, "Kolya," a sweet dramatic com \vhich are not avq.ilable any more. So in the fi lm. the edy about an older Czechoslovakian man who's Messer-.chmitt'> rou see are from ·Tue Battle of shafted in a maniage Britain' or the\ ·re models." FILM and ends up with a Abraham ~an 1 1 keep himself from butting in. very young son. .. Jan\ not kno\, n a'> Mr. Seamless for nothing." ''Dark Blue World," the trio's newest offering, is he say~.'' ith mu~h admiration. way across the film genre spectrum. foc using on a There were plent) of other problems to tackle in story that's loosely based on fact. It follows a group the production. from bus) theatrical schedules of of WWII Czech Air Force fliers who leave their '-Orne of the actor$ to footage of a train explosion that country after the Nazis take over, then relocate in \\a'> accidentally destroyed and had to be re-shot. to England, where they learn a new language. hoping the -;cript that netJcled constant tweaking. to fight the Nazi menace by joining the Royal Air "It wa., re\\ritt n 10 times:· says Sverak of his fa Force. 'Their return to Czechoslovakia earned prison ther's conuibutio -.. "The major difference between terms mther than a hero's welcome. That's the true . ... the fir-.t and the o e we used is that the characters are part; a bit of fiction is tossed n concerning a friend Jan Sverak (seated) directed, and Eric Abraham now not just bea tiful \vhite heroes. Originally, we ship between two men that fall s apart when a produced MDark Blue World." loved them"° m ch. we couldn't give them human woma(l comes between them. fai lings. So we ' ·ere worried that it's like an ultra But that's about as close to "Pearl Harbor" as this But it\ ttut degree of reality that makes the film propaganda mov e. it wa., too beautiful. Of cour-,e, comparatively small , low budgeted fil m get<;. so thrilling It\ not vel) often an) more that mo' ie \\hat happened t them wa'> sad. But then we gave Amazingly, though, it doesn t have the look or feel aud1 oces get to -.ee \leek Supermarine Spitfire~ or them some failin s:· of being burdened by a smal budget. This is due to menacm!! Me-.~r.chmin 109., fl\in!! throu!!h the It\ a bit of a -.u rise that '.Zdenek Sverak. Jan's fa the filmmaking prowess of the younger Sverak, who skit: in lhe mitbt of dog fight-..-~ \\hil; there ther. 1-. no1 111 the ~Im: he wa'> the adult male lead in directed, and Abraham, who produced. were some real plan doing th.,..><,e scene ... SveraJ.. "Kol) a... 'The project was so ambitious that it required to and Abraham also had -,ome trid,_., up their -.lee\e-, .. He wa.., 'O? olp to pl~! a pilo1:· sa) s his son. "But be treated not like a movie, b..it like a faith," says the to nuke thmg-. look e\en bettl!r. The} rruxed m he 1-. m 11. He s atj e.\trJ. British Abraham. "And we were believers. Some foowge from t\\O Olher W\\11 fi Ill'>-''The Battle "He\ 111 the $<;ene where the airplane engine how. when you look back on it now, it was an act of of Bricain.. ( 1969) and "\lemphi., Belle" ( 19901. bkm-. up and th~\ a gu) riding a bicycle right in insanity, to have attempted this scale of movie on 'There \\a: one hot from Memphis Belle·:· front of i1:· sa)' Abraham. "He's an Indian \\ith a that scale of budget, just under $7 million. sa)s Abr.iham. "It \l,,a., an outtake. The majorit} of turban ... TIDK&TMAST&R (, 17) 9ll•2787/ ww w.r1cKrn1Asm.COM "We have a sophisticated global audience," he the ft) ing sequenc~ are not libl1ll) footage. What .. But rm in t~film for a longer time." says Sver adds. '!And they're used to ~eeing aerial sequences we reali1ed \\hen \\e \\eren·1 going to make a pic ak. 'Tm in the mber. I pla) both of the pilots and BROArJWAY I~ 00$TO~ (~17) 880-2400. GROUPS (~17) 482·8~~. done Ethat you can't see th.! rubber bands leading ture \\ith a budget of ho\\ ever many million-.. wa., the front gunner. t wa., the idea of the guy who did THE COLO~IAL THEATRE 10" 00Y~STO~ ST., eosro~ . : ~ to the ropellers." the '>tngle b1ggN problem wa<; a large canva-. of pe the '>ptX:ial effect.." ~ ''"'-::::. " ~Clf.ARCj],\\~!J Sve , with a thick Czech accent, jumps in to fin riod plane-... Where do you get them'? How do )OU And \\hat a ut the busy producer. the man ish Abtaham 's sentence. do 1t') E\en though Jan i., a maestro of whate\er. \vhose respon-.ibjlities included being production "We didn't want to make a film about the pilots there\ a hmu to computer graphic. . We \Hacked manager. dialogur coach. director's d!iver and find who just came from a mission and are only talking our brain., ...., to ho\\ to '-Oh e ~problem. and h11 on er of lo<.,t footage· about it in tead of letting aud ences see it." the no1ion th;it., m 'The Battle of Britain.· the) '>pent ··M) ,·01ce i-. i i1:· he says meekl). "So there's the scale of it, n tem1s of aerial shot'> a fortune on aerial photograph) and could onl) u~ a ·· ·Honor guarp. attention~· ·· shouts Sverak, re - these are pilots," continue., Abraham. "You have little bit. So some\\ here there mu\I be pri-,tine can., peat111g a piece of dialogue. to see them do what they do up in the air. You have of outtake-. ... "Ye~ ... ..:1)., Atpham. "I wa-; the control voice as battle sequences, some impressive bombing, a pro "And \\ith tho-.e computer gn1ph1cs:· add-.. S\er \\ell ... ducer's nightmare." ak. ·v.e could eliminate the m1\lakes the) made "f)arl. Hlue ~~ 1rld" opens 011 April 5. Cher remains the same Cher a break-onl) "Face lo Face'" could be classified a<> rnellm\. Some of ltK bus) horn woli. (tenor "Living (Warner Bros.) Proor' and alto sax. trumpet) i-.. remuu...cent of the old or years, people have been amazed by how band the Loading Zone. But before )OU can youthful Cher has remained, barely seeming F blml.:. there· :m cxcuablc el<);.'tric guitar or key to hav-e aged a day since her days with Sonny. board front and Ct:nter. It all rum., into a ~ng With the release of this new album, the truth can fi of hol )oung jaa-lm1ng pla}er; taking their naUy be told: She's a nibot. It's a collection of tum - ..;ometJme-. aJlJ11e. <,()metimes togeth ------· - dance tracks, with er - wailing. but alwa)., keep ng melod) m CD REVIEWS the electronic mind. BrendJn ~lcG mn\ har>dful of vocab voice-treating that are OK. but limited in range ll1is is a band to Ji-. made Cher's 1999 single "Believe" a smash hit. ten to and enjo) for their light in'>trumental Obviously beLieving that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it," virtually every tune here, from lead single -EdSymkm "Song for the Lonely" to 'The Music's no Good band\ sheer ene 0 y and blatant love of what Addiw11 Gmore P1Vj11ct plars at the Paradise Without You" sounds Ii.le Saturday night at the the) 're doing (m bos seem to be their favorite) 011 April 5. Android Copacabana. The re.Sult? It'll play great more than make u for any glitches. ''Mambo De on dance floors, and kudos to Cher for continuing Jaruco" reache.., le ·els of delirium; there's an eerie ha1e over the p · ·ng of "Tonight You Will Be to defy changing musical style and time itself, but Cabaret Diosa give me "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" any day. Mine" and "Late That Evening"; the goofy and - Josh B. Wardrop "Lhe at the fox" CColorado l\.fo.;ic) toe-tapping 'The onkey Song" goes on too long he driving. ~rcu ' 1on-0nly intro from thi~ but tickles the liv audience. T pla) ful nonet 1 u bit m1~leading, because - Ed Symkus Addison Groove Project once e\el)one ~n l es at their 0"11 instrument- Cabaret Dio.~ plays at Harpers Ferry 011 "Allophone" (Wicked Records) piano. flute. guitar. \iola. trumpet - it\ time to April 1I. am band, funk band, .;all them what you will. gt!t ... wept up in a ''\trl of Latin rhythm.~. C BOSTON'S #1 JAZZ CLUB! wDot.t• Tau GVl\I Sc..111~SI01tllCM Ott. & ~ '-'' Pli..i bm I Sun Apr 7 7-1 0 p.m. THE FIRST ANNUAL BOSTON CABAR ET FESTIVAL Sopt.a Biildes, Bnan De Lorenzo. Belle Llrda Halpem. Carol 0 Shaughnessy, Enca Laopold, WiJ IAcM.llan. Jan Pe181S, Ida Zocoo. Jolin O Ne 8pm Prices: $150, $135, $10~ , $75• {Doors open at 7pm for pre-concert reception} (• $75 ticket does not indu!e po~t-concert dance party) Pops Concert Call (617) 266-1200 o order A Richard Rodgers Celebration online at www.bso.o y. Symphony Hall Visit the Symphony all Box Office, Monday-Saturday, 10 m-6pm. 1opm Post-concert dessert and dance party with Disability services, ti kets, information call (617 638-9431. 0 the Pops Jazz Ensemble featuring vocalist Starts Friday, ~J~~N coMMoN 1 Maggie Scott, and special guest host, April 5th! ~~1':°1::1 LOCWS 6CHCRAL CIHCMA 6CHCRAL CIHCMA GCHCRAL CIHCMA GCHCRAL CIHOO 'Jax' from rBC's Ron Della Ch esa Alt the p1"09rams and artists •t subject to changt DANVERS llRAI NTRU 10 llU RLIH6TOH 10 f RAMIN6HAM 16 CHESTNUT Hill Ull:mTIONAU OlfrOllls• •tt-Slf.lll 11t1nrxnllt rlUTK KU AT WtOnCIS WOIU Ill t AT IWl40Mt st "General HoS}ital" IOO llltnl lU. m rl.M IOll 611. )U-nLH IOfl SOI 6ll U.00 IOlt 611- Dl-fll.H fOlS www.townonline.com/allstonb1ightor ______.....'.....'..n~a)!..:.:· F ·d A ~p!:'.n~·''.:.;· ·1 " 1001-~ :_- Allston-Brighton TAB, page 17 - unpleasantly. Tije dialogue sinks to subter --··. ranean levels and the plot is beyond repair. DISNEY'S TRIUMPH IS FINALLY HERE! D.B.) D RETURN TO Nt ERLAND (G) Midst Wortd NOW THRU APRIL 14 ONLY! War II. Wendy' daughter (voiced by Harriet Owen) refuses o believe in fairies, but a mid night visrt by Hook (Corey Burton) brings her into contact wrth Peter Pan (Blayne Weaver), the lost boys and an adventure that gives her faith. TinkerbellLPeter. the boys. Hook and hrs crew. the .gir. all nicely carry the beloved I tale into new Ylf! familiar territory. Disney . NEW RELEASES magic still worljs (D B.) B • SHOWTIME (PG-13) The sassy. pushy cop - ~ BLUE WILD ANGEL (Unrated) The tme is the .• name Jimi Hendrix asked to be introduced as Eddie Murphy) and the reclusive no-non ' at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. This sense cop (Ro~rt De Niro) must team up, .' on orders from On High, in a "reality" TV . documentary of Hendrix's breathtaking per .." formance includes current footage of his show about. bi~ surprise. policemen. The • bandmates, backstage goings-on at the usual awkward "diversity" pairing, now nearly event and the fiery musical spectacle of Fab Filippo starts to flip out and flY in "Waydowntown." mandated by law offers few surprises. but seven cameras focu5ed on almost the entire the two performers provide sufficient laughs 2 a.m. set. "Red Htuse" is a major highlight, WAYDOWNTOWN (R) The biLlf e complex death of their daughter. and therr stones and the sly goQI on the standard unhappy as is the sound mi . At the Regent Theatre in of connected, glass-enclosed b111.d1119S 1n the rntertw1ne. Like the lantana plant. lovely on buddy flick ge~re is rarely strictly by the Arlington. (E.S.) B midst of Calgary is the setting for this oddball outside. thorny beneath. this story seems book. (D.B.) Cf CLOCKSTOPPERS (PG) An ingratiating, comedy about a group of office lt'Ofkers who innocuous and sight unbl rt unfolds attractive high schOol kid (Jesse Bradford) make a bet over how long each f them calf Excellent acllng 10 fnlls, jolting (D.B B+ comes into possession of a watch that can last without going outside. Sexy scenes tum LAST ORDERS Jnrated i Four pals 1Tom I alter time. and he !nd his new girtfriend goofy, boredom leads to hallucinations. back Courtenay. Da\JO Hemmngs Bob Hoskins (Paula Garces), hi buddy (Garikayi stabbing among "friends" becon 1es com and Ray Winstore) take the ashes of their ALVIN Mutambirwa), and eventually a genius monplace. It's hard to believe this place really friend (Michael Caine) to the sea for disper (French Stewart) s ruggle to save the kid's exists. At the Brattle in Cambridge. (E.S. B- sal, with flashbarks to therr intertwining rela AILEY dad and foil the baa guy (Michael Biehn) It bonshtps and that of his wrte 1Helen Mrrren) \ fl\\ I I: T II r Irr II makes no sense. the music is soporttic but These sta~varts of the Bnlish cinema are ONGOING FILMS JUDITH JAMISON too loud, thespecial effects amuse and then nearly faultless in therr acting managtng to ARTISTIC OrllECTOll grow tedious, and good triumphs over evil. ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS (ll Fttfuliy IOl create a believability even wrthrn the tightly MMalllmi Ch1y1 ASlOC.,\Tl Al!T~TIC (D.B.) C l erable, in a juvenile, blustery, m~!ess way, artificial structure that encompasses them. 0 !CTOll DARK BLUE WOR D(R) Czech director Jan and starring the mirthless Ice C,oe and the DB. B+ Sverak's first film since "Kolya" looks at latter-day fool incarnated roultn !y ~ M;!e NO SUCH THING R Are there monsters? "'THE RooKIE' Is RIGHT Ur THERE WITH THE BEST. WWII Czech pilots who fled their country Epps. Bounty hunter Cube and I m-rent trus In a renute 1ceiand1c vtllage there appears I'o FoRGOrrE:x How Gooo AND SMART A fA\lll) F1L\1 (-\, BE." lot \101<."!!.TU,, THE\\.\ll STRll I JOlR\.\I when Nazis took ctver, then made their way t 1 tier Epps team up to foil evil 1ewel thieves and to be one, befnended by a young American England to join th! RAF and continue the murderers, while their frustrated girlfriends (Sarah Polley) gone in search of her fiance. fight. Within that i alove story - one of try continually to be helpful. Th lowest com killed and dismembered by the beast ~ "W ELL MADE AND those two men fal ing for one woman ordeal mon denominator epithet and ~ 1 ear-shatter 1R obert John Burke). A black comic spool i• DENNIS Q UAID BEAUTIFULLY - that's. at different times. funny, sad. ing de~ibel level substitute for ·tit. 1D B) O+ on the insatiable yearning of modern TV for Call PHOTOGRAPHED. warm. heartbreakfig. Terrific wartime visual BLADE 2 (R) A laughably mudcUed sequel to sensations (Hel~n M1rren is sensatmnal her Is BRILLIANT." Tele-dlarge• "****llKH\f' 111 01 o, ~R\ RADIO \ffilORKI THIS ONE effects in a small, sweet movie. (E.S.) B a mediocre fright movie starring Wesley self as the TV producer) is wed to an ~RLA LOS~ \ GELES DEATH TO SMOOCHY (R) Aspoof of TV kid Snrpes as the half-human-half ·1ampire now mtnguing quest1ornng of whether there is in 1-800-447-7400 GOT To ME!' shows that goes drievously wrong. with an allied with vampires to combat more evil fact no such thing a TTY: "WONDERFUL! STt:tH£\ f!«llt:\, THE l\EW \ORKTI\1ES ' • overdose of viole~ce and a paucity of humor creatures. Kris Kristofferson loQS along as PINERO RJA sometimes nearly incoherent 1-888-889-8587 O NE OF THE i Robin Williams aod Danny DeVito play the our hero ·s mentor. The fiends. augmented by but 1tngurng biography of the Puer1o Rican ~ljg MOST INSPIRED I "A SMARI, • baddies, Edward ~orton the innocent hero. special effects. spill much blood. the sound poet and playwright Miguel Pinero. who was STUDOO RUSH AND INSPIRING and an unattractive New York and assorted track oppresses. the dialogue provides unin all the rage in New York in the 1970s and 90 MIN. PRIOR TO EN~AGING PERFORMANCE MOVIES FAMILY FILM. unappealing perf~mers fill in the many inter tended mrrth. (D.B.) D '80s. He·d been in prrson was a druggie. and IN YEARS." stices. A hopeful dea and a long-awaited vii E.T. THEE XTRA-TERRESTRIAL PG) The in many ways v·as rmposs1ble to endure 1111 ~'!Ill\, K\XICBS RADIO 'THE ROOKIE' lain role by Willia s. renowned for sweetie great Steven Spielberg film ha bten dtgrtally Beniam n Bratt s rncarnabon rs stunning sup Is A RARITY pie roles. shmooshed up into a disappointin J altered. enhanced and tinkered with to little porting work b~ Giancarlo Esposito and "AN INSTANT To BE CHEERED:' 0 mess. (D.B.) C- effect. but remains a major claSSIC for good Mandy Pati ki'1. soars Some of todays rap www.celeb ritynries.org CLASSIC!" ~" HCJl,'1l.I,. FESTIVAL IN CA~NES (PG-13) Henry Jaglo n reasons. Children missing their father, who and hop-hop 111 sic flows frorr Prnero·s To" TO><"'" KJZZ·TI ,,_ur l \~HIT\ THE WASHl\GTO'i l'O$T directs (but does 't appear in) avery know has just separated from their mother, find wull D.B B April 16 - 21 111 ing peek inside t e splashy lunacy of the solace in the creature from aneither world: he. RESIDENT EVIL RJ Amrsh-mash about a at The Wang Theatre "ONE OF THE BEST THE ROOKIE' Cannes Film Fest val The loose storyline fol missing his krth and kin, pine:i iritzy. Henry a~ .ard v111s. art1fteial Intelligence zombies FAMILY FILMS SHJNES!" lows an up-and- oming director (Greta Thomas. as the child who finds the visitor, rs (Or aimost zomt>tesl and a bunch of studs PRESENTS> BY IN YEARS!'' J1• fll< ""· FO\-TllJ'l<:'O' Scacchi). a ruthless producer (Ron Silver). a especially line. but all the perfnmiers do ·1eH. and a couple babes (among them Mrlla FlettBos.ton down-on-her-luc~ star (Anouk Aimee) and< (D.B.) A Jovovich) contending With anasty srtuat1on. (d~'brity fast-talking hustlrr (Zack Norman). Offbeat 40 DAYS AND 40 NIGHTS (R, Ayoung guy·s E\eryth1ng is vaguely greernsh-grey1sh and Illil:! Scnes and funny, and it catches the true flavor of withdrawal from a faithless g1r propels him we re never wrthout the sound of metal clank- the annual spring happening. (E.S.) B into abstinence. which his roo nmate (Paulo 1119 mto metal or the S1Qht of people d;mg srorGOll(D " TUFTS ;:J Health Plan NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER (R) ~ Costanzo) and work buddies be1 hell be handsome coll~an (Ryan Reynolds) who unable to sustain. San Frant.. ~ s ambiance prefers to be B Cthan to graduate. is cut bathes the comedy in a warm Qlow and off by his fed-up dad. leaving hrm no altern 1- Shannyn Sossamon as our h >s new inter t1ve but to scam rs way through school est is inviting and worth wa1tmg tor. ;Josh With his absurd~ flamboyant token black Hartnett rs gawkily appealing and the Sill'/ friend. a new faithful toady from India. ma~y thing manages to work despite its limrtations. luscious holtles and stupid frat boys. plus (D.B.) B- repetttive gross]ags. he does what's need,!d. ICE AGE (PG) Sprightly if not quite path Tara Reid plays he nice. earnest girl. and breaking animation pits a mastodon (voice of Reynolds make his character admirable Ray Romano) and his unwanted comparlon. though immaturtl. (D.B) B· a sloth (John Leguizamo), against a wii'j tiger SWIMMING (R) Acoming-of-age story set in (Denis Leary) who in due course ... well, Why Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. focusing on a spoil the fun? Aided by the vocala.aboos of nice, shy girt (~uren Ambrose) whose ben Goran Visnjic and Jack Black and though friend grows je ous when a beautiful new giving absolutely no sense of history to kids. girl and achar ing, oddball male drifter er ter for whom yesterday, much less an Ice Age, rs her life and hel her find some meaning 111 rt. unimaginable. the movie rs 10ke-fdled for Slow as mo lass s but well-acted and tend· ~r adults. (D.B.) B without ever turning into mush. Ambrose LANTANA (R) An Aussie cop (Anthooy plays mainly by' reacting and grves a reading LaPaglia) rs cheating on hrs Wife {Keny of the part thatls 180 degrees away from ier Armstrong): a psychiatrist (Barbara Hershey) head-strong ch racier on HBO's 'Six Feet is in agony and distancing hersett from her Under." (D.B.) - husband (Geoffrey Rush) owing to the tragic LIMITED ENGAGEMENT! 2 WEEKS ONLY! WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17-SUNDAY, APRIL 28 Call Ticketmaster (617) 931 ·2787 J - fiekets also available all Ticketmaster Outlets www.tidletmastetcom Broadway in Boston (617) 880·2'00. roups (617) '82·8616 THE COLONIAL TH RE 111& llOYLST1ll st wwwJnadwwayi·~lf!Lcelll >1~:4..>Ul'•H 1 ICKr rs ACCf PT 0 Page 18 Allston·Brlghton TAB Friday, April 5, 2002 www. townonline . com/a ll st onbrightc~ I . ' ~ is for 'Aida' TonJ.-winning Tim Rice/Elton} ohn muslcal entertains at Wang Theatre : : : Alexander Stevens carry the role. It\ big, brave, and : • STAff WRITER quite lovely, fu lly capable of ma~t e r rzl ~ I ks grea~, i~ sou.nds great, ~d ing the Tim Rice/Elton John score. t.'( m e end, 1t msprres a ~urpns- Many of the song~ cal I for a dreamy : · ing sophisticated - and per- quality, because Aida is the Prince s : haps un isney-like - mix of feel- of Nubia, captured b} the Eg} ptian ings. " da," at the Wang Theatre in forces led by Radame . Alda 's songs Boston ugh April 14, is a hit also demand a -.cnse of love and longing, because Aida not only ATER REVIEW misses her homel,1mi but he may also have fallen for Radame '.), who. : The ~sney stamp is of course the as played by Jcrem) Ku hnier. · show's urse and blessing. "Aida" looks a lot like Kenneth Branagtfs : has. the nd of lavish production val younger brother. The tol). m addi : ties that ave become a Disne) trade tion to a love trlilngle. ~ about a : m!ifk (l hearken back to the big young woman cla1mmg her de,tiny. : musical that America invented. But a moment that happens during the ; nonnall there's a kind of serial act one closer, "'!be Gods Love samenes to the stories that attract Nubia," when Ivory gets downright Disney's attention. And while "Aida" gospel. has som of those qualities (most no Ivory may have the ~tarri ng role. tably, a I ding lady who pack-; loads but it looks as if Kell i Fournier i'> . of cou ge into a size 2 body), having more fun . She pla}'>Amner "Aida" so dares to be different - is, the Princess off g) pt \i.ho is slat subtler, ore mature, more gratify ed to marry Radames. Earl) m the 'ing. show, Fournier tlelt'> out ··M) If the 's a weakness in the show, Strongest Suit." Amnen-.' roaring oddly, it in the leading lady. If it's tribute to being shallo\\. It's frantic possible o over-act with your limbs and funny, and it \ the tune )Ou'll then Pa lette Ivory, as Aida, may be humming on the nde home. When Kelli Fournier (center, as Amnerls) perfotms "My Strongest Suit," "Alda" generates a wave of goodwill that carries the show until the end. ,have m tered it. They are lovely More importantly. 11 \ the moment ltmbs, Ii e and expressive, but Ivory when "Aida" conquef\ the audi look of the 'h "So, I\ e cut back the number of "People wouldn't come to see us if 'ho"' I actuall) perfonn in:· he "You know, with everything they thought we were hokey or old- "')'.noting that \\hen he\ not in the that happened last fas hioned. The circus is an artfonn .~ O J:andma joins the circus nng. I\!\ bus) OYerseeing act-, in his that's survived thousands of years, pri \ role a~ Big Apple\ Director of September, we've seen marily because it's real - it's not script • -CIRCUS" , from page 13 audiences find funn) at the ume. that 1fChaplm \\ere all\e and \\Ork Clm\ n111g. 'That allows me the bigger audiences coming in ed, it's happening right in front of you. the sweet natured but slightly mis "We went through a phase of real ing toda) he'd be doing 'llmething chance to go to ~me of my daugh The people on the trapeze are really chievous Id lady clown. "Grandma political correctnes' with clowning." 'et in a health club:· Lutiin laugh .... tm· o¢ca-.ion'>. The way I look at it, looking for comedy and 1isking their lives everytime they per was one f the chllracters I tried at he says. "When I sturted clowning in Toda). Lubin balances his work hov. n)any times do your chi ldren a happy diversion. fom1. The more time people spend Ringling ros.," says Lubin of his cre the 1970s, slapstick \\-as m. but after with the Big Apple Circus\\ ith hi' gnm l)p'>" -;tuck in front of computer screens, the ation, "an people really responded to that, there wac; a ti mi• 'I hen 'la(htick O\\n pn Jt!Ct'. '~h1l e 'till tr) m~ to find Lubin feel, that rather than get- Now, of all times, we all ITlOn! I think the) llC\XI LO experience her. They ere noticing me in the au was totally frown1..J upon. Bul the ume to lh h1 ughten> ung tq>i , 1 • f .., attention need to laugh so much." ...omethmg h e the Big Apple Citru . I dience, d that's not an easy thing way I look at it, funn y b funny. Danielit. I . c:.nd Em I). I It\ not spans. ever-changing technolog) really feel that it's timeless . ., consicle · g I was working.with 28 "I've tried hard, though. to pa) at an e I ' ayers' More than skin deep MILLER, from page 13 :of.. work for a "litenll) metaphor" for the story. when she re membered the matching ··Pep Boys·· T-shirt'> she wore with her son. Across the front of the T-shirts were print ed the Pep Boys· names: Mann)', Mo and Jack. After her in New ... urger). \\hen Miller was tell ing her son about the re- 1ml\'al of much of her breast, he asked in all his 8-year old innocence. "Which one was it? Manny or Jack?" 1 • 1t struck me that that was something that combined the show funn iest and most touching part [of the ordeal]," she says. There wac; her metaphor. And now, the fonner patient ART, fro page 13 is a writer. places e anate from the pure 'IMy Left Breast" is Miller's candid account of her or .geometri s of Linda Perry's lumi deJI ""ith breast cancer. ac; well as, she's quick to point nous quit . out,. a piece about the 1980s, the painful ending of a rela Inspire by the medieval con uooship. and raising a son. The show premiered in 1994 _s:ept of a 'book of hours" to guide at Louis\ ille's esteemed Humana Festival. And in 1995, meditati n, Hunnibell has con during a two-year run off-Broadway, she won an OBIE structed I ttle shrines on the sealed a\\ nrd for playwrighting. Now t\\'O non-profit organiza pages o found books. In her tions. 'e\\ Repertory Theatre in Newton and The Well three-di ensional layerings, a spi ne ~ Community-Greater Boston. raling co lage of words and pic have combined forces to present tures oes a nearby spiral Miller in "M) Left Breast." for one night only. Apri l 11. at the Copley wrought of brass nails, and the "On the page, I don't inner wo kings of a music box an Theatre in Boston. chors im ges of chessboards and Although cancer is a heavy sub doubt these scenes. But birds. C ance and fate dance to jec~. Miller tackles it with humor. the silen harmony of the minia La~ghter wac; some of the medicine because I'm going out "On the page, I don't doubt these ture gear . shd used in recovery, as well. In the scenes," Sa)'.S Miller, who reveals in . e she talks about the time a door and speaking and facing Nancy Wagner's modest but the piece that she's a lesbian. "But ate her pizza, and she "lost it" :compelli g "Square, Circle, Shad- "Sansepolcro, 1996" Is an art quilt including hand-painted, dyed and an audience, I had because I' m going out and speak realizes • ow" seri s of mixed-media works printed fabrics, and metallic leaf. wi him. She that her ex ing and fac ing an audience, I had plo ·ion had little to do with the pizza moments of thinking, . on paper icker with the effects of moments of thinking, 'Am I too Iig ht on ntricate, patterns. Images an Im to do with her cancer. But to 'Am I too raw here?'" raw here?"' any~ passemy, it's still a woman hovering tween the organic and in a letter. So do ordin31)· ind1\- idu \\'Ords. excerpb from Anne But maybe the answer to that yelling at a doorman about a pizza. the ma matical seem to have als, although they may be les Frank\ d131). and images of eyes Susan Miller question has come from the audi ·The piece is peppered through landed o these pages, spotlighted aware of the process. What these and face bombard the' iewer "'ith ences that have been deeply appre- by passa es of brightness to guide seven artists do is produce works their fragment31) nature. as if beg out "ith that kind of stuff," she says. ------..·-- ciative. Miller regrets not doing a wanderin eyes. • that reveal the stages of their cre ging for a narratiYe to connect But it 's probably not the humor better job of chronicling responses Betw n the covers of her artist ation - and, by exten ion. of cre them. that has sent "My Left Breast" all over the world. She's to the show from its fi rst perfonnance. books, ary Jean Viano Ci owe ation in general. faen the himmering ab ... traction petfonned in New York and London, as well as those "I wish I had kept a complete journal of everybody," looks ou ward and inward at the This maplike qualit} often re - of Perry·-; "Augu ------r www.to1nonline.com/all s ton~ ri ghton Friday. April 5, 2002 Allston·Brlghton TAB, page I< PATRIOTS DAY WEEKEND ACTIVITIES Ephraim and Ellt.abe~ H~·e ll . call 617-523-2338: Rachel Revere: A ONGOING musicians and Hi· Majesty Sol Revolutionary Woman. Sunday. diers. Free. Apnl 14; I, I :45 and 2:30 p.m. Pro 7:30 p . Tljl .- mi dnl!~h t: Concord Pa fe ional storyteller Joan Gattuma triots Day Ball At Concord Armory, takes on the role of Paul Revere's ~i~~~~:i:~~ Everett St. Call 1178-371-0292 for second wife. Li ten to her dramatic Marathon, the town of Hopl.. inton, tickets. Light refri:,hnlen!!>. a live account of a woman's struggle to the Hop~ nton Marathon Committee band and perfonnance:. by premiere hold home and farni l) together in a and the i opkinton Athletic Associa fife and drum Cof'J". $20 per person. time of war, blockades and shonages. tion are tanning special tributes to For infonnation, vi it the Web site Free wi th museum admission. Patriots ay at the I 08th Marathon at www.battleroad org or call the HEARTBREAK HILL INTER· onApril 15. Concord Chambl.:r or Commerce. ATIONAL YOUTH RACE: The The BAA also is encouraging the 978-369-3120, 01 the Lexington Ne\\ton Pride Committee and New residents and businesses in thl' other Chamber of Conunen:e. 78 1-862- BalanreAthletic Shoe Inc. will spon- cities an~ towns along the marathon 2480. 50r the I 0th annual race from noon to route (A;shland, Framingham, Nat ENCAMPMENT IN SOUTH 3: 15 p.m., rain or shine. at Heart ick, Wellesley, Newton, Brrokline NATICK: The N;1tid.. Minutem~n . break Hill. Newton City Hall. Com and Boston) to contribute to a strong in conjunction with the Natick His monwealth Avenue. Newton Centre. display (if patriotism at this year's torical Society Mu..eum and the Nat The race is open to runners from 9-18 race. J ick Praying lndiuns, will conduct (bo)S and girls) and 19-90 (men's Mara19on weekend in Hopkinton their annual encampment from' 1 and women's); there is also a wheel will begin when the Hopkinton Cul p.m. to dusk Apri l 13 and 7 a.m. on chair division. Entrance fee. which tural Arts Alliance conducts and April 14 on the grournb of the Bacon includes a T-shirt, ticket to the showcases a flower show 011 titled Free Library, Roule 16. Sooth Nat Pasta/Pizza Party on April 13 and a ''26 MiEs to Boston;" reprt:senta ick. race packet, is: before Apri l 5 - age tives of e National Flag Exhibit at EVENTS AT PAUL REVERE 9- 18. $6. age 19-90, $10; after April the Athl tes' Village (on the morning HOUSE: The follo\\ing programs 5 - age 9-18. $8. age 19-90. $12; of the race behind Hopkinton High will take place al the Paul Revere extra Pasta Part) tickels. $3. extra T ALE l'Hpl School) will unfurl several ma<;sive House. 19 North Square. Bo ton. For . hirts, 5. To regi ter. send a nonre Patriots Day commemorates the anniversary of the first battles of the American Revolution. Check out the listings anc American flags with the assistance of infonnation on rates and schedule. fundable check. payable to Newton find out where the British will be coming - and going - this weekend. marathot participants; and thl' BAA call 617-523-2338: A Visit with Paul Pride Comminee. a completed entry in N~wton will be closed because of left onto the Battle Green. in various age groups. The race C011l has ma e a formal request to the Revere, Saturday, April 13: Tuesda). fonn (including signed Youth Race automobile traffic between noon and 8: 15 a.m.: Ceremonies on the Bat- mittee will award trophies to first , FAA an the U.S. Air National Guard April 16; and Saturda). April 20: 1-t Release Fonn) and a self-addressed 4 p.m. The station will remain open tie Green ~econd- and third-place finis hers· i 1 proposing a "fl y-over" by n ilitary p.m. Using reproduction of Re "tamped envelope for confinnation 1 for pedestrian use. 10 a.m.: Lexington Lions Club the II-, 12-, 13-and 14-year-oldca aircraft immediately prior to t 1e start vere's personal itCITT.) and Revolu to Yout h Race, 70 Cl'Cl>Cent St.. New For more infonnation on routes. 88th Annual Five-Mi le Road Race. egories. There will be separate tro tionary War memorab11ia, David ton. MA 02.t66. Number pickup and of the ra~e. schequles and fares. call the MBTA Starting/ending on Massachusett'i phies in each of these categories fCf An I th century fife-and-drum Connor brings Bo.,ton 's favorite pa late registration wi ll be held April 13 Cust<)mer Service Center at 617-222- Avenue at the Battle Green. For more boys and girls. Race entry applic(.11- corps e semble on the Hopkinton triot vividly to life Find out \\hat it from 2 to 6 p.m. at Newton City Hall 3200or 1-800-392-6100 (hearing im- infonnation, call 781-861 -8395 or tions will be available in loci I Commor and patriotic music per was like for Revere to row tealthily and on April 14 at 8 a.m. For infor-· paired IDD 617-222-5}4{)) Or visit visit: \\WW.(exington(ions.org. ..chools. However, boys and girl fonned by Massachusetts St.tte Po past a British war.hip then gallop to mat1on on entry fonns and direction\. on line at W\H\..mbta.com. 10: 15 a.m.: Lexington Minute wishing to enter the race may simpl ( lice Sleeant Dan Clark at the Ath please call tlle Newton Pride Com Lexington to warn Sam Adams and CJl;LEBRATJON IN BOSTON: Men Company/DAR. Memorial show up at the Watertown Police.S't letes' llage and the staitir.g area John Hancock that hundreds of mittee at 617-552-7133. e-mail A Patriots Day flag-raising and pa- Decoration. On the Battle Green tion on Cross Street by no later tllan ? will ere te a festive Patriots Day at British regulars were on the move. Lplaut @ci.newton.ma.us or visit the rade will begin at 9 a.m. at City Hall II a.m.: U.S.S. Lexington Memor a.m. on the day of the race. Runoo · mosphe at the world's p1emiere Free with museum admission. Web site at www.newtonpride.org. road race. The American colors of Plaza. Call 617-635-39 11 for infor- ial Ceremonies at the Visitors Center. must be accompanied by a parent r red, white, and blue will be usl'd n the mation. 1875 Ma<;sachusens A,·e. next to guardian or pr~nt race officia 'i RE-ENACTMENT EVENTS Buckman Tavern with a signed letter of pennissio1 . stencil~ starting line design ~ nd will SUNDAY, APRIL 14 MONDAY, APRIL 15 be visib e and evident througl out the IN LEXINGTON: The town of 12:30 p.m.: Float judging. in East Runners will be issued their rare 1\-IBTA SCHEDULE: The fol Lexington's Town Celebrations Lexington on Massachusetts Avenue. numbers at the police station. They race ro te. The BAA's nev1ly de BATTLE ROAD EVENTS: 10 signed and recently unvei led Patriots a.m.4 p.m.: Junior Volunteers Sto io'>' ing schedule and <,en ices will be Committee. 1625 MassachusetL'> 1 p.m.: Paul Revere arrives at the must provide their own transport - Or Ave., announces the followi ng sched- Battle Green. Greeted by Chainnan Day logb will be prominent o l many rytelling and Game:-.. Activities for m place on PatnOL\ Day: Blue. tion to the Waltham starting line. W: - race-rel ted items and events. youth at the Hartwell Tavern. Minute ange and Green line streetcar\ will ule for Patriots Day. For infom1ation. of the Board of Selectmen and the tertown 's Fraternal Order of Eagk s Man National Hi.,toncal Park. Route operate on a modified weel..day call the recorded infonnation line at Lexington Minute Men Compan). will once again hold their post-rqC'e 2A in Lincoln. Free. schedule; commuter rail trains will 78 l-~62-0500. ext. 704, or visit the 2 p.m.: Afternoon Parade. Theme: open house, with hot dogs and bevs - 12:15 p.m.: Parade. operate on a regular weekday sched Web site at http://ci.lexington.ma.us: "UNITED WE STAND." Begins at ages served to all who wish to attb\1 . 1-4 p.m.: Battle Road Fife & ule. all b~s and trad.Jess trolleys Midnight: Paul Revere Ride Re- tlle East Lexington Fire Station on This traditional luncheon wi ll be he d ···· !1~~:;~~~~:~ ~!L Drum Tattoo. Parade 'ltrub at Hast \\ill operate on a SatunJa) schedule. enactment. From Lexington Battle Massachusetl'> Avenue in Ea'it Lex immediately following trophy ~." - tle R~ Reenactment and Com ings Park leading up to the Tattoo at BuSc!.') scheduled to cross the GreentBud.man Tavem-Massachu- ington and ends at the comerofMass sentations at the Eagles Hall on 4.t me~o ti ~n in Concord, L.incc~ ~n and the Lexington Banle Green. Spon Bo~ t on Marathon route will be setts Avenue at Bedford Street to achusetts Avenue and Worthen Road, Mount Auburn St., a three-mimr'e Lexmgt n. 9 a.in. - Menam s Cor sored by the Battle Road Committee. reroutl!d at certain times during the Hancock Clarke House. 36 Hancocl.. passing to the right of the Minuteman walk from the Watertown Police st, - ner R nactment at McHugh Field, 5:30 p.m.: Pre...cott/Robbms ride da) to prevent disrupoon of the races. St. Spectator<. 11: 15-11 :30 p.m.; Ac- Statue, left at Hrlrrington Road. re tion. on Old Bedford Road in Concord; will start at the site of the Robbin. The!-e routes are: I - Dudley - Har tion 11 :45 p.m.- 12: 15 a.m. urning along Massachusetts Avenue PATRIOTS DAY AT THE Ml. - noon ~Ceremony at Bloody Angle house on Conconl Road m Acton \ard via Mass. Ave.; 8 - Harbor Point 5:30 a.m.: 'The Alarm" at the Old to Worthen Road. SEUM: On tlle lawn of the Conco d and Vi inia Road at Hartwell Tavern with the rider continuing ilCJ'O\'> Main - Kenmore: 9 and 10 - Cit) Point Belfr). Belfr) Hill. Massachu<>ett'> 2:45 p.m.: Aftem Boston Redevelopment Authority Request for Proposals Notice The Boston Redevelopment Authority ("BRA") is seeking proposals for food services in the Community Arcade The fine art in City Hall Plaza ("Community Arcade") to provide suc h services from May 15, 2002 until October 15, 2002. of women's fitness. This Request for Proposals (RFP) is available starting April 3, 2002 to be picked up from the Secretary's Office, BRA. Boston City Hall, 9"' floor, Room 910, and by making a non-refundable check payable to the Boston Redevelopment Authority, in the amount of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) (non-refundable). BRA staff will be available to assist. A bidder's conference wi ll be held on April 16, 2002 at 12 noon in BRA Room 900. BRA staff will be a vailable to answ~r questions. iJ"' All responses to this Request for Proposals must be ""'- returned r:io later than April 24, 2002 at 12 noon to Fitness Unlimited Mr. Harry R. Collings, Exec utive Director/Secretary, BRA. One City Hall Square, Roo m 910, Boston, MA 02201- 1007. Absolutely no respo nses will be accepted after the due date and time. The BRA reserves the right to E. MILTON: 364 Granite A\ienue (817) 898-()280 reject any or all proposals. BllOOIUNE: 62 rear Harv.td Street (817) 232-7440 Harry R. Collings www. titnes sun Ii mite d. com Executive Director /Secretary • I Page 20 Ajlston·Brighton TAB Friday, April 5, 2002 www.townonJine.com/allstonbrighton The C arfes River Watershed Association presents the 20tf1 Anniversary Activist goes from Europe to Brighton WEBSTER, from page 3 The ~dmarks Commission moved terioration, neglect, and lack of plan which really belongs to all of us? your work on the BC Task Force? on the rµatter energetically. The BLC ning that has taken place in that loca What about the needs of the commu-· EW: Yfy stint on the BC Task commi$sioners were supportive and tion. This concern cu~s across all nity, tens of thousands of people wli6 Force. It lasted two-and-a-half the wopderful professionals on the ages and economic and educational love the Reservoir and want to seeit years. It was a very stressful experi BLC staff assisted us in the most ef levels. I knew that the coalition untainted by large development? • heir Ies ence, but also extremely educational ficient pianner. We were also lucky would have no trouble gaining popu One woman said, "Walking thm about people as much as issues. I that the!Aberdeen Study Group had a lar support, but the interest and the makes me feel like I'm outside of the· learned that BC had a policy that re represe~tati ve from the enthusiastic feedback we received city; I can't stand the thought of thls quired the entire junior class to seek Brightqt!Allston Improvement As has exceeded my expectation. development. It brings the city• living accommodations off campus. sociatiqn, Arturo Vasquez, who is an If I were an elected official in All where it doesn't belong. I'm not an· For me, the choice seemed clear - architedt, and Michael Rottenberg, ston-Brighton, Brookline or New activist, but if you arrange a meeting either I rock the boat on student who represented local property own ton, I would instantly jump on this with the politicians on this, call me! housing, or say goodbye to my ers. important and visible issue. I can't I'll come and I'll bring my frie11ds home. Moving was out of the ques And pf course, I am tremendously think of a better vote-getter! But I and neighbors, and my big dog, too." tion. grateful to our elected officials who think that some of those officials s upport~ the effort all the way may be sitting qn the fence at the UM: What are the principal proii~ BM: Were your efforts on the stu through. Ultimately, the decision moment, unsure of Boston College's /ems/dilemmas facing Allston/ dent housing issue successful? rested *'ith the mayor and the city feelings on the issue. Brighton today? •J EW: Ye ! In June 1999, we had a council, and they came through for The truth is that•the Reservoir is EW: I am very concerned about in= gathering of All ton-Brighton ac the neighborhood. just too precious a resource as open creasing densification. The otl:ier Join over 1,800 paddlers in a day-long celebration on the Charles River! tivists in my home, and Mayor space, and still essential to the water problem that Allston/Brighton hM I Menino was kind enough to stop by BM: Yau also had a hand in the es system, for BC to consider it as land had for a long time now, is a ver.)I j RACES :oR ALL, ages 12 and up! and hear us out. After that, the BRA tablishttient of Aberdeen-Brighton for expansion. BC has a crowded low owner-occupancy rate, less than Reside*s Association, another campus, and it needs high quality percent of al l housing units are 1 which O\ersees BC's Master Plan, 20 • $16,650 professional Flatwater Canoe Marathon started to cooperate with us. neighbqrhood group in the Aberdeen open space that its employees and owner-occupied, and that percentage • 24 Mile Canoe Relay Race - 5 legs, 10 to a team Eventually, BC agreed to create area. How old is the organization? students can use and enjoy. 111ay still be dropping, which gives 800 new beds on campus by 2005 (it Why wqs it established and what are But let's remember that this is a lhe neighborhood a transient charac-• • 19, 9, 6 - Mile Canoe & Kayak Races will cut the number of BC students its goa l~? public asset that must stay in the ler and hurts us on many levels. • 7 - Mile Outrigger Canoe Race living off campus by about one EW: ABRA was formed in October public domain. It needs to re-open to North Allston wi)l see a drop very third). but it took many frustrating of 2~and its goals are similar to the community; it should be properly ~oon . meetings to bring them to that point. ARCA' in terms of improving the maintained, although not necessarily The absence of homeowners cre Paddle with friends, family, co-workers! The Ta k Force had internal prob neigh rhood. But we felt we need in a manicured way, and be available ates a vicious cycle because it con Day long Finish Line Festival in Allston with music, lems, too. You ·know. with many ed a ne , better organizational plat for basic passive recreational uses. lributes to a general civic disengage. form to work on those goals, a differ The only question is, will it take I 0 ment, facilitates institutional growth, f od, prizes, and Boston DuckTours duck·boat! personalities there are always some power struggles and differences on ent kind ofbylaws, a group we could years, 8, 5, 3? Is the MDC, which nnd invites development pressures.at. strategic issues. We were all fraz s,:aJI OUflOWn. owns the Reservoir, going to cooper lhe expense of residential neighbor, zled, and prone to overreaction. I am much happier as part of ate, or will they have to be persuaded hoods. This, in tum, erodes our limit C 111-800-969-RACE or 508-698-6810 or In tbe end, someone engineered a ABRA, and having two neighbor through political channels? Will our ~· d open space, and generates park [email protected] or www.charlesriver.org Yote to remove me from the Task hood gtoups fosters a little healthy state representatives fight for us? ing and traffic problems, trash, noise. :· l for Race Registrati :in forms and more information. Force ju')t before the negotiations competjtion. There is plenty of work Every passing year of inaction casts and poor property maintenance. shame on those who have a responsi Sponsors i elude Boston Duck Tours, Ccmmun1ty Newspaper Company, Outbad Kayak, Nantucktt for the so-called "community bene to go around. Also, Aberdeen resi Such conditions, in tum, encour N Local players Robert Gau has been appointed rnany students and people "passing win bridge event vice president. lending. Asian Ameri through." can Bank. welcomes back Gau. \\ho The BAIA ha-, taken a leading role Barbap1 Leventhal and Yixin Tang was charged with developing the res 111 the community for more than 20 of Brighton recent!) finrshed tirs1 al idential and real estate 'related lend- ~cars. Under V~uez's leadership,:i} 1he Ea~'lem ~1assachusens Bridge ing business during t!ie past fi\'c l'\pects to continue and enhance t!Jal f \ '"ocwtion sectional tournament. years. He \\ill resume this leadership role. A Le' enttftl \\on the I99m even I. and role. Tang \\~m the S" iss Teams al the For more infonnation, call Henn TD RE1:UEST A BROCHURE: RESERVE TODAY 0 Holrda) ~ectronal m \\atertm~ n. . ' Li. nee president, retail bank.ing and Brighton resident 781-2 9-9500 x7256 E:i.1Bt-\ s next t o~mame~t rs Apnl marketing, at 617-695-0642. receives award RED \ /\ I\ _· I\ 11 I.f al the Topstreld Fairgrounds. 866- AS-CAMP ltoll-freel Brighlon resident Marissa King,~ AUERBACH f~ i\ Pia) el'> \\ r11 compete at all levels, w1ldw [email protected] le-ma11l l'rnployee at Liberty Mutual Group from beginner to expert. Norma Vasquez is the new www. tldwoodcamp org lwebE ·tel BASKETBAil wr' Lande i chaimian of the event. of Boston, recently received the Lib president of the BAIA l'r1y Mutual Life Saver's Award for SCHOOL ~ ~ For rhore info1111ation about the The Brighton-Allston Improve OWN D AND OPERATED 8Y THE l\IASSACMUSUTS AUDUBll SICUIY ~ -chedult. call 781-631-7064. or go to her outslanding courage and humani: • DRJLL •PRACTICE • CO\IPETE ment Association announces the l\. '' \\ \\ .n~bndge.org/emba. Brandeis Unhersit\ election of Arturo Vasque1 as presi · King earned the award for per~ Basketball Camp \\alt ham, .'.\IA dent of the organi1ation for the ne.\t forming lifesaving CPR on an elderly July 7-12, 2002 Asian American Bank t\\O year.,. He succeeds Richard Mul gentleman outside her apartment in Heolthpoint, Waltham for Bo~s - Ages 12-18 makes appointments ligan. Brighton. King noticed an elderl'y July 15th-19th Ra) n)ond K. Tung h '""'Pr EDUCATION NOTES EDU C~TION NOTES, from page 11 dents alread) enrolled at the univer ce11ificate (if a baptit.ed Catho l ic~ )~ h µ and Las-,er use print and sil). The scholar,hip \\ill be based and immuni?ation record should be audro parrati\'es along \\ ith \ rsual on academic merit. financial need brought when registering. unager) and -.culptw-e to explor-e the and concern for communit) affairs. Children registering for Ki nder:. ~Nm~. c~ltuml and hrstorical dimer: Pro-..pecll\e s1udents should send garten I must be 4 b) Sept. I, 2002; srons or eatmg drsortJers. 'Through Vl their applications to: Jac k. G1inold. and children registering for Kinder~ ,ua] audio display'>. this awanl-\\ in Athletic Department. No11heas1ern garten II, must be 5 by Sept. I, 2002'. I j I ;;.. ning. ultifaceted exhibit illuminates t.:niver..,rl). 360 Huntington A\e .. An extended day program is avaii the hi den contoup., and pri\'ate di Bthton. MA 02115 ablc for children in grades Kinder nK, ,~rl)n' of thh mo't -,rgnrlicant g.uien I lhrough grade li\e. p~blic l health i-,sue," said B orga Kindergarten sign-up r •r more 111lonna11on. call 611 nrtel'>. 52+6136. For I more information, call the at Our Lady of Lourdes Boston College Office of Public Af Our Lady of Lourdes Parish fairs a1617-552-3350. Schtx)I is current!) tak.ing registra tions for Kindergarten I, Kinder garten IL and grades I through 8. Nort~eastern seeks Registrations will be taken in the scholarship applications schtx'I office at 5.f Brookside A\'e .. l\o~heastem Uni\ ersit) wel- Jamaica Plain, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 Slm~~ Vfoncy just Got Ea.su:r come applications from Allston p.m. A birth certificate. baptismal /Bng~on resident\ for 11\ annual All slon/ ~righton Neighborhood Schol We make a gr~at pair. Just ask this one. * To become a member, ca ll: 1-877-264-2499 -~ ~J~. 1 * Boston Bermuda.com NORWEGIAN' C Hiii! JN! ,,,.....,, $ From s599 lite. port tax Free Exclusivt Btnnuda Card Save 11p to 50% on •hopping and sightseeing i11 Btrmuda! Kids Free on Select Sailings! "Celebrating 10 t.'Ul'.\ often·ice" 1-800-498-7245 , www.townonline.com/allstonbnghton Friday. April 5, 2002 .Allston-Brighton TAB, page 13. AT THE OAK SQUARE YMCA I - Oak Square Y hosts ' Swim Team, the 0;1~ Square Fami program offers seniors an introduc ly YMCA's compelltive swimming tion to computers. Preregi tration i Promote it, marathon charity swim program is now under way. The required. Class size is limited to 10. The Oak Square Family YMCA program, runs through June. Senior water aerobics and water Aquatic Department is hosting a 24- This is for swimmers, age!) 5 to exerci e for arthritis are take place hour marathon charity swim, begin 18 with an ability to perform back-to-back Mondays, Tuesdays and they ning at 6 a.m. on Friday, April 26, and freestyle, backstroke. breast tr0ke and Fridays, 8:45 to 10 a.m. Senior ending at 6 a.m. on Saturday, April and butterfly stroke . The Dolphins water aerobics, followed by a com 27.. compete in the Eastern Mas achu puter workshop, takes place Tues _,, Jn a joint effort, the event is spon ltVill setts YMCA Swim League. come. days and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. to ~Qred by the Oak Square Y's Masters, Swim team member., compete in 1 p.m. Senior recreational swim i Water Polo and Youth competitive age groups of 8 and younger, 9 to offered Mondays. Wednesdays, and Guitar. Golf cart. Go-cart. Goat swim teams for the benefit of Reach JO, 11to 12, 13 to 14. 15 to 16, and Fridays from 1 to 2 p.m. Master cbeese maker. Gong. Gumball Out, the YMCA's scholarship fund. 17 to 18 and pracuce according to wimrnmg is offered Tuesdays and Open to all swimmers, participants ability Sundays through Saturday . Thursdays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., "'9Chine. Gazebo. will swim 25-yard laps in 30-minute All coaches are YMCA-certified. and Saturdays from 6 to 7:.30 p.m. shifts raising money through a mini Financial assistance 1s available, The enior drop-in ocial program l ~ s all the stuff that sells at a CommunityClassifieds Yard Sale. mum $5 sponsor pledge. Event orga for all classes through the YMCA' takes place Mondays through Fri nizers hope to raise at least $2,000. ACCESS Program. day . 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sp find the yard-salers out there who want tour stuff. Place your yard The YMCA's Reach Out program For more informalion. call Se Advance registration and fees are s~le ad in CommunltyClasslfieds and get a FREE Yard Sale Success Kit is an annual fund-raising campaign to nior Aquatics Director Rick Benoit required for ome programs. How cpmplete with signs, price stickers, tracking forms and more. solicit mqney for scholarships and fi or associate Head Coach Robb ever, the YMCA, through its Ac sron you'll be collecting cash, not dust. nancial aid, which subsidize program Evans at 617-787-8662 or register ces program. offers financial as participation and membership fees at the Oak Square Family YMCA, sistance to those who qualify. for individuals without an ability to 615 Washington St., Brighton. For more information, call Se Yard Sale Special· 5 lines, 3 days, $21. pay. This year's fund-raising goal is nior Aquatic Director Rick Benoit $50,000. YMCA offers water at 617-787-8662. or regi ter at the ln 2001 , the Oak Square Family Oak Square Family YMCA, 615 ~romote it in CommunityClassifieds. ca111-ass.s3s-5353. YMCA provided scholarships .ind fi exercise for seniors Washington St.. Brighton. nancial aid worth $452,693 for The Oak Square Farruly YMCA swimming lessons, aquatic and sport offers ongoing reg1 trat1on for it Water Polo is held on programming, after-school child water exercise program specifical care, summer day camp and mem ly tailored for participant older Sunday through May 5 be.rships. than 50, retirees and seniors. Oak Square YMCA Club Water For more information on partici Offered to partic1pam of all abil Polo, a fun, instructional and com Get the pating in the Marathon Charity Swim ities, classes include water aero petitive coed club. meets Sundays for Reach Out, phone senior a4uatics bics, water exercise for arthriti , se through May 5 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. director Rick Benoit at 617-787- nior recreational swi m and master., Members pa) $25; non-members, 8662 or ~top by the YMCA to pick up swimming. The Y also offers a $50. All participants must be com a pledge sheet. swim and surf program featuring petent -;wimmers. Boston Sunday Herald : water exercise followed by a com For more information, call Dolphins swim team puter workshop. A semor drop-in Aquatic Director Rick Benoit at social program is currently in the 617-787-8662 or Water Polo Coor offers spring program planning stages. Taught b) instruc dinator Tim McManus at 617-243- Sign-ups for the Dolphins Spring tor Tom Ford, the Swim & Surf delivered to your home 0060. COMMUNITY NOTES for only 75 cents! COMMUNITY NOTES, from page 5 April 15: Appetizers and wine Hill Waterworks Ad,isory Commit third Avon Breast Cancer Walk. In tasting. tee and The Boston Preser\'ation Al the past two years, I have walked April 22: Main cOUl'\e. and ri ot liance. For more information. phone over 120 miles, slept in six cities, to. 617-367-2458 or visit www.boston took showers in trucks, walked with April 29: Desscrb. ide and pe preser.ation.org. day-old blisters and raised over cialty drinks. $5,000. Some people say that does The cost is $75 per e\'ening or Center sponsors free As a special offer to subscribers n1t sound fun at all. I say it is the best $ 199 for the series, which include • I three days everyone should experi valet parking, a recipe book. clas Engtish class in Allston etrce," she said. materials and dinner and wine each Boston College Neighborhood of this newspaper, the Boston Herald ·In order to participate, each walk night. Center ponsors a free conversation .... er must train for the event and must Event organizer Jeffrey Popkin al Engli h class Thul'\days, from is offering a savings of over 57% on commit to raising a minimum of may be reached at 617-821-0900. 6:30 to 8 p.m.. at 287 Western Ave., $1,900; the average funds ""ised to For a menu and re'.>trvation!>, call Allston. the price of the Boston Sunday Herald. date is more than $3,000 per walker. 78 1-444-7771 or 'i. 1t www.bo ton For more information. phone 617- To help prepare for the Avon Breast eventguide.com. 783-0500. ext. 246. Cancer 3-Day, each walke1 is as signed a walker-coach who\.\ ill help Pitch, Hit & Run BU is offering tax help at Relax with the Herald every Sunday them in all aspects of training and fund-raising, while clinics, meet tourney coming soon no cost to residents for only 75 cents. ings, training sessions and mailings The Boston Parks and Recreation Students from Boston University provide ongoing support. 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