Arts & Entertainment

A group of Worcester restaurants is participating in the semiannual Worcester Restaurant Week beginning this week, offering three-course meals at a fixed price of $23.13, the Worcester Executive Office of Economic Development said.

The EcoTarium in Worcester announced it will use a $244,290 grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund (CFF) to connect to the electrical grid, reducing reliance on its aging power plant.

For decades, people's ideas about what to do when they spend time with friends have mostly been...

Holli Andrews —executive director of the Framingham Downtown Renaissance — sees downtown's multicultural appeal as a seed for economic growth. With community planning and open-space preservation experience in Vermont and Maine, Andrews is tasked with revitalizing this somewhat-forgotten area with new energy, improved walkability and emphasis on its historic assets. She shares some of her vision here.

The Senate voted 38-1 Tuesday to pass a resolve to study the feasibility of hosting the 2024 summer Olympics in Massachusetts.

Boston-based Bristol Recording and Voice Studios announced the opening of a Worcester location.

That's My Ticket, a Medway company that makes and sells historic sports, concert and theater tickets products...

The Worcester Sharks hockey team has announced two position changes within its leadership, including the appointment of a new general manager.

A proposal to build a slots parlor off Route 117 in Leominster will be presented to the City Council at an informational meeting tonight by Baltimore-based Cordish Cos. and local construction management firm McCarty Cos.

Zachariah Combs has been named director of the Gallery of African Art in Clinton, gallery founder Gordon B. Lankton announced. Combs is the first director for the gallery, which is owned by the Museum of Russian Icons in Clinton.