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Wardrop WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3 NEWS&NOTES The Boston Celtics take on dominating young superstar Lebron James (pictured) and the rest of the Cleveland Cavaliers at TD Banknorth Garden at 7:30 p.m. Refer to listing, page 25. FRIDAY, JANUARY 5 Feed your need for speed at SOX FANS, AREA Bayside Expo Center, as the RESTAURANTS, World of Wheels 2007 expo WELCOME “DICE-K” roars into town for the weekend, The weeks before Christmas displaying classic and custom in Boston, the streets were automobiles and hot rods. Refer abuzz with Hub residents to listing, page 24. anxiously awaiting the arrival of a gentleman from SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 far, far away, expected to The King lives again when provide them with what they Massachusetts native and Las most desire. Vegas entertainer Steve Connolly Santa Claus? Oh sure, him (pictured) brings his Elvis Presley too…but it was actually tribute show, Spirit of the King, Daisuke Matsuzaka (pictured to the Cutler Majestic Theatre. above) that Red Sox Nation Refer to listing, page 23. Patrick takes his was waiting for. The 26-year- old pitcher—a phenomenon SATURDAY, JANUARY 6 Inauguration to the Streets in his native Japan, regarded Boston rockers including Frank xpect large and jubilant crowds around Boston Common and Beacon Hill on January 4 at as one of the top hurlers in Smith, The Pernice Brothers, The Enoon, as newly-elected Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (pictured above, inset) the world—was the subject of Bleedin Bleedins and Kay Hanley defies convention to make his inauguration ceremony a truly public affair. a month-long pursuit by the join Red Sox GM Theo Epstein and Bucking generations of tradition that generally sees the incoming governor sworn in inside Boston Red Sox, finally being baseball journalist Peter Gammons the House chamber within the State House, where the outgoing governor hands over symbols of signed just hours ahead of a (pictured far right) for the annual office, Patrick has opted to be sworn in on an outdoor stage—with large-screen TVs on the league-imposed deadline. Hot Stove, Cool Music benefit Common—so that more constituents can be party to the historic event. Patrick is just the sec- “Dice-K,” as Sox fans have concert, which begins a two-night ond African-American to be elected as a U.S. Governor. dubbed him, inked a $52 mil- stand at the Paradise Rock Club. Keeping with Patrick’s policy of inclusiveness, the Governor-elect is actually hosting seven lion contract, which didn’t Refer to listing, page 24. inauguration parties in towns across the state between January 3–7. (A full schedule and addi- even include the $51.1 million tional details can be found at www.jan4th.org.) Patrick told the Associated Press that the vari- the Sox had to pay his TUESDAY, JANUARY 9 HITE ous events were “about inviting people from all across the Commonwealth, not just the hoi Japanese team for the right The Boston Symphony W polloi, but regular people, and making a way for them to participate in a historic occurrence.” to negotiate with him. Orchestra is joined by world- THY With Matsuzaka mania in renowned violinist Joshua Bell IMO T news & notes 6 • on exhibit 9 • full swing before he’s even (pictured) for a concert of works BY O thrown a pitch, a couple of by Turnage, Bruch and Holst at 8 T 10 11 12 nightlife • style • dining HO cont. on page 8 >> p.m. Refer to listing, page 21. P ___ ___ PHOTO BY S USAN C OLE K ELLEY ABOVE PHOTO BY J ULIE C ORDEIRO/ 6 PANORAMA COURTESY OF THE B OSTON R ED S OX JANUARY 1–14, 2007 7 aroundthehub:NEWS&NOTES aroundthehub:ON EXHIBIT by Scott Roberto Feeling Modern Bookish Love THE ROMANCE OF MODERNISM: PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE FROM THE SCOTT M. BLACK COLLECTION Museum of Fine Arts Through May 6 t takes a Ilot of passion— and money—to assemble a world-class collection of art. Local entrepreneur and philanthropist Scott Black has accomplished this feat over the past two decades by chan- neling his love of art into acquiring outstanding examples of European art from the mid-19th to the mid-20th centu- << cont. area eateries have worth the wait. Effective rent City Hall (located in ry. Now his entire holdings—more than 50 pieces from page 7 already hopped on January 1, the museum will Government Center near JOHN ADAMS UNBOUND strong—can be seen by the Boston public for the first Boston Public Library the Daisuke band- be shutting its doors until Faneuil Hall) to private Through April 1 time. Black’s in-depth assemblages of masterpieces by wagon. Japanese restaurant mid-April, as it heads into developers, and building a Monet, Renoir, Pissarro and Rodin stand alongside the Douzo (131 Dartmouth St., the home stretch of a major brand new headquarters on What a person reads says some- works of lesser-known artists like Raoul Dufy, Theodore 617-859-8885)—bidding to renovation of the 117-year- the up-and-coming South thing about them. So what if a per- van Rysselberghe and Henri Edmund Cross, whom Black become Dice-K’s culinary old building on the Fort Boston waterfront. son assembles an entire library? says he caught on their “best days.” Outstanding examples home away from home—has Point Channel. The expan- The plan—which Menino Well, that must say a whole lot from Degas, Cezanne, Braque, Picasso, Matisse, Miro and introduced new menu items sion project (pictured above first floated back in 1998— about them. And so it is with found- Magritte round out an impressive overview of modern including The Daisuke Roll in an artist’s rendering) is would be to use proceeds ing father John Adams, whose art’s most important figures. Refer to listing, page 26. and the cocktail The Matsu- adding approximately 20,000 from the sale of the existing entire collection of 3,800 volumes is sake. Meanwhile, Jake’s BBQ square feet onto the muse- building to pay for the new on display for the first time at the AROUND THE (220 Moody St., 781-894-4227) um, including a new adven- City Hall, which would be Boston Public Library’s main branch WORLD in nearby Waltham has ture center exhibition hall built on the site currently in Copley Square.