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Samantha Valletta creatively getting the messages out
Apr 21, 2021 · Valletta is a filmmaker, actor, writer, dancer, choreographer and, as she describes herself on Instagram, an "Earth & Human Activist." She said she has "long been fascinated by the human experience depicted through the written word and moving image. I have tunnel vision for introspection." She's also "a firm believer in collaboration over ...
Boylston native Jean Louisa Kelly takes Iceman’s breath away in …
Jun 7, 2022 · It’s been 36 years since the original “Top Gun” movie took global audiences’ collective breath away. And in the much-anticipated sequel and already colossal blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick,” it’s Boylston native Jean Louisa Kelly who has taken the breath away of one of the franchise’s beloved characters, Tom “Iceman” …
2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Bruce Springsteen's show at …
Apr 11, 2024 · At a Clark concert 50 years ago, Bruce Springsteen heralded things to come. Before he was chrome-wheeled, fuel-injected and selling out stadiums, Bruce Springsteen was another aspiring, up-and-coming artist on the club and college circuit. And it was 50 years ago this year — on Oct. 6, 1974, to be precise — when Clark University students ...
Opinion/Worcesteria: A closer look at the Downtown Worcester BID
Oct 7, 2024 · The organization first caught the public eye when it partnered with the city to put on the Out to Lunch concerts and Movies on the Common (the last of which for this year will be Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” Oct. 17).
Worcester 101: A newcomer's guide to the second largest ...
Sep 13, 2021 · The world has certainly noticed Worcester, or Wormtown to many of locals, a name coined in the 1980s by local DJ L.B. Worm, meant to represent the city’s booming punk rock scene. Though I admit, that particular moniker had me hesitant at first, before I learned where it came from. It's also sometimes called Wortown by the hip-hop scene.
Get your Irish up at Irish Cultural Festival at Polar Park
Oct 9, 2024 · (This story was updated to correct the spelling of a name)At the beginning of Worcester’s first Irish Cultural Festival last October, organizer Caitlin Sargent watched one memorable moment unfold as two Gaelic football teams lined up on the grass at Polar Park. “Right before the opening ceremonies, we had a lineup with the Irish flag, the American flag, and one line was the American-born ...
'Tina — The Tina Turner Musical' coming to The Hanover Theatre
Oct 8, 2024 · "Tina — The Tina Turner Musical" was just two performances into its new national tour, but the show was already putting together a notable record. "So far, two-for-two standing ovations," said cast member Steven Sawan after the musical's opening Sept. 24 and 25 at the E. J. Thomas Hall in Akron, Ohio. "You feel the audience," he said about the reaction to he show's inspiring story of Tina ...
Screen Time: Arthur Kennedy, the biggest actor to ever ...
Feb 11, 2022 · Grew up in Worcester. Born on Feb. 17, 1914, John Arthur Kennedy grew up at 20 Mayfair St. in Worcester. Kennedy graduated from South High School, Class of 1931, and participated in dramatics at Worcester Academy the following year. He said in an interview in the Feature Parade Section of the Worcester Sunday Telegram (published May 31, 1953 ...
Pride returns to shine a light on Worcester's LGBTQ community
Aug 31, 2022 · The Worcester Pride group disbanded in 2019 amid conflict between its leadership and members of its Shades subcommittee, who felt that the organization catered to cisgender white gay men at the expense of other demographics. According to a 2020 Telegram article, Shades was formed to improve racial equity within Worcester’s LGBT community.