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| The Newsletter of the High Street Hill Association | September 2008 |
Celebrate the High Street Hill Association's 50th Anniversary
with
An Evening of Pill Hill Stories
featuring
Storyteller
Jay O'Callahan
Saturday, October 4th, 2008 at 7:30 P.M.
Lincoln School Auditorium, 19 Kennard Road, Brookline
please note: this performance is most suitable for ages 14 and up
Don't delay. Seats are limited!
General Admission Tickets are now on sale for $15
Call Rob Daves (617-566-7334) or Bill Weber (617-738-5504)
to purchase your tickets today!
(a limited number of Host Committee tickets are still available for this event. Priced at $100, these include two tickets to the performance plus admission to a private reception following the show at Jay O'Callahan's boyhood home at 112 High Street, hosted by Benna Kushlefsky and Seth Hamot)
Jay O'Callahan is an internationally known storyteller who grew up in the Pill Hill neighborhood of Brookline in the years following World War II. Many of his most popular tales -- the "Pill Hill Stories" -- are based on people, events and exploits from his boyhood days in Brookline.
O'Callahan's solo performances at Abbey Theatre in Dublin, National Theatre in London, the Olympics, Lincoln Center, Boston Symphony Orchestra and other theaters throughout the world have been applauded by the media, including The Boston Globe, The Washington Post and Entertainment Weekly. The Associated Press trumpeted him as "a theater troupe inside one body." Time Magazine dubbed Jay "a genius."
The hallmark of O'Callahan's talent is the passion he brings to big and small dramas of ordinary life. He slips into the souls of his characters and captures the wonder and sparkling sense of life welled up inside them, creating a magical world of hope, courage and dignity.
Learn more at: www.ocallahan.com.
We've had a great response from our annual dues appeal last month. A special thanks to the following who gave an extra donations totaling $570 to support the HSHA and its activities:
Over the last few weeks residents of Allerton Street, in preparation for a meeting with the Town Transportation Department, put together a list of traffic and safety problems that they felt needed to be addressed. Then, as if to underscore their complaints, there was yet another serious accident at the intersection of Allerton and High Street on September 8.
It served to give a sense of urgency to the meeting on the 12th with Transportation Administrator Todd Kirrane. Brooke Cook and Mark Macenka from Allerton along with Arlene Mattison of Pond Avenue and Town Meeting Members Tom Elwertowski and Rob Daves, presented their main points:
In response, Mr. Kirrane reported that Allerton Street would be added the to the High Street traffic study that the Transportation Board authorized last fall (after the HSHA filled a petition from the neighborhood). Furthermore, he said that a contract for the study with Beta Engineering was just being finalized and that data collection will begin in the next few weeks (look for rubber tubes stretched across the roads). He expects that a report containing recommendations would be available for neighborhood review and comment, perhaps as early as January.
He explained that although there are many changes expected along the Route 9 corridor -- Gateway East recommendations, extension of the Walnut Street jughandle, Children's Hospital at 2 Brookline Place -- which would impact our neighborhood, the Transportation Department was working towards a comprehensive and coordinated traffic plan that would have one main goal -- keeping traffic on the main collector roads and out of our neighborhood's quiet side streets.
He also said the long-awaited traffic study of Pond Avenue was slated for next year.
At Brookline's Deathly Hallows (the Old Burying Ground on Walnut Street) on All Hallow's Day. Saturday, November 1. Find famous people from Brookline's past, and enjoy cider and nibblies. Event will start as the sun sets; watch the HSHA website for additional details. (Free and open to the public.)
Sponsored by the Friends of the Old Burying Ground. To learn more about the Old Burial Ground see Tom Elwertowski's wonderful collection of historical info and photos on our website at: www.cemetery.highstreethill.org.
Please join Jacque Francona and Kelli Pedroia for a private evening of shopping (15% off) on Charles and Newbury Streets to benefit the Kid's Clothes Club. Thursday, Sept 18. Shopping 5-7pm followed by a party at The Liberty Hotel with cocktails, exceptional hors d'oeuvres, silent auction, and raffle.
Founded by Pill Hill neighbors Elaine Shannon and Faith Michaels, the Kid's Clothes Club has been providing thousands of new, warm coats to children in need since 1991. For more info visit www.kidsclothesclub.org.
The Friends of Jamaica Pond is hosting a public forum on the "Future of Jamaica Pond" on Thursday, September 25th, 7 PM at the First Church in Jamaica Plain. The public is invited to share visions, reflections, ideas, and concerns. The forum is cosponsored by the Arborway Coalition, Emerald Necklace Conservancy plus other community organizations.
For additional details and information contact Gerry Wright at 617-524-7070 x14. Web site: www.FriendsofJamaicaPond.org.
Rebekah Taube of 70 Upland Road passed away peacefully at home on August 23 with her family by her side. She leaves her husband of 50 years, Dr. Irvin Taube, and their children Samuel and Isabel. Rebekah was a graduate of Radcliffe College and worked for 40 years as a Research Associate in Radiology at Harvard Medical School, where she authored and edited numerous grants and publications. She will be sorely missed by her many longtime friends in this neighborhood.
The Highlight is printed several times a year and is distributed on foot or by bicycle by HSHA Board members and their usually willing family members. If you have a comment or contribution contact the editor, Rob Daves, at 617-566-7334 or robdaves@rcn.com.