Things to do in Worcester (Ma) when you are dead

**Flexon Phil** · 04-09-2008, 06:35 PM

My wife is up here for a conference and from what i see about this town, particularly the "Crown Royal Plaza", it sucks. What can I do w/in a 10-20 mile radius?

**hafilax** · 04-09-2008, 06:38 PM

Make some sauce?

**GunPowder** · 04-09-2008, 06:40 PM

wait to leave

**Flexon Phil** · 04-09-2008, 06:41 PM

haven't seen the "shire"

**concretejungle** · 04-09-2008, 06:51 PM

Is Phish Tour in town? If not I got nothing.

**Sirshredalot** · 04-09-2008, 07:04 PM

Monster truck rally?

**Steven S. Dallas** · 04-09-2008, 07:05 PM

Buy an abandoned warehouse, insure it, then burn it down. No one will notice.

**MOHSHSIHd** · 04-09-2008, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by concretejungle

Is Phish Tour in town? If not I got nothing.

Ha, my thoughts exactly the moment I saw the thread title.

**Flexon Phil** · 04-09-2008, 07:12 PM

You aren't helping. So far I have found a bottle of scotch.

**schuss** · 04-09-2008, 07:18 PM

there's a reason my friends and I call it the "inner anus" of mass. There is an arby's, however.

**Steven S. Dallas** · 04-09-2008, 07:21 PM

Originally Posted by Flexon Phil

You aren't helping. So far I have found a bottle of scotch.

Well, I would have said kill yourself, but the thread title suggests that you are already dead.

Seriously? Take the train to Boston.

**trainnvain** · 04-09-2008, 07:25 PM

Take this moment.....look around.....and be thankful that you don't live here.

Then drink the scotch. Lots.

**Obstruction** · 04-09-2008, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by Flexon Phil

My wife is up here for a conference and from what i see about this town, particularly the "Crown Royal Plaza", it sucks. What can I do w/in a 10-20 mile radius?

Get to Framingham and start another 20 mile drive to Boston?

You could get to Mohegan Sun in an hour if the casino in the middle of no where appeals (then again you are at the epi-center of nowhere already).

Even Spags ain't what it used to be.

See if someone can get you out onto Worcester Country Club. It's going to be 70 tmmw.

That is all ..

**Brock Landers** · 04-09-2008, 08:15 PM

Mountain bike in Northboro....check out Bob Cousy's house...check out the Greendale Mall...ok, face it, take the train to Boston. Seriously.

File "going to Worcester" under Unsmart Things done

**iceman** · 04-09-2008, 08:45 PM

I like Worcester, fuck you snobs. It's got character.

And if you don't like it, it's only like 35 miles to Boston. Take Rte 9 and you will hit Framingham in like 13 miles. Lotsa malls there. No character at all. You might like it better than something real like Worcester.

Fuck, it ain't Lowell or Haverhill or Fall River, lighten up, boys.

**Steven S. Dallas** · 04-09-2008, 08:49 PM

What's wrong with Haverhill? There's a robust beaver population and Casa de Fior is one of the top reception venues near the north shore.

**GunPowder** · 04-09-2008, 08:50 PM

It's been a while for me, is it still called The Worcester Centrum or is the MEGABank Arena(tm)

**Dexter Rutecki** · 04-09-2008, 08:50 PM

Fall River has Battleship Cove, for chrissake. And a bunch of Portegee. Can't compare that to Worcester.

Worcester's where I accidentally saw a Yes concert in 1990. Girl on my hall asked me if I'd like to see Yes and without thinking I replied that I would--a month later she's asking me for $35. I had no idea she was asking if I'd like to buy tickets to a show in Worcester.
They had a cool revolving stage at the Centrum though, and a long drum solo.

**Sirshredalot** · 04-09-2008, 08:54 PM

If he were in Lowell, at least he could catch a Spinners game.

Phish isn't playing and his wife probably wouldn't appreciate it if he went over to Holy Cross to hit on the Catholic school girls. There isn't that much to do in the town.

Do you play disc golf, Phil? I think WPI has a course.

**iceman** · 04-09-2008, 08:58 PM

Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas

What's wrong with Haverhill? There's a robust beaver population and Casa de Fior is one of the top reception venues near the north shore.

My bad, I meant to say Lawrence, Fitchburg and Leominster.

It's amazing how confused I get at this age.

Sorry, I guess I shouldn't say that to a guy who just put another click on the odometer.

**Steven S. Dallas** · 04-09-2008, 09:05 PM

Don't forget Lunenberg. That place blows, although I did once buy a decent used car there.

**timvwcom** · 04-09-2008, 09:09 PM

Best online resource seems to behttp://www.thepulsemag.com/wordpress/

Their "thePulse Club" seems to show lots going on in Worcester... Take tomorrow for example (links to details at site);

Thursday, April 10, 2008
8:00 AM Student Art Exhibition Worcester State College: Ghosh Center for Science and Technology, Lobby/1st Floor Art Gallery
8:00 AM Zumba-Salsa-Pilates (Spanish) Bilingual YWCA of Central Massachusetts, Room Number 3
9:00 AM
12:00 PM Furniture Refinishing Worcester Center for Crafts, Wood Studio
9:00 AM Transcending the Blossom - paintings by Laurie Atchue Quinsigamond Community College: Administration Building
9:30 AM Wachusett Meadow Nature Adventures for Young Folks Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary
10:00 AM Busy Beavers Hard at Work Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
10:00 AM
6:00 PM Intricate Cloth by Design Worcester Center for Crafts, Multi-Media Studio
11:00 AM Collective Exhibition: Figurative Expressions, The Persistence of Form, Five Degrees of Abstraction Agora Gallery
11:00 AM IMGD Speaker Series WPI: Atwater Kent Laboratories, 233
1:00 PM "Switching Gears" - ARTSWorcester Industrial Exhibition ARTSWorcester, Aurora Gallery
1:00 PM AC String Camerata performance Assumption College: Chapel of the Holy Spirit
1:00 PM Wachusett Meadow Nature Adventures for Young Folks Mass Audubon: Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary
3:00 PM Invited Artist Talk with Richard Yard Worcester State College: Ghosh Center for Science and Technology, Room 102
3:30 PM Youth Beginning Wheelthrowing Worcester Center for Crafts, Wheelthrowing Studio
5:30 PM Girls Night Out College of the Holy Cross, Hogan Ballroom
5:30 PM The Junior League of Worcester's 2nd Annual Girls' Night Out College of the Holy Cross: Hogan Campus Center
5:45 PM SalsAerobics and Transitions Lifestyle System Salsa Storm Dance Studio
5:45 PM Weight Management Program 8 week program Salsa Storm Dance Studio
6:00 PM Anatomical Drawing, a Representation of the Human Form Sevengaits
6:00 PM Business Planning: Getting Started Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) Central Massachusetts, 2nd Floor
6:00 PM live music Oxford Casual Dining
6:00 PM MEDITATION - heart, mind and soul Healing Light Institute of Spirituality, UNIT 2 ( Please Ring Door Bell )
6:00 PM Ten Pin Bowling League AMF Auburn Lanes
6:00 PM TOEFL Preparation Quinsigamond Community College: Training & Education Center
6:00 PM Traditional Primitive Rug Hooking Worcester Center for Crafts, Weaving Studio
6:00 PM Worcester Insight Meditation Group Bancroft School of Massage Therapy
6:00 PM Zumba for Women Liberty Fitness/Downtown Crossing, Suite 120
6:30 PM Introduction to Flameworking New Street Glass Studio, Flameworking
6:30 PM Introduction to Glassblowing New Street Glass Studio, Hot Glass
6:30 PM Introduction to Stained Glass Techniques New Street Glass Studio, Flat Shop
6:30 PM Jewelry I Worcester Center for Crafts, Metals Studio
6:30 PM Open Topics in Wood Worcester Center for Crafts, Wood Studio
6:30 PM Salsa/Latin Dance Classes ! World Rhythms Dance, Health & Fitness Center
6:30 PM Wood Firing Intensive Worcester Center for Crafts, Wheelthrowing Studio
7:00 PM Advanced Photography Worcester Center for Crafts, Photo Studio
7:00 PM All About Tiles - Introduction to Handbuilding Worcester Center for Crafts, Handbuilding Studio
7:00 PM Ballroom Lessons for Intermediate & Advanced Poise Style & Motion Ballroom Studio
7:00 PM Brain Freeze Trivia Grey Hound Pub (An Cu Liath)
7:00 PM New Black Eagle Jazz Band J.P. O'Hanlon's Irish Pub and Restaurant
7:00 PM New Voices 26 Little Theater
7:00 PM The McMurphys Devens Grill
7:30 PM 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Clark University: Jefferson Academic Center, Room # 320
7:30 PM A Journey to Kreisau Boston Playwrights' Theatre
7:30 PM Open Mic Night w/ Bill McCarthy THURSDAYS! Whistle Stop Bar & Grill
7:30 PM Rose Room Revue Rose Garden Restaurant and Pub
8:00 PM "All in the Timing" - Six One-Act Comedies Worcester State College: Sullivan Auditorium
8:00 PM "Audio Wasabi" @GardnerAleHouse Gardner Ale House
8:00 PM DJ / Karaoke with Music Sensations DJ ROBERTA Olde Post Office Pub
8:00 PM Free Live Music Every Thur/Fri/Sat! Gardner Ale House
8:00 PM Irish Music Session Mulligans Taverne-on-the-Green
8:00 PM John Fitzsimmons & Friends Concord's Colonial Inn
8:00 PM Karaoke Fat Boy Bill's Blues Bar and Grill
8:00 PM karaoke William's Restaurant & Tavern
8:00 PM Open Mic Night with Host Heidi-Jo Hansen McNally's Grille & Pub
8:00 PM The Changeup - Strattle - Daddy Tammany Hall
8:30 PM Audio Wasabi with Host Brian Chaffee Gardner Ale House
9:00 PM DJ B-LO's College Night Fusion
9:00 PM The RETRO 80's show FLOCK OF A**HOLES Lucky Dog Music Hall, 89 Green Street
9:00 PM Thirsty Thursdays with Terry Brennan Irish Times / Rehab
9:00 PM West Coast & East coast Swing Salsa, Cha Cha, Hustle Speakers Night Club
9:30 PM Honky Tonk Evil Doers Gilrein's
10:00 PM D.J. Kick Stand Every Thursday 10-Close The Lights Sports Pub
10:00 PM Terry Brennan Irish Times / Rehab
"The Familiar and The Abstract" by David Dolnikowski's Acrylic paintings Thayer Memorial Library
American Craft Gallery The Prints and Potter Gallery
Belly Dance Classes at Dancing Ember Studio - Worcester Dancing Ember Studio, Suite 118
BGL Whistle Stop Bar & Grill
BGL, Eric Hart Whistle Stop Bar & Grill
Can't Kill Katie, Nodscene, Down to Ascend Lucky Dog Music Hall
Can't Kill Katie, Nodsense, Down to Ascend Lucky Dog Music Hall
Dance Lessons and Dancing Longfellow Club
DJ Xkaliber Red 1888
Flextime - Independent Study in Clay Worcester Center for Crafts
Getting a Likeness: Princeton Potrait Group Jacob Edwards Library, Main Hall
Getting a Likeness: A Portrait Exhibit Jacob Edwards Library, Main Hall
Jason Graham Funky Murphy's Bar & Grill
Original Sewing & Quilt Expo DCU Center, Convention Center
Textile Heirlooms from the Indus Valley Worcester Art Museum
The Changeup, Straddle Daddy Tammany Hall
Two Chinas: Chen Quilin and Yun-Fei Ji Worcester Art Museum
Visit WPI during your April school break! WPI: Bartlett Center, Office of Admissions
Weekly jam session 3-G's Sports Bar
Worcester Bellydance Classes - New Session begins!! Dancing Ember Studio, Suite 118

"Flock of Assholes" is playing at the Lucky Dog Music Hall and the "Girl's Night Out" could be fun?

Don't click here for more "Flock Art" (link probably NSFW)

**BigDaddy** · 04-09-2008, 09:24 PM

Worcester is the home of Spitjack: www.spitjack.com

It's a "real mans" BBQ site with everything you need from pig roasting to grilling in your fireplace:

Also there's a sewing/knitting convention this weekend my wife is talking about, a few museums over by WPI and Clark University. Have fun...

**Idiot Rampage** · 04-09-2008, 09:39 PM

there are some good steak places, you can go wander around the WPI campus. There is an art museum that has some pretty cool stuff. There are some really good bakeries... you could go ski at Mt. Wachusett. You could sit on your left hand till it goes numb then masterbate.