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what to do • where to go • what to see July 3–16, 2006 TheeOfOfficficiaiaiall GuidGuideetoto BOSTBOSTONON ummerummer S INBOSTOSTONON 25 Great Ways to Beat the Heat www.panoramamagazine.com contents DEPARTMENTS COVER STORY 8 around the hub 8 NEWS & NOTES 21 Summertime, 12 ON EXHIBIT 14 NIGHTLIFE Summertime 16 STYLE BeaBeatt the heat in the Hub with 18 DINING outdoor festivities and fair 19 ON STAGE weather foods 20 KIDS CORNER 27 the hub directory 28 CURRENT EVENTS 36 CLUBS & BARS 39 MUSEUMS & GALLERIES 44 MAPS BAKED AND BOILED: A genuine New England 50 FREEDOM TRAIL clambake can be had at 52 SIGHTSEEING Jasper White’s Summer Shack in Cambridge. 56 EXCURSIONS Refer to story, page 21. 59 SHOPPING PHOTO BY S EACIA PAVAO 64 RESTAURANTS 80 NEIGHBORHOODS 94 5 questions with… Local philanthropist DAVID MUGAR on the cover: Ruby Dunlea drinks in the sights and sounds of summer in Beantown. Photo: Bob Perachio www.RDPphotography.com Stylist: Jennifer Dunlea ___ JULY 3–16, 2006 3 The Official Guide to BOSTON www.panoramamagazine.com July 3–16, 2006 Volume 56 • Number 3 Jerome Rosenfeld • CHAIRMAN Tim Montgomery • PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER Christine Celli • EDITOR Scott Roberto • ART/PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Josh B. Wardrop • ASSOCIATE EDITOR Sharon Hudak Miller • ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR Heather S. Burke • PHOTO EDITOR Marketa Hulpachova • EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Della Huff, Heidi Moesinger, Seacia Pavao, Bob Perachio • CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Sarah Brickley, Alex Harris, Erin La Rosa • EDITORIAL INTERNS Jacolyn Ann Firestone • VICE PRESIDENT, ADVERTISING Rita A. Fucillo • DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS Tyler Montgomery, Helen Lin • ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Vanessa Montenegro, Robin Bousquet • SALES/MARKETING INTERNS Paul Hurst • NATIONAL ADVERTISING SALES HURST & ASSOCIATES, INC. 800-397-8908 • [email protected] Peter Ng • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER Melissa J. 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PANORAMA is audited by BPA Worldwide, an independent audit bureau recognized by the American Association of Advertising Agencies. a magazine affiliate ___ ___ 6 PANORAMA JULY 3–16, 2006 7 Panorama_June_paths.indd 1 5/17/06 1:53:12 PM calendar of events aroundthehubby Josh B. Wardrop WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 news¬es Here’s one cloudburst that won’t spoil your vacation plans! The North Shore Music Theatre, with its unique theatre-in-the-round arrangement, debuts the light-hearted classic Singin’ in the Rain. Refer to listing, page 35. SUNDAY, JULY 9 & MATERIAL GIRL MONDAY, JULY 10 HITS HUB The star of the hit UPN series “The It would have been so easy Parkers,” Mo’Nique, makes her only to write off Madonna (pic- New England appearance this sum- tured above) when she mer at the Comedy Connection in moved to England, leaving Faneuil Hall at 7 and 9:15 p.m. both behind boundary-pushing nights. Refer to listing, page 28. pop stardom for a country manor, yoga and Kabbalah WEDNESDAY, JULY 12 studies. Enjoy the soulful sounds of up-and- But then she drops the coming songstress Robin McKelle, pretentiousness and goes who performs as part of the Berklee and records a truly great College of Music’s annual Swingin’ Fireworks going Fourth to Southie? album like last year’s in Mothers Rest free, outdoor con- dance-centric Confessions cert series at 6:30 p.m. Refer to list- s thousands of revelers gather along the Charles River Esplanade for Boston’s annu- on A Dancefloor, and every- ing, page 32. A al Fourth of July fireworks and concert by the Boston Pops (refer to story, page 21), thing is right in the world city officials and event planners are discussing at least a temporary relocation of the again—particularly here in THURSDAY, JULY 13– X event to South Boston by 2008. Boston, where Madonna’s SUNDAY, JULY 16 SO With extensive reconstruction planned for major roadway Storrow Drive—which runs world tour arrives at the TD With Gold Glover Eric Chavez at the ED R hot corner and 2005 Rookie of the alongside the site of the Esplanade and the DCR Hatch Shell—set to begin in late 2007, Banknorth Garden on July ON event organizers have explored moving the event to Joseph Moakley Park near the South 6, 9 & 10. Year Huston Street in the bullpen, the OST Boston waterfront for the 2008 holiday and perhaps several years afterward, depending Unlike Madonna’s last Oakland Athletics won’t go down B on the length of the project. Fireworks—which currently are launched from the Charles tour, which covered mainly easily when they take on Trot Nixon THE River—could be launched from barges situated off Carson Beach. her catalogue of greatest (pictured) and the Boston Red Sox at OF Though nothing’s yet been set in stone regarding a change in venue, Mayor Thomas hits, this time around the Fenway Park at 7:05 p.m., 2:05 p.m. TESY Menino has gone on record in favor of the move, telling the Boston Globe on May 12 that focus is on booty-shaking, on Sunday. Refer to listing, page 33. COUR “It’s a win-win for everyone. Why wouldn’t (South Boston residents) want it? They could with Madge unleashing a sit on their front porch and watch.” techno-disco cavalcade of FRIDAY, JULY 14 Boston’s Fourth of July celebrations—some of the largest such festivities in the coun- Confessions hits such as Beantown gets a taste of the Big try—have been held on the Esplanade since 1973 and annually draw huge crowds of “Sorry” and “Hung Up,” as Easy this summer, as the legendary Bostonians and visitors from all across the nation and beyond. well as up-tempo classics jazz musicians of The Dirty Dozen like “Lucky Star,” “Ray of Brass Band perform aboard the news & notes 8 • on exhibit 12 • nightlife 14 • Light” and, of course, “Like Rock and Blues Summer Concert A Virgin.” Cruise at 7:30 p.m. Refer to listing, style 16 • dining 18 • on stage 19 • kids corner 20 cont. on page 10 >> page 32. ___ ___ ABOVE PHOTO BY B ILL B RETT 8 PANORAMA JULY 3–16, 2006 9 around the hub NEWS & NOTES per replica. For more information, visit www.Americas400 thanniversary.com. STICKS OF GLORY From April to October, Boston sports fans find it hard to focus on much other than the Red Sox, but there is another game being played in town right now. Major League Lacrosse has a franchise here in Boston—the Boston Cannons, who play at Boston University’s Nickerson Field—and on July 6, the Hub will also be home to the 2006 Major League Lacrosse All-Star Game. This season’s match pits the best players in the MLL against the members of the U.S. National Lacrosse team, who’ll be tuning up for their participation in the 2006 International Lacrosse Federation World << cont. A limited number a $2.6 million replica of Championship. And of these from page 9 of tickets are said one of the original three lacrosse luminaries, six to still be available ships that brought settlers will be members of the for the shows. Refer to the early Virginia colony hometown Cannons—Chris to listing, page 32. of Jamestown in 1607— Fiore, Mike Battista, Conor arrives in Boston as part of Gill (pictured above) and a 400th anniversary sailing Chris Passavia for the MLL FROM JAMESTOWN tour along the East Coast. All-Stars and Ryan Curtis TO BEANTOWN During its time in and Chris Garrity for the Those of you who’ve been Boston, members of the National squad. waiting for your ship to Godspeed’s landing party So, if you’re shut out of come in need wait no will stage free live per- this month’s Sox games, longer, as Boston welcomes formances and invite visi- why not take this chance to the arrival of the tall ship tors to view historical check out some of Boston’s Godspeed from July 14–19 exhibits and cultural dis- other top athletes in at Fan Pier in South plays and take dockside action? Refer to listing, Boston. The Godspeed— tours of the tri-sailed clip- page 34. ___ 10 PANORAMA &%,.') around the hub ON EXHIBIT by Scott Roberto The Vive La Mother France! of All Exhibits , , 2006 AMERICANS IN PARIS ALET Museum of Fine Arts IVIÈRE Through September 24 STIV R E A hen L DE Wthe ABETH LIZ painting RÈS E P commonly known as UN VOYAGE EN FRANCE “Whistler’s Mother” was bought by the French govern- Axelle Fine Arts Galerie Newbury ment in 1891, James McNeill Whistler—the expatriate 91 Newbury St. 617-450-0700 American artist who was born in nearby Lowell—truly July 14–28 arrived as an artist of international stature. But he wasn’t the only American to make his (or her) mark in The French may not be fashion- the French capital, which, in the 19th century, became able in certain American circles, the center of the art world. Fellow exiles such as Mary but here in Boston, we have long Cassat and Boston’s own John Singer Sargent were also had a healthy appreciation for all drawn to the city by the Seine, either as permanent res- things Gallic.