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what to do • where to go • what to see September 12–25, 2005 ThTheeeOfO Offficficiaiaiall GuidGuideeetot too BOSTBOSTONON BostonBoston 375375@ 7Sure Signs the Hub is Growing Up PLUS: > 5 DDesignerDeesisignegner JeaJeansns BarBargainsgains ALL NEW > OyOysterster ShuShuckingShucking fforor CharCharityityity NEIGHBORHOOD > ThThee PhPhaantntoomm GouGourmrmeet’t’ss SECTIONS… Secrets ReRevealedled AND MORE! wwwwww.pano.panoramamagazine.comramamagazine.com contents THE ULTIMATE COVER STORY ITALIAN ART OF CREATING A – JEWELS 20 Boston at 375 TO COIN SP As Boston celebrates the big 3-7-5, Panorama looks at some of the big and small ways the city has changed © 2005 BY ROBER DEPARTMENTS 6 around the hub 6 news & notes 14 dining 10 kids corner 16 nightlife 12 on exhibit 18 style 27 the hub directory 28 current events 60 freedom trail 37 clubs & bars 62 shopping 40 museums & galleries 68 restaurants 46 maps 81 NEIGHBORHOODS 52 sightseeing 94 5 questions with… DAVE ANDELMAN of “The Phantom Gourmet” on the cocover:ver: The I.M. Pei-designed John Hancock Tower in picturesque Copley Square stands as a testament to Boston’Boston’ss modermodernn spirit. TOWER OF POWER: Photo: johnsavone.com APPASSIONATA The Custom House in downtown COLLECTION Boston was the city’s first skyscraper. Refer to feature story, page 20. D AVE A NDELMAN PHOTO BY Y EHESHUA J OHNSON___ SEPTEMBER 12–25, 2005 3 The Official Guide to BOSTON www.panoramamagazine.com September 12–25, 2005 Volume 55 • Number 9 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 Christopher Wallenberg • STAFF WRITER Marketa Hulpachova • EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Jacolyn Ann Firestone • VICE PRESIDENT, ADVERTISING Rita A. Fucillo • DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS Heather S. Burke, Tyler Montgomery • ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Peter Ng • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGER Melissa J. O’Reilly • BUSINESS MANAGER PANORAMA is published bi-weekly by Jerome Press Publications Inc. Editorial and advertising offices at 332 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210. Telephone (617) 423- 3400. Printed in the U.S.A. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted or otherwise reproduced with- out written permission of the publisher. 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 SEPTEMBER 12–25, 2005 5 Beat the Heat and aroundtheby Christinehub Celli & Josh B. Wardrop Have Some FUN this Summer!!! news¬es ™ The hilarious celebration of women and The Change! ™ Men Love It Too!!! Happy Birthday, Dear Boston… SIZZLIN’ ard to believe, considering the Hub doesn’t look a day over 374, but the City of Boston “YOU’LL SUMMER SALE! Hhas spent Summer 2005 celebrating its 375th birthday, with a host of events boasting the best music, dance, culture and entertainment options the city has to offer. LOVE IT. IT’S $7.50 OFF On September 25, the summer of revelry comes to a show-stopping close with a series of PER TICKET* planned events that include a parade through the streets of Boston into—we think—City HILARIOUS. *Must mention code MMSIZZLE. Hall Plaza. A family-oriented musical concert and an evening fireworks display at GO SEE IT!” Limit 4 tix. Not valid for previously Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park are expected to follow. purchased tickets, already discount ed seats or any other offer - According to Tony Nunziante, a spokesman for the Mayor’s office of Arts & Tourism, final . Valid for - Joy Behar, The View all shows. Offer expires 09/04/05. elements of the celebration (such as performers, locations and times of events) are now nearly finalized. He told Panorama that visitors to Boston can get up to the minute details aying! by visiting the Boston 375 Web site (www.cityofboston.gov/boston375) or by calling the Now Pl Boston 375 hotline at 617-635-B375. cont. on page 8 >> news & notes 6 • kids corner 10 • on exhibit 12 • STUART STREET PLAYHOUSE dining 14 • nightlife 16 • style 18 FOR TIX 800-447-7400 OR AT BOX OFFICE WINDOW ___ 200 Stuart Street at the Radisson Hotel Boston | www.menopausethemusical.com 6 PANORAMA around the hub NEWS & NOTES survived commercial devel- opment of the neighborhood calendar of events around it, changing trends in the Boston bar scene and FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 the advent of modern build- Today through September 25 at the ing codes. Wang Theater, the internationally beloved David Epstein, president Riverdance returns to Boston. Seen by of the Abbey Group, told The millions around the globe, Riverdance— Boston Globe that his compa- now in its 10th year—remains a specta- ny would be interested in cle of color and movement that will have preserving “some semblance audience tapping their toes en masse. of The Littlest Bar,” although Refer to listing, page 36. no explanation as to how they would do that was given. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Refer to listing, page 38. Tonight, at Morton’s Steakhouse, children’s literacy project ReadBoston hosts a benefit unveiling Fenway Fiction: Short Stories from the Red Sox Nation, a compilation of fiction works by novelists, SILVER LINE WORTH playwrights and ardent Sox fans. Refer to listing, page 34. ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD While we at Panorama are WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 never in a hurry to usher vis- Experience the passion and tragedy of itors to Boston out of town, George Bizet’s operatic masterwork, we realize some of you Carmen, at Cambridge’s American would love quick and easy Repertory Theater through September public transportation 25, produced in collaboration with the options to Logan Airport. Theatre de la Jeune Lune of Minnesota. NEW DIGS FOR BAR CLOSING NO << cont. attract larger audiences, and This summer, the opening of Refer to listing, page 35. NEW REP SMALL LOSS from page 6 ultimately grow its already Silver Line service from After toiling for acclaimed artistry. “Being in They say that little things South Station and the water- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 years in a cramped, unortho- our old space was holding us mean a lot, and that was front has offered just that. If you want your guffaws preserved for dox facility in the sleepy back as a company from our certainly proven true by the Beginning in June, the posterity, pay a visit to The Comedy enclave of Newton, the Elliot next stage of growth,” says outpouring of sadness that MBTA introduced Silver Line Studio in Cambridge tonight and tomor- Norton Award-winning New artistic director Rick The Littlest Bar—a curious service, in which large capac- row for a chance to become part of leg- Repertory Theatre embarks Lombardo (pictured above). 38-seat pub and fixture on ity buses ferry passengers endary Boston comedian DJ Hazard’s on a much-anticipated “Even though the Boston Province Street near from points near the water- show, which is being recording for an chapter in its history with a media treated [us] as one of Downtown Crossing for six front directly to all Logan ter- upcoming comedy CD. Refer to listing, marquee move to a 380-seat the major players of the decades—will close later minals. The buses depart page 28. theater at the new Arsenal Boston theater scene, there this year. every 10 minutes from South Center for the Arts in were still a lot of people who According to published Station between 7 a.m. and 8 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Watertown.The space will be didn’t know about us or did- reports, The Littlest Bar will p.m., and every 15 minutes All the way from South Africa comes cho- inaugurated with a play that n’t even know where Newton reluctantly shut its doors by after 8 p.m. and on weekends. reographer Vincent Mantsoe, who per- could never have been staged Highlands was.”The new the- December, making way for The MBTA hopes to even- forms a solo recital tonight and tomorrow in the old, church basement ater, for those still not in the real estate developers The tually extend Silver Line air- at Zero Arrow Theater in Cambridge. space—Romeo and Juliet, know, is a short drive from Abbey Group to build 150 port service as far as down- Acclaimed worldwide for his work fusing which opens September 18. Harvard Square and accessi- condominium units. With town Boston, but have cur- African and Asian dance forms together, The move more than doubles ble by the MBTA via the 70 or the bar’s closing, the city rently shelved further expan- Mantsoe presents the Boston debut of his the company’s seating capac- 70a bus from Central Square. will lose a durable piece of sion plans while they look to works Motswa Hole and NDAA. Refer to ity, allowing New Rep to Refer to listing, page 36. its social history—a bar that address community concerns. listing, page 29. ___ ___ 8 PANORAMA SEPTEMBER 5–18, 2005 9 around the hub KIDS CORNER Horsing kids Around calendar CAVALIA Suffolk Downs Through September 18 hat do Wcow- boys and acrobats ravel the have in com- T mon? Generally not much, but now they’re sharing star- ring roles in Cavalia: A Magical Encounter Between Multiple screenings daily seven seas. Horse and Man, the new show by the co-founders of Bugs! at the Museum of Science Quebec’s famed Cirque du Soleil.