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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:
Back to Beethoven 
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
For the Birds
Win a pair of Birdwatching Books, compliments of MA Audubon Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Worcester!
WOO Cards now available for sale at the Box Offices of both The Hanover Theatre and DCU Center,
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 Off the Wall
Are you ready for a truly off-the-wall art sale?! ArtsWorcester, 660 Main Street, Worcester, will host its annual Art On The Line event on Friday, October 10th with some two-hundred and thirty 5"x7" works on paper, donated by local artists, suspended throughout the Aurora Gallery and sold off the lines for just $20 each! Preview the works available online in advance so you'll be able to grab just what you want! Special First In Line ticket holders ($40) admitted 6-7 p.m. with doors to the public opening at 7 p.m. ($5 suggested donation). Don't miss out - it's hip to be square!  WOO Card holders can swipe for WOO points
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 Halloween Hike
As the sun goes down on Friday & Saturday, October 10th & 11th from 6:30-8:30 p.m., MA Audubon's Broad Meadow Brook, 414 Massasoit Avenue, Worcester, will transform into a magical, slightly haunted forest! Take a Halloween Hike to meet resident spirits - primarily native wildlife - during a gentle, guided tour through the wooded trails lit softly by glowing luminaria. Encounter old favorites and new characters as you learn about some of New England's native creatures and their many fascinating habits. Small groups depart every ten to fifteen minutes beginning at 6:30 p.m. Preregister for $6 admission, $8 at the door. WOO Card holders can swipe for WOO points
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River Bound
For its October edition of Street Beat Poetry Thursday, the Worcester County Poetry Association will welcome the emerging voice of Brian Simoneau on Thursday, October 9th at 7 -9 p.m. at Vasa Hall, 1 Ekman Street, Worcester. Simoneau's first book of poems, River Bound, won last year's DeNovo Prize. His work has appeared in Boulevard, Cave Wall, Crab Orchard Review, The Worcester Review among several others. An open mic always precedes the featured poet. Admission is FREE and open to all, hat passed to support featured poet.
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 Tea & Train
As part of its continuing film series on the Russian experience, and in conjunction with its current visiting photography exhibit Siberia Imagined and Reimagined, the Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union Street, Clinton, will present the film Rails Across Russia on Thursday, October 9th at 3 and 5 p.m. The film follows a renowned train called The Rossiya as it thunders across the Trans-Siberian Railroad taking the viewer from the palaces of St. Petersburg and the busy streets of Moscow, to the vastness of Siberia. Film showing free with museum admission.
Return to the museum on Saturday, October 18th from 1- 3 p.m. to join tea hostess Larissa Dyan for a fun, educational and traditional Russian Tea - celebrating the central role of tea in Russian culture. Learn about the history and social aspects of enjoying tea, experience service from a samovar, practice some Russian vocabulary and engage in lively conversation while enjoying a variety of traditional Russian accompaniments. Advanced registration required by October 10th. WOO Card holders save $3 off admission |
An Evening of Jazz
WICN Radio will host critically acclaimed pianist and JVC Victor Entertainment Recording Artist Yoko Miwa for a rare Worcester appearance at Tuckerman Hall, 10 Tuckerman Street, Worcester, on Friday, October 10th at 8 p.m. Along with her trio, Miwa will be joined by Max Jazz recording artist Cassandre McKinley. Tickets available online.
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Now Showing...
Night Photography
Sept - Nov 2014
Exhibit by
Worcester Alliance of Photographers
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Call to Artists
Applications now available for annual gift-giving themed stART at the Station to be held at Union Station on Sunday,
December 7, 2014
Application deadline is Saturday, October 25th
Details & guidelines available online
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Now Open
201 Grafton St, Worcester
Every Friday, Saturday & Sunday
thru November 1st
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Worcester Sharks
2014-15 Season Home Opener
vs Providence Bruins
Saturday, October 18th
7 p.m.
DCU Center, Worcester
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for FREE admission pass
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Coming Up in Culture
Fri, Sat & Sun thru Oct 12th - Barefoot in the Park on stage at Worcester County Light Opera Company
Oct 14th - Evening Nature Walk for Adults at MA Audubon Broad Meadow Brook
Oct 16th - An Evening with Gary Wright at Mechanics Hall
Oct 16th - Old Sturbridge Village Overseers Distinguished Speaker Series welcomes Susie Middleton, editor of Fine Cooking Magazine
Oct 17th - Design & make your own Halloween mask workshop at Worcester Center for Crafts
Oct 18th - Opera Worcester hosts the Pirates of Penzance on stage at The Hanover Theatre
Oct 18th - Harvest Festival at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Oct 18th - Third Week Wonders Series at MA Audubon Broad Meadow Brook
Oct 18th - Food Day Festival at REC Farmers Market, Fuller Family Park, behind the YMCA, Main Street, Worcester
Oct 18th - Cirque du Noir at Sprinkler Factory Gallery, benefits Sprinkler Factory and Worcester County Food Bank
Oct 21st - Music Guild of Music Worcester lecture on Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 at the First Baptist Church, 111 Park Ave, Worcester
Thru Oct 23rd - 2014 Faculty Arts Exhibition at Worcester State University Mary Cosgrove Dolphin Gallery
Oct 24th - Music Worcester opens its season with The Worcester Chorus & Arcadia Players at Mechanics Hall
Oct 25th - Veterans Inc. Gala Military Ball, Armory Building, 44 Salisbury St, Worcester
Oct 25th - Great Pumpkin Fest at the EcoTarium
Oct 26th - MassHumanities hosts Created Equal: Conversation on the American Social Contract at the Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Sq, Worcester
Oct 26th - Halloween Party & Haunted House at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Oct 31st - Haunted Story Hour at Worcester Public Library, Main Branch, 10a-12p
Ongoing - The Italian Nativity Il Presepe: Cultural Landscapes of the Soul on view at Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art 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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Your Arts & Culture Connection
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 Mysteries of the Unseen World
The EcoTarium, 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, will debut Mysteries of the Unseen World, an original production by National Geographic Entertainment and Days End Pictures, narrated by Forest Whitaker at its Alden Digital Planetarium on Saturday, October 11th. The film adventure will take audiences on an extraordinary journey into unseen worlds and hidden dimensions beyond our normal vision to uncover the mysteries of things too fast, too sow, too small or simply invisible. The film's debut kicks off a five-year, multi-faceted partnership between the museum and National Geographic. Click here for a sneak peek.
The EcoTarium is the first museum partner in New England, and one of fewer than ten other museums in the United States to have this exclusive partnership with National Geographic, which will include rebranding of the theater as well as special access to one of the world's largest and most diverse libraries of award-winning science, nature and adventure films. The museum will commit a portion of programming each year exclusively to National Geographic films, the majority of which have been made available for the digital full-dome format to accommodate venues like the Alden Planetarium. WOO Card holders can save $2 off museum admission for up to four people |
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Lights! Camera! Action!
Have you ever wanted to learn how to produce your own quality videos? WCCA TV13, Worcester Community Cable Access, 415 Main Street, Worcester, is offering a production class Saturday mornings, 9:30 -11:30 a.m. beginning October 11th and running through November 8th. Learn how to work with high quality video and television studio equipment as well as how to edit and enhance your video. Call Tracy at 508 755-1880 to register! |
 Fall Family Fun
Let the wild rumpus begin as Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive, Boylston, celebrates its fourth and final Fall Harvest Weekend Saturday, October 11th - Monday, October 13th, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. each day. Enjoy a storywalk reading of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, the Caterpillar Lab, live alpaca's, birds of prey presentation, children's crafts, hayrides, heirloom apple tastings, garden tours and more! There's few prettier places to enjoy the beauty of the season - panoramic views of Mt. Wachusett and the reservoir as well the garden's displays of hundreds of trees and shrubs known for their spectacular fall colors. Harvest festival activities included with general garden admission. WOO Card holders can save $2 off adult admission |
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The Old Burying Grounds
Preservation Worcester will host William Wallace, executive director of the Worcester Historical Museum for the second in its six part series of Around the Common illustrated talks on Tuesday, October 14th 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the Saxe Room of the Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Square, Worcester, for a presentation about Archaeology on the Common: The Old Burying Ground. Being held in conjunction with PW's self-guided audio tour, don't miss this chance to see great historic photographs of the area and to learn more about the city's fascinating history and architecture. Admission is FREE and open to the public. |
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Feast on Mozart
Feed your stomach and your soul at the Worcester Chamber Music Society's first of three Cafe concerts this season! Celebrate the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on Thursday, October 16th at 6:30 p.m. at Nuovo Restaurant, 92 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m., concert at 8 p.m. Buy tickets for dinner and concert or just concert. Feast on Mozart in a cafe setting just as listeners in the 18th century would have experienced! WOO Card holders can swipe for Double WOO points |
 Believe the Impossible
Enjoy grand illusions, levitating women, appearances and vanishes, escapes, comedy magic, sleight of hand and beautiful dancers - everything you could possibly image and performances that you never dreamed possible, all rolled up into one live show! Masters of Illusion: Believe the Impossible takes the stage at The Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge Street, Worcester, on Wednesday, October 15th at 7:30 p.m. The entire audience participates in a mind-boggling illusion and some lucky individuals will get picked to assist with illusions on stage! Tickets available online or by calling 877 571-SHOW. WOO Card holders save 10% off tickets |
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Remembering Greg
In memory of Gregory Stockmal, the Worcester County Poetry Association invites you to join them as they have each year since his death in 2008, to celebrate his life and the legacy of his contribution to the history and poetry of Worcester. The 6th Annual Gregory Stockmal Poetry Reading will be held on Wednesday, October 15th from 7-9 p.m. in Daniels Hall of Becker College, 964 Main Street, Leicester. Greg and Carol Stockmal first started refurbishing their Woodford Street home not knowing it was the childhood home of Stanley Kunitz. A twenty year friendship and correspondence with the then octogenarian lead to a lifetime of memories. Featured poet for the evening will be poet and author Dan Lewis, 2012 Frank O'Hara prize winner and long time member of the WCPA. Admission is free and open to the public. |
 Dial M for Murder
Frederick Knott's thriller, Dial M for Murder comes to life on stage at Calliope Productions, Inc., 150 Main Street, Boylston, opening on Thursday, October 16th at 7:30 p.m. with performances following on Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through October 26th. Adapted for stage from the legendary Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name, this is the story of Tony - who blatantly marries Margot for her money only to discover she's in love with Max so he plots her murder. Margot then finds herself on trial. Dial in to find out who gets found out - the suspense might kill you! Ticket reservations can be made online or by calling 508 869-6887. Tickets $18 per person, $15 for students and seniors. |
 Old towns, new nation
Although we often romanticize New England towns in the first decades of the nineteenth century as peaceful, bucolic havens, the American Antiquarian Society, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, invites you to a discussion with noted historian and independent scholar Mary Babson Fuhrer, on Thursday, October 16th at 7 p.m. sharing remarkable stories of conflict and transformation that reshaped local communities leading up to the Civil War. The Boylston diaries, letters and account books she draws on form the basis of her recent book - Crisis of Community: Trials and Transformation on a New England Town, 1815-1848. Admission is free, and open to the public. WOO Card holders can swipe for Double WOO points |
 Silent and deadly
Bring your own garlic necklace and get your spook on as The Hanover Theatre, 2 Southbridge Street, Worcester, hosts a showing of Nosferatu - a chilling and eerie adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula on Friday, October 17th at 8 p.m. This silent masterpiece of terror is to this day a striking and frightening portrayal of the legend, made all the more spooky when accompanied by Clark Wilson on the theatre's Mighty Wurlitzer organ. Take a trip to Count Orlok's castle in Transylvania... if you dare! Tickets available online or at the door. WOO Card holders save $5 off |
 Boogie, Blues & Bop
Are you ready for an evening of high-energy danceable American roots juke-joint rhythms and soulful blues? WCUW Radio will host the Twangbusters at the First Unitarian Church, 90 Main Street, Worcester, on Saturday, October 18th at 7 p.m. Guaranteed to make you move your feet with a mix of the best of bluesy country, boogie woogie and barrelhouse mixed into a music cocktail, shaken and stirred! Opening will featured Maine native Sarah Levecque, talented singer/songwriter/guitarist who moves easily between the sturdy roots of American music. Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at the door. |
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New membership perk! Members of the Museum of Russian Icons, Old Sturbridge Village and Tower Hill Botanic Garden are now eligible for a complimentary WOO Card.
Contact membership services at any of these three institutions for further details! |
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