Are you a fan of British humor? Satires about Hollywood? Yes? Then I have just the show for you—“Episodes”, starring Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan, and…Matt LeBlanc. Yes, you heard right. Joey from “Friends.” If this seems like an unlikely trio, well, that’s the entire premise of the show. Sean (Mangan) and Beverly (Greig) are a […]
I enjoy a book that is both sweet and gross. So I enjoyed Rob Delaney’s “Mother. Wife. Sister. Human. Warrior. Falcon. Yardstick. Turban. Cabbage.” I first encountered Delaney in “Catastrophe”, the amazing British show created by him and Sharon Horgan, which is also sweet and gross. I guess it’s a thing with him. I think […]
Join us Friday, March 8th for a fun weaving workshop! Mihoko Wakabayashi, a Japan native and an owner of SAORI Worcester, the first SAORI studio in the U.S., has taught many people of all ages and abilities in her studio and at a variety of organizations and festivals for over 20 years. In this 30 […]
Check out these adult events happening in March! 3/1 | 10am-12pm | Friday Flicks Join us Friday mornings for a movie! In honor of Women’s History Month, this month we are showing movies featuring impressive women! Today we watch A League of Their Own (1992), starring Geena Davis. 3/4 | 6-7:30pm | English (ESL) Conversation […]
Check out these adult events happening in February! 2/6 | 7-8pm | Democracy Talks: College Admissions & the Changing Landscape of Affirmative Action (VIRTUAL) In 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a landmark decision that race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions processes violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth […]
Check out these adult events happening in January! 1/2 | 10am-12pm | Classic Matinees: Tough Ladies Join us Tuesdays in January for classic matinees featuring the toughest ladies you’ll ever see on screen. Today we watch Detour (1945) starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage. 1/3 | 6-7:30pm | Google Account Tips, Tricks & Hidden Gems: Advanced Google […]
When Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536 on the orders of her husband, King Henry VIII, she left behind a country that had been profoundly changed due to her role as its queen. She also left behind a daughter who would become one of England’s most famous and influential rulers. In many ways, Elizabeth I […]
On April 24th, 1915 the Ottoman Empire began its systematic annihilation of the Armenian people with the arrest and deportation of Armenian leaders from Constantinople. The ensuing genocide resulted in the deaths of at least 600,000 Armenian men, women, and children before the First World War was over. The toll is estimated even higher, with […]
1914 saw the start of a new type of war, where technological advances in weaponry reshaped the battlefield into an unforeseen nightmare. The Great War is cited as the first modern, mechanized war, its impact reverberating far beyond the toll of almost ten million soldiers lost. Another twenty-one million who survived would be irrevocably changed […]
El attends Scholomance, a school meant to prepare young magicians like her to live in a world where ferocious creatures called mals hunt and eat magic-users, and adolescents are a mal’s favorite meal. The school is supposed to train and protect the students, but what El and her classmates are mostly learning is how not […]
