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what to do • where to go • what to see May 22–June 4, 2006 The Officficialial GuGuideide to BOSBOSTONTON THE Spring Issue PLUS: Where to see Ben Affleck, Bruce Springsteen and live music under the stars wwwwww.panoramamagazine.com.panoramamagazine.com contents DEPARTMENTS 6 around the hub 6 NEWS & NOTES 10 STYLE COCOVERVER STORY 12 ON EXHIBIT 14 NIGHTLIFE 18 Spring is in the Air 15 DINING 16 KIDS CORNER From riding the Swan Boats to 17 ON STAGE shopping on Newbury Street, Panorama gives its best bets 23 the hub directory for fun springtime activities 26 CURRENT EVENTS in the Hub 36 CLUBS & BARS in the Hub 39 MUSEUMS & GALLERIES 44 MAPS 50 SIGHTSEEING 54 EXCURSIONS 56 FREEDOM TRAIL 58 SHOPPING 64 RESTAURANTS 80 NEIGHBORHOODS 94 5 questions with… Author JODI PICOULT on the cocover:ver: Samantha of Maggie Inc. enjoys some splendor in the grass at Boston’s Public Garden. Photo: Bob Perachio. IN BLOOM: TulipsTulips blossom in Hair and Make-up: the Public Garden, the nation’s Rachael Berkowitz. first public botanical garden. Refer to story,story, page 18. PrProducedoduced by Heather Burke. PHOTO BY B OB PERACHIO ___ MAY 22–JUNE 4, 2006 3 The Official Guide to BOSTON www.panoramamagazine.com May 22–June 4, 2006 Volume 55 • Number 26 Jerome Rosenfeld • CHAIRMAN Tim Montgomery • PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER Christine Celli • EDITOR Scott Roberto • ART/PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Josh B. Wardrop • ASSOCIATE EDITOR Sharon Hudak Miller • ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTOR Heather S. Burke • PHOTO EDITOR Marketa Hulpachova • EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Della Huff, Matt Kalinowski, Bob Perachio, Juliann Rubijono, John Savone • CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS Alex Harris, Jinnie Lee, LaTanya McQueen, Kamie Richard • EDITORIAL INTERNS Jacolyn Ann Firestone • VICE PRESIDENT, ADVERTISING Rita A. 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PANORAMA is a member of the Massachusetts Lodging Association, The Back Bay Association, The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, The Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Boston Concierge Association, the Harvard Square Business Association, the Newbury Street League and the Downtown Crossing Association. PANORAMA is audited by BPA Worldwide, an independent audit bureau recognized by the American Association of Advertising Agencies. a magazine affiliate ___ ___ 4 PANORAMA MAY 22–JUNE 4, 2006 5 five-year run on ABC’s “Alias,” and is apparently calendar of events aroundthehubby Josh B. Wardrop taking some downtime and ONGOING news¬es has been seen working out The Huntington Theatre Company OUMJIAN at Boston University and presents Shakespeare’s comedy OUY shopping in Harvard Square. Love’s Labour’s Lost—about the diffi- K EREK So, chalk it up to just culties faced by four gentlemen who’ve D another family spending a taken a vow of chastity—set in pre- BY O vacation in Boston this WWI Europe. Refer to listing, page 33. T HO spring! P MONDAY, MAY 22 AND X SO TUESDAY, MAY 23 ED ARE YOU READY R Baseball’s ultimate rivalry is renewed TO ROCK? ON once more when the Boston Red Sox OST The Paradise, The Orpheum, take on the visiting New York B The Middle East—Boston Yankees at Fenway Park, both games THE and Cambridge have some beginning at 7:05 p.m. Expect to pay a OF great indoor venues for scalper through the nose, but there’s a TESY catching live rock ’n’ roll. chance to witness history every time COUR O But come May, the average these teams get together. Refer to list- T HO concert fan feels that pri- ing, page 32. P mal need welling up inside of them to venture into the TUESDAY, MAY 23– great outdoors to see their SATURDAY, MAY 27 favorite bands play. The first-ever Boston Pops Jazz Fest Luckily, the Boston area sees the classical ensemble exploring Affleck Gets “Gone” Going in Boston is pretty well-covered in jazz from big-band to lounge, with help that regard, too, with a cou- from renowned guitarist and singer t a relatively young age, Cambridge native Ben Affleck has already played a lot of ple of prime venues for John Pizzarelli (May 23–25) and sultry Aroles—and not just the ones he’s brought to life onscreen. After all, he’s been an catching great live music vocalist Jane Monheit (May 26–27, actor (Daredevil, Chasing Amy, Armageddon, (ahem) Gigli), a favored target of gossip under the stars. And both pictured). Refer to listing, page 26. columns, political activist, husband and father, and let’s not forget Academy Award win- the Tweeter Center (located ner (for the Good Will Hunting screenplay with buddy Matt Damon.) 30 minutes or so southwest THURSDAY, JUNE 1 Now, Affleck has returned home to Massachusetts in a new role—first-time movie of Boston in Mansfield) and A 1970s megastar returns to Boston director—as he shoots a big-screen adaptation of mystery author Dennis Lehane’s Gone, the Bank of America when country-rock singer Linda Baby, Gone. Reports of Affleck scouting locations in the Hub have been flying for Pavilion (found right on Ronstadt performs at the Opera months, and filming on the flick starts for real on May 22. A number of spots in Boston’s waterfront at 290 House at 7:30 p.m. Refer to listing, Dorchester and South Boston have been floated as possible locations for the movie— Northern Ave.) are kicking page 30. which stars Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan and Ed Harris—but one confirmed spot off their 2006 concert sched- has been the historic Chart House on Boston’s Long Wharf (refer to listing, page 70). ule with a bang this month. SUNDAY, JUNE 4 And, apparently Gone, Baby, Gone is going to be a family project for Affleck. In addi- At the Pavilion, Jewish Call it the biggest outdoor barbeque of tion to the role for younger brother Casey, reports have come in of sightings of Ben’s rapper/reggae artist the year—the 2006 Hot Dog Safari at famous missus, Jennifer Garner, in Boston to spend time with her hubby. Garner (who Matisyahu kicks the con- Suffolk Downs racetrack lets you eat gave birth to the couple’s first daughter, Violet, six months ago) recently completed her cert slate off May 25. On all the hot dogs, sausages and ice May 27, perennial country cream you can to benefit The Joey news & notes 6 • style 10 • on exhibit 12 • nightlife 14 • favorite Willie Nelson Fund. Festivities include live horse delves into his diverse races and children’s entertainment. dining 15 • kids corner 16 • on stage 17 cont. on page 8 >> Refer to listing, page 31. ___ ___ 6 PANORAMA MAY 22–JUNE 4, 2006 7 around the hub NEWS & NOTES in 2003 at the age of 100— are given out to recognize excellence in touring and regional productions staged in Boston in the past year. This year’s nominees include: Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit, Monty Python’s Spamalot and Billy Crystal’s 700 Sundays (pictured right), in the category of Outstanding Visiting Production; Falsettos (Huntington Theatre Company), On the Twentieth Century (Overture Productions) and Urinetown (Lyric Stage Company) for Outstanding Musical Production; and << cont. catalogue, while above), the season tends to cotton to heading outdoors Five by Tenn (SpeakEasy from page 7 jam band fans will get off to a later start, but to rock until July, don’t Stage Company), The Goat, delight to a June 2 there’s one show taking worry, you needn’t be left or Who Is Sylvia? (Lyric show by Govt. Mule, place May 27, and it’s a out. Over at TD Banknorth Stage Company) and King accompanied by Michael biggie. The Boss himself, Garden, May sees the long- Lear (Actors’ Shakespeare Franti and Spearhead. Bruce Springsteen, is kick- awaited return of one of Project) for Outstanding On June 3, western ing off his national rock’s most passionate out- Production by a Midsized Massachusetts natives and acoustic tour, in which he fits, Pearl Jam. Eddie Resident Company. chart-toppers Staind come and members of his hand- Vedder and gang arrive to Actors receiving individ- to the Pavilion for a per- picked “Seeger Sessions” rip things up in the Hub on ual performer nominations formance, with opening band perform the classic May 24 and 25. Refer to include: Alvin Epstein (King acts Three Days Grace. folk songs of legendary listing, page 30. Lear), Sandra Shipley (Long And June 4 and 5 finds American songwriter Pete Day’s Journey Into Night), one of the hottest tickets of Seeger. Always a favorite in Jefferson Mays (I Am My AND THE the summer—English rock these parts, a Springsteen Own Wife), Aiden Dooley WINNER IS… quintet Radiohead—arriv- ticket will be harder to find (Tom Crean, Antarctic ing in Boston for the first than box seats at Fenway The Boston theater scene Explorer) and Leslie Lyles community. The festivities entertainment. The kickoff time in several years, deliv- Park, but that should just celebrates its own version (The Hopper Collection). kick off with a noon flag- weekend culminates on ering a stripped-down and allow you to acquaint your- of the Tony Awards in May, Refer to listing, page 31.