Worcester Festival of Lights ready to shine on City Common
Nov 21, 2024 · Music. Arts markets. And lights. Lots and lots of lights. This year's Festival of Lights promises its traditional offering of entertainment, with headliner reggae artist Clatta Bumboo, youth and community groups, skating in the Worcester Common Oval, the ceremonial tree-lighting and a seasonal celebration of a multifaceted city.. It all happens Dec. 6 on the Common, with a concert by Clatta ...
'Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience' to bring art to heart of …
Nov 12, 2024 · "Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience," running from Nov. 14 to Jan. 31 at the Mercantile Center, is "exactly what it sounds like," said John Zaller, the producer overseeing the exhibition. "From the minute you enter to the time you leave you are immersed in the world of Vincent van Gogh like never before," Zaller said. That includes using 360-degree projections and virtual reality where you are ...
Judy Collins coming to The Hanover Theatre - worcestermag.com
Nov 25, 2024 · Singer and songwriter Judy Collins has seen both the great and the heartbreaking sides of life.. Triumphant and determined, Collins, 85, comes to The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts for her "Holidays and Hits Tour" on Dec. 3. "I'm a working girl," Collins said during a telephone interview from her home in New York City.
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).
Chuck & Mud to strum into 45th anniversary with show at John …
Oct 10, 2024 · That influence lasts a lifetime, as Rocheleau-Demers recalled. Some of the fans who were children in the audience at Chuck & Mud’s 1990s and early 2000s shows are now adults in the audience at today’s shows, old enough to bring along children of their own.
'Tina — The Tina Turner Musical' coming to The Hanover Theatre
Oct 8, 2024 · "Tina — The Tina Turner Musical" was just two performances into its new national tour, but the show was already putting together a notable record. "So far, two-for-two standing ovations," said cast member Steven Sawan after the musical's opening Sept. 24 and 25 at the E. J. Thomas Hall in Akron, Ohio. "You feel the audience," he said about the reaction to he show's inspiring story of Tina ...
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 ...
Mfoniso Udofia's nine-play 'Ufot Family Cycle' begins performances
Nov 7, 2024 · It's a story of family, spanning generations, cultures and continents, and a production bringing together many partners, including greater Boston theater companies and the Prior Performance Arts Center at the College of the Holy Cross.. And it begins with the pen and life experience of Mfoniso Udofia, award-winning playwright, first-generation Nigerian-American raised in the Worcester area.
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.
Last Call: Dale LePage, Pride's First Majesty Worcester, 2024
Aug 21, 2024 · Dale LePage has long made his name in the region with his storied jazz career as vocalist for Dale LePage and the Manhattans.His efforts have garnered him numerous accolades, including the Harvey Ball Award Smile Award.But after retiring from music a few years, the 63-year-old artist took up a new show biz vocation: drag.