| | | | The Lowell Folk Festival, July 23 - 25. The Folk Festival will begin on Friday evening, July 23 with a kick-off parade and music and ethnic foods at two performance stages: Dutton Street Dance Pavilion and Boarding House Park. On Saturday, July 24, everything kicks off at noon until 6:00 pm with music, ethnic foods, crafts demonstrations and more throughout downtown Lowell. At 6:40 the evening kicks off with a parade, then at 7:00 pm, the music continues into the evening at Dutton Street Dance Pavilion and Boarding House Park. On Sunday, July 25, the final day of this year's festival will run from noon through 6:00 pm throughout downtown Lowell. For more information please visit the Festival website at www.lowellfolkfestival.org. |
| Retail & Restaurant News | Barnes & Noble, 151 Merrimack Street: Author Book Signing and Reading, Saturday, July 31st 2:00 PM. Thousand-Cricket Song, by Catherine Strisik, is a glimpse into Cambodian life 25 years after the invasion by the Khmer Rouge regime. For more information call 978-458-3939. The Athenian Corner presents Thursday Night Concerts on the Corner. Lowell's Johannah Zacharer kicks off Folk Festival weekend with a Concert on the Corner this Thursday, July 22nd from 6:30 PM-8:30 PM. The music continues Friday & Saturday night as Mike Ryan and his band perform a pair of shows Friday and Saturday night @ the Athenian's outdoor patio. Showtime is for those performances is 7:00 PM. All shows are free and open to the public. Dinner and drinks are served all evening. LaBoniche, Inc. 143 Merrimack Street: Wine Tasting every Thursday. This weeks Featured Wine, Wolf Blass Reisling. For more information visit www.laboniche.com. Olympia Restaurant, 453 Market Street: July 19 - September 1. Half price menu Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. For more information visit www.newolympia.com. Lowell Taekwondo, 17 Shattuck Street: Home of Respect and Discipline: For more information visit www.lowelltaekwondo.com. Lowell Beer Works: 203 Cabot St.: "Saddle Up!" For July, Lowell Beer Works features Wheat Beers and Southwestern Chow you'll be willing to ride across the range for! - July's featured beers include Summerworks (a medium-bodied, unfiltered summer ale), Weizen Bock (a German style strong, dark wheat beer), Salem Amber Hefe (a spicy copper colored Hefe) and The Haymarket Hefe Weizen (a German-style wheat beer brewed with authentic Weizen yeast). Enjoy these great wheat beers along with Beer Works' Southwestern menu specials including "BBQ Pork Sliders", "Grilled Chicken and Chipolte Sausages", "Pasillo Swordfish", "Texas Style Steaks", "Chocolate Mole Layer Cake" and more. Beer Works is a great place for your Business or Personal Private Party - with space for groups of 20 to 300! For details & availability please contact us at 978-937-2337 or lowell@beerworks.net. Check out our Patio and Live Bands each week. For more information visit www.beerworks.net. |
| Sports & Events | | Mark your calendars. From August 1 -15, restaurants throughout the Greater Merrimack Valley region will participate in the Greater Merrimack Valley Second Annual Restaurant Showcase Week presented by the Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau.. Food lovers will have the chance to sample the best cuisine that each participating restaurant has to offer. There will be either a two-course lunch or three-course diner with fixed prices starting at just $9.10. Restaurant Showcase Week kicks off on July 29th at Lowell's LeLacheur Park, home of the Lowell Spinners, with our Summer Sam Fest celebration. Come experience food samplings from our participating restaurants and take part in our Sam Adams comparative beer tasting while enjoying live music provided by Jen Kearney and the Lost Onion. All proceeds will benefit the Merrimack Valley Food Bank. For more information and a list of participating restaurants, visit www.merrimackvalley.org Outdoor film screening and National Night Out celebration: See "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial", Tuesday, August 3 (rain date, August 10) at the C.W. Morey Elementary School, 114 Pine Street. Don't miss this FREE special outdoor event presented by the Lower Highlands Neighborhood Group, the Lowell Police Department, and other event partners in commemoration of National Night Out! Festivities begin at 6PM with visits and demonstrations from the Lowell Fire Department and the Lowell Police Department K-9 Unit. Stay for a special outdoor screening of "E.T." starting at 8PM, including free popcorn! Complete details at www.lowellfilmcollaborative.org. 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. Pollard Memorial Library: Beat the heat and join us for a summer storytime! These story times are designed for children ages 4 to 7. Space is limited, and registration is require, July 21, 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM. For more information, visit www.pollardml.org. June through September the Lowell Summer Music Series presents summer concerts at Boarding House Park at French and John Streets in Downtown Lowell. For more information visit www.lowellsummermusic.org |
| Museum & Gallery News | Lowell National Historical Park, 246 Market Street: Through August 23: Canal boat tours daily: "Working the Water Boat Tour" - 90-minute tour on the Pawtucket Canal; daily at 11:00 AM, 2:00 PM, 3:00 PM, Thursday. & Friday at 1:00 PM "Engineering Innovation Tour" - two hour tour; daily at 12:00, Thursday & Friday at 3:30 PM. The "Full Works" Tour - by boat, trolley and foot, starting at Lower Locks, through Swamp Locks and Guard Locks on the Pawtucket Canal, to the Merrimack River, Francis Gatehouse, Pawtucket Gatehouse and "River Transformed" exhibit at the Wannalancit Mills; three hour tour Saturday, July 31, 2:30 PM; Sunday, Aug. 8 & 22, 2:30 PM; "Evening Cruise" - pack a brown bag supper for a cruise on the Merrimack River, Pawtucket Canal, the mill pond and the upstream section of the river; two hour tour, Thursday and Friday, 6:00 PM. ALL Arts Gallery, 246 Market Street: The Arts League of Lowell's seventh annual Lowell Folk Festival Members' Exhibition, in the ALL Arts Gallery at 246 Market Street. Friday-Sunday, July 23 -25 with extended gallery hours: Friday 12:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Saturday 11:00 AM -9:00 PM, Sunday 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM. For more information visit www.artsleagueoflowell.org
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