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January 14–27, 2008 The Officficialial GuGuideide to BOSBOSTONTON WINTER FUN IN BOSTON

PLUS: Free Open House at the Museum of Fine Arts MLK Day Events Spamalot Returns to Boston

PANORAMA Welcomes the YANKEE DENTAL CONFERENCE

panoramamagazine.com contents COVER STORY 13 Winter Fun in Boston The inside scoop on the best waysways to enjoy the Hub when the weather is cold

DEPARTMENTS 6 around the hub 6 NEWS & NOTES 10 DINING 12 ON STSTAGEAGE 9 ON EXHIBIT 11 NIGHTLIFE

18 the hub directory 19 CURRENT EVENTS 37 MAPS 26 CLUBS & BARS 43 FREEDOM TRAIL 28 MUSEUMS & GALLERIES 45 SHOPPING 32 SIGHTSEEING 51 RESTAURANTS 35 EXCURSIONS 65 NEIGHBORHOODS

78 5 questions with…Comedian COLIN QUINN

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calendar of events aroundthehubby Josh B. Wardrop WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 NEWS&NOTES Adrift in Macao, a musical spoof of film noir by lauded playwright Christopher Durang and compos- er Peter Melnick, continues its run at the Lyric Stage Company. Refer to listing, page 23.

GET IN THE KNOW SATURDAY, JANUARY 19 ABOUT STOWE Expect a bravura vocal perform- If you find yourself in the ance from acclaimed counter- vicinity of Copley Place on tenor David Daniels when January 26, make sure you he brings his dulcet tones to stop by the Panorama Jordan Hall at the New England Welcome Center (pictured Conservatory. Refer to listing, above). In addition to having page 19. the opportunity to pick up additional copies of the fine FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 publication you’re reading Experience an evening of

right now, you’ll be able to superlative guitar and exotic AIR F

ask a Welcome Center South American sounds when the Y

concierge for tips on how to Sanders Theatre plays host to The ENR

get the most out of your Assad Brothers’ (pictured) J. H

visit to Boston. And, begin- Brazilian Guitar Festival at 8 BY O ning at 11 a.m., a represen- p.m. Refer to listing, page 22. T HO tative from the Stowe, Vt. P Area Association will be SATURDAY, JANUARY 26 MFA Becomes Museum of Free Arts onhand for the PWC’s spe- Send the kids to bed early, then cial Snow and Stowe event. break out the goth make-up oston’s premiere institution for the appreciation of art masterpieces and world cul- Those planning a day or and leather pants. Everybody’s Bture—the Museum of Fine Arts—invites visitors to partake of its amazing and expan- weekend trip to our north- favorite rock ’n’ roll creep, sive collections for free on January 21, as the MFA hosts its Winter Open House 2008. ern neighbors in Vermont Marilyn Manson, brings his Art lovers can enjoy free general admission to the museum and the MFA’s current can find out about skiing, singular performance style to Napoleon and the Art of the Empire Style exhibit, as well as a day filled with special activi- snowboarding and lodging the Orpheum. Refer to listing, ties. Berklee College of Music alum Kendrick Oliver and his New Life Jazz Orchestra per- options, while also entering page 22. form two shows—at 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.—honoring legends of the big band jazz sound for exclusive giveaways. like Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington and Count Basie. The MFA Teen Arts Council offers Refer to listing, page 34. SUNDAY, JANUARY 27 guided tours of the MFA’s current special exhibition of exotic footwear, Walk This Way, at Actress Rebekah Maggor 10:30 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Special family activities like film screenings and hands-on (pictured) takes audiences on HAIL TO THE KING ceramic-making workshops are also offered during this daylong event. a one-woman exploration of RILLIANT

It’s a perfect opportunity to check out one of Boston’s most beloved cultural gems, so January means the arrival history’s most acclaimed female B come in out of the cold and invigorate your senses at the MFA. Refer to listing, page 29. of Martin Luther King Day, representations of the Bard in the W

and numerous activities Huntington Theatre Company’s lat- NDRE A

news & notes 6 • on exhibit 9 • dining 10 • commemorating the life of est presentation, Shakespeare’s BY O

Dr. King are scheduled at Actresses in America. Refer to T nightlife 11 • on stage 12 HO ___ cont. on page 8 >> listing, page 25. ___ P ABOVE PHOTO BY LOU J ONES ABOVE PHOTO BY E THAN B. BACKER 6 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 7 aroundthehub:NEWS&NOTES aroundthehub:ON EXHIBIT by Scott Roberto

Memorial Breakfast at 8 a.m., which unites communi- Gallery In Living ty leaders and the public in a Roundup Color celebration of King’s message

of peace, unity and equality THE GODS IN COLOR: PAINTED SCULPTURE FOR

(refer to listing, page 20). , , 2007 OF CLASSICAL ENT EAR ANITQUITY EP N

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GARDNER GROW? IMES T urns out, ULINE ND A Proving that Boston does P E Tancient sculp- know how to build some- FIRE, Brickbottom Gallery, through tors didn’t have a thing other than high-end February 9 (pictured above). This fetish for white apartment buildings, one of group show presents the works of marble after all. At the city’s most charming art more than a dozen artists who least that’s the premise of the show Gods in Color at museums is moving ahead explore the varied nature of fire, Harvard University’s Sackler Museum. Organized by with a bold expansion plan. from its destructive and life-giving researchers in Germany, the exhibit presents reproduc- Plans have been filed at properties to its more metaphorical tions of classical sculptures which have been painted in City Hall for a 60,000 connotations of passion and vio- the vivid colors scientific analysis reveals they originally square-foot expansion to the lence. Refer to listing, page 31. bore. Also included are about 35 authentic ancient Greek, renowned Isabella Stewart Roman, Near Eastern and Egyptian pieces from Harvard’s Gardner Museum (pictured OFFICE SPACE, New Art Center, collection, which stand alongside their brightly pigment- left), slated to begin in 2009. 61 Washington Park, Newtonville, ed cousins, allowing visitors to view artifacts in familiar The extension—designed by 617-964-3424, beginning forms while seeing others, for the first time in centuries, acclaimed architect Renzo January 14. A display of works by as they were meant to be seen. Refer to listing, page 30. Piano—would build a new six artists who have transformed addition to house the muse- everyday objects—from paper Y

um’s entrance, a perform- clips to shredded paper—into FAKING IT OF THE << cont. venues across the 2 p.m., a forum discussion ance hall, working green- art comes to nearby Newton. MEI E T CENTUR ZHANG DAQIAN: A

from page 8 TH city on January 21. about President John F. houses for the Gardner’s PAINTER, COLLECTOR, OUNT 20

Here’s just a few of Kennedy’s role in supporting extensive botanical collec- DRAG ME IN, DRAG ME OUT, FORGER , , M SINGING the way visitors to Boston Dr. King’s lifelong mission tions, more exhibition space Paradise Lounge Gallery, 969 Museum of Fine Arts AIN QIAN Through September 14 AND Commonwealth Ave., 617-562- A can celebrate the life of our during his presidency.The and more space for adminis- D MOUNT nation’s most prominent Boston Children’s Chorus trative and behind-the- 8820, beginning January 17. One of the most OUS RINKING HANG IT advocate for civil rights. welcomes special guests the scenes usage. The new build- Award-winning local photographer renowned Chinese D : Z Chicago Children’s Chorus Kelly Davidson showcases her At Suffolk University’s ing would be connected to painters of the 20th PRECIP 1953; A RIGHT images of drag performers from , Walsh Theatre, the Greater to Jordan Hall at New the existing structure by a century, Zhang O AN OF T Boston Youth Symphony England Conservatory at 7 glass-encased walkway. stages in Boston and Cambridge. Daqian (1899–1983) T ICHU LEFT S Orchestra performs a con- p.m. for the 5th annual Dr. The original Isabella An opening reception takes place bridged the gap FOO cert of civil rights-era spiri- Martin Luther King Jr. Stewart Gardner Museum January 17 from 6:30–8:30 p.m. between traditional Asian techniques and modern sensibili- tuals, gospel and classical Concert, “Remembering was opened in 1903 by ties. His long career not only encompassed his own work, pieces at 3 p.m. (call 617-725- Yesterday, Inspiring heiress and art collector RACHEL PERRY WELTY, Barbara but his status as a noted art collector and art forger, whose 0022 for more information). Tomorrow” (tickets are $25; Gardner and built in the Krakow Gallery, beginning fakes have fooled museums around the world, including The John F. Kennedy call 617-585-1260 for more style of a 15th-century January 19. The acclaimed the Museum of Fine Arts. All three aspects of his career are Presidential Library and information). And the Boston Venetian palace. The new Boston-based conceptual artist on display in the MFA’s current show, which includes origi- Museum (refer to listing, Convention and Exhibition additions to the museum unveils a large-scale, site-specific nal paintings like the one pictured above left, and forgeries page 28) presents A Tribute Center hosts the 38th annual are expected to be ready for work made from produce stickers. like the 10th-century phony pictured above right, which the ___ to a Civil Rights Milestone at Martin Luther King Jr. a public opening in 2011. Refer to listing, page 31. MFA purchased in 1957. Refer to listing, page 29. ___ TOP RIGHT: TROJAN ARCHER FROM THE TEMPLE OF ALPHAIA ON AEGINA, 8 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM COLOR RECONSTRUCTION/COURTESY STIFTUNG ARCHÄOLOGIE, MUNICH JANUARY 14–27, 2008 9 aroundthehub:DINING by Josh B. Wardrop aroundthehub:NIGHTLIFE New Noshing Dish of Take a Bow Ladysmith’s on Newbury the Day Night CAFETERIA LADYSMITH BLACK 279A Newbury St. • 617-536-2233 MAMBAZO Sanders Theatre ention the word 45 Quincy St., Cambridge January 18 at 8 p.m. M“cafeteria” and most of us envision din- lthough most ing on sloppy Joes and AAmericans hadn’t fishsticks, not tender heard of them until their veal Milanese or succu- triumphant appearance backing Paul Simon on his 1986 lent pan-roasted sea album Graceland, the South African musical combo bass. But that’s exactly Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been a force on the world what you’ll find on the music scene for more than 30 years. These masters of menu at Cafeteria, the mbube—a form of a cappella singing that owes a debt to newest eatery on chic American gospel and tribal African harmonizing—have Newbury Street. This new endeavor from nightlife guru become cultural emissaries for South Africa, recording 40 Cameron Grob features an Italian-American influenced albums, winning Grammys and contributing to high-profile menu ranging from fresh cafe-style salads, sandwiches and projects like Disney’s The Lion King. Don’t miss your oppor- pizzas to delicious pastas and entrees. Located in the sleek, SHOW TUNE TUESDAYS tunity to enter a new musical realm when the acclaimed minimalist space formerly occupied by the stylish Armani dbar • 1236 Dorchester Ave., group makes an appearance at the Sanders Theatre on UTOPIA EGG NOG Dorchester • 617-265-4490 Café, Cafeteria is a perfect spot for grabbing lunch during a ICE CREAM Tuesdays at 9 p.m. January 18. Refer to listing, page 22. —Josh B. Wardrop Back Bay shopping spree or meeting up with friends for Sunset Grill & Tap 130 Brighton Ave., Allston dinner and cocktails. And best of all, there’s no mystery 617-254-1331 So, you never got your chance to meat or lunchladies with hairnets to be found. live out your dream of treading COCKTAIL OF The holidays may be over, but that the boards and singing your heart THE WEEK doesn’t mean folks craving a taste out on the Great White Way? Well, DINE ON THE SNOWDRIFT of egg nog have to wait ’til next amateurs with Broadway-sized Stephanie’s on Newbury A DIME year. Over at Sunset Grill & Tap, talents will want to make sure to 190 Newbury St. owner Marc Kadish has added a visit dbar—a stylish bistro in 617-236-0990 CHOWDA DAY Legal Sea Foods one-of-a-kind egg nog ice cream Dorchester’s hipper-by-the- After one of the snowiest Copley Place, 100 Huntington to his restaurant’s menu—and moment Dot Ave. neighborhood— Decembers on record, Ave. • 617-266-7775 January 15 from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. this nog comes with a twist. The for Show Tune Tuesdays, a live most Bostonians have creamy confection is infused with music revue hosted by VJ Piccini seen enough of the white If you’ve been trying to Sam Adams Utopia—a special, and R.D. Grow. Described as a stuff to last all winter long. think of a way to cele- limited edition beer that, at 25.6% “video musical extravaganza,” this However, those who need brate National Soup alcohol by volume, tastes more weekly event is essentially to kick back and relax after Month (and, let’s face it, like a fine scotch or cognac. Pair karaoke for those who’d rather a back-breaking shoveling who among us hasn’t?), the good folks at Boston’s world- this silky, rich frozen treat with a belt out “Seasons of Love” than “I session can head to popular restaurant Stephanie’s on renowned Legal Sea Foods have a solution that’s warm, fudge brownie or as part of beer- Will Survive.” Brave performers Newbury to enjoy its wintry cocktail, the Snowdrift. This delicious and that one four-letter word that’s never dirty: crazy Kadish’s seasonal beer ice can take the mic to belt out num- combination of vanilla vodka and Godiva white chocolate F-R-E-E. On January 15, Legal’s Copley Square location cream sampler (alongside cre- bers from both comedic and dra- and peppermint liqueurs—accented with a crumbled pep- serves free cups of its legendary New England clam chow- ations like the Double Chocolate matic musicals while cheering on permint candy rim—unites three sweet, rich and soothing der to the public, while supplies last. Rich, creamy and Triple Stout and Winter Wit their fellow frustrated thespians seasonal flavors that’ll have you dreaming of Christmas utterly clamtastic, Legal’s chowder is the perfect treat on a Vanilla), and you’ll feel as though and sipping specialty cocktails candy. Savor one in front of Stephanie’s roaring fireplace cold winter day—and there’s certainly no beating the price! you’ve found Utopia yourself. like the French Manicure and the and you’ll soon find yourself forgetting about all the snow ___ Refer to listing, page 62. Refer to listing, page 51. Smooth Operator. —Erin Goldman piling up outside. —Josh B. Wardrop ___ TOP LEFT PHOTO BY B ETSY A. HALSEY; TOP LEFT PHOTO BY E THAN B. BACKER; TOP RIGHT PHOTO 10 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM TOP RIGHT PHOTO BY J ONATHAN D AISY BY ROBERT H OFFMAN; BOTTOM RIGHT PHOTO BY B ETSY A. HALSEY JANUARY 14–27, 2008 11

aroundthehub:ON STAGE A Little Tosca Strikes Knight Music A High Note MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT The Opera House • January 15–27 hat do King Arthur, 12 best bets for Wa collection of extremely rude French warming up and knights and a killer rabbit enjoying Boston have in common? All of them appear in Monty when the Python’s Spamalot, the weather is cold Tony Award-winning Broadway musical making its tri- umphant return to Boston this month. Recreating the sub- by Mary Finer and limely silly satire created in the 1975 film Monty Python Josh B. Wardrop and the Holy Grail, this stage adaptation adds fantastic

songs by original Python Eric Idle and composer John Du PHOTO BY Prez, along with new laughs for a new generation. Join TIM LLEWELLYN; MODEL:MARY ELIZABETH Lancelot, the Lady of the Lake, the Knights who Say “Ni!” OF MAGGIE INC.; and an assortment of bizarre characters in this hilarious TOSCA HAIR AND MAKEUP: Arthurian spoof. Refer to listing, page 24. — Eva Medoff Cutler Majestic Theatre at RACHAEL BERKOWITZ Emerson College January 18–20

If you only like romances that come complete with happy end- ings, you might want to hit the cineplex and check out 27 Dresses. However, if you’re into theatrical depictions of big, bold, passionate love, you’ll love Puccini’s Tosca—presented January 18–20 by Teatro Lirico THIRD GOES FORTH D’Europa at Boston’s Cutler Majestic Theatre. Written by THIRD When playwright Wendy Wasserstein Puccini directly after his master- Huntington (The Sisters Rosensweig, The Heidi piece La Bohème, Tosca traces the Theatre Company Chronicles) passed away in January passionate love affair between an Through February 3 2006, the American theater lost one of artist and his muse, and explores its most eloquent voices. Now, her final work—Third— the dangerous consequences of receives its Boston debut from Huntington Theatre Company. power and corruption. Worried The play tells the story of a college professor whose orderly about following the sung-in-Italian life and system of beliefs become unsettled by a strong-willed arias? Fear not—English super- student, Woodson Bull III (the “third” of the play’s title). titles are provided to help audi- Wasserstein explores everything from politics to ethics in this ences follow this truly moving and bold and articulate character study—showing that, right up exciting tale of lust, jealousy and until the end, great artists never stop asking questions or murder. Refer to listing, page 22. ___ pushing buttons. Refer to listing, page 25. —Josh B. Wardrop —Eva Medoff BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO BY E RIC A NTONIOU 12 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM OSTONIANS HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF—FROM THE CITY’S LONG and storied history, to their beloved Red Sox and Patriots, to (perhaps most impressively) their inherited ability to shrug off the harsh winter months and B rattle off folklore about the Blizzard of ’78 at the drop of a hat. Given such intestinal fortitude, Boston isn’t a city that closes up shop and hibernates when winter comes—Hub residents know there’s still plenty of fun to be had when the mercury drops and the snow starts to fall. With that in mind, here are 12 ways to enjoy the best of winter in Boston, whatever the temperature.

HIT THE ICE ductors, your canine guides may even let So far, we’ve had all the earmarks of an you scratch their bellies. abundantly arctic Hub winter, but that 1hasn’t stopped folks from indulging their LAUGH AWAY WINTER Currier & Ives side by strapping on some Many outdoor leisure activities become a skates and gliding around gracefully (or bit unpalatable once winter hits, but lucki- not so gracefully) on the ice at the 3ly it’s never too cold to laugh. Get yourself Boston Common Frog overheated with a good guffaw or two tak- Pond—where a pleasant skating experi- ing in stand-up comedy, the perfect cure ence can be had even on warmer days, for the wintertime blues. Boston has some Roman statue replicas to prove it. If you serve authentic chocolate LET IT SNOW: Try dogsledding in Brookfield (above left) or going since the Pond is equipped with an under- of the best comedy clubs in the country, like what you see, you can come back caliente de Oaxaca. for an old-fashioned sleigh ride at ground refrigeration system. If you prefer including The Comedy between January 24–26 to lounge in Popular bakery Flour Old Sturbridge Village (above). skating where there’s slightly less hustle Connection in Quincy Market. In Symphony Hall’s original leather seats (1595 Washington St., and bustle, try the ice at Brookline’s addition to appearances by nationally from its opening in 1900 and listen to the 617-267-4300; 12 Larz Anderson Park (consid- known acts like Mike Epps on January 20 BSO perform Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 Farnsworth St., 617-338-4333) serves up ered by some to be one of the Boston and Colin Quinn on January 25 & 26, and Piano Concerto No. 23. Refer to listing, hot chocolate infused with housemade bit- area’s most romantic destinations) or the every Thursday the Connection hosts page 19. tersweet chocolate ganache as an accom- Charles Hotel Skating Frank Santos, The R-Rated Hypnotist, who paniment to their full menu of delicious Rink in Cambridge, which offers might be able to make you believe that it’s LIVE THE LIFE AQUATIC baked goods. And on the off chance it’s too upscale, rink-side refreshments. Refer to already June. Or take a hysterical look at Mingle with those who love the cold at the warm a day for your chocolate to be hot listings, page 32. what makes Bostonians tick with New England Aquarium. (figure that one out), try the oxymoronic Improv Asylum’s acclaimed 5There, the staff lets animal lovers play with frozen hot chocolate (regular or white) at THE SLEIGH’S THE WAY show Lost in Boston, or How I Learned to the harbor seals behind the scenes, or even L.A. Burdick’s in Harvard Square If there does happen to be a ton of snow, Love that Dirty Water on January 16. be a seal trainer for the afternoon (call 617- (52-D Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-491-4340). forget the MBTA—the best way to travel is Refer to listings, page 19 & 20. 973-5206 for reservations). Or just watch 2by sleigh. A trip roughly 45 minutes west of those always well-dressed centers of atten- DINE BY A FIRE Boston will earn you a ride in a horse- TOUR SYMPHONY HALL tion—the penguins—march about their Ever since caveman days, sitting down to driven sleigh at Old Sturbridge Sure, Boston’s got some amazing build- famous exhibit, which holds 143,000 gal- dinner before a roaring fire has been a Village (weekends only, refer to listing, ings—but it’s much warmer to check them lons of chilled and filtered Boston Harbor 7can’t-miss way to shake off the cold. page 35), the popular attraction that brings4out from the inside. Luckily, you don’t seawater. Refer to listing, page 34. Options in the Boston area include The an 1830s rural New England village to life, always have to be outside to enjoy good Fireplace (634 Beacon St., Brookline, right down to the smallest detail. For the architecture. Visitors are invited to take FIND THE PERFECT COCOA 617-975-1900), which serves classic New more adventurous, head even further west free guided tours of venerable Nothing makes a cold day better than a England cuisine and Hungry i (refer and try a dog sled ride at Northern Symphony Hall (home of the delicious cup of hot chocolate. But forget to listing, page 55), which takes it to the Exposure Outfitters in Boston Symphony Orchestra) on January 6Swiss Miss—get an exotic blend of rich next level with fireplaces on all three Brookfield (508-867-4396). Tours are $250 16 & 23 at 4:30 p.m. William Tudor called chocolate and spice at acclaimed Mexican floors to go with its haute French dishes. for two adults, with group tours running Boston the “Athens of America,” and the eatery Tu Y Yo (858 Broadway, And if you must have steak in addition to ___ $800 for up to 15 riders—and unlike T con- grand music venue is lined with Greek and Somerville, 617-623-5411), where they the fire, to warm your bones, try Smith ___ 14 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 15 & Wollensky’s (refer to listing, animals were made to handle it, like the page 54), located in the Castle near the reindeer at the Stone Zoo. Others, like Park Plaza Hotel. Christopher the lion at the Franklin Park Zoo, need the help of a heated FIGHT THE CHILL rock to encourage them to stay out and WITH THE GRILL mingle with visitors. On a guided tour of Replace your scarf with a bib at Arnold Arboretum, you can see 8Redbones BBQ (55 Chester St., hardy flowers like the winter witch hazel Davis Square, Somerville, 617-628-2200). and white willow. And even though the They’ll make you forget what it’s like out- Public Garden isn’t in bloom, it’s side with down-home Southern cooking still good for a winter stroll. Geese are still and 24 fresh microbrews on tap. Popular in the pond, just waiting (like the rest of us) Allston barbecue joint Soul Fire (182 for spring to arrive. Refer to listings, pages Harvard Ave., 617-787-3003) conjures up 32 and 34. memories (real or imagined) of summers in Kansas City, Louisiana and other BBQ TEA TIME hotbeds with flavorful ribs, chicken, fried Tea is intrinsically linked with Boston his-

catfish, sweet cornbread, fried macaroni tory in addition to being a hot and deli- THE HUB OF SPORTS: and cheese and other treats. And if you like1cious0 winter refreshment. At the mended), Saturdays and Sundays at 1, 1:30, England Catch the red-hot Celtics and your BBQ rowdy, check out Boston’s famed Boston Athenaeum (refer to 3 and 3:30 p.m. A harpist plays while you Patriots—they captain Paul Pierce (above left) at the TD Banknorth Garden or head dive bar, Dick’s Last Resort listing, page 32) you can take in early sip on your tea and watch the shivering of the 16-0 unde- south for the AFC Championship (refer to listing, page 60), for raucous serv- Boston newspapers, George Washington’s masses on Tremont Street walk by. feated regular sea- (we hope!) at Gillette Stadium ice and buckets of tasty ribs. book collection and portraits by Boston- son—advance to (above) January 20. bred artist John Singer Sargent—and, on THE SPORTING LIFE the AFC THE LION (AND January 23 at 3 p.m., wash it down with We’re not trying to rub it in, but for a Championship

INDOORS AND OUT: Enjoy OTHER CREATURES) the tradition of Athenæum Tea, which was sports fan, things don’t get much better Game, said game would be taking place traditional New England can- IN WINTER revived in 1984. Or live it up like the high 11than what’s happening in Beantown right January 20 at Gillette Stadium, and dlepin bowling at the Milky Way Winter in Boston is defi- society types do, with afternoon tea at the now. Our boys of summer, the Boston Red would, no doubt, be the hottest ticket in Lounge & Lanes in Jamaica Plain (below right), or visit Christopher, nitely nothing like the Ritz-Carlton Hotel (10 Avery Sox, won the World Series in ’07, and are town. Refer to listings, page 23. the Franklin Park Zoo’s resident Serengeti, but some zoo St., 617-574-7184, reservations recom- on a well-deserved hiatus—but the winter King of the Jungle (below). sports scene in Boston is rocking again GO CANDLEPIN BOWLING thanks to the resurgence of the Boston If you don’t want to just watch sports, but Celtics. Led by Paul Pierce and new partake in a game yourself, why not enjoy acquisitions Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, 12a New England tradition? The skinny pins, the Celtics are off to their best start ever small balls and the fact that no one has and are absolutely demolishing the compe- ever gotten a perfect score make candlepin tition—which this month includes the bowling interesting and unique. Go into a Philadelphia 76ers (January 18) and the time warp and play at The Milky Minnesota Timberwolves (January 25). Way Lounge & Lanes (403-405 Also showing signs of emerging from a Centre St., Jamaica Plain, 617-524-3740)— long period of doldrums, the Hub’s beloved originally the JP Bowl (founded in 1914), Boston Bruins are hitting the now a retro/sci-fi/outer-space basement boards and firing in goals left, right and fully equipped with a 1950s wooden ball center. They reignite the Boston-New York return and the Alley Cat Lounge. Or check rivalry with games against the Rangers out Sacco’s Bowl Haven (45 (January 19) and Islanders (January 24). Day St., Somerville, 617-776-0552), where And, we certainly don’t want to get ahead the balls may be small, but big fun is a ___ of ourselves, but should the New certainty. ___ 16 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 17

CURRENT EVENTS CLASSICAL

BOSTON EARLY MUSIC FESTIVAL, Greek Orthodox thehubdirectory Cathedral of New England, 514 Parker St., 617-661-1812. Jan 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $25–64. The BEMF continues its season with a program featuring The Greek Byzantine Choir, directed by Lycourgos Angelopoulos.

OUR GUIDE TO WHAT curr BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., 617-266-1200. Tickets: $29–114, TO DO, SEE, BUY AND unless otherwise noted. Renowned throughout the world for its distinctive sound, impressive range and virtuosity,

the Boston Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 127th year ent e EAT IN BOSTON with a season that brings fresh perspectives to a well- known repertoire while offering insights into the future of classical music. Jan 17, 19 & 22 at 8 p.m., Jan 18 at 1:30 p.m.—The BSO, joined by guest conductor Sir Colin index Davis and pianist Mitsuko Uchida, presents a program of

works that includes Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 and Piano v

CURRENT EVENTS 19 Concerto No. 23 and Schubert’s Symphony No. 2; Jan 24 ents & 26 at 8 p.m., Jan 25 at 1:30 p.m.—The BSO, joined by guest conductor Sir Colin Davis, mezzo-soprano Sarah CLUBS & BARS 26 Connolly, tenor Ben Heppner and other vocalists, presents a performance of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius.

MUSEUMS & GALLERIES 28 BOSTON YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Sanders PHOTO BY N INA L ARGE Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy St., 617-496-2222. MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN: The acclaimed pianist Jan 20 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $25 & 30. One of Boston’s most and Montreal native performs a program of SIGHTSEEING 32 talented and diverse youth musical ensembles performs its Haydn, Chopin, Schubert, Villa-Lobos and Alexis first-ever full opera, a semi-staged version of Mozart’s Cosi Weissenberg at Jordan Hall on January 26. Refer to fan Tutte featuring 119 young musicians in grades 7–12 listing, below. EXCURSIONS 35 from all over New England. CAMBRIDGE SOCIETY FOR EARLY MUSIC, Christ Church MAPS 37 Cambridge, Zero Garden St., Cambridge, 617-489-2062. Jan Purcell, Bach and others which were inspired by or com- 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $30; seniors $25. The CSEM wel- posed for the royal court. comes the medieval music duo Asteria for a program titled A FREEDOM TRAIL 43 Rose of Such Virtue: Sacred and Secular Love in the Waning MARC-ANDRE HAMELIN, Celebrity Series of Boston, Jordan Middle Ages. Hall at New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St., 617- 482-2595. Jan 26 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $35–55. Acclaimed pianist SHOPPING 45 CANTATA SINGERS, Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory, Marc-Andre Hamelin makes his Celebrity Series debut with a 30 Gainsborough St. 617-868-5885. Jan 18 at 8 p.m., Jan 20 program of works by Haydn, Chopin, Schubert and others. at 3 p.m. Tickets: $20–54. The Cantata Singers and Ensemble, RESTAURANTS 51 accompanied by guest artists the PALS Children’s Chorus and the Spectrum Singers, present the first-ever Boston perform- COMEDY ance of Kurt Weill’s The Prophets and the world premiere of NEIGHBORHOODS 65 the Cantata Singers-commissioned work And the Trains Kept THE COMEDY CONNECTION, Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall Coming... by composer Lior Navok. Marketplace, 617-248-9700.Tickets: $15–30. Named “The Best Comedy Club in the Country” (USA Today), this venue has DAVID DANIELS, Celebrity Series of Boston, Jordan Hall at New featured national and local stand-up acts such as Chris Rock, England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St., 617-482-2595. Dane Cook and Dave Chappelle. Jan 14 & 21 at 8 p.m.— Jan 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $35–55. Countertenor David Daniels, Amateur Showcase hosted by Kevin Knox; Jan 15 & 22 at 8 accompanied by pianist Martin Katz, comes to Boston to offer p.m.—Comedy Showcase with Paul Nardizzi; Jan 16 & 23 at his showstopping and beautiful vocal take on classic pieces by 8 p.m.—Comedy Showcase with Harrison Stebbins; Jan 17 at Brahms, Handel, Elgar, Vaughan Williams and many more. 9 p.m., Jan 24 at 8:30 p.m.—Frank Santos “The R-Rated SNOW BIRDS: The historic Hypnotist”; Jan 17 at 7 p.m., Jan 18 & 19 at 8 and 10:15 Public Garden is home to the EMMANUEL MUSIC, Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., 617- p.m.—The Jameson Tour; Jan 20 at 7 and 9:15 p.m.—Mike famed Make Way for Ducklings 536-3356. Tickets: $30–70; students $10. Jan 26 at 4 p.m.— Epps; Jan 25 & 26 at 8 and 10:15 p.m.—Colin Quinn; Jan 27 statues. Refer to listing, page 32. Pianist Russell Sherman presents a concert of paino suites by at 7 p.m.—Boston Comedy Showcase with Corey Manning. Johann Sebastian Bach, including Bach’s English Suite No. 2 and English Suite No. 3. THE COMEDY STUDIO AT THE HONG KONG, 1236 Massachusetts Ave., Harvard Square, Cambridge, 617-661- HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY, Symphony Hall, 301 6507. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; shows begin at 8 p.m. Call for Massachusetts Ave., 617-266-3605. Jan 25 at 8 p.m., Jan complete schedule. Cover: $8–10. A place where fresh talent 27 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $15–67. Conductor Sir Roger Norrington is discovered and headliners experiment. Jan 15 & 22— leads the Handel and Haydn Society in a performance of Mystery Lounge; Jan 16—Sarah Trachtenberg, Roman Pierce, ___ Royal Fireworks, a collection of Baroque pieces by Handel, Bob Sheehy and others; Jan 17 & 24—The Micah-Myq Club; ___ 18 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.C OM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 19

Jan 18—Dan Boulger, Pat McCloud, Ellen Moschetto and oth- 9:30 p.m.—Monika; Jan 25 at 4:45, 7:15 and 9:45 p.m., Jan ers; Jan 19—Dan Boulger, Nicole Luparelli and others; Jan 26 & 27 at 2:15, 4:45, 7:15 and 9:45 p.m.—Let’s Get Lost. 20—The Shaun Bedgood Show with Evan Bowen, Dan Crohn, Tom E. Morello and others; Jan 23—Josh Gondleman, Rick COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, 290 Harvard Ave., Brookline, Canavan, Tom Dustin and others; Jan 25—Tom Liszanckie, 617-734-2500. Call for showtimes and complete schedule. Ellen Moschetto and Chris Pennie; Jan 26—Joe Picirrillo and Tickets: $8.50; members, seniors & children $5.50. This others; Jan 27—Maggie MacDonald, Todd Gorell and others. independent movie house screens recent indie films, as well

as the classics. Now showing: Jan 21 at 7 p.m.—Science on curr DICK DOHERTY’S COMEDY VAULT, 124 Boylston St, 617- Screen presents Woody Allen’s Sleeper; Jan 27 at noon— 574-9676. Shows Thu–Sun at 9 p.m. Tickets: $10–15. The Croatian Film Series presents A Happy Child. Located in the downstairs portion of Remington’s bar and restaurant, this comedy studio boasts an open mic night HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE, Carpenter Center for the Visual ents

every Sunday. Jan 15 & 22—Josh Gondelman’s Campus Arts, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge, 617-495-4700. Call for ent e

v Comedy; Jan 16 & 23—Wicked Wednesdays with Corey showtimes, complete schedule and ticket prices. With more Rodrigues; Jan 17 & 24—Greg Howell and Friends. than 300 films shown per year, HFA is one of the most active art cinemas in New England. Jan 18 at 7 p.m.—Call Her IMPROV ASYLUM, 216 Hanover St., 617-263-6887. Wed & Thu Savage and Blood Money; Jan 19 at 3 p.m.—Search For at 8 p.m., Fri & Sat at 8 and 10 p.m. Please arrive 30 minutes Beauty and Girl Without a Room; Jan 20 at 3 p.m.—Two

prior to showtime. Tickets: $15–20, dinner packages available. Seconds and Wild Boys of the Road. v ent e

Visit www.improvasylum.com for complete show schedules. ents Some of Boston’s top improvisational comics perform uproari- MUGAR OMNI THEATER, Museum of Science, 617-723-2500 ous and creative shows at their theater in the heart of Boston’s or 617-333-FILM. Call for showtimes and complete schedule. North End. Jan 16 at 8 p.m.—Lost in Boston, or How I Learned Tickets: $9; seniors $8; children (3–11) $7. Discounted to Love that Dirty Water; Jan 17 & 24 at 8 p.m., Jan 18, 19, 25 admission for showtimes after 6 p.m. This IMAX theater

curr & 26 at 8 and 10 p.m.—Mainstage Performance; Jan 19 & 26 presents larger-than-life images on a five-story high domed at midnight—The Midnight Show. screen. Now showing: Dinosaurs Alive!; Mummies: Secrets of the Pharaohs; Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure. IMPROVBOSTON, Back Alley Theater, 1253 Cambridge St., MOISEYEV DANCE COMPANY: The world’s Cambridge, 617-576-1253. Cover: $5–15. This comedy preeminent Russian folk dance ensemble MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 465 Huntington Ave., 617-267- troupe features sketch comedy, games, original music and takes the stage at Symphony Hall January 20. 9300. Screenings Thu–Sun, call for showtimes and complete audience participation. Jan 16 & 23 at 8 p.m.—The Hump Refer to listing, below. schedule. Tickets: $6–9. The Museum of Fine Arts’ Film Fringe Show; Jan 17 & 24 at 8 p.m.—SketchHaus; at 10 Program has grown to become one of the nation’s finest p.m.—The Great and Secret Comedy Show; Jan 18 & 25 at exhibitors of contemporary international cinema, restored clas- 8 p.m.—Laugh Track; at 10 p.m.—TheatreSports; Jan 19 & sics and premieres of American independent films. Now show- 26 at 6 p.m.—Family Show; at 8 and 10 p.m.—Mainstage; company lauded for keeeping Russian folk dance traditions ing: Jan 19 at 7:45 p.m., Jan 23 at 8:30 p.m.—Bodysong; Jan 20 & 27 at 7 p.m.—Sgt. Culpepper’s Comedy Jamboree. alive brings its high-energy stage show to Boston. Jan 24 at 1:30 p.m., Jan 25 & 26 at 10:30 a.m., Jan 27 at what to do noon—The Rape of Europa; Jan 24 at 5:30 p.m., Jan 25 at 8 NICK’S COMEDY STOP, 100 Warrenton St., 617-423-2900. MOMIX, Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 p.m., Jan 26 at 3 p.m., Jan 27 at 4 p.m.—Transylvania; Jan Fri & Sat at 8:30 p.m. Cover: $20. Nick’s is the city’s longest- Tremont St., 617-876-4275. Jan 25 at 7:30 p.m., Jan 26 25 at 5:45 p.m., Jan 26 at 12:45 p.m.—The Axe in the Attic. where to go running comedy club. Jan 18 & 19—John Pizzi; Jan 25 & at 8 p.m., Jan 27 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $40–60. The world- 26—John Russo. renowned modern dance and illusionist troupe returns to SIMONS IMAX THEATER, New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, what to see Boston with their eye-popping “greatest hits” performance, 617-973-5200. Sun–Wed 9:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.; Thu–Sat 10 The Best of Momix. Artistic director Moses Pendleton leads a.m.–9:30 p.m. Call for showtimes and complete schedule. Tickets: CONVENTIONS & EXPOS his company through astonishing pieces that combine physi- $9.95; seniors & children (3–11) $7.95. The Simons is the first cal theater, circus, comedy and multimedia components to large-format theater in Boston to have 3D viewing capability. Now BAYSIDE EXPO CENTER, 200 Mount Vernon St., Columbia Point, create an evening of entertainment like none you’ve wit- showing: Sea Monsters 3D; Deep Sea 3D; Sharks 3D; Whales. 617-474-6000. Jan 18 & 19 from 10 a.m.–10 p.m., Jan 20 ’til nessed before. 7 p.m., Jan 21 ’til 6 p.m.—2008 New England RV and Camping Expo, tickets: $12, children $6; Jan 25 from 4–9 p.m., Jan 26 TEN’S THE LIMIT, Barbara Lee Family Foundation Theater, KIDS CORNER from 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Jan 27 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m.—Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, 100 Northern Ave., 617-876- Home Show, tickets: $10; Jan 26 from 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Jan 27 4275. Jan 18 at 7:30 p.m., Jan 19 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $25. BOSTON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, Museum Wharf, 300 ’til 5 p.m.—Baystate Bridal Expo, tickets: $12. This annual show spotlights all-new contemporary dance Congress St., 617-426-8855. Refer to listing in Museums. pieces and works in progress by eight Massachusetts-based Daily organized activities in the Art Studio and Play Space BOSTON CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTER, 415 Summer choreographers. Companies like Andary Dance, Caitlin Corbett such as music and movement, finger puppet making and St., 617-954-2000. Jan 21 at 8 a.m.—Martin Luther King Jr. Dance Company and Kelley Donovan and Dancers unite to kitchen science. Daily from 11 a.m.–4 p.m.—Art Studio: presented by Memorial Breakfast; Jan 26 at 5:30 p.m.—Big Brothers of share their latest works with lovers of modern dance. Fiber Art; Daily at 10 a.m.—Playspace: Messy Activity. Massachusetts Bay present Big Night 9, its annual gala featuring an ’80s theme, complete with a musical performance by Duran BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, 700 Boylston St., Copley Square, Duran, and food from celebrity chefs including Seth and Angela FILM 617-536-5400. Refer to listing in Sightseeing. The first pub- Adjacent to the Skybridge connecting to The Westin Hotel Raynor, Michael Schlow, Ming Tsai and others, tickets: $1,000. licly supported municipal library in the world hosts many THE BRATTLE THEATRE, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-876- activities and special programs for children, including live SPECIAL 6837. Call for showtimes and complete schedule. Tickets: $9; performances, storytelling, interactive computer activities and SNOW AND STOWE DANCE students & matinees $7.50; seniors & children $6. Classic, films. Special events: Jan 18 at 10 a.m.—Infant/Toddler EVENT: JANUARY 26 AT 11 A.M. cutting-edge and world cinema with double features almost Sing-Along; Jan 25 at 2 p.m.—Films for Teens: Bring it On. A representative from the Stowe Area Association in MOISEYEV DANCE COMPANY, Celebrity Series of Boston, every day. Now showing: Jan 14 at 4 and 9:30 p.m.—3:10 to Vermont will be on-site to talk about skiing, snowboard- Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., 617-482-2595. Yuma; Jan 15 at 5 and 9:45 p.m.—Control; at 7:30 p.m.— COOLIDGE CORNER THEATRE, 290 Harvard St., Brookline, ing and lodging. Join us for giveaways, raffles and more! ___ Jan 20 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $37–60. The world-renowned Kurt Cobain: About A Son; Jan 18, 21–24 at 5:30, 7:30 and 617-734-2501. Tickets: $10; children and seniors $8. The ___ 20 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 21

independent movie theatre hosts a variety of kids’ shows to Bloodline, tickets: $12; Jan 20 at 1 and 6 p.m.—Cobra 19 at 7:30 p.m., Jan 20 at 3 p.m. Tickets: $30–85. Puccini’s introduce little ones to the delightful world of live entertain- Starship with Metro Station, We The Kings and The Cab, tick- follow-up to La Bohème shows the dark side of intensely pas- ment, along with variety performers and magicians. Jan 19 ets: $14; Jan 25—The Birthday Massacre with Schoolyard sionate love between an artist and his muse, reminding us that at 10:30 a.m.—Zany Acts with Michael Zerphy; Jan 26 at Heroes and Creature Feature, tickets: $17. power corrupts and love refused turns into love lost—forever. 10:30 a.m.—Behind the Mask Theatre presents 3 Cats in Venice; Jan 27 at 10:30 a.m.—Artbarn Community Theatre ORPHEUM THEATRE, 1 Hamilton Place, 617-931-2000. The presents Comic Book Kids to the Rescue. Orpheum opened in 1852 and was the site of the first Boston SPECIAL EVENTS

Symphony Orchestra performances and lectures by Booker T. curr JOHN F. KENNEDEY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM, Washington and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Jan 19 at 7:30 BOSTON WINE FESTIVAL, Boston Harbor Hotel, 70 Rowes Columbia Point, 617-514-1600. Free admission, reservations p.m.—Editors with Hot Hot Heat and Louis XIV, tickets: $23; Wharf, 888-660-WINE. Call for ticket prices and full event required. JFK’s Celebrate! Series aims to entertain parents and Jan 26 at 7:30 p.m.—Marilyn Manson, tickets: $39.50–55; schedule or visit www.bostonwinefestival.net. Jan 16–19— kids alike with its diverse performances. Jan 21 at 10:30 Jan 27 at 7 p.m.—Alejandro Sanz, tickets: $51–81. Battle of the Cabernets, a tasting dinner featuring some of ents

a.m.—Len Cabral: Stories of Color from Around the World. California’s best cabernets, tickets: $210; Jan 22—Quarterly ent e

v PARADISE ROCK CLUB, 967 Commonwealth Ave., 617-562- Review of Wines, featuring cuisine by Chef Daniel Bruce ONCE UPON A TIME WITH KIDSTOCK PRESENTS: THUMBE- 8800. An intimate setting with a big sound, Paradise is one of paired up with Caymus Special Selection, Sbragia Gamble LINA, Lyric Stage Company, 40 Clarendon St., 617-585- Boston’s favorite rock clubs. All shows 18+ unless otherwise Ranch Chardonnay and other top wines, tickets: $210. 5678. Jan 19, 20, 26 & 27 at 11 a.m. Tickets: $9.50. noted. Jan 18 at 9 p.m.—Rodfest 6, tickets: $15; Jan 20 at 8 Bringing to life the classic tale of a tiny princess who p.m.—Blonde Redhead, tickets: $20; Jan 23 at 8 p.m.— Band GREATER BOSTON ANTIQUES FESTIVAL, Shriner’s

emerges from a flower, this play is full of exciting delightful of Horses, tickets: $20; Jan 25 at 8 p.m.—Escape to Everything, Auditorium, 90 Fordham Road, Wilmington, 781-862-4039. v ent e

performances by child actors and even a little magic. tickets: $17; Jan 26 at 8 p.m.—Till We Die, tickets: $17; Jan 27 Jan 19 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Jan 20 ’til 4 p.m. Admission: ents at 8 p.m.—North Mississippi All Stars, tickets: $17.50. $8; children (12 and under) free. Join more than 160 diverse PUPPET SHOWPLACE THEATRE, 32 Station St., Brookline, dealers displaying and selling antiques from all around the 617-731-6400. Tickets: $10. The first puppetry center in REGATTABAR, third floor of The Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St., world, including everything from country furniture and New England presents the magical world of puppet theater, Cambridge, 617-661-5099. Jan 16 at 7:30 p.m.—Raul hooked rugs to rare books and maps to American art pottery,

curr enlightening audiences of all ages. Jan 16 & 17 at 10:30 Midon, tickets: $22; Jan 17 at 7:30 p.m.—Popa Chubby, glass, estate jewelry and virtually anything to please the indi- a.m.— Funny Bone Tales; Jan 19, 20 & 21 at 1 and 3 tickets: $16; Jan 18 at 7:30 p.m.—Gonzalo Grau y la Clave vidual collector. p.m.—Under the Night Sky; Jan 26 & 27 at 1 and 3 p.m.— Secreta, tickets: $16; Jan 19 at 7:30 and 10 p.m.—Curtis Going, Going Gone Whaling. Stigers, tickets: $20; Jan 24 at 7:30 p.m.—The Either/Orchestra with Mulatu Astatke, tickets: $16; Jan 26 at SPORTS 7:30 p.m.—The Superpowers, tickets: $12. LIVE MUSIC BOSTON BRUINS NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE THE ROXY, 279 Tremont St., 617-338-ROXY. Jan 16 at 10 TD Banknorth Garden, 100 Legends Way, 617-624-1000. CHURCH, 69 Kilmarnock St., 617-236-7600. Call for complete p.m.—Wayne Wonder and I Wayne, tickets: $35. Jan 17 at 7 p.m. vs. Toronto Maple Leafs schedule. Cover $7–10. Shows at 8 p.m., unless otherwise Jan 19 at 1 p.m. vs. New York Rangers noted. Located in the Fenway neighborhood, Boston’s newest SANDERS THEATRE, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, 617-876- Jan 24 at 7 p.m. vs. New York Islanders live music venue and restaurant showcases local and national 4275. Jan 18 at 8 p.m.—Ladysmith Black Mambazo, tickets: rock and alternative bands, while hosting some of the city’s $28–40; Jan 25 at 8 p.m.—The Assad Brothers’ Brazilian BOSTON CELTICS NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION most diverse DJ nights. Jan 16 at 9, 10 and 11 p.m.—The Guitar Festival, tickets: $35–55 (call 617-482-6661). TD Banknorth Garden, 100 Legends Way, 617-523-3030. Red Hot Pokers, free; Jan 18—Dirtmall with Noble Rot, The Jan 14 at 7:30 p.m. vs. Washington Wizards Great Bandini and Johnny Pape; Jan 24—The World SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB, DoubleTree Guest Suites Hotel, 400 Jan 16 at 7:30 p.m. vs. Portland Trail Blazers Collective with Emily George; Jan 26—Jason Bennett and the Soldiers Field Road, 617-562-4111. Showtimes: Tue–Thu at Jan 18 at 7:30 p.m. vs. Philadelphia 76ers Resistance with Blood Vessels, Bad Lieutenants and others. 8 and 10 p.m., Fri & Sat at 8 and 10:30 p.m., Sun at 7 and 9 Jan 23 at 7:30 p.m. vs.Toronto Raptors p.m. unless otherwise noted. Jan 16 at 8 p.m.—Jerry Jan 25 at 7:30 p.m. vs. Minnesota Timberwolves CLUB PASSIM, 47 Palmer St., Cambridge, 617-492-7679. Call Gonzalez and The Fort Apache Band, tickets: $25; Jan 17 at for full schedule. This intimate Harvard Square coffeehouse was 8 p.m.—Leni Stern, tickets: $25; Jan 18 & 19—James a starting place for folk icons like Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. Cotton, tickets: $25; Jan 22 at 8 p.m.—The Sofferman THEATER Jan 16 & 17 at 8 p.m.—Andy Statman, tickets: $25; Jan 18 at Perspective, tickets: $15; Jan 23—Billy Child’s Jazz 8 p.m.—Adam Ezra, tickets: $15; Jan 20 at 6 and 9 p.m.— Ensemble, tickets: $25; Jan 24—Kenny Rankin, tickets: ADRIFT IN MACAO, Lyric Stage Company, 140 Clarendon St., Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings, tickets: $20; Jan 26 at 8 $25; Jan 25 & 26—Melissa Manchester, tickets: $38. 617-437-7172. Performances: Wed at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Thu p.m.—Rachel McCartney with Carsie Blanton, tickets: $15. at 7:30 p.m., Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 4 and 8 p.m., Sun at 3 p.m. TOP OF THE HUB, Prudential Tower, 52nd floor, 617-536-1775. Tickets: $25–54. Christopher Durang’s musical send-up of HARPERS FERRY, 156 Brighton Ave., Allston, 617-254-9743. Enjoy food, drink and the best view in Boston as you swing to film noir mixes farce, camp and tongue-in-cheek wit in his Shows start at 8 p.m. Call for complete schedule. This club live jazz and classics from the Great American Songbook. trademark style. It’s 1952 in the Far East—an era of shad- offers live music daily and is renowned for showcasing local owy settings, sultry women and mysterious, trench-coated classic rock and rhythm ’n’ blues cover bands. Jan 19—The T.T. THE BEAR’S PLACE, 10 Brookline St., Cambridge, 617-492- villains in back alleys. Peter Melnick, grandson of composer Indefinite Article, tickets: $10; Jan 22—Hawkins Rise with BEAR. Shows start at 8:30 p.m. Call for complete schedule. Richard Rodgers, contributes a score that evokes the sounds The Breezeway, tickets: $7; Jan 25—Bedouin Soundclash Cover: $8–14. Jan 15—Boston Molasses Disaster with Mark of Kurt Weill, big bands and smoky nightclubs. with Westbound Train and Beat Union. Lipman Band, Marc Sincavage Band, Hot Molasses and Oh My Gods!; Jan 18—The Queers with The Leftovers, Meat Depressed ANGELS IN AMERICA PART I: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES, THE MIDDLE EAST, 472 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, and Psycho; Jan 23—Miss Vintage; Jan 26—Final Hour with Boston Theatre Works, Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood 617-864-EAST. Doors open at 8 p.m., shows start at 9 p.m. Age Against the Machine, Wack Ass Egyptians and Frequency 7. Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., unless otherwise noted. Call for complete schedule. Whether 617-933-8600. Performances beginning Jan 18: Tue–Fri at Upstairs, Downstairs or in the Corner, this club showcases 7:30 p.m., Sat at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Sun at 2 p.m. Tickets: the best in alternative/indie rock bands. Jan 18—Monsters OPERA $43–48; seniors $40–45; students $25. Tony Kushner’s sem- of Mock III, featuring Appetite for Destruction (Guns ‘N Roses inal modern epic is a story both intimate and grand, which tribute band) and Tragedy, a metal tribute to the Bee Gees, TOSCA, Teatro Lirico D’Europa, Cutler Majestic Theatre at follows the disintegration of two relationships against a ___ tickets: $15; Jan 19—Marah with Adam and Dave’s Emerson College, 219 Tremont St., 800-233-3123. Jan 18 & backdrop of greed, conservatism and the discovery of AIDS. ___ 22 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 23

ANGELS IN AMERICA PART II: PERESTROIKA, Boston Theatre 4111.Performances beginning Jan 19: Thu at 8 p.m., Fri at 8:30 THIS IS OUR YOUTH, Gurnet Theatre Project, Plaza Theatre, Works, Roberts Studio Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion at the p.m., Sat at 4 and 8:30 p.m., Sun at 3 and 8 p.m. Tickets $10–25. Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. This duet of one-acts by Harold Pinter begins with The Lover, which Performances through Jan 19: Wed–Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 3 Performances beginning Jan 25: Tue–Fri at 7:30 p.m., Sat at 2 concerns a husband and wife who discuss their affairs openly and and 8 p.m., Sun at 3 p.m. In 1982 on Manhattan’s Upper West and 7:30 p.m., Sun at 2 p.m. Tickets: $43–48; seniors $40–45; playfully, and Ashes to Ashes, another account of a husband and Side, the wealthy, articulate, pot-smoking teenagers who students $25. Tony Kushner’s seminal modern epic is a story wife discussing adultery, only this time the game is fun for neither. were children in the ’60s have emerged as young adults in a both intimate and grand, which follows the disintegration of two country that has just resoundingly rejected everything they

relationships against a backdrop of greed, conservatism and SHAKESPEARE’S ACTRESSES IN AMERICA, Huntington Theatre were brought up to believe in. In meticulous, hilarious and curr the discovery of AIDS. Company, Wimberly Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston agonizing detail, Kenneth Lonergan’s play follows 48 hours in Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Performances the lives of three very lost souls in the big city at the dawn of BLOWING WHISTLES, Zeitgeist Stage Company, Plaza Black Box beginning Jan 27: Sun at 7 p.m. Tickets: $15–50. Evoking stage the Reagan Era. Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., 617-933- stars Sarah Bernhardt, Ellen Terry and Margaret Webster, to film ents

8600. Performances beginning Jan 18: Thu & Fri at 8 p.m., Sat stars Elizabeth Taylor and Claire Danes, Rebekah Maggor’s beauti- ent e

v at 4 and 8 p.m., Sun at 3 p.m. Tickets: $35. Matthew Todd’s dark fully crafted, one-woman tour-de-force reveals the varied interpre- TICKETS comedy about what lies beneath seemingly healthy relationships tations of Shakespeare’s heroines and explores how women have examines a night in the life of a gay couple who celebrate their shaped our understanding of the world’s greatest playwright. BOSTIX, Faneuil Hall Marketplace and Copley Square, 617- 10th anniversary by inviting over an anonymous internet hookup. 723-5181. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m. (Faneuil Hall location SHEAR MADNESS, Charles Playhouse Stage II, 74 Warrenton St., closed Mon); Sun 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Information and tickets,

BLUE MAN GROUP, Charles Playhouse, 74 Warrenton St., 617- 617-426-5225. Ongoing. Tue–Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 6 and 9 p.m., including half-price seats on day of event, for the best per- v ent e

931-2787 or 617-426-6912. Ongoing. Tue–Thu at 8 p.m., Fri at and Sun at 3 and 7 p.m. Tickets: $40. Boston’s hilarious whodun- forming arts around Boston. Log on to www.bostix.org to ents 7 p.m., Sat at 2, 5, and 8 p.m., Sun at 2 and 5 p.m. Tickets: nit where the audience takes a stab at catching the killer. Become purchase discounted tickets and receive special e-mail $48–58. This giddily subversive off-Broadway hit features three an armchair sleuth in the longest-running play in U.S. history. updates. All ticket offers subject to availability. muted, blue-painted performers who spoof both contemporary art and modern technology through wry commentary and THIRD, Huntington Theatre Company, Boston University Theatre, GO BOSTON CARD, available at Bostix locations at Faneuil

curr bemusing antics. The show has been updated to include new 264 Huntington Ave., 617-266-0800. Performances: Wed & Thu Hall Marketplace and Copley Square and at the Visitor performance pieces, new music and alterations to the sound at 7:30 p.m., Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 2 and 8 p.m., Sun at 2 p.m. Information Center on Boston Common, 617-742-5950. and lighting design. Tickets: $15–70. A liberal college professor is forced to reevalu- Cards can be purchased in one, two, three, five and seven HENRY V: Actors’ Shakespeare Project brings ate many of her long-held beliefs when she faces off with a con- day increments, and range from $45–135 for adults, $25–65 BODY OF WATER, Molasses Tank Productions, Charlestown its five-actor version of the Bard’s classic his- servative student in a series of confrontations over politics, ethics for children. The GO Boston card offers unlimited free admis- Working Theater, 442 Bunker Hill St., 617-342-3285. tory play to Harvard Square in Cambridge. and Shakespeare in acclaimed playwright Wendy Wasserstein’s sion to more than 60 area atttractions, as well as savings up Performances beginning Jan 24. Call for performance schedule Refer to listing, below. final play. to 20% at local shops and restaurants. and ticket prices. In this fascinating new play by Lee Blessing (A Walk in the Woods), a man and a woman wake up one morning and find themselves in a strange house atop a mountain sur- rounded by water with no idea who they are and how they got THE MAI, Wellesley Summer Theatre, Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre, there. A mysterious young woman appears to fill in their biogra- Alumnae Hall, 106 Central St., Wellesley, 781-283-2000. phies, but each time she does, the scenarios of their lives Performances: Thu at 7 p.m., Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 3 and 8 p.m., change radically, revealing a never-ending stream of possibili- Sun at 2 p.m. The history of a family and its broken and cruel love ties—and secrets. is remembered, recounted and relived by the its eldest daughter, Antique Limousine who fuses past and present, history and lore into a story as inti- COPENHAGEN, American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Drama mate, uniquely disturbing, affectionate and recognizable as all fam- Boston Historic Center, 64 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-547-8300. Performances: ily stories in this tale by acclaimed Irish playwright Marina Carr. Tours and Nights Tue–Thu at 7:30 p.m., Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 2 and 8 p.m., Sun at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $39–79. In 1941, German physicist THE MISANTHROPE, New Repertory Theatre, Arsenal Center for on the Town Werner Heisenberg traveled to Copenhagen to meet his Danish the Arts, 200 Dexter Ave., Watertown, 866-811-4111. Performances counterpart, Niels Bohr. Old friends and colleagues, they found beginning Jan 16: Wed & Thu at 7:30 p.m., Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at themselves on opposite sides in a world war, embroiled in a 3:30 and 8 p.m., Sun at 2 p.m. Tickets: $30–55. Aghast and appalled race to create the atom bomb in Michael Frayn’s speculative by the current conventions of the hypocritical society that surrounds play about this historic meeting. him, the self-righteous Alceste vows to speak with nothing but total honesty. Unfortunately, he is blinded by love and falls for the vain HENRY V, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, Downstairs at the Garage, coquette Célimène, who, despite his pleas to the contrary, continues 38 JFK St., Cambridge, 866-811-4111. Performances: Thu & Fri at to receive suitors, creating the perfect breeding ground for jealousy 7:30 p.m., Sat at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Sun at 2 p.m. Tickets: $20–42. and gossip in Molière’s intelligent and sharply written comedy. Theater is stripped to its exciting essence as five actors bring the “vasty fields of France,” the daring King Henry and his army to the MONTY PYTHON’S SPAMALOT, The Opera House, 539 stage. Shakespeare examines leadership and its cost in this com- Washington St., 617-931-2787. Performances Jan 15–27: plex, daring play directed by Normi Noel. Tue–Thu at 7:30 p.m., Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 2 and 8 p.m., Sun at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $30–90. The 2005 Tony Award-winner for THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Best Musical returns to Boston. Lovingly ripped off from the film Wimberly Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for classic Monty Python and The Holy Grail and directed by Tony the Arts, 527 Tremont St., 617-933-8600. Performances begin- Award-winner Mike Nichols, this zany musical tells the tale of Driver stays in character and acts the part. Freedom Trail tours in a ning Jan 18: Wed & Thu at 7:30 p.m., Fri at 8 p.m., Sat at 4 and King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table as they embark on www.Antique-Limousine.com 8 p.m., Sun at 3 p.m. Tickets: $54. An up-and-coming their quest for the Holy Grail, encountering flying cows, killer rab- 1939 Cadillac seven-passenger limousine. We get close to the sights Hollywood actor becomes emotionally entangled with a sexy bits and taunting Frenchmen along the way. where the trolley and duck tours can’t. We’ll make you an offer you young drifter and his girlfriend in the New England premiere of 781-308-1921 the hit Broadway comedy by Douglas Carter Beane (As Bees in A PINTER DUET, Downstage @ New Rep, Arsenal Center for can’t refuse! Call to schedule a pick up at your Boston area location. ___ Honey Drown). the Arts’ Black Box, 200 Dexter Ave., Watertown, 866-811- ___ ABOVE PHOTO BY K IPPY G OLDFARB, 24 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM © 2007 CAROLLE PHOTOGRAPHY JANUARY 14–27, 2008 25 CLUBS & BARS CASK ’N FLAGON, 62 Brookline Ave., 617-536-4840. Daily upscale lounging. Sun–Thu 11:30 a.m.–midnight, Fri & Sat ’til 1 Fenway Park. The newest jewel in the renovation of the Fenway 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m. A hangout for Red Sox fans since the a.m. Tue–Thu—Live piano music; Fri & Sat—The Bill Laughlin area, this nightspot offers a cool, sleek spot in which to sample days of Yastrzemski and Fisk, this classic bar boasts tons of Jazz Quartet. a full menu and watch the Sox, and other sporting events, on a TVs for watching the Sox—if you get shut out of Fenway number of big-screen TVs. Park across the street—and is loaded with photos depicting THE PURPLE SHAMROCK, 1 Union St., 617-227-2060. Daily the histories of Fenway and the Sox. Recently given a major 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m. Sat & Sun 9 a.m. brunch. Located on the HONG KONG, 1238 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 617-864-5311. facelift, the Cask now also boasts Oliver’s, a new back room Freedom Trail, The Purple Shamrock offers an escape from the Thu–Sat from 10 p.m.–2:30 a.m. No cover charge. This three-floor

nightclub with a dance floor and second bar. nearby activity of Quincy Market. Menu items include burgers, Chinese restaurant features a lounge, a bar with DirectTV satellite clubs & bar

s sandwiches, hearty pastas, fresh seafood, tender steaks and and a lively dance club featuring techno to hip hop to Madonna. Try CHEERS, 84 Beacon St., 617-227-9605. Daily 11 a.m.– more. After dark, The Purple Shamrock has nightly entertain- one of the Hong Kong’s signature scorpion bowls while you rub 1 a.m. Also: Faneuil Hall Marketplace. The model for the ment, including a mix of live music. Mon—Trivia night; Tue— elbows with the locals and Harvard University students. beloved sitcom, this Back Bay pub is one of the top tourist Live music; Wed—Karaoke and DJ. attractions in Boston. Live weekend entertainment. JILLIAN’S BOSTON, 145 Ipswich St. (behind Fenway Park), TOP OF THE HUB, 800 Boylston St., 617-536-1775. Listen 617-437-0300. Mon–Sat 11 a.m.–2 a.m., Sun noon–2 a.m. DAISY BUCHANAN’S, 240 Newbury St., 617-247-8516. to the sounds of live jazz seven nights a week while experiencing Sun–Thu 18+. One of Boston’s largest entertainment complex- Daily 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m. No cover. Cash only. Located on the breathtaking view atop Boston’s Prudential Center. Featuring es, this fun and diverse club features 50 pool tables, 200 high- Boston’s hopping Newbury Street, this casual singles spot a midnight menu Sun–Wed ’til 1 a.m., Thu–Sat ’til 2 a.m. tech games, blackjack for fun and six full bars. Lucky Strike attracts college students, businessmen and women, and Lanes bowling is located on the third floor, and there’s late-night even the occasional professional athlete, and remains one of dancing at Tequila Rain (“spring break 52 weeks a year”) on the the city’s most popular bars. Full kitchen serves pub-style NIGHTCLUBS first floor. Proper dress required. food seven nights a week. s

clubs & bar THE ALLEY, One Boylston Place, 617-351-7000. Fri & Sat 9:30 KINGS, 10 Scotia St., 617-266-BOWL. Mon 5 p.m.–2 a.m., DICK’S LAST RESORT, Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall p.m.–2 a.m. Cover: $5–10. Located in the famous Boylston Tue–Sun 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m. Voted Best of Boston 2006, Kings Marketplace, 617-267-8080. Daily 11 a.m.–2 a.m. Watch Street alleyway, this one-stop nightspot includes Sweetwater features state of the art bowling lanes, pool tables and video for the outrageous antics of Dick’s sassy staff as they Cafe, Suite, The Estate and the Liquor Store, where you can ride technology for sports viewing. With three bars and a full-service serve up buckets of sloppy ribs, succulent crab and Boston’s only mechanical bull. The Alley offers a fun night out for restaurant serving top-notch American cuisine, Kings is truly a PHOTO BY D EREK KOUYOUMJIAN shrimp, juicy steaks and chicken, two-fisted sandwiches, most every taste. playground for grown-ups. SUNSET GRILL & TAP: The Allston restaurant and burgers and salads. If that isn’t entertaining enough, watering hole offers an astounding array of beers there’s live music every night with no cover. SEE LOCATOR ARIA, 246 Tremont St., 617-338-7080. Fri 11 p.m.–2 a.m.; Sat REVOLUTION ROCK BAR, 200 High St., 617-261-4200. Mon–Fri from all over the world on tap and by the bottle. #3 ON CENTER MAP. 10 p.m.–2 a.m. Cover: $10–15. Call for age restrictions. Located 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m.; Sat 5 p.m.–2 a.m. Cover: $5–10 after 8:30 Refer to listing, page 51. in the basement of the Wilbur Theatre, this nightspot features p.m. When you love it loud, Revolution Rock Bar is the perfect GRAND CANAL, 57 Canal St., 617-523-1112. Daily 11 chic decor with plush red couches and dance music—from place to unleash your inner guitar god. The two-level bar/restau- a.m.–2 a.m. Cover varies. This Faneuil Hall area restaurant International to House. Dress to impress. rant boasts live entertainment Wed–Fri and DJs on Sat, a dance and pub transports the authentic style of the Victorian Irish floor and a casual, unpretentious vibe. PUBS AND BARS pub scene to Boston with high ceilings, antiques, red wallpaper, THE BEEHIVE, 541 Tremont St., 617-423-0069. Open nightly a grandfather clock rising over the bar, photos of Dublin’s Grand 5:30 p.m.–2 a.m. This new South End establishment offers a full SAINT, Copley Square Hotel, 90 Exeter St., 617-236-1134. THE BELL IN HAND TAVERN, 45 Union St., 617-227-2098. Canal, a balcony, an alcove and a working fireplace. and diverse dinner menu, sophisticated cocktail selection and Thu–Sat 7 p.m.–2 a.m., Sun & Mon 10 p.m.–2 a.m.; closed Tue Daily 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m. Opened in 1795, the Bell in Hand is the nightly live jazz performances, making The Beehive the mature & Wed. Table reservations available. One of Boston’s hottest oldest tavern in the U.S. This casual pub, offering pints, food and THE GREEN DRAGON TAVERN, 11 Marshall St., 617-367-0055. hipster’s choice for a fun and funky night out. nightclubs, Saint offers gourmet dining, nightly DJs and the live music, attracts locals, students and tourists alike. Tue— Boston’s premier 18th-century tavern on the Freedom Trail. Serving chance to lounge on overstuffed couches (and even beds) in pri- Karaoke night. lunch and dinner daily with lobster specials Mon–Thu. Entertainment BOSTON BILLIARD CLUB, 126 Brookline Ave., 617-536-POOL. vate and public rooms. Proper dress required. nightly with a traditional Irish ‘seisiun’ every Sat from 4–8 p.m. Mon–Sat 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m.; Sun noon–2 a.m. 18+ Sun–Thu. BILL’S BAR, 5.5 Lansdowne St., 617-421-9678. Wed–Sat 9 Ranked Number One Billiard Club in the country by Billiards p.m.–2 a.m., Sun 10 p.m.–2 a.m. Call for cover and age restric- JAKE IVORY’S, 9 Lansdowne St., 617-247-1222. Thu 9 Digest, this nightspot is perfect for pool aficionados and novices GAY AND LESBIAN tions. A laid-back, no frills, no fuss bar with musical entertain- p.m.–2 a.m., Fri & Sat 8:30 p.m.–2 a.m. Cover: $4–10, table alike. Free parking. Mon—Free lessons; Wed—Ladies’ Night: ment nightly. Sun—Reggae Sundays. reservations available. Come join the crowds who marvel at each lady gets 25% off table time, four ladies per table play for CLUB CAFE, 209 Columbus Ave., 617-536-0966. Open daily (and sing along with) the dueling pianists at this club in the free; Thu—Music Trivia Night; Mon, Tue & Thu—League Night. 11 a.m.–2 a.m. No cover. In the back of the 209 restaurant, THE BLACK ROSE, 160 State St., next to Faneuil Hall heart of nightlife central, Lansdowne Street. Great for a casual you’ll find the Moonshine and Satellite lounges, voted “Best Marketplace, 617-742-2286. Daily 11:30 a.m.–2 a.m. Enjoy night out, after work parties or friendly get-togethers. DISTRICT, 180 Lincoln St., 617-426-0180. Wed–Sat ’til 2 a.m. of Boston” by Boston magazine and The Improper Bostonian live Irish music nightly and on select afternoons in an authentic This distinctive nightspot in the heart of Boston’s industrial chic for best gay and lesbian nightspot. Wed–Sat at 9 p.m.— pub setting. JULIEN BAR, Langham Hotel, 250 Franklin St., 617-451-1900. Leather District mixes eclectic décor, shareable appetizers and Moonshine Video Bar. No cover. Enjoy cocktails and piano entertainment in this his- hearty entrees such as tuna sashimi with delicious cocktails, BRISTOL LOUNGE, Four Seasons Hotel, 200 Boylston St., 617- toric lounge, voted Boston’s “Best Fancy Bar.” Mon–Fri from while DJs spin nightly, setting a vibe that strikes a balance JACQUES CABARET, 79 Broadway St., 617-426-8902. Mon–Sat 351-2052. Jazz entertainers create sounds as lush as their set- 5–11 p.m.; Sat from 6 p.m. ‘til midnight—Pianist Jeffrey between exotic and sensual, laid-back and casual. 11 a.m.–midnight; Sun noon–midnight. Cover: $6, $10 Fri & Sat. ting on a Boston-made, antique Steinert piano. Live music nightly. Moore; Sun from 11 a.m.–3 p.m.—Sunday Jazz Brunch in Cash only. Featured in Modern Bride as the “best place for a Café Fleuri. FOUNDATION LOUNGE, Hotel Commonwealth, Kenmore Square, bachelorette party,” Jacques Cabaret allows its patrons to min- BUKOWSKI’S TAVERN, 50 Dalton St., 617-437-9999. Daily 11:30 500 Commonwealth Ave., 617-859-9900. Tue–Sun 5 p.m.–2 gle and disco-dance with drag-queens. Mon—Tranny show; a.m.–2 a.m. Cash only. Traditional pub-style food and more than MR. DOOLEY’S BOSTON TAVERN, 77 Broad St., Financial a.m. Sophisticated and mature, this lounge fuses the L.A. hipster Tue—Karaoke; Wed—Delightful Divas; Thu—Jacques Angels; 100 types of beer characterize this cozy and unpretentious hole-in- District, 617-338-5656. Open nightly. Fri & Sat $5 cover. This scene with the cool and funky elegance of European and Asian Fri & Sat—Miss Leading Ladies; Sun—Amateur Talent Night. the-wall space near the Prudential Center Mall. authentic Irish pub features charming ambiance, 13 imported nightlife, boasting plush couches, exotic lighting, Zensai drafts on tap and live music six nights a week. Journalists, Japanese appetizers ’til 12:30 a.m. and a wide array of creative MACHINE, 1254 Boylston St., 617-536-1950. Fri & Sat noon– THE CACTUS CLUB, 939 Boylston St., 617-236-0200. politicians and young professionals find Mr. Dooley’s to be “a cocktails. Tue at 8 p.m.—Torch Tuesdays; Thu at 9 p.m.— 2 a.m. Cover varies. Cash only. With two dance floors, four bars, Restaurant: Sun 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m.; Mon & Tue 4:30–10 p.m.; great place for a pint and a chat.” Soulicious Thursdays; Wed, Fri & Sat at 10 p.m.—DJs. six pool tables, pinball machines, video games and theme Wed & Thu 11:30 a.m.–11 p.m.; Fri & Sat ‘til midnight; bar open nights, this club offers Boston’s gay and lesbian party-goers a ’til 2 a.m. daily. Famous for its margaritas, this restaurant and bar THE OAK BAR, Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel, 138 St. James Ave., GAME ON, 82 Lansdowne St., 617-351-7001. Mon–Fri 7 plethora of nightlife options. Thu at 10 p.m.—Karaoke with Eve offers a full lunch and dinner menu. Sun 10 p.m.–midnight— Copley Square, 617-267-5300. No cover. Popular among the fine a.m.–2 a.m., Sat & Sun 10 a.m.–2 a.m. The ultimate for any Adams; Fri—VJ Tom Yaz and DJ Darrin Friedman; Sat— ___ Free taco bar; Mon–Thu 4–7 p.m.—Half price appetizers at bar. scotch and cigar crowd, The Oak Bar is a Boston favorite for sports club enthusiast: a bar/restaurant/nightclub built inside Anthem Night featuring DJ Manuel Santiago. ___ 26 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 27 MUSEUMS & GALLERIES children (under 17) free. Free to all Thu 5–9 p.m. Film est African-American church still standing in the United Fine Vintage Posters screenings: $9. Boston’s first new art museum in 100 States. In addition, there are tour maps available for the years is a state-of-the-art, gleaming structure on the Black Heritage Trail. South Boston waterfront which presents installations of contemporary paintings, sculptures and photographs, as THE MUSEUM OF THE NATIONAL CENTER OF AFRO- well as cutting edge live dance and musical performanc- AMERICAN ARTISTS, 300 Walnut Ave., Roxbury, 617-442- es. Special exhibits: Bourgeois in Boston, works by con- 8614. Open Tue–Sun 1–5 p.m.; by appointment for groups. temporary artist Louise Bourgeois; Accumulations, the lat- Admission: $4; students & seniors $3. Housed in the former est additions to the ICA permanent collection; Momentum Oak Bend Mansion, a neo-Gothic structure built in the early 9: Kader Attia; On the Sandra and Gerald Fineberg Art 1870s, this museum holds a slide archive and an extensive Wall: Dave Muller. Special events: Jan 18 at 7:30 p.m., collection of African artifacts, prints and drawings. It also Jan 19 at 8 p.m.—CRASHarts presents Ten’s the Limit, a hosts national and international traveling exhibits. Special series of short modern dance pieces, tickets: $25; Jan 26 exhibits: through Jan 15—In Memory of Allan Rohan Crite at 8 p.m.— Subliminal Strings, a musical performance by (1910–2007); In Memory of Calvin W. Burnett (1921–2007). DJ Spooky, tickets: $20.

MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 465 Huntington Ave., 617-267- m ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM, 280 The 9300. Open Sat–Tue 10 a.m.–4:45 p.m., Wed–Fri ’til 9:45

Fenway, 617-566-1401. Open Tue–Sun 11 a.m.–5 p.m. p.m. Admission (includes two visits in a 10-day period): $17; useums & g Admission: $12; seniors $10; students with I.D. $5; chil- students & seniors $15; Wed after 4 p.m., pay as you wish; dren (under 18) free. Visitors named Isabella are admitted children (7–17) $8.50 on weekdays before 3 p.m., free at all free. Commissioned by Boston aristocrat Isabella Stewart other times, children 6 and under free. The museum houses Gardner and modeled after a 15th-century Venetian an outstanding collection of paintings, prints, sculptures, fur- palace, the museum exhibits 2,500 objects, including the nishings and other artwork from ancient times through the works of Rembrandt, Botticelli, Raphael, Titian and present, and the most comprehensive collection of Asiatic art alleries Matisse. Special event: Jan 20 at 1:30 p.m.—Sunday in the world. Special exhibits: Walk this Way; Contemporary Concert Series featuring the Irish Baroque Orchestra, Outlook: German Photography; Contemporary Outlook: Japan; tickets: $23. Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection; Ed 205 Newbury Street MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: Symbols of Power: Rossbach: Fiber Art from the Daphne Farago Collection; Open Daily, Parking Available Napoleon and the Art of the Empire Style, 1800–1815 JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND Arthur Wesley Dow: Photographer and Printmaker; www.internationalposter.com continues through January 27 at the Fenway area MUSEUM, off Morrissey Boulevard, next to UMass Boston, Resounding Ragas: Paintings and Musical Memory in India; 617-375-0076

institution. Refer to listing, page 29. Dorchester, 866-535-1960. www.jfklibrary.org. Open daily Drawing: A Broader Definition; Sumo: Japan’s Big Sport; alleries 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission: $10; students & seniors $8; RSVP: Jim Lambie; Zhang Daqian: Painter, Collector, Forger; children (13–17) $7; children (under 12) free; library through Jan 27—Symbols of Power: Napoleon and the Art forums free. This museum portrays Kennedy’s life, leadership of the Empire Style, 1800–1815; Glittering Gold: Illuminations BOSTON and legacy in 21 exhibits, three theaters, 20 video presenta- in Islamic Art. The end of ”Sorry, I can’t hear tions and more. Special exhibits: Jacqueline Kennedy what you’re saying!” BOSTON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM, Museum Wharf, 300 Entertains: The Art of the White House Dinner; Shaping Up MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, Science Park, 617-723-2500. useums & g Congress St., 617-426-6500. Open daily 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Fri America: JFK, Sports and the Call to Physical Fitness. Special Sat–Thu from 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Fri ’til 9 p.m. Admission: $17; ’til 9 p.m. Admission: $10; children (2–15) & seniors $8; chil- event: Jan 14 at 5:30 p.m.—Kennedy Forums: A conversa- seniors $15; children (3–11) $14; children (under 3) free. m dren (one-year-olds only) $2; children (under 1) free; Fri 5–9 tion with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Planetarium, laser show and Omni theater tickets: $9; sen- p.m. (Family Night) $1. The newly expanded and renovated iors $8; children (3–11) $7. Combination ticket prices and museum features a plethora of interactive exhibits that allow LARZ ANDERSON AUTO MUSEUM, Larz Anderson Park, evening discounts available. Interactive science exhibits, plus children to learn about science, history and culture firsthand. 15 Newton St., Brookline, 617-522-6547. Open Tue–Sun laser and astronomy shows in the Charles Hayden Planetar- Exhibits include: Construction Zone, a child-sized work site 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission: $5; students, seniors and children ium. Special exhibit: The Planetarium show Far, Far Away, The with miniature skyscrapers inspired by the Big Dig; Arthur & (6–18) $3; children (5 and under) free. The oldest collection Worlds of Star Wars. Refer to Film listings in Current Events Friends, featuring the stars of everyone’s favorite PBS pro- of historic automobiles in the nation is displayed in the for complete Mugar Omni Theater schedule. gram; Boston Black, celebrating Boston’s Caribbean, African owner’s original home. Special exhibit: American Muscle and African-American cultures; Kid Power, which allows Past and Present. OLD STATE HOUSE MUSEUM, 206 Washington St., 617-720- active kids to use energy in healthy ways and teaches them 1713. Mon–Sat from 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Sun 1–5 p.m. Tours daily about fitness and nutrition; Joshua’s Journey, detailing a THE MARY BAKER EDDY LIBRARY, 200 Massachussets at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Tickets: $5; seniors and students $4; black cowboy’s adventures and includes many hands-on Ave., 888-222-3711. Open Tue–Sun from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. children (ages 6–18) $1. At the site of the Boston Massacre activities, including saddling a horse. Refer to Kids Corner in Admission: $6; seniors, students with ID and youth (6–17) and the first reading of the Declaration of Independence in Current Events for special events. $4; children (under 6) and members free. Home to the world- Boston, explore exhibits of the American Revolution, Boston’s famous Mapparium, a three-story stained-glass globe depict- Maritime History and the Boston Massacre. Special exhibit: Earset 2 is a Bluetooth mobile phone headset with two microphones. COMMONWEALTH MUSEUM, Massachusetts Archives ing the world as it existed in 1934, which guests can walk The Old State House: A Hands-on History. One picks up the fine nuances in your voice. The second monitors Building, 220 Morrissey Blvd., 617-727-9268. Open Mon–Fri through. Visitors to the library can follow Mary Baker Eddy’s surrounding noise and helps eliminate it. Add a speaker design which includes bass ports for full-voice resonance, and you‘re wearing the 9 a.m.–5 p.m., second and fourth Sat of the month 9 a.m.–3 quest for insight and embark on one of their own through SPORTS MUSEUM OF NEW ENGLAND, 5th and 6th floor best Bluetooth mobile phone headset on the market. p.m. Free admission. Across from the JFK Presidential interactive exhibits in the Quest Gallery, or try out a “desk premium seating levels, TD Banknorth Garden, Causeway Library, this museum houses the collection of the job” at the Pulitzer Prize-winning Christian Science Monitor. Street, 617-624-1234. Open daily 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission Bluetooth Earset 2: $350 Massachusetts Archives and is ideal for fans of history or Special exhibit: Sensational Press, Radical Response. on the hour only, until 3 p.m. Hours altered during TD genealogy. Special exhibits: Le Grand Derangement: The Banknorth Garden events, call ahead. Admission: $6; seniors Acadian Exile in Massachusetts, 1755–1766; Fire and THE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, African & children (6–17) $4; children (under 6) free. The Sports Thunder: Massachusetts Blacks in the Civil War. Meeting House, 46 Joy St. (corner of Smith Court), Beacon Museum showcases New England’s rich sports heritage Bang & Olufsen Design Center 1 Design Center Place, Suite 643 Hill, 617-725-0022. www.afroammuseum.org. Open through an unparalleled collection of artifacts, multimedia Boston, MA 617 262 4949 INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, 100 Northern Ave., Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Free admission; donations wel- and artwork. Exhibits include the Boston Bruins Hall of Fame Bang & Olufsen Newbury Street 30 Newbury Street 617-478-3100. Open Sat, Sun, Tue & Wed 10 a.m.–5 p.m., come. Explore the history of Boston’s 19th-century African- portraits, the Boston Garden Penalty Box and New England’s Boston, MA 617 262 4949 ___ Thu & Fri ’til 9 p.m. Admission: $12; students & seniors $10; American community at the African Meeting House, the old- Olympic Heroes. ___ ABOVE: ROBERT L EFÈVRE, P ORTRAIT OF 28 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM N APOLEON I IN HIS CORONATION R OBES, 1812 JANUARY 14–27, 2008 29

USS CONSTITUTION MUSEUM, Charlestown Navy Yard, SACKLER MUSEUM, Quincy and Broadway streets, 617- Reopening to the public Jan 23. The Rose boasts a col- 6 p.m.; Sun noon–6 p.m. This internationally recognized fine Charlestown, 617-426-1812. Open daily 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Free 495-9400. Tours: Mon–Fri at 2 p.m.; see Busch-Reisinger lection of modern and contemporary art by artists including art poster gallery displays original vintage posters from the admission. The museum preserves the treasures of “Old Museum for hours and admission fees. Designed by James de Kooning, Rauschenberg and Warhol. Special exhibits: 1890s through post-World War II modern masters. Special Ironsides,” the U.S. Navy’s flagship and the world’s oldest Stirling, Britain’s famous post-modernist architect, the muse- beginning Jan 23—Empires and Environments; Broken exhibit: through Jan 18—Winter Wonderland. commissioned warship. Includes weapons, documents, jour- um houses ancient Oriental and Islamic collections. Special Home: 1997/2007; Arp to Reinhardt: Rose Geometries. nals and more. Interactive exhibits allow visitors to load and exhibits: Overlapping Realms, arts of the Islamic world and JUDI ROTENBERG GALLERY, 130 Newbury St., 617-437- 1 fire a cannon, try out a sailor’s sleeping quarters and virtually India, 900–1900; Alexander’s Image and the Beginning of SALEM WITCH MUSEUM, 19 /2 Washington Square North, 1518. Tue–Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m. The Judi Rotenberg Gallery is command the Constitution in battle. Special exhibits: Old Greek Portraiture; On the Path of Madness: Representations Salem, 978-744-1692. Open daily 10 a.m.–5 p.m. one of the longest standing independent galleries in Boston Ironsides in War and Peace; Sailors Speak: A Sailor’s Life for of Majnun in Persian, Turkish and Indian Painting; through Admission: $7.50; seniors $6.50; children (6–14) $5. Life-size and is committed to both established and emerging talent in Me?; The Barbary War: Piracy, Politics and Power. Jan 20—Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical stage settings and historically accurate narration recreate the all media. Antiquity; through Jan 27—A Tradition Redefined: Modern hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials and executions of 1692. and Contemporary Chinese Ink Paintings from the Chu-tsing Translations available in Japanese, French, German, Italian LANOUE FINE ART, 160 Newbury St., 617-262-4400. CAMBRIDGE Li Collection, 1950–2000; Downtime. and Spanish. Special exhibit: Witches: Evolving Perceptions. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun noon–5 p.m. Featuring con- temporary representational and abstract art, Lanoue is com- Due to limited parking, it is best to take the Red Line when mitted to exploring diverse media and concepts.

traveling to Harvard, Central or Kendall squares. The BEYOND BOSTON GALLERIES m Cambridge Discovery Booth located at the Harvard Square L’ATTITUDE GALLERY, 218 Newbury St., 617-927-4400

“T” entrance provides additional information. CONCORD MUSEUM, 200 Lexington Road, Concord, 978- ARDEN GALLERY, 129 Newbury St., 617-247-0610. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sun noon–5 p.m. This gallery useums & g 369-9763. Mon–Sat 11 a.m.–4 p.m., Sun 1–4 p.m. Mon–Sat 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Arden specializes in contempo- boasts contemporary sculpture, crafts and art for the home, BUSCH-REISINGER MUSEUM, Werner Otto Hall, 32 Quincy Admission: $10; seniors & students with I.D. $8; children rary oil paintings and sculpture by nationally and internation- garden and commercial environments, as well as an outdoor St. (enter through the Fogg Art Museum), 617-495-9400. (6–17) $5; family rates available. Ample free parking on ally renowned artists, whose styles range from super-realism sculpture garden. Over 75 U.S. and international artists are Open Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sun 1–5 p.m. Tours: Mon– Cambridge Turnpike. Relive Concord’s history, from Native to abstraction. Special exhibit: Works by Paul Balmer. represented in various mediums, including glass, ceramics, Fri at 1 p.m. Admission: $9; seniors $7; students $6; American habitation and European settlement to the days of wood, stone, mixed media and textiles. children (under 18) free. Central and Northern European Emerson, Thoreau, the Alcotts and Hawthorne. BARBARA KRAKOW GALLERY, 10 Newbury St., 617-262- alleries artists, with an emphasis on German-speaking countries. 4490. Tue–Sat 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. The Barbara Krakow Gallery MILLS GALLERY, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Special exhibit: Art and Design from Central and Northern DECORDOVA MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE PARK, 51 Sandy attracts top contemporary artists from around the world, St., 617-426-8835. Sun–Wed 1–4 p.m., Thu–Sat 7–10 p.m. Europe since 1880. Pond Road, Lincoln, 781-259-8355. Tue–Sun 10 a.m.– showcasing work that focuses on minimalism and conceptual- The BCA presents exciting contemporary works by estab- 5 p.m. Admission: $9; seniors, students & children (6–12) ism. Special exhibits: through Jan 16—Bill Thompson: lished and emerging local, regional, national and international FOGG ART MUSEUM, Quincy and Broadway streets, $6. Sculpture Park: open sunrise to sunset, free admission. Dialects; beginning Jan 19—Works by Rachel Perry Welty. visual artists, mounting approximately six large-scale exhibi- 617-495-9400. Tours: Mon–Fri at 11 a.m.; see Busch- Tour one of the largest contemporary art museums and the tions in the 2,200 square foot Mills Gallery each year.

Reisinger Museum for hours and admission fees. The muse- only permanent public sculpture park in New England. BOSTON SCULPTORS GALLERY, 486 Harrison Ave., 617- alleries um displays European and American masterpieces from the Special exhibit: Moving Through New England. 482-7781. Wed–Sun noon–6 p.m. A sculptors’ cooperative NIELSEN GALLERY, 179 Newbury St., 617-266-4835. Middle Ages to the present and hosts concerts and guided that has served as an alternative venue for innovative solo Tue–Sat 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Renowned for its fine collection tours. Special exhibits: Modern Art, 1865–1965; American NATIONAL HERITAGE MUSEUM, 33 Marrett Road, Lexington, sculpture exhibitions since 1992. Special exhibit: Works by of contemporary paintings, drawings and sculptures. Special Art at Harvard; 18th-century European Ceramics and 781-861-6559. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sun noon–5 p.m. Larry Pollans and Bill Wainwright. exhibit: beginning Jan 19—Works by Harvey Quaytman. Paintings; Contemporary Art from the Harvard University Free admission. Devoted to presenting exhibitions on Art Museums Collections. American history and popular culture as a way of preserving BRICKBOTTOM GALLERY, 1 Fitchburg St., Somerville, 617- PEPPER GALLERY, 38 Newbury St., 617-236-4495. Tue–Fri useums & g our national heritage. Special exhibits: Sowing the Seeds of 776-3410. Thu–Sat noon–5 p.m. This not-for-profit gallery 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Sat 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Committed to pre- HARVARD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 26 Oxford St., Liberty: Lexington and the American Revolution; Fins, Wings presents thoughtful and professionally curated art exhibitions senting contemporary representational and abstract works by m 617-495-3045. Daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission: $9; seniors and Other Such Things: Photos from the Polaroid Collections; and fosters a stable, permanent artist community of residents living artists, the gallery rotates its exhibitions every five and students $7; children (3–18) $6. Among the museum’s Raymond Loewy: Designs for a Consumer Culture; and non-resident members. Special exhibit: Fire. weeks to represent different members of the artistic commu- 17 galleries is the internationally acclaimed Ware Collection Remember Me: Highlights from the National Heritage nity, both established and up-and-coming. of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants, a unique collection of Museum; To Fly to the Aid of Humanity: Benjamin Franklin BROMFIELD ART GALLERY, 450 Harrison Ave., 617-451- over 3,000 glass flower models created between 1886 and and the Lodge of Nine Sisters. 3605. Wed–Sat noon–5 p.m. Boston’s oldest artist-run gallery PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOURCE CENTER, Boston University, 1936. Special exhibits: Nests and Eggs; Dodos, Trilobites and features shows by members of the cooperative, while exhibi- 832 Commonwealth Ave., 617-975-0600. Open Tue, Wed & Meteorites; Climate Change: Our Global Experiment; PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM, East India Square, Salem, tions by visiting artists are selected by current members. Fri 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Thu ’til 8 p.m., Sat & Sun noon–5 p.m. Arthropods: Creatures that Rule; Looking at Animals, photo- 866-745-1876. Open daily 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission: $13; Special exhibits: through Jan 26—Forget Me Not: Portraits Admission: $3; students and seniors $2; children under 18 graphs by Henry Horenstein. seniors $11; students $9; children (16 and under) free. by Ann Kirchner; Open Doors: Sculptures by Marilyn Ranker. free. PRC exhibitions and educational programs are guided The nation’s oldest continually operating museum boasts a by a philosophical inquiry into the intersection of photogra- MIT LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER, 20 Ames St., 617-253- brand-new wing with a 190-seat auditorium and a glass- CHASE GALLERY, 129 Newbury St., 617-859-7222. Mon–Fri phy with aesthetic, professional and critical discourses. 4680. Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun noon–6 p.m.; Thu ’til 8 p.m. covered atrium. The collection showcases African, Asian, 10:30 a.m.–6 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Since 1990, Special exhibit: through Jan 27—Ad Agency. Free admission. One of Boston’s premier showcases for con- Pacific Island and American folk and decorative art, a mar- Chase Gallery has been one of the city’s top galleries for the temporary art, the List Center reflects MIT’s position as a cut- itime collection dating back to the museum’s earliest days, exhibition of contemporary artists, both representational PUCKER GALLERY, 171 Newbury St., 617-267-9473. ting-edge research institution by presenting works from the and the first collection of Native American art in the hemi- and abstract. Special exhibit: through Jan 26—Modern Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Sun 1–5 p.m. Features work world’s leading contemporary artists. sphere. Special exhibits: Intersections, Native American Art Landscape: A Point of View. by Israeli, American and internationally known contemporary in a New Light; Of Gods and Mortals, traditional art from artists. The Boston Phoenix writes, “You can make a case THE MIT MUSEUM, 265 Massachusetts Ave., 617-253-4444. India; All of My Life, contemporary works by Native American CHILDS GALLERY, 169 Newbury St., 617-266-1108. for the Pucker Gallery as Boston’s best gallery—though it’s Daily 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission: $7.50; seniors, students and artists; Yin Yu Tang, the 16-bedroom home of a prosperous Tue–Fri 9 a.m.–6 p.m.; Mon & Sat 10 a.m.–5 p.m. The really more like a wonderful miniature museum.” Special youth (5–18) $3; children under 5 free. Exhibits interpret Chinese merchant of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), longest-running of the commercial Newbury Street galleries, exhibit: Remembering Angels: New Work by Samuel Bak. themes and ideas related to MIT research and activities. ticketed separately: $4; Perfect Imbalance: Exploring Childs has one of the largest inventories of oil paintings, Ongoing exhibits: Mind and Hand: The Making of MIT Chinese Aesthetics; Origami Now; Gateway Bombay; drawings, watercolors, and prints in the U.S. Special exhibits: VOSE GALLERIES, 238 Newbury St., 617-536-6176. Mon– Scientists and Engineers; Holography: The Light Fantastic; Samuel McIntire, Carving an American Style; through beginning Jan 14—Expressionism!; A Medieval Tapestry: Fri 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Established Gestural Engineering: The Sculpture of Arthur Ganson; Jan 27—Accidental Mysteries. The Ancestral Quest of Betty Herbert; The Monotypes of in 1841, Vose Galleries—the oldest family-owned art gallery Flashes of Inspiration: The Work of Harold Edgerton; Deep Hellmuth Weissenborn. in the United States—specializes in American artists from Frontiers: Ocean Engineering at MIT; Ship Models: The THE ROSE ART MUSEUM, Brandeis University, 415 South St., the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Its new contempo- Evolution of Ship Design. Special exhibits: MIT Professor Waltham, 781-736-3434. Tue–Sun noon–5 p.m. Admission: INTERNATIONAL POSTER GALLERY, 205 Newbury St., 617- rary wing, expanding the collection to living artists, opened ___ Jerry Milgram: An Exceptional Ocean Engineer. $3; museum members and children (under 16) free. 375-0076. www.internationalposter.com. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.– in 2001. ___ 30 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 31 SIGHTSEEING Tue–Fri from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. This oft-overlooked historical es: Sun at noon, Wed at 6 p.m. The original Mother Church built in an African-American (1797); and the home of Lewis and Harriet gem offers insight into the lives of U.S. presidents John Adams 1894 is at the heart of the Christian Science Center, situated on Hayden, who harbored runaway slaves. Maps are available at the and son John Quincy Adams. Tour the birthplaces of both pres- 14 acres in the Back Bay. The Romanesque structure is made Museum of African-American History. idents, as well as “The Old House,” which was home to five from New Hampshire granite with stained glass windows illustrat- generations of the Adams family. ing Biblical events. BOSTON CHOCOLATE TOUR, departs from the corner of Boylston and Charles streets, 617-269-7010. Sat at 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 ARNOLD ARBORETUM, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, 617- FOREST HILLS CEMETERY, 95 Forest Hills Ave., 617-524-0128. p.m. Tickets: $75. Reservations required. Old Town Trolley takes 524-1718. Grounds open year-round dawn to dusk. Free Open daily from dawn to dusk. Created in 1848, this cemetery chocoholics on a delicious tour of some of Boston’s most deca- admission. Visitor Center open Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–4 p.m., Sat 10 serves as the final resting place of Eugene O’Neill, Anne Sexton, dent chocolate creations, including desserts at the glamorous Top a.m.–4 p.m., Sun noon–4 p.m. This 265-acre tree sanctuary e.e. cummings, William Lloyd Garrison and former Boston Celtic of the Hub restaurant, authentic Boston cream pie at the Omni designed by Emerald Necklace architect Frederick Law Reggie Lewis. The 275 acres of twisting paths also contain sculp- Parker House and the piece de resistance, the Chocolate Bar buf- Olmsted opened in 1872. Now a National Historic Landmark, tural treasures, an arboretum, a “library” of life stories and an fet at the Langham Hotel. the arboretum and its gardens contain more than 7,000 vari- open-air museum. eties of trees, shrubs and flowers for your perusal. CHINATOWN WALKING TOURS, 617-507-7927, HARRISON GRAY OTIS HOUSE, 141 Cambridge St., 617-227- www.asiancdc.org/heritage. Guided tours by appointment only; BOSTON ATHENAEUM, 10Beacon St., 617-227-0270. Open 3956. Open Wed–Sun 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m., tours every half hour. self-guided tours at leisure. Explore Boston’s exciting Chinatown Tue–Fri 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Mon ’til 8 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.–4 Admission: $8; seniors $7; students & children (5–18) $4; children neighborhood, either on your own or led by a member of the p.m. Art & Architecture tours: Tue & Thu at 3 p.m. Reservations (under 5), Historic New England members and Boston residents Chinatown Walking Tour Collective on guided theme tours of the required. One of the oldest and most distinguished private free. $24 maximum per family. Built in 1796 for Harrison Gray Otis neighborhood’s many local markets, restaurants and points of libraries in the United States, the Athenaeum was founded in and his wife, this grand mansion is an example of high-style interest. Call to arrange a guided tour, or pick up a free map of 1807. For nearly half a century, it was the unchallenged center Federal elegance. Tours offer insight into the social, business and the Chinatown Heritage Trail at local hotels and visitor centers. of intellectual life in Boston, and by 1851 it had become one of family life of the post-Revolution American elite. the five largest libraries in the country. CITY VIEW TROLLEYS, departing every 20–30 minutes from the

NEW ENGLAND HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL, Congress Street near New England Aquarium, South Station, Boston Common and other sightseeing BOSTON PUBLIC GARDEN, bordered by Arlington, Charles, Faneuil Hall, 617-457-8755. Tours available. This haunting memo- locations, 617-363-7899. Daily 9:30 a.m–4 p.m. Tickets: $29; Beacon and Boylston streets. Open daily dawn to dusk. rial features six luminous glass towers etched with the six million seniors and students $27; children (12 & under) free. This year- MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY: Not only is this Established in 1837, the Public Garden is the nation’s first pub- prisoner numbers of those who perished in the Holocaust. Visitors round trolley company offers tours with eight stops at the most landmark in Cambridge the final resting place of such lic botanical garden. Its 24 acres are filled with scenic and can walk under the towers and read the dramatic stories of the scenic and historic locations in Boston, including the New England famous names as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and diverse greenery, as well as sculptures, including one that victims and heroes of this tremendous human tragedy. Aquarium and stops along the Freedom Trail. Passengers can Winslow Homer, it is also a prime bird-watching spot commemorates the popular children’s book Make Way for board and exit the trolley at any stop at any time during the tours. year-round. Refer to listing, page 34. Ducklings. Other fixtures include the Lagoon—home to the THE SKYWALK OBSERVATORY AT THE PRUDENTIAL CENTER, famed Swan Boats from April through Labor Day—and the 617-859-0648. Open daily 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Skywalk kiosk closes FENWAY PARK TOURS, 4 Yawkey Way, 617-226-6666. Tours world’s smallest suspension bridge. at 6 p.m. Admission (including a headset audio tour of points of leave hourly from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. daily. Tickets: $12; seniors $11; interest): $11; seniors and students $9; children (under 12) $7.50. children (2–15) & military personnel $10. Tours originate at the ICE SKATING BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, 700 Boylston St., Copley Square, 617- Observatory may be closed due to weather conditions, please call Souvenir Store located on Yawkey Way across from Service Gate 536-5400. Open Mon–Thu 9 a.m.–9 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 5 p.m., Sun ahead. Enjoy spectacular 360-degree panoramic views of Boston D, rain or shine. This tour offers an inside look at America’s oldest

sightseeing CHARLES HOTEL ICE SKATING RINK, 1 Bennett St., Cambridge, 1–5 p.m. Free admission. Art & Architecture tours Sun at 2 p.m., and beyond and learn about the city’s 375 years of culture and histo- active Major League ballpark, including a visit to the top of the 617-864-1200. Mon–Fri from 2–8 p.m., Sat & Sun from 10 a.m.–8 Mon at 2:30 p.m., Tue & Thu at 6 p.m., Fri & Sat at 11 a.m. The ry on the Antennae Audio Tour. Displays include Dreams of Freedom, famed “Green Monster” and stories from Boston Red Sox history. p.m. Fees: $5; skate rental $5, children (under 12) $3. This 2,900- first publicly supported municipal library in the world hosts one mil- about the Boston immigrant experience, and a theater showing square-foot, illuminated outdoor ice skating rink boasts rink-side lion visitors a year, who come to view this architectural master- Wings Over Boston, a spectacular aerial tour of the entire city. THE FREEDOM TRAIL FOUNDATION’S FREEDOM TRAIL refreshments from the New England-influenced restaurant Henrietta’s piece and its collection of more than five million books. Film festi- PLAYERS, 617-357-8300. Tours depart from the Visitor Center on Table, including hot toddies and vanilla-infused hot chocolate. vals, exhibits and children’s programs run throughout the year. TRINITY CHURCH, Copley Square, 617-536-0944. Open: Sun Boston Common daily at 11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Additional 1:30 7 a.m.–7 p.m., Tue–Sat 9 a.m.–6 p.m. Tours available for $5; p.m. tours on weekdays. Tours depart from BosTix Tue–Sun at FROG POND ICE SKATING RINK, Boston Common, 617-635- BUNKER HILL PAVILION, Boston National Historical Park Visitors seniors & students $4; children (under 16) free with an adult. 11:30 a.m. Tickets: $12; seniors $10; children (12 and under) $6. 4505. Open Mon 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Tue–Thu & Sun ’til 9 p.m., Fri Center, Charlestown, 617-242-5601. Located yards from the USS Guided tours: most weekdays at 1 and 2 p.m., Sun at 12:15 Call for private tours. Explore the Freedom Trail with costumed & Sat ’til 10 p.m. Fees: $4; children (under 13) free; rental skates Constitution. Visitor center and bookstore open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. (free). Self-guided tours: Mon–Sat 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Sun actors portraying famous patriots such as James Otis, Abigail $8; lockers $1. Seasonal passes available. Ice skating on Boston p.m. Check out “Whites of Their Eyes,” a dramatic multimedia 1–5 p.m. Built in 1877, this house of worship, a combination of Adams and William Dawes in this 90-minute tour. Stops include the Common’s Frog Pond has become a staple of wintertime in Boston. presentation of the Battle of Bunker Hill, one of the first major bat- Victorian, Gothic and French Romanesque styles, is one of the Park Street Church, the Boston Massacre Site, the Old State House The heated skate house offers hot chocolate, snacks and music. tles of the Revolution. Visitors can climb the nearby Bunker Hill great masterpieces of American church architecture. The church and Faneuil Hall. Private tours may be tailored to individual needs Monument, a 221-foot granite obelisk, or visit the recently estab- is located in Copley Square adjacent to the John Hancock Tower. and interests. Special event: Historic Holiday Strolls, Thu–Sun at LARZ ANDERSON SKATING RINK, 25 Newton St., Brookline, lished Bunker Hill Museum. 3:30 p.m. Tickets: $27; children $18. Reservations required. 617-739-7518. Open Tue & Thu 10 a.m.–noon, Fri 7:30–9:30 p.m., Sat & Sun noon–5 p.m. Fees: $7; children $4; rental skates CUSTOM HOUSE TOWER, 3 McKinley Square, 617-310-6300. TOURS AND TRAILS HISTORIC PUB CRAWL, BosTix Booth, Faneuil Hall, 617-357- $5; skate sharpening $6. Named one of the most romantic desti- Observation deck open Mon–Thu at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Fri & Sat 8300. Reservations required. Private tours for groups are available nations in the Hub by Boston magazine, Larz Anderson Park was at 4 p.m. Free historical tours: Tue at 10 a.m. Tours may be can- ANTIQUE LIMOUSINE, 781-308-1921. Tours by appointment only. on most days. Tickets: $39. Jan 15 & 22 at 5:30 p.m. The the former residence of the Anderson family and is now a 64- celled due to weather conditions, call ahead. Boston’s first sky- Get up close and personal to the sights of the Freedom Trail in a Freedom Trail Foundation’s 18th-century costumed guide takes acre public park that is home to the Museum of Transporation, scraper stands high over Boston Harbor as one of the city’s most 1939 Cadillac seven-passenger limousine in ways the trolley and you on a tour of Boston’s historic pubs where treasonous events several themed gardens and historical artifacts. The skating impressive landmarks. Crowned by its distinctive clock tower and duck tours can’t get you. Your 1930s period driver will act the part were hatched 250 years ago. Enjoy plenty of beer and light fare pavillion sits atop a wooded hill in the middle of what was once restored with modern luxuries, the building epitomizes the preser- and stay in character. Call to schedule a pick up at any Boston-area along the way. an Italian garden designed by Charles A. Platt in 1901. vation of Boston’s historic architecture. Today, the Marriott location. Antique Limousine also offers transportation for weddings Corporation operates this landmark. and other special occasions. Be sure to ask about the wine bar. NORTH END MARKET TOUR, 64 Cross St., take the “T” to Haymarket, 617-523-6032. Three-hour tours: Wed & Sat at 10 SIGHTS OF INTEREST THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST SCIENTIST, 175 Huntington BLACK HERITAGE TRAIL, 46 Joy St., 617-742-5415. Free tours a.m. and 2 p.m., Fri 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Reservations required. Ave., 617-450-2000. Free tours of The Mother Church Tue from by appointment only. Call at least 24 hours in advance for reserva- Custom tours for groups available. Tickets: $48. Michele Topor, an ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, 1250 Hancock St., noon–4 p.m., Wed from 1–4 p.m., Thu–Sat noon–5 p.m., and Sun tions. A guided tour through the north side of Beacon Hill, includ- authority on Italian cuisine and culture, hosts award-winning culi- Quincy, eight miles south of Boston, 617-770-1175. Take the “T” from 11 a.m.–3 p.m., every half hour. Services: Sun at 10 a.m. ing the homes of politicians and entrepreneurs; the African nary walking tours through one of the nation’s oldest Italian- ___ to the Quincy Center stop on the Red Line. Visitor Center is open and 7 p.m., Wed at noon and 7:30 p.m. Spanish language servic- Meeting House, built in 1806; the oldest standing house built by American communities. ___ ABOVE PHOTO © JOHN H ARRISON 32 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 33 EXCURSIONS NORTH END SECRET TOURS, North Square (across from The Paul NEW ENGLAND AQUARIUM, Central Wharf, 617-973-5200. Open AMUSEMENT PARKS Revere House), 617-720-2283. Tours: Fri & Sat 10 a.m., 1 and 4 Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Sat & Sun ’til 6 p.m. Admission: $18.95; p.m. Reservations required. Tickets: $30 per person. This two-hour seniors (60+) $16.95; children (3–11) $10.95; children (under 3) 5W!TS, 186 Brookline Ave., 617-375-WITS. Open daily at guided walking tour explores some of the hidden courtyards and free. Refer to Current Events section under Film for IMAX theater 11 a.m. Tickets: $14–20. Combining the appeals of theme passageways of the North End, visits the birthplace of Kennedy listings. Combination ticket prices available. Dedicated to advanc- parks, museums and haunted houses, 5W!ts provides visi- matriarch Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy and tells tales of Boston’s old- ing knowledge of the world of water, this outstanding aquatic zoo tors with action-packed interactive game-play and puzzle- est neighborhood, like the disastrous Great Boston Molasses Flood features a 187,000-gallon Giant Ocean Tank containing a solving activities. Current show: Tomb, which allows players of 1919 that devastated much of the historic city sector. Caribbean coral reef with sharks, sea turtles, moray eels and other to journey to the center of a buried pharaoh’s final resting aquatic life. Be sure to check out the popular penguin habitat. The place, facing challenges and obstacles along the way. OLD TOWN TROLLEY TOURS OF BOSTON, 617-269-7150. Tours adjacent Simons 3D IMAX Theater is the first theater of its kind in depart daily every 20 minutes from 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Tickets: $32; the Boston area. seniors & students $28; children (4–12) $10. With 16 stops CRUISES throughout the city, including the New England Aquarium, Fenway STONE ZOO, 149 Pond St., Stoneham, 781-438-5100. Open Park, USS Constitution Museum and the Trolley Stop Store on the daily 10 a.m–4 p.m. Admission: $8; seniors $7; children (2–12) SPIRIT OF BOSTON CRUISES, departing from the Seaport corner of South Charles and Boylston streets, patrons can enjoy a $5; children (under 2) free. Highlights include Yukon Creek, World Trade Center, 200 Seaport Blvd., 866-310-2469. Call 110-minute, fully narrated sightseeing tour of more than 100 Mexican gray wolves, snow leopards, jaguars, reindeer, river for reservations and departure times. For close to three points of interest aboard the orange-and-green, all-weather trolley. otters, llamas, miniature horses—and Stone’s newest arrivals, decades, Spirit Cruises have been getting people out on meerkats—as well as educational programs at the Animal the open water in cities across the nation. In Boston, PHOTO WALKS, 617-851-2273. Tours: daily at 10 a.m. or 1 p.m. Discovery Center. guests are treated to their choice of lunch, dinner and depending on tour. Call for reservations and departure locations. midnight cruises on picturesque Boston Harbor aboard the Tickets: $25; students $20; children (ages 12–17) $12. Explore three-deck Spirit of Boston. Boston with your choice of three photographic journeys that reveal the CAMBRIDGE scenic treasures of Beacon Hill, Back Bay or the Freedom Trail. Each

walking tour provides fascinating historical information and simple, Due to limited parking, it is best to take the Red Line when SIGHTS OF INTEREST e creative tips on composing artistic photographs of area attractions. traveling to Harvard, Central or Kendall squares. The Cambridge Discovery Booth located at the Harvard Square BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME, 1000 West Columbus Ave., xcur SAMUEL ADAMS BREWERY TOUR: DRINK IN A LITTLE “T” entrance provides additional information. Springfield, 413-781-6500. Mon–Fri 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Sat– HISTORY, 30 Germania St., Jamaica Plain, 617-522-9080. Tours Sun ’til 5 p.m. Tickets: $16.99; seniors $13.99; children PHOTO BY T HOMAS N EILL begin approximately every 30 minutes, Tue–Thu noon–3 p.m., Fri CAMBRIDGE COMMON/OLD BURYING GROUND. A grazing (5–15) $11.99; (4 & under) free. In 1891, James Naismith OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE: This living museum noon–5:30 p.m., Sat 11 a.m.–3 p.m. One-hour tours include pasture and cemetery for Puritan Newtowne, as well as a developed the game of basketball and its original 13 rules in central Massachusetts recreates an early 19th- samples (ID required). Tickets: $2 donation to a local charity. Call favorite meeting spot for public figures and a tent site for the in Springfield, Mass. Now Springfield is home to the Hall century New England Village. Refer to listing, below. sions for special events and closings. Learn about the art of brewing Continental Army. Early college presidents and town residents of Fame, an edifice that pays homage to the greatest men beer and taste rich malts and spicy hops on this tour of the origi- were buried in “God’s Acre” across from the Common. to play and coach the game, like Bill Russell, Magic nal Samuel Adams brewery. Johnson, Michael Jordan and Duke coach Mike CHRIST CHURCH, Zero Garden St., 617-876-0200. Offices Krzyzewski. The Hall of Fame also includes interactive NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM, Route 183, Stockbridge, 413- URBAN ADVENTOURS, 800-979-3370, www.urbanadven- open Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Call for services. This 1761 Tory basketball fun for visitors and numerous exhibits. 298-4100. Open Mon–Fri 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Sat & Sun ’til 5 p.m.

sightseeing tours.com. Book online with the promo code ‘Panorama,’ and house of worship was utilized as a Colonial barracks in the Tickets: $12.50; students $7 (18 and under free). Audio tours: receive 10% off the purchase of 2 or more tickets. Offering American Revolution. DR. SEUSS NATIONAL MEMORIAL SCULPTURE GARDEN, $5; children & seniors $4. Boasting 574 original Norman guided bicycle tours and bike rentals, Urban AdvenTours gives 220 State St., Springfield, 413-263-6800. Sculpture Garden Rockwell drawings and paintings, the museum—situated in the visitors a range of ways to explore Boston on two wheels. Opt FIRST CHURCH UNITARIAN/UNIVERSALIST, 3 Church St., is open daily from 9 a.m.–8 p.m. This fitting artistic tribute— town where the artist lived the last 25 years of his life—houses for the basic City View tour, or explore historical buildings on Harvard Square, 617–876–7772. Please call for services. as well as a museum devoted to Theodore Seuss Geisel’s lit- the world’s largest collection of Rockwell art. Visitors can also the Art and Architecture tour or get some great shots of Boston Harvard College provided the pews for its students in this erary accomplishments and favorite characters like the tour Rockwell’s Stockbridge art studio building, complete with on the Photography tour. 1833 building erected for the then-newly founded Unitarian Lorax, Yertle the Turtle, the Sneeches and Horton the the original furnishings and equipment. Special exhibit: Church. Elephant—was created by Geisel’s step-daughter, Lark Grey LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel. Diamond-Cates. Besides the sculpture of Geisel sitting at a VISITOR RESOURCES HARVARD AND RADCLIFFE YARDS. Located within Harvard drawing board with the Cat in the Hat as his muse, pieces OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, 508- Campus. The centers of two institutions that have played major include the Yertle the Turtle Tower and the Grinch. 347-3362. Open Tue–Sun 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. (Also open Jan 21.) PANORAMA WELCOME CENTER AT COPLEY PLACE, Adjacent educational roles since Harvard’s founding in 1636. Tickets: $20; seniors $18; children $6 (under 3 free). Take a trip back to the Westin Skybridge, 617-236-1027. If you lose your copy ELM BANK RESERVATION, Wellesley, 617-698-1802. in time at this recreation of an early 19th-century New England vil- of Panorama magazine while touring Boston, you can stop in at HARVARD SQUARE/OLD CAMBRIDGE. Take the “T” to Harvard Reservation is open dawn to dusk year round, gates open at lage where costumed educators show visitors what life in the early the Welcome Center and replace it, and while you’re there, get on the Red Line. The center of Cambridge activity since the 8 a.m. Bordered by the Charles River on three sides, the Elm days of America was really like. Visit a tin shop, a cider mill and a further information on Boston area attractions from a local 17th century, the Square is home to Harvard University, historic Bank Reservation is 182 acres of woodlands, fields and old blacksmith, while touring restorations of period New England homes authority on “what to do, where to go and what to see.” Special buildings, bookstores, cafes, restaurants and shops. estate property. Deer and other wildlife live along the river and marveling at authentic remnants from a long-gone age. event: Jan 26 at 11 a.m.—Snow and Stowe Day, featuring banks of the reservation, which also contains areas for hik- information about skiing and snowboarding in Stowe, Vt. MOUNT AUBURN CEMETERY, 580 Mount Auburn St., ing, playing soccer, canoeing, kayaking and picnicking. YANKEE CANDLE FACTORY, 5 North St., South Deerfield, 800- Cambridge, 617-547-7105. Open daily, including holidays, from 839-6038. Factory visitor’s center is open 9:30 a.m.–6 p.m. 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Founded in 1831 by the Massachusetts MINUTE MAN NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, Concord Call for additional information. The Yankee Candle Factory is WILDLIFE Horticultural Society, Mount Auburn was the first landscaped and Lexington (North Bridge Visitor Center, 174 Liberty St., one part of a larger complex devoted to the company. It also cemetery in the country. Many prominent Americans are buried Concord), 978-369-6993. Park grounds open sunrise to includes a museum, a candle store and the Bavarian Christmas FRANKLIN PARK ZOO, One Franklin Park Road, Franklin Park, here, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Isabella Stewart sunset. Created in 1959 to preserve the sites associated Village. Visitors are able to dip their own creations at this one- 617-541-LION. Open daily 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Admission: $11; sen- Gardner and Winslow Homer. The cemetery is also an arbore- with the opening battles of the American Revolution, Minute of-a-kind must-see for fans of the popular scented candles. iors $9.50; children (2–12) $6; children (under 2) free. Home to tum, sculpture garden and wildlife sanctuary. Man Park consists of over 900 acres of land along original more than 210 species, many of them endangered. Roam the segments of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, including Australian Outback Trail with kangaroos, explore the Tropical TORY ROW (BRATTLE STREET). One of the nation’s most Lexington Green and Concord’s North Bridge. The park also DESTINATIONS Forest and see the gorillas, marvel at the lion and tigers at beautiful residential streets, Tory Row is the site of Loyalist preserves The Wayside, the 19th-century home of literary Kalahari Kingdom and visit zebras, ostriches, ibex and wilde- mansions and their elegant neighbors from every period of greats Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott and THE BERKSHIRES. These mountains located roughly three ___ beests at Serengeti Crossing. American architecture. Margaret Sidney. hours west of Boston are Massachusetts’ answer to New ___ 34 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 35 MAP INDEX York’s Catskills. Part of the Appalachian Trail, the Berkshires PROVINCETOWN. Located on the tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown ADVERTISER INDEX International Place H12 124 BOSTON LODGING are considered a top cultural resort location, home to numer- marches to its own beat. This New England fishing village and Avila Modern Mediterranean H9 1 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum K3 125 Best Western Boston K1 ous antique shops, art galleries, spas, spots for boating, sce- prominent art colony is home to a thriving gay community, and Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse H8 2 JFK Federal Building F10 126 Best Western Roundhouse Suites L8 nic biking and hiking, as well as Tanglewood, the Boston is also where playwright Eugene O’Neill penned some of his JFK Library L10 127 Best Western Terrace Inn G1 Dick’s Last Resort F11 3 Symphony Orchestra’s summer home and a venue for jazz best work and Thoreau completed his walk around the Cape. John Hancock Tower H7 128 Boston Harbor Hotel G12 and popular concerts. Provincetown boasts miles of beaches, a charming and eclectic Fajitas & ’Ritas H9 4 Jordan Hall K5 Boston Marriot/Copley Place J7 Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center K7 129 Boston Marriot/Long Wharf F12 shopping district, trails for hiking and biking and whale watches Fenway Sportszone H5 5 Joseph Moakley Courthouse J13 Boston Park Plaza H8 LOWELL. Ever since the Industrial Revolution in America was for those looking to escape the busy city. Florentine Café F12 6 Kenmore Square G3 Brookline Courtyard by Marriott H1 sparked there, Lowell has been a city on the cutting edge. The Hungry i F8 7 Kings Chapel & Burial Gr. G10 130 The Bulfinch Clarion Hotel E9 Though no longer a textile-production hub, Lowell is now SALEM. This North Shore town will always be known for the Lansdowne Street H4 135 Charlesmark Hotel H7 Jasper White’s Summer Shack H5 8 Louisburg Square F8 136 Club Quarters G11 known for its concentration of museums and galleries, Salem Witch Trials of 1692, but Salem also boasts a bustling wharf Lucca Restaurant F11 9 Mass. College of Art K3 137 The Colonnade J6 including The Brush Art Gallery and the Whistler House with many bars and restaurants, and is regarded as an up-and- Museum of African-American History F9 #98 Comfort Inn & Suites Boston/Airport D16 Museum of Art, as well as historical institutions such as the coming enclave for the young and trendy. Fans of spooky stuff Mamma Maria G12 10 Museum of Fine Arts K4 138 Copley Square Hotel H7 Boott Cotton Mills Museum, the American Textile Museum, can visit the New England Pirate Museum to see what life was P.F. Chang’s H9 11 Museum of Science D8 139 Days Inn Boston B1 New England Aquarium G13 Doubletree Club Hotel Boston Bayside L9 and the New England Quilt Museum. And for baseball lovers, like when Blackbeard roamed the high seas, or tiptoe through the New England Conservatory of Music K5 140 Doubletree Club Hotel Boston Downtown J9 the Lowell Spinners—the Red Sox A team—offer an afford- Salem Witch Museum or Witch Dungeon Museum. On Halloween, Advertiser map locator New Old South Church G6 141 Doubletree Guests Suites E1 able way to glimpse future stars. the city transforms into one giant party for ghosts and ghouls, but North Station D9 Eliot Suite Hotel H4 365 days a year, Salem is a charming place to explore and enjoy. Northeastern University K4 142 Embassy Suites Boston Logan Airport E15 PLYMOUTH. The site of the Pilgrims’ 1620 landing is still Old City Hall G10 143 The Fairmont Copley Plaza H7 POINTS OF INTEREST Old Corner Bookstore G10 144 Fifteen Beacon Street G9 marked by Plymouth Rock, and the surrounding area is dot- SOUTHERN MAINE. Contrary to its image as a far-flung, African Meeting House F9 98 Old North Church E11 145 Four Seasons Hotel H8 ted by historical museums that celebrate the town’s origins. moose-filled wilderness, Maine has many points of interest Arlington Street Church G8 Old South Meeting House G10 146 Hampton Inn, Crosstown Center L7 Plimouth Plantation offers visitors a chance to step into a within a couple hours’ drive from Boston. Kittery is a mecca Back Bay Station J7 Old State House G11 147 The Harborside Inn G12 Pilgrim village from 1627 and explore the Mayflower II, a for bargain-hunters, boasting 100+ outlet stores ranging Bank of America Pavilion K14 99 The Opera House H9 148 Hilton Boston Back Bay H5 TD Banknorth Garden E10 100 Park Street Church G10 149 Hilton Boston/Financial District G12 replica of the ship that dropped anchor in Plymouth Harbor from Black & Decker to J Crew. The seaside community of Berklee College of Music H5 101 Park Street Station G9 150 Hilton Boston Logan Airport F16 nearly four centuries ago. Other favorite stops for history Portland, known for its artsy boutiques, is also home to a Berklee Performance Center H5 Paul Revere House E11 151 Holiday Inn Express L9 buffs include the 1749 Court House & Museum and the burgeoning nightlife scene and the Red Sox AA affiliate, the Black Falcon Cruise Port L15 Paul Revere Mall E12 152 Holiday Inn/Logan Airport D16 Plymouth National Wax Museum. Plymouth’s coastal location Portland Sea Dogs. And Maine’s coastal communities are Black Heritage Trail – – – F9 102 Post Office Square G11 153 Holiday Inn/Brookline H1 Boston Center for the Arts J8 103 Prudential Center H6 #120 Holiday Inn Select/Government Center F9 also provides it with some great beaches, such as White renowned for their abundance of fresh lobster and beautiful Boston City Hall F10 The Public Garden (Swan Boats) G8 Holiday Inn/Somerville A6 Horse Beach and Nelson Beach. beaches, including Kennebunk Beach and Ogunquit Beach. 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sions Boston Convention & Exhibition Ctr. K13 104 Reggie Lewis Athletic Center L4 155 Hotel Commonwealth G4 Boston Design Center K15 Robert Gould Shaw Memorial G9 160 Howard Johnson Lodge H3 Boston Massacre Site G11 Rose Kennedy Greenway F11 Hyatt Harborside Hotel H15 Boston Public Library H6 Rowes Wharf H13 Hyatt Regency Boston, Financial District H10 maps *Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum J12 105 Shubert Theatre J9 InterContinental Hotel H12 Boston University G2 Sightseeing boats G13 John Hancock Conference Center H7

xcur Bunker Hill Monument (Charlestown map) B9 Simmons College K3 161 Jurys Boston H8 Bunker Hill Pavilion (Charlestown map) C10 South Station Information Center J11 162 Langham Hotel, Boston G11 e Central Burying Ground H9 State House G9 La Quinta Inn Boston/Somerville A7 Charles Playhouse J9 Suffolk University F9 163 Liberty Hotel E8 Charlestown Navy Yard (Charlestown map) C11 Symphony Hall J5 164 Lenox Hotel H6 Cheers Bar G8 Tip O’Neill Building E9 165 Marriott Courtyard H7 Children’s Museum J12 106 Transportation Building H9 Marriott’s Custom House G12 Christian Science Center J5 107 Trinity Church G7 166 Marriott Quincy L9 Christopher Columbus Park F12 USS Constitution (Charlestown map) D10 The Midtown Hotel J6 Citgo sign G3 USS Constitution Museum Millennium Bostonian Hotel F11 Citi Performing Arts Center J9 167 (Charlestown map) D10 Milner Hotel H9 Colonial Theatre H9 Water Transportation Terminal G15 168 NINE ZERO Hotel G10 Conference Center at Harvard Medical J2 108 Wheelock College J2 169 Omni Parker House G10 Copley Place J7 109 Wilbur Theatre J9 Onyx Hotel E10 Copley Square H7 World Trade Center J14 170 Radisson Hotel H8 Copley Theatre H7 Zoo New England/Franklin Park Zoo L6 171 Ramada Inn Boston L9 Residence Inn by Marriott on Tudor Wharf D10 Copps Hill Burial Ground E11 110 CAMBRIDGE MAP Custom House Tower G12 111 Ritz Carlton Boston Common H10 Cutlter Majestic Theatre H9 Cambridge City Hall C4 Seaport Hotel K14 Downtown Crossing H10 CambridgeSide Galleria D7 Sheraton Boston H6 Emerald Necklace J1–J11 Harvard Art Museums-Fogg/Sackler B3 174 Taj Boston G8 Emerson College H9 112 Harvard Museum of Natural History A3 175 Tremont House J9 Emmanuel College J2 113 Harvard Square B2 Westin Hotel/Copley Plaza J7 Westin Waterfront Hotel K13 Exchange Conference Ctr. J15 114 Harvard University B2 Wyndham Chelsea A12 Faneuil Hall G11 MIT E5 Fenway Park H3 HEALTHCARE CAMBRIDGE LODGING Freedom Trail • • • • • G9 116 Government Center G10 Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr. J2 180 Charles Hotel B1 Hampton Inn/Cambridge C7 Granary Burial Ground G10 117 Boston Medical Center L8 181 Brigham & Women’s Hosp. K1 182 Harvard Square Hotel B1 Hatch Memorial Shell F7 Children’s Hospital K2 183 Hotel Marlowe D7 Haymarket (Open-air market) F11 Dana Farber Cancer Institute K1 184 Hotel at MIT D4 Horticultural Hall J5 118 Harvard School of Public Health L2 185 Hyatt Regency/Cambridge E3 Huntington Theatre Co./BU Theatre K5 Joslin Diabetes Center K1 #184 Inn at Harvard B2 Hynes Convention Center H5 119 Longwood Medical area K2 Marriott/Cambridge Center E6 Information Centers: Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary E8 186 Radisson Hotel/Cambridge D2 Boston Common G9 #116 Mass. General Hospital E8 187 Residence Inn by Marriott/Cambridge D6 Prudential Center H6 120 New England Baptist Hosp. L1 188 Royal Sonesta D7 National Park Service G11 121 New England Med. Ctr. J9 189 Sheraton Commander A1 Logan Airport (Terminals A & E) F16, G16 122 Spaulding Rehabilitation Hosp. D9 190 ___ Institute of Contemporary Art J14 123 ___ *closed for renovations 36 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 37 A T 1 R A A Red Line CHARLESTOWN MBT • A Subw Public Restrooms Pedestrian Bridges Charles River Basin LEGEND •

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maps Long Wharf, Boston e Islington p a and Tremont streets, 617-523-3383. commemorative plaque. On April 13, For customer service & travel information 93 1 C call 617-222-3200, 1-800-392-6100, P BRAINTREE To Forge Park Route 128 Sunday services at 8:30 and 11 a.m. and 1635, the town voted to establish the first TTY 617-222-5146 or visit the MBTA 3 web site at http://www.mbta.com 95 4 and 6 p.m. Morning services are tradi- public school in the country. Nearby is For MBTA Police call 617-222-1212 To Attleboro, To Middleborough, To Kingston/ Stoughton, Providence 24 Lakeville Plymouth tional, evening services are contemporary. Benjamin Franklin’s statue, built in 1856, Built in 1809, this church was described the first portrait statue erected in the by Henry James as “the most interesting United States. mass of brick and mortar in America.” SITE OF THE OLD CORNER BOOKSTORE. FARES & PASSES OLD GRANARY BURYING GROUND. School and Washington streets. Tremont Street next to Park Street Constructed as an apothecary in 1718, The MBTA offers a reusable “Charlie Card” on which riders can store value by using cash or a debit/cred- Church, 617-635-7389. Open daily 9 the ground floor was later a bookstore it card through kiosks available in all MBTA stations. Use of a Charlie Card, which presently can only be a.m.–5 p.m. This historic cemetery, for- and literary center of Boston and a meet- used on the Subway and Bus lines, offers a discounted fare. Riders may also purchase single-ride Charlie merly the town granary, is the final resting ing place for notables like Emerson, Tickets and Day/Week Link Passes at these same kiosks. place of John Hancock, Paul Revere, Hawthorne and Thoreau. Robert Treat Paine, Samuel Adams, Peter SUBWAY FARES COMMUTER RAIL DAY/WEEK LINKPASS Faneuil and the victims of the Boston OLD SOUTH MEETING HOUSE. 310 $1.70 Charlie Card / $2.00 $1.70–7.75 $9 for 1 day Massacre. A stone inscribed “Mary Washington St., 617-482-6439. Open Plus FREE subway and local bus transfers Price depends on distance traveled. $15 for 7 days Goose” (a.k.a. Elizabeth Goose) allegedly marks the grave daily 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Admission: $5; When purchasing a ticket on a train you Unlimited travel on Subway, Local Bus, of Mother Goose. students & seniors $4; children (6–18) BUS FARES may be subject to a $2 surcharge during Inner Harbor Ferry and Commuter Rail $1. This building housed many town $1.25 Charlie Card peak hours, if that station has a ticket Zone 1A. 7-Day Pass valid for 7 days KING’S CHAPEL AND BURYING GROUND. meetings, the most famous of which saw Plus FREE bus transfers office or contracted vendor. from the date and time of purchase. Tremont and School streets, 617-227- an outraged Samuel Adams signal the $2.80 Inner Express 2155. Chapel open Tue–Sun 10 a.m.–4 start of the Boston Tea Party. $4 Outer Express BOAT FARES p.m. Services: Sun at 11 a.m., Wed at $1.70 Inner harbor ferry MBTA Customer Support: 12:15 p.m. Burying Grounds open daily 9 OLD STATE HOUSE. Corner of Washington $1.50 Charlie Card $6 Commuter boat 617-222-3200 or visit www.mbta.com a.m.–3 p.m. Still an active house of wor- and State streets, 617-720-3292. Open $3.50 Inner Express $12 Quincy/Hull–Logan ship, King’s Chapel was established in 1687 daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission: $5; students $5 Outer Express as the first Anglican congregation in Boston. & seniors $4; children (6–18) $1; children The second chapel, built in 1754, became (under 6) free. Built in 1713, this seat of ___ the first Unitarian church in America after the Revolution. Colonial government was the center of ___ 42 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 43 SHOPPING activity for such patriots as John Hancock and Samuel and John OLD NORTH CHURCH. 193 Salem St., ART & ANTIQUES Adams. It was from the east balcony that the Declaration of 617-523-6676. Open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Independence was first read in Boston. Sun services at 9 and 11 a.m. Known as PUCKER GALLERY, 171 Newbury St., 617-267-9473. Christ Church and erected in 1723, this is Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m., Sun 1–5 p.m. Founded in BOSTON MASSACRE SITE. State Street in Boston’s oldest standing church. Two 1967 as a showcase for the talents of Israeli artists, the front of the Old State House. At the next lanterns were hung here April 18, 1775, gallery has also displayed and sold a wide range of art by intersection below the State House, a ring signaling the Redcoats’ departure by sea international artists, including works by Chagall, Picasso of cobblestones marks the site of the for Lexington and Concord. and Hundertwasser. clash between a jeering Boston crowd and a British guard of nine soldiers on COPP’S HILL BURIAL GROUND. Open March 5, 1770. daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Hull Street. Set out in ARTS & CRAFTS 1660, Copp’s Hill was Boston’s second FANEUIL HALL. Merchants Row and cemetery. Many remarkable people are THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND CRAFTS, 175 Newbury St., Faneuil Hall Square, 617-242-5689. Open interred here, including the Mather family 617-266-1810. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Sun noon–5 Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–9 p.m. and Sun noon–6 of ministers and Edmund Hartt, builder of p.m. The oldest nonprofit craft organization in the country, p.m. Historical talks given every half hour the USS Constitution. established in 1897. The Society specializes in contempo- from 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., when hall is rary American crafts, jewelry, furniture, glass and ceram- not in use. “The Cradle of Liberty” com- BUNKER HILL MONUMENT. Breed’s Hill, ics ranging from cutting edge to traditional, and from bines a free marketplace on the first floor Charlestown, 617-242-5641. Lodge and functional to sculptural.

ail with the town meeting hall upstairs, the museum open daily 9 a.m.–5 p.m. The site of fiery revolutionary debate. site of the historic battle of June 17, 1775. BOOKS PAUL REVERE HOUSE. 19 North Square, Hanover Street, 617-523-2338. Open USS CONSTITUTION. Charlestown Navy Yard, BARNES & NOBLE, 800 Boylston St. (Prudential Center), Tue–Sun 9:30 a.m.–4:15 p.m. Admission: Charlestown, 617-242-5670. Open Thu–Sun 617-247-6959. Mon–Sat 9 a.m.–11 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.– $3; students & seniors with I.D. $2.50; 10 a.m.–3:50 p.m. Tours every half-hour 9 p.m. One of America’s largest booksellers boasts all the children (5–17) $1; (under 5) free. The 10 a.m.–3:30 p.m. This 44-gun frigate is bestsellers, plus an extensive selection of back titles, oldest home in Boston (built c. 1680), the world’s oldest commissioned warship, audiobooks, magazines, CDs and more. occupied by silversmith and patriot Paul christened ‘Old Ironsides’ during the War of SOODEE: The Newbury Street boutique offers fun eedom tr Revere from 1770 to 1800. 1812 when the cannonballs of a British BORDERS, 10–24 School St., 617-557-7188; 511 clothing for women in styles ranging from traditional shopping warship literally bounced off her triple hull. Boylston St., 617-236-1444; CambridgeSide Galleria, to modern. Refer to listing, below.

fr Cambridge, 617-679-0887. School Street: Mon–Fri 7 a.m.–9 p.m., Sat 8 a.m.–9 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.–8 p.m. Boylston Street: Mon–Fri 7 a.m.–11 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.–11 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.–10 p.m. Galleria: Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–9:30 classic. Whether you need a party dress at the last minute, a p.m., Sun 11 a.m.–7 p.m. This major retailer provides read- designer bag at an affordable price or fashionable accessories ers with seemingly limitless options regarding books and to impress your friends, you will find it all at Soodee. periodicals, as well as an extensive music section. URBAN OUTFITTERS, 361 Newbury St., 617-236-0088. Mon–Thu 10 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 p.m., Sun noon– CLOTHING 8 p.m. Also: 11 JFK St., Harvard Square, Cambridge, 617-864- 0070. Where urban hipsters turn for funky men’s and women’s CHANEL BOUTIQUE, 5 Newbury St., on the ground floor of fashions. The store also features a wide array of housewares, the Taj Hotel, 617-859-0055. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m. shoes, accessories, gifts, books, cards and other bric-a-brac. Modeled after the famed Chanel Boutique in Paris, the Boston outpost of this storied franchise offers a range of Chanel prod- ucts, including a line of clothing designed by Karl Lagerfeld, as DEPARTMENT STORES well as shoes, accessories, handbags and fragrances. FILENE’S BASEMENT, 479 Boylston St., 617-424-5520. LOUIS BOSTON, 234 Berkeley St., 617-262-6100. Mon 11 Mon–Fri 9:30 a.m.–8 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.–8 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Tue & Wed 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Thu–Sat ’til 7 p.m. a.m.–7 p.m. For decades, the original Basement provided Housed in a historic former Back Bay museum building, this shoppers with huge deals, thanks to its automatic markdown Boston institution maintains its cutting-edge allure by offering system which guarantees greater discounts the longer an upscale men’s fashions by up-and-coming designers, as well as item remains on the selling floor. Now the Back Bay location, women’s fashions, bed and bath items and home accessories. carrying the torch while the Downtown Crossing location closes for the building’s redevelopment, offers a more PATAGONIA, 346 Newbury St., 617-424-1776. Mon–Thu 10 upscale version of bargain hunting. a.m.–7 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 8 p.m., Sun noon–6 p.m. This out- door apparel store sells a variety of clothing for all condi- H & M, 350 Washington St., 617-482-7081; 100 Newbury tions. The Newbury Street store also regularly invites out- St., 617-859-3192. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.– doorsmen to talk about their latest trips and experiences. 7 p.m. This youthful, cutting-edge department store opened its Boston shop in 2001. Its mission of “fashion and quality at SOODEE, 293 Newbury St., 617-236-7888. Mon–Wed 10 the best price” translates to inexpensive, trendy clothes for a.m.–7 p.m., Thu–Sat ’til 8 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.–6 p.m. This men and women, as H & M boasts the freshest, most up-to- boutique offers fun pieces of clothing that transport the buyer date fashion trends in color, material and style. to a different age and place, with items that are modern, ___ trendy and high fashion alongside others that are timeless and (continued on page 48) ___ 44 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 45 NewburyNewbury StreetStreet NewburyNewbury StreetStreet TIMELESS TEAS & L’AROMA CAFE John Lewis 85 Newbury Street est 1958 Jewelry designed and made by John Lewis

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(continued from page 45) Mate teas, as well as gift baskets, biscuits, gourmet jams and tea accessories. . . . Just a MACY’S, 450 Washington St., 617-357-3195. Mon–Sat 9:30 Heartbeat a.m.–8 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.–7 p.m. This famous New York-based away! department giant features floor after floor of the latest culinary HANDBAGS, LUGGAGE & GIFTS tools, bed and bath items, incredible gifts and hot fashions. Choose from your favorite designers—Polo, Liz Claiborne, THE LONDON HARNESS COMPANY, 60 Franklin St., 617- Jones New York and DKNY—or Macy’s exclusive labels. 542-9234; other locations in Hingham and Wellesley. Mon–Fri 9:30 a.m.–6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Since 1776, MARSHALLS, 500 Boylston St., 617-262-6066. Mon–Sat 9 this has been Bostonians’ source for fine leather, business a.m.–9:30 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.–7 p.m.; 350 Washington St., cases, luggage, handbags, gifts and much more. Have a Downtown Crossing, 617-338-6205. Mon–Sat 9 a.m.–7:30 historical shopping experience as you browse the latest p.m., Sun 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Its mantra “Brand name clothing for fashions from such leading brands as Tumi, Ghurka, Furla, less” has made this discount retailer a bargain-hunter’s dream Longchamp, Bric’s, Cole Haan and Bosca. come true. From Ralph Lauren to Calvin Klein, Marshalls fea- tures designer clothing for men, women and children. “The Most Balls in Boston” HOME ELECTRONICS T.J. MAXX, 350 Washington St., 617-695-2424. Mon–Sat 306 NEWBURY ST. 9 a.m.–7:30 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.–6 p.m. This discount retailer BANG & OLUFSEN, 30 Newbury St. and 1 Design Center Place, 617-437-1010 offers brand name and designer fashions for men, women and Suite 643, 617-262-4949. Newbury Street: Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–6 kids, as well as accessories, fine jewelry and items for the p.m., Sun noon–5 p.m.; Design Center: Mon–Fri 9 a.m.–5 p.m. WWW.FENWAYSPORTSZONE.COM home. Prices are slashed 20–60% off most department store Founded in 1925, this leading innovator in both technology and • Boston’s Largest Selection of rates. T.J. Maxx offers current trends of the highest quality. aesthetics offers everything from complete home electronics systems and home phones to headphones, cell phones and Autographed Sports Memorabilia assorted accessories. www.bang-olufsen.com. • Extensive Collection of Souvenirs FURNITURE & HOME GOODS At The Corner Mall you have the best of Boston with boutiques and • Complete Auction Services for your CRATE & BARREL, 777 Boylston St., 617-262-8700. JEWELRY/ACCESSORIES an international food court offering Organization or Fund Raiser Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Also: Faneuil something for every palate!

Hall Marketplace, 617-742-6025; 48 Brattle St., Cambridge, JOHN LEWIS, INC., 97 Newbury St., 617-266-6665. Tue–Sat shopping 617-876-6300. Call for other location hours. This fun yet 11 a.m.–6 p.m. John Lewis has been creating jewelry of At the Corner of Winter & Washington Streets sophisticated home fashions store features everything from imaginative design in Boston for more than 30 years. Using kitchenware and furniture to flatware, glassware and bath only solid precious metals and natural stones, Lewis’ aim is and body accessories. “to make jewelry at a reasonable price, of excellent work- manship and uncommon beauty.” LAVENDER HOME AND TABLE, INC., 173 Newbury St., 617-437-1102. Mon–Sat 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Sun noon–5 p.m. LUX BOND & GREEN, 416 Boylston St., 617-266-4747. Specializing in authentic artisan-rooted European designs Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Thu ’til 7 p.m. Since 1898, Lux and antiques, Lavender offers items made from natural Bond & Green has provided its customers with diamonds,

shopping materials such as linen fabrics, rustic antique furniture and gold jewelry, watches and giftware from around the world. simple artisan ceramics that create an understated elegance The store offers a corporate gift division, bridal and gift reg- you can live with every day. Lavender also offers a wonderful istry, a full-service repair department, gift certificates and array of gourmet bath and beauty products. elegant gift wrapping.

SHREVE, CRUMP & LOW, 440 Boylston St., 617-267-9100. GIFTS & STATIONERY Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Thu ’til 7 p.m., Sun noon–5 p.m. Serving Bostonians since 1796, this Boston institution boasts BLACK INK, 101 Charles St., 617-723-3883; 5 Brattle St., of being the oldest continuously operating luxury business in Cambridge, 617-497-1221. Mon–Sat 11 a.m.–7 p.m., Sun the U.S. Its new location is filled with glittering diamonds, noon–6 p.m. Trendy knick-knacks, from silk change purses fine jewelry and watches. The galleries also offer silver, to sensual candles to sushi-eating accessories, and nostalgic china, porcelain, stationery, antiques and more. memorabilia, such as tin lunch boxes, can be found at this quirky, fun gift shop. MALLS/SHOPPING CENTERS TEDDY BALLGAME’S, 1 South Station, 617-330-1230. Located at the South Station concierge desk, Teddy CAMBRIDGESIDE GALLERIA, 100 CambridgeSide Place, Ballgame’s offers tours of Boston that leave right from Cambridge, 617-621-8666. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Sun South Station, a wide variety of Red Sox souvenirs, t-shirts 11 a.m.–7 p.m. This three-level mall features department EXCLUSIVELY AT... and books about the history of Boston. stores such as Filene’s, Sears and Best Buy, as well as more than 100 other stores and specialty shops including the THE largest Gap in Boston, J. Crew, Old Navy, Borders, Victoria’s Located in South Station GOURMET FOOD & BEVERAGE Secret and more. LONDON HARNESS T-Shirts/Souvenirs/Trolley Tours TIMELESS TEAS, 85 Newbury St., 2nd floor, 617-236-5772. COPLEY PLACE, Copley Square, 617-369-5000. The magnifi- COMPANY 617-330-1230 Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Sun noon–6 p.m. This Back Bay cent Copley Place features more than 100 upscale stores, Boston • Hingham • Wellesley tea shop offers more than a hundred varieties of tea from including Neiman Marcus, Tiffany & Co., Gucci and Williams- www.londonharness.com ___ around the world, including green, black, white and Yerba Sonoma. A variety of restaurants, including Legal Sea Foods, ___ 48 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 49 RESTAURANTS offer shoppers numerous dining options. To receive a free ALLSTON/BRIGHTON Ultimate Shopping Excursions card, stop by one of the cus- tomer service kiosks. BIG CITY PIZZA KITCHEN & POOL HALL, 138 Brighton Ave., Allston, 617-782-2020. In this renovated, two-floor THE CORNER MALL, corner of Winter and Washington streets. bank building, you’ll find one-of-a-kind “retro-metro” Open daily. One-stop shopping in Downtown Crossing. You’ll décor featuring life size murals, as well as 15 champion- find the latest styles at shops like Discovery Imports, Bath & size pool tables, 6 foosball tables, 80 beer taps and outra- Body Works, Champs, Wet Seal and Aldo Shoes. In addition, geous thin crust pizzas that always keep customers com- the Corner Mall features an international food court to please ing back. L, D, LS, Sat & SB. $ every palate, including Sakkio Japan and India Entrees. THE SUNSET GRILL & TAP, 130 Brighton Ave. (corner of MARKETPLACE CENTER, located between Faneuil Hall and Harvard and Brighton avenues), Allston, 617-254-1331. the Waterfront. Twenty-four distinctive shops surround an open This popular Allston hangout features Boston’s best beer court known as the Exedra, where you will always find a wide selection, with more than 112 beers on tap and over 400 range of unusual pushcarts and entertainment events unique microbrews. Its food entices too, with award-winning to this wonderful area. Within walking distance are literally steam beer burgers, famous curly fries, buffalo wings and hundreds of other shops, restaurants, pubs and nightspots. giant nachos. L, D, C, LS, SB. $

THE HERITAGE ON THE GARDEN, 300 Boylston St., 617-426- 9500. Call for individual store hours. This residential/office/retail BACK BAY complex located alongside the Public Garden features a handful of upscale retailers, including St. John Boutique, Sonia Rykiel, AUJOURD’HUI, Four Seasons Hotel Boston, 200 Boylston Escada, Hermes, Candela Spa and Anne Fontaine. St., 617-351-2037. An elegant eatery with the Public Garden as a backdrop, and a perennial recipient of the AAA THE SHOPS AT PRUDENTIAL CENTER, 800 Boylston St., 800- Five Diamond Award. Enjoy exquisite modern French cui- SHOP-PRU. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–9 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.–6 p.m. The sine, accompanied by a selection from an 1,800-bottle Shops at Prudential Center features over 75 stores and restau- FENWAY SPORTSZONE: This Newbury wine library. Reservations recommended. D Mon–Sat rants including The Cheesecake Factory, Saks Fifth Avenue, Ann Street sports memorabilia shop features the 5:30–10:30 p.m., Sun 6–10 p.m.; SB 11 a.m.–2 p.m. $$$$ PHOTO BY K ATHERINE C. COHEN Taylor, J. Jill and Alpha Omega. It is also the launch spot for the city’s largest selection of autographed items LUCIA RISTORANTE & BAR: This culinary main- city’s renowned tourist resource, the Boston Duck Tours. as well as Red Sox and other sports-related AZURE, The Lenox Hotel, 61 Exeter St., 617-933-4800. stay in the North End offers innovative as well as apparel. Refer to listing, below. Azure’s menu and concept are designed to be as clear traditional Italian fare. Refer to listing, page 61. and understated as the color palette itself. Nationally rec- MUSIC/VIDEO ognized executive chef Robert Fathman, known for his innovation and playful risk-taking in the kitchen, creates

NEWBURY COMICS, 332 Newbury St., 617-236-4930. and-true “Angels.” The Newbury Street locale is the only place contemporary American cuisine with a sophisticated edge CAPITAL GRILLE, 359 Newbury St., 617-262-8900. r

Mon–Thu 10 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 p.m.; Sun 11 in Boston to find a wide range of his cutting-edge styles. and an emphasis on fresh seafood. B, D. $$$ Everything you expect in a steakhouse can be found right estaur a.m.–7 p.m. Also: Government Center, 1 Washington Mall, here at this upscale Newbury Street favorite, from the 617-248-9992; 36 JFK St. (Garage Mall), Cambridge, 617- BANGKOK BLUE, 651 Boylston St., next to the famous Old extraordinary dry-aged porterhouse to the homemade 491-0337; 211 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-491- SPAS/SALONS/BARBERSHOPS South Church near Copley Square, 617-266-1010. The expe- cheesecake. A perfect spot for power lunches or special

shopping 7711. You’ll have a “wicked good time” at this upstart local rienced chefs at Bangkok Blue prepare authentic Thai food, occasions. D, C, LS. $$$$ chain, which boasts the cheapest CD prices in town, includ- BOSTON BARBER COMPANY, 113 Salem St., North End, 617- with each dish individually suited to your taste, from mild to ing import, indie and major label releases, as well as T-shirts, 742-0611. Mon noon–8 p.m., Tue & Wed 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Thu spicy, using fresh, quality ingredients. Low carb programs CLIO, The Eliot Hotel, 370-A Commonwealth Ave., 617-536- comics and other pop culture kitsch items. & Fri ’til 8 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.–4 p.m. This traditional, old-fash- can be requested. Complement your food with a Thai beer 7200. James Beard Award-winning chef Ken Oringer serves ants ioned barbershop offers both straight edge and Mach3 hot or a glass of wine. Seasonal outdoor seating is available. up French-American fare with some striking Asian influences towel shaves, haircuts and beard and neck trims. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m., Sat & Sun noon–3 p.m.; in a sleek, sophisticated atmosphere that’s styled after a SHOES D daily 5–10 p.m. $$ Parisian supper club. Bacon-wrapped foie gras, caramelized swordfish au poivre and ginger-glazed oxtail keep customers ALLEN-EDMONDS, 36 Newbury St., 617-247-3363. Mon–Fri SPORTING GOODS BRASSERIE JO, The Colonnade Hotel, 120 Huntington Ave., coming back for more. D. $$$$ 9:30 a.m.–7 p.m., Sat ’til 6 p.m., Sun noon–5 p.m. Step out in 617-425-3240. The “sister” of chef Jean Joho’s award-win- luxurious style with Allen-Edmonds’ collections of wing tips, BILL RODGERS RUNNING CENTER, 353 North Market Bldg., ning Chicago restaurant combines traditional favorites (coq COTTONWOOD CAFE, 222 Berkeley St., 617-247-2225. capped toes and slip-on kilties and tassles. This world-class Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 617-723-5612. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–9 au vin and steak frites) with unique specialties (Uncle Hansi’s Specialties include open-grill steaks, poultry, pasta and men’s footwear retailer, famous for its 212-step construction p.m., Sun noon–6 p.m. Owned by the four-time Boston Marathon onion tart). Home-brewed beer, a wine list and desserts vegetarian dishes. Voted “Boston’s Best Southwestern process, features shoes made of top-quality leather and all- winner, the Bill Rodgers Running Center boasts the most experi- made in the French tradition complete this Gallic experience. Restaurant” and “Boston’s Best Margarita.” Reservations natural materials. enced running staff in Boston. Since 1977, they have been help- Seasonal outdoor patio. B, L, D. $$$ recommended. Two hours free validated parking. L Mon– ing fellow runners find the best shoes for their individual needs. Fri 11:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.; D Sun–Thu HELEN’S LEATHER, 110 Charles St., 617-742-2077. Mon, ’til 10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 p.m.; Sat Wed, Fri & Sat 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Thu noon–8 p.m., Sun noon– KEY AVERAGE PRICE OF & SB 11 a.m.–2:30 p.m. C, LS, VP. 6 p.m. For more than 35 years, Helen’s Leather has supplied SPORTS MEMORABILIA B ...... Breakfast DINNER ENTREES www.cottonwoodboston.com. $$ New Englanders with quality Western boots by makers like L ...... Lunch $ ...... Most less than $12 Lucchese, Tony Lama, Justin, Nocona and Frye. In addition, FENWAY SPORTSZONE, 306 Newbury St., 617-437-1010. D...... Dinner $$ ...... $12–18 DAVIO’S NORTHERN ITALIAN Helen’s sells Western belts, buckles, shirts and Stetson hats, Open daily 11 a.m.–7 p.m., with extended hours on game days. BR ...... Brunch $$$ ...... $19–25 STEAKHOUSE, 75 Arlington St., 617- as well as leather jackets and bags. Boasting “The most balls in Boston,” Fenway Sportszone is SB ...... Sunday Brunch $$$$ ...... Most more than $25 357-4810. Enjoy fine steaks, pasta and Boston’s largest memorabilia shop, featuring the city’s biggest C ...... Cocktails Many restaurants offer a wide seafood, or lighter fare in the spacious JOHN FLUEVOG, 302 Newbury St., 617-266-1079. Mon–Sat selection of autographed items. They also have all your fan LS ..Late Supper (serving after 10 p.m.) range of entrees and prices; bar. L Mon–Fri 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m.; D noon–8 p.m., Sun 1–6 p.m. This funky footwear retailer fea- gear and souvenir needs as well as a huge selection of apparel VP...... Valet Parking therefore, the classifications are Sun–Tue 5–10 p.m., Wed–Sat ’til 11 p.m. tures shoes created by the maverick designer, ranging from from Majestic, MLB Authentic, Sully’s Tees and many others. NC ...... Credit Cards Not Accepted only approximations. C, VP. www.davios.com. $$$. SEE ___ mind-bending platforms to the classic black boot and his tried- SEE LOCATOR #5 ON CENTER MAP. * ...... Entertainment Cuisine index on page 52. LOCATOR #2 ON CENTER MAP. ___ 50 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 51 Theatre District Dining CUISINE INDEX Theatre District Dining American Clio, p. 51 L’Aroma Cafe, p. 52 B&G Oysters, p. 62 Aura, p. 61 Eastern Standard, p. 60 Lucca Restaurant & Bar, p. 61 Chart House, p. 58 Avenue One, p. 57 Hamersley’s Bistro, p. 62 Lucia Ristorante & Bar, p. 61 Great Bay, p. 60 Big City Pizza Kitchen & La Creperie, p. 56 Maggiano’s Little Italy, p. 62 Harborside Grill, p. 59 Pool Hall, p. 51 L’Espalier, p. 52 Mamma Maria, p. 61 Jasper White’s Summer Cheers, p. 55 Locke-Ober, p. 58 Massimino’s Cucina Italiana, Shack, p. 52 Clink, p. 55 No. 9 Park, p. 55 p. 61 Legal Sea Foods, p. 62 Dick’s Last Resort, p. 60 Radius, p. 59 Rialto, p. 57 McCormick & Schmick’s East Coast Grill, p. 56 Petit Robert Bistro, p. 62 Sasso Restaurant, p. 54 Seafood, p. 58 Excelsior, p. 52 Stanza dei Sigari, p. 61 Neptune Oyster, p. 61 Finale, p. 62 French Country Terramia Ristorante, p. 61 Oceana, p. 59 Hard Rock Cafe, p. 59 Hungry i, p. 55 Via Matta, p. 62 Skipjack’s, p. 54 Jer-Ne Restaurant & Bar, Turner Fisheries, p. 55 p. 62 Greek/Greek-American Japanese/Sushi Ye Olde Union Oyster House, Kingston Station Restaurant- Steve’s Greek Cuisine, p. 54 Douzo, p. 52 p. 59 Bar-Cafe, p. 58 Zoe’s, p. 57 Shino Express Sushi, p. 54 Om, p. 56 Southwestern 25 West Sreet The Other Side Cafe, p. 52 International Malaysian Border Cafe, p. 56 by Boston Common Meritage, p. 59 Intrigue, p. 58 Asian Market Restaurant, Cottonwood Cafe, p. 51 617-426-1222 Parker’s Restaurant, p. 59 LTK Bar and Kitchen, p. 61 p. 56 Fajitas & ’Ritas, p. 58 www.fajitasandritas.com The Sunset Grill & Tap, Rendezvous, p. 57 p. 51 Sonsie, p. 54 Mediterranean Spanish/Tapas 1 2 3 Theatre Cafe, p. 62 The Taj Boston, p. 54 Avila Modern Tapeo, p. 54 Top of the Hub, p. 55 Zephyr on the Charles, p. 57 Mediterranean, p. 62 Toro, p. 62 209, p. 62 Olives, p. 57 Union Bar and Grille, p. 62 Irish Steakhouses 4 The Upper Crust, p. 55 Kennedy’s Midtown, p. 58 Museum Dining Capital Grille, p. 51 Upstairs on the Square, Bravo, p. 60 Davio’s Northern Italian p. 57 Italian Gardner Cafe, p. 60 Steakhouse, p. 51 Antico Forno, p. 60 The Oak Room, p. 52 Chinese Antonio’s, p. 55 New England Ruth’s Chris Steak House, P.F. Chang’s, p. 62 Caffe Vittoria, p. 60 Henrietta’s Table, p. 56 p. 59 Caliterra, p. 58 Sheraton Commander Smith & Wollensky, p. 54 French/French-American Davio’s Northern Italian Restaurant, p. 57 Aujourd’hui, p. 51 Steakhouse, p. 51 Thai Brasserie Jo, p. 51 Florentine Cafe, p. 60 Seafood Bangkok Blue, p. 51 Cafe Fleuri, p. 57 La Groceria, p. 56 Azure, p. 51 3 ants DOUZO, 131 Dartmouth St., 617-859-8886. This casual tries and desserts, as well as Italian coffee and assorted eatery serves traditional Japanese cuisine, as well as an teas. Relax in its spacious interior or enjoy outdoor patio eclectic mix of original fare such as duck tataki and salmon- dining from April through October. B, L. $ kiwi rolls, as well as creative cocktails. Known for its ultra- fresh ingredients and its artistic presentation of dishes, L’ESPALIER, 30 Gloucester St., 617-262-3023. Situated in 4 Douzo has become one of the city’s trendiest dining destina- a historic Back Bay townhouse, this sophisticated French

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r of both power brokers and couples out for a romantic EXCELSIOR, The Heritage on the Garden, 272 Boylston St., evening. Widely acknowledged by critics and diners alike as 617-426-7878. This culinary masterpiece delivers bold and one of the finest French restaurants in the nation, and the contemporary American cuisine at its stunning Back Bay creme de la creme of acclaimed Boston eateries. D. $$$$ location. An impressive collection of 500 wines, representing all regions of the world, is displayed in Boston’s only climate- *THE OAK ROOM, 138 St. James Ave., Fairmont Copley Plaza controlled glass wine tower. Pre- and post-theater dining Hotel, 617-267-5300. This sophisticated spot offers a tradi- available. D, C, LS. $$$$ tional steakhouse menu of prime steaks and chops and fresh seafood. Replete with stately wood paneling, rich draperies JASPER WHITE’S SUMMER SHACK, 50 Dalton St., 617-867- and wall ornaments for a comfortable yet elegant feel. B, L, D 1 9955; 149 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-520-9500; daily. The adjoining Oak Bar offers martinis, raw bar and full Logan Airport, Terminal A, 617-569-9695. Top-notch fare such Oak Room menu. $$$$ as pan-roasted lobster, award-winning fried chicken and an impressive raw bar in a casual setting. Boston: Sun–Wed 11:30 THE OTHER SIDE CAFE, 407 Newbury St., 617-536-8437. a.m.–10 p.m., Thu–Sat ’til 11 p.m., raw bar Thu–Sat ’til 1 a.m. This casual alternative to the chic bistros of Newbury Street Cambridge: Mon–Thu 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 attracts a diverse crowd for its inexpensive, healthy fare and 2 p.m., Sun 3–9 p.m. $$$. SEE LOCATOR #8 ON CENTER MAP. its seasonal outdoor patio. B, L, D, LS, C Mon–Thu 9 a.m.–midnight, Fri & Sat ’til 1 a.m., Sun 10 a.m.–midnight. L’AROMA CAFE, 85 Newbury St., 617-412-4001. This Italian Sat & SB. NC. $$ ___ cafe offers delicious soups, sandwiches and European pas- SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION 52 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM SASSO RESTAURANT, 116 Huntington Ave., 617-247-2400. dining rooms that span four floors to blend fun and formality. *TOP OF THE HUB, 800 Boylston St., Prudential Center, food with nightly specials and complementing wine list. The newest endeavor from the restaurateurs behind popular D, C. $$$$ 617-536-1775. There is nothing like sitting 52 stories above Specials include homemade fusilli, shrimp margarita and North End eatery Lucca, Sasso offers contemporary and Boston for dining and a spectacular view of the city. The chicken/sausage vinegar peppers and potatoes. L, D upscale regional Italian cuisine. Executive Chef David Ross SONSIE, 327 Newbury St., 617-351-2500. Recommended magnificent cuisine complements the breathtaking views. Mon–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 10:30 p.m. $ serves delicious dishes complemented by an extensive wine by Boston magazine as the place to “see and be seen.” L, D, LS, C. Live jazz seven nights a week. $$$$ list, as well as a menu of lighter fare for the after-hours The lively restaurant features a streetside cafe, 50-foot *CHEERS, 84 Beacon St., 617-227-9605; Faneuil Hall crowd and C ’til 2 a.m. Reservations accepted. D beginning mahogany bar, brick oven, creative takes on classic TURNER FISHERIES, Westin Hotel Copley Place, Stuart and Marketplace, 617-227-0150. Both the original Beacon Hill nightly at 5 p.m.; late-night menu available ’til 1:30 a.m. American cuisine and a colorful dining room. The restaurant’s Dartmouth streets, 617-424-7425. Winner of several regional pub and its spinoff offer a tasty selection of traditional fare VP. $$$ newest attraction is its downstairs candlelit wine bar, an inti- awards, Turner Fisheries is known for its fresh seafood, as and an abundant beverage selection, including their award- mate and lovely brick-walled spot in which to enjoy items well as the decor designed by Peter Niemitz, which features winning Bloody Mary and a variety of draft beers. Live enter- SHINO EXPRESS SUSHI, 144 Newbury St., 617-262-4530. from a 250-bottle menu. L, D, C, LS, VP. $$$ seven-foot-high French windows, banquettes, mahogany tainment Thu–Sat nights, and officially licensed Cheers mer- If your day of shopping has left you craving sushi, this tiny, paneling and cobalt blue tile. Private dining rooms accommo- chandise sold on site. L, D, C, LS. $ subterranean sushi bar specializes in freshly prepared maki STEVE’S GREEK CUISINE, 316 Newbury St., 617-267-1817. date 10–140 guests. VP available on Dartmouth Street. B, L, rolls and fun specials. Affordably priced, Shino Express offers For more than 20 years, this family-run restaurant has D, C, LS. $$$ CLINK, The Liberty Hotel, 215 Charles St., 617-224-4004. Newbury Street shoppers a fast, cheap dining alternative. offered Greek hospitality and masterfully prepared Greek Clink offers diners a menu of tapas-style small plates, tasting L & D. $ cuisine. Serving specialties like spanikopita, pastichio, shish THE UPPER CRUST, 222 Newbury St., 617-262-0096; pours of wine and exotic cocktails in an energetic, social kebabs and gyros, Steve’s is a favorite. B, L, D. $ 20 Charles St., 617-723-9600; 286 Harvard St., Brookline, environment—an adaptable place where dinner at the bar or SKIPJACK’S SEAFOOD EMPORIUM, 199 Clarendon St., 617-734-4900; 41 Waltham St., Lexington, 781-274-0089. just cocktails at a table is the norm. B 6:30–11 a.m., L 11:30 Copley Square, 617-536-3500; other locations outside *THE TAJ BOSTON, 15 Arlington St., 617-536-5700. This Traditional Neapolitan-style pizza (thin crust, chunky sauce) a.m.–3 p.m., D 5–11 p.m. $$$ Boston. Enjoy a comfortable atmosphere and specialties such 1927 landmark offers award-winning contemporary French in an urban setting. Come sit with friends in the uniquely 1 as blackened tuna sashimi, moonfish, Maryland crabcakes cuisine. The historic Dining Room is available for special designed dining room, enjoy a specialty pizza and watch your HUNGRY I, 71 /2 Charles St., 617-227-3524. In a two-story and lobster. Winner of Best of Boston 2003 award for events only. The Cafe: B, L, D, Sat & SB. The Lounge: L, D, C, favorite team on an HDTV screen. If you’re on the go, call townhouse with three working fireplaces and an outdoor seafood. Jazz Brunch Sun 11 a.m.–3 p.m., L & D Sun–Thu LS. The Bar: L, D, C, LS. $$$$ ahead for take-out (allow 20–25 minutes) or just pop in for patio, Chef Peter Ballarin delights patrons with French coun- 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 p.m. $$ a slice. Delivery is available. $$ try cuisine and creative desserts. Signature dishes include TAPEO, 266 Newbury St., 617-267-4799. This popular venison au poivre and braised rabbit a la moutard. L Thu and SMITH & WOLLENSKY, The Castle at Columbus & Arlington, Back Bay cousin to Dali in Somerville offers delectable, Fri only, noon–2 p.m.; D 5:30–9:30 p.m.; SB 11 a.m.–2 p.m. 617-423-1112. Located in a spectacular setting where chef authentic tapas in a glorious Newbury Street setting, com- BEACON HILL Private dining rooms available. $$$$. 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Private dining room Africa, Italy, France and Spain to create his own twist on sea- all day, and take-out and catering are available. A popular available. B Mon–Fri 6:30–11 a.m., Sat 7–11 a.m., Sun sonal cuisine. Rotating entrees can include grilled Portuguese destination for the weekend brunch crowd, Zoe’s is also a 7–10:30 a.m.; Sat and SB noon–3 p.m.; L Mon–Fri noon–3 sardines with roasted peppers, fennel and capers or great place for dinner, boasting an affordable selection of CAMBRIDGE p.m.; D daily 5:30–10 p.m. $ Moroccan style kofte with minted yogurt. D. $$ beer and wine. For dessert, try the delicious cheesecake frappe or the famous frozen hot chocolate. B, L, D, SB. ASIAN MARKET RESTAURANT, 57 JFK St., Cambridge, 617- LA CREPERIE, 1154 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, 617-661-6999. RIALTO, The Charles Hotel, One Bennett St., Cambridge, Mon–Sat 7:30 a.m.–10 p.m., Sun 8 a.m.–9 p.m. $ 576-2804. Chef Tony Tan prepares Asian dishes with a focus This Harvard Square institution has been serving up delicious 617-661-5050. One of Greater Boston’s top restaurants, on Malaysian cuisine, from tempura to Kang Kung (Malaysian and healthy crepes for nearly ten years. Try the roasted wild which recently underwent an extensive renovation, features watercress). Featuring fruit juices, shakes, pearl teas and mushroom, fresh thyme and melted swiss; the spicy Thai fine wines and delectable Italian cuisine. Chef Jody Adams CHARLESTOWN coffee, the restaurant also boasts two large flat screens peanut chicken salad; the Nutella chocolate with fresh showcases her creative talents on a brand-new menu. D showing Asian movies and music videos, as well as a semi- mixed berries; or caramelized sugar, lemon juice and fresh only. Reservations recommended. $$$$ OLIVES, 10 City Square, Charlestown, 617-242-1999. private room with computer, printer and internet access. L & strawberries. L & D. Mon–Sat 10 a.m.–10:30 p.m., Sun ’til Celebrity chef Todd English got his start with this local eatery, D 11:30 a.m.–1 a.m. www.amrestaurant.com. $ 5:30 p.m. $ SHERATON COMMANDER RESTAURANT, 16 Garden St., and the Charlestown flagship restaurant is still the unparal- Harvard Square, Cambridge, 617-234-1365. New England- leled king of his endeavors. Sample English’s multi-layered, BORDER CAFE, 32 Church St., Cambridge, 617-864-6100. LA GROCERIA RESTAURANT, 853 Main St., Cambridge, style cuisine in a relaxed, elegant setting with a casual ingredient rich, pan-Mediterranean creations. D. $$$$ Sizzling fajitas, overstuffed quesadillas and giant margaritas 617-876-4162. Specializing in fresh handmade pasta, grilled atmosphere. B, L, D, SB. $$ are the highlights at this Tex-Mex hotspot in Harvard Square. fish and lobster, La Groceria has offered great Mediterranean Other specialties include Cajun and Creole dishes, all served cuisine for more than 37 years, and has been featured in UPSTAIRS ON THE SQUARE, 91 Winthrop St., Cambridge, DOWNTOWN in a bustling, lively and fun atmosphere. L, D, C, LS. $ Gourmet magazine and Zagat Survey. Children’s menu avail- 617-864-1933. Boasting an eclectic decor, this lush urban able. Mon–Fri 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Sat 3–10 p.m., Sun 4–10 oasis features everything from gourmet pizza to Colorado AVENUE ONE, Hyatt Regency (near The Opera House and EAST COAST GRILL, 1271 Cambridge St., Cambridge, 617- p.m. www.lagroceria.org. $$ rack of lamb. A charming blend of eccentricity and culinary Downtown Crossing), 1 Ave. de Lafayette, 617-422-5579. 491-6568. If you’re looking for hot and spicy barbecue and luxury. L, D, C, LS. $$$$ Enjoy Boston’s most extensive fondue menu in a relaxed seafood, then Chris Schlesinger’s eatery is not to be missed. OM, 92 Winthrop St., Cambridge, 617-576-2800. Named by atmosphere. B, L, D, C, VP. $$ Fresh seafood, grilled fish and meats are served with tradi- Esquire as “one of the best new restaurants in America,” Om ZEPHYR ON THE CHARLES, Hyatt Regency Cambridge, 575 tional sides like coleslaw, beans, cornbread and watermelon. serves New American cuisine in a beautifully lit and stunning Memorial Drive, Cambridge, 617-441-6510. This restaurant serves *CAFÉ FLEURI, Langham Hotel Boston, 250 Franklin St., An oyster bar, cabana-like cocktails and a funky atmosphere upstairs dining room, while offering signature Aromatherapy small-portioned, tapas-like dishes, featuring eclectic fare like sushi- 617-451-1900. Enjoy what Boston magazine calls “the best prove fine dining can be fun. D, SB. $$$ concoctions at the popular Om ultra-lounge downstairs. 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L, D, C. $$$$ estaur HATEVER YOU HAVE ON YOUR PLATE, YE OLDE UNION OYSTER HOUSE, 41 Union St., 617-227- W ’ 2750. Steps from Quincy Market stands America’s oldest ants WE RE THE PERFECT SETTING. restaurant, serving Yankee-style seafood, beef and chicken. Famed for its oyster bar where Daniel Webster dined daily. Specialties include clam chowder, swordfish and fresh lob- ster. L, D Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–9:30 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 10 p.m. njoy a delightful breakfast, lunch or dinner in the sunlit ants E VP. www.unionoysterhouse.com. $$$ Café Fleuri, featuring Mediterranean fare and American specialties. We also offer customized social venues for rehearsal dinners, birthday and estaur EAST BOSTON/AIRPORT

r anniversary celebrations, bat and bar mitzvahs, and bridal showers. HARBORSIDE GRILL, Hyatt Harborside, 101 Harborside Drive, 617-568-6060. The Harborside Grill offers panoramic views of the Boston skyline from every seat in the dining room. During the day, the Grill is a welcoming casual location for a bowl of chowder, and in the evening is transformed into a sophisticated seafood restaurant. Open daily 6 a.m.–10 p.m. B, L, D, SB, C, VP. $$$

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LUCIA RISTORANTE & BAR, 415 Hanover St., 617-367- FENWAY/KENMORE SQUARE 2353. Lucia has been a North End culinary landmark for nearly 30 years, featuring innovative Italian dishes alongside BRAVO, Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Ave., 617-369- traditional favorites in a distinct setting. L 11 a.m.–3 p.m., D 3474. Executive chef Sebastian Porto brings his creative 3–11 p.m. VP. www.luciaboston.com. $$ touch to an eclectic and contemporary menu. The restau- rant’s bold decor, created by famed restaurant designer Peter MAMMA MARIA, 3 North Square, 617-523-0077. “Mamma Niemitz, meshes with a rotating selection of the MFA’s mod- Maria stands for what Italian food is. Simplicity, quality ingre- ern masterpieces. L daily 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m.; D Wed–Fri dients and fun…the food of love” (Emeril Lagasse, 2004). 5:30–8:30 p.m.; SB 11:30 a.m.–3 p.m. $$$ Mamma Maria offers charming views of the neighborhood and city skyline, as well as a Wine Spectator Award-winning EASTERN STANDARD, Hotel Commonwealth, 528 wine list. D Sun–Thu 5–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 11 p.m. VP. Commonwealth Ave., 617-532-9100. This brasserie in the www.mammamaria.com. $$$. SEE LOCATOR #10 ON heart of Kenmore Square resembles an old hotel dining room CENTER MAP. with its decor, but the restaurant attracts a diverse crowd, from businessmen to Red Sox fans seeking a pre-game MASSIMINO’S CUCINA ITALIANA, 207 Endicott St., 617- bite. Its menu caters to both crowds, with offerings ranging 523-5959. Owner/chef Massimino was formerly head chef of from the Good Plate of Offal to veal schnitzel to sandwiches. Naples’ Hotel Astoria and Switzerland’s Metropolitan Hotel. B, L, D. $$ His eatery’s specialties include veal chop stuffed with arugu- la, prosciutto, smoked mozzarella and black olives, amongst RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED 1-866-PFCHANG (866-732-4264) THE GARDNER CAFÉ, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 280 other delights. L, D, LS, C. Mon–Thu 11 a.m.–10 p.m., Fri & PFCHANGS.COM The Fenway, 617-566-1088. Chef Peter Crowley offers casu- Sat ’til 11 p.m., Sun noon–9 p.m. $ al-yet-elegant, French-infused fare with an artistic twist. The seasonal menu changes every few weeks, often inspired by NEPTUNE OYSTER, 63 Salem St., 617-742-3474. Named for current events at the museum as well as Mrs. Gardner’s own the Roman god of the sea, this small raw bar in the North

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lush vegetation of the museum’s Monks Garden. L, SB. $$ cooked with a hint of Italian flair. The menu features 12 vari- A Boston Tradition estaur eties of oysters, the hearty New England lobster roll, oyster A National Historic Landmark a taste of taj. GREAT BAY, Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Commonwealth Ave., minestrone and lobster scampi. L, D. $$$ 617-532-5300. Christopher Myers and chef Michael Schlow ants (Radius, Via Matta) present their unique take on seafood and STANZA DEI SIGARI, 292 Hanover St., 617-227-0295. This Enjoy renowned dining in a legendary raw bar concepts. This eclectic space serves delectable fare classic cigar parlor in the North End serves fine food, cigars such as fish tacos and the acclaimed baked stuffed lobster. and liqueurs. Open daily 5 p.m.–1 a.m. $ setting at Taj Boston, with a menu of L, D, SB, C, LS. $$$ ants TERRAMIA RISTORANTE, 98 Salem St., 617-523-3112. classic favorites and innovative offerings Since opening in 1993, Terramia has aimed to convince NORTH END North End diners that there was always more to Italian food

estaur at The Café and The Bar. With a prime than red sauce. Specializing in creative interpretations of

r ANTICO FORNO, 93 Salem St., 617-723-6733. Antico Italian classics, Terramia offers seasonally based dishes and America’s location on Newbury Street overlooking Forno—Italian for “old stove”—features brick-oven classics an extensive wine list in a cozy, rustic atmosphere. D Oldest such as roasted chicken with garlic and herbs; pizza with Sun–Thu 5–10 p.m., Fri & Sat ’til 10:30 p.m. $$ Restaurant the Public Garden, the spectacular view artichoke hearts, porcini mushrooms and buffalo mozzarella; and linguini with clams, mussels, calamari and shrimp, On The will be the perfect accompaniment. sautéed in a plum tomato sauce and baked in parchment. L SOUTH BOSTON Freedom Trail Mon–Sat 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.; D Mon–Thu 3:30–10 p.m., In The Fri & Sat ’til 10:30 p.m., Sun 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m. $$ AURA, Seaport Hotel, One Seaport Lane, 617-385-4300. Faneuil Hall Area Aura’s seasonal menus showcase a passion for using fresh, CAFFE VITTORIA, 296 Hanover St., 617-227-7606. This pop- local ingredients. Chef John Merrill partners with local farmers Specializing In Yankee Style Seafood, ular European-style cafe in the North End offers a variety of and fishermen to select freshly harvested vegetables, seafood Fresh New England Lobster desserts, cappuccino and espresso. Sun–Thu 8 a.m.–mid- that is just off the boat and specially aged meats and cheeses night, Fri & Sat ’til 12:30 a.m. NC. $ to create his award-winning meals. B, L, D, SB. $$$ And Grilled Meats 41 Union Street • 617-227-2750 FLORENTINE CAFE, 333 Hanover St., 617-227-1777. LTK BAR AND KITCHEN, 225 Northern Ave., 617-330-7430. Sunday-Thursday 11 am-9:30 pm Revered by visitors and residents for decades, this historic The state-of-the-art Legal Test Kitchen offers WiFi access, Friday & Saturday 11 am-10 pm cafe is one of Boston’s culinary landmarks. Lobster ravioli iPod docks at the table, a mood lighting system that changes 15 arlington street 1 617.536.5700 Union Bar til-Midnight with tomatoes and lobster cream sauce and seared veal with throughout the day, and a globally influenced menu with such All Major Credit Cards Honored • Validated Parking 1 877.482.5267 tajhotels.com/boston grilled shrimp in Frangelico mushroom sauce are just two of items as sushi, pho, tempura, Mysore Rasam soup, angry Visit Our Website • www.unionoysterhouse.com ___ the Italian wonders awaiting you in this charming bistro set- lobster and grilled skirt steak frites. L, D, LS, C. $$$ ___ 60 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 61

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B&G OYSTERS, 550 Tremont St., 617-423-0550. This sophisticated South End raw bar from James Beard Award- Boston’s Tables winning chef Barbara Lynch (No. 9 Park) and partner Garrett Harker features bivalves from Wellfleet to the West Coast, as well as signature dishes like the lobster BLT and the Maine lobster roll. L, D, LS, VP. $$

HAMERSLEY’S BISTRO, 533 Tremont St., 617-423-2700. This pioneering French-American classic, helmed by the hus- band and wife team of Gordon and Fiona Hamersley, first put the South End dining scene on the map. Try the duck confit or the roast chicken with garlic, lemon and parsley. Long regarded as one of the city’s top tables. D. $$$$

PETIT ROBERT BISTRO, 480 Columbus Ave., 617-867-0600; 468 Commonwealth Ave., 617-375-0699. These unpreten- tious yet lovely eateries aim to maintain the same ambiance and sensibility of an authentic Paris bistro with quintessential French fare such as the croque monsieur (ham and cheese sandwich), escargots Bourguignon and Petit Robert’s special- ty, the burgerdog. L, D. $$$

TORO, 1704 Washington St., 617-536-4400. Chef Ken Oringer’s Spanish restaurant aims for a highly social dining experience. The seating is a series of communal tables and the small, perfect-for-sharing tapas dishes—such as salt cod AVILA MODERN MEDITERRANEAN: fritters, rainbow beet salad and salty fried chili peppers— Cuisine from Italy, France, Spain and Greece blend a variety of vibrant styles and flavors. D, C. $$$ can be enjoyed at this elegant eatery in the Theatre District. Refer to listing, below. *209, 209 Columbus Ave., 617-536-0966. This casual eatery serves a diverse menu of modernized comfort food with a Southwestern flair, and is also a favorite of the Sunday brunch crowd. L, D, LS, C, SB. $$ “common dishes” for patrons to share. B, L, D, SB, C, LS. $$$$ UNION BAR AND GRILLE, 1357 Washington St., 617-423-0555. This sleek, upscale American bistro in the SoWa District features LEGAL SEA FOODS RESTAURANT, 26 Park Plaza, Park everything from gourmet comfort food like the Reuben sand- Square Motor Mart, 617-426-4444; 255 State St., Long ants wich and a beef-and-sausage burger to the award-winning Wharf, 617-227-3115; Prudential Center, 800 Boylston St., $10K tuna in a roasted tomato vinaigrette. D, C, LS, SB. $$$ 617-266-6800; other locations. For more than 50 years, Legal Sea Foods has served the freshest seafood possible, including oysters, succulent New England lobsters and its THEATRE DISTRICT famous clam “chowda.” Extensive wine list. L & D. $$$

AVILA MODERN MEDITERRANEAN, One Charles Street P.F. CHANG’S, 8 Park Plaza, 617-573-0821; Prudential

estaur South, 617-267-4810. Enjoy flavors of Spain, Portugal, Center, 617-378-9961. Enjoy unforgettable Chinese cuisine,

r France, Italy and Greece with a modern flair. The menu attentive service and delicious desserts all served in a stylish includes small plates of cod fritters, fried cheese and chicken bistro setting. Featuring an award-winning wine list, P.F. livers, appetizers of tuna ceviche, onion soup and watercress Chang’s offers an extensive wine-by-the-glass program as salad, as well as the finest quality all natural beef and fresh well as original cocktails like the Lucky Cat Martini. L, D & seafood entrees, with breads, desserts and ice creams made LS. Reservations accepted. Sun–Thu 11 a.m.–11 p.m., Fri & fresh daily. L, D, C. $$$. SEE LOCATOR #1 ON CENTER MAP. Sat ’til midnight. www.pfchangs.com. $$. SEE LOCATOR #11 ON CENTER MAP. FINALE, One Columbus Ave., 617-423-3184; 30 Dunster St., Harvard Sq., Cambridge, 617-441-9797; 1306 Beacon St., THEATRE CAFE, Radisson Hotel, 200 Stuart St., 617-574- Brookline, 617-232-3233. One of the only dessert restau- 2752. Located in the heart of the Theatre District, this rants in America, Finale features items like the caramel car- restaurant features traditional American fare in a comfortable nivale and the “molten chocolate cake.” Chef Nicole Coady’s atmosphere and is a great location for pre- and post-theater menu is complemented by a drink menu of ports, cham- dining. Seasonal outdoor dining and discounted parking at pagnes, cordials and “Finale Favorites.” A light dinner menu on-site garage is available. B, L, D. $$ is available. L & D. $$ Your guide to dining out in the Hub VIA MATTA, 79 Park Plaza, 617-422-0008. Radius owners JER-NE RESTAURANT & BAR, The Ritz-Carlton Boston Michael Schlow and Christopher Myers helm this Italian-style Common, 12 Avery St., 617-574-7176. This lively hot spot trattoria, named in 2002 as one of “America’s Best New takes center stage in the Theatre District and features chef Restaurants” by Esquire and “One of America’s Best ___ Scott Gambone’s signature seasonal surprises as well as Restaurants” by Gourmet. L, D, VP. $$$$ SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION 62 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM ON THE MENU

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featured select nights and during brunch. Just steps from Boston West Dorc Roslindale Common, theaters and shopping, Kennedy’s is a welcome respite for all. RoxburyGeorge Wright Golf Course an Stony Brook Mattap Reservation ON THE MENU Hyde RAW BAR Park Crab, Avocado and Mango Stack o Seared Peppered Ahi Tuna o Shrimp Cocktail index 66 APPETIZERS CHINATOWN Coconut Crunchy Shrimp o Lobster Spring Rolls o Jumbo Lump Crab Cake NORTH END 67

SEAFOOD BACK BAY 70 Steamed Maine Lobster o Dynamite Mahi Mahi o Herb Crusted Salmon o Spiced Yellowfin Ahi o Pan Seared BEACON HILL 72 Sea Scallops o Baked Stuffed Shrimp CHART HOUSE o Alaskan King Crab Legs o 60 Long Wharf • 617-227-1576 • chart-house.com JAMAICA PLAIN 74 Dungeness Crab Clusters et Chart House—the #1 rated seafood chain and waterfront 75 PRIME RIB & STEAKS CAMBRIDGE restaurant by Zagat—take you to a place where time stands still, Prime Rib o Filet Mignon o New York Strip o Tenderloin Medallions L the historic Hancock Counting House. This Boston landmark once housed the offices of John Hancock, an American patriot. Experience their BRIGHT LIGHT: Gaslamps DESSERT million-dollar renovations while savoring a seamless blend of high qual- and brick buildings, such as Hot Chocolate Lava Cake ity seafood and steaks—including whole, steamed lobster, cracked for you these in Beacon Hill, are two Raspberry Crème Brulée hallmarks of the city’s historic right at your table, and prime rib rubbed with aromatic herbs and spices neighborhoods. Refer to page 72. and slow roasted to succulent perfection. Free valet parking is available. PHOTO BY D ELLA H UFF ___ SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION JANUARY 14–27, 2008 65 CHINATOWN what to see NORTH END what to see

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oston’s preeminent Asian-American enowned as Boston’s “Little Italy,” neighborhoods community may be on the small side the North End is Boston’s oldest Bcompared to its New York and San Rneighborhood, having given birth to Experience Chinatown. Francisco counterparts, but it still contains the American Revolution from its narrow, LUCIA Where history comes to life. a wealth of shops filled with unique cobblestone streets. Known today for its imports and groceries as well as countless abundance of Italian bakeries, cafes and Ristorante & Bar eateries boasting regional fare from restaurants as well as a growing number throughout the Orient. Bountiful late-night of boutiques, visitors should be sure not to dining options also make it one of the city’s miss its Freedom Trail sites: Paul Revere’s best spots for a midnight meal. House, Copp’s Hill Burying Ground and the Old North Church. ATTRACTIONS: Culture Community Cuisine • The Quincy School • Chinese Tea Balconies ATTRACTIONS: neighborhoods • Chinese festivals • Site of the Liberty Tree • Paul Revere House • Chinese Merchants Building • Old North Church On the Freedom Trail in • Copps Hill Burial Ground Boston’s Historic North End www.chinatownheritage.org GET THERE ON THE T: 415 Hanover Street Call the Chinatown Heritage Project at 617-507-7927 Green Line to Boylston; Orange Line to Chinatown GET THERE ON THE T : 617.367.2353 for info about guided or self-guided walking tours. www.luciaboston.com ___ and New England Medical Center Orange or Green Line to Haymarket ___ ABOVE PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ABOVE MIDDLE AND BOTTOM 66 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM A SIAN C OMMUNITY D EVELOPMENT C ORP. PHOTOS BY D ELLA H UFF JANUARY 14–27, 2008 67 NORTH END The Perfect Evening La Serata Completa OUMJIAN OUY K CHIO ERA P EREK D OB B BY O BY T O T HO P HO

P 333 Hanover St., North End, Boston DRINKS, ANYONE?: Florentine Cafe on Hanover Street not only 617.227.1777 offers creative Italian cuisine, but creative drinks at its popular bar www.florentinecafeboston.com as well.

talian food lovers rave about the “creative OHEN Iand substantial ” cooking at this North C. C End “keeper” that’s a “new star,” providing NTICO FORNO— “classy modern Italian Italian for “old A THERINE food.” The ever-changing stove”— features brick-oven A

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C. C Mon 12–8, Tue/Wed 10–7, Thur/Fri 10–8, Sat 9–4. Closed Sunday THERINE A K BY O neighborhoods “BEST ITALIAN CUISINE. T HO By far the best restaurant in the North End, P 292 Hanover St., North End, Boston Mamma Maria might be the best in town.” 617.227.0295 • www.stanzadeisigari.com BEYOND SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS: Dine on new Hookahs available Frommer’s Boston 2005 and classic Italian cuisine at places like (top to bottom) Terramia Ristorante, Lucia Ristorante & Bar and Mamma Maria. three north square, boston (617) 523-0077 Una Bella Serata ___ www.mammamaria.com ___ 68 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM JANUARY 14–27, 2008 69 CHARLES

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___ P 76 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM 5questions with… Colin Quinn by Josh B. Wardrop omedy fans know gravel- Cvoiced funnyman Colin Quinn from the 1980s MTV game show “Remote Control,” his years anchoring “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live” and his Comedy Central talk show “Tough Crowd.” Quinn brings his hilarious stand-up act to Boston on January 25 & 26 at the Comedy Connection. Refer to listing, page 19.

Q: For a New Yorker, you’re very popular with Bostonians, don’t you think? A: People here seem to think I’m from Boston, so, when they find out I’m from [Boston is] New York, they feel very Q: You spent five years “ betrayed. Boston vs. New on “SNL.” What was that my favorite York is way out of propor- time like? city to perper-- tion here—it’s getting to A: Overall, the most amazing be like the Hutus and the experience of my life. The formform in. Tutsis. We need Don daily grind was intense—I ” Cheadle to come and should’ve done it 10 years Q: What do you like to broker peace. earlier—but if you’re commit- do when you’re visiting ted to it, it’ll make you a bet- Boston? Q: Has the Writers Guild ter performer. A: I like to stand out in front strike hit you hard? of the (24-hour) Bova A: It sucks. I’ve spent the Q: What’s the most Bakery in the North End at last few years working on memorable celebrity all hours, eating bread. movie screenplays, and now encounter you’ve had? Mostly, I walk around a lot— I can’t send them out. I A: I’ll tell you…I have Boston’s a great city for actually spoke at a WGA absolutely no psychic abili- walking, feeling the energy rally, which was tough— ties, but I met O.J. Simpson of the colleges…meeting you don’t want to bomb in back in the ’80s. And when I fellow miserable Irish peo- front of an audience of shook his hand, I distinctly ple. It’s my favorite city to ___ angry writers. felt a chill of evil. perform in. 78 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM