Soapbox, hosted by WCCA TV Executive Director Mauro DePasquale, features conversations with community leaders, local businesses, cultural organizations, and more. In this episode, Mauro interviews Victoria Mariano, BID Program Director, about this summer's Out to Lunch Festival & Farmers' Market and Movies on the Common. Out to Lunch Festival & Farmers' Market runs Wednesdays from June 24 to August 26, 2026, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Worcester Common, and Movies on the Common will be held on select evenings in July and August 2026 starting at 7 p.m. at the Worcester Common. The Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District (BID) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization representing the owners of more than 100 properties within approximately 78 acres of Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts. The result of a comprehensive and ongoing community effort, the BID seeks to establish a vibrant, welcoming, and economically and culturally viable Downtown Worcester for all stakeholders. Through collaboration with local businesses and organizations, the BID actively promotes Downtown Worcester and all it has to offer, creating new experiences and fostering an exciting place for people to live, work, and visit. downtownworcester.org. WCCA TV is a media sponsor of BID Summer Programs. To be a guest on Soapbox, please email tracy@wccatv.com, and consider supporting WCCA TV with a donation at wccatv.com/donate.
Posted June 30th 2026 6:44pm.