Arts & Entertainment

The White Room, an event venue in Worcester’s Canal District, has been sold to Birgit Straehle and Luis Antonio Fraire, two prominent members of the arts community in Worcester. 

A private Worcester County golf club will host a major golf tournament in September for the controversial new professional tour with ties to the new Saudi Arabian government. 

Beginning on Wednesday, prominent professionals with ties to Worcester will return to the city, as currently residing local leaders discuss the ongoing economic changes and development occurring in the Heart of the Commonwealth.

Applying an 11th-hour bandage to keep simulcast centers and local horse races running -- or in at least one case to revive them after they briefly became illegal -- has evolved into something of an annual tradition on Beacon Hill, but this time around the scenario could be even more complicated than usual.

Milford Federal Bank, UniBank, UMass Memorial Health, and GFA Federal Credit Union are among those with recent hires and promotions.

Through their first 22 home games, the Worcester Red Sox averaged 7,638 fans per game, more fans than the team has seats at its new $160-million baseball stadium.

Trivia question: What kitchen task was this device invented by the Hamblin & Russell Manufacturing Co. used for?

The Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton has appointed Dutch art historian Simon Morsink as its new executive director, according to a Thursday press release from the museum.

What is the official name of the building at 67 Millbrook St., the former home of both Bay State Automobile Co. and the Thom McAn shoe company?

Finding stable housing has always been a challenge for low-income earners, but the problem has ballooned in places like Worcester where the average rent is growing about 10 percentage points faster than the average income.