In an all-new episode, Steve D'Agostino, chief pilot of Best Rate of Climb, interviews Tim McGourthy (shown, left), chief development officer of the City of Worcester, and Craig Blais (shown, right), executive director of the Worcester Business Development Corp. They talk about the proposed Theater District for downtown Worcester.
This January 23, there was a packed house at the Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts in Worcester, for a public hearing on a draft plan by the WBDC and the City of Worcester for a Theater District in downtown Worcester. And no, despite certain news-media obsession with it, the draft plan does not call for an indoor skating rink on part of the Salem Street parking lot that serves the main branch of Worcester Public Library.
However, the draft plan for the Theater District does call for a "building envelope" there, to contain some sort of public-purpose building or buildings, to, along with other attractions such as food trucks, draw more pedestrian traffic to the area. And, if the market demand, infrastructure capacity and development financing are there, the "building envelope" space could contain an indoor skating rink.
In addition, the draft plan calls for a parking garage on the parking lot along Portland Street that had been used for Telegram & Gazette parking and which, along with the former T&G buildings, the WBDC now owns. That parking lot is only one block away from the library.
countries together in “one voice", the ensemble brings multiculturalism, creativity, and music to another level. The band, comprised of ten women vocalists and instrumentalists, just released a new CD entitled Koloro... We'll hear the combined voices of Ayumi Ueda from Japan & founder of the group; Annette Phlip from India; Giorgia Renosto from Italy; Deborah Pierre from USA/Haiti; and Negah Santos from Brazil. 
Claire Dickson is inspired by her own musical family and the reminiscent style of Ella Fitzgerald. The Boston-based jazz singer made her first appearance as a soloist at the age of three. By age twelve, Miss Dickson became serious about singing and since then has won numerous awards including Downbeat Magazine's Student Jazz Awards for High School Jazz Vocalist (2012) and Blues and Pop Vocalist (2012). Bringing curiosity and a signature “scat” to her musical voice, Claire's youthful and innovative spirit is being “played” all over the jazz world with her first CD, Scattin’ Doll. 
