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Worcester Community Fridge sees five years of fighting food insecurity
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (956+ words) Early 2026 marks not one but two important anniversaries for Worcester. Of course, there's the March 16 centennial of Robert Goddard's rocket launch in 1926, but there's also a second, much more recent birthday to celebrate. Just over five years ago, in January…...
What would happen if Worcester were a game of Dungeons & Dragons?
3+ week, 2+ day ago (372+ words) Dungeons & Dragons, at its core, is a game about storytelling and imagination. But what if Worcester itself were a game of Dungeons & Dragons? What would happen if Worcester were a game of Dungeons & Dragons? - Dungeons and Dragons is a roleplaying…...
Meditations on metal at Worcester Art Museum
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (637+ words) The Saturday following Christmas might just prove the perfect day for a visit with the wear gear worn by fighters who could change history with the stroke of a blade, or fall unknown and forgotten on a muddy field flowing…...
Worcester calling? Joyner Lucas, Evelynroze, Carlos Odria and more get Boston Music Award nods
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (385+ words) The Boston Music Awards have announced their nominees for 2025, spanning all of Massachusetts and some of the rest of New England, too, and Worcester music is represented and in the running this year. Worcester's most famous son, Grammy-nominated rapper Joyner…...
Worcester looking for next Poet and Youth Poet Laureates
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (301+ words) The search is on for the next Worcester Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate. The City of Worcester Cultural Development Division has announced that it is seeking poets with "a significant connection to the Worcester community" to serve multi-year appointments....
New Monet exhibition downtown gives Worcester more of the immersive experience
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (1132+ words) The French artist Claude Monet may have anticipated today's immersive art exhibitions by about 150 years. So the artist, who usually sported a spectacularly long beard, could be said to be well suited to be the subject of "Claude Monet: The…...
'Pretty powerful' — New Worcester Peace Choir gives voice to peace, hope and justice
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (877+ words) When the new Worcester Peace Choir gave voice for the first time with about 25 singers at a commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima Aug. 6, "quite honestly, it was pretty powerful," said the choir's co-founder and co-director Matthew…...
Orpheus member Stephen Martin evokes growing up in 1950s Worcester in his book 'Thumper"
7+ mon, 1+ day ago (1173+ words) What was it like growing up in Worcester in the 1950s and '60s? In Stephen B. Martin's book "Thumper," there are glimpses it could be a tough place for a child of working-class parents. "Especially if you were different," Martin said. But the…...
'A lot to offer' —Worcester's Italian Festival returns, driven by families, culture
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (928+ words) For four days in mid-August, Massasoit Road will be home to a little piece of Italy on this side of the Atlantic as the Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Our Lady of Loreto Parish hosts its annual Italian Festival,…...
Broadway in Worcester to bring James Monroe Iglehart, Matt Doyle, Lindsay Mendez for shows
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (333+ words) Sirius XM radio host Rudetsky is no stranger to Broadway in Worcester having previously performed in the series with artists such as Mueller and Rivera. According to the season announcement, "The set ... Broadway in Worcester to bring James Monroe Iglehart,…...