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Win with WOO!
In addition to the special discounts you'll receive, each time you use your WOO Card you also earn points which make you eligible to win fantastic WOO prizes!
Featured Prizes:
Win some Yog-ART! Prize includes Admission for Two to the Worcester Art Museum AND a $10 gift card to WooBerry Frozen Yogurt... what a sweet treat! The Worcester Art Museum features a world-renowned collection of more than 35,000 paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, photography and more spanning more than 50 centuries, while WooBerry Frozen Yogurt serves up healthy, sweet desserts featuring more than 35 fun toppings!
An Evening In Paris
Win two tickets to the Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester's cabaret event, Evening in Paris, on Saturday, April 6th! This musical showcase will celebrate an enchanted time and locale brimming with modernity and elegance - 1920's Paris! Tickets good for 1 p.m. matinee performance.
Swan Lake
Win a pair of tickets to see the Russian National Ballet Theatre's production of Swan Lake, hosted by Music Worcester at The Hanover Theatre on April 19th. The music of Tchaikovsky, white swans, beautiful costumes and superb choreography will thrill you!
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The Hanover Theatre
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Upcoming in WOO
April 6th - First Saturday of Month Volunteer Days at MA Audubon Broad Meadow Brook, swipe for WOO points
April 7th - Joy of Music Program Faculty Recital featuring Nancy Ackerman & Sanghee Kim, swipe for Double WOO points
April 8th - Boz Scaggs on stage at The Hanover Theatre, 10% off tickets with WOO Card
April 10th - Crafternoons: Bandboxes at Worcester Historical Museum, swipe for WOO points
April 10th - Free Worcester Organ Concert at Mechanics Hall, swipe for Double WOO points
Wednesdays, Ongoing - Live Music with Matt Robert at Nu Cafe, $1 off any purchase of $7 or more with WOO Card
April 12th - An Evening with Whoopi Goldberg at The Hanover Theatre, 10% off tickets with WOO Card
April 18th - Opening of The Journey of Two Collectors: Barrett & Mahroo Morgan Collection at Worcester Center for Crafts Krikorian Gallery, swipe for Double WOO points
April 18th - Adult Student Exhibition Reception at the Worcester Art Museum, free admission, swipe for WOO points
April 18th - The Faux Fighters (Foo Fighters tribute) rock Lucky Dog Music Hall, no cover with WOO Card
April 19th - Bob Marley Comedy Show at The Hanover Theatre, swipe at the box office for Double WOO points
April 20th - WCUW presents Tony Soul Delta Blues Project at the John Henry Hammer Coffee House at the First Unitarian Church of Worcester, swipe for WOO points
April 20th - Stories from Siberia: Storytelling Performance at the Museum of Russian Icons, swipe for WOO points
April 23rd - CC Lowell Gathering of the Arts, swipe your WOO Card for WOO points
April 26th - Molten Llama plays Lucky Dog Music Hall, $5 cover with WOO Card
April 27th - Spring Open House at Worcester Music Academy, swipe for WOO points
April 28th - Silent film Wings accompanied by Clark Wilson on mighty wurlitze organ at The Hanover Theatre, $5 off tickets with WOO Card
April 30th - Jillian Michaels: Maximize Your Life Tour on stage at The Hanover Theatre, 10% off tickets with WOO Card
May 4th - Opening Reception for Six Sense at The Sprinkler Factory Gallery, swipe for Double WOO points
May 4th - Siege the Day! Trebuchet Contest at Higgins Armory Museum, $2 off adult general museum admission with WOO Card
May 4th - 5th - Stomp on stage at The Hanover Theatre, 10% off tickets with WOO Card
May 5th - Worcester Children's Chorus Spring Concert & 5th Anniversary Celebration at Mechanics Hall, swipe for Double WOO points |
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Visit the Worcester Cultural Coalition's online calendar often for more information about these and many, many other cultural happenings! Look for the for special WOO discounts and valuable WOO points! |
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Last Chance-
March Madness Special!
Use coupon code 'MARCH' to save $5 off the online purchase of a WOO Card.
Buy a WOO Card during the month of March, and receive two complimentary tickets to The Hanover Theatre's
silent film Wings on Sunday, April 28th.
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Offer Expires: 03/31/13, valid only for online WOO Card purchases. |
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 Think Spring! Let the WOO help YOU spring into the savings - with more than sixty Worcester area arts and culture destinations,
along with restaurants, hotels, retailers and other creative businesses now offering special deals & discounts. Feel good supporting local WOO venues and enjoy some pretty fantastic prizes to reward you for your WOO loyalty!
Don't forget, each time you use your WOO Card you accumulate WOO points. Reach certain thresholds and you'll automatically be awarded special WOO prizes including restaurant gift cards, complimentary admissions & tickets!
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 Discovery Days
June 2013 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Tornado of 1953. To commemorate that event, which forever changed the lives of many local residents, the Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm Street, Worcester, is presenting Worcester 911 - an exhibition that will look at some of the natural and man-made disasters which have shaped our community. On Thursday, March 28th from 5-8 p.m. help capture the memories, tragedies and relief efforts of the devastating tornado and other storms, floods and blizzards by sharing your stories, photographs and artifacts with the museum's librarian and curator. Free with museum admission. Photographs and documents brought in to the museum can be scanned and returned on the same day. Artifacts loaned or given to WHM may be featured in the exhibition. To set up an alternative time to share items for this exhibit email info@worcesterhistory.net |
 Brew Woo
Worcester's original Craft Beer Festival, Brew Woo, returns for its third year to the DCU Center, 50 Foster Street, Worcester, on Saturday, March 30th with two sessions: from 2-5 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. As in year's past Brew Woo will feature more than two dozen breweries with craft beers and local brews, live music, merchandise vendors and a food court stationed by local eateries. Complete list of participating breweries and entertainment schedule available online. Admission (21+) is $30 in advance, $35 at the door. Includes souvenir glass. WOO Card holders save $5 off admission. |
 Easter Eats
Once you've had your fill of chocolate bunnies, cream filled eggs and those o-so-tasty marshmellow peeps, look to our WOO Card restaurants for some truly sumptious Easter eats!
Make your reservation now for Easter Sunday, March 31st at Ceres Bistro, 363 Plantation Street, Worcester. Breakfast will be available 7:30 - 11:30 a.m., dinner from 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. In addition to the standard menu, also offering a three course dinner special. Call 508 754-2000 for reservations.
The People's Kitchen, 1 Exchange treet, Worcester, will be offering a special Easter dinner from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 31st featuring Chef's brunch plates and dinner specials. Call 508 459-9090 for reservations.
Spice up your holiday with Easter tapas and large plate specials as part of the Easter Sunday Bocado Experience at Bocado Tapas & Wine Bar, 82 Winter Street, Worcester, on Sunday, March 31st from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Call 508 797-1011 for reservations.
Nuovo Restaurant, 92 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, will be serving Easter Dinner starting at 12 noon on Sunday, March 31st. Special menu just for the holiday. Call 508 796-5915 for reservations.
Please note - although standard WOO discounts may not apply due to holiday specials, be sure to swipe your WOO Card for WOO points! |
 Les Miserables
Cameron Mackintosh presents a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schonberg's legendary musical Les Miserables to The Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge Street, Worcester, for eight shows, Tuesday, April 2nd - Sunday, April 7th. Featuring glorious new staging and dazzling reimagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo, don't miss this new production which has been acclaimed by critics, fans and new audiences wherever it goes! Tickets available online or by calling the box office at 877 571-SHOW. WOO Card holders save 10% off tickets. |
 Premier Potters
The Worcester Center for Crafts, 25 Sagamore Road, Worcester, will host its Pottery Invitational Show and Sale Friday, April 5th - Sunday, April 7th. The show and sale features twenty-two nationally recognized ceramic artists gathering to exhibit their work and to demonstrate their varying techniques. On both Saturday and Sunday many of the participating artists will also be hosting demonstrations. Notes Executive Director Honee Hess, "Having the potters demonstrating their techniques for the public is a unique privilege and a cherished part of the Craft Center's identity."
Admission to the show is FREE and open to the public Friday,, April 5th 5:30-8:30 p.m., Saturday, April 6th from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sunday, April 7th from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. WOO Card holders can swipe for Double WOO points. |
 Hit the Wall
A site to be seen for sure! Be sure to get to the Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester to check out the 10th mural in the museum's Wall at WAM series. The collaborative husband and wife team of Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison were commissioned to create the second-story, 67-foot expanse. Their staged photography involves performance, sculptural props, elaborate backdrops and digital technology. See a sneak peek of the exhibit being installed online. Wall at WAM installation viewing included with general museum admission. WOO Card holders enjoy 2-for-1 adult admission. |
 An Evening in Paris
Enjoy a trip to Paris, compliments of the Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, 203 Pakachoag Street, Auburn, which will host a music cabaret - An Evening in Paris - on Saturday, April 6th, with two seatings: 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The musical showcase will highlight a time and locale brimming with modernity and elegance - 1920's Paris! Featuring faculty Curtis Smith (piano), Christina White (soprano), Doug Buell (tenor) and other guests, the musical selections are sure to have you saying, oooo-la-la! Reserve tickets in advance or at the door if not sold out. WOO Card holders can swipe for WOO points. |
 Russian Folk
The Museum of Russian Icons will host a concert by the Zolotoj Plyos folk ensemble on Saturday, April 6th at 3 p.m. at Clinton High School, 200 West Boylston Street, Clinton. Zolotoj Plyos, founded by Alexander Solovov, Elena Sadina and Sergei Grachev in Saratov, Russia, in 1994, boasts a repertoire which includes folk songs and instrumental pieces from various part of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and Georgia, along with gypsy music, Russian popular music and Jewish music. The three are graduates of the Saratov State Conservatory and together have won prizes at All-Russian and international folk instrument competitions and at the First All-Russian bell competition. Tickets are $18 and available online. WOO Card holders save $1 off tickets. |
 Get Creative!
Let your creative side go wild Saturdays this spring at CC Lowell, 258 Park Avenue, Worcester, offering a series of special workshops. On Saturday, March 30th try your hand at Latex Mold Building; on Saturday, April 6th enjoy an Introduction to Copic Markers; Saturday, April 13th explore Gelli Plate Prints with Golden Open Acrylic; on Saturday, April 27th enjoy an Introduction to Zentangle and on Saturday, May 11th try you hand at Color Theory Painting. Cost for each workshop varies. Call 508 757-7713 to register. WOO Card holders be sure to swipe your WOO Card for WOO points. |
 With Breath & Bow
Hailed as a group with style, imagination and chops, the Worcester Chamber Music Society is a musical ensemble founded locally, performing locally and intimately with Worcester County audiences. Don't miss one of three upcoming opportunities to see them perform, With Breath and Bow, Friday, April 12th at 7:30 p.m. at the Congregational Church of Grafton; Saturday, April 13th at 7:30 p.m. at the First Unitarian Church of Worcester; and Sunday, April 21st at 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Church of Harvard. Concert will feature a celebration of song, lyricism and virtuosity - the lush romantic world of Brahms contrasted by the elegant craft of Walter Piston's Flute Quintet, and concluding with one of the crowning jewels of chamber music - Mozart's String Quintet in C major. Tickets available online or by phone at 978 456-2730. WOO Card holders can swipe for Double WOO points. |
 The Great Emancipator
The 16th president of the United States has garnered significant attention of late following the Academy Award winning film which bears his name. The American Antiquarian Society will explore this much admired historical figure with two upcoming programs.
On Friday, April 19th at 7 p.m. don't miss Emancipating Lincoln: How the Great Emancipator Led, and Misled, America to Freedom with Harold Holzer, one of the country's leading authorities on Abraham Lincoln. Explore the weeks leading up to the Emancipation Proclamation and the occasional differences between what Lincoln said and what he did on the issue on Slavery. Lecture will be held at Antiquarian Hall, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester. Admission is FREE and open to the public. WOO Card holders can swipe for WOO points.
On Wednesday, April 24th at 5:30 p.m. enjoy Creating Historical Theater: A Dramatic Reading of Sockdology at The Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge Street, Worcester. AAS will host Jeffrey Hatcher for a reading of the play Sockdology, a nineteenth-century boxing term that means the brutal end of everything. Featured in Our American Cousin, it was likely the last word Abraham Lincoln heard before he was assassinated while watching this play at Ford's Theatre. Hatcher used this historical footnote to create a new play, researched at AAS, about the acting troupe performing that night, and the impact Lincoln's death had on them and the nation. Admission $10. WOO Card holders can swipe for Double WOO points. |
 Vacation Week Fun
See, live and in-person, the toys that knights played with during Higgins Armory Museum's, 100 Barber Avenue, Worcester, April school vacation week - Monday, April 14th - Friday, April 19th - of presentations, workshops and interactive experiences! See a knight in full armor as he guards the Higgins Castle. How much does his armor weigh? How old was he when he got his first suit? Try your hand a swordplay in a 45-minute, drop in workshop or create a gift for yourself or a loved one in a shield workshop. Most programs free with general admission. WOO Card holders save $2 off adult general admission.
Take a trip to space this April vacation week! The EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, invites you to blast off to learn how humans explore the universe - from rocket ships to satellites. Enjoy lots of 'out of this world' activities, including launching model rockets, sizing up the solar system, playing space jeopardy, and making your own model Earth orbiter, daily Tuesday, April 16th - Friday, April 19th. Most activities free with museum admission. WOO Card holders save $2 off one adult admission and $1 off planetarium show. On Friday, April 19th, don't miss the EcoTarium's Earth Day Celebration - one of Worcester's most popular Earth Day traditions. Everyone enjoys half price admission, with lots of indoor and outdoor Earth-friendly activities, including green vendors, food vendors, animal programs, and musical entertainment. Explore the EcoTarium's beautiful trails, ponds, and woods that are bursting with new life. (WOO Card discounts not applicable on Earth Day.)
Join the Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester for its April Vacation Theater & Arts Immersion program, Monday, April 15th - Friday, April 19th at its satellite site, the First Congregational Church of Shrewsbury, 19 Church Road, Shrewsbury. Enjoy a week of music, theater, visual art and drumming taught by seasoned artists, musicians and actors. Sample from all genres and immerse yourself in all things artistic! Additional info and registration details available online. WOO Card holders can save $10 off tuition.
Take a step back in time this April school vacation week at Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, Saturday, April 13th - Sunday, April 21st. Enjoy a wide range of crafts and outdoor activities for everyone. Meet the baby animals (especially the lambs!), watch musket demonstrations, and visit the OSV Craft Center - open daily with activities including making a tin candle holder, dipping candles and other projects. WOO Card holders save $5 off adult daytime admission. |
 Last Shop Standing
The Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green Street, Worcester, invites you to explore the rise, fall and rebirth of the independent record shop with the showing of Last Shop Standing on Wednesday, April 17th, 9:30 p.m. The film, inspired by the book of the same name by Graham Jones, takes you behind the counter to discover why nearly 2,000 record shop have already disappeared across the UK. The film charts the rapid rise of record shops in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, the influence of the chart, the underhand deals, the demise of vinyl and rise of the CD as well as new technologies. Where did it all go wrong? Will we be left with no record shops with the continuing rise of downloading? Admission is FREE. WOO Card holders can swipe for WOO points. |
 Swan Lake
Music Worcester is thrilled to welcome the magnificent Russian National Ballet Theatre back to Worcester for a production of the classic ballet Swan Lake, on stage at The Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge Street, Worcester, on F riday, April 19th at 8 p.m. The music of Tchaikovsky, white swans, beautiful costumes and superb choreography will thrill you! Tickets available online or by calling the box office at 877 571-SHOW. WOO Card holders can swipe for Double WOO points. |
 Worlds of Fantasy
Rev up for non-stop fun with four of your favorite Disney stories at Disney on Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy at the DCU Center, 50 Foster Street, Worcester, for seven shows, Thursday, April 25th - Sunday, April 28th. Thrill to high-speed stunts as Lightning McQueen, Mater and the crew of Cars race across the ice. Laugh along with Woody, Jessie and Buzz Lightyear in a fun-filled Toy Story adventure before diving into The Little Mermaid's enchanting undersea kingdom. Rounding out the show will be Tinker Bell and the Disney Fairies and the mystical world of Pixie Hollow. With dazzling skating, special effects and beloved characters certain to create a lifetime of memories. Tickets available online and at the DCU Center Box Office. WOO Card holders can save $4 off select seats for the 7 p.m. performances on April 26th and 27th. |
 No Shrinking Violets
The Bay State African Violet Society will host another spectacular show featuring America's favorite houseplant, the African Violet, at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, on Saturday, April 20th from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. All are welcome to enter their own plants and floral designs for judging to win ribbons and prizes. Participate in workshops on African violet care. Start your own collection at the sale where commercially grown plants and supplies are sold, along with plants grown by members. Show included with garden admission. WOO Card holders save $2 off adult admission.
Return to the garden on Saturday, April 27th at 2 p.m. for a lecture/discussion with Susan Williams, author and University of Fitchburg profession, who will talk about her latest book: Alice Morse Earle and the Domestic History of America. Alice was born in Worcester in 1851 to a family of gardeners, active in the Worcester Horticultural Society and co-founders of the Worcester Garden Club. Presentation will also include botanical drawings that Alice and her sister did in their teens and twenties - beautiful and very sweet on loan to the garden fro descendants of the Morse Family. Author talk is free with garden admission. WOO Card holders save $2 off admission. |
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