Monday, March 15, 2010

Downtown This Week 3/15/2010 - 3/22/2010

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iSHOP Lowell 2010: Buy Now, Win Later!  
Win an iPod Touch, a season pass to the Lowell Summer Music Series, or a new Apple iPad.   The City of Lowell, under the Division of Planning and Development - Office of Economic Development, is initiating a shopping sweepstakes to expose people to the attractive variety of offerings available in downtown and to encourage additional foot traffic and visitation to these retail and restaurant businesses. The sweepstakes will officially run from February 21, 2010 to May 7, 2010 and will be conducted in the following manner:   Spend $25 at a downtown retail or restaurant business and enter to win in a weekly drawing.  The sweepstakes will occur over an 8-week period from February 21 to April 16; grand prize drawing on May 7.  Weekly prizes are either an iPod Touch or a season pass to the Lowell Summer Music Series (the prize will alternate each week); grand prize is an iPad.  Ballot boxes and entry forms will be made available at downtown businesses for easy submission.  Additional information, as well as rules and regulations, available on www.lowell.org .
In this issue
Retail & Restaurant News
Sports & Events
Museum & Gallery News
Retail & Restaurant News 
 
Centro, 24 Market Street:  Three  course dinner for only $23.00, Monday-Thursday. Call for the weekly specials(978) 453-4630 or visit www.centrolowell.com
 

Lowell

Beer Works: 203 Cabot St.: February 2010 - "To Irish Ales...Irish Fare....to Ireland.   Slainte!" This MARCH Lowell Beer Works features  Irish Ales including "Crimson Clover Irish Red", "Dublin Dark", "Irish Cream Stout" and "Irish Amber Lager" and Irish country-fare food specials including "Potato Leek Soup", "Galway Pork Chops", "Beer Battered Hake", "Lamb Colcannon" and "Bailey's Irish Layer Cake".  Beer Works is a great place for your Business or Personal Private Party - with space for groups of 20 to 300!   Check out our Live Bands each week.  For more information call 978-937-2337,  email us at lowell@beerworks.net , visit www.beerworks.net or stop by!  
  
Monkey's Ice Cream Gifts & More, 66 Merrimack Street:   Along with our premium ice cream & frozen yogurt, we are now offering funky gifts, local art, and fairtrade crafts.  For more information visit www.monkeysicecream.com.
 

 
 
Sports & Events 
 
Lowell Devils: The only thing cooler than watching your favorite Devils players live on the ice at the Tsongas Arena is actually getting to meet them at a post-game Team Autograph Session, presented by Fidelity Investments!  All fans in attendance will be able to meet the Lowell Devils team on the concourse and get autographs and take pictures with their favorite players! This is the perfect opportunity for Devils fans to make their jersey, game program, or team pennant into a collectible piece of Lowell Devils history!  Sunday March 21, 4:00 vs. Worcester Sharks..  For more information visit www.lowelldevilshockey.com
 

Lowell Film Festival,  will showcase films of Hollywood's Golden Age of the 1930s, \including "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "It Happened One Night," and the original "Grapes of Wrath." April  8 - 10.   For more information visit  www.lowellfilms.org.

 
 
Lowell Spinners Announce 2010 LeLacheur Concert!  Grateful Dead's Bob Weir and Phil Lesh.   For a third consecutive summer LeLacheur Park will play host to more than just Spinners baseball, former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, will play at the ballpark Wednesday, June 30, 2010.  Tickets now available. For more information visit www.lowell.spinners.milb.com 
 
 
Pol lard  Memorial LibraryMonday, March 29, Teen Creative Writing Workshop.  Free and open to all young writers age 13 and up.  The Inklings, Pollard Library's young writers group, will present a creative writing workshop with author, Taika Brand.  Ms. Brand is a published writer and poet from Concord, MA.  She graduated from Roger Williams College with a BFA and from Brown University with M.Ed.  Her work has appeared in literary journals and anthologies.  Those who are interested, may register by calling the Youth Services Department, 978.970.4122.  Please bring a sample of your poetry, fiction, or other creative writing.  Questions?  Contact Beth Brassel 978.970.4119 or ebrassel@mvlc.org  For more information, visit www.pollardml.org
more information visit www.pollardml.org
 
 
"Under Great White Northern Lights" at the Boott Cotton Mills Event Center, 115 John Street, Lowell. Music fans, the live concert film experience you've been waiting for is coming to Lowell! See alt-blues superduo The White Stripes in their newly released documentary "Under Great White Northern Lights,"an intimate film chronicling their 2007 tour through Canada and culminating in their 10th anniversary show in Nova Scotia. The film captures intimate moments of the duo both on and off stage as they travel through some of the most remote parts of the northern Yukon Territory. Along the way, they have casual conversations about their ten years together, fire cannons, and play some of their biggest songs together on stage, and the cameras are there to capture every waking moment. The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX - don't miss this special screening in downtown Lowell! For more information, visit www.lowellfilmcollaborative.org.
 
"Good Food" at Life Alive Urban Oasis & Organic Café, 194 Middle Street, Lowell. Join us for the final film of Life Alive's three-part Agricultural Film Series!  Something remarkable is happening in the fields and orchards of the Pacific Northwest: small family farmers are making a comeback by growing much healthier food, and lots more food per acre, while using less energy and water than factory farms. "Good Food" visits producers, farmers' markets, distributors, stores, restaurants and public officials who are developing a more sustainable food system for all! Presented by Life Alive, AudioPark Productions, WorldPEAS CSA, Community Teamwork, Inc., and the Lowell Film Collaborative. For more information, visit www.lowellfilmcollaborative.org
 
A Marx Brothers Film Revue, April 2 - 5.Enjoy three nights of classic Marx Brothers films in celebration of the 3rd Annual Lowell Film Festival!
* Friday, April 2, 7p.m. -- "Horse Feathers" at Dharma Buns Sandwich Company, 26A Market Street.
* Saturday, April 3, 7p.m.--"Duck Soup" atDharma Buns Sandwich Company, 26A Market Street.
* Monday, April 5, 7p.m. -- "A Night at the Opera" at Athenian Corner Restaurant, 207 Market Street.
For complete details, visit www.lowellfilms.org
 
Save the date!  Earth Day Event!  April 24.  Sign up with a group or as an individual. There are various clean-up areas such as the Northern & Western Canals, Community Gardens Greenhouse, and Kerouac Park, just to name a few. Put your work clothes on and come out to lend a hand! For more information or to sign up in advance please contact: Lowell National Historical Park - Volunteer Office at 978-275-1740 Lowell Canal waters Cleaners - Bill Moreau at 978-835-5147 Community Gardens Greenhouse - Deb Harding at 978-761-5902 To sign-up on the day of the event, please come to the Middlesex Community College Cafeteria between 8-9 AM. on April 24
 
 
Museum & Gallery News 
  

 

American Textile History Museum,  491 Dutton St.More Than a Number. April 17 - July 25. The story of the survivors of the mass genocide of the "killing fields" of Cambodia expressed through the powerful and inspirational images of its people. Ashundreds of thousands of Cambodians escaped the country, they were admitted to refugee camps and identified through "transit" or "T" number photos. These transit photos - symbolizing the refugees' first glimpse of hope for their future through acceptance into another country - are the poignant foundation of Remember, a series of S-21 prisoners painted on rough silk by Rachel Faller. Exhibit features works by Khmer artists Chanthou Oeur and Yary Livan.  Free with paid admission to the Museum. For more information, visit www.athm.org

The Loading Dock Gallery:  A Photo Retrospective by Jeffrey Engel, Wednesday March 3 - Sunday, March 28.   For more information visit www.theloadingdockgallery.com

 
Brush Art Gallery & Studio
, 256 Market Street:  February 28 - March 27, VISUAL VOICES IV: Primary Colors,  F
or more information please visit
  www.thebrush.org
 
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford Street Perspectives II Tuesday March 7 - Saturday March 27.  Reception Saturday March 27 3:00-6:00 PM. For more information visit www.119gallery.org.
 
Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen Street: Ginger Levant: Landscapes & Still Lifes, March 3 - April 17.  For more information visit www.whistlerhouse.org 
 
"The Skin Quilt Project" at the New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck Street, Lowell. Special guest: Director Lauren Cross. Don't miss the Lowell premiere of thenewly completed documentary "The Skin Quilt Project." Directed by educator, writer, and activist Lauren Cross (who will make a guest appearance at the screening), this remarkable film poignantly and openly discusses the misconceptions of gender and skin color in terms of African-American quilting and the history of textile arts. The quilters featured in the film speak of the influence of the African-American quilting tradition in encouraging an appreciation for African-American cultural heritage. Presented in partnership with the New England Quilt Museum and the Lowell Film Collaborative. For more information, visit www.nequiltmuseum.org orwww.lowellfilmcollaborative.org. 
 

Western Avenue Studios, 122 Western Avenue:  Open Studios -First Saturday of every month, noon to 5pm - Western Avenue Studios opens its doors to the public. Come browse the latest works by our artists!   For more information visit www.westernavenuestudios.com.
  

Arts League of Lowell (ALL) Gallery, 246 Market Street, February 28 to March 27: Secondary Colors: Artwork by Lowell's Middle School.  For more information visit www.artsleagueoflowell.com

 
Ayer Lofts "MAD HATTER SHOW" Through March 28.  Ayer Loft's artist-residents and their guests show off their latest creations including  visual art, sculpture, photography, pottery and jewelry making. Hours: Saturday and Sunday 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM.
Got Tickets? 
 
 
Tsongas Center  at UMass Lowell
:  Curious  George Live April 24th at 11:00 am ON SALE Friday, March 12.   For more information visit www.uml.edu/tsongascenter.
 
Merrimack Repertory Theatre:  WORLD PREMIERE!  The Last Days of Mickey & Jean by Richard Dresser: 3/18/2010 - 4/11/2010.  Commissioned just for Merrimack Repertory Theatre audiences, this new original comedy is a retirement story with a twist. Constantly on the run with his no-longer young girlfriend, an aging fugitive mobster is forced into early retirement, taking him away from the one thing he truly loves - his work.  For more information visit www.merrimackrep.org.
    
 

The Lowell Memorial Auditorium - Tickets are currently available for   Le Grand Cirque, March 19  and Xtreme Championship Fight League, March 26.   For other shows and tickets please visit www.lowellauditorium.com.

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 Sincerely,
 
 
Christopher Samaras
Downtown Coordinator
Cultural Affairs & Special Events
City of Lowell,
375 Merrimack Street 
Lowell, MA 01852
t: 978.674-1481
f: 978.446.7089

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