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Worcester, MA
45Events this week
6Free things to do
44New spots
92New stories

● Checked Sunday, August 9, before the 6 AM send.

This week in Worcester

Five picks from this week's calendar. See all 45 events, day by day →

2026 Westborough Farmers Market

Thursday 2:30pm · Bay State Green · Free

Italian Festival

Thursday 5pm · Our Lady of Loreto Church

Gaming

Thursday 5:30pm · Wormtown Brewery

Movies on the Common: Superman

Thursday 6pm · Worcester Common Oval

Grafton Town Takeover

Thursday 6:45pm · Polar Park

New in Worcester

Places that opened, reopened, or earned a mention this month — the ones we'd go back to.

Ciccone Wellness - Health and Weight Loss Center

Health & Wellness

Reset from the inside: Feeling stuck between mystery symptoms and stubborn weight?

cicconewellness.com ↗

Freeplay Bar Arcade

Nightlife

Press start already: Whether you’re itching to chase high scores or just want an easy night with friends, Freeplay Bar Arcade brings a wall-to-wall lineup of arcade fun, plus pizza, solid drinks, and a dance-and-karaoke vibe.

freeplaybar.com ↗

Great Wolf Lodge | New England

Entertainment

Beat the summer blahs: Great Wolf Lodge | New England just finished a $30 million glow-up, and its 84-degree, 68,000-square-foot indoor water park is basically Worcester's weatherproof reset button.

greatwolf.com ↗

Worcester’s best businesses

Every spot worth knowing, in one place.

The restaurants, shops, and services the newsletter recommends, all in one place — every listing checked, and paid pins marked every time.

Browse Worcester’s best →

Most read in Worcester

The five stories Worcester readers clicked most this month, from the daily editions.

  1. Worcester Walks: Picking up the Rail Trail in W. Boylston

    Worcester Walks has returned to the Massachusetts Central Rail Trail in its West Boylston section, which begins at the northwestern corner of the Wachusett Reservoir and follows the Quinapoxet River westward.

    Full story at worcestermag.com ↗

  2. Worcester Color The City Festival Returns For Sixth Year

    Worcester's annual Color the City Festival, organized by participants in the Create 508 program, will take place from 3 to 8 p.m.

    Full story at patch.com ↗

  3. UMass Memorial ranked sixth best hospital in the state

    U.S. News & World Report has named UMass Memorial Medical Center as the sixth best hospital in Massachusetts and the best in Worcester in its annual Best Hospitals list.

    Full story at wbjournal.com ↗

  4. Community Healthlink finalizes transition plans; Worcester services to move to new operators

    After months of uncertainty over the future of Worcester's most critical behavioral health programs, UMass Memorial Health has found new operators for Community Healthlink services across Central Massachusetts.

    Full story at theworcesterguardian.org ↗

  5. Over 6 million gallons of sewage have leaked into Lake Quinsigamond over the last decade

    Over 6 million gallons of sewage have been accidentally dumped into Lake Quinsigamond over the past decade, according to a report by the Lake Quinigamon Commission.

    Full story at communityadvocate.com ↗

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