watch and listen to the talking news every day at twelve noon and six pm on channel ninety six comcast x finity and channel thirty verizon vios it can also be heard mondays and tuesdays at four thirty pm and wednesdays at twelve thirty pm on channel nine x finity and channel twenty nine fi ost listen any time on the b m c podcast network on sound cloud an i tunes just search for the belmont media podcast network and now on to the talking news bloodthirsty puppet promises to thrill by joanna case of alephs the belmont high school performing arts company has spent many after school and weekend hours but pairing for the upcoming spring musical little shop of horrors there will be four shows macia st through the rd at seven pm and two pm on ezra flamm the belmont high school theater specialist producer and director of the belmont high school performing arts company said he shows little shop of horrors not only because it's one it's one of his all time favorites but because it's flashy humors musical flair but isn't afraid to get nontraditional serious creepy or odd this show fits the bill he said scenic design a animosity describes the set for a little shop of horrors is vibrant she said the set crew was inspired by the s horror poster aesthetic and almost almost neon and hyper saturated tones that made them dirty to depict poor skid row the community where the show checks takes place there are two distinct locations which were designed like a picture book with skid row as the outside cover of the book and the flower shop is the inside of the book choreographer jenny lipson described the group of seventeen dances featured in the show as particularly strong doing complicated choreography in almost two thirds of the big production numbers one of the numbers incorporates is really styled movements which will catch the audience by surprise at a creepy number w special surprise props and aerobatics let's see the cast flam said they took a risk it choosing a show that was written for a cast of nine performers and made it work for ninety performers on stage the positive energy and hod work of the students who committed to this spring musical had been a big payoff he said the plant for rented the plant puppets beast and the little mermaid which were written after and the music is really fun there's some really interesting scenes and some motifs that really are significant to the american dream and the simple things people want in life and dreams that can't really be achieved but  people want so badly said valentine said valentine runnels who plays audrey love interest of the main character simo and i will over them i call the clear thanks bob cambridge resident to host the belmont film screening cambridge resident helen lim a star well host a screening of the documentary the human race as part of her fundraising for the boston marathon at one p major after chicago and new york she came to the u s two years ago from france as an investment director for c i c capital a french private equity firm and also plans to run marathons in san francisco and washington d c later this year as a way to explore the u s running raised the bar on my dreams and goals and made me feel as to speak about them said i want all of our daughters to be fearless even our developed countries they should not take this freedom to run for granted running has made me more self confident and i want that for more women around the world as part of her involvement was founded by katherine switzer who wearing big number two hundred and sixty one became the st woman to officially run the boston marathon in one thousand nine hundred and sixty seven in two thousand and seventeen switzer again in raising funds for the organization breaking down the barriers of geography to sixty one dollars feel the same through created global community for women around is of all abilities to support encourage and inspire each other to a positive sense of self and feel isness already there are more than fifty clubs on five continents now over to max thank you clare students compete on w g b h quiz show s is one of sixteen teams from the state to compete by germanic eight surveillance double high school is one of the sixteen teams are from across massachusetts competing on the th anniversary season of w g b h is high school quiz show this is the th time p h s students are contestants on the show this year they will compete against needham high school at six pm on saturday march th the show can be could be seen on channel two qualifying schools receive the highest scores on an oral quiz at the super sunday qualifying event held in november at w g b h studios the students competing for belmont are seniors cameron anderson matthew miller  to the quarter finals to complete to compete for the state championship the season will culminate with an interstate international taishan all featuring w g b h is high school quiz show state champions competing against quiz shows state champions for new hampshire rhode island and maine for the final title b h as captain cameron anderson participated for the rd year in a row he said the experience is challenging but very rewarding to be h s holds tr determine who will be on the team in september once the team members are recruited they meet almost every weekend to practice going through packets of questions in a number of ways emulating the different rounds of the competition until the taping in january unfortunately i can't reveal any specific information about how the taping went but just like every year i learned something new during a question anderson said i want to thank the team eliana torre matthew and altered they all put in a tremendous amount of work to prepare and i'm confident that the team will continue to do well after i'm gone high school quiz show is indorsed by the massachusetts department of elementary and secondary education and the massachusetts p questions on the search are aligned with the messages of high school curriculum standards in subjects that include literature history civics science and math as well as current events and general knowledge major funding for high school quiz show is provided by tropical diners menu office breakfast all day and lunch the menu office a wide range of traditional comfort food such as chicken wall fals sweet potato pancakes on lots and wraps as well as tropical fruit smoothies spicy chicken soup fried pickles and fried green tomatoes it is open from six thirty am to three thirty pm cole warner and head chef jonathan paris moved to reveal it from columbia three years ago it has always been his dream to own a restaurant prior to taking on this new venture peru's worked as a cook for a cafeteria and which hit on newbury street in boston he is he is he is a patna with maria jones present cited about the location and plans to apply for a permit to open the taiko window and serve kid friendly options for visitors to the beaverbrook reservation pock next door the restaurant replaces a string of diners that have ak the building over the last five years and roast diner sweet peach diner and most recently phoenix grill and rose dyna held the space for many years until it was foreclosed upon in two thousand and eleven after failing to pay state and municipal taxes the latest tenant suite peach diner left earlier this year after it started experiencing problems following an ownership change in two thousand and fourteen and now on to clare thanks bob question of the week for housing authority candidates by giuliani there are two candidates running for the five year housing authority seat in the upcoming town election in april nd they are newcomer cassandra page and incumbent thomas ina olson the housing authority has five members four of whom are elected for overlapping five year terms the th is appointed by the state the full time salaried executive director supervises and coordinates the programs according to belmont's town website the belmont housing authority manages programs which provide housing assistance for low income families veterans and the elderly it presently manages a total of two hundred and fifty six dollars units of conventional housing which includes one hundred dollars units of veterans and family housing one hundred and fifty four dollars units of elderly and handicapped by disabled housing and two units of housing for the develop me it is stable but the authority also administers two massachusetts rental vouchers three alternative housing vouchers twenty existing section eight rental assistant certificates and twenty five section eight housing vouchers to difficult it's every week leading up to the election the belmont citizen harold will ask page and olsen a question to help voters decide which candidate is the best choice this week's question is has the suggestion box ever been used to get feedback from residents here so how was the response and effectiveness of it if not do you think it would be a good idea why or why not  we do encourage residents to send notes and comments to the office and to board members we also invite residents as well as belmont citizens to attend our monthly meetings time is set aside in each meeting for public input the executive director and housing manager meet regularly approximately every six weeks with residents in each of our housing communities we find this a system maintaining communication within the community now that our new executive director has accomplished so much by meeting the more stringent requirements within the coming year it is the b h a boards goal to commence a monthly newsletter that will provide a tariff sheet for residents to send their thoughts in to the board mailbox located in the office at pearson road cassandra page in december two thousand eighteen we received a letter informing tenants of the new tip line and encouraging us to implement a quote see something say something policy the policy puts emphasis on using a tip line to report other residence fraud lease raia violations at cetera in anonymous fashion for filling out incident reports in the office though the letter further explains that without leaving contact information following up would be challenging while safety and following policy is important we all need to live here so you can see where the policy could impede a happy healthy community the current protocol to address maintenance concerns and offer improvement suggestions is to contact the office directly open work on it is our attend board meetings i believe this is where we need to put emphasis encouraging healthy relationships between tenants as well as with the b a j is crucial creating surveys offering educational programs and having healthy trusting relationships could increase tenant involvement and all the areas in a positive way i would be happy to assist in the process of sending out and collecting resident feedback surveys in concerns to bring to the b h a and the bo ins and hands communication invalidate the importance of tenant involvement now over to max make it clear dancing with the local stars by joanna cates of ellis and wendy murphy ten local celebrities are participating in dancing with the belmont stars to benefit the belmont women's women's club the organization responsible for maintaining and restoring the eight hundred and fifty three dollars william flag homer house known as bill months crown jewel historic home which sits on the hill at six hundred and sixty one pleasant street town administrator patrice garvin is one of the stars who has been taking lessons donated by fred astaire dance studios to prepare for the event which takes place friday  champion becca pizzey town clerk ellen o'brien ellen o'brien cushman selectman vice chairman mark paolo and council on aging director novena vogel similar to the television show dancing with the stars person participating dancers will be competing to win judges include jimmy tingle founder for human humor for humanity sylvia whitney acclaimed u s o performer and frankie cheli former owner of frankie's fish in center former radio personality and singer candi oteri will be the master of ceremonies this week the citizen herald caught up with garvin to ask her about the experience she has had preparing for the big day what made you want to participate in testing with the belmont stars i am always willing to help whenever anyone asks me for it it is a good cause and important to the community have you taken dance lessons before yes and no i took dance lessons is a team and some as an adult how are the lessons going so far my instructor and i chris we have clicked and it has been a lot of fun coming up with the dance what's your favorite dance style i love to watch professional ballet how do you feel about the competition i want to win i'm pretty competitive but i want everyone to have fun over to you bob thank you max signed up for an interview with the belmont story project the belmont story project that's b s p is a local oral history recording project modeled after the n p r s story corps this project collects the stories of the people of belmont the topic can have to do with raising your kids with your work life a funny story whatever you decide whether you've lived here for six months or six decades your story matters and would love to of voice to the collection it's very easy to participate interviews are recorded in the kathlyn room at the belmont public library you need to make an appointment listen to  and surely gerber speak with a grandson michael sue's or a boat growing up and living in belmont for the past seventy years and their secret to a long and happy marriage for more information garden club to sponsor a lecture strong tom strange felt will be the featured speaker for the nd annual and alan memorial lecture to be held from seven dollars to nine pm march t with examples of the good and the not so good the goal is to help attendees design the outside of their home in the same way as they designed the inside and alan was in on of every member of the belmont garden club who gave the use of her greenhouse in her heart of cultural expertise to the club and to many of the civic groups this lecture series was founded by a grant from alan's family to the belmont g preparers will be at the beach street center on mondays and fridays from february th through april th this program is for low and moderate income tax payers preparers cannot prepare complicated returns involving such items as rental income cancellation of mortgage debt depreciation of moving expenses extensive investment transactions and casualty losses to name a few general assistance such as answering questions will be provided to anyone regardless of income level assistance is offered free of charge preparers cannot accept payments but you are welcome to show your gratitude by making a donation the council on aging tax preparation is by 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