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Mass. movers among the Time 100
Time magazine's annual Time 100, paying tribute to people who've helped ''shape the world" -- whatever that means -- comes out Monday, but we got a sneak peek. Should be no surprise that this year's list includes a few movers and shakers with Massachusetts connections. One is MIT prof Kerry Emanuel, an atmospheric scientist whose work linking global warming and hurricanes was released just weeks before Katrina. Another is Dr. Jim Yong Kim, director of the HIV/AIDS division of the World Health Organization and a staffer at both Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Need more? How 'bout Bill James? The statistician and chief nerd for the Sox makes the list, as does BU prof and noted activist and humanitarian Elie Wiesel.
Musical aces help lift tennis benefit
The titans of tennis in town for the Champions Cup Boston tourney raised a bundle of dough this week for Tenacity, which offers free tennis lessons to thousands of Boston teens. At Wednesday's fund-raiser at the Copley Westin, bluesman James Montgomery was joined onstage by Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton, Boston's Barry Goudreau, blues drummer Shor'ty Billups, a.k.a. ''the short man with the funky foot," and 13-year-old sax sensation Grace Kelly. . . . Some of the crew headed over to the Foundation Lounge in Kenmore Square after the event.UMass-Boston hosts Kanye West
A night after thrilling the kids at BC, Kanye West was back at it Wednesday, playing a private show for 3,000 students and staff at UMass-Boston. The rapper, who met with chancellor Michael Collins before the show, emerged for the encore wearing the ''UMass Boston Athletics" T-shirt that had been placed in his dressing room. Media wasn't welcome at the show, but we're told former Globie Michael Holley was in the house.Theatre Offensive play is up for award
''Christine Jorgensen Reveals," starring Bradford Louryk and produced by Boston's Theatre Offensive, was nominated yesterday for a Drama Desk Award, honoring excellence on Broadway, off-Broadway, and off-off Broadway, in the category of unique theatrical experience. The show has two more performances (tonight and tomorrow) at the Boston Center for the Arts.Students and stars perform for Peace
The students in the school band at Dorchester's Thomas J. Kenny Elementary School practiced ''La Bamba" for weeks to prepare for last night's ''School House Rocks" fund-raising concert at the Roxy where they were part of a lineup that included Lisa Loeb and James Montgomery, who was playing two fund-raisers in two nights. The event benefited Peace Games, the Boston-based nonprofit devoted to nonviolence. Actor-producer Donal Logue, the evening's MC, has come a long way from his days as a roadie for the Lemonheads. These days not only is he an in-demand actor, he's also producing a new show on ABC that will star Mick Jagger. Logue said landing rock's most famous frontman was a ''long shot," but Jagger agreed to do the pilot after reading the script. Others stepping off a school bus to attend were former Miss USA turned MTV VJ Susie Castillo, former New Kid Joey McIntyre, and pro poker pixie Annie Duke and her boyfriend, Brookline's own Joe Reitman.Inspired to give
Auto magnate Ernie Boch Jr. took the theme ''Mothers of Inspiration" at the One Family Scholars tea to heart when he stood up and pledged a $25,000 donation. And when the group's executive director Marjorie Clapprood double-checked the amount in front of a full house of nearly 600 at the Park Plaza Hotel's ballroom, Boch said, ''OK, make it $30,000." After the Wednesday event, which raised more than $527,000 to further the education of homeless mothers, Boch said he was, in fact, inspired by the women in the program and the group's message of hope. Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healy and Mayor Tom Menino recognized the group's success and presented its founders Phyllis and Paul Fireman (of Reebok fame) with proclamations. . . . And speaking of hizzoner, Menino will attend today's opening of the 100th annual meeting of the American Association of Museums, where he will name 2006 ''The Year of the Museum in Boston," an initiative that received approval from Congress. . . . Sox outfielder Gabe Kapler, who's still rehabbing his injured Achilles, lunched at Game On! yesterday. . . . Boston Celtics guard Delonte West and center Kendrick Perkins helped eighth-grade students plant a garden at the Harbor School in Dorchester yesterday as part of the second ''Richard Dyer of the Globe staff contributed. Names can be reached at names@globe.com or at 617-929-8253. 
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