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Get Ready to Salsa into Fall! Are you ready to add some spice to your autumn? Join us at Raices Latin Dance for our new **Six-Week Salsa Session**, running from…
Blue Profundity: Contemporary Artists Revisit a Color
- Oct. 7th, 2024 - Dec. 20th, 2024
- Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery
This exhibition features contemporary artists who use the color blue in their work to highlight the symbolic and historic meanings of the color. Blue is celebrated…
Enchanted Forest, Nature-Inspired Fairy Houses by Sally J. Smith
- Oct. 7th, 2024 - Oct. 31st, 2024
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
The enchantment continues this fall – everyone’s favorite mythical creatures are returning to the Garden! Sally J. Smith’s intricately designed one-of-a-kind…
FlamencoWoo Dance Summer Program
- Oct. 7th, 2024
Flamenco Worcester SUMMER Classes are forming up and open for registration! Drop-in, mix and match, or take it all! Visit…
Flora in Flight, Aerial Art by Patrick Shearn of Poetic Kinetics
- Oct. 7th, 2024 - Oct. 31st, 2024
- New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill
Experience a collaboration between art and nature as vast, fluid canvasses of color dance overhead in the wind at New England Botanic Garden. This trilogy of…
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Endless adventures await in Central Massachusetts. Located in the heart of New England, the region welcomes visitors to explore historic treasures, museums, parks, botanical gardens, and wildlife sanctuaries. Catch a WooSox game or a Holy Cross matchup at family friendly prices. Plan an outing with activities for the whole crew. Check the calendar for seasonal events celebrating food, music, arts, makers, and traditions.
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Spend a Snowy Day in Central MA
Bundle Up & Head Out to the Mountains Perhaps the most obvious snowy day adventure starts on the mountain. The snow…
91 Things To Do in Worcester Before You Graduate
Eat & Drink 1. Eat a hot dog—with the works—at George’s Coney Island in Worcester 2. Dig into a…
A Photographer's Guide to Central MA Destinations
Source: Erb/Dufault Photography Lake Park at Quinsigamond State Park Officially called Lake Park at Quinsigamond State…
New Year, New Adventures
Worcester Art Museum Internationally known for its display of European and American art, Worcester Art Museum is home to…
Travel, tourism, and hospitality are important industries supporting the Central Massachusetts economy. From lodging and dining to transportation and fuel, local businesses rely on loyal visitors to the region.