Arts & Entertainment
News/Reviews on local Worcester Area A&E events and venues.
KidsFest and Free Museum Day in Worcester
Wachusett Mountain is hosting one of it’s festivals this weekend. The spotlight will be on the kids with the 23rd Annual Kidsfest Event. Though the nights are starting to feel a little chilly ski weather is still a long ways away. In the meantime those of us with children can enjoy some “music, food and […]
stART on the Street Honors Scott Ricciuti – Worcester This Weekend
Late summer and fall are known for festivals and this weekend Worcester is the place to be for food and art. stART on the Street is holding it’s fall Art Festival on Sunday September 15th starting at 11 am. If you are new to the Worcester/Central Mass area don’t miss what has become one Worcester’s signature […]
Columbus Day Weekend 2012 in Central Mass
Columbus Day weekend is here! Kind of (I think Friday counts). The weather has been dreary lately but there are Central Mass forecasts for today and Monday are quite nice. Saturday and Sunday also look like it only just might be an occasional shower in the afternoon. This should not keep anyone from making the […]
Celebrate Independence Day in Central Mass – 2012
Celebrating Independence Day in the Central Mass and Worcester areas don’t just include July 4th this year. The Worcester Tornadoes are holding a series of Fireworks Fridays in July and August. They of course are tied in to home games so this week is out but the great news is that you will be able […]
Free Lunch Time Concerts Return to Worcester Common in 2012
By this time this post goes up today you may have missed Linda Dagnello’s kickoff performance of the annual Worcester Out to Lunch Series that takes place on the Worcester Common for the fourth time. These free concerts have proven to be quite popular and if the weather cooperates is a great break from the […]
Worcester Holiday Pops at Mechanics Hall
This weekend my husband and I are going to the Holiday Pops Concert this weekend at Worcester’s renowned Mechanics Hall. This will be my first time so I am very excited not only to attend the concert but to visit Mechanics Hall. There is something about old, classical buildings that have always attracted me. It […]
Worcester Celebrates Oktoberfest in 2010
Shrewsbury Street is celebrating the annual October tradition of Oktoberfest this weekend. It makes brilliant sense to celebrate a beer and food festival on the hottest street for restaurants and taverns in Worcester. They have actually made a catchy theme of it with the date which is 10-10-10. There will be 10 venues participating with […]
Free Museum Day for Central Mass
This Saturday September 25th the Smithsonian is continuing it’s annual tradition of sponsoring a Free Museum Day across the US. In it’s 6th year this event is a great opportunity to explore area museums for free. Here in Central, Massachusetts there is a wide range of museums. Last year we focused on the Worcester based […]
Wachusett Mountain Festival 2010
MusicFest is taking place this Sunday at Mount Wachusett. I know that some of you may be feeling the tease of the cooler crisper air with visions of skiing in your head but there is still some ways to go before we start getting snow here in New England. Though Wachusett hopes to kick of […]
History for Sale in Worcester – Andrew Green Estate
If you are familiar with the Worcester area you no doubt know about Green Hill Park which is Worcester’s largest park. The park land was sold to Worcester by the Green family back in 1903 upon Andrew Green’s death. The Green family had a long history in Worcester and Andrew Green eventually achieved even more […]
Walk and Rock on Shrewsbury Street Tonight
If the weather finally clearing isn’t enough to get you out and about maybe great food and music on Worcester’s hopping Shrewsbury Street will. Tonight a variety of popular restaurants on Shrewsbury St. will be hosting a Worcester event they are calling the the Walk & Rock. From 6-11pm you can visit a variety of […]
Second Annual Worcester Restaurant Week
As promised last year Worcester’s Restaurant Week looks as though it is set to be an annual event. This year’s second annual Worcester Restaurant Week kicked off yesterday and is set to finish up on August 15th, 2010. Like many restaurant “week” events Worcester’s actually lasts for 2 weeks. There are many benefits of having […]
Worcester Common Free Summer Concerts Return
There are still 5 free summer concerts left in 2010 on the Worcester Common. I almost missed this but was thrilled to see that it is back for a second year. This year the free Out to Lunch concert series will have more food offerings from local restaurants though you can still bring your own […]
Don’t Miss Worcester’s Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra
The Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra will be playing it’s last free summer concert this weekend. In Massachusetts it is easy to forget that there is more than one big orchestra to enjoy. Like the Boston Pops the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra put on an Interdependence day performance. It was part of the free summer concert series that […]
Third Annual Worcester Irish Music Festival
This weekend the annual Worcester Irish Music Festival is taking place at the Worcester Hibernian Centre & Fiddler’s Green on Temple Street. The Telegram did a good write up about the entertainment line up which includes the likes of Irish super group Solas. This event though focused on Irish Music and Celtic tradition is a […]
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