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Clark Alum Donates $6M to Support Arts and Music Initiatives

GoLocalWorcester News Team

Clark University has received a $6 million gift from the late Tina Sweeney. Ms. Sweeney’s gift, a bequest, is "dedicated to fostering broader music-education opportunities here at the University and to establishing music programs, through Clark, that inspire and bring music arts education to children in Worcester, said the University.

Worcester Reads to Host Special World Smile Day Event on Oct. 7

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

Worcester Reads will host a Morning of Smiles at the Worcester Historical Museum from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on October 7, World Smile Day.

slides: 25 New England Fall Getaways

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

The fall season brings plenty of great weather, festivals and other events to go see and do.

Leonard Moorehead, the Urban Gardener: Asters Star

Leonard Moorehead, GoLocalWorcester Gardening Expert

Fall is glorious and few garden pleasures trump purple galaxies of asters. Indigenous to New England, the showy New England aster is now cultivated around...

Huestis: Meteors & Other Astronomical Treats

David Huestis, GoLocalWorcester Astronomy Expert

I hope many of you had the good fortune of watching the Perseid meteor shower on the peak night of August 11-12. Just prior to...

Clark U to Present Igor Stravinsky’s “A Soldier’s Tale”

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

Clark University's Department of Visual and Performing Arts will present a performance of “L’Histoire du Soldat” or “A...

Old Sturbridge Village Hosts Dig In: A Field-to-Table Festival Starting Oct. 8

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

Old Sturbridge Village will celebrate the Harvest with the Dig-In: A Field-to -Table Festival taking place from October 8 to the 10.

Fruitlands Museum Hosts Annual Harvest Festival Beginning Oct. 8

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

Fruitlands Museum's annual Harvest Festival begins on Saturday, October 8 and is free with museum admission.

Fit For Life: Be The Change You Want To See

Matt Espeut, GoLocalWorcester Health +Lifestyle Contributor

Some people have it, others don't. Some stay motivated all the time. They always arrive to work on time or early. They are always...

slides: 10 Great Things to do in Worcester This Weekend - Sept. 30, 2016

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

Plenty of options for fun in Worcester this weekend, the first weekend of October.

The Toyotoa 2000GT - A Rare Japanese Supercar

Travis Landry, Toy Department Director for Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers & RI Comic Con

Sunday, September, 18th, marked the 20th anniversary of the groundbreaking for the Toyota engine and transmission manufacturing plant in Buffalo, West Virginia. Ever since Toyota...

Habitat for Humanity to Host Annual “Fall for All” Event on Saturday

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester ReStore will hold its fifth annual Fall for All on Saturday, October 1 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m....

Clark U to Host Discussion on the History of Atlantic Slave Trade

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

Clark University will host Saidiya Hartman, author of the book "Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route" ...

Where Will You WOO - Week of September 29

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

Where will you WOO during the week of September 29?

Newport Manners & Etiquette: Email Etiquette Update

Didi Lorillard, GoLocalProv Manners + Etiquette Expert

Q. My employees don't know how to send a decent email. Not just to me, but their emails to clients are often, brisk,...

Worcester Academy Capital Campaign Raises $52.2 Million

GoLocalWorceser News Team

Worcester Academy announced that "ONWARD: The Campaign for Worcester Academy" has raised $52.2 million for the school.

Worcester Public Library’s Celebration of Authors Event Set for Oct. 20

GoLocalWorcester Lifestyle Team

The Worcester Public Library Foundation will hots its annual A Celebration of Authors event at the White Room of the Crompton Collective on Thursday, October 20,...