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OCTOBER 2, 2005 Boston Sunday Globe Globe West 11 Events People Susan Chaityn Lebovits These activities are scheduled for the area this week. Future events are included as space allows: THEATER A new spin on calendar girls Jewish Fe Maynard: "Jest a Second." James Sherman comedy presented by Acme Theater Productions through Oct. 8 at Acme Theater, 61 Summer St. Performances at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3 p.m.

Sunday; 978-823-0003. 1 Newton: "Smokey Joe's Cafe." Songs of Lieber and Stoller presented Through Oct. '9 at Turtle Lane Playhouse, 283 Melrose St. $24; 617-244-0169. Waltham: "Say It With Music." Kirby and Beverly Ward headline a cast of 40 in an i Id -uilete Irvine Berlin retrospective at 8 p.m.

Oct. Jewish Fetna: 7-8 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 8-9 at Robinson Theater, Lexington Street. Presented by i 1 Til Art it.

A 1- itnt. i Keagie nayers. ipjo-jptz, umuren $zu; '781-891-5600. Water-town: "An Evening of Music and Mirth for New Orleans" will be presented jevitsh Femslo Athlete by The Ariel Group and New Repertory Theatre at 8 tonight at the Arsenal Center Jewish Female Athlete -s for the Arts, 321 Arsenal St. Performers 1 tT.11 11.11..

1 1 uiuuue luois nail, Dene unua naipem, Jennifer Lafleur, Kenny Raskin, Ron Roy, Rab Salafia, David Zucker, and Where's the Band? $45; 866-811-4111. www.thea- termania.com. Water-town: "Romeo and Juliet." Shake- A. I spearean tragedy presented by New Rep-' ertory Theatre through Oct. 9 at Arsenal Centertorthe Arts, 321 Arsenal st.

formances 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays, 3:30 and 8 p.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays.

Also at 2 p.m. selected Wednesdays and 7:30 p.m. selected Sundays. Call 617-923- STtWARl WOODWARD 8487. www.newrep.org.

Shulamit Reinharz is determined to change the stereotype of Jewish female athletes one month at a time. With the start of the Jewish New Year this week, Reinharz has unveiled the calendar "Jewish Female Athlete." It touts the accomplishments of women like Argentina's first judo world champion, Daniela Krukower; Israel's highest-ranking tennis player, Anna Smashnova; and Olympic cyclist and Wellesley native Nicole Freedman. "The stereotype is deeply ingrained that Jews are not so physical and that Jewish women are not athletic," said Reinharz, founder of the Hadassah Brandeis Institute, which publishes the calendar. The Newton resident is also the founding director of the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis, where she is a professor of sociology. She is also the wife of the Waltham university's president, Yehuda Reinharz.

"Although we're married to each other and are at the same university, I really feel I have an independent identity here," Shulamit Reinharz said. Reinharz, 59, was born in Holland, where her parents had fled "much like Anne Frank did" to escape Nazi Germany. "When Hitler invaded, they went underground, where they remained throughout the war." Reinharz, who loves photography, wanted to create something that people could learn from simply by observing. "A calendar is in your face all year long," she said. "Every time you look at it, you can pick up some information.

You don't have to go to a classroom or read a book." With the help of co-workers Nancy Vineberg, of Watertown, Debbie Olins of Newton, and Michal Goldstein of Waltham, in 2001 she began producing calendars recognizing the accomplishments of Jewish women. Past calendars featured women around the world writers, leaders, scientists, and rabbis (at the time, Reinharz says, Russia had only one). The Brandeis institute assembles traveling exhibits to complement the calendars. The first road show was for the 2003 calendar of scientists. "We wanted people to learn about those who didn't receive the Nobel Prize who were deserving, and about those who have made extraordinary breakthroughs that no one knows about," Reinharz said.

Only women who have a strong Jewish identity are included. "Just because someone has the name 'Cohen' didn't mean they're going to get into the calendar," Reinharz said. This year, each month features a current athlete and one who has made history, like Eva Szekely, the Hungarian swimmer born in 1927, who set 10 world and five Olympic swimming Sociology professor Shulamit Reinharz, who is fighting a stereotype of Jewish women with her calendar idea, is founding director of the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis. CLASSICAL Naticlc The Lydian String Quartet will USA CYCLING perform works of Mozart, Haydn, and Schubert at 7:30 p.m. Oct.

9 at the Center for Arts, 14 Summer St. $18; 508-647- 0097. wwwnatickarts.org. Newton: Pianist Christopher Dwyer will 4 penorm worKS oi Kacnmaninon, scnu- mann, and Mozart at 2 p.m. Oct.

9 at the Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St. Free; 617-796-1360. Weston: Pianist Christopher Dwyer will 'perform works of Mozart, Rachmaninoff, and Schumann at 2:30 p.m. today at Weston Public Library, 87 School St. Free; 781-891-8972.

JAZZ, POP, ROCK records. "I was hoping to be August," said 33-year-old Nicole Freedmaji via e-mail from Bermuda, where she was competing in the Bermuda Grand Prix. "August has a spicy, almost sexy ring to it. But then, I suppose sexy might not have been the purpose. I was born May 21st and I qualified for the Olympics on May 20th, so it is a fitting month." Freedman, now living in Somerville, came to the exhibit opening at Brandeis University earlier this month.

There's now talk of creating a Brandeis cycling team. "I love when projects have an afterlife," Reinharz said. Colanders can be purchased at area Jewish community centers or visit www.brandeis.eduhbL MUSIC MAN Matt Shear of Way-land is not Croatian. In fact, neither are any of his family members. But his love of Croatian music and culture would have anyone fooled.

Shear, an American of eastern European descent, is a member of a Balkan singing group and a Croatian tamburit-za band called Pajdashi, which loosely translated means "buddies" or "friends." Last Sunday, as cevapcici sizzled, PEOPLE, Page IS Framingharre Amazing Things Arts Center. Oct. 4, 8-11 p.m, jazz jam with James Merenda, $5. Oct. 7, 8 p.m., Bruce Gertz Jerry Bergonzi Quartet with Gabriel Guer I rero and Bob Kaufman, 508- -r i i -3 NICOLE FREEDMAN "(ti .18 About I tow you ptctwe Disk t'-A SM.

Kt Jf'Ji' VJtwwC -I 405-ARTS or www.amazingthings.org. Marlborough: Dante's. Performances at Marlborough Firefly's, Route 20 at 350 Main St. Oct. 6 and Oct.

13, 8:30 p.m., jam session with Barry Fitzpatrick Band, $3. Oct. 7, 9 p.m., Peacheaters, $8. Oct. 8, 9 p.m., Wolfman, 508-357-8883 or www.fireflysbbq.com.

Waltham: Bob Nieske's Big Wolf Band will perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 7 at Brandeis University, Slosberg Recital Hall; 781-736- Continued on next page Cyclist Nicole Freedman, who grew up in Wellesley, is the representative for May in the new calendar that highlights female Jewish athletes. Now you can fix your house and your rate. Home Equity Loan Home Equity Line of Credit I' QQ APR I 99 APR Fixed rate through January 15, 2007.

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