Worcester Festival of Lights ready to shine on City Common
2024年11月21日 · Music. Arts markets. And lights. Lots and lots of lights. This year's Festival of Lights promises its traditional offering of entertainment, with headliner reggae artist Clatta Bumboo, youth and community groups, skating in the Worcester Common Oval, the ceremonial tree-lighting and a seasonal celebration of a multifaceted city.. It all happens Dec. 6 on the Common, with a concert by Clatta ...
Worcesteria: Emotions flow at Transgender Day of Remembrance …
2024年11月21日 · LGBTQ-focused news outlets such as The Advocate reported Goddard’s death using their correct pronouns and referring to them as the correct gender, while some area news outlets referred to them using feminine terms and omitted their chosen name, River.. Santora said it is not uncommon for authorities to refer to transgender homicide victims by their given names and genders assigned at birth ...
First Person: Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years later
2024年11月22日 · On Nov. 9, 1989, the wall that separated East Germany and the Soviet Union and its satellites from the rest of the world, began to come down. Images beamed around the world, of drifting snow, bright lights and cheering crowds, …
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'Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience' to bring art to heart of …
2024年11月12日 · "Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience," running from Nov. 14 to Jan. 31 at the Mercantile Center, is "exactly what it sounds like," said John Zaller, the producer overseeing the exhibition. "From the minute you enter to the time you leave you are immersed in the world of Vincent van Gogh like never before," Zaller said. That includes using 360-degree projections and virtual reality where you are ...
Opinion/Worcesteria: A closer look at the Downtown Worcester BID
2024年10月7日 · The organization first caught the public eye when it partnered with the city to put on the Out to Lunch concerts and Movies on the Common (the last of which for this year will be Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” Oct. 17).
Denholm's windows display work from designers for 'Heart of …
2024年11月20日 · Denholm's 'glory days' The displays will be lit up alongside the entire area surrounding the Worcester Common for the Festival Of Lights Dec. 6, and Mattson said like many Worcesterites, she heard tales of Denholm's glory days growing up. “My dad would go there to see Santa Claus every year, and they turned one of the floors into a huge Christmas village with toys,” Mattson said.
Worcester Magazine's 2024 Hometown Heroes
2024年11月28日 · Hometown Hero Alissa Schimmel runs the food rescue for Rachel's Table. One of the organizations that benefit from her volunteers is the South Worcester Neighborhood Center.
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2024年11月7日 · In the eyes of art. The Open Door Art Gallery at the Worcester Art Museum features a new exhibition, "The (Dis)Comfort of Home"by Moriah Faith, with large-scale abstract realist paintings that reflect Faith's experience of living with an invisible disability.The show is the first solo exhibition by Faith, who received the grand prize award from the Kennedy Center’s Emerging Young Artists ...
Gary Sohmers crafts out-of-this world 'Beasties: A Sci-Fi Rock Opera'
2024年10月2日 · Rock 'n' roll fantasy. Ageless hippie Gary Sohmers is the writer, lyricist, creator and producer of “Beasties: A Sci-Fi Rock Opera.” Turns out, Sohmers — an appraisal expert of pop culture, collectibles and toys for 13 years on “The Antique Roadshow” and entrepreneur of the legendary Wex Rex, formerly in Hudson (where he lives) — is also a frustrated rock star.