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White City was founded by local businessman Horace H. Bigelow. The park opened on June 18, 1905 [1] and was open for 55 seasons, closing for the last time on September 5, 1960. Its lifespan was atypical of American amusement parks of its day (most of which were short-lived, failing to survive past the onset of World War I ).
The Centrum, or officially Centrum in Worcester as it was then known, opened in September 1982 after years of construction delays, with a capacity of roughly 12,000. The first performance [9] on September 1, 1982, was a free concert sponsored by The City of Worcester with Mayor Sara Robertson acting as Master of Ceremonies with the New England Symphony Orchestra performing.
The Worcester Palladium, also known as The Palladium or Palladium Theatre, is an all-ages concert hall and performance venue located in Worcester, Massachusetts. [2] The Palladium was designed by architect Arlan W. Johnson and opened as a theatre in 1928 as the Plymouth Theatre. It has a seating capacity of 2,160 in the Main Room and 500 in the ...
Filmed on Feb. 26. 2022, Worcester’s big scene in “The Holdovers” was originally intended for Boston, but Alexander Payne, the film’s director, liked what Worcester had to offer.
The Worcester Symphony Orchestra explores film music from a couple of different frames of reference in a concert titled "The Magic of Hollywood" at 7:30 p.m. on May 4 in Mechanics Hall.
Where: BrickBox Theater at the Jean McDonough Arts Center, 20 Franklin St., Worcester How much: Tiered tickets from $12-$200. (877) 571-7469; thehanovertheatre.org
The building includes a multi-purpose auditorium originally designed to seat 3,500–4,500 people, a smaller entertainment space known as the Little Theater designed to seat 675, and the Shrine of the Immortal, a war memorial with murals by Leon Kroll commemorating the 355 soldiers and nurses from Worcester who fell during World War I.
A titan of classical music. JS Bach (1685-1750) was a prolific composer of more than 1,000 works varying in length across a variety of instruments and forms including orchestral music, solo ...