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Welcome to the WOO!
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!
WOO & Win
Featured Prizes:
Built to Amaze 
Win a pair of tickets to Opening Night of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus presents Built to Amaze coming to the DCU Center Thursday, October 9th - Monday, October 13th!
Sandwich with a Smile
Win a gift card to Eric's La Patisserie, 446 Main Street, Worcester - a gourmet sandwich, pastry and coffee shop known for its scrumptious cookies and labor-inducing cream cheese!
Beethoven's Back
 Win a pair of tickets to Music Worcester's Opening Night on Friday, October 24th at 8 p.m. at Mechanics Hall, featuring the acclaimed Worcester Chorus and Accadia Players performing an all Beethoven program!
WOO Cards now available for sale at the Box Offices of both The Hanover Theatre and DCU Center,
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 The Newly-wed Game
Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. He a straight-as-an-arrow lawyer, she a free spirit always looking for the latest kick. The two star in Worcester County Light Opera's production of Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park, on stage Friday, September 26th - Sunday, October 12th, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays matinees at 2 p.m. at the Grandview Playhouse, 21 Grandview Ave, Worcester. Add a visit by a loopy mother-in-law and a neighbor in the attic, and let's just say - the honeymoon is over and it makes for a hilariously good time! Tickets available online.  WOO Card holders save $2 off
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 Potluck PopUp
It's back! After a successful summer pilot, the Worcester PopUp, 38 Franklin Street, Worcester, returns this fall with a PopUp Creativity Potluck on Friday, September 26th from 5:30-8 p.m. Bring an instrument and participate in open mic entertainment, display personal creative pieces of art, and/or prepare your favorite dish for all to enjoy! The intention is to bring creativity to life through rotating art exhibitions, brilliant performances, music, good food, arts and 3D printing, and inspiring hands on activity. Click here for more information about participating in a future PopUp event. Let your creativity shine! Admission is free and open to all. WOO Card holders can swipe for Double WOO points
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 Third Annual Worcester Schubertiad
A Worcester Schubertiad will present its third annual concert of vocal and chamber music at Tuckerman Hall on Saturday, September 27th at 7:30 p.m., created in much the way Franz Schubert and his circle of friends held intimate gatherings at salons and various homes in early nineteenth century Vienna. This year's theme is Schubert and Schumann, featuring vocal and chamber music of Schubert, as well as his younger contemporary, Robert Schumann. The evening will include pianists Malcolm Halliday and Olga Rogach, singers Monica Hatch and Stanley Wilson along with flutist Tracy Kraus and oboist Joseph Halko. Tickets available online or at the door.
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 Celebrating Siegfried
How do you celebrate a 50 year old dinosaur? With a rocking bash! Join the EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, on Saturday, September 27th from 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. for some Stegosaurus Science Discovery programs, see the finished stegosaurus footprint mosaics from the Siegfried Birth PopUps held through the City throughout the summer and enjoy a cupcake after singing Happy Birthday to the city's favorite dinosaur. Please note, since the Stegosaurus became extinct millions of years ago, Siegfried is not live. He's a statue, commissioned in 1963, built at the Louis Paul Jonas Studios in Hudson, New York and a beloved point of interest at the museum since his arrival in 1964. Birthday celebration included with regular museum admission. WOO Card holders save $2 off admission for up to four people
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 Share a Smile
Speaking of beloved Worcester icons, on Thursday, October 2nd celebrate all things Worcester on the 50th Anniversary of the creation of the world famous Worcester original Smiley Face as the 14th Annual Harvey Ball Smile Award is presented to Charles P. Ball at the Worcester Historical Museum, 30 Elm Street, Worcester. Festivities will kick off at 6 p.m. with cocktails/cash bar and a special exhibition 38.6: A Photographic Homage to Worcester, followed by both silent and live auctions, dessert and dancing. Tickets $64 per person. Reservations available online.
The party will continue on Friday, October 3rd with the celebration of World Smile Day, fulfilling the dream of Harvey Ball, creator of the original Smiley Face who established WSD (celebrate annually on the first Friday of October) with the motto - Do an act of kindness, help one person smile! Simply download and print the official Smiley Face and take a selfie or video of yourself saying, "Share a Smile for World Smile Day. Happy 50th Smiley!" Share with friends and family near and far as well as on the museum's Facebook page. Be sure to tag your posts with #shareasmile2014 and #smileyface50 to show the world your smiley face spirit. |
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Now Showing...
Night Photography
Thru November 2014
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Did you hear?
Members of the
Museum of Russian Icons, Old Sturbridge Village and Tower Hill Botanic Garden are now eligible for a complimentary
WOO Card!
Contact visitor services at any of the three for further details.
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Show your WOO Card on race day for a FREE raffle ticket!
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Coming Up in Culture
Sept 26th - WICN presents an evening with saxophonist Grace Kelly and her band at Tuckerman Hall
Sept 27th - Last Comic Standing Live Tour on stage at The Hanover Theatre
Sept 27th - 28th - 2nd Annual Blackstone Valley Plein Air Competition hosted by Alternatives, Inc.
Sept 27th & 28th - Celebrate local foods and flavors at Tower Hill Botanic Garden's Harvestival weekend
Sept 28th - Closing Artist Brunch at Sprinkler Factory Gallery for Value Pack exhibit, FREE
Sept 30th - Annual tabletop Scarecrow Contest at Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Sq, FREE
Oct 3rd - Valiant Veterans and the LiveLife Center present Faces of Freedom at The Hanover Theatre
Oct 4th - West Boylston Fall Festival on Town Common hosted by the West Boylston Arts Foundation
Oct 4-5th - Apple Days at Old Sturbridge Village
Oct 10th - Art On the Line off the wall art sale at ArtsWorcester
Oct 10th & 11th - MA Audubon Broad Meadow Brook annual Halloween Hike at Boo Meado
Oct 16 - 26 - Calliope Productions presents Dial "M" for Murder, a Frederick Knott thriller
Oct 18th - Opera Worcester hosts the frothy & fanciful Pirates of Penzance on stage at The Hanover Theatre
Ongoing thru Oct 23rd - Faculty Arts Exhibition at Worcester State University's Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery, FREE Visit the Worcester Cultural Coalition's online calendar often for more information about these and many, many other cultural happenings!
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 Rails Across Russia
As part of its continuing film series on the Russian experience and in conjunction with its current Siberia Imagined and Reimagined photography exhibit, the Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union Street, Clinton, will present Rails Across Russia on Thursday, September 25th at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. with encore presentations on Saturday, September 27th at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and Thursday October 9th at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. The film follows a renowned train called The Rossiya as it thunders across Russia - linking the palaces of St. Petersburg and the busy streets of Moscow to the vastness of Siberia. Ride along the Trans-Siberian Railroad's expansive route and explore Russian's varied landscapes and ethnic diversity of its people. Film included with museum admission. WOO Card holders swipe for WOO points
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 Harvest Party
When the sun goes down, the fun heats up as Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, hosts its Harvest Party on Saturday, September 27th from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Celebrate the fall season with live music, bonfires, dancing and more. The Freeman Farm will be filled with the tantalizing aroma of old-fashioned fall cooking while the Village potters fire up the 1800s style kiln to fire a year's worth of vintage redware pottery. The Mill Pond will be illuminated with fiery displays, lighting the way into the country side. Visit the blacksmith, potter and tinner at their work. A not to be missed family-friendly chance to enjoy a crisp, autumn evening in old New England. Admission $12. WOO Card holders can swipe for WOO points |
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NSF seeks local participants
Would you like to increase your skills of innovation, entrepreneurship and creativity? 100 individuals are being sought as participants for a National Science Foundation study with a focus on creative problem solving. Participants will form teams to work towards primary goals of improving access to and interest in alternative transportation (walking, biking, public transit) as well as ancillary benefits including building social movement through new technology, public art, education and civic engagement.
Early to mid-career STEM professionals: engineers, scientists, technology developers, mathematicians - including both academics and individuals working in the non profit and corporate sectors encouraged to apply. Participants who complete the study will receive a $250 stipend and be entered to win listing as sponsor ($1,000 value) for Earth Day at the EcoTarium and 20 passes valid for a year. Additional details and application info available online. Applications will be accepted through October 3rd. |
 Around the Common & Not so Common
Preservation Worcester invites you for a guided walking tour around historic Worcester Common on Saturday, September 27th from 10 -11 a.m. You may have taken the self-guided tour on your own, but an interactive live waking tour offers the advantage of a tour guide and the chance to ask questions to see and learn more. Meet at the corner of Salem and Franklin Street, near the Worcester Public Library. Reservations are suggested but not required. in case of rain, tour status will be updated by 9 a.m. online. Admission $5.
On Sunday, October 5th, Preservation Worcester will host its annual Better Than Your Average Yard Sale at its office, 10 Cedar Street, Worcester. Browse and buy unique home improvement items from a treasure trove of 18th, 19th and early 20th century household furnishing and one-of-a-kind architectural salvage. Preview 11 a.m. - noon with $10 donation, free admission noon - 3 p.m. |
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FemLink Screening
On Saturday, September 27th at 1:30 p.m. ArtsWorcester, 660 Main Street, Worcester, will host a screening of Aggression, a video artwork produced by the Femlink Collective and represented locally by ArtsWorcester member C.M. Judge. FemLink links women video artists around the world and their work to produce video collages, each based on a single theme. Aggression features 24 videos by 24 video artists from 24 countries. A question and answer session with Judge will follow the screening. Admission is free and open to all. WOO Card holders can swipe for WOO points |
 Fruitful craft
Local artisans will fill the field at Fruitlands Museum, 102 Prospect Hill Road, Harvard, on Saturday, September 27th 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sunday, September 28th 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. for the Worcester Center for Crafts 4th Annual Craft Festival. Browse and buy jewelry, photography, pottery, fiber arts, mixed media and more. Event held rain or shine, under the tent. Admission $5 per person, under 12 free, and includes admission to the museum galleries and trails. WOO Card holders can swipe for Double WOO points |
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Disappearing Medium
The American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, welcomes Meredith L. McGill on Monday, October 6th at 7 p.m. for Disappearing Medium: Poetry and Print nit he Antebellum United States. McGill will explore how we might understand the explosion of mass print as a formative event in the history of American poetry, and how we might look to antebellum poetry as a primary means for taking the measure of the cultural impact of print. Admission is FREE and open to all. WOO Card holders can swipe for Double WOO points |
 Hey Day
Don't miss a day for farm-related demonstrations, exhibits and hands on activities for people of all ages as Mass Audubon Wachusett Meadow, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton, hosts its annual Hey Day celebration on Saturday, October 4th from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Enjoy cider pressing, hayrides, canoeing, local produce and home baked goods, mini-maze, farm animals, pumpkin painting, pony rides, live entertainment and much more. Admission just $8, under 3 free. Rain date October 5th in case of torrential rain. |
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Fall into the Fun! Click Here for downloadable Fall Fest 2014 poster!
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