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VOL. 118 - NO. 27 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JULY 4, 2014 $.35 A COPY Late Night Drinking Hours Fourth of July on the Esplanade As of the printing of this paper the dates mentioned in the article Got Shut Down This Time were subject to change due to inclement weather. by Sal Giarratani Keith Lockhart and the Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is a supporter of late night Boston Pops Esplanade drinking at Boston bars and restaurants but his wish was Orchestra will be joined by halted up on Beacon Hill where the very idea went down to special guests The Beach defeat. Boston now has late-night MBTA service and late- Boys, Megan Hilty, Julia night food trucks but Boston‘s restaurants and pubs will have Udine and Ben Jacoby from to wait a bit longer. If the idea had passed muster with legis- the new production of Phan- lators, drinking could have continued at bars as late as tom of the Opera, and the 4:00 am. Boston City Hall seemed rooting to get a 3:00 am Boston Children’s Chorus closing time. in celebrating one of the Kudos to state Reps. Michael Moran, D-Brighton and Aaron nation’s proudest holiday Michlewitz, D-North End for opposing extending late night traditions, the Boston Pops’ drinking hours beyond the current 2:00 am closing time. Fourth-of-July concert at the Both representatives thought a future discussion on the Hatch Shell on Boston’s issue was needed. Charles River Esplanade, Walsh stated that he wasn’t disappointed (but) I certainly Friday, July 4th, 8:00 pm, cel- would have loved to have seen it … There’s other avenues ebrating its 41st year. For country’s leading Indepen- Sean Hayes in NBC’s com- we can move. The mayor has created a late night task force the first time, there will be a dence Day celebration!” edy Sean Saves the World. In to examine ways to grow the city’s nightlife. live webcast of the Boston BOSTON POPS March 2013, she released A few months ago, Walsh was talking about a pilot program Pops Fireworks Spectacular FIREWORKS her debut solo album, It that would allow bars within the Seaport District to stay open available at www.BostonPops SPECTACULAR PROGRAM Happens All the Time, and later. Is City Hall still considering this pilot program? July4th.org and www.cbs The Beach Boys’ vocal made her debut with Keith Kudos goes out to Representatives Moran and Michlewitz boston.com, sponsored by the harmonies are unmistak- Lockhart and the Boston for standing up for their constituents whom would have been Massachusetts Office of able and enduring, and their Pops at Symphony Hall in seriously impacted by later closing hours for bars. Crowded Travel and Tourism. This torrent of hits changed the May 2013. night spots are already a major problem in places like Allston event will also be the first musical landscape pro- Julia Udine, who plays and the North End. Why add to the problem? free webcast of a full Boston foundly. The Beach Boys con- Christine Daaé, is honored As far as pilot programs go, how does the City advocate for Pops concert. The Boston tinue to create and perform to be making her touring the Seaport District and not the Quincy Market area or Pops Fireworks Spectacular with the same bold imagina- debut with this new produc- Allston Village? will be televised exclusively tion and style that marked tion of The Phantom of the Later night drinking won’t make Boston a world class city on CBS Boston’s WBZ-TV their explosive debut over 50 Opera. Her theater credits or grow Boston’s night life. However, it definitely would nega- from 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm years ago. Captained by include: Jack’s Back, West tively affect many Boston neighborhoods such as right here (10:30 pm fireworks). The Mike Love, The Beach Boys Side Story. TV: Law and Order in the North End. SVU, and All My Children. Ben Jacoby, who plays Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, comes to Phantom directly from the Chicago-area Mar- News Briefs riott Theatre. Regionally, by Sal Giarratani Ben has appeared at the Milwaukee Repertory The- atre, Maine State Music Our Southern Border has Collapsed Theatre and in several Since January, our southern border down in productions at the Utah Arizona and Texas has been invaded by untold Shakespeare Festival. thousands of young people from Central America. The Boston Children’s They have traveled some 1,800 miles from their Chorus is a creative social home countries across Mexico to reach the U.S. integration organization border. Our U.S. Border Patrol calls these folks that unites area children “unaccompanied children.” There is a prepon- The legendary Beach Boys will take the stage on the ages 7-18 across differences derance of those who are from Honduras, Hatchshell in celebrating America’s 238th birthday. of race, religion and socio- Guatemala and El Salvador and it is happening economic status. Their focus according to Lou Dobbs, of the Fox Business broadcast recently won an play an astoundingly busy is not on one specific com- Channel, in concert between those three coun- Emmy Award for Outstand- schedule of concerts, aver- munity, but the energy of tries. Many also see Mexico closing its eyes to it ing Special Event Coverage aging 150 shows a year. The the intersection of all our all and apparently the United States has known presented by the National Beach Boys are led by Mike communities. Through in- this was coming over five months ago and was Academy of Television Arts Love and Bruce Johnson, tensive choral training and preparing to transport and house these illegals. & Sciences Boston/New who along with Christian once-in-a-lifetime perform- At the moment, our U.S. Border is really England. “We’re thrilled that Love, Randell Kirsch, Tim ing experiences locally, unguarded as the border patrol deals with all the WBZ-TV is continuing its Bonhomme, John Cowsill, nationally and around the children flooding across the border. Months ago commitment to broadcast and Scott Totten continue world, BCC enhances the when Arizona tried policing the border, the Feds the Boston Pops Fireworks the legacy of the iconic education and social devel- told them to get lost. Now, Arizona and Texas Spectacular for its huge fan American band. Few, if any, opment of youth as future are asking the Feds to protect the border and base in Boston, Massachu- acts can match The Beach leaders and global citizens once again state governors are told to get lost. setts, and New England,” Boys’ concert presence, in the 21st century. What country can sustain itself if borders said Boston Pops Conductor spirit, and performance. This year’s program will be are meaningless? Democrats up on Capitol Hill Keith Lockhart. “We’re grate- Star of television and the hosted by WBZ-TV News an- would rather talk about getting the NFL to ful for the continued support Broadway stage, singer and chors Lisa Hughes and outlaw the Washington franchise from calling of Liberty Mutual Insurance, actress Megan Hilty will Jonathan Elias and will fea- and thanks to the generos- perform at this year’s con- ture members of WBZ-TV (Continued on Page 10) ity of the Massachusetts cert along with the Boston News: WBZ-TV morning Office of Travel and Tourism, Pops Esplanade Orchestra. news anchors Kate Merrill we couldn’t be happier to After stints on Broadway in and David Wade, evening announce the first-ever Wicked, 9 to 5: The Musical, anchors Paula Ebben and THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE webcast of the event, giving and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Jack Williams, Chief Meteo- AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON us the potential of reaching Megan Hilty became one of rologist Eric Fisher, and millions of additional music- TV’s newest stars with her Sports Director Steve Bur- WILL BE CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS loving patriots throughout leading role in the popular ton. It will also air locally on BEGINNING TUESDAY, JUNE 24TH the country and beyond. NBC series Smash. Hilty That’s great news for this recently starred alongside (Continued on Page 14) Page 2 POST-GAZETTE, JULY 4, 2014 Res Publica by David Trumbull Citizens, Not Subjects On this date in 1776 the to be confectionaries, and to QUINTILIAN delegates to the Second be cooks, and to be bakers.” Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, liminary education, and lead- Continental Congress de- (1 Sam. 8:13) and known to us as Quintilian, ing right through to the time clared that the people they “He will take your fields, and was a celebrated Roman lit- of the orator’s first public represented were citizens of your vineyards, and your olive erary critic, teacher, and appearance. the United States and not yards, even the best of them, rhetorician. He was born in The first two books describe subjects of His Britannic and give them to his servants.” Spain about 35 A.D. and the elementary education of Majesty, George III. (1 Sam. 8:14) and received his training as an his time in Rome. The follow- The document by which “He will take your menser- orator at Rome, but started ing nine books discuss in- this shift of allegiance and vants, and your maidservants, his public career as an vention, arrangement, com- status was proclaimed is tri- and your goodliest young men, “advocatio” (legal counsel). position, memory, and deliv- partite. The preamble con- and your asses, and put them Although he was well known ery; all as applied to oratory.