Arts & Entertainment

The Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University will reopen to its members and the general public this week after being closed since late March due to COVID-19.

The Worcester science museum EcoTarium is planning for what it termed an extended closure through fall and winter, the museum announced in a press release on Friday, citing a 90% attendance drop due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A sports complex with two indoor soccer fields and retail space in Milford has been sold for $2.1 million.

A Black Lives Matter street mural planned near the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Major Taylor Boulevard in downtown Worcester was completed on Wednesday.

The Worcester Art Museum announced on Monday that it would not reopen to the public until early October, allowing for time to plan fall exhibitions and renovation projects.

The Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton will reopen on July 17, Executive Director Kent Russell announced on Monday.

The Worcester Bravehearts will make Doyle Field in Leominster their home for the 2020 Futures League season, the baseball team announced on Monday, with all tickets offered for free. 

Phase Three of the Massachusetts reopening plan will officially begin Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker announced during a press conference midday Thursday, making way for gyms and museums to open their doors to patrons once again, so long as they strictly adhere to social distancing and sanitization guidelines.

The Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton has appointed Lana Sloutsky as the curator of collections and exhibitions, the first person to hold the new position, the institution announced on Wednesday.

Before construction even began, a timetable for completing Polar Park was called ambitious. Despite a month pause in construction, planners are still holding out hope: the Worcester Red Sox will begin playing at the ballpark in April 2021.