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Presidents’ Day Carnevale February 15, 2010

Remember these men as you enjoy the holiday

Abraham Lincoln George Washington 1809 - 1865 1732 - 1799 President 1861-1865 President 1789-1797

News Briefs by Sal Giarratani

Tim for Governor Since the upset victory of Scott Brown over February 16, 2010 is the celebration of “maschere” mask is the most widely used Martha Coakley, everyone wants to be an in- Carnevale also known as Mardi Gras or costume as it is a traditional prop in Venice. dependent. However, in the 2010 governor’s Fat Tuesday. In Italy, Carnevale is cel- The celebration usually begins weeks before race there is only one real independent run- ebrated before Ash Wednesday as a way to the actual “Carnevale” day where locals ning and that is current State Treasurer Tim party before the Lenten season begins. The take part in a lot of fun and joking where a Cahill. He gave up his safe statewide seat as largest celebration takes place in Venice, saying has been derived “A Carnevale Ogni treasurer to run for governor as an indepen- Italy with the most elaborate parades, balls, Scherzo Vale” — “Anything goes during dent voice. Good timing it would seem now with and music throughout the streets. The Carnevale.” Brown’s come-from-behind defeat of the Demo- cratic Party on January 19. Recently, a reception for the two-term State Treasurer and former Quincy City Councilor was held at the Alumni Cafe in Wollaston Cen- Mayor’s Column ter. The race for governor is going to be very by Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, City of Boston interesting with Deval Patrick running for re- election and Republicans Charlie Baker and Over the last month, Boston has shown tected Status (TPS) for Haitians bring- Christy Mihos duking it out for the GOP nod. a great sense of togetherness as we ing relatives to the United States, adopt- They’re all jumping on the populist bandwagon helped our Haitian community after ing children orphaned by the earth- but remember Tim Cahill is running for gover- the devastating earthquake that killed quake, benefits for Haitians granted nor as the only Independent on the ballot. hundreds of thousands of people. TPS, resources for Haitian earthquake New Name in the Race We banded together as a city to support evacuees and much more. The special state Senate primary on April 13 friends, co-workers and neighbors as The goal of the forum and our goal has a new aspiring candidate in Michael Albano they tried to reach their families and moving forward as we work through this of Chelsea to fill the open seat vacated by An- loved ones and we immediately arranged crisis is to raise the level of awareness thony Galluccio. Says Albano, “People are hurt- for a resource and call center and orga- concerning the differences between the ing and they’re frustrated and we need new nized a massive fundraising effort. But real resources available and the scams the work must continue as there are that often permeate when communities (Continued on Page 15) now questions about the often compli- respond to similar tragedies. cated immigration process and unfortu- Additionally, information regarding nately, some are preying upon such a potential scams and fraudulent activity tragic situation by offering services they will be available at the city’s resource cannot provide. center located at the Mattapan Public To alleviate some of the confusion and Library or online at cityofboston.gov/ concerns regarding potential scams and haiti/. You can also call the resource fraudulent activity, the City of Boston center at 617-593-0363. The USCIS has has organized a community forum on a dedicated website to provide guidance February 11 at 4:30 p.m. at the Haitian on its response to Haiti at uscis.gov/ Multi Service Center in Dorchester. The haitianearthquake. forum will consist of an expert panel dis- The USCIS has also posted several cussion including Denis Riordan, Direc- tips to prevent from becoming a victim Happy tor of the Boston Office of the United of immigration fraud: States Citizenship and Immigration DO NOT sign any blank papers or docu- Services (USCIS) and Emmanuelle ments that you do not understand. Valentine’s Dupiton, Consul of the Consulate of DO NOT sign any documents that Haiti. These immigration experts will Day address concerns about Temporary Pro- (Continued on Page 15)

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by David Trumbull

This is Washington’s Birthday and I Can’t Tell a Lie BLAME IT ON YOUR ROOTS Monday is WASHING- number. But here in the Bay Michelangelo Buonarroti, preparation for the Rome embalmed bodies called TON’S BIRTHDAY, a federal State we have something the probably the most talented that was to be. Suddenly out “loculi”, pigeonhole niches and state holiday to honor Old Dominion lacks. We human being to walk upon of the bay were thrown enor- for cremated remains called the hero of the Revolution- have in our midst the Wash- the face of this earth, was mous quantities of every “columbaria”, and more than ary War, the Father of this ington Library — About 800 known, not only for his great kind of volcanic ash, pum- three hundred miles of cata- Country, and the first Presi- books and pamphlets from masterpieces, but also for ice, lava, refuse, and debris. combs that would hold about dent of the United States. George Washington’s per- his frightening “terribilita”. Nature’s frightening “ter- six million deceased. Of the 43 men to serve as sonal library at Mount Did this quality just happen ribilita” formed a cosmic After an interval of great chief executive of the Union, Vernon given to the Boston or was it preordained? As far spectacle that no human duration there came an- only Washington is so Athenaeum by a group of as I’m concerned, show me eye could have seen. The other series of eruptions. singled out for honor with a Bostonians in 1848. The an Italian who doesn’t get seed was planted, and from Similar materials were federal holiday. books themselves are price- angry once in a while and this our roots were destined thrown out, but were sub- That many persons now less and only serious schol- I’ll show you an impostor. to grow. Land appeared above jected to different elements call the third Monday in ars need apply for permission Those who do not hold with the water but there was a and forces, which resulted n February “Presidents Day” to use the collection. How- theory have never heard two long dormant period which the formation of a different is an indicator of our lack of ever, in 1997 the library pub- Romans discussing a fen- caused all of this material to kind of tufa. This time on the discrimination and devalu- lished a catalog so the rest der bender at a busy inter- be beaten into the stony Palatine Hill, the hot ashes ing of true accomplishment of us can see what sort of section. It follows them, if “tufa” which formed the and debris, falling in enor- and fame. To put it in per- books the great man was “blowing your stack” is a part foundations for the seven mous quantities, buried a spective, Catholics believe reading. of our Roman character, hills of Rome, and furnished growing forest like a giant that each of the 265 popes Books on history and gov- there must be some ratio- the material for those early coal bin. The wood was thus was the Vicar of Christ on ernment from Washington’s nale by which we can blame walls, sewers, and temples. converted into huge lumps Earth, infallible in matters library include his personal it on our roots … violent These tufa beds, about of charcoal, which have been of faith and morals, and yet copy of Common Sense, the roots … eruptive roots. seventy-five feet thick, plentiful everywhere in fewer than 80 have been tract by Thomas Paine that Geologists tell us that formed the geological phe- the Palatine tufa. Nature added to the calendar of was so influential in promot- there was a time when the nomena (soft enough to ex- was kind in providing the Saints (and no less erudite ing the revolutionary spirit. area now occupied by Rome cavate but hard enough to fuel for those hundreds of writer than Dante placed The General, of course, had and its suburbs was covered support the crushing weight thousands of braziers which some of the popes in Hell), several books on military with the quiet blue waters from above without shoring) would furnish the heat for but common American us- science. Remembering that of the Tyrrhenian Sea in the which later permitted the warmth and cooking during age honors equally the great Mount Vernon was a work- form of a broad and placid excavations for the under- later eras. Washington and the least ing farm, we are not sur- bay. It all started when na- ground burial places called NEXT ISSUE: noble and least accom- prised to find books on agri- ture combined its forces in “cemetaria”, shelves for the Blame It On Your Roots Part II plished of men to hold the culture and practice arts office by jumbling them all such as carpentry and together on “Presidents Day,” horsemanship. President the equivalent of declaring Washington’s mind ranged Summer Jobs Program through the Hopeline each a “secular saint.” beyond those necessary top- Slighting of Washington ics, for we also find books Participants Will Serve at Over 300 Worksites Ranging from by calling his birthday on religion, linguistics, and City Departments to Faith Based Organizations in Boston “Presidents Day” also errs by poetry. th Mayor Thomas M. Menino The Hopeline is the only • Must be 15 years old, on neglecting the 29 of May, I could lump Washington and the Boston Youth Fund application process for the or Before July 5, 2010; which by state law (Mass. in the same group with announced the launch of the City of Boston Summer Jobs • Cannot turn 18 years old, Gen. Laws Chap. 6 Section some of the lesser men who Hopeline registration for Program and is only open for on or before August 13, 2010. 15VV) is our PRESIDENTS occupied the White House — 2010. a limited time. Potential From 10:00 AM on Febru- DAY, in memory of John but that would be a lie. The majority of teens work employees must be regis- ary 16 through 11:59 PM on Adams, John Quincy David Trumbull is the as camp counselors, tutors tered on the Hopeline in or- March 15, applicants can Adams, Calvin Coolidge and chairman of the Boston Ward and mentors placed in non- der to work for the Boston register for 24 hours a day John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Three Republican Committee. profit organizations that Youth Fund. Applicants online at www.bostonyouth former presidents from the Boston’s Ward Three includes serve younger children should call (617) 635-HOPE zone.com by clicking on the Commonwealth. the North End, West End, part through camps, sports and to register. Although regis- Youth Fund/Hopeline link. Virginia, home of eight of Beacon Hill, downtown, enrichment programs. Par- tering through the Hopeline Registration can also be presidents, including Wash- waterfront, Chinatown, and ticipants will serve at over is encouraged, it does not completed over the phone by ington, beats us out in total part of the South End. 300 worksites ranging from guarantee a summer job. calling 617-635-HOPE (4673). City Departments to com- In order to register inter- The Hopeline phone regis- munity and faith based or- ested individuals: tration will be open for the EAST BOSTON RESIDENT ganizations in the Boston • Must be a full time Resi- following dates and times: area. dent of the City of Boston; Tuesday, February 16 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Achieves Honors Wednesday, February 17 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Thursday, February 18 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. PINELLI’S Friday, February 19 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. FUNCTION FACILITY To view this registration information in multiple lan- Per guages, visit www.boston BEREAVEMENT BUFFET $13.25 Person youthzone.com. 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Lee Kowloon Presents “That’s Amore” After getting chills up their legs when Attorney A special Valentines Show on Sunday, February 14 at 6pm General Eric Holder, Jr. announced that he would Pat Benti and the Tutti Pazzi Band with spe- try Khalid Sheikh Mohammad in the Southern cial guest Bobby Valli pay tribute to Frankie District of New York, area politicians now want to Valli “Eastie boy meets Jersey boy” perform- have the trial in your hometown instead. ing such hits as Dawn, Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Bring him here! Then again ... Cry and many more along with Pat Benti’s The police clued in New York Mayor Michael tribute to Louis Prima, Dean Martin, Dion, Bloomberg that security would cost the city close to Tony Bennett and much more. A must see $1 billion dollars over the years to provide security for show for all. Call 781-233-0077. Tickets in- these terrorists during the trial. Senator Charles clude: buffet, show, dancing and DJ. Schumer (D-NY), who was initially thrilled to allow KSM a worldwide forum, now wants it held elsewhere, even Pat Benti Bobby Valli if the feds reimburse the city for the cost of security. Do you think the election of Scott Brown in Massa- chusetts had anything to do with Schumer changing his mind? You bet it did. Brown campaigned for lower Friends of the Public Garden Celebrate taxes, no healthcare overhaul, and not bringing th Guantanamo detainees to the homeland. 40 Anniversary of Preserving and Protecting Several months after Attorney General Holder’s 2010 is the 40th Anniver- creation of a monument care announcement that he would remove Khalid Sheikh sary of the Friends of the program and the completion Mohammad and four others from Guantanamo and Public Garden, a non-profit of a computer-based inven- try them in New York City, Mayor Bloomberg, Sena- citizen’s advocacy group tory of every tree in the Com- tor Schumer, and New York Governor David Patterson formed in 1970 to preserve mon, Public Garden and have suddenly had a change of heart. Now, finding and enhance the Boston Pub- Commonwealth Avenue a Democrat New York politician in favor of trying lic Garden, Boston Common Mall. Khalid Sheikh Mohammad there is harder than get- and Commonwealth Avenue Non-profit and for profit or- ting an NFL franchise in Los Angeles. Mall in collaboration with ganizations are supporting After a hue and cry from New York City residents the Mayor and the Parks this initiative. For example, and business owners, Mayor Bloomberg suddenly re- Department of the City of Cambridge Trust will pay for alizes that security costs and business disruptions Boston. A model public- banners along abutting roads during the lengthy trials was too much to bear. He private partnership and one this spring; the Ritz Carlton and other politicians shot off a letter to President of the first in the region, the Hotel has donated the use of Obama demanding the trials be held elsewhere. Friends number over 2,500 its space for the launch Representative Aaron These same politicians originally agreed with the members and many volun- event; The Taj Hotel is pro- Michlewitz talks to Vivien ACLU that trying KSM would bring “real and reliable teers. The goals for this spe- viding resources for a major Li of The Boston Harbor justice” to these mass murderers. cial year are to raise aware- fundraiser at the end of the Association. Philosophically, these politicians firmly believe ness about the Friends and year; the Boston College unlawful combatants and other Muslim terrorists are its role as a vital partner with Parks Department has Citizen Seminars is sup- a law enforcement problem and not the role of the the city; to highlight the never been better, and a porting a panel discussion military. It’s as if they want to turn the clock back to importance of these three little celebration at this time about the importance of ur- September 10. They are fundamentally opposed to civic treasures; and to in- may do us all good.” ban parks for a healthy and military tribunals, yet they say tribunals are good crease diverse audiences to The Friends will achieve vibrant city; and the Free- for some terrorists, but not all. Attorney General advocate for the parks. The its anniversary goals through dom Trail Foundation is Holder cherry picked the most notorious, dangerous, mission of the organization a series of events for chil- helping to support “Making and committed terrorists among the Guantanamo Bay is to ensure that these mag- dren and their parents, the History Day.” Several like- prison population, and decided they would be better nificent urban parks are corporate community, visi- minded non-profits have served in New York City instead of congressionally preserved and protected for tors, neighbors, abutters and agreed to become allies to approved military tribunals at Guantanamo. future generations. all those who care about ensure the success of the That, to me, is a scary notion. According to Henry Lee, preserving these historic special events that will take Even the most adamant President Obama supporter chairman of the Friends for spaces. The Friends are place, including: Beacon Hill these 40 years, “Park care launching three legacy Business Association, The (Continued on Page 12) ebbs and flows. With the projects so when the year is Neighborhood Association of economy as it is today and over the momentum to pre- the Back Bay, the Back Bay the drastic cuts endured by serve these parks will not Association, the Emerald the Parks Department, we end. These projects include: Necklace Conservancy, The have entered another ebb- renovation of the Brewer Beacon Hill Civic Associa- ing time for parks and non- Fountain Plaza at the major tion, the Garden Clubs of the profits alike. But all is not gateway into the Common Back Bay and Beacon Hill dark. The expertise in the by Park Street Station, the plus many more. R.J. Antonelli and Company Incorporated Accountants and Auditors Boston Business Journal Top 50 Firms – 2004/2005 Corporations • Trusts • Estates • Individuals • Computer Services • Financial Planning Buying and Selling Businesses • I.R.S. and D.O.R. Representation • Federal and State Taxes 331 Montvale Avenue Rocco J. Antonelli, C.P.A. Citizens Bank Bldg. @I-93 Send letter to: Pamela Donnaruma, Editor, 781-937-9300 Woburn, MA 01801 A The Post-Gazette, P.O. Box 130135, Boston, MA 02113 Since 1948 Page 4 POST-GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ FinanciallySpeaking THINKING OUT LOUD with Ben Doherty by Sal Giarratani EARNINGS ARE MIXED Where Did the Democrat Party Go? Q4 GDP rose 5.7%, best in a sale of 8.7 million IPod gated for reports of uncon- Back when I was a child My father voted for Jack six years the Commerce units, so this was a pleasant trolled acceleration in its in the ’50s, there were Kennedy in 1960 but 8 years Department reported but surprise. Texas Instruments vehicles. Toyota’s stock fell two major political parties. later voted for Nixon, some- analysts expect growth to reported its fourth quarter 6% on the news, a ten Republicans and Democrats. one he vowed he would slow as consumers slow earnings soared 143% to month low. They have fallen Ideologically, one was sup- never support. Eight years their spending. Improve- .51/share. Sales grew 21% 15% since Toyota on Janu- posedly the party of the changed his mind. ments in inventories, strong to $3.01 billion, above views. ary 26th suspended eight working-class and the other, During college, I was business investment paced VM-Ware rose 17% in its models including Camry, the party of the rich. How- pretty conservative. I voted the strong increase after a fourth quarter. The firm rose Corolla, and Rav 4, over con- ever, when all was said and for Nixon in 1972, my first record four straight quarters 18% to $608 million versus cerns of sticky accelerator done, both parties were cen- presidential election. Later of contraction. “It’s nice to estimates of $554 million. pedals. They halted produc- trists. Democrats slightly to during the Reagan years, I climb out of a recession” said The lone economic report tion on other models and the left and Republicans voted for President Reagan Richard DeKaser, economist housing starts dropped have recalled some five mil- slightly to the right. Watch- twice. I was a bit nervous with Woodbury Park Re- 16.7% to 5.45 million units, lion cars worldwide. They ing those 1960 TV debates about Reagan in 1984 but no search, but “it’s not a growth versus a forecast of 5.9 mil- are not sure how long this between Republican Richard way could I vote for Walter pace we expect to continue.” lion units. was going on and did Toyota Nixon and Democrat Jack Mondale. He expects growth to con- Exxon’s move into natural know about the problem Kennedy surprisingly with The Democrats of late tinue @ 2.5-3% in the next gas starts a consolidation beforehand. Toyota urged hindsight, we saw two can- have been so far to the left, six months. Consumer debate. When Exxon Mobil its owners to take their didates basically saying very liberal is too conservative a spending about 70% of activ- said it will pay $41 billion for cars to a dealership for an much the same thing. By word to use. I’m tired of a ity, rose 2% in Q4. Business natural gas producer XTO immediate fix. Goldman 1964, we began to see a gulf political party telling me investment in equipment Energy, the news lifted share Saks downgraded Toyota to develop when Democrat what’s good for me. I’m tired and software grew 13.3% the prices of Devon Energy, neutral from buy. Honda Lyndon Johnson took on of them pushing stuff down best in four years. Most are Eacana and Chesapeake and Ford shares were up in Republican Barry Goldwater. my throat. Government con- waiting for the labor market Energy, thanks to specula- volume with Honda up 6% It was a landslide for the tinues to get too big because to improve, but don’t expect tion of a new merger wave and Ford gained 2%. New Society and a beating Democrats today forgot that until the 2nd half of the above their levels before the Visa shares are up as con- for the Republican Right. where the party used to be. year. The Chicago Purchas- merger was announced. sumers use plastic rather However, by 1968 when Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy ing Manufacturer’s Index XTO is a leader in extract- than cash. Visa’s earnings Republican Richard Nixon and Johnson were not liberal rose to 61.5, the fourth such ing gas from shale rock for- were up 35% to $1.02/share returned to the presidential crazy people. The Democrats gain and the best reading in mations a low pollution en- beating views by .11 cents, scene against Democrat greatness was in their abil- four years. The mood of the ergy source, with gas prices and revenue rose 13% above Hubert Humphrey with Inde- ity to govern in the center of market is stubbornly nega- still low, many smaller com- forecasts. This proves that pendent George Wallace the political spectrum. tive, many stocks have got- panies with sale assets are consumers are feeling running as a third party Today’s Democrats have ten punished despite beat- unworthy to sell now. There better. Share prices rose candidate, we saw the Happy moved over to the liberal ing earnings expectations. are risks as the water used up 3% in after hours trad- Warrior narrowly get de- fringe area where it is be- Higher taxes would extend in the refracture of shale ing and recouped its loss feated by the New Nixon ginning to blend with social- the middle-class cuts ex- can threaten water supplies. of 2%. The number of Visa while Wallace took almost istic big government knows tended under President The largest rock formations cards increased 5% to 1.8 15 percent of the vote. If all attitude. The health care Bush. The tax hikes on the are in Pennsylvania, West million, and transactions you added the Wallace and debate was a perfect ex- agenda exceed $1 trillion Virginia and New York state. increased 12% to $10.9 bil- Nixon vote together, it was ample of this warped think- over five years to $156 bil- They are at the depth of lion versus a year ago. They liberal Humphrey, 42 per- ing. lion, reaching 1.5% of GDP drinking water, and you are using the cards as a cent versus Nixon-Wallace Independent voters are in 2015 and a three year have to be really careful. debit, which accesses its 58 percent. After 1968, the now in the majority. They freeze on non-defense Infracturing can use 260 bank accounts for about 70% Democrats were never the will be the difference be- spending to save $250 billion chemicals, and could poison of its transactions. same again. tween winning and losing as through 2010. The White underground water supplies. For 2010, Visa stuck to its In 1972, US Senator Democrats or Republicans. House envisions a record The waste water used in outlook for earnings for the George McGovern ran as a The middle is not ideologi- deficit of $1.6 trillion in drilling can be a problem. next two years of greater liberal and Nixon moved fur- cal, it is pragmatic. Labels 2011. The market had one Operators are recycling the than 20%. Profit margins ther to the right. In the end, don’t work any better than of the busiest weeks of this water and using it for an- reached 62% during the last it was a Nixon landslide as soundbites. The country is year. Apple computer re- other refracturing. Mean- quarter, but Visa does not he won 49 states, McGovern in a great mess because ide- ported earnings of $3.67/ while natural gas prices re- look to return to their pre- won Massachusetts and the ology clouded the political share selling 8.7 million main depressed due to high recession free spending District of Columbia. Both picture. Who can focus on IPhones in a week, and stockpiles and the prospect ways. parties continued moving problems to be fixed when all $3.36 Mac computers and 21 of abundant shale gas even- away from the center to their we do is name call each million IPods fourth quarter. tually flooding the market. It’s time to call your finan- respective corners. My fa- other? Apple closed up 3% on the Toyota, the world’s #1 cial advisor or call me at ther didn’t vote for a Repub- The election of Scott news. Analysts had expected automaker is being investi- 617-261-7777. lican presidential nominee Brown to the US Senate may until 1972 when no way very well be the beginning would he vote for McGovern of a new political alignment. or what he seemed to stand The last such alignment The McItaly Burger? for during the campaign. In happened in 1968 with A recent story out of sell out of Italy’s reputation the birth of the “Slow Food” 1968, he had stayed with Nixon’s election and the in- Rome, Italy, boasts the cre- of producing the freshest movement and their love Humphrey but he was the dependent voice of George ation of the “McItaly” burger, and finest food. for delicious and healthy last Democrat my father Corley Wallace. McDonald’s latest Italian The McDonald’s new cuisine. would ever vote for as presi- President Barack Obama creation. Italy’s Minister McItaly burger uses all McDonald’s launched the dent. Even during the ’50s could very well be a one- Luca Zaia defends the Italian beef, Asiago cheese new burger last month in when everyone liked Ike, my termer if he continues to McDonald’s burger although and artichoke spread. Rome at a McDonald’s near father supported Adlai govern as an ideologue. Most many have criticized him; Sounds tasty but foes argue the Spanish Steps. Stevenson, not once but of our current messes are furious that it is a simple that Italy prides itself on Although officials say twice. the result of ideology rather that this will boost Italy’s Growing up I felt like a than real leadership. economy, others fear it to Democrat because I thought For many baby boomers, FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS be the beginning of the end they made more sense and the thinking is that the of the artful way of cooking I identified with the party’s Democrats left them rather Richard Settipane and eating. policies. My father told me than the reverse. If they that Franklin Roosevelt was want to grow stronger as a Insurance Services America’s greatest president political party, they have to Vazza because he saved the coun- set mindless ideology aside AUTO • HOMEOWNERS TENANTS try from a Republican-fer- and fix what ails the coun- • Funeral Homes mented Depression and try. 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Donne 2000 Celebrates Christmas Italian Style with La Befana

Standing, Left to Right: Maria DiCenso, Co-Treasurer; Doreen Giammarco, Co-Secre- JOHN MARTINO tary; Rose Giammarco, President; Maria Ferrusi, Vice-President and Onelia DiCenso, Co-Treasurer. Seated, “La Befana” Rita Susi. “Enjoy Your Visit!” On December 6, 2009 tion alive, on January 10th, colorfully dressed men in Donne 2000 celebrated the Befana arrived to greet need of directions to find the MAYA DREILINGER Christmas at Pizza in Piazza the children and members of Christ Child. The old woman “American Expressions” in Winchester. A scrump- Donne 2000. She entered unaware of who these men tious traditional Italian sweeping, dressed in worn were looking for and could NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 27, 2010 dinner and Tiramisu des- garb and asking “dove sono i not point them in the right Khaki Gallery Boston is sert was prepared under the bambini buoni? Where are direction. Prior to leaving, pleased to present works by direction of Teresa Gentile. the children that have been the three men asked the two of its gallery photogra- Before dinner, Rita Susi and good?” All the little children old woman to join them on phers: “Enjoy Your Visit!” by Doreen Giammarco began marveled to see her and their journey but she de- John Martino, and “American the sale of the Donne 2000 were anxiously waiting for clined saying that she had Expressions,” by Maya cookbooks, Sapori Nostri, their gifts. too much housework to do. Dreilinger. A Taste of Tradition. The La Befana is one of Italy’s After they left, she felt as John Martino was raised in cookbooks contain tradi- oldest and most celebrated though she had made a mis- Glassport, Pennsylvania. As tional recipes handed down legends. Each year on Janu- take and decided to catch up a photographer, he is mainly through past generations. ary 6th, the children of Italy with the kind men. After self-taught. Although he has It has proven to be a suc- awaken in hopes that la many hours of searching she taken several courses and cessful endeavor with only a Befana has made a visit to could not find them. Think- workshops in photography, few books left to be sold. Pro- their house. This is a sig- ing of the opportunity she Maya Dreilinger “Donna his main focus in college ceeds of the cookbooks go to nificant day for Italians had missed, the old woman Valiente”. was literature and writing. the Donne 2000 Scholarship because it marks the end of stopped every child to give He obtained a Doctoral of Arts in English from West Virginia and other local charities. the Christmas season and it them a small treat in hopes University in 2000. Martino photographs in the tradition All qualified applicants are is the day that the three that one of them was the of “street” as opposed to “studio” photography. Roaming the encouraged to apply. The Wise Men arrive at the man- Christ Child. streets on foot, using only available light, Martino photo- applicant must be a wom- ger of the Christ Child bring- Each year on the eve of the graphs the real world. With intuitive heightened attention, an attending college and ing Him presents of Gold, Epiphany, she sets out look- he takes advantage of circumstances around him and frames must be taking Italian Frankincense and Myrrh. ing for the Baby Jesus. She the images in his camera viewfinder. As he says: “Photog- courses. Any questions on As legend has it, the three stops at each child’s house raphy for me is a means to transform the world, not repro- the cookbooks or scholarship Wise Men were in search leaving good treats to those duce it. Although the subjects of my images consist largely can be directed to Doreen of the Christ Child when who have been good and a of “chance moments” and “found objects” from the world Giammarco at doreeng869@ they decided to stop at a lump of coal to those who outside, the photographs themselves are works of fiction. aol.com. This year Donne small house to ask for direc- have been bad. The purpose As such, their aim is not to document or confirm, but to 2000 will be celebrating tions. Upon knocking, an old of recounting this story is to suggest and entertain …” Martino develops and prints his their 10th Anniversary on woman holding a broom teach our children our cus- own work in the darkroom. April 11, 2010 at Raffaels’s opened the door slightly to toms and traditions from our Maya Dreilinger is an Israeli-born artist. She received her in Walpole. see who was there. Standing old paese and pass them BFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 2001 and To keep the Italian tradi- at her doorstep where three along to future generations. then returned to Israel to continue an ongoing project docu- menting life in Tel Aviv. Her work earned her a job as a freelance photographer for the main daily newspaper, the MAARIV. After returning to Los Angeles, Dreilinger concen- NORTH END trated her efforts documenting the plight of the homeless. Join Saint She set up an ad hoc studio at the offices of the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), working in the Central PRINTING Anthony’s Club City East community of downtown Los Angeles, commonly known as Skid Row. She created portraits of homeless 5 PRINCE STREET • NORTH END • BOSTON, MA 02113 and very low-income residents in an effort to change the on a Trip to public perception of poor and homeless downtown residents Owned and operated by Pamela Donnaruma, Publisher, Post-Gazette from one of the negativity to one of strength and beauty Foxwoods and to raise awareness. As she elaborates: “I believe this Saint Anthony’s Club will art project can return a dialogue to the humanity of those Quality Printing be hosting a day trip to affected by homelessness and poverty and, in so doing, tell Foxwoods, Saturday, Febru- stories and show faces that would otherwise be ignored. for all your ary 27, 2010. Departs from This work allows for the residents of Skid Row to actively the Saint Anthony Club, 203 participate, through portraiture, in undoing stereo- Commercial and Personal Needs Endicott Street, Boston at types placed upon them by media and others. Along w 7:30 AM. Departs Foxwoods ith the portraits, the subjects are given questionnaires, Stationery • Business Cards • Menus • Flyers at 5:15 PM. Coffee & refresh- with queries similar to those that the American Express Program Books • Wedding and Party Invitations ments at the club in the advertisements posit to celebrities. Instead of glorifying Announcements • Business Forms and Documents morning. Reservations are celebrities, however, I have chosen to glorify and cele- now being accepted. Pay- brate the resilient individuals of Skid Row.” Dreilinger‘s — COMPETITIVE PRICES — ment due no later than Feb- photography was most recently included in the Women ruary 20th. Contact Dale, in Photography International 100 Year, Turning Silver 617-227-8929 Mike Bosco, Frank Contrado Archive. 617-227-8929 or Jason at 617-723-8669 for Khaki Gallery is located at 460 Harrison Avenue, Boston, more details. MA. For further information log on to www.khakigallery.net. Page 6 POST-GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Our Lady of Lourdes ALL THAT ZAZZ by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari by Mary N. DiZazzo Rosary. Pope Leo XIII autho- rized a special office and a THE ART OF MANLINESS Mass, in commemoration of by David Trumbull the apparition, and in 1907 (substituting for Mary DiZazzo Trumbull) Pius X extended the obser- [Mary’s husband is giving her an early Valentine’s Day present: vance of this feast to the a week off from writing All That Zazz.] entire Church; it is now observed on February 11. Mindful that Monday we According to St. Paul a By 1908, fifty years after celebrate the birthday of woman should crown her the apparitions, more than George Washington, I must beauty with a hat. She five million pilgrims visited tell the truth — the title of therefore takes care in pick- Lourdes, never has a sanc- his confection is not origi- ing out the correct hat for tuary attracted such num- nal, rather I take it from a the season and occasion to bers. They came from many website http://artofman perfect her charms. For a countries and from every liness.com/, authored by a man to have to think: is this walk of life. But more re- husband and wife team. a “Straw Hat Day” or “Felt markable still than the crowd Since 2008 it has featured Hat Day?” is unbecoming of pilgrims is the series of articles on helping men be and unmanly — that’s why wonderful cures, both spiri- better husbands, better fa- we have a calendar to dic- tual and from bodily disease thers, and better men. tate such things. that have taken place at the While that website ranges 3. Somewhere along the celebrated sanctuary. over topics such as health way some misguided fools Each year more than 6 and sports, money and ca- came up with something million people visit Lourdes, reer, and relationships and called “creative black tie.” France, one of the world’s family, there is a section Don’t do it! For eveningwear most important pilgrimage devoted to topics that corre- a man has but two options: sites. During a pilgrimage to spond to beauty culture for “White tie and tails” which Lourdes, visitors can tour women — men’s dress and unless you are a member of the shrine, which includes grooming. In that regard, I’ll the diplomatic corps is al- three breathtaking basili- offer some rules for men. most never seen, and “Black cas, and take a walking 1. Your suit: it’s dark, it tie” which means black din- tour that traces the life of covers you up (including the ner suit with black bowtie. St. Bernadette. The Shrine bulges we get with age), and It is the most “uncreative” at Lourdes includes the they all look more-or-less dress possible, and that is Basilica of St. Pius X, the alike. You put it on and go to precisely the point. At formal world’s largest underground work every day. It’s not a or semi-formal evening church, and a running style statement; it’s a uni- events the men all wear the spring, which has flowed form. It frees you from think- identical uniform so that all uninterrupted since 1858. ing about what to wear or the attention will be on the The solemn declaration by how it makes you look. It’s ladies present and their On Thursday, February processions to be made to Bishop Laurence, the Bishop clean, it’s pressed; it says, gowns. 11, the Church celebrates the grotto. of Tarbes at the time of the “Here’s a man who’s going to the Feast of Our Lady of It was on Thursday, apparitions, can be read on get something done today”. Remember men: It’s all Lourdes (Notre-Dame de March 25th, during the 16th a marble slab on the right 2. Your hat — wear one! A about the ladies. Remember Lourdes) celebrating the apparition that the vision fi- hand side after entering the bareheaded man looks as your lady on February 14th! apparitions of the Blessed nally revealed her name, Upper Basilica “We judge: unfinished as those hide- Read prior weeks’ “All That Virgin to a poor, fourteen- Bernadette recounted; “She that Mary Immaculate, the ous modernist building Zazz” columns at www.mary year-old girl, Bernadette lifted up her eyes to heaven, Mother of God, really did ap- of the mid-20th century that 4nails.com. Mary is a third- Soubiroux, in the region of joined her hands as though pear to Bernadette Soubirous, lacked a cornice. From generation cosmetologist and Hautes Pyrenées. The first in prayer, that were held on eighteen occasions from May 15 to September 15 it a Massachusetts distributor of apparition occurred Febru- out and open towards the 11th February 1858 at the is acceptable to wear a straw Kosmea brand rose hip oil ary 11, 1858. There were ground and said to me: Grotto of Massabielle, near hat rather than the more for- products. She may be con- eighteen in all; the last Que soy era Immaculada the town of Lourdes; that these mal, but warmer, felt hat. tacted at (978) 470-8183 or took place July 16 of the Concepciou (I am the Im- Apparitions bear the charac- The dates are inviolable. [email protected] same year. During the maculate Conception). teristics of truth; that the apparitions, Bernadette of- At first the clergy were faithful can believe them ten fell into an ecstasy, the incredulous yet, it was only as true. We humbly submit  vision she saw was that four years later, in 1862, our judgment to the judgment of a young and beautiful that the bishop of the diocese of the Sovereign Pontiff, who lady. declared the faithful “justi- is responsible for governing    Bernadette was the only fied in believing the reality the Universal Church”. one who saw the vision, of the apparition”. A basilica   This was a major declara- although sometimes many was built upon the rock of tion by the Bishop of Tarbes:     stood there with her. Now Massabielle by M. Peyra- four years after the Appari- and then the apparition male, the parish priest.   tions, on 18th. January 1862, spoke to her yet she was In 1873 the great “na- he recognized these appari- the only one who heard tional” French pilgrimages tions as authentic in the the voice. One day she was were inaugurated. Three   name of the Church. told to drink of a fountain, in years later the basilica was Once again the 18 appari-   the grotto itself, the exist- consecrated and the statue tions took place from Febru-     ence of which was unknown, solemnly crowned. In 1883 ary 11th to July 16th, 1858. and of which there was no the foundation stone of an-    sign, but which immediately other church was laid, as  gushed forth. On another the first was no longer large occasion the vision asked enough. It was built at the      ! Bernadette to go and tell the foot of the basilica and was Rapino Memorial priests she wished a chapel consecrated in 1901 and Home to be built on the spot and called the Church of the 9 Chelsea St., East Boston 617-567-1380 POST-GAZETTE EAST BOSTON SATELLITE OFFICE JG BAFFO, LLC IS NOW OPEN Certified Public Accountant MARIE MATARESE INCOME TAX PREPARATION Kirby-Rapino 35 Bennington Street, East Boston Memorial Home Individuals • Businesses 617.227.8929 917 Bennington St. MON. and TUES. 10:00 A.M. - 3.00 P.M. East Boston John G. Baffo, CPA THURS. 11:00 A.M.- 2:00 P.M. 617-569-0305 Lewis Wharf, Bay 217, Boston, MA 02110 Dino C. Manca ACCEPTING Advertisements Tel.: 617.248.9500 Fax: 617.248.9511 Funeral Director General Advertisements • Sales and Rentals E-mail: [email protected] A Family Service Affiliate of AFFS/Service Corp. 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It is always nice to hear We have the Fisherman’s from my readers who write and St. Anthony’s Feast, in to give me suggestions among many others. What- or those who simply write ever money collected is their thoughts and opin- donated towards the saint, ions about my column. I re- whether it be St. Lucy or ceived a letter from Jo St. Jude, The money is do- Ladner from Yarmouth, Mas- nated to different charities sachusetts, according to her and also to our community letter the North End has in the North End. changed since she lived It is not just about coming here many years ago. My hu- to the North End to have a man companion also points great time, it’s about sup- out that the North End has porting the societies that East Boston YMCA Board Members, children and executive director join Suffolk Downs changed. put a lot of money into these COO Chip Tuttle as he presents a $5,000 check to the East Boston YMCA’s Reach Out The old school that you re- feasts so everyone can en- For Youth Campaign. Left to Right: Chris Falbo, Neffo Cappuccio, Derek Brodin, Chip ferred to many years ago joy. We have the Nazzaro Tuttle, Janis Woodman and Joey Cuzzi. Julie Billiart Central High Center that supports our The East Boston YMCA’s Reach Out For ever witnessed — has left many of our fami- School is now condomini- younger generation, so they Youth Fundraising Campaign got off to a fast lies in crisis. The Y has become their life- ums. It was once called St. can play sports and be in- start with a $5,000 pledge from Suffolk line for childcare and after-school care — Anthony’s School that my volved in activities. We try Downs. “We are enormously grateful to Chief one in four school-age children in East Bos- human companion had at- to keep the children in the Operating Officer Chip Tuttle for his gener- ton participate in Y programming, and more tended from grades 1-8. Most North End active, this is why ous support,” said YMCA Executive Director than 95% of families receive some form of North Enders started there each society donates so Joey Cuzzi. “Suffolk Downs has been a con- subsidized assistance. then you went to J.B. High much to the Nazzaro Center tributor to the YMCA for the past 11 years, • The Y houses an on-site child care and from there they either for the kids. We need ALL the and ongoing financial commitments like center for 93 children ages 15 months to got married or went onto col- support and donations we this allow us to subsidize the costs of child 5 years old, licensed by the Department of lege. Christopher Columbus can receive. care for the families who need our help the Early Education and Child Care (EEC) and High School is also condo- You told me your par- most.” boats the highest level of accreditation miniums. ents and grandparents had Every dollar donated to the reach Out Cam- awarded a child care center. I belive we have more res- lived on Charter Street, so paign (100%) goes directly toward continu- • More than 200 youngsters attend after- taurants than anywhere you remember quite a bit of ing and expanding the YMCA programs that school programs that combine homework else in the City of Boston, the North End growing up. enhance the lives of children, teens and assistance, enrichment activities and and this makes the North I lived on Hanover Street families in East Boston. This year’s goal is physical fitness programming. End a tourist village for most of my life before mov- $85,000. • Last summer more than 200 children people all over the world to ing to Prince Street. “We’re happy to help the Y,” said COO Chip attended the Y’s Summer Program. come here and eat. We have The history of the North Tuttle. “I went to YMCA programs as a kid • After-hours teen programming on week- pastry and coffee shops as End is wonderful. I am glad growing up in Salem so I know firsthand that ends offers a safe place for local teens to well. Many people simply I could bring back some it is an organization that really cares about engage in healthy lifestyle activities, and stroll the streets of the North wonderful memories for you the children they serve. I had a great expe- the Y is the largest employer of teens dur- End and admire the history. and your family. So true, if rience and I’m hopeful that this donation will ing the summer. St. Stephens is a lovely you are not Italian, you allow a new generation of kids to have fun • And overall, adult and family member- church on Hanover Street, will never understand life and learn in a safe and caring environment.” ships at the Y have topped 1,000. we have St. Leonard’s, also in the North End. I am glad Last summer Suffolk Downs organized and The Reach Out campaign will culminate on Hanover Street, that I am only a pooch and have funded an eight week intro to horseback in community breakfast on April 1, 2010 at was just done over. My favor- the human companion that riding class for the Y’s Summer Program and the Logan Airport Hilton. Tables of ten are ite is Sacred Heart Church I have because I would not also supported community wide events like on sale as well as individual tickets. in North Square and of want to live anywhere else the Y’s Healthy Kids Day. For more information contact Joey Cuzzi course St. Mary’s Chapel but the North End. Feel free Currently, East Boston families face ex- at 617-569-9622 or visit the Y’s web page on Endicott Street. We are to write to me any time. I traordinary pressures that impact our com- at www.ymcaboston.org.eastboston to donate lucky to have so many enjoyed your letter and munity in far-reaching ways. While East on line. Please make sure you type in East churches in the North End, when you are ever in the Boston has always been one of Boston’s most Boston YMCA Reach Out 2010 to ensure so there is no excuse for North End drop by the Post- challenged neighborhoods, today’s economic your gift is applied to the East Boston YMCA missing mass as one priest Gazette right on Prince uncertainty — fueled by last year’s increase or you can mail a donation to the East Boston would say. Street and say “Hi” and in- in housing foreclosures and an unemploy- YMCA, Reach Out For Youth Campaign, You also mentioned the troduce yourself to all my ment rate that is the highest the state has 215 Bremen Street, East Boston, MA 02128. feasts during the summer. bonding friends that work There’s a lot of effort and along side of me each and time put into these feasts. every day. That is all for The societies work very now. 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Reserve your spot today.” Soft Cover • 50 Pages SOFTBALL INDOOR SKILL SESSION Once again comes Father he notes the disastrous During February school vacation week, girls ages 9-18 Bede to the forefront still battle at Monte Cassino, will get a chance to work on the fundamentals of hitting, equipped with his spiritual Italy and the victorious naval running and throwing taught by expert clinicians and col- brightness and fervent reli- battle at Midway at the lege coaches. Sponsored by the Boston Red Sox and gious faith. At 85 he writes opposite end of the world. Bridgewater State College, the sessions will be offered at with delight. I shall never forget what the Tobin Community Center in Mission Hill on Tuesday, A little background, Father happened on June 1944 — February 16th through Thursday, February 18th from 4:00 to Bede was born in East Boston the landing at Normandy, 7:30 p.m. and at the Leahy Holloran Community Center in and so was I. We both grad- France by the largest ar- Dorchester on Wednesday, February 17th through Friday, uated East Boston High mada of Allied forces. It was February 19th from 9:00 a.m. to12 noon. For more informa- School, and so did our mu- here that Joseph Sciortino, tion or to sign-up, please call Larelle Bryson at BCYF at tual dear friend, now gone, our dear friend landed and 617-635-4920 x2218. Please bring your own glove if you Joseph Sciortino. He dedi- fortunately survived. have one available. cates this book to John and Honorarium continues. In INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD CLINIC Marion Nappi who have re- the centerfold of this book Northeastern University “Huskies” Track Team will host cently passed away and there are ten photographs of a clinic on Wednesday, February 17th from 11:30 a.m.- also were graduates of East Franciscan Friars who were Boston High School. I re- eminent in Father Bede’s 2 p.m. for young people ages 6-15. Highlighting skill Author Father Bede member Father Bede being life. Father Bede elaborates techniques of high jumping, hurdling, turbo javelin toss- Ferrara, O.F.M. ing and more, boys and girls will spend an afternoon at a happy-go-lucky sort. I on how proud he and his the Cabot Physical Education Center located at 400 Hun- doubt that any fellow students tington Avenue. Space is limited to 100 youth and of his school- A little background, were learning individuals/groups need to pre-register. Please contact mates would about their Ital- Barbara Hamilton at 617-635-4920 x2136. have predicted Father Bede was born in East Boston ian heritage and REGGIE LEWIS CENTER YOUTH TRACK MEET that one day Fa- and so was I. We both graduated having first gen- ther Bede would eration Italian- Youth are invited to participate in a track meet on Thurs- East Boston High School, day, February 18th from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Reggie Lewis hear the calling American Friars Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College. and become an and so did our mutual dear friend, as their educa- Events include 55, 200, 400 and 800 meters races, 4 x 200 outstanding now gone, Joseph Sciortino. tors. Unbeliev- relay, 800 meter race walk, shot-put and long jump. priest. He has ably Father Bede Registration is on-site, and space is limited to 100 youth. been an untir- notes that there For more information please contact Barbara Hamilton at ing, benevolent priest with Father Bede continues were ten East Bostonians 617-635-4920 x2136. many friends and followers. with his remarkable pointed who became priests or During 1942-44, as a revelations of historical brothers. FROG POND ICE SKATING PARTY young teenager, Father events. When embassy Reminiscing, Father Bede 100 youth between ages 6-17 are invited to skate for free Bede attended the famous members became hostages relates a terrible tragedy th th on Tuesday, February 16 and Thursday, February 18 from prep school, St. Francis in Iran on November 4, 1979 that happened in 1942. The 10 a.m. to 12 noon only. Join us for a morning of frost and Seminary in Andover, Mass. he began working endlessly famous nightclub “The Coco- frills at the skating rink on Boston Common. Seasoned To this day many people at supporting families of the nut Grove” caught fire and skaters and newcomers alike will have a great time. comment on the expansive hostages. 492 people died. Buck Jones Everything is free but pre-registration is required and there Christmas lighting that was To help celebrate and the famous movie cowboy is a limited number of slots available. For more informa- displayed there. He was a honor the Hundredth Anni- died from burns in the fire. I tion, please contact Barbara Hamilton at 617-635-4920 pastor at the Our Lady of versary Father Bede men- remember this stirring x2136. Mount Carmel Church in tions a number of success- event quite well. I had at- PEACE-A-PALOOZA Mount Vernon, New York ful and prominent priests. tended with friends a junior Young people ages 7-12 will be able to learn about peace- and of St. Leonard’s Church Father Pamphilus who prom two weeks earlier. ful conflict resolution while participating in a variety of in Boston’s North End, where founded St. Bonaventure in Father Bede is a very good activities, performing community service, attending work- he was known as “The the Allegheny region of New writer, who capably writes, shops and learning from guest speakers. This program runs Media Priest.” He proved to York in the 1850s. Another mixing his theological story each day of vacation week, except Monday, from 9 a.m. to be an enthusiastic advocate was Father Sixtus Bucci da with current events. He is 3 p.m. at the Vine Street Community Center in Roxbury. for his religious beliefs. Cagliano who taught theol- never dull, he is always in- The program is free and snacks and light refreshments The major purpose for this ogy and Sacred Eloquence. teresting and formulated. are included. Contact Michal Shapiro at 617-635-4920 x2246 book Father Bede tells us Father Bede eloquently ex- Read this: “The average an- for more information. Volunteers are needed to help out is to honor and celebrate presses his gratefulness to- nual (1946-47) income was this week. Call Michal for more information. the noted Hundredth Anni- ward the Franciscan educa- $2,529. A car cost $2,209. R.O.CK. IT!!! LAUNCH INTO SUMMER versary of the Immaculate tors, teachers and directors. A stamp cost three cents. Mayor Menino invites Boston youth between 9-14 to attend Conception. His writings, Once again he includes Bikinis — and a new inven- this event at the Strand Theater in Dorchester on Wednes- though religiously bent, re- facts of daily life in his reli- tion called television — were day, February 17th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Information on veal a strong historical gious writings. becoming popular.” summer programs will be given out in “goody bags” so par- knowledge of daily events He reminds us of two out- The reader will enjoy this ents and guardians can begin enrolling their children in (1923). Stamps cost two standing singers, Bing ecclesiastical book which some of the city’s vast summer programs. There will also cents, a loaf-of-bread nine Crosby and Frank Sinatra. is interspersed with events be guest speakers, youth performances and other surprises. cents, and a quart of milk He mentions Joe DiMaggio of the day that will hold But wait, there’s more! BCYF’s community centers lo- cost fourteen cents. You could and his illustrious baseball the interest of the reader cated throughout Boston offer a variety of vacation week buy a home for about $7,000. career. In the same breath throughout. activities and programs. Highlights include a Roller Hockey Tournament at the Kent Community Center in Charlestown; Tobin Community Center week long vaca- The Pirandello Lyceum Pressents tion program; and “City Year for Kids” full day vacation week program at the Condon Community Center in South Bos- LA TIGRE E LA NEVE (The Tiger and the Snow) ton, and the Ohrenberger Community Center in West Please join the Pirandello Lyceum for the on his positive spirit, charm and persever- Roxbury. Call or stop by your local community center for viewing of the 2005 Italian film La Tigre e ance to save her. In war and devastation, more information or go to cityofboston.gov/bcyf for further la Neve (The Tiger and the Snow) starring and will the spirit of love conquer all? information. directed by Roberto Benigni. Movie will be shown with subtitles on February 27, 2010 at the Boston Public Library, North End LAW OFFICES OF Branch, 25 Parmenter Street, Boston, MA Coffee and Biscotti at 11:00 a.m. FRANK J. CIANO Movie to start promptly at 11:15 (running GENERAL PRACTICE OF LAW time 118 minutes). This romantic comedy takes place in DIVORCE • WILLS • ESTATE PLANNING • TRUSTS Rome and Baghdad at the onset of the Iraq CRIMINAL • PERSONAL INJURY • WORKERS COMP. War. When news that Attilio, an endearing literature professor’s unrequited love 617-354-9400 Vittoria has been critically injured in Iraq, Si Parla Italiano Attilio travels to the war torn country in an 230 MSGR. O’BRIEN HIGHWAY • CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02141 attempt to save her life. Along the way, he finds himself in comical situations, relying POST-GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 Page 9 The Socially Set by Hilda M. Morrill

eleven-year-old who lost his battle with leukemia in 1991. Max’s ability to con- tinue to enjoy life and his steadfast determination and heartfelt hope in the face of a deadly disease were an inspiration to all who knew him. Feeling that their son’s example would be an en- during message of courage, Stephanie and Jonathan Warburg worked with the Boston Public Schools and educators from across the country to develop and create the Courage Curriculum. For information about the organization and their upcoming events, visit “Step Up to the Plate for Courage” event committee www.maxcourage.org. members Larry DiCara and Teresa Spillane with Betsy ……. Following upon the Hall, right, Executive Director of the Associates of the extraordinary success of last Boston Public Library. (Photo by Roger Farrington) year’s Italian-themed gala, the New England Conserva- Bo Winiker and his orches- sical, jazz, contemporary tory will transform its an- tra will perform for the first improvisation, world and nual Feast of Music into a time this year at the after- early music. Through its celebration of all things party. So diners who can’t Preparatory School, School French in a glamorous bear to bring the evening to of Continuing Education, evening called “Le Festin de a close can dance until the and Community Collabora- la Musique.” wee hours to big-band clas- tion Programs, it provides The event, which The sics and soulful French jazz training and performance Boston Herald has called one tunes. opportunities for children, of Boston’s “Top 10” parties, For further information, pre-college students, adults, takes place February 27 at visit the New England and seniors. Through its Max Warburg Courage Curriculum Founder and the Fairmont Copley Plaza. Conservatory Web site at outreach projects, it allows President Stephanie Warburg, center, with the event’s This fabulous evening brings www.necmusic.edu/feast young musicians to engage entertainers, Tufts students Nathaniel Silva (bagpiper) together 450 of Boston’s ofmusic. with non-traditional audi- and Katie McNally (fiddle). most prominent business Recognized nationally and ences in schools, hospitals, (Photo by Roger Farrington) leaders and cultural philan- internationally as a leader and nursing homes — The Max Warburg Courage beverages donated by the thropists to benefit NEC’s among music schools, New thereby bringing pleasure to Curriculum’s annual ben- Boston Brewing Company General Scholarship Fund. England Conservatory offers new listeners and enlarging efit evening, “Step Up to the and special “Batter Up” cock- One of the season’s most rigorous training in an the universe for classical Plate for Courage,” was tails as they bid on exclu- anticipated evenings, A intimate, nurturing com- music and jazz. held at the State Street sive silent auction items Feast of Music pairs sump- munity to 720 undergradu- NEC presents more than Pavilion Club, Fenway Park, during the festive evening at tuous food and wine with ate, graduate, and doctoral 600 free concerts each year, on January 21. America’s most beloved superb performances by NEC music students from around many of them in Jordan Event co-chairs were ballpark. students of jazz, opera, and the world. Its faculty of Hall, its world-renowned, Michael & Sukey Forbes The Max Warburg Courage classical music. 225 boasts internationally 106-year old, beautifully re- Bigham and Eric & Mary Curriculum is a yearlong This year’s benefit seeks esteemed artist-teachers stored concert hall. These Johnson. Approximately 200 language arts program dedi- to surpass last year’s goal and scholars. Its alumni go programs range from solo guests “stepped up to the cated to strengthening the of $500,000. The event on to fill orchestra chairs, recitals to chamber music plate” at Fenway Park to literacy skills of students. chairs are Lane Young and concert hall stages, jazz to orchestral programs to support the organization’s The Courage Curriculum Debbie Smith. The sponsors clubs, recording studios, and jazz and opera scenes. Every work in the Boston public honors the life of Max are: Liberty Mutual, Swiss arts management positions year, NEC’s opera studies schools. Guests enjoyed Warburg, a courageous Re, Mt Auburn Hospital, and worldwide. Nearly half of the department also presents Thorbahn. Boston Symphony Orchestra two fully staged opera pro- Le Festin will feature is composed of NEC trained ductions at the Cutler everything French — from musicians and faculty. works by French composers, The oldest independent (Continued on Page 13) to food, wine, and Silent school of music in the Auction treasures. NEC United States, NEC was DIAMONDS has been working closely founded in 1867 by Eben ROLEX with the Consul General of Tourjee. Its curriculum is ESTATE JEWELRY France, Christophe Guilhou, remarkable for its wide Bought & Sold to create an evening with range of styles and tradi- Jewelers Exch. Bldg. authentic Gallic panache. tions. On the college level, Jim (617) 263-7766 As a unique tribute to it features training in clas- NEC, world-renowned celeb- rity Chef Guy Martin of Le Grand Véfour in Paris, Sens- ing Boston and Sensing Paris, and Le Pont du Ciel in Mattéo Gallo Osaka, Japan, has agreed to create a special menu spe- cifically for this year’s gala. o Appraisals Martin, the chef of Grand Véfour, was 43 when he was Sales & Rentals awarded his third star in 2000; his was the only res- • taurant to win three stars in Real Estate the Red Michelin Guide that year. 376 North Street • Boston, MA 02113 “Step Up to the Plate for Courage” event co-chairs Mary In addition to the musical Johnson, left, and Sukey Forbes Bigham. and gastronomic delights of (617) 523-2100 • Fax (617) 523-3530 (Photo by Roger Farrington) the dinner, NEC alumnus Page 10 POST-GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 Bob D ’s B eat by Bob DeCristoforo FRANK VILAR Tecce’s Restaurant on March 6th. See “In my father’s house, there are many Lynn Bova for further information or dwelling places ... If I go and prepare a place email: [email protected] The Eliot School for you, I will come back again, and take has become an important part of the North CMT INVITATION ONLY: do with the students than you to myself, so that where I am you also End education community. REBA (DVD) their parents. (1 hr. 28 mins.) may be ... Peace I leave with you; My peace HIGH SCHOOL PREP NOTEBOOK CMT-Valory Music BAD GIRLS FILM NOIR — I give to you ... Do not let your hearts be John Parziale has been appointed Varsity Country music superstar VOLUME 1 & VOLUME 2 troubled or afraid.” Football Coach at East Boston High School. Reba McEntire in a one-hour (2-DVD) — John: 14 He was an assistant to retiring Eastie Coach special, performing some of Sony Pictures Home Ent. God gives us many gifts and sometimes John Sousa. the greatest hits of her 30- Volume 1: In the 1940s we don’t even know it. Frank Vilar was one WEEKLY ROUNDUP plus years in country music, and ’50s the juiciest roles for of those gifts. On the ice St. Clement got a goal and three including “Why Haven’t I actresses in Hollywood were RED SOX REMEMBER JACKIE ROBINSON assists from Chris Finn, his 100th career Heard From You” and “The often in B-pictures that ex- point to lead St. Clement’s past Lowell Catho- Night The Lights Went Out plored the dark side of life. lic 5-1, and then the Anchormen dropped East In Georgia.” Plus songs from Starring roles as cool, calcu- Boston 5-3. Xaverian stung BC High 3-2. MC her current #1 album Keep lating gals who could stick a ripped Bishop Guertin 9-2, and Arlington On Loving You, featuring the knife in a man’s back and Catholic whipped St. Peter Marian 8-1. single “Consider Me Gone” make him like it. Showcas- Thayer Academy topped Catholic Memorial which stayed at #1 for four ing some of the best femme 7-2, but the Knights upended rival BC High weeks, and the Top 10 hit, fatales of the period, Gloria 5-1. Somerville was shutout by Winthrop and “Strange.” Taped in front of Grahame, Evelyn Keyes and defeated by Matignon 7-1. Boston Latin was a live studio audience in the Lizabeth Scott. Classic films shutout by Acton/Boxboro 1-0. Malden Catho- Grand Ole Opry’s historic in the double-disc set in- lic and St. John battled to a 2-2 tie. In girls Studio A in Nashville. Addi- clude, “The Killer That hockey Matignon topped Latin Academy tional cuts have, “Why Not Stalked New York,” “Two of 6-4, and Acton Boxboro stopped Boston Latin Tonight,” “And Still,” “Noth- a Kind,” “Bad For Each Other” ing To Lose,” “8 Crazy Hours,” and “The Glass Wall.” (Ap- Tommy Harper and Bob D. 5-1. Boston Latin and Methuen battled to a the anthem “I’m a Survivor,” proximately 5 hrs. 13 mins.). st 1-1 tie. MC shutout Andover 3-0. Austin Prep February 1 was a good afternoon. On this and “I Want a Cowboy.” I want Volume 2: Janis Carter, Ida th shutout St. Bernard 6-0. Williams and the first day of Black History Month, the 8 more Reba! Lupino, Cleo Moore, Jan Annual Boston Red Sox Celebration of the Arlington Catholic tied 3-3. St. Mary (L) shut- down Matignon 6-0. Winthrop and Danvers MANEATER (DVD) Sterling and Audrey Totter. Life of Jackie Robinson took place at Fenway Sony Pictures Home Ent. Forgery, adultery, theft, Park. The event, initiated in 2003 after the tied 2-2. In girls hockey Williams upset AC 5-1, and St. Mary (L) shutout Notre Dame Maneater is the top-rated blackmail and murder — ownership group led by John W. Henry, Tom TV Lifetime miniseries The “Bad Girls’”are back, and Werner and Larry Lucchino purchased the 5-0. Courtside: Eastie is back on track. The based on Gigi Levangie these gorgeous gals with Club in 2002, is designed to teach children Grazer’s New York Times malice in their hearts are about the life, career and character of Num- Jets sank Snowden 71-67. Charlestown qualified for the tournament beating Latin bestselling book. Beautiful, sure to thrill hard-boiled ber 42 with the hope that the youth will fashionable and fun, Clarissa fans of Noir. The Volume 2 learn-not only for the purpose of learning, Academy 73-51 and Southie 71-62. New Mission (16-1) busted Brighton 67-55 and Alpert (Sarah Chalke) is a pair of discs have, “Night but for the purpose of teaching their future shallow socialite whose Editor,” “One Girl’s Confes- grandchildren — why Robinson’s life is so dissed on Hyde Park 61-40. O’Bryant topped West Roxbury 71-60 and Burke 68-44. Rolodex is full of Hollywood sion,” “Women’s Prison” and important, keeping Jackie’s spirit and power players. With her 32nd “Over Exposed.” Both vol- legacy alive. The youth were represented Brighton dropped Dorchester 70-58. Madi- son Park upped Fenway 76-48 and Snowden birthday looming (even umes include the original by many children from the Boston Centers though she will admit to be- theatrical trailers. (Approxi- for Youth and Families, among them our own 72-48. Catholic Memorial surprised St. John’s Prep 84-79 and BC High 65-47. ing only 28), the spoiled mately 5 hrs.) North End Nazzaro Center. Larry Lucchino, daddy’s girl is in a panic be- NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU President & CEO of the Boston Red Sox in- St. John’s regrouped to beat Xaverian 73-55. Boston English stopped New Bedford cause she’s still single. (Blu-ray/DVD) troduced the program. George Mitrovitch, Clarissa always gets what Vivendi Ent. Chairman of the Great Fenway Park Writer’s 64-50 and Burke 68-52. St. Clement dropped Marian 75-65. St. Mary (L) topped North she wants — and when In a city that never sleeps, Series was the Master of Ceremonies. Spe- that’s the hottest new pro- love abounds 24/7. At the cial guests and speakers were Tommy Cambridge Catholic 61-46. Arlington Catho- lic defeated Fenwick 69-64. Cathedral ducer in town, she sets into café, in the park, on the sub- Harper, Boston Red Sox Player Development motion an elaborate plan way, on the corner, you never Consultant; Jackie Robinson; Historian whipped Williams 58-36, but fell to Spellmen 69-59. Williams defeated North Cambridge to lasso the dashing film- know where love will find Stephen Schlein, Pat Williams, Senior Vice maker who will, she hopes, you. Some of the most out- President of the Orlando Magic basketball Catholic 68-55. Austin Prep tipped Matignon 54-51. Newton South defeated Boston Latin be the man to put a ring standing directors present a team, and author of “How to be Like Jackie on her finger. A delicious celebration of love that fea- Robinson: Life Lessons from Baseball’s 66-65 in overtime. C’Town lost a nonleaguer to Masconomet 62-58. romantic comedy! (2 hrs. tures an all-star cast, includ- Greatest Hero”. There was a great exhibi- 56 mins.) ing Shia LaBeouf, Bradley tion of Jackie Robinson memobilia. Each COLLEGE BOARD Beanpot finalists BC dropped UMASS/ PROM NIGHT IN Cooper, Natalie Portman, young person and many of us older young MISSISSIPPI (DVD) Orlando Bloom, Christina people received a Red Sox gift bag that in- AMHERST 7-1. Eagle Brian Gibbons led the way with four assists, and BU got two first Docurama Films Ricci, Ethan Hawke, Blake cluded Mr. Williams book. Refreshments In 1970, the town of Lively, Robin Wright Penn, were also provided by the Red Sox. I learned period shorthanded goals by Zach Cohen and Dave Warsofsky to hold off Lowell in a 3-2 Charleston, Mississippi, al- Hayden Christensen, Rachel a lot and the book was a great supplement lowed black students into Bilson, Drea de Matteo, to the autobiography of Jackie Robinson that win. Merrimack split their weekend play falling to Northeastern 5-1, but defeating their white high school, James Caan, Anton Yelchin, I read a few years back. I finished the book but refused to integrate the Justin Bartha, Andy Garcia, quickly and it certainly reminded me that Lowell 3-1. Maine took a big pair from UNH. Maine topped the Wildcats 3-2, and 6-3. senior prom. Twenty-seven Julie Christie, Maggie Q, Jackie Robinson was more than just the first years later, Charleston resi- and many more! Ten vi- Black player in the Major Leagues. His Robby Dee had the game winner in the 3-2 win. Vermont picked off three points when dent and Academy Award- gnettes with a magical spell! achievement went much further and is still winning actor Morgan Free- (1 hr. 43 mins.) felt. Jackie Robinson is a true American they played Providence winning 5-1, then battling to a 1-1 OT tie. In the ECAC Harvard man offered to finance the THE STEPFATHER hero. It was a good day to be at Fenway. prom — under the cond- (Blu-ray/DVD) ASH WEDNESDAY dropped Brown 5-2. Doug Rogers had two goals and an assist for the Crimson. Union clocked ition it be integrated. His of- Sony Pictures Home Ent. AT ST. LEONARD’S PARISH fer was ignored. In 2008, When Michael Harding th Clarkson 11-2. Yale beat Dartmouth 4-2. On On Wednesday, February 17 , Ash Freeman made the offer (Penn Badgley) returns Wednesday the Mass schedule will be Saturday Yale stopped Harvard 6-3. PROLINE again. This time the school home from military school, 7:30am at St. Mary’s Chapel, 12:05pm at St. board accepted, and history he finds his mom is madly Leonard’s Church, 4:00pm at 145 Commer- - Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints 2010 Super Bowl Champs! was made. Prom Night in in love with her charming cial Street, 7:00pm at Sacred Heart Church. Mississippi traces the tu- live-in boyfriend David ELIOT SCHOOL FUNDRAISER - Jamie Silva, who played for the India- napolis Colts in Sunday’s Super Bowl, played multuous events leading up (Dylan Walsh). At first, David Tickets are now on sale for the Eliot to Charleston’s first inte- appears to be the ultimate School fundraiser to be held at Joe his college ball at BC. TIDBITS grated prom through inti- nice guy and an ideal future - Birthday best to Celtics PA Announcer mate conversations with husband and stepfather. Eddie Palladino and to President Abraham students, families, faculty But when Michael and his Lincoln ... 201 years old on February 12th. members and Freeman girlfriend (Amber Heard) - USA! USA! The Winter Olympics begin himself. As the film unfolds, start delving into David’s in Vancouver this week. we delve deeply into the past, they begin to discover - Victor P., I got your note. heated race issues that tear a dark and dangerous side - It’s HOPE LINE TIME ... 617-635-HOPE. apart this tiny community, to Michael’s new “daddy” - Celeb Sightings: Representative Aaron and realize that this trou- in this riveting, chilling Michlewitz at the Beanpot, Johnny “Shoes” bling segregation has less to thriller. (1 hr. 42 mins.). clipping at the shop, Johnny Fiumara and his K of C boys celebrating Super Bowl The Federal Trade Commission Sunday, John N. Romano, and the amazing works for the consumer to prevent Phil Orlandella. - Don’t forget, Valentine’s Day is Sunday, fraud and deception. February 14th! Call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357) Tommy Harper and Nazzaro kids celebrate - Remember Haiti. or log on to www.ftc.gov. Jackie Robinson Day at Fenway. SMILE! POST-GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 Page 11

Glimmerglass Opera. Sung in Italian ST. PAUL CHURCH BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY with projected English translation. Corner of Bow and Arrow Streets 700 Boylston St., Boston, MA Idomeneo, King of Crete, makes a Cambridge, MA LOWELL LECTURE SERIES – Now promise to Neptune, God of the Sea. THE TALLIS SCHOLARS – Satur- through April 2010. Travel the world NOW When the king realizes the terrible day, March 27, 2010 at 8:00 PM. The without leaving Boston. Lecturers in- price it will exact, vows and hearts Tallis Scholars will present a program clude Paul Theroux Frances Mayes are broken. Longing pours into arias of works by Loyset Compere, Jean and Alexander McCall Smith. All lec- PLAYING and ensembles as only Mozart writes Mouton, Nicholas Gombert and the tures to be held in the Rabb Lecture them. Tickets at www.telecharge.com incomparable Josquin des Pres. For Hall. All lectures are free and open to or call the box office at 1-866-348- more information, call: 617-661-1812 the public. For a detailed description 9738. or visit: www.bemf.org of each lecture please visit: UPTOWN & DOWNTOWN www.bpl.org/news/lowell.htm TD GARDEN Causeway Street, Boston, MA Special Events THE BLACK EYED PEAS - THE ARTS E.N.D. WORLD TOUR - Friday, Feb- WILBUR THEATRE ruary 26, 8:00PM. Guarantee yourself 246 Tremont St., Boston, MA WORCESTER ART MUSEUM a piece of the action! This is going to COMEDY - Featured performer 55 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA be an amazing show that will com- PAULY SHORE - February 12, 2010. INTAGLIO: ITALIAN ETCHINGS pletely change the way you experi- For more information, please log onto AND ENGRAVINGS - Now through ence music! Described as the ultimate www.thewilburtheatre.com. March 7, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 Black Eyed Peas party experience, it p.m. View a selection of Italian prints also marks the first time that the group NEWTV that reflect the history of intaglio – will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo 23 Needham St., Newton, MA. printmaking, the step-by-step process and Fergie – are united for a North SINGING WITH COLORS: THE to reproduce pictorial images provid- American headline tour since their ART OF MARIA TERMINI - Now ing the finest detail. 2006 Monkey Business world tour. For through March 19, 2010. The exhibit EXHIBITION: A MINIATURE tickets log onto www.ticketmaster.com is open Monday through Thursday MILESTONE - Now through April 8, or call 1-800-745-3000. from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm, Friday and 2010 from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Saturday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm Celebrate the 20th anniversary of AGGANIS ARENA and Sunday from 12 noon to 6:00 pm. WAM’s portrait miniature collection 925 Commonwealth Ave.,Boston, MA Admission is free. For more info 617- with a special exhibition that fea- DAUGHTRY - Saturday, March 20, 928-1544 or [email protected]. tures miniatures from the 18th to the 2010. American Idol singing sensation The exhibit is handicapped accessible. 20th centuries in the newly renovated Chris Daughtry embarked on his sing- Marianne E. Gibson gallery. In 1989 ing career in the 6th season of “Idol”. Huntington Artistic Director Peter DuBois brings his COOLIDGE CORNER THEATER the museum created a gallery de- Although he didn’t make it, he is still 290 Harvard St., Brookline, MA voted to portrait miniatures created latest New York smash hit Becky Shaw to Boston in this a star by creating his own band. Don’t DECORDOVER AT THE by various artists in a wide range of wickedly funny comedy about a blind date gone bad miss this rocking time! COOLIDGE - Monday, March 29, 2010 styles. Visit www.worcesterart.com or ALICIA KEYS - March 22, 2010 at written by Gina Gionfriddo (After Ashley, writer/producer at 7 PM. Come to the Coolidge Corner call (508) 799-4406. 7:30PM. Since her 2001 debut of Songs of “Law & Order”). When a newly married couple fixes up Theater for an off-site event with two In A Minor, the New York native has of the artists from the 2010 DeCordova INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY two romantically challenged friends, crisis and comedy built an unparalleled repertoire of hits Biennial. Join Laurel Sparks, Xander ART ensue in this hilarious new play that asks what we owe and accomplishments including three Marro, and Assistant Curator Dina 100 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA the people we love the most and the strangers who land multi-platinum albums and several Deitisch for an evening of art, art films, KRZYSZTOK WODICZKO – Now Grammy Awards. Among others, some on our doorstep. A 2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist. Becky and Q&A. For ticket information through March 7, 2010. In a new pro- of the hits include “Fallin’”, “If I Ain’t Shaw makes me laugh out loud in the skillful way it www.coolidge.org/showtimes. jection-based work, Krzysztok focuses Got You”, “You Don’t Know My on the experience of veterans return- examines human behavior and personal relationships. Name”, and “No One”. Key’s fourth DICK’S LAST RESORT ing from Iraq and Afghanistan. His Check out Theater section for more details. release, Element of Freedom, fea- Quincy Market at Faneuil Hall politically-charged works explore the tures the single “Doesn’t Mean Any- Marketplace relationship between art, democracy, thing.” For tickets, visit MARDI GRAS MADNESS 2010 - trauma and healing. www.ticketmaster.com or call 1- THEATER MUSIC Tuesday, February 16 from 5 PM ‘til MOMENTUM 15: R.H. Quaytman 800.745.3000. whenever celebrate Mardi Gras with – Now through March 28, 2010. This NORTH SHORE MUSICAL REAGLE PLAYERS - ROBINSON a day of confetti, multi-colored beads, is a new series of paintings by this WILBUR THEATRE CHILDREN’S THEATRE THEATRE feathers, masks and Dick’s full menu Boston-born artist in her first solo 246 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 466 Central St., Saugus, MA 617 Lexington St., Waltham, MA of eats. Live entertainment by Side- museum exhibition. Her dazzling AN EVENING WITH THE MAN- GOLDILOCKS & THE THREE HERB REED AND THE PLATTERS walk Driver from 8-11 PM. For more works incorporate silk screened pho- HATTAN TRANSFER - Wednesday, BEARS - March 21, JACK & THE Valentine’s Day Concerts - February information call 617 267 8080. tographs and abstract patterns, dia- February 17 at 7:30 PM HT Produc- BEANSTALK - April 25, RAPUNZEL 13 at 7 p.m. and February 14 at 2 p.m. mond dust layers, and hand-painted tions and the Manhattan Transfer - May 16, MOTHER GOOSE - June Fans of nostalgic sounds of early rock ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER elements. celebrate 40 years together and 13. All shows start at 2:00PM. From can relive the romantic memories with MUSEUM RONI HORN AKA RONI HORN – present their new CD, The Chick Boston’s Haymarket Station, there Herb Reed and The Platters on 280 The Fenway, Boston, MA February 19, 2010 through June 13, Corea Songbook. The Manhattan is a direct bus to Cliftondale Square. Valentine’s. The group will perform the AFTER HOURS – Every third 2010. Using a variety of materials Transfer is a major staple both within These shows are a perfect way to unforgettable sounds of Only You, My Thursday of each month from 5-9:00 including pure pigment, 24 carat the jazz community and the main- spend an enjoyable family afternoon! Prayer and The Great Pretender - along PM. After Hours is art, music, cock- gold, color photographs, and cast stream music community, as they For more information visit with other famous chart topping hits. tails, contemporary performances, glass, Horn creates immensely continue to enlighten listeners by www.kaleidoscopechildrenstheatre.com. Call the box office at gallery explorations and so much beautiful and sensuous works bringing different genres of music to Tickets may be available at the door. 781-891-5600 or buy tickets online more. For more information and to that evoke the mystery inherent to the forefront. For more information Please call 1-781-230-3976. WGBH through www.reagleplayers.com. purchase tickets call: 617-278-5156 even the most familiar subjects, call 617-248-9700 or visit members receive a special discount! or visit: www.gardnermuseum.org. the weather, the depths of water www.ticketmaster.com. CITI PERFORMING ARTS even our sense of place and identity. ZERO ARROW THEATRE WANG THEATRE WEST END COMMUNITY CENTER For further information, please call: THE SHUBERT THEATRE 2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA 270 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 150 Staniford St., Boston, MA 617-478-3100 or visit the website at: 265 Tremont Street, Boston, MA THE DONKEY SHOW – Now CELTIC WOMEN - March 12, 13 WEST END POETRY CLUB - have www.icaboston.org ARIADNE AUF NAXOS – March 12, through summer 2010. The intoxi- and 14, 2010. A smash hit around the open readings on the second and 2010 to March 23, 2010. An unseen cating international sensation globe, returns with an all new live fourth Tuesday of every month start- MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS producer makes changes to an opera that takes you behind the velvet show. The awe inspiring vocalists Lisa, ing at 7:00 PM in the Center by area 465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA just before the curtain rises. That’s ropes into a glittered wonderland Chloë, Lynn and Alex along with the poets. For more information call HARRY CALLAHAN, AMERICAN how the clowns get onstage. The com- of decadence, divas, and disco, mesmerizing Celtic violinist Máiréad Duane at: 617-416-0718. PHOTOGRAPHER – Now through poser is backstage tearing his hair out. inspired by Shakespeare’s “A Mid- continue to capture the hearts of fans July 3, 2010. This exhibition features This opera will be sung in German summer’s Night Dream.” For tickets across the country on a whirlwind tour SALEM HISTORICAL TOURS intimate portraits, scenes of Urban with projected English translation. For or more info, you may call 617-547- of America. Come see Celtic Women 8 Central Street, Salem, MA Life and the Natural Landscape. more information please call: 617- 8300 or log on to the website at: with their 6 piece band and the Aontas HISTORY & ARCHITECTURE There are a collection of approxi- 542-6772 or visit: www.blo.org. www.AmericanRepertoryTheater.org. Choir perform unique renditions of TOUR – Wednesdays and Mondays mately 40 photographs that survey Irish standards, classical favorites and at 4:00 PM. Stroll through four cen- the major visual themes of this FIRST CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE, BOSTON OPERA HOUSE contemporary hits. turies of Salem’s illustrious his- artist’s career. For further informa- CONGREGATIONAL 539 Washington St., Boston, MA NORAH JONES - March 25, 2010 tory. Call 978-745-0666 or log on to tion, please call: 617-369-3445 or visit: 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN - April at 8:00 p.m. Multiple Grammy Award www.salemhistoricaltours.com. www.mfa.org. 20 through May 2, 2010. Don’t miss winning singer and songwriter Norah LES FOLIES FRANCOISES – Fri- the sensational cast delivering all Jones has announced U.S. tour dates day, March 19, 2010 at 8:00 PM. This your favorite moments from the clas- in support of her critically acclaimed French chamber ensemble breathes ITALIAN EVENTS & PROGRAMS sic film, plus brand-new show-stop- new album “The Fall,” which was re- new life into the wide instrumental th ping numbers for the stage, includ- cently released by EMI’s Blue Note and vocal repertoire of the 17 and ITALIAN RADIO Jovanotti’s series of residencies at th ing “Transylvania Mania,” “He Vas My Records. 18 centuries. For more information “The Sicilian Corner” 11:00 AM leading Manhattan and Brooklyn Boyfriend” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” CHELSEA HANDLER - Saturday, call: 617-661-1812 or visit: to 1:00 PM every Friday with host Tom clubs with the Soleluna NY LAB, a For tickets call 1-800-982-2787 or April 10, 2010 at 8PM and 10:30PM. www.bemf.org Zappala and Mike Lomazzo and “The New York-based collective of musi- www.broadwayacrossamerica.com. Night talk show host, author and Italian Show” w/Nunzio DiMarca cians from Italy, the United States and stand up comedian Chelsea Handler FIRST CHURCH CONGREGATIONAL every Sunday from 10AM to 1PM Brazil. A critically acclaimed pioneer THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY will celebrate the release of her third Lindsay Chapel www.1110wccmam.com in the international hip hop scene THEATRE MAIN STAGE book, CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG Mason & Garden Streets “Italia Oggi” (Italy Today) Sun- renown for working in his native Ital- 264 Huntington Ave., Boston,MA BANG, by headlining a 21 city tour Cambridge, MA days 1PM to 2PM with host Andrea ian language, Jovanotti again breaks STICK FLY - February 19 – March presented by Belvedere Vodka with CANTATAS, SONATAS & MORAL Urdi 1460 AM www.1460WXBR.com new ground on his first Stateside set. 21, 2010 the Huntington Theatre special guest Heather McDonald. 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Movie starts at Boston’s South End. scenery and costumes owned by www.seraphimsingers.org. the Summer of 2009 during 11:15. Free and open to the public. Page 12 POST-GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 2010

Recipes from the Homeland by Vita Orlando Sinopoli

Blogging for God: Priests and nuns should research sci- COPYRIGHT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED learn to blog and use the internet in order entist David ELBOWS WITH ZUCCHINI to spread the word of Jesus, Pope Benedict Gunn. As XVI said last week. “Priests can rightly be proof, The Na- in Tomato Sauce expected to be present in the world of digital tional Exam- 2 medium-size zucchini, washed and chopped (not peeled) communications as faithful witnesses to iner ran a 2 large ripe tomatoes or a four-ounce portion crushed tomatoes the Gospel,” the 82-year-old pope declared, photo of the ageless Sophia Loren. Ah, she 1/3 cup olive oil through means such as “images, videos, certainly has kissable lips! 1 chopped medium onion animated features, blogs, and websites.” The Kissing can also create problems! Princess 1 tablespoon capers (optional) Pope is already leading the way: He has Caroline of Monaco, may dump her hus- Basil and salt launched the site Pope2you.net, which in- band Prince Ernst August of Hanover over 1/2 pound elbow macaroni cludes an iPhone application. He also has photos of him kissing another woman. In a saucepan, sauté onion and capers in oil until onion a Facebook page, though he doesn’t use The German magazine Bunte published is opaque. Add chopped ripened tomatoes or four ounces of Twitter. pictures of Ernst with a gal in Phuket, crushed tomato. If a heavier sauce is preferred, use a four- Should Pius XVI be a saint? Pope Benedict Thailand, and gorgeous Caroline is said to ounce-can prepared tomato sauce instead. Cover and sim- XVI thinks so. Critics say Pius doesn’t war- be “deeply humiliated.” Well, a divorce mer about seven minutes. Add chopped zucchini and dried rant sainthood, arguing that he ignored the settlemen would ease her pain — the prince or fresh basil. Add water if more liquid is desired. Bring to a great moral imperative of his time: saving is reportedly worth about $8 BILLION! boil. Cover and simmer slowly until zucchini is tender. European Jewry during World War II. Not so! Giuseppina, la coscia storta, suggests Cook pasta according to directions on the package. Pour But his opposition to Hitler’s “Final Solution” Caroline dump the Scornato and go for the zucchini with sauce over cooked elbows and serve. wasn’t exactly staunch. Enough said! billions of dollars. Serves two. How well we remember our visit to Dachau Spanked kids are more likely to grow up a few days after the concentration camp was to be successful, well-adjusted adults than NOTE: Spaghetti may be cooked and served with the zuc- liberated. In brief, really brief, we drove those who don’t reveals a new study by chini in place of elbows. Captain Borom to Dachau to see what was Marjorie Gunnoe, a psychology professor. being done to help the victims. It was a grue- Gunnoe’s results reveal that children ages some sight! The walking dead! Enough aid. 2 to 6 who were given corporal punishment Vita can be reached at [email protected] Wow! Two New York plumbers were ar- perform better on almost every measure rested and jailed for days after police caught that was considered than those who were them with a bag of candy. Jose Pena and given time-outs or had privileges taken • Editorial (Continued from Page 3) Cesar Rodriguz went into a store to buy their away. is wondering how AG Holder Christmas day, transferred favorite coconut candy; when they came out, How true! People are happier on weekends. could come up with this de- to Gitmo so military interro- two officers asked to search the van. A new study revealed people felt emotion- cision? Why take on the un- gators can learn where “Go search,” Rodriguz said. “I even opened ally happier, physically better, and more necessary expense, risk the Yemeni training camps are the door.” When one of the cops found a sand- competent from Friday evening through ACLU providing the New York located and the identities of wich bag with a crumbled, shiny substance Sunday afternoon. The study covered both Times national security se- other terrorists? inside, he shouted, “Bingo!” For days, the men and women, regardless of age, salary, crets it obtains during dis- Would any president, with men languished in jail until a test revealed education, or length of workweek. covery motions, and offer America’s best interest in that the substance was coconut candy, not Don’t toss-in the towel! When staying at a these hardened terrorists a mind, call for the closing of crack cocaine. hotel reuse towels for benefit of the envi- worldwide public forum to GITMO within one year of A new analysis of census data by the Pew ronment. InterContinental Hotels calcu- spew anti-America propa- his inauguration? Research Center shows that women are now lates that its towel reuse program saves 199 ganda? Is the administration Would any competent Sec- the main breadwinners in 22 percent of U.S. million liters of water a year in the U.S. secretly rooting for the bad retary of Homeland Security, households; up from 7 percent in 1970, and alone. And with fewer towels to wash, hotels guys? with America’s best interest that in nearly a third of marriages, the wife use less energy to run their washers and Let’s look at the facts. in mind, refuse to utter the is better educated than the husband. “The dryers, and release fewer pollutants into lo- Would any administration, word “terrorism,” and think more economic independence and educa- cal waters. with America’s best inter- that flag waving, Christian, tion a woman gains,” the Pew study found, Although 2009 gave people plenty of rea- est in mind, allow civilian veteran gun owners are the “the more likely she is to stay married.” sons to drown their sorrows, beer sales trials in the U.S. when biggest threat to national Ah, women! We have repeatedly said plunged 2.2 percent, the first annual drop congressionally approved security? women are better managers than men. Just since 2003. Small batch “craft” brewers military tribunals are more All elections have conse- think, our mothers managed to feed us, saw their sales increase, with the largest, suitable? quences, and the November clean us, educate us, protect us, etc. None Boston Beer Co., growing 1.7 percent. Wouldn’t a president, with 2008 election is no excep- of us would be around if our mothers were Heading for Los Angeles? You may want America’s best interest in tion. Arguably, 90 percent of not good managers! to take a guided bus tour of Los Angeles mind, immediately fire his Manhattan voted for Barack Forget robbing a bank! Bank robberies violence-filled gang turf. Tour operators re- attorney general if he even Obama, and they should live declined about 20 percent last year to their quire customers to sign a waiver, acknowl- floated the idea of transfer- with their decision. I hope lowest point in a decade. Recessions typi- edging the risk of gunfire, before riding an ring the worst of the worse the terrorism trials remain cally lead to a boom in bank robberies, but unmarked bus in hopes of glimpsing real high valued Guantanamo in New York City, and these new law-enforcement tools, including cash Crips, Bloods, and other gang members. Bay detainees to New York people come to the realiza- implanted with GPS tracking devices, have Heavy duty! A Weight Watchers meeting City, especially after they tion that they made a huge discouraged would-be robbers. in Sweden was disrupted by the floor wanted to plead guilty in mistake when they voted for The astute Rosalie Cunio of Waltham, collapsing under the weight of the dieters. a military tribunal at someone who did not have says, “If it’s easy to borrow money from a “We suddenly heard a huge thud,” said one Gitmo? their, and America’s, best bank as it advertising claims, why should anonymous slimmer, “and everything flew Wouldn’t a competent AG, interest in mind. anyone want to rob it?” up in the air.” Luckily, the collapse was slow with America’s best interest The noted Mona Lisa Cappuccio of East enough for dieters to reach intact portions in mind, immediately order Reach Gregory D. Lee through Boston, reminds us, a bank is a place where of the floor before it gave way. They also the Nigerian National who his website: www.gregory you deposit money so that it will be there pulled the scale to safety, calmly complet- attempted to explode a De- dlee.com. Check out his blog when other people want it. ing their weekly weigh-in in the corridor. troit bound airliner on www.gregorydlee.blogspot.com Bella Culo of Chestnut Hill, claims, some Which coin first used the phrase “In God people’s only interest in life comes from We Trust”? A two-cent coin minted in 1864. their bank account. Where in the United States do you not have 1st Generation Weird! Dennis Hopper, the 73-year-old to pay taxes? On an Indian reservation. Easy Rider who is suffering from prostate What is the hardest natural substance in Italian-American cancer has filed for divorce from his wife the world? The diamond. What percentage Victoria Duffy. As for the shocking divorce, of the human body is made up of water? Vita Orlando Sinopoli a friend says: “This is about getting his wife Seventy percent. Shares with us Victoria, his fourth wife, out of the will — Our noted musicologist Albert Natale re- nothing more, nothing less.” Yes, Dennis ports a series of strange incidents has a delightful recollection Hopper has been married four times. raised fears about Scottish singer Susan of her memories as a child Go nuts! Eat plenty of pistachios to reduce Boyle’s mental health, including her sing- heart disease risk. Researchers discovered ing into a mop at a Heathrow Airport depar- growing up in people with moderately high cholesterol ture lounge. The frumpy star, who came to Boston’s “Little Italy” improved their blood cholesterol levels and worldwide fame when she won a British TV and a collection of reduced their risk of heart disease after eat- talent contest, was asked by several fellow ing two to three ounces of pistachios over waiting passengers to sing, and she re- Italian family recipes four weeks. Experts say pistachios are rich sponded by grabbing a mop, pretending it from the homeland. in nutrients like arginine, which helps was a microphone, and singing and danc- make nitric oxide in the blood. Nitric oxide ing across the floor, while shouting obsceni- can prevent build-up in the arterial walls ties. The once reticent Boyle has also been Great as Gifts and reduce hardening of the arteries. A car- seen cursing and berating people at a cafe FROM MY BAKERY PERCH available on AMAZON.COM diologist suggested you down one to two and a pub. and in local bookstores — ask for handfuls of pistachios a day to gain the ben- Happy birthday to Rosemarie Sansone and Hard cover #1-4010-9805-3 ISBN efits of the miracle nut. Paul Vignoli! Soft Cover #1-4010-9804-5 ISBN Fuller lips make gals look younger! So says AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN NAME POST-GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 Page 13

• The Socially Set (Continued from Page 9)

February school vacation headed to the novice slope of ruary school vacation was was a couple of weeks away Cannon Mountain to take a approaching. Both Sal and and I had made plans to go skiing lesson. The instruc- my faculty friend, Tom, left on vacation. I was teaching tor took about a half hour, vacation plans to me and I drafting and industrial de- showing us the ins and outs decided on Puerto Rico. I sign at Hyde Park High of the sport. To me, the most knew two things about this School and was playing with important aspect of every- island that was an American several bands, performing thing was how to stop. Once commonwealth, and it would each night of the week ex- I thought I was ready, I be warm during February cept Monday. That was un- headed to the top of the nov- vacation. I called a friend of officially the night off for ice slope, but didn’t think I Uncle Nick and Aunt Dor- most musicians, back in the could maneuver around all othy. He was the vice presi- day. I had learned my lesson of the beginners who were dent of Colpitts Travel a month earlier, between falling down. As a result, I Agency and he knew just Christmas and New Year’s decided to head farther up what I wanted. As a result, Eve. I had accepted an invi- the mountain. When I got he put a package together tation at a ski lodge near to the intermediate level, that we could afford and we Cannon Mountain in New it was too crowded, so I con- were to leave on the Friday Hampshire. tinued until I found myself afternoon before the vaca- Let me start by saying, “I at the top of the mountain tion week. hate the cold.” As I’ve gotten with the expert skiers. I Back in the day, you older, I hate it even more, snapped on my skis, pointed dressed at night in San but even back then, I hated them down the mountain, Juan, so I filled two suit the cold. This time around, said a quick Hail Mary, and cases with suits, ties, shirts, I wanted to vacation in the pushed off. and whatever I would need tropics. More about the plans Dragging my ski poles, I for the beach and the pool. in a minute, but first let me slowly descended the moun- Dad, mom and Babbononno Fred Warburg, the brother of Max Warburg, and Katie tell you about that trip to tain, swerving to avoid the drove Sal and me to the East- Cox at “Step Up to the Plate for Courage” event. Cannon Mountain: A pretty pros that were flying down ern Airlines Terminal and (Photo by Roger Farrington) young teacher on our faculty the mountain. The swerving we waited for Tom to show Majestic Theatre in Boston. people in appreciation for was an avid skier and in- also allowed me to miss the up. When he did, we were NEC is co-founder and edu- their contributions, it is vited me and another young trees and boulders that dot- raring to go, but there was a cational partner of From the about more than just beau- male teacher from the Hyde ted the slopes of Cannon problem, it was snowing and Top, a weekly radio program tiful flowers; it is an oppor- Park faculty to the ski lodge Mountain. I was nervous and our flight was delayed. There that celebrates outstanding tunity to share hope for a she belonged to. We would wished I were back home was a lounge at the Eastern young classical musicians world free from cancer. pay our own way, but as her having a glass of winter wine Terminal that was owned by from the entire country. For more information guests, it was a lot cheaper with Babbononno. former Senator LoPresti. I With its broadcast home in about the Society’s “Daffodil than if we made reserva- Well, I somehow made it had campaigned for him Jordan Hall, the show is now Days,” contact the American tions at a hotel. down the mountain without when he ran for office and carried by National Public Cancer Society at 1-800- I had never been on skis falling or hitting anything. he knew me by name. He Radio and is heard on 250 ACS-2345 or visit before and didn’t have the When I arrived at the nov- happened to be at the lounge stations throughout the www.cancer.org/daffodils. right clothing nor the equip- ice slope, I zigzagged my way when we went in and he United States. Enjoy! ment necessary. When I around all of the falling be- spotted me. We shook hands ……. There’s still time to mentioned my plans to the ginners and saw the side and I introduced him to my order daffodils in support of (Be sure to visit Hilda guys in the bands I was wall of public ski lodge com- friends, and then lamented the American Cancer Soci- Morrill’s gardening Web site, working with, a couple of ing closer I pointed my skis that our flight was delayed. ety. Friday, March 5 is the www.bostongardens.com, them offered to lend me the at each other (called snow He told the bartender to take deadline. As one of the and sign the Guest Book for a necessary clothing and plowing) and jumped side- care of us, gratis. He whis- Society’s oldest and most chance to win tickets to the boots. Sal Meli, an old friend ways. I stopped within a pered to me that the drinks beloved fundraising pro- 2010 Boston Flower and Gar- from East Boston could take couple of feet of the outside were on the house but that grams, “Daffodil Days” em- den Show, being held March time off from his job at wall of the lodge, snapped off we should take care of his powers everyone from CEOs 24 – 28, at the Seaport World Polaroid and decided to join my rented skis, looked back bartender and off he went. to school children to make Trade Center, Boston. In ad- in with us, and on Decem- at the slopes of the moun- Well, I’m not much of a it their business to help dition to events covered and ber 26, Sal, the girl that in- tain, saluted and headed in- drinker and neither was Sal. save lives by fighting back reported by the columnist, vited us and the other male side with no broken bones, Tom had a couple but the against cancer and helping “The Socially Set” is compiled teacher, a Tom Aylward, and no scrapes or bruises, only friend that drove him to the to create a world with more from various other sources I jumped into my Thunder- a body full of cold New Hamp- airport put a good dent in a birthdays. such as news and press re- bird four-seater and headed shire mountain air. I had bottle of Jack Daniels and Although “Daffodil Days” leases, PRNewswire services, north. beginner’s luck and didn’t was feeling no pain. involves offering daffodils to etc.) It was Wednesday morn- want to tempt fate. That was After a couple of hours, ing, the day after Christmas. the first and last time I ever they rescheduled our flight I picked everyone up, but told put on a pair of skis in my in spite of the snow and by Fully Insured my friends that we would life. Once inside, I ordered late that evening we were Lic #017936 have to come home on Sun- a hot chocolate and waited ready to fly out. day, as I was playing on New for Sal and the rest of my Just before boarding the Year’s Eve, but didn’t want to friends to come back and plane, I called home to let take any chances and would join me. I don’t know if I everyone know what was be ready to head home on was dressed well enough for going on. Babbononno an- Heating & Air Conditioning that Sunday. All agreed and the northern New England swered and told me that I Sales, Service & Installation off we went. climate, but it took me a should have taken him with The resort had all of the day or two to warm up. I made me to translate. I asked my Ken Shallow amenities, and by late after- a promise to myself, if the grandfather if he could 617.593.6211 [email protected] noon, we were checked in good Lord would allow me to speak Spanish and he said, and raring to go. After din- thaw out; I would never go “Noh, ma Italiano, sheeza ner, Sal, Tom and I were skiing or try outdoor winter peedy close to Spanisha.” I introduced to the club mem- sports ever again. I warmed thanked him anyway and bers and we partied until up and have actually kept told him to tell Mom and Dad it was time to call it quits. my promise. we were ready to leave. I’M Early the next morning, I It was a couple of months OUT OF SPACE AND WILL was fitted for skis and later, and as I said, the Feb- CONTINUE NEXT WEEK. 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The time has come, the walrus said, NEWS BRIEFS TO TALK OF MANY THINGS (FROM ITALIAN of shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings NEWSPAPERS AND by Sal Giarratani OTHER PUBLICATIONS) QUOTE OF THE WEEK age and character, will con- year effort to turn Blue Hill Compiled by Orazio Z. Buttafuoco “Dissent is the highest form tinue the tradition of Quinn Avenue “green.” Local busi- of Patriotism.” Scholars”. For more infor- ness leaders, Mayor Tom — Howard Zinn, noted ’60s mation and tickets, you can Menino and the cast of ITALY AND CHINA: A NEW JOINT VENTURE. The Pirelli professor at B.U. who passed call Ronan Fitzpatrick at WGBH-TV’s “This Old House” Corporation, the giant Italian tire maker which is credited away recently at age 87 617-242-5493. joined together to launch th for creating the “belted tire”, has further consolidated its SAY GOOD-BYE TO HAPPY 30 ANNIVERSARY the creation of the Partner- presence in China by investing 50 million euro in the en- VIVA VIAGRA TO PATTY SUPREY ship for Greening Blue Hill th vironment field in which Italy has gained a significant po- Reacting to scrutiny from Happy 30 anniversary to Avenue. The $250,000 ini- sition over the past ten years. Pirelli President Marco the Food and Drug Adminis- Charlestown’s Patty Suprey tiative aims to train 200 Tronchetti Provera, while in China a few weeks ago (2009), tration, Pfizer like other drug for being the City of Boston’s young people to work as explained that the factory to be built will be managed by a companies are toning down first female basketball certified technicians who joint venture with the Chinese group Hixih, a partner with those E.D. commercials. player to score 1,000 points. will weatherize 1,000 homes Pirelli since 2005, in the production of tires; it will be built Gone are those middle-aged Recently, she was inducted in Dorchester, Mattapan at Yanzhou, in the province of Shandong (Northern China) bikers singing “Viva Viagra” into the Boston State/UMass and Roxbury. The aim of where the Italian company already owns two factories for which will be replaced by Boston’s Women’s Basket- the program is creating the production of tires. The Pirelli president also explained an old guy talking with ball Hall of Fame. jobs, “greening” homes and that over the next three years the investment will reach his doctor. Doesn’t sound HOMES FOR OUR increasing neighborhood 50 million euro, and with growth of the market, and also very exciting to me and TROOPS FUNDRAISER health and wellness. demand, the new production line may well produce 100,000 I liked that “Viva Viagra” Homes For Our Troops DON’T FORGET pieces. We have also learned that the new initiative has tune. hosted a community fund- “CHARLESTOWN LIVE” been supported by both the Italian and Chinese Ministries QUINN SCHOLARSHIP raiser at Florian Hall re- “Charlestown Live,” the TV of Environment. One particular protocol, signed in Beijing DINNER, APRIL 10 cently. Homes For Our Troops show all about Charlestown by an official of the Italian Ministry of Environment by Back on April 4, 1970, the is a national non-profit, airs every Thursday at the City of Beijing and by the Pirelli Company, calls for first annual scholarship in non-partisan 501 (c) (3) out- 6:30pm on Comcast, Chan- the installation of special filters in all cars to prevent honor of Michael Quinn was fit founded in 2004. It assists nel 9. Reruns air Saturday pollution. held at Memorial Hall on severely injured service- at 8pm and Monday at TAX DODGING IN ITALY: THE CONTINUING SAGA. The Green Street in Charles- men and servicewomen and 10:30am. It is MUST pro- st Italian Revenue Agency has recently announced ten bil- town. This year the 41 their immediately families gramming for Charlestown lion euro never reported was discovered by the Fiscal Agents scholarship dinner will be by raising funds to coordi- residents. (Guardia di Finanza). Also, 2.8 billion euro was returned to held at the Malden Irish nate the process of build- PROF. HOWARD ZINN, RIP the State coffers, while 6,000 people were investigated and American Club on the ing a home that allows for Yeah, that’s right. This much closer attention placed on wealthy taxpayers. How- Medford-Malden border on the ability to live life more aging conservative baby ever, one problem still persists: the hiding of capital in fis- West Street in Malden. This independently. boomer remembers radical cal paradises abroad. With regard to the latter, specialized year’s dinner will be salut- The Florian Hall event was history professor Howard fiscal officials and agents will focus their attention in in- ing Sean G. Smith, a 2009 well attended and featured Zinn from Boston University vestigating the disappearance of capital which amount, for graduate of Boston Latin the music of “Dukes of in a positive way. Back in my the first eight months of 2009, to over ten billion euro ($14 School and a member of Disco” DJ Dru Errico. For college days, in the middle billion). The frequent discovery of tax dodgers in Italy is Boston University’s Class of more information on Homes of the Vietnam War, I wasn’t due to an increase of tax evaders, particularly by the rich 2013. He is the son of Mary for Our Troops, you can con- afraid to listen to all sides crowd. Anne Regan. tact Christine McGuiggan before making up my own ITALY RESPONDS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO SEEK A This year’s featured at 617-335-3285, Jeanine mind. I didn’t agree with ev- REFUGE. Recently a new law has been added to the books. speaker will be Brigadier McInnis at 617-875-4280 erything Zinn said but much Now anyone who tries to sneak into Italy commits a crime. General Lew Craparotta, or Dan McInnis at 617-875- of his words made complete This law became effective in August (2009) when the two ADC, Marine Division. 4270. sense. I still have his “A branches of the Italian Parliament approved the final version Ronan Fitzpatrick is get- GREEN HILL AVENUE??? People’s History of the United of the bill. It contains a variety of causes. One concerns ting, as he says, for an Former Reebok head States” in my bookshelf. It cases of “arranged marriages”, another deals specifically evening of saluting Sean honcho Paul Fireman and still makes sense today as with child abuse of all kinds, another with the confiscation and his family, and perpetu- other Hub executives are it did back when I was 20 of property of illegal origin, and to the extension of clandes- ating Michael’s noble cour- helping to launch a 10- something. tine residence to a period of 180 days as ascertained in the centers of identification, and expulsion from the Italian land. The only clandestine who will not be expelled will be those who come to work in homes as domestics. These people can remain but only if their employer pays a “una tantum” sum of 500 euro. This law also deals with those who offend a public official. In short, the new immigrants, especially the illegal aliens, are warned to never use insulting phrases at any of the highest officials of the State, e.g., never call … Berlusconi a … salame!

DEADLINE STOPPER: on Eagle Wings, BC Wins Beanpot 4-3! by Bob DeCristoforo It really was an exciting struck again on a goal by Beanpot final, but what do Barry Almeida. Let’s see, you expect when the final- Score BC-4, BU-1. Over, no ists are BC and BU. There way! With 9:00 on the clock was even a vision of Wash- Dave Warsofsky (BU) made ington DC when BU Coach it 4-2, and at 17:14 Colby Jack Parker, down 4-3, Cohen (BU) made it 4-3! pulled netminder Kieran Momentum has certainly Millan for an extra skater shifted, but BC goaltender with a little under two John Muse didn’t. The minutes to go. Yes, the BU final BC-4, BU-3. Goaltender Terrier still has bite, but Muse was named Beanpot this year the Beanpot, MVP. Eagles take home the Fill out coupon below and mail with payment to: Post-Gazette, PO Box 130135, Boston, MA 02113. deservingly so, goes to BC. 58th Beanpot Championship. Kevin Shattenkirk put BU In the Consolation game ahead at 13:36 of the first Tyler McNeely and Greg I would like to send a one year Gift Subscription of the Boston Post-Gazette period much to the delight of Costa gave Northeastern a to the following person(s). I have enclosed $30 per subscription. the “Red and White” fan- 2-0 lead, and the Huskies atics. Boson College struck never looked back. Harvard’s back big time, early and of- Coner Morrison did cut the ten in period two. At 1:01 lead to 2-1 halfway through Freshman Steve Whitney the game, but period three tied it up. Senior Carl Sneep was all Northeastern and all put the Eagles ahead at Wade Macleod, who scored 12:33 and freshman Chris two goals. Northeastern wins Kreider’s spectacular goal, 4-1. Last week I thought the assisted by Jimmy Hayes Beanpot was losing some of made it 3-1 sending the its magic, this week the “new” Garden to new heights! magic is back the Beanpot WWW.BOSTONPOSTGAZETTE.COM At 4:22 of the third period BC now resides at BC. Go Eagles! BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 2010 Page 15

• News Briefs (Continued from Page 1) leaders to take the reins of told by an aide that Dennis EXTRA Innings government and move us in and Callahan didn’t invite the right direction.” He is a Coakley until the last two by Sal Giarratani first time candidate but his days of the race. Rooney says father Sal was a State Sena- a “highly placed” person in Petrocelli to Apara Jenkins Strikes Out letics and Twins and a two- tor from Somerville from the Coakley campaign told Back during the sixties, at McGwire time Golden Glover just 1984 to 1990. her it was until the final two my favorite shortstops in- Ferguson Jenkins says signed with the Cincinnati Community Meeting on days before Callahan and cluded Ernie Banks from slugger Mark McGwire owes Reds for a 1-year $3.02 mil- Cook Street Play Area Dennis invited Coakley on the Cubs, Tony Kubek from an apology to all those pitch- lion contract as the Reds There will be a community their show and Rooney the Yankees and Luis ers who served up homers to 2010 starting shortstop. Last meeting to discuss improve- stated, “I went with that.” Aparacio from either the him. The Hall of Fame season after landing with ments to the Cook Street Rooney wanted Dennis and White Sox or Orioles. In pitcher sent a letter to the the Twins, he took them into Play Area in Charlestown. Callahan to appear on her 1967, I had a new favorite Associated Press and said the playoffs. Back in 2008 he Boston Parks and Recreation WGBH-FM (89.7) radio show in Rico Petrocelli and the McGwire has even begun to did the same thing for the and the Mayor’s Office of on January 28. Callahan said Impossible Dream Team apologize to all those careers Detroit Tigers. Since leav- Neighborhood Services invite “I didn’t even know she had Red Sox. In 1971, the Red he harmed and ended. ing the Sox after helping the public to attend the meet- a radio show and Dennis de- Sox picked up Luis Aparacio Jenkins also said he would them win the pennant and ing. It will be held at the clined saying that it was his at age 37 and moved Rico have known how to pitch to World Series in 2004, he has Charlestown Community day “to floss.” OUCH! Next over to third where he be- the Big Mac. Said Jenkins, played for almost as many Center on Medford Street on time she better check with came an outstanding third “It’s tough to hit a home run teams as the Red Sox have Tuesday, February 23 at more than one source before baseman too. What amazes off your back. In my era, had shortstops. 6:30pm. going on the record and look- me to this day is that Rico Seaver, Gibson, Drysdale, Still wondering why he Fort Pointers Ask ing foolish. at age 28 was moved to third Carlton, these guys would never stays long with any What About Them Cutting Film Tax Credits to make room for Aparacio have probably knocked him one team? Rumors are ram- Recently, the city’s power Dumb Idea at shortstop at age 37. This on his butt”. part about why, but who can brokers met to discuss The Bay State film indus- tells you what an All-Staff Besides Jenkins, both Hall believe rumors. He is a solid expansion ideas for the try is giving a “cut” and and Hall of Famer Aparacio of Famers Goose Gossage hitting, good defensive, ev- Boston Convention & Exhibi- thumbs down to Governor was during his baseball and Carlton Fisk have both eryday kind of player. When tion Center but nobody Deval Patrick’s plan to slash career. knocked McGwire for the he finally retires, he’s prob- apparently invited a repre- the tax credits that helped Petrocelli made a seam- harm done to professional ably going to be a solid .275 sentative from the Fort create more than $1 billion less switch to third finishing baseball. lifetime hitter and while he Point Channel neighborhood in economic activity. Patrick with fewer errors than Cabrera Signs with Reds may never get into the Hall next door. Fort Point resi- filed his $28.2 billion budget Golden Glove winner Brooks Shortstop Orlando Cabrera of Fame, he is better than dent Steven Hollinger said, on January 27 that included Robinson, the best third who hit .284 last season many recent additions to “There hasn’t been a single cuts to human services, baseman of the sixties. splitting time with the Ath- Cooperstown. public meeting in the neigh- raises taxes on candy, tonic borhood to discuss the plan and smokeless tobacco but • Mayor’s Column (Continued from Page 1) and that’s troubling.” spares local aid. Remember, Convention Partnership is 2010 he is up for re-election. contain false or inaccurate DO verify that your attor- “Don’t Be a Victim of Immi- a group of 27 individuals and While saying, the film tax information. ney is licensed or your rep- gration Fraud” and “Find- while the group includes credit “has been wildly suc- DO NOT let anyone keep resentative is accredited by ing Legal Advice” links at some South Boston resi- cessful but has been very your original documents. the Board of Immigration www.uscis.gov/haitian dents, no one from Fort Point expensive,” the governor has DO NOT pay more than a Appeals (BIA). earthquake. was named to the commit- reduced the credit by $75 nominal fee to someone who For additional information tee. Don Eyles, a member of million. is not an attorney or make on how to avoid becoming a ST. JUDE AND ST. ANTHONY NOVENA payments on the internet. victim of an immigra- the Fort Point arts commu- At a time of rising unem- May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be nity says, “It’s shocking be- ployment, this film tax credit DO make photocopies of tion scam and how to ver- adored, glorified, loved and preserved all documents prepared or ify whether an attorney is throughout the world now and for- cause as we understand it, cut could have a very seri- ever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for the expansion will impinge ous negative impact on jobs submitted for you. licensed or a representa- us. St. Jude, worker of miracles, pray on our neighborhood quite a created by the film industry. DO get a receipt any time tive is accredited by the for us. St. Jude, help of the hopeless, you pay someone to assist BIA, please visit the pray for us. St. Anthony, most loving bit.” Judging Bills By Sponsers? protector and wonder worker, pray James Rooney, MCCA ex- The Boston Herald’s Howie you in completing or submit- forus.Saythisprayer9timesaday ting forms. LEGAL NOTICE and by the 8th day your prayer will be ecutive director states, “We Carr had another great col- answered. It has never been known to can’t have everyone on a umn on a recent Sunday, Commonwealth of Massachusetts fail. Publication must be promised. group like this but we re- talking about in-state tuition The Trial Court My prayers have been answered. Favor received. P.G. Middlesex Probate and Family Court ATP spect and understand the for illegals and former Sena- ATTENTION 208 Cambridge Street fact that we need to commu- tor Anthony Galluccio who Cambridge, MA 02141 nicate with those neighbor- Carr now refers to as the “ex- Docket No. MI10P0372GD ATTORNEYS ST. JUDE AND ST. ANTHONY NOVENA hoods. Now Fort Point resi- senator formerly of Cam- In the Matter of May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be dents wait to see if actions bridge, now of Billerica, as in LINDA SOK The POST-GAZETTE Of LOWELL, MA adored, glorified, loved and preserved match those words. Billerica House of Correc- RESPONDENT throughout the world now and for- Emily Forgot to Check tions.” Galluccio sponsored, Alleged Incapacitated Person ever. Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for newspaper is a paper us. St. Jude, worker of miracles, pray More Sources before quickly leaving Bea- CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF for us. St. Jude, help of the hopeless, WEEI sports radio’s “Dennis con Hill, a bill entitled “An of general circulation. PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF pray for us. St. Anthony, most loving GUARDIAN FOR INCAPACITATED protector and wonder worker, pray & Callahan” are hitting back Act Relative to Equal Access We are qualified to PERSON PURSUANT TO forus.Saythisprayer9timesaday at PBS queen Emily Rooney to Higher Education.” Howie G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 and by the 8th day your prayer will be after she dissed the duo on wondered if the former sena- accept legal notices To the named Respondent and all other answered. It has never been known to fail. Publication must be promised. TV saying the duo didn’t in- tor had used too much tooth- from any court in each interested persons, a petition has been filed by The Department of Mental Health of My prayers have been answered. vite Martha Coakley onto paste before trying to give Favor received. P.G. town that we serve. Tewksbury, MA in the above captioned mat- MAC their morning-drive radio foreign freeloaders yet an- ter alleging that Linda Sok is in need of a show until a couple of days other handout. Guardian and requesting that Tami M. Dristilliaris of Dracut, MA (or some other LEGAL NOTICE before the election. However, Howie called this piece of LEGAL NOTICES suitable person) be appointed as Guardian Gerry Callahan and John legislation a bad penny that to serve Without Surety on the bond. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Dennis and their show’s pro- keeps returning. Seems the The petition asks the court to determine The Trial Court For information on placing that the Respondent is incapacitated, that Suffolk Probate and Family Court ducer Ian Meropol say not so. Democrats have learned a Legal Notice in the the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, 24 New Chardon Street According to them Coakley little from the January 19 and that the proposed Guardian is appro- P.O. Box 9667 was invited to come on the election results. The people POST-GAZETTE, please priate. The petition is on file with this court Boston, MA 02114 and may contain a request for certain specific Docket No. SU10P0231EA air with them about a half- speak out loud and clear to call (617) 227-8929; authority. In the Estate of dozen times between the pri- tone-deaf legislators. You have the right to object to this pro- LILLIAN DANNA ceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your mary and January 19. Ac- Guv Still Doesn’t Get It or mail notice to: Late of BOSTON, MA 02128 attorney must file a written appearance at Date of Death November 26, 2009 cording to Dennis, “Emily Governor Deval Patrick in POST-GAZETTE this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the Rooney has bad sourcing and his January 21 State of the return date of 4/12/2010. This day is NOT a NOTICE OF PETITION FOR Emily Rooney doesn’t check State Address apparently still P.O. BOX 135 hearing date, but a deadline date by which PROBATE OF WILL you have to file the written appearance if To all persons interested in the above her facts.” Gerry Callahan doesn’t get it from his re- BOSTON, MA 02113 you object to the petition. If you fail to file the captioned estate, a petition has been also a Herald columnist said marks directed at Bay State written appearance by the return date, action presented requesting that a document pur- it would have been “better ra- voters when he lectured, “Be Attn: Legal Notices may be taken in this matter without further porting to be the last will of said decedent notice to you. In addition to filing the written be proved and allowed and that DEBORAH dio” to have her on than angry, but channel it in a appearance, you or your attorney must file MAYO of Winthrop, MA be appointed execu- Brown. Says Callahan, “He positive direction. It is easy a written affidavit stating the specific facts trix, named in the will to serve Without Surety. was speaking to the choir for to be against things. It takes and grounds of your objection within 30 IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, days after the return date. YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE the most part.” tough-mindedness and cour- IMPORTANT NOTICE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT This whole radio feud age to be for something.” Your Ad The outcome of this proceeding may AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN limit or completely take away the above- O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON started after her January 22 The people did something named person’s right to make decisions March 4, 2010. “Beat the Press” show which positive. They went out and Could Go about personal affairs or financial affairs In addition, you must file a written affidavit discussed the topic of talk voted to send a new voice or both. The above-named person has of objections to the petition, stating specific the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may facts and grounds upon which the objection radio and the Senate race. from Massachusetts to the make this request on behalf of the above- is based, within thirty (30) days after the Said Rooney, “For talk radio US Senate. He may think Here named person. If the above-named per- return day (or such other time as the Court, listeners in the Boston area Brown is a negative but I For information son cannot afford a lawyer, one may be on motion with notice to the petitioner, may anyway, it was pretty much positively disagree with his appointed at State expense. allow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16. about advertising in WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI, WITNESS, HON. JOHN M. SMOOT, all Scott Brown all the time. opinion as I am sure the 52 First Justice of this Court. First Justice of this Court. It was a regular bash Martha percent of Bay Staters who the Post-Gazette, Date: February 1, 2010 Date: February 2, 2010 boost Scott fest.” On her sent Scott Brown to Washing- call 617-227-8929. Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate Richard Iannella, Register of Probate show, Rooney said she was ton, DC also disagrees. Run date: 2/12/10 Run date: 2/12/10 Page 16 BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 2010

HOOPS and HOCKEY in the HUB

CORNER TALK by Reinaldo Oliveira, Jr. by Richard Preiss “Attitude and Confidence in Boxing!” He calls it “Trophy Season”, Gloves and sticks went he does — that time of year sailing into the air as the when the pace, the atmo- players celebrated their sphere and indeed the very hard-earned victory over the meaning of the season be- arch-rival Terriers — the gins to change. 250th meeting between the All season long the players two schools that share a have been putting forth their street, a sport and success. best efforts, winning many No additional games in the more games than losing, regular season remain be- propelling the Boston College tween the two but they may Eagles to a number 10 rank- meet In either the Hockey ing in the college hockey East Tournament or in the world. NCAAs. Veteran Boston Uni- The victories and ranking versity coach Jack Parker Standing, left to right: Line up of great The punchers: Jerry Forte, Billy Pender, were nice all right but up labeled the game a classic 1973 Golden Glove Champions, Marvel- Dan O’Malley and Herb Weissblum. until the Beanpot something and stated there could not ous Marvin Hagler, Bobby Brown and defeats future World Heavyweight title chal- was missing. That’s right — have been a more fitting set- Jackie Smith. Seated, left to right: lenger Terry Daniels (Daniels fought Joe a thing, an item. Something ting — the Beanpot title game Reinaldo Oliveira, Jr., Mr. Amato and Jim Frazier for the World Heavyweight Title on you could reach out and being played in the Garden — Jacobs. January 15, 1972). Boxing Illustrated April touch. Something you could for the 250th matchup be- You need attitude and confidence, in box- 1969, Come-back Kid Gerald (Honey Boy) feel. Something you could tween the teams. ing. You’ve got to have it. Confidence is a Pate delivered impressively at Las Vegas. possess. It was the 15th Beanpot title must to be successful in boxing, as is atti- He’s New England’s up and coming light- That’s why Boston College for the Eagles — the Terriers tude. These are key ingredients to success, heavy ... Top ten matchmaker is Sam head coach Jerry York refers have 29. Between them the in everything you do. Standing up to adver- Silverman, top ten fight trainer is Johnny to the Beanpot as the be- two teams have won 44 of the sity. Standing up to factors, catapulted in your Dunn, honorable mention active fight figure ginning of “Trophy Season”. 58 Beanpot Tournaments path. Perseverance to obstacles and confi- is Paul Mitrano. Top local favorites: Light- Up to that point, there’s just played to date. The win was dence in resolution. The need to believe in weight Billy McCluskey launched his pro been games. Some have the 370th victory for York in yourself and who you are. It’s only you in the career on March 20th 1967 when he duked been spectacular. One — at his 16 years as BC’s head ring. As referees, Dick Flaherty, Eddie Bennie Lamumba at the Four Seasons Arena Fenway Park on January 8 — coach. He left Causeway Fitzgerald, Tinker Picot and Bob Benoit say, in Walpole, managed by Al Clemente of Bos- was indeed unique. But all Street with 837 overall victo- “Protect yourself at all times.” Confidence in ton. Irish Billy of East Boston developed into there was to take back to ries in his 38-year career as yourself, to do it and get back up when a main bout fighter after his fifth fight. A campus were memories — a college head coach. knocked down. It’s a priority, to believe in real crowd pleaser at the Roseland Ballroom and not necessarily good The Eagles won the Pot for yourself! Boxing is a sport that tests you. It in Taunton, where Dan LaFratta has been ones at that, since the Eagles the second time in three tests you in many ways and prepares you. promoting fights ... Dick Hall of Boston, turns lost that game to arch rival years and Muse was the re- When dazed by a punch, will you quit? When in a stunning upset when he halted Jimmy Boston University. cipient of a double load of you get knocked down, will you get back up? Rosette of California at 2:15 of the second “A trophy is a catalyst hardware — being named the When the crowd boos you, do you get dis- round in Las Vegas. In Maine, Jerry Graci for our team,” noted York in tournament’s Most Valuable couraged and sulk? When convincingly los- stopped Brad Silas in 8. In Taunton, Juan the post-game press confer- Player as well as the Out- ing will you believe in yourself and fight Botta kayos Ernesto Ortiz in 5, Billy ence after his team had standing Goaltender. He shut back to win! World Champions: John L. McCluskey kayos Ernie Dew in 4. Boxing claimed the Pot via a 4-3 out Harvard on opening night Sullivan, Rocky Marciano, Paul Pender, Sal Illustrated December 1972; World ratings: triumph over BU. He ex- and put the brakes on BU for Bartolo, Tony DeMarco, Marvelous Marvin Heavyweight #24 Jack O’Halloran, Light- plained that the freshmen most of the title game, en- Hagler, Vinny Paz, Jaime Clampitt, Missy heavyweights #12 Eddie Owens and and sophomores on the team abling the Eagles to jump out Fiorentino, John Ruiz demonstrated these #46 Joe DeNucci. Lightweight #50 Donny had never won a trophy until to a 4-1 lead before things got abilities. Just as top fighters StateAuditor Sennett. #24 Heavyweight Giant Irish Jack this year’s Pot, the last tour- close near the end. Joe DeNucci, Tony Petronelli, Tommy O’Halloran of Boston wins the California title ney win for the Eagles com- And, in fact, it was a thrill- Collins, Dr. Skeeter McClure, Mark DeLuca, when he defeats Henry Clark by decision. ing in the 2008 National ing finish with the game Irish Micky Ward, Irish Joey McCreedy, He also defeats Rahaman Ali, the younger Championship game. going down to the final sec- Jackie Smith, Jerry Forte, Tinker Picot and brother of Muhammad Ali, by way of a KO So as January gave way onds. When BU scored with Tommy Attardo have. All demonstrated te- at 1:23 of the eighth round. Jack O’Halloran to early February there 2:24 remaining in regulation nacity, while remaining the class individu- defeated British Commonwealth Champion was new meaning to the col- to bring the Terriers to als they are. They have a knack. The knack Dan McAlinden. A quote from Boxing Illus- lege season. You get awards within one, more than a few of being themselves. The knack of risking trated “Sort of makes him the All-Irish Heavy- for significant victories — not people thought back to last defeat, in order to win. When told “You can’t!” weight Champion.”... In New Bedford, Paul simply two points in the April when BU found the tell yourself “I can.” When told “You won’t,” Cardoza outpoints Lloyd Duncan in eight. standings. And the Beanpot range for two goals in the fi- tell yourself “I will!” As when told. “You’ll Fresno, California Billy Ryan kayoed Loyd will merely be the first op- nal minute of the national lose,” tell yourself “I’ll win!”, and “Let the Price. portunity. March will bring championship game to pull games begin!” The only finish line being Let’s “Rock!” at “A tribute to Allie the Hockey East Tourna- into a tie with Miami of Ohio victory or carried out on your shield! All Colombo, trainer of World Heavyweight ment followed by the NCAA and then won the title in equate to victory. That of doing the best you Champion Rocky Marciano. This time will Regionals. April will bring the overtime. But a last minute can. be held at Joe Angelo’s in Brockton on survivors of March Madness goal was not to be scored this Remembering Jackie Smith of Brockton, Saturday, February 20th. A great line up of to the grand stage — to Ford time and the Eagles skated a tough rated fighter. He fought a tough ar- guest are expected. Field in Detroit for the NCAA off with the most noted ray of fighters such as #1 title contender, A quote from the Mass Retirees Date Log: Frozen Four and the chance hockey hardware in the Hub. Mike Colbert; May 1949 Ring Magazine has “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if to compete for the national Statistically, BU still has a Paul Roach of Boston, as its Featherweight you want to test a man’s character give him championship trophy. big lead when the two meet Prospect of the Month; May 1951 Ring Maga- power.” — President Abraham Lincoln For our local Division I head to head in the Beanpot zine, has Middleweight Jimmy Beau of Con- Happy Birthdays: December: 10th Richard hockey teams the Beanpot is with the Terriers owning a necticut, rated #6 in the world, behind World Hand, 13th Dan Couco and Louie DeCicco, the opening of “Trophy Sea- 27-12 record over the Eagles. Champion Sugar Ray Robinson; 1983 K.O. 16th Paul Doyle and World Champion Vinny son”. And it was fitting that In the consolation game, Magazine, Vinnie Curto of East Boston de- Paz, 22nd Ed Fitzgerald, 24th Jimmy Con- the team led by the veteran Northeastern defeated Har- feats Hector Negrete in ten, Sean Mannion nors, 26th Chris Sarno, 28th Roland Milton, coach who named the tour- vard, 4-1. Very few people of South Boston defeats Billy Bradley in ten, 29th Greg Varatanian. January: 2nd Doug naments that take place in attended but it was an im- Freddie Roach of Dedham, defeats Danny Pendarvis, 7th Danny Long and Frank February, March and April as portant game for the Hus- Cruz in ten; Ring Magazine, March 1974; Calabro, 11th Jerry Huston, Ryan Long and the premier events of “Tro- kies, enabling them to cross Undefeated Light-heavyweight Vinnie Curto John O’Brien, 14th World Champion Tony phy Season” went on to cap- over the .500 threshold at DeMarco, 15th RIP Honey Mellody and ture the first rung on that 13-12-1. A few more vic- Michael George, 16th Juan Botta, 19th Missy ladder at the TD Garden. tories the rest of the way Fiorentino, 23rd RIP Peter Santoro, 27th Bob When the Eagles descended and the Huskies may find Hanna and Bob Franklin. February: 9th World on goaltender John Muse of themselves in the NCAA Champion Vito Antuofermo and Jake Kilrain, East Falmouth following their Tournament. 10th Bob Treiger, 11th Jerry Colton, 12th Mark 4-3 victory over BU, it marked In the afterglow of the DeLuca (son) and RIP Sam Langford, 13th Ray at fitting opening to the Beanpot the regular season DeLicio, 14th Ed Imondi, 18th RIP World Cham- most meaningful portion of resumes. But the next in- pion Battling Battalino, 19th Mike “Mugsy” the college hockey season. stallment of that most ex- Mullen, 20th Charlie Tartaglia, 21st Tom BU has the memories for citing season — “Trophy Sea- McNeeley and Bobby Gould, 22nd Ronnie winning the Frozen Fenway son” — resumes in mid Gerstel, 23rd Michael Halstead, 24th Tommy game, but BC has the trophy March with the Hockey East Conlon and RIP World Champion Lou Bogash, for winning the Beanpot. Tournament. The winning Left to Right: Referee Dick Flaherty, Dan 25th Ralph Wright, 26th Dennis Marrese, The teams split two other team not only gets a trophy Couco of IBRO, Joe Marques, Don Green, 28th Rick Marinick. regular season encounters. but a big prize as well — an Bobby Bolster and Jimmy Connors dinning Next week an update on Vinny Marino, So who made out better? You automatic berth in the NCAA out at the Florian Hall. who’s doing some great things. decide. Regionals. Stay tuned.