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You’re listening to … WIQH

By Felicity Zhang · March 18, 2024

“Students who work here don’t get credit for it,” says WIQH Station Manager Ned Roos. “They do it because they really enjoy it.”

Acton Band presents world premiere of ‘The Invisible Girl’

February 24, 2024

The Acton Band’s Winter Concert on March 2 will be the world premiere of The Invisible Girl, commissioned by Acton Band flutist Ellen Feldman, who wished to create an adventurous composition of modern music “in appreciation of the band’s expansion of her musical horizons.” Feldman and Music Director James O’Dell commissioned composer Mason Bynes, who holds a Master of Music in composition from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, to create the work for the symphonic band. After consultation, Bynes based her composition on a comic book that Feldman created, The Dancer as … the Invisible Girl. The Invisible Girl reflects

Umbrella studio artists’ work showcased at Carlisle’s Gleason Library

February 9, 2024

Louise Berliner and Maxine “Max” Payne have shown their artwork before, but their ongoing exhibit at Gleason Library in Carlisle is special to them because they get to do it together. “I am so pleased to be showing with Max,” Berliner said. “She has been an inspiration and mentor, as well as friend, and I want to be her when I grow up.” Called “Natural History,” the exhibit features more than 80 pieces of Berliner’s and Payne’s latest works and highlights ways in which their art intersects with their writing. Payne’s topographical maps were created using a joomchi paper technique