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From Culture Vultures to Cupcake Fanciers, Opening Our Doors Had Something for Everyone

by mina kim

ore than 11,000 people attended this years Opening Our Doors, the 12th annual celebration of the arts and cultural offerings in the Fenway. The kick-off ceremony began on the Christian Science Plaza with welcoming remarks by kelly brilliant, executive director of The Fenway alliance, and guest speakers, including massachusetts Cultural Council Director anita Walker, State Rep. byron Rushing and City Councilor michael Ross. Following a performance by the boston Childrens Chorus, families lined up behind the lively Hot Tamale brass band for the kids Parade around

the reflecting pool. At the end of the parade, all participants received a free cupcake from Happys Restaurant. Throughout the day, people of all ages drew chalk art with Sidewalk Sam of ArtStreet, Inc.; built and flew kites indoors with archie Stewart of kite Education; created masks and danced to the energetic beats of afro brazil; watched performances by the boston Childrens Theatre, Trio Cleonice and the boston Conservatory Cabaret; and wandered the galleries of the mFa, isabella Stewart Gardner museum, and massart. Enfold, a temporary public art installation designed by architects at Perkins+Will, served as a

beautiful backdrop to activities in Evans Way Park where, under the direction of Gardner arts educators, young people were able to bejewel the installations fabric with gleaming foil-art etchings of their own. Each year, the alliance coordinates with Fenway organizations and cultural institutions to provide free programming for Opening Our Doors. With more than 60 events and the participation of more than 30 institutions, the event allows everyone near and far to experience the rich cultural vitality of the Fenway. Mina Kim is acting assistant director fo the Fenway Alliance.

Gamil, yoga with Carmen Thurston, exercise screening with Nurse Joyce Bishop, a watercolor class with Zebiao Fu, a phone tree that seniors use to check in on each other, sing-alongs with Berklee students, book swaps, movies (seniors pick the ones they want to see, and popcorn is always served ), poetry and potluck lunches. A special project, 40 pictures/ 40 stories, is being developed by Sydney Patinkas, a former intern from Northeastern University, who will be working at the center for the semester. More activities planned for the upcoming months include ESL classes with Richard; Spanish conversational classes with Maria; Russian conversational classes (already in place but with hopes of attracting more members); trips to the Dollar Store, with Richard Dunshee volunteerSome of the familiar faces at the Peterborough Senior Center ing to take seniors and include (from left) Mahmoud Gamil, Carol Paige Rodrigue, the their friends on shopping centers new director, Carmen Thurston, and Pat Day. sprees; and a Thanksgiving lunch in November. Most of these events are free but donations are empowers seniors to be who they are and requested to help cover the costs, especially decide for themselves what they want their center to be. I encourage people who come by for trips. The center is run on a low budget and to make it their center...by giving me their needs all the financial help it can get. In ideas whether they want to take trips, have addition to Paige Rodrigue and the staff potlucks, whatever. already mentioned, the center also benefits The center currently has many activities senior center on page 2 > going on, but Paige Rodrigue wants to increase this as she strives to add what everyone www.WhereDoIVoteMA.com wants. She adds, For me, its a full-time job managing the center. Since I am only there part-time, I try to be focused, and consistency is very important to me. I work five hours at home, which allows me to catch up on what has to be done. I have seen incredible progress with the center since Ive come on board and have met some amazing, creative seniors...and their friends, who have helped make my job an easier one. My goal is to do more outreach, with time, and to meet more individuals who voters will cast ballots for live in the neighborhood and businesses as President, U.s. senator, and well. state legislators. the ballot The center is open Tuesday through will also contain three Thursday, from 9:30am to 2:30pm. Activities initiatve qUestions. range from an exercise class with Mahmoud he Peterborough Senior Center, in the West Fens, remains one of the most welcoming places around for seniors and their friends to gather. The center, located off the alleyway between 100 and 108 Jersey Street, provides a safe and productive atmosphere. Carol Paige Rodrigue, the new director, states, The center
by matti kniva spencer

New Senior Center Head Seeks Out Fresh Ideas, Welcomes More Users

Marshalls Gives Brookline ave a Make-over

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The plaza behind the new Marshalls at 126 Brookline Avenue looked quiet on October 18, but things were hopping inside. After the 7am ribbon cutting, shoppers flocked to the store and kept it busy throughout the day. Marshalls provided food and gave out raffle tickets for prizes throughout the day. The two-level store has entrances on both Brookline Ave. and Van Ness Street (shown here) and continues the gradual domestication of the avenues once-industrial feel.

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Boston Latin School senior football team members pose outside the school on Oct. 25. The Wolfpack will take on Boston English for the 126th time on Thanksgiving Day at Harvard Stadium in the oldest high school football rivalry in America, dating to 1887.

court toSSeS Suit, fenway center GetS ready to Move ahead

A court decision last month has cleared the way for developer John Rosenthal and his Meredith Management Company to break ground on the first phase of the vast Fenway Center, the first construction using Mass Turnpike air rights in nearly 30 years. As news of the courts decision broke in Boston papers, Rosenthal also announced that he had secured financing for the project, projected to cost between $400 and $450 million. Rosenthal has not yet named the financing partner. The project will introduce 1.3 million square feet of apartments, offices, stores and structured parking (garages) into parcels between the Pike and Brookline Avenue, just west of Kenmore Square. It will boast the largest solar-panel newslines on page 2 >

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array in the state and incorporate an expanded Yawkey Station, a prelude to more frequent stops by commuter trains on the MBTAs Framingham Line. The projects initial phase will add three mid-rise buildings comprising the projects garage, 550 units of housing, and 60,000 square feet of retail space, according to The Boston Globe. It will also extend several existing streets, including Maitland, Overland and Yawkey Way. Phase two will add a 27-story tower with a mix of offices and residential space.

weight of the paving in these lanes threatens the structure of the tunnel underneath, which is already ten years beyond its intended replacement date. The temporary repairs should buy the state another ten years of use, allowing it to find the funding for a major reconstruction of the road. Crews will also repaint the tunnel, replace several hundred feet of granite curbing, and improve stormwater infrastructure in the area.

conServancy SetS annuaL MeetinG for noveMber 15

Lesley University environmental specialist Coleen OConnell will keynote the Emerald Necklace Conservancys annual meeting in the ballroom of Northeasterns Curry Student Center on Thursday, November 15, at 5:30pm (program begins at 6:30pm). OConnell will discuss Urban Parks: Ensuring a Resilient Future. RSVP to the conservancy by November 6 online at www.emeraldnecklace.org or at 67-522-2700. Refreshments will be served, and the event is free and open to the public.

northeaStern honorS veteranS

Janet Napolitano, the U.S. secretary of homeland security, will address Northeasterns Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 12. The ceremony begins at 2:30pm at the university Veterans Memorial, adjacent to Egan Research Center on Forsyth Street. A small reception will follow. The public is invited and business attire is the recommended dress.

Library LauncheS overdue-book aMneSty in noveMber

The Boston Public Library (BPL) will run a three-week drive this month to encourage the return of overdue materials to its shelves. The library will clear the fines associated with any overdue book, CD, or DVD returned to a BPL location up to Thanksgivingregardless of whether the item is a day late, a year late, or more. Users will be responsible for only the replacement cost of lost items during the amnesty.

dcr continueS niGhttiMe cLoSinG of weStbound Storrow drive

The state continues working to shore up the deteriorated Storrow Tunnel (underneath the Arlington Street exit ramp) through December 1. From 9pm to 5am every weeknight crews will remove built-up layers of pavement on Storrows westbound lanes between Clarendon Street and the Hatch Shell, resealing each segment as they complete it. The cumulative > senior center from page 1 from Pat Day, who fills in on the days where Paige Rodrige cannot be at the center. As stated, the director would like to see the seniors and their friends play a larger role. She wants everyone to feel like its their center... and already things have improved since shes come on board. Elvira Castillo now manages Lilys Boutique, a little store in the center that sells goods at very affordable prices, with all the money going towards the center. In fact, the seniors have been able to save enough money to purchase a fla-screen television with a huge screen that seniors ynow benefit from when watching movies. An item they hope to purchase next is a toaster oven. This writer, with the assistance of Maria Rodriguez, has come by to offer a fall breakfast, which turned out to be very popular. Another hearty breakfast in November will honor the many seniors who have served in the armed forces and the sacrifices they made for their country. We are thankful to Stephen Brophy, who generously gave his time with the book/film series, an

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Early last month, the buzz of a chainsaw drew the attention of a volunteer working in the Victory Gardens. Norm Helie saw two men standing over a severed tree burla misshapen activity that was very popular and beneficial to knot found in tree limbs that woodworkers prizeand called 911. The Boston Globe many who took part. reports that the police responding to the call saw Michael Scanlan entering a Park Drive A calendar for all the monthly events building holding a chainsaw. He admitted removing burls from trees in the Fens, and the can either be sent out or e-mailed on request. police arrested him, charging him with malicious destruction of property. Helies quick You can call the center at 617-536-7154 or thinking appears to solve a mystery that began last spring, when the city arborist noticed e-mail Paige Rodrigue at cpaigerodrigue@ a dozen trees in parks across the city with missing burls. In addition to disfigurement, comcast.net. A Task Force meeting takes extracting burl eventually kills a tree: the cut area seals over, but the area underneath rots. place every month, where those coming to the center are encouraged to speak up, and let Paige Rodgriue know whats on their mind. way, 8:00am12:00pm street cleaninG tiMes Taxi coupons, with Meagan, are offered on Second Friday the city cleans Fenway residential streets a monthly basis. Coffee is served daily, and 8 to 54 the Fenway (includes inside between 12 and 4pm on the first and third anyone can drop by whether they are a senior lane), charlesgate extension, 12:00 wednesdays of each month (odd-numbered or not. A goal of Paige Rodridges is to attract 3:00pm side) and the second and fourth wednesdays a larger audience so feel free to come by... Third TueSday (even-numbered sides). more info at 617meet up with longtime friends...make new > park drive (includes inside lane), up635-4900 or www.cityofboston.gov/publicfriends. The center also maintains a wish per Boylston street, 8:00am12:00pm works/sweeping. the state cleans streets list of things needed, so if anyone wants to > park drive, from holy trinity on both sides of the park on this schedule: contribute please call or e-mail. In addition, orthodox cathedral to Kilmarnock second thursday if youd like to donate money, you can send street and from the riverside line the riverway, 12:003:00pm a check to Peterborough Senior Center, 42 overpass to Beacon street, 12:00 Peterborough Street, Boston, MA, 02215 Second Friday 3:00pm Attention: Carol Paige Rodsrigue. the Fenway (includes inside lane), visit www.mass.gov/dcr/sweep.htm for a Matti Kniva Spencer lives in the West charlesgate extension, and Forsyth complete schedule and maps. Fens.

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appreciating the people who Fill our daily lives

by aLison barnet

ears ago I used to get my hair cut on Mass. Ave. in a shopwas it called Metro?that was torn down when the Carillon was built. Matthew, my hairdresser, sported a bright green Mohawk. Once when I was in his chair, a group of kids gathered at the big plate-glass windows outside, pressing their noses to the panes and laughing at Matthews hairnot, I hope, at mine. He gave me a good cut, I liked him a lot and enjoyed talking with him on a variety of subjects, but I never thought of writing a tribute. A couple of weeks ago, I got a call from a woman who sent me her tribute to a hairdresser, although in this case hes not her hairdresser but one of the hairdressers at Peter and Yerem at 205 Newbury Street. Why isnt he her hairdresser? Well, when she started going there 25 years agoat least, he happened to be working on the other side of the shop. So it turns out they talk while she waits for her husband to come and pick her up. Elizabeth Betty Antonakos wrote: Tribute to Alexander MacLeod Who is Alexander MacLeod? To me he

is Alex. Years ago a friend introduced me to a beauty shop on Newbury St. Boston. I suspected that if the shop was on Newbury St., Boston, it had to be special and so [also] the employees. I immediately went to Newbury St. for help with my appearance. The name was Peter and Yerem. Every time I met Alex he always had a story, be it a historical event, a poem or anything pertaining to historical events. At times I would wonder why he knew some interesting history events. He knew all of themthe reason and the outcome of historical events. Alex lives in the historical section of Boston which years ago was a melting place for Brahmins and writers. I wanted to put all this in writing because sometimes we overlook the qualities of the people we encounter in our daily life. While Alex does live in an historical

section of Boston, its not the South End, as Betty supposed, but on Norway Street in the historic Fenway. She is partial to the South End because she has Greek family roots there. I asked Alex, whom I know, what kind of interesting history events he tells Betty while she waits for her husband Charlie. The list begins with Turkish and Italian history. He likes to read and remembers what he reads. Betty is a retired Boston bilingual teacher who lives in Quincy and admits to being over 80. She researches family history and has found a few stories that might be a match for Alexs. She discovered, for instance, that her husbands grandmother, disguised as a man, allegedly slit the throats of six Turks in the Peloponnese. When Alex read Bettys tribute, he told her a story. Were each three people: were the person we think we are; were the person other people think we are; and we are ourselves. Then he thanked her for showing him a part of myself.

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Kenneth G. Ryder, president of Northeastern University from 1975 to 1989, died Oct. 29 at age 88. Ryder, who began as a history instructor at Northeastern in 1949, served as associate professor, dean of administration, and executive vice president before being named president. After his presidency he served on the universitys board of trustees until 1996. During his tenure the university established its College of Computer Science; acquired the Graduate School of Nursing from Boston University; established the Marine Science Center in Nahant; and built Snell Library. A Brockton native, Ryder received degrees from Boston and Harvard universities and served in the Navy during World War II.

Former Northeastern President Ryder dies

thanked former Governor Dukakis for his to provide pleasure more than a century after persistent monitoring of conditions in the their designers death. ocal, state, and federal officials Emerald Necklace. Dukakis systematically At the ceremony, 200-plus citizen gathered on the afternoon of October collects litter when walking to stewards packed the tent to celebrate the 10 to inaugurate, at long last, the and from work through the park, event and listen to uniformly succinct and Muddy River Restoration Project, providing a model for citizen informative accounts that, taken together, and to celebrate the citizen persistence that involvement in park maintenance. documented the history of the project and the brought it into being. The event took place U.S. Rep. Michael E. Capuano concerns motivating advocates of the Muddy under a tent pitched, appropriately, atop a noted, in his intervention, that River restoration. long-covered section of the Muddy River Nobody in this group needs the Chief among these were the 1996 and opposite the Landmark Center. lecture, but you gave me As detailed earlier in a microphone, so youre this series, the project had going to get it! He went been years in the making on to say that the Army more years, in fact, than we Corps of Engineers $20 originally reported. Citizen million portion of the projects groups began advocating in first phase was a federal earmark. the 1970s for preservation Those are your tax dollars at of the Emerald Necklace work. People may not realize, parks, spurred by threats Capuano added, that the Corps posed by developers, the of Engineers annual budget Red Soxwho at one point always reflects fierce competition sought to pave the Victory among members of Congress Gardens to provide parking hoping to secure Corps activity for fansand a proposed in their district or state. Because inner beltway that would citizens and officials at all levels have run directly along the spine of the parks. Former Governor Michael Dukakis and Governor Deval Patrick addressed of government in Massachusetts wanted to have it happen, the Organizing into a crowd of 200 at the groundbreaking for the Muddy River restoration. project is now a reality. voluntary organizations, Fran Gerschwinn, chair of the Muddy citizens pressed politicians to defend the green 1998 floods, the damage they wrought, and River Restoration Project Maintenance the resulting costs and inconvenience to spaces that Frederick Law Olmsted and his and Management Oversight Committee associates had created in the late 19th century. governments, the MBTA, hospitals, schools, (MMOC), noted that Gov. Dukakis had led museums, and home owners. As the public officials at the the Commonwealth to commit to restoring Governor Deval Patrick summarized groundbreaking repeatedly emphasized, the Emerald Necklace Parks and now, seven the years of effort by government officials at those citizen advocates set a standard of governors later, Gov. Patrick was finally able all levels that proved necessary to turn the park stewardship that ignited a nationwide to oversee the restoration project. popular desire for Muddy River restoration movement to preserve and restore Olmsted Mayor Thomas Menino observed that and rehabilitation into reality. parks. Hundreds of these parksincluding The Muddy River Project will benefit so Betsy DeWitt, chair of the Brookline Central Park in New York City, Brooklyns many people in the community, and it was Selectmen, mentioned her daily walk along Prospect Park, Buffalos Olmsted Park Babbling Brook from Leverett Pond to Wards made possible thanks to a strong partnership System, Grand Rapids Riverside Park, and collaboration among state, local, and Pond to Jamaica Pond as personal grounds Detroits Belle Isle, Chicagos Jackson Park, federal government, environmental agencies for her commitment to the project. She also and Montreals Mount Royal Parkcontinue
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With Lessons in History and Politics, Muddy River Project Gets Under Way

and civic groups. This project, he said, continues the legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted by improving the vitality of the urban park system, and it will provide an amazing resource to the community. U.S. Corps Colonel Samaris, after thanking local and state partners, pointed out that hed been born and raised in Methuen, was happy to be back home. As a resident who lives near the Emerald Necklace, he said, he was looking forward to the time three years from now when well walk the dog in the linear parks. Governor Dukakis said I left the Emerald Necklace project on my desk when I left office. Four Republican governors followed me, but it wasnt until another Democrat, Deval Patrick, became governor that the job was finally finished! He finished with a Greek proverb: It takes many years for the bitter grape to become honey. DCR Commissioner Ed Lambert had the last words, and he borrowed them from Olmsted himself: Every thousand dollars invested in a park produces more than a thousand dollars in dividends for the next generation, and so on for each succeeding generation. And then the speakers put shovels in the ground, symbolically marking the start of the restoration. Jamie Thomson and Stan Everett live in the West Fens.

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MissionSaFE Teens Giving Back To The Community

by aLex danesco

Teen leaders from MissionSAFEs Youth Leadership Service Corps (YLSC) are giving back to the Mission Hill community this fall with two collections. All items will be distributed to youth and families living in the area. The first collection, held in September, focused on back-to-school supplies and yielded over 300 items. The second collection will be a two-day can drive on Friday, November 23 and Monday, November 26, designed to help area families celebrate Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a special time of year, and as community leaders we want to help as many people as we can to have a great holiday, said one YLSC member. The November collection will take place at One Brigham Circle, and like the September drive was, is being facilitated by MissionSAFE staff and teens, and with the support of Boston nonprofit Building Impact. Much of the success of the events can be attributed to the energetic efforts of the teens, who distribute over 2,000 flyers prior to each event. The two collections exemplify the work of MissionSAFEs

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signature program. The YLSC provides after-school programming for youth ages 14 -21, focusing on leadership development, communication, problem-solving, violence prevention, community service, civic engagement, college and career exploration, and jobreadiness training with strong academic support. MissionSAFE is proud of the 15 teens who helped to implement both collections. They reflect our commitment to helping young people discover themselves and their self-worth though meaningful community service and civic engagement. For over ten years, MissionSAFE has worked with at-risk youth and young adults from challenging situations and communities, helping them gain the skills and confidence they need to succeed and thrive, not merely survive, and to be agents for positive change in their communities and the larger world. Alex Danesco is the development director at MissionSAFE. For information about the November can drive, contact him at 781-5109040 or alex.danesco@missionsafe.org.

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For TCs Owners, Bar is Gone, But Bitterness Lingers On

n September 6, the First Fenway Coops property manager informed Tony Consalvi that he would have to vacate T.C. Lounges space by the 14th, thus ending TCs 42 years at One Haviland Street. I sat down with Tony Jr. and Tony III in an emptied-out T.C.s to talk about the bars history and the fire that ended the four-decade run of one of Bostons premiere dive bars. The building housing T.C.s was built in 1894, long before contemporary fire and egress codes and the Americans with Disabilities Act/ADA. It was grandfathered into the citys building code. At 4:37pm on March 13 a faulty beer cooler caught fire; by 5:16pm the flames had been quelled. The fire department had to saw though the bar, and a gaseous, charred stench hung over Haviland Street for the rest of the day. Tony explained that after the fire We had the place inspected and there was no structural damage. There was a lot of smoke and water damage and of course all of the

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posters and pictures wed collected over the years were too damaged to be used. But we could have done a quick job for about $8,000 in about six weeks or spent about $25,000 for something nicer that would have taken eight weeks or so. T.C.s lease specified that T.C.s was responsible for extraordinary expenses. Tony continued, We never heard from anyone upstairs. What little communication was with the management company. I spent $1,400 for a permit to paint and do cosmetic work. The management company told the Consalvis that they would need to pay to install sprinklers on every floor, widen the front and back doors, and pay for all of the ADA work. Jr. broke in, If you go down into the basement you would expect to find Freddy Kruger hanging out. There are hissing pipes, mold and water everywhere, and it has always been that way. I tried to be a good neighbor. I always had a doorman on. My day bartender swept outside and the sidewalk was cleaned with a high-pressure hose. We even offered to pay for soundproofing to make the place

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quieter and I took out two speakers from the jukebox, You know, my heart was broken because Ive been here so long and seen customers get married. There are very few independently owned bars left in the city. Many, many folks came by to wish us well while we were cleaning out the place, said Tony. Jr added, Our Facebook page got many hits; its moving to know that the place meant so much to so many. Meanwhile no one from upstairs will even look me in the eye. None of the [several well known activists, politicians and neighborhood groups] stepped forward. I have it on pretty good authority that First Fenway had the money to do the work without even resorting to a loan, Tony growled. The Mackin Group manages the First Fenway Coop. I called and asked about what the Consalvis said and was told the company will not publicly comment about properties it manages. Emails to First Fenway Cooperative members were unanswered. I asked both Tonys. On a scale of 1 to 10 how bitter are you? Both nodded and said: 11. Steve Gallanter lives in the East Fens.

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Candidates for these offices will appear on the ballot: Electors of President and Vice President Senator in Congress Representative in Congress Member of the Governors Council Senator in the General Court Representative in the General Court Clerk of Courts Register of Deeds Register of Probate In addition to candidates, ballots will contain three questions. A yes vote will change existing law, a no vote will make no changes. These summaries were obtained from Massachusetts Secretary of State.

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Question 1: availability of Motor vehicle repair information. Passage of this question would require motor vehicle manufacturers to provide vehicle owners and independent repair facilities in Massachusetts access to the same diagnostic and repair information that the manufacturers make available to their Massachusetts dealers and authorized repair facilities. A YES VOTE would change state law to require making this information available. A NO VOTE would leave current law unchanged. Question 2: prescribing Medication to end life Passage of this measure would allow a physician licensed in Massachusetts to prescribe medication, at the request of a terminally-ill patient and under certain conditions, to end that persons life. A YES VOTE would change state law to allow this option for patients. A NO VOTE would leave current law unchanged. Question 3: Medical use of Marijuana A YES VOTE would eliminate state criminal and civil penalties for the medical use of marijuana, allowing patients meeting certain conditions to obtain marijuana produced and distributed by state-regulated centers or, in specific hardship cases, to grow marijuana for their own use. A YES VOTE would make this change law. A NO VOTE would leave current law unchanged. Massachusetts voters Bill of rights Voting rights are guaranteed to qualified registered voters. You have the right to cast your ballot in a manner that ensures privacy. You have the right to vote without any person trying to influence your vote and to vote in a booth that prevents others from watching you mark your ballot. If you feel that your right to vote has been violated in any way, call the Secretary of the Commonwealths Elections Division at 1-800-462-VOTE (8683).

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Thomas M. Menino, Mayor

ith this issue of The Fenway News we prepare to say good-bye to Stephen brophy, our outstanding and erudite editor. Stephen has made the decision that his expanding teaching and coaching work at miT leaves him too little time to continue as our editor. We are glad to know that Stephen is being more fully appreciated across the river, but our own appreciation simply knows no bounds. Stephen joined The Fenway News after several years in which we produced the paper with no editor, and having a single head of operationsparticularly one with professional journalism experience has elevated the papers standards. Stephen recruited and mentored a cadre of student journalists and continued the tradition of giving our diverse community a voice it would not otherwise have. He will edit at least three more issues of the paper, giving us time to look for the right person to fill his capacious shoes. The board of Directors of The Fenway News wishes Stephen well in this next phase of his career and thanks him for all he has done for us.
JOyCE FOSTER, PRESiDEnT

Your Fenway neighbors agree.

Delia Alvarez Arlene Ash John Ayer Barbara Boger Steve Chase Brian Clague & Dan Stephens Suzanne Comtois Gerry Cooper Helen Cox Eleanor Cummings Tracey Cusick Nikki Flionis Joyce Foster John Kelly Ruth Khowais Romin Koebel Maureen McLaughlin Geraldine Milano Patricia Murphy Sheneal Parker Jana Peretz Gloria Platt Randy Platt Lauren Dewey Platt Barbara Brooks Simon Matti Kniva Spencer Mat Thall Jeanne Tibbs Anne Tobin Margaret Witham Steve Wolf

On November 6, were voting for

WILL BROWNSBERGER
A year ago we got together to interview candidates running in a special election for the state senate seat that covers most of the neighborhood. We met four candidates, reviewed their records, and reached consensus on supporting Will Brownsberger. We liked the record hed compiled as a state representative on a range of issues, but his emphasis on transparency and openness especially impressed us. We were delighted when Will went on to win the special election in December. Since taking office he has exceeded our expectations. He has been a strong advocate for the interests of Fenway residents and has proved both available and deeply engaged in neighborhood issues. Many of us have come to value him as a friend. Were also very pleased with his contributions to the larger issues facing the stateincluding long-term funding for the MBTA, criminal justice reform, and education reform. We expect strong turnout for the historic election on November 6. We urge you to take the time to go down the ballot and vote for State Senator Will Brownsberger. Hes done a great job in his short time in office, and we believe hell continue delivering results for the Fenway.

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wheelocKs engaging anne oF green gaBles celeBrates Kindred spirits

there are many themes in Anne of Green Gables, but kindred spirits is my favorite. When a new teacher (Ceit M. Zweil) replaces Attila the Hun (Nick Sulfaro), kindred spirits Anne of Green Gables, one of my favorite childhood novels, has had a lifelong impact anne and diana (Jenna lea scott, whos a lot of fun) recognize her not only as a breath of on meor so i realized when i saw wheelock Family theatres current production. now i fresh air but as a comrade in intellect and imaginzation. Now we can understand why the final e, the all-important e, in Anne, my begin to learn everything, they sing. real first name (full disclosure), has seemed so important to me theres more than the usual action in the back of the theatre. when all these years. i know exactly how anne the actress felt when I first heard a commotion behind me, I thought someone was talking she flew to the blackboard to correct her name, underscoring on a cell phone. instead, actors were running through the aisles, at the e. It looks so much nicer, she sings. Yes! one point in an egg and spoon racethe eggs presumably glued to the wheelocks Anne of Green Gables, the 1965 musical spoons because not one dropped. my friend Kim and i may have had version of L. M. Montgomerys 1908 book, is a terrific show and trouble turning around in our seats fast enough, but the kids didnt. she fully engaging for lots of other reasons. observed that, when youre a small person, it makes the theatre seem a victorian-era story set in prince edward island, its based very big. upon an mistake. sister and brother marilla and matthew apply two small criticisms: i found the backdrop of quilt-like patchwork for an orphan boy to help them around the green gables farm squares uninteresting and the performance went a little too long: 2-1/2 but get a girl instead. matthew goes to the train stationin a hours, including intermission. the children in the audience, however, did short red stage version of a wagonto pick up the boy but finds not become restless, a tribute to the wheelocks skill at capturing their anne waiting. Feisty might be too tame a word for red-headed Anne (Jennifer Beth Glick) wins over imaginations. anne, who is irrepressibly intelligent and articulate. she wins Matthew (Robert Saoud) in the wagon ride Jane staab, wFt founder, directs. music by norman campbell, matthew over but encounters resistance from the religious, more from the station. lyrics by donald harron and campbell, with additional lyrics by mavor conventional, marilla. moore and elaine campbell. its a big cast, with a number of familiar wheelock actors. Anne of Green Gables runs through November 18. Oliver!, another orphan classic, robert saoud plays matthew, a much subdued role for him after parts such as wilbur the pig in Charlottes Web, and, for Jacqui parker, marilla is a whole different gig from Billie holiday begins January 25. Wheelock Family Theatre is located at 200 The Riverway. Tickets are available a tickets@wheelock.edu or by calling 617-879-2300. Longtime contributor Anne at the lyric. gamalia pharms, one of the plays group of local gossips, is also subdued; she Alison Barnet lives in the South End. was a kangaroo in Seussical: The Musical. not subdued at all, however, is Jennifer Beth
By alison Barnet
photo: Gary nG, courtesy wheelock FaMily theater

Much ado about Nothing? Flashy Celebrity Portraits Take Center Stage at MFa

by john enGstrom

waving press photographers away from certain beauty and glamor. The show invites you walls because of permissions issues: You can might have been better disposed toward into Testinos own world, as if stepping into shoot Madonna and Tom, but not over there. In Your Face, the lamely titled (in the pages of one of todays great fashion As I roamed around and perused the whose face?) Mario Testino fashion magazinessomething I want to do about as photo extravaganzaand blockbuster much as crawling on my hands and knees over images, often dropping my notebook on the floor because I was lugging the voluminous wannabethats now at the MFA, if the press a carpet of thumb tacks. press kit around, it was sometimes hard to conference had preceded instead of followed We also learn from reading the wall distinguish between the uneven show itself the media preview of the heavily hyped show. that all photographs are digitally processed and its inescapable hype. I also wondered if That is because whatever you think of his chromogenic type prints or fiber-based silver perhaps these pictures are best seen between celebrated work (in my case, not a whole gelatin prints, a clear sign that the MFA the covers of Vogue, Vanity Fair, and the other lot), the Peruvian-born Testino in person is wants us to think about this work as fine or glossy mags Testino works for, instead of on charmingsmart, savvy, funny, insightful, high art. Silver gelatin prints are very hip museum walls. There could well be galleries nobodys fool. He frequently set off ripples of and cutting edge these days among highand museums somewhere in laughter in the (sparse) audience the world this kind of work of media people; including an would look good in, but I dont off-color joke about a terry think the MFA is one of them. cloth lilac suit that everyone I just dont think these images liked. Testino easily fielded banal really lend themselves to being questions and comments from framed and hung as if they MFA director Malcolm Rogers were masterpieces. (who said Madonna is one of the What we are stuck with great icons of our time), and are a series of enormous made observations on being an rooms filled with 125 iconic artist, the role of travel in artwork, pictures of famous people having a successful commercial mugging, cutting up, rolecareer (with a huge number of playing, and parading their Vogue spreads in 2010) in an images. Some of my jottedoften grueling industry that were down impressions: interesting and useful (especially Some fashion model if you are an artist). The In Your Face exhibit includes this portrait of model Kate Moss. Ive never heard of wearing [Being a photographer] nothing underneath a long is really who I am; Im trying fur coat (animal abuse) and leading a to be very loud about saying, This is level, serious commercial photographers horsethis one was made for Vogue, which methis is what I believe. In his early (Harold Feinsteins show at the Panopticon is I do not read. Oddly, this particular shot career, fortuitously a sequence of events all silver gelatins). I skipped the gift shop that the MFA has is reminiscent of Fashion: White (1935) presented themselves that took me there (to contrived for Testinos books and products by Edward Steichen, during his fashion photography). Of his historical influences, one look and I thought, vulgar and hideous. photography phase. But I would rate Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Cecil Beaton, Steichen as the better photographer Helmuth Newton: Theyve been my training. But because of all the earnest talk about beauty and glamor, I went in expecting something like A huge piece of soapy lesbian erotica. A You have to be aspirational when you work. a temple of beauty. But what Testino and the reclining Nicole Kidman in what looks like Music is very important to define who you MFA have wrought is more a cathedralhighthe bejeweled dining room of Versailles are and where youre going. Anyone who ceilinged, deep, cavernous rooms with teal the scenery is more compelling than she creates from zero has to be an artist. A is. A cute young dude in a large black-andhaircut does a lot for beauty. I parked myself green walls, sparse wall text written by Testino (and free of curator cant), and the photographs white baring his tush. Keith Richards and at the back so I could make a hasty escape if themselvesa miscellaneous, at times Mick Jagger both looking old and ugly. things got tedious; they never really did, but annoying jumble of color studio shots the size Kate Moss, Kate Moss, and Kate Moss. I skipped the end of the Q&A because I had of epic paintings (including Brad Pitt in big A black-and-white of a dude with tattoos reached my tolerance threshold for celebrity Robert Wilson glasses with cigarette against a and spangly bra worn over a hairy chest gossip. I wondered if it was even possible to vivid red background; a grimacing Tom Brady who looks like Ray Liotta, mouth open consider Testinos work without getting into with a barking dog), and more modest-sized in a scream. I kind of liked this one. A celebrity gossip. black-and-whites of such minor luminaries as monumental (Fascist?) boy face with In fact, I enjoyed the press conference Gwyneth Paltrow and others I didnt recognize slicked-back hair and red lipstick (a more than I did In Your Face. Greeting (ditto most of the magazine models in the derivative touch of Nan Goldin). you outside the entrance downstairs (the show). Perhaps my single least favorite media same space as the loathsome Alex Katz But it was hard to concentrate on the personality, Jennifer Aniston. Another exhibit last year) is a multi-image slide work for long because of the storm of shutterVogue model I dont know. A boy-girl show of Testino, his celebrated models, and snapping and light-adjusting by media couple in the water making outHarold manifold accomplishments. A few feet away, going on all around me the whole time. Feinstein did much the same thing over at a gratefully icon free wall text notifies us Panopticon Gallery but much better. Kirsten that Testino is one of todays most prominent Grim-looking museum staff in suits were everywhere, educating visitors about the art Dunst in eerie, 30s glamor make-up in fashion and celebrity photographers, one He wants to surprise, jar and shake upand a weirdly tinted studio print. A septet of who transformed current conceptions of

n my way into Testinos British Royal Portraits, which is concurrent with In Your Face, I passed through the Brown Gallery which now has through next June Kings, Queens and Courtiers: Royalty on Paper. Its a good show that I recommend, with vintage Durer, Goya, Daumier, David and other well or less well known artists and printmakers. You get the pleasure of being rewarded for your time. But if you enter British Royal Portraits from the old entrance near the gift shop, you run into an enormous enlargement of Testinos famous Diana, princess of Wales, portrait for Vanity Fairnot an icon, but a slightly jarring reminder of mortality. The picture has presence, hers and Testinos. The other works many of them black and white, show good ol Liz, the Queen Mother, Prince Philip, Charles and the sons whose names I cant remember. Formal studio portraits alternate with familiar, horsing-around footage of the various family members alone and with each other. You can sense from the photos how well Testino and the Windsors got along; I would not call these people consequential, but these are not bad photographs. I just wish they were of something other than the dullest family on the planet. In this case, the ancien rgime was just too ancien for me. John Engstrom is a West Fens resident.

almost-naked boy beachcombers with a lone woman baring her breasts. Oprah. What looks like a grotesque Photoshop collage in the first room shows six baboons in a desert setting cavorting on an old bed while a cutting edge dude in spangly, kitschy dress looks on. Here Testino seemed to be toying with the surreal, but I would give it a thumbs down: no true psychic depths are plumbed. Compare with Man Rays surrealist photos and you get the point. A beautiful naked black dyad gets my thumbs upits an affirmative image of a not-seen-often enough population. More fashion models I dont recognize. Jennifer Lopez as a male boxer. Angelina Jolie (hi, Sis). To sum up, if this is a cathedral and these are its icon then I want a new religion. You cant accuse Testino or the MFA of being elitist, but you can suspect them of giving us a dumbed-down product. No degradation was necessary on this occasionIn Your Face was degraded from the get-go. Celebrities of the past had some real charisma, but todays celebrities, going on the example of this show, lack the necessary luster to be interesting as artistic subjects.

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Drama, recording, its all right there. The film was Cheech and Chongs Still Smokin. erklee is getting a new chair Clinton never looked back, going on of its film-scoring program, to score dozens of films, including several the only undergraduate blockbusters. Instincts are also at the helm of program of its kind in the his process when scoring a film. I try to get country. George S. Clinton, inside the film, he responds, when asked of the composer and songwriter his first steps when embarking on a score. He behind the Austin Powers films, Mortal watches it as many times as it takes until the Kombat and Wild Things, will take over film is inside him, and he inside it. where his friend Dan Carlin recently left off Clinton likens the process of scoring after five productive years. Clinton brings to acting in that the to the position director (usually) has over 30 years some idea of what he/ of professional she is looking for and, experience in both as in acting, the scorer scoring and the must synchronize his/ business of scoring. her own instincts with In addition, he that intent. Typically, brings his insight as a director adds a a former songwriter temporary score that who found his hints to the scorer way to scoring the gist of what the by following director wants. While his instincts. the idea of having a An emphasis on temporary score in instincts, in fact, place might seem permeates his like a hindrance for philosophy on the the scorer, Clinton twin arts of scoring views the process as and business, and a collaborative effort his personal story and takes as much speaks to their information from a importance. director as he can. The After doing temporary score is session work in typically a good way Nashville, Clinton to glean what a director moved to L.A. in the George S. Clinton brings 30 years of Hollywood experience to his new job as wants without him or 1970s to be a rock head of the film-scoring program at her having to explain it, star like everyone usually in non-musical terms. Regarding the else. Cheech and Chong knew his group, the George Clinton Band, and asked if he had any scorers relationship with directors, generally speaking, he says that With new directors I interest in scoring a film for them. Hed never typically spend a fair amount of time figuring considered the possibility but jumped at the opportunity and immediately started freaking out what theyre looking for, but with directors Ive already worked for, they trust me. Its all out because Id never done it. He enrolled about trust. in a crash course at UCLA, started doing it, Its this emphasis on trust which makes and thought Wow, this is really what I love. Clintons worldview so refreshing in an academic setting, where proof, skepticism and mathematical certainty so often reign supreme. Relating the bulk of his success to learning to trust his instincts in both art and business, he stresses that, Its important for students to find that original voice and that instinctive voice within themselves, because thats whats going to make them unique. 24-HOUR pianist EMERGENCY SERVICE While a trained and accomplishedthat inner himself, its this ability to project voice, primarily, that will make a scorer BONDED LOCKSMITH successful. Its not going to be whatever chops they have or whatever musical training 125 St. Botolph Street people Phone 247-9779 Fax 536-8709 they have. Theres lots oftraining.with great chops and great musical But its the person who has a unique voice and can trust Police Locks Doors Opened that voice and bring that into their training and Mailbox Keys Master Keys into their chops, thats whats going to make them stand out. Systems Padlocks My instincts tell me that Clinton is just Door Closers the person for his new job. Keys Made by Code Brett Greene works at Northeastern University.
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Following Instincts, Movie Vet Arrives at Berklee to Run Film-Scoring Program

POLITICS MEETS ETIQUETTE IN NECS MuSICAL THANK-YOu TO CITY, MAYOR

s a gesture of thanks for city approval of its campus-redevelopment plan, New England Conservatory (NEC) is offering its neighbors a free concert series for the 20122013 season. Prep Presents: A Gift to the City of Boston will feature 11 concerts by the NEC Preparatory Schoolfive in the fall semester, starting on November 11, and six in the spring. The series is dedicated to Mayor Tom Menino. The free series showcases the many kinds of music-making that flourish in the city. NEC normally charges admission to these concerts (which supports touring by the conservatorys various ensembles), but it decided to make them free this year as a thank-you gift. Featured ensembles will include the NEC Youth Symphony, NEC Youth Philharmonic, NEC Jazz Orchestra, and NEC Youth Chorale. Most of the concerts will take place in Jordan Hall on Gainsborough Street in the East Fens. The NEC Preparatory School is a wonderful community music school open to all youngsters in the City of Boston and beyond, said Mayor Menino. I look forward to seeing how its campus redevelopment plan will further improve the neighborhood and the city as a whole. We are enormously grateful to Mayor Menino, the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the Boston Zoning Commission, and, most particularly, to the members of the BRA Task Forceour immediate neighborswho supported us through the regulatory process, said NEC President Tony Woodcock. The community has been very good to NEC and we want to reciprocate with the thing we do bestmaking music. Fenway neighbors and task force members warmly welcomed the conservatorys plans and designs for new buildings and landscaping. They call for creation of a jazz coffeehouse and new dining commons that will be open to the public; performing spaces that can be used by community groups for special events; and significant streetscape improvements. The conservatory hopes to open the first phase of the new campus, the Student Life and Performance Center, during its 150th-annivesary year in 2017. Visit http://necmusic.edu/prep-concerts or call 617-585-1122 for details.

by eLLen pfeiffer

photo courtesy oF Berklee colleGe oF Music

lyric, h&h plan tempting 2012-13 seasons

by stephen brophy

Mass Ave Lock Co.

yric Stage Company got its season underway on September 7 with a rousing rendition of Gilbert and Sullivans The Mikado. Regular audience members at the Lyric have grown used to the ingenuity with which the company multipurposes its limited stage space, but this production was exceptional. Various architectural devices gave the performers extra room for their cavorting, and they used it to excellent effect. as often as i have seen this exemplary operetta, this production finally showed me that ko-ko and katisha are really the main characters. as embodied by bob Jolly and Leigh barrett, and directed by Spiro Veloudos, these protagonists thoroughly enjoyed messing up everyone elses lives, then adapted amusingly when it happened to them. This Mikado gave everyone who saw it great anticipation for the season to come. and what a season it is! Currently playing is an adaptation of Chaim Potoks The Chosen, which runs through nov. 17. after that David Henry Hwangs latest offering, Chinglish, occupies the Lyric from nov. 30-Dec. 23. Early next year a new play by moises kaufman (The Laramie Project) called 33 Variations, about passion, parenthood, and the moments of beauty that can transform life. Starting on Feb. 15, Stones in His Pockets, by marie Jones helps its audience compare Hollywood myths to everyday realities, using 2 actors to portray more than a dozen characters. Lynn nottage

brings another screwball comedy about Hollywood, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, to the Lyric on march 29. The 2012-13 season culminates with a beloved musical, On the Town, with music by Leonard bernstein and story and lyrics by betty Comden and adolph Green. With a season with as many highlights as this you should really think about subscribing. The Handel & Haydn Society brought its first seasonal audience to a standing ovation in early October with its amazing production of bachs Magnificat. This ensemble has always been excellent with choral music, but artistic director Harry Christophers has brought it to new heights of performance in his 3-year reign. He is really able to bring out the conversational elements in any work he conducts, and he brings the audience into the joys of the music with the athletic movement of his body as he leads the musicians to rousing performances. The Society will fill out this year with performances of mozarts Jupiter Symphony (nov 9-11) and the ever-popular Messiah by Handel (Dec ); cantata from Christmas Oratorio by bach bring 2012 to an outstanding conclusion. 2013 brings Purcells The Indian Queen; a Haydn program of two symphonies, an overture, and a concerto featuring the wonderful violinist aisslinn nosky at soloist; beethovens dancing Symphony No. 7; a Vivaldi program, and a final staging of Handels oratorio, Jepthhathe first performance of the latter work in Symphony Hall since the Society staged its american premiere in 1867.

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Best of Festival films from the Boston LGBT Film Festival. On Friday Elliot Loves screens at 7pm, with its director, Terracino, in attendance. Later screenings include Facing Mirrors, an Iranian film, Cloudburst, director Thom Fitzgeralds festival favorite, and a program of shorts. Visit www.mfa. org/programs/film for information, including screening times. Tickets $9-$11
Fri, nov 2-sat, nov 17: The Kaji Aso Studio

Fri, nov 2-sun, nov 4: The MFA screens

Death in Venice. The audience will vote to determine the winning book. Reception with the panelists follows. Reservations are requiredvisit: http://Bookaward. eventbrite.com. 6-8pm. FREE

For Thanksgiving: Mmmmm...Pie

pick of the month

thu, nov 8: Free concert at Harriet

Tubman House by the Radius Ensemble, which commissions new works and plays more traditional pieces. 6-8pm; light refreshments. Learn more at http:// radiusensemble.org. FREE

opens its annual Prudential Center exhibition, A Spot of Beauty: Japan in the Winter Garden near the Huntington Arcade. Opening reception will be on Nov 2 from 3-5pm. FREE

Fri, nov 2sun, nov 18: Anne of Green Gables at Wheeelock Family Theatre. Fri, 7:30pm; Sat, 3pm, 7:30pm; Sun 3pm. Tickets $2030. Information at www.wheelockfamilytheatre.org/current-season.aspx. Buy tickets on line or at 617-879-2300. (See page 6.) sat, nov 3-sun, nov 4: Fenway Studios Open

thu, nov. 8sun, nov. 11: New music festival, Focus Under 40,features the Chiara String Quartet and saxophonist Eliot Gattengno in On Night. Boston Conservatory Studio 401, 31 Hemenway St, 8pm. Call 617-912-9240 or visit www.bostonconservatory.edu/ performances. FREE.

a program of chamber works by Dvorak and Ralph Vaughn Williams. Admission by Concert featuring Terri Lyne Carrington donationeither money or nonperishable and hosted by Eric Jackson. 7:30pm at foodat the door to benefit the Greater Northeasterns Blackman Auditorium. Boston Food Bank. Brown Hall, New Tickets $30-$40. For information visit www. England Conservatory, 8pm. FREE tickets.neu.edu or call 617-373-4700. tue, nov 13: Where We Live, a threewed, nov 7: The Associates of the Boston person exhibition of photography, video and Public Library will conduct a Hundred-Year painting; Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons Retrospective Book Award competition, College, 300 The Fenway. A reception from with authors Jack Gantos, Ty Burr, and 57 p.m. on Thursday, November 15. The Gregory Maguire arguing for their favorite exhibit and reception are free and books from 1912respectively, Tarzan open to the public of the Apes, Riders of the Purple Sage, and thu, nov. 15. Berklees student-run Jazz Revelation Records presents a concert of
sat, nov 3: 35th John Coltrane Memorial

Studios. Meet artists in their studios in this historic building, and purchase original art. 11am5pm, 30 Ipswich St. Visit www. fenwaystudios.org (If possible, bring a nonperishable food item for the Greater Boston Food Bank drive.) FREE.

Fri, nov 9: Irish rockers The Scriptwhose music has been featured on The Hills and The Vampire Diariesplay Agganis Arena on their North American tour. Tristan Prettyman opens the show. 7:30 pm, $35 ($40 day of show). 925 Commonwealth Ave. Tickets from www.ticketmaster.com or the arena box office. sat, nov 10: Mary Black, Berklee

Go ahead and channel your inner Homer Simpson: The Haley House Bakery Caf pie drive has that effect on folks. The fundraiser support the cafs highly regarded Transitional Employment Program, and if you want a pie-buying excuse, there it is. We suspect our readers, paragons of altruism though they be, are thinking more about plunging a fork into a warm slice of apple crumb, blueberry crumb, pecan, pumpkin, or sweet potato pie. Apex Orchards generously donated the apples for the apple crumb pie, and the pecan version features agave nectar as a sweetener rather than corn syrup. To place an order (pies are $20 each) or to learn about becoming a pie captain (and who wouldnt want that on their resume?), visit www.haleyhouse. org/bakery_cafe or call 617-318-6008. Pick up pies Thanksgiving week at the cafe at 12 Dade Street in Dudley Square. artists from the labels latest album, Ripple Effect, at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass. Ave., 8:15pm. Tickets $8 in advance, $12 day of show. Purchase tickets at www.bekleebpc.com or at the box office.
Fri, nov 16: Tom Martorelli discusses For

Performance Center. www.WorldMusic. org. 617-876-4275.

Mon, nov 12: Music for Food returns with

People, Not for Profit: A History of Fenway Healths First Forty Years at Fenway Health. This real-life history covers the evolution of Fenway Health, the community health center movement, the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and the emerging field of LGBT health. Reduced-price copies will be available for purchase. Refreshments served. Heath Auditorium, 1340 Boylston St. 5-7pm. Visit forpeoplenotforprofit.com. FREE

Christmas tree lighting happens today, from 5-6pm. Santa Claus will join Mayor Menino and Janet Wu, the Trinity Street Choristers, the Boston Childrens Chorus, and the US Air Force Band. Light refreshments during the lighting and a family reception at the Copley Plaza afterwards. FREE.

These events take place at the Peterborough Senior Center, two blocks from Boylston between 100 and 108 Jersey St. (Walk down the alley and look left.) For more information, call 617-536-7154.
recurrinG tuesdays

tue, nov 27: Prep Presents: A Gift to the City of Boston. NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchestra presents works by Bernstein, Elgar, and Tchaikovsky, with cello soloist Sasha Scolnik-Brower. FREE. 8 pm, Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough. (see p. 7) tue, nov 27: The annual Copley Square

9:30amCoffee Hour 10amConversational English; space limited 11amExercise class with Mahmoud
wednesdays

Area Forum, co-sponsored by the BRA and MASCO, for community review of tue, nov 13 East Fenway Police/community Meeting, development projects. Meets every fourth state sen. Will Brownsberger holds office 6pm. Morville House, 100 Norway St, Monday of the month, if necessary, at hours 7-8pm at Pavement Coffeehouse, Fenway Family coalition. Featuring We 6:30pm, location to be determined. Contact 1096 Boylston St. between Mass Ave. & Rachel at rminto@masco.harvard.edu for Saved Fenway Park...Now Can We Save Hemenway St. Contact him at William. details and to be added to the notification the Fenway? Neighborhood planning brownsberger@masenate.gov if you have list. visioning session especially for families. concerns but cant make that time. Refreshments are potluck style; bring a tue, nov 27 Fenway cdc inclusionary housing dish to share. Also, call one week ahead Fenway cdc urban Village committee. initiative & Civic Engagement to request care for any children under age Get involved in monitoring development Committee. Help us advocate for 13. 70 Burbank St., lower level. Note time: in the Fenway and advocating for the kind affordable housing and find other ways to 6:00pm. For more info or to request child of neighborhood you want. 70 Burbank St., make your voice heard. 70 Burbank St., care, contact Kris Anderson at kanderlower level. 6 p.m. For more info, contact lower level. 6:00 p.m. For more info, email son@fenwaycdc.org or 617-267-4637 x29. Lilly Jacobson at ljacobson@fenwaycdc.org Sarah at shorsley@fenwaycdc.org or call The audubon circle Neighborhood or at 617-267-4637x16. her at 617-267-4637 x19. association board meets in Room symphony Neighborhood task Force The Ward 4 democratic committee 3D, Annex, Harvard Vanguard, 133 meeting at 6pm. Location to be decided. meets at the South End Library, 685 Brookline Ave. Call 617-262-0657 for more Contact Johanna.sena@cityofboston.gov Tremont St., at 6:30pm. For more info, information. for details. contact Janet at 617-267-0231 or slovinj@ state sen. Will Brownsberger holds congressman Michael capuanos liaison aol.com office hours from 7-8pm at Starbucks, holds office hours 10-11am at Mikes 755 Boylston St. Contact him at William. wed nov 14: Fenway CDC Gala honoring Donuts, 1524 Tremont St. Call 617-621brownsberger@masenate.gov if you have MASCOs David Eppstein. Susan Bailis 6208 if you have concerns but cant be concerns but cant make that time. Center, 352 Mass Ave., 6:009:00pm. Wine there at that time. bar, light supper and dessert. For more info wed, nov 21: Fenway Liaison for Mayors thu, nov 29: We Saved Fenway Park, Now and to RSVP, contact Margarita at events@ Office of Neighborhood Services holds Can We Save the Fenway? Focus group fenwaycdc.org or 617-267-4637 x10 office hours from 3:30-5:30pm at the on neighborhood planning sponsored YMCA, 316 Huntington Ave. Contact thu, nov 15: by the Fenway CDC. West Fens location Shaina Aubourg at shaina.aubourg@ Congressman Michael Capuanos liaison TBA. 6:00pm. For more info, contact Lilly cityofboston.gov, if you have a concern and Jacobson at ljacobson@fenwaycdc.org or holds office hours from 1-2pm at Fenway cant make it at this time. Health, 1340 Boylston St. Call 617-621617-267-4637x16
tue, nov 20

wed nov 7: We Saved Fenway Park...Now Can We Save the Fenway? Neighborhood planning visioning session, sponsored by Fenway CDC. 70 Burbank St., lower level. 6:008:15pm. For more info and to RSVP, contact Lilly at ljacobson@fenwaycdc.org or 617-267-4637x16. Also see Tue, Nov 20.

6-8pm. Northeastern and will hold an additional neighborhood listening session in Mission Hill on Tues., Nov. 13, 6:30pm, Tobin Community Center, 1481 Tremont St. Contact Gerald Autler or more information: Gerald.Autler.bra@ cityofboston.gov

/Columbus Aves. Refreshments at 2:30, program at 3:30; $2 donation at the door. Visit www.bostonprimetimers.org, email bostonprimetimers@uses.org, or call: 617447-2344.
Mon, nov 26: The Longwood Medical

9:45amYoga with Carment 10amBlood pressure screening

thursdays

9:30amCoffee Hour 11amBerklee students sing-along

special events tue, nov 6

Election daydont forget to vote! 11amTask Force meeting noon40 Pictures/40 Stories, with Sydney
wed, nov 7

noonWater colors, with Bill 1pmTaxi coupons One Voice

thu, nov 8: noonmovie: Barbra Streisand, tue, nov 13

10amSpecial breakfast honoring our veterans noonShopping trip with Richard. Space limited; sign-up at PSC required
wed, nov 14: 11amMore Good News for Mind, Mood, and Memory, with Barbara thu, nov 15: noonmovie: The King and I tue, nov 20: noon2pmGracious

Thanksgiving dinner; reservations required

wed, nov 21: 11amPoetry and potluck

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thu, nov 22: Happy Thanksgiving! (PSC tue, nov 27

11amTask Force meeting noon40 Pictures/40 Stories, with Sydney noonSShopping trip with Richard. Space limited; sign-up at PSC required
wed, nov 28: 11ampresentation by Mass.

6208 if you have concerns but cant be there at that time. Northeastern Task Force meeting location and agenda to be announced.

sat, nov 24: Boston Prime Timers, an

For BRA meetings or hearings, check BRA educational, cultural, and social activities calendar at: www.bostonredevelopment support network for older adult gay/bisexual authority.org/calendar/calendar.asp men meets at Harriet Tubman House, Mass.

College of Pharmacy

thu, nov 29

11ammovie: Penny Serenade 1pmNovember birthday celebrations