Better than violence

“Family Game Night” (mixed media: game boards and pieces, cards, dice, acrylic paint), by Kristi DiSalle, in the show “Playing Games,’’ through June 19 at ArtsWorcester, whose members were invited to “submit works of art that dive into games, play and interaction.’’ Ms. DiSalle lives in the affluent rural/exurban town of Princeton, Mass.

1872 ad for games created by the Milton Bradley Co., based in Springfield, Mass.

The Princeton., Mass., Public Library, built in 1883 in the heyday of stone-based Romanesque architecture made famous by the Boston-based architect Henry Hobson Richardson.

Straddling Princeton and Westminster, Mt. Wachusett, at 2,006 feet, is the highest mountain in Massachusetts east of the Connecticut and the largest ski area.