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by Karla rideout

It will probably be beautifulthe 16-storyBerklee dormitory going up at 160 Mass.Avenue. The architectural rm thatdesigned it, William Rawn Associates,

is known for beautiful buildings. The nexttwo years of construction decidedly wont bebeautiful.

Change is hard, and 16 stories full of

student housing is a big change from one storyof primarily neighborhood enterprises. Theprocess of getting to the end is even harder,and we are not even considering here the long-term effects on the neighborhood.

Already, the Fenway has lost many

parking spots, both resident and meter. Metalplates in the street, for work done running newutility lines, jar us awake when trucks run overthem at night. Demolition was fast, but createdlots of unpleasant dust to breathe.

The remaining work is scheduled to bedone as follows, by Lee Kennedy Company,the general contractor: Site and foundationDecember

2011August 2012 Structure and exteriorJuly 2012June 2013 Interior nishFebruary 2013July 2013

Berklee intends to have 350 studentsliving in the building by the sta rt of school inSeptember 2013.

Two-week look-ahead constructionschedules are available at www.berklee.edu/Berklee160 then clicking on Schedule. Inaddition, Berklee has established a project-specic telephone number, 617-747-8060, tohandle calls related to construction disruptionfor neighborhood residents and businesses.After hours, calls will be directed to Berklees24-hour security ofce.

Local residents have expressed manyconcerns. Rodent infestation is a major

concern in the Fenway. Ratsabound in the neighborhood as is,and construction disrupts themeven more. Trafc and parking,already a challenge, will becomeextremely difcult. The noise anddust created by the constructionwill be ongoing annoyances fortwo full years. Even more long-

term is the concern residents haveabout the structural effect thisproject will have on neighboringbuildings, built as they are onland ll (we are called the BackBay and the Fens for goodreasonboth neighborhoods arebuilt on lled-in marshes).

The Fenway News will keepyou updated on constructionissues. If you have any questionsin the meantime, dont forget tocall Berklee at 617.747.8060.

Karla Rideout lives in the

East Fens and was a member of

the Berklee Neighborhood Task

Force.

serving the Fenway, Kenmore square, upper BacK Bay, prudential, longwood area & mission hill since 1974 volume 37, numBer 12 decemBer 1-29, 2011

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Amajor Fenway ood-risk mitigationproject moving toward start-up nextspring will bring three years oftrafc disruptions in the vicinity of

the Landmark Center. The inconvenience willbuy Fenway motorists, pedestrians andcyclists improved trafc ows in thatsame area and needed mitigation of theooding threat the Muddy River posesto low-lying areas from the Riverwayto the Kenmore Square MBTA station.

The rst phase of th is complex,multi-faceted project will set the

stage, at its completion in 2015, for anambitious second phase focused onenvironmental rehabilitation of theMuddy River. The rst phase will beco-nanced by the state, City of Bostonand Town of Brookline, with the federalgovernment picking up two-thirds ofthe projects tab of approximately $90million.

Project Chief Engineer MichaelKeegan, of the Army Corps ofEngineers, and ofcials associated with theMuddy River Flood Risk Management andEnvironmental Restoration Project addresseda well-attended meeting at Wheelock Collegeon Thursday afternoon, November 3. Theyrepeated the presentation that evening.

Keegan led off with a PowerPointdescription of the rst phase of the project. Itwill reorganize Muddy River infrastructurearound Landmark Center and last about threeyears, with civil works scheduled to begin inApril 2012.

Area motorists, pedestrians and cyclistswill experience repeated reorganization oftrafc ows on Brookline Ave. Boylston St.,the Riverway and Park Drive in during therst phase. These trafc shifts have beenchoreographed to facilitate constructionactivities designed to allow daylighting ofthe section of the Muddy River that currentlyruns underground in front of the LandmarkCenter, under Brookline Ave. and beneath thejug handle land that allows left turns fromBrookline Ave. onto Park Drive at Boylston.The work will also daylight a second sectionof the river, now buried upstream from AvenueLouis Pasteur.

Buried six-foot-diameter tubes leadriver waters under these two areas until they

resurface downstream from the jug handle.Flooding over the last several decades hasproven these culverts lack the capacity tohandle peak water ows from a 20-yearood, that is, the largest ood statisticallylikely to occur on the Muddy River over a

given 20-year period.High water in the Muddy River

frequently washes debris down the riverchannel and stacks it up at the intakes of theculverts, impeding ows and impoundingwater that, during major oods such as 1996and 1998, back-ood into nearby low-lyingareas.

A severe ood in 1996 inundated theKenmore Square MBTA station to its ceiling.To avoid a repeat in subsequent oods, theCity of Boston had to sandbag sections ofthe Green Lines Riverside Branch to preventinundation. In each of those events the MBTAhad to move passengers by bus around thesandbagged section of the line. Floodingcosts totaled $100 million, including damagesoccasioned by waters that reached the groundsof several of the colleges located in the r iversood plain, as well as the MBTA.

To eliminate this threat, the project willreplace the three small culverts with a single24-by-10-foot culvert under Brookline Avenue.Project engineers calculate this structure tobe large enough to handle 20-year oods.To install the new large culvert, the projectwill have to excavate a 25-foot trench underBrookline Avenue, a process that will requireongoing trafc management.

The Watertown rm of Vanasse HangenBrustlin (VHB) has been engaged to planand coordinate trafc ows in the Landmarkvicinity to accommodate constructionactivities over the seven distinct stages of therst phase. VHB Project Engineer Michael

Sutton describedthose stages withan animatedPowerPointpresentation,which graphicallysuggestedthat morning

commutersthrough the areawill have to befully caffeinatedand alert asthey navigateperiodicallychanging trafcpatterns. Duringa question-and-answer session,

several people argued for a vigorous publicinformation effort to keep Fenway residentsupdated on changing trafc patterns as wellas on project progress. Keegan indicated thatinformation would be available on severalwebsites, including those of the Army Corps ofEngineers and MASCO (Medical, Academic

and Scientic Community Organization),which helps coordinate trafc ows in theLongwood Medical Area.

Plans calls for the daylighted portionsof the river to be equipped with universallyaccessible paths designed for joint use bypedestrians and cyclists, to be integrated intothe larger Emerald Necklace system of parks.Landscape architect Freder ick Law Olmstedlaid out the revered system of six linked parksin the late 19th century.

The projects second phase will focuson maintaining Olmsteds vision. Beginningin 2015, dredging will take place in parts ofthe Muddy River course between its originat Jamaica Pond and its termination atCharlesgate. The gentle gradient over most ofits length slows Muddy River ows, allowingsuspended solids and efuents to settle ontothe river bed. These natural processes furthermoderate the gradient, degrading water quality

Planners Say Short-Term Pain Will Yield Long-TermGain: Less Flooding, More Life in the Muddy RiverOn The Heels of Cty ConclRce Comes Specl Electonto Fll Stte Sente Set.

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at 160 Mass Avenue. Construction will take about 21months.

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125th Latin-English Thanksgiving Game

Arlene Ash Bob & Osla Case Brian Clague Suzanne Comtois Helen Cox Stan Everett Nikki Flionis Joyce FosterSteve Harnish Cathy Jacobowitz John LaBella Joanne McKenna John ONeil Sheneal Parker Gloria Platt Lauren Dewey Platt

Walter Platt Rosaria Salerno Matti Kniva Spencer Mat Thall Anne Tobin Dee White Margaret Witham Steve Wolf

Your Fenway neighbors agree.

Until a few weeks ago, we didnt know any of the

candidates who will appear on the ballot for the vacant

State Senate seat on December 13. We did know we wanted

the Fenway to be heard in this election. So we

did our homework, reviewed the candidates

records, and reached agreement on someone:

Will Brownsberger, currently serving as a

State Representative from Belmont.

We liked Wills record in the legislature

on a range of issues, but his emphasis on

transparency and openness especially

impressed us. We dont expect that well agree with every

vote he takes. We do think he would serve with honesty and

independence and act as a strong advocate for the interests

of the Fenway and its residents.

Coming just two weeks before Christmas, this

election could set a record for low turnout.

We urge every registered Democrat and

independent in the Fenway to turn out on

Tuesday, December 13, and to vote for Will.

For more information about Wills record and

positions, visit www.MyWillBrownsberger.com

On December 13, were voting forWILL BROWNSBERGER

PAID FOR ENTIRELY BY THE FENWAY RESIDENTS WHOSE NAMES YOU SEE AT THE TOP OF THIS AD.

DEC.13

\The 125th meeting of Boston Latin and Boston English high school football teams

ended in a 50-0 Latin win on Thanksgiving Day at Harvard Stadium.

Photo:Patrickoconnorand impoverishing sh habitat.

To address this problem Boston andBrookline have already excavated capturepits in the river bed just below storm seweroutfalls to trap suspended solids. Maintenancewill require regular emptying of these pits toreduce downstream siltation.

Another aspect of the projects secondphase envisages efforts to suppress the standsof tall, riverside reeds (Phragmites australis),an exotic species accidentally introduced fromEurope some 200 years ago. Project engineersassert that the reeds impede water ow and,according to Mike Nichols, project biologist,they serve little purpose as animal habitat.Wheelock College Life Science ProfessorSara Levine contests this position, based onresearch she has recently conducted with

> muddy river from page 1Wheelock students into the fauna, including anumber of bird species, that inhabit the reeds.

In the question-and-answer periodfollowing the two presentations, Chief ProjectEngineer Keegan took the opportunityto express his appreciation for the activeparticipation of local governments andcivic groups in planning the project. By hisaccount, all participants shared a consensus

that piecemeal efforts would be inadequateto mitigate ood threats and rehabilitate theMuddy Rivers ecology. The project as nowplanned targets a comprehensive solution. Itwill occasion disruptions over the mediumterm, but set the stage for sustainableimprovements.

Jamie Thomson lives in the West Fens.

rk s rOn Oct. 30 at about 6am, two ofcersresponded to a radio ca ll about someone

throwing bottles from the rooftop of 114Hemenway St. They were met by the callerwho stated that things were actually beingthrown from a third-oor window. Theofcers observed several open windows on theoor; at the time the temperature was about35 F, and it had been raining and snowingfor about 18 hours. Ofcers observed on theground a window screen, several broken beerbottles, broken plates and dishes multiple potsand pans, a window fan, and numerous seatcushions from a sofa. They also observed a2011 Audi A5 with New Jersey plates and abroken windshield.

While speaking to the caller, ofcerssaw a man pushing what appeared to be amicrowave oven out one of the windows.Thats him, he threw all this s--- down here,

the caller stated. Ofcers ordered him not todrop the object, and then one of them went to

the front of the building to gain entry. Whenhe pushed the buzzer he got a response: comeon up.

When he got to the right oor he sawthat the apartment door was open, and sawthe suspect who, attempting to conceal thefact that he had been the person holding themicrowave in the window, was wearing a furryhat with tails extending down his back. Thesuspect appeared to be intoxicatedunsteadyon his feet, his words were slurred, and hiseyes were glassy. When the ofcer attemptedto take him into custody, he resisted bystiffening his body and pulling h is arms awayfrom the ofcers grip. After a short struggle,the ofcer was able to handcuff him.

When asked for ID, he stated that itwas in the bedroom. The ofcer entered andobserved a plastic bag containing a greenvegetable matter believed to be marijuana aswell as two glass pipes and a d igital scale.

The suspects roommates, who were in theirrespective bedrooms, came down to the streetand identied the cushions, pots and pans,

broken plates and the fan as all having comefrom their apartment. They began cleaningup, and the ofcers transported the suspect

to District 4 for booking on multiple charges,including wilful and malicious destruction ofproperty over $250 and th rowing an object ona public way. The drugs, the scale, and twopipes were held as evidence.

ij p pb sOn Nov. 10 an ofcer responded to a call atabout 5:15pm about a pedestr ian struck bya tow truck at 137 Peterborough St.. Uponarrival the ofcer spoke with EMTs who werepreparing to transport the victim to Brigham& Womens Hospital for a wrist injury. TheEMTs relayed the victims account of whathad occurred, stating that the tow truck wasbacking up and tapped the victim, knockingher to the ground and causing her to injure her

wrist.The ofcer spoke with the operator of the

tow truck who stated that he was backing up

slowly on Peterborough after missing his tu rn,and did not see the pedestrian because she waswearing a black jacket and dark clothing, and

had stepped out from between two vehiclesinto the roadway, not at a crosswalk. He alsostated that he was unsure if his vehicle hadmade contact with the victim or just star tledher, causing her to fall down. The victim wastransported to the hospital and the driver wasdirected to le an accident report as soon aspossible.

rbb m. a.On Nov. 19 at about 9:45pm, ofcersresponded to a call about a robbery in progressat 171 Mass. Ave. Upon arrival the found awoman who stated that she had stepped out ofthe building to smoke a cigarette when a mancame up, slammed her head into the wall ofthe building and ran off with her smart phone.Ofcers observed swelling and d iscoloration

on her forehead. Ofcers searched the area forthe suspect to no avail.

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the Ipswich Street building, to the New Mission High School acility on Allegheny Street inMission Hill, while New Mission moves into the Hyde Park Building, which it would sharewith another school.

All They Needed WAs Whipped CreAmANdACherry

Wentworth Institute o echnology celebrated a construction milestone on Nov. 18 with

the topping o ceremony or the schools William H. Flanagan Campus Center. In a bid toremake student lie at Wentworth, the project entails a renovation o the 40,000-square-oot existing student center and an 8,500-square-oot addition. Te building will includea tness center, radio station, recreation center, dining hall, bookstore, meditation center,and meeting spaces or clubs, activities, and organizations. Construction began in May,and the school hopes to wrap it up late next summer. Flanagan, or whom the center isnamed, graduated rom Wentworth in 1951.

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Former State Rep. Mel King (who represented the Fenway and South End rom 1973 to1982) and Sarah-Ann Shaw, whom WBZ-V hired as Bostons rst Arican-American Vreporter in 1969, addressed an enthusiastic audience at the United South End Settlementslast month at a ceremony in their honor. Te Boston 400 organized the event as part o itsongoing initiative...to highlight black leadership in Boston and to celebrate the progresso Arican Americans in leadership positions in both business and government. Te eventboasted a star-studded team o moderators, including Ron Bell, a senior advisor to Gov.Deval Patrick; ormer State Rep. Charlotte Golar-Richie, president o YouthBuild USA;ormer WBZ anchor and all-around community heart-throb Liz Walker; and Harvard LawSchool proessor Charles Ogletree.

Newslines compiled by Stephen Brophy

Zoning HearingThe Zoning Commission o the City

o Boston hereby gives notice, in

accordance with Chapter 665 o

the Acts o 1956, as amended, that

a public hearing will be held on

December 14, 2011, at 9:30 AM,

in Room 900, Ninth Floor, Boston

City Hall, in connection with Text

Amendment Application No. 422,

Map Amendment Application No.

603 and a petition or approval o

the Development Plan or Planned

Development Area No. 81, 1282

Boylston Street (PDA Plan), led by

the Boston Redevelopment Authority

on behal o The Abbey Group.

Text Amendment Application No.

422 would amendArticle 66, Fenway

Neighborhood District, with respect

to the Neighborhood Shopping

Subdistrict regulations and Planned

Development Area regulations.

Map Amendment Application No.

603 would amend Map 1Q, Fenway

Neighborhood District, by 1) changing

the existing zoning o several parcels

o land rom NS-1, indicating a

Neighborhood Shopping Subdistrict,

to NS-3, indicating a Neighborhood

Shopping Subdistrict; and 2) adding

the designation D, indicating a

Planned Development Area overlay

district to approximately 1.1 acres o

land bounded generally by Jersey

Street to the west, a public alley to

the north, Boylston Street to the

south and existing buildings to

the east in the Fenway section o

Boston. Said PDA Plan consists o the

construction o up to 337,000 square

eet mixed-use building containing

approximately 210 residential units,

approximately 88,000 square eet ooce space, approximately 15,000

gross square eet o ground foor

retail space and underground parking

or approximately 295 vehicles.

Copies o the petition, the PDA Plan

and a map o the area involved may

be obtained at the oce o the Zon-

ing Commission, Room 953C, Boston

City Hall, between 9 AM and 5 PM any

day except Saturdays, Sundays, and

legal holidays.

FOR THE COMMISSION,

JEFFREY M. HAMPTON, SECRETARY

Te ollowing events take place at thePeterborough Senior Center, located twoblocks rom Boylston between 100 and 108Jersey St. (walk down the alley and look let).For more inormation, call 617-536-7154.

sPeciaL events

Call the Center or special events and theMonday/uesday movie schedule.

recurring

mondays

11am: Films

tuesdays

11 a.m: Exercise with Mahmoud

12 noon:Documentaries

Wednesdays

9:45am: Yoga with Carmen

10noon: Blood pressure check with Joyce

thursdays

11am: Berklee sing-along

Go to SAVETHEBOSTONY.COM, click on COMMUNITY IMPACT, go to

Our Community to learn the history o this fasco, go to HOW TO

HELP, go to Forward Petition to let ofcials know how you eel

about your gym!

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A Boston Redevelopment Authority board vote last month continued the make-over o1282 Boylston Street, long-time site o a McDonalds and more recently a parking lot. TeAbbey Group won approval or a 337,000-square-oot mixed-use project that will includean unusual community benet: a neighborhood center attached that will be programmedlargely by and or Fenway residents. Te center will occupy some o the buildings 15,000

square eet o ground-oor commercial space. Sitting atop that will be 99,000 square eet oofce space, and above that will sit 210 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. AbbeyGroup says the building will meet the requirements or LEED Silver certication, althoughit may not actually be certied. LEED is the most popular standardized program in the USor determining a structures environmental riendliness, and the building will rack uppoints under LEED just or being in the Fenway, with good transit connections, and or itsefcient use o the site.

shoCKiNg TurNof eveNTsAT lANdsdoWNe gArAge

Meredith Management has installed new Boston Red Sockets (get it?) electric vehicle(EV) charging stations at the Lansdowne Parking Garage on Lansdowne Street.Merediththe Newton management and development rm that is building the KenmoreCenter project on Mass urnpike air rights parcel 7installed the chargers as part oChargePoint America, an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act program run bythe US Department o Energy. Meredith will let garage customers use the chargingstations or ree in order to promote use o environmentally-riendly, electric vehicles inMassachusetts. Te Boston Red Sockets will also help the City o Boston reach its climateaction plan goals o reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2020 and 80% by 2050.

missioNhill CheerleAdiNg ChAmps heAdTo floridAWiTh yourhelp

Te cheerleading squad or the Mission Hil l/Fenway Buccaneers Pop Warner YouthLeague, known as Te Lady Buccaneers, will compete in the Pop Warner NationalCheer & Dance Competition on December 5 in Florida. Te girls, who range in agerom 8 to 10, cleaned multiple competing teams clocks last month in the New EnglandRegional Cheer Competition. Te cloud to this silver lining? Te Lady Buccaneers haveto raise approximately $40,000 to pay or their travel, hotel accommodations and ood ithey want to compete at nationals. You can help get them there by sending a donation toMission Hill/Fenway Buccaneer Disney Fund, c/o Citizens Bank, 569 Washington Street,Dorchester, MA 02124.

musiCAl ChAirsAT bps leAves ArTs ACAdemyiNThe feNWAy

Bowing to angry students and parents rom Boston Latin Academy, the marginally less-prestigious cousin to Boston Latin School, Schools Superintendant Carol R. Johnsondropped her plan to move the Latin Academy into shuttered Hyde Park High School. Tatmove would have set o a chain reaction o other school moves, beginning with the Boston

Arts Academy, now on Ipswich Street in the West Fens, which would have taken over theold Latin Academy campus in Roxbury. Instead, according to Te Boston Globe, BostonPublic Schools released a plan late last month to move Fenway High School, which shares

Signing theceremonial lastbeam at Wentworthstopping-o ceremonywere (rom let)student governmentPresident AnetteBalestrand; AlSpagnolo o Spagnolo,Gisness architects;Wentworth President

Zorica Pantic; andom Goemaat,president oShawmut Design &Construction..

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ovember saw celebrations of two peoplewho have, each in her own way, contributedsomething special to the Fenway. Early in the

month on a Sunday evening,dozens of people crowded

into Woodys Pizza on Hemenway Street tocelebrate Helen Coxs 80th birthday. A residentsince 1958 (a phrase she has used in so manypublic meetings that she could copyright it),Helens contributions to the neighborhoodare too many to list in a single issue of thisnewspaper. A good sampling would includeactive involvement in the Fenway CommunityDevelopment Corporation, the Fenway CivicAssociation, the 1970s-era Fenway InteragencyGroup, and The Fenway News.

Rubbing elbows with Helensneighbors was a clutch of elected ofcials, atestament to her long years of involvement in

city and state politics. City Councilors FelixArroyo and AyannaPressley, State Reps.Byron Rushing andMarty Walz, and former State Rep. Mel King all shared in thepizza and cake. Arroyo presented Helen with a citation fromthe City Council, at which point Helen proceeded to share thespotlight by identifying contributions made by communitymembers and organizations in the crowd. She then reminded(or, more accurately, ordered) everyone to vote in the City

Council election being held two days later. Helen deliveredher remarks from atop a chair near the bar, looking a lot morelike a college student than an octogenarian.

Barely a week later, the FenwayCommunity Development Corporation(FCDC) honored Barbara Burnham, itsformer executive director, with a tributeat the Susan Bailis House. The crowdenjoyed a buffet supper (and really en-joyed the dessert bar), drinks and musicbefore a program that felt much morelike a roast than a tribute. People whoknew Barbara before, during, and afterher time in the Fenway (the mid-1990s,before she joined the Local InitiativesSupport Corp., where shes now vicepresident of federal policy) blendedpraise and good-natured mockery inequal measure. Every story seemed to

revolve around Barbaras gift for mixinghard-headed advocacy, a touch of oper-atic drama, absurdity, and above all, laughter. Penina Adel-man, director of the Peterborough Senior Center, described

the tribute as really funny, hysterical at times.Penina also drew a lesson from the evening: It made

me realize that the Fenway is full of people who really docare. True that. Both Barbara and Helenin fact many folksat both eventshave given much to defend and improve thissmall corner of Boston and the people who live here.

Two Nights in November, One Shared Love for the Neighborhood

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from the editor

Helen Cox

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The Joy of the Season Be With YouTo our neighbors and friends:

Happy holidays, and may 2012 bring nothing but light, peace and hope.

NortheasternUniversityOfficeofCityandCommunityAffairs,617-373-5810

to include this building. We believe this is inyour interests as well as ours. Additionally, werequest that Berklee pay for a baseline struc-tural assessment for the FFC.

Pest controL PLans

As neighbors who have experienced pastinfestations as a direct result of construction,we were pleased to read in the CMP thatBerklee has contracted with Boris PestControl. Please forward us a copy of thatcontract for our review.

Parking and safety

The CMP states that carpooling willbe encouraged for hourly constructionworkers. Experience has shown us that this isinsufcient. Without a mechanism to preventworkers from taking up resident parking,they will naturally and inevitably use thosespaces. We note that leased parking is beingprovided for construction managers, and weask Berklee to provide a number of leasedspaces for workers as well. In addition, we

request that Berklee give residents access tocollege parking lots, or reimburse residents forparking, during snow or other emergencies.

We remain keenly concerned about thesafety of the existing crosswalks betweenHaviland and Belvidere Street. Our concern isnot with visual obstruction but with increasedactivity in this a lready chaotic space. We havenoted the presence of a Boston Police Depart-ment ofcer and would like to know the hours,responsibilities and stafng of th is detail.

noise

Abutters are already experiencing seriousdisruption due to noise around the site.Residents of the Carillon have lost sleep dueto the metal plates on Mass Ave. You writethat Berklee is monitoring the noise from the

site; we would like more details on the decibelbaselines and what Berklee would considerunacceptable noise.

retaiL sPace

We are still concerned about the loss of retailappropriate to the surrounding residentialcommunity. The neighborhood should nothave to lose McDonalds and Arirang, two

affordable restaurants, in favor of a newrestaurant with a price point too high forlocal residents. To address this concern, wewould like to see RFPs or other plans that areunderway for the retail on the St. Germainside of the project. We encourage Berklee tolease to independent businesses. If it is tooearly in the construction process for this, werequest that resident input be sought, in atimely manner, when plans for retail space arebeing made.

We would also like conrmation thatlocal residents can use the dining hall, as waspromised in our initial meeting.

We look forward to receiving yourresponse within the week, and we thank youfor your attention.

sinCerely,

John booKston, Conrad CiszeK,niKKi flionis, steve Gallanter, Cathy

JaCoboWitz, Joann e mCKenna, letta

neely, Kyle Piers, K arla rideout,

rosaria salerno, JessiCa sorKin,

eriC tinGdahl, louvere WalKer

Mayors Ofce Celebrates Berkleegbk

to the editor:

On November 30, Mayor Thomas M. Meninocelebrated the groundbreaking on BerkleeCollege of Musics new living and educationfacility. The $100 million project at 160Massachusetts Avenue will create 300 newconstruction jobs and 15 permanent jobs, andadd campus housing for approximately 370

students, freeing up housing i n the Fenway,Back Bay and South End neighborhoods forBoston residents.

Boston is home to 36 institutions of

looming projects will slow the piKeand Fenway streets

> Letters from page 4

higher learning, and more than 148,000students attend those institutions, MayorMenino said. Building new dorms sostudents move out of neighborhoods andinto supervised facilities is important to thequality of life for everyone in this city. Berkleehas been a valuable community partner andIm happy to see the college expanding itsfootprint in Boston.

In the last ten years more than 10,000new student beds have been added atinstitutions citywide, bringing the totalnumber of dormitory beds to 37,111. There arecurrently 947 dorm units under constructionand another 3,293 in the pipeline.

The ground oor of Berklees new16-story facility is designed with oor-to-ceiling windows that will bring life fromwithin the building into the neighborhood.The project also includes 4,500 square feet ofground-oor commercial space, possibly fora restaurant with live music, which will addto existing pedestrian foot trafc a long thecorridor.

The 155,000-square-foot facility willalso include practice and ensemble rooms, a

tness center, student lounges, a two-storydining hall with 400 seats that will be usedas a new venue for student performance,and a 19,000-square-foot below-grade musictechnology center with soundproof studios forrecording and post-production activities.

The building features a modern, mixed-use edice that will create a new vertical corefor the Berklee campus. 160 MassachusettsAvenue is the colleges rst ground-upconstruction project and is the rst phase of amulti-year planned expansion that will includemore student housing, a new performancecenter, and additional administrative andacademic space. More than 4,000 studentsattend Berklee, which occupies more than 20buildings in the area around Boylston Streetand Massachusetts Avenue.

The project architect is William RawnAssociates of Boston. The Rawn rm isresponsible for a number of award-winningperforming-arts and campus buildings,including Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood,the new Cambridge Public Library, andNortheastern University Buildings G and H.

mayors offiCe, City of boston

From left at the groundbreaking for Berklee 160: Lee Kennedy Constructions LeeMichael Kennedy; City Councilor Mike Ross; Berklee President Roger Brown; State Rep.

Marty Walz; Mayor Thomas M. Menino; Rev. John Unni; and architect William Rawn.

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qk cv, y ptb c av dby alison barnet

As I was walking to the Wheelock Family Theatre to see its current production, themusical The Phantom Tollbooth, I had a ashback to h igh school and Mr. Jensen, ourhistory teacher, who worked summers collecting fares in a highway tollbooth. We usedto whiz by h im wavingme in an Edsellaughing merrily. Why on earth would a

teacher have to work in a tollbooth?Well, The Phantom Tollbooth is nothing like that, except for the dr iving not in an Edsel

but in a little red strapped-on plastic sports car. Milo (Jeffrey Sewell, who looks awfully young)is a nerdy boy with no interests. He doesnt care about anything and doesnt want to go out withhis fr iends. For Milo, its always Another bor ing afternoon. (Sewell has an excellent singing

voice, but the mic wire acrosshis cheek makes him lookstrangely disgured). Wherewould I go anyway? he asks.When a phantom tollboothappears on stage, Milopushes the continue buttonand takes a token.

Then the fun begins,all along the theme ofAnything is possibleas long as you think itspossible. Milo picks up awatchdog (Michael Wood)in the Doldrums, the placeyoure bound to land if youdont think and, up to now,Milo isnt thinking. (Tockis more of a clock dog thana watchdoghes got a bigclock on his chestbutwhats an author going todo?) The two enter upona series of hardships andcomplications together. Thecrux of the play is a feud

between two brothers over which is more important: words or numbers. Milo and Tock ndthemselves in Dictionopolis where King Azaz holds forth and then in Digitopolis hearing outhis brother, the Mathemagician. Since these brothers can never agree on anything, its clear thatwhats missing is Rhyme and Reason, so Milo and Tock begin their arduous rescue of the twobanished princesses, Rhyme and Reason.

The Phantom Tollbooth is largely a play on words did I just do it too?and often quirky.Clever bits are played by the Whether Man, the Spelling Bee, the Senses Taker, the Demon ofInsincerity, and, my favorite, the Humbug, who wears a bugs shell on h is back and feelers onhis head and comments that he has family members in import ant positions in our government.That got a few laughs from the audiences adults. Interesting that the royal family is raciallymixed. WFT casts on the basis of talent, not racesomething I always appreciate.

I dont know if it was because I had a cold and wasnt quite up to it, but this per formancedidnt seem as wonderful as the many others Ive seen. Anyone who reads my reviews knowsthat I love the Wheelock Family Theatre. But there seems to be an imbalance in The PhantomTollboothtoo much of Dictionopolis, especially its Word Market where words and par ts ofspeechNouns! Adjectives!are bought and sold with great fanfare on stage and in the a isles.It was fun but too longperhaps a prejudice for words over numbers? Other adventures seemedshort in comparison. All of a sudden, obstacles surmounted and princesses rescued, Milo is

back in his bedroom anxious to go out with his f riends and declaring, Theres so much to do!Subtraction Stew in Digitopoliseat and become empty instead of fullwas my favoritescene, well choreographed and l ively, although it seemed out of character to see glum Milodancing. The acting and singing was great in general, but I thought the set was too drab andfoggy. The tollbooth looked well-worn, having seen its day, and was probably not unlike thetollbooth Mr. Jensen worked in every summer, humming, Another Boring Afternoon.

The musical Phantom Tollbooth (book by Norton Juster and Sheldon Harnick, lyrics by

Sheldon Harnick), ran through Sunday, November 20, at the Wheelock Family Theatre, 200

The Riverway. It marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Justers popular childrens

book, which was originally illustrated by Jules Feiffer, and coincided with the beginning of

WFTs 30th year.

Alison Barnet lives in the South End.

by duKe harten

Kate Finnegan rst met Kaji Asowhen she was a college studentand he a professor responsible forcritiquing a piece of her art. I was

just so struck by him as a person, she says.She decided then that she wasnt going to losetrack of Mr. Aso, and she never did.

Thirty-three years later, Finnegan ispresident and one of six directors of the KajiAso Gallery. Located on St. Stephen Street,the gallery has become a cornerstone of thelocal artistic community. It offers art andpoetry classes, hosts concerts, and puts onpublic exhibitions.

Galleries have a feeling about them. Youmay not feel like I can just drop in there,says Finnegan. Kaji Aso Gallery aims tochange that. The gallerys newest exhibition,

A Spot of Beauty: Boston opened November4 at the Prudential Center and ran through the19th. If you put the art out in a public area,where its accessible to peoplepeople loveart, says Ms. Finnegan.

The gallerys rst public shows wereproducts of the adventurous Kaji Aso, famousfor organizing a series of river tr ips with hisstudents. Sixteen students would kayak downrivers such as the Nile and t he Volga for sixweeks at a time, visiting cities and interactingwith the local cultures.

The art inspired by these expeditionsbegan popping up in Asos exhibitionsrstat Boston City Hall, then t he Boston PublicLibrary. Though the river trips ended in 2002,the gallery continued to look for venues tohouse its work. A friend who worked for the

Bank of Tokyo introduced the gallery to thePrudential Center management in 2003, and arst showing was arranged.

Nine years later, shoppers still enjoyannual exhibitions by Kaji Aso Gallery.This sort of publicity drives members of thecommunity to become more artistically active.

by JoyCe foster

There may not be better cor rective to

the dissonance of modern life than a visitto Jordan Hall when the Handel & HaydenSociety is here to take us back to the soundsof the 18th century. The second concert of theseason for this almost 200-year-old xture ofthe Boston music scene featured Pergolesismagnicent Stabat Mater, performed withperiod instruments under the baton of guestconductor and solo harpsichordist RinaldoAlessandrini, who was making a rare Bostonappearance.

Does it not cause tears to fall? was thequestion inspired by an early performance ofthe Stabat Mater, and the poignancy of thesorrowing virgin captured by t he passionatemusic was nearly palpable during H&Hsreading of the work. The liturgical, but almostoperatic work is divided into 20 verses with

soprano Liesbeth Devos and mezzo-sopranoEmily Righter alternating between arias and

duets. This was music and narrative movinglyjoined in a powerful expression of grief andhope, deepened in the duets by Righters lushnear-contralto.

Earlier, the Bach Harpsichord ConcertoNo. 3 in D major was given a spirited readingby harpsichordist Alessandrini, whose reputa-tion as an innovative interpreter of baroquemusic preceded him. The Concerto Grosso inE Minor of Geminiani opened the program,followed by the Salve Regina, another Per-golesi work, sung by Liesbeth Devos.

The Handel & Hayden Society willreturn with th ree performances of Handels

Messiah, at Symphony Hall on FridayDecember 2 at 7:30pm, Saturday, December 3at 3pm and Sunday December 4 at 3pm.

Joyce Foster lives in the East Fens.

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They may sign up for art classes or attend

concerts.On display at the gallery right now is a

compilation of landscape paintings done byboth students and instructors. The paintingsare refreshed each month, and one can neverbe sure whether to expect Japanese calligraphyor idyllic pastoral scenes. [Mr. Aso] alwaystried to bring into America parts of Japaneseculture that have universal value, thatanyone could appreciate or understand, saysFinnegan.

Classes are offered in blocks of 8 or16 weeks, and include painting, drawing,calligraphy, ceramics, and poetry. The galleryalso houses private piano instruction and vocalcoaching, and once a month the 35-personconcert space hosts local musicians.

Says Finnegan of the concer ts, Were

approached a lot by students or musicians whoalready have established groups, who want toplay in this space. The synthesis of music andart is doubly benecial for concert goers: theaudiophiles get to experience the art and theartists enjoy the concerts.

The passion Aso brought to his gallerycontinues on in his students. The currentexhibition was assembled by 30 volunteersstudents, faculty, and friends of the gallery.They might not have art be the main focusof their life, says Finnegan. But whether it isa hobby or a passion, art brings these peopletogether.

Finnegan explains what differentiatesKaji Aso from more typical galleries: Lotsof times in the a rt world it can be competitive.Thats something I think people picked up

from Mr. Aso right awayhe really believedthat if youre making the most sincere effort,youre really going to be unique. Thisphilosophy translates into a real feeling ofcommunity among the students and volunteersthat constitute Kaji Aso Gallery.

Duke Harten is a student at Northeastern

University.

Pursuing Founders Vision, Kaji AsoWelcomes a Broad Range of Arts, Artists

Jeffrey Sewell as Milo and Michael Wood as Tock in

Wheelock Family Theaters recently completed productionoft P t.

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Moving Concert Showcases H&H Artistry

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I sat in the upper level by the bar andquickly realized what wasdeceiving about a name l ikeSweet Carolines for anyonewho has spent more then veminutes in Boston: its not a sportsbar. While televisions and a craftbeer selection in the spacious

bar area will smar tly accommodate herds

of pre-and-post-game visitors in the warmermonths, this restaurant is not your average Soxhaunt. This was made all the more apparentby the quick arrival of my appetizerhotitems like buffalo chicken Rangoon and Phil lycheese steak egg rolls with house-made spicyketchup made for a promising rest of the meal,especially accompanied by a craft pumpkin ale.For good measure, I also tried the beefsteaktomato salad with buffalo mozzarella andavocado. I order about one salad off a menuin a given year, and this one made it worth thewait. Try it.

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by raChel dbella

Lets face it. If any section of the cityis worthy of more of our attention inthe bitter winter months, it is that ofFenway Park. A lthough some of the

faithful will still risk frostbite and madnessto reach late-night bowlingdestinations or long lines atMachine, this series of city blocksis, for many, to be put away in ourminds until spring training, whendroves of sports bars can opentheir doors and windows to themasses again. But should you choose to forget

this area until daylight savings time returns,youll be missing out. I realized his whiletalking about the new space and surprisingfare at Sweet Carolines with co-owners SashaNisenbaum and Rich Gehrlein.

There is something about the trek fromKenmore through the hibernating storefrontsof Fenway Parks perimeter that makes theoff season seem colder than it probablyis. So when I arrived at Sweet Carolinesone chilly evening last week, the interior ofthis newly renovated space was all the moreinviting. The bars in each of the two levels ofthe restaurant boast re-purposed and originaloak from the buildings construction, andcompliment the modern, sleek, but altogethercasual atmosphere that these co-owners soughtwhen overhauling this space. The focal point

to skip to the best part of the meal. The steaktips, grilled to medium, were tender andjuicy while perfectly charred, thanks to thekitchens zesty mar inade. The steak tips a reserved with a choice of two sides. After havingseen the desser t choices, however, I admit thatthe standard seasonal vegetables and potatoserved on my plate were just a barrier betweenme and the crme brul. And besides, I ate thesalad.

And so I reached the pinnacle of myexperience at Sweet Carolines. The guilt-inducing dishes I was brought for dessertensured a second (and third) trip to this

Fenway dining haven in winter. Crme brulaccompanied by sweet and tangy mango-raspberry drizzle was seconded only to whatI will deem the house specialty: vanilla beanice cream puff sandwiches alongside scoopsof crme Chantilly. I ate it all, and if thatswrong, I dont want to be r ight.

Go to see the green monster. Stay to trythe food. And be sure to go back again whenthe preseason begins, when the weather iswarm, and when Sweet Carolines can open itspatio seating to diners who prefer to take theirindulgences al fresco.

Sweet Carolines is located at 1260Boylston Street. Check them out at http://sweetcarolinesboston.com/.

Rachel diBella lives in Jamaica Plain, but

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by barbara brooKs simons

As the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum moves into the nal stages of

its construction and preservation projects, the museum will be closed during

December and part of January. The historic Palace on The Fenway closed on

November 15

and will reopenon January 19,

2012. During the

closure, museum

staff will move

some amenities

into the new

wing and

prepare special

exhibitions.

The new

wing, designed

by prize-winning

architect Renzo

Piano, will house the cafe and shop, a new performance hall, a special exhibition

space, and other features. Speaking about the new concert hall, the architect said,

As soon as you get in that space, its about music, but its something magical as

well.

A glass corridor set in a grove of trees will connect the new building with thePalace. While the new wing and outside features have been under construction, the

Gardner has also renovated and restored the historic galleries. The Tapestry Room,

formerly home to concerts, has been carefully restored to its original use, with

upgraded lighting.

We are fortunate to have remained open for the majority of the construction

schedule with the least amount of impact on the public during this period, said

Anne Hawley, Norma Jean Calderwood Director of the museum. We now need this

time to put the important nishing touches on the spaces and to prepare for our

opening celebrations in January. We look forward to the unveiling of the new wing

and refreshed Palace galleries and welcoming the public back to the Gardner.

Barbara Brooks Simons lives in the East Fens.

gardner taKes a winter holiday

by stePhen broPhy

One of the many benets of living inthe Fenway is the quality of theateravailable in the neighborhoodor close by. This past month I

attended two excellent plays Captors at theB.U. Theatre on Huntington Ave. andAint

Misbehavin at the Lyric Stage on Clarendon

St. One is a meditation on human contact withevil, and the other is a celebration of living,loving and music. Both left me feeling mind-stretched by the writing and sense-moved bythe staging and performances.

In Captors, playwright Evan M. Wieneruses a memoir by Peter Z. Malkin and Harry

Stein about the capture by Israeli agents ofAdolph Eichmann in Argentina in 1960.

The play opens with a brief evocation of thisevent and then gets down to the business ofexamining its impact on the captured, thecaptors, and the journalist who helps one of

the captors reduce his memories to writingseveral decades later. This last character,with his named changed from Stein to Cohn,becomes the narrator of the action and anagging conscience in search of the truth.

The central protagonist-antagonistrelationship is well rendered by LouisCancelmi as Malkin and Michael Cristofer

as Eichmann. All of the action takes place onone set, evocatively representing the interiorof a safe house in which the three men whohold the former Nazi leader try to persuadehim to agree to stand trial in Israel. The initialcapture is represented dimly behind a scrimthat also stands in for a wall of the house. On

the right side of the stage sits a tableat which the journalist works; on theleft another table around which theIsraeli agents work out their tactics. Inthe center is a raised dais on which abed and a chair create all the stagingneeded to represent an informal prison.

Malkin is not at rst the characterwho is charged with negotiating withEichmannin fact he is ordered notto talk to him during his stints of

guard duty. Nevertheless a relationshipdevelops, which both moves the actionof the play forward and creates theground in which the plays themesare explored. The collaborationbetween Malkin and Cohn (playedby Daniel Eric Gold) eerily mirrorsthis central relationship and echoesthe themes in ways that draw out theircomplexity without creating confusion.Christopher Burns and Ariel Sharplay the other two captors, andconvincingly work out the tensions thatmust exist in such a group.

As I went into this play Imentioned to my companion thatnarratives involving Nazis are about

my least favorite form of entertainment. But

two hours later I was reminded again of theimportance of contemplating the humancapacity for evil, particularly when the evil-doer is not rendered as a caricatured monster.The play runs through Dec. 11; you shouldgive it some attention.

Afew days later I trooped into avery different theater space in theYWCA on Clarendon Street fora Sunday matinee and came out

with renewed appreciation for the early-20th-century artists who created a unique Americanart formjazzand most particularly for Fats

Waller. This play consists entirely of his songs,and feels more like a cabaret performance.The three women and two men of the castoccupy some sort of club and its dressingrooms, and move from song to song in waysthat dont create a narrative so much as theyevoke a way of lifethe Harlem Renaissanceof the post-WWI years.

Calvin Braxton has the central role ofThomas Fats Waller, and completely charmsthe audience with the grace of a heavysetman who can seem lighter than air. LovelyHoffman, Robin Long, and Lori Tisheld playthe women who give meaning to the lives ofWaller and the other man, played by DavronS. Monroe. As they move through the various

moods of the tunes from The Reefer Songthrough Taint Nobodys Bizness If I Dothrough Jitterbug Waltz to Keepin Outof Mischief Now these ve actors show ushow much life is wrapped up in performance,mostly by the quality of they ways they delivertheir numbers. This play runs through Dec.17give yourself an early holiday present.

Captors at the BU Theatre, 264Huntington Ave., runs through Dec. 11.

For information and tickets, visit www.

huntingtontheatre.org/ Aint Misbehavin at

the Lyric Theatre, 140 Clarendon St., runs

through Dec. 18. For information and tickets

visit www.lyricstage.com/

Thomas Fats Waller in 1938.

Photo:Libraryofcongress

Two Very Dierent Plays, One Very Good Neighborhood for Theatre

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sat, dec 3: Fenway Garden Society annualmeeting, 10am-12pm Fenway Health, 1340Boylston St. Light rereshments.

sat, dec 3:muddy river cLeanuP sponsoredby Emerald Necklace Conservancy.Join other volunteers along the MuddyRiver rom 10am-1pm o RSVP or ormeeting site, email projectassistant@emeraldnecklace.org or ca ll 617-522-2700.

sat, dec 3:Putting the rose garden to bed

Help put the Kelleher Rose Garden to bedor the season. 10am-1pm Meet at gardenalong Park Drive side o the Fens. For moreino and to RSVP, email projectassisdtant@emeraldnecklace.org or ca ll 617-522-2700.

Wed, dec 7: Fenway liaison or MayorsOfce o Neighborhood Services, WilliamOnuoha, holds ofce hours, 3:30-5:30pmYMCA, 316 Huntington Ave. Bringconcerns about city services.

Wed, dec 7: Holiday tree lighting sponsoredby City o Boston and Fenway Civic Assoc.with caroling and hot cider, 6:30pm Nearentrance to the Kelleher Rose Garden alongPark Drive side o the Fens.

Wed, dec 7: Ward 5 Democratic Committee,special meeting to endorse candidates or

the State Senate race (Sen. olmans recentlyvacated seat). 7pm LIR Restaurant, 903Boylston St.

mon, dec 12: LMA Forum. 6:30-8pm Forlocation or to veriy i meeting will be held,email Laura at logerty@masco.harvard.edu.

tue, dec 13: sPeciaL state senate eLection toll Senator Steve olmans seat. 7am-8pmFor more ino, call City o Boston ElectionDept at: 617-635-3767.

tue, dec 13: City Council RedistrictingCoalition meeting, 6-8pm, Grove HallCommunity Center, 51 Geneva Ave.

Wed, dec 14: Burbank Apts Protest & raLLy,noon, 151 remont St, (ofces o William& Robert Kargman, owners o Burbank

Apts). 1:15pm march to Edward BrookeCourthouse in Government Center or 2pmhearing in Boston Housing Court. For moreino, contact: Sarah Horsley at (617) 2674637 x19 or shorsley@enwaycdc.org

thu, dec 15: Congressman MichaelCapuanos liaison holds ofce hours: 1-2pm.Fenway Health, 1340 Boylston St. Questions& concerns about national issues and/orlegislation are welcome.

thurs., dec 15: Annual holiday party byMass Alliance o HUD enants 6-8pmMusic by Helena Ruen, Michael Kane andBrian Clague (Fenway resident). Deliciousood. ickets $25. Susan Bailis AssistedLiving Ctr., 352 Mass Ave. (next to Mass AveOrange Line stop. For more ino, tickets, orto RSVP, call 617-267-2949.

sat, dec 17: Boston Prime imers, a supportnetwork o gay and bisexual me meets at theuniversally accessible USES Harriet ubmanHouse, 566 Columbus Ave. (corner o MassAve). Rrereshments at 2:30pm, program at3:30pm, socializing till 5:30pm $2 donationat door. Visit www.bostonprimetimers.org,email bostonprimetimers@uses.org or call:617-447-2344.

tue, dec 20: Audubon Circle NeighborhoodAssoc Board meeting, 6:30-8:30pm HarvardVanguard, 131 Brookline Ave., Annex Bldg.,Room 3D. For more ino, call 617-262-0657.

Wed, dec 21: FFenway liaison or MayorsOfce o Neighborhood Services, WilliamOnuoha, holds ofce hours, 3:30-5:30pmYMCA, 316 Huntington Ave. Bringconcerns about city services.

Wed, dec 21: West Fens Community/Policemeeting, 5pm Landmark Center (401 ParkDrive), 2nd , District 4 Police substation(next to security desk).

For upcoming BRA meetings and hearings,check www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org/calendar/calendar.asp

through Weds, dec 7: MassArt presentsthe work o 20 aculty members (newlyhired or back rom sabbatical) in Selections11, with works that include installations,photography, wood and glass sculpture,paintings, and synesthetic experiments.

South Building, rst oor. Mon-Sat,noon to 6pm; Weds to 8pm. FREE.

fri, dec 2 through fri, dec 16: BUs Collegeo Fine Arts presents the works o YelimaneFall inArican Calligraphy in Action. Fall,

a Senegalese painter and activist, uses the28 letters o the Arabic alphabet and variedcalligraphic styles to create paintings lledwith graceul letters and sinuous orms.ue-Fri, 11am-5pm; Sat-Sun, 1pm-5pm.Second oor, George Sherman Union, 775Comm Ave. More ino at.b.d/f/

vl-/ll/m/or617-358-0295. FREE.

sat, dec 3: Missing your old book store?Get ready to shop! Te annual holidaybook sale at the Boston Public Librarytakes place today rom 10am-4pm inthe McKim Building (Dartmouth Streetentrance) in Copley Square. Git-qualityand general merchandise books or all agesand interests. Most hardcovers $2, mostpaperbacks $1. Also records, tapes, CDs,

DVDs and audio books. Sponsored by theCitywide Friends o the BPL, all proceedsbenet the BPL and its 26 branches. Forurther inormation call 617 859-2341.

dec 3-4, 10-11, 17-18:Te Velveteen Rabbitreturns to the Boston Childrens Teatreor six perormances spread over threeweekends. At the Roberts Teatre, BostonCenter or the Arts, 539 remont St. ickets$25; visit.bld.or details.

dec 3-18:Te Urban Nutcracker, a Bostonholiday tradition eaturing the proessionalBalletRox dance company and over 80local children, moves to Wheelock FamilyTreatre this year. TisNutcrackerollowsthe story line o E.F. Homans original

19th-century airy tale but takes place incontemporary Boston and uses seasonaltradition with contemporary innovation.Ballet, swing, hip hop, and tap will interpretmusic rom chaikovsky to Ellington.Visit.lkfml.ordetails and tickets. $25-$50.

Wed, dec 7-fri, dec 9: Shakespeare knewthat his ans craved a splash or two ohuman blood. In What a Rash and BloodyDeed is Tis!BUs Shakespeare Projectuses his depictions o murder, mayhem,war, and cruelty to pose questions aboutour own attitudes toward violence. Wed-Tu, 7:30pm; Fri, 8pm. At TeatreLab,

855 Comm Ave. More ino at www.bu.edu/ca/or 617-353-3390. FREE.

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thu, dec 8: Te Boston Conservatory WindEnsemble, Eric Hewitt conductor, presentsa ree concert at 8 p.m. at Te BostonConservatory Teater, 31 Hemenway St.Te perormance oers a mostly Schullerprogram, in celebration o GuntherSchullers 86th birthday and eatures soloistJonathan Cohler. For information call the

conservatory event line at 617-912-9240. FREE

thu-sun, dec 8-11: Now in its 31st year,the Museum School art sale is the largestcontemporary art sale in New England.Discover works rom the newest students

to acclaimed alumni, including JedediahCaesar, Ellsworth Kelly, the Starn wins,Rachel Perry Welty, and many more.Opening reception on Dec 8, 5-8pm; salecontinues through the weekend, 10am-8pm.

Call 617-369-3204 or visit.mf.d/l or more details. FREE

sun, dec 11; fri-sat, dec 16-17; mon, dec

19: Boston Gay Mens Chorus presentsTis Shining Night, a holiday concert thatcorrals African and Jewish traditions,traditional English carols, and even a VChristmas song or two. Tis polished group,celebrating its 30th anniversary, invariablyputs on a terric show. At Jordan Hall: Sunat 3pm; Fri, Sat, Mon at 8pm. Purchasetickets at p://bm..f.m/k. More inormation at.bm.

/dx.pp/.

Wed, dec 13: Te Boston EnvironmentalHistory series continues with aconsideration o the impact o MIengineer Maria elkes, a proponent oalternative energy long beore the term waseven coined. elkes designed a complex

system that relied entirely on solar energyto heat a house built in Dover in 1948.Harvard historian Daniel Barber examinesher subsequent eorts to promote the use osolar power and considers parallels between

the late 1940s and the politics o energytoday. 5:15 pm at Mass Historical Society,1054 Boylston. For details, visit .

m./v/m_f.fm?viD=708 FREE

thu dec 8-sat dec 17: InPriscilla Dreamsthe Answer, aliens bring the protagoniststartling news: the ate o two planetsrides on her shoulders. A whimsicaland melancholic look at some bigevencosmicquestions. Factory Teater (in thePiano Factory), 791 remont St. Tu-Satat 8pm; Sun, Dec 11 at 3pm. ickets $16.More inormation at 866-811-4111 or .f./?p_d=1528.

sat, dec 10: Looking or an unsentimentalcorrective or holiday smarm? ryA John

Waters Christmas, a one-man holidayshow rom the director oPink FlamingosandHairspray. Berklee PerormanceCenter predicts that Waters will enthrall(or possibly appall) his audience with arapid-re monologue [that] explores andexplodes traditional archetypes as he shareshis compulsive desire to give and receiveperverted gits, a religious anaticism orSanta Claus, and an unhealthy love o true-crime holiday horror stories. 8pm, reservedseating. ickets $25-$45 ($60 seats alreadysold out) via.bklbp.m/ or romthe box ofce at 136 Mass Ave, M-S, 10am-6pm. Inormation at 617-747-2261.

thu, dec 15 and sun, dec 18: Americanconductor Steven Fox makes his Handel& Haydn Society debut in a holiday

exploration o works rom around theworld. Visit w.dldd.//2011-2012/-b-m

for information, tickets. At Jordan Hall, 30Gainsborough St. $20-$78

fri, dec 16: Te powerul voices o NewEngland Conservatorys MillenniumGospel Choir return to the Museum o

Fine Arts or the choirs popular holidayconcert. 8pm, Remis Auditorium at theMFA. ickets $20 (members, seniors,students) and $25. Visit .mf./pm/m/-mllm-pl- or call 1-800-440-6975 or ticketsand inormation.

fri, dec 16 & sat, dec 17: Fizzy isntthe right word or martinis, but it ftsPink Martinis arch and eclectic mix omusical inuencesrom cabaret to Latinto movie soundtracks. Working o oits popular album,Joy to the World, thePortland, OR-based band presents a multi-denominational holiday program. Guestsinger Storm Large lls in or convalescinglead singer China Forbes, but advance word

suggests she complements Pink Martinissound nicely. 8pm, Berklee PerormanceCenter, 136 Mass Ave. ickets $30-$65 via.bklbp.m/ or rom the boxofce at 136 Mass Ave, M-S, 10am-6pm.Inormation at 617-747-2261.

fri, dec 23: Rock the Bells! beneft. SigmaGamma Rho Sorority brings our diversemusical acts to Church or its annualbeneft in support o groups devoted tostrengthening amilies in low-incomeBoston neighborhoods. ashawn King,Members Only, Elevation Teory, andDJ Reggie Beas will perform, startingat 8:30. $20 in advance/$25 day othe show. A 21+ show; ID required.Church, 69 Kilmarnock Street. Moreino at.fb.m/lb.

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