Scene Change
As the calendar edges out of August into September, there is a relative quiet to reflect on the whir of the summer and a year that had a...
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Jessie Olson
- May 31
- 3 min
Social Connection is Medicine
This morning as I drove into work I listened to House Calls, a podcast hosted by the US Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy. I am a big...
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Jessie Olson
- Feb 27
- 2 min
Be Part of Our Community
What does the word community mean to you? Merriam Webster defines it as “a group of people with a common characteristic or interest...
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Jessie Olson
- Feb 22
- 4 min
Remarks from the 2024 Annual Meeting
2023 was our first complete year at Main Street Studios and our first complete year with our new structure. There were a lot of firsts. ...
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Jessie Olson
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Come to the Annual Meeting
I wanted to start this post saying “next week we are hosting our Annual Meeting.” Or something like that. There really isn’t a catchy...
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Jessie Olson
- Jan 30
- 3 min
For the Fun of It
A few years ago I found a matryoshka doll forgotten in a corner. It was quite possibly on a gloomy winter day like this, when the...
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Jessie Olson
- Jan 16
- 2 min
Our world's a stage in 2024
In 2024, the Fitchburg Cultural Alliance will celebrate theater. Theater artists, local theater history, and the ways that theater is...
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Jessie Olson
- Jan 4
- 3 min
New Year Reset
2023 was an exhausting year. In general, I think it was the year when we let the slowdown of COVID fall away. Maybe that fueled a sense...
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Jessie Olson
- Sep 1, 2023
- 2 min
Fitchburg Creative Hall of Fame
As we enter the second year of Main Street Studios, I am aware of two significant challenges. One is raising the necessary funds to keep...
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Jessie Olson
- Aug 22, 2023
- 2 min
End of Summer Reflection
At the beginning of August, we celebrated one year of Main Street Studios. For First Thursday, we gathered at 675 Main Street with...
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