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VOL. 114 - NO. 24
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JUNE 11, 2010
FLAG DA
Y
DAY
June14, 2010
Show your co lors, America!
News Briefs
by Sal Giarratani
America Could Use a Little
Civics 101 Badly
American students, the next generation of leaders barely know enough history to pass a test with
a C. Most didn’t seem to understand the importance of knowing history. Santanya once said
“Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat
it.”
In both high school and college, I was a history
fanatic. I loved all kinds of history. I saw it as the
link between yesterday and today. In college, I
majored in history and specialized in Eastern
European History. When my college offered an
Irish History elective, I signed up. The professor
started telling other faculty members how he had
an Italian- American in his Irish history class. I
had to burst his bubble telling him that my
maternal grandparents came from West Cork.
History has often got lost when it comes to classroom education. It takes a back seat to other subjects like science and math. Recently, former US
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day-O’Connor said
one of the “unintended consequences” of the No
Child Left Behind initiative has been a decrease
in civics knowledge. The federal government’s
education program appropriates funds based on
good test scores in math, science and reading but
there’s no money for history or civics.
O’Connor added, “Barely one-third of Americans
can even name the three branches of government,
much less say what they do ... Less than one-fifth
of high school seniors can explain how civic participation benefits our government. Less than that
can say what the Declaration of Independence is,
and it’s right there in the title. I’m worried.” She’s
worried? So should we all. How can we be a nation
of citizens in a democratic republic without
understanding what government is, what our role
in it is and how we shape and control it. It is nice
to be proficient in science, math and reading but
if we are not reading our history and the history
of the world, it won’t up add well for the future of
America.
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COMMUNITY OUTRAGE
Voiced at Neighborhood Haz Mat Meeting
by Mario Alfano
An estimated 180 residents and business leaders
turned out to protest a recent
ruling by the US Department
of Transportation reversing
Boston’s 4-year old daytime
ban on haz mat trucks cutting through downtown Boston. The federal agency also
specified that haz mat and
other large trucks should be
re-routed onto Commercial
Street from their present
Cross Street route. Today,
permits for haz mat vehicles
are sparsely given, and then
only for vehicles picking up
or delivering within the City
limits; with these restrictions lifted, Tom Tinlin,
Commissioner of the Boston Transportation Department (BTD), estimates that
up to 200 trucks may return to city streets as of
July 1 when the US DOT’s
ruling takes effect.
Local elected officials
unanimously supported the
residents’ call to ban all hazardous vehicles from the
North End and Waterfront.
State Representative Aaron
Michlewitz and State Senator Anthony Petruccelli were
in attendance along with
Tom Tinlin and representatives from the Police and
Fire Departments. City
Councilor Sal LaMattina was
unable to attend as he was
engaged at City Hall in
meetings regarding the
Firefighters’ pay increase
proposal. The meeting, sponsored by NEWNC (North End
Waterfront Neighborhood
Council), was held last
Wednesday evening at the
Fairmont Battery Wharf
Hotel. NEWNC president,
Steve Passacantilli, presided
over the meeting.
The US DOT agency handling the Haz Mat ruling
is called Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)
whose “primary mission” is
“to reduce crashes, injuries
and fatalities involving
large trucks and buses.” In
her previous job, the head of
this agency, Administrator
Anne Ferro, effectively lobbied for the Trucking Industry in Maryland. According to
their website: “MMTA has
developed effective programs
that keep our members’ operating costs down, influence legislative and regulatory decisions in Annapolis
(Photo by Matt Conti)
and Washington, … MMTA
represents the entire trucking industry.” Ferro officially
took the post on November
16, 2009, the same day the
FMSCA ruled against the
City of Boston.
Residents are urged to
contact their elected officials both in Massachusetts
and in Washington, DC,
expressing concern about
the proposed reversal of
trucking restrictions. As
pointed out by vocal members of the community, the
North End/Waterfront is a
unique, vibrant and historical neighborhood. The haz
mat vehicles are dirty, noisy
and pose a clear safety
threat: to seniors, children,
residents and tourists. One
just has to think about historic landmarks such as Old
North Church and the Paul
Revere House, Christopher
Columbus Park, Waterfront
Walk along a route already
populated with Tour buses,
School Buses, funeral processions, Fire Engines, and
more.
Help keep the neighborhood clean, vibrant and
safe.
Mayor’s Column
by Thomas M. Menino,
Summer jobs are an essential investment in the future leaders of our city,
providing Boston youth with valuable life
skills and long-term benefits. The City
of Boston has level funded the summer
jobs program in the FY 2011 budget with
$4.3 million, but we are still almost
$2 million short from last year, which
is about 13 hundred fewer jobs, due to
losses in state and federal funding. To
make up the difference we have been
working with government and private
businesses to make sure that our young
people have this important life experience, especially in this difficult
economy.
Mayor, City of Boston
Our local government and business
leaders have done a great job stepping
up in the summer jobs effort. Congressmen Stephen Lynch and Michael
Capuano and Senator John Kerry have
offered tremendous leadership and continued support of summer jobs programming in Congress. This week, the Senate could approve a $1 billion summer
jobs bill that would mean an extra
$2 million — approximately 1,200 jobs
— for Boston’s youth. We are also working with John Hancock, The Boston
Globe, Boston University, State Street,
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POST-GAZETTE, JUNE 11, 2010
Res Publica
by David Trumbull
“The Emblem of the Land I Love”
THE ROMAN THEATERS
The
Roman
Theater,
adapted from the Greek
design, was partly hollowed
out of the ground and
partly built up of masonry. Both Greek and
Roman theaters were
built in the half round
or semicircular in
plan. Some of the very
early Greek theaters utilized built-up bleachers for
the spectators. Many people
were injured when one of
these bleachers collapsed,
consequently all future theaters were hollowed out of
the hillside whenever possible. All were open to the air
with no roofs and intended
for daytime use. The stone
seats were neatly arranged
in tiers with aisles and cross
aisles.
The stage and backgrounds were permanently
constructed. The Greeks
called the background, the
skene, the Romans called it
the scena and here in the
USA we call it the scene. The
Greeks called the part of the
stage in front of the curtain,
the proskenion, the Romans
called it the proscena and
here in the USA we call it
the proscenium.
The section directly in
front of the stage was called
the orchestra and reserved
for senators and other dignitaries. The general spectator section was called the
auditorium. The Romans
built long corridors under
the auditorium to be used as
a shelter in case of sudden
showers. The Greeks had no
shelters and this is probably
the reason why they became
such good runners.
There were two Roman
theaters that are worthy of
mention at this time. The
first is the Theater of
Marcellus, the only ancient
theater in Rome. It is said
to have been started by
Julius Caesar but completed
by Augustus in 13 A.D. and
named in honor of his
nephew. The theater could
accommodate twelve thousand spectators. It is now in
a ruinous condition, but at
one time its beauty and proportions were a source of inspiration to artists.
The second is the Theater
of Pompey, completed about
52 B.C. We remember Pompey as being a great Roman
general, statesman and
member of the First Triumvirate. Parts of the foundations are all that remain of
the theater. It was used for
over six hundred years and
the outer walls remained
unbroken up to the 16th century. It occupied an area of
about three acres and had a
seating capacity of twenty-
five thousand. A theatrical
performance often lasted all
day long. At one performance, five hundred lions
were presented. At other
times
they
featured
elephants, crocodiles
and hippopotami.
To compliment the
theater, Pompey built
a great porticus (covered
walkway supported by beautiful columns). It consisted of
several parallel colonnades
with flower gardens, treelined walks, fountains, pictures, and statues of marble
and bronze. The area was
open on all sides to the public, and at once became a favorite spot for Roman idlers.
In addition to these buildings, Pompey also built a
building for the Roman
Senate to use while awaiting the rebuilding of their
own Curia, which was destroyed by fire. This new
building was called “Pompey's
Senate-House.”
And now the bitter irony of
fate. Pompey's buildings
were built solid enough to
last for twenty centuries,
completed at the expense
and for the enhancement of
one man. Just four years
later his army was defeated
by Caesar, and Pompey died
almost alone on a desolate
Egyptian seacoast. Four
years after Pompey's death,
Caesar himself lay dead in
Pompey's
Senate-House,
murdered by those 23 Roman citizens ... “Et tu Brute.”
NEXT ISSUE:
The Roman Amphitheaters
Boston Water and Sewer Commission
Informs Public of Lead Danger
The Boston Water and
Sewer Commission (BWSC) is
providing residents with information about what steps
you can take in your home to
reduce your risk of exposure
to lead. Lead is a health concern and is commonly found
in the environment; most
commonly in lead based
paint. Lead can also be found
in water, though at much
lower levels.
Lead can cause serious
health problems, especially
for pregnant women and
young children. Please read
this information closely to
see what you can do to reduce
lead in your drinking water.
Health Effects of Lead
Lead can cause serious
health problems if too much
enters your body from drinking water or other sources. It
can cause damage to the
brain and kidneys, and can
interfere with the production
of red blood cells that carry
oxygen to all parts of your
body. The greatest risk of lead
exposure is to infants, young
children,
and
pregnant
women.
Scientists
have
linked the effects of lead on
the brain with lowered IQ in
children. Adults with kidney
problems and high blood pressure can be affected by low
levels of lead more than
healthy adults. Lead is stored
in the bones, and it can be
released later in life. During
pregnancy, the child may receive lead from the mother’s
bones, which may affect brain
development.
Sources of Lead
Lead is a common metal
found in the environment.
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Common sources of lead exposure are lead-based paint,
household dust, soil, and
some plumbing materials including many faucets. Lead
can also be found in other
household items such as pottery, make-up, toys, and even
food. Lead paint was outlawed
in 1978, but dust from homes
that still have lead paint is
the most common source of
exposure to lead. Therefore,
make sure to wash your
children’s hands and toys often as they can come into
contact with dirt and dust
containing lead.
The water provided by
the BWSC and the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority (MWRA) is lead-free when
it leaves the reservoirs.
MWRA and local distribution
pipes of the BWSC that carry
the water to your community
are made mostly of iron and
steel, and therefore do not add
lead to water. However, lead
can get into tap water
through home service piping,
lead solder used in plumbing,
and some brass fixtures. Even
though the use of lead solder
was banned in the U.S. in
1986, it still might be present
in older homes.
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Monday, June 14, is Flag
Day. It commemorates the
adoption of the flag of the
United States by the Second
Continental Congress in
1777. It’s a good time to
reflect on the meaning of
the flag and of the pledge of
allegiance that many of us
recited daily in school.
I pledge allegiance to the
Flag of the United States of
America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one
Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all.
The pledge of allegiance
to the Flag of the United
States of America should be
rendered by standing at attention facing the flag with
the right hand over the
heart. When not in uniform
men should remove their
headdress with their right
hand and hold it at the left
shoulder, the hand being
over the heart. Persons in
uniform should remain
silent, face the flag, and render the military salute (U.S.
Code Title 4 Sec. 4.)
The original Pledge of Al-
legiance, “I pledge allegiance to my flag and the
Republic for which it stands
— One nation indivisible —
with liberty and justice for
all,” was written in September of 1892 by Francis
Bellamy for The Youth’s
Companion magazine in
Boston. The phrase was
printed on leaflets and sent
to schools throughout the
United States. The first
organized use of the Pledge
of Allegiance came on October 12, 1892, when some 12
million American school
children recited it to commemorate the 400-year
anniversary of Columbus’
voyage.
In 1923, the first National
Flag Conference in Washington D.C. voted to change
the words “my flag” to “the
Flag of the United States of
America.” Congress officially
recognized the Pledge of
Allegiance in 1942, but in
1943, the Supreme Court
ruled that public school students could not be forced to
recite it. The words “under
God” were added in 1954 by
then President Eisenhower,
who stated at the time, “In
this way we are reaffirming
the transcendence of religious faith in America’s
heritage and future; in this
way we shall constantly
strengthen those spiritual
weapons which forever will
be our country’s most powerful resource in peace and
war.”
David Trumbull is the
chairman of the Boston Ward
Three Republican Committee.
Boston’s Ward Three includes
the North End, West End, part
of Beacon Hill, downtown,
waterfront, Chinatown, and
part of the South End.
THE ITALIAN AMERICAN WAR
VETERANS OF THE UNITED STATES
MEDFORD POST 8
Is asking for financial support to rebuild their
residence which was destroyed by fire.
Many members are present and former
North Enders who served proudly in
WWII, Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East.
To support this effort, send your donation to:
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c/o ITAM, Post 8 Building Fund 1314908879
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GUEST EDITORIAL
SOCIETA SANTA MARIA DIANZANO 105TH ANNIVERSARY
THE PRESIDENT TAKES VACATION
FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND?
by Sal Giarratani
Our Commander-in-Chief missed the wreath-Laying
ceremony at Arlington Nation Cemetery on Memorial
Day to go on vacation. President Obama isn’t the first
to have missed it but he is the first during wartime.
Presidents deserve a vacation but American men and
women are dying in Afghanistan and Iraq and Arlington has an American Significance on Memorial Day
when the Nation pauses to honor and remember the
sacrifices made by our military. If President Bush was
still president today and went home for Crawford, Texas
missing the Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington,
the news media would have been all over him.
However, one liberal political columnist David Corn
speaking of President Obama taking a Chicago vacation on Memorial Day weekend missing the Arlington
Memorial Day ceremony penned, “Does it really matter if Obama throws some leaves on a tomb?” Does it
matter? Yes, it does. Memorial Day is about honoring
and remembering all those living and dead who made
so many sacrifices to keep our nation free.
President George W. Bush missed the Arlington National Cemetery ceremony because he had traveled to
a service at an American cemetery in Normandy,
France honoring all those who paid the ultimate sacrifice on D-Day. The president had planned to speak at
Memorial Day ceremonies at the Abraham Lincoln
National Cemetery in Elwood, IL but heavy rains cancelled that event.
As Investors Business Daily editorialized (June 1) “Yes,
it’s a day of hot dogs, hamburgers and family fun. It’s
also a day to honor those who died to give us the freedom to enjoy all that. We hoped President Obama would
go to Arlington.”
The Saint Maria DiAnzano Society recently celebrated their 105th anniversary with a
procession in the streets of the North End. A scholarship was awarded to Andrea Bruno
(center). Presenting the award are Society members, (left) Elio LoRusso and John L.
Norris III.
(Photo by Ross Scabin of Ross Photography)
MILITARY FAMILIES RECEIVE FREE TICKETS TO
Mother Goose ... The Musical
Orchestra Sinfonica
di Roma
USA Tour 2010
Francesco LaVecchia Conductor
The Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma is pleased to offer
the Italian Community a 50% reduction on tickets for
its concert at the Shubert Theater, Boston on June 13, 2010
at 8:00PM.
Thanks to Fondazione Roma for making this tour possible.
The North Shore Musical Children’s
Theatre in Saugus is happy to announce
that all Military families will be free this
Sunday, June 13th at 2pm for Kaleidoscope
Theatre’s Mother Goose ... The Musical!
Military Families can reserve their free
tickets by emailing [email protected] or by
calling the Box Office at 1-781-230-3976.
Tickets will also be available at the door.
The theatre is located at 466 Central Street,
Saugus, MA. Kaleidoscope has been presenting this monthly series of Fairy Tale
Classic Musicals since December 2008. For
almost thirty years Kaleidoscope has been
performing at both the Cape Cod Melody
Tent and the South Shore Music Circus.
Last week they performed Snow White
at Boston’s Historic Wilbur Theatre. In
Saugus, all patrons receive a free ice
cream and a cast meet and greet after the
show. For more information please visit
www.kaleidoscopechildrenstheatre.com.
Coming soon to Saugus will be Pocahontas
and Little Red Riding Hood!
The North End Historical Society and Nazzaro Community Center Present:
The North End as Sociological Story:
WILLIAM FOOTE WHYTE’S
STREET CORNER SOCIETY REVISITED
A talk by Oscar Andersson, Ph.D. , Malmoe University, Sweden
Street Corner Society, by William Foote
Whyte’s written in 1943, has become a world
renowned classic of sociology and anthropology. Whyte lived in the North End from
1936 to 1940. Street Corner Society has been
translated into many languages, including,
most recently, Swedish. Dr. Andersson will
discuss the book, its author, and its impact.
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Financially Speaking
OUT LOUD
with Ben Doherty
by Sal Giarratani
JOBS AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY
ROCK THE MARKET
Nonfarm payroll swelled by
430,000, thanks to temporary workers hired by the
Labor Department for the
census, which will cool soon.
Factory workers and private
payroll rose by 41,000, down
from April’s 281,000. Both
missed forecast as 322,000
people left the labor pool. The
% unemployed dropped to
9.7%. Service firms added
37,000 with gains in business services, education,
health care, retailers, gains
in business services, outweighing cuts by retailers
and financial firms. Many
companies are loath to hire
due to uncertainty due to the
economy from ObamaCare
and other policy changes.
The recovery is expected to
be bumpy as private payrolls
have grown for five straight
months. Things never go in
a straight line and this report is stronger by the day.
The economic cycle’s index
cooled to .4%. It was 13%
four weeks earlier. It now
shows slow growth going forward. Fifteen million people
are jobless, a record 4.5% for
27 weeks, with employment
including discouraged workers and part-timers. Payrolls
are 5.4% below their 2007
high, the biggest drop of the
post
war
slump.
The
economy will have to stand
on its own two feet. However,
it will have to do it slowly if
this report is accurate.
Hungary’s
government
warned that its economy is
in a crisis and spiraling out
of control. A default on the
government’s debt could be
a real possibility. Hungary’s
central bank tried to stop the
rumors but fear prevailed.
The euro fell 2.7% and 4%
against the dollar. Hungary
is not a member of the euro
zone but is a member of the
Euro Union. The Hungarian
crisis is partly to blame for
the sell off on U.S. stocks on
Friday. The trouble started
on Thursday when the new
ruling party’s vice chairman
was quoted on the news
website as saying that the
country’s finances was in
worse shape than he previously had thought. The budget deficit could climb this
year to 7.5% of GDP. This is
about twice the 3.8% cap
under an agreement with
IMF after a similar crisis last
year. Unlike Greece, Hungary was already in a cost
cutting mode before the IMF
stepped in. This sparked
concern and made other investors more nervous. With
Hungary’s Center Right
Party getting a win in an
election, the new leaders
promised tax cuts and other
pro growth moves. With
Greece in the limelight it
didn’t take much to spread
rumors.
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U.S. car sales climbed in
May. U.S. trucks and SUVs
gained shares, GM, Ford and
Chrysler rebounded and saw
big gains, but Toyota fell behind. For the 7th month in a
row, sales of cars and light
trucks jumped 11%. Toyota
Motor Corp., hobbled by its
recall for sudden acceleration was one of the few laggards. Its sales grew just
6.7% after it passed on some
incentives, but it’s going to
continue incentives this
month.
The
price
of
gasoline’s big drop helped
the light truck market as
Fords F-Series pickups
showed slow but steady improvements. There are a lot
of people waiting for things
to get better before buying a
new vehicle. Ford sales rose
22% to 196,671 vehicles. For
the third quarter Ford plans
on making 640,000 vehicles
boosting its target for the
second quarter by 15,000.
For the third quarter Ford
plans to make 570,000 vehicles up 10% from last year.
It estimates the new demand from rental car companies and demand across
the board will help its entire
product line.
Retirement
community
operator Classic Residence
by Hyatt, a business that
runs upscale retirement
communities is battling the
IRS on the tax treatment of
upfront entrance fees. It’s
setup to provide residents
with more care as they need
more services. The IRS is
seeking $21 million in penalties related to these monies. About 90% is refundable
when a patient either leaves
or dies and the refundable
portion should be treated as
interest free loans and
shouldn’t be taxable as income. Given the Federal
government’s huge revenue
needs, the IRS is interpreting tax law more aggressively says David Rice, a tax
attorney.
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When I first read those
new stories concerning a
drunken illegal whacking
into state Representative
Michael Moran’s car, I did
laugh. After all, when a
legislator up on Beacon
Hill who seems to champion
the rights of illegal immigrants who flaunt the law
meets one of those “undocumented” as liberals like
to call them after getting hit
by him, it is poetic justice to
me.
Representative Moran is
upset with the guy because
he’s drunk but his immigration status still seems no
concern to him. Moran’s
views on illegals is wellknown. Moran seemingly
likes to talk about being the
son of Irish immigrants. I
guess, saying that he can
talk about immigrants and
issues concerning illegal
immigrants. I am the grandson of legal immigrants from
both Bere Island in West
Cork and Agrigento on the
Island of Sicily. I am proud
of my immigrant roots. However, the idea that folks
have the right to sneak into
this country and then get
rewarded for doing so by Representative Moran and his
ilk doesn’t play with this
writer.
As I read the editorial
(Hit Democrats?, May 28), I
wondered don’t liberals have
a sense of humor? You have
to admit it is kind of funny
that at 2:48am, on an
uneventful May 20, one of
the best advocates illegals
have up on Beacon Hill gets
smashed in the rear by a
drunk driver who apparently
is an illegal. Not only that
but he’s dressed up in a
Mexican Merengue costume. I have no idea what
that means but I have an
idea we’re talking Guy
Williams dressed up like
Don Diego, aka Zorro.
He ended up getting arrested and getting charged
with according to the editorial with operating under the
influence, leaving the scene
of an accident with property
damage and also personal
injury. However, the editorial failed to mention if he
had also been operating without a driver’s license, registration and insurance. After
all, he did flee the scene and
Immigration is now checking on his status in this
country,
I do agree with the editor
on talk radio yukking it up
over Moran’s accidental
meeting with as quite possible illegal behind the
wheel drunk as a skunk.
C’mon, who could make
this stuff up. Drunk, probably
illegal, dressed like Don
Diego and his victim, good
ole Representative Michael
Moran. I am not writing to
defend Michael Graham,
Jay Severin or conservative
talk radio. People shouldn’t
be calling Representative
Moran “Representative Moron.” People shouldn’t be
sprouting hateful comments
but this whole incident isn’t
about attack conservative
on the air waves, it is about
condoning illegals in our
midst. What part of “illegal”
don’t liberals get?
There’s nothing hateful
or unfunny about poking
fun at a Beacon Hill representative who got struck
with irony, is there? As
Barbara Anderson wrote
on the RedMassGroup blog
(@RedMassGroup) recently
about Mike Moran being
rear-ended by a Mexican
man authorities believe is in
this country illegally. Red
Mass Tweeted her headline:
Sometimes the universe
makes a statement.”
Once again, the real story
got lost. A suspected illegal
was driving drunk caused
both personal injury and
property damage and fled
the scene. Perhaps, because
he was drunk. Perhaps, because he’s illegal. Joking
about driving into cars operated by Democratic politicians is in blame bad taste.
It is almost as stupid as an
illegal driving around looking like he’s ready for the
Merengue.
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July 18
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August 6, 7, 8
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2 pm
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All the glory that was Rome ..... Pompei
by Michael Graffeo
As I strolled down the
streets of the North End with
my cousin, Louie Graffeo, I
felt some envy of all the
greetings he would receive
from people we passed on the
narrow sidewalks. This was
my hometown and yet I did
not know anyone. On the
other hand, it appeared
Louie would greet everyone
with his infectious smile
and warm comments. Much
has changed since 1957
when I left the area and
yet the buildings look the
same. Where there were
groups of old men shouting
numbers in Italian and
extending their hands with
the corresponding number?
In fact, I heard very little
Italian and was disappointed
that the pace of life had
noticeably quickened.
Cousin Louie took me to
Moon Street where my
family once lived and I
was pulled into the Sacred
Heart Church with an
overwhelming sense of nostalgia. I reflected over the
weddings, baptisms and holy
communions that were the
center of our family life
and now the church was
idle. Fifty-three years had
not changed the physical
appearance of the neighborhood, yet something was
missing. Where were the
family-owned grocery stores,
fruit vendors, butcher shops
and bakeries? I did find
the park where as children
we climbed on top of the tall
statue of Paul Revere. My
wife, Linda, was introduced
to slush and I had forgotten
how delicious that treat could
be. I would have to bring her
back in August to experience the feast celebrating
Madonna Del Soccorso. I
remember the year my
cousin Anna Graffeo was the
angel who gave the blessing
in Italian.
My grandfather, Michele
Graffeo, was instrumental
in the formation of the
Fisherman’s Club in the
heart of the North End. Most
Sicilians from Sciacca were
fishermen as was my father,
Colagero, and all my uncles:
Alphonso, Luciano, Anthony
and Joseph.
The North End of Boston is
not the same place, however
it is still vibrant, stimulating and full of Italian culture.
I now realize how fortunate
I was to have had the experience of living there.
MY FAVORITE
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by Attorney David Saliba
RICHARD “Richie” COHEN
(Retirement Poem)
Richie Cohen the time is near
You’re leaving assessing sometime this year
You started here in seventy four
To the Board of Review in eighty-four
For 36 years you valued the City,
At times it was easy and other times gritty
But always honest and fair to decide
Each case on its merits with nothing to hide.
You decided each case with thought and good reasons
Like Sir Thomas More the man for all seasons
Now that it is over, you’ll be leaving your friends
Susan Fleming loyal and right to the end
And your right hand analyst Connie Holmes what is her fame
She searches for facts and that is her game
Her lawyers Caltenco and sharp Ariniello
To rhyme this line I came up with jello.
The valuation gurus
John Taglilatela, and Fred McAnulty,
Leo Sullivan and Gerry Murray, Hughes
and James and Darlene Hall
With this group all’s well in City Hall
Gracie Walsh and Ronald Rakow
To the commish Ritchie will bow
And Ellen McLauglin asked me to write
This poem for Cohen because it’s right
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POST-GAZETTE, JUNE 11, 2010
AN ECONOMY IN TROUBLE
Readers Sighting
(The Build Up to Our Economic Problems)
by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari
The employment figures
released on Friday, June 4th,
indicate that nonfarm employment grew by 431,000
jobs in May reflecting the
hiring of 411,000 temporary
employees to work on Census 2010. Private-sector
employment edged up by
41,000 dropping the unemployment rate in the U.S. to
9.7 %. The announcement of
these figures sent the stock
market tumbling for they
indicate the fact that the
stimulus program might not
be working reflected in a
drop off from previous
months in the growth of private sector jobs and the fact
that the census jobs are temporary and would be coming
to an end in September,
once again increasing the
unemployment
numbers.
The message seems clear
that economic recovery will
be a slow and difficult process and the stock market
is echoing it.
The most pressing problem in our economy that is
becoming increasingly evident while promising to be
difficult to resolve is the
inability of the economy to
produce enough full time
well paying jobs to support
our working population. It
is a problem that has its
roots in decisions made decades ago when economists
encouraged growth in the
service
sector
of
the
economy while playing down
the manufacturing sector.
The thinking was that we as
an economy had evolved to
the point where basic manufacturing of goods was no
longer practical and should
be ceded to third world and
emerging countries where
wages and cost of manufacturing is far below ours;
when manufacturing occurred in the U.S. it should
be highly technical and
value added commensurate
with our higher standard of
living and wages.
In the years that followed,
laws were passed by the
federal government that encouraged the transfer of
American manufacturing to
other countries through tax
breaks, other laws allowed
unlimited access to our
home market to foreign
manufacturers while we
faced quotas and restrictive
trade policies from our trading partners. Through the
years, not only low tech
manufacturing but also high
tech went offshore though it
was originally thought the
latter would remain in
America. Increasingly we
became an economy dependent on consumer spending
encouraging debt and reckless speculation to drive our
economy. We created an inflated economy based on debt
that inevitably must fail.
The precipitous drop in the
stock market in the fall of
2008 revealed not only the
massive bubble created in
the home mortgage market
as a result of speculating in
highly leveraged mortgages
that had been securitized,
that is bundled together for
trading on the stock market.
What was also revealed was
the massive level of debt
present at all levels of our
economy, not only is private
debt at an all time high but
debt in the public sector has
forced states to drastically
cut bloated budgets and
our federal government to
increase the national debt
by borrowing from foreign
sources reaching a level of
an estimated eleven to fourteen trillion dollars depending on who you are listening
to, a level of debt that will be
inherited by future generations threatening not only
their standard of living but
their way of life.
Profile of an Old First Baseman
Everyone is talking about
Jamie Moyer of the Phillies,
the 47-year-old ageless wonder who’s been around
seemingly forever. His goal
reportedly is to pitch in the
majors a 50-year-old. As of
May 27, he is 5-3 with a 4.07
ERA. Not bad in today’s baseball. As old as he is and as
long as he’s played, he’s a
youngster compared to me.
He’s been around in the
majors since 1986 and has
268 wins and given up 501
homeruns to date. Four
more and he surpassed
Robin Robbins as the alltime leader.
However, I’ve played on
baseball and softball teams
since 1965 when I played
first base for the St. Philip
Phillies in a Catholic urban
league. I was still playing as
a team’s first baseman in
the late 70s on the Fenwood
Flyers. In the early ’80s I did
lots of pick-up games up on
Mission before announcing
by Sal Giarratani
my retirement as a 34 year
old guy in 1982. I thought I
was too old to hang around
first base.
Then, for whatever reason,
back in 2005 at age 57, I
took myself out of retirement
and played on a Lemuel
Shattuck Hospital team
sponsored by Griffins in Forest Hills. I played three years
and then quite thinking I
was old again. Amazingly,
three years ago, I heard
about a Summer Softball
League organized by the
West End Community Center. In 2008, I was the starting first baseman on one of
the league’s teams and managed 9 hits in 14 games. Not
exactly Ty Cobb but not meat
loaf either. Last year in 12
games, I hit safely 8 times
with one miracle double. It
was a miracle I got to second safely. Last week on May
21, I played my first game of
the 2010 season at first base
of course. I lined out to the
second baseman. I struck
out. I walked on five pitches
and I got my first single, a
long short out to right out of
the right fielder’s reach.
First game and first hit.
I still use my 1965 Wilson
first baseman’s mitt. I still
have that Orchard Park address on it from my project
days. Mostly, I use my new
glove, a 1982 model. Even the
“new” glove is older than
most of my teammates. The
“old” glove is older than
everyone. For the third
straight season, I am the oldest player in the league.
I wish I could say I keep
getting better but at this
stage of the game, I just want
to keep on playing and let
those hits fall into place from
time to time.
Rapino Memorial
Home
Trevor Slauenwhite
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Dino C. Manca
Frederick J. Wobrock
Courtney A. Fitzgibbons
Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Boston Parks Commissioner
Antonia M. Pollak, and Frog Pond Foundation President
Thomas A. Kershaw are pleased to welcome children and
guests to kick off the 2010 summer season as the Boston
Common Frog Pond reopens on Wednesday, June 30, with
a fun and exciting celebration at 11 a.m. followed by the
opening of the wading pool immediately after the ceremony.
“The Frog Pond wading and spray pool provides a place for
free family fun and a cool dip for Boston’s kids in the summer heat,” said Mayor Menino.
The celebration will feature a special visit from official
mascot Frog Pond Freddie, entertainment, arts and crafts
activities with Sidewalk Sam, and a children’s entertainer
leading the youngsters in song and dance. Children of all
ages can enjoy cool giveaways from ReadBoston and media
partner Mix 104’s Street Team. All attendees are eligible
to enter a summer raffle for a chance to win great prizes.
In addition to the activities that last until 1 p.m., information regarding upcoming summer programs offered by
the City of Boston will be available to families and residents and tasty treats will be provided by in-kind sponsors
H.P. Hood LLC, Nantucket Nectars, Snapple, and the original Boston Frosty.
There will also be a special visit by The Minions from
Universal’s upcoming movie “Despicable Me” and fun giveaways from the movie. One of the world’s greatest supervillains meets his greatest challenge — three little girls
named Margo, Edith and Agnes — when the film comes to
theaters in RealD 3D on July 9 (www.despicable.me).
The Frog Pond spray pool is open for wading daily from 11
a.m. to 6 p.m. until Labor Day. For further information,
please call the Frog Pond at (617) 635-2120.
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Mrs. Murphy . . . As I See It
Guy Fieri
Visits Rino’s Place
Guy Fieri, the popular host of “Diners, Drive-ins
and Dives” on the Food Network hit the road and
recently stopped by Rino’s Place in East Boston.
Guy sampled some of Tony Dicenso’s famous dishes
and discussed what makes Rino’s Place a great
place to eat. In photo Rino’s Place owners, Tony
DiCenso and his wife Anna pose with Guy during
the taping. Watch the Food Network for the
upcoming segment on Rino’s Place.
(Photo by Lisa Cappuccio)
Michele McPhee
Book Signing at Ecco Restaurant
Join Author, Radio Personality and Journalist, Michele
McPhee at Ecco Restaurant
located at 107 Porter Street,
East Boston, on Saturday,
June 12 from 5:00-7:00PM
where she will sign copies of
her latest book “A Date with
Death.”
Book synopsis: He was an online
predator — hiding in plain sight
… In a luxury Boston hotel on
April 14, 2009, police discovered
the body of a beautiful young
woman — her head battered, a
bullet through her heart. Within
hours, the story exploded, making headlines across the nation.
The victim, a masseuse named
Julissa Brisman, had advertised
her erotic services on popular
classified ads Website Craigslist.
A twenty-two-year-old medical
student named Philip Markoff
was her last-known client.
For information and directions
for Ecco call 617-561-1117 or
www.eccoboston.com.
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An Italian
inspiration!
Filomena
“ M e n a ”
Castaldini,
an Italian
immigrant raised in East
Boston inspired a poet to
write a poem called “Angelus” that won him a $5,000
prize. The poem is about an
Italian girl “Mena” that lived
on a farm in Italy. It’s a romantic poem that received
rave reviews. The Boston
Globe ran a half page story
given to them by Filomena.
Today, Filomena’s parents
continue to live in East Boston, while she lives across
the bridge in Winthrop ...
Drivers Beware! A huge
caterpillar truck with a
wide shovel attached to the
front was driving down
Bennington Street heading
towards Day Square last
week causing traffic to come
to a halt so the caterpillar
could squeeze by. A suggestion to heavy equipment
drivers, rather than risk
accidents on Bennington
Street which is a narrow
main street with parking
on both sides, why not use
Chelsea Street that is wide
enough to handle heavy
construction
equipment
vehicles. ... East Boston suffered two fires recently. One
on Chelsea Street and the
other on Gove Street. The
Red Cross was called in to
assist the victims ... The
streets of East Boston appear
to be looking cleaner. Heavy
construction around the
Central Square Park is
causing traffic chaos; however, area trash is minimal.
According to Shaw’s Market
Manager, Shaw’s has workers outside the building
picking up debris every day.
It’s now up to the public to
take pride in their town, so
use rubbish barrels as a
means of ridding your trash
rather than the streets of
East Boston. Thank You! ...
Lou Torrone retired former
owner of the East Boston
Times was honored with a
Lifetime Achievement Award
last week at Suffolk Downs
by East Boston High School.
Mr. Torrone was given the
award for his outstanding
coverage of high school sports
games ... The governor’s
race is becoming too negative. Voters want to know
what these candidates will
do to ease their pain. Voters
already know what Deval
Patrick’s shortcomings are,
which is just about everything. We need to hear more
about Charlie Baker, republican candidate for governor,
and Tim Cahill should back
off! ... Summer is here and
problems in the inner cities
of Boston are increasing.
Already Boston is facing
major acts of criminal behavior, with drugs running
rampant and random shootings throughout the city.
Residents need to become
vigilant and report unusual
behavior to the police. East
Boston is fortunate to have
a dedicated police force that
responds quickly to 911 calls
... President Obama will go
down in the history books as
the pacifist naive president
that kowtowed to dictators,
communists and terrorists
around the world. According
to reports, Obama, brought
up as a Muslim in his early
years, is allegedly blaming
the tiny state of Israel that
has been our allies since the
forties for Middle East conflicts. What he hasn’t said
is radical Muslim terrorists
will always find a cause for
destruction ... Barack “Insane” Obama continues to
host lavish parties at the
White House despite the
country’s economic woes,
and during the mammoth
BP oil spill in the gulf that
has already cost Americans
their homes, livelihoods and
environment! Obama is a
disgrace! If this is the
change he promised we’re
in BIG TROUBLE! The
Obama’s are using the
White House to ENTERTAIN
liberal, socialist, and communist Hollywood actors and
actresses on our dime ... If
Republicans can capture
more seats in the senate
and house this fall, maybe
Obama will get impeached
before he does further
damage to our country. In
speeches Obama has made
abroad and in this country,
he’s insinuated that America is the troublemaker paving the way for terrorists to
feel justified in their blood
thirsty quest for justice.
Need I say more!!!! ... Till next
time!
Art and Culture
EAST BOSTON IS HOSTING A VARIETY OF CULTURAL EVENTS
80 Border Street Cultural
Exchange Center,
80 Border Street,
East Boston
(Atlantic Works Building)
“GRAVY WARS”
Book Signing
Saturday June 12, 2010
Author Lorraine Ranalli
will be signing copies of her
book “Gravy Wars” from
3-5PM. Join Lorraine for
tales of her Italian upbringing while she shares family
recipes. Sponsored by Italia
Unita. www.italiaunita.org.
“RETRO BLAST”
Exhbit by Joe Pepi
Saturday June 19, 2010
at 3:00PM
The Cultural Exchange
Center will be showcasing
the work of Eastie’s own Joe
Pepi. This will be debut of the
artist’s colossal metal sculptures being shown to the
public. Viewers have been
moved by the workmanship
in his compositions, which
resonate 1950s America.
303 Café
303 Sumner Street,
East Boston
SHARON
DEVEREUX
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT in
collaboration with ROBERT
HUNT will be displayed
through the month of June.
Feast your eyes, fill your
tummy and share a drink
while viewing the newly installed collection of photography by the artists Robert
Hunt & Sharon Devereux.
Opening Reception to be
held June 10 th from 6:008:00 PM at the 303 Cafe lo-
cated at 303 Sumner Street
in East Boston. Flowers, Architecture, People & Places
— Great art that you will
want to take home with you
— pricing that will make
that dream come true. We
would love to see you and
share the experience!
Appetizers will be served
and make sure to pick up a
voucher for a free drink.
Boston Public Library
276 Meridian Street
Monday June 14, 2010
6:00PM
Italia Unita will show an
ITALIAN FILM with English
subtitles. For more info log
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POST-GAZETTE, JUNE 11, 2010
OSIA Renaissance Lodge #2614 Installation Ball
For over 20 years, Boston’s
reproduction of a Roman LeRenaissance Lodge, 2614,
gionnaire sword, was presented
OSIA has held a black tie ball
to the family by Major General
to celebrate the installation of
Joseph C. Carter. General
the Lodge’s officers. For the
Carter conducted this sword
past five years the installation
presentation with a “full military
and dinner was held at Boston
honors presence.”
University’s Trustee Ballroom.
Dr. Dean Saluti, Renaissance
OSIA State President James
Lodge President and close
DiStefano and the Lodge’s
friend of the Christoforo family
State Deputy Sonny Robak
for over 30 years, recounted,
presided over the installation
as part of the ceremony, the
ceremony.
history of the Christoforo famThe Renaissance Lodge was
ily in America. Boston’s Italian
honored to have a National
community has become familSupreme Lodge, officer, Rita
iar with the exploits of Dr.
Robak, in attendance.
Christoforo’s relatives featured
After the installation of ofeach week in the “Nanna and
ficers, everyone enjoyed a
Babbononno” column of the Postsumptious cocktail hour.
Gazette newspaper. However,
Then, everyone entered the
the stories of all the other relaballroom for a delicious dinner Renaissance Lodge 2010 Installation at their annual black tie ball held at the tives and their adventures, as
and dancing to Frank Zarba’s Boston University Trustee Ballroom. State President James DiStefano (standing, they emigrated from Italy and
society orchestra. One of the second from right) and State Deputy Sonny Robak (standing, far left) presided.
Armenia, were very interesting.
evening’s highlights was the
Loretta Christoforo’s family, the
“posting of the colors,” with Italian and American
Giuseppe “Pepe” and Fernando Giangregorio “Hajinlians,” fled Armenia during the Turkish
flags, by the Massachusetts Army National Guard brothers are renowned in Boston’s Italian com- massacres. The Hajinlians were academic
Military Police Battalion Color Guard. It was an munity as the owners of the North End Green scholars, and it is no wonder that Loretta
impressive spectacle.
Cross Pharmacy. They emigrated from Italy as Christoforo today is considered to be an outstandThe Consul General of Italy, Liborio Stellino was children, but the remarkable story of the ing educator.
honored for his work promoting Italian language Giangregorio family had never been shared.
John, Sr. was a career teacher in the Boston
and culture education in Massachusetts schools When presenting the awards to the Giangregorio Public Schools, and Dr. John followed in his
and colleges. Also honored was Giuseppe “Pepe” brothers, Dr. Dean Saluti, President of the Re- father’s footsteps in the Boston Public Schools.
and Fernando Giangregorio, from Boston’s North naissance Lodge of the Sons of Italy, recounted John, Sr. was an accomplished musician, playEnd Green Cross Pharmacy, for their tireless the early days of their childhood in Apice, Italy ing with the WWII era big bands, influencing Dr.
dedication to the betterment of the Italian com- during WWII. Their father was killed during the John’s career as a musician on the road with
munity. Consul General Stellino received a full- war in Italian-occupied Greece, as their mother the jazz and rock bands of the 1970s. John, Sr.
size replica of a Roman Legionnaire sword and continued to operate his mechanical repair shop took on leadership roles with musicians’ assoPepe and Fernando Giangregorio received an on her own. Somehow, their mother earned ciations, paving the way for Dr. John to be the
actual reproduction of a Roman Legionnaire enough money to bring the boys to the United President of the Boston Professional Musicians’
helmet with a red plume. The Giangregorio States, where the Giangregorio family could pur- Club. Dr. John’s career in Hollywood, that inbrothers also received marble plaques with their sue the American dream.
cluded roles in various TV series such as “Mod
portraits engraved into the stone.
The modest Giangregorio brothers had never Squad,” “Mission Impossible,” and as a Klingon
On August 28, 2006, Liborio Stellino assumed touted their outstanding academic accomplish- in the original Star Trek series, was encouraged
the duties of the Consul General of Italy in Bos- ments as teenagers. Both brothers received schol- by John, Sr.
ton with jurisdiction over the States of Maine, arships to the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy,
Today, Dr. Christoforo serves as the Director of
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island where they earned B.S. degrees and became Education for the “October is Italian Heritage
and Vermont, with a special commitment toward Registered Pharmacists. They saved their money, Month” Committee. Dr. Christoforo currently holds
a more incisive and proactive cultural and com- bought the Green Cross Pharmacy, and the rest adjunct faculty positions at Boston University,
mercial Italian presence in the Region. Prior to is history. Boston’s Renaissance Lodge of the North Shore Community College and Cambridge
this assignment, he served as the First Counse- Sons of Italy gave the Giangregorio brothers an College.
lor and Chief of the Press Office in the Embassy “Inspiration Award,” as these brothers’ lives should
Dr. John and Loretta Christoforo consider their
of Italy in Moscow. He has also served in the Cabi- inspire all Italian Americans to work toward greatest achievement to be their children. Their
net of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rome, achieving their life goals while giving back to the son John, III, a graduate of George Washington
responsible for Parliamentary Relations. He has community “the Giangregorio way.”
University, is currently an Investment Analyst
worked on assignments in Italian Consulates of
The Christoforo Family received the 2010 Re- for SwissRe in Zurich, Switzerland. Their son
Morocco and Cyprus. His leadership in Boston’s naissance Lodge, OSIA, Legionnaire Award. Michael, a graduate of Lynn University, is curItalian community has been outstanding.
Present to receive the honor were Dr. John rently pursuing an acting career in New York.
Each year, Boston’s Renaissance Lodge of the
Christoforo, his wife Loretta and his son Michael.
His son John was unable to attend, he is now Sons of Italy awards scholarships to deserving
children of Lodge members. These scholarships
working in Europe.
The Legionnaire Award, an authentic, full-size are funded by Lodge families. The Privitera family funded a “Jean Privitera Memorial Scholarship” to honor the family matriarch who recently
passed away. The Jean Privitera Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Anya Demko, the daughter of Renaissance Lodge member Michele Modica.
Anya had superior academics at North Reading
High School, maintaining an A/A+ average. Anya
will attend Reed College in September 2010.
Sal and Yvonne Balsamo also funded a scholarship in the Balsamo family name. The Balsamo’s
have generously donated this scholarship for several years. This award was given to Fallon Marie
Rondinelli. She is the daughter of Joseph
Rondinelli, a member of the Renaissance Lodge.
Italian Consul General Liborio Stellino
Fallon is a recent graduate of Wareham High
is recognized by the State Grand Lodge
The Christoforo Family, recipients of the Renaissance School. During her four years at Wareham High,
of the Sons of Italy. Consul General
Lodge, OSIA, Legionnaire Award, (L-R) Dr. John Fallon received Academic Achievement Awards
Liborio Stellino, State Grand Lodge
in a wide variety of subjects, including Algebra,
Christoforo, son Michael and wife Loretta.
President James DiStefano reading a
English, Spanish and French. She will attend the
citation.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst this fall.
(L-R) Philip Privitera, Michele Modica,
Scholarship recipient Anya Demko and
Toni-Ann Privitera.
(L-R) Scholarship recipient
Fallon Rondinelli is congratulated by Renaissance Lodge
First Lady Marjorie Cahn.
The Giangregorio Family - Rachele, Fernando, Joseph, Consul
General Liborio Stellino, Mira and Giuseppe “Pepe.”
POST-GAZETTE, JUNE 11, 2010
Page 9
The Socially Set
by Hilda M. Morrill
Charles Ansbacher accepts his award from
Ursula Liff, daughter of the late Parks
Commissioner Justine Mee Liff.
(Photo by Roger Farrington)
The 7th annual “Party in the Park” was held on
May 12th in the beautiful Kelleher Rose Garden,
on Boston’s Fenway.
Proceeds from the party benefited The Justine
Mee Liff Fund for the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. The event generated awareness for the
importance of public works in partnership with
private philanthropy while raising much needed
funding for Boston’s parks system.
The 2010 honoree and special guest was Charles
Ansbacher, founder and conductor of the Boston
Landmarks Orchestra. Mr. Ansbacher was presented with the 2010 “Justine Mee Liff Spirit
Award.” Capping his distinguished 40-year career,
Ansbacher has brought more people to public parks
and used music to unite them, honoring Frederick
Law Olmsted’s ideals.
Among the many VIP guests and benefactors
were Kitty and Michael Dukakis, Angela Menino
and Mayor Thomas Menino, Corinne Grousbeck,
Tonya Mezrich, Kristina Lyons, Jonathan
Dorfman, and Wendy Shattuck, the founder of Party
in the Park.
Event sponsors included Dorfman Jewelers, who
donated a stunning $10,000 gold cuff bracelet raffle
item. Dorfmans also custom designed a special
necklace exclusive for Party in the Park and the
Emerald Necklace Conservancy. Proceeds from
the sale of the necklace, the design of which was
inspired by the Emerald Necklace Conservancy
logo, benefited the Liff Fund.
J.P. Morgan returned again this year as Party
in the Park’s corporate sponsor. Winston Flowers
and The Catered Affair provided flowers and
catering for the seventh consecutive year.
The Justine Mee Liff Fund was established to
honor the legacy of Boston’s former Parks Commissioner, Justine Mee Liff. Her vision and leadership drove the continued restorations and improvement of these renowned parks. The Fund
supports conservancy, restoration and maintenance projects in the Emerald Necklace parks.
“Party in the Park” chairs, left to right: Janet
Atkins, Jane Roy, Lynn Dale and Holly Safford.
(Photo by Roger Farrington)
Kristen Daly, left, and Doris Yaffe enjoy “Party
in the Park.”
(Photo by Roger Farrington)
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy was created in 1998 to “protect, restore, maintain and promote the landscape, waterways and parkways of
the Emerald Necklace park system as special
places for people to visit and enjoy.”
In the face of city and budget constraints, the
Conservancy addresses issues of constituencybuilding, advocacy, public education, restoration,
maintenance and stewardship. The Conservancy
is a not-for-profit public-private partnership. The
organization brings together parks’ neighbors and
citizen groups; community, business and institutional leaders; and federal, state and municipal
officials to work for the renewal of the Emerald
Necklace and its long-term preservation. For more
information, visit www.emeraldnecklace.org.
……. Presenting the ideal vantage point from
which to enjoy the holiday fireworks spectacular
over The Charles River, Top of the Hub is now
accepting reservations for its annual Fourth of
July dining celebration 52 floors above the Back
Bay.
The party on Sunday, July 4, begins with a
complimentary “Chef’s Hors d’Oeuvres & Cocktail
Reception” from 7 to 8 p.m. Then a simulcast of
the Boston Pops concert, live from the Hatch Shell,
will provide musical accompaniment for a fivecourse dinner, served at 8 p.m. and designed by
Executive Chef Mark Porcaro.
The night will be capped with a sky-high view of
the fireworks at 10:30 p.m. (weather permitting).
All guests will also receive a commemorative
holiday program book.
For information and reservations, please call
617-536-1775.
General Manager Raphael Oliver commented,
“Fourth of July is always one of the most popular
parties of the year for us. What better way to celebrate the holiday than with panoramic views of
the city, a great cocktail reception, an extraordinary meal, music from the live Pops concert in
the background, and finally a birds-eye view of the
fireworks display over The Charles River. It’s a
complete evening, and Top of the Hub is the only
restaurant in town to have this unique vantage
point. I encourage guests to make their reservations early.”
One of Boston’s most discerning dining destinations, Top of the Hub has welcomed residents
and visitors alike for more than forty years.
In addition to being named one of the world’s
most romantic dining destinations by The Travel
Channel, the restaurant is the proud recipient of
multiple Awards of Excellence from both Distinguished Restaurants of North America and Wine
Spectator magazine.
……. Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) is pleased to
announce the return of its successful aria
contest for Boston area high school musicians
ages 13-17.
Up to five finalists will be chosen to perform live
“Party in the Park” founder Wendy Shattuck,
left, and Susan van der Linde.
(Photo by Roger Farrington)
for a chance to win a cash prize at BLO’s “Open
House” at the Shubert Theatre in Boston on
Saturday, November 6, 2010. Joyce Kulhawik, arts
and entertainment critic, will return to emcee the
popular event.
Budding singers and instrumentalists are
invited to submit a video by October 5 of their own
interpretation of one of 14 pre-selected arias. The
contest is designed to showcase the talent of area
teens and to reinforce how fun opera can be for
any age.
BLO’s Aria Contest offers young music lovers a
chance to gain valuable performance experience
and compete for a cash prize that can help pay for
future music studies. Milton student Alexandra
Selawsky-Group, who won First Prize at last year’s
contest, stated, “It was great to be able to sing in
that beautiful-sounding space. I was completely
in shock at winning. Nothing like this had ever
happened to me before.”
Julie House, BLO’s Education & Community
Programs Manager, noted, “Last year we met many
really talented singers and had a great time awarding them with well-deserved prizes to support their
interest in opera. This year, we are encouraging
creativity in addition to great musicianship, so
we added an opportunity for teens to experiment
with the popular opera repertoire in a format other
than a traditional solo performance.”
Visit blo.org/aria_contest for the list of arias and
complete guidelines.
Enjoy!
(Be sure to visit Hilda Morrill’s gardening Web site,
www.bostongardens.com. In addition to events
covered and reported by the columnist, “The Socially
Set” is compiled from various other sources such as
news and press releases, PRNewswire services, etc.)
French Cultural Center President and
Executive Director Catheline van den Branden
and Gerard Riveron of Dorfman Jewelers at
“Party in the Park.”
(Photo by Roger Farrington)
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POST-GAZETTE, JUNE 11, 2010
ANDREA PALLADIO
B 1508 – D 1580
“Renaissance Architect”
by James DiPrima
Andrea Palladio, is probably
bandits. Within these walls
Italy’s most renowned archihe provided barns, which,
tect. In his book, I Quattro
according to his Quattro
Libri dell’Architettura (The
Libri, were faced to the south
Four Books of Architecture)
to keep the hay dry, bread
he has laid down principles
ovens, chicken coops, a facof architectural design that
ility for cheese making,
have endured well into this
press for grapes and quarters
century. Palladio was born
for servants. He used the
Andrea DiPietro della Gonknowledge gained when he
dola in Padua in 1508. His
visited the temples of Herfather, Paolo della Gondola,
cules Victor at Tivoli with its
was a miller and his mother,
villa and outbuildings. VisitMarta a housewife. His goding the Forum of Augustus,
father Vincenzo Grandi was
he incorporated the placea sculptor who introduced
ments of the curving barns,
him to sculpture and at sixfacing south. Like many
teen he went to Vicenza to
good designers and archiAndrea Palladio
live and work. In 1534 he
tects he used what was
married Allegradonna and had five children. proven to be functional and met the needs
Although he was not a painter or a sculptor, presented.
he was in fact a stonemason and if it were
Italy in the 1500s was not a unified counnot for the writer and nobleman Giangiorgio try and consisted of many city states. The
Trissino, who befriended him and gave him economic base was in the countryside while
the name Palladio, he probably would have political life was in the cities. In Vicenza
remained a stonemason. Trissino was in- Palladio was responsible for three city
terested in architecture and although a palaces: the palazzo Thiene, the palazzo
novice at it he was instrumental in design- Porta and the palazzo Chiericati. The nobiling his palace and own home in Cricoli, ity constructed palaces to offset those of
outside of Vicenza. On his trips to Rome opposing factions thus creating much work
with Trissino Palladio he absorbed the build- for Palladio. His own style soon emerges
ings architecture and he later wrote in after the palazzo Porto and the palazzo
his Quatro Libri I p 5, the buildings were Chiericati where he breaks away from his
“worthy of much greater attention than contemporaries and forms his own language
I had at first thought.” These impressions for architecture.
of the various building designs and deOne of his last commissions was to recretails were to influence him in his later de- ate an ancient Roman theater which he
signs of his own buildings and villas. accomplishes in the Teatro Olimpico in
Many of his contemporaries including Vicenza.
Trissano, Raphael, Bramante and Giuliano
It was designed for the Vicenza Accademia
da Sangalloi, architect to Lorenzo de’ Medici Olimpica for stage performances. The
were a huge influence on him when he was following is a very good description of it.
in his thirties. Palladio soon began to receive commissions for villas and palaces
more than any other of his contemporaries. This could probably be attributed to his
realization that for each house it was not
necessary to determine how tall and wide a
door or window should be or how stairs
should be formed. He thus set about coming
up with a set of standards that he employed
in the architecture design of his houses and
villas.
Palladio’s Villa Rotonda, Vicenza, Italy
(Photo by James DiPrima)
The floor plan of Palladio’s many villas provided for a division of suites of rooms each
with shapes that were different in size. His
work around 1542 reflected his visits to
Rome and showed up in his high barrel
vaulted ceilings and cross vaulted halls with
ample space in the loggia, a place to eat,
talk, play or listen to music. In many country homes, he designed, the kitchen, store
rooms, laundry room and cellars were located in the low ground floor. The space
under the roof was used to store grain and
provided insulation for the rooms below. It
certainly can be said that Palladio was way
ahead of his time. In his floor layout he
placed the rooms according to their usage
running horizontally and vertically. The
main floor was for used for family and friends
while the public rooms were on the central
axis and to the left and right were other
rooms. When laying out these country villas, Palladio also included walls around the
property to provide protection from possible
Palladio’s Teatro Olimpico
(Photo by James DiPrima)
“Inside an exterior brick box, the elaborate wooden theater interior is a half circle
of steep tiers of seats (wood covered benches)
facing a rectangular proscenium stage. A
wooden colonnade with cornice and figures
above circles the top of the seats. The ceiling plane is undifferentiated and was later
painted blue, suggesting an open sky above
the theater. The walls and ceiling of the
proscenium are elaborately articulated with
architectural details and statues, made of
wood and plaster. A central arched opening
dominates the back wall, flanked by two
smaller doorways. Through these openings,
elaborate stage sets of streets angle backstage, a triad through the central opening
and single streets through each side. These
sets, designed later by Scamozzi, use techniques of tilting the floors and contracting
the angle between the street walls and the
heights of their building facades to make
foreshortened streets in perspective.” As
with all of Palladio’s works there magnificence can only be appreciated on a personal
visit to Vicenza and Italy.
TRUE BLOOD:
THE COMPLETE SECOND
SEASON (5-DVD)
HBO Home Ent.
True Blood’s second season returns you to Bon
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dark secrets. Sookie Stackhouse’s life is more dangerous than ever after she and
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Eric recruits Sookie to investigate the disappearance of
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YOU REALLY GOT ME —
THE STORY OF THE
KINKS (DVD)
ABC Entertainment
You Really Got Me, an informative video that takes
the viewer on a musical
tour that is told in nine
segments. Take a look at
the success of this English
export, as they made their
indelible mark on the music scene. The segments
include, “Everybody’s a
Dreamer,” “All Day and All of
the Night,” “America and
Exile,” “Well Respected Man,”
and “Muswell Hillbillies.”
Additional cuts have, “Sleepwalker,” “Stadium Days,”
“Come Dancing,” and the
excitement of “Changes.”
Segments are in both color
and black and white to deliver the story of this iconic
group that was a huge part
of the British Invasion that
swept the United States.
(1hr. 27 mins.).
SUPERNATURAL:
THE COMPLETE FIRST
SEASON (4-Blu-Ray-DVD)
Warner Home Video
The creepy, the demented,
the unexplained, the unearthly: Sam Winchester
(Jared Padalecki) grew up
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Law school beckons him. So
does safety and normalcy.
That is, until Sam’s estranged
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father has disappeared, a
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WOLF MOON (DVD)
Lionsgate
Amy, a small-town girl,
meets and falls in love with
Dan, a mysterious drifter.
Amy learns that Dan possesses a family curse and
the unimaginable horror
that was passed on to him by
his father, Bender. Dan and
Amy’s love is put to the test
when town locals unite in
the ultimate showdown with
Bender to eliminate the terror he has brought to their
town. Starring Max Ryan,
Maria Conchita Alonso,
Chris Mulkey, and Sid Haig.
(2 hrs. 4 mins.).
CAKE BOSS:
SEASON 2 (2-DVD)
Discovery Communications
The delicious and tasty
Season Two of Cake Boss is
about to enter your kitchen.
Featuring big-hearted Buddy
Valastro and his even bigger
family taking on some truly
outrageous challenges. All
this is done with a staff that
includes his mother, four
older sisters and three brothers-in-law. The fourth generation baker and owner of
Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken,
New Jersey, also manages
over-the-top
bridezillas,
deals with unreliable suppliers, addresses complaints
and drums up new business.
It all makes the baking part
seem like a piece of cake.
(6 hrs. 57 mins.).
MY DOGS:
AN UNCONDITIONAL
LOVE STORY (DVD)
Docurama Films
My Dog: An Unconditional
Love Story explores the
unique relationship between people and their beloved pets through candid
interviews with notable dog
lovers. Viewers are offered
an intimate glimpse into the
lives of these actors and
musicians, authors and designers through the aspect
of their lives that unites
them all: the profound connection they have with their
dogs. My Dog captures the
remarkable bond between
our dogs and us. (50 mins.).
HAPPY TEARS (DVD)
Lionsgate
Jayne (Parker Posey) and
Laura (Demi Moore) are
about to take on the first
man that they just might not
be able to handle - their father Joe (Rip Torn). Dutiful
daughters returning to their
childhood home, Jayne and
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closer look at their own notso-perfect lives when their
dad tests the limits of their
patience (and sanity) in this
heartwarming comedy about
how life may cause you to fall
apart, but family can pull you
back together. Ellen Barkin
portrays their father’s new,
sassy “lady friend.” (1 hr.
35 mins.).
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POST-GAZETTE, JUNE 11, 2010
NOW
PLAYING
UPTOWN & DOWNTOWN
Dance to the 18-piece Beantown
Swing Orchestra, featuring American
Idol finalist John Stevens, as they pay
tribute to Frank Sinatra and more.
For more information please visit
[email protected] or call 617633-5100.
DICK’S LAST RESORT
Quincy Market at Faneuil Hall
Marketplace
ENTERTAINMENT LINE UP - Friday, June 11 John Polino, 9:00 PM –
12:00 AM, Saturday, June 12 Grab
Brothers, 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Sunday, June 13 Tim Nickerson, 7:00 PM
– 10:00 PM, Monday, June 14 Tim
Nickerson, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Tuesday, June 15 Ryan Fitzsimmons, 7:00
PM – 10:00 PM, Wednesday, June 16
Nate Watkins, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM,
Thursday, Sunday, June 27 Ryan
Fardy, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Monday,
June 28 Brian Locher, 7:00 PM – 10:00
PM, Tuesday, June 29 Ryan
Fitzsimmons, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM,
Wednesday, June 30 Nate Watkins,
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM. For more information about thes performances
or general information about
Dick’s Last Resort, you may call
617-267-8080.
Special Events
Some people think big. Some people think huge. And
then there’s Meat Loaf. For the past 35 years, the man
born Marvin Lee Aday has been a towering monument
on the musical landscape. His legendary 1977 album Bat
Out Of Hell transformed this former high school football
player, nightclub bouncer and stage actor into one of
the great American rock ‘n’ roll icons. That record, with
its staggering operatic sound and impassioned vocals,
has sold more than 43 million albums worldwide - still
one of the biggest-selling records ever. Out with a new
album, check out Meatloaf on his latest tour. For more
information check out Music Section.
THEATER
REAGLE PLAYERS
617 Lexington St.,Waltham, MA
RACHEL YORK appearing in
INTO THE WOODS - June 17-27,
2010. The characters (some new and
some familiar) set out into the woods
on a quest. Act One sees them all
pursuing “happily-ever-after” destinies. The musical’s second half explores what happens after “happilyever-after” as the characters confront
giants, mayhem, conflict and disenchantment. In the end, they discover
that perhaps happiness is simply
found in living the tale and turning
the pages. Call 781 891 5600 or visit
www.reagleplayers.com
THE LYRIC STAGE COMPANY OF
BOSTON
140 Clarendon St., Boston, MA
THE 25 TH ANNUAL PUTNAM
COUNTY SPELLING BEE – September 3 – October 2, 2010. Can you spell
“centavo?” A quirky cast of characters hope to win the 25 th Annual
Spelling Bee in his “effortlessly endearing new musical.” (The New York
Times) School-age angst combines
with current event improvisation as
volunteer audience members join in
for some fun competition. “From beginning to end it’s a delight. D-E-L-IG-H-T. Delight.” For more information visit www.lyricstage.com or call
617-585-5678.
AMERICAN REPERTORY
THEATER
64 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA
CABARET - September 2010. Take
your seat at the Kit Kat Klub, the
perfectly marvelous cabaret where
singer Sally Bowles meets writer Cliff
Bradshaw. As the two pursue a life of
pleasure in Weimar Berlin, the world
outside the Klub begins to splinter.
Presiding over it all is singer,
songwriter, and former Dresden Doll
Amanda Palmer as the Kit Kat Klub’s
magnetic Emcee, with A.R.T. regulars
Book by Joe Masteroff, based on the
play by John Van Druten and stories
by Christopher Isherwood; music by
John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, directed by Steven Bogart. For information call 617-547-8300.
MUSIC
BANK OF AMERICA PAVILION
290 Northern Ave., Boston, MA
DONNA SUMMER - August 27,
2010 at 7:30PM. A five-time Grammy
winner, Donna Summer was the first
artist to win the Grammy for Best Rock
Vocal Performance, Female (1979, “Hot
Stuff”) as well as the first-ever recipient of the Grammy for Best Dance
Recording (1997, “Carry On”). In 2004,
she became one of the first inductees,
as both an Artist Inductee and a Record
Inductee (for 1977’s “I Feel Love”) into
the Dance Music Hall of Fame in
New York City. It is estimated that
Donna Summer has sold more than
130 million records.
MEATLOAF - July 8, 2010 at
7:30PM. He’s back! “Hang Cool Teddy
Bear” is his latest album. It hit the
stores in April 2010 and it’s already
becoming a hit album.
Other upcomings show include the
following. STATE RADIO/JOHN
BUTLER TRIO- June 18, 2010 at 7:00
p.m. p.m. FOREIGNER AND STYX
WITH SPECIAL GUEST KANSAS June 20, 2010 at 7:00. RINGO STARR
& HIS ALL-STARR BAND -June 29,
2010 at 7:30 p.m. CHICAGO AND THE
DOOBIE BROTHERS - July 6, 2010
at 7:30 p.m.
SQUEEZE/CHEAP
TRICK - July 14, 2010 at 7:30p.m.
CHRIS ISAACK - July 17, 2010. For
tickets visit www.ticketmaster.com.For
all Live Nation events log onto
www.livenation.com
HOUSE OF BLUES BOSTON
15 Lansdowne St., Boston, MA
CYNDI LAUPER Saturday,
June 26, 2010 at 7:00PM. The genesis
of Bring Ya To The Brink, a title culled
from the lyrics of the percussive standout jam “Lyfe,” lies within Cyndi’s
unique, often sharp-edged observations of the world. Log onto
www.houseofblues.com/tickets
or call 888-693-BLUE (2583).
BOSTON SYMPHONY HALL
301 Mass. Avenue, Boston, MA
JOÃO GILBERTO – Friday, June
25th at 8 PM. HT Productions and New
Festival Productions, LLC will present
An Evening with Brazil’s Legendary,
Grammy Award-winning, singer and
guitarist João Gilberto. He is credited
with having created the bossa nova
beat and is known as the “Father of
Bossa Nova.” His seminal recordings,
including many songs by Antonio
Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes,
established the new musical genre in
the late 1950s. For more information
please visit www.bso.org or call 888266-1200.
RAFFAEL’S HULL
Clarion Nantasket Beach Hotel,
Hull, MA
RON DELLA CHIESA STRICKTLY
SINATRA – Friday, June 25 at 8 PM.
THE BOSTON HARBOR HOTEL
Rowes Wharf, Boston, MA
SUMMER IN THE CITY ENTERTAINMENT SERIES - Enjoy the fabulous harbor views while enjoying free
live musical entertainment every
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
evening throughout the summer. On
Fridays, guests are invited to enjoy a
classic movie projected on a large
movie screen over the harbor. The
hotel is pleased to offer these evenings free of charge to the general
public.
Summer Soul takes place every
Tuesday evening from June 22
through August 31, 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Guests can sway to soulful sounds as
the hotel hosts various R&B and soul
bands. June 22 World Premier Band,
June 29 Ray Greene and the
Innervisions, July 6 Soul Sound Revue, July 13 World Premier Band, July
20 Ray Greene & the Innervisions,
July 27 Soul Sound Revue, August
3 Felix Brown Band, August 10 World
Premier Band, August 17 Ray Greene
& the Innvervisions, August 24 Soul
Sound Revue, August 31 World premier Band. From 6:00 to 10:00 each
Wednesday
evening,
Timeless
Tunes features classic musical entertainment of various decades – ranging from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.
June 23 Joey Scott & the Connection, June 30 Mystique, July 7 Manhattan Touch, July 14 Rare Form, July
21 Decades by Dezyne, July 28 Joey
Scott & the Connection, August 4
Mystique, August 11 Stardust, August 18 Rare Form, August 25 Decades by Dezyne, September 1 Joey
Scott & the Connection, A floating
stage anchored behind the Boston
Harbor Hotel provides the setting for
some of the hottest local and national
blues artists. Blues Barge features
performances every Thursday evening
from 6:00 to 10:00 beginning June 17.
June 17 Toni Lynn Washington, June
24 James Montgomery Band, July 1
Jeff Pitchell July 8 Bruce Marshall
Group, July 15 Toni Lynn Washington, July 22 James Montgomery Band,
July 29 Jeff Pitchell, August 5 Racky
Thomas Band, August 12 Bruce
Marshall Group, August 19 James
Montgomery Band, August 26 Toni
Lynn Washington, September 2 Jeff
Pitchell. Movies by Moonlight offers guests a chance to revisit Hollywood’s silver screen and modern classics. The 2010 series begins with a
showing on June 18th and continues every Friday evening through
September 3. Movies begin at dusk.
June 25 Driving Miss Daisy (1989),
July 2 Wizard of Oz (1939), July 9 Moonstruck (1987), July 16 Maltese Falcon
(1941), July 23 An Affair to Remember
(1937), July 30 Field of Dreams (1989),
August 6 Some Like it Hot (1959), August 13 Tootsie (1982), August 20 All
the President’s Men (1976), August 27
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938),
September 3 Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981). Movies and performances are
subject to change, weather permitting. For more info visit www.bhh.com.
LUCKY STRICKES LANES
145 IPSWICH ST., BOSTON, MA
4 TH ANNUAL BECKETT BOWL July 29, 2010 at 6:00PM. Boston Red
Sox All-Star pitcher Josh Beckett will
throw strikes of a different kind on
July 29, when he hangs up his cleats
and ties on a pair of bowling shoes at
the 4 th annual Beckett Bowl presented by Foxwoods Resort Casino, a
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star-studded bowling tournament. All
proceeds benefit the Josh Beckett
Foundation and Children’s Hospital
Boston. Festivities will conclude with
a concert by country music sensation
Jason Aldean at the Absolut Beckett
Bowl Concert presented by MGM
Grand at Foxwoods at the House of
Blues Boston. About The Josh
Beckett Foundation The Josh Beckett
Foundation is a charitable organization established in 2007 by Boston
Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett to support community-based programs that
strive to improve the health and wellbeing of children, especially children
that are seriously ill, disabled, poor,
or otherwise disadvantaged. The
Foundation provides Beckett with an
opportunity to have a direct and permanent impact on the lives of children throughout New England and in
his hometown of Spring, Texas. Since
its inception in 2007, Beckett Bowl
has raised more than $750,000 for the
Josh Beckett Foundation and
Children’s Hospital. For more information www.luckystrikeboston.com
ARTS
WORCESTER ART MUSEUM
55 Salisbury St., Worcester, MA
EXHIBITION: WHAT MATTERS
– Now through August 22, 2010 from
11:00AM-5:00PM. This exhibition
features contemporary works between 1988 and 2009 by a roster of
leading artists including: Claire
Barclay, Willie Cole, Taylor Davis,
Melvin Edwards, Heide Fasnacht,
Tony Feher, Jim Lambie, Jodie
Manasevit, Tim Rollins and K.O.S.,
Doris Salcedo, Yinka Shonibare and
Andrew Witkin. For information log
onto www.worcesterart.com or call
508-799-4406.
MIT LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER
Wiesner Building, E15-109, 20
Ames Street, Cambridge, MA
ORTHOSTATIC TOLERANCE – It
May Not Be Such a Bad Idea if I
Never Went Home. Now through
July 11, 2010. This exhibition is part
of an ongoing project by Bahamianborn, New York-based Tavares
Strachan, who has been exploring
space and deep-sea training in this
multiphase body of work since 2006.
The solo exhibition will feature draw-
ings, photographs, video works, sculpture, and installations as well as new
works that were developed during
Stachan’s recent residency at MIT.
For more information please visit
www.listart.mit.edu
PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM
East India Square, Salem, MA
THE KENNEDY’S PORTRAIT OF
A FAMILY – Now through July 18,
2010. An intimate, behind-the-scenes
look at the legendary first family
through the lens of acclaimed photographer Richard Avedon. View photos of the intimate as well as high
profile moments of the John F.
Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy’s iconic
family. For more information about
this exhibit, log onto www.pem.org
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
465 Huntington Ave.,Boston, MA
HARRY CALLAHAN, AMERICAN
PHOTOGRAPHER – Now through
July 3, 2010. This exhibition features
intimate portraits, scenes of Urban
Life and the Natural Landscape.
There are a collection of approximately 40 photographs that survey
the major visual themes of this
artist’s career.
CAFÉ
AND
CABARET:
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC’S PARIS Now through August 8, 2010. The
French aristocrat Henri de ToulouseLautrec (1864-1901), one of the most
innovative artists of the late nineteenth century, is known for his bold
and subtle images of performers in the
centers of Parisian entertainment in
the 1880s and 1890s: the café-concerts and cabaret nightclubs in the
bohemian
neighborhood
of
Montmartre. Despite his short life,
Toulouse-Lautrec was enormously
productive and succeeded in developing a style uniquely suited to the
celebrity culture of this raffish district.
This exhibition features posters,
prints, and paintings of café, cabaret,
and other urban amusements.
NICHOLAS NIXON: FAMILY ALBUM - Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Sunday, May 1, 2011. Among the most
compelling of Nicholas Nixon’s series
of photographs are the portraits that
he has made of his close-knit family.
These photographs, taken over time,
explore the nature of long-committed relationships. For more info call
617-369-3445 or visit www.mfa.org.
ITALIAN EVENTS & PROGRAMS
ITALIAN RADIO
“The Sicilian Corner” 11:00AM to
1:00PM every Friday with host Tom
Zappala and Mike Lomazzo and “The
Italian Show” w/Nunzio DiMarca
every Sunday from 10AM to 1PM
www.1110wccmam.com
“Italia Oggi” (Italy Today)
Sundays 1PM to 2PM with host
Andrea
Urdi
1460
AM
www.1460WXBR.com
“Dolce Vita Radio” DJ Rocco
Mesiti 11AM-1PM Sundays 90.7 FM
or online www.djrocco.com
“The Nick Franciosa Show” Every
Sunday at 12 Noon to 3PM on radio
stations WLYN 1360 AM and WAZN
1470 AM.
“Guido Oliva Italian Hour”
8AM - 9AM every Sunday on
WSRO 650AM in Framingham
and online at www.wsro.com.
“Don Giovanni Show” Saturday
mornings from 6AM-8AM and Sunday
evenings 5PM-7PM on 950 AM WROL.
www.dongiovannishow.com.
CITI PERFORMING ARTS
CENTER SHUBERT THEATRE
270 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma June 13, 2010 at 8:00pm. The Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma – sponsored by
the Fondazione Roma, brings their
tour in the US. The tour will be held
under the aegis of UN and FAO, two
of the most important international
institutions, both committed to peace
and security and to the fight against
hunger and poverty.” Conductor
Francesco LaVecchia Conductor.
Call 617-482-9393 or log onto
www.citicenter.org/theatres/
shubert/
REGATTABAR
AT THE CHARLES HOTEL
One Bennett St., Cambridge, MA
CARMEN CONSOLI - June 18,
2010 at 7:30PM. After an absence of
three years comes Carmen’s new
studio album “Elettra” (Electra) which,
as the title implies, is centered on
women - all angles and aspects of
the female universe. Elettra/Electra
is a powerfully symbolic figure from
Greek mythology (the one who
avenged her father by conniving
with her brother Orestes to kill their
mother and their mother’s lover) with
all the psychology that lies behind
it. It’s an album about Love, … and
its complexes, love for one’s father,
passionate love, incestuous love,
love for sale etc etc. But it is also a
way of denouncing the political strife
that rules Italy getting more and
more like a Greek tragedy every
day, says Carmen! For further information and for tickets prices please
call 617-395-7757 or log onto
www.regattabarjazz.com.
SPINELLI’S FUNCTION FACILITY
Route One South, Lynnfield, MA
FESTA
DELL’ARMA
DEI
CARABINIERI 7TH ANNUAL DINNER GALA - Saturday, June 19, 2010
Associazione Nazionale Carabinieri Sezione Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa Nei Secoli Fedele presents and
evening of great food and dancing.
For ticket information please call
Alessandro
at
617-455-7590,
Angelo 781-396-9427 and Sabatino
617-227-3989. You may also log onto
www.assoccarabinieri-boston.com
HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE
24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA
VITTORIO
DE
SICA
–
NEO-REALISM,
MELODRAMA,
FANTASY FILMS - June 5 – June
14, 2010. The Harvard Film Archive
is pleased to present a series of
films by the legendary Italian director
Vittorio De Sica: All films are in Italian with English subtitles.
MIRACLE
IN
MILAN
(MIRACOLO A MILANO) - Friday, June
11 at 7pm and Sunday June 13 at
9pm.
TERMINAL STATION (STAZIONE
TERMINI) - Friday, June 11 at 9pm
UMBERTO D. - Saturday, June 12
at 7pm.
AFTER THE FOX (CACCIA ALLA
VOLPE) - Saturday, June 12 at 9pm
THE
BICYCLE
THIEVES
(LADRI DI BICICLETTE) - Sunday,
June 13 at 7pm.
TWO WOMEN (LA CIOCIARA) Monday, June 14 at 7pm. For general
information and tickets prices
please
call
617-495-4700
or
log onto http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa
Check out the other film series shown
at the Harvard Archives.
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POST-GAZETTE, JUNE 11, 2010
Recipes from the
Homeland
by Vita Orlando Sinopoli
Spitting it out! A report found that 51 New
York City bus drivers each took off an average of more than two paid months last year
to recover from the emotional trauma of
being spat on by passengers. Well, as far as
we know, Boston bus drivers are never spat
on. But many do enjoy being kissed by some
female passengers.
Cashing-in! Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin’s
19-year-old daughter, who is now charging
from $15,000 to $30,000 to tell teens why
they should practice abstinence, so they
don’t become unwed mothers like her.
News from Poland: Nicolaus Copernicus,
the 16th century astronomer who was posthumously branded a heretic by the Vatican
for proclaiming shortly before his death that
the sun, not the Earth, was the center of
the solar system, he has finally been given
a Catholic funeral. Copernicus never
achieved fame in his lifetime, and he was
buried in an unmarked grave. Recently his
bones were identified through DNA testing,
and last week he was buried in a tomb in
Frombork Cathedral, with a model of the
solar system engraved on his tombstone.
“Today’s funeral has symbolic value,” said
Bishop Jacek Jezierski, “in that it is a gesture of reconciliation between science and
faith.”
Wow! A Minnesota woman gave birth to
her son on the way to the hospital — while
she was driving. Amanda McBride, 29, was
accompanied by her partner, Joseph
Phillips, 33, who can’t drive because of a
seizure disorder. After McBride went into
labor, the couple sped off to the hospital but
failed to make it in time. “She yelled at me
to grab the wheel,” said Phillips. “And then
all of a sudden, I heard this little “Waaah!”
“He just slid out,” said McBride. “It really
wasn’t bad at all.”
Carlo Scostumato claims all babies look
alike — that is, all other people’s babies.
Did we ever tell you about when I was born?
My father was so excited that he had a baby
boy! He asked my mother if he could hold
me in his arms and so he picked me up in
his arms and said to my mother, “My son
has my lips and smile!” My mother responded, “Citrulo! You’re holding the baby
upside down.”
Depressing news! The teaching profession
is usually thought of as recession-proof, but
with many state and local governments in
severe financial distress, teachers are facing their worst job market since the Depression. More than 150,000 teachers are expected to lose their jobs over the next year.
Buckle-up! About 45 million Americans
still do not use their seat belts, says the federal government. An average of 38 unbelted
people die in traffic accidents every day.
The astute Tom Analetto of Medford reminds us, buckling a seat belt takes much
less time than a ride in the ambulance.
The gracious Rosalie Cunio of Waltham,
says, “The reason seat belts are installed
in cars is to keep people alive until they
make their last payments.”
The lovely Mona-Lisa Cappuccio of East
Boston thinks more women would use them
if the seat belts in cars were covered with
mink.
Life gets easier later! They don’t call them
the golden years for nothing. A recent study
by researchers at Stony Brook University
found that after age 50, people feel consistently happier, less stressed, and less worried than their counterparts in the full bloom
of youth, says Scientific American. That finding emerged from a Gallup survey of 350,000
Americans from all parts of the country. The
results showed that happiness and enjoyment declined between ages 20 and 50, but
increased steadily after 50. Worry and stress
start rising in the 20s, but fall off sharply
after age 50. The patterns were similar for
men and women, and held regardless of
whether a person was employed, married,
or had children in the house. Older people
may be “more effective at regulating their
emotions than younger adults,” says psychiatrist and study author Arthur Stone, or
they may simply forget negative experiences more quickly. Whatever the reason,
says Stone,
“If you were
to do a survey and say,
‘How many
of you would
like to be 25 again?’ you don’t get a lot of
takers.”
Health scare! Eating red meat may not be
as bad for your heart as previously thought,
Harvard researchers have found. But what’s
cured could ail you: The same study found
that regularly eating even small amounts
of bacon, hot dogs, and other processed meat
can dramatically increase one’s risk of heart
disease and diabetes. The findings do not
mean that a diet heavy in red meat is
healthful; it has been implicated in a higher
incidence of colon cancer. But if it’s meat
you crave, go with the burger or steak, and
skip the bacon and the hot dogs, researcher
Dariush Mozaffarian tells The Wall Street
Journal. “If once in awhile somebody wants
to eat meat, our study suggests steak or
other unprocessed cuts aren’t going to increase their heart risk,” he said.
More health stuff! Crash diets lead to
car crashes! People who are trying to lose
weight by cutting back on food are putting
themselves in danger on the roads, says a
new study. Lack of proper nourishment
weakens the body and lowers its blood-sugar
level, leading to poor concentration, tiredness and even blackouts, found Austrian
researchers. But doctors also warn that getting behind the wheel after a big meal is
just as risky-as too much food makes you
sleepy!
Attention! Attention! There are dangers
lurking at beauty counters! Scientists warn
that free lipstick, mascara and moisturizer
available in department stores can make
you seriously ill. Jefferson Medical College
researchers in Pennsylvania found that
every make-up tester they analyzed was contaminated with the E. coli bug, which can
cause vomiting and diarrhea. Women trying the free cosmetics could also be passing on viruses such as herpes. Experts found
bacteria levels peaked on Saturday, the
busiest shopping day of the week.
This just in! Maternal mortality is down
significantly across the globe, according to
a new study in The Lancet. Since 1980, the
rate at which women die in childbirth has
fallen by 40 percent, with major reductions
in the world’s most populous nations, India
and China. Experts credit better education
for women, which correlates with lower pregnancy rates, along with more access to doctors and midwives. “Two decades of concerted
campaigning by those dedicated to maternal health is working,” said Lancet editor
Richard Horton.
Show biz stuff from the noted musicologist Albert Natale. George Clooney travels
with a security blanket, says Britain Daily
Star. A hotel worker in Honolulu, where
Clooney stayed while shooting his latest
film, said the actor travels with a particular
cashmere throw, and housekeeping staff
were briefed as to its proper care and maintenance. “We had to lay it on top of his sheets
when we turned down the bed,” says the
source. “He obviously can’t sleep without it.”
Time for some show business reminiscing with Albert Natale. Harry James could
pack ‘em in! One Spring night in 1942, his
band drew eight-thousand customers at the
Meadowbrook in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.
He packed in 35-thousand fans during that
week. Woody Herman once advised Dizzy
Gillespie to give up the trumpet and stick
to writing. For short periods, Bob Crosby employed the talents of Doris Day, Gloria
Dehaven and Kay Starr as vocalists. Kate
Jackson, best remembered on TVs
“Charlie’s Angels,” began her career on the
TV soap “Dark Shadows” as a ghost named
Paphene Harridge. And one more time!
Jimmy
Durante’s
famous
sign-off
“Goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you
are!” referred to his first wife, Jeannie
Olson. Calabash was the name of a Chicago
suburb they both liked.
AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN NAME
COPYRIGHT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
ROASTED (BROILED)
RED BELL PEPPERS
4 red peppers
1 large garlic clove minced
3 tablespoons olive oil
Salt
4 brown paper lunch bags
Wash and dry red peppers thoroughly. Place them whole
on a broiling tray under the broiler. Broil until the outer
skin of pepper begins to darken. Check frequently by
removing from oven and turn each pepper as it blackens. It
only takes a few minutes for the skin to blacken. If left
under broiler too long, the pepper will burn. Continue broiling and turning in this fashion until most of the outer skin
of each pepper has blackened though not necessarily the
entire pepper. Remove peppers from oven.
Put one or two peppers together in a paper lunch bag and
close tightly. Because liquid from peppers may seep through
bags, place on a cookie sheet. After cooling in paper bag for
at least fifteen to thirty minutes, take one bag at a time
and place on clean dish. Tear open bag and carefully peel
off outer skin of each softened pepper. Gently cut around
the stem to remove stem and seeds from the pepper. Cut
pepper in half and remove any remaining seeds. Slice pepper into long one-inch strips and set aside in a separate
bowl. Liquid will accumulate as pepper strips rest in bowl.
Save for marinade.
Spread minced garlic over pepper strips in a bowl. Add
olive oil and stir thoroughly. Salt to taste. Cover and place
in refrigerator or on your counter. Before serving, to
enhance flavor, marinate roasted/broiled peppers at least
thirty minutes in the garlic, oil and pepper liquids. The
peppers can be heated in the microwave if desired.
They store well, for a few days, in the refrigerator in a
clean jar or plastic container.
NOTE: Because they were only available in the summer when
I was young, I welcome the opportunity to prepare them often
now that peppers can be purchased daily. My family enjoys
them with baked chicken, steaks, or chops.
Vita can be reached at [email protected]
• Art and Culture (Continued from Page 7)
onto www.italiaunita.org or
call 617-561-3201.
HARBORARTS OUTDOOR
GALLERY
Boston Harbor Shipyard,
Marginal St., East Boston
Organized by HarborArts in
partnership with the Urban
Arts Institute at Massachusetts College of Art and
Design.
Opening Celebration
INTERNATIONAL
HARBORARTS OUTDOOR
EXHIBITION OF LARGESCALE ARTWORK
Saturday, June 12, 2-5pm
Music provided by Zumix.
Refreshments will be available, sponsored by Dough
East Boston, Scup’s in the
Harbor, La Fogata, El Paisa
Restaurante, and Mehak
Indian Cuisine.
Come and discover art at
industrial site of Boston
Harbor Shipyard on the Boston HarborWalk at 256 Marginal Street in East Boston!
The public is invited to attend the Opening Celebration of the new international
HarborArts Outdoor Gallery
at Boston Harbor Shipyard,
open year-round. Meet the
artists who installed over 25
large-scale 2D and 3D artworks throughout the shipyard. HarborArts employs the
arts to raise awareness for
issues affecting our waterways. Information will be
available by the member
organizations of the Massachusetts Ocean Coalition
and the Massachusetts
Ocean Partnership.
For additional information
please visit the webiste at
www.harborarts.net.
1st Generation
Italian-American
Vita Orlando Sinopoli
Shares with us
a delightful recollection
of her memories as a child
growing up in
Boston’s “Little Italy”
and a collection of
Italian family recipes
from the homeland.
Great as Gifts
FROM MY BAKERY PERCH available on AMAZON.COM
and in local bookstores — ask for
Hard cover #1-4010-9805-3 ISBN
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POST-GAZETTE, JUNE 11, 2010
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• News Briefs (Continued from Page 1)
In the past, I’ve talked
about Babbononno’s fear of
cars. The reason was that he
preceded the automobile generations. Arriving in this
world in 1875, the only means
of transportation that didn’t
run on rail was something
with wheels that was pulled
by either a horse or donkey.
His sons, my uncles Paul,
Nick and Gino, as well as my
father, loved cars. They grew
up with cars. They learned
how to drive cars at young
ages, and as soon as they
could afford them, they
bought cars. The difference
in that generation of my family and me was that cars were
a means of transportation for
them, and for me, a luxury
item with all of the creature
comforts offered in today’s
market.
Dad bought a used 1937
Plymouth 2 door sedan when
I was born. He kept the car
until 1949 when it had high
miles on it and was falling
apart. He couldn’t even trade
it due to its condition and
wound up selling it for $75.00
to a young man who planned
to use it in a demolition
derby. His replacement purchase was a 49 Chevy, bought
at Reese Chevrolet in East
Boston. I accompanied him
when he looked at their floor
models and he picked one
with a radio, a heater, full
sized hub caps, white wall
tires, an off-white marbleized
steering wheel, some extra
exterior chrome, Cello grill
guards and a hood ornament
with a red plastic insert.
This was high end for a
Chevy in 1949. Observing
all of this as an 11-year-old,
I came to the conclusion
that a car was something
more than just a means of
transportation.
Dad’s next car was a 54
Chevy Bel Aire four door with
similar toys as had the 49.
The car was two-toned, with
a robin’s egg blue body and a
white top. The only option
Dad didn’t get was an automatic shift. He didn’t think
they had been perfected. The
next search for a car came
in 1957. He and Uncle Nick
both bought Pontiac hard tops;
my uncle a two door and Dad
a four door. Both had Hydramatic transmissions, power
steering, power brakes, hi-fi
radios and V8 engines. Dad
said no to power windows and
seats, claiming they hadn’t
been perfected yet. I was surprised he accepted the automatic shift and the two power
options I mentioned. When
Babbononno heard the price
his son and son-in-law paid
for the cars, he called them
crazy. He told them that with
what they paid for the cars,
they could have put down
payments on houses. I remember him addressing
Uncle Nick and my father in
front of everyone at dinner
one Sunday, “You take-a da
money you pay foh i due machine (the two cars), eh you
putta da downa paymenta
onna tree famiglia houza,
you live-a on one-a da floorza
eh renta da utha two. Da two
renta, dey pay foh da houza.”
No one said anything.
As time passed, Dad traded
his 57 Pontiac for a 1962
Chevy, which was followed
by a 66 Cadillac. Then, came
a 1972 Ford and his last car,
a 1979 Buick. Each of these
had the options that Dad
considered “not perfected
yet,” power windows, seats,
antenna, and an option he
never used, air conditioning.
Babbononno became relaxed riding in these cars as
the creature comforts put
him at ease. To prevent him
from criticizing his sons and
his son-in-law about the
prices paid for each new car,
when he asked the price,
Uncle Nick or my father would
say that they had gotten a
bargain and the cars only
cost a few hundred dollars.
The ladies in the family
never said anything about
the cars, they just rode in
them. As far as they were
concerned, they got you from
one place to another and
that’s all that mattered. The
only woman in the family
who knew a little about
cars was Aunt Ninna, Uncle
Gino’s wife. Babbononno and
my mother used to say that
Ninna drove like a man. I
guess this was due to the
fact that they knew nothing about cars and never
drove.
I guess I acquired my love
for cars watching Uncle Nick
and my father care for their
cars, washing, waxing them
and then vacuuming out the
insides, after which, they
would hang an air refresher
from the rear view mirror to
kill the smell of smoke. When
it came time for me to buy
my first car, it was at a point
in time when I was in college
and was playing music. I
joined up with a couple of
band leaders and needed my
own transportation to play
on weekends. Dad had a mechanic friend in Malden who
sold me a 54 Chevy that he
had done over from bumper
to bumper; motor job, transmission rebuild, new tires,
new paint and seat covers. I
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I finished college owning
that car and continued driving it after I started teaching. One day, a friend who
was riding in the back seat
attempted to climb out and
wound up standing on the
muffler. I pulled the rubber
floor mat up and noticed
that there was no floor. The
car was rusting away and
it was time for another car.
The father of one of my students sold Fords and I went
to see him, hoping I could
get a deal. He sold me a 1958
Thunderbird. The car was
three years old but had very
little mileage. I brought my
bass violin with me to see if
it could fit. That 58 Tbird was
the first of the four seaters
and the bass fit. I bought it.
Everyone liked the car even
Babbononno who felt comfortable sitting in a bucket seat.
I kept the car for two years,
all the while planning to buy
a convertible as my next car.
When a used 1960 Cadillac
convertible came my way, I
traded the Tbird and rode
with the top down from the
first warm spring day until it
was too cold. In 1966, I traded
the Caddy for a Chrysler Imperial convertible which was
followed by a 1970 Eldorado, a
1972 Lincoln Mark II, a 1978
Town Car, an 82 Coupe de
Ville, an 88 Town Car, a 92
Sedan de Ville, a 98 Sedan de
Ville and a 2004 STS, which
I now drive. All of them were
purchased used, but have all
the toys and creature comforts that I like. Like Dad and
Uncle Nick before me, I keep
my cars well oiled and very
clean.
I’ve developed a hobby surrounding cars. I have two
antique cars (25 years old or
older). I own a 1962 Lincoln
Continental and a 1966
Thunderbird. My closest
friend, Dean Saluti has two
British antiques, a 1965 Jaguar and a 1969 MG, and we
constantly compare notes
about leaky transmissions,
faulty carburetors and whatever else is wrong with the
old vehicles.
If Babbononno or Dad were
around today, they would
think we were crazy with this
type of a hobby, but as I tell
people when they ask why, “I
don’t drink, I don’t take
drugs, I don’t smoke cigarettes, I don’t chase stray
women … I need something,
so it’s old cars.”
Babbononno did enjoy
riding in one of my convertibles in his later years. I
picked him up for Easter Sunday dinner in 1971, and he
made me lower the top and
raise the right front seat as
high as it would go. With him
looking tall, we drove around
the corner to where Mass
was just ending at his
church, and he waived at all
of the old ladies exiting
the church, yelling, “Buona
Pasqua, signore” (Happy Easter, ladies). Toward the end,
I guess he really did like my
cars. GOD BLESS AMERICA
How Long Will We Be
an Alien Nation?
We live in a nation it
seems without a sense of
law. We have illegals freely
roaming our country and no
one in Washington, DC’s ruling class: read Democrat
seems to think that matters
much. The only reason
Arizona did what it did and
the only reason the Massachusetts State Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill
cracking down on illegal
immigrants in our state is
due to the fact that our leaders in both the White House
and up on Capitol Hill have
gone AWOL on the issue of illegal immigration. Our borders are not secure. Arizona
sees the problem first hand
sharing its border with
Mexico.
I was insulted that the
president of Mexico was
allowed to address a joint
session of Congress to bad
mouth Arizona and the
United States and Democrats
listening to him stood up and
applauded him. Then, Cuba
of all places lashes out at the
United States for the way we
treat illegal Mexicans. This
from a country that demands
it citizenry to carry government IDs at all times. A country that has the right to arrest
you from being in the wrong
part of your own country. A
country high up the list of
human
rights
violators
across the world.
Already, protests are being
planned in response to the
tough new measures passed
by our state senators. Democrats are lining up with all
their liberal allies as if protecting American citizens
somehow is un-American. No
nation can just allow immigrants to sneak in and roam
at will. America is a democratic republic. The people
are the government and the
US Constitution are compact
with one another.
Democrats need to get over
this political correctness
#%A*. We are a nation of immigrants. Most of us like myself are either children or
grandchildren of immigrants.
I am not anti-immigrant.
However, allowing illegal
immigrants to gain status
when it comes to government
entitlements is very well the
beginning of the end of the
rule of law. What part of the
word “illegal” don’t liberal
Democrats get?
Finally, getting back to good
old President Calderon, what
gives him the right to lecture
us on U.S. Border Policy?
Down in Mexico’s southern
border, the Mexicans guard
entry like Mexico was Fort
Knox. Try sneaking in from
Central America and watch
what Mexico does to those
illegal immigrants? Mexico
can’t have it both ways
depending on which of their
borders you are talking about.
Then, there’s the fact that
legal and illegal MexicanAmericans send over $20 billion home to families every
year. Perhaps, we should follow the money to see why
Mexico is not very helpful at
the U.S./Mexican border. We
don’t need Calderon coming
here to trash talk us either
before the U.S. Congress or
at the Kennedy School of Politics at Harvard University.
Blaming Bush for BP Spill?
I wondered how long it
would take for Democrats up
on Capitol Hill to blame the
Bush Administration for the
Gulf oil disaster. On Tuesday,
May 25, US Sen. Chris Dodd
was a guest on the “Imus
in the Morning” show on
the Fox Business Channel.
When asked by Imus, if the
Obama White House is to
blame for the fallout of the
spill, Dodd said, “Well, you
know, they come into office
a year ago with all of this.
And so, after the last eight
years ... Then, Imus interrupted him for apparently
running astray.
On the first Friday of the
BP spill, the St. Petersburg
Times editorialized, “President Obama met U2’s Bono in
the Oval Office on Friday when
he should have been headed
to the Gulf Coast.” Also, while
the oil was washing up in the
Louisiana marshes, he was
out at a fundraiser for the
re-election of US Sen. Barbara Boxer in California.
As Investor’s Business Daily
editorialized on March 28,
“This is on President Obama’s
watch. He and his administration should man up and
put a sign on the desk in the
Oval Office reading: The slick
stops here.” Democrats blaming Bush are barking up the
wrong tree as usual.
Nightmare on
Bowdoin Street
On Sunday, May 30, a 14year-old boy was gunned down
in Dorchester near where he
lived. According to news reports, he died in a hail of gunfire executive style. Back on
May 8, another 14-year-old
was shot dead on a Roxbury
project basketball court. On
Sunday, May 30, a 17-yearold was stabbed to death in
Mattapan. The father of the
Dorchester youth said, “It’s
like a nightmare come true,”
However, these acts of violence are no nightmares. It
is real. You don’t wake up
from them.
Rev. Shaun Harrison from
Charles Street AME Church
in Roxbury told the news
media, “It’s open season on
kids ... It’s not a police problem. It’s a community problem.” He also believes things
will only get worse with more
teens unemployed thanks to
cuts in the city’s youth jobs
program. Rev. Bruce Wall of
Global Ministries Christian
Church believes, “We are
in a state of emergency in
Boston.” He also hopes that
the mayor will address the
“crisis” of violence.
Mayor Tom Menino for his
part still has insisted that
crime remains low and
blames gun violence on illegal weapons brought into
Boston. The mayor states,
“It’s not out of control, no, but
it’s a serious situation.”
Rev. Wall believes, it is not
asking too much for parents
to let their kids ride bikes or
play basketball without getting killed. I believe, as does
Rev. Wall, that there are
neighborhoods within the
city that are in a state of
emergency and it is time for
the mayor to recognize this
fact because the longer we
play pretend the more young
people will die on our streets.
The clock keeps ticking away,
tick-tock, tick-tock.
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POST-GAZETTE, JUNE 11, 2010
The Bilingual
Orazio
Buttafuoco
LO SAPEVATE CHE … La lingua di Cicerone non e’ morta,
come ci insegna Parigi. Due volte al mese gli amanti del
Latino si incontrano per praticare la lingua degli antichi
Romani, naturalmente nel quartiere Latino della capitale
francese vicino alla Sorbona. Sono studenti ed intellettuali,
ma anche impiegati e ferrovieri, avvocati, registi di teatro,
professori e medici. Non occorrono diplomi. C’e’ una sola
regola: sapersi esprimere, bene o male, nella lingua di
Cesare.
In queste riunioni, sui generis, il francese e’ del tutto
bandito. I partecipanti si stringono la mano scambiandosi
un ‘ave’ nella maniera degli antichi Romani. Si e’ liberi di
parlare di filosofia, di poesia e di scienza. Ovviamente tutto
avviene in Latino. Quando e’ necessario si inventano nuove
parole. Per esempio, il ‘computer diventa il ‘computatrum’,
dal verbo latino ‘computare’. In Francia queste riunioni sono
organizzate dal “Circulus Latinus Lutetiensis” (il circolo
latino di Lutetia, l’antico nome di Parigi).
Esiste anche un sito internet: www.circulus.fr., che e’ pure
in latino. Si possono trovare anche le date dei prossimi
incontri. Il ‘circulus’ e’ nato nel 2003 ed il suo fondatore,
Daniel Blanchard, 33 anni, non e’ nemmeno un latinista
ma un cantante lirico di professione, ma con la passione
per l’antica lingua. Aveva voglia di parlare latino, ma nessun
circolo specializzato esisteva a Parigi allora, diversamente
da altre citta’ europee. Cosi’ la nuova idea, nata 20 anni
orsono, incomincio’ subito ad atttirare alcune persone, poi
sempre di piu’, grazie all’apertura del sito web.
DID YOU KNOW THAT … Cicero’s language isn’t dead, as
Paris tells us. Twice a month the lovers of Latin gather in
order to practice the language of ancient Romans, of course
in Paris’ Latin Quarter, near the ‘Sorbonne. They are students and intellectuals but also employees and Rairoad personnel, lawyers, theatre directors, professors and doctors. A
degree is not necessary in order to participate. However,
there is only one rule: One must express himself/herself,
good or bad, in Caesar’s language.
At these “sui generis” gatherings, French language is
“banned.” The participants shake hands, greeting each other
with an “Ave,” as ancient Romans used to do. There is freedom to discuss philosophy, poetry and science. Of course all
takes place in the Latin language. When necessary, new
“computatrum,” from the Latin verb “computare.”
These gatherings in France are organized by the
club “Circulus Latinus Lutetiensis,” the Latin Club of Lutetia,
Paris’ ancient name. There is also a web site: www.circulus.fr
which is also in Latin! The next meeting dates can be found
in it. The “circulus” was born in the year 2003, and its
founder, Daniel Blanchard, 33, isn’t a Latinist, but a professional opera singer with a passion for the ancient language.
He wanted to speak in Latin but a specialized club did not
exist in Paris, unlike other European cities.
The new idea, born 20 years ago, immediately began to
attract a few people, then increasingly more, thanks to the
introduction of the web-site.
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LEGAL NOTICE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Suffolk Probate and Family Court
24 New Chardon Street
P.O. Box 9667
Boston, MA 02114
Docket No. SU10P1180EA
In the Estate of
PHILIP S. RUGNETTA
Late of BOSTON, MA 02113
Date of Death October 21, 2009
NOTICE OF PETITION FOR
APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR
To all persons interested in the above
captioned estate, a petition has been
presented requesting that PHYLLIS
RUGNETTA of Boston, MA or some other
suitable person be appointed administrarix
of said estate to serve Without Surety.
IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO,
YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE
A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT
AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN
O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM)
ON JULY 8, 2010.
WITNESS, HON. JOHN M. SMOOT,
First Justice of this Court.
Date: June 2, 2010
Richard Iannella, Register of Probate
Run date: 6/11/10
TO TALK OF MANY THINGS
of shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings
Corner
by
The time has come, the walrus said,
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by Sal Giarratani
BOBBY G NEVER WHINES
ABOUT HIS WINE
My cousin Bobby Giarratani of Winthrop
via Beachmont better known as Bobby G to
his friends. Isn’t this always the case with
an Italian guy with one of those long last
names? He’s in the wine business.
He’s a well-known wine sales guy in the
North End where his father Sal Giarratani
(the other Sal) grew up at 89 Prince Street.
I bumped into Bobby as he walked passed
the Post-Gazette office. He was making
the rounds of North End restaurants where
everyone knows his name.
I am always aware of how Irish I can look
standing next to his golden Italian complexion, which I don’t have. We’re both lucky to
have good Giarratani hair. You can’t stop
getting older and you have to thank God for
great hair.
NEWS CONCERNING
47 PRESCOTT STREET
The City’s Department of Neighborhood
Development has recently purchased a
building in Eagle Hill East Boston at
47 Prescott Street directly from a bank
servicer after foreclosure. The city agency
is preparing to issue a Request for Proposals seeking proposals to redevelop the property for residential use with a priority for
owner-occupied ownership with opportunities for rental occupancy.
The City of Boston under Mayor Menino
has convened The Foreclosure Intervention
Team to address foreclosure issues harming neighborhoods. The RFPs will be available this month and due back in early July.
For more info call City Hall at 617-635-0353.
CONSALVO COOKOUT JUNE 24
City Councilor Rob Consalvo will be once
again holding the Consalvo Family Cookout
on June 24 from 5:30 to 8:30 PM at the
Sunset Bocce Club on Danny Road in
Readville. My father from the North End
worked for the WPA during the Depression
and would travel daily over to the country
as he called it in Readville, to build the
railroad bridge and construct sidewalks. He
said many North Enders often moved to
Readville from the North End just to see the
country. For more info on the cookout, go to
www.robconsalvo.com.
GIANT EAST BOSTON FLEA MARKET
The Salesian Boys & Girls Club on Byron
Street will be holding a Flea Market on
Saturday, June 26 from 8AM until 6PM.
Tables purchased will benefit the Salesian
Boys & Girls Club. Tables are limited, so
hurry. For more info, contact my sister-inlaw, Renee at 617-567-6626.
RELAY FOR LIFE OF EAST BOSTON
The Relay for Life of East Boston is scheduled for June 18-19, 2010 at East Boston
Stadium. For more information log onto
www.main.acsevents.org.
SAIL BOSTON SAILING BACK JUNE 19
Sail Boston and Conventures Inc. are reLaunching the Boston Harbor Parade of
Lights after an 8 year absence. An event
is scheduled with more than 30 large boats
for June 19 from 8:30 to 1:00 pm. The parade will start at Castle Island, head for East
Boston, turn at the Charlestown Navy Yard
and pass the North End on the way to Long
Wharf ending at the Boston Fish Pier. Castle
Island, Fan Pier and the Seaport World Trade
Center will be the best, viewing spots to
watch all the vessels pass by. The Juan
Sebastian de Elcano from the Spanish Navy
will be docked at the World Trade Center.
IS CASINO COMING TO EASTIE?
Both House Speaker Bob DeLeo and Boston
Mayor Tom Menino have expressed support
for the Suffolk Downs site. With the Suffolk
Downs Racetrack partnering with once rivals Wonderland Greyhound Park, is Orients
Heights about to get a resort style casino?
Keep watching this story
because it promises to be
a big story.
HOLY NAME SWINGS
INTO ACTION
On Friday, May 14, I was
in the auditorium of Holy
Name School in West
Roxbury or an afternoon of
swing music. Students decked out in fancy
retro clothes made their way to the center
of the hall to show off their fancy footwork
as well. Their dance routines were great as
parents and friends watched the acts intensely. This dance date was part of Holy
Name’s Socially Fit program which combines physical fitness with social activities.
The kids performed the Cha-Cha, the Tango
and the Lindy Hop. My nephew Jacob Schafer
took part in the Lindy Hop dance number
all dressed up like somebody during Prohibition, soft hat, sun glasses and all. He and
his classmates learned the Lindy Hop was
named after Charles Lindbergh and the hop
he did across the Atlantic in 1927.
ALLSTON LANDMARK REPLACED BY
NORTH END LANDMARK
Boston’s most famous pizza parlor, the
Regina Pizzeria from the North End will soon
be serving in Allston according to Anthony
Buccieri, chief operating officer for the
Regina chain. The newest restaurant will
open up at the long time neighborhood favorite, the Sports Depot. Said Buccieri, “We
think this location is a great one for Regina
... We’re excited to bring a family friendly
restaurant to Allston.” The Allston Regina
is hoping to open by mid-September.
EAST BOSTON PICK FOR
COUNCILOR TOBIN’S OFFICE
Recently, Boston City Councilor John
Tobin announced the addition of Legislative
Aide Dave Halbert of East Boston. He will
handle constituent services for Jamaica
Plain. Most recently, Halbert worked as
Chief of Staff for Councilor At Large Sam
Yoon back in 2009. Good luck, Dave!
TERRIBLE INTERSECTIONS
We all know horrible intersections where
you take your life into your own hands.
Whether driving or walking. Doesn’t matter much. My pick for the worse is still the
intersection of Brookline Avenue and the
Riverway over by the Longwood Medical Area.
Next, the intersection of Neptune Road and
Bennington Street in East Boston. Thirdly,
the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue
and Albany Street by the BMC Trauma Unit.
If you can think of any others, e-mail to
[email protected].
MADE IN NEW JERSEY FLAGS?
Nothing makes me more upset then to
look for an American flag and find that
they’re all marked “Made in China.” That
would be okay if I were looking for a Chinese flag but I’m not. I believe there’s one
American flag maker down in New Jersey,
which at last check is still in the U.S.A. If
you look hard enough, you’ll find them at
WalMart and CVS Pharmacy. Speaking of
patriotism, if any reader knows where to
purchase a pair of those “Rocky” red, white
and blue running shorts, let me know at
[email protected].
BUNKER HILL DAY PARADE
The Bunker Hill Day Parade will be held
in Charlestown on Sunday, June 13 th
beginning at 12:30PM and travels down
Bunker Hill Street.
Apprentice Jockey Jorge Fuller Vargas
Notches First Career Win at Suffolk Downs
Apprentice jockey Jorge Fuller Vargas,
son of former New England jockeys Abby
Fuller and Jorge Vargas, recorded the
first win of his career on Saturday at Suffolk Downs before an appreciative crowd
of 6,813.
After trailing the field for the first halfmile, Vargas improved position aboard Morgan, a three-year-old filly, before surging past
the leaders in deep stretch to post a threelength victory in the day’s third race, a
maiden claiming event for three-year-olds
and up contested at one mile over the fast
main track. Morgan covered the mile in
1:44.46 and paid $11.40, 4.20 and 3.00.
“It feels great,” said the 23-year-old
Vargas. “It was especially nice to do it at
Suffolk Downs.”
BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, JUNE 11, 2010
• Boston Water and Sewer (Continued from Page 2)
The corrosion or wearing
away of these lead-based materials can add lead to tap
water, particularly if water
sits for a long time in the
pipes before use. Therefore,
water that has been sitting
in household pipes for several
hours, such as in the morning, or after returning from
work or school, is more likely
to contain lead. If high levels
of lead are found in drinking
water, water may contribute
up to 20 percent of a person’s
exposure to lead. Infants who
consume mostly formula
mixed with lead-containing
water can receive up to 60
percent of their exposure
from water.
Steps You Can Take to
Reduce Exposure to Lead
in Drinking Water
FLUSH YOUR SYSTEM —
Fresh water is better than
stale: If your water has been
sitting for several hours, run
the water until it is consistently cold - usually about
15-30 seconds – before drinking or cooking with it. This
flushes water which may contain lead from the pipes.
Use cold, fresh water for
cooking and preparing baby
formula: Do not cook with or
drink water from the hot water tap. Lead dissolves more
easily into hot water. Do not
use water from the hot tap to
make baby formula.
Do not boil water to remove lead. Boiling water will
not reduce lead.
Test your home for lead:
The only way to determine
the level of lead in drinking
water at your home is to have
the water tested by a state
certified laboratory. The cost
to test is usually between
$10.00 and $50.00. Consider
having your paint tested also.
A list of labs is available online at www.bwsc.org or you
can call the BWSC Lead
Hotline at (617) 989-7888.
Test your child for lead:
Contact your local health department or your local health
care provider to find out how
you can get your child tested.
A blood lead level test is the
only way to know if your child
is being exposed to lead. For
more information, contact
DPH at www.mass.gov/dph/
clppp or at (800) 532-9571.
Identify if your plumbing
fixtures contain lead: New
brass faucets or other plumbing fixtures, including those
labeled “lead-free,” may contribute lead to drinking water. If you are concerned
about lead in tap water, you
should consider buying a lowlead or no-lead fixture. Contact NSF (see below) to learn
more about lead-free faucets.
Consider using a filter:
If your water contains lead,
you may want to consider
using a filter. Make sure
the filter you are considering
removes lead – not all filters
do. Be sure to replace filters
in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions to protect water quality. Contact
the National Sanitation Foundation at 1-800-NSF-8010 or
www.nsf.org for more information on water filters. Also,
if you are considering using
bottled water, note that it
may cost up to 1,000 times
more than tap water. Simply
flushing your tap, as described
above, is usually a cheaper,
equally effective alternative.
What is Being Done to
Control Lead in the
Drinking Water?
BWSC and MWRA are concerned about lead in your
drinking water. The BWSC
and MWRA both have an extensive testing program and
the MWRA has treated the
water to make it less corrosive. BWSC and MWRA are
concerned about lead in your
drinking water because although most homes have
very low levels of lead in their
drinking water, some homes
in the City of Boston may
have lead levels above the
EPA action level of 15 parts
per billion (ppb).
To monitor lead levels, the
BWSC and MWRA test tap
water in homes that are most
likely to have lead. These
homes are usually older
homes that may have lead
service lines or lead solder,
and they must be tested after
water has been sitting overnight. The EPA rule requires
that 90% of these worst case
samples must have lead levels below the Action Level of
15 ppb.
MWRA treats your water to
make it less corrosive,
thereby reducing the leaching of lead into drinking water. Starting in 1996, MWRA
increased the pH and buffering capacity of the water, and
has steadily fine-tuned these
levels since corrosion control
treatment began. Due to this
treatment change, lead levels found in sample tests of
tap water in the MWRA service area have dropped over
90% since 1996. The MWRA
service area has been below
the Lead Action Level since
June 2004. The BWSC tap
water has sampled below the
Lead Action Level since 2007.
For More Information
Call the BWSC Lead Hotline
at 617-989-7888 or visit our
website at www.bwsc.org to
find out if your property has a
private lead service line. The
BWSC also has a private lead
service line replacement program for eligible homeowners. For more information on
reducing lead exposure and
the health effects of lead
you can consult a variety
of sources for additional
information:
• Your family doctor or pediatrician can perform a blood
test for lead and provide you
with information about the
health effects of lead.
• The MWRA (617-242-5323
or www.mwra.com) can provide you with information
about your community’s water supply, and a list of local
laboratories that have been
certified by DEP for testing
water quality.
•
The
Massachusetts
Department of Public Health
at 1-800-532-9571 or the
Boston Public Health Commission (617-534-5966 or
www.bphc.org) can provide
you with information about
the health effects of lead and
how you can have your child’s
blood tested.
• The Environmental Protection Agency (800-426LEAD or www.epa.gov/lead)
or Department of Environmental Protection (617-2925770 or www.mass.gov/dep/
water/drinking/lead01.htm
can provide additional information about lead in drinking water.
Page 15
EXTRA Innings
by Sal Giarratani
Judge OKs Loan
for Texas Rangers
Think
Greece
is
in
trouble? Take a look down in
Texas where a judge approved a multi-million dollar
Major League Baseball loan
to keep the Rangers afloat
during bankruptcy proceeding. Many hope this action
allows the stalled $575 million sale to happen this summer. Matters could be finalized at a July 9 hearing.
“We’re pleased, and (the
court dates) allow us to do
the things important to us,”
said Hall of Fame pitcher
Nolan Ryan, whose group is
the
team’s
prospective
buyer.
Did You Know That ...
1931 and grew up in Alabama amid segregation. His
father taught him to be a
survivor and not to get
caught up in anger. Mays
avoided bitterness and focused on his abilities like
his baseball skills.
In 1950 a few years after
Jackie Robinson broke the
color barrier, Mays signed
with the NY Giants and
joined their minor league
team in Trenton, NJ. He was
the Interstate League’s first
black player and was subjected to racial taunts from
both fans and opposing players. He followed his father’s
advice and ignored the ignorance. His father knew
Willie had great talent and
would get to the majors and
help other black players do
likewise. His father taught
him to endure struggles and
learn from them. His manager Leo Durocher believed
in him too. And Willie was
no quitter. He bounced back
helping the Giants win the
1951 NL pennant and
Rookie of the Year honors
too. Over the next two decades, he did so well, he was
called another Babe Ruth.
Mays said, “My father gave
me that one thing, positive
thinking that allowed me
to look past whatever was
happening. Sure there was
some pain. But if you can
overcome your pain and do
your job, the pain disappears
the next day. That’s where
the positive thinking comes
in.” He never give up when
things were going badly.
Over his long career, Mays
won two NL MVP awards
in 1954 and 1965. He had
a lifetime .302 average including 3,283 hits. He hit
660 homeruns and had
1.903 RBis. He also won 12
Gold Gloves playing the outfield. Whatever he did, he
always tried being the best.
Growing up his baseball
heroes were Joe Di Maggio,
Stan
Musial
and
Ted
Williams. His batting stance
belonged to Joltin’ Joe himself. He played 22 seasons
and always to win.
He finished his career
back in New York with the
Mets where he started off
with the Giants before the
team moved to San Francisco. Mays led the Giants to
three pennants and helped
the Mets win one too in 1973.
His most famous moment
in baseball was the World
Series catch that sparked
the Giants sweep over the
Cleveland Indians in 1954.
It all started in the first
World Series game. The
score was tied 2-2, the
Indians had men on first
and second with no outs
in the 8 th inning. Vic Wertz
stepped up to the plate
and drove the ball deep to
center. Running full speed
with his back to the plate,
he made a stunning overthe-shoulder catch. He
wheeled around and fired a
bullet to second and kept the
runner at first. And he made
a second great catch in the
10 th inning and the Giants
won 5-2 in the bottom of the
tenth. The Indians’ manager AI Lopez called Mays’
8 th inning catch “THE BEST
PLAY ANYBODY EVER MADE
IN BASEBALL.”
Willie
Mays,
himself,
summed up his own career
saying, “In baseball, you
have to be very disciplined
as far as knowing what to do,
how to do it and you have to
prepare.”
Griffey Retires June 2
Ken Griffey Jr., aka “The
Kid” is no longer a big
leaguer. At age 40, he retired from the Seattle Mariners on June 2, ending one
of the weakest careers in
recent baseball history. His
lifetime average was .284
with 630 homeruns and
1,836 RBIs in a 22 year
career spanning three clubs.
This season he was but a
shadow of himself hitting
just .184. Junior was one
of the nicest players to play
the game. No hint of scandal and no hint of drugs. All
his numbers were real and
he was like Willie Mays, a
natural when it came to his
baseball skills.
• Mayor’s Column (Continued from Page 1)
and more to have 10 thou- and recreational activities,
sand teens working this day care, and academic ensummer. We announced richment
programs
—
this week that the Boston across more than 300 workHousing Authority will pro- sites ranging from city devide an additional 100 jobs partments to community
to youth who currently live and faith based organizaat BHA developments. Every tions in the Boston area. The
job gets us closer to our experience gained through
goal and every additional these placements not only
effort is appreciated and exposes them to career opneeded.
tions, but provides them
These programs are not with an enriching experijust about short-term jobs, ence and respect for a job
as they allow teens eco- well done.
nomic independence and
Still, the program is about
keep them busy and learn- more than paying wages and
ing during the summer providing job experience to
months. We have seen that youth. It benefits and supyoung people who are ex- ports the entire community.
posed to the world of work do These young people supply a
better in school, stay in much needed workforce at a
school, graduate and con- time when many commutinue their education after nity organizations have been
high school. The majority of forced to cut back hours and
youth are placed in jobs services. The additional
as counselors, tutors and staffing allows community
mentors in nonprofit organi- programs to expand their
zations that serve younger services throughout the
children — camps, sports summer and continue serv-
ing more young children,
seniors and others.
The recession has affected
us all and made it difficult
for many Americans to find
work, but it has had a
significant impact on youth
jobs. Last summer, only 33%
of U.S. teens found work
compared to 52% who were
employed in 2000. This has
a significant effect on our
lower
income
families,
many of whom rely on the
additional income the teenagers are able to earn in the
summer to assist with
household expenses.
This is an investment we
can’t afford to forsake, even
in a tough economy. Boston
has a long commitment to
summer employment for its
young and we continue to
use every resource available
to find jobs for our youth. We
need to continue to work together and make sure our
young people have this important life experience.
The NY Yankees’ Ironman
Lou Gehrig started something really big as Ed
Sullivan might have said
back in May of 1925. Unbeknownst to the fans at the
ballpark, when he batted for
Pee Wee Wanninger in the
eight inning of that late May
game and replaced Wally
Pipp at first base, he began
his streak of 2,130 consecutive games. He played side
by side with the great Babe
Ruth and is one of the greatest players ever to play the
game.
“Say Hey Kid”
Was One of the Best
Willie Mays was called by
many the greatest baseball
player in history. He entered
the Hall of Fame in 1979 and
was chosen to Major League
Baseball’s All-Century Team
in 1999. Willie Mays born in
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BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, JUNE 11, 2010
CORNER TALK
HOOPS and HOCKEY in the HUB
by Reinaldo Oliveira, Jr.
Local New England Fight Stars Display Their Talent
in Worcester on June 24th then We Give You
“Pride and Power!” on June 26th at Mohegan Sun
24th New England Star Fighters in Worcester DiBella Entertainment Broadway
Boxing is back at Mechanics Hall. Presenting undefeated Super Middleweight Edwin
“La Bomba” Rodriguez 15-0, 11 KO’s of
Worcester. He’s fighting tough veteran
Gabriel Holquin 25-8, 9 KO’s. In the cofeature you get Junior Welterweight Danny
O’Connor 12-0, 3 KO’s of Framingham fights
Shamir Reyes 18-6-2, 7 KO’s. There’s more.
Junior Lightweight Ryan Kielczewski 7-0,
2 KO’s of Quincy demonstrates his talent as
does Heavyweight Rashad Minor at 3-1,
3 KO’s, and Light Heavyweight Isiah
Thomas 6-0, 4 KO record.
26 th Star Fighters, fight and give
you “Pride and
Power!” June 26th
at Mohegan Sun.
You get WBF AllAmericas Heavyweight Champion
Tony “TNT” Grano
17-1-1, 13 KO’s
Tony “TNT” Grano
(Photo by taking on Horace
Reeazon”
Emily Harney) “The
Grant 15-2, 9 KO’s.
All-star boxing, promoted by Classic Entertainment and Sports. Jimmy Burchfield
and CES also has New England and EBA
Super Bantamweight Champion Mike
Oliver. There’s also David Bauza 5-0,
3 KO’s, Rick Dawson and Joe Smith Jr.
Check out Joe Smith
Jr. He’s looking for his
fifth
straight
first
round kayo. Four first
round knockouts in his
first four fights. He
takes care of business.
Then Mike Oliver battles, 35-13-2, 23 KO’s
former IBF, WBA, IBO
and IBA World ChamJoe Smith Jr.
pion Mauricio “India
(Photo
courtesy
Boy” Pastrana. Don’t
of CES Boxing)
forget New York Golden
Glove Champion, Light Heavyweight Joe
Smith Jr., 4-0, 4 KO’s. He’s a banger. Also
displaying his talent is 6-0, 2 KO’s Frankie
Trader of Philadelphia. You’ll get “Plenty of
Bang!” for your buck.
Vincenzo DiGangi owner/publisher of
Boston’s North End Magazine (1999 to 2004)
says “Tony DeMarco is one of the hardest punchers in Welterweight history.”
Stressing that Tony’s one of the hardest
punchers pound for pound in boxing history.
I concur.
Nice communicating with Christine
Lewis. She’s made me aware that Micky
Ward and screen writer Richie Farrell both
will be at the Collins Center in Andover on
June 25 th.
Do you remember September 28, 1976?
How about September 28, 1976 at Yankee
Stadium? Okay. How about this one Heavyweights Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton?
September 28, 1976 was the date when
Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton fought at
Yankee Stadium in New York. That was
sthe last professional fight at Yankee
Rick Dawson
(Photo courtesy of CES Boxing)
Stadium. Many greats
have fought at Yankee Stadium: Joe
Louis when he fought
Max
Schmeling,
Rocky
Marciano,
July
1927,
Jack
Dempsey fought Jack
Sharkey
before
77,283 fans. Naming
a few. Well, on June
5, 2010 Yuri Foreman
and
Miguel
Cotto
meet
and Edwin “La Bomba”
battled at the new Rodrigues 15-0, 11
Yankee
Stadium. KO’s.
Starting history again is great.
“Fight sports.” Aren’t they the greatest.
It’s like going to college. “Fighting your way
to the top.” In boxing you really do “FIGHT!”
your way to the top. I believe that more
individuals should participate in sports.
Especially boxing. Overcoming ones fears.
Risking personal defeat for victory. Facing
adversity. Fighting on despite obstacles.
Think of fighters, who’ve been behind on
scorecards. Fighting back, and achieving
victory. Like, yo Adrian, I did it. Getting
knocked down, “OUCH!” Then getting back
up and winning. There is no acceptance of
defeat. Fighting for victory. Climbing into a
ring is the first part. A gym is part of it. A
real fight is another degree. Climbing a ladder is rewarding. An attempt is rewarding.
Becoming a contender and winning titles
is magnificent. Titles such as: Junior Olympic, AAU, Golden Glove, Diamond Belt, Local, Regional, National, Olympic, World, Military, Collegiate, Amateur, Professional, and
All. Congratulations to all who have attempted and taken at least one step in that
pathway. Remember? In this corner weighing in at ___ lbs., hearing your name
“_____________.” Pat yourself on the back.
That’s an accomplishment.
Little Nostalgia. I’m looking at a Ring 4
Boston Silver Anniversary program dated
April 16, 1972, Bradford Hotel, Boston. They
had an all-star lineup of members and
guests: General Chairman George Martin,
Chaplin Rev. Father Hilary Sullivan,
Dr. G Edward Bradley, Albert “Dapper”
O’Neil, Samuel Harmon, Russ Kelcourse,
Joe Jacobson, World Champions Jack
Sharkey, Johnny Wilson, Sal Bartolo, Lou
Brouillard, Paul Pender, Tony DeMarco.
Dick Honeyboy Finnegan, Red Chapman,
Paul Junior, Honey Melody, Tansey
Norton, Joe Heirty, Fred Rich, Andy
Martin, Eddie Milson, Jimmy “Duke”
McKenna, Charlie Longo, Eddie Erbank,
Manny Aronis, Tom McNeeley, Willard
Buckless, Eddie Daley, Tansey Norton.
Officers were: President Russ Kelcourse,
1 st Vice Johnny Walker, 2 nd Vice Al
MacDonald, recording Secretary Jimmy
Rogers, Treasurer Frank DeKnight,
Finance secretary Jimmy McGinnis,
Sergeant at Arms Tansey Norton, Asst.
Sgt at Arms Barney Snyder, Auditor Fred
Rich, Club Chaplain Jack Beaton, Parliamentarian George H. Martin, Board of
Directors Joe Heirty, Jack Beaton, Charlie
Parker, Eddie Caton. All still remembered
for their great work. “Thank You!”
President Russ Kelcouse states in his
Presidential Message:
I read “Boston Author Wins Gold Medal
for Boxing Book.” Independent Book Publishers Honor Fight Promoter’s Memoir. A
great story on Paige Stover-Hague (She
owns Boston-based independent press and
publishing consultancy serving the needs
of authors, athletes and business professionals seeking to share their story with
the world and former boxing promoter
Hank Schwartz. More to follow on this great
accomplishment.
By the way, Arnold Cream was World
Heavyweight
Champion
Jersey
Joe
Walcott.
by Richard Preiss
So now we know that there
will not be a closeout game
in Boston this year. There
won’t be a wild celebration on
Causeway Street or partying
until dawn.
For if the Celtics are to win
the 2010 NBA Championship
they will have to win at least
one — and possibly two —
games back in Los Angeles.
That scenario became a fact
following the C’s 91-84 loss
to the Lakers in game 3 of
the Finals on June 8 at the
Garden.
By losing game 3 the Green
negated the possibility of winning a second championship
at home with the contemporary Big Three of Paul Pierce,
Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen.
They may still win but if they
do it will be some 3,000 miles
and several time zones removed from home.
And now that the C’s will
have to return to L.A. If they
are to win, the Finals format
of 2-3-2 is being called into
question by some members
of the Fourth Estate.
If you’ve been reading a
good portion of the commentary that’s been published
during the NBA Finals, you’ve
probably noticed that some
media members have voiced
criticism over the format that
deviates from the 2-2-1-1-1
setup of the first three
rounds.
Funny, isn’t it, that two
years ago, when the Celtics
opened with the first two
games at home and later returned for game 6 and a potential game 7 at the Garden
nary a word was offered in
opposition.
But this year, when the
shoe is on the other foot, it’s
different. You see, now that
the Celtics have to return to
L.A. for a game 6 and possibly
a game 7 in order to win —
well, that just isn’t right, according to some.
The feeling by some is that
the team with the better
regular season record earned
the right to host a possible
game 7, not games 6 and 7
and that hosting the final two
contests in a consecutive
manner gives one team an
overwhelming edge. They will
point out that no team needing to win both games 6 and
7 on the road has ever done
so since the present format
was adopted in 1985.
But that doesn’t mean
those games were not competitive — just that the home
team won. A complete demolition — such as the one the
Celtics administered to L.A.
in game 6 of the 2008 Finals
— is unlikely to occur every
year.
In addition, we would remind everyone that this is the
pro game and teams are familiar with playing on the
road. Sure, it’s noisy and the
home fans attempt to create
an atmosphere that will
favor their team. But for
L.A. that only worked in the
first game — and not in the
second.
I mean, is facing an opposing team on the road all that
strange for those playing in
the NBA? Consider that half
of all regular season games
— some 41 in number — are
played on the road. It would
seem that most teams — especially the two that have
made it to the Finals in any
given year — must be pretty
adept at playing away from
their home arena. Otherwise, how were they so successful during the regular
season and how did they
make it all the way to the
NBA Finals?
Also, with the middle three
games in one location it
makes it so much easier and
comfortable. Players get
proper rest, go home at night
or go back to the same hotel
for a few days — not just a
night or two as they did in the
latter stages of the former
2-2-1-1-1 format. Plus it
eliminates a lot of time consuming and tiresome travel.
Imagine if the Celtics and
their media contingent had
to fly all the way to L.A. just
for game 5 then turn around
and fly right back to Boston
for game 6.
So, we say keep the format
the way it is. It must feel good
for media and NBA staffers to
settle into one location for a
week — without having to fly
back and forth for individual
games. Red Auerbach, who
suggested going to 2-3-2 had
it right. Let’s keep it that way.
L.A.-BOSTON — MORE
THAN JUST ONE GAME —
Just like the start of the
Finals, Boston and L.A. split
their 2009-2010 regular
season series 1-1, but there
was a difference since each
game. The arch-rivals have
met 181 times since the
Lakers moved from Minneapolis to the West Coast prior
to the start of the 1960-1961
season.
It may surprise fans in the
modern era. But L.A. actually
trails in those regular season
meetings with the Celtics
holding a 98-83 edge. Even
when you include the time
the Lakers played in Minneapolis, the C’s are still on top,
holding a 152-120 advantage
over the course of 272 games.
The teams only play two
games during the regular
season and the Lakers currently hold a 6-4 edge over
those last 10 contests. So, it’s
easy to see why younger
fans consider L.A. to be the
dominant team. Plus, under
current coach Phil Jackson,
the Lakers have swept the
regular season series five
times while being broomed by
the Green only twice.
The Celtics and the Lakers
are meeting in the Finals for
the 12th time, dating back to
1959 when the Lakers called
Minneapolis their home. The
Celtics possess an overwhelming lead in these
championship series, currently outpacing L.A. 9-2 in
championships decided between the two. The Celtics
won the first eight Finals
matchups against the Lakers, with L.A. being victorious
only in 1985 and 1987.
Who will win this year? As
this is being written, L.A.
holds the upper hand. But
don’t count the Celtics out.