The Scene In and Around Boston . . .
By Hilda M. Morrill
June 22, 2007
 Enjoying the North Cambridge Catholic High School’s “Tip O’Neill Gala: A Salute to Our Stars,” are, left to right, Richard Gaeta of Premier Incentives; Chris Griffin of Griffin Properties, the event sponsor; Marilyn Gaeta of Premier Incentives; and Tom O’Neill of O’Neill and Associates. (Photo by Joe Greene)
North Cambridge Catholic High School’s “Tip O’Neill Gala: A Salute to Our Stars,” was recently celebrated at the Boston Marriott, Cambridge. Liz Brunner, WCVB Channel 5 News Anchor, emceed.
The evening’s honorees included Robert Sturtevant, from the “Boston Business Journal,” receiving the “Outstanding Volunteer Award”; the Braver Company and The New England Aquarium, “Outstanding Corporate Sponsor Awards”; and Pedro Portillo, a North Cambridge Catholic Senior, the “Rising Star Award.”
The event chairs were Richard Gaeta, Marilyn Gaeta and Paul Lanigan. The committee included Denise Doyle, Christopher Griffin, Shannon Maloney, Thomas P. O’Neill III, Rob Sisti and Molly Williams, to name but a few.
We are told that the North Cambridge Catholic High School (NCCHS) has an 85-year legacy of educating the sons and daughters of working class families. The commitment to providing a quality education is the same as when former Congressman and Speaker of the House, the late Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill attended there more than 50 years ago.
Congratulations and Best Wishes all around!
Lantern Festival Returns
The 9th annual “Forest Hills Lantern Festival” takes place at the Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain on Thursday, July 12 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Rain date is July 19). This beautiful and deeply moving ceremony of remembrance draws thousands of people every year for a unique multicultural memorial celebration in the splendid setting of the Victorian landscape and arboretum.
The Lantern Festival is inspired by the traditional Japanese Bon Festival, a Buddhist ritual honoring the departed spirits of family ancestors. Paper lanterns are elegantly inscribed by Japanese and Chinese calligraphers and then participants add drawings and personal messages of love and hope. At dusk, people gather around Lake Hibiscus, light the votive candles in their lanterns, and float them onto the peaceful surface of the water. Drifting and glimmering across the Lake, the lanterns symbolize the soul’s journey after death.
The festival begins at 6 p.m., as families and friends gather to share picnics on the grass and enjoy a multi-cultural program of music and dance. This year a soulful performance of gospel music will be followed by a dramatic, high-energy presentation by Master Tsuji’s Samurai Taiko Drummers. Visiting college students from Japan’s Showa Institute in Brookline will perform traditional dances in colorful kimonos and children and teens from Chu Ling Dance Academy will also perform Chinese folk dances.
All visitors are encouraged to bring a flashlight to guide their exit after dark. For admission costs and more information, please call 617-524-0128 or visit
www.foresthillstrust.org.
House and Garden Tour Scheduled for Woods Hole
“The Penzance Point House and Garden Tour” takes place on Saturday, July 21 in the Woods Hole area of Cape Cod, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This is a “once-in-an-era” opportunity to tour eight “spectacular”summer homes and two gardens on the very private Penzance Point, which affords dramatic views of Buzzards Bay, Woods Hole and the Elizabeth Islands. Proceeds will benefit the completion of Highfield Hall in Falmouth, a cultural center for the Upper Cape.
Visitors are encouraged to wear walking shoes. Transportation will be provided from specific Woods Hole parking lots. Details will be provided with tickets.
For tickets and more information, please call 508-495-1878; e-mail highfieldhall@verizon.net; or visit
www.highfieldhall.org.
Samuel McIntire Exhibit at PEM in October
Looking ahead: The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) announces that it will sponsor the first major exhibition of Salem's own Samuel McIntire, opening on Oct. 13, and running through Feb. 24, 2008.
“Samuel McIntire, Carving an American Style” is a groundbreaking exhibition that explores McIntire's carvings of neoclassical ornaments for buildings and furniture. We are told that while McIntire's work as an innovative architect is widely known, his genius for carving exquisite details on furniture, buildings, and sailing vessels is one of the great untold stories in American decorative art.
The exhibition, which opens during the 250th anniversary of McIntire's birth, establishes the artist as a leading force for creative design during the Federal period. It features many of his furniture masterworks, as well as architectural carvings and freestanding sculpture—a total of more than 200 objects from public and private collections.
“Carving an American Style” is curated by the museum's Dean Lahikainen, a widely respected authority on Salem furniture and the decorative art and architecture of New England. He is also the author of an accompanying scholarly book, the first devoted to McIntire's carvings.
The museum is located in East India Square, Salem. For admission fees or more information, please call 866-745-1876 or visit
www.pem.org.
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