Arts & Entertainment

The Worcester Red Sox on Saturday will launch a fully automated retail center at Polar Park called WooSox Market, according to a Friday press release.

The Strand in Clinton announced Thursday the historic theater will close permanently at the end of December.

The City of Worcester is converting all street parking meters to pay-by-plate and pay-by-phone kiosks, and upping parking rates from $1 per hour to $1.50, according to a Monday press release from the City.

The City of Worcester’s team-friendly effort to pay off the $160-million cost of the Polar Park baseball stadium over 30 years is off to a rocky start.

Fitchburg State University was awarded $475,000 from MassDevelopment for its Main Street Theater Block rehabilitation project, according to a Friday press release from the school.

WBJ is conducting its annual Economic Forecast survey, gauging readers' opinions about what 2022 will bring. Those who fill out the survey by Dec. 10 can win one of three $50 gift cards.

The Worcester Art Museum announced Monday it will unveil its new entrance on Lancaster Street with a ceremony on Thursday.

The Town of Stow voted to rezone its former Bose Corp. campus in favor of a for-profit boarding school to be located on the nearly 82-acre site, according to the town’s website.

The Worcester Arts Council will receive a $250,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, funded through the American Rescue Plant Act, the City of Worcester announced on Tuesday.

A $3-million property deal between the Worcester Redevelopment Authority and developer Churchill James that will clear the way for the construction of a 13-story tower in the Canal District is set to close Dec. 1, said Chief Development Officer Peter Dunn at Friday morning’s WRA meeting.