VOL. 122 - NO. 52 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DECEMBER 28, 2018 $.35 A COPY First Night Boston 2019 MONDAY, DECEMBER 31ST AT&T Store, Boylston Street, 699 Boylston St., Boston, MA 1:30pm-1:45pm — Rhema Boston Common, 139 Tremont St., Boston, MA Heywood — Copley Sq., 560 Boston Harbor, Boston Inner Harbor, Boston, MA Boylston St., Boston, MA Boston Public Library, Johnson Building, Boylston St., 1:45pm-1:55pm — Emily Newsfeed Café, 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA Ruskowksi — Copley Sq., 560 Boston Public Library – McKim Building (Dartmouth St.), Boylston St., Boston, MA McKim Exhibition Hall, Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston St., 1:45pm-2:15pm — Puppet Boston, MA Showplace Theater — Boston Copley Place Mall (100 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA Public Library — McKim Building Copley Square, 560 Boylston St., Boston, MA 2:00pm-2:30pm — BJ First Church of Christ, Scientist, 210 Massachusetts Ave., Snowden — Boston Public Boston, MA Library – Johnson Building Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Boston, MA 2:00pm-2:30pm — Four Trinity Church, 206 Clarendon St., Boston, MA Shadow — Copley Square Chadwick Stokes and the 2:00pm-2:45pm — Boston Pintos Sax Quartet — Copley Place 12:00pm-12:15pm — Sonika 12:15pm-12:45pm — Puppet 2:15pm-3:00pm — Improv Puppet Showplace Theater Vaid, Boston Public Library, Showplace Theater — Boston Campbell — Boston Public Boston — Boston Public Library Johnson Building Public Library — McKim Building Library – Johnson Building – Johnson Building Boston — Boston Public Library 12:00pm-12:30pm — DB 12:30pm-1:15pm — Sweet 1:00pm-1:30pm — Puppet 2:30pm-2:40pm — Lamont – Johnson Building Studios — Boston Public Library Harmony — Copley Square Showplace Theater — Boston Price — Copley Square 3:45pm-4:30pm — – Johnson Building 12:45pm-1:15pm — DB Public Library — McKim Building 2:30pm-3:00pm — Puppet Responders — Boston Public 12:00pm-1:00pm — Chu Ling Studios — Boston Public Library 1:00pm-1:45pm — Improv Showplace Theater — Boston Library – Johnson Building Dance Academy — Copley Place – Johnson Building Boston — Boston Public Library Public Library — McKim Building 3:45pm-4:30pm — Intelligent Mall 12:45pm-1:15pm — Kennedy – Johnson Building, Boylston 2:30pm-3:15pm — Television — Copley Square St., Rabb Lecture Hall Responders — Boston Public 4:00pm-4:30pm — BJ 1:00pm-2:00pm — Handel Library – Johnson Building Snowden — Boston Public & Haydn Society Jubilee Day 2:45pm-3:15pm — Alli Haber Library – Johnson Building Concert — Trinity Church, 206 — Copley Square 4:00pm-5:00pm — Organ News Briefs Clarendon St., Boston, MA 3:00pm-3:45pm — Boston Concert — First Church of by Sal Giarratani A celebratory afternoon of Sax Quartet — Copley Place Christ, Scientist — Artists: Bryan music and story telling on Mall Ashley, Heinrich Christensen, the anniversary of President 3:00pm-3:45pm — The King Jennifer Hsiao — Soul-touching Another Great Voice Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation of Instruments — Old South performances from three organ- Proclamation. Presented in part- Church, 645 Boylston St, ists upon one of the world’s ten Has Left Us in ’18 nership with the Museum of Boston, MA largest organs It was a really sad moment not that long ago when African American History. Organ performance from the 4:30pm-4:40pm — Lamont we experienced the passing of the legendary Aretha 1:00pm-4:00pm — Greater church’s 7,000 pipe organ Price — Copley Square Franklin. She was called the Queen of Soul and her Boston Chinese Cultural 3:15pm-3:45pm — Puppet 4:50pm-5:20pm — Paco — music will live on forever. As a soul/jazz music fan, Association (GBCCA): Arts Showplace Theater — Boston Copley Square I think she was the best. Listening to her sing with & Crafts and Cultural Public Library — McKim Building 5:00pm-6:00pm — Busking the powerful voice of hers always made me feel young Performances — Boston Public 3:15pm-3:45pm — DJ Music Brothers — AT&T Store again ... And now we hear of the passing of Nancy Library – McKim Building, Copley Square 5:30pm-6:00pm — Vocal Wilson, another legendary Jazz singer. Her music will (Dartmouth St.), Guastavino 3:30pm-4:15pm — Improv Revolution — Copley Square be remembered, too. Room, Boston Public Library, 5:30pm-7:00pm — Frog Pond Isn’t This So True? 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA Skating Spectacular — Boston People don’t know what they want, they only know The Greater Boston Chinese Common — Artists: Skating what they know! Cultural Association (GBCCA) Club of Boston — Join The Why Would Trump is a non-political, non-profit Skating Club of Boston at The organization to promote public Boston Common Frog Pond for Want These Fakers at His Party? awareness of Chinese culture a FREE figure skating show President Trump has apparently decided that he is in and heritage, to enhance the featuring national and interna- no mood to share eggnog with the White House press well being and social standing of tional competitive fi gure skaters, corps. This annual Christmas Party tradition decades Chinese Americans; and to pro- soloists, groups, wee skaters, old has had its plug pulled. Trump is right. Why does vide an environment for people to and Team Excel Synchronized he have to fake it with the Fake Media? Why would learn Chinese culture, language, Skating and Theatre On Ice of they want to fake it, too. It would be uncomfortable and arts. For more than 20 Boston teams. Ring in the New for all concerned. years, GBCCA has been actively Year with friends and family at Turning NYC Projects Over to HUD participating the Boston First a fantastic show! New York City Hall is doing all it can to pressure a Night Celebration by providing Headlined by international federal judge not to place the NYC Housing Authority hands–on arts & crafts activities, and national competitive fig- under federal receivership warning it would report- dance & music performance, and ure skaters from The Skating edly push tenants out onto the streets. According bringing Lion & dragon dances, Club of Boston. First Night’s to talking points distributed to members of the city and illuminated lanterns, etc. to production will star 3-Time council by mayoral aides, read, “Under President the Parade. U.S. Champion, World Silver Trump - who attempted to zero out the budget for 1:15pm-1:25pm — Emily Medalist, and Olympic public housing - direct federal control would be disas- Ruskowksi — Copley Sq., 560 Medalist Ashley Wagner! Boylston St., Boston, MA Three-time U.S. Champion, Visit bostonfrogpond.com for (Continued on Page 10) 1:30pm-1:45pm — Sonika World Silver Medalist, and more information. Immediately Vaid — Boston Public Library – Olympic Medalist Ashley Johnson Building Wagner (Continued on Page 12) THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE HAS MOVED TO 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQUARE, EAST BOSTON This offi ce is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, DECEMBER 28, 2018 Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari Virginia Centurione was born on April 2, 1587, in Genoa and was of noble origins. She was the daughter of Giorgio Centurione ORIGIN OF THE MAUSOLEUM (who was the Doge of Genoa from 1621 to 1623) and Lelia Spinola. Virginia desired to live the cloistered life but had to suc- cumb to her father’s strong will and marry Gaspare Grimaldi Bracelli on December 10, 1602. Gaspare’s family was both illus- trious and wealthy, but he was wholly taken up with gambling and dissolute life. She gave birth to two daughters: Lelia and Isabella. The marriage did not last long, for she became a widow on June 13, 1607, at the age of 20. She refused another arranged marriage brought on due to her father’s infl uence and took a vow to live a chaste life. She lived in her mother-in-law’s house, taking care of the education and the administration of the goods of her children and dedicating herself to prayer and act of charity. On August of 1625, with the death of her mother-in-law, Bracelli founded the “Cento Signore della Misericordia Protettrici dei Poveri di Gesù Cristo to help alleviate the poverty in her town. She began charitable works and assisted the poor and the sick and those who might be drawn into a disreputable life.”The center was Webster defines a tomb as tomb was erected in his memory day to eulogize her husband and soon overrun with people suffering from the famine and plague an above ground vault for the at Halicarnassus (the modern offered ample rewards. The con- of 1629–30 and soon she had to rent the Monte Calvario convent reception of a dead body. He Budrum). This memorial vault test was won by Theopompus, to accommodate all the people that came in. Around 1635, the also defi nes a mausoleum as a was a huge masonry structure a noted Athenian historian and center was caring for over 300 patients and received recognition large imposing tomb for one or 88 feet by 119 feet and extend- orator. In addition to all of her as a hospital from the government. more bodies. The origin of the ing to a height of 140 feet. outward signs of grief, we are With the increase of the activities and of the efforts, the collabo- name “Mausoleum” is quite The upper portion was sur- told that Queen Artemisia had rators of Virginia declined, particularly the women of the middle interesting and very appropriate rounded by beautiful Ionic her husband’s remains cre- and upper class, who feared to compromise their reputation by for discussion at this time.