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PIKE BARRl~R From Brighto:n to Torino? Snowstorm defeats l snow fence Residents say: I told you so
EJy Audit! Guha STAFF WRITER "This was a fence put any promises and $200,000 later, a new up as a snow barrier. M snow fence built by the Well, obviously their Turnpike Authority shielding Lincoln Street from the Massa engineers didn't know chusetts Turnpike came down in what they were doing. the last snowstorm. Area resi dents who had asked for a Too bad they didn't stronger fence in the first place are upset. listen to us to put up 'The fence is a complete fail one good fence in the ure," said Allston resident Paul Berkeley, one of many residents first place." who had asked for a stronger Allston resident Paul Berkeley fence when the Turnpike Author P·IOTO BY MARK THOMSON ity proposed the new cedar one As her 9-year-old sister Angellca looks on, 7-year-old Arlana Torres sleds down a hill behind St. Columbkllle's School In Brighton on at the plans for the new fence, Monday. The girts enjoyed a day of sleddlng as most rea schools were 1:losed due to the weekend snow storm. last year. 'This was a fence put up I as a snow barrier. Well, obviously Berkeley had called it a poor one their engineers didn't know what time solution. they were doing. Too bad they But Mike Swanson, chief engi didn't listen to us to put up one neer with the Turnpike Authority, good fence in the first place." had as-.ured them it was not some Residents who wanted a per cheap fence but a good strong _BC plans for :Brighton camwus cedar \now fence, a safe fence manent barrier along the turn pike, Qf t lea~! a wall that would that "'1 ll improve the look of Lin By Audlti Guha Hous. recently acquired by the institullon in 2004. The master =l1 iruuauve is up for look nice, were disappointed with coln Street aud cut down some of .._ STAFF WRITER will remiiin on the tax rolls and may possibly renewal with an amen ent this year. They the fence proposed by the Turn the noise from the Ma<>s. Pike. be used for faculty housing in the future. As concerns of development and Allston's hope to file the amen ent with community pike Authority last July. Looking FENCE, page 5 future mount in the community, Boston Col Boston College enrolhnent has not grown support in the fall to include interior renova lege unveiled its plans for the college cam since l 9t 0, said Tom Keady. VJce president tion and use of these four parcels. pus in two neighborhood meetings last week. at the oltice of governmen1 and communit) These include Archdiocese of Boston SCHOOL Residents are relieved that the college has affairs. properties St. William'~ Hall, the Tribunal capped its enrollment, houses 85 percent of The in' titution has acquired fmrr parcels in building, the cardinal'$ residence and the its undergraduates on-campus and is not Brightotl since it began working on its mas planning to build donns in the neighborhood. ter plan with the city in 20CO and renewed it Gardner School Buffalo Soldiers teach students gets pilot status
By Amanda Patterson "We want [students] to have some pride in who felt the black soldiers' hair reminded By Audltl Guha Gardner Elementary School on CORRESPONDENT themselves. They don't usually have a them of the mane of the buffalo. Solders STAFF WRITER Athol Street has long awaited A group of Brighton High kids had a chance to hear what their ancestors did," said adopted the name as a badge of honor, ac A two-year impasse was bro pilot status. chance this week to learn about a part of Bill Verttl!r of Buffalo Soldier Heritage. cording to Bob Gray, a former Marine and ken Wednesday as the Boston State Rep. Michael Moran, African-American history they didn't know The presenters spoke about their own ex member of the SouthOO,:Ough-based group. Public Schools and the teachers who is among many champi existed before. perience' and the Buffalo Soldiers, black sol Reserve Officer Training Corps Senior union reached an agreement on a oning this move, hopes the The students watched a presentation by diers who served in segregated units from the Anny Instructor John Travers organized the three-year proposal regarding school will start operating with its Buffalo Soldier Heritage, a group of history late 1800s through the 1950s when the mili event with the help of his students and other pilot schools. pilot status in September. buffs speaking about the unrecognized ac tary wruJ desegregated. In Brighton, this is cause for BUFFALO, page 6 complishments of blacks in the military. The n:une came from Native Americans celebration, as the Thomas GARDNER, page 3
E It takes a village Ta~'er pleads ~guilty
By Auditl Guha dered to serve the sentence be STAFFWRI IR hind bars. After a graffiti spree rnAllston- ;;n addition to paying several Local man makes Brighton last March, T)'son An- thousand dollars in restitution, dree Wells, 26, of BrooklineJ Wi:lls must stay out of Brighton, career out of pleaded guilty last week to van pe form 300 hours of community dalism charges, according to a seivice by cleaning graffiti-paint lampooning press release from the Suffolk ed buildings in Boston and write County District Attorney's office. a letter of apology to area resi Broadway Wells admitted to 24 counts of dents, the release said. As ~SEEPAGE15 vandalism Feb. 8, the day of bis Had the case gone to trial, trial for "tagging" 11urnerous area sistant District Attorney buildings and JSinesses in M ~ghan Fitzpatrick would have March2005. pn!Sented evidence and testimo Boston Municipal Court Judge ny showing that Wells was re sp:>nsible for dozens of acts of Commentary 10 Paul K Leary senwnced Wells to one year in the county House of vandalism committed throughout Correction, with the term sus the Allston-Brighton area Community Notes 12 STAFF PHOTO BY MATIHEW HEAlEY pended for a period of three Wells was arrested early morn Left td right, Chartle Denison, Nathan Spencer, Michele Costa and Blair Lesser chat with each ing on March 17, 2005, after Crime 4 years. 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It turned out that New Balance, an athletic out fitter, heard about Lounsbury's unfortunate night and decided to help. So last Friday, in front of cameras and a handful of bystanders, New Bal ance presented Lounsbury with a $2,500 check for her entry fee and a duffel bag full of New Bal ance apparel. 'This was totally unexpected," Lounsbury said. Katherine Shepard, senior corporate communi cations manager at New Balance, presented Lounsbury with the check. ''It's too bad what hap pened," she said, ''but we're glad that something good came out of it" Shepard said that New Balance immediately jumped to action after learning that Lounsbury was planning to run the Marathon for Casa Myrna Mother Nature gave you beautiful skin. don't Vazquez Inc., a Boston-based nonprofit organiza let Father Time take it away. With a vegetable tion dedicated to ending domestic violence. enzyme peel, m1croderrnabras1on, or an age ''New Balance is a major supporter of the char ity, and we wanted to help Mara because she was defense treatment. you'll rediscover ,1 youthful n't doing this for herself," said Shepard. strength. firmness and clarity. And undo the Lounsbury was still planning to scrape up the damage that winter has wrought. For trmeless entry fee, which is due March 1, so she could run beauty. schedule an appointment. . . lh1s minute. for her charity. ''I had worked so hard. and I was still going to enter, but I was going to have to Call 1-800-FACIALS or v1s1t www.elizabethgrady.com come up with the money myself and just be for nearest location, servrces. products & gift certificates. broke." Lounsbury, who teaches Spanish at Kennedy Middle School in Natick, said she trains five times a week at the Boston Sports Club in Central -~ Square. She participated in the Boston Marathon ART ON STONE last year, and in the Chicago Marathon last Octo ber. Myth & Legend The contents of the gift bag - several pairs of running shoes, a water bottle and running apparel 20% SALEr - was hand selected by New Balance employees Everything Must Go to give Lounsbury items that will suit her needs. Relocating to Victoria's Choice • BOS TO~ '40IAl.O STAFF PHOTO BY FAITH Ni.,..,..00, "I needed to go shopping for running stuff any A,donatlon-stealing lowlife couldn't keep Cambridge teacher Martt Lounsbury out of the way," she said, "and now I'm going to be very I 2/1 (1st floor) B~ton Marathon, thanks to a shoe company's generosity. stylish out there." -Ric-0-Shay Antiques 617-254-1455. I,Iarvard eyes Allston future 270 Persons St. & Soldiers Field Rd, Brighton . • By Audltl Guha plans about these possibilitie!I, the task force far the second time, Eadv Buver... Sman Buver Specials STAFF WRITER task force will evaluate the rro Cbainnan ~ 1y Mellone is pleased Mariner 151124' Family Size ..Residents are waiting to see jects for size, scale and suitabt lity that the institution is thinking of Pool 19'131' O.D. nm wlllie Harvard officials brief and debate the community bl:ne looking at a 10-year plan to help them on the past and chalk out fits before coming to an agree them anticipate changes long term. plans for future discussion. ment. ''We reviewed the content in the ~~:: ..s11 so fy1eeting Monday night at its That is still a long way off, 'iaid North Allston neighborhood plan se,cond meeting, the new 17- task force member Paul Berktley, and how tt ccnnects with impend member task force is serving as an pointing out that it has ~r a ing lnstituticnal Master Plan to advisory board to the Boston Re decade since Harvard boltgbt see how the two are linked and dexelopment Authority and Har property in Allston. what the tas.c force's role is re vai:d University to figure out plans "I want to start seeing some .ic garding therr~" be said ''We are for its North Allston campus. tual substance when we begitl to moving on with a deliberate pace .University officials presented work on actual plans and bendits and with an eye towards updating the'possibility of two projects - a for the community," he said. information he new task force life, science building to be built in Harry Mattison said the mret must work wi th." Abston, possibly on Western Av ings are going well so far, but The task force is grappling with en~e; and moving a part of the agreed that it's time to move on procedural questions at this early F9gg Museum with staff, offices beyond concepts and ideas. stage in order to understand how an..d exhibit space to the site of the "We're not negotiating over the university will propose pro old. Citibank building, while the anything yet. We have no pl;1ns grams and ke1~ the Allston vision cambridge site of the museum is from Harvard yet to discuss,'' he of community alive at the same $HOPPING FOR THE BEST renovated between Western Av said. ''We are still in a prel.imiI1ary time. Its nexi meeting is sched enue and Soldiers Field Road. phase." uled 7 p.m., March 1, at the Honan-Allston Library. MORTGAGE DEAL IN BOSTON? Once. Harvard has concrete Sitting on a Harvard Unive11 Big party, big arrest driver v1ct1m said he was computers, $1,000 in cash, a book ' 1 Three residents and two of punched by the fare-evading and a bag were stolen. their guests were arrested suspect - a male, about 20, Feb. 10 when police busted a who fled into an alley at 370 Laptop and party at 235 Everett St., accord Washington St. The cabbie said ing to a report. Sean C. Fielder, he picked up the suspect outside jewelry theft · 27, of 4 Corman Road, the Beacon Hill Pub at Tremont Jewelry and a laptop · Mattapan; Marquis S. Massie, and Court streets in downtown 11 computer were stolen : 20, of 148 Blake St., Mattapan; Boston. The suspect said he from a Brighton residence bro • and residents Andre W. Rollins, wanted to go to Watertown, but ken into on Feb. 10, according lo : 26, James Rollins, 27, and later started giving wrong a report. The victim at 84 : Rendel Suneus, 25, all of 235 directions. The area was Wallingford Road told police : Everett St., were arrested on searched, but the suspect was she came home to find the bed : charges of disturbing the peace. not found. room window open, the apart : Responding to a loud party at ment ransacked and many items 235 Everett St. at about 2:42 Quizno's robbed • missing. ' a.m., police found a group of 20- An unknown suspect , 30 people hanging out in front of 8 robbed a sandwich shop Brighton break-in ' the house and loud music com and made off with the safe on A Brighton residence ' ing from inside. As they headed Feb. 11, according to a report. At was broken into by an in, they were confronted by 12 10:46 a.m., officers responded to unknown suspect while the resi Andre Rollins, who began a break-in at Quizno's, 470 dent was home on Feb. IO, , yelling at them and telling them Washington St. The owner told according to a report. At about they had no right to be inside police that when they opened the 4:43 p.m. officers responded to without a search warrant. He store at 9 a.m. they found the 206 Corey Road for a break-in. allegedly grabbed an officer and store had been broken into and The victim said she was in her · refused to let them in. Officers the safe removed. It contained living room when she heard , found about 200 people inside. about $1,500 in cash. The securi some noise in the kitchen and • Many refused to leave when ty video showed a suspect enter found the window there half asked to do so. The tenants at ing through a hole in the store opcn. She was sure it had been first refused to be identified, but room wall. He was seen using a closed. Then she heard items all got their IDs eventually pry bar and removing the safe fall in the bathroom when she except Andre Rollins. He was from the floor. The alarm system yelled and fled. Police did not handcuffed after a struggle. The had been broken, police noted. find anyone inside, but the other two tenants were also Items were seized for potential screen on the kitchen window arrested on charges of keeping a fingerprinting and analysis, and had been cut. , , disorderly house and disturbing the incident is under investiga ' the peace. Two Mattapan resi tion. dents refused to leave even after Items stolen being asked to several times. from apartment They were also arrested on glassy eyes and was unsteady on arrested Feb. IO on charges of a on Feb. 12, but police could not Home break A Brighton residence charges of disturbing the peace, his feet, police noted. Asked if he warrant, according to a report. At find the suspect after they got A Sony Playstation, a CD according to the report. had been drink111g he replied, "A about 6:25 p.m., officers arrested player and some precious 13 was broken into and sev there, according to a report. 9 enll items stolen on Feb. ·11, tiny bit." He failed field sobriety the suspect on a warrant out of jewelry were stolen from a ] Officers responded to the according to a report. At about Drunken driver arrest tests and was placed under arrest. the Brighton District Court Providence House, a retirement Brighton house broken into on Feb. 10, according to a report. 9:27 p.m., police responded to Wilner Zephyr, 43, of 78 During bookinf. he said he had charging him with larceny over home, at 7:04 p.m. on reports of I The victim said she returned 137 Chiswick Road. 1be resi Brainerd Road, Apt. 16, three beers at home and couldn' t $250 when he came to the police an intruder. An employee and 2 home to 119 Sutherland Road to dents said that an unknown &us I was arrested Feb. 12 on charges explain why he left two damaged station of his own accord after witness directed them to the back find the front door chained from pcct entered the apartment of driving drunk, according to a vehicles. being contacted by officers. of the building where he saw the c inside and all the lights on. through a rear window and made • police report. Police responded to suspect. The suspect was Officers entered by climbing in off with computers, jewelry, cell an accident on Wallingford Road described as a white male, about Two assaulted through a side window, but found phones, cash and personal papers. and saw a black BMW and a gray BC partygoers arrested 25, with brown hair, wearing t An unknown suspect no one inside. Residents left at Nissan Pathfinder with some James O'Donnell, of26 sneakers, blue jeans and a green 20, assaulted two victims on 9:26 a.m. and returned at 11 p.m. damage to their rear ends. A resi 5 T-shirt with FBI on it, over a Fraud g 3 Cedar St.. East Hampton, Feb. 10, according to a report. At to find the above items stolen, tl dent said he heard a loud crash N.Y., and Ch'1stopher Francis about l :20 a.m., police respond long-sleeved off-white pullover. worth about $800. A Brighton suspect has and looked out his window to see McCann, 21, of 7 Summit St, ed to a fight at 1255 The witness said he approached 14 been fraudulently seeur p a Toyota Camry crashed into the Glen Ridge, 1' J., were arrested Commonwealth Ave., where vic the intruder who seemed drunk Laptops stolen ing cash and payment from local , cars. The driver got out, checked Feb. 11 on charges of disorderly tims said they were assaulted by with slurred speech. The suspect residents, according to police Computers and money e : the damage and drove off conduct and assault and battery an unknown suspect. One of then fled towards the Whole reports. At about 7 p.m., a worth about $3,800 were C ~- towards Commonwealth Avenue, with a dangerous weapon. them said be was punched in the Foods Market. The area was lo Brighton resident came to the stolen from a Brighton residence he said. Another witness said he respectively. Victims at a Boston face and was bleeding in the face searched but to no avail. police station to report larceny. on Feb. 10, according to a report. h followed the Toyota and the car College party .it l 00 St. Thom Cat Connection specific areas that the cats call hence the name. I can't think of a UJ • "home." Our trappers see that the better way to start my day than connects people cats are caught, fixed and returned feeding these sweet creatures.'' ec with abandoned cats to the area. Our volunteers build •"During the three years I have m Do you like cats? Do you often and place warm shelters and feed been feeding at my colony, there Trade in your see abandoned/stray cats and ing stations in the area for their have been as many as 16 cats, but cc . wish you could do something to protection from the elements. now only nine remain. Tuxedo, help? Well here is your chance, Every day a volunteer feeds the Tippy, Bobbie and Ebony are just an and it only takes 10-15 minutes of cats at one of these colonies. This a few of our cats that we love so co Home · your time one day a week. is where you come in. It is a very much. They keep their distance The Cat Connection is a group easy and rewarding volunteer ef from us, but they certainly ~ow tru of volunteers helping to control fort. Here are some comments their tum and Princess, who is a we are their feeders, as they wait ne the feral cat population through from some of our current feeders: bit of bully, still lets Tigger have patiently for us to arrive and give the TNRF process (trap/neuter/re •''1igger is always the first one first dibs. Gorgeous is my fa them their breakfast." · Sti• Equity line! turn/feed). We oversee and main at the station and seems to rule the vorite, as she is very shy and timid • ''Tiger is my favorite. He was tain many "colonies" which are roost. Ashley and Cinder wait and her coloring is spectacular - obviously not born feral but prob op ably left behind by someone in Fixed-Rate Home Equity Loan the apartment complex who moved and couldn't take him ter with him or her. The reasoh I Ar know he was domestic is that he lets me touch him and even loves nci % to be brushed. I would take him APR' home with me if he weren't so at tached to Wiley, his companion, who hides behind the bu~es when I arrive, waiting until I walk Interest rate., are on the rise, away before coming out to feed. . so now is a great time to loc.;k While I worry about all the thihgs • in your hom eqwty rate . Save that can befall these poor crea . tures outdoors - wildlife, New To apply, mat any office or $500 England winters, sickness, etc. - ~ Save Save .L}P~R3-5 I • call us at (617) 254--0707. - $500 NowOnly know they are in far better straits $1,200 $1,499 than cats who are living on their ~,Fd;iNs X9i IPARA:l1J 1A'A GS4-05 own and not in colonies like ours Fixed Rates• Fixed Payments NowOnly NowOnly where they are being fed daily $3,099 $1,499 and sheltered." The Cat Connection is current- Peace of Mind! ly in need of feeders at the follow ing locations: Royal Street, ~ • Save ston, Atkins Street, Brighton, Mt • Vernon Street, Brighton, Newtor • $400 Street, Brighton. Please call. Or G PaceMaster behalf of the cats ... thank you. Peoples Gold Elite The Cat Connection is a not • • NowOnly for-profit organization of volun· • Federal Savings Bank $1,799 teers who rescue homeless cats Allston 229 l\onh Harvard 1 -eet There is a tax-deductible donatio1 Brighton 435 Market Stn:• of $125 for each adoption ilia Jamaica Plain 725 Centn: <.tr :-tt provides for a vet exam, spayin1 Norwood 61 Lenox Street West Roxbury 1905 Centre rect or neutering and initial vaccina www.pfsb.com tions. The Cat Connection may, a its discretion, offer discounts t< .\fanbtrl~ elderly or disabled adopters. Fo ~rcut , ·~ ' more information on adopting, o •atn 'Annual Percentage Rate (APR) effective as ol 12/'21/05 and~ k> dW9e ~ 36 montlly to volunteer, please call 781-899 lass payments ot $30.54 per $1,000 borrowed. 1-4 family owner-OCCUplOd ~ crir ~ llS1flllC8 is ~ recµred. Minimum loan amount $25,000 Maximum loan amount S275.IXXl Maxi11un mi k> Y.! ue 75"'.. 0004, e-mail us at info@theci1 • Value based on most recent tax assessment. It an appraisal is req1.1<1'd hJe is a lee of $275 • S4 '5 Oller connection.org or fill out our on I : restrictions may apply. Consult a tax CKMsol' as lo the ded.ictKlil1y rJ. "le'est line preadoption application < • http:/! members. petfi nd'e1 -- & Find interesting thi11-gs_t_o_d_o__ org/-MA 190/Preadoption J Application.html. in the A ..B comm~ty 'I www. .allstonbrightontab.coJ Friday, February 17, 2006 Allston-Brighton TAB, page 5 FROM PAGE ONE PUBLIC REALM WORKSHOP .Fence crumbles un1der snow FOR BARRY'S CORNER _ F,ENCE, from page 1 . When residents protested the To inform the campus & urban framework tor Harvard in Allston Jenee would not be strong enough to even withstand snow thrown at •.it from plows along the Pike, • Swanson had said that Pike engi heers would disagree with that. Harvard University ., .. When residents asked for a per manent noise barrier, Swanson invites members of the Allston/Brighton community to attend a told them the completed fence could be good enough that resi public workshop to explore opportunities for enhancing the public dents wouldn't want anything environment-and creating public spaces-in and around Barry's ,.more permanent once they see it. Six weeks after the 8-foot-high Comer in North Allston fepce was put up, a couple of pan .els came down in the first snow (intersection of Western Ave. and North Harvard St.) . ,storm of the season last Decem ,ber. This week, major sections of it collapsed along with the wood 1 ·qreaking in parts. Residents esti- ,mate about 30-40 sections are The workshop will be conducted by the Project for Public Spaces ~ down. Allston resident John Powell (PPS), a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and . had also been skeptical of the sustaining public places that build community. PPS is working cedar fence before it went up. "I ·was among people who said it with Cooper, Robertson and Partners, the planning firm that is i,youldn't work," he said this 1 developing preliminary ideas and options for Harvard's campus week after surveying the damage. 1 - ' 1 don't know what to do about and urban framework in Allston. it." Elected officials are angry and calling on the Turnpike Authority to take immediate action. State Rep. Kevin Honan, who met with Turnpike Commission The workshop will be held on ' er Matthew Amorello last week • ·a'.nd secured a promise of remov ing the chain-link fence, improv Saturday, March 4th, 2006 )ng the sidewalks and planting r:r PHOTO BY "V10 GOff[)('\"J 'some trees to beautify the Allston The fence divldll\g the Mass. Turnpike and Uncoln Street in Allston on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 14. 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ~stretch of the Turnpike, said he · 'Saw the damaged fence on Sun . day and was disappointed. 'The Turnpike \-¥ill be putting to Honan-Allston Branch Library · "It's a thoroughly inadequate gether a num'1i!r of options to 300 North Harvard Street wall and it's a public safety issue. deal with this 1.. sue and meeting 'we're outraged," he said. "We with the comm11nity ~me time in need them to go back to the draw March to hear their thoughts." ing board to draw up a sound bar Questions tr mailed to the rier to resolve this problem. "It Turnpike on the rc;sue were not re Participants should wear comfortable walking shoes as the . was supposed to last 20 years, and sponded to by p!'ess ttme. , 'it didn't last one major blizzard." Allston residents have Jong workshop will include a walking tour of Barry's Corner. - City Councilor Jerry McDer- been frustrated with the Turn 'mott agreed. 'The latest snow pike's attitude towards them and J>torm proved that neighbors were the fence issue.. Many ~d that • right and the Mass. Turnpike was they have had 10 fight to get any ~ wrong," he said. "It's time for fence at all when conununities A continental breakfast will be provided. such as Newton -and Worcester ~ them to come back to the commu . Qity and make amends." have long boa ed strong sound , Residents now hope the Tum barriers and atll active walls along P.ike Authority will do what it the Mass. Turnpike. should've done in the first place Allston is on the li. t ofco mmu ....- listen to their need for a perma nities along the Turnpike in line for sound ban ers, Bums said. nent sound barrier or a stronger This program h. d been discontin ., •\.fall like the brick serpentine one ued in the early 1990s, but \\hen outside Cabot, Cabot and Forbes. Amorello took over in 2002, he "We need something stronger reinstated the practice of in ..fl.].l along," said area resident stalling sound barriers along the ''.Harry Mattison. "It doesn't feel road based orl federal highway '-like repairing or rebuilding that I HAVE A PLAN criteria and zonl' equity. fence, or any similar construction Fifth or sixth on the Turnpike's ' 'will work. Take out that fence, priority list f c·r building new ~ ~uild something new." sound barrier.. • tatewide, Allston to rYldkt/ rYl~ rYlOVle/~ {d~f. , After calls, Turnpike residents had pointed out last year : ;spokesperson Mariellen Burns that it was a wa~ te of resources to ' .sent an e-mailed statement to the build a tempor ..ry wall that was With luffs Health Plan Medicare Preferred. , TAB this week admitting that the n't good enough. : ·r~nce is not doing its job and that With most o the fence down .. they faced similar problems earli this week, residents wonder what Tufts Health Plan Medicare Preferred Includes New Medicare . ~r with the snowstorm in Decem it will take for the state to cut has lower plan premiums than most Prescription Drug Coverage. . her. them some sla k - a Pike acci . 'There are elements of this dent that send a truck hurtling comparable Medigap Plans.* People with Medicare can now sign up for the .,fence that will not be completed into someone'' front yaid? day, . until the spring and may be con Every thousands of people with Medicare new Medicare prescription drug coverage . "We need a barrier that will are faced with choosing between their health ~ tributing to these problems, but stop an accident with some truck Those who don't may be assessed a penalty. · ~learly the fence is not perform or 18-wheeler ending up on and their money. \Ve don't think it has to be Fortunately, by joining Tufts Medicare ipg as we would like," she wrote. someone's yard," Mattison said. that way. Tufts Medicare Preferred offers more Preferred, you can be automatically '. affordable, lower premiums than most Medigap enrolled in the new Medicare prescription Plans.• And our comprehensive coverage is drug coverage. We help make it simple. ::Tagger admits crime available to anyone with Medicare in most ... areas of Massachusetts . • ~RREST, from page 1 words "Haste ' and "Rates" - ,; ~oston Police officers spotted tags that were i,.sed by Wells dur . him spray-painting a Common- ing his graffiti 11pree. Call today for the answers to your health care questions. •wealth Avenue storefront. In his District Attorney's Dan Conley . backpack they found eight cans praised Bost< n Poltce officers . of spray paint in various colors, as William Kc ll ·~y and Daniel well as a disposable camera. Humphries l<1r apprehending To get your free . • After obtaining a search war Wells. "Acts of vandalism, left rant from the Brighton court, po unchecked, contribute to an at Tufts Medicare Preferred ,lice searched Wells' residence mosphere of lawlessness in any and developed the camera's film, neighborhood, he said. 'The res information kit, revealing photographs of build idents ofAll ston and Brighton de ings that bore the spray-painted serve better." ... :~ ,Call 1-866-664-2143 .: Gardner deal sealed {too 1-888-899-8977) GARDNER, from page 3 ship to help u enact reforms that Boston Public Schools choices accelerate student achievement in ''for Boston families'," said Super- all 145 Boston Public Schools." TUFTS mHealth Plan intendent Thomas W. Payzant. The propo· .J for the Boston , The parties spent more than 40 Teachers Union to govern one of ({ I M e d i c a r e P r e f e r r e d ) ' .hours at the bargaining table ne the new pilot 'chools is believed ' .,gotiating this agreement. Offi- to be one of tht first ot ill> kind ll1 cials thanked former Senate Pres the country, though smillar to the '" 'ident Thomas Birmingham for existing teacher-led governance '. his pro bono role in helping the model at the P1trick Lyndon K-8 Thursday, Feb 23 ~arties reach consensus. Pilot School in West RoxbllI). 10:00 a.m. ' Elizabeth Reilinger, chairper Tavern on the Charles ' son of the Boston School Com District and union official• ~mittee, added, "Boston is recog noted that the pilot schools agree 1234 Soldiers Field Road ment would hecome part of th<· Brighton, MA ·"'nized as a national model of , ''urban public education reform, upcoming cc ntract with tht: '- ' and pilot schools exemplify Boston Teac~rs Union for th<: A sales representative will be present with information and applications. 'Boston's commitment to innova- next three school years and could For accommodation of persons with special needs at sales meetings, call 1-866-664-2143 (TDD 1-888-899-8977) •lions to improve student achieve not be reopen<" BC plans long term change BC, from page 1 lege branching out into residen land at this time. gymnasium. In most cases, they tial neighborhoods. But universi "BC is the fourth most applied are looking to maintain the same ty spokespersons assured that the to undergraduate private institu use of the facilities as before. houses would not be torn down or tion in the United States. I know used as dorms. They may be used we want to maintain green Plans for the Brighton campus as much-needed faculty housing space," said Keady. '1t's essential St. William's Hall, where New and will remain on the city's tax to maintaining a beautiful and Orleans students were housed last roll. open campus." City Cats Medlical and year, is vacant once more, and ''We are not changing the char Resident Paul Mishkin won BC hopes to move the new acter of those houses," said dered what BC can do about the school of theology and ministry Jeanne Levesque, director of student issue in the neighborhood • Dental Center is IExpanding! with classroom, library, a chapel government relations at Boston and asked if they would be inter Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Ultrasound, Radiology, and offices there. College at one of the two com ested in working with the local The Tribunal building will munity forums organized last judge. • Boarding, and Grooming house the new Institute of Aging week. "People will live there." Keady assured him that Capt. with offices and meeting space. Meeting with the TAB last William Evans attends the The cardinal's residence will week, spokesperson Jack Dunn mandatory orientation session, Convenient Early Morning, Evening and be used for meetings, functions • said, 'The college is certainly not talking about safety and student and conference space. 1\velve Saturday Appointrnents. looking to encroach on the neigh behavior in the neighborhood, rooms will be maintained for borhood, and if we buy residen guest housing when the college and that the school is committed • tial property, it will most likely be to continue to monitor this. has visiting dignitaries, faculty used for much-needed faculty ''We take student behavior very visitors or candidates for employ housing." Dr. Kathleen ·Leavey ment. seriously," Keady said. "As I tell Any long-term changes in this • Based at the foot of the cardi people, we are only as good as plan, if any, will be addressed by Interests include preventative nal's residence is an old gymnasi our last weekend!" the master plan as well. medicine, geria rics and internal um that is in dire need of repair, Parking and the use of BC • ''We are excited about junior stickers and Allston-Brighton res BC officials said. They are plan medicine. ning to renovate it as swing space faculty living on Foster Street," ident parking stickers was also a for college dance, theater and said local resident Karen Mar concern. • music groups who need rehearsal shall. space. The future Resident concerns These 43 acres of property "We are hiring Sasaki Associ • Dr. Chris Ulrich making up the Brighton campus About 20 residents attending ates to look at the big picture 10, Interests include surgery and are often and inaccurately re the community meeting in the 20, 30 years down the road," said ferred to by locals as St. John's BC Yawkey Center on Feb. 9 Levesque last week. •,, Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Seminary, when the seminary is were pleased with the presenta Specializing in campus plan cwrently not owned by the col tion. ning nationally, Sasaki Associates lege . Some voiced concerns about has been working since last July However, BC does have the landscaping and maintenance of on data collection, organizing right to buy the remaining semi the archdiocese properties ac task force forums and develop nary property from the archdio quired. They also hoped that the ment of the planning process • cese when they plan to sell it and seminary grounds and woods will from which an institutional mas have the right of first refusal be preserved in a neighborhood ter plan will emerge fresh insights 10 through 2009, Keady said . that has precious little green into the Brighton, Newton and • space. Chestnut Hill campuses. 50° ' C>FF New residential acquisitions Officials said they do tty and A neighborhood cbarette will Four houses were recently ac maintain the land and have be hosted by BC on Feb. 25, 9 • quired by the institution on Wade cleaned up the acquired property. a.m. -12 noon at???? to gather 1st Physical Exam Street and Foster Street, fueling They have no plans of chopping public input and continue the resident concerns of Boston Col- down trees or clearing wooded master planning process. • New Clients Only • Exp. 4/3.0/06 • Code: AKL • Group helps kids feel pride Arlington, MA. 02476 BUFFALO, from page 1 some parts of the event and Napoleon R. DePima, a retired faculty. Travers focuses on lead helped the Buffalo Soldiers set up military man, stood to speak in a • www.city-cats.com • 781-641-3673 ership and citizenship in his elec their extensive display of pictures blue and yellow uniform. He ) tive class, Junior Reserve Officer and books about African-Ameri talked about his own experiences Clinic Hours: Mon. 8:00 - 7:00 • llues. - Thurs. 8:00-6:30 Training. cans in history. in the segregated military and ] • Fri. 8:00 - 4:00 •Sat. 8:00 - 3:00 ''Citizenship is really about be The event began with the about the i.µuecognized contribu l longing to your community," Tra ROTC color guard leading the tions of African-Americans in vers said. ''We talk about selfless audience in the Pledge of Alle U.S. history. • service to community." giance. Sophomore Ashley DePima described the day be His student volunteers planned Owens sang "Amazing Grace." realized be could walk into any restaurant he wanted and go to any hotel he could afford. His story was powerful, according to Travers. ''We talk about what life was like before civil rights," Travers said. "But reading about it just isn't the same." ' Brighton High history·teacber Neil Orlando said that the presen tation supported his classro?in curriculum. "He was a wake-up, and an in spiration," Orlando said. PLEASE JOIN The Buffalo Soldier Heritage team trucks their pictures and BOSTON COLJ~EGE books around in a trailer and iliso marches in parades. • "We need to start to tell 'the AND SASAKI ASS()CIATES truth about the roles African Americans played in history," Gray said. 'These kids have. no ATA pride in tenns of who we are and what we've accomplished." . COMMUNITY MAS'fER PLAN DePima said he hoped that he got through to at least some of the students. Ifstudent reaction is any WORKSHC>P measure, be got bis wish. Venter was impressed by one student who spoke after the pro gram. SATURDAY, FEBRlfARY 25m "A girl stood right here and said 'It's kind of nice to be black,"' Venter said. "I had no idea what the Buffalo t happens when Soldiers were," ROTC senior 9:00 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. f goes to M,.,,, /(, ...... , Rosa P. Abreu said. "If it wasn't for the roles that African-Ameri (8:30 A.M. Coffee and ltegistration) Spend School Vacation Week cans played, I wouldn't be wear ing this uniform." with Disney On feel A second speaker, Bishop Jean - illir Gerard Rhau, came to speak YAWKEY CENTER [i] 8-lolortil about the history of African FEB. 17 - 26 American History. He anived ®&.m©rnfiltl late, but spoke at an impromptu MURRAY CONFEREr~CE ROOM second presentation about the be FEB. 17 FEB. 18 FEB. 19 ginning of African American His FLOOE~ 11 :00AM 4rn 3:00 PM 1: 00 PM tory Month, originally celebrated 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM in 1926 as Negro History Week. FEB. 20 FEB. 21 FEB. 22 FEB. 23 FEB. 24 FEB. 25 FEB. 26 11 :00 AM 11:00 AM 11:00AM 11 :00AM 3:00 PM 1:00 PM 3:00 PM 1:00 PM 300PM 3:00 PM 1:00PM Parking is available 5:00 PM S:OOPM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM in the Beacon Street Garage. Buy tickets at WW'A tid:etmastel' Ticket Centers, TD Banknorth Garden Box Office or call Checkout Kindly RSVP to the Office of Governmental what's & Community Affairs For Information coll (6 17) 624-1 000 happening at I the llbraiy In , 1 at (617) 552-478~ TICKET PIJICES: $15 • $20 • $25 • $30 Umited number of Front Row and VIP this week's to confinn your attendance. seats available. Call for details. (Service charges and handling fees may apply; paper no seNice charge at Box Office.) • ' www.allstonbrightontab.com Late-night business proposal shot down Chair Fair's By Audltl Guha Ave., requested a residential STAFF WRITER I zoning change for the first-floor .. A pizza store asking for longer "2 a.m. is not a 1 apartment that is currently des Hours triggered off a debate on nonnal business ignated as office space. He said the merits and excesses of late the building came with this ~night businesses at the monthly time fora momaly when he bought it last 'Allston Civic Association meet 1 residential year and be is trying to legalize it . \ng Thursday night. tn order to rent it out. ' · Aman Oswani of Bravo Pizza neighborhood." 1 Records indicate it has had the · at160 Brighton Ave. made a bid, :>ffice designation since 1998. which the ACA ultimately op Paul Berkeley, Allston He said he bas been a postal .posed, to extend business hours Brighton Civic worker for 25 years and bought Look !from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m., triggering :his property with his wife, a 1 Aswciati.on • a lively exchange in a communi nurse, as an investment for !.,ty group that has not granted any :hemselves without knowing • •2 a.m. licenses in the past 10 dents have to prove before the li ibout the zoning licensing issues For 1• years. censing board oil such hearings. .nvolved. Presenting 3,000 signatures of Supporters said it will fill the He is currently renting the support from the area, Oswani need for an alternative to expen :>uilding out to students, and This ;• said the community should sup sive restaurants and loud bars ·:here are a total of 10 bedrooms ' port him in his bid to extend after hours. Opponents said from the basement to the third business hours by an hour. He there are enough late-night busi floor. He said he visits the prop · / was supported by a group of stu nesses in Allston-Brighton and •!rty often and it is well-main- Tag • dents and two local residents neighbors deserve some peace 1:ained and houses responsible · who vouched for the safe and and quiet. 1:enants. friendly family-oriented pizza Voting members opposed the ACA voting members chose shop. request, 3-2. 1.0 support the request. "I've never had a complaint or 'This is not a new request to Also, attorney William ' · aaJJ to the police about Bravo's," us and we've soid no to many Gouldberg sought to transfer the Oswani said. "We are a farnily others," said Berkeley, who 1~xisting license at Lees 2 Mar- i 1orie nted business and we are not feared that an allowance in this 0(et, 1147 Commonwealth Ave., about profit." case would sel a dangerous .n the name of the owner. " Open about 15 months with a precedent in the neighborhood. "We are not seeking to expand 1 a.m. license, he said they have "2 a.m. is not a normal business '1ours or the business," he said. , operated the extra hour on two time for a residential neighbor 'It's just a transfer from the old • hood." 1 occasions with a special license :licensee to the new licensee." t - and had no complaints or prob With a March 8 hearing ' !ems. Other A CA business >eheduled at the Licensing , ACA President Paul Berkeley In other busint!SS, W10Cbester Board, the ACA voting mem From 30%-50% OFF Floor Models Bring Grandma's Pickup! r 1. questioned the public need for resident David Ferrick. owner of :>ers chose to support the pro ! ., the request, which is what resi- the brick building at 79 Brighton :;><>sal. ( .~ ~., Emergency use cell phone for those with disabilities ~1 II'" From The city of Boston an- phone and would be isolated Project Independence was nounces Project Indepen- in an emergency situation. created by Donna Suskawicz, 30%-50% OFF dence, a new program de- Project Independence will a Brighton resident and em signed to provide people with provide disabled Boston resi ployee of the Massachusetts Floor Models disabilities with emergency dents with a connection to Rehabilitation Commission. use cell phones. After such help in a crisis 111 tuation. 1he cell phones are recondi ti~ tragedies as Hurricane Katri- "Every Bc:>ston resident tioned with new batteries and .., na, the city is reaching out to should feel safe and prepared chargers by a firm that is ~ ~ vulnerable and underserved in the event of on emergency," owned and operated by dis populations to ensure their Mayor Thoma!! Menino said abled people. The city is im t 1 safety in the event of an emer- "Project Independence is just plementing the program with - , gency. one more step we are taking to the Boston Police Department OVER2N ' ! Many disabled people may make sure that everyone is se and the Mayqr's Department ,, not be able to afford a cell cure and connected to help." of Homeland Security. ON DISPLAY! I I From 30%·50%0FF Floor Models From 30%·50% OFF Fl Hurr EXTRA Not Every Style in SPECIAL Every Store. VALUE! Folding Floor Samples Bar Stool Sold As Is. 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Rte. 9 East Rte. 1, (1 mile south of Emerald Square Mall) 8 Commercial St., Rte. 53 (508) 898-9400 (508) 761-9994 (781) 337-4900 Rte. 1, VFW Parkway 68 Vine Street/Rte. 16 (617) 323-0473 (617) 381-1118 Page 8 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, February 17, 2006 www.allstonbrightontab.com ~~~--~~:--::---::-::--=-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_::_:~~~~~ A-B CDC HAPPENINGS Here's a list ofwhat is happen the second Green Gathering A-B Bedbug Building stronger Earn college credits over the course of the program, ing at the Allston-Brighton Com Thursday, Feb. 2 i, from 6:30 to 9 Eradication Initiative financial future Interested in the field of infor which is for adults who are look munity Development Corpora p.m., at the EF In1ernational Lan ing to go to college or gain specif The Allston Brighton Bedbug mation technology? Thinking tion, 320 Washington St., 3rd guage School, 200 Lake St., A series of workshops on ic employment training. Partici Eradication Initiative provides about going back to college or Floor, Brighton, MA 02135. Brighton. The event will include building a strong financial future pants attend workshops about assistance to Allston-Brighton starting for the first time? Phone 617-787-3874 for more in a light dinner, information booths have been scheduled: financial management, saving for tenants who have been affected ABCDC is bringing free commu formation. highlighting achievemenl!) made Talking Dollars, Making education, accessing financial by bedbug infestation. Allston nity college classes to the neigh by the neighborhcxxi "friends of' Sense: This four-session money aid, career planning, talking with Brighton tenants can receive up borhood through the Technology A-B Green Space groups, a pre~ntation from management class helps partici children about money and more. to $500 per family to replace bed Education and Training Opportu Charlie Tracey from the National pants manage money and devel Contact Michelle at 617-787- Advocates bug-infested mattresses. nity Program. Participants can Parks Service, presentations b:y op a budget to reach goals. The 3874, ext. 218 or e-mail meis The Allston Brighton Green three neighborhcod open space To qualify, tenants provide the class meets 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at earn up to nine college credits following documentation: through this 24-week, two-night [email protected] for Space Advocates meet every groups, discu ;sions about Allston-Brighton CDC. For up more information. third Wednesday of the month at launching an open space com • Documentation of bedbug in coming dates, contact Michelle at a week program. Classes began 7 p.m., at the Allston Brighton munity plannine initiatJve, and festation. This can be an ISO re ext. 218, or meiser@allston in May. Contact Joanne McKen Community Development Corp., brownies and coffee made possi port, a letter from the landlord or brightoncdc.org. na at 617-787-3874, ext 211 ore CDC has a Web site 320 Washington St. All commu ble by the Hult Business School other written documentation or Saving For Success orienta mail mckenna@allstonbrighton Check out the Allston-Brighton nity residents are welcome. The and EF Intemauonal Language reports of infestatJon. tion sessions: Learn about the cdc.org for more information. CDC's updated Web site at advocates work toward the School. • Proof that you are a tenant in Allston Brighton CDC program www.allstonbrightoncdc.org. preservation and accessibility of For more information, call Allston Brighton. This can be a that helps people save up to Tenant counseling Now listed are upcoming events open space in the community and Heather KnopMtyder at 617- copy of an apartment lease, a util $6,000 for college or job train available and classes. ity bill or driver's license with support grassroots organizing ef 787-3874, ext. 215, or e-mail ing. Monthly workshops cover Tenants that are facing evic The Allston Brighton Commu current address. forts at specific neighborhood knopsnyder@allstonbrighton every thing from career plan tion, looking for housing or have nity Development Corporation • Receipts for the new mat parks and urban wilds. For more cdc.org. ning to talking with kids about an issue with a landlord that can't engages neighborhood residents tress. Receipts must be dated Oct. information, call Heather Knop money to retirement planning. be resolved, the Allston Brighton in an ongoing process of shaping 1, 2004 or later. snyder at 617-787-3874, ext. 215, Contact Michelle at 617-787- CDC might be able to help. Con and carrying out a common vision Applications to this fund will or e-mail knopsnyder@allston Affordable housing 3874, ext. 218 or meiser@all tact Juan Gonzalez at 617-787- of a diverse and stable community be accepted through June, or until brightoncdc.org. rental opportunities stonbrighton cdc.org for more 3874, ext. 217 or e-mail gonza in the face of sustained economic funds run out State funds for this information. [email protected]. pressures. That vision is evident in Allston Brighton The Allston Brighton CDC initiative were obtained with the More workshops are being community-led projects that pro owns several buildings with va assistance of state Rep. Kevin G. planned. Upcoming topics will Saving for Success tect and create affordable housing, Green Gathering cancies for incorr e-eligible appli Honan and state Sen. Steven Tol include financial aid for col create green space, foster a The Allston Brighton Green cants. To find out about vacan man. lege, career planning for the rest for Education here healthy local economy, provide Space Advocates and the Allston cies, pre-qualify or obtain an To apply for funds, call Juan of your life, insurance coverage In this 18-month program, par avenues for economic self-suffi Brighton Community Develop application, call Maloney Proper Gonzalez for an intake form at to protect your family and ticipants save $50 per month, ciency, and increase understand ment Corp. invite all neighbor ties at 617-782-8644. 617-787-3874, ext. 217, e-mail taxes. which will be matched four-to ing among and between our hood open space enthusiasts to [email protected]. one, for a total of $6,000 saved neighborhood's diverse residents . .JACKSC>N MANN COMMUNITY CENTER NEWS Jackson Mann Community family literacy program for 20 ter, the lead agency for this Even riching environment for students, ties include teen basketb Retiring. Center, 500 Cambridge St., is one families, the fir11t of its kind in Start program, is the largest and also includes programming ball and soccer clinics, an basket of46 facilities under the jurisdic Allston-Brighton provider of English for Speakers for deaf or hard-of-hearing stu ball, soccer and volleyball eagues. tion of Boston Centers for Youth Starting in January 2006, the of Other Languages in Allston dents. Tutors from Boston Uni Community Learning Centers Organ lessons and Famities , the city ofBoston '.\' Even Start program's goals are: to Brighton and provides preschool versity and Harvard University for all ages at two sites: amilton Jackson Mann Community largest youth and human service improve children's literacy skills and after school programs. The work with the children every School and St. Anthony School. Center is looking for someone in agency. Besides JMCC, the com and academic performance; assist Jackson Mann Elementary School year. the Allston-Brighton community plex in Union Square houses the parents to improve their English serves more than 500 students, For more information, call Enrichment acti ities who would be interested in teach Jackson Mann Elementary literacy skills; educate parents grades kindergarten one through after-school director Sacha Mcin ing organ lessons at the center. In School and the Horace Mann about healthy cluld development five, many of who are bilingual. tosh at JMCC at 617-635-5153. · Activities include/ Weight dividuals who would be interest School for the Deaf and Hard of and home envtronments con Watchers, Alcoholi~ Anony ed in teaching, or taking, lessons, Hearing. For information about ducive to litem<.y development; JMCC News Line Ongoing programs mous, the Allston-Brighton Com call Louise Sowers at 617-635- programs and activities, call the assist families ill accessing com munity Theater, tae kWon do and 5153. JMCC office, at617-635-5153. munity resource to improve their The After-School Program at Full-day preschool, for 2.9 to 6 martial arts, and com ter classes. educational, economic and social the Jackson Mann Community years old. Jackson Mann enc urages resi Center currently has openings for After-school programs for 5- to dents to suggest a ditional en Getting fit Family Nurturing opportunities; and help parents become effective advocates for the school year 2005--06. The 12-year-olds at three sites: Jack richment activities they would The Jackson Mann Communi Center wins grant themselves, their children and after-school program, which is son Mann complex in Union like to see availabl at the com ty Center has begun an after J'he Family Nurturing Center, their community OCCS licensed, runs from the Square, Hamilton School on munity center, and school fitness club for students 7 the the Jackson/Mann Community The Family urturmg Center, end of school day until 6 p.m., Strathmore Road and Faneuil provide new pro to 12 years old. Center and Jackson Mann Ele through its Allston-Brighton Fam Monda} through Friday. It also Gardens Development on North possible. . The program, open to students mentary School were recently ily Network, ha!• provided family provides services on early release Beacon Street The program is For informatio about pro attending the Jackson Mann Ele awarded a Massachusetts Depart support and acthities for families days, snow days, school vacation funded, in part, by the After grams and acti vi ·es, call the mentary School, runs Tuesdays ment of Education Even Start with young children since 1997. week5 and during the summer. School for All Partnership. JMCC office at 61 -635-5153. and Thursdays from 1: 30 to 4 grant to develop a comprehensive Jackson/Mann Comrnunity Ceo- It offers a safe, creative and en- Boston Youth Connection for Jacl<:son Mann Community p.m. Each afternoon includes a teens at two sites: West End Center, 500 Camb dge St., is one nutritional snack, a learning ac House and Faneuil Gardens De of 46 facilities un r the jurisdic tivity related to healthy life choic velopment. tion of Boston Ce ters for Youth es l\Od a physical activity. Adult education programs for and Families, the ty of Boston's JMCC recreation assistant ages 18 and older include adult largest youth and wnan service Dave Cyr and after-school staff basic education, external diplo agency. Besides e JMCC, the are overseeing the fitness club. ma, GED and ESOL. The pro complex in Union Square houses For more information, call Jack gram is funded by the Massachu the Jackson M Elementary son Mann After School Director setts Department of Education. 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IR: II IL IE N IE !I Page 10 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, February 17, 2006 www.allstonbrightontab.com ~~-=----~~~~~- •.. • Pr •I IN IH N • I •••••••••••••••••••••• EDITORIAL Words about Waterworks ur Feb. 3 editorial about the Water works development included a fac 0 tual error and inappropriate charac terizations of the project's two developers. • The editorial criticized Merrill Diamond • and Ed Fish for not including plans to build • a community space, cafe and a museum in a business plan presented last month to a .., community group. The published plan. ' called a draft by Diamond, did not provide •'• as many details as we would have liked but, for the record, it included multiple mentions of the public components. The TAB regrets making this factual error. The same editorial accused Diamond and SHALL N£V£R SEE ••• ".. Fish of not being truthful and described the pair as "bozos." We sincerely apologize to LETTERS Diamond and Fish for our immature choice of words. Oa~ . Square YMCA the one that charges less, and use the one you want Waterworks, now being built across from charges more The sites in Waltham, Reading Tell us what you think! the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, is a project of tha111 suburban Ys and Needham have lower We want to hear from you. Letters or It' ~ the second month of 2006. monthly rates. Check out the guest columns should be typewritten great importance to our community. TI1e cul How are you doing with those prices for things like swim and signed; a daytime phone number New Year's resolutions? Joining lessons; often they are less, too. is required for verification. Letter length tural portion of this historic property is of Since it opened in 2003, the a gym and saving money are should be no more than 300 words. particular significance. If not executed prop among the most common. local YMCA has drained several The YMCA in Oak Square million dollars away from the By mail: The TAB Comrrnmity Newspapers, Letters erly, the public will lose all connection to this charges quite a bit more than the community. No need to pay extra to the Editor, PO. Box 9112, Needham, MA 02492. civic treasure and a hard-fought battle to en YMCAs m Waltham or Reading. when suburbanites don't. By fa~ : (781) 433-8202. By e-mail: allston Theli! is a way around this: join Tom Crowley [email protected]. hance the quality of the life along the reser Brighton voir by making this site accessible to all would have been in vain. To that end, we share the concern of those Tom Reilly's running for what? neighbors who worry that the public compo ,he last month or so, and nominate a candidate who especially two weeks ago, After all, it is Deval Patrick who is the real speaks for the overtaxed and nent is still lagging in specifics, just months Thas not been kind to Attor overfee-ed working families and ney General Tom Reilly. His re outsider and his campaign is beginning to gel. homeowners. Competence will before construction is set to begin. cent campaign decision to appar win over fluff. Smiling or not It is essential that Diamond and Fish live ently hand-pick his own choice smiling is irrelevant. Not looking up to promises made when they were award n't get to be district attorney or couldn't have been thinking as phony as a $3 bill is what THINKING OUT LOUD attorney general on his smile about Patrick or Lt. Gov. Kerry Reilly has to start to do. Patrick ed the opportunity to develop this site. They alone. Since 1990, he has been a Healey, could he? is ahead more in that department. SAL ()IARRATANJ pretty good and successful pol. Ironically, one of Reilly's It's not ubout smiles but honest must be as dedicated to making the cultural Reilly's run for governor is an strongest suits is his record as a discussion. It's about a candidate component a success as they are to the sale other thing altogether. This is his prosecutor. He looks like he was who understands what we have ------for lfoutenant governor backfired campaign to lose and if he does made for the courtroom. He felt in recent years. It's about a and marketing of their Waterworks' luxury and went up in flamings. His n't improve on the campaign rarely smiles. The last time he candidate coming across direct choice, state Rep. Marie St. trail quickly, he will. After all, it did, he was announcing the St. ly. Is this candidate Reilly or condominiums. This includes, among other Flew, described by many politi is Deval Patrick who is the real Fleur pick. He's stopped smiling Patrick when the convention things, communicating specifics with the cal insiders as an up and coming outsider and his campaign is be since. meets in June and when primary young Democrat pol, lasted all ginning to gel. No longer a long The Democrats are trying to voters go to the polls in Septem neighbors, producing detailed drawings, of 27 hours before imploding. shot, but a real contender. He did win back the Comer Office. The ber? Will Republicans keep the sticking to timelines and finding qualified Reilly is taking blame for the very well at the Democratic cau last Democrat governor was Comer Office? messy situation saying politics is cuses on Feb. 4, and is criss Mike Dukakis. Republicans Reilly's campaign has to im operators for the cafe and museum. not his strong suit Sure wasn't crossing the state in search of have gotten into the habit of prove before it implodes, too. durir g those 27 hours. However, party and voter support. Reilly is nominating lots of millionaires The campaign continues. Voters, It is also essential that the tone of the Wa to continue downplaying his po surely nervous. Why else choose and have been winning since beware of silly hype. Candi terworks debate be civil and constructive. litical skills and calling himself St. Fleur, who just happens to be 1990. dates, beware of further blun And for that, the TAB regrets the comments an outsider is laughable. He did- both black and a woman? He The Democrats can win if they ders. made in our prior editorial. Love leads former monk to deeper relationship n June 6, 1944, better name was Jeffrey, and last year, fied, fled to England. affection becomes discernible." when he published a memoir of () known as D Day, a Femand died at sea in 1942, Ofcours e, he felt tom between 254 Second Ave., P.O. Box 9112, Needham, MA 02494 617/2t4-7530 young Benedictine his life's journey, he called it much to his son's bitter regret his monastic commitment to REPOIITER - AUDIT! GUllA, (781) 433-831 l monlc named Paul looked up to "Jeffrey's Story." later on. He dedicates his book to God and his growing attachment ...... AGUllA@OK'.C"OM ...... the i1k:ies and out to the Solent His becoming a monk when "the father I so wish I had known to Ann. She also felt this tension that leads to the English Chan- still a boy was largely driven by EDITOR IN ClllEF GREG RI lllMAN, (781) 433-8l15 better." because of her respect for the life his mother. She was an English Paul stayed in the monastery he had chosen. GROWING woman who had separated from for 25 years, committed to a life In his memoir, Paul describes CRt,ATIVE DIRECTOR - DoNNA I IAl' GRIFFIN, from page 10 Given Paul's unfarnilrarity with latioruhlp Ann has written: "We dieval Academy of America for out. Refelling to the father whom genes my father has bequeathed That happened in 1965 when the "real world" and the ,hort time grow closer and closer together in I 0 years. His wife, too, has had he knew too little, he writes: "I me." the abbot approved Paul traveling between his departure from the deepening oneness." similar success as a scholar and like to think that many of the qual Richard Griffin of Cambridge Lo London so that he could see monastery and comini together Similarly, Paul's prospects of they have collaborated on various ities that make up my tempera is a regul"rly featured columnist Ann,•.a reunion that - contrary to with Ann, their chances of becom professional success appeared projects and raised a beloved ment, a temperament that has en in Community Newspaper Com the abbot's expectation - led to ing happily married might have linuted. However, though without daughter. abled, and still enables me, to live pany publications. He can be the couple's traveling together to appeared slight. Yet, their endur even a college degree, he went on Now in his 85th year, Paul a deeply committed and affection reached by e-mail at rb the United States and later marry ing Jove has held and brought to a mmarkable scholar!} career, Meyvaert looks back with grati ate family life, as well as a pro griffl [email protected] or by calling 617-661-0710. ing. them much happiness. Of their re- and served as director of the Me- tude on the way his life has turned ductive scholarly life, I owe to the Saturday&Sunday, February 25th&26th, 2006 sUspE;1r Hunger Brur~ch To Benefit The Greater Boston Food Bank IJ www.allstonbrightontab.com COMMUNITY NOTES Community meeting and oldc• . '"';n take place Sunday, April site at www.cityofboston.gov/elderly. closing cost assistance, free mortgage homeless in downtown Boston. The":vol 30. Moft' than 1,500 partici pants are ex The schedule through May 19 is: pre-qualifications, affordable homeown unteering event will span over ctwo Feb. 22 at library pected to take part in the race that will Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the ership listings, sign-up for free home weeks. ~ r The Allston/Brighton Community wind along the Charles River through Yeroruca. B. Smith Center in Brighton; buyer and Credit Smart courses, home Each day, more than 400 meal~ are Meeting takes place Wednesday, Feb. Dedham Needham, Newton. Wellesley and Thursday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at repair and lead paint assistance. Bilin prepared, cooked and will be serv~ by 22, at Honan-Allston Branch Library, and Wallharn, to the day-long Finish Veronica B. Smith Center. gual staff will be available. many Shaw's/Star Market associ:ites. 300 North Harvard St., Allston. Health Line Fe tival for the whcle family at Seniors who would like to meet with Participating lenders include Bank of From spaghetti and hot dogs to Sali~J:mry screening is offered at 4:30 p.m., and a Herter Park. Soldiers Field Road, counselors at the area community cen America, Boston Private Bank and steaks, meals are served to the needy of presentation and discussion al 6 p.m .. Brighton Races include tht· $5,000 pro ters should call 617-635-MEDD (6333) Trust, Citizens Bank, the City of Boston Boston. Many associates will also COMMUNITY NOTES, from pg. 12 Brighton." 617-474-1143, ext. 228. and conviction of the arsonist rnent," said Garin Veris, director The Presentation School Parent & Child Playgroups who destroyed the playground .. of recreation for the city of Foundation has advanced a mar meet weekly at the WIIlShip equipment for the newly con Boston. 'Thanks to our partners ket rate offer of $2 million to School, 54 Dighton St., structed tot lot playground at like the Boston Police Activities purchase the former Presenta Brighton. To attend, register at Ringer Park in Allston. , f,.eague, you can keep your al tion School building from the 617~ i74-1143 , ext 250. The To provide any information, EB Jowance money in your pocket Roman Catholic Archdiocese of playgroups are: Tuesdays, for 2- call Arson Squad, Inspector :;-- our programs are free. We are Boston. year·olds, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 Sloane at 617-343-3324, fax ~oston's leader in youth sports, The foundation has proposed p.m. Wednesdays, for 1 to 2- 617-343-2206; or Detective and we look forward to seeing multiple uses of the building, in mon·:h-olds, 10 to 11 :30 a.m.; Moreno at 617-343-2202, fax • you all during the February vaca cluding an affordable preschool, and 'Illursdays, for 3- to 4-year 617-343-2206. 0 Directory . ,, tjon break". 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MAKES A CAREER OUT OF lAMPooNINQ n aging "Annie," the furry fiiencls time, that number will defi of'The Lion King;' a bunch of nitely be in, but references French ''Miserables" and some guy to shows Bostonians might named Stephen Todd. not know will be deleted. These are just a few ofthe One ofthe things that quirky characters who 'vc makes "Forbidden Broadway" stepped offBroadway and into so appealing is the small cast (six) GerardAlessandrini's deli who morph in mere minutes from ciously twisted "Forbidden Annie to Aida. 'The actors who perfortn in 'Forbidden THEATER Broadway' are enormously talented," says T ERRY BRYNE Alessandrini, a Boston Conservatory graduate. ''They have to have tremen Broadway: Special Victims Unit," dous acting chops as well as be able to which opened this week at the Wim sing rock, Broadway and opera. It's been berly Theatre in the Calderwood Pavilion. a kind of proving grow1d for many per "Nothing's off-limits;' says the Needham formers who've gone on to steady native. "Any show that takes itself too seri work," including Jason Alexander ("Se ously becomes an easy target. But I like to infeld"), Brad Oscar ('The Produc kick shows when they're up." ers"), Daniel Richter ("Jersey Boys") f This installment includes a spoof of and Dee Hoty ("Mam111a Mia") to the hit shows "Wicked" and "Spamalot," name just a few. as well as ''A Light in the Piazz.a" and The title, "Special Victims Unit;' "Sweet Charity." was inspired by Alessandrini's quest to Alessandrini, who has been upd;1ting find justice for theatergoers. his show-tune sendup every year fi>r the "There are crimes that are prosecut past 24 years, admits that a boffo ed that are much less damaging to Broadway season benefits his show. people than bad theater," he says. "There are evergreens; ' he say'• "They're just not as much fun." · "like Liza Minnelli, Carol Chan "Forbidden Broadway: Special ning and Barbra Streisand, but I'rn Victims Unit," pres<•nted by the constantly revising." Huntington Theatre Company at The Wunberly engagement is the the Wimberly Theatre in the Calder- first time the show has returned to wood Pavilion at the Boston Center Boston in a decade, and it's been tailored for the Arts, through March 12. Tick to fit the Hub. Since ''Les Miz'' will be " I like to kJck shows when they're up," says Gerard Alessandrlnl, ets: $55-$60. Call 617-933-8600 or go playing at the Opera House at the same who brings his "Forbidden Broadway" (above) to the Boston Center for the Arts. to bostontheatrescene com The Rembrandts of the X-box 'Proof' Museum School teaches the fine art ofvideo games is in the printing DeCordova shows Cambridge artists created blueprint for Somerville studios Phyllls Ew1m's woodcut, "Tactical Deception," is part Qfthe "Workshop Portfolios" exhibit. t's easy to harbor the image ofan artist as That community began in the early 1980s an unsocial creature who works alone in at the influential Artist's Proof Studio in I a garret. But the "Workshop Portfolios" Cambrid ~e, where a community of artists Lawrence Johnson, Alexlls Julias, Sam Oh, and George Sauter discuss the design of their exhibit at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln shared the considerable expense of owning video game inside the Text and Image Arts Lab. challenges that popular view. and operating a press, a machine capable of printing multiple images from woodcuts, en ometh.ing dark is luHcing in the base diate Game Design class couldn't fully flush gravings and etchings. But Artist's Proof suf ment oft.he School of the Museum of out what happens inside the liberally splat ART fered a hmiliar fate - the gentrification of S Fine Arts. It's growing behind the tered walls of their virtual abandoned insane ALEXANDER STEVENS Cambridge has rarely left room for art drawn shades of a computer lab, a motley asylum by then. spaces, and the studio was sold out from un thing beginning to take shape. And even as its "I didn't really expect to have this class at The collection of 26 prints was made possi derneath the artists and converted into a resi this school:' says Sam Oh, 26. He's one of ble by the collaborative spirit of the Cam dential property. four students collaborating with Johnson to But the legacy of Artist's Proof resurfaced ART develop a computer game in the bowels of bridge- and Somerville-based artists whose MICHAEL KANIN works are now part of the DeCordova's per in the S2me place that many Cambridge art the SMFA. manent collection, and hang on the walls of stories find their sequel - in Somerville. And he's got a point: The college that Oh the Arcane Gallery through April 16. Mixit Plint Studios and Hand Press Work creators debate its sinister nature, they know and his classmates attend is, as Johnson "It's really about community," says Dina shop, both in Somerville, are the living legacy that time is short. Well, sort of: The semester says, "very much a fine arts school and the Deitsch, curatorial fellow at the De ordova ofArtist s Proof. ends in May, and it would be a damn shame if majority of the students are here to do and organizer of the exhibit. DECORDOVA, page 1 7 Senior Faculty Lawrence Johnson's lnterme- VIDEO, page 1 7 Page 16 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, February 17, 2006 www.allstonbrightontab.com '• .. f ooa & DINING . , . •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .' .. .. - ...... Let's meet at Rent~ezvous You'll toast this roast ,·, hese days, pork roasts are too often dry, Very often we have used brine to help all cuts ith his trademark soul patch, Steve tasteless and inedible. We decided to and types of meat retain moisture. To our grea( Johnson looks more like a beat T crack the case of 'The Inedible Pork surprise, we found that the difference between the poet or singing cowboy than one W Re,ndezvous Roasf' and develop a recipe that turned out a briped and unbrincd roast was not readily appar of Boston's best-loved cooks. Foodies were (GRADE: B+) moist, tender roast that was also flavorful. To ent. The brined roast may have been a slight bit bummed when he sold the Blue Room two begin, we investigated cuts of pork. moister, but it also had a slightly spongy texture. years ago and dropped out ofsight. 502 Massachusetts Ave. Back to the basic boneless roast with no brining. Now, Johnson is back behind the stove at (Central Square) THEKJICHEN We definitely wanted to boost the flavor of the., Rendezvous, Cambridge roast before it went into the oven, and therefore RESTAURANT which he opened in 617-576-1900 DEIECllVE looked at several recipes that used a rub of herbs REVIEW November in the Price: $20-$40 CHRISTOPHER and spices. We included rosemary, sage and MAT S CHAFFER old Burger King thyme along with lots of salt and pepper and, of KIMBALL digs in Central Hours: Sun -Thu., 5-10 p.m.; course, a healthy dose of garlic. We combined ajl Square, Cam Fri. & Sat., 5-11 p.m. of these ingredients, along with a few tablesp<>QqS; bridge. Not that you'd know it was a former Pork has simply become too lean, and less fat olive oil, and rubbed them onto the roast. . fast-food joint, with its mustard-colored walls, Bar: Full means less flavor. We worked our way through Testing methods of roasting our pork shoulder hung with framed watercolors painted by Credit: All sirloins, loins, tenderloins, blades and shoulders. proved to be surprising. When we tested the high Johnson's late father. But as you walk through Acce!>sibility: Accessible Our clear favorite was the boneless shoulder er oven temperatures, we thought the pork ~ the front door, check out the remains of a roast, which is also called the butt. It has more fat Parking: On street, both tougher and dryer than that roasted at lo~r height strip Burger King employees once used than most of the other cuts, which helps it retain nearby lots temperatures. In fact, our favorite roast was to identify Whopper-absconding thieves. moisture as it roasts. Also, it has a pleasant flavor cooked slowly at the low 300-degree oven. We. Rendezvous patrons are not apt to eat and that was fuller than the loin cuts. We often found took the recommendation of Cook's CounVY, bolt. They're much more likely to linger over the shoulder trimmed and netted, which made our magazine and let the roast cook for three to four the Mediterranean-American menu, created job quite easy. Ifnot, it should be trimmed of all hours, at which point the meat is tender and juicy. by Johnson and chef de cuisine Deepak Kaul. ed chicken ($21 ) comes first, rubbed with but a thin layer of fat and tied around the girth in To fmish our roast, we wanted to make a quic)c Changing every three weeks, it's one of the Meyer lemons and garlic and presented on a three or four places to ensure even cooking. The sauce with the pan drippings. To begin, we poured most seasonally inspired menus in town. Both deconstructed slierried stuifmg of croutons, roasts we found at local markets ranged from off the fat. Next we deglazed the pan with a half-. Johnson, an organizer of the local Chef's Col chestnuts, crimini mushrooms and meaty about 4 to 6 pounds. cup of white wine, Once we had scraped up all of laborative chapter, and Kaul, who returns to chicken giZ7.ards. Then again, you could make In an effort to help the home cook produce a the browned bits from the bottom of the pan, we the Hub after five years as sous-chef at organ a case that skill~t-roasted skate ($21) trumps moist roast, the pork industry has come up with a added 1 112 cups chicken broth and a teaspoon.qf ic Jardiniere in San Francisco, are passionate the chicken. It arrives, strewn with capers and method of enhancing the meat with a solution of chopped fresh thyn1e. We found we needed to add about cooking with fresh, sustainable ingredi glistening with kmon butter, on a bed ofcauli water, salt, sodium phosphate and other ingredi a small amount of fresh herbs as what was left in ents. flower florets and cubed potatoes with an in ents. The resulting roast is indeed much moister the pan bad been cooking for more than three Dishes such as winter vegetable antipasto ventive condimeat ofpureed golden raisins. than unenhanced pork but strangely spongy, salty hours and their fluvor was spent. To fmish, we with roasted eggplant puree ($9) celebrate the Wood-grilled ~irloin tips ($24) with raclette and, to our palates, artificial tasting. So enhanced simply let the sauce reduce until it was thickened bounty of the January-February larder. This covered scalloped potatoes, grilled radicchio pork was out. slightly and had some body. platter of roasted baby root vegetables, fried and wine-brandy peppercorn sauce is one of baby artichoke smothered with spicy aioli and those stick-to-your-ribs wintry treats that cwnin-intense mashed eggplant will make you evokes Sunday suppers around the hearth. r • forget the early sunsets and low temperatures. Gascon-style duck three ways ($25) - grilled The shrimp harvest is under way in Maine, breast, succuleut confit leg and garlicky Slow-cooked pork roast roast is not already trimmed and netted, trim and those tasty little crustaceans peak their sausage atop soupy cabbage and beans - is a This roast may also be prepared a day excess fat from tho pork shoulder, leaving a heads out of risotto ($10) in fennel-tomato delectable homage to Michelin-star chef ahead of time. Once it has finished cooking, thin layer. Using kitchen twine, tie in three lobster broth. Potato gnocchi ($12) and braised Andre Daguin. with whom Johnson spent a you should let it cool for about 30 minutes, or four places to even out the shape to pro- •if mushrooms, kale, Brussels sprouts and carrots week cooking m the early '90s in Auch, remove it from the roasting pan, wrap it well mote even cookini:i. Combine the salt, pep- • " per, rosemary, sag ', l tablespoon thyme and • ' are served in buttery, trufile-infused mush France. and refrigerate. Prepare the sauce as direct room broth garnished with shaved black truf Rendezvous' wine list is wonderfully di olive oil in a small bowl to make a rough ed in the recipe and cover and refrigerate as paste. Apply herb paste to evenly to the out- fles. verse and affordable. With the chicken and well. An hour before serving, cut the roast Johnson and Kaul accentuate the sugary side of the roast. Place meat in a roasting skate try a nutty 2003 Domaine de Roquefort into one-quarter-inch slices and fan out onto sweetness of seared sea scallops ($11) with "Clairette" ($26) The intense cherry fruit ofa pan and cook until it feels tender when a large baking dish Pour the sauce over the roasted candy beets, slivered fennel and blood '03 Domaine d: Noire Chinon "Elegance" preSlled and ask •\er inserted into the thick- !>llces, CO\er with foil and heat until bot, orange vinaigrette. And they pair the charred (S32) lS deliciOUJI with the beef and duck. est part meets with very little resistance, about an hour. oiliness of grilled Portuguese sardines ($11) There are only four desserts, but they are as about 3 to 4 hours. with vinegary, spiced roasted red peppers. satisfying as what precedes them. There's 2. Remove roast from oven and transfer These are wintertime flavors - big, bold and fudgy warm chocolate cake ($7), crisp apple 1 boneless pork shoulder roast weighing onto a carving board. Cover loosely with 4112 to 6pounds heartwarming. red ~ crostada ($7) and custardy ginger foil and let sit for 20 minutes. Pour fat from Johnson is in the kitchen during the day. creme brulee ($i). Enthusiastic thumbs-up for 1 112 teaspoons kosher salt roasting pan and place pan on burner set to ·' Nights, he works the dining room (he spotted the lemon-buttermilk pudding ($6) - like the Freshly ground black pepper medium high heot. Deglaze pan with the me every visit), busing plates and schmooz pudding cake of childhood but more tart - 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary wine, using a wooden spoon or spatula to ing guests. The Rendezvous clientele is as with huckleberry sauce. 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage scrape up browned bits stuck to the bottom , ! eclectic as Central Square itself. With fare The wait sta.ff :;eems to be holding its own as 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon chopped of the pan. Add the chicken broth and re- • this good at these prices - the most expen business gets increasingly busy. fresh thyme maining thyme and bring to a boil. Let cook sive entree is $26 - the neighborhood must Johnson laughingly describes the past two 3 tablespoons olive oil until reduced to the consistency of thin , be in heaven. "I wanted to fit in and find a years as a "semi retirement" For those of you 112 cup white wine maple syrup, about 5 minutes. Taste for sea niche," said Johnson, who lives around the who've been urging him to put down the fish 1 112 cups low sodium chicken broth sonings, adding salt and pepper as needed _1 • corner. "What came first, the cart or the ing rod and sunscreen and pick up a whisk, Cut the pork into 1/4-inch slices and serve horse?" you'll be happy to know the wait has been 1. Heat the oven to 300 degrees and adjust immediately passing the sauce separately. Discerning diners may argue the juicy roast- worth it a rack to the lower middle position. If the Serves 8. I• I ~· • I ' dozen seats, squeezed mo a tiny store Argentine, Spanish and American dish booths and flat screen TVs showing bottles on our wine list." If Angus entire experience outweighs the front. But with Amanda Lydon behind es with the occasional ~ian accent videos of Nipponese scenery. The Beef Steakhouse is going to survive food. the stove, the food Is simple, concise thrown in. Ifs the sort of place where overwhelming young clientele knows in Boston, ~ must get bullish on the Hoffa's Swiss Alps (Grade: C), 114. and rewardingly clear-cut The $25 you'll find the same mashed potatoes a bargain when it sees one. basics. Mount Auburn St., Cambridge weekly "Wednesday Special Dinner" of on almost every plate. 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ID apparent : St., Jamaica Plain; 617-524-8810- hood restaurant serves intematiooal tomize with assorted ingredients and menus? Or you ordered a bottle of seasoned, overcooked and ultimate homage to the frugality f-Or which the , This JP bistro is the quintessential comfort food in big portions at bargain sauces. Think Japanese fondue on wine only to be informed that "we ly underwhelming. But, with Swiss are renowned, oothing cos~ / neighborhood bistro with only two prices. There are Mexican. Italian, two floors of blond wood, giant don't have 50 to 60 percent pf the enough sangria, ultimately the more than $20. www.allstonbrightontab.com Friday, Feoruary 17, 2006 Allston·Brlghton TAB, page 19 reading this not know how the film will end? (Rated PG-13) BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (B+) "DEEPLY EMOTIONAL!" T1n11, LOS ANGELES THIES Emotionally powerful and visually spec -lame" tacular, "Brokeback Mountain" is also often crude, manipulative and somewhat dull. Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and llfPootnlllsl Enms Del Mar (Heath Ledger) meet in "****! Wyoming 1n 1963 when they are hired Mesmerizing and heart-tugging!" to guard a herd of sheep from predators -C!Judia P1iz. USA TODAY on the eponymous Brokeback Mountain. AJONATHAN DEMME PICTURE New Releases The remote setting gives the two cow 1'/L...,.~_.._ CllUOUS GEORGE (A) boys the freedom to fall in love. The film In this near-magical adaptation of the follows Ennis and Jack during the years NEtl 1iDUNG . beloved "Curious George" children's following that idyllic summer. They both books, The Man in the Yellow Hat (Will marry, have children, drink and smoke HEART OF GOLD Ferrell) is given a name - Ted - a job, too much and occasionally reunite. and a love interest (Drew Barrymore). However, the film flattens out and ~~·!!::.~~~Ai J·--1.l .r.;r, As a workaholic museum employee, Ted though Ledger and Gyllenhaal are good hatches a plan to find the missing idol of together. wrestling and rough-housing STARTS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17TH mm•o• the Zagawa tribe and feature it in an Colin Farrell start n "The New World' as Captain John Smith. are no substitutes for sexual chemistry. ' KtNDAL.l.5Q exttibttion. When he goes to Africa, he (Rated R) ONLY IN THEATRES! (g-~- · (117) •9'- 119' meets George, an adorable and inquisi FtMAl. DESTIIAJION 3 (D) eartol oldmov1e c om tive monkey who relishes a good game Unfortunately, filmmaker Jonathan Hock Indian" is also a master class in the art Just as Wendy Christensen (Mary of peekaboo. Ted leaves the country dis does little to illustrate what makes ful magic of act ng. (Rated: PG-13) Elizabeth Winstead) is about to ride the appointed, but George - hypnotized Qy Telfair's experience uni~ue Thanks to hellish and visibly unstable roller coaster his friend's bananalike hat - follows the success of Kobe Bryant and Kevin Devil's Flight, she has avision of the hor him home. Kids will go crazy as the Garnett, high school players entering the 10ngoing rible mutilation deaths of all aboard and monkey's antics heat up the screen; NBA area dime a doten. And from the JllllAPOUS (B-) convinces several of her high school adults will appreciate the subtext behind start, viewers know Telfair is already in ,ake Huard (James Franco) is a young friends to get the heck off. A terrible the actors who supply the voices. the NBA - no character arc there. For boxer from Annapolis, Md., who dreams accident does indeed occur. But just as George will charm the entire family. fair-weather basketball fans. Hock does 2bout making it into the Naval Academy. in the two previous "Final Destination" (Rated G) -Chelsea Bain a poor job providing context of the issue J1Qainst the odds, he does. Now all he installments, the "lucky" survivors begin 10th DISTRICT COlln (B·) at hand: the buying and selling of young reeds to get through his first "plebe" to die under strange, gruesome circum Filmmaker Raymond Depardon and his athletes who see sport> as the only way )ear are instant skllls, education and dis stances. This film is cheesy looking, camera are the flies on the wall in a out of a dead-end situation. Hoop enthu cipline. But Jake has trouble with badly lighted and the characters are • tense Paris courtroom where a group of siasts will find the int~r~ews with family authority, he's not ateam player. and devoid of charisma. The film's dialogue defendants plead their innocence and and coaches bland. (Not rated) -Tenley tard-ass Midshipman Lt. 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The technology Web designer, film studies NOW PLAYING! fllM E1'.SYMKUS ~her and fonner graduate stu dertt at MIT's Media Lab was in ~uced to comic book reading by'finding some of those comics . .uwben I was 10 or 11, my par eirtS took me to a recycling place fOt' our newspapers;' he remem bers. "I climbed in a big bin and there was this huge box of comics tlfere that somebody had dumped out. That was my start." ·,And he hasn't stopped. Evans, 37,' is presenting the lecture "'fuming Comics into Movies" on Saturday at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education. The Somerville resident, originally Ryan Evans discov red one of his great passions when, as a preteen, he climbed Into a recycling bin. from Kansas City - "on the Kahsas side;' he points out - inspired by the viswtl style and ap might be realistically rendered. Evans went back to look at some f u:st got into DC comics featuring proach to the char.1cter that was And that's what they did with the of the Dick Tracy movies from Stich stalwarts as Superman and shown in Frank Miller's 1986 n1ovie." the 1940s, describing them as Blitman, but eventually sought out ''Batman" graphic novel series Evans refers to the film "Sin "kind of Poverty Row movies independent labels including 'The Dark Knight Returns'' as City" as "a literal adaptation, that captured this really nice noir Upstairs @ iCrtyf;d; Eclipse and Kitchen Sink, featur well as Alan Moor"'s 1988 Joker frame by frame, of the graphic feeling - unlike the Warren iJ).g' stories about Jimmy Corrigan story 'The Killing Joke." no tel. It's such a faithfal adapta Beatty one," he adds with a arid Sgt. Strike. "Those had the d:u'k gritty feel tion," he says. ''I don't know of laugh. "I didn't like that one. I'll ( Ill ... His lecture will focus on three of Gotham, as opposed to the any others that are like that." focus mostly on the three films, Gty,ide ,~ ~mic books, or as he prefers to brighter bang pow ofthe '60s that :Ihls is Evans' second time at and pull some examples from the Call them, graphic novels, that was in the comic books and the the Cambridge Center, after last Dick Tracy [series], just to show rimge from mainstream to inde television series;' h1• says. year's class on the language of the range of things that have been You've Always Looked Cood pendent, and have been turned into He chose the film version of comics. This time out, it'll be done." successful feature films: ''Batman" "American Splendor," originally a much more visual. Ryan Evans lectures on "Turn In Our Neighborhood (1989), "American Splendor" series ofautobiogmr hical graphic 'I'll be showing clips from the ing Comics into Movies" at the Cityside Bar & Grille w1nts to say (2003) and "Sin City" (2005). novels by Harvey J\!kar, because films in the class," he says. "That's Cambridge Center for Adult Edu THANK YOU ''I wanted to show three differ the film "was kind ofadapting the a key part of what I do. I want to cation, 56 Brattle St., on Feb. 18 at ent approaches to how a graphic medium. I think that comic books do a side by side comparison of 7:30 p.m. Cost is $5. He 'II also be Celebrating 20 Yem of Service For Our Neighbors & Friends novel can be adapted to a movie;' have this unique th111g where you the graphic novels and the films. presenting a four-session course ESTABLISHED FEBRUARY 1986 says Evans. "I picked the first Tim can flip to different representa That's why I focused it down to there on "Reading Graphic Nov All tf February, three course meals offered for $19.86 Burton 'Batman,' because it tions of characters or places or three movies. I'll have DVDs and els" starting on March 29. Cost is Amerlun Wine Dinner 2/21 showed not an adaptation ofa par events. So a charactt.'r might look PowerPoint with images from the $106. Ca/1617-547-6789. Team Trivia every WednHday Night ticular comic book, but of a style." very cartoony in one panel, but in comics" Ed Syrnkus can be reached at Evans explains that Burton was the panel right next to that one In preparing for the class, [email protected]. WATCH FOR MORE SPECIALS AND EVENTS www.cltycldebarandgrllle.com 1960 Beacon St. @ Cleveland Circle, Brighton 'Proof' 617-566-1002 positive DECORDOVA, from page 15 'i\rtist's Proof directly caused the creation of Mixit and Hand Press;' says Deitsch. "Mixit and Hand Press modeled their work shops after Artist's Proof." Just one key difference: The cutists learned well the lesson of Artist's Proof and bought the stu dios in Somerville, ensuring that they'd control their fate. 'The Workshop Portfolios" in cludes work produced at all three studios. ..Deitsch, who visited the two remaining studios while working on the DeCordova exhibit, says the spirit ofArti st's Proof is alive and well, and living . in Somerville. ·~rt has a very communal feel," . says Deitsch. "Everyone helps each other. It's very friendly." It's not just financial support that the artists provide each . other, it's also creative. One of the interesting parts of the exhib it for Deitsch is to see the way the artists, working in close proximi ty, influenced each other. "You see techniques that reocr ~: · she says. 'They're subtle in ~nces . They all learned a lot ~each other." Randy Garber's "SU.once takes Its Mea;ure" Is part of the DeCordova Museum's print-making exhibit. ~~be sees biographical ele ik:rrts recurring in the works, sion;' says in Cambridge during its heyday, DeCordova Museum and Sculp ture Parle in Lincoln. Call Q.kfue that lends itself to memo Deitsch, describit1 the muse and brought the concept with her .;.-t;, and impressions." um's support ofl oc Actor Paul Walker conveys genuine concern for the dogs he works with in "Eight Below." Eig ht B elow (B+) help of an amazing supporting cast, most of Brrr. As the fiigid days and long nights of whom have fur and four legs. :-vinter pass, the dogs evade horrific dangers, ttention penguin-loving moviego Walker is the aptly named Antarctic guide m one case a (CGI) leopard seal, and learn to ers: All aboard for another trip to and sled-dog musher Jerry Shepard, a young, feed themselves. While I find it impossible t.o A the frozen South Pole to fall in Jove competent outdoorsman assigned to take In believe a starving dog would feed another with and be edified by a "truthy" story of an diana Jones-like scientist "Doc" McLaren starving dog, the scenes undeniably tug the imal survival. (ever-reliable Bruce Greenwood) to a per heartstrings. The dogs even have some fun, 'i,t "Eight Below'' re-creates a fact-based sur ilous mountainside in search of a meteorite one case rummaging through an abandoned "THE BESf vival story involving a team ofSiber (some of these scenes appear to be camp site. 'FINAL DESTINATION' YETI" ian huslcies, which probably means played on sets). But what's most fascinating is that Mar CHRIS CARLE. IGN.COM it's mostly fabricated. The film is a Jerry's cohorts back at camp in shall manages to stage scenes in which tlie happy return to the good-old days clude team clown Cooper (an ami animals actually appear to communicate wifu when the Disney company knew ably goofy Jason Biggs) and sexy one another on cue, without actually talking .,. bow t.o make charming live-action bush pilot Katie (an appealing Moon as they do in a scene in Disney's "Sntv famil) fil~. Directed by Frank Bloodgood), who is Jerry's ex-girl Dogs." At this point, the dogs have fully taKen Marshall ("Alive;' "Arachnopho fiiend. center stage, while Jerry is back in civili.Za bia"), the film is inspired by a real At their destination, a storm tion trying to persuade Doc and others to fi life story from 1957 that was the By James Vemiere blows up, forcing Jerry, Doc and nance an expedition to return to the dogs in IWll11l1Ams 1MllGIJ0~111m11Mlr>l fllll,.. everyone to evacuate by air, leav 11J.llSIMIT 11,&lfflJLIJllllwtm.ll l!YAllllllllJ -~ ~~ basis of a Japanese movie (1957 Film Critic the unlikely event some have survived. , ~aIDlllllll "BILAJlmJ =:l'IJHlitmu-MlllDll was also the year Disney released ing Jerry's beloved "kids" - regal Although the leopard seal will terr~ =ITeYIMllWI moo lWHDH-.JQflDAI lilE its canine landmark "Old Yeller'') . Maya, princely Max, twins Dewey and Tru very young children, kids should love "Ei~t -illlW&lml WAiin~ llSID•=.1ffrf1Hll "1QlllllW&MS Like "March of the Penguins;' "Eight man, weathered Old Jack and three others - Below'' and maybe even want to learn mQ~e -"~~...... , __. . -=u~ o~ - ~-~"·)1,9 Below," which was shot in British Columbia behind, chained together. about life in the still-mysterious icy wild~r- mollC "°"~ "OllllCl/liGaE LAllCUACl A.ID SOME IRJIMn and Greenland, is both spectacular-looking When Jerry is told they cannot go back to ness. •: OWN THE FINAL DESTINATION "SCARED 2 OEATII" DVD 2-f>ACK TOOAY! retrieve the dogs until spring, something -,..----Altl-IW----z--.....- ..-.:TllW"' .... J ·lllllM•IW,.._J and a tad too eager to anthropomorphize its Moviegoers have been in love with ffiml's lovable beasties. But with the help of the everyone believes is equivalent to a death best fiiend since the days of such canine su- NOW PLAYING iOSr8iiCr.ao.1t f'!NwAr111AJ1 1 11S fll61 C - 211 HOOIUHE lff( handsome young actor Paul Walker ("The sentence, he is heartbroken, and that is when perstars as Rin Tin Tin and Lassie. • ' AT THESE SELECT THEATRES 1 eoo r;•-, 'JO 617_.24 6266 Fast and the Furious"), who brings an easy the film's action begins in earnest. Stranded To that list, we can now add Maya and !tie FiAIA1NGHAM 16 iii'vfR'ECMA' rmu roNo10 woi uR'N 1 ftllmPmlJSHCWQSWOIZJ RTE.CllSOUllCIO n:tsH'~tfllDft.Al.A m ••wrli&•. going masculinity and genuine sense of con in the open during the raging storm, the dogs gang.Mush! S0&-6214400 7 81-286-1660 617'61 - 711 933 S330 somehow survive; most break free and go on D'.\'Nv ERs 20 clitc'l'.i[MA' D'Eo••AIA soAii'iRvtw 12 cern for the well-being of the animals, "Eight Rated PG. "Eight Below" contains sce~¢s lllEllYTRHM.Al l CLEVELANDCIRCLE m ,.121un1>A Al~SOBtfl 1-IOCHANOAHGO l734 617-S66-4040 781 J76-49SS 1-1137 Below" works surprisingly well, in spite of a series of adventures across spectacular of nature-movie violence and animals reading this not know how the film will end? (Rated PG-13) BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (B+) "DEEPLY EMOTIONAL!" -«eme~ T1n11, LOS ANGELES TlllES Emotionally powerful and visually spec tacular, "Brokeback Mountain" is also often crude, manipulative and somewhat dull. Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and ~r"*'l) Enms Del Mar (Heath Ledger) meet in "****! Wyoming in 1963 when they are hired Mesmerizing and heart-tugging!" to guard a herd of sheep from predators -CIJudia Pliz, USA TODAY on the eponymous Brokeback Mountain. AJ ONATHAN DEMME PICTURE New Releases The remote setting gives the two cow 1'11.. CllUOUS GEORGE (A) boys the freedom to fall in love. The film In this near-magical adaptation of the follows Ennis and Jack during the years beloved "Curious George" children's following that idyllic summer. They both NEtl 1IDUNG ' books, The Man in the Yellow Hat (Will marry, have children, drink and smoke HEART OF GOLD Ferrell) is given a name - Ted - a job, too much and occasionally reunite. and a love interest (Drew Barrymore). However, the film flattens out and t\"'.;llt As a workaholic museum employee, Ted though Ledger and Gyllenhaal are good ~~·!!::.~ ~.u---h hatches a plan to find the missing idol of together, wrestling and rough-housing ""'Ml"' the Zagawa tribe and feature it in an STARTS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17TH Colin Farrell start n " The New World' as Captain John Smith. are no substitutes for sexual chemistry. ' KtNDAL.l.5Q exmbnion. When he goes to Africa, he (Rated R) ONLY IN THEATRES! ~-~--c"7l'""l"' meets George, an adorable and inquisi FUW. DESTINATION 3 (D) eartof oldmov1e c om tive monkey who relishes a good game Unfortunately, filmmaker Jonathan Hock Indian" is also a master class in the art Just as Wendy Christensen (Mary of peekaboo. Ted leaves the country dis does little to illustrate wrat makes ful magic of acting. (Rated: PG-13) Elizabeth Winstead) is about to ride the appointed, but George - hypnotized Qy Telfair's experience uni~ue Thanks to hellish and visibly unstable roller coaster his friend's bananalike hat - follows the success of Kobe Bryant and Kevin Devil's Flight, she has avision of the hor him home. Kids will go crazy as the Garnett, high school players entering the 10ngoing rible mutilation deaths of all aboard and monkey's antics heat up the screen; NBA are a dime a dozen. And from the JllllAPOl.JS (8-) convinces several of her high school adults will appreciate the subtext behind start, viewers know Telfair is already in .ake Huard (James Franco) 1s a young friends to get the heck off. A terrible the actors who supply the voices. the NBA - no character arc there. For boxer from Annapolis, Md., who dreams accident does indeed occur. But just as George will charm the entirefamily . fair-weather basketball fans, Hock does cbout making rt into the Naval Academy. in the two previous "Final Destination" (Rated G) -Chelsea Bain a poor job providing context of tile issue l1Qainst the odds, he does. Now all he installments, the "lucky" survivors begin 10th DISTRICT COlln (B·) at hand: the buying and selling of young reeds to get through his first "plebe" to die under strange, gruesome circum Filmmaker Raymond Depardon and his athletes who see sport> as the only way )ear are instant skllls, education and dis stances. This film is cheesy looking, camera are the flies on the wall in a out of a dead-end situation. Hoop enthu c1pllne But Jake has trouble wnh badly lighted and the characters are • tense Paris courtroom where a group of siasts will find the int~r~ews with family authority, he's not ateam player. and devoid of charisma. The film's dialogue defendants plead their innocence and and coaches bland. (Not rated) -Tenley tard-ass Midshipman Lt. Cole (Tyrese 1s execrable, although someone men beg the judge for mercy. His sharply Woodman Gibson) tags Jake as unsuitable to be an tions Nietzsche's edict that whatever edned "10th District Court" is a docu THE WOHi.D'S FASTEST DIDIAI (A·) cfftcer. "Annapolis" is an aoceptably doesnl kill us makes us stronger. That mentary focused on bringing the French "The World's Fastest lnoian• is based on entertaining effort. But does anyone MOVIES, page 21 justice system to light. For some, this the true story of Burt f'/l mro (Anthony intrusive look at people fighting to right Hopkins), a retired N • Zealander with a whafs wrong may be too slow. Those bum ticker who work.' to wring more who want to watch people squirm will horsepower out of hi& ;ouped-up 1920 enjoy what Depardon has attempted to Indian Scout motorcyc;1e and break tile piece together. In French with subtitles. world land-speed record. The film turns (Not rated) -Chelsea Bain into a terrific road picture as Burt travels QIROUGH THE FlRE (C ) across the American sruthwest and "Through the Fire" is a bittersweet docu encounters a variety ot colorful charac ·mentary that follows Portland Trail ters along the way. But ifs more than Blazers point guard Sebastian Telfair's that. With Hopkins imb\JHJg Burt with leap from unprivileged, Coney Island charm, decency and a ht of Imp sh mis high school hoopster to the NBA. chievousness, "The wr kfs Fastest "... ONE OF THE R•STfUCTIO 'Iii' flt r kt':! :fll~ AtC:>#" ..... lfflll• PREMIER HORROR FI IMS OF RECENl YFARS!" R 'J.Mlfl 11' M!• I fll.l.l'l\1UI PHIL Vn.IAM£Al. ARJZONA DAILY STAR LA 1~~;M,t .\!',Q!-U,,f "(!}1. 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C>GAO r.tIWIDOU'll IJl m. er n: -M C1 '$1.9( lllO. m.- t21 DJT.' m. • c>tOC"''*"""' ntf.Anw: oouPOHSACCEP'TW OIAECTOM:S oq CM.L :.-..seco 111-m.•• ?11-m-aJO JORIQ.olt.i[)INFQPt.IA~N"1JSHOWT'MES FOR GROUP SALES INFORMATION PLEASE CALL 1 800 785 5780 Page 20 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, February 17, 2.006 www.allstonbrightontab.com DE :SJI NATI 0NS 'Pirate' mania.hits Bahamas Tropical retreat capitalizes on 'Pirates ofthe Caribbean ' n a secluded cove, a ghastly ing to send a bunch of tourists part of the Bahamas Out Islands. gray ghost ship festooned down to Davey Jol"eS' locker for Filming also has taken place I with howling sea monsters pointing cameras at his prop. elsewhere in the Caribbean, in awaits the likes of Johnny Depp, No point in risking the plank cluding Dominica and St. Vin Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley, Or- when Depp's Capt. Jack Sparrow cent and the Grenadines. isn't even around. We forget the Though the actual sets are GRAND BAHAMA scallywag, hoist our Jolly Roger cl osed to the public and security ISLAND and set out to splice the main is tight, every resort, tchotchke brace with a ration ofgrog . shop and colada hut here stands J.M. LAWRENCE Fihning on Grand Bahama of n:ady to capitalize on pirate Disney's wildly successful "Pi mania. Pirate hotel packages lando Bloom and the rest of the rates" (Part 3 opet'S in 2007) was abound for families and couples. "Pirates ofthe Caribbean" cast. set to resume a few days after my The pirate museum in nearby On a recent January morning, visit, and has unleashed a cas 1' assau, a favorite excursion for however, the only character re cade of pirate metaphors and families who arrive there on sembling a pirate aboard The promotions on the Islands of the cruises, seems invigorated. And Flying Dutclunan, the ship fea Bahamas, a breathtaking archi residents of Grand Bahama tend The Bahamas are cashing In on the popularity of " Pirates of t he Caribbean." tured in the "Pirates" sequel, pelago 50 miles off the coast of to have stories about brushes "Dead Man's Chest,'' due out Florida. Locations have included •.vith "Pirates" fame. man who operates bonefishing July 7, is a Disney goon threaten- this island as well as the Exumas, Take Greg Vmcent, a Welsh- charters based at the Pelican Bay hotel. Vmcent worked as an - ... ,- J extra, be said, donning the mili tary uniform of an East India Company militiaman. A less than-glamorous 15-hour day of filming at sea followed. The rumble of passenger planes over- • head often interrupted filming, while Vmcent shouldered an 18- pound gun in the beat. A fellow "soldier" fainted, he said. The fishing boat captain also was tapped for his special exper tise. He 1provided director Gore Verbinski with a fisherman's stew of uncleaned conch, sar- • dines and squid to spew from a sea monster's belly during a bat tle scene. PHOTO BY J.M LAWRENCE Vmcent said he dyed the squid The Flying Dutchman prop ship Is docked at Grand Bahama Island. yellow and bleached some of the chum to create the preper ap Paddy described getting her others are in private rented pearance of a sea monster's half picture taken with Depp and homes-some ofthe less recog digested diet. other ~' 'Pirates" stars as bright niz.able pirate actors have been "I want a (film) credit," he spots in what have been some known to hang out at hot spots said, added with a grin, "Chief of brutal years on storm-battered here including Yellow Tails at guts." Grand Bahama. The island suf Pelican Bay. Owing my stay, I opted to try fered direct hits from two burri- For Joseph Garvey, the "Pi bonefishing sans sea monster canes in two years and took an rates" sequels spell more tourists guts (we used shrimp on our other blow from Hurricane piling into the Pirates of Nassau hooks). Wilma last fall. Remnants of the Museum, in the nation's capital, • Round-trtr> al A 63-year-old taxi-driving hurricanes' wrath were still visi where Garvey plays Captain Airways grandma named Paddy, a former ble. Shingles were missing from Argh!, ushering kids aboard a paralegal, said she had spent some of the finest resorts. And a 75-foot pirate ship replica called • Hotel accommodations bY months driving makeup artists handful of empty properties in Revenge. He spins tails of the and other behind-the-scenes Freeport awaited renovation. Bahamas' most famous pirates ...... PL s Tickets to the March 16th crew from their hotel (most are "I've seen the good, the bad - Blackbeard, Henry Morgan, between the Boston Red Sox vs. staying at The Westin at Our Lu and the ugly," Paddy quipped Calico Jack - and the pirate caya) out to filming locations, in while burning rubber up the bat hunters commissioned by the Devil Rays cluding a 60 million-gallon, tered Grand Bahama Highway. King of England in 1718. open-water filming tank operat Though it's hard to spot the Other tales of pirate lore on ed by the Bahamas Film Studios films' stars - Depp reportedly Grand Bahama come from na at Gold Rock Creek. is staying on a yacht while the ture guide Wellington Clark, a father of five who grew up in a Mail to. tiny village here. Clark, who Hing al SOX F st. Pete/ Clearwater Contest earned degrees in biology and Community Newspaper co. political science, works for st. Petersburg/Clearwater contest 33 New Yortc Ave Framingham, MA 01701 Grand Bahamas Nature Tours (www.gbntours.com) and leads Name YES! I would hl . . . .www.allstonbrightontab.com Friday, I'.ebruary 17, 2006 Allston-Brighton TAB, page 21 landscape arcMect she hires named Brian (Simon Baker) - an irresistible hottie who is as white as an alabaster ghost. Though she initially stttles her sentiments, Kenya eventually dives into unknown waters and discovers it's not as strange as it seems. "Something Boston's Most lnteracti New" fits a mold used 100 times before. Entertainment Experience But the dialogue is smart, sassy and fun - and thanks to a great cast, the script maintains its dignity. The film touches ue to 4 .tickets sensitive issues and puts a spin on the $ 2 0 FF with this ad battle between the races. It's as sweet as a black-and-white cookie. (Rated PG-13) nLike stepping in to an Indiana Jones movie!" -Chelsea Bain -The Improper Bostonian "TIE 11llE£ BURIALS Of MflQUIADES ESTRADA" (A-) In the fearlessly trtled 'The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada," Tommy Lee Jones makes a noteworthy debut as a feature-film director. Jones plays Pete Perkins, a leathery Texas rancher who has afather-son relationship with young Mexican ranch hand Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cedillo). After Melquiades inexplic ~WANG ably turns up dead and is quickly buried Bank of America J.! - Celebrity Serles CENTER by West Texas police who couldn't care Maldng A:tt. Michelle Wlllla'ms snagged a Best Supporting Actress nomination for hor work In "Brokeback Mountain." Engaging • Entartatnlng • Ent1chtng less about another dead "wetback," Pete Mallhlcl Art POMlble. begins a physical and spiritual journey to dren. On top of that, he's in danger of m1dable story line and instead recycles return the body of Melquiades to the March 3-5 losing a much-needed stipend that keeps the audience-pleasing romantic myth of wife, children and native village Pete only THE SHUBERT THEATRE the family together unless he marries Capt. John Smith (Colin Farrell) and knows from a photograph. If you're 265 Tremont St.,Boston Flicks within a month. Enter Nanny McPhee Pocahontas (Q'Orianka Kilcher). This "Jones-ing" for a real western, 'The (Emma Thompson), a disfigured, barrel has to be the most internalized epic I Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" is shaped crone who claJfTls to be a "gov have ever seen, a polyphonic riot of MOVIES, from page 19 the genuine article. In English and ernment nanny" sent to help Brown. voiceovers, painted skins, ftower stalks, Spanish with English subtitles. (Rated R) pretty much sums up my rationale for Though the children do not want her, dappled water and the wind in the trees. reviewing the film. (Rated R) UllJERWORLD: EVOWTlON (B) Nanny McPhee outsmarts them at Mry One gets the overwhelming sense that Essentially a retread of 2003's FIREWAll (B+) turn and gains their trust As her lessons Malick would rather be strolling through Bank security specialist Jack Stanfield's "Underworld" with more money on the take hold, Nanny McPhee's appearance the Virginia woods taking still pho screen, this film combines vampire and (Harrison Ford) dolce vita becomes not so magically improves. This IS a charming tographs than shooting this script; he dolce after someone steals his identity. werewott film genres with fight scenes, movie, funny enougfl to amuse adults. leaves his actors with little to do except gunplay and other action from the '(tiings get worse when criminal master But it's the kids who are going to want to pose for pictures. (Rated PG-13) mind and unrepentant killer Bill Cox (Paul "Matrix" series into one giant Goth-a adopt this nanny. (Rated PG) SOMET1llE NEW (B+) zanza. This time, vampiric "death dealer" Bettany) and his team of heavily armed THE NEW WORLD (B-) career-driven Kenya McQueen (Sanaa nfnja-hackers take over Jack's house, hold Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and vampire "The New World" takes its cue and Lathan) 1s holding out for her future werewott hybrid Michael (Scott wife (Virginia Madsen) and children tis disingenuous utopnmsm straight from prince charming, whom her friends call Speedman) battle Marcus (Tony l};lstage and demand ... well, you know the the vaults of Walt Disney. Telling the the Ideal Black Man (IBM, for short). As Curran), the last vampire elder and a lit drill. "Firewall" goes through the motions story of the Jamestown colorrt of 1607, luck would have it, Kenya's knight in ..:. the resourceful kids in peril, the hench eral batman, with 10-foot wings, with director Terrence Malick neglects a for- shining armor comes in the form of a which he skewers victims. (Rated R) Jtren who range from utterly despicable to faiotly sympathetic, sudden ultraviolent ootbreaks and, of course, the ingenious tlicks the captives use to outsmart their :Qaptors. (Rated PG-13) PY SEX IN 11IE 70s (C ) llltimately told from the perspectives of ~all-dozen New Yorkers and with ,.footage that looks like a mix of '70s porn and news documentaries, "Gay Six in the '70s" is a "you shoulda been 1, tfiere"-style memoir. Joseph Lovett's - cnmpact (72 minutes) documentary eel 2006 EVENT SCHEDULE , ebrates the time when gays first became Cruise lrom '3osfon to , visible and indulged in a decade-long DATE EVENT • t»gy of pleasure seeking. But the film Moy7 Norwegiai Moiesly Bermuda season begins Bermuda aboard NORWEGIAN CRU ISE LINF QUers little context and the viewer gets Moy 14 Fat Gty Bond Cruise 1 ~ little sense of how this sexual revolution p1 fii'L··••111: • Moy 21 Wine Tasting Cruise '. began. (Not Rated) -Stephen Schaefer ~ Norwegian li~ajesty. May2B Gardening wilh Allon Swenson ' IMAGINE ME & YOU (C+) Jl.lle4 Bingo Cruise J As she's strolling toward the altar on her · ' ~edd ing day, Rachel (Piper Perabo) gets .k.ne 11 Women's f!!lless with May Krriec • ' crlook at Luce (Lena Headey) and - Juie lB Wolmg & RI.ming CTl'lics with Kevin Petrovek ' Wtiammo - it's "Brokeback Marriage" Jl.lle 25 '1 Just Got 0vt of School" Cruise t ·tlme. Rachel goes through with the cer July 2 Frtness For Kids Cruise , ~ emony, but something has happened: [~ays July 9 Arts and Crotts for Kids Cruise , · Luce also senses something pass July 16 Karate for Kids wtth Doyle Martial Arts • l between her and Rachel. In contrast to July 23 College Ccuisermg Cruise : 1 "Brokeback Mountain," "Imagine Me & July 30 Cruise wilh Poul Lockhart, NASA Astronaut • • You" is pathetically tame and too cute HUGE FJ~MILY SAVINGS! 3rd/ 4th GUESTS UP TO 65% OFF** by hatt. The film lacks authenticity, origi Aug. 6 CSI Bermuda for Kids Cruise r nality and charismatic leads. Perhaps Aug. 13 Frtness For Kids Cruise _~ the best response to "Imagine Me & Jom NCL in 2006 as we celebrole Boston-to-Bermuda avising wilt. a series of f.flique avises aboard Norwegian Maiesty. Aug. 20 lost Blast Btfore School Cruise You" is: I'd prefer not to. (Rated R) From Wine Tasting to :oolcing Class to Fitness and more, there's a avise for everyone. Check ovt the complete listing Aug. 27 Guest Comedian Cruise s ~ llANNY MCPHEE (A·) Sept. 3 Irish Festival at Seo Cruise Mr. Brown's (Colin Firth) wife has died of Patriots.-to-Par/ioment sailings and choose lhe one that's right for you. Sept. 10 Irish Festival at Seo Cruise r • and he has no nanny for his seven chil- l •• Sept. 17 Coootry Line Dancing Cruise Call NCL at 1.800.256.5672, visit ncl.com or contact our leaturecl travel agent. •' Sept. 24 Cooking Cruise Oct. 1 Oktoberfest Cruise I PG·13 Parents Strongly Cautioned I ' I FEBRUARY 3 • MARCH 12 Thu-Sat at Bpm and Sun at 2pm TICKETS $24.00 Senior, Students & Group Rates Available/ •' 'I • Ill Page 22 Allston-Brighton TAB www.aUstonbrightontab.com AT THE LIBRARY - Brighton Branch Russian videos; and Russian age children are invited to come a craft. No registration is re-"' books on CD. craft with the library and take ad quired. 40 Academy Hill Rood, The library invites all Russian vantage of the Homework Assis • Preschool Story Tune, Brighton, 617-782-6032 readers and community members tance Program. Wednesdays, from 10:30 to 11: 15 to sign up for library cards and • Afternoon Story Tune takes a.m. For preschoolers age 3 to"S Boole discussion group view the existing collection. place Mondays and Wednesdays, ~d a caregiver. There will be st<} For more information, call 2 to 2:45 p.m., where children of nes and a craft Free. No registra A book discussion group meets 617-782-6032. all ages and their caregivers are tion is required. the first Wednesday of the month welcome for stories and a paper • The Faneuil Bookworms at 11 a m. Copies of the book are Homework assistance craft. No registration is required. Thursday, March 2, 4 to 5 p.m . .j. available at the library. New • Reading Readiness takes Homework assistance is avail monthly book discussion group members are welcome. place Saturdays, 9:30 to 10:30 able Mondays, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.; for children 4 to 8. After reading a.m., for children 3 to 5. The each book (a mix of pictuie and Tuesdays through Thursdays, group explores concepts neces Help for beginning 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., excluding holi books, nonfiction and/or poetrJ) sary before a child learns tb read, Internet user days. aloud, there is a discussion fol shares stories and plays education lowed by an art project or activity Mystified by the internet? puzzles. No registration is re based on the theme. Free and Don't know how to surf? Help is Boost your energy quired. The six-session program open to the public, no registration available at the library for patrons Do you want to boost your en is free and open to all. The sched is required. to get them started. For an ap ergy? Would you like to add more ule is: Feb. 25, Colors; March 11, • The Faneuil Pageturners is :a pointment, call A1an at 617-782- pep to your life? Angela Su, Cer Reasoning & Directions; and parent/child book discussion 6032. tified Holistic Health Counselor March 25, Sing Along With a group appropriate for children lO and Registered Pharmacist tells Book. an? old~r, ~d those ~ho enj ~ ESL 1conversation you how. Learn how a few adjust • The Only Kids Club is a children s literature. Jorn in for No registration is required for ments in your diet and lifestyle monthly book discussion group conversation and a snack. Regis No.Jnn the group, and admission is free. can make all the difference. Mon at Faneuil for children in grades tration is required. Books are day, March 20, 7 p.m. three and older. There will be available at the library a month in -'0'111' '1 .9 Ml/Jlrm l1$llUlad Slru:111"'9 The group meets Mondays and Thursdays, at 6 p.m., and conversation and a snack. Books advance. The next meeting is are available a month in advance Tuesday, Feb. 28, 6:30-7:30 p.m , - Mlmifdctu"1r'aliff8ttm.:Susrantn Wednesdays, Fridays and Satur Senior Singalong days, at 10 a.m. For more infor at the library, and registration is and the book is "The House @f Ca beret required. The next meeting is Dies Drear" by Vuginia Hamilton. - · 18 months plus interactive games and singing. Register with the children's librarian. , Toddler Story Tune for ages 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 and their caregivers takes place every Tuesday at 10:30 am. There will be stories, son&s, fingerplays and crafts. To register, call the children's librarian. Preschool Story Tune for ages"3 to 5 takes place every Friday at 10:30 a.m. There will be stories, songs, fingexplays and crafts. To register, call the children's librati- an. ' WILI_ RECEIVE 'A COMPLETE ROOM MAKEOVER INCWDING PROFESSIONAL DESIGN ~lSTANCE. Adult and teen FURNJTURE, CARPEf & PAINT! programs ..I 111 Painting exhibit Exhibit: Paintings by Bren Bat NO PURCHASE NECESSARY PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. aclan will be shown through PROMOTION BEGINS 218.()6 ANO ENOS 2/20IOo ENTRY FORMS AVAILABlE AT PAR11C1PATING lA-l-BOY. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS OR CARPET ONE RETAIL LOCATIONS IN THE U.S OR CANADA OR Tuesday, Feb. 28. His works fea ENTER VIA INTERNET AT WWW l.AZBOY COM \QO IN QUEBEC ANO WHERE PROHIBITED MUST BE ture whimsical cartoon-based LEGAL RESIDENT Of 50 U S, DC. OR CANADA. EXCLUDING QUEBEC, WHO HAVE REACHED THE NX Of 21 BY THE START DATE Of THE PROMOTION CANADIAN, SKILL TEST APPLIES. SUBJECT TO characters in the vibrant colcr OfACIAI. RULES FOUND AT PARTICIPATING lA-Z-BOY. SHERWIN-WILLIAMS OR CARPET ONE RETAIL palate of his native Philippines. LOCATIONS WINNERS UST Will BE POSTED AT WWW.L>J.B(JY COM/WINNERS ON APRIL 1, 2006. THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS ANO COVER THE EARTH GlOBE DESIGN LOGOS AAE USED UNDER He is the founder of the Smile LICENSE ANOJOR OWNED BY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS OOMPANY AND CANNOT BE USED OR Boston Project. REPROOUCED WITHOUT EXPRESSED WRITTEN CONSENT CARPET ONEC 2006 ANO THE LOGO • AAE PROPERTY Of CARPET ONE AND CANNOT BE USED WITHOUT EXPRESSED WRITT£N CONSENT • CONTEST SPONSORED BY lA-Z-BOY INOORPOAATEO C 2006 • Chamber music • concert • An Afternoon of Charnltr Music featuring piano duo Di~a Shapira and Stanislava Ylt shavsky is presented 2 p.m., Sltt- urday, Feb. 25. ' •' • ESL conversation • www.lazboy.com/boston group • Saugus 759 Broadway, Route 1S (1 14 mile north of Hilltop Steakhouse)...... 787-233-6599 Mon-Fri 70-9 _ _...,..,.-,...._,.-Sl99'!11otW"°'"'---•-"1IMr..,, • 1277 Washington Street, Route 53 (Exit 13 off Route 3) ...... 181-826-7039 Sat 10-6. --*911•-"'odl011J11#<.,,,,_~-lntrl....~-"·-·--·.,...... ______,o '°"",.,,.,... ..l(lf/ftoptldwa$ .. 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Hyannis 20 Airport Road...... 50 8-777-7045 ,.,.,,,,.. ,.,.,,,,,,,_ __ ,.,,.._tll#<.,,,,...,...... ,...... ,.,._ at 11 a.m., and Wednesdays ~t 6:30 p.m. Participants can jo1n RECL INFt?S ~,or1,~ . ~. f. other adult language learners to practice conversation skills jn - English. The program is free; no registration is required. www.allstonbrightontab.com EDUCATION .Open house at ucation. All the t1·achers are fully vio 0. Conte Forum at Boston will address the relationship be defense against abduction; vehi plight of the oppressed Irish peo licensed and certified with the College, Chestnut Hill campus, tween politician decision-making cle safety; personal safety; Inter ~unshine Academy ple similar to that of the slaves in Department of Early Education for a public discussion of and Church teaching. net safety; bullying prevention; America. Some Irish were allies ~ Sunshine Academy, a full-day, and Care and have many years of "Catholic Politicians m the U.S.: The event is free and open to and sexual assault prevention. in the movement for the abolition ¥ear-round educational child-care experience in fu I I-time child care. Therr Faith and Public Policy." the public. It is sponsored by Roots Music with Young Audi of slavery in the United States, :C.enter, is now open, and parents Sunshine Academy's curriculum Liberal voices James Carville, Boston College's Church in the ences of Massachusetts - a 10- but many assimilated into the ;are invited to tour the new school. is designed around age-appropri Democratic political strategist 21st Century Center, which seeks week music program instructed racism prevalent in America. ' ~ open house will take place ate child-centered activities in ac and news commentator, and E.J. to be a catalyst and resource for by Dan Fox, a graduate of The event will look into "WMt Sunday, Feb. 26, 10 a.m. to noon, cordance with oca1 and state Dionne, nationally syndicated the renewal of the Catholic Berklee College of Music. In this can we do in the future to connect at 164 Harvard St., Brookline. A learning expectations for kinder Washington Post columnist and Church in the United States by program, children will learn how with and work alongside commu private tour can be arranged by garten and pre-kindergarten chil Brookings Institution senior fel engaging critical issues facing the to: improvise and compose their nities of color in Boston?" &ailing 617-264-4404. The entire dren. low, will join conservatives Ed Catholic community. own songs, take ear training, Refreshments will be served. ,family is welcome. Sunshine Academy is now ac Gillespie, political strategist and learn rhythms of various music Sponsored by the Boston Col ' cepting applications for the num JI former Republican National Self-defense styles and their history which in lege Irish Institute, Boston Col ber of spaces available. For more Committee chairman, and Peggy :Sunshine Academy course coming cludes blues, jazz, country and lege African & African Diaspot'a is now open information, log on to " 'WW.sun Noonan. Wall Street Journal rock, and build percussion instru Studies Program, Community ·" shineacademy.com. columnist and former Republican The James A. Garfield School ments. They will perfo rln songs Change and the Irish Immigra 11 Sunshine Academy Childcare, presidential assistant, in address announces that the Boston Police with their percussive instruments tion Center, the event is made ~ 64 Harvard St., Coolidge Cor Science program for ing the broad range of contempo Department will offer a free self together with the Roots Music in possible through the support of AJ.Cr, Brookline, is now open. Sun children at Boston rary issues facing U.S. Catholic defense course for the female res structor with a performance at the the Foley Hoag Foundation. shine Academy offers full-day, politicians. idents of the city of Boston. The end of the session. For more information, call ,year-round educational child Nature Center The discussion will be moder RAD program has provided Corey Kurtz at 617-542-7654, ~are. Its five classrooms accom The Boston Nature Center's ated by Tun Russert, host of many women the skills and confi Frederick Dougtass ext. 24, or e-mail ckurtz@iicen wodate children from 2 months Scientist in Action program pnr NBC's "Meet the Press" and po dence to avoid and, if necessary, ter.org. ;.,o 5-plus years. Its operating vides kids with a chance to ex litical analyst for "NBC Nightly confront those individuals who went to Ireland ,}}ours, from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 plore the outdoors and do science News" and 'Tue Today Show." would attempt to harm them. This The lecture "Race and Irish Garfield School .p.m., are designed to accomrno experiments. Participants might The event's theme arises from is a four-week course. To sign up, Identity in the 'New Boston' - Jjate the needs of working par take a snowshcx' hike to look at the histol) of the relationship be call Rosa Tempesta at 617-635- Confronting the Past and Envi summer program ~nts. tracks, experiment with ice and tween the Catholic Church and 6323, first-come first-served. The sioning a Progressive Future" Garfield's fourth annual Sum ~i Sunshine Academy's newly snow, or create a model aiiplane. the institutions of American course begins the last week of takes place Wednesday, Feb. 22, mer Program at the Garfie]jj .~nstructed building has many In March, the program will be democracy "Can a Catholic February. 6 to 7:30 p.m., at Boston College School begins July 5 lasting until 'ik atures, including a private out- offered from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m., on politician balance a dual loyalty Garfield After School Program Burns Library, Thompson Room. Aug. 11. For five weeks, atten 1door classroom area for water alternate Thursd.tys, March 9 and to the Church and to the Ameri also announces the following The keynote speaker will be dants will enjoy entertaining ac .,Jay, science and nature activi 23. can people? What is the proper courses currently being offered: Noel lgnatiev, a professor at tivities, swimming, tennis, arts «)es. An all-weather underground To register or for directions and role of American Catholic bish RAD Kids with the Boston Po Massachusetts College of Art and and crafts, field trips and more. .parking area with private elevator public transportation informa ops in their contributions to lice Department, Station 14. This the author of "How the Irish Be Kindergarten through fiftli ..access directly to the center, pro tion, call 617 983-8500, ext. Amencan public life? Should is a personal empowerment and came White." Panelists also in grade programs are currently er1- ·Nides safe, easy drop-off and 6903. Catholic clergy run for office?" safety education program. RAD clude Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry rolling full-time slots. Regular ~ pick-up. All the classrooms are will be some of the topics dis stands for Resisting Aggression and professor Robert O'Neill, di program hours will be from 8:30 a-:lesigned in accordance with the 'Catholic Politicians cussed. Defensively and is tailored just rector of Burns Library: a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Mondey 1most up-to-date safety and acces From the moral obligations of for children. This program offers Upon publishing his autobiog through Friday. The program '8ibility standards and are stocked in the U.S.' voting to the national debate over strong self-esteem building com raphy in 1845, Frederick Dou costs $125 a week. Registration with educational books, toys, and Five of the nation' most right-to-life and end-of-life issues ponents empowering children glass left the United States, fear before March 1 receives a 5 per arts and crafts activities. prominent Cathvlic political ana - abortion to assisted suicide with knowledge and safety tips ing for his own safety, and cent discount. Director Tma Golden joins the lysts from aero· the co~rva and the death penalty - to mat regarding many areas: home undertook a speaking tour in Ire For information, call Rosa center with more than 20 years of tive-liberal spe,trum will gather ters of morality, family values safety; out and about safety; land. Tempesta at 617-635-6323 or experience in early childhood ed- Monday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. at Sil- and social justice, the panelists school safety; stranger tricks and In his travels, he found the Susan Leonard at 617-635-8351. VOLUNTEERS Volunteers sought er Hospital will need volunteers Laurie Flanagan at Boston Col- VNA Care Hospice and to their families. seeking volunteers for a variety to provide staff .. upport and assis Care is provided to individuals of positions. Current opportuni The Substance Abuse Helpline lege at 617-552-2758. needs volunteers 'I tance to patient~ in their own homes and in nursing ties are available on the medical .~ seeking volunteers for 24-hour, VNA Care Hospice, an affiliate homes. A comprehensive Volun and behavioral units, in Medical seven-day-per-week information The hospital's goal is to match Volunteers needed its positions to volunteers' inter- VistaCare Hospice invites indi- of VNA Care Network, needs teer Training Program for home Day Care and in the Kennedy "and education phone service to ests and skills ..o that volunteers volunteers to provide practical visit volunteers will begin this Day School. Clerical positions F ple affected by alcoholism will have a rewarding experience. viduals to provide friendly visits, and emotional support to termi fall. arc also available. Placement is and substance abuse. lnforma Volunteers honor a service com- emotional support, or errands for nally ill patients and their families Volunteers also are needed to determined by the needs of the ·Honal orientations will take place 1 mitment of at k:ast one four-hour its patients andearbfamil!es in Wat~r- in eastern and central Massachu help in the office, on fund-raising department and the schedule, ex fue fourth Monday evening of the • _J fl ·bl town or a n y commuruty. shift per week. hours are. eXJ e. A .bl · · hedul d setts. Training, supervision, and projects and with community ed perience and qualifications of tHe ,,month and is in close proximity I d . CXI e lralrung SC e an and some wee1-en assignments .h . d . ail support are provided. Call Nancy ucation. applicant. Applicants must be 1~ J4theT. are available. :;" ITTbolurs Bru_in ogual11&9mg i5upport av - Barcelo, ¥Olunteer coordinator, at For information or to request or older. For an application, ~I :. 'For more information on be Volunteer benefits include free a. e. 1 m vo unteers espe- 888-663-3688, ext. 4271. an application, call Jennifer at 617-779-1520. 'Coming a volunteer, call 617-536- kin free meab and on-the- c1ally needed . . 617-969-6130. The training pro Franciscan Hospital for Chil 0501 , ext. 301, or visit the Web par For more informatJon, call ¥· . . gram takes place at the hospice dren is the largest pediatric reh~ ~ite at www.helpline-online.com. JOb trammg. Volunteei:s are ':'el- \.1. ' Shea Dal at 781-407- Jewish Community come to partJc ~te m vanous ~ )' office, 2042 Beacon St., Newton. bilitation facility in New Eng ,, events and educatJonal programs · Volunteer Program land, providing the mo$t i$omeone to play with throughout the year. Combined Jewish Philan- Volunteers sought comprehensive continuum of ser 'homeless kids For more 111fonnation, call Boston Minstrel thropies invites all morns and vices for children with special Susan Frost, volunteer coordina dads to share their child/children Boston Partners in Education is needs in the nation. For informa "'• ' Horizons for Homeless Chil- Company seeks looking for volunteers to tutor tor, at 617-98J-7424 or e-mail with some lonely but friendly se tion and directions, v1s1t Boston Public Elementary ~n is seeking volunteers to in [email protected]. volunteer singers niors. Together, introduce the www.franciscanhospital.org. ·~eract and play with children liv The nonprofit Boston Minstrel child to the joys and rewards of School students in the areas of 'tng in family and domestic math and literacy, particularly Volunteers needed Company seek.-. singers, musi volunteering through stories and Melanoma Education ' '~iol ence shelters in local neigh cians and song leaders to facili laughter and make a new friend. grade 4 math. borhoods. A commitment of two tate sing-along songfests at The Jewish Community Volun BPE is also seeking tutors to looking for help hours a week for six months is re Boston-Cambridge homeless teer Program helps finding the prepare high school students for The Melanoma Education ;9uired. Horizons offers daytime . helter.; )Car round. No prior right volunteer opportunity. Call the fall MCAS exams. Training Foundation is seeking volunteers 'and evening shifts, with more <;inging experience is required. Nancy or Marilyn at 617-558- and placement will be provided to raise melanoma awareness in Jhan 52 shelters in its network. Repertoire includes Motown, 6585, or e-mail [email protected]. by Boston Partners. Call Barbara their communities. Volunteer . ~:· The next training is Saturday, oldies., rock, folk, pop, blues and Harris at 617-451-6145, ext. 620 needs include conducting high '.March 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 for more information. -;~iritUals. Monthly rehearsals are VistaCare Hospice school teacher workshops, partic :p.m. at the Uruted Parish of Auburn ipating in community outreach ·· For more information, call dale, 64 Hancock St., Newton. seeks volunteers Boston Area Rape events, preparing grant proposals, Tiffany at 617-287-1900, ext. 314 1 For more details, e-mail VistaCare Hospice invites car Crisis Center giving talks to community orga ,pr visit www.horizonsforhome- [email protected] or call ing individuals to provide friend ni.l If you are a medical facility looking for volunteers to furthe r your resea_rch studies, here is your opportunity to r(lac/r ~ore than 60,000 J1ouseholds m the Greater Boston area every weekf TO find our more, please call 781-433-7987 '/1t Page 24 Allston-Brighton TAB Friday, February _17, 2006 ~~~~~--~~~~~~~;-:--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~www~~- all~st~o~nb~n~· gh~to~n~tab~. co~m~ VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERS, from page 23 Volunteers are needed in Brighton Deliver meals to unteer activities, from staffing the lated medicaVtreatment appoint to assist Medicare beneficiaries in Mondays and Wednesdays at the schools across Massachusetts hospital's reception area, coffee ments. 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Smith Commu work. However, many children sive medical, dental, counseling formati.on to auto shops and their go in the community. As more nity Health Center invites all resi do not realize they are having vi • and vision services to all individu employees to imJJ!'Ove their work Free citizenship class Brazilians and Thai have sought dents of the Allston/Brighton and sion problems because the~ do als and families regardless ofcir life and overall health. Education services at JMSCHC, for exam surrounding communities to visit not know what "normal" viiion The Joseph M. Smith Commu cumstance. Below are community on use of per-onal protective ple, the Brazilian and Thai-speak the facility and learn how local nity Health Center will offer a looks like, so will not necess¥ily events offered by the Health Cen equipment will be provided. as ing staffing has been increased community health centers can complain about or seek hel8 for free nine-week citizenship class ter. For more information about well as free health screenings and proportionately. By contrast, best serve one's health care vision-related difficulties. Ac beginning Feb. 27. This class will the events or health center ser assistance in ;11:cessing health where 10 years ago the need for needs. provide information needed for cording to the American Associa vices, call Sonia Mee at 617-208- care services." Bosnian and Ethiopian was The center is located at 287 tion of Ophthalmology, Po<>r preparing for exam. Oasses are 1580 or visit w~iw.jmschc.org. The "Safe Shops" Program has strong, those sub-communities Western Ave., Allston, and offers school performance or a reading offered Mondays from I 0 a.m. to been up and running in other no longer require native-language comprehensive medical, dental, disability could actually be indi noon. For more information, call parts of Boston John Kaselis, support for their primary care, counseling and vision services re cators of underlying visual prob 'Safe Shops' Tamara at 617-783-0500. The owner of N&J Auto Body Shop and the center's staffing has gardless of circumstance. To deadline for registration is Feb. lems. Regular eye exams ·can , Program comes to in Dorchester commented on his changed with them. learn more about health center help to rule out any such visual 20. , Allston-Brighton experience with this program. The chances are good, there services or to make an appoint causes of school-related prob- "Safe Shops ha.~ helped me to fore, that the prospective patient ment with a provider, call 617- The Joseph M. Smith Commu lems. n save some money and improved Women's will find at least one person on 783-0500. nity Health Center and the All It is important for both chil the quality of our paint JObs. We staff who will be able to help For more information, e-mail ston-Brighton Healthy Boston HeaHh Network him dren and adults to have their ~yes are more efficient now and not or her should the need arise. Ifthe [email protected] or log on to Coalition have partnered with the Free health services are avail examined annually as pan of wasting paint, which in the long language that a person speaks is www.jmschc.org. Boston Public Health Commis able through the Joseph M. Smith their overall health maintenance run saves more money for the not offered, the center subscribes sion to bring the "Safe Shops" Communit) Health Center program, regardless of Sieir business. I am also concerned to the AT&T Language Line that Program to the Allston-Brighton Women's Health Network pro Reach Out and Read physical health or visual ability. about the environment, and using provides access to translators in When an eye doctor conductt; an community. gram. Residents may be eligible the techniques we learned makes 140 languages. In addition, all volunteers needed exam, he/she does more thajust "Safe Shops" is a new citywide if they are women older than 40 it more environn entally friendly outreach materials and signage The Joseph M. Smith Commu check for the need for gla ss~ or program designed to help auto with a low income and have no and safe." are provided in Spanish, Por nity Health Center is currently contact lenses. He/she ,filso shops prevent pollution and raise insurance or insurance that does Over the coming weeks, JM tuguese, Thai and Vietnamese, as seeking volunteers to read to chil checks for common eye diseases, safety awareness. This initiative not cover the following services: SCHC outreach team members well as English. dren in the waiting rooms of its assesses how the eyes work to provides free training and health physical exams, mammograms will be visiting auto shops and The Joseph M. Smith Commu Allston/Brighton office as part of gether and evaluates the eyes to screenings to automotive workers and pap tests. The program also collecting worker health urveys. nity Health Center is at 287 its expanding Reach Out and look for indicators of other G1Ver while connecting shop owners to ::overs cholesterol and glucose The informatiot collected is Western Ave., Allston and at 564 Read initiative. all health problems. Manyu eye financial resources to buy safe :esting and nutrition counseling. completely anonymous and used Main St., Waltham. The center Reach Out and Read is a na diseases do not present immedi equipment or make the necessary to develop auto hop worker offers comprehensive medical, tional program that is designed to ate symptoms that would be no upgrades to stay in compliance training and othc:r resources. In Upcoming dental, counseling and vision ser strengthen the link between liter ticeable to the patient, but ani eye with local, state and federal regu addition, the Allston-Brighton vices, regardless of circum acy and a healthy childhood. It is doclor can often detect theseidis lations. JMSCHC executive di .Mammography Healthy Boston ( ohlition will be stance. To make an appointment an intervention by pediatricians eascs before they impair vision rector Kathleen P. Phenix said, organizing two community fo 'lfan dates: requiring language assistance, and nurses, helping parents un ancVor health. "Auto shops are an important part rums to education the publ.tc on Wednesday, March 8; Monday, call 617-783-0500 and request a derstand the importance of read II of our area's business landscape. how to reduce water, noise and March 27; Saturday, April 29; translator. ing aloud to their children from Health Center ,, We are providing free training air pollution, the impact and exis Wednesday, May 24; and infancy, while giving them the and education, as well as free tence of toxic materials and the Wednesday, June 14. tools to help their children learn helps older adults health screenings and health care Help preparing for health issues spedfic to Allston For more information about the to love books and begin school live longer, stronger resources, to help improve work Women's Health Network pro the written exam for ready to learn. Brighton worker and residents, Due to public health advahce place safety, environmental prac gram, call 617-208- 1660. Research has shown that chil particularly thost employed by American citizenship ments, older adults are llving tices and the health of their em- dren who live in print-rich envi auto shop busine.'>;.es. Individuals who applied to be longer than ever and are making • ployees and the neighborhood." ronments and are read to from in For more info1mation on the l~eaHh center offers come American citizens who are up a larger proportion of therfx>p • The benefits of this program fancy are much more likely to Safe Shops Progr.un. call Mee at in need of help preparing for the ulatron. Over the next 25 are two-fold. Owners and man 1translation services learn to read on schedule. Read Y.~ars. 617-208-1580 or Tamara Konig written exam may now take ad the population of older adulfs in agers have an opportunity to find The staff of the Joseph M. ing difficulty can contribute to at 617-208-1500, ext. 20:i7. vantage of a class beginning Feb. the United States will rise such out more about efficient and less !)mith Community Health Center school failure, which increases The Joseph M. Smith Commu 27, at 10 a.m. Registration dead that one in five Americans will be hannful ways of using toxic sub- currently offers translation ser the risk of absenteeism, school nity Health Center is at 287 West line is Feb. 20, and the class takes over the age of 65. However, ac • stances, as well as finding out vice in 22 languages in addition drop out, juvenile delinquency, ern Ave., Allston and 564 Main place Mondays, l 0 a.m. to noon, cording to the American PUblic about resources available to pur to English. Providers and support substance abuse, and teenage St., Waltham. Feb. 27 through April 24, at Health Association, living 16hger chase improved protective equip 'taff speak Armeruan, Cantonese, pregnancy. Joseph M. Smith Community does not necessarily mean that ment for their workers. This ap Finrush, French, German, Haitian Children between the ages of Health Center, 287 Western Ave., older adults are living str~ger. peals both to the bottom line of Free health screenings Creole, llindi, Italian, Kannada, infancy and 5 years who visit the Allston. The average 75-year-old ';has the business and the owner's Free glucose, ' bolesterol and Mandarin, Nepalese, Polish, Por Joseph M. Smith Community For more information or to reg three chronic conditions and uses sense of stewardship. Participat- blood pressure screening:. are of tuguese, Romanian, Russian, Health Center for well-child vis ister for the class, call Tamara five prescription drugs, and 80 .. ing shops receive positive public- fered monthly t.hfoughout the Swedish, Telgue, Thai, Urdu and its receive a new developmental Konig at 617-783-0500. Applica percent of older adults suffer • ily for going the extra mile to be community. Below i a schedule Vietnamese. More than 60 per ly appropriate book to take home tions for citizenship are also from at least one chronic condi- .. good neighbors. for the month of f•ebruary: cent of the staff is proficient in and keep, and parents receive age available. Attendants must be tion. 1 For workers, the program of- Wednesdays I 0:30 a.m. to 1 Spanish, the largest language appropriate advice on reading competent in conversational Eng Older adults in the Allston - fers a link to high quality, cultur p.m., Brazilian Immigrant Cen group currently served. aloud to their children. Through lish, at least 18 years of age and Brighton community can rereive ally competent health care ser ter, 139 Brighton Ave., Allston. The health center has a demon Reach Out and Read, every child have lived in the United States for many necessary screenings at the vices. JMSCHC director of Call Kristin for 'Dore informa strated ability to respond quickly startS school with a home library at least fi ve years to take this Joseph M. Smith Commtinity Outreach and Community Affairs tion, 781-693-3884. t::> unanticipated influxes of new of at least ten beautiful children's class. Health Center. The center Offers Sonia Mee, whose department Feb. 27, 9:30 am. to noon, immigrants looking for both pri- books, and parents understand primary care services and some that reading aloud is one of the specialty services to people of all What is a community most important things they can ages and has programs that help do to prepare their children for heaHh center? people manage some of the::'con school. Community members often ditions that often impact older For more information on the have questions regarding who is adults. For example, the ~alth Read Out and Read program eligible to access services at com center addresses the prevention please contact the Reach Out and munity health centers. The an and treatment of cardiovas ProShop at Gillette Stadium open Mon... sat 10-=i Bring in ad tor tree ca1r tlag with purchase OR Free ShiPPiUU Onllntt at www.patriotsproshop.. com www.allstonbrightontab.com Friday, February 17, 2006 Allston-Brighton TAB, page 27 POLITICAL NOTEBOOK Figlioli elected to staff and the family anJ friends of won:.an has a one in seven chance and penalties. Co-chairpeople Joyce Heat and/or other alternative ener the graduates. of developing breast cancer in her Fmes would increase to be Plotkin, president, Massachusetts gy sources in the heating systems i' MassBike board "Without your support, this lifetime. tween $50 and $150 for residential Technology Leadership Council; of city-owned and city-managed The Massachusetts Bicycle would not be possibl ," she told The Cure Breast Cancer license areas and $200 for nonresidential James Cash, retired professor, buildings. Coalition, the statewide advocacy the guests ip attendal1~e. plate will provide dollars to fund violations. Harvard Business School; and The city of Boston, like all con group dedicated to making Mass Cabral explained that the role brerut cancer research. 1n order for '1t is my hope that with these Rick Burnes, co-founder and di sumers of conventional petrole ' lichusetts a better and safer place of correction officers is changing the plate to be available, there changes, our city will make win rector, Charles River Ventures. um-based heating oil, are facing 1 to bicycle, announced recently and now requires both discipline need; to be 200 more RMV "spe tertime less of a burden for the el Business - Mark Lowenstein, dramatically increased heating 1hat Brighton resident Keith Figli and compassion. cial" license plate applications derly and disabled," said Arroyo. managing director, Mobile costs this winter and into the fore '' bli has been elected to the board of "Correction officers are not with corresponding checks for $40 "Boston prides itself in being a Ecosystems; Pam Reeve, former seeable future. "Biodiesel" is a 1 directors for a three-year tenn. only charged with th • safety and payaJle to the RMV. pedestrian-friendly city, and I feel chief executive officer of Light clean-burning alternative fuel, JI "Massachusetts has the poten security of those in custody, but The RMV will retain $12 of the our laws should reflect the needs bridge and principal, Kairos produced from domestic renew ,, 'tial to be one of the best states for provide counseling, education, $40 upecial plate fee to manufac of the pedestrians." Group; Robin Chase, co-founder able resources, can be used in all II biking in America, and with training and mentoring." ture the plate, and the remaining and former CEO, ZipCar, Mitch compression-ignition engines in • ,1 Keith's help, we can make that Sarah Benoit, the first female $28 will go to breast cancer re Menino announces Adams, executive director, Mass cluding those used in heating sys u dream a reality," said MassBike cadet to become Correction Offi search. Upon renewal, every two achusetts Technology Collabora tems with little or no needed mod j, Executive Director Dorie Oark. cer Training Academy class pres yean, the entire $40 special plate creation of Wifi tive; and Jane Sheng, presi'1ent, ifications, and is biodegradable, .., 'We are incredibly lucky to have ident, also addressed the class and fee will go to breast cancer re task force HiQ Computers. nontoxic and essentially free of ~ Keith as a major contributor to the guests. As one of three cadets in search. The "special" plate fee is in 1n a recent address to the Mass Acaderpia - Masoud Salehi, sulfur and aromatics. The city's -· organization as well as to the com- the class who has served in the addition to the regular registration achusetts Technology Leadership professor of electrical engineer use of alternative energy sources munity." armed forces, she believed her renewal fee collected by the RMV. Council, Mayor Thomas M. ing, Northeastern University; for heating systems could help re i .., Figlioli has been an avid bicy time at the training academy To learn more about the plate Menino announced that he is Sandy Pascal, associate vice duce dependence on oil by testing cling enthusiast since age 10, would be easy in comparison to and 1o download an RMV plate forming a task force to make president of community affairs, an alternative that is much better when he bicycled to school regu her time spent in Afghanistan. ''I appli::ation, log on to www.Cure Boston a world leader in wireless Wentworth Institute of Technolo for the environment. Jl larly. Now vice president of a pu~ found out quickly that I was Brea:itCancerPlate.org or call Deb Internet access. gy; Sharon Gillett, executive di ''BioHeat" is an industry-ac J: 'iic health-care software company, wrong," she said with a smile. McNeill 781-820-0199. ''New technology is constantly rector, Internet and Telecom Con cepted tenn used to describe any 'J; he is committed to taking Mass Following Benoit' speech, changing the way we live, allow vergence, MIT; Kevin blend of pure biodiesel with con ., Bike to the next level through Cabral led the class in the Correc Am>yo files ordinance ing us to do things better, faster McOuskey, director of commu ventional home healing oil where u strong governance, budgetary tion Officer's Oath and presented and more efficiently. Perhaps no nity affairs, Harvard University; both oils meet federal specifica 1 calling for greater oversight and fund raising. The certificates and badge.~ to the new form of technology is more excit and Michail Bletsas, chief con tions. lbe city of Boston could o~ ~ 1 founder of a nonprofit while he officers with academy Director pede.strian safety ing than WiFi, which offers Inter nectivity officer, One Laptop per tain many benefits by using Bio CJ· was in business school (the Boston Lt. Keith Medeiros. The gradu 1n an effort to deal with snow net access that is convenient and Child, MIT Media Lab. Heat and other available ·, University Biotechnology Associ- ates of Correction OJTicer Train and i::e-covered sidewalks, Coun affordable," Menino said. ''Today Community - Nyvia Colon, alternative fuels, e.g., solar, wind, ation), Figlioli wants to ensure bet ing Academy Class 05-04 will cilor Felix D. Arroyo has filed an I am proud to announce the cre coordinator, Technology Goes fuel cell, hydro, etc., in heating :; 1er funding for bicycle projects in now work at either the South Bay ordinance that promotes the ation of a Wireless Task Force. It Home, Madison Park Develop systems. Particularly with rising the state and a greater respect for House of Correction or the prompt and complete removal of will be made up of representa ment Corporation; Michael Oh, prices of conventional petroleum -bicyclists' rights. Nashua Street Jail. snow and ice from sidewalks and tives from the business, academic founder and CEO, Tech Super based heating oil, conversion to ''MassBi.ke has the opportunity 'This marks the end of a rigor abuttmg curb ramps. and wireless communities." Powers and Newbury Open Net; BioHeat could be less expensive not only to influence public policy ous training program, imd the be Throughout the winter of last The new task force will be co Brian Worobey, vice-president of than buying heating oil by the gal • 1 •but also promote health and well ginning of a rewarding career," year, there were many reports that chaired by Joyce Plotkin, presi information systems and re lon and could therefore provide ' ness throughout all communities Sgt Thomas Robison, assistant Boston businesses and residents dent of the Massachusetts Tech sources, Museum of Science; and significant economic savings for in Massachusetts. I am extremely academy director, told the group. failed to shovel their sidewalks nology Leadership Council; Jim Edward Baafi, South End Tech the city of Boston. honored to be elected to the board COTA Class 05-04 graduates and abutting curb ramps or cuts, Cash, a former Harvard Business Center, "I trust that my colleagues will for these reasons, as well as my are: Denise Argiro, Strphen Arzi and rnany also failed to clear side School professor who serves on City of Boston - Bo Holland, agree that it is our civic duty to pi personal interest in bicycling ad gian, Sarah Benoit, Breneley walk:; in a manner that ensures that the boards of Microsoft and Gen CIO, City of Boston; Bob oneer this important technology," vocacy," he said. Bodden, Abel Cu vas, Chris all reiidents, including wheelchair eral Electric; and Rick Burnes, Tumposky, deputy director, Man said Arroyo. MassBike, founded in 1977, Dias, Michael Diotl, Thomas users, the elderly and others with co-founder and director of agement Information Systems, ,.., currently has more than 1,800 DiPietro, Matt Dur.ind, Kevin disabilities can traverse the side Charles River Ventures. The task BRA; Mike Lynch, director, Cable Communications, City of dues-paying members in the com Laverty, James Ma gio, James walk; safely. force will explore how the city i•l, \ monwealth. MassBike was instru McGlauaghlin, Kristine Murphy, 'ri'hls failure to adequately re can utilize its assets, such as street Boston; Robin Hadley, policy ad mental in the creation of the Min Alexander Santarelli, Kevin mov€: snow and ice from the city's lights and buildings, to create an viser, Mayor's Office, City of T.H. MCVEY uteman Bike Path, the passage of Boston; and Steve Gag, technolo Sleight, Tony Sostre, Francesco sideYralks results in a lack of rea innovative wireless system that MONUMENTS the 1996 Bike-Pedestrian Access Torra and Alfred Trinh. sonable access and mobility for works for Boston. The group will gy adviser, Mayor's Office, City ' Law and the MBTA policy change wheelchair users, the elderly, the deliver a report including recom of Boston. . allowing bikes on the T. Breast cancer llcense disabled and other residents, and mendations to Menino in the MON UMENTS • MAR KERS J For more infonnation on Mass plate coming ca~s significant public safety is summer. Arroyo calls for EXPERT CEMETERY LETTERING ,. Bike and how to get involved, visit sues,'' said Arroyo. Residents of the city of Boston cleaner, cheaper 'Www.massbike.org. The Cure Breast Cancer Li A particular concern is the fail are currently able to enjoy the '• LANDSCAPE STONE cense Plate Initiative, vohmteer, ure by many residents and busi benefits of WiFi in 28 public li energy in city buildings · Bhwstone · Fidilstone nonprofit group, announced that nesses to shovel abutting curb braries across the city and in sev Concerned with the spiraling Suffolk County Sheriff's · Wallstone · Cobblestone · Department hires 18 they are working with the Registry ramps and cuts, a legal obligation eral of the city's Main Streets cost and pollution associated with of Motor Vehicles to et the first under the cwrent law of which Districts. 1n addition, plans are nonrenewable energy sources, . ~ new officers "Cure Breast Cancel'' license many residents and businesses are underway to provide WiFi access Councilor Felix D. Arroyo has li<12 AR~r' u Srnm plate issued in Massac I usetts with along portions of the Greenway. filed an order for the Boston City illi'.ihl ll '~''"' \\111 "'~''" CIR\Cl.1 ._ • Eighteen new correction offi unav. are. The existing City Side W\mrn >\\' • (61 71 923-8866 ' -cers joined the ranks of the Suf the plate proceeds going to Tufts walk Ordinance contains few spe City of Boston Wireless Task Council to host a public hearing to folk County Sheriff's Depart- New England Medicul Center for cific guidelines concerning clear Force members: discuss the potential use of Bio- • IDent, Feb. 3, in the ninth breast cancer research. Blue ing ofsnow or ice and fines which •• Correction Officer Training Cross-Blue Shield of Massachu are D:>t large enough to ensure full t\cademy graduation since Sher setts has announced JI • corporate compliance. Arroyo believes that ' iffAndrea J. Cabral took office in sponsorship of the plate initiative. clarifying the snow- and ice-clear . ., 2002. The three women and 15 The latest statistic from the ing lHw while increasing the fines "' men were selected from nearly American Cancer Society for inci for failing to shovel sidewalks and 300 applicants and are among the dences of breast cancer are: every abuttmg curb ramps would help •:.. most highly trained officers the three minutes, there is 11 new diag alleVJ ate these problems and en ,., .Sheriff's Department has seen. nosis of invasive bn;.lSt cancer; sure safe accessibility, and has ,;, .v Cabral, the keynote speaker, every 14 minutes, someone will therefore called for specific guide , ;, opened by thanking her training die of breast cancer; in 2006. a lines and stronger enforcement I jf·•~------·------, ' 1 "..' 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