College Shuffle on Sept. 14. The seventh annual College Shuffle along Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street will kick off at noon on Saturday, Sept. 14. This year’s Shuffle will feature food from more than 20 of Shrewsbury Street’s best restaurants, as well as entertainment and giveaways. This year’s Shuffle, produced by your very own Pulse Magazine, is sponsored by Worcester’s newest arrival, JetBlue, and Coney Island. Jam’n 94.5 is the media sponsor. Booths and entertainment will line Shrewsbury Street for this party, which welcomes students to Worcester. College students, faculty and staff can purchase a $10 button ~ which allows you to sample all of the food ~ on their campuses.

Lucky 7. 7Nana on Worcester’s Shrewsbury Street is hosting a Taste of 7Nana on Monday, Sept. 16, from 6-9 p.m. For $17, you get a tasting of 7Nana’s food, sushi-making demonstrations and a free T-shirt. VIP tickets, which cost $25, include all this, plus a free drink and a $10 gift card. That’s giving it away. Well 7 is a lucky number, especially for the guests at this event. Contact 7Nana for details.

It gets better at 40. The Sheraton Framingham, which used to be the Tara, recently turned 40. And how did it celebrate? With a multimillion-dollar makeover and a new, updated look with hip public spaces. Now, this is a makeover that Joan Rivers would be proud of.

Third time’s a charm. What started out as the Piccadilly’s Bar & Grill and changed its name to Paparazzi is now The Pic. In one year, the former Piccadilly Pub on Shrewsbury Street has changed its name three times since re-opening. Now, it will be known as the Pic, which is how people affectionately referred to the old Piccadilly Pub.

Another Piccadilly is sold. The former Piccadilly Pub in Westborough, near Computer Drive, is re-opening as an Owen O’Leary’s. The original Owen O’Leary’s is just down the road on the Southborough/Framingham town line. O’Leary’s offers a good mix of home-cooking and Irish fare. The original location has a great bar scene.

A friendly place. Paesano Pizzeria opened the first week in August at 1121 Grafton St. in Worcester. Tony Bianco and his family are the owners. Paesano offers wood-fired, brick-oven pizza, which seems to be the new trend. It also has something no one else offers ~ a drive-through window and brick-oven pizza by the slice. Pizza is delivered in a red Fiat, with the saying “The Italians are coming.”

The Last Drop. The 13^th annual (and last) Festival of Ale will take place from 6-9 p.m. Sept. 21 at Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Ave., Worcester. More than 22 brewers will participate. There will also be beer seminars and Pepper’s Fine Food will cater the event. The cost is $50 per person. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit higgins.org or call (508) 853-6015.