8+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1745+ words) September in Worcester means Pride season, and in a year where anti-LGBTQ legislation and rhetoric has escalated yet again in the United States, Pride season means not only celebration, but protest. Just ask Rigoria Tejada, an administrator at Clark University…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago   (853+ words) He's pretty intense in his music and conversation, but Kentucky country singer-songwriter Chris Knight could be also described as a late bloomer. "In some things," he acknowledged. "I started playing guitar when I was 15. I always wanted to get out…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1169+ words) Maritza Cruz remembers the days when, growing up in the 1970s, she would attend the parades and festivals that marked Puerto Rican Week in Worcester. Cruz, whose organization, Casa Borikén of Worcester, promotes Puerto Rico’s culture and history in Worcester,…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (459+ words) My wife Cyndi approached my scheduled spinal surgery with the same glass three-quarter-full attitude that she employs for most of life’s stumbling blocks: “You’ll be so much better off in the long run,” she told me before a bedtime hug…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (732+ words) Worcester has no shortage of memorable murals, but the sea serpent that adorned the wall of the former Dive Bar on the corner of Green Street and Temple Street was among the most striking, and a favorite of many Worcester…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (10+ words) Worcester Magazine...

2+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (346+ words) There are places that seem to open a portal to another world, and Brewer Brook Dam Trail in Berlin is one of them. A visit on a warm, late May day revealed secrets of placid waters and trails traveling over…...

2+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (732+ words) "Nothing runs like a Deere" is a famous tagline in commercials for John Deere, a company whose products include tractors and related equipment for agriculture, lawn care and construction. Nick Austin knows a thing or two about the tractors. "I…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1420+ words) Worcester's Harvey R. Ball is widely credited with inventing the world-famous smiley face as a freelance artist in 1963. However, what he went through while serving with L Company, 383rd Infantry Regiment of the Army’s 96th Division, also known as the “Deadeyes," in the…...

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (939+ words) Baseball’s ups and downs have always meant the sport mixes particularly well with the art of storytelling, and that combination will be on display when the National Baseball Poetry Festival returns to Worcester from May 7 to 10 for its fourth year....