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Don’t Miss Worcester’s Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra

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 […]

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Taste of Shrewsbury Street

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Taste of Shrewsbury Street

2011 Update:  Taste of Shrewsbury Street will be taking place again on Tuesday June 21st, 2011.  The Shrewsbury Street Area Merchants Association continues to put on events to showcase the Shrewsbury Street businesses and this event in particular is one of their more popular ones.  People are usually ready to enjoy the promise of a […]

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Third Annual Worcester Irish Music Festival

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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Don’t Miss Dinosaurs at Worcester’s DCU Center

Don’t Miss Dinosaurs at Worcester’s DCU Center

When you think of “Arena Spectacular” do you think of dinosaurs?  I admit it I think of Monster Jam Truck type of events.  Walking with the Dinosaurs surprisingly is not new though it may be new to Worcester and Massachusetts.  I first heard of this realistic dinosaur show from a friend who had seen it […]

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stART On The Street Brings the Art Festival to Spring

stART On The Street Brings the Art Festival to Spring

“Started” back in 2002 stART on the Street takes Art to the Street in an effort to showcase Worcester’s art and culture.  Most people think of the stART on the Street festival as taking place in September and it does but they also are putting on a Spring Edition this weekend.  It is taking place […]

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Worcester Area Colleges Commencement Season 2010

Worcester Area Colleges Commencement Season 2010

This weekend Worcester area colleges continue to confer degrees to their graduates.  If you look at the 13 major Worcester area colleges 5 will be holding commencement ceremonies this weekend May 15th and May 16th. The commencement season kicked off this past weekend with Senator Scott Brown speaking at Nichols College.  It was one of […]

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Beetle Battle Heats Up as Arbor Day Approaches

Filed in Local Events by on April 28, 2010 0 Comments
Beetle Battle Heats Up as Arbor Day Approaches

Worcester has started their next wave of measures to prevent the Asian Long Horned Beetle from infesting any more trees. It is starting to inject chemicals into healthy trees that will stop the beetle from laying eggs in the trees as well as basically killing off any would be larvae from becoming viable. We have […]

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