Whisting in the dark by the Common

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy take a stroll with a tune past a particular landmark on the Worcester Common.

 

Raising the curtain on the 'atmospheric' Capitol Theater

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel takes a front-row seat at the former Capitol Theater, Worcester's only "atmospheric" movie palace. She invites you to her table inside the Grand Hall of Union Station this Sunday for the final stART at the Station from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., including her latest book LAUREL'S MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR, previous books, original drawings, Christmas cards and T-shirts. Please stop by!

Time to get stARTed for stART at the Station Dec. 8

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel's rarin' to get stARTed for the final stART at the Station on Dec. 8 at Union Station. She invites you to visit her table in the Grand Hall, offering her latest book, LAUREL'S MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR, previous books, Christmas cards including the 2024 edition, original drawings and T-shirts. Please stop by! Be seeing you!

 

A feastful Thanksgiving slumber

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel's feathered and four-footed friends enjoy a post-feast nap on Thanksgiving, with our best wishes for a happy holiday.

 

 

The power of the word

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel grips her third-grade class in her book report, with an assist from a Boston-born author. 

 

At the Veterans Day Parade

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel views the past and present at the Worcester Veterans Day Parade, with thanks to all service members.

Meet you at the Eden (or the Millbrook)!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel takes a seat at the table at some of Worcester's family eateries of the past.

 

Happy Halloween from the Tilburys!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel, Grammy, and Uncle Timmy wish you a happy Halloween, with an assist from Gen. Charles Devens.

 

Leaping into autumn

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel leaps into autumn raking with an assist from Uncle Timmy.

 

One day, two cultures

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel sails through one day embracing two cultures on Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day in Worcester.

All out for the Worcester Common Fashion Outlets

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel goes on a spree into the past at the Worcester Common Fashion Outlets.

 

And so to bed till next summer

In today's Sunday Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy give some hardworking domestic members a well-earned rest.

 

Goin' South as autumn arrives in Worcester

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy bid a seasonal visitor a fond Worcester farewell as autumn arrives Sunday. 

Showtime at Movies on the Common Sept. 19

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girls Audra and Laurel enjoy two shows at once during the Sept. 19 showing of Lin-Manuel Miranda's IN THE HEIGHTS (don't miss this one!) at Movies on the Common. Pre-movie fun begins at 6 p.m. with the film around 7. And please stop by our girl's table by That's Entertainment from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at the finale of stART on the Street!

 

One last stROLL at stART on the Street

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy enjoy a final stroll at the concluding stART on the Street, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sept. 15 on Park Avenue between Highland and Pleasant streets. She will be looking for you at her table thanks to and in front of That's Entertainment, featuring her new book LAUREL'S MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR, 2024 Christmas card, original drawings and previous books. And vociferous applause to all the organizers and volunteers of stART with our heartfelt thanks!

A night at the Aud

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy take a front-row seat for the history of Worcester Memorial Auditorium, which premiered in late September 1933.

A tale of two kiddies

In this Sunday's Telegram, time for our girl Laurel and friends to return to school on Monday in Worcester.

 

A bird of a feather for the Caribbean American Carnival

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel is finely feathered for the Worcester Caribbean American Carnival, returning to Institute Park from noon to 7 p.m.

In a spin at Worcester's Latin American Festival

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girls Laurel and Cherie along with Uncle Timmy are in a spin at the Latin American Festival, returning to the Worcester Common Aug. 17.

 

 

A night at the opera house

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel peeks behind the history curtain at Worcester's oldest theater, the Olympia.

 

Playing it cool

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girls Laurel and Gloria engage in good, clean backyard sport, with a tip of the Hatlo hat to our pal Maureen Carroll.

 

Keep on truckin'

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy are at your service at the Out to Lunch Festival & Farmers Market Thursdays on the Common.

 

Made in the shade

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girls Laurel and Cherie and Uncle Timmy have it made in the shade at the beach.

 

A day at the Galleria

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel learns about the Galleria at Worcester Center, "a world of shopping for you to enter."

 

Strike up the band at the Indepdence Day concert July 3

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and friend attend the Mass. Symphony's Independence Day concert July 3 at Institute Park.

 

Follow the bouncing ball

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel cordially invites you to follow the bouncing ball across Worcester.

 

School's out, summer's in

In today's Sunday Telegram, Uncle Timmy's way ahead of our girl Laurel as school ends and summer break begins.

 

Higher education

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel learns about the wonders of birds at the Robert Benchley School in Worcester.

 

The land down under Worcester

In today's Sunday Telegram, our girl Laurel discovers the mysterious Worcester "catacombs" built in the mid-19th century near Main and Exchange streets.

 

Remembering Worcester's Homer Wheaton

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy remember Worcester WWI hero Homer Wheaton on Memorial Day.

 

On the fly

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel's literally on the fly during a class soccer game at the Robert Benchley School in Worcester.

On Mother's Day

In this Sunday's Telegram, mothers are the queens of hearts, including our girl Laurel's, on Mother's Day.

Home to roost

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy add the finishing touches to their hanging gardens at Tadcaster Place.

On a rainy April day, on with the dance

In this Sunday's Telegram, April showers in Worcester won't stop the dance for our girls Laurel and Cherie.

Urban planning in Green Island

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy welcome new neighbors to Tadcaster Place in the midst of residential sprawl within their neighborhood.

 

 

Leaping into April school vacation

In this Sunday's Telegram. our girl Laurel springs into action around Worcester during April school break.

 

Worcester's Ernest Lawrence Thayer and 'Casey at the Bat'

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel learns about former Chatham Streeter Ernest Lawrence Thayer and his immortal "Casey at the Bat." 

Special delivery for Easter

In today's Sunday Telegram, our girl Laurel receives a very special delivery, with best wishes for a happy Easter!

 

A touch of spring in town

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel beholds an early herald of spring, even on a most unspring-like day.

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Worcester!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel's literally right in step for a happy St. Patrick's Day and wishes you the same!

 

At the St. Patrick's parade

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel repairs a wardrobe malfunction at the Worcester County St. Patrick's Parade Sunday on Park Avenue.  

 

Down the candlepin lanes

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel visits the candlepin bowling alleys of yesterday's Worcester, the game's birthplace.

 

Then and now

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel imagines that, well,  some things never really change across the ages.

 

Decisions, decisions for school break

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel launches her plans for school vacation week.

 

Happy Valentine's Day, Worcester!

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel and Uncle Timmy spread some love at Elm Park, with best wishes for a Happy Valentine's Day!

The remarkable William Bullard, Worcester photographer and chronicler

For Black History Month, in this Sunday's Telegram our girl Laurel learns about William Bullard, who photographed several Black families in his Beaver Brook neighborhood during the early 20th century.

Our gal around town

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel knows the way to get around our fair city.

 

A date to skate at Buffone Arena

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl(s) Laurel enjoy a few spins around the ice at Buffone Arena.

 

Drawn togethe on MLK Jr. Day

In this Sunday's Telegram, our girls Cherie and Laurel collaborate on a portrait in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

 

WSMW-TV 27--"Good Show!"

Happy New Year! In this Sunday's Telegram, our girl Laurel tunes into the 1970s heyday of Worcester's WSMW-TV, Channel 27, the city's last hurrah in the UHF-TV market.