| | | | | Lowell Open Studios 2010 - Saturday & Sunday, September 25 & 26, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM. - Featuring more than 140 artists who live and work in Lowell: fiber artists, painters, multi-media artists, sculptors, potters, jewelers, filmmakers, photographers, and more. For more information visit www.lowellopenstudios.org. |
| Retail & Restaurant News | Lowell Beer Works: 203 Cabot St.: "Pumpkinfest Returns!" Come celebrate the arrival of this famous autumn seasonal brew along with Oktoberfest or Beatific Brown (a medium brown, distinctly hoppy ale brewed in honor of Lowell's Annual Jack Kerouac festival) by raising a pint. What perfect pairings for one of our September Beer Works' "Big Easy "specials. A month long tribute to authentic Creole Creations such as "Blackened Red Fish" or Grilled Andouille & Jambalaya. Check out our live bands each week in our Pub or on the Patio! Upcoming artists include: The Chris White Band Saturday, September 25th and Brian Weeks Friday, October 1st. For more information visit www.beerworks.net. Barnes and Noble, 151 Merrimack Street: AUTHOR SIGNING and READING, Thursday, September 23 from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Teaching From the Middle of the Room: Inviting Students to Learn, by Frank Thoms, invites his readers- -teachers, administrators, parents, and interested citizens - -to reexamine and reform the traditional culture of classroom teaching. Beautifully designed in an appealing layout, the book offers profound thoughts in bite-sized pieces. Thoms's bookstore readings actively engage audiences, as he uses his exemplary teaching skills to create dialogue and communicate his book's unique message. Frank Thoms, a resident of Lowell, is a lifelong classroom teacher, consultant, and writer. All events are free. Events may change without notice, please call the 978-458-3939 to confirm. |
| Sports & Events | | You've heard the hammering. You've watched the cranes. Now come see how you can live in the new Appleton Mills. Come to snack, sip and learn about 130 new, loft-style rental apartments designed for those who create art and those who appreciate it. Meet the people who want to help you make the Appleton Mills your next home. Find out about the Preference for Artists and how you could be moving into the building when it is completed next spring.119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford Street, Tuesday, September 28, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM. Can't attend? Visit www.LiveAppletonMills.com or call 978-458-0588. Lowell Farmers Market: Locally grown produce is better tasting, better for you, better for our local economy and better for our global environment! Open every Friday from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM through October 22nd at JFK Plaza, Lowell City Hall. Live cooking demonstrations at 4:30 PM. For more information contact Community Teamwork, Inc. (978) 459-0551. Saints Medical Center, PAINTS THE TOWN PINK 25th Annual National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Join us for a Community Filming of the "Pink Glove Dance" Dance for your mother, sister, best friend, aunt, grandmother, wife or girlfriend. Dance for all the strong women of our community and our world! October 1, Boardinghouse Park, 40 French Street, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM. Special Guests: City of Lowell Mayor James L. Milinazzo, Stephen Guimond, President and CEO Saints Medical Center, Elizabeth Rafferty, MD, Director, Breast Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital Imaging. First 300 attendees receive a free, environmentally friendly reusable shopping bag! Available information regarding Breast Health, Cancer treatment, local support groups and other breast cancer awareness events at Saints. Pink Gloves Provided! The Pollard Library: It's a Hardbop Life: A Jazz Play. Broadway trombonist and America's Hot Musician judge Gregory Charles Royal is touring a nationwide program to hold an open discussion on the lack of instrumental musicians in the fore of youth music culture. The program, offered free to the public. September 30 at 3:00 PM. For more information visit www.pollardml.org. The Disposable Film Festival "Best of the Fest" comes to Lowell! Tuesday, October 19 at 7:00 PM: Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market Street: Save the date for a great film event! Voted one of the "coolest film festivals" by Movie Maker Magazine, The Disposable Film Festival has traveled to cities around the world showcasing hundreds of shorts filmed on disposable media. The Lowell Film Collaborative is honored to partner with The DFF to host a special Lowell screening of their 2010 "Best of the Fest"competition shorts as part of the Festival's fall East Coast tour! Get details at www.lowellfilmcollaborative.org. The Jack Kerouac Literary Festival & Lowell Celebrates Kerouac's 25th Anniversary, September 30 - October 3: The new, expanded Kerouac Festival features readings by notable writers and poets, a keynote talk about Kerouac and bohemian culture, a panel discussion on art and commerce, tours of Kerouac's literary places in Lowell, a children's book illustrators' exhibit, musical performances, films, and more! For more information visit: www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org. The New York Times is accepting video entries for "Show Us Your City." As excerpted from NYT's website, "As travelers, we know that the best suggestions often come from locals. So we're asking you to give us the local point of view. What's amazing about your city, town or neighborhood? When friends visit, where do you take them? What three spots should be on the "must see" list for every traveler?" The URL is http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/show-us-your-city/?th&emc=th |
| Museum & Gallery News | | American Textile History Museum, 491 Dutton Street: High Style: Betsy Bloomingdale and the Haute Couture, August 14 - January 2. This exhibit gives a rare and fascinating glimpse into the personal world of style of Betsy Bloomingdale, one of America's most celebrated socialites and fashion icons. For more information visit www.athm.org. The Loading Dock Gallery Members Show, What I Do & Where I Do It, Thursday, September 2 - Sunday, September 26. For more information visit www.theloadingdockgallery.com. Brush Art Gallery & Studio, 256 Market Street: Children's Book Illustrators, September 19 - October 24. Curated and organizedbyWill Winslow. Opening Reception: Saturday, October 2 from 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM. For more information please visit www.thebrush.org. . The Whistler House Museum of Art: Two Exhibits, Exhibit 1 - In the Parker Gallery, Meredith Fife Day: 35 Years, A Beginning - September 16 to October 30. Exhibit 2 - In the Members Room, Brenden Keegan: Pen & Ink Drawings - September 16 to Oct. 30. For more information visit www.whistlerhouse.org
Western Avenue Studios, 122 Western Avenue: First Saturday of every month, Noon to 5:00 PM. Western Avenue Studios opens its doors to the public. Come browse the latest works by our artists. For more information visit www.westernavenuestudios.com. New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck Street: Contemporary Broderie Perse: An Elegant Revival, July 15 - October 17, Text and Textile Extravaganza, September 25, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM. |
| Got Tickets? | Merrimack Repertory Theatre: The Complete World of Sports (abridged) by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor, featuring the Reduced Shakespeare Company , September 9 - October 3. The "bad boys of abridgement" sprint through the world of sports at record-breaking speed in this brand-new championship comedy. From the earliest cavemen playing "Neanderthal in the Middle" to your own kid's soccer practice, it'll be a marathon of madness and mayhem as the entire history of world sports explodes in a tour de farce of physical theatre. (Estimated Run Time: 1 hours, 55 minutes including one 15-minute intermission) For more information visit www.merrimackrep.org. The Lowell Memorial Auditorium - Tickets are currently available for the NBC's Last Comic Standing Live Tour, September 25 and the Dark Star Orchestra, Continuing the Grateful Dead Concert Experience, October 1 and the Real Oldies Live with Bobby Vee and the Killer Vees, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, Jack Scott, The Chiffons and The Bobbettes, October 2. For other shows and tickets please visit www.lowellauditorium.com. Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell: Upcoming Shows. Living Proof with Beth Moore, Friday October 1 at 7:00 PM & Saturday October 2 at 7:00PM, Godsmack, Friday, October 8th at 7:30 PM, Riverdance on Ice, Saturday, October 16 at 7:00 PM and Drake, Tuesday October 26 at 7:30 PM. For more information visit www.uml.edu/tsongascenter/. |
| Business News | | Hamilton Canal District Pedestrian Access Restriction: Starting Monday, September 20th pedestrian access through the Hamilton Canal District (HCD) site will no longer be available. Access will be restricted through the spring of 2011, when the Hamilton Canal and Trestle Bridge walkway project is anticipated to be open connecting the Merrimack Canal walkway with Jackson Street. Trinity, the Master Developer for the HCD, will be completing on site roadway construction in the location of the current pedestrian walkway, thereby rendering pedestrian access through the site unsafe. Pedestrians should seek alternate routes around the HCD and are encouraged to utilize safe routes on existing sidewalks. The City of Lowell is proud to announce an exciting opportunity for businesses, building owners, and residents of Lowell's Downtown Historic District (DLHD) to seek up to $500,000 in combined grant and loan incentives for energy efficiency improvements to their buildings. The DLHD encompasses much of Lowell's downtown area including the commercial district, millyards, and canal system. The Lowell Historic Board's interactive website makes it easy to check a specific address to see if it is within the Historic District (http://www.lowellma.gov/depts/historic-board/review-districts-permitting/Street%20Listings%20-%20All%20Districts.pdf/view. Details for the complete Grant Application will be announced in late September The Young Professionals of Greater Lowell will host their fifth annual leadership forum on Thursday, September 23, 2010. This year's event will feature Mark King (CEO and President, Taylor Made-Adidas Golf) and Milton Ezrati (Partner, Sr. Economist and Market Strategist at Lord, Abbett & Co.). A table of 10 is $500. If you'd like information about sponsorships and tables, please email info@ypgl.org. Lowell Small Business Assistance Center - Intro to QuickBooks. QuickBooks is the easy-to-use computer accounting program millions of small businesses use to organize their finances. This class will cover basic accounting principles is is designed for beginning QuickBooks users. Monday September 20th and Tuesday, September 21st, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM, Lowell Small Business Assistance Center, 88 Middle Street, Room 202. COST: $125.00. For more information and to register call (978)322-8402. |
| | Sincerely, Christopher Samaras
Downtown Coordinator Cultural Affairs & Special Events City of Lowell,
50 Arcand Drive
Lowell, MA 01852
t: 978.674-1481
f: 978.446.7089
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