Worcester Magazine

Worcester Magazine is a free alternative media publication that comes out weekly in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1976, it can be found in over 400 spots throughout Central Massachusetts. The magazine is released every Thursday.

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'Working really saved me' — Judy Collins ready for rescheduled concert at The Hanover

1 week ago | worcestermag.com | Richard Duckett

Legendary singer and songwriter Judy Collins will perform at The Hanover Theatre on May 11. The concert was originally scheduled for Dec. 3, but was postponed and her husband died on Dec. 4. Collins, 86, says that keeping working has helped her survive and deal with her husband's loss. The first poem in legendary singer and songwriter Judy Collins' first book of poetry, published recently, is titled "The Girl That I Was.""The girl that I was had the courage to live fast and wild ...
Things to do: Bee Gees tribute, Hanover Theatre tour, Time for Three and more

1 week ago | worcestermag.com | Richard Duckett |Meg Trogolo

Bee Gees legacy alive and kickin'Stayin' Alive has been enjoying its own popular longevity as a Bee Gees tribute band since 2002, and the group returns to The Hanover Theatre for a show on May 10. The Bee Gees can be traced back to 1958 when the brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb formed the group in Australia.
Willard House & Clock Museum to announce plan for 10,000-square foot expansion

1 week ago | worcestermag.com | Sarah Barnacle

Plans will be presented to the public on Saturday, May 10. Expansion is being funded by a $15 million gift from a museum trustee. A Worcester foundation is offering a dollar-for-dollar match on donations of between $10,000 and $50,000. GRAFTON ― The Willard House & Clock Museum is looking into the future with plans to expand its collection and build a state-of-the-art 10,000-square-foot facility.
The wolf at your door might need help to survive as a species

1 week ago | worcestermag.com | Margaret Smith

When Colossal Laboratories and Biosciences' announced it was bringing back dire wolves from extinction, lots of people wondered if this was fact or fantasy. William Lynn, a research scientist at Clark University's George Perkins Marsh Institute, was skeptical and says his skepticism was borne out. "Dire wolves and gray wolves diverged from a common ancestor.
Things to Do: Dead on a Sunday, ArtsWorcester Biennial, 'May the Fourth' and more ...

1 week ago | worcestermag.com | Meg Trogolo |Richard Duckett

Curiouser and curiouserMusicians of the Old Post Road will present a program, "Through the Listening Glass," at the Museum of Worcester on May 3 featuring the rarely played instrument the Glass Armonica. Invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761, the Glass Armonica was popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Franklin created the instrument by arranging a series of glass discs on a rotating spindle to function like a piano keyboard and producing ethereal, haunting tones.
'You get what you need': Remembering the first time the Rolling Stones played Worcester

2 weeks ago | worcestermag.com | Craig S. Semon

The Rolling Stones' most famous concert in Worcester was in 1981 at Sir Morgan's Cove, but it wasn't the first time the band played in the city. April 30 marks the 60th anniversary of the first time the Rolling Stones played Worcester, at the Worcester Memorial Auditorium at Lincoln Square. Jack Tubert, writing for the Worcester Telegram, said of the concert, "The music, what you cohear through the bedlam, wasn't bad. Glenn Miller?
New meals, old memories on menu at Shrewsbury Ground Round grand opening

2 weeks ago | worcestermag.com | Craig S. Semon

SHREWSBURY — Owners Joseph and Nachi Shea worked hard for the rebirth of the Ground Round and their work has paid off. A line of about 30 patrons, hungry for hearty meals and for happy memories, waited outside for the 4 p.m. opening, while Wink Shea, Joseph Shea’s father and Shrewsbury’s answer to Sam Elliott, guarded the door.
'There is no future in hatred': Yom HaShoah service honors Holocaust victims, survivors

2 weeks ago | worcestermag.com | Margaret Smith

"We begin with silence, the silence of death." On a chilly Sunday afternoon, a gathering at Congregation Agudat Achim in Leominster listened to the recitation of a poem by Elie Wiesel, the Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor, which extols the remembrance of 6 million Jews who did not survive: "Let us remember them as we link our silences." The 38th annual Twin Cities Federal of Massachusetts commemoration of Yom HaShoah — in Hebrew, day of the Holocaust, held April 27, marked several somber...
Preservation Worcester's Jane Week has walks and talks celebrating city's neighborhoods

2 weeks ago | worcestermag.com | Richard Duckett

Preservation Worcester's annual Jane Week will have programs May 5 to 9. The programs will include walks, talks and celebrations of Worcester neighborhoods and preservation efforts. Jane Week is named in honor of late urban activist Jane Jacobs who helped inspire the preservation movement.
Emma Duprey named director of nursing at Thrive Support & Advocacy

2 weeks ago | worcestermag.com | Margaret Smith

Working as a school nurse, where she encountered students with special needs, Emma Duprey found a passion for working with people with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Duprey, a registered nurse, was recently appointed as the director of nursing at Thrive Support & Advocacy, which provides resources for people with developmental disabilities, including a residential program, work and volunteer opportunities, and social activities.