| | | | | 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 |
| Retail & Restaurant News | Cobblestones Restaurant, 91 Dutton Street: Best Game in Town. Now, Sunday to Sunday! Patriots Pre Game Promos & Wild American Game Specials Through Super Bowl Sunday & Improv Lowell returns! 2nd Friday of every month Starting Friday September 17th; Call for details! 978-970-2282. Centro Restaurant and Bar, 24 Market Street: Three year anniversary party! September, 8 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Live Music, Complimentary champagne and appetizers, 10% off all food and the best part...gift certificate giveaways. For more information visit www.centrolowell.com Tutto Bene ...wine and cheese cellars, 58 Prescott Street (rear): Wine Tasting Event, Saturday, September 11 from1:00 PM - 4:00 PM. This event will be hosted by wine educator John Avery of Preston Layne. John will be sharing some of the best wines in his portfolio, representing Oregon, Italy, France and Massachusetts. No reservations required. For more information call 978-459-9463. Lowell Beer Works, 203 Cabot Street: Join us on the patio for live music in our intimate open air setting. Upcoming Artists Include: The Flip, Friday September 10th For more information visit www.beerworks.net. Beer Works is a great place for your Business or Personal Party - with private space available for groups of 20 plus! For details please contact us at 978-937-2337 or lowell@beerworks.net. |
| Sports & Events | | 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. The Pollard Library Teen Writers Group is looking for young people interested in writing and in publishing The Lowell Moon - the library's teen newsletter. Share your poetry, artwork, book reviews, movie reviews, music reviews and more. Open to young people grades 7 - 12. Wednesday, September 15 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM. For more information, contact Beth Brassel, YA Librarian, at 978-970-4119 or ebrassel@mvlc.org or visit www.pollardml.org. Outdoor Screening of "No Impact Man". See the award-winning documentary No Impact Man which chronicles the highly publicized story of Colin Beavan and Michelle Conlin who embarked on a controversial year-long "No Impact Project" to reduce their carbon footprint to zero by completely giving up their Manhattan lifestyle. " Tuesday, September 14, 6:30 PM: Meet-n-greet, 7:00 PM: Film screening. OUTDOORS at the Market Mills Courtyard, 246 Market Street (next to the National Park Visitor Center). Free admission. More Information: www.lowellfilmcollaborative.org. The 2010 Lowell Summer Music Series: Our final shows of the summer this weekend! Friday September 10, Robert Randolph & The Family Band and Saturday September 11, the 31ST Annual Banjo & Fiddle Contests. For more information visit: www.lowellsummermusic.org The Jack Kerouac Literary Festival & Lowell Celebrates Kerouac's 25th Anniversary, September 30 - October3: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. |
| Museum & Gallery News | 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. 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. What I Do & Where I Do It, The Loading Dock Gallery Members Show. Thursday, September 2 - Sunday, September 26. Artists Reception: Friday, September 10 from 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM.. For more information visit www.theloadingdockgallery.com. Brush Art Gallery & Studio, 256 Market Street: Art Quilts Lowell, August 10 - September 11. Upcoming exhibit, Children's Book Illustrators, September19 - 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 will host a book signing event on Saturday, September 11 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM in the Parker Gallery with author, Marion G. Mullet, of the recently published biography of noted artist, Richard Andrew 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 Cast of the Deadliest Catch Live, Featuring Captain Sig and the Hillstrand Brothers, September 11 and the NBC's Last Comic Standing Live Tour, September 25. 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 | | 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. The on sale date for individual tickets will be determined in the near future. 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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