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Get your WOO Card to receive discounts and special offers at nearly sixty area arts and culture destinations, along with restaurants, hotels, retailers and more throughout Worcester County! Earn WOO points every time you use your WOO Card and be entered to win fantastic prizes!
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Take a Hike 
Win a Mass Audubon Family Membership ($65 value!) offering you complimentary admission to a spectacular statewide network of wildlife sanctuaries including Broad Meadow Brook (Worcester) and Wachusett Meadow (Princeton), with hundreds of miles of trails and beautiful landscapes to explore!
Pottery Preview Party 
Win a pair of tickets to the Worcester Center for Crafts Pottery Invitational Show & Sale Preview Party on Friday, April 11th!
Time Warp Time! 
Win a pair of tickets to opening night of Worcester County Light Opera Company's Rocky Horror Show, on stage April 25th - May 11th!
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 Brown Bags are Back!
Need a surefire sign that spring really is right around the corner (despite any weather forecasts to the contrary!)? The return of the Spring Brown Bag Concert Series! Celebrating its 30th year, the series sponsored by WICN Public Radio at Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester, opens with a bang - TODAY, March 12th with a performance by the U.S. Navy Band Northeast Pops Ensemble at 12 noon. One of 13 official Navy bands, its serves military and civilian communities throughout the Northeastern United States, providing a wide spectrum of musical entertainment including traditional sounds of military marching band, the swing of jazz, chamber music or the contemporary and popular music.
Series will continue every Wednesday through April 2nd. Subsequent concerts will feature the Berklee College of Music's Anthony Fung Quintet on March 19th; Metro West Thump on March 26th; rounding out the series with Harvard University's Sunday Jazz Band performing a tribute to Herbie Hancock on April 2nd. All concerts are at 12 noon, admission is FREE and open to the public. Buy a lunch there or bring your own. WOO Card holders can swipe for WOO points  |
 That's a WRAP
Join the West Boylston Arts Foundation for it's 3rd Annual WRAP - Wachusett Reservoir Art Path - to be held on Saturday, March 15th from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at various locations throughout Boylston, Clinton and West Boylston. The self-guided tour of artists and artisans open studios and galleries in Wachusett Reservoir area towns will include sports artist Mark Waitkus, live music at the Gallery of African Art, reduced admission at the Museum of Russian Icons, and more. Admission is free. Additional details and a map of participating venues available online. Since its founding in 2007 in response to budget cuts which threatened to eliminate art and music classes in the West Boylston school system, WBAF had donated approximately $72,000 to band instructional programs, visual arts scholarships and various arts education programs. |
Almost Ides of March
The Worcester County Poetry Association will host a special Almost Ides of March Double Birthday Street Beat on Thursday, March 13th from 7-9 p.m. at Vasa Hall, 1 Ekman Street, Worcester honoring the birthdays of Street Beat host Anne Lucci and that of featured poet Joe Fusco Jr.'s mother. Fusco, who just released a full-length collection of poetry and prose last year is sure make the evening loud and funny with his irreverent tales - who else can make the experience of having a colonoscopy funny? Admission is FREE and open to all. Coffee and refreshments - including Lucci family favorite Chocolate Mocha Cake - will be served. |
 Secrets & Stories
Built in 1849, the gothic castle of the Oread Institute used to tower over Worcester's Main South from its hilltop perch. Founded by reformist and statesman Eli Thayer, the Institute was one of the first women's colleges in America. Join the Friends of Hope Cemetery for their annual winter lecture - Secrets and Stories of the Oread Castle and the Life of Eli Thayer - on Sunday, March 16th at 3 p.m. at the Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm Street, Worcester. Preservation Worcester docent Jan Parent will discuss the history of the Oread Institute Castle while historian and Interim Director of Government & Community Relations at the College of the Holy Cross John Anderson will explore the life of Eli Thayer. Lecture free with museum admission. WOO Card holders enjoy 2-for-1 adult admission. |
 Exuberant ECCO
Music Worcester Inc. will host the exuberant East Coast Chamber Orchestra at Tuckerman Hall, 10 Tuckerman Street, Worcester on Saturday, March 15th at 8 p.m. This self-conducted orchestra thrives on the pure joy and camaraderie of classical music making. The program for this, their Worcester debut, demonstrates its efforts to define the future of orchestras. Program will include a mix of great works by composers known and unknown, classical and non-classical. Tickets available online or by calling 508 754-3231. WOO Card holders save 10% off two adult tickets and swipe for Double WOO points |
 Sleeping Beauty Kids
The classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty will come to life as Apple Tree Arts stages the enchanting Disney musical Sleeping Beauty Kids on Friday and Saturday, March 14th and 15th at 7 p.m. Grafton Middle School, 22 Providence Road, Grafton. Admission is $8 for adults, $5 for seniors and students, free for children 4 and under. Tickets will be sold at the door. The lively musical tells the story of Princess Aurora, who has been cursed by evil sorceress Maleficent, that she will prick her finger on a spindle and die on her sixteenth birthday. |
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Call for Artists
Like It's 1979:
An Open Member Exhibit
to celebrate
35th Anniversary
ArtsWorcester is now accepting artworks inspired by the diverse art world of the late 1970s, or something made in that time period for anniverary exhibition in April. Specifications and instruction for registering available online. Deadline Friday, March 21st.
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Coming Up in Culture
March 13th - The Worcester Revolution of 1774 discussion with noted historian Ray Raphael at Worcester Historical Museum, FREE
March 18th - Worcester Jewish Community Center hosts Hollywood and Hitler author Thomas Doherty
March 20th - Worcester Connects Distinguished Speaker Series at The Hanover Theatre featuring inner-city youth and education advocate Geoffrey Canada
March 20th - Mechanics Hall hosts American singer, songwriter and actress Crystal Bowersox
March 22nd - Scooby Doo Live Musical Mystery on stage at The Hanover Theatre
March 22nd - Music Worcester hosts the Worcester Symphonic Project grand concert at Mechanics Hall
March 23rd - A Gala Night with David Garrett, world class violinist, on stage at The Hanover Theatre
Weekends thru March 23rd - Art & Photography exhibit by John Murphrey, Randy Shore & Ernest Stonebreaker at Sprinkler Factory Gallery, FREE
March 23rd - All Saint Music Series hosts City Choir Festival, featuring voices of Our Lady of Angels, Trinity Lutheran and All Saints, FREE
March 27th - Opening of The Tsars Cabinet: 200 Years of Russian Decorative Arts exhibit at Museum of Russian Icons
March 29th - My Poland, My Love: The Music of Chopin piano recital by Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester faculty member Vladimir Odinokikh at All Saints Church, FREE
March 29th & 30th- 2014 NCAA Division 1 Mens Ice Hockey Northeast Regional at DCU Center
March 29th - 30th - Native American Weekend at Old Sturbridge Village
April 1st - 6th - 19th Annual Latino Film Festival sponsored by Centro Las Americas
April 4th - 6th - Les Miserables presented by Assumption College on stage at The Hanover Theatre
April 4th - Worcester Chamber Music Society performs a concert of Enchanted Music at Congregational Church of Grafton
Ongoing thru April 6th - Global Encounters in Early American exhibit at Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, FREE
Ongoing thru May 3rd - Animals Without Passports exhibit at the EcoTarium
Visit the Worcester Cultural Coalition's online calendar often for more information about these and many, many other cultural happenings! |
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Bertiulli on Bach
The Music at Trinity Series will host Kyle Bertulli at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 73 Lancaster Street, Worcester, for an organ concert on Sunday, March 16th at 3 p.m. A Milford, MA native who has studied with such notable organists as Timothy Smith, Patricia Snyder, Debra LeBrun and Brett Maguire, Bertulli will perform a program of works by J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Josef Rheinberger and Alexandre Guilmant. Admission is FREE, free-will donation appreciated. |
 New England Piano Trio
The Joy of Music Program, 1 Gorham Street, Worcester, will host a Faculty Recital featuring the talented New England Piano Trio on Sunday, March 16th at 4 p.m. Performance will feature Ning Tien, cello; Kristjon Imperio, piano, and Aaron Packard, violin. Suggested donation of $10, $7 seniors and students, but all welcome regardless of payment. WOO Card holders can swipe for Double WOO points |
 Celtic Celebration
Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Strubridge Village Road, Sturbridge, will celebrate St. Patrick's Day with an Irish-themed weekend of song, stories and history during its Celtic Celebration Weekend, Saturday & Sunday, March 15th & 16th, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. The two-day celebration of all things Irish will include historical and contemporary activities and entertainment. Learn Irish step dancing and hear Irish musicians explain the difference between jigs and reels as well as the Irish experience through song. Museum exhibits and historians will explain what caused the wave of Irish immigration in the 19th century and what life was like for Irish families after they first arrived in America.
Kids Free Winter Weekends continues through March 30th with free daytime admission for children accompanied by one adult paying full price, regular admission. In conjunction with the Celtic Weekend, a special Full Gael Concert will be held on Saturday, March 15th at 7 p.m. Tickets available online or at the door, $12 per person. Favorite Irish foods and beverages will also be available for purchase. WOO Card holders save $5 off adult daytime admission |
 Four Centuries of Piano
Pianist Constantine Finehouse has performed extensively across the United Sates, Europe and Russia. his newest album with cellist Sebastian Baverstam features the universally- admired Brahms Sonata No. 1 for piano and cello as well as several new works in the High Romantic style by Boston composer Tony Schemmer. Don't miss Finehouse's upcoming performance at the Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union Street, Clinton, on Saturday, March 15th at 4 p.m. Advanced ticket reservation strongly recommended. WOO Card holders save $2 off admission |
 Kiss and tell
Playwright Lenell Moise will be in residence at Clark University for February and March, leading a series of monologue workshops with undergraduate students culminating in a presentation, Black Voices, in the Little Center Experimental Theatre on Sunday, March 16th at 7 p.m., produced by Black Student Union and the Caribbean African Student Association, with additional support from the Office of Diversity and Inclusion as well as Clark's Theatre program. Admission is free and open to the public.
Moise is a Boston based poet, actress and playwright born in Port-au-Prince Haiti. She performs at colleges throughout the country, presenting work about race, gender, class, immigration and sexuality. Her spoken word CD Madivinez won the 2007 Patchwork Majority Radio Album Award for Best Solo Album, among countless other awards she has won for her acting, film writing, essays, poems and most recently her debut book, Haiti Glass, a collection of verse and prose.
On Wednesday, March 19th, running through Sunday, March 23rd, Moise's new play, K.I.S.S.I.N.G. will be presented at Clark's Little Center, 950 Main Street, Worcester, 7:30 p.m. Set in a socioeconomically diverse city, the play follows several young adults as they try to make sense of their economic inheritances, spiritual traditions and emotional baggage. Watch smart characters form unexpected friendships, fall in love, fall apart and grow up fast. Admission just $5. WOO Card holders can swipe for WOO points |
 A Knight to Remember
You're in for an exciting night - or entire weekend, actually - when the Worcester Art Museum, 55 Salisbury Street, Worcester, debuts its new Knights exhibition on Friday, March nth 7-11 p.m. The gala opening will feature performances, music theatrics and a truly star-studded extravaganza! Tickets available online. The gala opening will be followed by a weekend long Renaissance Faire, on Saturday and Sunday, March 29th and 30th, featuring music, jugglers, costumed performers, sword demonstrations, story telling, hands-on shield making workshops and much, much more! Additional details available online. WOO Card holders get buy-one-get-one-free adult admission for Renaissance Faire, swipe for points at gala |
 The Peacemakers
The Peacemakers, a new work by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins was first premiered at Carnegie Hall in March 2012. On Sunday, March 30th at 4 p.m. the Master Singers of Worcester will proudly perform the piece's Central Massachusetts premiere, joined by other area choirs, the Worcester Children's Orchestra and the WPI Orchestra at Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester. The texts are drawn from the utterances of the various peacemakers including Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, and the Dalai Lama of Tibet, as well as poets and scriptural passages. The program will include music for brass ensemble and choruses, and will feature the Hook Organ, celebrating its 150th year at Mechanics Hall. Tickets available online or by calling 508-752-0888. WOO Card holders can swipe for Double WOO points |
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