We’re resurrecting an alt weekly here on the internet. We live in and write about a completely unremarkable but still extremely weird city: Worcester, Massachusetts. A mid-sized enigma. Four shitty post-industrial towns in a trench coat. A downtown that is a museum of bad ideas.
I (Bill) founded it in 2020 on the same day I left my job at Worcester Magazine, a one-time alt weekly destroyed by the hedge fu—sorry, ownership company Gannett within a few short months of the acquisition.
We now have four distinct columns: my original Worcester Sucks work, Bad Advice, by local comedian Shaun Connolly, WPS in Brief, a public schools newsletter by a public schools mother, and Worcester Speaks, an interview column by our copy editor Liz Goodfellow. We also put out as much contributor work as we can.
Oh yeah and we do a Twitch stream called Worcestery Council Theatre 3000—watching the city council meetings live and making fun of the councilors in real time. 6:15 p.m. every single Tuesday for the rest of our lives.
Getting pretty close to the alt weekly goal by now but still a ways away. Having more than one full timer I think is when we claim victory. Abouuuut halfway there.
It would mean a lot if you could subscribe for a few bucks a month to help us get there. The cost of a coffee and a half unless you’re getting Good Coffee. Then it’s just one coffee or, frankly, 80 percent of one coffee.
Think of it another way: if you’re a subscriber, you get to be my weird little boss!
In the meantime, tell your friends! Follow the Instagram. Check out the Worcester Sucks merch store. Lots of fun Worcester swag!!
