Lyric Stash

Who's who and Wyatts what of new kids on block
WAS no one around to remind Wyatt Roy that a new kid's schooldays can be blighted by the company he keeps on day one? Australia has now seen him all gelled and eager on his first day at work in the custody of Eric Abetz, 52, and Philip Ruddock, 67, two of the scariest figures in the Liberal Party.

Hills calendar
Listings are printed on a space-available basis. For a complete listing, visit www.InsideBayArea.com/montclair . St. John's Episcopal Church -- Open the Doors, with a bounce house for kids and spaghetti, to raise money for the Rector's Discretionary Fund, 5-9 p.m. Sept. 11, adult $10, child $5, family $25, 1707 Gouldin Road, 510-338-0911.

Natick Days to offer some new attractions
A summer?s end. A new social season. A program?s main funding source. A way to meet old friends, and greet new ones. A way to not block all of Natick Center on a busy Saturday morning. That, and more, is Natick Days.

Leafs' Brown a chip off the old block
New fourth-line Leafs checker Mike Brown comes by his biker-style handlebar moustache quite honestly.

Fair Or Not, 'Freedom' Has Earned Its Accolades
Why all the adulatory attention, critics ask, for Jonathan Franzen's latest domestic drama about marriage and family? Even though Franzen gets more praise for doing what many fine female writers do "backwards and in heels," critic Maureen Corrigan says Freedom has earned its high praise.