The Fallon Community Health Plan “Canal Diggers 5Km” is going to be a fun road race that will be open to runners, joggers and walkers…it will highlight the great contributions that early Irish immigrants contributed to the creation of the Blackstone Canal which flowed from Providence, Rhode Island to Worcester, Massachusetts bringing needed goods in-land during the late 19th Century as well as celebrate the current revitalization in the 21st Century of the up and coming Canal District that includes Green Island and Kelley Square!
Saturday, September 13th, starting at 11:00 A.M.
Welcome back to school…
Take a stroll and get to know your city!
The Colleges of Worcester Consortium and the Shrewsbury Street Merchants’ Association bring you the 3rd annual Shrewsbury Street College Shuffle. The College Shuffle is EXCLUSIVELY for college students and the college community (including faculty, staff and families). This exciting day includes food sampling from participating restaurants on Shrewsbury Street, performance groups, entertainment, vendors and more!
Free transportation is provided from most campuses to Shrewsbury Street and back to each campus. Students from campuses participating in the Woo Bus will have extended transportation until 1:30 a.m. There is free parking along the street and a large parking lot at Piccadilly Pub.
Admission buttons are $10 in advance and $15 day of event. Advanced tickets can be purchased at the member campuses of the Colleges of Worcester Consortium and day-of-event buttons can be purchased at the Piccadilly Pub, Junior’s, Flying Rhino and Brew City Grille.
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Looking for some creative energy? The second Pecha Kucha night has been scheduled for Sunday, September 13th at 7:20pm, at 55 Pearl’s GAR Hall. The evening is a great way to meet people around the city that share common interests and is a great way to get the creative juices flowing.
The Pecha Kucha format has spread globally, and is hosted in over 226 cities worldwide. Come see what all the chit- chat is about at the Worcester Chapter!
The fourth annual Blackstone Canalfest will take place Saturday, September 12 from 11am – 6pm, on Harding Street in Worcester, between Temple and Winter streets, directly on top of the historic Blackstone Canal.
Canalfest is a classic, family-oriented street festival, celebrating the rebirth of the neighborhood in general and promoting the Canal replication project in particular. Staged by the Canal District Alliance, it is free and open to the public – a perfect way for budget-conscious families to enjoy their first post-Labor Day weekend.
The event features vendors of all sorts; mouth-watering food concessions from neighborhood restaurants; shaded public eating areas; two stages showcasing musicians, dancers and street performers; fabulous children’s activities; a cash raffle; park rangers and historians spinning Blackstone lore; horse-drawn wagon tours of the neighborhood; and kayak testing on an actual, water-filled pre-creation of the Canal project itself. The festival will run from 11 to 6 p.m., and several thousand participants are anticipated. Admission is free, and parking is available for $1 at the nearby Union Station Parking Garage.
The Blackstone Canal established a commercial link between Worcester and Providence in the early 19th century and still exists in its original location beneath what is now Harding Street. The Canal District Alliance is promoting the re-creation of this watercourse between Union Station and Kelley Square, to serve as the spine and catalyst for the growth of a mixed-use district. The purpose of the Canalfest is to raise consciousness and excitement for the project and to celebrate the new life that is already unfolding in the neighborhood.
The 2009 tournament is going to be at Pine Ridge Country Club in North Oxford, MA. Money will be donated to the benefit of Esophageal cancer research and, for $87.00, includes the activities and prizes below.
Register here: http://center.andgolfregs.com
Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009
Time: 1:00PM – Shotgun start
Golf: 18 holes with a cart
Prizes: Red Sox tickets, Advertisement pamphlet with freebies and coupons, golf balls, and tees.
Dinner: Lunch AND dinner will be provided (!) On the course, you’ll have a grill voucher for a hot sandwich or burger, and after the tournament is complete, head to the Center Bar & Grill for food and drinks and the award ceremony.
Additional Activities:
- 50/50 – Participate on the course at one of the par 3’s
- Raffle – Buy tickets, double your chances by hitting the green in regulation!
Contests
- Longest drive
- Closest to the pin
- Straightest drive
- Team Best score
- Team Worst score
Socializing
- So that there’s no restriction on ending the night at the golf course, we’re going to the Center Bar & Grill
- Free Parking
- The Center Bar & Grill will have food out the entire night
- Activities include a DJ and maybe Karaoke
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Sunday July 19th 12-6p
16 Romanian Ave, Southbridge, MA
Looking for something fun to do this Sunday? Enjoy the day in Southbridge, at St. Michael’s 85th annual Romanian Festival. Meet Wally the Green Monster, enjoy traditional Romanian foods, entertainment, and have a great time in the summer weather!
Featuring Shish Kebab – Cooked to Perfection
Hame Made Romanian Pastries
Live Music – Near East Sounds Band
Special Visit by Wally the Green Monster
Admission is Free and the Public is Welcome!
http://www.stmichaelorth.org
The annual Taste of Shrewsbury Street happens again this year, June 23 from 5-9pm on Worcester’s “Restaurant Row”. This year more than 30 restaurants will participate with proceeds from the event going to local charities and some money being used to continue the upkeep of Shrewsbury Street. The concept of the event is “stroll” the street and try small portions of featured menu items along the way. One entry button ($25 before Tuesday) gets you into all the participating restaurants—$30 the dave of the event. There will be a trolley service and horse drawn carriages to help transport those who don’t want to walk and live music at many venues.
Not to be confused with Pikachu, the Pecha Kucha (pronounced peh-chak-cha) Worcester brings together creative minds from a diverse range of fields for a night of ultra-fast presentations, intriguing discussions, networking, and fun. PechaKucha Night features 8 or so presenters, each giving a lightning fast presentation about what moves them, their passion, their inspiration, or their work. The unique PechaKucha format, limiting presenters to 20 slides for 20 seconds each, is now in over 200 cities across the world, and provides a unique opportunity for idea exchange unrivaled in any other structure.
Worcester’s PechaKucha Night Worcester Volume 1 will include talks from new-media guru Jon Herman, the dynamic illustration couple Fish and Hebs, red-hot photographer Adoniram Sides, insanely talented branding master Jessica Bergeron, musical vanguardist Paul Irish and more.he time of the event is wrong on your post.
Pecha Kucha Worcester Volume #1
at Bocado Tapas Bar on June 14, 2009. Doors open at 7:20 for mingling, Talks start at 8:20.
