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!l Community Newspaper Company www.townonhne.com/ alls tonbnghton FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2003 Vol. 7, No. 28 48 Pages 3 Sections 75¢
Crime Opening shot Curtain rising rate on next act of ·rising Waterworks By Phoebe Sweet STAIT WI ,I LR After I() g \\llh.. h ~ We want your news! I Key contacts: '~r~~(r mis WEEK on townonline ·com - Editor.. . . • • • • . . ... Wa I ".•' • ~~~~~~~~----"-~~ ~ ~~ A-B CBC HAPPENINGS ... Chinese New Year is coming Feb. 20 comes. The registration fee i<. 30 per person. ston Brighron CDC at 617-787-3874, ext. 218. Share ideas for Community building~ For more information or to regi-.ter. call Eliza The second annual Allston-Brighton Chinese Come share dinner and concerns about neigh-..,. beth or Ashle> at 617-7 7-3874. eAt. 35. or e-mail New Year celebration will be held from 6 to 8:30 Learn about apartment hunting borhood issues at the next meeting of Communq [email protected]. p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, at the Jackson-Mann The Allston-Brightwi. CDC is offering a work Buildi ng in Allston-Brighton from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Commun ity Center, 500 Cambridge St., Allston. shop to learn tools for effective aprutment hunting on Friday, Feb. 7 at the A-B CDC. This discussi0.J'} Welcome the Year of the Ram at a Chinese New ESL classes underway from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on-Msmday. Feb. I 0. The class, series is sponsored by the CDC. Year celebration sponsored by the AllsLon v.hich will be held at lb~A-B CDC. 15 North Bea February's meeting will focus on education is-.. Brighton CDC's Asian Task Force. The Allston-Bnghton CDC i-. offering ESL con St .. Allston, will c;o)~ under..tanding fees and sues. Potluck dishes are strongly encouraged. , Light refreshments and chi ldren's games will be classes on Wednesda)' and ThuN.la}'" 6:30 to 8 costs when finding an apartment, negotiating rents Contact Juan or Ava at 617-787-3874 for more i.r\- · provided; bringing a dish to share is strongly en p.m.. Cla-,-.es are held at CDC offices at 15 North and fees, what to loP~"Vr i n a lea-;c, how to apply formaton. ' ·t' couraged. Beacon St.. All. ton. The class isfree and limited to for subsidiLed housing, ancl oLher topics. The evenl is free. For more information, call Ava Allston-Brighton re .. idents. The class i-. free and limited to Allston Brighton Understanding Quickbooks at 617-787-3874. Contact A'a at 617-787- 3874 for more informa residents. Seating is limited! To register. call 617- tion. 787-3874. ext. 36. Thursdays, Feb. 13 - March 20 (no class Feb/9)·~~ 6-8 p.m. Homebuying 101 Class in Allston BrighLon High School, Room I IT 1 The Allston-Brighton CDC is holding a four-ses 'Talking Dollars, Making Sense' Volunteer to help at ethnic festival This small business workshop offers begin:· sion course on all aspects of buying a home. The "Talking Dollar\. Making Sense:· a four-part fun The Allston-Brighton CDC b slatting to plan the ners and intermediate users an opportunily to . class meets Thursdays through Feb. 20, at 6 p.m. at and interactne cour-e m pe...-onal financial man 21'.t annual Allston-Brighton Ethnic Festival. learn Quickbooks, a popular software wiJh, the CDC's office. agement, \\ill be offered b) the All-.ton Brighton \\.hich ,., ill be held Saturday, June 21. There wi ll be many capabilities. Taught by Selma Lamkin, ac-, Income-eligible graduates will receive $500- CDC on Tue da}''- Jan. 28. Feb. 4. and 11 from 6- a meeting for volunteers from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on counti ng instructor and consultant. The cost,!& , $1,000 off closing costs when they purchase a 8:30 p.m. at the Albton-Brighton CDC office, 15 Tuesday. Feb. 4 at t~t A-B CDC. Volunteers are $85. ,•, home in BosLon, and eligibility for Fannie Mae North Beacon St. in All-.ton. needed to get performers, crafts vendors, create To register, contact Jennifer Snider at 617:. programs and MassHousing low-interest rate This cour-e is an opportunit) to learn about bud children's acti\itie'> and interacth·e event'> at the 474-1 170 or Tim Caplice, Allston BrightQ.O loans/programs in the state. Access to low down geting, crt.'dit. goal semng. -.aving and more. F o r fesllval. CDC at 617 787-3874. The class is sponsored payment fin ancing options for buyers of all in- fu rther information. contact Joanna Arch of the All- Call A\a at 617-787-3874 by the Community Business Network. . .. I ~ ' AT THE JOSEPH M . SMIT H HEALTH CENTER Here's a list ofso me ofw lwt is ta/, counseling and vision \cr Citizenship class F\ •1 more 1111 rrmattun. t, t. ' Center an.: .,cheduled for 9 J.m. New car seat program register call 617-783-0500. ext. to noon on Tuesday, Feb. 4. happening at the Joseph M. vices. To Learn more ah 1ur This free cla.-.s "111 a-. ... ist peo The Health Center was recent Smith Community Health Cen health center services and 251. No appointment is needed. For· ple m preparing to take the citi- ly awru·ded a grant from the more information, call 617-783- tet; located at 287 Western other events, phone 617-..,liJ- 1en .. h1p ex \.- • www.townonline.com/al lstonbri ghton Friday, January 31, 2003 Allston·Brighton TAB, page 3 ,- ' ~. COMMUNITY NOTES ' .. ' .., QAIA meets next tee. The grant, announced by made with aphrodisiac oil . formation as the date draws Boston College President As part of its Passionately nearer. f:hursday night William P. Leahy, SJ, and Picky commitment, Whole For more information about ·The Brighton Allston Im Boston Mayor Thomru. M. Foods Market seeks artisans the clinic, or to be placed on the provement Association will Menino on Dec. 12, will be pre and vendors who e exceptional mailing list for upcoming clin Experfo Y!Ys~~£~e~epair meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, sented every other year begin products reflect the highest re ics/camps, call the Boston Uni Feb. 6, at the Elks, 326 Wash ning this spring. gard for tradition, purity, pas versity women's basketball of ALL WATCHES FIXED ON PREMISES ington St., Brighton. Items to be The grant will be awarded for sion and the beauty of hand- fices at 617-353-4669. Check MOVADO • RAYMOND WEIL discussed include: a project that has lasting impact crafted organic foods. · out the clinic Web site at OMEGA • ROLEX • HEUER 32 High Rock Way - Legalize in a visible location, hru. the up www.MargaretMcKEon.com. Jewelry Repair, Pearl Stringing, two bedrooms in the attic. port of the local communit) and 'Getting There' Appraisal Service Available 1 83 Brooks St. - Pizza shop re has an agreed-upon mainte 'Making Dollars 236 Harvard St. (Coolidge Conwr, across the street qhests a take-out license. nance program. coming to BNN TV from Bruegger's Bagels) Brookline 547 Washington St. - Restau Applications for the grant can "Getting There: Roadway and $ense' on RCN rant (pizza) requests outdoor be obtained at the Boston Col Benefits" i a 30-minute televi "Making Dollars and $ense," 277-9495 seating for three tables and six lege Neighborhood Center at sion program hosted by Billy a monthly financial and estate chairs. 425 Washingtqn St., Brighton Costa, that explains how the planning program shown regu ~86 Market St. - Application Center, 617-552-0445. The "'Big Dig" will oon become the larly on cable television, has in for four vocalists, four TVs and deadline for application roadways area residents will all vited Chip Faulkner, associate GENTLE DENTAL 13 wide-screen TVs. Seating March 15. drive on and what people will director of Citizens for Limited You Should Love Your Dentist capacity in question. The Allston-Brighton/ Boston need to know as they open to the Taxation, as guest for February. 10 Perthshire Road - Build College Community Fund com public. These roadways will be Host for the show is Richard M. NEW PATIENT OFFER ings to be brought up to code. mittee is comprised of commu used vef) differently than what Kieltyka of RMK Associates, a •CLEANING* • X·RAYS s57 : BAIA 2003 dues are payable nity residents and representa Bo ton drivers are used to and financial and estate planner lo at the door. BAIA meetings are tives of Boston College and the this program serves as an infor cated in North Attleborough. •EXAM public and accessible to all city of Boston. Last month. the mative tool. Topics for February will • TREATMENT Reg. $188 ~ishing to attend and partici committee presented 14 local This video focuses on not cover ''The CLT's Current Silver Filling/1st Surface $57' PLAN Paid at 1st Visit Porcelain Crown (Noble Metal) $747' • Evening and Saturday ·Hours pate. Meetings are the first schools and organizations with only what people can expect to Agenda Items for Benefiting Cleaning $68' Thursday of each month at the find in their first year, but also Massachusetts Taxpayers," Root Canal (Front Tooth) $497' • Free parking Most Location=s grants to aid programs, sen ice. Root Canal (Back Tooth) $697' • Insurance Accepted ~ Elks building. For more infor and facilities serving the resi uncovers some interesting Sto along with "Methods of Protect Implants (Each Fixture) $997' • Specialists on Staff Dfltr. mation, call 617-787-1299. rie about how the roadway pro ing Assets Under the New Eco Theset1es1pplicableto<3mont11shomdateoftirs1 •Payment Plans Available ,,. dents of Allston and Brighton. 1men1.wi111111i1Coopon.'Plld11111mtt. •Major Credit Cards ,. I For more information, con ject got to this point. The pro nomic Stimulus Tax Package." BELMONT BOSTON BOSTON BRIGHTON BRAINTREE BROOKLINE BURLINGTON tact the BC Office of Go.,em gram airs on BNN channel 9 at February's broadcasts will be coalition receives 781-6Ml10 617-489-l!KM! 6\7.~oiils 6\]'.292-0500 617·562·1100 781-356-3030 617·232·1515 151.221-0112 mental and Community Affair. 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan 31, I 0 shown on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. CAMBRIDGE CHELMSFORD MALDEN NATICK PEABODY QUINCY STOUGHTON fiinding from AT&T at 617-552-4787. p.m. on Salurday, Feb. I, and I 0 on RCN Channel 8. 617-354·3300 978·256·7581 781·324·3200 508·655·2900 97&-532·2700 617·471-3600 781·341·3700 WALTHAM www.gentledental.com 0r. Weissnlfn a 0r. Shames w. ROXBURY The Allston-Brighton p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 2. 781-899·3700 "Addltlon.ol 617·325·3700 H"ealthy Boston Coalition an Top chefs coming to For further information, call Playground meeting nounces that it is one of 12 com BNN's public and media rela mttnity programs to receive WGBH on Saturday tions coordinator Le lie Ahem slated for Feb. 12 funding from the AT&T Broad Boston's top chefs join at 617-720-2113, ext. 20. The Boston Parks and Recre band sales team. The AT&T "Cooking Around Town" host ation Department will be hold ASIAN AMERICAN BANK Broadband sales teams chose to Ron Della Chiesa to whip up Mardi Gras is theme ing the third community meet donate their commissions dur new, mouth-watering dishes ing to discuss improvements to ing December as a way of sup live in the WGBH studio from of Friends Ball Hooker/Sorrento playground at porting the work done by youth 2 to 5:30 p.m. this Saturday. The The Friends of Franciscan 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12, Your Business Partner and nonprofit programs in the Channel 2 special, "Boston Hospital for Children will hold in the large conference room at communities in which the teams Cookin' ," will feature popular, it econd annual Friends Ball the Allston Branch Library, 300 are based. back-to-back cooking epi, odes from 7 p.m. to midnight on Fri North Harvard St. Whether your financial needs lie in invento1y, business 11 AT&T Broadband employ followed by an appearance by day, March 7 at the Boston Har The community is invited to expansion or cash.flow, Asian American Bank under ee's are proud to be able to make the chef featured in each seg bor Hotel's Wharf Room. aid in determining the use of the tnis contribution to such deserv ment. The Mardi Gras theme dinner park in order to best serve the stands the value ofcred it as a major tool for business irrg initiatives," said Jim Don Joanne Chang of Flour Bak dance will include a Creole din public need. This third meeting growth. We provide a wide range ofc redit solutions: attue, director of field sales for ery and Cafe, Gordon Hamer.. ner buffet (prepared by chef will focus on obtaining commu AT&T Broadband. "AT&T ley of Hamersley Bistro, and Daniel Bruce), open bar, live nity comments on proposed de • SBA Loans •Term 'Loans • Lines of Credit Broadband has a long history of Jody Adams of Rialto, all fea and silent auction with guest sign concepts for the space to • PBl/Factoring •Receivables Finuncing supporting our communities tured in earlier "Cooking auctioneer Paul Saperstein, and make the final modifications be •Special Opportunity Loans • Real E tate Loans aild youth with technology, re Around Town" episode'>. will dancing to the Winiker Orches fore moving into advanced de sources and funding that make a prepare new specialties for tra. WHDH-TV Healthcast re sign development. For more information, please contact one <4'ourfriendly porter Janet Wu will be the Located at Hooker and Sor difference in daily lives." Della Chiesa to sample. and knowledgeable loan Officers. We pride ourselves of ''The coalition is pleased to A gnocchi fest kicks off the gue t emcee for the evening. At rento streets, the playground receive this funding, especially first hour of the program. cour tire is creative black-tie. presently features a wooden our convenient application pivcess and quick turnaround in a time where the state budget tesy of New York-based chef The co, t is $125 per ticket play structure, passive seating time. Also-visitus at www.asianamcricanbanlccom. oots have been crippling local Lidia Matticchio Bastianich. and all proceeds benefit the areas, and a full-sized basketball prdgrams. This grant will assist star of "Lidia's Ital ian American Franci. can Ho pita] for Chil court. For more information, us.in our effo1ts to continue of Kitchen." dren in Boston. call the Boston Parks and fering resources to community Viewers who pledge during For tickets and further infor Recreation Department at 617- oi;ganizations and residents in the program will receive the mation, call 617-254-3800, 635-4505, ext. 3031. AHston-Brighton," said recipes of all the dishes pre ext.1414 M:eridith Polin, assistant direc pared during the afternoon in Musica Viva holding Equal Housing tor. of the Allston-Brighton the studio. All proceeds will Boston buys street ' Healthy Boston Coalition. benefit WGBH. a family concert LENDER ' The coalition serves as a vehi lights from NSTAR Boston Musica Viva will pre Merrber FDIC cle for people who live and Learn about financial The City of Boston Public. sent its ·11th annual family con work in Allston-Brighton to par Works Department has recently cert on Sunday, Feb. 9, 3 p.m., at ticipate in neighborhood deci planning on Feb. 3 purchased the street light sys the Tsai Performance Center at ASIAN AlVIERI CAN BANK sion-making, to identify shared The Allston-Brighton tem from the NStAR Company Boston University, 685 Com concerns, and to mobilize inter Healthy Boston Coalition will (former!) Edison Co.). There monwealth Ave. The event is an nal and external resources to ad host "An Evening of Financial fore all treetlights in Boston afternoon of new music and BOSTON • ALLSTON - BROOKLINE dress those concerns. Planning and Tax Preparation" will be the responsibility of the dance for young audiences. 68 HARRISON AVE, BOSTON, MA 02111 ·for more information about on Monday, Feb. 3, from 5:30 to Boston Public Works Street Music director Richard TEL:(617) 695-2800 FAX:(617) 695-2875 the coalition or to support its 7 p.m. at Caritas St. Elizabeth's Lighting.Division, including re Pittman and the BMV players membership drive, call 617- Medical Center Seton Auditori pair and installation. will join Northeast Youth Ballet 782-3886. um, 736 Cambridge St.. Mayor Thomas M. Menino in a new choreographed version Brighton. Get a head start on and Commissioner of Public of Sergei Prokofiev's "Peter and Park applications taxes, learn how to save for the Works Joseph Casazza are com The Wolf." Television news an future and still enjoy the pre mitted to providing ongoing and chor Steve Aveson (Providence now available sent. timely repair service to the resi WPRI - Channel 12) will nar 1be Boston Parks and Recre Take public transportation - dent of Bo ton during thi peri rate this children's classic with atron Department reminds indi the No. 57 bus, or park in od. The Public Works Depart choreography by Denise Ce vfCtuals, organizations and Garage A. Parking is free with ment and its contractor will cere. spo'rts leagues using city parks ticket validation inside the audi provide this service. The concert will also feature that athletic and special event torium. Enter at the main en Residents are encouraged to the world premiere of Andy "We Pat AHew Bathtub Over Your Old One" permit applications are now trance. For more information, follow these guidelines in re Yores' "Vanishing Cream," a available for the 2003 season. call the Coalition at 617-782- porting any streetlight requests: narrated musical tale of a young 'The application deadline is 3886. Contact the Mayor's 24-Hour boy who wants to be left alone Fe!). 1 for athletics and March l Hotline at 617-635-4500. to do whatever he pleases. Find One Day Installation 1 for special events. The official Food and fun night De cribe the nature of com out what happens when Boston athletic season begins April I, plaint (outage, knockdown, etc.) Musica Viva and the young per No Demolition weather permitting. at NE Aquarium Provide an exact location of cussionists of the Marimba ..First preference for permits is The Allston-Brighton the streetlight(s). Magic Ensemble embark on this glven to Boston youth athletics, Healthy Boston Coalition. in The mayor's office will im musical adventure for the first followed next by resident adult conjunction with New England mediately forward these re time. Audience members are in Jf lel•lel•l•l i I GUARANTEED!!! :Coupon is good for a complete! leagues and then by all others. Aquarium, hosts an evening of quests to the Street Lighting Di vited to join Cecere and mem for as long as you i Tub &wau System only. ! Resident adult lighting fees are food and fun Sunday, Feb. 2, vision of the Public Works bers of the Northeast Youth Bal own your home! : : $25 per hour per field. Nonresi 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the aquari Department to effect repairs. It let for a pre-concert warm-up at • Must be Pl"81lled at time of~. : \...... 111 ...... dent adult lighting fees are $50 um. Participants will ha\'e an is important to note that these 2p.m. per hour per field. opportunity to experience all the procedures apply to all public General admission tickets are Applications can be down aquarium has to offer. Admis streetlights throughout the city, available through the Boston loaded from the city of Boston sion and transportation are free. with the exception of state Musica Viva office at 617-354- Web site at the following ad Reservations are required. owned roadways. 6910, or through the Tsai Per dresses (requires Adobe Acro To register and for more in formance Center box office at bat) or by sending a self-ad formation, call Meridith at 617- BU holding hoop 617-353-8724. Tickets are $20; dressed, stamped envelope to 782-3886. seniors/WGBH members $18; • No More Grout Problems. BPRD Permit Division, 1010 clinics for girls students with ID, $10. Group M~ssachusetts Ave., third floor, A festival loaded with The Bo ton University rates are available. • Will Not Mold or Mildew. women's basketball team is Bt>ston, MA 02118-2600. • Will Not Chip, Dent or Peel. Recreational Permit Applica chocolate goodies holding a hooting clinic from 9 Join a local tion: http://www.cityotboston. The Bread & Circu.JWhole a.m. to noon on Monday, Feb. • Wall System Extends to Floor ge\l/parks/pdfs/facilities.pdf. Foods Market will host a 17, for girls in grades 2-8. The leadership program ,"Special Event Permit Appli Chocolate Fest from 11 a.m. to fee is $30 in advance, $35 after The Allston-Brighton No Extra Pieces Needed. ca~io n : http://www.cityof 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8, at its Feb .. 10. Healthy Boston Coalition is re • Walls Have Finished Edges boston.gov/parks/pdfs/permit Brighton store at 15 Wru.hington This marks the beginning of cruiting 20 Allston-Brighton sandapps.pdf. St. the fourth )'tar of shooting clin residents for the Leadership to No Plastic Molding Required. For more information, call the The Chocolate Fest will fea ics. Registration will begin at Improve Neighborhood Com Boston Parks and Recreation ture demonstrations, samples, 8:30 a.m. on the day of the clin munication and Services pro Department Permitting Unit at activities and resource for ic. gram, which will begin in 617-961-3050. those looking to sweeten Valen The secono annual holiday March. tine's Day for their "sweet" with camp takes place April 22 to 25. Individuals who are high in A1B-BC fund offers unique and special artisan gifts: This year, there will be two ses termediate English speakers and Handmade chocolates in pired sion per day, from 9 a.m. to have a strong interest in com n~w $25k grant by the muses of a pa<;sionate noon, and from I to 4 p.m., with munity organizing will be se .A,.pplications are now being chocolatier and Old-world-style campers having the option of at lected to participate in this adcepted for a new $25,000 confections and desserts made tending either or both sessions. eight-month month program. "America's Largest On&-Day Bathroom Remodeler" grant offered by the with all-natural and organic in The ccst will be $90 per ession Classes will meet Wednes licensed & Insured Allston/Brighton-Boston Col gredients as .well as Whole for the week ($180 for both). days and Thursdays, from 6 to 9 lndependantly Owned & Operated lege Community Fund Commit- Body care natural products Please stay tuned for more in- COMMUNITY NOTES, page 5 www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton Friday, January 3 1, 2003 Allston-Brighton TAB, page 5 -~~~~~~~~~~=---~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---=--~~---=--~- '.'),, COMMUNITY NOTES COMMUNITY NOTES, from page 3 6:30 to 8:30 p.m . on Thursday, p.m. Feb. 13, at 921 Boylston St., For further information, call AT&T donation Room 311, Berklee College of lulie at 617-782-3886 or Juan at Music, Uchida Building, Back 617-787-3874. Bay (opposi te Hynes Conven tion Center) Green Line, Hynes 'Greatest B.l.T.s' Convention Center. Tim Mc • Gourthy wi ll be the guest at the Frog Pond speaker. : The public is invited to join McGourthy is special assis the Boston Ice Theater on Mon tant to the director, Boston Re 40L day, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m., as they development Authority. The 30: present ''Greatest B.I.T.s" a BRAOs 40-year urban renewal 2(); .... show to benefit Rosie's Place, at plans will be expiring over the 10 ~ t~e Frog Pond in Boston Com next few years. McGourthy 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 mon. wi ll talk about the future of the "Greatest B.l.T.s" - the BRA. rHE!\niance Boston Ice Theater's second Do we sti11 need an urban re free show of the season at the newal · agency? What renewal Boston Common Frog Pond - programs and powers does features favorite ensemble and Boston still need? Should it be ~ . S,olo numbers from past BIT come a City Plann ing Depart 'Mlen you are a value added seivice customer you receive shows, performed under the ment, or an Economic Devel the comfort and security of ~ l ow of professional theatrical opment Depa1tment, without Mmdmum OI Mc. Protcdion lighting designed by Jeff urban renewal powers? What Hubbell. The show also in are the BRA's plans for itself? Lock in your heating oil cludes a special encore perfor What are the roles of the mayor savings with our mance of excerpts from BlT's and the City Counci l in this de Prdcrnd PaylMlt .... t)ew production "SNOW!" cision? : Rosie's Place is an organiza There will be an open discus CALI.TODAY t1on that strives to provide a safe sion; bring your questions and 800-448-4318 and nurturing environ ment to On behalf of the AT&T Broadband Allston Video and DP Customer Care Team, Rich Hand, Katy ideas. can ro.- details. Renreis Welcome! Clemow and Peggy Sullivan presented the Allston-Brighton Healthy Boston Coalition with a check ~elp poor and homeless women for $1,200. maintain their dignity, seek op portunity and find security in their lives. Although admission tion, maintenance and removal Learn how to skate house on the first Monday of Another Successful Move... to the Feb. 3 show is free, the of holiday lights along Harvard at MDC rinks each month in its Brighton of If you want your home sold, Boston Ice Theater encourages Avenue. Any contribucion v.ill fice, 310 Allston St. The meet audience members to bring a help to defray the C0'1l in pro' id Learn to -,t...ate at the Newton ing will take place from noon to call Norman O'Grady Brighton Dal} MDC Rink on 4onation of canned food and/or ing this colorful and cheerful I :30 p.m. The open house is an at Prime Realty Group. tpiletries to the performance. holiday decoration and '' rll be onantum Road. Ongoing opportunity for patients, fami • For more info rmation about greatly appreciated. cla-,~s are held at 3 p.m. on lies, friends, health care profes Ian MacDonald did ... ttle.Boston Ice Theater, call Elin Names of contributors \\ill Tuesda)" or 7 p.m. on Mon- sionals or those seeking a vol days. - Gardiner Schran at 617-407- appear in the Al lston-Brighton unteer activity to meet with Norman O'Grady, ct>mmitted to serving the real 4805. For more information TAB . Donations ma) be sent to There are also classes at the members of the hospice team. about Boston Common Frog Allston Board of Trade Inc .. Cle\dand Circle-Brookline Caritas Good Samaritan Hos estate needs of the Allston/Brighton community. ~1DC Rink. on Chestnut Hill Av Pond events, call 617-635- P.O. Box 334, Albton. MA. pice is an agency of Caritas 480 Washington St., Brighton, MA 2120. 02134. Please mal.;e chect.;.., enue. Sundays at noon or I p.m. Christi, a Catholic Health Care payable to Allston Board of Learn to sk.ate classes are also System of the Archdiocese of 617-254-2525 Trade Inc. offert!d on Thursda)s and Fri Boston. serving people of all www.primerealtygroup.org City snow emergency For further information, con days at -l p.m. The fee for the faiths. Hospice provides pallia When You Think Real Estate, parking guidelines tact Allston Board of Tmde 10-\\eek. series is SIJS for chil tive care to patients and their REALTY GROUP Think 'Prime Realty Group' The Boston Transportation President Jerry Quinn at 617- dren and S 150 for adults. families in their homes or nurs Oe}Jartment would like drivers 783-2900. The learn-to-skate program at ing homes through a team of to ·be aware of the fo llowing both MDC rink.s is for children, registered nurses, social work parking guidelines that will be Remember to recycle ages 5 and up. and adults wear ers. spiritual counselors, volun THE FESSENDEN SCHOOL pµt into effect whenever a Snow ing either figure or hockey teers, and home health aides. Mayor Thomas M. Menino E~ergency is declared in -.!.;ate.,. Hospice is committed to provid I 00 Years of Educating Boys recently reminded O\\ ner... of Profe..,sion By Phoebe Sweet man, "you have to be able to understand version of the Clean Elections law that that ... against all odds you will suc and other streamlining methods. STA.FF WRITER the pain we're going through." appeared on the ballot in November. ceed." "If a person needs help, get them Calling an appointment as assistant Tolman, who represents mo t of All The ballot que tion was rejected by Tolman is also behind legislation to help," said Tolman. Health care vice chairman of the Senate Ways and ston-Brighton and the Fenway, Water 74 percent of Massachusetts voters in convert the state to a single payer health "shouldn't be only for the rich," he said. Means Committee "the silver lining" on town, Belmont, North and West Cam last fall's election. Toman blames the care ystem and legislation to give dri The legislation wouldn't change the the dark fiscal cloud, state Senator Steve bridge, and the Back Bay, aid that as a failure on the wording of the question, vers the option to waive their right to sue health-care delivery system. Tolman said last week that he's not only member of Way and Mearu., he will which simply asked whether voters sup for pain and suffering after a car acci And with former Senate President willing, but finally able to tackle the work to make "projections for our fu ported the u!.e of taxpayer dollars to dent, a bill which could cut insurance Tom Birmingham gone from the State state's budget crisis. His appointment to ture," and work creatively to ohe fund campaigns for public office. co ts by half for those who opt in. House, Tolman has high hopes of a Ways and Means makes him a key tough budget crises. Tolman pointed to "I opposed the way it was worded," The auto insurance legislation would pleasant and productive legislative ses member of the Senate's money manage preventative medicine. trimming of said Tolman. "When the question was give consumers the right to choose no sion during his third term. ment team. governmental wa<,te uch as needle· actually asked ... it passed in every com fault car insurance, guaranteeing reim 'The truth is, it cettainly wasn't fun "It's the committee to be on," said paperwork and creati\e financing op munity," he ·aid, refening to the 1998 bursement for damages through their up here with the previous Senate presi Tolman, in his third term as a state sena tions as parts of that '>Olution. pas. age of the Clean Elections law. The policy and thereby eli minating the pos dent," said Tolman. "When I didn't tor but his fin.t appointment to Ways and "Even though it\ difficult times ... it 2002 wording neglected to mention any sibilities of expensive court cases. Tol agree with him, I did my best to oppose Means. forces us to reevaluate our pnorities in connection to the existing Clean Elec man aid that legislation will eliminate him." Every fiscal appropriation must get government," said lolman. tions law, or that public money would possibilities for fraud and lower costs But looking forward to pushing his the approval of the legislature's two The budgetary cnsi isn't the only only fund campaigns that agreed to strict for urban consumers who chose this op list of legislation through the Senate and Ways and Means committees, which thing on Tolman\ mind in th1 legi la spending limits. tion by hundreds of dollars every year. serving on the Way':. and Means com means that Tolman will be at the center tive session. He also received an ap "Although omething may not be Tolman also said that studies "support mittee, Tolman said, 'Tm here and he's of every Senate monetary decision in pointment as chainnan of the Joint popular," said Tolman, "If you believe the concept that we could fully fund a not." one of the state's tightest financial binds Committee on Countie and \ice chair in it }OU should advocate for it. Some single-payer health-care system with the Phoebe Sweet ca11 be reached at ever. man of the Public Sel"\ ice Committee. times it may be uncomfortable, but money we are now spending" through [email protected]. "Given the tough times," said Toi- Tolman also continue to champion a that'. what your job should be. If you do consolidation of needless paperwork Eunice Kim contrilmted to this report. Not too early to start thinking about Run of the Charles .·, The Charles River Watershed a day on the river. paddlers, age 12 and up. New race cla. ses include Waltham and Watertown. All the Watershed Association, which A sociation is offering discounts The Run of the Charle~ fea Team'> and individual can composite and plastic sea races end at the Finish Line Fe - seeks to protect and enhance the for people who register early for tures paddling races for all skill register online at www.active. kayaks and the ICF racing kayak rival at MDC Herter/Artesani health, beauty and enjoyment of the 21st Run of the Charles levels, from expert to novice. com by entering "Run of the class. In response to the growing Park on Soldiers Field Road in the Charles River and its tribu Canoe & Kayak Race, which is The $16,650 Professional Flat Charles" in the "find event" participation of older paddlers, Allston. Admission is free to the taries. Since its founding in scheduled for Sunday, April 27. water Canoe Marathon dra\"S window. Discount regi tration the 6-mile race will include a se Finish Line Festival, which fea 1965, CRWA has played a The annual race showcases elite paddlers from acro'>s the form can also be downloaded niors class. tures food, music, awards, out prominent role in cleaning up the ongoing improvements in United States and Canada, '""hile from the CRWA Web site at The races begin a( various door sports demonstrations and the 1iver and protecting its wa-· the Charles River while drawing the 24-mile relay race, 19-mile. www. charle river.org. Dis points along the Charles River, post-race picnics. tershed. more than 1,800 paddlers and 9-mile, and 6-mile race~ draw counted regi tration will be travel through Needham, Ded The Run of the Charles helps Sponsors of the Run of the thousands of spectators to enjoy corporate teams and recreational available through Feb. 15. ham, Newton, Wellesley, raise funds for the Charles River Charles include Boston Duck Tours, Nantucket Nectars, Pay less Shoe Source, Eastern Mountain Sports, Haley & Aldrich, BSC Group, SignArt Inc ., Polynesian Racing Craft, Patagonia, Nantahala Outdoor Center, SR Weiner/WS Devel opment and the Parrot Head - Club of Eastern Massachusetts. Boston Bruins forward Hal Gill has served as honorary chairman of the Run of the Charles since 1999. Community Newspaper .) 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Washington St 508-3tt-5115 •• Rolla&ry/Dedllam 6ti5VFW!Wj I Solll IOOCllScllrin.ndndll ISofG,i,eMa 617·325.f111 CONCORD 603·224·5025 Aubum Rt 12 - Across from Heritage Mah Next to Wood~r1 .\bO\l: otft. ·<:., • , 11 , 1 n{ c:ll • ·• , CNC www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton Friday, January 31, 2003 Allston-Brighton TAB, page 7 . Archdiocese warns more painful cuts are coming ' By Francl Richardson ceived pennis ion to sell the church san motives, saying the schools that will will close, but said there were more cuts 'Tm going to cry," she said. "Who and Eric Convey properue from the College of Consul be merged or closed were underper coming. thought our school was going to close? BOSTON HERALO tors. an ach isory group that under canon forming during already difficult finan Regardless of why the high school is They should put us in the middle school Catholics across the Archdiocese of law must approve putting the propertie cial times. closing, state Rep. Martin Walsh, D so we can all finish together." Boston should brace for painful budget on the market. He would not identify the 'The financial challenges the diocese Dorchester, said he finds the archdioce But Ciccone is already wonied about cuts beyond the controversial closure of properue except to say they were linle i facing on the one hand, and also the san order particularly troublesome when maintaining the parish elementary parochial schools over the next few used and that he expected the sale to reality of the schools not meeting the the faith of many Catholics already has school, and hopes those funds will come months, Bishop Richard G. Lennon raise $10 million to$15 million. s~dard , is going to result in some of been shaken by the sexual abuse scandal. when the archdiocese sells the high warned on Wednesday. Plaintiffs' lawyeri. e timate it could the school being clo ed," Lennon said. 'There are a lot of unfortunate prob school building to South Boston Harbor "It is a very serious financial situation cost at least I 00 million to senle all the 'The parishe just cannot support lems they're experiencing," said Walsh. Academy. that we're in, [one] that is unrelated, ex pending wit!>. Lennon rud he expects to them." "I would hope this would be a reason to "If that building never gets bought, cept ,in a tangential way, to the (sexual sign off on the clo-.mg and merger of Lennon aid the standards established keep the school open and try to make it then 1have a second serious problem be abuse) crisis that we're in," Lennon said several area parochial schools. in the early 1990s require schools main work. This would give the church an op cause the grammar school can't sustain during his first one-on-one interview And on Wednesday, the taff at Mon tain adequate enrollment, meet academ portunity to help right the wrongs, and itself either," he said. since taking over the archdiocese on an signor Ryan Memorial High School ic tandards and hit financial targets. they tum around and close a school Linda Garofalo and other advisory interim basis fo llowing Bernard Cardi were forced to tell their 130 students that Three women's schools have been that's been around for 85 years." committee members are looking for nal l;lw's December resignation. the cit) ·s last Catholic girls' school will closed in the last decade, including Car The Rev. Nicholas Ciccone, pastor of ways to keep the school going as a pri ~nnon declined to be specific about close thi-. )ear. dinal Cushing High School in South St. Margaret's Church, called the vate institution, under a different name. cuts, but he did tel I The Associated Press 'They had to pay all of the priests Boston, St. Gregory's High School in school-uniformed students to an emo "We're hopi ng some people who on Wednesday that he'd received per who touched linle boys, you know. the Dorche ter and St. Clare's High School tional assembly at the church on share the values we share will help us mission from a church panel to sell 1I case-.. and no" v.e·re 10... ing our in Roslindale. St. Patrick's High School Wednesday. with funding or with their services," she church properties to help settle the school," -....id Ah -.on Wuschke, a 16- in Roxbury was closed earlier. Lennon On the way, Jessica Hayes, a junior said. "We need legal help, and all kinds mounting claims. year old junior from South Bo.,ton. refused to even confirm that Ryan whose class includes 18 other girls, of planning to help us get a new school Lennon said that two weeks ago he re- But Lennon defended the ru-chdioce- Memorial, St. Margaret's parish school, asked for a tissue. up and running to serve these girls." VOLUNTEER OPPOR'TUNITIES United Way stand, and lend that ear by volun Share time with Want to help feed of eight hours per month; intern A minimum of eight hours per teering with The Samaritan.., of ships available and T-accessible. month is requested. Internships seeks phone help Boston. those in need rescued cats? For more information, call 617- are available. Accessible to the The United Way's Medical Through the Samaritans· free. Combined Jewi h Philan The Cat Connection is a local 536-050 1, ext. 209, or www. T. Foundation In formation and Re confidential. 24-hour telephone thropies has volunteer opportu cat rescue organization which helpline-online.com. For more information, call ferral Services seeks volunteers befriending sen ice.... tr.iine Last Days! Sale Extended .,,. ~ through Sunday, February 2nd Home Furnishings ///,,,!'/~~ A~ · ~~ · ~Y~ A Store Like No Other In New England Natick Norwood Danvers Hyannis Boston 323 Speen Street (Off Rt 9) 151 Carnegie Row (Off Rt 1) 85-87 Andover Road (Rt 114) 276 Falmouth Road (Rt 28) 364 BOylston St (Off Arlington} 508.650.3681 781.762.8171 978.750.8767 508.775.9855 617.266.2255 ------·------( Page 8 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, January 31. 2003 www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton ·. POLITICAL NOTES Golden honored by teens that counsel-. again-.t alco his di-.trict." Goldstein said. much for the Greater Bo ton the forum panelists include author designed to aid the understanding hol and drug use. 'The Jev.ish community tak.es community and I will continue Steven Hill, Kennedy School pro of th' legislative process through Jewish community Presenting the a"ard. Howard great pride in helping to resettle to work for important programs fessor Alexander Keyssar, and a series of sessions in which the ,State Rep. Brian P. Golden, D Goldstein, a member of JCRC\ new Americans. Their ongoing in the legislature that protect our 2002 gubernatorial candidate Dr. group meets with State House B9ston, vice chairman of the board, praised Golden for play needs \\.ill continue to be one of youth such as this." Jill Stein. personnel and elected officials to Le_gislature's Joint Committee ing a critical role in -.ecunng con our top priorities. We look for Founded in 1944, the JCRC The event is being sponsored discuss prevalent issues within on Education, Arts and Humani tinued funding for the outreach " ard to \\.Orking \\. ith Rep. Gold represents the domestic and in by the Ma<;s lRV, Northeastern legislation and the general legisla ties, was recogniLed by the Jew program for at-ri !.... Ru-..,ian en and all of his co leagues to en ternational concerns of Boston's University, Common Cause, and tive process. i!>l:l Community Relations Coun speaking teens in Brooldme and sure a safety net exists for organized Jewish community, the Center for Voting and Democ Tolman said, "I encourage any ci l with their Legislative Brighton run by Je\l,i'>h Family refugees and immigrant.'> who serving as an umbrella for 42 racy. one with an interest in state go~- . Achievement Award at its recent and Children's Sel"\ice. and for a have been uccessfully resettled member organizations, many of For fu1ther information, see ernment to contact me about this annual Legislative Reception. similar program to be run by in our community," ''>aid Nancy which were represented at the re www.MasslRV.org. great civic education program. It The JCRC. along with the Jewish Family Sel"\ ice of the K Kaufman, JCRC\ executive ception. Since 1993 the JCRC is a great instructional tool to bet Massachusetts Association of North Shore in Lynn director. ha.-, been the home of the Massa Capuano's staff ter understand the complexities Jewish Federations cited Gold "Brian Golden ha'> forged a Golden said. ··1 am truly hon chusetts Association of Jewish and issues involved in the leg, en's commitment to an early in paiticularly strong relationship ored to be recogni1ed by !>uch a Federations, which was orga plans office hours islative process." tervention program for at-risk with the Russian communit) in fine organiLation that does so nized to represent the eight Jew A representative of 8th District The Citizens' Legislative Sem ish federations in Ma<;sachusetts U.S. Rep. Mike Capuano will be inar was established in 1976 and federation-affiliated ocial holding an office hour from I 0 to through a joint effort of the Ma<>s service agencies. 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, at the achusens State Senate and the Veronica Smith Senior Center, 20 University of Massachusetts to North Allston Neighborhood Strateg!c Plan ~ . Forum on electoral Chestnut Hill Ave. Constituents increase awareness of the legisla are encouraged to Stop by with tive process. Paiticipants meet refonn is Feb. 3 questions or concerns. once a week for six consecutive The Boston Redevelopment Authority A coalition of voting rights ·•If you have an issue you weeks in the Senate President's groups will be holding a forum would like to discuss, pleac;e feel offkt: for a three-hour period to -Will Host a Public Meeting- entitled "21st Century Politics, free to stop by our office hours. If examine the legislative process. 18th Century Elections: Why you are unable to speak with my Pai1ukers in the program are se Our Electoral Process Is Not representative in Allston lecti!d from a wide-variety or" * * * Announcement * * * Suited for Modem-Day Ameri Brighton, contact our office at fields, representing both the pub ca." The event is slated for 7 p.m. 617-621-6208. We look fo1ward lic nnd private sectors. on Monday, Feb. 3, at the to hearing about the issues that ai-e The program begins on' A Public Meeting for the Raytheon Amphitheater, in the important to you," said Capuano. Wednesday, March 19, and rum;1 Egan Center at Northeastern through Wednesday, April 23. N. Allston Neighborhood Strategic Universit)'. Learn about how The weekly sessions are held The forum will focus on the from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Plan is scheduled for Thursday problems inherent in our voting the legislature worts nominations should have been !>ystem, and review pot,ential so Senator Steven A. Tolman, D rec 'ived by Jan. 24. February 6th. lutions to those problems, in Boston, recently announced the To see if space is still avail beginning of the 54Citizens' Leg cluding instant runoff voting. abli!, or for moreinformation1 Moderated by anorne~ and vot islative Seminar. The CitiLCns contact Tolman's office at 611- ing rights activist John Bonifaz, Legislative Seminar is a program Your input is important. Come participate and 722-1280. be a part of your neighborhood's future! " Women against abortion 4 Allston branch, Boston Public Library, speak out at BC Law forum 300 North Harvard Street. By Eric Convey women has been largely ignored. Other speakers BOSTON HERALD include Harvard Law School professor Mary Ann ·Registration & Agenda's 6:00-6:30 PM Professional women who believe most abortions Glendon and Erika Bachiochi, who said she is a should be illegal have been systematically exclud feminist who spoke in favor of abortion rights be~ Meeting begins at 6:30-8:30 PM ed from the public debate o~--tfie topic, prominent fore undergoing a chunge of heart. . participants in a Boston Coflege Law School forum Organizers defendL'd their decision to invite only plan argued Saturday, abortion opponents to speak, saying the public de ·"To be pro-abortion, which is what pro-choice bate includes plenty of voices in support of legaf Contact Lance Campbell: 617. 918.4311 and really means, is to be anti-woman and elitist," Eli7- ized abortion. Jansi Chandler: 617.918.4325 for more infor abeth Fox-Genovese, a professor at Emory Univer Even among abo11ion foes, there's plenty to dis-, sity in Atlanta who founded the school's Women's cuss, said John Garvey, dean of the law school. mation at the Boston Redevelopment Authority: Studie-.. program, said during a preview news con "There's a place for high-level academic debate For updated information, please check the 1orth ference Friday. even though this particular conference is represen 1- . Support for abl.mion falls \\ ithin a "ider \\ orld tati\'e of one point ot \ iew." .. Allston Neighborhood trategic Plan nebsite at: \re\\ that hanm. \\Omen, <.,he ...aid. 'The preml'ic of Suppo11ers of leg.11 abortion will still get a hear .. alxmion is that the rearing of children is servant's ing at BC Law School, however. http://www.gcassoc.com/planning/nallston work - no intelligent, self-respecting woman A student group calling itself the Reproductive ~hould be burdened with it." 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EDITORIAL .' . ::Time for state to :trim its SUV fleet ·A few years ago, the state of Massachusetl'> - "'bether :'. ' leading_th e ~ack or following the lead of it.., re..,ide_nt.., - :: super-stzed its fleet of state-Owned car... Sport ullht) \e- :: hicles, preferably with 4-wheel-drive, were all the rage. :· They come with a price, of course - at least t\\. tce a<; much a-. :'. the average sedan to buy, and double the cost to keep them going :. day after day. The gas mileage for sport utility vehicle:-. range :. from I 0 to 19 miles per gallon, depending on the make and '· Tl}odel. Compare that to the gas mileage of, for in..,tance. a Ford Escort - 25 miles per gallon city, 35 miles per gallon h1ghwa}. •The decision to buy a sport utility vehicle is a per.onal one and . sometimes based on need, and often times, not ba'>cd on need at : all. People who own them defend the gas-guzzler.. '>a)ing that the · larger vehicles seat more people than the average ....e<.lan. and the 4-wheel-drive feature is a comfort to those with commute. during New England's long winter months. And in many case'.'>. road<; in Massachusetts cities and towns are so poorly kept that dri\ ing down the street might be compared to out-backing on rugged dirt roads. ~ There is also the other side of the argument where opponent\ to ~Vs say that they are unnecessary for most pi...'Ople. \i.a<;te ener gy, increase air pollution, and are driving up the co"t of oil for j!1Jeryone. The decision to use sport utility vehicles at the tate level is questionable, and it's one Gov. Min Romney- \\ho inheriteJ a $3 billion budget deficit when he was took office this month - is -0sking. • ' Why does the state keep a large fleet of quasi-luxuri \eh1cle<., · for its employees when it could save thousands of dollar. u\ing less costly sedans? Better yet, Romney reasons. wh) not have - state employees use Zipcars - a pay-by-the-hour car SCf\ ice being tested in Boston? LETTERS , : . These are good questions. But Romney need" to know. lir....t, th( ~xact number of state-owned vehicles current!) lxmg u..,ed b) ; 'Anarcho Communism' if they can just put everyone on .:;tate employees. It's a question yet to be answered. according to a unemployment and go on eating Tell us what you think! is not the answer \melly cheese in the south of racent news report, because the vehicles are used b) many differ We want h1 hear from you. Letters or To the editor: France forever. ent department<; and are scattered throughout the state Thi'> <>ame guest colun111s should he typewritten and "Th , .,. mt•11 1>01\I!\1 to S ddam Hu-.. ~in has dao.,he • or local level. It's time our business-savvy go\emor applied !.Ome I '; private-sector discipline to the motor pool. Municipal offic1ab n..'Ctings, and ma) I just be the first to will always be played on a Sunday. and the dent in 1937 when he had an "unfo1tumtle , ~hould follow his lead. \\ sh you all a \Cl) happy National majority of workers have that day off anyway, meeting with a skunk.'" G Inane Answering Message Day. I contend that we, the Devoted Ame1ican Of course, the Web site also daims that Phil Yes. I am quite sure that I am the first. And Workforce, should always get the following ha'> trm eled to the lll(X>n on more than one oc1 only. Monday off. C 0 ••••••••••oo•oo••·······••ooo oooooo RE i;ORl;ER 00.::.:: 0 P~lOE0BE 0SW i 'i''i :'i '7'x' i'i'41'i:x:1·1'i •oooo•o· • ·· the Super Bowl is played on Sunday evening, Tofu'? GNC?The Stairmaster? PSWEl:.T@CNC ' ('0\1 and there are oh-so many. believe you me - the othe.r logical option ..yould be to call that OK, I digress. We still haven 't gained any ····· · ··oo···········ooj.; iJiTo·R · i·i'i·c if'iii:·j.~··.::.::·a·iiiiG'·ii·F.iiiM·A :.:;·:·,·1x·1·;·4·1·,··;;;,~··:·oo·oo·oo· Jan. 30 i-, one of the gems. It i'> dedicated to the following Monday "Super Bowl Recovery ground on em11ing days off for Groundhog CRl:.JBMAN'i>'CM' <:0\1 0000000000 0000 0 00 0 0 000000000 : remO\al o ·all those frivolous and initating an Day" or"Oh God, My [Dam] Head Day." Day or any of these others yet, but if we con °CR EA;i;i vii ' i)i'RECTOR .::.:: 00NN°A H ;;:r:.i i )~j~'i~.:·i)'~'ij':x'.\.;ii ,.,, ...... -···-·--·······.. ············· ' \\\.Cring machine and voice mail messages Many other holidays that cou ld be parlayed tinue th1 ... baule on numerous front'>. Corporate .PHOTO E DITOR -WINSLOW M AR ii'\, (7Sl)4 \ .l-l\WI " ...... -·····--·-··-·········""'h•• ' that ,.,,,L..,te the time of callers all acro'.'>s the na into extm days offare up for consideration. We America will have to cave eventually. ,. AOVERTISI G DIRECTOR - CRIS WARR! ' 17811 4 n.in I ' j lion. have Weary Willie Day, Penguin Awareness • "' ...... __ ...... That\ \i.hy we must lobb) for time off on SAL ES R EPR ESENTATIVE - H ARR IET s·11 l'\RI RG, t7XI )-l .H -71\to~ l You knO\\. \i. hat I'm talking atx)ut: "Hello, Day and B,athtub Party Day, which, if you'll " other standbys such a... International Dog Bis 1•; REAL ESTATE SALES - MARK R. M \C RI I I I. (71\ 11 -l H '1211-l ~ )OU ha\e reached 78 I...+ 33-8366. and we excuse my ditty mind, doesn't sound to me cuit Appreciation Day (yup, for real}, Natiorpl PRODUCTION MANAGER - BARBARA GORSt-.1. 171\ 11 .Jll ll7s;i l deepl) \\. i"h to thank you for your call. Unfor lik.e it would involve very clean celebrations, if Pie Day and Toothache Day, the last two of l lunately. due to an untimely confluence of tri you follow my meaning. • ' C IRCULATION MANAGER - BRIAN CASA i l'\O\ \ , (~OKJ ll:?h-.'!157 which could probably be merged, depending '• ·• ...... oo··· ·c;"E;.;·.;:iiA:i :·°E~ MA:i·L ··=·~ ~;_s:;.~~: ~~; ;",;·;;,·;;:;~~~-~-~;· .. oo·oo···· oo··· ~ llmg circumstance .... notxxly in our small, but The other big one that we, the Devoted on what kind of pie we're talking about. ,•...... -...... -...... l proud hou..,ehold i-, a\ailable to answer your American Workforce, always get shafted on is And it would seem that our government, • : S PORTS F~MAIL - ALLS l'ON-BRK.U o-. 'l'ORT,~c-.c ('0\1 ~ call at the present time. It\ an odd thing, really coming ull. this weekend. For all the attention perhap-. m an attempt lo drum up more bu i EVENTS E-MAIL - A USl'ON-BRl<•ll OS.E\IC'.~ c-.c.cc)\t '"';:, ,.,,.,.,.,,.,,,,,,,.,,,,,.,,,,,.,,.,.,.,. .,,.,,,.,, . .,,.,.,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,.,,,.,.,n•••-••.,•.,•••••••""'''''"''''"' ~ - ti slartl..'\.I earl~ this morning \i.hen the dish and traditiQJ1 associated with Groundhog Day. ness fo1 Valentine's Day, at c;;ome point estab , ., . ..,,, ...... ARTS...... E-MAii. - ARTS@'CNC.CW•I...... - ...... - ...... ~ \\a,her ga\e out ..." you'd think we'd all get a free day to somber lished International Flitting Week from Feb. p- ARTS CAL ENDAR E-MAIL - ARTS . F.VEN'I~~ <.._< , 1 CNC EDITOR [N C lll E~· - KEVIN R. CON'-1 '.1-.H>N\I '4l!C'\C.CU\1 hum ha\tng the da) off on Inane Answering Over there yonder in Punxsutawney, Pa. - I'm nm suggesting we all should be giveri Me...... a ge Da). Fair i ... fair. the home of legendary groundhog Punx that whole week off, but I do advise employ GENERAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS Hm ing come fresh from a pleac;;ant vaca sutawney Phil - the hometown crowd puts to ees evc1ywhere to be cautious about their ob , Cirallalion lnlonnation - 1-(888)·343· 1960 Sales Fax NO - 1 81 433-8201 tion. I'm the la'>t one \i.ho 1ihould be prospect gether quite a show for the annual affair. servances, lest a National lnapprop1iate Be Main Telephone NO. - (781) 433-8359 Editorial FH NO. - (781) 433-8202 ing for n~\\ and inventive holidays that could Shucks, they've got live entertainment, fire havior in the Workplace Day be established in , , Classified NO. - 1-800-624-7355 Arts/Calendar Fu NO. - (781) 433.a203 : cam workers a da) off. but ,,.e·re also coming worh, sleigh rides - even a chainsaw carving your honor. · frc ... h fro 11 Super BO\\ I Sunda). ,.,,hich ha<; contest, for gosh sakes. Copyr 2002 CornmuRly N-Co earned th nghtful place in most heatts and In fact, a visit to www.groundhog.org will Dell'(• Cradija11 is a11 editor fiJr Community .,, ~· COMMUNITY Inc AJ rpr...,.., ~IJt' ,NEWSPAPER any m.o~ ,,_I*...... ,., 11 prohol>lld mmd., Homeless people I-TWO ~REES need our help now LOWER. AN17 ~e'LL ~ JOlNING ue to the unusually consequences. harsh weather of the Apart from that, when one' T-l'W ~\LU AMS!! D past month, there has life is at stake, il seems to us been much focus this winter on that the ultimate priori() hould the homeless problem in be to err on the side of caution, Boston. This past week, the city particularly in the circumstance of the extreme cold of the pasl month. GUEST COLUMN Addressing short-cerm needs is critical, but it is also necessaf) REP. BRIAN GOLDEN to look at what can be done in CITY COUNCILOR the long-term to end the con stant recurrence of thi terrible JERRY MCDERMOTI problem. Recently, there have been two important develop was saddened to learn of the ments spearheaded by Mayor death of a 72-year-old home Tom Menino that will help. less veteran, Mr. Robert Gur Fust, Mayor Menino sought ney, who according to news re and was awarded a SI6 million ports, died in a makeshift federal grant for the City of shelter under the Southeast Ex Boston to provide housing and pressway. It has caused us to re supportive services to the flect on what can be done to homeless. This impressive help improve this situation and level of assistance is a timely possibly prevent more weather and effective start to renewing related deaths. the fight According against home to the results According to the lessness. of Boston's Jn addition, recent home results of Mayor Meni ' I less census, Boston's recent no also intro there was a duced legisla 3.5 percent in homeless census, tion at the crease in the State House Let's cut a deal on building state casinos ,, • number of there was a 3.5 that we are homeless this percent increase both upport assachusetts legi lators and poli prise because with casino gambling, you in What fee would Connecticut and the P'~ ing. The past year. That in the number of cy makers continue to debate the herently own the good and the not-so-good. quod and Mohegan tribes pay to protec;t alone is a Mayor' "Act M merits of casino gambling as one Prior to selling the Christy's chain, we op their current monopoly status as the sole op telling indica homeless this to Remediate mean to olve our fisca: cri ·is. erated eight stores around the two Connecti erators of casinos in the region? Connecd tor that this Ho mele s Proponents of casino gambling remind us cut casinos; we saw up close the negative cut currently collects $300 million from the issue requires past year. n~" >would that many of those >who journey to Con- effects casinos provoke, and the high costs two casinos as direct payments to the state. the close at- create a $35 to the surrounding towns must be acknowl How much wi ll that be cut by increased tention of the million capital GUEST COLUMNIST edged. Traffic to and from the casino be competition in Massachusetts? I have to be Boston City Council as well as expenditure program to pro comes a huge challenge even to the most ar lieve that Connl!cticut's two casinos ownep vide assistance for homeless the State Legislature. This CHRISTY MIHOS dent gambler. Head-on collisions on by the Pequods and Mohegan tribes would alarming statistic, coupled with ness programs and helters, to stressed-out roadways ri se rapidly. Prostitu like to maintain their exclusive monopoly ip the remaining winter months expand programs that prevent tion, crime and drugs move unchecked the region. Wou ld they consider an inves\ we are faced with leaves little homelessness, to reform the necticut's casinos to gamble come from throughout the region as casinos attract op ment, a fee so to speak, to our commo)l- doubt that action needs to be homeless referral and place Massachusetts and that we should capture portunity seekers of all kinds. Take a look wealth to keep lhings as they stand? ' taken. ment system, and en ure more that revenue here. Opponents of ca-;inos on weekends at the casinos' entrances and in It will take any Massachusetts casino dp In the short term, we believe adequate support for homele!>s worry about the collateral damage casinos parked cars as unsupervised children await erator years to build a better mousetrap than it is necessary to seriously con children and youths. can cause to the local economy and the fab their parents who are being entertained into already exists south of us. And New Hamp sider legislation that would give We are confident that these nc of society and the affect on lottery rev the early morning hours. There are barely shire and Rhode Island have often indicated the city of Boston the authority programs will make a real dif enues. any good restaurants east of the Connecticut that they will legalize casinos if we do. to compel the homeless into a ference fur those living on the Both idc make good-points. and I w~ River tcnhe Rhode Island bOTder:-They jusr What can we a 'lUally realize for the state.i:n shelter or some form of streets. Mayor Menino de der ifthe solution may lie in the words I fip,t can't compete with casinos that give away a highly com1ll!titive casino marketplace:? ovemight accommodation dur serves much credit for making heard ye who ad\ ised us that we munities and their roots change as a migrant local economics? And can our more highJy lowing the homeless to decide ority and we loo!.. forward to should ··own nothing and just collect fees." gambling culture moves in. populated and developed state handle the for themselves whether or not doing all we can to advance this At the time, I remember that we young On the other hand, the evidence of the increased pressures of crime and traffic tl)at to seek shelter, as the law cur initiative. entrepreneurs were honified by these words Massachusetts contribution to Connecticut casinos bring? Can you imagine the tl!rt rently does, we are ignoring the We must remain vigilant to - we were energized by the challenge, the casino revenues, while difficult to quantify, wars this wi ll create in our state and th'e reality that those who refuse the tragedy of hornele ness risk-taking, and the gamesmanship of own is compell ing. As we struggle with our fis highly politicized gambling authorities th ~t shelter may very well lack the not just during the winter ing and building our own enterprises. But cal crisis, policy makers and the legislature will come into being to regul ate gaming?' ' competence to make a reason- months when the problem i our profes or persisted, and in the interven have to wrestle with the conflicting desires What if we could collect a healthy fee ,, able determination about their more pronounced, but through ing years I have learned that there are enter to increase state revenues while retaining from the casinos south of our border and not own health and well-being. As out the year. That is our com prises from which owning nothing and col our quality of life. Perhaps now is the time own any of these problems? It's an option we have seen, such a choice to mitment as this new legislative lecting fees provides the best of all worlds. to heed my professor's words, "Own noth Governor Romney might want to explore refuse shelter can have deadly session begins. Casino gambling may be just such an enter- ing and collect fees." with our Connecticut frie ds. ,. • State wants a big piece of your shopping sales tax-savings 'I ,N' ow here's an optimistic public the clerk was ringing them up and you selves the surcharge here, the law also "I'm not trying to bring in zillions proached our revenue department. servant for you: "I believe the smiled becau e there was no sales tax? called for the "use tax." of dollars," the commish was trying to The group has volunteered to pro v~de citizens of Massachusetts are And you aid to yourself: At last, I No one has drawn all that much at tell me. "I simply want to educate peo the department with lists of Mas ~~ , honest people." come out on top. Me! After all those tention to it, until now. ple." chusetts people who have purchased The line belongs to Alan years of lo ing, l win one! As the commissioner points out, we If only I could believe that. The products in cyberspace and ha~'e LeBovidge, head of the state Depart- In fact, that's wh) you went to stu could use the extra money in these dif truth is, this new line in our tax fo rm s fa iled to pay the use tax. • pid New Hampshire in the first place. ficult times. looks to be only the beginning of our Doesn't it just make you feel warm It certainly wasn't for the culture or Another point: Corporations have troubles. all over? ;. ' "GUEST scenery, unless your idea of a classy been quite dutiful in paying their use For the first time, as you prepare It reminds me of the legendary stor¥ 'COLUMNIST roadside attraction is a field full of taxes, placing as much as $10 million your taxes in the next weeks and told about Massachusetts years ago cows and eight or nine rusty barrel . into the state coffers in any given year. months, the Department of Revenue is when the bureaucrats here decided to TOM MORONEY Well, Mr. LeBo\idge and crew want Why is that? I asked. also using li sts that have been made clamp down on the Massachusetts cit a piece of the action. He wants you "Because we audit them," said the up by U.S. Customs, showing which izens who drove to New Hampshire,10 ment of Revenue. He's a man with a and me to total up all tho e items we commish. Massachusetts residents bought which do their shopping. : ' plan that seems - how does one say bought in New Hampshire. over the My point exactly. As long as we, the items overseas, when they bought Massachusetts was planning to p9'~t this? - utterly ridiculous. Internet and on that trip overseas, indi\ idual taxpayers, are free to be them, and how much they paid. state troopers at the border and in LeBovidge unvei ls a brand-new line charge ourselve the 5 percent and di honest, guess what? "For example, if you go to London parking lots of stores up there in ord,er ~ n this year's state income tax form. It then declare that unpaid amount on But it's more than dishonesty that and buy your wife a nice piece of jew to find people who were trying fo is line 33, and it asks you, the taxpayer, line 33. drives us. There is a genuine thrill in elry, you should pay a use tax on that," avoid the use tax . to cough up a "use tax" on all those The man has a better chance of ee running up to New Hampshire to beat he said. In response, the cranky New Hamp items you purchased out of state. ing me doing a bungee jump off the the 5 percent. Starting now, people who buy any shire Gov. Meldrim Thompson, who Remember those caffeine-powered Pru. To use the vernacular of those psy item overseas for a value of $5,000 or has si nce passed away, rose to the oc runs up to the malls of New Hamp He doe have hi tory on his side. cho-babble kooks you see on daytime more and do not voluntarily pay the casion with unusual clarity. shire for the big-screen TY, the DVD This state pas ed it sale tax in 1967 i television, it empowers us. It gives us use tax will get a letter from Mr. He said if those Massachusetts player, the assorted back-to-school And in order to prevent drO\es of con one small corner of our tax-happy LeBovidge's crew. troopers wandered north to spy on ,clothes? sumers from making their purchases world that does not demand more, There's more. A consortium of busi shoppers, he'd have them arrested. Remember how it felt so good when out of state, thereby aving thein- more and more. nesses that trades on the Web has ap- Beautifu l. :Lying around to visit Mars someday is no restful bed of roses ike most people, for years I've be easy given rm bound to be compet TV. thing we need is giant murals of Sad the two months of nonstop TV, no prob been wondering what I, Peter ing with only the mo t experienced Me: Yes. dam Hussein hanging all over Mars. lem there - I figure I'll be helping us L Chianca, can do to help the bed-lying TV watchers. Theresa: For two months. Anyway, I figure if I'm going to take get to Mars, plus be almost guaranteed space program, particularly since John Upon first reading about this study, I Me: Yes. part in this study, I better make sure I of figuring out who the Celebrity Mole Glenn won't retum my calls. Well, I've have to admit I was skeptical. l figured Theresa: And I'll be here with the meet the quali fications. Apparently vol is. You don 't get any more win-win than 'finally figured it out. "lie in bed and watch TV for t'WO kids. unteers should be able to: that. months" was a typo, and they actually Me: Ye. I) Lie in bed without moving for two It's true that two months seems like a needed somebody to tie blocks of gran Theresa: (Bonks me on head with months: No problem - frankly, I'm long commitment, but I fi gure it's not AT ite to their backs for rwo months or scale model of Apollo 11 .) exhausted. Check. like I'm actually going to Mars, which LARGE something like that. But no, they're ac There are also probably cynics who 2) Wash themselves and peiform bod would take two years. Although appar tually looking for someone to lie in bed question the need for such a study . ily functions while lying on their backs: ently those who complete the tests . PEfER CHIANCA and watch TV. So needless to say, I "Why even go to Mars?," they might Sounds vaguely unpleasant, but I'll could also qualify for the first actual think I'm their man. ask. Well, for the same reason America give it a go. Check. Mars missions, anticipated to take place Sure, taking part in this study will re ha'> been the frontrunner in such en 3) Accept no visitors and only speak in or around 2018. Just when my kids quire a lot of willpower and determina deavors for generations: Just because, to friends and family on the telephone: are hitting the heart of their teenage 1 I'm going to bed. Specifically, in order to duplicate the tion, not to mention what is sure to be a and if you don't like it you can get the This could be problematic, since my years. effects on the human body on a trip to difficult conversation with my wife, &%$#! out, you pinko. son has yet to learn to speak on the tele Hmm ... Honey, I have something to Mars, I'm going to lie in bed and watch Theresa. I imagine it going omething Besides, if America isn't the first na phone, or anywhere else for that matter. tell you. TV for two months. That's if I'm ac like this: tion to man a mission to Mars, Iraq may However, odds are he won't forget who Peter Chianca is a managing editor cepted into the research study seeking Theresa: So let me get this traight ... do it. And as I'm ure President Bush I am in just two months. Check. for Community Newspaper Company. volunteers to do just that, which won't You're going to lie in bed and watch would tell you if you asked him, the last That pretty much covers it. And as for E-mail him at [email protected]. P.age 12 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, January 31, 2003 www.townonline.com/allstonbrightoo :' EDUCATION • • • ~INCS graduates head out to world with new skills ·~1 ,... ,..,,,. ~ • The Allston-Brighton Healthy terest to give to their familie Gale Shin and Alla Roginskaya , Boston Coalition has graduated and their communitie . 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Call: 617-562-4111. Brk. 212 : Piani<.t Vladimir Martinka. Call TK'S JAZ2. CAFE. Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 617-730-2344. Bo\. 113J:Bob Gullotti Quart.:t. 21J:John Licata - BROOKLINE MUSIC SCHOOL 25 Kennard Quartet and the Tenor Giant\. Call: 617-227-7579. Rd., Brk. 1/31 , 7:30 p.m. Lecture and recital by classical trio Triple Helix. $ 15-$18. Call : POP 6 17-277-4593. CAMBRIDGE SOCIETY FOR EARLY MUSIC. AVALON BALLROOM. 15 l.ansdowne St., Bo; Fogg Art Museum. 32 Quincy St., Cam. 213, 211:Neil Finn. Call: 617-262-2424. • ·· 7:30 p.m. "Chamber Music by Candle light," AXIS. 7 Lansdowne St., B1h. Through 213 •,,~ , feat. John Schneiderman on baroque lute and 7- 7:30 p.rn. " Hedwig and the Angry Inch." sis. string guitar. $20-$25. Call : 6 17-489-2062. Call: 6 17-262-2437. 1 CHAMELEON ARTS ENSEMBLE. First and CANTAB LOUNGE. 738 Mu". Ave., Carn. Second Church. 66 Marlborough St., Bos. 211, 8 Through 211:Litt le Joe Cool.. and The Thrillers. p.rn. 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Instant Death. 212:James,· 6 17-536-2412. panel discussions. $6-$8. (',111 617 .547 67119. Jorg Fra,i..e. Keith Madd}. l..abel Rile) & anc} 1\dAI. ttdll: 617-267-7997. Mercer. Ro\ie Thoma\. Sam Beam. Sam Jayne. OPERA UNMET. Jordan Hall. 30 Gainsborough 2/3, 6:30 p.m. Pun!.. Reick Aetobico, Cla\\. CAMBRIDGE MULTICULTURAL ARTS CEN Murph) Spicer Call: 617-776-3.f IO. lfi9ff ART MUSEUM. Brandei' Universit}. St., Bos. 211, 8 p.rn. "Aida." Call 6 17-536-2412. TER. 4 1 Second St.. Cam. 1/30-1/31: "1lle BROMFIELD ART GALI.ERV. 27 Tha\er St.. 214:"\.Vorld War Tue,day" 1'/Shelley Winters $ 10-$20. \.\ajtham. 1/30-6/29: "Coexi<,ten..:e: Contempo Realm of Visual Lyric," p.11ntorig, b• S.uuue G. Bc>, _ 1/30-21 1: "Fi;:mcnt:· "0°'' b} Je;o,ica Ja r5ry Cultural Production in South Africa:· Call: Pro1ect. The Colli,ion ... Paul,1 Kelley & Aaron ~ SYMPHONY HALL 301 Ma'>S. Ave .. Bos. 212, Call: 617-577- 1400. cob, 1/30-2/1: "Cnmergence ot Thing,. obJC<.:t' rl7t'7 36-3Ht. Tap. Burlesque from Through The Keyhole Pro 3 p.m. Me110-,oprano Denyce Graves & pianist 6 FOREST HILLS CEMETERY. 95 lwc't Hilh a., media.' by Da\ id R. Guenette. 2/5: "Raining THE GATEWAY GALLERY & CRAFTS ductions. 215:A Wi<.h for Fire. Tracy Husky. Or'. " Warren Jone<.. Call 617-266-1200. $25-$60. Ave., J.P. 212, 2 p.rn. "Pcx:tr~ in the ChaJlu' arti'I'-Call: 617-451 3605. Sculpture with Architectural Themes." Call: ,, FRENCH LIBRARY. 53 M.1rlbon gh St B1i-. ECLIPSE GALI.ERV. 167 '\e"bur, St.. Bo,. 617-71.f- 1577. BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER. Berklee 1/30-21 1: Art exhibit: "Art Jc Vi\I~ .\ Cdc:bra 214-2/5: 'Other Place"Othcr I ace,.'· pho ZEITGEIST GALLERY. 1353 Cambridge St.. tion of the Sense\." 214-215: p.,,ter ,nu.. . 'l,o\e THEATER College of Mu\ic. David Friend Recital Hall. tograph' b) Dori Gc.trC\\il/ Call; 617-2.f7-6730. Cam. 1130-2/3: "new MOTHER." a photo exhib Bm.. 213: Japane\e musician HirorniL\u Agat in French Films." Call: 617 266-'351. 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Call: 617-623-1806. 1/31, 8 p.m. Senegale'e drummer l.:iminc Toure. \enice." 1130-2/16. ··t.o" Or.." ell. Da\id Smith Company pre,cnt\ " Howie the Rookie." $24- FlEETCENTER. Causeway St.. Bo,. 212, I run. Call 61 7-253-8089. &; 1 •rn .\rt ·· Call 617 .t "" ... www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton Friday, January 31 , 2003 Allston-Brighton TAB, page 17 Alloy says 'Ahoy' to 'Pirate' (617) • ~ 244·0169 Cambridge-based orchestra takes a more conventional RAGS (Russian/Jewish im migrants approach to scoring the silent film 'The Black Pirate' corn ing to America) Feb 7 - March 16 ByEdSymkus Thurs - Sat 8:00PM SENIOR STAFF WRITER Sun - 2:001>M hen "The Black Pi rate" was first re Audition W leased in 1926, the Once Upon A Mattress silent swashbuckling of Dougias Feb JO - 11 Fairbanks was accompanied by Call for appt. an · equally adventurous pianist Easy access from MA Pike & Rte. 128 MUSIC goi ng full tilt down at the front of the theater. When a beautifully restored new print of the film shows at the Somervi lie Theatre on Saturday, it, too, will have live music down front. But there will be three people playing - the Cambridge-based Alloy Orches tra-and there won't be a piano in sight. Nor will there be very much of what Alloy cofounder Ken Winokur, 48, fondly calls the jun)< he and Terry Donahue, along with synthesizer player Roger Miller, usually perform The Alloy Orchestra (left to right, Roger Miller, Ken Winokur, Teny Donahue) relaxes in their studio. on. "We've now done 18 films, five years. But at first, they had of the band, all of whom are vet Winokur, who's responsible for an<;I we're starting to sound like reservations about the film. eran improvisers. Eventually the management and booking and ourselves a little too much," says 'The three of us in the band hone the music, cene by scene, the actual picking of the films. Winokur in reference to the big were watching a bad I 6mm copy and add the sound effects. Donahue and Miller work about coiled sp1ings, the bedpans and of it on my home Bell & Howell, 'That all take weeks or half time with the group, and fill "Simply Stunning!" the various other clanking "in and we weren't all that moved by months w9rth of work," says their schedules by playing in - 71Je /Jo1ton Globe struments" that gained them a it," recalls Winokur. ··1 realized \Vinokur. 'Then there's the long, other bands around town. following for more than a the prints we saw weren't good long proces of rehearsing." The band generally compo es decade. enough, so we commissioned a Winok-ur says that one of the for two silent films a year, one 'This one's a period piece," he new one. And it's so stunning. It's more challenging parts of "The which is tightly written and one explains. "It just doesn't need the got a very surreal color rendition. Black Pirate'· was getting the which is more improvised. kind of modem sound we gener The skin color is on, but the water music just right for the farnou ac Winokur isn't sure what will be ally concoct. We chose to use a comes out this iridescent tion ..equence in which Fairbanks next; they're tossing around more traditional palette of instru turquoise blue. The combination slides down the sai I of the ship. ideas. ments; there's a lot less junk of the new print, our score and the "It's such a crucial cene," he "We're working on trying to ~I in it. The drumming is fabulous old film is so much bet in i ts. "It has a lot of little com get together Rene Clair's first ~re conventional cymbals and ter than we originally thought." plex elements. When he gets up film, 'The Crazy Ray,' a science g"'1gs• and bass drums and snare Most film historians agree to the " ········~··················································································~·················-~····························· By Josh B. Wardrop STAFF WRITER t's a sight that George Luca'> probably nev~r imagined. His legendary creation, Dorek Herrera plays a singing Chewbacca in "Star Wars: Luke Skywalker - the naive The Musical Edition." farmboy who will one day be come a swashbuckling Jedi Knight and a hero to movie fans Opera," "Evita" and more thun a dozen other musicals. around the world - is singing~ Mc •.m And the show seems to hm c already struck a nerve: while, Luke\ Uncle Owen, llani.-cd b) a MIT Theater Guild Ticket sales are brisk. collection of dancing droid..,. is doing hi<; best to con ''I'm really jazzed about th · whole thing-just see vince him to stay right\\ here he 1<;. Oh, and it\ all set presents a singing, ing how many people are putting themselves into it to the tune of "America," from "West Side Story'': and wanting to come see it," says Schindler. "I never "Lots to admire on Tatooine/ There\ no Empire on thought we'd get this much excitement for the show." Tatooine/ Plan to retire on Tatoo111e ..." dancing 'Star Wars' The project started not in a galaxy far, far away, but in If you're laughing by this point - and hO\\ can you J 993, when Schindler and co writer Jeff Suess were not be? - you may want to check out the I\ HT Theater Schindler - is a musical comedy based on the 1977 high school students. "Jeff and I were both fans of 'Star Guild's new production, "Star W~: Musical Edition," film "'Star Wars: A New Hope," and features Han, Wars' and of song parody - Weird Al Yankovic, and which runs the next two weekends in Cambridge. The Luke. Leia and all the others, singing parodies of songs that so11 of stuff," says Schindler. "And we basically show~ co-written and directed b) MIT alum Rogue from ·"The Pirates of Penzance," "Phantom of the STAR WARS, page 22 Mother Capturing Ireland ..'Mia!' McMullen Museum tracks Irish identity through art Catherine Johnson helped make 'Ma111111£l Min.' ' sing By Alexander Stevens STAFF WRITER oston. The Athens of the E vacation goes awry from the first show biz folks, Timothy Spall as a gen Aboriginal girla &tarring. It sounds moment - the horrors of France and tle fine fellow, the movie lacks a strong heavy-handed ~ut isn't. (D.B.) B Venice are highlighted - but how, nat central performance. Charlie Hunnam TALK TO HER (ti) Director Pedro urally, in due course Cupid prevails. (the teenage twink in the original British Almodovar's latust concerns a hospital (D.S.) C- TV "Queer as Folk") overdoes ar -ti-cu attendant whoso sole task is to tend to a KANGAROO JACK (PG-13) Life-long la-tion and doesn't convince as a beautiful comatose dancer whom he buddies (hunky Jerry O'Connell, wbo Victorian-era lad with woes. (D.B.) B craves, and an older writer whose lady has done his sit-ups, and stereotyped RABBIT-PROOF FENCE (PG) Till 1971 , matador amour also winds up comatose Anthony Anderson, who hasn't) are sent Australian Aborigine policy included at the same hospital. A certain creepy on a fool's errand - actually it's worse seizing mixed-race kids and raising aura pervades the film from the first, but than they know - by mob boss them away from their mothers (their as usual with Almodovar, the dialogue is New Releases Christopher Walken. In Australia they fathers are whites) and training them for intriguing and the nuances are thick. (D.B.) B DARKNESS FALLS (PG-13) The ghost lose their money in the pocket of a jack domestic service. Kenneth Branagh of a mid-19th century woman, unfairly et they put on a 'roo they think is dead restrainedly plays the bureaucrat in Visit www.townonline.com/arts for charge of this task, with excellent more reviews. hanged, returns to kill children who but isn't. Marsupial fart jokes are this peek at her as she retrieves their last mercifully short crummy flick's high baby.tooth. Huh? Yup, it is as intelligent points. Kids at the screening liked the as a hula hoop and about as scary. But yucky stuff (D.B.) D it'has its moments, not so much the LOVELI ZA (R) A recent widower (Philip SPECIAL SNEAK PREVIEW nasty stuff (most of it barely visible and Seymour Hoffman) has a terrible time confronting his Joss - his wife killed fEB. l most implied) but the practiced looks of When transportat ion is needed, camels are more important than -SATURDAY, herself. His mother-in-law (Kathy Bates) worry on the faces of the leads (Chaney kangaroos In "Kangaroo J ack.~ Kley and Emma Crawford, familiar from tries to help, as does a yearning female co-worker and that woman's brother, a "Buffy"). Less guignol than giggles. (Juffa Stiles), who has a lunatic cop ex of teenage criminals. Many performers model plane and boat aficionado. (D.B.) C- boyfriend, who's a piece of work. The are amateurs, residents of the area por Hoffman centers this film with an film is a piece of nothingness only saved trayed. The effect is jolting, at times anguish that is sometimes unbearable to Matthew by plea.sant-loo~ing people (O.B.l C haunting, occasionally too much to watch. also reiterative and at times well Ongoing INTACTO (R) Is luck a commodity to be HucJMti McConaughey bear. Not destined to be part of Brazil's beyond necessary to make the point. ABOUT SCHMIDT (R) Jack Nicholson traded? Can one steal the luck ol anoth Tourist Board campaign to encouraging An actorty film imbued with much heart. brilliantly plays a just-retired insurance er? This Spanish puzzle film (Juan visitors. (D.B.) B+ (O.B.) B exec, suddenly widowed, who realizes Garlos Fesnadillo directed) stars CONFESSION OF A DANGEROUS MIND NARC (R) The drug world and the cops that his daughter (Hope Davis) is about among others, Max von Sydow, as a (R) Chuck Barris (Sam Rockwell) said that invade it, try to undermine it from to marry the wrong guy (Dermot Holocaust survivor who has all ltle luck he was a CIA hit-man with dozens of within. and sometimes succumb to it Mulroney) and meets his ghastly family. murders to his credit. Screenwnter and runs a casino for high-stakes gam Jason Patric stars a5 a policeman who is Kathy Bates excels as the groom's blers interested in games that aren·t Charlie Kaufman and director George brought back to the force despite his mother. The story tells of ordinariness ordinary. Much doom, gloom. death Clooney take off from there, in a rol ick· desire to quit, working with a loose can and the gap between expectations and and morbid but mercifully short conver· ing but also at times scary tale of The non cop (Ray Liotta). to find out who reality, in a story with few dramatic sur sations pervade the film which may Gong Show" creator and what he would killed the latter's partner. The revelations prises but many moments that linger require a second 111ewing to fully com have us believe was his real job. Julia are at first surpnSJng, then at times pre ' ldng In the mind. (D.B.) B+ prehend · D.·l ) B- Roberts as a femme fatale and Drew dictable always violently presented. ANTWONE FISHER (PG-13) A troubled Barrymore as a would-be girlfriend co J UST MARRIED (PG-13) The honey young sailor (Derek Luke) needs psychi Entirely believable mise en scene. (D.B.) B star skillfully. Rockwell is sensational. moon from hell begins this mediocre NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (PG) Dickens atdc-care badly, and a naval psychiatrist comedy about cuties (Ashton Kutcher, (D.B.) B abbreviated. but still assembled with (~AZe l Washington) is the man for the of •That 70's Show," mamly here in his EVELYN (PG) In the 1950s an lnsh dad savvy and the right emphases. jQb.1he young guy is an orphan, he undies, and Brittany Murphy, one of the (Pierce Brosnan) is abandoned by his Supporting work by Christopher believes, and was badly dealt with in M11e· sluts) who should have contin wife, leaving him three small children. ·a Plummer and Jim Broadbent as villains, fqster care. He (as the shrinks say) "acts ued to hve together and foregone the including his 9-year-old daughter Nathan Lane and Alan Cumming as oot.~ inappropriately, hostilely, a big How Evelyn. The government won't allow a wedding. We see how their post-nuptial 1ttffi~ chip on his shoulder. A feel-good single man, even one whose wife has story told with compassion, and with left, to raise his own children. They re rol.PSE not too much Pollyanna-ish wrapping taken to Church orphanages, and the up ot loose ends. (D.B.) B- film details the true story of this man CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (PG-13) and lawyers (Stephen Rea, Aidan Quinn "Inspired by" the true story of a 1960s and Alan Bates) to get his kids back Ac;:g teenage con man who masqueraded as Brosnan is touchingly effective. (O.B. B a surgeon, lawyer, airline pilot and all A GUY THING (PG-13) The guy (Jason around man-about town and got away Lee) is passive, easygoing, engagP.d to w~h It till the FBI finally landed him, this the high-energy daughter (Selma Blair) is' ahoot. 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If you tum, it ~ounds as a human voice howling with djscontent. though the source of the sound turns as Sign the guestbook at the front desk, well." and you'll "Boom Box" also features imagina EXHIBIT hear the tive musical and sound-emanating de scratch vices made from such everyday items ings of your pencil amplified through a as old typewriters, glasses of water and hidden peaker. black-and-white televisions. While In fact, visitors are gently bombarded such a collection of bleating, buzzing NOW PLAYING \.\ ' , Chieftains still rule ,. The Chieftains powerful and pure. Mancini's choice of mater ial is mostly on the mark, though "Solilier in ''Do\tn the Old Plank Road" (RCA/Vactor) the Rain" and "A Love Before lime" (from "Croucmng Tiger, Hidden Dragon'') are less ruT) ing the acoustic music of the than great compositions. But her heartfelt voice British [ ·le and that of the moun M shines on all of them. A- - Ed Symkus tajru, of the southern United States is hardly a new idea. 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As for cooking tech meal as anything other than a stom recipes I liked very mud\ one from nique, I tried ~tarting the oats in both ach-ti lier may seem like tilting at Cook's Illustrated and the other from cold water and simmering water. The . By Mat Schaffer windmills. Ye~ steel-cut oats, proper Alton Brown. They both used 4 cups cold water oats turned out mushy, but - BOSTON HERALD ly prepared, i a serious breakfast and of liquid to I cup of steel-cut oats, a those added to simmering water were t the new Davio's in Park Davio's mixture of dairy and water, and an ini creamy with u bit of chew. I also Square, the only traces of tial toasting step to enhance the flavor found that the oats needed to cook un the old Davio's-an insti 75 Arlington St THE KITCHEN of the oats. I preferred the Cook's covered for best results. (Otherwise A 100 tution on Newbury Street for 17 Boston DETECTIVE recipe since it used salt and called for they become soft.) years - are the "classici" section of 617-357-4810 milk instead of a buttermilk/milk As for managing the process, I longtime Davio's favorites on the www.davios.com CHRISTOPHER combination that tasted a bit odd. found it best to heat the water/dairy menu and some familiar faces among KIMBALL My first question was whether mixture in a large saucepan while I the staff. Un::h, Mon.·Sat . 11 :30 a m.-3 p.m.; toasting the oats was a necessary step. was toasting the oats in the skillet. (Be "This is not your father's Davio's," elmer, daily, 5-11 p.m.; bn.n:h, The obvious answer was a resound careful when adding the oats to the says owner Steve Difillippo. He Sun . 11 a.m.·3 p.m. more than worth the trouble to make ing yes - they were sweeter and bet water mixture - it can easily boil means it. The new Davio's is twice it. I wanted to find the be t method for ter flavored. I preferred using a large over.) I then l>immered the oats for 15 the size of the original. The olive and AtriumCafe: Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m.-2:30 p.m. preparing both steel-cut and rolled skillet for this process and one table- minutes, stiffing occasionally, and • oats, both avoiding a gummy, pasty pocm of butter - the toasting goes then added th1.: salt. You will need to beige dining area seats 120 under a Ber. Full 24-foot high ceiling. There's a large, texture and enhancing the natural fla quicker (2 to 3 minutes) and they tum adjust the heat level constantly as the open kitchen with wraparound chef's CndtAll vor of the oats themselves. out more evenly browned. (The skil oatmeal requires less heat as it thick table, living room-like lounge and atri Let's start with the different types let can imply be wiped out without ens. In the Ia1,t few minutes of cook um cafe serving breakfast and lunch lvx: es ! lblly: Accessible of oats, since that is where most of us washing.) I also found recipes that ing, you will need to stir frequently to go wrong. Whole oat groats are the suggest soaking the steel-cut oats avoid sticking. A heavy-bottomed items to go. Parkiig: Valet and validated garage There's a pastry chef and bread whole oat kernel with just the outer overnight, but I preferred the texture saucepan is highly recommended. baker, two wine stewards, a legion of hull removed. They have to be of unsoaked oatmeal, so I skipped this Some recipes suggest allowing the waiters and not one but two execu- cooked almost forever and are very step. oatmeal to sit for 5 minutes covered tive chefs. And remember the park- toothsome. Steel-cut oats (also As for the liquid, 4 cups of before serving in order to make the ing hassles at the old Davio's? The known as Iri h oats) are imply groats milk/water to I cup of steel-cut oats oats creamier. l find that it takes about new digs have a validated garage that have been cut into mailer pieces, was just right: more liquid made a 5 minutes for everyone to add top downstairs - $5 weeknights, $6 week cheese with white truffle oil ($7) and can thereby reducing cooking time. soupy oatmeal, and less did not give pings and actually sit down to the ends. nellini bean-. with escarole and tomato Rolled oats have been steamed and the oats sufficient time to cook prop table, so I skip this step. Clearly, this ambitious project cost big ($6) are deliciou ... I'd happily order either flattened, which reduces cooking erly. The next question was whether Although most folks will opt for bucks. It's reflected in your bill, which as a main course with slice of baker Mike time to about five minutes. Compared some of the water should be replaced the usual toppings (very cold milk is adds up quickly. Svelnis' (Biba Pignoli) excellent breads. to teel-cut oats, they lack flavor and by milk. cream, half and half, or but traditional with hot oatmeal - I also While dinner can be pricey, portions are Brown and S\\ artL do an awe ome pork texture, and the ponidge is mushier. termilk. Some dairy was called for, use maple sy111p) you might also try generous, service is attentive and the food chop alla milanese ($28). pounded, bread Quick-cooking oats are similar to since all-water oatmeal tasted a bit fruit compote. I take a half-cup each is good. But it seems a<> though, with so ed and pan-fried \\ ith traditional lemon rolled oats, but are cut into smaller bland. I finally settled on 3 1/2 cups of dried apricots, cranbenies and ap much at stake, co-executi ve chefs Stephen caper sauce. Seared callops ($26)-plat pieces for quicker cooking. In tant water plus I/2 cup half and half. ples,/-cup sugar, and I 1/2 cups water Brown and Eric Swaitz can't afford to let ed with gratin of potatoes and fennel - oatmeal is precooked, rolled and For some reason, a few recipes did and simmer the lot for about 25 min their imaginations run free. Both veterans are plump, juic) and predtctablc. What's dried. Add boiling water and it is not call for any salt. I found that a utes over medium-low heat. This may of the old Davio's, their repertoire of better on a wintry night than red-wine ready to go. Unfortunately, instant half-teaspoon of table salt was ab seem like a lot of effort, but it's more grilled meats, pastas and Italian-influ braised short ribs ( 23) with a mound of oatmeal resembles a paste more than solutely necessary to enhance flavors. than worth it for a special weekend enced entrees is well executed and flavor ma hed sweet potatoe ? It's not Italian. a good bowl of oatmeal. In my opin- However, the salt should be added breakfast. some if culinarily safe. but it's mighty tast)'. Take, for example, crabcakes, which are Wine stewards Eve Griliches and Al Serves 4 adults, and may be easily multiplied al omnipresent in Boston eateries these days. Stankus have as'>Cmbled a bodaciously Old-Fashioned Irish Oabneal The Brown-Swartz interpretation ($ 13) eclectic cellar with lot of unusual bottles. Note that the cooking time will vary depending on though the toasting and cooking times may need to be with crabmeat garnish - is elegantly sim An aggres!iively fruit)' 1999 Di Majo No the heat level and your saucepan. You do not need to stir increased slightly for desired results. ple. Classici-like crispy chicken livers rante Ramitello Ro~ a Riserva ($34) i!. very much for the first JO minutes of cooking. As the ($9), glazed with port and balsamic vine wondetful with the short rib and holds it!> oatmeal thickens, more attention needs to be paid to the Fruit Compote for Oatmeal gar, and homemade pork-veal-sun-dried own with the reak. After much discus oat., to prevent sticking to the bottom of the pot. If you cannot find one or more ot these fruits, try your tomato-cheese sausage ($8) are accessibly sion, we opted for a full-bodied 2001 own combination. comforting. If they cut back on the an Bethal Pinol Gri' ( 30J for the pork and 3 112 cups water 112 cup diied cranberries chovies, stewed baby octopus umido ($11) scallops. It rrus:.ed the mark. - but that's l/2.4.·11p h<1Lfand half 112 cup dried apricots, coarsely chopped in tomato sauce would be perfect. part of the fun and adventure of selecllng I tablespoon umalted butter 112 cup dried apples, coarsely <"hopped The umido and a bowl of fusilli, roasted wine. 1 cup steel cut oats 114 cup sugar eggplant, cauliflower, broccoli rabe and If you like chcx:olate. pa....,tr) chef Toll\ 112 teaspoon table salt Combine all ingredients along with I 1/2 cups water chilies, strewn with toasted bread crumbs Ponticelli (Four Seasons Hotel) is youf Bring the water and half-and-half to a simmer in a and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook, stining occa ($17) are the kind of gutsy, edgier dishes I guy. He does a tiptop warm chocolate cake large saucepan over medium heat. Meanwhile, place a sionally, until the liquid as almost completely absorbed wish Brown and Swartz cooked more of. ($I 0) with melty interior and a divine bit 9- or I0-inch killet (non-stick or regular) over medium and the fruit is fully hydrated, about 25 minutes. Such dishes inttigue me more than free tersweet chocolate tart ( I 0) char conti heat. Add the butter and once it ha~ stopped foaming form lac;agna ($17) of chicken and fontal dentl y emphasizes the bitter. Allow the swirl to coat the bottom of the killet evenly. Add the cheese, with robust wi ld mushroom-Baro chocolate mou se and cappuccino gelato oats and toast, stilling often with a wooden spoon or Rolled Oats Variation lo sauce. It's another Newbury Street semifreddo ($ I0) to soften up a few min patula, until golden brown and very aromatic, about 2 Rolled oat~ do not have the texture and flavor of holdover. utes for fullest enjoyment. Ponticelli's saf to 3 minutes. Stir the oats into the simmering liquid (to steel-cut oats, but they do cook in only 5 minutes. In a savvy (and none-too-subtle) bid for fron-lemon panna cotta ( 8) i another avoid a boil-over, take the saucepan off the heat when Substitute 2 cups rolled oats for the I cup steel cut expense-account diners, the new Davio's story - I tried it twice and didn't like it. you add the oats) and adjust the heat to maintain a sim oats in the above recipe. Increase the butter to 1 I/2 ta markets itself as a "Northern Italian steak I've known Difillippo for years (and, mer. Cook uncovered for 15 minutes, stirring occasion blespoons. Add the salt along with the oats to the sim house." That means it offers five expen not surprisingly, \\.as recognized on each ally. Add :.alt and stir gently to combine. Continue sim mering water/milk mixture. Stir frequently and reduce ...141 sive cuts of meat, gri lled over hardwood, of my two visit!>). He's a throwback to the mering and stirring occasionally until the oats absorb the cooking time to five minutes or until the oatmeal is six steak sauces and numerous a la carte great restaurateurs of the 1930, '40 and almost all of the liquid and the oat<> are swollen and ten thick and pudding-like. "' '50s-men and \\Omen who e personali ""• sides. Chophouse fans certainly won't be der with a bit of chew. about 5 to 15 minutes more. .• disappointed with center-cut filet mignon ty defined their establi hments as much as The oatmeal will be thick and creamy and almost For free recipes and information about Cook's Illus the cuisine. The new Da\tO\, Difillippo ($31 ), precisely medium rare, served with pudding like. Serve immediately with fruit compote trated, log on to: http://wwtt~cooksillustrated.com. 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STAFF WRITER themes of competition. pla) fulne!>'>. -..or South America, people often translate he forms onstage catch the row and fear. the name as "mother's chance." light and seem to be lifted by a Essentially, these are theme.., found in But "somehow," she says, "people a~ T soft breeze. Masks glow in the life, where, as Frassetto 'a)'> in her near ways remember it." d ma"-es an excellent comic target. ··oh, Lucasfilm Ltd. and to (composer) John erables.' It really seems to work with the it's ripe for parody, come on," he says. Williams, with some early drafts of poignancy of that scene. And Trilogy '"It\ a tale that everybody l..nows - what we were doing. But, we essentially Tonight' (a take-off of 'Comedy , Singing Han's solo even those people you run into who g~t form letters back that told us that Tonight' from 'A Funny Thing Hap-· haven't seen the movie ... they all know they couldn't even look at our material pened on the Way to the Forum') a<; th~ STAR WARS, from page 15 "Star War-s" project to the '>tage. \\hat 11\ about. Everyone can tell you _,_ basically, if they did, and then they overture was just so much fun to do." started out by thinking of jokey song ti "When I got the opportunrt} to I'it.ige I that Dmth Vader is Lul..e·s father, right? ended up doing something similar to With good ticket sales and some nice tles, like turning 'Master of the House' it, I went for it," he say". So. )OU have a built-in audience who what we'd sent in, we could say they buu on the show, Schindler is con from 'Les Miserables' into 'Master of The $6,000 budget ma) be modest b) knO\\ s the worl.. and get<; the joke. And stole our idea<>. vinced that the MTG is onto something the Force.· And before long, it became a "Star Wars" standard'>. but the prcxluc the more people l..now it. the more they "Later on, though, we heard back from big. ccjJnpetitive thing, and we eventually tion is complicated. get the in..,idejoke'> we've written in." Gercird Allesandrini," says Schindler, re Big enough for a sequel next yeru·? h~ lots of songs." "We've got people in five -.1atcs And Schindler should be the king of fening to the composer of "Forbidden '"It's been mentioned," Schindler Schindler and Suess decided to tackle working on costume-.. v,e're bu)ing ··star wars·· tri' ia: Hi-, father owned a Broadway," a well-known show that laughs. "But I can't say I'm planning 011 the project in earnest, organil'ing the Stormtrooper suits, v,c·re building a VHS copy of the film. and he e'>timate'> parodies classic musicals. ··He wa., very it right now. This ha., heen an exhausting M>ngs, fitting them into the original Millennium Falcon ..ct:· "a)" Schindler he\ "een it more than 100 time\. nice, and he said that we were well-pro four weeks, and I think when we're fin "Star Wars" trilogy, and adding spoofy By far the biggest challenge. though, Whenever anyone embark'> on a pro tected under parody laws. And, being ished, we'll be happy to have done it, dialogue. By the time the two were was getting people to belie\e a musical ject that inrnlves "Star Wars," the noto that we're a small, non-profit college but a linle bit glad that it's all over." ro0mmates at MIT in 1998. a first draft version of "Star war...·· v,ould worl... riou"I} protelti\e JOHNSON, '.ror:' page 15 --AdA composer Benny Anderssort fan, worshipping the Clash, the Buz- and lyricist Bjorn Ulvaeus, this is a Ireland• zcocks, Suicide, the Ramones and Patti show by women, for women, about .• Smith. women. A triumvirate of women sit at IRELAND, from page 15 Most punks "thought ABBA was the center of the stage show's creative tWl> levels, is also dripping with history. very uncool, indeed," says Johnson. team - producer Judy Craymer, direc 1'1le upstairs section invites viewer-s in "But there were some really cool peo- tor Phyllida Lloyd and writer Johnson. ..., ~h what Net1:er calls the "great gem of pie who lik~d p~nk a11d ABBA. They And on stage, there are three great • medieval Irish mapping," the illustrated saw something 111 these songs that the roles that allow actresses to shine. ·"'fupography of Ireland (Topographia rest of us did? 't s~e." And Boston audiences seem likely to H~mica)" with a manuscript by Gerald Johnson fashioned a warm. and once again embrace Dee Hoty, who of'Wales. Written ar·ound 121 0. the in happy ~t?ry about Donn~, a single brought a perfect, and suq)risingly sub va1uable book is on loan from the British mom, Irving on a Greek island, and tle,combinmionof'smruts,can1pand sex L!l>rcuy and is making its No11h Ameri planning the wedding of her young appeal to the role of the frazzled mom. c~ debut. Ironically, like so many other daughter, Sophie. But Sophie has se- '·We've been really lucky with all the e<¢1y works, ii was done by Gerald of cretly invited three men, any one of women who have been cast in that ~/es. an outsider, not an Irishman. whom might be her father, to the role," says Johnson. f.butting the mapping section, cases wedding. They all converge on the is- They haven't been as lucky with the: hOld artifacts (and reproductions of ru1i land for the wedding. Oh, mamma critics. While audiences have been un faets) that show off the craft work of mia! The story gives Johnson a apologetically thrilled with the show, lJ'~h artisans, dating back to the 7th chance 10 weave in "The Winner Johnson admits that it's been whacked c~tury. These include detailed Takes It All," "Dancing Queen," by critics who dismiss ii as fluff. br?>oches and a chalise, as well as paint "Take a Chance on Me" and about 20 '"Let's face ii, it's not the most intel- in~s by George Petrie, who, in the early other ABBA songs. lecfual show in the history of musi- I ~h century, went to excavation sites to Johnson knew she was onto some- cals," says Johnson. "But, creatively, re~ord remnants. Netzer calls this part thing special as soon as it played to its the tone of the show ha-; to reflect the of:the show "the empirical evidence of Families say teary goodbyes in Sean Keat ing's " Economic Pressure." first audience. tone of the songs. It would be no good the beginning of the Irish nation. You ··we thought we had a good show, for me to try to make it dark - that's c~ see it through the objects, through servants look on and the gorgeous land temporJI) \-iew. but we didn't know if the audience not what the songs are about. And: tl1@ maps and through the indigenous scape goes unnotit.:cd ouhidc the dining ·Tuese are all from after the advent of would respond to it," she remembers. that's not what the audience wants." h~h people in the paintings." room window. Keating goe' more for the the Celtic Tiger." says Never. 'That's "~ut the respon~e from the very first Johnson admits she·s been stung b~ l3ut it's in the adjoining upstairs rooms heartsuings with hi\ ligur.itl\e worl. in the [name for the I economic pro~ nrght was fantastic. You could see peo- some of the criticism. But she hasn't~ th~ "Eire/Land" really kicks into gear. cluding the tenibly sad .. Economic Pre, that\ been made in Ireland -especially pie were having such a great time. 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Teams of five ::square off every Monday night, .:year-round, but tonight there's ::more at stake than a one-night ;:victory: The winner will have a ::shot at making the citywide tour ::nament in South Boston, which :: will decide who represents " Boston at the national amateur :championships in Las Vegas in :the spring. : The mood is both serious and .studious, bordering on formal. . While the competition is still .:friendly, there's a sense that no : one's playing for bragging rights, : and no one watching is going to :. mistake luck for skill. Players ::chat as they take warm-up shots, • and while a few have a drink or a : smoke before play begins, the .focus is on mentally preparing for the game, not socializing. ··we have our little supersti tions. Bottle of aspirin," said Harpers co-manager Norman Yee of the all-employee house PHOTO BY KATE FlOCK ; team, Harpers Ferry One, which Norman Yee, left, and Tony Talbot concentrate on their shots during billiards league play at Harpers Ferry. :~ as competed at the national :~oumament twice. "Charlie men can't come down to l\\O. :{Abel, co-owner of Harpers] has don't ask me why," he 'a)\. •lo have milk. We were in Las adding that a low handicap can Join in the fun ::Vega<>, he had a midnight match work to a team's advantage. :~nd there was no mi lk to be "Sometimes it's better to pla) a Interested in forming your own that shoot people and you want .jound." lower handicap against a higher team? A new, 13-week session is to bnng a team, if you refer me a handicap because he only h '...The flutes of Stein's labor are starting to pay off ~·...... By Matthew S. Robinson more of his energic-. on hi-; flute. ... CORRESPONDENT ... After a semester at home in Pav. ::.. As a child, Jeremy Stein knew he tucket, R.I., where he attendcJ Roger How to see ::.anted to be a musician. He just Williams University, Stem can~ to Flutopia: :~•• uldn ' t figure out how. Boston to study at 1hi: illu-,cm>u '> "!•".. . I started on the violi n when I was Berklee College of Music Autopia plays Harpers Ferry on Feb ·~"S tein said, "probably because my "That is where my banJ came tn 3. For information, call 617-254- :::der brother playi>.d. When I was 5, I gether," he explained. 7380 or go to nutop1a.com ~.=moved to the piano, but that didn't Before coming to Bcrt...lee. hm\e\ :; last too long either." er,Stein wa'i a devo1eJ d ... WATERWORKS, from page 1 Newton Center, Diamo11d & proved a zoning amendment for expected to attract more devel ies and much-heated discussion ••• REGLAZE IT! be used as condos, will shore up Company of Boston and P;utner the site at the prompting of an opers than the smaller proposal with the community, DCAM set the $ 11 million gap and make the of the Waterworks, LLC of Advisory Board made up of touted by the Chestnut Hill Wa tled on private development of a deal worthwhile for investors. Brookline have each appeared communit} members. The terworks Community Task 1.2-acre pipe yard site at one end $249· Martha McMahon, a real es- before a community task force to amendment was extremely con Force. of the property as a means to tlte attorney for DCAM, said explain their creative designs troversial among Brightoh, The Waterworks buildings fu nd the restoration. DCAM : this week that it was unclear how and proposed uses for the !'lite. Brookline and Newton residents, were originally built in the late then lobbied the BRA for the ap : many proposals would come in, The three developer.. Y.ho but Y.as accepted unanimously 1800s to supply water to Boston proved zoning change from its : . ince most are expected to be have outlined their prop<> al b.> the commi ion. from the Chestnut Hill Reservoir previous designation as open handed over on Friday. McMa have slated housing units for the The zoning amendment, located directl) across Beacon space and released the RFP that hon also aid that there was no new development and commer which is currently being ap Street from the development site. has drawn area developers to the set timetable for review of the cial use, including a museum, for pealed with the Massachusen., When the buildings became di project. EASTERN REFINISHING CO. proposals, but tht>t the DCAM the High Service building on the Land Court b:r dissatisfied resi lapidated after they fell out of use 1·800·463-1879 (+.! "review process will be fairly de right-hand side of the Beacon dents, allow developers to sub in the 1970s, the MWRA started Phoebe Sweet can be reached COUPON .EXPIRES 217/lll tailed," and it could be some Street site. mit a proposal with a .74 Floor to shopping around for a way to rid at [email protected]. time before residents get their The RFP contains pec1fic re Area ratio. a 75-foot height on itself of the burden of costly •• hands on the details. quirements for potential ll~ of ney. development set at lea-;t I 00 restoration of the structures. Three development team the site and requires some muse feet from Beacon Street and 18 DCAM took over the property • llave already expressed interest um space and total re torntion of umL-; per aLre on the 7.9 acre '>ite. in 2000, and tooJ... on the task of in the site to community groups, z the three existing building!'!. The amendment was support finding a means to simultaneous Q®' and several more are expected to The RFP was released alter the ed b.> the Ad\i.ory Committee ly dispose of the site and fund tum in proposals today. The Boston Redevelopment Authori and DCAM because the larger restoration of the buildings. Boston Development Group of ty's Zoning Commission ap- zoni ng envelope it allowed was After a cherette, several stud- ~~ C:~Op[Jro"'"~ ~ ·•. ~ .. c; . .,. "'' . 2~2 ,· Carpet • Vinyl • Ceramic : · ;,Crime on the rise in Allston-Brighton Wood• Laminates• Sand & Finish · CRIME, from page 1 grams and city jobs for teens will Professional Installation Gu ranteed been spurred by an increase in "I hate to see the robberies. Those are the most leave many area youngsters with Commercial & Residential -bank knock-overs. nothing to do with their summer • Banks "are easy targets. They personal. You hate that feeling that someone's days . • don't discourage it," said Evans. been in your property... That's what drives up 'This weather is great/' for ~ rJl&ffl ~ 11/Jrfm ' : ~· 1 don't think the banks put up crime. said Evans. referring to • enough of a fight." people's level of fear. We've got to do a better job." sub-free1ing temps that have • Evans said that many of the 1011 District 14 Police Captain William Evans hung on for <;everal weeks now. Free:866·0nly·Floor :. robbers may be homeless or Cold weather usually means less ooked on the prescription drug crime. As the mercury rises, so Only Floorln9 Only Floorln9 Newton Floorcraft Only Flaorln9 '• OxyContin and looking for a does crime, according to Evans. NEWTON SUDBURY WATERTOWN WESTBOROUGH quick cash fi x. that's pretty good," said Evans, cle theft i. particularly difficult to 15 Needham St. 424 Bosto1 Post Id. 130 Galen St. l8 Lyma1 St. Larcenies also went up in 2002, who estimates that there are ap combat in A-B. 617·332·2600 978·443·5445 617·926·2616 508·366·7600 proximately 67 licensed premi~ Burgl· ·e,s were down 10 per Plwebe Sweet can be reached {in11de Notional lumber} from 1,3 17 in 2001to1,480, a 12 at [email protected]. percent increase. Evans said since in A-B. 'The more of these place cent in -B last )ear, dropping larcenies include everything from are opening up, the more people from 467 i11200110421in2002. shoplifting to missing passports, drink, the more aggravated as fa ans said that the monthly a\er the number tends to be inflated saults we are going to see." age w~ ~5 in 2002. down from every year. Homicides, sexual assaults ve 39 per n n~ in 2001. 'This is an area which is very hicle theft and burglaries were ac 'That'. g:ieat for thi s area," said difficu lt to combat," said Evans. tually down in 2002. While there Evans. "Years ago. we averaged SUMMER Since car breaks also fa ll were two homicides each in 2000 well over I 00." burglanes per under larceny, A-B always tops and 2001, there was onl} one in month. The 2002 monthly aver the charts in that category since 2002. age \\".l.'> c nl) 35. do\'m from 39 in students and young profession Although a sexual predator and 2001 June 16 • August 15, 2003 als leave their cars unattended armed robber wac; loose during the Cop~ \1.ere also busy lw.t year for days and sometimes weeks summer months in the Cle\.eland topping vehicular scoftla\l.. s. A at a time. Circle area, sexual assaulL-; actual B otlice.-., i sued I 5.2-t6 moving • NEW!! Creative Impulse, ages 9-12 The number of aggravated as ly dropped by 18 percent last year, \tOlations before year-end. • Nature Explorers ages 9-11 saults reported in 2002 rose ?per coming down from 40 to 33. Evans said criminals were cent from 2001, with 172 total. Vehicle thefts were down 5per busie"t m Ma). June and July • Real-World Science, ages 9-12 Evans said lhat those numbers cent in 2002, with 21 fewer inci when .. ~ are out of \Chool and • Science Stars (for gi rls only), ages 9-12 were closely related to the high dents than in 2001. Evans said genmg m trouble:· faam. predict " number of bars inA-B. that he was happy with an} de ed tht'> ununer \\.ill be even more • Daytrippers, ages 8-11 "For how many bars we have ... crease in these crimes, since vehi- difficult ~ince cuts to summer pro- • Soccer Doctor, ages 6-14; 13-18 • Woodworking, ages 9-12 Eleven students ordained as deacons • Good SPORTS, ages 8-12 • Baseball, ages 8-1 2 Eleven fou rth-year theolo finishing up a four-year gradu li\es for the c;;alvation of soul<.." •Tennis, ages 9-12 .. gians from St. John's Seminary ate level theology program. After ordination, the new dea in Brighton and Blessed John comprised of classe!>, pari h cons returned to St. John's Sem • L.I.T. (Leadership-in-Training), ages 13-15 XXlll Seminary in Weston were and other pastoral assignments. inary and Blessed John XXllI • PALS Community Service, ages 11-14 ordained on Jan. 25 as transi and human and spiritual forma Seminary to complete thei r final tional deacons in the Catholic tion. -;emester of studie and pa'ltoral • Extended Day, ages 5-12 (a.m. & p.m.) Church. The 11 seminarians ordained assignments. The Boston ordi •PEP age 5 (entering kindergarten only) ... Nine of these men will be or deacons are: James Achadinha nation to the priesthoo 4• NOTEBOOK, from page 12 ful tool for learning in all areas, private collections of Irish art. The No Child Left Behind law Redstone Film nominateu for Academy Awar~ St. Anthony's open as well as an important .. ubject in Accompanying public pro requires that school districts Festival approaches in the short film category. (or registration and of itself and offe~ a full-day grams will include concerts, identify English language learn Students who have won program for all grades ai; well as film and a lecture serie!.. Gallery ers and assess their proficiency On Thursday, Feb. 13, Boston awards at the Redstone Film Fes St. Anthony's School in All an extended day program tours will be given on Fridays at in Engli h every year by setting University will pr~sent the. 2003 tival have gone on to have ol.lt ston is now accepting registra Interested parents are encour 12:30 p.m. Group tours may be learning goals and monitoring annual ~edstone Ftlm Festival at standing careers, among them di-· , tions for pre-kindergarten (age 3) aged to join one of the 'chool's arranged upon request. by call perfonnance. The Boston Public the Tsai Performance Center rectors Robert Patton-Sprujll>: t,hrough grade 8 for the infonnation sessions. Call the ing 617-552-8587. A 250-page Schools' Family and Communi- ~ (685 Commo~~ealt!1 Avenue) at ("Squeeze") and Gary Flederv 4003/2004 school year. The school at 254-8904, ext. I 09, to catalog also will accompany the ty Engagement Unit and the Of- 7 p.m. Adm1ss1on 1s free. The ("Kiss the Girls"), and scre1trt-" · ~choo l offers an affordable tu receive an application or to exhibition. fice of Bilingual Education and best films made by grad~ate an,d writers Scott Rosenberg ("Con," ition at a neighborhood Catholic arrange a visit. Infonnation se - For direction , parking and ad Language Services wi ll collabo- undergraduate ~tudents m BU s Air," "Beautiful Girls") ami · school that aims at academic ex sion wi ll take place Feb. 10 at ditional infonnation, cal I the Arts rate to ensure that families and film program will be showcase~. Steve Bri II ("Mighty Ducks").:• cellence, solid discipline and a 8:30 a.m., and Feb. 12 at 6:30 Line at 617-552-8100. or visit children of limited Engli h profi- Th~ films screened at th~ festt ·...... ' multicultural environment. p.m. ,. . the Web ite at www.bc.edu/art ciency benefit from the full range val wi ll be selected .~Y a JUry of JCDS holding ' ' The school also offers a hot museum. Of .Se rv1ces· oftiere db y th e BPS . Boston-areaTh. film• c· nttcd s and cu- B lunch program and a before and an open house I.' R · · 'lltak 1 rators. 1syearsJu gesare: o McMullen Museum eg1strat1on w1 e pace at S .th H d f F1l Pr after school program which op the Family Resource Centers: Mmi ' eaf F~ Artsm ~F°' The Jewish Community Day erates unti l 5:30 p.m. to host exclusive show School registration . useum o me ; nes ey Eas 1 School, a non-aligned co-educ Runners holding the city's 2003 marathon. orado condos, entertainment Suffolk offers and the Massachusetts Depart School of Management, will be Available in adva nce or at pad,age , day spa certificates, menf of Revenue. training and supervising the sfu charity auction the door for a $35 donauon. ports tickets and memorabilia free tax assi ance Suffolk University undergradu dents in the program. ' ' Members of the American tickets to the Mardi Gras and other item . Suffolk Univet11ity students ate accounting students and grad For more infonnation, call Sbf~· · Liver Foundation's Run for Re theme fund-raiser include entry The high light of the event wi ll be preparing income tax re uate student5, as well as Suffolk folk University's Accounting Dd~", search marathon team will host to the club, complimentary will be the li\ e date auction, turns, free of charge, every Tues University Law School students partment ut617-573-8652. •·::•" the third annual Mardi Gras beverages from Harpoon where gue ts can bid on a night day from Feb. 4 to April 15, from involved in the program, are Date Auction on Friday, Feb. 7, Brewery from 6 to 8 p.m., a out on the town with one of 14 I to 2 p.m., at the Suffolk's trained in the preparation of taxes. 1 It's a pajama party! ·; • at 6 p.m. at The Roxy in live DJ, Mardi Gra'i beads, single men and women. Sawyer School of Management, The students are available to help Boston. Proceeds from the drink specials and a drawing For more information on the 8 Ashburton Place, Room 92 1. those who cannot afford paid pro Temple Hillel B'nai Torah ' ~rj, event will aid the efforts of the for door prizes. team and the event, including No appointment is necessaiy. fessional a-;sistance, particularly West Roxbury invites the cofr)-,, Run for Research team, a group Guests wi ll be tempted wi th the brave men and women of This program is part of the Vol those with low and fixed income, munity to a special pajama Parl;' , of runners who are raising an extensive silent auction the date auction. and to pur unteer Income Tax A istance individuals with disabilitie , non family event: "Saying Shema .at . Bedtime," on Sunday, Feb. 9,' .' funds for the Ameri can Li ver boasting items, such as one chase tick.els, \isit W\\ w.mardi program and is sponsored by Suf English speaking and elderly tax from I0 a.m. to noon, at the tern- Foundation while training for week stays at Hawaii and Col- gra<,dateauction.org. folk's chapter of Beta Alpha P!.i, payers, in addition to Suffolk stu ' the accounting honors society. dents, faculty and staff (with both pie at 120 Corey St., between , VITA. now in its 34th year of state and federal income tax re VFW Parkway and Centre Stree(': ..ervice to taxpayer-., provides free turns). Electronic filing of returns 1/2 mile from Putterham Circle.;.': tax help to the communit}. The is available. The event, geared for children, , looking for quality child care? program work.-, in tibnjunction · Tracy Noga, a-;sistant professor ages 4 to 8, will feature parents' with the Internal Revenue Service of accounting at Suffolk's Sawyer and children studying Jewlsh bedtime rituals together. Childrt!fP.: will maJ..e Shema pillowcaseA. Kids can wear their pajama-; Museum seeking , ...,, , military insignias Mayor Thomas M. Menina has received a request from the . Mi litary Museum in Fo1t Polk,• La., which is preparing an exhib- · · Begin your search with Community Classifieds. It's the best place for it to honor all tank battalions•' working moms and dads to find quality local child care. fonned in the U.S. Army Re:...• Soon you'll be making plans. not cance" ng •hem. serves after World War II. ' ,, . · To p lace your child car e listing please call 1-800-62 4-7355 One distinctive unit crest the~ are missing is the one that repre sents the 7 I8th Tank Battalions,• COMMUNITY Your source for local child c a r e . a unit of the 94th Infantry Div.ir NEWSPAPER COMPANY sion, USAR, which had its A Hertld Mt41t <••PUr communityclassifieds Headquarters 762nd TB asr · signed in Boston from April. t , ' 1952, to May I, 1959, when the battalion was inactivated. If a former member would like E bGWV to donate one of his distinctive Herald ledla Inc international unit insignias (or unit crest),,to this museum facility, it would become part of their 1946- 1959 era Tank Battalion exhibit. If ttle 762nd Tank Battalion veteran wishes to sell his insignia rather than donate it, the museum ~ \s willing to pay his price for it. ~, Any concerned veteran @Y contact Mr. David Binghllrn. Museum Curator, Fort Polk Mil HOTTESTSINGLES itary Museum, P.O. 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"It's scaring us because tlPre STAFF WRITER through the prayer service, said state police." Michele DeShiro agreed, say hasn't been a positive sighting in The mothers of two missing her be t friend, Zelia Begin, While calling for more investi ing, "I'm willing to jump over a week," said Chris Londer teenagers who escaped from a never mentioned a word about gation, the families also are ex through hoops." gan. Brighton children's hospital two running away when the two last tending a plea to the girls. Deshiro's uncle, Chris Lon "Thirteen days is a long ti me," weeks ago say they want hospital saw each other on a ew Year's "I can bargain with · her, no dergan, said he has no doubt said Andrea Watson, founder of workers to press committed Day shopping trip while Begin problem," said a tearful Bob someone is harboring the girls, Parents for Residential Reform. teens for information on the was on a day pas . Begin of his daughter Zelia. "I both of whom have histories of "One of the scariest things is giPls' whereabouts. "I know she ju t wants ro go just want her home. I've got a harming themselves. He said there's not even been a ph ne Relatives also said if the girls home and Jeep in her own bed," huge hole in my life that there's both girls resented having to un call made. We're optimistic, but would just call home they would said McDaniel, 15. "I love her no way to fill without [her] being dergo treatment at a ·tocked facil we need help." negotiate over the contentious and I hope she can tay home." there." ity, although he feels it's the best Anyone with information is issue of psychiatric treatment. Following the service, Begin ' Zelia Begin, who has been di way at this time to treat them. encouraged to call state police at Jessica Deshiro, 16, and Zelia mother, Patty, aid he asked the agnosed with major depression, "When they can be trusted 617-727-4812. Begin, 15, have been missing Department of Mental Health to and DeShiro, who is deemed and, more importantly, when the since Jan. 13, when they fled the press the various hospitals to bipolar, allegedly ran from the outside world can be trusted for Franciscan Children's Hospital begin as ng some of the other hospital because they didn't them, they can go to a facility on Warren Street in Brighton, resident teenagers whether they want to undergo the next phase that's either semi-locked or un where they were being treated know where Zetina and Je sica of treatment in a locked residen locked," he said. for· depression. may be hiding. tial unit, both girls' families said Relatives have posted thou ";On Sunday, more than 100 of "It's like the underground rail Monday. sands of fliers across the state, thfi • girls' friends and family road," Begin said of the secretive "Jessica told me, 'I absolutely hoping to find the girls. They See why informed residents turn to their weekly newspaper for the turned out for a service at St. communication many of the girls refuse to go to a locked facility,'" were spotted in Hull and the lat news that impacts their community. Each week, find features like: George Church in Norwood to in the in-patient treatment pro said Karen Londergan, her aunt est sighting was Jan. in Ply 19 •LOCAL GOVERNMENT • PUBLIC SAFETY pray for their safe return. grams share. from Dedham, who shares cus mouth. •EDUCATION • BUSINESS '~"'It really upset me," said "The hospital are very protec tody with the girl's mother, Tips have poured in from peo Qoshiro's mother, Michele, of tive to the point that when Zelia Michele DeShiro. "She said she ple claiming to have spotted the •SENIORS • CALENDAR LISTINGS the service. "I mean, it was a pos ran away on Monday, I couldn't felt like a caged animal." girls, while the only real lead . . . PLUS SO MUCH MORE! itive thing and all but it also get the ho pita! to give us the Said Karen Londergan, family members say pas be~n in brought the reality of it all to the number of [the Deshiro] family," ''We' re willing to talk. She needs the Hull area. The last sighting surface." she added. 'I dido 't get it until to get her care, but we're willing was Jan. 19 in Plymouth. DELIVERING tt'€: NEWS Buckners find Common Ground that impacts you! Local Pop-pers hit Allston on Feb. 9 By Matthew S. Robinson CORRESPONDENT The Boston music scene is one of the most competitive in the world. With Berklee and other COMMUN I TY Subsrrii~N H>fi< 1-888-343-1960 NEWSrAPER colleges jostling for space and ! ~...... tOMl'ANY ...... bragging rights, it can be espe _ I wo uld ltke to subscribe to the Allston/Brighton Tab for the cial Iy tough to make it as an artist subscnptoon term below and even more so to keep it to ~ejhe r as a band. For more than five years, the ~ ~:::sf~~r$::4 :. Buckners have been doing just _Na_m_e=~~~~~~~~~~--~~'---.:..-~~~~~~- b that: And on Feb. 9, they will '.; pro.ve their stuff once more at _Acl_dr_~_"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-+~~~~~~ Tlle Common Ground in Allston. Cily State: r. ,'We haven 't played there in a Phone: Email: !: loog time," says founding gui To Pay By Check : Pl ease make checks payable to the Allsto • tafi~t/vocalist Luke Mclnnis. MailTo: Community Newspaper Company ; . Circu lation Depa1tment : "'I;he people at The Common PO Box 9149, Framingham, MA 01701-9747 ., Grpu~always treat. us Light~ so -- PHoroB¥CAN01GE-GRt.1i--t10 pavg; creaiflar-d· --r---- - ...... -- - ;---- we,, 'irre real excited to play there Members of the Buckners Include (left to right) Jim Collins, Tony Dintino, Luke Mcinnis, Don Woodward. j y y . DIVISA I Dl•ll··Io r.:= Dliial t agflin." while," Mclnni recall , "but i C1edi1 Card Number fxp. t B,ased on the one-two punch of..tylclnnis and bass man Jim :~%:~ 1fo:~a~t~0a~~/~~~ When to see the Buckners 111111111 1 1 1 1 1 1111 [[ill : Collins, the Buckriers (who also on my role as a singer and [ Signature ; include guitarist Dan Woodward rhythm guitarist and make for a The Buckners play The Common Ground with The Tint on Feb. 9. t- ··--·-·····------~------·-- · - -·······--·--·-- ...... ,.. ,.. ,...... : anp drummer Tony Dintino) fuller, richer sound." For information, go to thebuckners.com or call 617-783-2071. Jjfer solid pop that is both ener That ,Woodward and Dintino LEGAL NOTICES getic and easy. Compared to had played together in Machine Energy is one of the things that of recording." APPLICATION FOR PERMIT flammable storage rooms, containers, Jands like the Lemonheads, Cut Nova helped the band make make a Buckners show what it is Speaking of recording, The TO MAINTAIN GARAGE Ween, Green Day and the Re their latest personnel transition and also what makes the band Buckners are currently at work drums, and in the tanks of trucks. LEGAL NOTICE Jlacements, this long-lasting much more smoothly. what it is. on their first full-length album. CITY OF BOSTON Clayton English Jutfit continues to please and ''They already know how ro "We're energetic without "We have a lot of new materi- 40 Guest Street, Brighton, MA 02135 1<1ow fans all over the region . play together," Mcinnis said, being heavy," Mcinnis says, "so al," Mcinnis explains, "so we To the Public Safety Commission 617-781 -1555, ext. 324 "We got the band together in "and they are both committed to we keep the crowd up." figured it was time to get it down Committee on Licenses 9f>7 and immediately started learning our material, so it has And not only does this energy on CD." lnspectional Services Department City of Boston, tn Public Safety ouring all around New England been an great having them on manifest it5elf in the songs, it is In the meantime, however, the BOSTON, January 10, 2003 Commission , February 26, 2003 ind' even New York," Mcinnis board." also revealed in the band 's al Buckners will continue to tour, APPLICATION In the foregoing petition, it is hereby ecalls. "Unlike a lot of other Through all the change , how most constant touring schedule. showing off their new personnel, OR DERED that notice be given by the !oston bands, we tried to get ever, the Buckners have tayed " We have never taken a break their latest material and their For the lawful use of the herein •u!Side of Boston as much as we true to their sound and their pref from gigs," Mclnnis observes. consistent sense of fun. petitioner to all persons interested that described building, appliGation is th is Commission will on Wednesday, ould, even if it meant weekend erence for live shows over "We have at least two gigs a "We want to keep doing what hereby made for a permit to maintain a the 26 clay of February at 9:30 o'clock, amstorming tours." recordings. month and usually more like four we have been doing and play as private--public--business-1Jarage Through the years, the Buckn "We would rather play a gig or five. We love to play and have much as we can because it is fun A.M., consider the expediency of existing 18 truck garage and also for a gran ting th\) prayer of said petition , rs have gone through the usual and make a few bucks than never felt the need to take a break and because it has allowed us to license to use the land on wh ich such when· any person objecting thereto rowing pains of bands on the spend them on tudio time, I or to take time away from the improve as musicians," Mclnnis building is situated for the KEEPING 10ve, with changes in personnel guess," Mcinnis explain s. ''We band. The band is always there explains. ''The sound is basically may appear and be heard ; said notice STORAGE-and SALE of: 22 - 33 lb to be given by the publication of a copy · nd tour itinerary. just like playing in front of peo and we are always playing out, the same, but we're just doing a propane tanks 2- 125 c.f. acetylene "'yYe were a power trio for a ple and getting that energy." even when we are in the process better job at it." of said petition with this order of notice tanks 2-250 c.f. oxygen tanks, inert thereon in the Allston/Brighton Tab and d' ... gases 2 nitrogen/6 argon 300 c.f. each, by mailing by prepaid registered mail, WHAT' S ON 'ALLSTON-BRIGHTON F R E E RADIO Class 1 A,B & C 2968 Gallons, not less than 7 days prior to such m::~w»:i Combustible Class 11 & I I IA 165 hearing. a copy to every owner of gallons, Combustible Class lllB 7,000 record of each parcel of land abutting Allston-Brighton Free Radio, 1670 6-7 p.m.: "Allston Cunmudgeon:· PTI}· table" with Lorraine Bossi ,,. 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