What do you do already in your area for teens that you aren’t finding here? That might be able to help people point you in the right direction.

If you don’t mind driving out to westborough I do recommend Dr Moheban at Advanced Dental

Someone posted about this a month or two back, if you search dim sum in the subreddit it should come up. The long and the short of it is there’s really none in Worcester, but if you’re generally looking for a more authentic Chinese experience rather than the typical american takeout style, I’ve heard good things about the Szechuan food at Red Pepper. Chuan Shabu also has some decent hot pot. But if you want dim sum, you’ll just have to drive or take the train in to the city - I highly recommend taking the train in and just listening to music or bringing a book to read or friend to chat with on the ride in. Once you’re there Chinatown is a short walk from south station.

Got a link to that? Lol

You could just put them in your yard and put up a sign, plenty of people would take them for free. Maybe post in the Buy Nothing Worcester group

Nothing that I can recommend personally unfortunately! I've never used them but I live in the area so I just know that they exist, they should come right up on google so you can compare prices and reviews or even location. I know the one in Marlborough is in the Apex center so there's some food and entertainment options right there.

I don't believe there are any right in Worcester, but I know there some right outside of the city in Marlborough, Westborough, and Southborough.

Ralph’s still has some great metal bands play though, even if they aren’t big name arena type players. They had Demilich there this year. I think if you prefer “smaller” names or strong local bands Ralph’s is a really great venue for that

UMass does have it's own fair share of criticisms imo, but my family and I have largely had positive experiences there. If you're at the university sometimes some students might drop in, lol.

Any decent tailor should be able to do that.

I LOVE Acoustic Java. The iced coffee there is excellent, I'm not sure which beans they're using but I was impressed that I could taste a complexity of flavor - usually when I get iced coffee it just has that general bitter/acidic coffee flavor but it was like toasty and nutty there. They also have a nice selection of beans you can buy. There's other stuff there too but haven't tried yet.

Anime Zakka is a trip but easy enough to get to on the train. Get off the train at Back Bay or Lansdowne and walk over. If you get off at Lansdowne you could also go check out Comicopia, there’s a pretty good manga and indie comic selection there.

I assume you’re talking about the Raven, yeah?

Yeah to my understanding Ralph's is pretty strict about all their events being 21+, they have that on their FB page and all the fliers I see will say 21+ on them. But, you could try I guess - worst that happens is you get turned away.

For house shows and stuff I think if you are able to find some bands through social media you can at least get info that way, so you might have to dedicate some time to social media stalking local bands lol.

Yeah, I mean I get where you're coming from, some bars and stuff do let underage people in, but if a show is being specifically advertised as 21+ (like in the case of stuff at Ralph's, their FB page even says all events are 21+) it's just a no go. But I've definitely been to stuff at the Raven and the Palladium that was all ages, dunno if that's changed recently

The Palladium does have some all ages shows, of course you just gotta check beforehand. Unless things have changed I thought the Raven also does some all ages shows? I remember back when I was in high school ~10 years ago my friends and I were able to go to one, they just X'd our hands at the door but I haven't been there in a while.

There's a place called the Firehouse that you could check out that might be what you're looking for - firehouseworcester.neocities.org

I know there's also all ages shows that go on at the PNI club (polish naturaliziation club), though it's one of those types of places that like has a rental hall, so I don't think they actually post about the upcoming events, you kinda have to like, be following a band that's going to be playing there and find out about it that way. Necralant is a band that has played there in the past. Could be worth looking them up on IG and at least seeing the other bands they tag to see if you can find other shows/bands you like.

Lol, that's not the issue - the issue is that for some of these venues they will literally not let you in when they check your ID and see that you're underage. I know Ralph's in particular will not let you in even just to drink water and watch the band if you're underage, there's a reason all the shows are advertised as 21+.