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Arts & Culture

  • Redemption Rock to host Beyond Wrestling event

    Eric Casey April 29, 2024

    Normally a venue for networking events, comedy shows, and casual conversations, Redemption Rock Brewing in Worcester has cooked up a bit more intense event, as the craft beer brewery and taproom is set to host a wrestling event by Worcester-based

    Eric Casey April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Vincent Rougeau

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    A strategic plan launched in February 2023 reinforces the school’s commitment to education as well as community. Among other things, Holy Cross will strengthen recruitment efforts of students and employees from Worcester, which helps meet one of

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Clifford Rucker

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    It’s fair to say Clifford Rucker has a well-diversified portfolio. As the founder of Rucker Investments, he has his hands in a number of high-profile ventures in Worcester, including the Worcester Railers minor league hockey team, Off The Rails

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Lisa Fiorentino

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Lisa Fiorentino leads Central Massachusetts’ performing arts gem, Groton Hill Music Center, home of a new, 1,000-seat concert hall and music education facility featuring two world-class stages and 35 classrooms in the 126,000-square-foot venue.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Vincent Hemmeter

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Vincent Hemmeter is part of the vanguard of the informal movement to keep Worcester weird.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Ralph Crowley Jr.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    With the passing of Worcester Red Sox chairman and former principal owner Larry Lucchino and the taking over of the franchise by Diamond Baseball Holdings, a New York-based corporation that now owns dozens of minor league teams, minority owner Ralph

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Gloria Hall

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Worcester’s art scene wouldn’t be what it is today, if not for the impact of Gloria Hall.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Troy Siebels

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    For 20 years, Troy Siebels has led The Hanover Theatre & Conservatory to be a major cultural destination, bringing high-caliber productions on par with those in Boston and other bigger cities.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Stephen Genatossio

    Nancy Campbell Updated: April 29, 2024

    Stephen Genatossio not only talks the talk, he walks the walk, in sneakers. Sneakerama was founded with his father in 1978 in a small storefront in Webster Square.

    Nancy Campbell Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Danielle Spring and Julie Toupin-Spring

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Although it is a lesbian bar, Femme is open to everyone and seeks to be a safe space at a time when the LGBTQ+ community is increasingly under fire locally and nationally.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • WBJ names the Power 100, the most influential Central Mass. professionals in 2024

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024

    In this first-time expansion of the previous power players list, WBJ names the professionals in Central Massachusetts who most effectively wield their power to have an outsized influence on the economy and community.

    Brad Kane Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Larue Renfroe

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Ask any North American-born hockey player at almost any level of competition if they have ever heard of Marlborough, Massachusetts, and there’s a high probability they’ll answer in the affirmative. That’s all thanks to the New England Sports Center

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Amy Chase

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Chase may be reserved, but her impact as a trendsetter in the Central Massachusetts small business community cannot be overstated.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Henry Tessman

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    Great Wolf is a Chicago-based company operating 21 locations across the U.S., and Henry Tessman has been at the helm of the company’s Fitchburg location since it opened in 2014.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Khalil Guzman-Jerry

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024

    Khalil Guzman-Jerry is a young artist with an agenda. He founded his company, theWorcesterWorkshop, for that purpose in 2020, offering interior and exterior murals, prints and paintings, and graphic clothing for sale.

    Emily Micucci Updated: April 29, 2024
  • 2024 Power 100: Jennifer Julien Gaskin

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

    As the main organizer behind the Worcester Caribbean American Carnival Association, Jennifer Julien Gaskin brings the increasingly popular festival into the mainstream.

    Eric Casey Updated: April 29, 2024

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The number of artificial intelligence programs, such large language models and other such technology, are becoming more pervasive and are being catered to specific industries and specific tasks. On Aug. 18, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education responded to the increased use of AI in the classroom by releasing statewide AI guidance for educators.