Carmen Rodríguez-Peralta is a pianist and the Chair of the Middlesex Community College’s Music Department in Lowell & Bedford, MA and Director of A World of Music Concert Series. She has performed as piano soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Peru, and Mexico, including two solo recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall. She has […]

Author Sudha Balagopal's fiction straddles continents and cultures, blending thoughts and ideas from the east and the west. Her highly commended novella in flash, Things I Can't Tell Amma, was published by Ad Hoc Fiction in 2021. She is the author of a novel, A New Dawn, and two short story collections, There are Seven Notes and Missing and Other Stories. Her […]

Grooversity Boston has a special sound and energy inspired by Marcus' hometown; Bahia, Brazil. This is an upbeat and interactive show that you can not miss! This drumming ensemble melts world rhythms like West African Kuku, Brazilian Samba, Japanese Taiko, American Funk and Hip Hop into a highly engaging show that will make you sweat! Reviews “You are […]

In 1967 Barry Moser moved from Tennessee to New England and was teaching at The Williston Academy in Easthampton, Massachusetts. He was soon befriended by Louis Smith, a glazer, framer, and print collector who introduced him to Leonard Baskin with whom he studied at Baskin's Gehenna Press. Walking into the pressroom of Gehenna Press was […]

Judith Dickerman-Nelson earned her B.A. in English from UMass Lowell and her MFA in writing from Emerson College. She is the author of the memoir Believe in Me: A Teen Mom’s Story published by Jefferson Park Press and the poetry book Spirits Dancing Into Light published by Loom Press. Her writing has appeared in numerous journals and […]

Visual Artist Nancy Lessard Downing initially went to college to become a commercial artist/cartoonist via Mass College of Art as well as the New England School of Art & Design but realized there are so many more mediums that she loved to work with. She has since worked full-time in the business world.  Now experiencing […]

My story began as a child in Moldova when it was part of the former Soviet Union. My memory kaleidoscope shows streets of a small town, music and art, sunny vineyards, and hugging waves of Black Sea in neighboring Ukraine.  Family, friends, and teaching biochemistry - everything was clear, explained and known. My story evolved […]

Jacqueline Dembar Greene is the author of more than 40 books for young readers, including picture books, historical novels, mysteries, non-fiction, and American Girls’ “Rebecca” series. With a passion for history, she almost always builds her stories around a pivotal moment from the past, with rich period detail. Often, her books bring to life a […]

On mbira, banjo, and guitar, Brendan Taaffe reimagines old-time ballads in a way that invokes both Dock Boggs and Graceland, drawing deep from the well of American traditions to document a very personal present. It is on the mbira that Taaffe has found a truly distinctive voice, blending African rhythms with Appalachian ballads to create a new sound that comes together […]

Muhammad Hamid Zaman is Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. A major research theme in his lab focuses on developing solutions to improve access to quality care in low income settings, including in refugee settlements. In addition to over 130 peer-reviewed research articles, he has also authored two books for broad […]