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what to do • where to go • what to see July 31–August 13, 2006 The Officficialial GuGuideide to BOSBOSTONTON DAY TRIPS 7 Great Destinations Close to Boston PLUS: >Body Worlds 2 at the Museum of Science >Boston Movie Tours Hits the Road www.panoramamagazine.com contents DEPARTMENTS COVER STORY 8 around the hub 8 NEWS & NOTES 20 Day Trippin’ 12 ON EXHIBIT 14 STYLE Seven excursions offering big-time 16 NIGHTLIFE fun just outside Boston 17 DINING 18 ON STAGE FEATURE STORY 26 the hub directory 27 CURRENT EVENTS 24 Under Your Skin 35 MUSEUMS & GALLERIES 40 SIGHTSEEING Body Worlds 2 at the Museum of 44 MAPS Science reveals the inner workings 50 FREEDOM TRAIL of the human bodybody 52 EXCURSIONS 56 SHOPPING 60 CLUBS & BARS 63 RESTAURANTS 79 NEIGHBORHOODS 94 5 questions with… Fashion designer JOHNNY CUPCAKES on the cover: Sand, surf and scenery are just SEA CRUISE: Bay State three ingredients that make Cruise Company shuttles Provincetown on Cape Cod a passengers from Boston to Provincetown several times daily. popular destination. Refer to story, page 20. Photo: Derek Kouyoumjian PHOTO BY D EREK KOUYOUMJIAN Produced by Heather Burke ___ JULY 31–AUGUST 13, 2006 3 MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON Captivated by the City of Light They were all entranced by Paris. Sargent, Cassatt, Homer, Whistler, and dozens of other American artists. They came to learn, to paint, to prove themselves. What they experienced changed their lives and their work. What they brought home changed American art. June 25– September 24, 2006 For tickets: 866-319-4658 or www.mfa.org Sponsored by Television media sponsor is John Singer Sargent, Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau) (detail), 1883–84. Oil on canvas. Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1916. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Photo 1997. The Official Guide to BOSTON www.panoramamagazine.com July 31–August 13, 2006 Volume 56 • Number 5 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, Derek Kouyoumjian, Heidi Moesinger • CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Sarah Brickley, Emma Dessau, Erin La Rosa, Raquel Perez • EDITORIAL INTERNS Jacolyn Ann Firestone • VICE PRESIDENT, ADVERTISING Rita A. Fucillo • DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS Tyler Montgomery, Helen Lin • ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Robin Bousquet, Vanessa Montenegro, Jacquelyn- Kate Rosenfeld • 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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Wardrop and Jacquelyn-Katehub Rosenfeld MONDAY, JULY 31 news¬es Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez (pictured) leads the Olde U Towne Team against his former team when the Cleveland Indians come ABINEA B to town for the start of a four-game RIAN series at Fenway Park. The games B are at 7:05 each night. Refer to list- BY O ing, page 33. T HO P TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 A VIRUS HITS Rock’s Prince of Darkness faces the MASSACHUSETTS daylight, as the all-day Ozzfest comes Anyone in Boston can tell to the Tweeter Center. Legendary you that shock-jock radio rocker Ozzy Osborne headlines the team Opie and Anthony mainstage, while an impressive list of (pictured above) have more up-and-coming headbangers perform lives than a cat—they’re on the second stage beginning at currently on their third 9:20 a.m. Refer to listing, page 32. stint on Boston radio after being fired by both local SATURDAY, AUGUST 5 FM stations WAAF and & SUNDAY, AUGUST 6 Boston Movie Tours Unveils WBCN for controversial More than 4,000 cyclists take to the a New Blockbuster pranks and comedy deemed streets in the Pan-Mass Challenge, to be in “bad taste” by raising money for the Jimmy Fund, OND L B or more than a year, Boston movie enthusiast Jeff Coveney has pounded the pave- those who sign the checks. which enables life-saving cancer E L Fment, leading fellow film buffs on the Boston Movie Mile—a popular walking tour However, one person’s research and treatment. Routes tra- Y ERR exposing Boston’s celluloid history as a filming location for big-screen hits like Good “bad taste” is another per- verse 46 Massachusetts towns, so get J Will Hunting and Mystic River. son’s unbridled hilarity, curbside and give these altruistic ath- BY O Now, Coveney expands that exploration of Boston’s movie history with the new and that’s why you can letes a cheer! Refer to listing, page 32. T HO Boston Movie Tours “Theater-on-Wheels” bus tour, which takes visitors on a firsthand expect plenty of fans of P look at shooting locations and movie-related points of interest across the city. And BMT raunchy comedy to make FRIDAY, AUGUST 11 is doing it in style: participants on the interactive tour get to view film and television the trip west to Worcester’s Grease is the word tonight, as the clips on LCD screens, while answering trivia questions about films shot in the Bay State. DCU Center for Opie and classic 1978 musical is featured at (Example: Which Reese Witherspoon comedy was set at Harvard? The answer: Legally Anthony’s Traveling Virus Free Friday Flicks on the Esplanade Blonde.) Tour, a comedy extravagan- at sunset. Grab a blanket, and enjoy And, taking a page from one of Hollywood’s most popular attractions, Coveney says, za taking place August 5. a summer night under the stars with “We’ve even dedicated—like a walk of fame—each seat in the bus to an actor that’s On the bill for this massive John Travolta and Olivia Newton- participated in a Boston movie or is from Boston.” stand-up show are funny- John. Refer to listing, page 28. Currently, the tour is geared toward groups, but individuals can also reserve spots men including Bob Saget on the tours, which depart Saturdays at 1 p.m. from The Rack nightclub (refer to (“Full House”), Patrice SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 UCCI listing, page 62). For more information, visit www.bostonmovietours.net. O’Neal (“VH1’s Web Junk Cedric the Entertainer brings his T 20”) and Tracy Morgan side-splitting stand-up show to the ON D news & notes 8 • on exhibit 12 • style 14 • (“Saturday Night Live”), as Comedy Connection in Faneuil Hall, BY O well as O&A show cronies with shows at 7 & 9:15 p.m. Refer to T nightlife 16 • dining 17 • on stage 18 HO cont. on page 10 >> listing, page 27. P ___ ___ 8 PANORAMA JULY 31–AUGUST 13, 2006 9 around the hub NEWS & NOTES while Downtown Crossing retail hotspots like Macy’s, Marshalls, and H&M will provide their usual great deals for those who regard shopping as the ultimate party. Call 617-482-2139 for more information. A DIFFERENT KIND OF LADIES’ NIGHT Or, if your idea of a fun evening out consists of watching muscular, sweaty women grapple furiously with each other, then— oddly enough—we actually have just the event for you. The newly formed World Women’s Wrestling organi- zation (pictured top left) brings together the region’s top, professionally trained female wrestlers in com- petitive matches, providing an arena for those gals who are sugar and spice (and eye pokes and sleeper << cont. Rich Vos and Jim On Wednesday, August 2, holds) to strut their stuff. from page 9 Norton. We would- however, expect to find The next WWW event n’t suggest bringing even more folks packing takes place August 13 at your pastor, but if the streets, as The 7 p.m. at the Good Time you’re looking for laughs Downtown Crossing Emporium, 30 Assembly then go west, young man, Association hosts its annu- Square, in Somerville. go west! Tickets are $35 al Summer Block Party Tickets are $16 ($20 for and $65, and are available from 4–7 p.m. VIP front row seats, for by calling 617-931-2000. The event features free those who are willing to samples from some of risk having a female Downtown Crossing’s top wrestler end up in their THE SHOPPING restaurants, as well as live laps), and $12 for students BLOCK (PARTY) music from the band First and children 12 and under. With all the fabulous Class, and summer sports So, if you’re ready to stores and restaurants in and arcade games (like the rumble, the ladies of the Boston’s bustling one pictured above) for WWW seem more than Downtown Crossing cool prizes. The KISS 108 ready to oblige. Visit neighborhood, there’s never Street Team will be on www.necwwrestling.com a shortage of foot traffic.