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Music Worcester's 166th season will feature 21 concerts including performances by the avant-garde Philip Glass Ensemble, the world-renowned Academy of St. Martin in the Field orchestra with award ...
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 ).
In a development that could put Worcester in the center of a world-wide cultural map for a decade or more, Music Worcester will perform all of 18th century German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian ...
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.
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.
Upon its sale, Poli remodeled the theatre, renamed it The Grand, and continued to show silent movies. In 1926 he hired renowned theatre designer Thomas W. Lamb, doubled the theatre's seating capacity to 3,500 and transformed the building into a palatial showcase, including a two-story lobby with mirrored walls, marbleized columns, an ornate ...
The 2024 edition of Pride Worcester will continue this week with several other events including Pride at the Park with the Worcester Red Sox Friday. For complete information, visit prideworcester.org.
In the same year, the Worcester Chorus was founded to sing at the festival, and it continues to perform every year. [4] Although the convention lasted four days, only one concert was held. [ 2 ] The Worcester County Musical Convention was formed in 1863, and Carl Zerrahn became its director in 1866.