For anyone in the #Worcester area, I will be showing two piece as a part of this exhibit starting June 6th! Really excited about this one; my wife and our friend Amy also had pieces accepted, and I am looking forward to the opening reception.
They have everything, not just antiques, across huge grass fields. If you like haggling with vendors and unique goods. The May sale is usually the best of the year as vendors unload their winter finds.
17 Apr 1556: Seth Holland, who had been in Cardinal Reginald Pole's service in #Rome is elected Warden of All Souls #Oxford#otd Also Dean of #Worcester, present at Pole's deathbed.
He died himself in Marshalsea gaol #London in 1561
7 Apr 1606: Bl. Edward Oldcorne #Jesuit executed Red Hill #Worcester for alleged collaboration with his fellow #Jesuit Henry Garnet on the Gunpowder Plot (BM) He died with thename of St Winifred on his lips. A corporeal relic, his eyeball, still exists
2 Apr 1611: Sir Charles Somerset, 3rd son of the Earl of #Worcester leaves #England#otd for an extended #European tour which lasted till 4 June 1612. He spent £1315 7s 2d on his presumably very lavish jaunt...
1 Apr 1460: Oxford university accepts the offer of choice #Latin books bought at #Padua by John Tiptoft Earl of #Worcester#otd They tell him that this places him highest in their affections after the late Duke Humphrey of #Gloucester (Andrewrabbott - Tiptoft's tomb at #Ely)
23 Mar 1603: Henry Parry, royal chaplain, later Bishop of #Worcester preaches as Elizabeth I lies dying #otd 'Soe fervent and effectual' that he left 'few eyes drye' as one of the listeners recorded it
28 Feb: feast #otd of St Oswald of #Worcester, Archbishop of #York, grandson of a #Viking, he died while washing the feet of the poor on 29 Feb 992 (British Museum)
Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 41F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments today about whether Trump's attempts to interfere with the 2020 election is a valid reason to keep him off 2024 ballots.
A GBH News investigation revealed complaints of substandard working and living conditions in public housing in #Worcester.
2 Jet Blue planes made contact at Logan Airport. No one was hurt.
"The reviews come as multiple residents of Worcester public housing complexes have complained to GBH News about sewage backing up in basements, inadequate heating, roach infestations, discolored tap water and exposure to asbestos.
Current and former employees of the housing authority also told GBH News that management forces workers to regularly handle asbestos and rodent and insect poison without providing them proper protective equipment.
Are you in #Massachusetts? Join the incredible folks who have been fasting from 6am-6pm for over a month now to press the U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts to enforce the Leahy Laws at any of several upcoming rallies in #Boston#Worcester and #Springfield
31 Dec 1513: Silvester Gigli, Bishop of #Worcester, royal #English orator at the Curia at #Rome writes to Cardinal Wolsey #otd taking credit for the recent award of the papal sword & cap by Leo X to Henry VIII (NPG)
Yesterday's election brought progressives to the Boston City Council, a pro-housing mayor to #Revere, and in Central Mass., one State Senate seat held for decades by Dems flipped Republican. (See replies for stories on these).
#Ohio voters enshrined reproductive rights in the state's constitution via ballot question.
G7 nations are urging action' to help civilians trapped in Gaza, including pauses in the fighting.
Unfortunately I forgot to look at the counter on the machine to see how many ballots were cast in my precinct, but it looks like better turnout than usual in #Worcester tonight. #WorcPoli#MaPoli#election#IVoted