Learn about the Persian New Year and celebrate the beginning of spring with crafts, snacks and festivities for all ages! Nowruz, also spelled Nauruz, Norooz or Nevruz, is a festival of renewal and springtime celebrated in many countries, including Iran and Afghanistan. Saxe Room
Please join fellow genealogists from WPL and the Massachusetts Society of Genealogists as we meet via Zoom to informally discuss the joys and challenges of sharing our passion for family history. Bring your curiosity, your latest research and those stubborn brick walls. All are welcome.
Join us to discuss some of the most popular novels in the United States! 3/22: The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 4/26: The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks 5/24: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Do you have ancestors who served in the US military? Learn how to find the records and information that is available for genealogists.
Mechanics Hall & 90.5 FM WICN present Brown Bag Concert featuring Rory Stuart Wednesday, March 29th at Noon FREE ADMISSION — No Registration Required! Rory Stuart is a critically acclaimed jazz guitarist and composer based in New York. Since 1982, he has performed as sideman or leader in groups that […]
Join us for a virtual presentation by speakers from the Frances Perkins Center on the life and legacy of Frances Perkins. The Worcester Public Library also invites the public to visit the Frances Perkins Branch during the month of March 2023 to see the traveling exhibit about the Life and Legacy of […]
Join The United States Air Force Band’s Concert Band & Singing Sergeants on their tour of the Northeast! FREE ADMISSION REGISTRATION REQUIRED The United States Air Force Band is the premier musical organization of the U.S. Air Force. The excellence demonstrated by the Band's active-duty musicians reflects the excellence […]
This virtual poetry workshop is a vehicle for critique, a time of close reading and thoughtful responses that help craft the written word so that it says exactly what the author intends. The focus is the work itself. Poets are respectful of each other, value the craft, understand the courage […]
Spring cleaning for your mind! Join us for DIY calming jars, cookie decorating, coloring pages, and a visit with a registered therapy dog. For ages 16 and older.
Mechanics Hall presents: Many Voices: Mechanics Hall Youth Singers Spring 2023 Concert 'Cover Me in Sunshine' Sunday, April 2, 2023 Concert: 4:00pm — Doors: 3:30pm Many Voices is the anchor youth program at Mechanics Hall, a recognition that Worcester's children are the heart and soul of our richly multicultural city! The […]
Please join our ongoing book discussion group focused on American history. 3/7: River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candace Millard 4/4: Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America by Leila Philip 5/2: The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction by Linda Gordon
In this in-person panel, authors, Edith Maxwell and Janet Raye Stevens, will discuss their different journeys to publication, which include getting an agent and going with a large press to deciding to go with a small press or to self-publish. Agatha Award winning Edith Maxwell writes the Quaker Midwife Mysteries and […]
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