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EcoTarium employees vote to unionize, despite museum opposition
July 8, 2021Worcester science museum The EcoTarium announced on Thursday its workers have voted to join the union AFSCME Council 93, over the objections of the museum board.
July 8, 2021
Commission recommends $575M investment in cultural sector
June 30, 2021All 13 members of a commission created to chart the arts and cultural sector's path out of COVID-inflicted hardship voted Tuesday to recommend spending hundreds of millions of dollars of federal stimulus funding on the industry's recovery.
June 30, 2021
Worcester Art Museum receives $400K grant to open Higgins Armory section
June 30, 2021The Worcester Art Museum has received a $400,000 grant from the National Endowment for Humanities to help fund the installation of the John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection.
June 30, 2021
Discovery Museum receives $1M for sustainability, inclusivity
June 23, 2021The Sheth Sangreal Foundation of Austin awarded a five-year, $1-million grant to the Discovery Museum in Acton to support the museum’s sustainability and inclusivity efforts.
June 23, 2021
New music venue, restaurant slated to open next to the Palladium
June 8, 2021Cliff Rucker, owner of the Worcester Railers HC hockey team, announced on Monday plans to open a new music venue and restaurant at a property he owns at 90 Commercial St. in Worcester, adjacent to The Worcester Palladium.
June 8, 2021
Forced to go virtual, cultural sector sees digital future
June 2, 2021With the state's COVID-19 restrictions newly over, performance venues, museums and other cultural institutions across Massachusetts are able to welcome back guests, but sector leaders said Tuesday that they expect virtual offerings to remain a long-
June 2, 2021
Hopkinton plans $25M International Marathon Center near Boston Marathon starting line
May 27, 2021The Town of Hopkinton has signed a 99-year lease with the nonprofit 26.2 Foundation for a 19-acre site on East Main Street, where the organization plans to build an International Marathon Center less than a mile from the Boston Marathon starting
May 27, 2021
EcoTarium will reopen indoor exhibits on July 9
May 26, 2021The science museum EcoTarium in Worcester announced on Tuesday it would reopen its indoor exhibits on July 9, expanding its public operations after first opening its outdoor exhibits on April 23.
May 26, 2021
Cultural leaders see Worcester's arts scene thriving with collaboration and optimism
Updated: May 24, 2021Even in the coronavirus pandemic, the heart of Worcester and its cultural and arts institutions are optimistic and committed to supporting and growing the community.
Updated: May 24, 2021
Discover Central MA launches new digital tool to connect businesses to tourists
May 18, 2021The tourism agency Discover Central MA on Thursday announced a new digital initiative, the Smile City Passport, to entice area visitors to patron more businesses.
May 18, 2021
Ecotarium CEO stepping down at the end of May
May 14, 2021Lucy Hale, the president and CEO of the Worcester science museum EcoTarium, will step down from her role on May 28, when her three-year contract ends.
May 14, 2021
2021 Power 50: Larry Lucchino
Updated: May 10, 2021At the heart of all decisions made by the Worcester Red Sox – leaving Pawtucket after 50 years, picking the Canal District as its new site, designing the baseball stadium, the formation of its charitable foundation – is Larry Lucchino.
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: Birgit Straehle & Luis Antonio Fraire
Updated: May 10, 2021Luis Antonio Fraire and Birgit Straehle, the duo behind Worcester’s Sprinkler Factory, have become connections between local artists and the community in the seven years they’ve been involved in the gallery, all while collaborating on exhibitions
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: Robb & Madeleine Ahlquist and Caitlyn & Keith Carolan
Updated: May 10, 2021As it has for decades with three of Worcester’s most popular restaurants, the Worcester Restaurant Group adapted and survived, first by adapting to the initial wave of the crisis by offering takeout with the same high level of service, and then by
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: David M. Fields
Updated: May 10, 2021As the managing partner of Wormtown Brewery, the largest brewery in Worcester, David M. Fields takes advantage of this position to be one of Worcester’s biggest hype men, spreading passion for his hometown as his beer gains a wider audience.
Updated: May 10, 2021
2021 Power 50: The most influential people in the Central Mass. economy
Updated: May 10, 2021Power dynamics in the Central Massachusetts business community made two major shifts in 2021, due to the two major events upending the entire global community.
Updated: May 10, 2021
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