Natasha Nowick, president and executive director of Turtle Rescue League, holds Rumpus, a male snapping turtle, in preparation for releasing him into the waters of his home in Reading.

How much: $43.50 to $59.50; student, $20; youth (under 18) $10. musicworcester.org. How much: $5 or a donation of three or more canned goods, to benefit Woofridges. Tickets are available for purchase ...

Photographer and lifetime blues music lover has an exhibition "My Kind of Blues" running May 17 to June 30 at the Harold Stevens Gallery at WCUW. The free opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m, May 16 ...

Jean Wang grew up in Wuhan, China, under the Communist regime. She shares her experiences, including life in the U.S., in a new memoir.

Poet and Worcester State University professor Heather Treseler is a Pushcart Prize winner for her poem "Purpura." The ...

A Memoir of Finding Freedom, Resilience, and Self-Discovery' ...

The Electric Avenue Market, a block party run by next-door music venue Electric Haze, is set to run Saturdays on Lamartine ...

Writes Harvey, "My Polish grandmother ranked among the worst cooks to ever enter a kitchen, which never dampened her ...

When singer-songwriter Dan Cloutier made a Kickstarter page to crowdfund a new album, he set an ambitious goal: $6,000. He ...