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3 days ago | 
telegram.com | Margaret Smith
Sometimes a turn of events can open the door to a new path. This happened for P.E. James, a Pittsburgh-area native living in Worcester since 2007, and known widely in the area for playing music, including at elder care and memory care centers. An engineer by profession, he found himself downsized, but ultimately, channeled music into a new, fulltime career.
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3 days ago | 
worcestermag.com | Margaret Smith
Sometimes a turn of events can open the door to a new path. This happened for P.E. James, a Pittsburgh-area native living in Worcester since 2007, and known widely in the area for playing music, including at elder care and memory care centers. An engineer by profession, he found himself downsized, but ultimately, channeled music into a new, fulltime career.
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6 days ago | 
telegram.com | Margaret Smith
The 17-year cicada emergence is happening on Cape Cod and nearby areas. Cicadas are members of hemiptera, or true bugs. Citizen scientists can join the Cicada Brood XIV count. Woo! Science is a column of science news and newsmakers in Worcester and the region. Got a science news idea? Email Margaret Smith at [email protected]. With their bright red eyes and dapper, red-veined wings, the males are truly putting on the ritz, but is it enough to dress to impress?
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1 week ago | 
worcestermag.com | Margaret Smith
A turnout of about 10,000 is expected at the Middle Eastern festival at St. George Antiochan Orthodox Cathedral. An expanded children's area among the offerings of the Middle Eastern festival at St. George Antiochan Orthodox Cathedral. Kabob, kibbeh and stuffed grape leaves among food available at the Middle Eastern festival. It's a place where everyone is welcome under the big tent.
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1 week ago | 
worcestermag.com | Margaret Smith
Like many folks of his generation, Mike Mars grew up on a diet of "Creature Double Feature," the Saturday showcase of middle and low-budget films with a wealth of science fiction and classical horror offerings. Mars saw something more in these films than just scary monsters, or super freaks. He saw the experience of the outsider, and sometimes, a cautionary tale about abuse of power.
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1 week ago | 
thegardnernews.com | Margaret Smith
Like many folks of his generation, Mike Mars grew up on a diet of "Creature Double Feature," the Saturday showcase of middle and low-budget films with a wealth of science fiction and classical horror offerings. Mars saw something more in these films than just scary monsters, or super freaks. He saw the experience of the outsider, and sometimes, a cautionary tale about abuse of power.
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1 week ago | 
worcestermag.com | Margaret Smith
2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Germany's surrender and the end of World War II. Between 1942 and 1945, the Nazis used the European railways to deport millions of Jews to labor camps and death camps. On a chilly afternoon, a mysterious object appeared in the rear parking lot of Congregation Beth Elohim, looking as if it had appeared from another place and time. And, in a way, it did.
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2 weeks ago | 
worcestermag.com | Margaret Smith
With her plush fur and sweet countenance, Boo Boo can melt any heart of wax. That includes Dan Hawkins, owner of Man & Cat Candle Company, who can be seen at craft fairs and community events such as Worcester Punk Rock Flea Market, Pride Worcester and more. Hawkins started Man & Cat Candle Company, paying homage to Boo Boo, whose image appears on labeling and promotions, and who Hawkins adopted through Community Cat Connection, a local cat rescue.
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2 weeks ago | 
wickedlocal.com | Margaret Smith
Locally, turtles' nesting season runs from about mid-May to mid-June. Motorists kill thousands of turtles trying to cross roads to get to their nesting sites. Seven of the state's 10 native turtle species are listed as threatened, endangered or special concern. If you're mowing tall grass, look out: mowers often injure or kill turtles, such as wood turtles and box turtles, that prefer grassy areas. Woo! Science is a column of science news and newsmakers in Worcester and the region.
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3 weeks ago | 
worcestermag.com | Margaret Smith
Trigger warning: This article mentions political violence. Growing up in China under the Communist rule of Mao Zedong, Jean Wang, a little girl living with her family in Wuhan, would look out the window to see a chilling sight: the makings of a procession, featuring people huddled in a truck, on the way to their executions. Their crime: it could be almost anything, even something as trivial as stepping on Mao's portrait.
