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Happy New Year!

Happenings is ringing in the New Year with plenty to keep you busy in 2011. Read below and stay in the loop on special offers and event updates so you don't miss a beat.

PICK OF THE WEEK

Save the Date: WinterFest 2011!
February 4th & 5th

Families from around New England can celebrate the wonders of winter at Lowell's 11th Annual Winterfest Celebration. Festivities include live entertainment, arts & crafts, kids activities, horse-drawn sleigh rides, soup bowl competition and the crowd favorite - the National Human Dogsled Championship.

Visit lowell.org for a full schedule of events!

SHOP

ALL Arts Gallery (www.artsleagueoflowell.com)
Don't Miss the Super Duper Holiday Show and Sale going on until Sunday, January 9th at the new ALL Arts Gallery @ 22 Shattuck Street in Lowell.

DINE

Lowell's 1st Annual Empty Bowls Event (www.emptybowls.net )

January 23rd, 2 PM - 5 PM

Community Christian Fellowship, 105 Princeton Blvd.

Support the fight against hunger One Bowl at a Time! Enjoy music, silent auction and a meal of warm soup provided by The Greater Lowell Culinary Arts Team, Lowell High School Hospitality Academy and Nashoba Tech's Culinary Arts Program. Plus, choose a unique/beautiful bowl to keep as a reminder of all the empty bowls in this world.

Don Ouellette Show at La Boniche (www.laboniche.com )

Now through February 28th, Don Ouellette landscape paintings will be on display. Artist Reception: Saturday, January 8th, 3 PM to 4:30 PM.

ENTERTAINMENT

Ayer Lofts Gallery Winter Solstice Show (www.ayerlofts.com)

Artist-residents and their guests show off their latest creations including art, sculpture, photography, pottery and more. On display through January 30th from 12 PM - 4 PM.

Celebrate Elvis' Birthay at the Pollard! (www.PollardML.org)
January 8th @ 1PM, Ground Floor Meeting Room
Chase away the winter blues on what would have been Elvis' 76th birthday at a free public screening of "Viva Las Vegas."

Tryst Opens at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre(www.merrimackrep.org)

The MRT starts 2011 with this suspenseful drama set in Edwardian London, on stage January 6th-30th.