Native Gardens By Karen Zacarías Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
2021-09-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-09-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-09-04 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-09-05 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-09-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-09-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-09-08 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-09-09 19:00 - 21:00 UTC and 6 more dates | Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 50 E Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Good fences make good neighbors . . . right?

A millennial, Latinx couple moves in next door to a white, baby boomer couple in Karen Zacarías’ topical new comedy. After some good-natured ribbing over gardening styles–traditional designs versus the eco-friendlier native plants–the couples find themselves at odds over an unexpected property line dispute. A dispute that explodes into a host of verbal jabs and blows over race, culture, privilege, and the meaning of neighborly behavior.

John Hiatt
2021-09-03 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | 115 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
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More than forty-five years after the release of his debut album, John Hiatt remains one of America’s most respected and influential singer-songwriters thanks to songs such as “Cry Love,” “Perfectly Good Guitar,” “Feels Like Rain,” “Have A Little Faith in Me,” and many more. Long celebrated as a skilled storyteller and keen observer of life’s twists and turns, Hiatt can get at the heart of a knotty emotion or a moment in time with just a sharp, incisive lyric or witty turn of phrase – and in The Eclipse Sessions, his newest collection, he displays his strongest showing of this talent in years.

Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi
2021-09-04 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | 115 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
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Singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens is the co-founder of the Grammy award-winning string band Carolina Chocolate Drops, in which she also plays banjo and fiddle. She began gaining recognition as a solo artist when she stole the show at the T Bone Burnett – produced Another Day, Another Time concert at New York City’s Town Hall in 2013. The elegant bearing, prodigious voice, and fierce spirit that brought the audience to its feet that night is also abundantly evident on Giddens’ critically acclaimed solo debut, the Grammy nominated album, Tomorrow Is My Turn, which masterfully blends American musical genres like gospel, jazz, blues, and country, showcasing her extraordinary emotional range and dazzling vocal prowess. Giddens’ follow-up album Freedom Highway was released in February, 2017. It includes 9 original songs Giddens wrote or co-wrote along with a traditional song and two civil rights-era songs, “Birmingham Sunday” and the Staple Singers’ well-known “Freedom Highway” from which the album takes its name.
Giddens’ recent televised performances include The Late Show, Austin City Limits, Later…with Jools Holland, and both CBS Saturday and Sunday Morning, among numerous other notable media appearances. She performed for President Obama and the First Lady on a White House Tribute to Gospel along with Aretha Franklin and Emmylou Harris. The program was televised on PBS. Giddens duets with country superstar Eric Church on his powerful anti-racism song “Kill a Word”; the two have performed the song on The Tonight Show and the CMA Awards, among other programs. Giddens received the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award for Singer of the Year and has won the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Bluegrass and Banjo in 2016.
Giddens, who studied opera at Oberlin, made her acting debut with a recurring role on the television drama Nashville, playing the role of Hanna Lee “Hallie” Jordan, a young social worker with “the voice of an angel”.
Rhiannon Giddens’ latest album, there is no Other, recorded with Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi, was released May 2019 on Nonesuch Records.

Abraxas Santana Tribute
2021-09-10 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | 115 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
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Abraxas is the ultimate tribute to the music and spirit of Santana. Delivering inspired renditions from over five decades of Santana hits and virtuoso instrumentals, veteran guitarist Ed Antonelli pays tribute to the sound and the feel of Carlos Santana.
