Broadway's Christine Ebersole to perform in Broadway in …
Dec 5, 2024 · A 2023 review of "I'll Be Home for Christmas" by New York Stage Review when Ebersole and Stritch took it to 54 Below cabaret club in New York City, said "Sure, there’s definitely plenty of sentiment ladled out in the course of the evening, roughly two thirds of which is devoted to Yuletide-themed numbers. But there’s also plenty of hilarity, thanks to Ebersole’s perfectly timed, deadpan ...
Get your Irish up at Irish Cultural Festival at Polar Park
Oct 9, 2024 · (This story was updated to correct the spelling of a name)At the beginning of Worcester’s first Irish Cultural Festival last October, organizer Caitlin Sargent watched one memorable moment unfold as two Gaelic football teams lined up on the grass at Polar Park. “Right before the opening ceremonies, we had a lineup with the Irish flag, the American flag, and one line was the American-born ...
Six Things to Do: Shopping, concerts, sequins, chainmail
Dec 12, 2024 · All is merry and punked. If you are looking for some perfectly punk gifts, the third annual Holiday Flea Market presented by Worcester Punk Rock Flea Market has you covered, with a great variety of vendors Dec. 14 and 15 at the Hotel Vernon. Plus, really loud music and comedy set for 4 p.m. both days, and overflowing holiday spirit to …
Opinion/Worcesteria: A closer look at the Downtown Worcester BID
Oct 7, 2024 · 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).
Broadway in Worcester announces show starring Cheyenne Jackson
Dec 5, 2024 · Stage, television and film star Cheyenne Jackson will perform as part of Broadway in Worcester's 2024-25 season on March 7 at the BrickBox Theater at the Jean McDonough Arts Center.. Tony-Award winning actor and singer and songwriter Gavin Creel was to have appeared in the Broadway in Worcester series on March 7, but died tragically on Sept. 30 at the age of 48 of a rare and aggressive form of ...
Fractal Tribe art collective set to bring light to holiday festival
Nov 21, 2024 · Years ago, during the days when the Fractal Tribe art collective ran its own music venue in Worcester, fans would come to see their favorite artists, but stay for the glowing hieroglyphs that lit up the walls. “We made our own font and wrote a bunch of important values we thought people should live by, and we never translated them.
National Organization for Human Services lauds Safe Homes …
Dec 11, 2024 · In November, Safe Homes Worcester program director Oscar Oliveira Soens and his colleague Heather Stravato spent a whirlwind weekend in New Orleans, surrounded by nonprofit workers from across the world at the National Organization for Human Services’ annual conference. The duo, who both work at Open Sky Community Services in Worcester, were there to accept the year’s Community Activism ...
Last Call: Bob Manlick and Sara Furbush, Worcester Mineral Club
Dec 4, 2024 · Please tell me about the Worcester Mineral Club. Sara: So, our mission is to educate and promote interests in mineralogy, paleontology, gemology, lapidary, jewelry-making and treasure hunting. We do this through field trips, membership meetings, informative speakers and our annual mineral and gem show, and more.
Four Year Strong returns to Palladium for annual holiday show
Dec 12, 2024 · When Four Year Strong frontman Alan Day thinks back to the Worcester pop punk band’s first hometown holiday show, in 2007, the first thing that comes to his mind is how much the band wanted to play for an enthusiastic local audience after spending so much time opening on other artists’ tours. “We didn't headline a lot. We were supporting other bands a lot, so even when we did play in ...
First Person: Upset about the election? Then join the women's march
Dec 6, 2024 · After riding my pre-perimenopausal hormonal mania through Brat Summer, (the cultural phenomenon inspired by Charlie XCX's hit album) the morning after election night left me simply gutted. I knew a lot of my friends would feel overwhelmed as well. So, I reached out to those who would appreciate the commiseration, and tried to give space to …