Meg Trogolo

The Parents & Caregivers Group will provide resources and a meeting place for parents who want to advocate for their LGBTQ children.

Fractal Tribe's “Pillars of Monumental Truth” art installation will be on display on the Worcester Common during The Festival of Lights.

Crocodile River Music celebrates seven Worcester artists with African roots on Nov. 22 for the latest edition of Worcester's Got African Talent, running from 6 to 8 p.m. that night. Musicians Charles Ketter and Stacy Domingo, designers Qlynton Carboo and Mary Teye, filmmaker Desdemona Kusi, photographer Claudio Eshun, and painter Abu Mwenye will all showcase their work, and you'll get a chance to meet them all, too. Tickets are free, but must be reserved online through Crocodile River Music's website. (MT)

Alissa Schimmel of Rachel's Table helps direct 9,000 pounds of 'good excess food' a week to local food pantries, shelters and other organizations.

Over the course of 10 weeks, from March to May of this year, Johanna Annunziata, her family and her neighbors accomplished something that seems almost impossible on paper: raising $217,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Pediatric patients at UMass Memorial Medical Center were greeted Nov. 22 by Lucius “Too Tall” Winston of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters.

Comedy, bell concert and caroling are among our list of things to do.

The Worcester Hot Dog Safari and Worcester Youth Flag Football are partnering for a food drive at George's Coney Island to benefit St. Peter's pantry.

Melo Green's new album is "Laminar Flow."

If you are looking for some perfectly punk gifts, the third annual Holiday Flea Market presented by Worcester Punk Rock Flea Market has you covered, with a great variety of vendors Dec. 14 and 15 at the Hotel Vernon. Plus, really loud music and comedy set for 4 p.m. both days, and overflowing holiday spirit to make even the grumps get into the groove. (MS)