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Jessie Olson
Nov 1, 20243 min read
Make Time for Your Art
Life can get busy. Especially around the holidays. The end of the year. There is always something to do. Meetings to attend. ...
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Jessie Olson
Aug 28, 20243 min read
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, 20243 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20244 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20243 min read
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, 20242 min read
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, 20243 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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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