VOL. 114 - NO. 37 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 $.30 A COPY Vote for YOUR Candidate WE WILL NEVER FORGET in Tuesday’s Primary, September 14, 2010 SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 GOVERNOR

Deval L. Charles D. Timothy Jill PATRICK BAKER CAHILL STEIN (Democrat) (Republican) (Independent) (Green/Rainbow) LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ATTORNEY GENERAL

Timothy P. Richard R. Martha James Guy MURRAY TISEI COAKLEY M C KENNA CARBONE (Democrat) (Republican) (Democrat) (Write In) (Write In) SECRETARY OF STATE TREASURER News Briefs by Sal Giarratani

Liberal Media AWOL on St. Nicholas? William Francis William C. Steven Stephen J. Karyn E. The growing national furor over a proposed GALVIN CAMPBELL GROSSMAN MURPHY POLITO 13-story mosque two blocks from Ground Zero (Democrat) (Republican) (Democrat) (Democrat) (Republican) has now brought forward the plight of St. Nicho- las Greek Orthodox Church, which was turned AUDITOR STATEWIDE into rubble on September 11, 2001 when one of the Twin Towers fell on it during that attack on America. New York officials all promised to help rebuild that church, but it turns out all they offered were promises. St. Nicholas has experienced nine years of bureaucratic and cultural paralysis. A deal had been report- edly made between the New York Port Author- ity and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese. Then nine years of nothing. If it wasn’t for the Suzanne M. Guy William Mike Mary Z. Kamal controversy over the mosque, St. Nicholas’ BUMP GLODIS LAKE CONNAUGHTON JAIN plight might have stayed unknown to America (Democrat) (Democrat) (Democrat) (Republican) (Republican) but thanks to small media outlets, bloggers, and the Fox News Network we all now know. While the elitist liberal establishment Mayor’s Column pushes and encourages non-Western Muslims by Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, City of Boston to build, they give the short stick to Christian- This week, school busses returned to Superintendent Johnson and I met ity which is far more integral to western city neighborhoods as more than 56,000 with teachers and school officials at the civilization. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Boston Public Schools (BPS) students Orchard Gardens K-8 School, one of the charges the Port Authority with making headed back to the classroom to begin city’s 12 “turnaround” schools, to high- serious misrepresentations about whatever the 2010-2011 school year. The begin- light a number of exciting improve- understanding were reached between the two ning of the school year is one of my fa- ments and changes for BPS this year. parties. The charge seems credible. vorite times of year in the City of Bos- Last year, Dr. Johnson unveiled the BPS One final note, where is Mayor Michael ton and we have been working all sum- Acceleration Agenda – a 5-year strate- Bloomberg’s public outrage over the plight mer long to create new programs and gic plan for the school district detailing of St. Nicholas? I guess the outrage isn’t expand existing ones to ensure that ev- how BPS will improve underperforming politically correct, eh? ery child attending our schools has the schools. This summer the Massachu- (Continued on Page 14) opportunity to succeed both academi- cally and socially. (Continued on Page 13)

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by David Trumbull

Come November, for Dems and Libs, It’s TROUBLE with a Capital Tea AT HOME IN OLD ROME — NERO’S GOLDEN HOUSE Nero Claudius Caesar land for the erection of his the history of Rome were Drusus Germanicus, em- golden house. Celer and Severous. They peror of Rome from 54 to As an interesting contrast poured the emperor’s wealth 69 A.D., earned in his short to the ruthlessness of Nero, and their skills into the con- life (he died at the age of we note the compassion of struction of what became thirty-one) a richly deserved the Emperor Augustus who, known as Nero’s Golden reputation as one of the most less than one hundred years House. It occupied the space cruel, depraved, and despotic earlier, sacrificed part of the of nearly one square mile in emperors that ever ruled design of his Forum because the midst of the city. Rome. We have all heard the of his respect for the right of This was not a continuous expression “Nero fiddled one property owner who re- building that occupied three while Rome burned.” This fused to sell out. hilltops and the connecting may or may not be true, but This memorable conflagra- grounds; the entire area was it seems to sum up the tion during Nero’s reign enclosed by three colon- heartless cruelty of this started near the Circus nades, each about a mile ruthless tyrant. Maximus and then driven by long, and there also was a His mother, Agrippina, a hot, oppressive, dust-laden grand entrance portico, married Claudius, her own wind from the Libyan Desert, which faced the Forum. uncle, and later poisoned called a “scirocco,” it swept Within this enclosure, they him in order to clear Nero’s through the valley between built the imperial residence. Now here is some great governor) Tim Cahill is no path to the throne. After be- the Palatine and Caelian The area contained beauti- news for the GOP: A new better. Taxes really confuse coming emperor, Nero Hills. The first was finally ful parks, gardens and vine- Gallup poll last week had Timmy. He’s been all over caused the poisoning death stopped six days later at the yards, including large baths Republicans up ten points on the map with his shifty elec- of Brittannicus, the son of Esqualine Hill. More than a which were supplied with the generic congressional tion-year rhetoric on taxes, Claudius. Nero also caused hundred thousand homeless water, via aqueduct, from ballot — our strongest posi- and just can’t seem to find his own mother to be mur- Romans were transferred to sulfur springs about twelve tion yet heading into the his way. First he supported dered in order to please his the Gardens of Agrippina, miles away, and special midterm elections! Republi- tax hikes and opposed tax mistress, Poppaea Seaina. Hero’s inherited property on baths which were supplied cans are now twice as likely cuts, and now he conve- He divorced his wife Octavia the other side of the Tiber, with sea water from the as Democrats to be “very” niently wants to roll back the and later had her put to where just by chance a great Mediterranean. There was enthusiastic about voting. income and sales taxes back death. He married Poppaea number of tents and small also a temple built of a rare The mandate for change to 5%. As Massachusetts and during a subsequent fit one room sheds were ready translucent stone and a lake has never been greater Republican Party Executive of rage, kicked her to death. and waiting to receive the for mock naval battles. due to the Democrats’ failed Director Nate Little said: He then offered to marry homeless. The foundation walls and big-government agenda and “Tim Cahill has been so Antonia, the daughter of Nero then had all of the other sub-structures are all the resulting economic busy trying to hide his posi- Claudius, but she refused land he needed for his that remain of Nero’s Palace, chaos. Even after their $862 tion on taxes in order to pan- and he put her to death. He planned palace and a lot but it is certain that it con- billion stimulus package to der to the voters that he finally married Statilia more to spare. He rebuilt tained every adornment and artificially prop up our couldn’t be bothered to pay his Messalina after putting her this spare area in strict ac- decoration that this abun- economy, things are still own taxes.” husband to death. He is also cordance with a new build- dant and artistic civilization headed down the drain: The over-taxed working held responsible for the ing code which specified fire- could furnish. The name Home sales nationally were families of America can death of Saints Peter and proof materials and height Golden House was used be- down 27 percent in July and no longer bear the cost of Paul. There is at least one restrictions. Some say that cause of the gold-plated tiles down 38 percent in Massa- maintaining Democratic television comedian who the reconstruction was a on the roofs. Much gold was chusetts; July foreclosures and liberal incumbents on would probably say “now great benefit to Rome, but is also used in cornices, mold- in the Commonwealth Capitol Hill and Beacon Hill. there’s a wild and crazy guy.” this justification for the ings, column bases and caps. surged 80 percent in com- That’s why one the most Nero might have held the countless numbers of Chris- There were ivory wall pan- parison to the same month popular slogans seen on Christians responsible for tians who were blamed for els, easel paintings, statues, in 2009; and the economy signs, t-shirts, and bumper the Roman conflagration of the fire, and then merci- countless vases of every size grew at a much slower pace stickers at the Tea Party 64 A.D., but history places lessly persecuted because of and form, and a display of this spring than previously gatherings of concerned and the responsibility directly it? Oh how history would wealth and comfort almost estimated, with a readjusted informed citizens is I CAN upon him. It is said that the have been changed if this beyond description. GDP at a paltry 1.6 percent SEE NOVEMBER FROM MY great fire was the only way cruel and evil man had Here again we learn of annual rate. HOUSE! that he could have completed never walked on the face of another of the great ironies The fact is, the Democrats a wholesale eviction of hun- the earth. in history; one of the most have ignored the will of the David Trumbull is the dreds of thousands of resi- The first architects ever to brutal men the world has American people, first with chairman of the Boston Ward dents in order to clear the be mentioned by name in ever known was permitted an unpopular and expensive Three Republican Committee. to occupy one of the most health care bill and now with Boston’s Ward Three includes POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT luxurious living places, rampant spending and no the North End, West End, part which the same world has economic relief in sight. of Beacon Hill, downtown, Vote Mary Z. ever produced. Democrat (turned “inde- waterfront, Chinatown, and NEXT ISSUE: At Home in Old pendent” in order to run for part of the South End. 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Box 130135, Boston, MA 02113 PATRIZIO BUANNE 617-227-8929 617-227-8928 FAX 617-227-5307 Italia Unita is proud to support Italian e-mail: [email protected] singer Patrizio Buanne on October 2, 2010 Website: www.BostonPostGazette.com at the Berklee Performanc Center. Patrizio Franco Buanne (born 20 September 1978) Subscriptions in the United States $30.00 yearly is an Italian baritone who grew up travel- Published weekly by ling between Naples, Italy and Vienna, Post-Gazette, 5 Prince St., P.O. Box 130135, Austria. Boston, MA 02113 His debut album “The Italian” and “For- USPS 1538 – Second-Class Postage paid at Boston, MA ever Begins Tonight” had captured the POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the hearts of fans of timeless Italian songs POST-GAZETTE - P.O. Box 130135, Boston, MA 02113 worldwide to the extent that over a million albums were sold, and all this without James V. Donnaruma Caesar L. Donnaruma Phyllis F. Donnaruma Patrizio having an international radio hit 1896 to 1953 1953 to 1971 1971 to 1990 or professional music management. With Vol. 114 - No. 37 Friday, September 10, 2010 this significant success under his belt and huge demand in the US, Patrizio decided that in order to take his career to the next GUEST EDITORIAL level, he would need to spend time in the US. This next phase included securing a new THE FINAL INSULT global recording contract with Warner Music and the recording of Patrizio’s third TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE album, under the helm of veteran music by Edward P. Shallow producers such as, Humberto Gatica, a man The Obama administration has sided with the who fell in love with Patrizio’s voice and un- CD. Simply named “PATRIZIO.” But what world against Arizona. That is essentially what derstood his vision from the very first day, quality separates Patrizio from other great he did when the United States State Department and Brian Rawlings who is responsible for artists? Is it the natural grace of his voice, referred the Arizona immigration law to the United countless hits in the last 20 years, recog- the “rugged” good looks, or the confident, Nations Human Rights Council for review. President nized Patrizio’s potentials and was enthu- casual, respectful attention that he gives Obama just invited the U.N. to join his ongoing fight siastic to write for Patrizio’s new release. to his audience? Or is it just the basic trust against Arizona and dozens of other states attempt- This new fresh team has ever since collabo- he evokes in people? Italy has provided a ing to enforce the immigration laws that he refuses rated on researching more tunes of the Ital- simple word to describe all of the above to enforce. ian songbook, that have become Patrizio’s “Simpatico.” In October 2006 Patrizio was For the first time ever, the U.S. submitted a 29 page trade mark, but that also feature this time invited by the National Italian American “Universal Periodic Review” to the U.N. Human Patrizio´s own contemporary and timeless Foundation to perform at the prestigious gala Rights Council, which outlines a laundry list of interpretation of international and Ameri- in Washington, D.C., for President George human rights abuses allegedly committed by the can standards, alongside some stunning W. Bush. For more information log onto United States. new compositions for an eponymous titled www.italiaunita.org or call 617-561-3201. So first President Obama has his Justice Depart- ment sue a sovereign state for seeking to uphold existing Federal immigration laws, and then he sub- TThe Madonna Del Soccorso Di Sciacca Society of Boston mits the law for international review by a committee 100 th Anniversary Celebration Continues with on civil rights that boasts China, Pakistan, Afghani- stan, Tunisia and Egypt as members. You know, those countries that make dissidents “Centennial Gala” disappear into the bowels of gulags — if not graves — Normally, things are pretty prevailing excitement that of us to tears. This was truly that demand its women stay covered from head to quiet for the Madonna Del electrified the entire Feast! an historic event!! toe, that imprison political prisoners without trial, Soccorso Di Sciacca Society We invited the Society of Our festivities however that mutilate women’s genitals, that forbid women of Boston following their St. Peter from Gloucester to are not over, there’s more from being in the company of men that aren’t blood Annual Fisherman’s Feast join us for our opening cer- to this 100th Celebration relatives or their husbands, that beat or stone held in August, “But not this emony, The Annual Bless- in store. On Wednesday, criminals and that persecute Christians. Yeah, those year”, says Raymond Geany, ing of the Fishing Waters. September 15th at 7:00 P.M., countries. Society President. This has From the moment St. Peter’s His Excellency, Robert F. Another glaring example for readers to digest: Laura been a most fulfilling and statue turned onto North Hennessey, Auxiliary Bishop King, writing in the Los Angeles Times, reporting from exciting year for the Society, Street carried by the devoted of Boston, will celebrate Kabul, Afghanistan, “The young lovers didn’t stand a we had a very successful fishermen from Gloucester, Mass in Honor of Madonna chance.” Feast last month with four the 100th Annual Fisher- Del Soccorso Di Sciacca at In a desolate field on the edge of their village in perfect days of weather, man’s Feast of Boston was the Sacred Heart Church. northern Afghanistan, hundreds of men, stones in record breaking crowds, fan- electrified with an excite- hand, closed in to carry out the mullah’s death sen- tastic entertainment and a ment that brought so many (Continued on Page 15) tence handed down after the pair eloped against the wishes of their families. “It was an act of great cruelty,” said Mutasem Khan, an uncle of Abdul Qayuum, the 28-year old man who Madonna Della Cava End of Summer BBQ was stoned to death this month in Kunduz province along with the village woman he had wooed, identi- fied only as 19-year-old Siddiqa. The couple’s gruesome deaths came just one week after another public execution, also in a remote northern village. There, a widow in her 40s was flogged and then shot for conceiving a child out of wedlock with a man she intended to marry, accord- ing to accounts by villagers and local officials. A statement issued by the movement’s (Taliban) leadership two days after her killing denounced news stories about the incident as “propaganda” meant to defame the Taliban, while not actually denying the execution had taken place. The statement went on about what form of punish- ment would have been appropriate under Sharia law. “Qisas is an Islamic term meaning retaliatory punishment of murder. The term does not refer to adultery,” said the statement.” Let us say she was unmarried. According to Islamic law, she should have only been lashed 100 times, rather than lashed 200 times and shot with a gun.” Patriot Update indicates, President Barack Obama The Perrone Family: Dee, Salvatore, Anthony, Jr., Jenna, Anthony and Maria. has upped the ante. Not content with filing a frivo- The Annual Madonna real treat to be back in the how much the North End had lous Federal suit against the people of Arizona, Obama Della Cava end of summer neighborhood that she use changed and she recalled transformed his amnesty feud with the American BBQ was held on Sunday, to frequent back in the day. that in her younger days, people into an international human rights cause and September 5, 2010 in the Mrs. Perrone was born in there were only three res- effectively placed the people of Arizona (and other North End. This event wel- Cambridge, Massachusetts taurants. Although the North states that are considering similar border security comed everyone including then moved to Gaeta, Italy. End has changed the quali- bills) under jurisdiction of a gang of America, hating Mrs. Maria Perrone mother She then returned to Amer- ties of good food, family and United Nations bureaucrats. of club member Anthony ica when she was 20 years friends hasn’t. Mrs. Perrone (information) Perrone. Mrs. Perrone has old with her husband. She enjoyed her visit back to the Personal Liberty Digest and Patriot Update. not been in the North End for currently lives in Somer- North End with her sons Ray, twenty years and it was a ville. She commented on Anthony and Salvatore. Page 4 POST-GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

FinanciallySpeaking with Ben Doherty THINKING OUT LOUD by Sal Giarratani ARE WE SEEING A DOUBLE DIP RECESSION? Modest job losses signaled showed a decline in service $1.65 billion in 2006 is ex- Four Feet Under Two Feet to Go slow growth not a second re- sector jobs with growth slow- pected to be profitable for the cession. The August job ing sharply. The jobless rate first time this year on rev- The whole controversy folks like our fearless growth is down 54,000 with rose as 550,000 began re- enue of $450 million accord- over the Ground Zero Mosque leader in the White House, new plans being touted. The newed job searches. The ing to the NY Times. (Google is not going away quietly as NY Mayor Michael Bloom- Labor Department reported broadest measure hit 16.7%, doesn’t release You Tube the liberal news media had berg and our own Governor the economic recovery has the highest since April. earnings.) Genzyme has in- thought. According to the lat- Deval Patrick talk about re- slowed to first gear but isn’t Leading stocks were quiet dicated that it will entertain est polls, over 85% of the ligious freedom, the real stalling, including the end of but showed strength for the the bid from Sanofi Avanti’s American people know of story is being hidden. This the 114,000 temporary Cen- week. for $18.5 billion. The pres- this controversial mosque in is not about religion, this sus jobs. Wall Street ex- Top rated Chipotle Grill sure from Carl Icahn may lower Manhattan and nearly is about politics. It is a dis- pected a loss of 120,000 jobs. gained 7% for the week, and have swayed the company, 70% are opposed to this par- grace that proponents of the The jobless rate ticked up to it was a good week for res- which rejected the merger ticular site of the proposed mosque try and make the 9.6% as more people sought taurant stocks. The group previously. Genzyme dipped mosque. While US House rest of us look like racists work. Private payrolls rose showed strength for the to $70.49 on the news. Speaker Nancy Pelosi seems when we are just upset with 67,000 beating diminished week, adding 7%. John Fewer home settlers are cut- more concerned over where this in your face approach to expectations. July payrolls Deere rose for the fourth ting prices in August, the opponents of the mosque are “religious tolerance.” rose by 89,000 far more than straight day hitting a new first time in five months. coming from, both Senate There are plenty of the initial reading of 12,000 high. Another group, lei- Prices on 28.8% of homes Majority Leader Harry Reid mosques in New York City due to stronger private hir- sure/lodging, broke out to listed have been cut at least and former DNC Chairman and there is no real need to ing and fewer government new highs. Machinery, con- once at the end of August Dr. Dean both think the build one across the street layoffs. Overall at 2010’s hir- struction/mining added 9% down from 30% in July. mosque shouldn’t be built in from where the attack on ing, it would take an addi- for the week. The worst in- Prices peaked last Septem- the shadow of Ground Zero. America took place on Sep- tional seven years for the dustry was meat products. ber. The largest price reduc- Meanwhile, the inman be- tember 11, 2001. Why are U.S. to reclaim the jobs lost Food stocks are seen as tions were in Tucson, Ari- hind the mosque, Feisal our elected officials so blind since December 2007. Eco- defensive stocks in a zona and Portland, Oregon. Abdul Khan is on a U.S. State and deaf to this outrage that nomic growth seems to be healthy market as money Germany and China ex- Department paid trip to the has upset a solid, majority of “flattening out” rather than moves out of defensive panded at the fastest clip in Middle East where he isn’t Americans? This is not an continuing to sink. The up- stocks and into growth ori- four months thanks to strong supposed to be raising any expression of hate and nor ward revisions were quite ented stocks. The S&P500 domestic demand. The Brit- funds for the mosque. Who’s is it either Islamophobia or significant and suggest the advanced as Treasury’s sold ish service sector was the going keep tabs on him? “metastasized anti-Semit- recession risk has been re- off for a third straight ses- weakest since April 2009. Sounds like a bad joke. His ism,” which I assume is duced a little bit. Harm sion. The 10-year-U.S. Trea- The euro had the 1/3 wife, Daisy Khan, the Execu- much worse than regular Bandholtz, chief U.S. econo- sury yield increased to straight monthly gain and tive Director of the Ameri- anti-Semitism. Seventy per- mist at Union Credit Re- 2.71%, the best in the last the best gains in the price can Society for Muslim Ad- cent of the American people search sees sub 2% GDP six weeks. McDonald’s rose of the euro. Sales rose up vancement showed up on aren’t racists or haters. growth in the second half of in August with the introduc- 11% versus last year. The ABC’s “This Week with They are however upset 2010. The NASDAQ rose tion of its smoothies in July hurricane was downgraded Christine Amanpour” and with those in charge being 1.5%, the S&P500 1.3% and and August as high tempera- to a tropical storm with wind stated the angry response to so ignorant of the reasons the Dow 1.2%. Manufactur- tures rose in much of the up to 80 MPH as it churned the project “‘is like a metas- behinds the outrage. ers added 11,000 jobs over country. Leading stocks were away from the NC coast, tasized anti-Semitism” and This mosque is now four the past three months. quiet on Friday but up for the where its impact was less added “It’s not even Islam- feet under but I and the 70% In March-May, they hired week. Google plans to sell than forecasted. The hurri- ophobia. It’s beyond Islam- of Americans opposed to the 96,000 workers. Augusts en- digital phone locker that cane was disruptive, stopped ophobia. It’s hate of Muslims.” Ground Zero Mosque won’t tire payroll rise came from would load and store letting air travel, and tourists in the While pro-mosque protest- declare victory until this services: healthcare 40,000, its product compete with Northeast during the Labor ors talk about racists fears, mosque is six feet under and temp staffing 17,000, hotel Apple, which dominates, ac- Day weekend. the Bill of Rights, and while buried forever. and restaurants 13,000 and counting for 70% of all digi- It’s time to call your social services 12,000. ISMs tal music sales. You Tube, financial advisor or call me nonmanufacturing index which Google bought for at 617-261-7777. 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Saint Alfio Society President Wayne Peters holding a child on the Vara. The Annual Feast of Three Saints, spon- sored by the Saint Alfio Society was held in Lawrence, Massachusetts during the Labor Day Weekend. Despite the rain fall on Fri- day night which resulted in the cancella- tion of the evening festivities, record num- bers were out on Saturday and Sunday to pay homage to the Three Saints, Alfio, Anthony and Joe Fiorante (brothers) and Filadelfo and Cirino. For more information Jim Fazio holding a child on the Vara. about the feast and the St. Alfio Society, log onto www.threesaintsinc.org. (Photos by Carl Russo) 35th Annual NIAF Convention and Gala More than 3,000 guests from the United States and Italy will attend the National Italian American Foundation’s 35th Anniversary Convention and Gala on October 22 and 23, 2010 at the Washington Hilton in the nation’s capi- tal. Giuliana DePandi Rancic, anchor and managing editor of E! News and star of the Style Network show “Giuliani & Bill,” will serve as the gala’s emcee. In keeping with our tradition of hosting the president of the United States, President Barack Obama has been in- vited to attend. Confirmed celebrities include actors Michael Badalucco and Joe Pantoliano, 1960s rocker Bobby Rydell, MLB legend Rick Cerone, director Chris Columbus and sports greats Daryle, Lamonica and Mike Piazza. This year’s gala honorees include: Dott. Fulvio Conti, CEO of ENEL S.p.A.; Aurelio De Laurentiis, Italian film producer and President of the Naples Soccer Club; Tom Izzo, Head Coach of Men’s Basketball at Michigan State University; Christopher J. Nassetta, President & CEO of Hilton During the Moment of Glory from the second floor of the Society’s building. Worldwide; Dr. Thomas M. Scalea, Physician-in-Chief at the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center; Joe Uva, President and CEO of Univision Commu- Our Lady of Mount Carmel Still Surviving nications, Inc. During NIAF’s convention weekend, the Foundation will host Expo Italia, a two-day exhibition showcasing the best of Italy, an Auction Showcase and a Sports Roundtable. The convention will also feature a conference focusing on Breast Cancer Awareness and a seminar on the Culture of Italian Food and Wine followed by wine tastings. Proceeds benefit NIAF’s educational programs. For tick- ets or sponsor information, contact Jerry Jones at 202/ 387-0600 or [email protected], or register online at www.niaf.org.

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Due to his increasing popularity and several suggestions from readers (and after much negotiating on our part with his huge salary demands), our friend Freeway has consented to try Caffe Vittoria to answer readers’ questions concerning him or any of our little four-legged friends. You can email your questions to [email protected] to the attention of Freeway. Don’t forget folks, Freeway is not a vet, so please keep the questions light-hearted! Thanks. Freeway says my human ting to tossing a toy. When through practice and repeti- companion does a lot of read- he responds to you before tion. Be patient! ing and sometimes she you respond to him, he will If you do these things con- finds articles on pooches. start to look to you to set the sistently, your dog will be- She feels by reading, I can rules, while at the same come a friendly, well-bal- give my readers and my time getting in a daily train- anced and well-mannered LUCIA pooch friend companions ing practice. canine. R I S T O R A N T E & B A R some information that may Gently handle your dog’s Remember, never hit or be interesting to them. ears, mouth and paws, so he yell at your dog. Focus on “Building a Strong Relation- learns to accept this. Start preventing or distracting ship with your Dog.” Your dog when he is very young your dog from problem behav- is a social animal. That’s and for brief periods of iors, not on correcting them. what makes him such a time. Remain playful dur- Replace unwanted behav- fabulous, one-of-a-kind com- ing these exercises mak- iors with something appro- panion. He willingly incorpo- ing a game out of them. priate if your dog chews, give SEPTEMBER rates you and your family Praise him and reward him him a food dispensing toy to into his social circle. Being with treats. These exercises work on or a good chew toy. ST. 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A higher than Freeway hopes this article that routine is boring, but it normal pitch is exciting, helped his pooch friends so helps your dog understand playful and perfect for praise. everyone can be happy as he his world, be calm and stay A normal tone, direct and is. Time, patience and love Blessed Mother of Sorrow out of trouble! Here are some confident, is your command will go a long way with your Blessed Mother of Sorrow Mass simple ways to help put you tone. A lowered voice, your pet. Loving them is so impor- this year will be celebrated and your family in the dog hears as a warning, like tant because they become a September 19, 2009 at 10:30 AM “leader” position: a growl. With practice, your great part of your life. On at the Don Orione Madonna When interacting with puppy can learn to under- that note remember to PICK Queen Shrine located at 111 Ori- your dog, be kind and consis- stand your mood through UP AFTER YOUR PET. That ent Avenue, East Boston. tent. Have him “sit” or “lay your tone of voice. is your responsibility as a Please come and honor the down” before you give him Exercise him daily. PET OWNER. Blessed Mother on this special anything he wants, from pet- Remember that dogs learn That’s all for now. day. Help us continue this beautiful tradition, which began in 1932 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in East EAST BOSTON COLUMBUS DAY EVENTS Boston. For tickets contact: Joe 1044 or sending a request to A procession through the Ruggiero 617-590-2025, [email protected] streets of East Boston will begin Clark Moulaison 617-561- Completed applications at 3 PM at Our Lady of Mount 1044 or Celeste Myers 617- must be returned by October Carmel on Gove Street, East 913-3332. Cash bar avail- 15, 2010 at either of the pick Boston. able. Bring your own snacks up locations or by mailing 2010 Miss/Mr. them to: East Boston Colum- East Boston bus Day Parade Committee, Columbus Day Pageant P.O. Box 458, East Boston MA, Blessing of the Animals Saturday, September, 25, 02128. 2010 at 12:00 noon at Suf- All guests, including par- Old North Church is hosting its annual folk Downs Topsider Room ents of contestants, must Blessing of the Animals on October 3, 2010 111 Waldemar, East Boston. purchase a ticket to attend at 3:00 pm in the Prado (Paul Revere Mall). Categories: the pageant. Please bring your pet to be blessed and to Tiny Miss/Mr., ages 3 to 5; This pageant is coordi- meet your animal-loving neighbors too. Little Miss/Mr., ages 6 to 8; nated by Beverly Richards Spread the word to others who may be Junior Miss/Mr., ages 9 to Buckley under the auspices interested. 12; Pre-teen Miss/Mr., ages of the Columbus Day Parade If anyone is able to contribute a 2010 Columbus Day Com- 13 to 14; Teen Miss/Mr., Committee. snack or baked good for this event, please email Meredith mittee Fundraiser with the ages 15 t0 16; Miss/Mr., For further information at [email protected]. “Hilarious Hypnotist” Barb ages 17 to 20. Applications contact Celeste Myers, Gambrill. Barb has an irre- are available by contacting: Media and Promotion Con- sistible personality that is Beverly Richards Dance tact, East Boston Columbus entrancing to both the audi- Center at 617-567-1660, East Day Parade at 617-913-3332 ence and her volunteers on Boston Main Streets office at or by email at EBColumbus stage. 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The Complete Pier Paolo Pasolini at the Harvard Film Archive Celebrated the world over as one In 1962, Pasolini was invited by an and Ugo Gregoretti — Pasolini fash- of pre-modern culture by replacing of the central figures of the postwar Italian newsreel producer to create ioned an ingenious fable that is both them with the depredations of con- Italian cinema, Pier Paolo Pasolini a feature-length film essay from his a satire on filmmaking and a tribute sumer capitalism. Alternately caus- (1922-1975) is recognized in his na- company’s library of footage. Inspired to Italian Mannerist painting. Al- tic and gently comic, this melancholy tive land as arguably the most im- by diverse wealth of imagery, though Orson Welles stars as a di- film offers a parable of those changes, portant Italian artist and intellectual Pasolini set out to make a film as “a rector filming the crucifixion, the tracing the odyssey of a father and of the twentieth century. A gifted show of indignation against the un- real protagonist is an unassuming son through a landscape of degrada- writer and penetrating thinker, reality of the bourgeois world.” As- middle-aged man working as an ex- tion and exploitation as they follow a Pasolini was already renowned as a sembling images from the Soviet bloc tra to feed his family. The extraordi- talking crow that delivers a Marxist poet, novelist, critic and screen- and various anti-colonial movements nary meeting of three worlds — high critique of the situation. A homage writer before he directed his first as complement and contrast to the art, moviemaking and all-too-real to silent comedy, Hawks and Spar- film, Accattone, in 1960. Pasolini newsreel footage, Pasolini crafted a poverty — leads to a collision with rows proved to be Pasolini’s parting remained prodigiously industrious as remarkable tour de force of politically tragicomic consequences, a “col- shot at contemporary Italy before he a writer and political activist trenchant commentary on the mod- lage,” as Pasolini called it, that al- turned to his cycle of mythic films. throughout his career, even as his ern world, climaxing in a moving lows him to effectively critique the Italian with English subtitles. films brought him greater celebrity meditation on the death of Marilyn distance between ethics and aesthet- MAMMA ROMA — and notoriety — during the last fif- Monroe. Fearing controversy and ics. Italian with English subtitles. Friday, September 24 at 7pm teen years of his life, often overshad- box-office failure, the producer or- Followed by Monday, September 27 at 7pm owing other facets of his remarkably dered Pasolini to cut the original ver- Seeking Locations in Palestine for Inspired by The Nights of Cabiria, diverse accomplishments. sion to less than an hour and then the Film “THE GOSPEL ACCORDING Fellini’s spirited fable about a Special thanks: Cineteca di Bologna; promptly added a right-wing counter- TO MATTHEW” (Sopralluoghi in Chaplinesque prostitute, Pasolini of- Liborio Stellino, Consul General of part by the filmmaker Giovanni Palestina per il film “Il Vangelo fered his own portrait of a Roman Italy, Boston. Guareschi, packaging the two parts secondo Matteo”) Pasolini had origi- streetwalker, replacing Fellini’s ACCATTONE as one film. Disowned by Pasolini, nally planned to shoot The Gospel whimsy with a clear-eyed and un- Friday, September 10 at 7pm this version was indeed a failure. According to Matthew in the approxi- flinching look at the lives of the ur- Although Pasolini’s original version mate locations referred to in the ban poor. In one of her signature remains lost, an ambitious recon- Bible: Nazareth, Jerusalem, Bethle- roles, the indomitable Anna Mag- struction was recently completed by hem. With this in mind he visited nani captures the stubborn pride and Giuseppe Bertolucci and the the area — including other parts of vulnerability of the title character, a Cineteca di Bologna using the shot Israel, Jordan and Syria — with a woman fiercely protective of her son, list and a dialogue transcript from the newsreel photographer, filming both who is himself a classic version of first version, as well as Pasolini’s the landscape and its inhabitants. the Pasolinian ragazzo, living large notes on music for the film. Italian Edited by The Gospel’s producer for on the streets and drifting inevita- with English subtitles. potential funders and distributors, bly toward a life of crime. Italian with THE DECAMERON (Il Decameron) Pasolini added a semi-improvised English subtitles. Saturday, September 11 at 9pm commentary as the only soundtrack THE CANTERBURY TALES In an attempt to turn away from the to his footage, including his musings Friday, September 24 at 9pm more experimental direction of his on Jesus and his teachings and on For his follow-up to The Decam- Pasolini’s magnificent directorial late 1960s work and create a “popu- the difficulty of finding suitable loca- eron, Pasolini selected Chaucer’s debut, a chronicle of the life of a petty lar cinema,” Pasolini turned to the tions for his project, while avoiding Canterbury Tales, the other great criminal and pimp, reveals the young beloved collection of alternately the subject of Israel and Palestine. fourteenth century collection of director’s indebtedness to postwar bawdy and tender tales of star- An evocative behind-the-scenes stories. If the world of Pasolini’s Italian neo-realism with its episodic crossed lovers, randy nuns and pe- glimpse into Pasolini’s creative Decameron is that of the dawning of narrative, location shooting on city dophile pickpockets written by project, the film serves as testimony the Renaissance, the world here is streets and use of nonprofessional Boccaccio in the fourteenth-century. to his idiosyncratic views of Jesus decidedly medieval, with a concomi- actors. Much remarked at the time The result is one of the director’s as a historical figure and his dis- tant emphasis on the vulgar and the was Pasolini’s then-startling use of most accessible films, filled with tinctions between the ancient and grotesque. Although the “Trilogy of stately music by Bach on the early Renaissance imagery, plenti- modern worlds. Italian with English Life” was conceived as a celebration soundtrack to accompany contempo- ful nudity and earthy eroticism. subtitles. of the body, this middle piece marks rary urban squalor and the static While Boccaccio used a range of dif- ARABIAN NIGHTS (IL FIORE a palpably darkening mood. Return- frontal shots that often evoke early ferent narrators to tell each story of DELLE MILLE E UNA NOTTE) ing to the episodic structure so cen- Renaissance painting and immedi- romantic attachments and ribald Sunday, September 19 at 7pm tral to Pasolini’s cinema, the film ately stamp Accattone with Pasolini’s misadventures, Pasolini replaces recounts a series of amorous mis- distinctive style. In his first screen this framing device with a series of adventures with a sharp emphasis appearance, Franco Citti as the pimp brief interludes featuring himself as placed more on sex than on love, lust establishes himself as the most im- a Giottoesque painter. To Pasolini’s or desire. Climaxing with a wildly portant member of Pasolini’s en- dismay, the film’s international scatological vision of Hell, The Can- semble of actors. Italian with English popularity inspired a number of soft- terbury Tales is propelled by notably subtitles. core imitations. Italian with English cruel humor, a violence more pointed PIGSTY (Porcile) subtitles. than The Decameron and an even Friday, September 10 at 9:15pm TEOREMA more raw sexuality. In both Theorem and Pigsty, Sunday, September 12 at 7pm SALÒ Pasolini seeks to synthesize the A radically streamlined and ellipti- Sunday, September 26 at 7pm mythic strain that surfaced in Oedi- cally simple film, Teorema remains Disillusioned by the sexual revolu- pus Rex with the stridently political one of Pasolini’s most mysterious In his version of the Middle and tion, which he felt had only en- filmmaking emerging in Europe in works. The story of a sexually mag- Near Eastern tales called the Arabian trenched sexuality in consumerism the second half of the 1960s and netic stranger, played by a mesmer- Nights, Pasolini revels in the sheer and bourgeois rationalism, Pasolini epitomized by Godard’s film. In a nod izing Terence Stamp, who methodi- joy of storytelling, elaborately inter- disowned his “Trilogy of Life,” the to the French director, Pasolini re- cally disrupts the well-ordered house- twining a series of meandering epi- three early 1970s films intended as unites the lead couple from La hold of a wealthy Milanese industri- sodes that lend the film a rich nar- erotic celebrations of the body, and Chinoise, Jean-Pierre Léaud and alist, Teorema’s hidden tensions are rative complexity. Eliminating the responded with his most notorious Anne Wiazemsky, who appear in one brought to the surface with a shock- storyteller Scheherazade, Pasolini and final film, Salò. Set in northern of Pigsty’s two parallel plots, this one ing suddenness that remains as in- instead embeds the nested stories Italy during the last days of Mus- set in the present, with Léaud as the explicable as it is inevitable. Meant within a framing narrative about a solini’s reign, the film liberally adapts son of a wealthy businessman whose as a merciless savaging of the bour- poor young man searching for the Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom, using the lack of interest in his fiancée betrays geoisie, Teorema features a pair of escaped slave girl who is his lost love. tale of amoral libertines who kidnap an unorthodox sexual predilection. well-known Italian actors as the sub- Like The Decameron and The Can- young victims for a sacrificial orgy The other story takes place in an jects of its critique—Massimo Girotti terbury Tales, the film abounds in to launch a ruthless and wide-rang- unspecified prehistoric past, where and Silvana Mangano as husband nudity and scenes of sexuality, al- ing attack on modernity as a whole. a brutish barbarian scrounges for food and wife — as foils to the alluring though cast now in a far sunnier Setting up equivalences between in an archaic landscape ravaged by stranger, who may be angel or de- mood than those two films, perhaps Sadean sexual license, Italian fas- primitive warfare. Pigsty acts as a mon, or something else entirely. an expression of Pasolini’s declara- cism and consumerist alienation, crucial missing link between the cri- Italian with English subtitles. tion to have “liberated” himself by Salò delivers a trenchant political al- tique of Theorem and the darker de- LA RICOTTA shooting for the first time in distant legory that tends to be overshadowed pictions of savagery to come. Italian Monday, September 13 at 7pm non-European disparate locales, by its explicit nudity and images of with English subtitles. from Ethiopia to Nepal, and using a sexual sadism. The film’s ultimately THE RAGE OF PASOLINI cast combining Pasolini regulars extreme violence and deviant sexu- (La Rabbia di Pasolini) with nonprofessional actors found on ality have earned it the reputation Saturday, September 11 at 7pm location. Italian with English subtitles. as arguably the first “artsploitation” HAWKS AND SPARROWS movies, a precursor to the likes of (Uccellacci e uccellini) Funny Games (1997, 2007) and Irre- Monday, September 20 at 7pm versible (2002). Italian with English Pasolini regarded il Boom — the subtitles. massive economic and industrial The Harvard Film Archive is development of postwar Italy and the located in the Carpenter Center for wave of rapid social change that fol- the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, lowed — as a tragic catastrophe, a Cambridge. Call 617-495-4700 or log sweeping away of Italy’s last vestiges on to hcl.harvard.edu/hfa. For his contribution to the omni- FOR ADDITIONAL EVENTS GOING ON IN MASSACHUSETTS THIS FALL, bus film RoGoPaG — comprised of epi- sodes by himself, Rossellini, Godard VISIT WWW.MASSVACATION.COM POST-GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 Page 9 The Socially Set by Hilda M. Morrill

One of the most entertain- ing and sociable events we’ve enjoyed this summer was an evening of great food and fabulous entertainment by the one-and-only crooner Tony Cibotti. Known for his incredible “Frank Sinatra Tribute Concerts” through- out the Greater Boston Area and beyond, the popular Tony was making a return ap- pearance at the Deli After Dark in Dedham. Known as the Centre Deli during the day, the Deli After Dark resumes live en- tertainment on Friday and Saturday evenings starting in the fall. A call to the Deli Joining in the recent G2O Green Ribbon-Cutting (celebrating the facility’s “green” this week confirmed that aspects) were, left to right: Marti Mercer, salon director; City Council President Michael Tony Cibotti will be one of T. Ross; Joyce Hampers, founder and owner; Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino; and their featured performers. spa director, Christine Haddad. The Salon will host a premiere fundraising event on We’ll be calling 781-326- Thursday, September 23, from 6 to 9 p.m. Hosted by Billy Costa and Jenny Johnson of 9863 in a few weeks to NECN’s “TV Diner,” the evening will benefit Community Servings. check out the schedule! (Photo courtesy of G2O) Incidentally, we hear that Tony will be performing at plimentary hors d’oeuvres, celebrate the official open- Joyce Hampers, who is also the Hyde Park Library on prepared by Executive Chef ing of its all-new “green” President of the Newbury Saturday, September 25 at Popular crooner Tony Matthew Molloy of Beacon home at 278 Newbury Street League, purchased 2:30 p.m. The event is spon- Cibotti entertains lucky Hill Hotel & Bistro, and wine Street, with a premiere two historic brownstones in sored by the Friends of the guests during his “Frank from Gordon’s Fine Wine & fundraising event on Thurs- 2008, subsequently joining Hyde Park Library, which Sinatra Tribute” perfor- Liquors. day, September 23, from 6 to them to give G2O its brand is located at 35 Harvard mance at the Deli After We are told that “Empires 9 p.m. To be hosted by Billy new home. The new G2O is Avenue, Hyde Park. For Dark in Dedham. of Food” is a sweeping global Costa and Jenny Johnson of a fully updated day spa resort more information, be sure to (Photo by Hilda M. Morrill) history of food and its trade. NECN’s “TV Diner,” the offering men, women and call 617-361-2524. Using the colorful diaries of evening will benefit Com- couples a comprehensive ...... We are told that fans ages of poverty, famine and a sixteenth-century mer- munity Servings. program of contemporary of the hit Broadway musical war? chant as a narrative guide, Guests will enjoy drinks, services devoted to wellness, “Wicked” can go to the Bos- Find out at the Boston Cen- “Empires…” is co-written by hors d’oeuvres, desserts, an health and well being. Its ton Opera House box office ter for Adult Education agricultural expert Evan auction and raffle as they five full floors of advanced, 2.5 hours prior to show time (BCAE) on Friday, September D.G. Fraser and journalist tour the spa’s new home. cutting-edge services and to have their names entered 17 during a free book sign- Rimas. The book vividly 100% of all funds raised from amenities include Brine In- in a lottery for orchestra ing event of “Empires of chronicles the fate of people the event will be donated di- halation Therapy, The Expe- seats. Food: Feast, Famine, and the and societies for the past rectly to Community Serv- rience Room featuring Only those who show up in Rise and Fall of Civilizations” 12,000 years through the ings. Entertainment will be herbal steam and an ice fog, person at the box office, at with co-author Andrew foods they grew, hunted, provided by DJ Charles Mer- a state-of-the-art Sunless 539 Washington Street, are Rimas, from 6:30 p.m. to traded, and ate — and gives cer. Support for the event is Tanning System, and a eligible to enter the drawing. 8 p.m. fascinating, and devastat- provided by Gourmet Cater- unique Nap Pod, among oth- Tickets are limited to two Rimas will discuss the re- ing, insights into what to ers and South End Buttery. ers. Ms. Hampers also owns per person. “Wicked” plays at lationship between climate expect in years to come. Paid reservations for the and operates EMERGE Spa & the Boston Opera House change and food prices, obe- Fraser and Rimas argue event are available at G2O’s Salon, also on Newbury through October 17. Call sity and starvation, gluttony that neither local food move- front desk or by visiting the Street, located directly 1-800-982-2787 for more and food shortages, and ments nor free market Community Servings Web across from the new G2O. information. sustainability. economies will stave off the site, www.servings.org. ……. What happens when Afterwards, guests will next food crash, and they pro- G2O founder and owner (Continued on Page 15) crops fail, fields erode, tem- mix, mingle and have a pose their own solutions. A peratures drop, or when the chance to get their pur- fascinating, fresh history center of power shifts and chased books signed by the told through the prism of the cultures descend into dark co-author as they enjoy com- dining table, “Empires of October 2010 is Food” offers a grand scope and a provocative analysis of ITALIAN HERITAGE MONTH the world today, indispens- in Massachusetts! able in this time of global warming and food crises. The Italian Heritage Month Committee is pleased th Andrew Rimas is a jour- to celebrate the 12 year of October as Italian nalist and the managing Heritage Month. A kick-off event is planned on editor at the “Improper Friday, October 1, 2010 beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Bostonian” magazine; previ- the State House in Boston. Nurses Hall will be filled ously he was an associate with those celebrating the many contributions by editor and staff writer at Italians and Italian Americans throughout the “Boston” magazine. His work centuries. Participants will be eagerly awaiting the has frequently appeared in reading of the Governor’s Proclamation, the those publications and in musical performances and heartfelt words from “The Boston Globe Maga- local dignitaries. This event is free and open to zine” and “The Boston the public. We look forward to seeing you there. st Globe.” But, remember that October 1 is just the The Boston Center for beginning! The month-long celebration will have Adult Education is located events planned throughout the State and it will not at 122 Arlington Street. be difficult to find something to please the diverse The event is free to the tastes of all those who join us in celebrating this public with an RSVP to year. Celebrate and explore the history, culture, [email protected]. Copies language, genius, artistry and centuries of of the book will be available discoveries and accomplishments. Please visit for purchase. www.ItalianHeritageMonth.com for a complete The talented Maria Russo joins Tony Cibotti in a ...... G2O Spa & Salon, list of events. medley of tunes. (Photo by Hilda M. Morrill) Boston’s Day Spa Resort, will Page 10 POST-GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 Q & A with Kristine Bahr Dear Readers, I am looking forward to hearing about your nutritional concerns. Please write your nutrition questions to me, addressed to [email protected] or by mail to P.O. Box 130135, Boston, MA 02113.

Dear Kristine, Dear Kristine, SUGARLAND — THE with the “Rhapsody In Blue/ I have stomach acid and I am interested in a Food Allergy Test. What INCREDIBLE MACHINE Intro,” the first Wilson effort reflux. Can you suggest test should I get for my allergies? Mercury Nashville “The Like In I Love You,” us- what I should do to help You can test for IgG, delayed or hidden al- Just when you thought the ing Gershwin’s 1942 “Will You with this? lergies. This is a routine practice to discover tasty sound of Sugarland Remember Me?” composed for First of all, rule out H. hidden reactions that can be delayed upward couldn’t get any better, along the musical “Lady, Be Good!” Pylori. H. Pylori can be of 72 hours. It makes them hard to deter- comes “The Incredible Ma- but never used in the show, treated naturally with mine without testing. I can give you that chine.” The duo’s fourth stu- and a classic 4-song medley a supplement. If you test in a kit. It is easy to do and most insur- dio album explodes on the from “Porgy & Bess,” “Sum- don’t have H. Pylori, use ance will pay for it without a doctor’s visit. music scene October 19th, mertime,” “I Loves You Porgy,” a special extract from and let me tell you it is awe- “I Got Plenty O’Nuttin’” and licorice for soothing Dear Kristine, some. Jennifer Nettles and “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” “‘S the esophagus. Beyond What can I take for fibrocystic breasts, which Kristian Bush display all the Wonderful” from the Broadway supplements, limit liquid intake with meals are very painful. Should I lower my intake of reasons as to why they are musical “Funny Face,” plus to a maximum of 4 ounces to decrease caffeine? multi-Grammy award-win- classics, “They Can’t Take reflux, and avoid caffeine, tobacco, and For women with fibrocystic breasts, they ners. Having co-written the That Away From Me,” “Love chocolate. On a side note, test for iodine as routinely stop coffee, all caffeine, and choco- entire album, Nettles and Is Here To Stay,” the roman- low iodine increases gastritis, ulcers, and late. I also encourage my clients to get an Bush are already enjoying tic “I’ve Got A Crush On You,” risk of stomach cancer. iodine test through me. Have your thyroid success with the first single, trailed by “I Got Rhythm” from tested from your doctor. Test for TSH, free the catchy “Stuck Like Glue.” Broadway’s “Girl Crazy,” and Dear Kristine, T4, and free T3. Nettles is at the top of her the pretty “Someone To Watch How much Vitamin D should I be taking and Also, progesterone imbalance is contribu- game, coming out of the gate Over Me.” Wilson takes the should it be in Vitamin D3? tory; often insufficient levels of progester- fast with the opener “All We incomplete fragments of a Always get your Vitamin D levels checked one can be associated with breast discom- Are,” the title track has all 1929 song the brothers never before starting your supplementation from fort as well. the markings of being a hit, fully completed “Say My Say” your family physician. The general range followed by the anticipation of and made it into “Nothing But is 20-100 and the target is at least 55. A Dear Kristine, “Tonight,” and the anthemic Love,” ending with the brief common conservative dosage is 2000iu per I want to lower my homocysteine levels, a “Stand Up.” Nettles soars via “Rhapsody In Blue/Reprise.” “Every Girl Like Me,” building Very entertaining CD! day, depending on your GI health, age, marker of heart disease. Can you recommend encouragement with “Little THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT weight, and starting Vitamin D levels this a product I can use? Miss,” plus the hand-clapping, — SOUNDTRACK may not be sufficient. Once the desired You need to have the right B vitamins to foot-stomping, raucous “Find Lakeshore amount of Vitamin D is achieved, then the support normal homocyteine level and get The Beat Again,” the expan- ‘The Kids Are All Right’ is a daily dose can be lowered for maintenance. your B12 checked. sive “Wide Open,” and they comedy-drama with an in- If you would like to have a free 15 minute consultation with me, please call 617-360-1929. put the wraps on their out- tense soundtrack that fea- Sincerely, standing album with the spir- tures a potpourri of artists in Kristine Bahr, Nutritionist M.S.,M.S. ited “Shine The Light.” Sugar- different genres. David Bowie land has sold over 8 million wrote and contributes the records and earned six #1 pair “Black Country Rock” and singles since exploding onto “Win,” Leon Russell wrote and th the music scene in 2004, and performs “Out In The Woods,” Speaker DeLeo Honors Skippy White on 50 Anniversary it’s surely no surprise why! Joni Mitchell is the author by Sal Giarratani BOBBY AVEY — and performer of “All I Want,” A tribute to the legendary Skippy White City Councilor’s Yancy, Ayanna Pressley and A NEW FACE and Gabor Szabo’s own on his 50th anniversary in the Boston Chuck Turner. jayDell Records “Galatea’s Guitar.” Sprinkled music scene was held at Dorchester’s Former City Council Candidate Tito Jack- Pianist, composer and in are “The Youth” (MGMT), Russell Auditorium on September 4, 2010. son presented Skippy with a citation from bandleader Bobby Avey “Sundown Syndrome” (Tame The tribute was put together by BLUE and Governor Deval Patrick. makes his CD debut on Impala), “When I Grow Up” FINESSE Productions and brought out an all Speaker Deleo sent along a resolution jayDell Records with eight (Fever Ray), “Milk Man” and star line up of live musical acts and several from the entire Massachusetts House of original tracks he composed. “Blue Cash” (Deerhoof), “The awards to Skippy from both the State House Representatives also honoring Skippy The 25-year-old musician New World” (X), and “Same and City Hall. White’s 50 years of service to the com- surrounds himself with the High” from Uh Huh Her. Ad- Boston City Councilor Charles Yancey’s munity in the area of both business and trio of, bassist Thomas Knee- ditional cuts have, “Slippin’” office offered a City Council Resolution from music. land, drummer Jordan Perl- (Quadron), “Knife” (CSS), the son and saxophone legend slick “Blues Alley” (Ge-ology David Liebman on four tracks. featuring Yukimi Nagano), National Italian American Avey is a master in working “Good Lovin’” (Betty Wright), Taste of the with the trio, able to bring out and “Fortune” from Little Sports Hall of Fame the strengths of each of them, Dragon. A mixed bag of eclec- resulting in a strong and pow- tic songs! New England Chapter, Inc. North End erful energy. Take your pick SUSAN HICKMAN of favorites from tracks as, 4L Clover “Late November” replete with Texas-born Susan Hickman 7th ANNUAL BOCCE TOURNAMENT solos and grooves that are serves up her formidable de- fantastic, Liebman is huge on but CD, packed with ten songs To raise funds for scholarships and the North End Community. the haunting “In Retreat,” penned by some of Nashville’s trailed by the intense, appro- top writers, including Brett Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 1 pm priately titled “Delusion.” James, Mila Mason and Avey’s solo introduction on Bobby Pinson. The 25-year-old Langone Bocce Courts, Commercial Street (North End) the title track, “A New Face,” beauty belts out songs with is the perfect foundation for gusto, and at the same time Yes, I would like to participate in the Bocce Tournament Liebman’s snakelike phrases, can tear at your heart with as Perlson steps up and shows feeling. The light-hearted which includes entry fee, tournament tee shirt, off his creativity on “Half Is “Wrapped Up In Me” starts off Joe Pace Cookout (includes steak tips, hamburgers, hot dogs, salad, cookies, watermelon) Less Than Half,” while the her auspicious debut, followed Spadafora Slush. moody strains of “Influence” by the rage and jealousy of are dark, yet entertaining. “Red,” the ballad “Hell Still Please indicate the number of: “Insight” is a roller coaster of Ain’t Frozen Over,” the stick- TEAMS ______$100.00 per team (2 people per team) or $50.00 per player moods, rhythms and emo- it-in-your face “Sunday Pa- tions, and the finale is a col- per,” and hits the halfway Spectator and Dinner ______at $25.00 per person laboration of the four musi- mark with the moving “One cians, titled “Time Unfolding.” Of Those Who Make It Up PLAYER NAME ______“A New Face,” with a fresh There.” Having shared the sound! stage with Miranda Lambert, PLAYER NAME ______BRIAN WILSON — Jo Dee Messina, The Lost Address ______REIMAGINES GERSHWIN Trailers and Phil Vassar, this Disney Pearl young lady has the ingredi- City or Town ______Beach Boy co-founder Brian ents to make it in country Phone: ______Email: ______Wilson blends his musical music. Second half tracks mind with that of the legend- shine via, “You Just Missed Please circle shirt size S M L XL XXL ary Gershwin brothers, Ira This Train,” the rebound of Make Checks Payable to the NIASHF and mail to and George, to craft this 14- “Friday At The Latest,” the P.O. Box 130135, Boston, MA 02113 cut gem. Wilson delivers his tender “Wounded Heart,” the Contact Pam Modugno at 781-956-7441 trademark vocal harmonies pleading “Do Me A Miracle,” and orchestrations that made finishing with a cover of for Credit Card Payment or information him so popular, with Gersh- Gregg Allman’s classic rocker www.niashfne.org win’s creativity. The music “Whipping Post.” Hickman, speaks for itself, beginning the complete package! POST-GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 Page 11

This concert will showcase original young men with diverse vocal styles, film in the Mugar Omni Theater. compositions from the new album Al undeniable charm, and international Audiences will meet blue, orca, and Dente, coproduced by Berklee faculty solo success. Their debut album has sperm whales and follow humpbacks member/master keyboard player gone gold in Canada and is being re- as they travel thousands of miles from NOW Steve Hunt. The group also features leased around the world by Universal the krill blooms off the frigid coast of Bill Vint on saxophone. Pianist Steve Music and its affiliates. Originally Alaska to give birth in the warm wa- Hunt joins his colleague and drum- founded by Jill Ann Siemens, The ters of Hawaii. Featuring spectacular PLAYING mer Bertram Lehmann in a program Canadian Tenors’ unique repertoire underwater footage of mothers, calves, of eclectic jazz and acoustic fusion is sung not only in English and French and escorts, Whales reveals many drawing on original compositions by but also in Spanish and Italian, re- little-known aspects of these elusive UPTOWN & DOWNTOWN both faculty members, as well as music flecting their multicultural heritage creatures and celebrates the music, of Herbie Hancock, Eddie Harris, and and establishing the group interna- play and incredible strength of Earth’s Turkish masters. Guests include Amir tionally. largest inhabitants. For more Milstein on flute and Annette Philip NBC’S LAST COMIC STANDING information please visit mos.org or call on vocals. LIVE TOUR - Friday October 1, 2010. 617-723-2500. PATRIZIO BUANNE - Saturday, 7:30PM - An unforgettable evening of October 2, 2010 at 8:00 PM. His debut laughs with the top comics America album “The Italian” and “Forever voted the funniest in the world. The ARTS Begins Tonight” had captured the Emmy-nominated laugh-fest returns hearts of fans of timeless Italian songs with an all new group of the world’s worldwide to the extent that over a funniest comics. Watch season seven MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS million albums were sold, and all this of Last Comic Standing this summer 465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA without Patrizio having an interna- on NBC, then see the finalists per- AVEDON FASHION 1944-2000 - tional radio hit or professional music form live. Now through January 17, 2011. management. With this significant MARIO CANTONE - Saturday Oc- Richard Avedon was one of the great- success under his belt and huge de- tober 2, 2010 at 7:00PM. A Massachu- est image-makers of the twentieth mand in the US, Patrizio decided that setts native, Mario Cantone’s career century. He revolutionized fashion in order to take his career to the next began when he hosted a children’s photography with his imaginative, level, he would need to spend time in show, called Steampipe Alley, from spirited portrayals of the “good life” the US. This next phase included se- 1988 to 1993. He is well known for his showing beautiful women wearing ex- curing a new global recording contract breakout role as Charlotte York’s traordinary clothes in irresistible set- with Warner Music and the recording wedding planner on Sex and the City. tings, as well as memorable portray- of Patrizio’s third album, under the His other television appearances in- als that are both elegant and re- helm of veteran music producers such clude The View, where he reviews tele- served. The innovative design of his as, Humberto Gatica, a man who fell vised awards ceremonies, and mul- compositions caught the eye of edi- Mario Cantone is a stand-up comedian, writer, and in love with Patrizio’s voice and un- tiple roasts on Comedy Central. tors and art directors at Harper’s Ba- actor with numerous appearances on Comedy Central derstood his vision from the very first Cantone also performs regularly on zaar and Vogue—the primary maga- including Chappelle’s Show. He also played Anthony day, and Brian Rawlings who is re- Broadway, where his credits include zines for which he worked—while his sponsible for countless hits in the last The Violet Hour, Assassins and his vision of the modern American Marentino on Sex and the City. His unique style is fast- woman, one of wit, individuality, and paced and energetic, with much of the humor coming 20 years, recognized Patrizio’s poten- one-man show, Laugh Whore. For tick- tials and was enthusiastic to write for ets log onto www.ticketmaster.com or fast-lane glamour, captivated the from his impersonations of various characters ranging Patrizio’s new release. This new fresh call 617-931-2000. public. Many of his images have be- from his family members to celebrities, and stereotypes. team has ever since collaborated on come icons of photographic history. Cantone was born in Stoneham, Massachusetts. He researching more tunes of the Italian MUSEUM OF SCIENCE Avedon’s career as a fashion photog- rapher is displayed decade by decade hosted a children’s show called Steampipe Alley, from songbook, that have become Patrizio’s 1 Science Park, Boston, MA trade mark, but that also feature this WHALES TOHORA - Presented at in this exceptional traveling exhibi- 1988 to 1993. Cantone’s breakout role was that of Char- time Patrizio´s own contemporary and the Museum of Science now through tion from the International Center of lotte York’s incredibly uptight wedding planner in the timeless interpretation of interna- September 14, 2010. Photography in New York, the first series Sex and the City on HBO. Much of the humor of tional and American standards, along- WHALES – IMAX® FORMAT FILM comprehensive survey of Avedon’s side some stunning new compositions To complement Whales Tohora, the fashion photography since 1978. For that role derived from his regular stand-up persona. more information about this exhibit Check out Special Events section for more details. for an eponymous titled CD. Simply Museum will present whales-related named “PATRIZIO.” But what quality programming during the exhibit run, and other events at the museum through October 2, 2010. Can you spell separates Patrizio from other great including Whales, an IMAX® format please log onto www.mfa.org. “centavo?” A quirky cast of characters artists? Is it the natural grace of his THEATER hope to win the 25th Annual Spelling voice, the “rugged” good looks, or the Bee in his “effortlessly endearing new confident, casual, respectful attention REAGLE PLAYERS musical.” (The New York Times) that he gives to his audience? Or is it ITALIAN EVENTS & PROGRAMS 617 Lexington St., Waltham, MA School-age angst combines with just the basic trust he evokes in REMEMBERING THE 40’S - Sep- taught in the Medford school sys- current event improvisation as volun- people? Italy has provided a simple ITALIAN CLASSES tember 25 and 26, 2010. Stroll down tem for over twenty years. Class size teer audience members join in for some word to describe all of the above BURLINGTON SONS OF ITALY Memory Lane revisiting America’s is small, conversational and informal. fun competition. “From beginning to “Simpatico.” In October 2006 LODGE #2223 greatest generation during the war A truly great learning environment. end it’s a delight. D-E-L-I-G-H-T.” For Patrizio was invited by the National Two ten-week courses will be years. Delight once again in the Contact me for further details, coor- info log onto www.lyricstage.com or call Italian American Foundation to per- offered in levels of Beginner 1 & 2; sights of the 1940’s - and oh, those dinator John Nocella at 781-438-5687 617-585-5678. form at the prestigious gala in Intermediate 1 & 2 and Advanced. incredible, unforgettable songs! The or email [email protected]. Washington, D.C., for President The first ten week session will begin War Front, Home Front, Big Band ITALIA UNITA George W. Bush. For tickets visit in September 2010 and the second Beat, Swing, Radio and 40’s Holly- Italia Unita is accepting adult stu- www.ticketmaster.com or call 617- ten week session will begin in wood and Broadway share center MUSIC dents for its Fall session of “Parliamo 931-2000. January 2011. Beginner 1 & 2 classes stage in our loving tribute. This is L’italiano.” Italia Unita is offering a and Intermediate 1 & 2 classes will one from the heart! Of course, all NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE basic/intermediate level course of the meet on Wednesday evenings at WWII vets are admitted free — as 62 Dunham Road, Beverly, MA Italian language. The course will be St. Margaret’s School on Winn Street our honored guests! ROYALTY OF DOO WOP - Satur- Special Events offered at the YMCA, 215 Bremen in Burlington while the Advanced UPTOWN DOWNTOWN - October day, October 16 at 8PM. A night of the Street, East Boston, from 6:30-8PM for TRIP TO BILL FOSTERS CLAM- class will meet on Thursday evenings 16-17, 2010. Hear Leslie’s stylish ren- best in Doo Wop featuring, The Con- 10 weeks. The Italian course will be BAKE, YORK HARBOR MAINE AND in Stoneham at the home of the in- ditions of "If He Walked into My Life," tours w/Joe Billingslea, stars of Dirty offered on Tuesday evenings begin- NORTH SHORE MALL IN PEABODY structor. Registrations will take place "New York, New York," "Summertime," Dancing - “Do You Love Me,” The Origi- ning on Tuesday, September 14, 2010. - October 7, 2010. We will leave the on Wednesday, September l5th from "On The Sunny Side of the Street," nal Vandellas singing “Heat Wave,” The basic course is for students who prado at 10AM. Arrive at Fosters 6:00 to 7:45 P.M. at St. Margaret’s Young Lovers," "Up on the Roof" and “Dancing in the Street,” Shep’s Lime- have little or no experience with the Downeast clambake at 11:30 AM School. For additional information, more. For tickets log onto lites, “Daddy’s Home,” “One Thousand Italian language. The goal of the Lunch at 12:00 Noon. Leave at please contact Phil D’Alleva, Director www.reagleplayers.com or 781-891- Miles Away,” Little Joe Cook - “Pea- course is to familiarize the students 2:00 PM. Get to mall about 3:00 PM of the program at 781-272-4305 or 5600. nuts.” Plus The National Buddy Holly with the phonetics and grammar to Stay till 5:00 PM. Arrive home about e-mail at [email protected]. Review w/Brian Best - “Peggy Sue,” develop speaking, reading, and writ- 6:00 PM. For more information please Beginner 1 classes - 6:00-7:30 pm AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER “That’ll Be The Day.” For tickets call ing skills in basic Italian. Classes are call Mary Romano at ABCD North End/ - Wednesday, September 22 (starting 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA 978-232-7200 or visit www.nsmt.org. offered for adults 18 years or older. West End at 617-523-8125. date). Beginner 2 classes, 7:30- ALICE VS. WONDERLAND - Sep- For an application please visit 9:00 pm, Wednesday, September 22 tember 2010. Lewis Carroll meets BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER www.italiaunita.org or call 617-561- THE WILBUR (starting date). Intermediate 1 Lady GaGa in this fantastical update 136 Mass Ave., Boston, MA 3201. 246 Tremont St., Boston, MA classes, 7:30-9:00 pm - Wednesday, of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. KURT ROSENWINKEL - Wednes- TOM GREEN - Friday, Septem- September 22 (starting date). Inter- This new adaptation seamlessly day, September 15, 2010 at 7:30 PM. A NEW HORIZONS CHOATE ber 10, 2010 at 7:30PM. Tom Green is mediate 2 classes, 6:00-7:30 pm - blends the lyrical whimsy of Alice native of the great jazz city of Phila- 21 Warren Avenue, Woburn, MA a Canadian comedian, actor and Wednesday, September 22 (starting with modern pop music, high-octane delphia, Kurt Rosenwinkel studied at ITALIAN CULTURE LECTURE - writer, who is best known for the wild date). Advanced Class - 6:30-8:00 pm physical theater, and the dynamic Berklee and gained his first formative Monday, September 27, 2010 at 7:00 antics on his 1999 variety televi- - Thursday, September 23 (starting vision of acclaimed Hungarian direc- professional experiences in bands led p.m. The Widows in White - now re- sion show, The Tom Green Show. In date). If unable to register in person tor János Szász (Mother Courage, by Gary Burton and Paul Motian. He vealed. How abandoned Southern Ital- 2004, he released his autobiography, on Wednesday, September l5th, Marat/Sade, The Seagull). The result soon became a major force on the New ian women suffered untold anguish Hollywood Causes Cancer. Green’s please complete the Registration Form is a fresh, funny, and emotional re- York scene, gaining a reputation as from 1885 to 1940 from husbands who movie appearances include: Road located on the Lodge’s website mix of Carroll’s classic coming-of-age an innovative bandleader, composer, deserted them and came to the US. Trip, Charlie’s Angels, Freddy Got www.burlingtonsonsofitaly.org by tale. Based on Alice’s Adventures in and improviser. He displayed a strong Guest speaker is Robert Trifiletti. Of- Fingered and Stealing Harvard. He clicking on “Italian Classes” and then Wonderland and Through the Looking command of jazz tradition and a great fered by the Sons of Italy Woburn La- was a celebrity contestant on The “Registration Form.” Glass by Lewis Carroll, adapted by love of standard tunes, but also a de- dies Lodge 1584. For information call Apprentice in 2009. After, he put THE APPIAN CLUB Brendan Shea, directed by János termination to articulate his own lan- 781-932-8203. together his first ever world stand-up Adult Italian Classes Szász. guage and create on his own terms. comedy tour. The Appian Club of Stoneham is CABARET - September 2010. Take Following his early albums, East Coast ITALIAN RADIO MITCH FATEL - Saturday, sponsoring adult Italian classes. An your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the Love Affair and Intuit, came four highly “The Sicilian Corner” 11:00AM to September 11, 2010 at 7:00PM. Mitch eight week beginners class on Tues- perfectly marvelous cabaret where regarded discs on the Verve label: The 1:00PM every Friday with host Tom Fatel is a comedian from New York day evenings will start on September singer Sally Bowles meets writer Enemies of Energy, The Next Step, Zappala and Mike Lomazzo and “The who began doing stand-up at the age 28. Class size is small and informal Cliff Bradshaw. As the two pursue Heartcore, and Deep Song. In particu- Italian Show” w/Nunzio DiMarca of 15. He performs regularly at the with an experience that is enjoyable a life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin, lar, Heartcore, coproduced by Q-Tip every Sunday from 10AM to 1PM famed Comedy Cellar and has per- and fun. If you are traveling to Italy the world outside the Klub begins (formerly of A Tribe Called Quest), www.1110wccmam.com. formed on the Late Show with David soon or just want to relive your heri- to splinter. Presiding over it all is revealed Rosenwinkel’s life of sonic “Italia Oggi” Sundays 1PM to 2PM Letterman, Late Night with Conan tage roots, then please consider this singer, songwriter and former exploration beyond the jazz realm. The with host Andrea Urdi 1460 AM O’Brien and has worked as a corre- joining us. 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Recipes from the Homeland by Vita Orlando Sinopoli

Wow! A Georgia nail salon charged a instead of COPYRIGHT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED woman $5 extra for being fat. Michelle giving park- SALMON STEAKS Fonville says the nail salon manager ex- ing tickets, Broiled or Grilled plained that the surcharge would cover the the police 4 salmon steaks eventual cost of repairs to her chairs, which usually de- 2 medium onions are designed for people 200 pounds or less flate tires. In 1/4 cup olive, canola or vegetable oil “I mean come on, we’re in America,” Minnesota, it is illegal for women to be 2 tablespoons mayonnaise Fonville said. “You can’t do that.” dressed up as Santa Claus on city streets. 1/4 cup lemon juice Moron! A Colorado man was banned from And in Kansas, it’s against the law to catch 1 teaspoon cider vinegar (optional) a Safeway supermarket for one year for of- fish with your bare hands. 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine fending a buxom female employee while or- Bedbugs are bugging some people. The SALMON STEAK: Spread some oil or mayonnaise on the dering chicken breasts. “I like large ones,” “apple-seed-size insects” are on a 50-state bottom of a broiling pan. Then spread a little oil or mayon- 62-year-old Al Stults Jr. said as he pointed. march, infesting IRS offices in Philadelphia, He swears he was referring to the chicken, Kentucky and apartment houses, movie the- naise over the top and bottom of each salmon steak before not the employee. aters, and retail stores in New York, where placing in the broiling pan. Place in preheated oven about Huh? The parents of a Texas teenager who they’ve even upstaged King Kong by sowing two inches from broiling unit. Turn steaks to broil on both broke her curfew have punished her by tak- panic at the Empire State Building. Decades sides slowly. Steaks will turn whitish in color when they ing out an ad in the local paper offering her ago, you could “bomb” any infested home or are cooked. Depending on size, broiling time will be about services as an unpaid baby sitter. The full- office with DDT,but DDT use is now illegal. fifteen to twenty minutes. Then set broiling pan with steaks page advertisement features a photo of 16- Poor Zsa Zsa Gabor. Once Hollywood’s glam- aside. year-old Kirstin Rausch below the slogan “My our queen, Zsa Zsa had become a frail shut- ONIONS: Remove outer skin from onions. Cut onions in pain is your gain.” Kirstin must complete in at 93. “Despite’s one nightmare health half, lengthwise, and then into 1/4-inch slices lengthwise. 30 hours of pro-bono baby-sitting, says step- crisis after another, Zsa Zsa said she had Set aside in a bowl. mother Wendy Rausch, to atone for violat- no regrets and was looking forward to the Heat oil in skillet. Add butter or margarine and onion ing her curfew. “I was embarrassed,” says next life,” a close family friend confided. In slices to the skillet. Stir and simmer until onions are about Kirstin of the advertisement. “I had no idea her sad final days, with life slipping away, to brown slightly. Remove from burner and add lemon juice. they had done that.” Zsa Zsa made it clear she had no regrets- Add vinegar (optional). Stir and return to burner. Simmer Herr dummy! A German bank robber has and longed for a heavenly reunion with her slowly for a few seconds. Remove from burner. been arrested after he e-mailed police to sisters. “Dahling, it’s all been wonderful. Now Spoon onions and liquids from skillet over each salmon correct factual errors in their accounts of I get to be with Eva and Magda again. How steak in the broiling pan. Cover with aluminum foil and his crime, says Germany’s Bild. The 19-year- I’ve missed them!” Zsa Zsa was married eight return to heated broiler for about a minute. To slightly brown old robber, who was not named, mocked of- times. She made headlines in 1989-and got tops, remove cover and broil for a few seconds longer. ficers for having misreported his age, height, a 72-hour jail sentence-for slapping a Serve each steak topped with onions and liquids from accent, and for having thought he’d escaped Beverly Hills traffic cop. broiling pan. Serve with rice pilaf and vegetable or salad of on foot when he had used a car. Police traced The popular CBS anchorwoman, Katie choice. Serves four. the suspect’s e-mail and arrested him in a Couric and her much-younger beau, are NOTE: My mother-in-law, Mary Sinopoli, told me often about gambling parlor. “His game of cat and mouse secretly planning a December wedding. how she loved to grill her fish or beef steaks over the hot coals went all wrong,” a police spokesman says. Katie’s kids, Elinor, 19, and Caroline, 14, had of her Glenwood kitchen stove. From her, I learned to try salmon Be aware, under pressure from anti-smok- previously been concerned with the 17-year steaks grilled during the summer over our gas-burning grill. ing groups, Hollywood last year for the first age difference between Katie, 53, and finan- I spread a little oil over each steak before grilling both sides of time produced more films that did not show cial analyst boyfriend Brooks Perlin, 36. the salmon. smoking than films that did. Still, moviego- Katie, who lost her first husband Jay I use my mother’s old heavy aluminum skillet over our ers were exposed to some 17 billion “smok- Monohan to cancer in 1998, and Brooks are grill to prepare my onions, oil, butter, and lemon juice mix- ing impressions,” the U.S. Centers for Dis- planning a small ceremony in his hometown ture. We do experience a different flavor by preparing this ease Control and Prevention reported. of Darien, Connecticut. “They’re setting a recipe in this manner. Either way, this is an enjoyable and Will Massachusetts be next? More cash- date between Christmas and New Year — easy meal to prepare. strapped states are giving the green light to and hoping for a light snowfall to add romance casinos, which can generate billions in tax to the occasion,” said an insider. As for the revenue; in the Northeast alone, there are wedding ring, the friend said that Katie, ever Vita can be reached at [email protected] now 41 casinos, with 20 more planned. But the pragmatist, is insisting on nothing more analysts warn of diminishing returns, since than a simple band.” one gambling state’s gain often translated Ah, weddings! A wedding is a ceremony at into a neighboring state’s loss. which a man loses complete control of him- 1st Generation The pious Tom Analetto of Medford offers self. And less we forget, it takes only a few some advice for wives. “Another way to pre- words mumbled in church and you’re mar- Italian-American vent your husband from gambling is for you ried. It takes only a few words mumbled in Vita Orlando Sinopoli to spend it first.” your sleep and you’re divorced. Another Italian cookbook! Pizza & Wine: Time for some show business reminisc- Shares with us Authentic Italian Recipes and Wine Pair- ing with the stately musicologist Albert a delightful recollection ings, by Leonardo Curti and James O. Fraioli, Natale. Duke Ellington was once a sign published by Smith. The 176 page book fea- painter. Shep Fields once led an orchestra of her memories as a child tures a collection of pizza recipes and wine that featured thirty-five reed instruments. growing up in pairings offers guidance for preparing piz- Charlie Barnet attended Yale University, zas in a conventional oven with a pizza stone Vaughn Monroe sometimes played trumpet Boston’s “Little Italy” or made on a grill. in his own band. Pat Boone won the semi- and a collection of The alluring and brainy Rosalie Cunio final round of Ted Mack’s “The Original Ama- of Waltham thinks a romance is a short teur Hour,” but before the finals he appeared Italian family recipes period when two people cannot see too much on “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts” and won from the homeland. of each other, followed by a long period when disqualifying him for the Amateur Hour they do. finals. Perry Como has been an RCA record- Carlo Scostumato claims romance begins ing artist longer than any singer with any Great as Gifts with a prince kissing an angel and ends with label. Nelson Riddle did the arranging for FROM MY BAKERY PERCH available on AMAZON.COM a bald-headed man yawning at a fat woman. several successful TV series: “Route 66,” and in local bookstores — ask for The charming Mona-Lisa Cappuccio of “The Untouchables,” and Bob Newhart’s Hard cover #1-4010-9805-3 ISBN East Boston thinks many a girl spoils a per- sitcom. Kay Starr, before embarking on a solo Soft Cover #1-4010-9804-5 ISBN fectly good romance by falling in love with career, sang with Glenn Miller, Joe Venuti, the man. Bob Crosby, and Charlie Barnet. Louis Steven Sebestyen says there’s nothing Armstrong was not kidding when he referred ATTENTION ATTORNEYS like a marriage to break up a beautiful to the Guy Lombardo band as “my inspira- romance. And Steven’s beautiful and bril- tion.” Harry James played drums before he The POST-GAZETTE newspaper is a paper liant wife, Theresa, says many girls are very began playing trumpet. And Frank Sinatra of general circulation. We are qualified to accept legal notices romantic. They expect a declaration of love crooned 73 songs on Tommy Dorsey record- from any court in each town that we serve. to have a ring in it. ing dates, many of which became quite Some interesting useless information: It wfamous. A few of the songs: “I’ll Never Smile LEGAL NOTICES is illegal for boys in ninth grade to grow a Again,” “Fools Rush In,” “There Are Such For information on placing a Legal Notice in the POST-GAZETTE, please call mustache in Binghamton, New York. Most Things,” “Let’s Get Away From It All,” and burglaries occur in the winter. In Califor- “Delores.” (617) 227-8929; or mail notice to: POST-GAZETTE, nia, it is illegal to eat oranges while bath- And so we lost a dear friend, Joe Guzzo of P.O. BOX 135, BOSTON, MA 02113 Attn: Legal Notices ing. It is illegal to grow or sell pork in Israel. Billerica, formerly of East Boston. Guzzo is In Athens, Greece, a driver’s license can be the beloved husband of the congenial taken away by law if the driver is deemed Dolores. Bless you Joe! Thanks for your The Federal Trade Commission “unbathed” or “poorly dressed.” In Baltimore, friendship! works for the consumer to prevent it is illegal to wash or scrub a sink, regard- fraud and deception. less of how dirty it is. In Helsinki, Finland, AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN NAME Call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357) Happy Birthday Ray!!! or log on to www.ftc.gov. POST-GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 Page 13

• Mayor’s Column (Continued from Page 1) setts Department of Elemen- signed into law in January. tary and Secondary Educa- Superintendent Johnson tion approved all ten school has submitted plans to the improvement plans submit- Boston School Committee ted by BPS and Boston is outlining the creation of among the first of the school three in-district charter districts in the state to take schools in the City of Boston. advantage of an expedited If approved by the state, the The summer months have so she took charge booking street are now East-Indian, process for implementation three in-district charters come and gone. It’s now La- in a cruise and handling Chinese or Vietnamese. school improvement plans. would undergo extensive bor Day week and the kids whatever arrangements Again, it was not better or As a result, students and planning during this school are back in school and vaca- were necessary. worse, just different. It their families who attend year and open in the Fall of tion season is just about I would have been just as seemed, though, that the our turnaround schools will 2011. over. This means back to our happy sitting at the beach or Caribbean flavor was gone. immediately see the ben- Additional improvements usual routines for the around the pool soaking up The third island we stopped efits, with more time with include investing more Christoforos. Loretta teaches the sun for the rest of the at was St. Martin. Sal Meli teachers every day and more than $10 million in the En- high school English and is summer, but the cruise was and I had been there in the resources to attend to the glish Language Learners back in her classroom. I’ve booked, and after a week of mid 1960s and discovered the social and emotional needs program to fund materials, begun a new semester for just relaxing, we headed to quaintness of the island’s of students. school-based translation the three colleges I teach at Port Everglades in Fort Lau- population. You see, one half While there is much at- services, specialists, and and young John is back derdale and boarded the Ce- of the island is French and tention being directed to the teacher training for our En- home. I’ve mentioned many lebrity Solstice. Friends the other half is Dutch. On city’s 12 turnaround schools, glish as a Second Language BPS has also been hard at students. To further im- times that our oldest son, from Medford joined us as a one side, the signs were in work on several other in- prove the social and physi- John, was living and work- surprise and we set sail for French and on the other, vestments and new pro- cal health of our students, ing in Zurich, Switzerland. the Caribbean on a Sunday Dutch. The people spoke grams. Extensive work has we are also emphasizing Well, after three years, he afternoon. their native tongues and En- also been underway within anti-bullying training for decided he had enough of With our friends Ed and glish with the cutest of ac- the Circle of Promise, devel- staff and expanding access to Europe and packed up and Barbara Ligon joining us we cents. This time around, all oping a comprehensive com- healthy foods by offering headed home. planned out our activities for of the signs were in English munity integration plan to fresh fruits, vegetables, and I know he won’t express it the next 7 days. We were out and the locals we met spoke transform public education whole grains for student this way, but John was to sea for two days before we English as well as I do. It in Boston. The City of Bos- meals. These changes will homesick. For three years, sighted land. Fortunately for wasn’t disappointing, but ton and BPS continue to give students the support he has been working in the me, the waters were calm. I once again, different. work in collaboration with they need to learn and international financial sec- can become sea sick rather The crew of the ship from community organizations to thrive during the school day. tor and living in Zurich. easily but had the gods of the the captain down to the room expand the resources avail- Massachusetts is known Loretta, Michael and I have Caribbean on my side this steward left nothing undone. able to students and their for excellence in education, spent holidays with John in time around. It was a perfect cruise, as a families within this geo- and with these improve- his adopted city, but he The first island we hit was matter of fact, the best one I graphic area of the city, ments and an ambitious much preferred to come Puerto Rico. Barbara and Ed have been on … I think we which encompasses Rox- education reform agenda, home especially at Christ- had never been there and we have taken five of them thus bury, North Dorchester and the City of Boston continues mas and Easter time. We booked in a tour of San Juan, far. I did do something unpa- sections of Jamaica Plain. to be ahead of the curve. To- spend the holidays with my the capital. As a musician, I triotic, though. I bought some This fall families will be gether with our outstanding cousin Ralph Pepe and his had worked at a couple of Cuban cigars. St. Martin and asked to help identify barri- students, teachers, staff and family, observing the old hotels in San Juan and had its mother countries have ers of student achievement leadership throughout the customs of extended family vacationed there many diplomatic relations with and once the barriers have City and BPS, we are com- at holiday time. John really times when Sal Meli and I Cuba and the famed Cuban been identified members of mitted to providing every enjoys this aspect of being were young single men. As cigars were readily available. the City’s Circle of Promise young person in the city Italian. Another reason for we were on the tour, many I bought a few, but they never team will work to systemati- with the education opportu- his return is a young lady things flashed through my made it back to American cally remove them. nities and support they need from New York. They have mind, how Babbononno waters. They were great af- We are also moving for- to succeed. I wish all of our been keeping steady com- wanted to join us every time ter dinner each night. ward with our plans to cre- students, teachers and fami- pany and it’s easier on a re- Sal and I vacationed in the We returned to Ft. Lauder- ate in-district charter lies a happy and healthy lationship when the dis- tropics; how Latin San Juan dale on the following Sunday schools, taking advantage of school year and look forward tance is 250 miles and not was 40 to 45 years ago; how and we spent a couple of days the Education Reform Law to the year ahead. four thousand. all my friends from there in Boca Raton before return- John came home during were either living in the ing home. We had fun as I’ve ST. JUDE AND ST. ANTHONY NOVENA ST. JUDE AND ST. ANTHONY NOVENA the first week in August. Our states or had passed away; indicated, but there’s no May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be youngest son, Michael, came and how Americanized place like home. Now that adored, glorified, loved and preserved adored, glorified, loved and preserved back for a couple of days things had become. Things I’m back, I’m preparing for throughout the world now and for- throughout the world now and for- ever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for ever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for for a reunion. He had to re- weren’t better or worse, just the Columbus Day Parade us. St. Jude, worker of miracles, pray us. St. Jude, worker of miracles, pray turn to New York in short different. As the bus wound which will take place on Sun- for us. St. Jude, help of the hopeless, for us. St. Jude, help of the hopeless, order due to his schedule but through the streets of the day, October 10 in East Bos- pray for us. St. Anthony, most loving pray for us. St. Anthony, most loving protector and wonder worker, pray protector and wonder worker, pray the two brothers spent time island’s capital, I looked for ton. John Silva and I coordi- forus.Saythisprayer9timesaday for us. Say this prayer 9 times a day together along with their familiar sights. Most of the nate the Sons of Italy involve- and by the 8th day your prayer will be and by the 8th day your prayer will be local friends who showed up historic ones were still there, ment in the parade, with answered. It has never been known to answered. It has never been known to fail. Publication must be promised. fail. Publication must be promised. to welcome John home. but many of the places I fre- John handling the people My prayers have been answered. My prayers have been answered. Favor received. P.G. Favor received. P.G. John has since bought a new quented, worked or stayed at marching and Dean Saluti A.T.P. V.F. car, and with Beth, his lady were gone. As I said, things and I the antique cars. This friend, is touring the United were different. year, the antique cars will States. His comment in this Our second stop was St. lead off the parade thanks to direction is, “I’ve seen quite Thomas. In the past, this is- the East Boston Parade Com- Fully Insured a bit of Europe in the past land was a tourist attraction mittee. Those old cars can’t Lic #017936 three years, and now I due to its spectacular take the stop and go of a pa- want to explore my own beaches and international rade. They overheat. When country.” shopping. This, too, had this happens, I lose that car With Michael back in New changed. The beaches had for future parades. Thanks to Heating & Air Conditioning York and John on the road become upscale resort loca- old friend Buddy Mangini and Sales, Service & Installation seeing the sights, Loretta tions and the main street for the people surrounding him, and I have an empty nest shopping had gone through I should have 50 or 60 an- Ken Shallow again. That can be a bit de- some changes. In the past, tique American cars and 617.593.6211 [email protected] pressing and to compensate, the people owning the stores hotrods from the 30s 40s, 50s we decided to head to Florida, or working in them were and 60s, as well as several my favorite vacation spot, mostly of European and Afri- foreign cars, thanks to Dean and then take a cruise to the can ancestries. As a result, Saluti and the foreign car islands. Once off the plane, I there was a West Indian- clubs he belongs to. began to relax. I can shut New World flavor to things. All in all, we had a great things off just like that. The people owning or work- summer. Looking back at Loretta has to unwind slowly ing the shops on the main our successes makes me think of the sacrifices made — FOR YOU WHO APPRECIATE THE FINEST — by Nanna, Babbononno and my parents. If it wasn’t for THE them coming to America and taking advantage of the Johnny Christy American dream, who knows what things might be like. I know that most of you can identify with this phenom- Orchestra enon and the Italian work ethic that made it all pos- MUSIC FOR ALL sible. Send letter to: Pamela Donnaruma, Editor, OCCASIONS 781-648-5678 In the meantime … GOD The Post-Gazette, P.O. Box 130135, Boston, MA 02113 BLESS AMERICA Page 14 POST-GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The time has come, the walrus said, The Bilingual TO TALK OF MANY THINGS Corner of shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings by Sal Giarratani the Bank Boston Pavilion on Friday, by Orazio Buttafuoco August 27th. She performed all her old hits plus some very good new songs. She received great reviews following the LO SAPEVATE CHE … show but those in attendance already knew In Italia, come del resto in tutto il mondo, la televisione that! e’ il piu’ importante strumento d’informazione per la PORTUGUESE FEAST popolazione. Mentre I giornali tendono ad essere visti con IN EASTIE diffidenza, tutto cio’ che arriva tramite la TV viene preso This Saturday night September 11, 2010 come oro colato. La TV e’ anche affidabile: non chiude per the Sacred Heart Parish puts on the Annual le feste! Ecco perche’ e’ responsabilita’ della TV di affrontare Feast of the Empire of the Holy Ghost. The almeno uno dei tanti problemi seri e che gli italiani festival begins with the 4PM Mass followed purtroppo trascurano: il fumo. Forse c’e’ poca considerazione by a buffet dinner. You may pay for the din- in Italia per il fumo perche’ il 41% dei medici italiani fuma. ner at the door. I giovani fumatori, intanto, continuano ad aumentare di POLISH HARVEST numero. Spesso si vedono genitori a passeggio con in FESTIVAL, SEPT. 12 braccio i loro piccoli, e con la sigaretta in bocca ed il fumo Our Lady of Czestochowa Parish in South The Italia Unita float gearing up for the che finisce in faccia ai figli. Sembra che nessuno osserva Boston around the corner from Andrew Columbus Day Parade. i divieti di fumo e finiscono nelle casistiche. Ci sono in Square will be holding a Polish Harvest Italia 83,000 morti (20% donne) l’anno causati dal fumo FAREWELL TO BOSTON Festival on Sunday, September 12 from delle sigarette, e rappresentano il 15% di tutti i decessi, e Italian Consul General Liborio Stellino noon to 6:00 pm. Festivities begin with a riguardano individui tra i 35 ed i 65 anni. Il fumo e’ causa and Educational Director Carlo Cipollone are noon time Mass. All are welcome. For fur- di morte per il 33% di tutti i casi di tumore ai polmoni, per bidding farewell to Boston as they return to ther details, please, call the rectory at il 30% delle malattie cardiovascolari, e per il 75% di altre Italy. They both enjoyed their tenure here 617-268-4355. malattie respiratorie. Un fumatore costa allo Stato italiano and I thank them for their hard work A-B PARADE ON SEPTEMBER 12 il 55% in piu’ di un non fumatore, per un ammontare di and dedication to Boston’s Italian American The annual Allston-Brighton Parade will circa 5 miliardi di euro l’anno. A questo si deve aggiungere community. be held on Sunday, September 12 starting la perdita di produttivita’ e pensionamento anticipato che COLUMBUS DAY PARADE at 1:00 pm. For further information, call cost circa 10 miliardi di euro l’anno.. C’e’ da dire che il FLOATING CLOSER Craig at 617-722-2460. tobacco porta alle casse dello Stato 9,5 miliardi di euro l’anno I just heard Italia Unita will be entering a OLD CHARLESTOWN SCHOOLGIRLS sulle sigarette che sono un ‘monopolio sello Stato, e circa unique float in this year’s Columbus Day REUNION 140 milioni di euro l’anno di esportazione (l’Italia e’ il primo Parade in East Boston. This is the same The Old Charlestown Schoolgirls Associa- paese europeo). I fumatori sono 11,2 milioni, inclusi i float that was entered in Wakefield’s Fourth tion will be holding its 30th reunion ragazzi dai 14 ai 24 anni (7.8%). La TV e’ inefficace per la of July Parade, built by Pascal Gangi and at the Somerville City Club on Inner Belt sua assenza nel riportare il danno causato dal fumo. friends, who incidently hails from Sciacca, Road in Somer-ville on Sunday, Septem- Sicily. Anyone wishing to march along with ber 19 at 1:00 pm. The group is also offer- DID YOU KNOW THAT … this float can call 617-561-3201 or e-mail ing two scholarships and both are open to In Italy, as in the rest of the world, the TV is the instru- [email protected]. For a sneak preview female students, who are enrolled in a ment of information for the people. While newspapers meet of the float show up at ZUMIX located at 260 4-year baccalaureate program and entering people with indifference, everything that is broadcast by Sumner Street, East Boston on Sunday, Sep- their sophomore year. To be considered, the TV is blindly accepted. Television is seen as reliable: tember 26 at 4:00 pm. they should be Charlestown residents for at it works even on the holidays! That’s why it’s the TV’s HAPPY BIRTHDAY least 10 years. Applications must be received responsibility to at least face up to one of the many serious Birthday greetings go out to Gigi Repucci, by September 16 and are available at the problems, which the Italians, regretfully, overlook: the “Tan Man” from the Mirabella Pool. His public library in Thompson Square, the smoking! Because there is, in Italy, little regard toward big day was September 3rd when he turned Boys and Girls Club on Green Street, and smoking, 41% of Italian doctors smoke. 78 years old. the offices of the Charlestown Patriot-Bridge. You often see young smokers on the rise. Often, you DONNA SUMMER CONCERT For more details, call Marie Walsh at observe parents strolling while holding their young Donna Summer did a great concert at 617-242-5260. lads in their arms. The cigarette in their mouths, while the smoke gets onto their children faces. It seems that no- • News Briefs (Continued from Page 1) one pays attention to the “no smoking” signs, and then “Taj Mahal” ness. Either we run it or it line is being put to rest by they end up as clinical cases! In Italy there are 83,000 School Built in runs us. the Ford Motor Company and deaths a year caused by cigarette smoking (20% are women), Los Angeles Free Speech No Longer Free in 2011 will be replaced by or 15% of all deaths refer to individuals who are 35/65 years The newest school in Down in Philadelphia, you the Taurus Police Inter- old. Smoking causes the death of 33% in all cases of lung Los Angeles is named after know where they keep ceptor. Already in the City tumors, 30% of cardiovascular cases, and 75% of other res- Robert F. Kennedy but has the Liberty Bell, the Decla- of Everett, the police depart- piratory cases. A smoker costs to the Italian State 55% been nicknamed the “Taj ration of Independence was ment has purchased a more than a non-smoker, or about 5 billion euro a year (@ Mahal” because it had a adopted and the U.S. Con- sleek looking Taurus as a $13 billion). Add to these costs loss of productivity and early price tag of $578 million. It stitution was signed, the police cruiser, which has retirement, which add further a loss of $10 billion. Euro a was built on the site of the City of Brotherly Love has the look of the 2011 Taurus year (@ $13 billion.) We must realize that tobacco brings to old Ambassador Hotel, where been apparently turned into Police Interceptor. This the Treasury coffers 9.5 billion euro a year as a tax (@ $12 Kennedy was assassinated the City of Big Brotherly new Interceptor model hopes billion), which is State Monopoly, and 140 million euro a in 1968. It will hold 4,200 Love. to maintain for Ford the year from cigarette export (Italy is the largest European students and many have Thanks to reporting in 70 percent hold on the police exporter of cigarettes). There are in Italy 113 million smok- called it a monument to the Philadelphia City paper, cruiser market. Currently, ers, including children from the age of 14 to 24. The TV is fiscal irresponsibility and a story noting the city is Ford’s competition is the ineffective for its absence in reporting the damage caused extravagance. The Los An- now charging bloggers to Chevy Impala or Dodge by smoking. geles Unified School District blog. They must purchase a Charger. This new Taurus is the second largest school $300 “privilege” license. Interceptor looks every bit district in the nation. The Bloggers write about lots of as intimidating as the sprawling district has 885 things and it is for them a Charger. Some cops have  public schools and educates simple way to communicate called this new Ford for 2011 over 600,000 students. It ideas and to express opin- the “Raging Bull’ for its has a 50 percent drop out ions. Blogging is not a privi- power as a V-6. It is as sleek    rate and its student test lege. It is a constitutional as a sports car and a power-   scores are among America’s right. Government can’t put ful muscle car too. Most lowest. a price on it. police departments will prob-     Those that can, teach. As the Investors Business ably be getting the twin Those that can’t build Taj Daily editorialized, “Should turbo EcoBoost engine which   Mahals! Philadelphia get away with generates 365 horsepower, Bad Moon Rising! this, other cities will surely 115 more horses than the Liberals in politics and the follow. Constitutional rights V-8 Crown Victoria. media hate everything are small hurdles for covet- Good bye Crown Victoria, about the Tea Party move- ous lawmakers.” hello Taurus. The new Po- ment. Liberals think the Make Way for the Ford lice Interceptors will be on a movement is driven by Taurus Police Interceptor road near you soon and hop- mindless hysteria. Tea ing not behind you with its Partiers aren’t out to shut- blue lights on. down government. The I call it the Taurus Inter- !" movement has it’s roots ceptor. Ford calls it the in the American Revolution, Next Generation Police In- the US Constitution, the Bill terceptor. However, what The opinions expressed by our columnists and contributors are not necessarily of Rights, and the philosophy ever it’s called, its almost the same as those of The Post-Gazette, its publisher or editor. Photo submis- sions are accepted by the Post-Gazette provided they are clear, original photos. that carried the day in 1776. in view now. Hopefully, you’ll There is a $5 charge for each photo submitted. Photos can be submitted via We are a government of, for never have to try out the e-mail: [email protected]. If you want your photos returned, include a self- and by the people and that vinyl seats in the back. Ha, addressed, stamped envelope. government is OUR busi- The Ford Crown Victoria ha, ha! BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010 Page 15

• Centennial Gala (Continued from Page 3) This special Anniversary ing; Italian chicken soup, EXTRA Innings Mass of Thanksgiving is garden salad, Gemelli pasta, open to the public. surf & turf (filet mignon and by Sal Giarratani And finally, on Sunday baked stuffed shrimp), as- September 26th, we will be sorted pastries and cookies, Ryan Kalish was playing “in the twilight man. That summer, I went presenting our 100th Anni- cappuccino, espresso and cof- Rookie Star of Future of his career.” Then, he goes to bat 14 times and reached versary “Centennial Gala” fee and wine at the tables Ryan Kalish, 22, has to the Blue Jays and wins base safely nine times with- on at Spinelli’s of Lynnfield along with beverages. Dur- taken over in center field back to back Cy Young out ever getting a hit. I was from 3:00 to 10:30 P.M. ing dinner there will be a with all those Sox injuries. Awards. Duquette looks stu- walked eight times and was There will be a two hour short speaking programwith He’s batting around .278 pid. Eventually, he goes over struck by a pitch once. I champagne reception along several guest speakers. Fol- with a couple of homers. On to the Evil Empire at Yankee made pitchers work when I with a raw bar and var- lowing dinner, dance the Tuesday, August 17, he Stadium where he contin- came to the plate. It was my ious hors d’oeuvres. We will night away to the sounds of belted his first grand slam ues to be nothing short of only time playing baseball. have on display 100 years the Italian band “Equinox.” becoming the youngest amazing. He ends his career My game was softball, of our Society’s history in- This promises to be a great Sox player to hit a grand in Houston with the Astros where I actually could hit cluding a wide selection of day and evening to celebrate slam since Tony Conigliaro but like real Astros has come and reach base. I still photos, videos and Society our religious and cultural in 1965 at age 22. crashing down to planet played first base because I memorabilia for all to ob- heritage! Tables of 10 or 12 Rocket Crashes to Ground Earth. Duquette now doesn’t was both good at it and I was serve. Then it is on to the are available, but going fast! I read a great column the look so stupid with those left-handed so where else main ballroom where a five If interested contact Ralph other day by the Boston comments of his. Now, that but first base could I go. This course dinner will be served Cucuzza at 781-640-0796 or Globe’s Dan Shaughnessy. we think Clemens used past summer, I was doing at 5:30 PM. The dinner Ray Geany at 781-241-7553 He wrote on Roger Clemens, PEDs. well in the West End Softball menu will include the follow- or email [email protected] his career, the trouble he got In his career, he won League until I injured my- himself in and the news of seven Cy Young Awards and self running out a ground the indictment. Roger had something like a 348- ball. My right leg caved in • Alzheimer’s Disease (Continued from Page 6) Clemens was like a demi- 182 win-loss record. He’ll and that was it for my soft- isolation, and reacting on caregivers and individuals god in Boston but today his never have to worry which ball season. I do plan on re- the part of the affected with dementia. Habilitation reputation in Red Sox Nation team cap to wear into turning next summer and individual. therapy helps caregivers is mud. If you ask fans about Cooperstown because he hope to stay injury-free. Of Educating yourself about have positive and success- Roger’s recent troubles, won’t be going into the Hall course, I am getting older so Alzheimer’s disease and the ful interactions with their most would say it couldn’t of Fame in our lifetime and I have to be more careful. various other forms of de- loved ones by optimizing and happen to a better guy. probably never will grace its However, think back to the mentia will enable you to maximizing the care recip- Roger Clemens had a great doors except as a tourist. He Phillies. Are there any begin to recognize problem- ient’s strongest skills. The career in Boston (1984-96) pitched 38 shutouts and Phillies from that 1965 sea- atic behaviors as well as cog- goal is not to rehabilitate and is tied with Cy Young as ironically finds himself shut son out there reading this? nitive and memory impair- your loved one, but to “meet Boston’s winningest pitcher out of Fame’s Hall. If so e-mail me right here at ments among your loved them where they are” with with 192 victories. He came Where are Those [email protected]. Forty- ones. The Alzheimer’s Asso- the remaining skills they up in 1984 as a skinny kid St. Philip Phillies Today five years is lots of years ago ciation of Massachusetts is possess. Habilitation therapy at age 21. By 1986, he was Forty-five years ago this but at times seems like yes- a great resource for helping will assists caregivers in king of the hill. He won his summer I played for the St. terday. Here’s one aging caregivers understand and finding strength, courage, first 14 decisions, finished Philip Phillies out of lower Phillies player still hanging work with individuals with patience, and understanding 24-4 and won the MVP. He Roxbury in an Inner City in there with that same first Alzheimer’s disease. The while simultaneously treat- struck out 20 batters one day Catholic Baseball League. I baseman’s glove from 1965. Alzheimer’s Association has ing their loved one with dig- in April. His last four seasons was 17 years old and was the It looks a lot worse than me a 24 hour support helpline nity and respect. The Care- in Boston, he stunk going teams pinch hitter and late but still hanging in there (1-800-272-3900) which is giver Alliance of Suffolk 4039. Dan Duquette said he inning defensive first base- too. available at all times, in- County can help connect you cluding holidays. The hot- to classes and workshops • Saint Peter Claver (Continued from Page 6) line is staffed by trained in- regarding habilitation ther- mated one third died in the filthy and diseased and prepared many con- dividuals as well as clini- apy. Contact the Caregiver transit. quarters to doctor and min- demned criminals for cians that can help provide Alliance directly at (617) After his ordination in ister to the ill-treated. death. He would return to useful advice and resources 277-7416, ext. 136. 1616, he dedicated himself Claver plunged in among the plantations every spring in helping you cope, under- If you, a family member, to the service of the slaves, them with medicines, food, to visit those he’d baptized stand, and share your feel- friend or other relative feel Claver’s predecessor, Jesuit bread, brandy, lemons and to see if they were being ings about living with your as if you could benefit from Father Alfonso de Sandoval, tobacco. He would care for treated humanely and ac- loved one. Many of the care- additional Alzheimer’s edu- had devoted himself to min- the sick and dying and in- corded their legal rights. givers I have worked with cation or otherwise wish to istering to slaves for 40 struct the slaves through During these missions he over the past few years have improve your living situa- years before Claver arrived catechists, interpreters and avoided, whenever possible, found the Alzheimer’s Asso- tion with your loved one who to continue the work, a work pictures assuring his broth- the hospitality of the plant- ciation’s hotline to be an has Alzheimer’s, the Boston that would last for nearly ers and sisters in Christ of ers and overseers, and would excellent source of support Elder Info hotline is a won- an additional 40 years. He their human dignity and lodge instead in the slave and advice. derful resource for all sorts labored for the abolition of God’s saving love. Through quarters. Habilitation therapy is an- of issues relating to elders the slave trade and the sal- his efforts many entered He became ill, lingering for other extremely helpful re- and care giving. Please feel vation of souls declaring the Church. His apostolate four years until he died on source for caregivers. Ha- free to call Boston Elder Info himself, “the slave of the extended beyond his care for September 8, 1654. He was bilitation therapy is a spe- at 617-292-6211, and ask to slaves forever.” slaves. He preached in canonized in 1888, by Pope cially designed, non-medical be referred to a Caregiver Boarding the slave ships the city square, gave mis- Leo XIII. His Feast day is method of intervention for Advisor. as soon they entered the sions to sailors and traders celebrated on September 9th. harbor, Claver would enter Greater Boston’s Affordable Private Cemetery • Socially Set (Continued from Page 9) LEGAL NOTICE Hampers commented, provided free home-delivered Traditional Burial Plot Commonwealth of Massachusetts “This year, Community meals throughout eastern The Trial Court Servings is celebrating its Massachusetts to 750 people (for 2) Starting at $1500 Middlesex Probate and Family Court 20th anniversary providing homebound with acute life- 208 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02141 vital nutritional services to threatening illnesses, who Docket No. MI10P4008EA those in need. We couldn’t are unable to shop or cook COMMUNITY MAUSOLEUMS GARDEN COLUMBARIUMS In the Estate of be more proud to have the for themselves. 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In is based, within thirty (30) days after the Courtney A. Fitzgibbons return day (or such other time as the court, clients maintain or improve addition to events covered and on motion with notice to the petitioner, may their health and well-being. reported by the columnist, allow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16. In our case, providing meals “The Socially Set” is compiled WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI, First Justice of this Court. and comfort to the home- from various other sources Date: August 30, 2010 A Service Family Afiliate of AFFS/Service Corporation International bound, critically ill.” such as news and press re- Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate 206 Winter St., Fall River, MA 02720 Telephone 508-676-2454 For the past 20 years, leases, PRNewswire services, Run date: 9/10/10 Community Servings has etc.) Page 16 BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

HOOPS and HOCKEY in the HUB

CORNER TALK by Reinaldo Oliveira, Jr. by Richard Preiss Well it happened James Toney Loses to Randy Couture in First Boxer Versus Mixed Martial Artist Fight DIRE TIMES IN SPRING- playing career, scored 395 FIELD — The city that’s the goals to go with 299 assists And ... How About a New England Boxing League? home of the Basketball Hall and 1,241 penalty minutes in of Fame has also proudly 726 regular season NHL hosted a franchise in the games. He also scored 57 American Hockey League for goals in 93 playoff games. many seasons. But with a He tallied more than 50 number of low finishes in re- goals in a season during cent years, attendance has three different campaigns, dipped for the Falcons, previ- including 1993-1994 when ously known as the Kings and he reached the threshold in before that the Indians. The just 54 games — faster than Columbus Blue Jackets have anyone in hockey except designated Springfield as Wayne Gretzky. Neely was their top affiliate this year promoted to the position of and have named a new coach President of the Bruins on — bringing in former West June 16. Point mentor Rob Riley. Boston is blessed with two There’s a lot at stake in of the best college hockey Springfield this season. As coaches in America, Parker Fran Sypek, the hockey beat and York, who coach at their writer for the Springfield respective alma maters — Republican, wrote recently: located five miles apart. “Another hockey season is Parker, a graduate of Boston just around the corner and University, played on three the way this one plays out consecutive Beanpot Tour- could determine the future nament winning teams, took of pro hockey in the city … over as head coach of the Jimmy Farrell (center), with the guys at the gym. Operating costs have sky- Terriers in 1973 and never To the dismay of boxers, pete in mixed martial arts this idea. Both Dan O’Malley rocketed and the team needs looked back. mixed martial artist fighter competition. My style is x- and Jimmy Farrell did great in excess of 4,000 fans per He has coached BU to Randy Couture defeated boxer treme boxing! Would you like in boxing. Highly accom- game average in order to three national champion- James Toney. A sincere con- to see my style of boxing? “X- plished Attorney Dan O’Mal- remain in business.” ships (1978, 1995 and 2009) gratulation to Randy Couture. treme boxing” is a good style ley, a retired accomplished Everyone agrees that the and has been named Divi- He won fair and square. This for the U.F.C. You know me heavyweight boxer and Columbus organization has sion I Coach of the Year is a kind of understanding with my fancy footwork, flashy former college football quar- taken a positive attitude. But three times. He is one of only conclusion to this end result. hands, and my Oliveira terback. Jimmy Farrell is one it’s the numbers in the three coaches to have won I read that Toney proved to be shuffle. Not being a “Dirty of the great trainers in box- stands that will ultimately over 800 games — and the truly out of his element. As Fighter!” ing. They can schedule fights decide the future of pro only coach to accomplish the the saying in boxing goes, The boxer family is in the between the different teams hockey in the city designated achievement at the same “You fight like you train.” I corner of Massachusetts within their division. Once as the Birthplace of Basket- school. About to enter his add to that statement, “You State Auditor A. Joseph in a while they can fight out- ball. 38th year behind the bench, fight like you have been DeNucci. World title con- side of their division in non- LET’S GO CAMPING — It’s he has compiled a record of trained to fight and are forced tender Joe DeNucci will have leagues. These teams would that time of year again — 836-432-104. to fighting.” James Toney corrective back surgery for a combat one another, to deter- time for the Bruins pre- York, his counterpart just fought like he trains and is herniated disc. His back sur- mine win/loss/tie records. season camp. It’s set to open up the road at Boston Col- used to fighting. Opponent gery is on September 10th at These fights would be pre- in stages, with the rookies lege, scored 64 goals and ties you up, has you in a Tufts Medical Center. Thank sented at different locations. reporting on September 12 added 67 assists during his clinch or non-boxing position, you, for all you have done for Leave it to the home team to and the veterans checking playing days at the Heights you stop fighting and wait for Massachusetts. negotiate a location in their in on September 17. In a shift in the mid 1960s and was the referee to break you up. I suggest a boxing league in city or town. Championships from earlier seasons, home named a first team All- In mixed martial arts you do New England. I was told that can be determined by team base for camp activities from American as a senior. Serv- the opposite. You grapple to there are approximately 40 records. For team and indi- September 18 onward will be ing as the head coach at take your opponent down, boxing gyms in New England. vidual titles this would equate at the TD Garden. Some 57 Clarkson and then Bowling then your opponent waits and Maybe more? Five divisions to having division, league and players are expected to ini- Green before returning to relaxes to be separated. Box- or more. Maybe eight. These individual championships. tially participate in workouts the Hub to coach his alma ers pause to let the referee leagues would all be governed Other individual titles can — before cuts and assign- mater, York has amassed separate them. If you don’t, by a New England body. The be implemented. Coaches, ments to Providence of the 850 career victories — sec- you get disqualified. I got dis- state boxing commissioners trainers and all associated AHL take place. ond highest in the collegiate qualified in the 5th round of would still handle their own with the fight game. Devise This camp is different in ranks. He is the only coach my third recorded profes- state affairs. Maybe a New a system for scoring. Bragging another significant way, in to have led two schools (Bowl- sional fight on October 6, England commission could be rights, I believe would help that it will be cut short as ing Green and BC) to national 1973 in Brockton for doing comprised of members al- boxing. If a team has no one the B’s leave for Europe on championships. more than I should. That ready ruling state commis- to represent them in a divi- September 30 for two exhibi- Andrews, who lives in taught me that when you get sioners. Voted on, represent- sion find a new team mem- tion games to be followed by the Springfield suburb of tied up, stop and wait for the ing them in New England. All ber and train them. Devise two regular season games Wilbraham, grew up in Nova referee to break you apart. In as separate ruling bodies. your scoring system where against the Phoenix Coyotes Scotia and played amateur mixed martial arts it’s an op- Have the population of each you have no one to represent in Prague, Czech Republic. hockey in Canada and then portunity for victory. Like I state determine the number you in a certain division and A GRAND SLAM — The re- professionally in the Nether- said “No excuses.” They call of officials that each state the other team does. Give five cipients of this year’s Lester lands. He has been the presi- that conditioning and muscle would have on a New England points to the team that does, Patrick Award have been an- dent of the American Hockey memory. Relaxing for a frac- Fight Commission? First, es- and zero to the team that nounced and it amounts to a League since 1994. tion of a second in a fight can tablish different leagues and doesn’t. If there is an actual four-way winner for the Bay During his time at the be the difference between divisions for lesser populated fight give the winner five State since all the honorees helm the league experienced winning and losing. James areas. Local teams would rep- points and 3-0 points to the have ties to Massachusetts. its greatest growth spurt, Toney represented boxing resent their area. Have re- opponent ½ for disqualifica- Bruins President and emerging from a regional admirably and lost to the bet- gional, state and maybe even tion loss. The point is that it Hockey Hall of Famer Cam organization to a 30-team ter man. I personally enjoy New England titles. Individual is better to have a fighter Neely, college coaches Jack circuit with a coast-to-coast both boxing and mixed mar- and team titles can be fought fight, rather than losing by Parker and Jerry York, plus presence across North tial arts. This I find will be a for. I spoke with Jimmy forfeit (no opponent). One American Hockey League America. The league is now great positive booster for both Farrell about this idea and point for TKO or KO loss. Two President Dave Andrews will the primary development or- sports. Both are great “Com- he said, “Bragging rights!” I points for decision loss and be presented with the award ganization for the NHL. petitive Fight Sports!” Like like that name. Bragging three points or split decision at a reception in Boston in WEST RETURNS — Delonte sibling rivalry, brother sports rights trophy of the winning loss. If a draw five points to late October. West, originally drafted by with the same last name team. All have the opportu- both combatants. This factor The award is named for the Celtics in 2004, was sent “Fighter!” One fight family nity to compete for and win would encourage all gyms to Lester Patrick, who spent to Seattle three years later member desiring recognition titles. This would give more have a fighter represent five decades involved in in a deal that saw Ray Allen over the other. Both with opportunities for individual them. I believe this would hockey as a player, coach, and Glen Davis come to the their own special characters. accolades. More fights with make things desirous for in- and general manager. It is Hub. I’m a big fan of the “Fighter teams representing their dividuals to box/fight. What do presented to those who have Now the Celtics have Family!” I watch both fight area. All would have the op- you think? given outstanding service to signed West as a free agent, sports every chance I get. portunity to win individual, Congratulations Richard the game of hockey in the bringing him to camp as a Each offers their own meth- team, league, division, state Torsney and his family on the United States. member of a 17-man roster. odology and factors of superi- and New England titles. I also recent marriage of his daugh- Neely, who has served in a Where will fit in on this fully- ority over the other. At my called and spoke briefly with ter Nicole to John Lawrence variety of capacities with the stocked team? Only time will age, I would still love to com- Attorney Dan O’Malley about McCabe. Bruins since concluding his tell.