Sunday, Jan 7th we will have a table set up at Mission Dispensary in Worcester, Massachusetts from 12-4pm! We'll bring some of our original merch as well as secondhand nonsense, tell Admin Didi you're from the blog to get a poot prize! (while supplies last)
There will be other vendors as well as music, and food! Since it's a cannabis dispensary, you must be 21+ with ID to enter.
Aside from the pronunciation, what's the issue with Worcester (at least in the official opinion of MA)?
Honestly, I think 90% of it is reputation. Worcester is a city, cities gain a reputation of some sort just from being heavily populated areas.
I lived in Worcester for a year and it was perfectly fine in my experience. That said, my lens was from being close to the city center and main street. I can't speak for the further reaches of the city from personal experience.
I saw you say something about “The largest lesbian centered events company in the greater Boston area”. What’s the company name so I can follow?
It's funny when I posted that comment I was thinking I should go back and add links for the lesbians. Sapphic Nights Boston hosts roughly 1-4 events every week. Mostly club nights with a theme (emo, woc, Slavic, masc, pop, Latin, bailefunk, etc). They also do events like drag race viewing parties, sip and paint events, yacht parties, there's a retreat weekend. The events are mostly in Boston with a few happening on a regular basis in Providence, Worcester, and Salem. I think they just finished a weekend in Provincetown. Second place is Lesbian Night Life who does more day parties, brunches, singles events, and over 30s events. Snatched Entertainment does 'queer poc' events but they lean more towards women.
Dani's Queer Bar is a lesbian owned bar that's supposed to open soon. Until then if you're willing to drive there's Femme Bar in Worcester. In addition to typically club nights they have lots more lowkey stuff like boardgames nights and book clubs. In the Jamaica Plain neighborhood is lesbian owned Drawdown Brewing that does some women's events. I've been there to watch women's hockey and they also have non-alcoholic drinks.
While we're doing Massachusetts confessionals, I've got one: I grew up in Worcester and didn't fully appreciate Worcester (or the state more broadly) until I left to live in upstate NY. I wish I'd appreciated it more while I was there.