FITCHBURG — StageWorks’ latest offering is sure to thrill audience members and there are three opportunities to experience the spine-tingling musical show next weekend. “Abandoned Pages” begins when the doors of a long-forgotten library creak open, releasing music — and maybe some spirits — that have been trapped for centuries. Featuring a captivating mix of […]
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On exhibit at the Ashby Free Public Library: The art of Jimmy
ASHBY — Inspired by the iconic spray-paint scenes in the movie “Beat Street,” Jimmy Hewitt first picked up a can of paint with one goal in mind — to recreate the bold characters and colorful letters that captivated him on screen. What began as curiosity quickly became a passion — one that helps him find […]
Ashby seniors channel ‘Downton Abbey’
ASHBY — A “Downton Abbey” inspired high tea was recently held at the senior center and attendees went all out dressing up for the occasion. Colorful hats and outfits were worn by the ladies who attended the event put on by Ashby Council on Aging (COA) Friends and five gentlemen sported top hats, 30 seniors […]
Democracy on display: Smithsonian exhibit comes to Ashby
ASHBY — This summer, Ashby is making history. The Ashby Free Public Library has been selected as the only Central Massachusetts stop for the Smithsonian Institutes’ “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America,” a dynamic traveling exhibit from the Museum on Main Street program, in partnership with Mass Humanities. Running from Saturday, July 26 through Saturday, Sept. 6, the exhibit […]
Wesley Harrison Hall performs in concert
ASHBY — On May 31, early music enthusiast and organist Wesley Harrison Hall performed a concert at First Parish Church Unitarian Universalist of Ashby on the church’s recently refurbished Whitney Organ. The organ was built in Ashby in the 1840s and was installed in the church in 1850. “To my knowledge, this is the only […]
‘Saying goodbye to a place filled with memories’
ASHBY — Emotions were running high at Ashby Elementary School on Thursday during the clap out to mark the last day of school and the potential end of an era.
