$.35 A COPY VOL. 121 - NO. 30 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JULY 28, 2017 (Continued on Page 13) If I Were Sessions, I Would ... I liked President Trump’s selection of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions for U.S. Attorney General and was glad to see how he handled those resistant Democrats at his Senate Confirmation hearing, who seemed to be trying to fit him for a KKK robe and hood. However, what President Trump did last week at that sit-down with the NY Times was pretty bad. He slammed Sessions badly for recusing himself from anything to do with the Russia investigation. Trump thinks he was done wrong by him. Personally, I don’t think he had a choice. Sessions is a man of high ethics. President Trump shouldn’t have taken anything Sessions did as a body punch to the Oval Office. If I were Sessions, I would feel the president no longer has my back. I would have resigned and moved on with my life. Trump, as usual, shoots from the hip Celebrating Our Anniversary! As we celebrate our anniversary, we would like to thank our advertisers and subscribers for their loyalty throughout the years. We couldn’t have come this far without you! Pamela C. Donnaruma Publisher - 1990 to Present Phyllis F. Donnaruma Publisher - 1971 to 1990 James V. Donnaruma - Founder Publisher - 1896 to 1953 Caesar L. Donnaruma Publisher - 1953 to 1971 News Briefs by Sal Giarratani 122 Years of Continuous Publication One hundred and twenty-two years ago, an Italian immigrant who arrived in Boston when he was only 16 years old saw the realization of his fondest dreams, the establishment of an Italian language newspaper that would be the genuine voice of the increasing flow of Italians to the United States. The boy was James V. Donnaruma, and the newspaper was LA GAZZETTA DEL MASSACHUSETTS which is now published in English as the POST-GAZETTE. He remained at the helm of this well-known publication un- til his demise in 1953, at which time his son, Caesar, took over the reins of running the now famous national weekly news- paper located in the North End of Boston. Caesar was loyally assisted by his ingenious wife, Phyllis, who assumed the role of publisher in 1971, becoming one the nation’s first Italian- American women publishers. Upon Phyllis’ death in October 1990, their daughter, Pamela, continued the tradition as the third generation publisher of the POST-GAZETTE. LA GAZZETTA, as it was prop- erly called, was very short on financial means but had a large vision, to give its readers a bet- ter and wider understanding between two countries. The so-called Italian Colony, or “La Colonia,” had to face a vari- ety of complex problems and LA GAZZETTA had to understand the slow and difficult transition of men who, in most cases, had been engaged in agriculture in their home country. 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It would be impossible to enumer- ate here the many initiatives taken by our publication, from its inception as “LA GAZZETTA” to its present-day format as the “POST-GAZETTE,” in its 122 years of uninterrupted publica- tion. We have never missed an issue, even when the going was very hard. The moral reward, over the years of hard work, came in many ways when American The Society of San Rocco held their annual procession through the streets of Boston’s North End on Sunday July 16, 2017. Traditional music was played by the Roma Band and Northeast Italian Band. Saint Rocco was born into an aristocratic French family. He turned away from his worldly inheritance and status, giving all of his possessions to the poor and the sick. He traveled plague- stricken Europe caring for the sick and, ultimately, through the grace of God, miraculously curing those he encountered. Saint Rocco escaped death from starvation and plague by eating food brought to him by a dog. San Nicola Baronia, a small town in Italy, adopted this Holy Man as their patron saint. Immigrants from this town es- tablished a Society dedicated to his works in Boston, MA. in 1921. The Society of San Rocco of San Nicola Baronia annually celebrates a festival in his honor and strives throughout the year to perform charitable works. 2017 Procession of San Rocco in Boston’s North End by Matt Conti (Continued on Page 10) (Additional Photos on Page 5) THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQ., EAST BOSTON Tues. 10:00 AM-3:00 PM • Thurs. 11:00 AM-2:00 PM Call 617-227-8929 for more information
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If I Were Sessions, I Would ...I liked President Trump’s selection of U.S. Sen. Jeff
Sessions for U.S. Attorney General and was glad to see how he handled those resistant Democrats at his Senate Confi rmation hearing, who seemed to be trying to fi t him for a KKK robe and hood.
However, what President Trump did last week at that sit-down with the NY Times was pretty bad. He slammed Sessions badly for recusing himself from anything to do with the Russia investigation. Trump thinks he was done wrong by him. Personally, I don’t think he had a choice. Sessions is a man of high ethics. President Trump shouldn’t have taken anything Sessions did as a body punch to the Oval Offi ce.
If I were Sessions, I would feel the president no longer has my back. I would have resigned and moved on with my life. Trump, as usual, shoots from the hip
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Pamela C. DonnarumaPublisher - 1990 to Present
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News Briefsby Sal Giarratani
122 Years of Continuous PublicationOne hundred and twenty-two
years ago, an Italian immigrant who arrived in Boston when he was only 16 years old saw the realization of his fondest dreams, the establishment of an Italian language newspaper that would be the genuine voice of the increasing fl ow of Italians to the United States. The boy was James V. Donnaruma, and the newspaper was LA GAZZETTA DEL MASSACHUSETTS which is now published in English as the POST-GAZETTE.
He remained at the helm of this well-known publication un-til his demise in 1953, at which time his son, Caesar, took over the reins of running the now famous national weekly news-paper located in the North End of Boston. Caesar was loyally assisted by his ingenious wife, Phyllis, who assumed the role of publisher in 1971, becoming one the nation’s fi rst Italian-American women publishers. Upon Phyllis’ death in October 1990, their daughter, Pamela, continued the tradition as the third generation publisher of the POST-GAZETTE.
LA GAZZETTA, as it was prop-erly called, was very short on fi nancial means but had a large vision, to give its readers a bet-ter and wider understanding between two countries. The so-called Italian Colony, or
“La Colonia,” had to face a vari-ety of complex problems and LA GAZZETTA had to understand the slow and diffi cult transition of men who, in most cases, had been engaged in agriculture in their home country. Here, they had to work in construction, factories and restaurants, even-tually becoming small business owners, and fi nally profession-als, heads of business enter-prises, industrial leaders, even heads of state — people to be respected by others.
If America was to some a bit-ter disappointment, to more it remained a great adventure filled with excitement. There were new ways to be learned as well as new institutions. There were speculators and exploiters to be fought, and a “padrone” system that needed to be de-stroyed. There were churches to be built and, above all, educa-tion to be had. Immigrants took great advantage of America’s free education while learning the process of citizenship. We devoted pages and pages to that very important mission!
LA GAZZETTA became a guide, so to speak, the go-between that brought American political life to the Italian immigrant. Many times, our people were sent unknowingly to work in places subject to a strike and were therefore exposed to physical vi-
olence on the part of strikers ... in time, the situation changed as they learned more about the new land of opportunity.
The Italian immigrant was a hard worker, a thrifty man, a family man. He had pride. As a family, their goal was to build a future in America. LA GAZZETTA stressed these vir-tues. We began to publish an all-English section which be-came a real forum for discuss-ing many problems, and criticiz-ing discriminating laws while advocating Americanization and responding to community needs such as the Red Cross appeals.
A typical Horatio Alger story could be repeated by thousands of immigrants and their Ameri-can-born children who became an integral part of this great country, fi ghting in its wars and facing every national crisis. It would be impossible to enumer-ate here the many initiatives taken by our publication, from its inception as “LA GAZZETTA” to its present-day format as the “POST-GAZETTE,” in its 122 years of uninterrupted publica-tion. We have never missed an issue, even when the going was very hard.
The moral reward, over the years of hard work, came in many ways when American
The Society of San Rocco held their annual procession through the streets of Boston’s North End on Sunday July 16, 2017. Traditional music was played by the Roma Band and Northeast Italian Band.Saint Rocco was born into an aristocratic French family. He turned away from his worldly inheritance and status, giving all of his possessions to the poor and the sick. He traveled plague- stricken Europe caring for the sick and, ultimately, through the grace of God, miraculously curing those he encountered. Saint Rocco escaped death from starvation and plague by eating food brought to him by a dog.San Nicola Baronia, a small town in Italy, adopted this Holy Man as their patron saint. Immigrants from this town es-tablished a Society dedicated to his works in Boston, MA. in 1921. The Society of San Rocco of San Nicola Baronia annually celebrates a festival in his honor and strives throughout the year to perform charitable works.
2017 Procession of San Roccoin Boston’s North End
by Matt Conti
(Continued on Page 10)
(Additional Photoson Page 5)
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It is beginning to look and sound a lot like 1974. With national events taking shape amidst a collective clamoring to impeach another president and an air of uncertainty, I feel a familiar tug towards that summer of my youth that brought down an unre-pentant Republican president who believed he was above the law.
The Vietnam War raged on even as its own collapse appeared imminent. The end would not happen for another nine months. Forty-three years seems a far off fuzzy memory of national citizen unrest, gasoline embargo, anxiousness over declining manufactur-ing jobs, war, and a host of other human rights injustices worldwide.
I reluctantly share my thoughts and emotions four decades later because my generation lived with the specter of the Vietnam War so long that each succeeding war offering American troops brings heavy sighs. President Richard M. Nixon presided over its extension even as he held the power to leave a hell 7,000 miles from U.S. shores.
Today, the echoes of yet another war sting. President Donald J. Trump tosses threats to nations at war with themselves. And, like Nixon in 1974, he daily confronts ongoing investigations into his ap-parent murky role with Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with staff having some connection to Putin’s high-ranking underlings.
Have our presidential candidates not learned the awful lessons and hard truths about the dark-secret involvements that place our great nation in peril? Are Trump and his staff, some not born to know anything about Vietnam or Watergate, unaware of the damaging effects wrought by those historic events? Questions are endless. Answers we citizens may never receive. More lies have been spoken than truths.
A question often heard when one joins active duty status of America’s military is: “Do you have a need to know?” Well, America’s citizens possess a need and the right to know exactly what is daily churning in the Congress, as well as inside the White House.
I am weary of the attitudes of most members of Congress, our President, his staff and the general lack of moving our democracy to a better place. I grew up around America’s Greatest Generation, who plowed through the rough journey of life respecting others, possessing ethics and morals, knowing their responsibilities to community, and fulfi lling their obligations to family and country.
I yearn for that long ago summer that remains clear in my memory. Regardless of that era’s struggles and battling political parties, democracy remained solid for future generations. Should such sacred values survive another government scandal that could cause a Constitutional crisis? Or a war that prevents peace from being the mantra of current citizens too young to die on foreign soil?
Nero might have held the Christians responsible for the Roman confl agration of 64 A.D., but history places the respon-sibility directly upon him. It is said that the great fi re was the only way that he could have completed a wholesale evic-tion of hundreds of thousands of residents in order to clear the land for the erection of his golden house.
This memorable conflagra-tion during Nero’s reign started near the Circus Maximus and then, driven by a hot, oppres-sive, dust-laden wind from the Libyan Desert called a “sirocco,” it swept through the valley between the Palatine and Caelian Hills. The fi re was fi nally stopped six days later at the Esqualine Hill. More than a hundred thousand homeless Romans were transferred to the gardens of Agrippina, Nero’s inherited property on the other side of the Tiber, where just by chance a great number of tents and small one room sheds were ready and waiting to receive the homeless.
Nero then had all of the land he needed for his planned pal-ace and a lot more to spare. He rebuilt this spare area in strict accordance with a new building code which specifi ed fi reproof materials and height restric-tions. Some say that the recon-struction was a great benefi t to Rome, but is this justifi cation for the countless numbers of
Christians who were blamed for the fire, and then merci-lessly persecuted because of it? Oh how history would have been changed if this cruel and evil man had never walked on the face of the earth! The fi rst architects ever to be men-tioned by name in the history of Rome were Celer and Sever-ous. They poured the emperor’s wealth and their skills into the construction of what became known as Nero’s Golden House. It occupied the space of nearly a square mile in the midst of the city. This was not a continu-ous building that occupied the two hilltops and the connecting ground; the entire area was enclosed by three colonnades, each about a mile long, and there also was a grand entrance portico that faced the Forum. Within this enclosure they built the imperial residence. The vestibule was large enough to contain a colossal statue of the emperor, which was over one hundred feet high. The dining room ceiling had panels which could release a shower of fl ow-ers and were fi tted with pipes for sprinkling the guests with perfume. The main banquet hall was circular and when in use was constantly being revolved by slave-power.
The area contained beautiful parks, gardens and vineyards, including large baths, which were supplied with water via aqueduct from sulphur springs
about twelve miles away, and special baths which were sup-plied with sea water from the Mediterranean. There was also a temple built of a rare translu-cent stone and a lake for mock naval battles.
The foundation walls and other sub-structures are all that remain of Nero’s Palace, but it is certain that it contained every adornment and decoration that this abundant and artistic civilization could furnish. The name Golden House was used because of the gold-plated tiles on the roofs. Much gold was also used in cornices, mold-ings, column bases and caps. There were ivory wall panels, easel paintings, statues, count-less vases of every size and form, and a display of wealth and comfort almost beyond description.
After the dedication, his only remark was that at last he was being housed like a human being. Here, again, we learn of another of the great ironies in history; one of the most brutal men the world has ever known was permitted to occupy one of the most luxurious living places that the same world has ever produced.
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Miranda) of Revere and long-time resident of East Boston passed away from a brief illness in the early morning hours of July 12 at the age of 71.
Ayala was born on July 24, 1945, in Puerto Rico where she was raised in an orphanage by nuns and received her strong religious teachings. In 1966, she moved to the U.S. Many of you may know her by her cheerful “Hello” and “God Bless You.” She called everyone by either “Bella” or “Bello.” And you may have received a four-leaf clover from her, which she explained in her typed biblical interpretation that she had attached to the clover.
Ayala served on the board of directors for the East Boston Area Planning Action Council, Inc. She also volunteered as a greeter at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center and she worked at Deaconess Hospital as a translator for the Hispanic community. She was well-known and loved by many people.
Ayala especially enjoyed the summer music series that takes place at the American Legion in Revere. She had looked forward each year for this summer music event where she enjoyed dancing, greeting friends, and the lively atmosphere. Last Sunday,
July 9, her desire was so great upon hearing the music that she asked her daughter Ann to please wheel her there on her wheelchair so that she could see old friends while participating in the event.
She will always be known for her loving and caring demeanor towards everyone she met, as well as the many four-leaf clovers she had passed out to all who met her.
She will be mourned as a mother, grandmother, friend,
and an always present member of the city and church communities.
As a mother, she will always be remembered as courageous, strong, loving, nurturing, and an independent survivor who had a heart after God. She always encouraged and blessed her daughters with the Lord
and prayed with them and for them.A memorial service was held on Saturday,
July 22, at The First Congregational Church in Revere. Should any friends decide, a financial contribution will be greatly appreciated.
Beloved and devoted mother of Katherine Donaldson, Ann Vincenzo, Iris Santana (aka Normita), Levia Grace Fox (Janette). Also survived by grandchildren Paul Vincenzo, Christopher Wright, Andrew Wright, Lexus Ayala, Lorne Donaldson, and Samuel Fox.
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L’Anno Bello: A Year in Italian FolkloreLammas, The First Harvest
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Recently, I read a news story in the Providence Journal out of the Washington Post that seemed to trivialize the grow-ing issue of needless violence in cities across America. The City of Chicago has become so violent, President Trump sent in federal law enforcement to assist the Chicago Police Department.
However, when black pastors in Washington, DC, who have recently fi led a lawsuit against Coca Cola, compared the death toll from the human carnage on the streets of America’s cities with folks dying from heart dis-ease, diabetes, and stroke due to consumption of sugary sodas, they certainly got headlines. Especially when Pastor Delman Coates was quoted in the news story stating, “It’s become really clear to me that we’re losing more people to the sweets than to the streets.” How sweet it isn’t to make a goofy sound bite about street violence.
How about religious leaders less interested in suiting some-body for choices people are
making. No one is forced to guzzle down too many Coca Colas or give soda to infants during church services.
People make choices all of the time and, yes, while we are bombarded with advertisments for this or that product, in the end the choice is ours. Health risks surround us 24/7 from the time we get out of bed to the time we go to bed. Blaming others for personal choices gets headlines but doesn’t solve the issue at hand.
We do many things that put our health at risk. It isn’t just soda or, as we used to call it in Boston, “tonic.” We eat too much. We don’t exercise enough. Some drink too much alcohol. Do we decide to just ban everything bad or do we educate people about the health risks? We get to choose what goes inside of us.
Rather than suing in the name of their congregations, perhaps pastors need to use their pulpits to educate about the health risks many take without even thinking.
I can feel the month of August approaching like a golden ray of sun, a month perfectly poised between the warm, blithe nature of summer and the rhythmic pulses of the autumn. Back-to-school ads beckon from televi-sion commercials and posters plastered on shop windows, recalling the scent of freshly sharpened pencils and smooth notebooks. The honey-colored sunset occurs earlier and earlier each evening, prompting me to spend cozy nights indoors with a homemade meal. This is the time for the high produce of summer, for the delectable tomatoes and corn and zucchini that line the stalls of farmers’ markets, and also for the crisp fi rst fruits of the autumn, such as succulent red and green apples. However, whenever August looms near, my mind always drifts to the summer I spent in Italy ten years ago. Throughout the quiet month of August, it was common to see round, tightly bundled bales of hay baking under the sun in the fi elds that dotted the Italian countryside. After all, late sum-mer in Italy means la mietitura, or haying, in preparation for the autumn months. It was in Italy that I truly felt the power of
Lammas, a wonderful seasonal holiday that carries with it the poignant symbolism of harvest and the arrival of autumn.
Lammas, which occurs on August 1st, was a widely cel-ebrated feast in Europe until the Industrial Age pushed it into obscurity. Fortunately, interest in this rustic festival has been rekindled recently across Europe and the United States. Lammas stems from the ancient Celts, who viewed the holiday as the fi rst day of autumn. Modern audiences may fi nd it hard to associate the fi rst days of August with the fall, as the temperatures still soar to ninety-degree heat and the leaves remain full and vibrantly green. However, Lammas honors the start of the agricultural autumn, when farmers harvest grain along with the fi rst fruits of the year. Indeed, the very name Lammas hearkens back to this harvest, as it derives from loaf-mass, the ritual in which bread made from the fi rst harvested grain of the year was brought to the local church for a blessing. Preceding Lammas was the pre-Christian festival known as Lughnasadh (pronounced loo-na-sah), a harvest feast
held in honor of a god of light known as Lugh. Lughnasadh celebrations involved igniting bonfi res, trekking to mountain-tops in order to be closer to the sun, gathering the fi rst fruits of the harvest, and dancing. Evidence of Lughnasadh cel-ebrations has even been found in Northern Italy, a region with Celtic infl uence! Lammas is still a holiday in Ireland today, full of reunions between families and friends, and ritual bless-ings of fi elds by parish priests. Lammas remains one of my favorite holidays because it combines the communal plea-sures of summer — reuniting with loved ones and enjoying the outdoors — with the honor-ing of the Earth’s bounty, which will become more evident as the autumn progresses.
Every Lammas, when I can sense the changing of the sea-sons pulsing beneath my feet, I also honor grain by making a focaccia. The recipe I use is a traditional one made with rosemary, sea salt, onions, and the indispensable Italian staple, olive oil. I admire the way the water mixes with the fl our to create dough as if by magic, and I feel a special kinship with my ancestors who scraped a living out of Italian farmland by using the most basic ingredients. Indeed, my Italian forbearers viewed holidays like Lammas
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Teresa Jornet Ibars was born on January 9, 1843, in a small town in Lleida, Spain, to the farmers Francisco José Jornet and Antonieta Ibars.
In her childhood, she dem-onstrated a strong concern for the plight of the poor and she often took them to the home of her aunt Rosa to care for them. Teresa applied for admission to the Poor Clares near Burgos in 1868, but the anti-clerical laws at the time prevented her from embracing the religious life and so she later became a member of the Secular Carmelites.
Teresa’s spiritual director, the Venerable Saturnino López i Novoa, encouraged her to aid the elderly of the region who needed proper attention. In response, Teresa founded her own religious congregation, The Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly. In order to achieve this dream, Teresa opened the fi rst house in 1872 in Barbastro with the help of her sister María. Teresa assumed a new religious name in honor of Saint Teresa of Ávila when she was vested in the habit on January 27, 1873, which was also the offi -cial founding of the new order. Teresa was appointed as the order's fi rst superior. They were totally dedicated to the care of the aged. Mother Teresa taught her Sisters to sacrifi ce their own personal comforts for that of the men and women they cared for. In addition to her intense commitment, Mother Teresa was noted for her overwhelming sense of peace.
Saint Teresa Jornet Ibarsby Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari
The motherhouse opened in Valencia on May 8, 1873. Teresa was confi rmed as the superior in 1875 and went on to make her perpetual profes-sion on December 8, 1877, the same year she was appointed as the superior general for the entire order. On June 14, 1876, the papal decree of praise for the order came from Pope Pius IX while Pope Leo XIII issued formal approval of the order on August 24, 1887.
Teresa died from tuberculosis on August 26, 1897, in Liria, Spain. She had founded, by the time of her passing, more than fi fty houses for her con-gregation. Beatified in 1958, she was canonized in 1974 by Pope Paul VI. In 2005, there was a total of 2527 religious in a total of 210 houses in coun-tries such as Puerto Rico and Mozambique.
She is fittingly the patron saint of those rejected by re-ligious orders. Saint Teresa Jornet Ibars’ Feast Day is cel-ebrated on August 26th.
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Madeleine Steczynski of ZUMIX was included in Improper Bosto-nian’s Best 2017 edition under the Arts and Entertainment category. It all began approxi-mately 25 years ago in a small space in Maverick Square with another associate, and since then the nonprofi t has grown into a popular and thriving huge success for kids with tal-ent ... The Media is relentless in reporting e-mails sent between Russia and Donald Trump, Jr. Do they get it? No one cares, it’s just a way of keeping a saga going and selling newspapers with slumping sales ... Lydia Edwards, candidate for Boston City Council, recently picked up some Union endorsements. She grows more popular every day! ... What are the sick to do??? Much of the problem is hospitals are closing all over Massachusetts to make room for treatment of opium abusers. Forget the sick, opium abusers are taking precedence. Patients at Salem Hospital complained there were 49 waiting to be treated in the Emergency Room at the Hospital recently because of limited hospital selection. It’s going to be chaos once the Union Hospital in Lynn (a very fi ne hospital) closes to become, I believe, another treatment cen-ter ... Many Revere Residents
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RAGTIMEOpens at the Ogunquit Playhouse August 2nd
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The North End was all abuzz with the arrival of some of the members of the AS Roma Soccer Team who were touring the North End. They sat at Trattoria il Panino with ESPN for an interview where fans cheered them on from both inside and out.
Paulo Maldini and several other teammates signed shirts, balls, and autographs for the fans and posed for pictures with dozens of people on the street and in the restaurant.
After the interview was completed, the teammates were treated to an Italian feast by Trattoria il Panino Chef Willy Lopez that in-cluded fi ve courses of pastas, meats, and antipasti along with a selection of homemade desserts. The AS Roma team will be playing at Gillette Stadium Sunday at 4:00 pm.
Trattoria il Panino owners Frank and Joey DePasquale with AS Roma player Paulo Maldini.
AS Roma Soccer TeamVisit the North End and Trattoria il Panino
The MBTA announced that it is providing special train service to the AS Roma vs. Juventus F.C. International Champions Cup (ICC) match at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, July 30, 2017.
The special soccer train is scheduled to depart South Station toward Gillette Stadium at 2:00 pm and will make additional stops at Back Bay at 2:05 pm, and Dedham Corporate at 2:20 pm. The train will depart from Gillette Stadium thirty minutes after the conclusion of the match.
Tickets can be purchased in advance at the Keolis ticket offi ces at South Station, North Station, and Back Bay Station. Tickets are also available via the mTicket app. For customers boarding at Dedham Corporate, tickets are available for purchase on board the day-of from conductors. Customers are encouraged to pur-chase tickets in advance as there are a limited number of tickets available.
For more information, please visit mbta.com.
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Ragtime, the Tony Award-winning musical, will run at the Ogunquit Playhouse from Au-gust 22nd through August 26th. In addition to a cast and cre-ative team made up of Broad-way veterans, it will also feature the original Tony-nominated costumes by Santo Loquasto.
Ragtime tells the story of three families trying to find their way during the turn of the twentieth century in New York City, each struggling with the changing cultural climate in America and each facing the promise of hope and new beginnings in the midst of prejudice and bigotry. A stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant, and a daring young Harlem musician are each united by their courage, compassion and belief in the promise of the future. Together, they confront history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair ... and what it means to live in America. Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally, and based on E.L. Doctorow’s distinguished novel, Ragtime is the winner of the 1998 Tony Awards for Best Score, Book and Orchestrations, and both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score.
“Truly a story we need to tell at this point in our nation’s history, Ragtime is one of the most powerful shows ever
written for the stage, and possibly my favorite show of all time,” stated Executive Artistic Director Bradford Kenney. “To tell this compelling story we have brought together a stellar creative team led by Director
Kirsten Scott
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Seth Skylar-Heyn. Broadway set designer Tim Mackabee has also joined the team to create an all-new set for our Ogunquit production. I am looking forward to a production of Ragtime that we all will be so very proud of.”
Se th Sky la r -Heyn has served as Executive Producer for Cameron MacKintosh Inc. in New York and is also the Executive Producer and Associate Director for the 2017 Broadway revival of Miss Saigon.
The cast includes Kirsten Scott making her Ogunquit Playhouse debut. Ms. Scott has performed in numerous B r o a d w a y p r o d u c t i o n s , including Follies, Big Fish, and Jersey Boys.
Also making his Playhouse de-but is Jamie Laverdiere, whose Broadway credits include The Producers, Pirate Queen, and Motown. He has also played in the National Tours of Urinetown, Motown, and A Chorus Line.
Other members of the cast include Josh Young, last seen in Ogunquit in Les Miserables; Darnell Abraham, who was in the Barrington Stage Company’s production of Ragtime; and Lindsay Roberts, IRNE Nominee for Best Supporting Actress for her 2016 performance as Queenie in Fiddlehead Theater’s Showboat.
The Ogunquit Playhouse is located at 10 Main Street in Ogunquit, ME.
For more information, please visit www.ogunquitplayhouse.org or call 207-646-5511.
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Monastery of St. Clare, Jamaica PlainAugust 8th, 9th, and 10th – Masses at 7:00 pm
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Published at the turn of the millennium, the December 2001 release of Ray Flynn’s novel The Accidental Pope (co-written with Robin Moore, author of The French Connection; St. Martin’s Press) seems prophetic given the relatively recent election of Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy and his emphasis on issues concerning social justice.
Indeed, The Accidental Pope, written by the former mayor of the City of Boston as well as the Ambassador from the United States to the Holy See from 1993 to 1997, brings to the reader the engaging story of one Bill Kelly, a former priest who is, purely accidentally chosen to lead the world’s Roman Catho-lics as the successor of Peter; in fact, the name this accidental pontiff chose is Peter!
Pope Peter II, in the Flynn book, becomes truly a servant of the people and, because of his commitment to the Gospel and the message of Christ, he moves within the world addressing issues that have become con-troversial as well as politically precarious on the cusp of the new century.
The parallels of The Accidental Pope — with the public’s great acceptance of Peter and Francis’
The Accidental Popea 2001 Novel by Ray Flynn, Parallels Current Papacy and World Events
by John Joseph Fahey
immense popularity — seem al-most uncanny given that events in the book so closely relate to the political and social situa-tions playing out on the world stage today.
In The Accidental Pope, press-ing issues such as impoverish-ment, AIDS and political ter-rorism provide the backdrop to Peter ll’s attempts to implement the concepts of Christianity in trying to help his fellow men. Today Francis, too, has taken
on the role of the shepherd in trying to gather not only the proverbial lost sheep but to make a difference in a world full of disparity and in need of spiritual direction.
Like Peter II, Pope Francis travels extensively. Like Peter II, Francis provides a moral compass. Like Peter II (also the fi rst pope from the Americas!), Francis addresses and moves with the geography of what has become so much of a threat world-wide: political terrorism.
The issue of terrorism cannot be overstated in today’s world. This subject plays a salient role in the former Ambassador’s book, and rightly so given that the pope is truly a universal fi gure — head of one of the fi ve major world religions — and that the threat of terrorist at-tacks are feared all over the world. The trauma of those suf-fering from AIDS plays a role. Peter II makes a pastoral visit to the African continent to help alleviate what was once consid-ered a worldwide epidemic and is still a serious health concern.
The issues in The Accidental Pope have not changed much despite hitting the bookstores more than a decade ago.
Francis has traveled to areas that could easily be considered precarious, such as the nations of Kenya, Uganda, the Central African Republic and, recently, Egypt. It would be an under-
statement to state that the fear of terrorism was not a concern. The former French colony of Mali was a particular target of terrorism towards the end of last year as more than 20 were killed in the capital of Bamako; and one week prior, on Euro-pean soil, terrorism resulted in over 100 killed in an attack in Paris. This year, terrorist activi-ties, and the fear they generate, have not abated.
Francis has traveled to other locations as well, several on the forefront of tenuous political situations, but the pope has remained steadfast in bringing the Gospel to the people.
Like Peter II, Francis is taking the Gospel to the vineyards.
In writing The Accidental Pope, Mayor Flynn has relied on his own experiences, not only as mayor of Boston but also as one who traveled extensively with
Pope John Paul II (now Saint John Paul) while serving in the diplomatic corps.
Flynn accompanied John Paul II to Africa on the former pope’s well-received papal vis-its to the continent. And as mayor from 1984 through 1993, Flynn addressed the burgeon-ing AIDS crises with proposals and implementations, such as developing a pediatric AIDS unit at the then Boston City Hospi-tal (which actually was rebuilt, enhanced and renamed Boston Medical Center under his ad-ministration), opening a small clinic, and creating housing facilities to assist people living with AIDS.
In addition to addressing the needs of the poor and issues concerning social justice, the former mayor has addressed another concern; Flynn’s grand-son Braeden was born with a rare neurological disorder, and Flynn has become an advocate for parents of children with special needs.
And so it is to those who manage on a daily basis with disability or poor health, those marginalized due to economic problems, or those populations struggling within the frame-work of political disturbance and intolerance that Bill Kelly, as Pope Peter II, directs his mission.
The Accidental Pope is not
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The time has come, the walrus said,
TO TALK OF MANY THINGSof shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings
by Sal Giarratani
OFFICERS and BOARDFrank Ciano, Esq., President
Rosario Cascio, Chairman Dr. Dominic Amara, 1st Vice President
Maria Capogreco, 2nd Vice President/Treasurer Dr. Dean Saluti, 2nd Vice President/Public Relations
Maria Luisa Saraceni, Recording Secretary Dorothy Maio, Correspondent Secretary
Nicolane Ciano, Membership CoordinatorDr. Stephen Maio, Chairman Emeritus
VINYL GROOVE IN MALDENVinyl Groove will be playing
this year at the 88th annual Feast of St. Rocco in Malden. It all starts on August 11th at 6:30 pm with the procession of the St. Rocco statue, and then it is on to the lively entertainment.
If you haven’t heard Vinyl Groove yet, you are in for a musical treat.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOMORRIS MORRIS
Morris Morris just celebrated his 88th birthday. Morris is a member of the Greatest Genera-tion and served in WWII. He is also a host on Revere TV and his show on veterans is quite popular. I have appeared as a guest two times.
Best of luck to Morris and the best cable host anywhere around these here parts!
LUCK SEVENCONCERT SERIES
This quite popular summer concert series at Faneuil Hall Marketplace continues every Thursday through August 17th starting at 7:00 pm.
Last week’s band, The Free-loaders, was a big hit with the gathering crowd. Nothing better than great music on a beautiful summer evening.
AM I SAL MacGYVER?I stopped by one of the news-
paper offi cers where my com-mentaries appear. I was trying to fi x something before turning it over to the publisher. When I asked one of the offi ce folks for a paper clip, pen and scissors, he looked at me and asked if I was MacGyver. I told him I just needed those items. He said I must be MacGyver — after all, who makes those kinds of requests, eh?NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2017
National Night Out is coming to East Boston on Tuesday, August 1st, from 2:30 pm until 4:30 pm. Meet Mayor Walsh, BPD Commissioner Billy Evans and the police command staff. It all happens at LoPresti Park.
GREEK FESTIVALSEPTEMBER 15TH TO 17TH
Don’t forget, the fi rst of many Greek festivals will be tak-ing place over in Brookline at Annunciation Orthodox Ca-thedral on Goddard Street. Friday & Saturday from Noon to 11:00 pm, and Sunday from Noon to 8:00 pm. For more in-formation, call 617-731-6633.
REMEMBERING MAFFEI TWO YEARS LATER
East Boston just passed the second anniversary of the pass-
ing of Anthony Maffei. He was one of the Dunkin’ Donuts crew up at the Heights. I worked with him on several political campaigns and he so loved politics.THERE IS NO SUCH THING
AS A FREE LUNCH ORFREE COLLEGE TUITIONThis is the biggest liberal
scam going. State Rep. John Scibak, D-Fantasyland, thinks free college education is the way to go. Of course, he has no idea how to fi nance it all. I wonder though why does everyone need to go to college?
College isn’t for everyone and we don’t need to make it free. Many students need bet-ter technical education for real good jobs in the trades, but I don’t see much push for this to happen. Today, we have so many college-educated young people under-employed or un-employed waiting for some kind of break to happen as they worry how to dig themselves out of a life of servitude due to their college debt.
How would the state college/university system survive with free everything? Stop playing politics with college education. Feel-good sound bites are just that. Get real.
PRISON BREAK –EVENT SERIES (3-Blu-ray)
20th Century Fox Home Ent.Prison Break returns as a
special event series with its most adrenaline-fueled sto-ryline ever! Although he was buried seven years ago, pictures from a Yemen prison reveal that Michael Scofi eld may still be alive, which sends shock waves through everyone he knows. Determined to rescue his brother, Lincoln (Dominic Purcell) enlists C-Note’s help. Meanwhile, Michael’s wife Sara has remarried. And even if this biggest breakout yet is possible, is Michael the same man he was? This action-packed series has more plot twists than ever on nine explosive episodes, along with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the event series.
THE TONIGHT SHOWSTARRING JOHNNY CARSON:
JOHNNY AND FRIENDS(3-DVD)
Time LifeThis collectible 3-Disc set
includes over eight hours of vintage Carson from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, featuring three of the most-loved guests from The Tonight Show — Steve Martin, Robin Williams and Eddie Mur-phy. Each disc contains one of the guests and has complete, unedited shows — including vintage commercials — high-lighting some of the most cher-ished moments from the show’s 30-year run. Steve Martin blew his fi rst appearance as a guest in 1972 and was banished. His later return as a guest host paved the way to success for him. The late Robin Williams was hilariously out of control with his utter unpredictability and free-association riffs, leav-ing Carson in awe at his come-dic juggernaut. Eddie Murphy made three appearances over a seven-month span in 1982, which precipitated his elevation to superstardom and his Satur-day Night Live success.
THE MISSING:SEASON 2 (2-DVD)
Lionsgate Home Ent.When Alice Webster walks
back into the town she was abducted from 11 years earlier, it is revealed that she still holds vital clues about another miss-ing girl. French detective Julien Baptiste becomes embroiled in the mystery when he races across Europe to pursue the 12-year-old case. The second installment of The Missing dra-matizes a thrilling chase for a missing girl while exploring the
murky morality and emotional complexity of what happens when a missing child you’ve been longing to return actually does come back.
GAME CHANGERS (DVD)Candy Factory Films
Li fe long f r i ends Bryan (Brian Bernys) and Scott (Jake Albarella) were e-sports leg-ends, and their identity had always been tied to their noto-riety as professional gamers. Now in their late 20’s and working together at a failing IT company, they feel the respon-sibilities of adulthood sinking in. Hungry for the fame that eludes them, Bryan will do any-thing to reclaim his status as a pro gamer, and though Scott doesn’t identify with the circuit like he used to, he agrees to help assemble a squad of top tier players in order to get back to the top of the pro gaming world. But at what cost?
AL GREEN –GOSPEL ACCORDING TO
AL GREEN (DVD)MVDvisual
Director Robert Mugge exam-ines the turbulent career of soul singer and gospel preacher Al Green. In the early and mid-1970s, the release of songs “Let’s Stay Together,” “Love and Happiness,” and “Tired of Being Alone” made Green one of the most successful soul and pop singers in the world. In the late ’70s, Green suffered an existen-tial crisis, prompted by a ques-tioning of his own increasingly decadent lifestyle. His claim of a religious awakening after a con-cert at Disneyland was followed by periodic meltdowns, a hiatus from popular music, and his purchase of a Memphis church building. Naming himself as the pastor of that church, he then began a part-time career as a gospel artist.
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Jack Cregan — career crimi-nal, family man, and vicious armed robber — is on a mis-sion for revenge. When Jack’s father, Alfi e Cregan, is brutally murdered, and the money from their Heathrow airport heist is stolen, Jack, his cousin Sammy, and gang members Eddie and Frank realize there is more to the stolen money and Alfi e’s murder than meets the eye – and, once Jack starts digging, he knows that his life will never be the same again. The shattering revelations that follow force Jack, with the clock
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presidents, senators, congress-men, governors, and other officials praised the work of the newspaper in times of war and peace. The newspaper had to fi ght vigorously against all forms of discrimination in em-ployment and immigration laws, yet on the issue of loyalty and patriotism, there was never any question.
The Italian immigrants, after a long period of confusion which was often bewildering, accepted in full the American concept of school, church and state and have become an integral part of this democratic society, bring-ing to it all the qualities the Italians have always pos-sessed as builders, dreamers, organizers, fighters, artists, inspired teachers and defenders of both Italian and American ideals.
Throughout the United States, especially in Boston where freedom began over 225 years ago, LA GAZZETTA or the POST-GAZETTE has played a vital part in history.
Today, the University of Min-nesota and the University of Florence in Italy have compiled all of our issues from the fi rst to the current publication on micro-film for future genera-tions, thereby recognizing the POST-GAZETTE’s historical con-tribution to this country and the contribution of our unique culture to the people on these shores. We continue to bring to our readers the incredible stories of Americans from coast-to-coast who are the “Builders of America.” We salute these great men and women who have made a tremendous contribution to our country and heritage.
• 122 Years of Continuous Publication (Continued from Page 1)
BILLY JOEL — August 30, 2017. Legendary musician Billy Joel will return to Fenway Park for an unprecedented 4th consecutive year on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. Joel is one of the biggest concert draws in the world and continues this achievement with an impressive run of sold-out consecutive stadium shows and concert arenas. Having sold 150 million records over the past quarter century, scoring 33 consecutive Top 40 hits, Joel ranks as one of the most popular recording artists and respected entertainers in history. In 2016, the Library of Congress selected the “Piano Man” for preservation in the National Recording Registry for its “cultural, historic, and artistic significance.” In November
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2014, Billy Joel received both The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, which honors living musical artists’ lifetime achievement in promoting the genre of song as a vehicle of cultural understanding, entertaining, and informing audiences, and inspiring new generations; and the once-in-a-century ASCAP Centennial Award, which is presented to American music icons in recognition of their incomparable accomplishments in their respective music genres and beyond.
LADY GAGA — September 1-2, 2017. The tour supports Gaga’s latest studio album, Joanne — her fi rst solo effort since 2013’s Artpop — which spawned two singles in addition to selling nearly one million units worldwide in just over three months. The 30-year-old has fronted several successful tours in the past, including the $227.4 million-grossing Monster Ball Tour (2009-11), the Born This Way Ball (2012-2013), and ArtRave: The Artpop Ball in 2014.
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42ND STREET — August 3-13, 2017. Broadway stars Rachel York and Tom Wopat will turn up the heat at Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, star-ring in 42nd Street, which is running for eight performances only. This musical comedy is a the timeless classic about a bright-eyed chorusgirl who gets her big break on Broadway. The ultimate show-biz musical, 42nd Street celebrates Broadway, Times Square, and the people who make the magic of musical theatre. 42nd Street follows aspiring performer Peggy Sawyer on her journey from rural Allentown, PA, to the glitzy stages of New York City’s Broadway. With tap shoes in hand and a dream in her heart, Peggy lands a coveted role in the chorus of a new Broadway show. When the star is injured before opening night, will Peggy be able to step in and go from chorus-girl to star? The score is chock-full of Broadway standards, including “You’re Getting to be a Habit with Me,” “Dames,” “We’re in the Money,” “Lullaby of Broad-way,” “Shuffl e Off to Buffalo,” and — of course — “Forty-Second Street.”
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DIANA ROSS — July 27, 2017. The original Diva! Diana Ross has won a dozen Grammys, sold over 100 million records world-wide, and was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Billie Holiday in The Lady Sings the Blues. In 1976, Billboard named her the greatest female entertainer of the century, and there was a lot more to come from Ross after that. What really matters is that Ross remains an enthralling stage presence, a singer of such poise and remarkable vocal gifts that she’s able to hold an audience in the palm of her hand from the moment she steps out into the spotlight right up until she leaves the stage. Ross’ career spans some 60 years, from her work with The Supremes (“Baby Love,” “Where Did Our Love Go?”) to her solo material (“I’m Coming Out,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”).
Janis Joplin’s Original Band - BIG BROTHER & THE HOLDING COMPANY — August 11, 2017. The band that launched the career of Janis Joplin, re-corded Cheap Thrills, one of the greatest albums of all time, and were pioneers of the San Francisco sound in the time of the Summer of Love now features two original members: Peter Albin (bass and vocals) and Dave Getz (drums). Albin founded the band in 1965 and Getz joined in March 1966. They have been playing together as Big Brother since then. Big Brother’s lead singer, Eileen Humphreys, has the mind-blowing vo-cal chops required to do all of the Joplin classics with total authority and feeling. She is truly one of the great Janis inter-preters and blues singers who can stand up to the inevitable comparisons (they know there will never be another Janis) without being an imitator. Tom Finch (guitar/vocals) and Kate Russo (violin/keyboard/vocals) are both dynamic, exciting, and virtuoso musicians who bring their energy, style, and perfect understanding of the music to complete the mix.
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA — September 12 through October 1, 2017. This re-imagined production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic musi-cal debuts at the Boston Opera House. Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of The Phantom of the Opera features a brilliant new set and staging. The story centers on the thrilling love triangle between the mysterious Phan-tom, Christine, and Raoul at the Opera Populaire in Paris. Lloyd Webber’s score includes the beloved songs “Music of the Night,” “Think of Me,” and “All I Ask of You.” The Phantom of the Opera made its world premiere in London’s West End in 1986, where it still plays today. Lloyd Webber’s musical thriller has been run-ning on Broadway since 1988, where it has grossed over $890 million in ticket sales and recently celebrated its 25th anniversary.
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YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN — August 15-August 27, 2017. It’s Alive! From the creators of Broadway’s record-breaking musical comedy sensation, The Produc-ers, comes Young Frankenstein. This monster of a hit musical based on Mel Brooks’ classic comedy fi lm masterpiece is a wickedly inspired re-imagining of the legend of Frankenstein. It is the story of the bright young doctor Frankenstein (“that’s Fronkensteen!”) who travels to Transylvania to complete the master-work of his grandfather by bringing a corpse to life. Young Frankenstein is a scientifi cally proven, monstrously good time at the theatre.
The “Piano Man” will be leaving his “New York State of Mind” behind as Joel will be returning to Fenway Park for an unprecedented 4th consecutive year. See MUSIC SECTION for more details.
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PAST IS PRESENT: REVIVAL JEWELRY — Now through August 19, 2018. Whether copying or choosing motifs to reinterpret, jewelers have always looked to the past for inspira-tion. Examine more than 4,000 years of jewelry history through about 70 objects — both ancient and revival — tracing the revival movement from the 19th to the 21st centuries. The exhibition focuses on four types — Archaeological, Classical, Egyptian, and Renaissance. Highlights include a 1924 brooch, on loan from Cartier, paired with an Egyp-tian winged scarab (740–660 BC) with a similar design; an 1850s embellished gold brooch by Castellani; a Renais-sance revival neck ornament (1900–04) designed for Tiffany & Co.; a 1980s
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“IT’S ALIVE!” Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Art from the Kirk Hammett Collection — August 12-November 26, 2017. Kirk Hammett, best known as the guitarist of the rock band Metallica, is also an avid collector of classic horror and sci-fi movie posters. This exhibition features 90 works that provide insight into the evolution of horror and sci-fi fi lms and how they have played upon contemporary societal fears. Hammett acknowledges his poster collection as a source of inspiration for his own musical creativity. The exhibition fea-tures fi lm posters as well as collectible electric guitars, monster masks, and sculptures.
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BOSTON COMIC CON — August 11-13, 2017. Boston Comic Con is a playground for fans of all ages who love genres from gaming to sci-fi to comics and more! A weekend here can include snagging a professional photo-op or autograph with your favorite actor, watching comic greats duke it out in a sketch duel, and much more! If that isn’t enough for your senses, try the Exhibit Hall, where you’ll fi nd everything from major companies showcasing their latest products, to local vendors stocked with unique fandom wares. Some celebrity guests include: Creator Stan Lee, Matt Smith and Karen Gillan of Doctor Who, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley of The Vampire Diaries, and Tim Curry from Rocky Horror Picture Show. A complete listing of guests is on the website. CE-LEBRITY PHOTO SESSIONS: Don’t miss a chance to have a professional photo taken with your favourite celebrity! AU-TOGRAPH SESSIONS: An opportunity to get something signed by your favourite celebrity! Check out the schedule so you don’t miss out! NOTE: Some guests may charge additional fees for an autograph. WIN A CHANCE FOR A FREE TATTOO DESIGNED BY STAN LEE: Stan Lee & Ink-Fusion team up at Boston Comicon! Win a free Tattoo designed by Stan Lee! Winner will be inked by award winning artist Marc Draven. Tickets go on sale at the show in the Ink-Fusion Tattoo Pavillion. Contestants must be 18 years of age or older to enter.
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Wash tomatoes thoroughly. Cut each tomato lengthwise into quarters. Cut each quarter into one-inch portions. Place in serving bowl. Then remove outer skin from cucumber and slice thinly as for salad. Add to tomatoes. Remove skin from onion. Wash and cut in half, lengthwise. Slice halves into 1/3" long slices. Add to tomatoes and cucumber slices. Sprinkle oregano and virgin olive oil over contents in the bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix thoroughly before serving.
The combination of vine-ripened tomatoes and virgin olive oil enhances the fl avor of this salad, though regular olive oil, canola or vegetable oil can be used.
NOTE: When I prepare this vine-ripened tomato salad today, I often think about growing up in Boston’s North End. Fresh vine-ripened tomatoes were only available for sale duringmid-summer. However, from springtime to fall, during those depression days, we experienced the sight and fragrances of “container gardens” resting on our fi re escapes and roof areas. My friends and I saw tomatoes grow from the small yellow blossoms that appeared on the tomato plants in these containers.
Some North Enders rented gardening lots in Revere or Woburn to grow their tomatoes, vegetables and herbs. I waited patiently for tomatoes and cucumbers to be harvested from my parent’s garden lot in Silver Lake, Wilmington, MA.
Mama served us the fresh tomato salad for lunch many times together with our fresh bread, some cheese and roasted black olives. We also enjoyed the salad with suppers of baked poultry or meats.
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really an exposition about the responsibility of the leader of the Church or about the role of religion in the world, but rather about the challenges and setbacks people face and their determination to overcome them.
The Accidental Pope certainly has elements of good story tell-ing — after all, it is a novel and was on the Best Seller list. But now it also parallels events that have shaped and continue to shape our world. The papacy of Francis is being defi ned as one in which the Vicar of Christ on Earth focuses his attention not only on inequality in the Third World (comprising both economic and health-related concerns), but also on the ne-cessity of social justice and the expansive spread of violence due to radical fundamentalism.
The fi ctional Peter II in The Accidental Pope also speaks of these issues — and travels to locations where, while putting himself at risk, he makes a dif-ference. His travels, addresses, and the discourse that they provoke bring to the forefront crucial concerns and topics con-fronting the twenty-fi rst century.
The Accidental Pope would make a great motion picture;
Flynn recently completed the screenplay and hopes it will fi nd its way to the screen. The Acci-dental Pope is a story not unlike events occurring in the world today. It is an entertaining and intriguing account of one man who, because of an accidental election to a most powerful of-fi ce, becomes not only a voice morality, but also someone in-volved with helping to address — and occasionally solve — some of the problems of the world, and as a result becomes himself an international target.
An international political thriller to be sure — and one that just might make the next cinematic hit!
John Joseph Fahey has been a long time Arts and Theater critic.
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Not one month had gone by since the H.M.S Titanic struck an iceberg off of Newfound-land and sunk beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, that France’s Éclair Film Company capital-ized on the disaster by making it into a movie. Inevitably, the reception was both stirring but uncomfortable.
Nonetheless, the loss of all copies of Saved from the Titanic after a studio fi re in March of 1914 has made it something of an enigma for shipwreck buffs. Indeed, while the fi lm included many fabrications, it did serve as something of a documenta-tion of the event. Éclair Film Company producer Jule Bru-latour spliced in actual footage of the ill-fated ship’s Captain Edward Smith as well as foot-age of the survivors arriving in New York. Most importantly, it starred Dorothy Gibson, an early American starlet, this time playing her fi nal and most unique role: herself, for she was one of the twenty-eight Titanic survivors aboard the fi rst life-boat. As a curious bonus, she would wear the same dress she was wearing on the night the great ship went down.
Gibson had boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with a First Class ticket after a vaca-tion in France. Accompany-ing her was her mother, who would also survive the wreck. The mother and daughter were up late on the fateful night
playing bridge. This late game would prove to be their salva-tion as they were wide awake when they felt the impact of the iceberg. Gibson rushed to the deck, observed the damage, returned to retrieve her mother and the two made their way into lifeboat number seven.
Gibson returned to New York traumatized by her ordeal but nonetheless agreed to partici-pate in the fi lm when it was sug-gested by her lover, Brulatour himself. In Gibson’s own words, she chose to make the fi lm as an “opportunity to pay tribute to those who gave their lives on that awful night.”
The ten-minute fi lm, consist-ing of a fi ctionalized biography of Ms. Gibson, as well as some actual footage of survivors
filmed by Brulatour himself, was completed in a week and released on May 14, 1912.
The reviews refl ect the con-fl icted nature of critics observ-ing a fi lm company capitalizing on a disaster while families of the victims were still in mourn-ing. On the one hand, there was this from The Moving Pic-ture World, “Miss Gibson had hardly recovered from her ter-rible strain in the wreck when she was called upon to take part in this new piece, which she constructed as well. It was a nerve-racking task, but like actresses before the footlights, this beautiful young cinematic star valiantly conquered her own feelings and went through the work. A surprising and artistically perfect reel has resulted.”
And this from the New York Dramatic Mirror, “The bare idea of undertaking to reproduce in a studio, no matter how well-equipped, or by re-enacted sea scenes an event of the appalling character of the Titanic disaster, with its 1,600 victims, is revolt-ing, especially at this time when the horrors of the event are so fresh in mind. And that a young woman who came so lately, with her good mother, safely through the distressing scenes can now bring herself to commercialize her good fortune by the grace of God, is past understanding.”
No one felt the confl ict more strongly than Dorothy Gibson herself. After Saved from the Titanic she withdrew from act-ing, her post-traumatic stress getting worse with each passing year. As the Harrisburg Leader reported, “She had practically lost her reason; by virtue of the terrible strain she had been under to graphically portray her part.”
One of the few surviving stills from Saved from the Titanic.
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Dad juggled two careers. By day, he was with the Boston School Department. By night, he was a very busy musician. During the summer break from the school department, he played with bands that worked the county fairs east of the Mississippi. When possible, we would head to his favorite get-away state, Maine, and spend time with the family of Mike Barca.
Mike, like my father, was one of the pioneers in the Depart-ment of Audio/Visual Educa-tion for the Boston schools. Dad had joined the faculty at East Boston High School (his alma mater) in 1942. Knowing he was going to be drafted, he thought he would return home, get a day job, wait for the draft notice to arrive, and then join the Marines. As a student at Eastie, he had majored in vocational education, study-ing machine shop. When he returned and got a teaching job, it was at his alma mater teaching machine shop and shop math. The school schedule allowed him to join a fi ve-piece lounge group and play music six nights a week. He was happy to do two out of the three things he loved. The third was football. So he became the assistant coach for EBHS’s football team, juggling teaching, coaching, and playing music all at the same time.
When he went into adminis-tration and became part of the Department of Audio/Visual Education, he and Mike Barca hit it off right away. Like Dad, Mike was the son of Italian immigrants, and they had a lot in common. Mike had married a woman from Maine, but his work was in Boston and they had an apartment in Jamaica Plain. To satisfy his wife, Mike bought a cottage in Maine, situated on Lake Maranacook in a town called Winthrop. On several occasions in the ’40s, we were invited to spend a few days at the cottage. When Mike’s in-laws and kids were on hand, Mom would drag Nanna and Babbononno with us, and there would be three genera-tions of us all ready to hang out and enjoy one another’s company.
Beginning around 1953 or 1954, Dad wanted to slow the pace down. When school let out in June, he would go on the road and play the county fairs that I’ve mentioned sev-eral times in my columns. Mom and I would join him, but come the middle of August, we were ready for a stay at the lake in Maine.
The fi rst year of that change in pace, Dad rented a cottage right near where his pal, Mike, and his family had their place. It was a four-room cottage with an indoor bathroom (many still had outhouses back then). It also included a beach to the right of the place and a dock running out straight from the back of the house. Inside, there was a Franklin stove in the living room for warmth, even in August (at night). The water was pumped in from the lake and was not drinkable. Just a few feet from the side door was a well that supplied us with drinking wa-ter. Everybody loved the cot-tage, especially Babbononno. His commentary told us what life was like in Foggia in the late 1800s: “We lived in a house like this, only we had the outhouse in the back, no running water at all and no electricity.”
After that first summer of Maine in August, Dad bought the place from the owner. His name was Frost and the place was called “Frosty’s Point.” The price was agreed upon only if Dad was to keep that name on the sign located roadside that also gave the complete address. From that point on, it was our cottage during the month of August.
Mike Barca had introduced Mom and Dad to most of the neighbors, locals, and sum-mer residents. They seemed to fi t in. Most had teen sons and daughters, and they kept me occupied much of the time. As I mentioned earlier, when Mike’s in-laws were there, Mom made sure Nanna and Babbononno were with us. One of the locals, Arthur Gordon, had his father living with the family and he and Babbononno really hit it off. Old Vic, as the man was called, had a thick “down Maine” accent and, as you al-ready know, Babbononno spoke fractured English. But, after a few shots of Vic’s home-made applejack washed down by Bab-bononno’s home-made wine, the language barriers disap-peared and it was as if they had been paesani for years!
By the late ’50s, the old folks began dying off. Nanna was fi rst, passing in December of 1958. By a year or so later, the only one left from that genera-tion was Babbononno. He still accompanied us for our month in Maine, but he was lonely with no one to hang out with. I experienced the same thing. As the late ’50s approached, most of my generation was fi nishing high school and were heading off to college. Those that opted
for work headed down toward Portland, as there wasn’t much in the way of industry where Winthrop was located. That meant that I soon would be alone during the month of August. By the time I graduated college in June of 1960, I was a working musician, having turned professional in 1958. Summer work paid rather well. I was with the Ken Reeves Orchestras and was often on the road on weekends in August. This allowed me two things: I cut my teeth as a journeyman musician with some older mu-sicians who were at the top of their game, and I was able to put money away and pay my own way through college and afford a car to boot.
Dad made some contacts and booked a couple of Maine county fairs during August. His home base was the cot-tage, and Mom would accom-pany him just like she and I did when he was on the road a decade earlier. He would bring the sidemen up from Boston, and after the fairs were over, they and their families would stay at Frosty’s Point, guests of Mom and Dad. It reached a point that, between working at the Seville Theater and playing music several nights a week, I could only afford to spend maybe a couple of week days in Maine. But with my generation gone, it was lonely.
When my folks hit their mid-fi fties, Dad no longer want-ed the responsibility of a sum-mer cottage, and he sold the place with no regrets. As Mom explained it, “We had our fun there when we were younger, and now it’s time another fam-ily gets to enjoy life at the lake.”
I didn’t return to Winthrop, Maine, until the summer of 1981, with Loretta in tow and baby John in a basket car-rier. Mom and Dad were visit-ing Mike and his wife and we stopped by to say hello. They insisted we stay the night, so we listened to the old folks reminisce about those by-gone days as we ate dinner. On the way home the next day, Loretta asked me why I was so quiet. All I could think of saying was, “It’s over.”
GOD BLESS AMERICA
and appears to enjoy getting into trouble.
O.J. Gets Paroled.Who Cares?
Simpson still gets wall-to-wall coverage. I don’t care if he was paroled or not. I simply try not to think about him at all. Most Americans think he got away with murder and it was only a little justice he ended up in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping. Hey, at least he did some time.
His name is mud today and will follow him to his grave. The less I think of him the better. In the end, God will be his fi nal judge where there aren’t any fancy lawyers playing around with an old glove.Can’t Fix Stupid Department
That 20-minute meeting be-tween Donald Trump Jr. and some Russians before Election Day last year is still growing as the media coverage doesn’t let up. It hasn’t helped that Trump Jr. dragged his brother-in-law, Jared Kushner, along for the ride. It started out with four people and now has grown to eight in that meeting. Pretty soon the clown car will be fi lled to capacity. Oh, and if person number nine at that meeting shows up, they can start a soft-ball team.
Democrats are in More Trouble than the GOP
The Democratic leadership still hasn’t learned anything from Clinton’s loss to Trump. Today, instead of being a party of ideas and solutions, it has become the party of resis-tance and obstruction. This is a far cry from the days of Jack Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, and Bobby Kennedy, where ideals topped stupid sound bites about nothing.
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that makes all of its expensive
sneakers in Vietnam — has chimed in on an anti-Trump tweet that blasts President Trump for his recent allegedly sexist remarks toward the First Lady of France. All Trump did was remark how good-looking she was for an older woman and he did it in, of all places, France, which is known for its beautiful women. Is it sexist to say anything complimentary or should we all just pretend there is nothing to see? Recently, a younger woman said I looked great for my age. Should I have called the cops on her?
What is wrong with America today? We are far too serious.And what is wrong with those crazed feminists who like keep-ing women in a victim state of mind?
You won’t see me wearing anything with the Reebok name on it.What is Wrong with TrumpThis side meeting between
Trump and Putin at the G-20 Summit meeting may soon replace the Trump Jr. story. Seems the two presidents met after a large dinner for what the NY Times says was a “secret” meeting. The president’s men say it was a much shorter meet-ing. Whatever! However, what was important was that Presi-dent Putin had his interpreter at his side and Trump had only himself. Trump doesn’t speak Russian, so how does he know what Putin was actually telling him? Can you trust a Russian interpreter to translate what was actually said?
And isn’t this a security risk for the president? Also, why in the world, with the Russia investigation going on, would Trump not want a witness in the room with him? Trump keeps playing into the hands of CNN and all the Fake News peddlers out there seeking the ruin of all things Trump.
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who attended. Some of the kids were experiencing Fenway Park for the first time. The NEAA offers several professional sporting outings throughout the year. This was the 2nd of three games at Fenway, with the next one coming in August. The Red Sox won the game in 15 innings — not sure if any of these youngsters stayed for the whole game!
or harvest like la mietitura with a special signifi cance precisely because bread played such an essential role in the diet. Bread, known as pane in Italian, is more than a food, but also a cultural touchstone, a staple that brought life to peasants and formed the basis of the society’s major dishes. Bread serves a deeply religious func-tion in Italian life as well, as the bread honored in the sacrament of the Eucharist symbolizes a spiritual nourishment that is just as crucial as any physical sustenance. No wonder then that Italian superstition brims with warnings against disre-specting the essence of bread, such as the restriction against turning bread upside-down or, even worse, discarding bread. Italians in olden days believed that these actions insulted the Earth’s bountiful harvest
and affronted one of the most vital cores of their diet. Unfor-tunately, we lost this spiritual connection with our food and the Earth that provides it as society industrialized. For this reason, I think it is important to honor seasonal festivities like Lammas, which connect us to our ancestors and teach us that the food that springs from the Earth is a sacred gift.
Celebrate Lammas this August by honoring the grain that forms the building blocks of our lives. Whether you bake a focaccia or quick bread from scratch, or simply remain conscious of the Earth’s abundance as you bite into a sandwich roll or cut into a loaf of bread, think about the nourishment that goes into both your body and soul. By reveling in the joys of seasonal food and respecting the signs of the changing seasons around
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ticking, to not only pull off one last dangerous robbery, but also to exact brutal revenge on all those involved.
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us, we can truly appreciate the glorious rhythms of the natural harvest. Lammas tells us not to mourn over the end of summer, but rather recognize the neces-sity and the wonder of the cycle of the year. Without autumn, there would be no harvest to sustain us through the dark winter nights. Let the sight of wheat waving in the golden sun and hay bales standing proudly in fruit-laden fields remind us of the way our ances-tors lived so close to the Earth, and let us vow to keep that sacred connection even within the busiest moments of our lives.
Ally Di Censo Symynkywicz is a Graduate Student in History at the University of Massachu-setts Boston. She appreciates any comments and suggestions about Italian holidays and folk-lore at [email protected].
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Date of Death January 29, 2017INFORMAL PROBATEPUBLICATION NOTICE
To all persons interested in the above- captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Diana E. Bernstein of Los Angeles, CA.
Diana E. Bernstein of Los Angeles, CA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.
The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Repre-sentative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be fi led with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders ter-minating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal pro-cedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.
1. Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor fi led on 04/28/2017 by
Wanda J. Belanger of Leominster, MAJames P. Keaveny of Hillsboro, NHwill be held 09/27/2017 08:30 AM Guardian
of Minor HearingLocated 121 Third Street, Cambridge, MA.2. Response to Petition: You may respond
by fi ling a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to fi le a written response, you need to:
File the original with the Court; andMail a copy to all interested parties at least fi ve
(5) business days before the hearing.3. Counsel for the Minor: The minor (or an
adult on behalf of the minor) has the right to request that counsel be appointed for the minor.
4. Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the Court fi nds that it is not in the minor’s best interests.
Date: July 5, 2017
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Probate and Family CourtMiddlesex Division
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(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI17P2193GD
NOTICE AND ORDER:Petition for Appointment of
Guardian of a Minor In the interests of
JACK H. KEAVENYof Ayer, MA
MinorNOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES
LEGAL NOTICE
1. Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor fi led on 04/28/2017 by
Wanda J. Belanger of Leominster, MAJames P. Keaveny of Hillsboro, NHwill be held 09/27/2017 08:30 AM Guardian
of Minor HearingLocated 121 Third Street, Cambridge, MA.2. Response to Petition: You may respond
by fi ling a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to fi le a written response, you need to:
File the original with the Court; andMail a copy to all interested parties at least fi ve
(5) business days before the hearing.3. Counsel for the Minor: The minor (or an
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4. Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the Court fi nds that it is not in the minor’s best interests.
Date: July 5, 2017
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(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI17P2192GD
NOTICE AND ORDER:Petition for Appointment of
Guardian of a Minor In the interests of
LUKE JAMES KEAVENYof Ayer, MA
MinorNOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES
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To the above named Defendant: A Complaint has been presented to this
Court by the Plaintiff, Margarita Cartagena Lopez, seeking custody of the minor child Salvador Guevara Cartagena D.O.B. 8-31-2000.
You are required to serve upon Elizabeth Taufa - attorney for plaintiff - whose address is 275 W. Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127 your answer on or before August 25, 2017. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to fi le a copy of your answer in the offi ce of the Register of this Court at Cambridge.
Witness, HON. EDWARD F. DONNELLY, JR., Esquire, First Justice of said Court at Cambridge, this 14th day of July 2017.
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Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court
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SUMMONS BY PUBLICATIONMARGARITA CARTAGENA LOPEZ, Plaintiff
V.SALVADOR GUEVARA PAZ, Defendant
Remembering Babe ParilliBabe Parilli passed away
on July 15th. He was a great quarterback for the original Boston Patriots before they moved to Foxboro and the AFL folded up and morphed into the NFL. I always thought he was the Patriots’ fi rst quarterback, but he was number two. The fi rst guy didn’t last that long. Parilli played 94 games for the Patriots from 1961-67 and had 31 TD passes in 1964, which stood as a Patriots’ team record until Tom Brady broke it in 2007. He was 87 years old.
Mantle’s Illegal BatSells for 40 Grand
The illegal bat used by NY Yankees legend Mickey Mantle, confi scated by an umpire dur-ing the 1958 season in which he slammed 42 home runs, recently sold at auction for $40,000. During that season, the Yankees won their 18th World Series title.
Cubs Get QuintanaThe Chicago Cubs recently
traded for lefty Jose Quintana from the Chicago White Sox across town. The Cubs, the 2016 World Series champs,
are not so good this year with not much prospect of a repeat performance. Both John Lackey and Jon Lester need to catch fire soon. Both not so good yet this season. Even Jake Arrieta, the 2015 Cy Young Award winner, has been pretty inconsistent this year, just like all the Cub starters.
Quintana is coming to the Cubs with a 4-8 record and a 4.49 ERA. He was 13-12 last season with a 3.20 ERA. Time will tell if this trade was a smart move or not.
Jim BunningRecently Passed Away
Former U.S. Senator Jim Bunning, R-Kentucky and a Hal l o f Fame basebal l pitcher, passed away a few months ago at 85. He won 224 games in his 17-year career in both the American and National leagues. He played mostly for the Phillies and Tigers but also threw a no-hitter against the Red Sox at Fenway back in 1958. He also pitched a perfect game in 1965 against the NY Mets. Seventeen years in the majors and a quarter century in the U.S. Senate.
Babe Parilli
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Sonny Liston was once known as the baddest man on the planet. Often, he won his fights before the bell even rang for the first round. His terrifying stare and blood-chilling scowl were
enough to paralyze his oppo-nents with fear.
Sonny grew up in a tough and mean world and he adapted to it by learning how to be even meaner back to it. He never caught a break. I believe if things had gone a bit differ-ently for him, he may have been able to adapt to a better life. Unfortunately, every time it ap-peared he just might be turning
With Davy Jones of The Monkees
Sonny and Billy Walker
Liston on his new rug
With Jack Nicholson
Sonny plays Santa for a young friend.
The Liston smile
Liston makes a boy’s day.
Sonny and wife Geraldine
the corner to a new life, his past would catch up to him.
It may seem ironic, but the two people Sonny was most relaxed around were priests and children. While in prison, he was befriended by Father Alois Stevens, a Catholic priest, who talked him into taking up boxing. He never forgot his friendship with Fr. Stevens and always looked up to priests after that.
Sonny also enjoyed making children smile. He would visit with sick children in hospitals and always made time to stop and smile at kids whom he might happen upon. Deep in-side that very mean and angry exterior Sonny had humanity. It is sad he was never able to feed and develop it.
I thought I would share some photos of Sonny Liston that show his softer side.
It’s summer and what better time that to pull up a seat and indulge oneself in a perusal of all things Celtics — knowing that the upcoming season will start earlier this year (October 17) and that NBA games will be played virtually every day through mid-June.
We’ll start with Larry Bird, who just happens to hold the team re-cord of triple-doubles (TDs) with a whopping 69. His fi rst came on November 14, 1979, in a 115-111 victory over Detroit at the Garden when he recorded 23 points, came away with an impressive 19 rebounds, and dished off for 10 assists. It was the fi rst season (1979-1980) that triple-doubles were offi cially recognized as an NBA statistic. Bird was named NBA Rookie of the Year for the 1979-1980 season.
Bird’s last triple double (in the regular season) came on March 15, 1992, in a 152-148 double overtime triumph over Portland at the Garden. Bird torched the nets for 49 points, came away with 14 rebounds, and added 12 assists.
Larry Bird’s no. 33 was retired in a Garden ceremony on Feb-ruary 4, 1993. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Who is second? It might sur-prise you because he wasn’t here nearly as long as Bird. It is Rajon Rondo, who, while second, is a distant runner-up with 32 triple-doubles. His fi rst came on December 3, 2008 — some six months after the Cs won their 17th NBA Champi-onship. Rondo had a very even 16 points, 13 rebounds, and 17 assists in a 114-96 win over In-diana at the Garden. His last TD as a Celtic came on December 10, 2014, at Charlotte, shortly before he was traded to Dallas. He had 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against the Hor-nets that night in a losing effort (Charlotte won 96-87).
Antoine Walker, a player we always liked, is third with 13, while Paul Pierce, who recently signed a special contract that enabled him to retire as a Celtic, had 10 while with Boston. In all the years Robert Parrish played with Boston he only had one — on March 31, 1987, when he scored 14 points, had 10 rebounds and 10 assists in a 118-110 victory over Philadel-phia on Causeway Street.
It’s important to understand that because the triple-double only became an offi cially rec-ognized stat by the NBA at the start of the 1979-1980 season, all NBA players — including those who played on the his-toric Celtics NBA Championship teams in the 1950s and 1960s — are not included on this team records list. Remember, even a single-triple double would get a player on the list. Yet Bird’s TD in that win over Detroit in 1979 is the fi rst one by a Boston player that is offi cially recog-
nized by the NBA.Speaking of Bird, only one
Celtics player has won both the NBA Most Valuable Player Award for the regular season and the Most Valuable Player Award in the NBA Finals. Yes, it is Bird who won both awards in the same season twice — in 1984 and 1986. He was also named the regular season MVP in 1985.
Once again, though, one is left to wonder how former Celt-ics from earlier decades would have fared. While the regular season MVP award has existed since the league started in the 1940s, the NBA Finals MVP Award wasn’t put in place until 1969, meaning players on those Celtics championship teams in the 1950s and 1960s were never eligible to win the award, nor were their opponents.
If you want an iron man, all Celtics fans have to do is look at John Havlicek. And they would know directly where to look — at the court, because Hondo was always there, lead-ing the team in regular season games played with 1,270. Sig-nifi cantly, he also led the team in minutes played (46,471), in fi eld goals made (10,513), and fi eld goals attempted — a super high 23,930. All in all, he scored a team high 26,395 points. He also scored an additional 3,776 points in the playoffs.
Some 6,539 of those regular season points came from the free throw line. Hondo is second to only Paul Pierce (7,989) in making shots from the char-ity stripe. He is third in career points average with 20.8, be-hind both Bird (24.3) and Paul Pierce (21.8). And yes, when you are in a lot of games, a lot of things can happen. Havlicek is the team leader in personal fouls, being whistled by the refs for 3,281 of them.
And when he didn’t have the ball, how good was John Hav-licek? Very good. He was named to the NBA All Defensive Team eight times. He also played in 13 NBA All-Star Games (tied with Bob Cousy, who also played in 13). Havelicek’s no. 17 jersey was retired in a Garden ceremo-ny on October 13, 1978. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1984.
By the way, there hasn’t been an NBA All Star game in Boston since January 14, 1964 — some 53 years ago. The West won that contest 111-107. There were three others in the 1950s (1951, 1952 and 1957) with the West winning each of those as well. We don’t know why Boston has gone more than a half century without the NBA All-Star Game. It’s long overdue for a return to the Hub.
Think about delving into Celt-ics history. It is a fascinating experience — especially with the Celtics, one of only two teams in the NBA (the other is the New York Knicks) still playing in its original franchise city.
