THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2025 Page 15 Suffolk Downs announces Thursday Nights @ The Yard Enjoy outdoor live music, Bingo, dance classes and Yappy Hours at Suffolk Downs’ Beachmont Square this summer R ecently, The HYM Investment Group (HYM), in partnership with Wicked Fun Consulting, announced Thursday Nights @ The Yard, a rotating series of weekly activations taking place in Beachmont Square at Suffolk Downs all summer long. Kicking off on June 5, Thursday Nights @ The Yard will run every Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. through September 25. These evenings will bring entertainment, food and community activations to Suff olk Downs’ Beachmont Square neighborhood, making for the perfect after-work meetup or summer night out. REVERE’S | FROM Page 9 Baghdad on TV, he knew that fi ve million residents of Baghdad were experiencing tragedy on the ground, with no electricity, no water and no sewerage systems. It was a public health crisis. So, in 1991 Dr. Viola founded and directed Medicine for Peace (MFP), a medical relief and advocacy organization dedicated to providing care to victims of war. Dr. Viola and MFP have conducted medical programs during armed conflicts, and natural disasters, in El Salvador, Iraq, Bosnia and Haiti. In 1995, MFP focused on Bosnia, in the wake of the massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys who were killed. MFP launched a schoolbased mental health project and remained in Bosnia providing services for more than fi ve years. MFP’s more recent humanitarian work operates outside the theatre of war. In Haiti MFP established a cervical cancer detection program in mobile clinics and helped to improve the cancer treatment infrastructure of Haiti. Dr. Viola has been Director of Medicine for MFP for more than 25 years. Dr. Viola has received a number of humanitarian awards, including the International Award from the Christian Organization, Pax Christi, which recognizes grassroots activists working against violence and injustice in ongoing confl icts. He also received an honorary degree in humane letThursday Nights @ The Yard will off er rotating themes each week, including live music with local bands, Bingo nights, Yappy Hours with dog-friendly activities, and dance classes featuring Latin dance, line dancing and more. Suff olk Downs’ new brewery, Twisted Fate, will also be popping up at Thursday Nights throughout the summer so be sure to sign up for updates and announcements. Boston-area bands — including Gracie Curran and the High Falutin’ Band, The Pointe, Locust, and singer Rich DiMare — are slated to perform throughout the summer’s live music ters from St. Joseph’s College in New York. He is the recipient of the McGill University Medical Alumni, Global Award for Community Service, for treating patients in war-torn Iraq and Bosnia and for setting up cancer detection clinics in Haiti. The award stated that through his community service Dr. Viola has shown that a physician not only diagnoses ailments but can identify human rights abuses and treats more than just individuals but can rally other doctors to help heal entire populations. Dr. Viola also received the 2019 TASSC International Human Rights Award for providing medical services to alleviate suff ering to survivors of torture. Dr. Viola also received the Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory Award for his service in transferring his research from the laboratory to the marketplace, and to the world. Dr. Viola has been highlighted on ABC and “NBC Nightly News,” “Good Morning America” and “The McLaughlin Report” and in featured articles in numerous newspapers throughout the country, including The New York Times and New York Newsday. Dr. Viola has been featured in two award-winning documentaries, “Children of the Cradle” and “Opening Hearts,” which recounts the story of Dr. Viola’s work with Iraqi children. Dr. Viola is currently a medical internist in Hyattsville, Maryland, with over 60 years of experience in the medical fi eld. Thursday Nights @ The Yard. For the dance class-themed nights, guests will join in country line dancing lessons from JP Line Dance as well as tango, salsa, merengue and bachata classes from the Veronica Robles Cultural Center. Yappy Hours will welcome pups and their owners to explore local dog-friendly vendors, such as East Boston pet store Hungry Tails and dog portrait photographer Beyond the Fence. These events will also feature rotating live music from local musician Kali Loops and artists Sunset Studios Boston. Don’t miss monthly Bingo for eveDr. Leonard Guarente D nings of fun and friendly competition, happening once a month all summer long. Local food trucks rotating between Bono Appetit, Crepe Shop, Mi Corazon Taqueria, Daddy’s Bonetown Burgers and more will be available onsite each Thursday, offering guests a variety of delicious eats to enjoy while taking part in the music, dancing and festivities. “The Yard @ Beachmont Square is quickly becoming a popular community gathering place in Greater Boston, and we’re thrilled to further this with the new Thursday Nights @ The Yard activities this summer,” said HYM Managing Partner/CEO Thomas N. O’Brien. “These weekly activations at The Yard will off er something for everyone and further our vision of making Suff olk Downs a vibrant, welcoming destination for all, through fun, community, and entertainment.” “We’re excited to see Thursday Nights @ The Yard bring new energy and opportunities for residents, families, and visitors to connect in Beachmont SUFFOLK DOWNS | SEE Page 31 r. Leonard Guarente attended the Revere Public Schools from 1952-1966. He went on to study at Boston College High School, graduating fi rst in his class in 1970. He subsequently entered Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), graduating in 1974 with a BS degree in biology. Following graduation from MIT he entered Harvard University, graduating in 1978 with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in molecular biology. In 1981 Dr. Guarente returned to MIT as a professor, achieving tenure in 1986. I n 1991 Dr. Guarente launched the Aging Studies Program at the MIT Center on Aging to answer the age-old questions: Why do living things age? What genes infl uence aging? Is it possible to extend youthfulness by means of genetic manipulation? Dr. Guarente has been analyzing these questions throughout his academic career. In 1995 Dr. Guarente developed the theory that longevity genes, which help organisms withstand stressful conditions, off er protective benefi ts that can extend lifespan and improve overall health if activated long enough. Dr. Guarente has shown that the longevity genes produce proteins called Sirtuins, which control a myriad of cells activating or inactivating these proteins. Using this mechanism in response to stress, Dr. Guarente believes Sirtuins can act as a master regulator of cells in response to stress. Dr. Guarente has been focusing his studies on Sirtuins and how they coordinate a variety of hormonal networks, regulatory proteins and other genes, with a net effect of keeping cells alive and healthy. Sirtuins play an essential role in cell survival, energy metabolism, infl ammation and aging and are potential therapeutic targets of type 2 diabetes and cancer. Dr. Guarente has stated that Sirtuins are not likely to substantially extend life but can make a major impact on the extension of our good health. Dr. Guarente feels that Sirtuins could be the key not to how long we live but an improvement in how long we stay healthy, increasing our health span. Dr. Guarente is hopeful that Sirtuin-boosting drugs, which will slow aging, will appear as a pharmaceutical drug within the next 10 to 20 years. In 2000 Dr. Guarente was appointed as Novartis professor of biology at MIT. In 2023 Dr. Guarente authored the book “Ageless Quest, One Scientist’s Search for Genes That Prolong Youth.” Dr. Guarente is currently the Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research at MIT. Our fi ve local doctors have risen to both prominence and preeminence in their respective fi elds of medical science. They have made signifi cant contributions to medical science, and they have earned and deserve the deepest admiration of our community for their dedication to medicine. Their contributions to medical science have and will continue to shape medical science now and into the future, ensuring that both current and future generations benefit from their dedicated work as they continue to fulfi ll their responsibility and obligation of what it is to be a doctor, as stated by Hippocrates, the ancient Greek founder of medicine, “That wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity. John J. Henry served as City Clerk of the City of Revere for 32 years from 1977-2009. He has written numerous articles about Revere and its people.
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