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508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Chris Robarge of the Citizens Advisory Council (and ACLU) talks about Worcester Boards and Commissions. Also: sharpening a Ka Bar Fighting Knife
with a Spyderco Sharpmaker
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You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13.
Also: FYC closing, Occupy/Tea Party protest against the NDAA.
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I was in downtown Worcester at the federal courthouse this afternoon for the first of four (!) hours of an NDAA protest organized by Occupy Worcester.
Interest in this event skyrocketed a couple days ago when the local Tea Party encouraged members to take part.
Things began with Occupy Worcester mic checking the Bill of Rights:
The big Tea Party contingent hadn’t arrived by the time I left; most of the 30-40 people were familiar from past OW events.
Last night was the “grand closing” of the Worcester punk/skateboarding store/venue FYC.
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, School Committee Vice-Chair Tracy Novick gives Mike an intro to the School Committee.
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You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13.
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan talk about newspapers, SOPA, and Pulse’s “ones to watch” list.
Audio: mp3 download link, other formats, feed
You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13.
Hope all the P&C readers out there had a good Christmas.
I’m sure there’s a technical term for how the viewer separates the artwork from the background. I love taking creche photos in part because the background is so often completely inappropriate, and occasionally accidentally appropriate. Here, NO TRESPASSING and BEWARE OF THE DOG are a “No room at the inn” for our time.
508 is a show about Worcester. This week, Mike and Brendan recap the week’s news and finish up their 2011 season on a series of depressing notes.
Audio: mp3 download link, other formats, feed
You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13.
Plans are afoot to launch a bi-weekly print Worcester Progressive in 2012. Am I right in thinking this would be the first new media brand in the city since the experiment with a Worcester edition of Spare Change in late 2010, and Happiness Pony’s April 2011 launch?
While we’re thinking about dead trees, Acoustic Java now has an original copy of William Lloyd Garrison’s abolitionist newspaper The Liberator on display.
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508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican, Luna, and Hannah Converse.
Audio: mp3 download link, other formats, feed
You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13.
508 is a show about Worcester. This week’s panel is Brendan Melican.
Audio: mp3 download link, other formats, feed
You can watch 508 Fridays at 7pm on WCCA TV13.
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