A Day in the Life

I started this project with the hope of finding things to love about Worcester, and perhaps comparing them to what I love about my native Chicago. New England Roast Beef is one of those connection points. Privately owned fast food restaurants can be found on nearly every block on Chicago, most of the time displaying [...]

The Alumni Reading Room in the new Harrington Learning Center at Quinsigamond Community College makes for a bright and inviting place to study or play a game of chess. I’ll be doing some work for the school’s alumni magzine next week.

My brother-in-law came to town yesterday with tickets to a concert at Mechanics Hall. His good friend, Makiko Hirata, played piano with the Romanian Orchestra. A great concert in one of Worcester’s true treasures, Mechanics Hall is known as the nation’s finest antebellum concert hall.

Anika and Laurana enjoy their special candlelit pizza dinner for Valentine’s Day.

Though I’m never thrilled by the nearly two feet of snow we received yesterday, Ski Ward in Shrewsbury certainly was. They hosted a giant slalom competition for four area high schools. It wasn’t quite the Olympics, but still lots of fun. The coaches may contact me about getting a free CD of higher resolution photos.

A Sleight-Colored Junco, subspecies of the Dark-Eyed Junco, frolics in yesterday’s blizzard.

Water shoots down a spillway alongside the Massachusetts Central Rail Trail in West Boylston. The trail is a nice place for an easy hike or bike ride.

Though many congregations have moved to or have been planted in wealthy suburbs, the magnificent churches still left in the inner city are not simply empty shells that mark ages past.

From the Preservation Worcester website:
bq. After years of substantial operating deficits as a performance venue, the building was leased to the state to provide additional courthouse space for the Juvenile Court. The pending construction of a new Worcester Courthouse that will include all court functions in one facility will ultimately leave the Worcester Memorial Auditorium [...]

Prize Time: A 5×7 inch print from the fine arts gallery to the first person to leave a comment with the correct answer. What organization erected this monument and in what year?