Saturday, December 20, 2025

PAWTUCKET MAYOR DONALD GREBIEN

Dear neighbor, This past week has been incredibly painful for our community and beyond. I am heartbroken by the tragic shooting at Brown University, and my thoughts remain with the victims, their families, and all those affected by this senseless violence. I am truly proud of Pawtucket’s first responders and school staff. When called for […]

EARTHTALK: TIDAL RENEWABLE ENERGY

Tidal Power From Ocean Currents: The Most Reliable Renewable? Kyle Chan  December 16, 2025 A rig tests the waters for tidal power off Alderney in the English Channel. Credit: Neil Howard, FlickrCC. Dear EarthTalk: Where do we stand with generating energy from ocean currents? Is this a feasible option in the future? —Maisie Connors, Somerville, […]

ATTLEBORO ARTS MUSEUM – STUDENT GROUP EXHIBIT

From Sea to Sea! The Viktor Schreckengost Mangbetu Award Art Student Group Exhibition Community Gallery Exhibit: January 6th – March 13th, 2026 Reception: Saturday, January 10th from 5pm-6pm Free and open to all Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park Street, Attleboro, MA Seven Attleboro Arts Museum teen art students will showcase multiple linocut prints in From Sea to […]

BONNEVILLE- DOUGHER ART LOVERS BOOK CLUB

The Attleboro Arts Museum’s Bonneville Dougher Art Lovers Book Club launched in January 2010. Museum member Vic Bonneville proposed “an artful book club” idea and the program began on a trial basis. After the success of the first meeting it was clear that the club should carry on. Through the years the club has met […]

WORCESTER ART MUSEUM

WINTER AT WAM Musical Performance: Scandinavian Athletic Club’s Musicians and Chorus Sunday, December 21, 20252–3 pm Free with Museum admission Renaissance Court Celebrate the winter solstice with an inspiring afternoon of art and music at the Worcester Art Museum. On the shortest day of the year, we welcome the musicians and chorus of the Scandinavian […]

NEW BEDFORD ART MUSEUM

YOUNG ARTISTS WINTER BREAK ART PROGRAM Winter Break Art Program: Season of Making GRADES ONE THRU SIX Warm up your imagination this winter at the New Bedford Art Museum’s Season of Making: Winter Break Art Program. This full-day experience invites young artists to spend the week exploring the magic of the season through artmaking. Students will […]

NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY – A BOOK SIGNING

“Jamestown: Architecture, Landscape, and the Making of a Rhode Island Paradise” Book Signing with Author John Tschirch December 19 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Friday, December 19th, 2025 3pm to 5pm | Book-signing event The Colony House | Washington Square, Newport Jamestown, Rhode Island, set in the shimmering waters at the entrance to Narragansett Bay, is […]

REPLACING MCAS WITH END-OF-COURSE TESTS

End-of-court tests administered by the state seen as potential model after voters nixed high stakes MCAS exams By Sam Drysdale | State House News Service December 1, 2025 Max Page, the head of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, lifts up a sign for his ballot question eliminating the MCAS test as a graduation requirement. (Photo by Gintautas […]