EcoTarium Hosts Lunar New Year Celebration in Worcester
More than 1,100 people gathered at the EcoTarium on Sunday, February 15, to celebrate the Lunar New Year and welcome the Year of the Horse. The event featured a live lion dance, cultural performances, and hands-on educational activities for families…
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Medieval Arsenal of Interactive Fun at WAM Poised to Delight and Inspire Worcester
Worcester Art Museum- Armor is sensitive, strong beautiful and resilient, just like the people of Worcester. It is prone to rust and requires great care to conserve and preserve for hundreds of years. And yet, it has lasted as art, as evidence of…
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What’s Up Worcester Creator Spotlight 2: Antonio Fonseca Vazquez, Still Puerto Rican
Vazquez's art is beautiful and defiant and yet it hurts no one. His largest piece shows iterations of Puerto Ricans living through colonialism and territorialism into this technological era. He shared his experiences of "otherness" in his closing…
Read MoreOut Of The Darkness, Great Beauty Emerged: Delirium Exhibition Opening at JMAC With THT Rep’s Poe Double Header was THE Halloween Event of 2025
Often that which scares or confounds us is what we find most remarkable. Art can shine a spotlight into the recesses of the mind where we must sometimes go to think a while, suffer a while and come out whole. “Dark art” with its themes of madness, its…
Read MoreWho is la Catrina? The history of the most recognizable symbol of Dia de Los Muertos
Alas, Halloween is technically one day early for the appearances of Catrina and Catrin (catrin meaning a well-dressed person). Additionally, Dia de los Muertos is most deeply rooted in Mexican culture, where families honor deceased loved ones through…
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