Worcester Common

Downtown Worcester Winter Festival

Join us for an afternoon of fun, family-friendly, wintertime activities at the Downtown Worcester Winter Festival, presented by the Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District and Perrone Landscaping, on Saturday, February 18 from 1-3pm on the Worcester Common. (Rain/Snow Date: Saturday, February 25) Ice skating Curling Ice sculptures Art activities  Local food truck Meet your favorite Worcester team […]

The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory for the Performing Arts

The Seagull presented by THTC Youth Acting Company

February 24th 2023, 7:00 pm February 25th 2023, 7:00 pm February 26th 2023, 2:00 pm   Experience Livy Scanlon’s 75-minute adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull, presented by The Hanover Theatre Conservatory’s Youth Acting Company (YAC). In a letter dated 1895, Anton Chekhov wrote, “Believe it or not, my friend, I’m writing […]

JMAC

Melt Pop-Up Art Gallery

Presenting a two week long pop-up art gallery, Melt. This culimnation of chaos represents a wide variety of local MA artists that has been curated by senior at Clark University, Emily Steiger, for her senior Capstone in Media, Culturem and the Arts. The opening reception will have live music, local […]

ArtsWorcester

Opening Reception: Impact

Opening Reception for Impact: A Members' Exhibition in collaboration with the Fitchburg Art Museum Friday, March 3, 2023, 6:00-9:00 PM ArtsWorcester Main Galleries Come by and celebrate the artists of Impact! The natural world has always inspired artists with its beauty, power, and the raw materials it offers for artmaking. Today, […]

ArtsWorcester

Artists’ drop-off party for Art On The Line!

ArtsWorcester’s beloved Art On The Line fundraiser is back again! All artwork should be delivered by March 9, 2023. Artist Drop Off Party: Wednesday, March 8, 5:30 - 8:00 PM Come meet with your fellow artists and drop off your work at the same time. If you can’t make it […]

JMAC PopUp

Music Lives 365 LIVE – WinterSongs

WinterSongs is the 2nd in the 4-part series Music Lives 365 LIVE. Join us at @JMACWorcester for an evening of music, video and graphic art celebrating great musical artists born in Winter such as Ry Cooder, Nina Simone, Sister Rosetta Thorpe, Tim Buckley, Rhiannon Giddens, Patti Smith, Peter Gabriel, Sandy Denny, Ivor Cutler […]

ArtsWorcester

Call for Art: The Twentieth ArtsWorcester Biennial

CALL FOR ART: Twentieth ArtsWorcester Biennial Submission Deadline: March 22 First Round of Notifications: by March 30 Drop off for in-person jurying: April 13 - 16 Final Round of Notifications: by April 20 Exhibition Dates: May 4 through July 9 Artwork pickup: July 13 - July 16   The year 2023 marks the […]

Jean McDonough Arts Center

2023 Kennedy Community Health Hero Costume Party

Kennedy Community Health is pleased to announce its 2023 Hero Costume Party on Friday, March 24th at the Jean McDonough Arts Center in Worcester! The much-anticipated return of Kennedy Community Health’s one-of-a-kind costume party event is here.  We’re back to celebrate our health care heroes in a hero-themed party at […]

Worcester Public Library

DIY Croc Charms

Create your own personalized charms to decorate your Crocs with! All materials will be provided.  Ages 12-17. 

JMAC PopUp

“A Walk in the Woo” – Worcester’s 2022 Rain Poets Read

The Worcester County Poetry Association is pleased to organize this reading of Worcester's 2022 Rain Poets. For two years now, the WCPA has selected the poems of thirteen different Worcester-area poets to paint around the city using hydrophobic paint - that's right, these poems only show up when the concrete […]

Technocopia

Basics of Hand Sewing

Learn and practice some basic hand stitches that you can use to stitch fabric together, mend or even embellish and embroider. We will work on a small project using the stitches you learn. The pace of the class will depend on the experience level/ interest of the people attending. This […]

Technocopia

Make a Reusable Shopping Bag

Learn how to design and sew re-usable shopping/grocery bags and mesh produce bags. You will learn how to make bags in sizes that work for you so that you can have a ready stash of bags whenever you need them. We will also discuss some quick hacks to re-use materials […]

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