what to do • where to go • what to see October 8–21, 2007 The Officficialial GuGuideide to BOSBOSTONTON www.panoramamagazine.com panoramamagazine.com contents COVER STORY 18 Eight Days A Week in Harvard Square An octet of outings destined to deliver good times FEATURE STORY 22 True Colors Enjoy spectacular fall foliage throughout Massachusetts DEPARTMENTS 6 around the hub 6 NEWS & NOTES 14 ON EXHIBIT 10 ON STAGE 16 STYLE 12 DINING 17 NIGHTLIFE 24 the hub directory 25 CURRENT EVENTS 52 FREEDOM TRAIL 33 MUSEUMS & GALLERIES 56 SHOPPING 37 SIGHTSEEING 61 CLUBS & BARS 42 EXCURSIONS 63 RESTAURANTS 45 MAPS 78 NEIGHBORHOODS 94 5 questions with…Comedian RICK JENKINS on the cover: NOT-SO-GENTLY DOWN Joe (right) and Matt of NOT-SO-GENTLY DOWN Joe (right) and Matt of THE STREAM: Ariel (right) and the HarvardHarvard crew team Liz of the Radcliffe crew prprepareepare prepare for the big race forfor thethe HeadHead ofof thethe CharlesCharles at the Newell Boathouse Regatta at the Newell Boathouse on Soldiers Field Road. 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PANORAMA is audited by BPA Worldwide, an independent audit bureau recognized by the American Association of Advertising Agencies. a magazine affiliate ___ ___ 4 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM OCTOBER 8–21, 2007 5 aroundthehubby Josh B. Wardrop NEWS&NOTES The shopping. The dining. Row, Row, Row Your Boat… The best of it all. r, better yet, let some world-class athletes do it for you, while you cheer them …O on to victory. That’s the scene that’ll be taking place along the banks of the Charles River on October 20 & 21, as the 42nd annual Head of the Charles Regatta brings more than 6,000 of the top rowers in the world to the Hub for a two-day competi- tion. Each year, more than 250,000 onlookers make their way to Cambridge to watch the largest competitive rowing event in the world, cheering on teams from their favorite local university and enjoying live music and delicious food as they celebrate the arrival of fall and one of the oldest existing athletic disciplines in what has become a New England autumn tradition. Refer to listing, page 29. cont. on page 8 >> Come for the shopping and stay for the dining. Or come for the dining and stay for the shopping. No wonder The Shops at Prudential Center is New England’s number one destination for fun. destination extraordinary. BackBay|1.800.SHOP.PRU|www.prudentialcenter.com news & notes 8 • on stage 10 • dining 12 • on exhibit 14 • style 16 • nightlife 17 ___ Saks Fifth Avenue | Chico’s | P.F. Chang’s China Bistro | Sephora | Legal Sea Foods PHOTO BY D ELLA H UFF 6 PANORAMA aroundthehub:NEWS&NOTES aroundthehub:NEWS&NOTES return to postseason play, all the attention in the calendar of events Fenway area seems to be SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 focused on strikeouts and All good things must come to an end, home runs. However, the and that includes Speakeasy Stage T VET O neighborhood is also home Company’s fun-loving yet socially relevant L to some of the city’s top pop musical spoof Zanna, Don’t!, which IKE M cultural attractions, and wraps up its run at the Boston Center for BY O they’re going to do their the Arts today. Refer to listing, page 32. T HO best to wrest some of the P spotlight away from the SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14 Olde Towne Team on Don’t miss your last chance to go under October 8. That’s the day the big top and say goodbye to the that the Fenway Alliance— to experience all the great clowns, acrobats and elephants as the a coalition of arts, cultural art, music and culture that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and academic institutions one of Boston’s best neigh- Circus pulls up stakes at TD Banknorth located throughout the borhoods has to offer. Refer Garden. Refer to listing, page 29. neighborhood—hosts its to listing, page 29. sixth annual Opening Our THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 Doors! Event. The Boston Celtics—led by captain Paul VEGGING OUT Lovers of the fine arts Pierce (pictured) and new arrivals Kevin will have the opportunity to If your idea of a satisfying Garnett and Ray Allen—prepare for their visit top museums located meal begins and ends with much-anticipated 2007–08 season with a in the Fenway—including a nice juicy, rare slab of preseason tune-up against their old rivals, the Museum of Fine Arts, beef, then Boston has no the New York Knicks, at TD Banknorth << cont. A HUB OF Bill Burr and others in a MassArt, the Isabella shortage of upscale steak- Garden. Refer to listing, page 29. from page 6 HILARITY night of all-star comedy, Stewart Gardner Museum houses to delight you. Some folks get a tad gloomy while on October 12 acerbic and university galleries at However, if you’re one who THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 & once the leaves start to fall stand-up star Lewis Black Simmons and Wheelock eschews the sins of the FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 and summer frolicking is just (pictured above) and Friends College—to enjoy the mas- flesh (culinarily, at least), Pianist, singer, songwriter and untamed a memory, but it’s going to be also perform at the Majestic. terpieces contained within fear not—we’ve got you cov- rock ’n’ roll earth mama Tori Amos brings more or less impossible to The festival concludes with and engage in creative ered, too. On October 20, her always riveting catalogue of songs to sport a long face in Boston the Boston Comedy Contest activities, many of them herbivores will want to the Orpheum. Refer to listing, page 28. through October 13, as the Finals, in which eight up- free of charge. Meanwhile, flock to the Reggie Lewis city hosts the eighth annual and-comers take the Majestic Fenway-based arts organi- Athletic Center in Roxbury FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19– Boston Comedy Festival.For stage October 13 to compete zations such as the Boston for the 12th annual Boston SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21 one guffaw-filled week, for the Festival’s $10,000 top Symphony Orchestra, Vegetarian Food Festival. Former “Def Comedy Jam” all-star, MTV VJ comics from Boston and prize, and where Comedy Wheelock Family Theatre, This popular event features and co-star of the late, lamented TV guilty around the nation descend Lifetime Achievement Awards The Boston Conservatory more than 100 exhibitors pleasure “Fastlane,” Bill Bellamy brings on the Hub, performing at the will be presented to comedy and many others will offer offering free samples of his uproarious stand-up act to the Comedy city’s top comedy clubs. legends Mort Sahl and performances and interac- vegetarian cuisine, display- Connection. Refer to listing, page 25. Special events include an Shelley Berman. Refer to tive activities—including ing new products, offering October 11 show at Cutler listing, page 25. the popular all-day public cooking demonstrations SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 Majestic Theatre—31 Years of drawing event The Big and offering education into Intricate costumes, traditional dance and Comedy at Emerson Draw, taking place at Evans what it means to adopt a Mexican folklore combine in a breathtak- AN OPEN DOOR POLICY College—which will unite Way Park (corner of Evans vegetarian diet safely and ing, fast-paced performance by Ballet Emerson College alums like With our beloved Boston Way and Louis Prang Street, deliciously. Refer to listing, Folklorico de Mexico, performing at the Denis Leary, Anthony Clark, Red Sox making their near the MFA). It’s a chance page 29. Orpheum. Refer to listing, page 26. ___ ___ 8 PANORAMAMAGAZINE.COM OCTOBER 8–21, 2007 9 aroundthehub:ON STAGE Back to Two Chances Ballet to iTango LA SYLPHIDE Boston Ballet Wang Theatre Beginning October 18 ne of OBoston’s great cultural institutions— the world-class Boston Ballet— returns to the stage of the Wang Theatre on October 18 with its production of the haunting and romantic La Sylphide. Ballet lovers can lose themselves in Sorella Englund’s modern reinterpretation of August Bournonville’s classic chore- ography in this tale of idealistic love set in the Scottish Highlands, with enchanting music by Igor Stravinsky and Herman Lovenskjold.