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| | | | Save the Date: Discover Lowell Kickoff with Dickens Opening Reception |  Discover Lowell Kickoff with Dickens Opening Reception
Celebrate the Grand Opening Reception for Dickens in Massachusetts, Friday March 30th, 5-7pm Boott Cotton Mills Museum at 115 John Street followed by an amazing Saturday lineup of programming--including family events, film screenings, lectures, Victorian parlour games, and more!
More information: http://www.uml.edu/conferences/dickens-in-lowell/
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| Now on View: A PICTURE'S WORTH at UML University Gallery
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A Picture's Worth University Gallery at UMass Lowell presents - A PICTURE'S WORTH: Contemporary Graphic Novel Artists Featuring works by Lynda Barry, Veronica Fish, Gareth Hinds, Matt Phelan, Liz Prince and James Sturm . On view from February 27 - March 23. New Hours: Mon - Thurs 10am-7:30pm, Fri 11am-4pm. More information: www.uml.edu/dept/art |
| Tuesday, March 6 |  Lowell Irish Cultural Week Film Event: "War of the Buttons" Celebrate Lowell Irish Cultural Week with dinner & a movie! See the comedic Irish film "War of the Buttons" (1994) and meet special guest Paul McCarthy of Ireland's National Theatre, The Abbey. Location: Lowell Beer Works. Suggested donation: $5 (food & drinks available separately). - Tues., March 6, 7pm (doors at 6pm)  Lowell Women's Week Film Event: "Sospira," with Director Q&AFilmmaker Lana Z Caplan transports us to the stunning Amalfi Coast through the eyes of nine international women who uprooted themselves from their friends, family, work, and home countries to pursue love & personal fullfillment in the Mediterranean. Post-film Q&A with Director Lana Z Caplan! Location: Revolving Museum
- Tues., March 6, 7:30pm (doors at 7pm) More information: www.lowellfilmcollaborative.org  An Evening with Lowell Mill Girls at the Boott Cotton Mills Come to see "Three Mill Girls: We Are Not Machines", performed by Marcia Estabrook, followed by a Candlelight Boarding House Tour. Registration is required. To reserve your spot, call 978-970-5080 or e-mail TIHC@uml.edu
-Tues., March 6, 6:30-8:30pm
More information: www.uml.edu/tsongas/anniversary
 ALL our VOICES! STORY SLAM! at The Back Page
Five Minute Stories about Women. Period. No scripts. Listen, tell, enjoy. Hosted by Obehi Janice and Jessica K. Wilson
Featured storytellers: Dan Adam, Em Levine, Aleksandra 2-B-L-E
Sign- ups begin at 7:00PM
Storytelling begins at 7:30PM More information: Click Here |
| Wednesday, March 7 | |  Performance by the University Orchestra
The University Orchestra, led by conductor Mark Latham, will be performing a concert featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and "Jupiter" and "Mars" from Holst's The Planets. The concert will be held in the Concert Hall at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and is free and open to the public. -Wed., March 7th, 7:30pm More information: 978-934-3850
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| Thursday, March 8 |  Lowell Celebrates Kerouac, March 8-11
Enjoy a long weekend of events to celebrate Jack Kerouac's Birthday!
4:00 p.m.: Introduction to Kerouac's recently released novel, The Sea Is My Brother.
Book-signing & talk by book's editor Dawn Ward. UML South Campus, O'Leary Auditorium #222 7:30pm: An Evening with John Sampas, Literary Executor of the Estate of Jack and Stella Kerouac will engage in a dialog with Michael millner and Todd Tietchen, Professors of English at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, about his history with Jack Kerouac and his literary estate.
Visitors Center: Lowell National Historical Park, 246 Market Street
More information: www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org
FREE PERFORMANCE OF "Fufu & Oreos"Join us for a FREE showing of this new one-woman show created & performed by Obehi Janice at UMass Lowell Alumni Hall. -Thurs., March 8, 7pm |
| Friday, March 9 |  Winter Concert by Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra The concert program will include Corelli's Suite for String Orchestra , Brahms' final movement from Symphony No.1, Wagner's Kaisermarch, and more! This concert will feature 18-year-old Lucy Song, who will perform Hüe's Fantasia for Flute and Orchestra.
Free admission, $10 suggested donation. Pawtucket Congregational Church, 15 Mammoth Rd, Lowell (handicap accessible). Raffle prizes and refreshments at intermission
-Fri., March 9, 8pm
 Jack's Serious Exuberance Paintings and Drawings by Barbara Gagel. Abstractions of Jack Kerouac's The Scripture of The Golden Eternity, this exhibit part of the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac's 90th Birthday.
On view March 8 - March 30, 2012 Opening reception: Fri., March 9, 5:30 - 7pm
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| Saturday, March 10 |  Bread & Roses Concert Everett Mill, 15 Union Street, 6th Floor, Lawrence, MA 01840 (performance will be held within the LHC Exhibit, "Short pay! All out") More information: http://lawrencehistory.org/node/19003
 Loading Dock Gallery From the Mud by Glenn Szegedy The Loading Dock Gallery presents "From the Mud,"an exhibit of sculptural ceramics by Lowell artist, Glenn Szegedy. On view February 29 - March 25th
Artists Reception: March 10, 2-4pm
 WORD! Women Organizing a Real Difference LCHC's Teen Coalition is hosting a conference for Women! This is a Free conference to bring young/adult women together with keynote speaker Doyle Canning. -Sat., March, 10, 9:30 amSpace is limited please RSVP
More information: Stephanie Bates- stephanieba@lchealth.org
 VISUAL VOICES V: Lowell Schools City-Wide Exhibition A Biennial Celebration of Lowell's Students and Their Artwork |
| Sunday, March 11 |  In Fibrous Forms
Lowell-based artists David Crane (wood sculptor) and Margot Stage (fiber artist)push their individual boundaries while expanding their approaches to usual materials. Borrowing from eachother's chosen medium, this husband and wife team are full of surprises. On view from March 10 - April 7 at Brickbottom Gallery, 1 Fitchburg Street, Somerville MA -Reception March 11 3-5 pm More information: www.brickbottom.com 
Lowell National Historical Park presents a special film screening of "Made in LA" The Emmy award-winning feature documentary (70 min) that follows the remarkable story of three Latina immigrants working in Los Angeles garment sweatshops as they embark on a three- year odyssey to win basic labor protections from a trendy clothing retailer. -March 11, 1-3pm, Lowell National Park Visitor Center Theater More information: Emily Levine, (978) 275-1780 or visit www.nps.gov/lowe |
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Opportunity to enroll in Assets for Artist
Two slots are available for the 2012 COOL-sponsored Assets for Artists program.
More information: www.assetsforartist.org or contact Blair Benjamin at assets4artists@gmail.com
 Call For Entries
Art in the Courtyard 2012, a venue of the Lowell Folk Festival
Artists and Artisans are invited to apply to exhibit in Art in the Courtyard 2012, the art and fine craft component of the 26th annual Lowell Folk Festival, July 27, 28, 29 Applications due June 1, 2012More information: www.artinthecourtyard.org  Call for EntriesPublic Art for Point Park in Lowell's Hamilton Canal District Point Park has been selected for the development of a major public art feature that signals its important as a creative entranceway to the City of Lowell. This project is open to US artists -- artists from Lowell and the surrounding communities are encouraged to apply. Deadline: March 9, 2012 Call for Entries Creative Signifier for Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center The Park's visitor orientation center is located in downtown Lowell's Market Mills complex, known historically as the Lowell Manufacturing Company. This project is open to US artists -- artists from Lowell and the surrounding communities are encouraged to apply. Deadline: March 9, 2012 More information: www.urbanartsinstitute.org (Go to "Projects," then "Opportunities") |
Ongoing Exhibits and Shows
| | American Textile History Museum- Aloft: The Wonder of Kites until May 27, www.athm.org New England Quilt Museum- Campaigns & Commemorative: Quilts for Presidents, on view until March 24, www.nequiltmuseum.org The Loading Dock Gallery- From the Mud on view until March 25, www.theloadingdockgallery.com Centro Restaurant & Bar- Dennis Lucas: Recent Works on view now through March 31, 2012, www.CentroLowell.com |
| | March 13- Wine & Beer Tasting Benefit for MRT, www.merrimackrep.org
March 14- Panel Discussion with Writers and Poets at Ayer Lofts Gallery,www.ayerlofts.com
March 15- Mrs. Whitney at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre, www.merrimackrep.org
March 15- Is it time for a Career Move?, at the Pollard Memorial Library, www.pollardml.org
March 15- Casting Crowns at Lowell Memorial Auditorium, www.lowellauditorium.com
March 17- Creative Healing with Jean Winslow, jeanwinslow@msn.com
March 22- Phil Vassar at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, www.lowellauditorium.com March 22- Pollard Library Author Event, Nicholas DiGiovanni, Rip, www.pollardml.org
March 24- Workshop with Laurie Amat at 119 Gallery, www.119gallery.org
March 24- Lowell Folklife Series: Smyrneika: Songs of the Greek Asia Minor Refugees, Click Here
March 26- Merrimack Repertory Theatre Presents DeeConstruction, www.merrimackrep.org March 28- "A Lesson From Jazz" at Ayer Lofts Gallery, www.ayerlofts.com
March 30-31- Femnoire: The Women's Playwriting Festival, www.imagetheater.com
March 31- Victorian Parlor Games & Screening of Oliver! at the Pollard Library, www.pollardml.org |
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