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12D Day of the Dead Celebrate lost loved ones at the Peabody Museum

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12F An Ipswich Idyll Restorations revive the grand spirit of a North Shore estate. 12N Diverse Caribbean Flavors The Cambridge Carnival Nell porter brown

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urban oasis to Discover What’s to escape her small town and loveless mar- ated Two Walking Mirrors for the Car- STAFF PICK: Day of the Dead Alive Outside (September 12) riage. Music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles. penter Center—to be worn by perform- Spotlight Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)—when families and Explore the Colors of Na- (Through September 27) Kansas City ers who interact with (willing) gallery and friends remember and commune with their lost loved ture (October 10). Choir Boy, starring Courtney Love, follows visitors, perhaps revealing the changeable The Harvard-Smith- ones—is an annual spiritual celebration in Mexico and parts lovers who are unexpectedly separated by nature of mental reflections and corporeal sonian Center for As- of Latin America. The concept originated with the Aztecs dance fate. (October 1-10) perceptions. (October 1-25; check the cen- trophysics (CfA) plans and now combines aspects of Mesoamerican beliefs and ritu- Charles River Museum of ter’s website for show times) to open late on Sep- als with Catholic traditions, especially those enacted on All Industry & Innovation lectures tember 27 for a “Lu- Saints’ Day. The Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnol- www.charlesrivermuseum.org Mahindra Humanities Center Schlesinger Library nar Eclipse Party”— ogy highlights the holiday on November 1 with its own Día Of Looms and Lilies, by local www.mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu www.radcliffe.harvard.edu because “It’s an astronomical party for ng y de los Muertos family event featuring Mexican folk dances, Masks, mariachi g choreographer Jody Weber, examines the The Hauser Forum for the Arts presents Letters, diary excerpts, photographs, and us,” quips public-affairs specialist Christine olo se sterli n live mariachi music, sugar-skull decorating, and traditional music, and sugar effects of the Industrial Revolution’s mate- “An Evening with David Grossman,” the other artifacts on display in The Women of Pulliam. (Any real lunatic celebrants must n skulls at Harvard’s th lpho a snacks like pan de muerto (bread of the dead). y & E rial wealth on the human spirit within the Israeli author of Falling Out of Time and To the Blackwell Family: Resilience and leave their drinks and dancing outside g Peabody Museum c/ Traditionally, the holi- context of climate change. (October 2) the End of the Land. (October 6) Change highlight Elizabeth Blackwell, the the observatory.) A total eclipse occurs f /ms eolo a a day is marked by visits to cemeteries to decorate first woman in the United States to earn a when the sun, earth, and full moon align s na

graves and sometimes to sing, play music, and f Arch The Institute of Contemporary Art exhibitions & events medical degree, and her industrious rela- and block the sun’s rays from being re- dance. In homes, families adorn altars with pho- www.icaboston.org Harvard Art Museums tives. (Opens October 5) flected off the moon. Rarely—but very

tographs of the deceased as well as with the ob- useum o In Faye Driscoll’s Thank You for Coming: www.harvardartmuseums.org dramatically—the moon turns blood-red.

jects and foods they loved, flowers, incense and body M Attendance, five dancers embody the rig- Corita Kent and the Language of Pop Worcester Art Museum (The next one isn’t until January 31, 2018.) a candles, and religious imagery. The Peabody has e orous and often funny complexities of explores the artist’s 1960s screenprints and www.worcesterart.org On September 27 visitors will go straight

its own permanent altar that holds items from the f the P group dynamics. (October 8-10) films, along with her 1971 mural on the Na- Poignant portraits of children are among up to the telescopes on the roof; totality Melvin collection of Mexican folk art; visitors on tional Grid gas tank in Boston; learn more more than 40 works by the home-grown starts at 10:11 p.m. But check the sky or call November 1 may contribute to a separate com- Theater on page 48. (Opens September 3) artists featured in American Folk Art, Lov- 617-495-7461 before heading over. “Clouds courtesy o / f

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Archaeology & Ethnology remain on display for etc www.americanrepertorytheater.org Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Harvard-Smithsonian Center for . M www.peabody.harvard.edu one month. vn.p.b. In Waitress, a stage adaptation of the epon- www.ccva.fas.harvard.edu Events listings are also accessible at Astrophysics er D g o

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Complex” tucked and the Casino Complex, designed and café and Trustees-run events ALL IN A DAY: Hull’s Lifesaving Legacy into the allée’s first planted more than a century ago by land- like concerts, outdoor mov- hillside had a court- scape architect Arthur A. Shurcliff, B.S. ies, scavenger hunts, and The best route to Hull is by boat. As the MBTA’s commuter yard with a saltwa- 1896. The Trustees pulled out swaths of the new guided tours of the ferry snakes among Boston Harbor’s islands, passengers can eye ter swimming pool unfettered growth within and around the Great House. (The grounds the treacherous shipping route that gave rise to the town’s Point that was bookended allée that had obscured Shurcliff’s origi- themselves are open all year, Allerton Lifesaving Station in 1889. Back then, the “small, year-round by two villas: one nal vision for decades, and replanted his and two special events are community had no more than 300 residents; at least a third of them housing a ballroom, orderly columns with more than 700 new planned: The Crane Estate were involved in volunteer lifesaving,” notes Victoria Stevens ’96, the other providing trees that are growing in nicely. The re- Art Show and Sale, November curator of the Hull Lifesaving Museum housed in the former sta- “bachelors’ quarters” stored Casino Complex now offers a fine- 6-8, and Christmas at Castle tion. The first paid keeper, the highly decorated Captain Joshua for the young men cut lawn for croquet (the pool was filled Hill, December 4-6.) James, rescued more than 540 people in 60 years, most from who visited Chicago in long ago by Florence Crane), framed Those who tour the house as “Guests of A dreamy Italianesque landscape was schooners carrying cargo like coal and lumber, along the Atlantic plumbing magnate by a new brick terrace and comfortable the Cranes” are led around by a “maid” or recreated on New England’s shoreline. seaboard. In 1902, after a rescue drill, James disembarked on the Richard T. Crane Jr., chairs and tables. A Mediterranean feel beach, noted, “The tide is ebbing,” and dropped dead. his wife Florence, persists, with “wonderful ornamentation: The museum features the surfboat he and his brother de- and their two chil- the Bacchanalian relief figures and marble signed, used from the “Great Storm” of 1888 until 1927, along dren. Nearby were a statues,” Murray notes. “The whole com- with a 1930s “breeches buoy” cart with a cannon and ropes bowling green, ten- plex is beautifully integrated within the used (until 1952) to launch a weight attached to a rope onto The museum, and nis court, maze, log-cabin playhouse, golf allée and the house.” The former ballroom the deck of a foundering vessel. Survivors were hauled in by (clockwise) surfmen course, and deer preserve. The Cranes also now holds a café, along with a billiards with their craft; the a rope-pulley system that included wooden paddles inscribed boat designed by the ran a self-sustaining farm, with livestock, table, other games, and coloring kits. The with instructions in Portuguese, French, Spanish, or English. James brothers and a an orchard, and lush vegetable and rose original stone fireplace works and may (The museum also hosts the sobering bostonshipwrecks.org, “breeches buoy” gardens, along with an on-site 134,000-gal- help warm visitors, if needed, through which maps vessels lost in the harbor.) cart; Joshua James (left), c. 1893; Roger lon underground water cistern and a coal- October 16: the end of the season for the

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e/J Service (1790) were joined as the U.S. Coast Guard in 1915. “Coas- former sign The Trustees can’t recreate the Cranes’ Richard Crane’s master bath features n zi ties” replaced lifesavers at the station, before moving in 1970 to luxurious utopia. But a three-year, $1.5-mil- white marble; soothing blue and cream tones suit a bedroom with ocean views. the current outpost, barely a mile away. The museum’s special exhibit, The Point Allerton lion restoration and improvements project rd Maga a rd Coast Guard, 1915-2015 (through November 30), celebrates the centennial with models of has helped foster the estate’s spirit of re- Ha rv the Boston Lightship and a 44-foot motor lifeboat, and a four-foot image of laxed sociability and extend aspects of the the new National Security Cutter James (named for the Hull keeper). Cranes’ lifestyle to a much wider audience. Other artifacts and oral histories reflect the integral role lifesavers have The 2,100-acre property (which encom- played in local life and lore. Take Roger: in 1958, the golden retriever passes the nearby Crane Wildlife Refuge) wandered into the station, ate a steak off the counter, and never left, is among 112 sites owned by the Trustees Stevens reports—except for joyrides on the town bus and jaunts to that exhibit “exceptional scenic, natural, Jo’s Nautical Bar. The Coast Guard, with its new glob- and historic beauty” across the state; these al-security mission, may be less of a community lifeline range from vegetable farms, a creamery, than in Roger’s day, but the bar’s walls, packed with and rural woodlands to wildlife sanctuar- September 3, 2015– lifesaving memorabilia and news of modern mari- ies and community gardens in Boston. The January 3, 2016 ners, signal that Hull’s 10,000 residents are still tied most recent fundraising campaign, spear- #CoritaKentPop Corita Kent and the Language of Pop is supported in Lifesaving Museum to life on, and beside, headed by president and CEO Barbara part by an award from the National Endowment for the harvardartmuseums.org/coritakent Arts and major corporate support from National Grid. http://www.lifesavingmuseum.org the sea. vn.p.b. Erickson, has promoted improvements to the nonprofit’s “signature cultural resources”: Naum- keag, a Gilded Age mansion with gardens, in Stock- bridge (see “Spring Forward,” March- April 2013, page 24D), and Castle Hill, which are

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The imposing, Stuart-style English Ha manor—a patchwork of architectural bedrooms offer stunning views of the wa- Sweeping views are well worth the styles such as Baroque and Palladian—was ter. The interior has a surprisingly rustic half-mile walk across the hilly Grand Allée. designed by David Adler and completed and homey feel for a mansion, perhaps due side Greek Revival, Italian Renaissance, in 1928. The side facing the allée features to the hodgepodge of decorating styles— and Art Deco. a main building with an inset terrace ornate Georgian (Adler salvaged and in- Most impressive, however, are the bath- buttressed by two symmetrical wings. stalled wood-paneled rooms from a 1732 rooms—befitting a plumbing millionaire. Second-floor porches and bay-windowed London townhouse, for example), along- Each of the seven bedrooms has its own, many outfitted with then-cutting edge Art Deco fixtures and one decorated almost Curiosities: entirely in Delft tiles. Richard Crane’s features a large tub with gleaming silver- Animating a New Species plated piping and faucets, a shower with 12 nozzles, a white marble floor, and heat- PVC tubing and zip ties form the essential ed towel rack. His wife’s is pale green with

“bones” of Dutch artist Theo Jansen’s other- lis delicate glass shelving and loads of gray- worldy yet mobile strandbeests (“beach ani- veined marble providing an archway over mals”), eight of which are on display at the Pea- an der K the sink, the tub-surround, and flooring oek v body Essex Museum (PEM) starting September L accents. 19. Included is his latest and never-before-seen Dutch artist Theo Jansen melds art The Crane Company manufactured Animaris Umerus Segundus, along with sketches and engineering in his intricate iron and steel pipes, valves, and fittings, that offer insight into Jansen’s creative process skeletal sculptures. Below, left to right: Animaris Adulari (2012) and but starting in 1914, when Richard Cane during the last 25 years; “fossils” of creatures Animaris Apodiacula (2013). inherited the top post, he expanded into no longer “alive”; and video of some “beests” modern bathroom fixtures; the company’s traveling in gangly equine elegance along a sandy seacoast in The Netherlands. Also exhibit at the 1933-34 Chicago World’s on view are original photographs by Lena Herzog (published last year in Strandbeest: Fair featured the “world’s largest shower.” The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen) who spent seven years documenting the origins “We like to joke,” says the butler during and inner workings of this new kinetic species. This marks the first major American one tour, “that this is the house that toilets show of Jansen’s large-scale works; it moves on to the Chicago Cultural Center and built.” In fact, it was the second one. The San Francisco’s Exploratorium. Jansen himself will visit the Greater Boston area for a Cranes initially built (between 1910 and few events, such as a panel discussion (to be webcast) with Trevor Smith, PEM’s cura- 1912) a lavish Italian Renaissance Revival tor of the present tense, and MIT associate professor of media arts and sciences Neri mansion designed by the Boston archi- Oxman, taking place on Septem- ber 10 (3-5 p.m.) at the MIT Media Peabody Essex Museum Lab—followed by a live, outdoor Strandbeest: The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen demonstration of a walking strand- September 19-January 3 beest (5:30-7 p.m.). vn.p.b. www.pem.org/sites/strandbeest

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ul byr ul S as well as Jamaican-style beef pat- Real Estate Pa ties and pholourie, spicy fried dough balls with an addictive, house-made tamarind chutney. ELEGANT CAMBRIDGE ESTATE This hybrid Indian-Caribbean Cambridge....Avon Hill. Elegant, 1895 brick mansion. Meticulously renovated. 5 bedrooms, fare, found in the Republic of Trinidad traditionally held before Lent, but still 3 studies, and 4 ½ bathrooms. High ceilings, fi replaces, oversized windows, and detailed moldings. Landscaped grounds. Patio. Garage. ...Price upon request and Tobago, reflects the high proportion draws a throng to Central and Kendall of islanders who are, like restaurant owner Squares. Ricky Singh, descended from Indian im- A three-hour parade kicks off at 12:30 migrants. Singh and his wife, Kay, opened p.m. on River Street. Streams of dancers Exceptionally fi ne Federal period mansion set amid lush gardens on 1.2 acres near BROWN their Dorchester business more than five clad in scanty satin costumes loaded with UNIVERSITY. Architecturally signifi cant interior years ago to serve Greater Boston’s grow- rhinestones, sequins, tassels, and faux offers elegant rooms, handsome fireplaces ing Caribbean population, which is heav- jewels—some sporting giant feathered and generous space. 6 bedrooms/6 baths. Heated garage, guest cottage and additional ily weighted toward Haitians and Domini- headdresses and masks—strut proudly Clockwise from top left: Carnival dancers family/rental area. $3,450,000 cans, followed by Jamaicans. “But my base like exotic birds. The spectacle ends on on parade; Irie Jamaican Restaurant and R & S Jamaican Restaurant are among the Nancy Lerner | C. 401.741.0301 clientele,” he adds, “is now American-type Main Street, where more live, loud mu- vendors offering a wide array of fresh- individuals. I am so popular that I am get- sic—from reggae, rap, and hip hop to ca- cooked, homemade Caribbean dishes. 527 Main Street, East Greenwich, RI 02818 ting people from all over Maine, Rhode Is- lypso and “kompa” (Haitian pop)—is on COLDWELLBANKERPREVIEWS.COM

land, and New Hampshire.” offer, amid vendors of crafts, clothing, and Other carnival stalls sell more tradi- ©2015 Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage fully supports the principles of the Singh, like many culinary entrepre- food (à la carte items, $4-$5; combination tional Indian and Thai food. Especially Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Operated by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker, the Coldwell Banker Logo, Coldwell Banker Previews International, the Coldwell Banker Previews International logo CAROL KELLY & MYRA VON TURKOVICH Vice Presidents, Hammond Residential Real Estate neurs, still readily takes his food on the platters, $8-$13). worth seeking out, though, are the vari- and “Dedicated to Luxury Real Estate” are registered and unregistered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. 73199 3/15 Two Brattle Square | Cambridge, MA 02138 | 617.835.5008 & 617.834.0838 road. His roti, along with fresh coconut, Singh will be there. His tropical bever- ous “jerk” dishes and the harder-to-find carolandmyra.com | hammondre.com pineapple, and soursop juice, can be found ages come ice-cold, with a straw, in cored Jamaican specialties that are typically at many regional festivals, including the pineapples. “We also use fresh soursop,” offered by the purveyors below. (The list twenty-third annual Cambridge Carnival he says of the white, pulpy, native Caribbe- includes those vendors slated to be at the If you would like to list a property in our November-December issue, contact Abby Shepard: 617.496.4032. on September 13. The Cambridge fete is a an fruit that tastes of lemons mixed with carnival; the food actually served that day far tamer version of the Brazilian carnivals pineapples and a strong shot of banana. is subject to last-minute changes. Retail

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locations have been provided, where ap- plicable.) R & S Jamaican Restaurant owner Shernett Barrett cooks and sells her food BUILDING ON THE EXTRAORDINARY at fairs all along the Eastern Seaboard. “People eat with their eyes,” she says of her open-grill style. “My motto is ‘Only the best is good enough.’” She typically offers jerk chicken and pork, curried chicken Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty has officially and goat, rice and peas, fried ripe plan- opened their newest office in Cambridge having tains, and steamed vegetables. The Irie Jamaican Restaurant also successfully recruited some of the area’s finest talent. serves rice, peas, and steamed vegetables, but seasoned with an orange sauce that Stay up-to-date on all the latest doubles as gravy in the chicken dishes. At the Boston Jerk Festival in June, owner news and trends by following our blog Donna Davis also dished out spicy sea- GIBSONSOTHEBYSREALTY.COM/BLOG food stew with mussels, shrimp, lobster, and fish “escovitch,” a seductive, pickled Scotch bonnet pepper sauce packed with or sign up for our newsletter by visiting strands of carrots and onions. Sides in- GIBSONSOTHEBYSREALTY.COM/NEWSLETTER clude roasted corn and a tough, chewy bun known as “festival.” Flames Restaurant (flamesrestaurant. com) is a larger outfit with three locations in Boston that serve “Caribbean and American food.” That includes classic Ja- maican dishes plus the occasional specialties (when available): curried conch and ackee. The latter is the island’s national fruit—although when cooked it looks and tastes like scrambled eggs. Careful har- Churchill Ave, Cambridge vesting is required: what’s eaten are actu- Located close to the culinary delights & cultural fun of Davis & Teele Squares, yet tucked ally the yellow arils that grow on the toxic away on a quiet street, this pristine 3 bed, 2.5 bath townhouse was tastefully built in 2010 with black seeds found inside the ripe red fruit. attention to both function & style. Just 2 blocks from the Alewife Greenway, a biking/walking (Unripened ackee is poisonous). path connecting to Alewife Red Line T and the Minuteman Bike Trail. Easy access to Route 2 East Somerville’s Some Ting Nice and the Davis Square T means quick commuting. $868,000 Lauren Holleran 617.913.2203 (www.sometingnicesomerville.com) has an extensive menu, but co-owner Susan Puckerin plans to serve only jerk chicken and rice and beans, along with Jamaican- style roti, at the carnival. Dhal roti, she says, is a closed, or wrapped, roti stuffed with a mixture of split peas, garlic, and spices; aloo roti holds potatoes. The “buss- up-shut” roti (as in “busted up”) means the bread is pulled apart and used, like Tannery Brook Row, Somerville Valentine Street, Cambridge Ethiopian injera, to gather bites of goat Stunning corner loft in prime Davis Square A renovated townhome that offers a private location with two built-out bedrooms. This backyard and garage parking. Renovated in stew, for example, and a dollop of mango loft features corner exposure with over-sized 2012 adding a 3rd floor with a spectacular kuchela. The Indian-Caribbean chutney is windows. Spacious, open living, kitchen, dining master suite. Beautiful kitchen, gleaming bold: unripe green mangoes, mustard oil, is perfect for entertaining. High ceilings and hardwood floors, and central air. Two and hot peppers. gorgeous cherry hardwood floors throughout. additional bedrooms and 2.5 baths. A Visitors to Singh’s can try his own, Commuter’s paradise by the Red line T and landscaped yard and patio complete this home. Minuteman Bike-way. $535,000 Original List Price $1,050,000 - SOLD handmade version of chutney—or take Kyle Kaagan 617.519.9481 Dino Confalone 617.803.5007 home a bottle of his more proprietary pepper sauce. As he notes: “It’s the hottest With offices in Boston, Cambridge, and Surrounding Areas sauce in New England right now.” www.GibsonSothebysRealty.com vnell porter brown 1008 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge | 844.667.6663

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