Affirmation of Life: Art from Today’s Ukraine | January 31-February 25, 2024 | Reception on Saturday Feb. 3 , 3 - 5 pm | Loading Dock Gallery
2024-02-18 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-21 12:00 - 17:30, 2024-02-22 12:00 - 17:30, 2024-02-23 12:00 - 17:30, 2024-02-24 12:00 - 17:30, 2024-02-25 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, United States
This February, enjoy Affirmation of Life: Art from Today’s Ukraine, presented at the Loading Dock Gallery in cooperation with the Ukraine Cultural Initiative. This colorful show celebrates life as well as Ukrainian heritage, with work ranging from traditional designs to lush abstracts. Working in war-ravaged Ukraine, the artists seek not only to make a living, but to teach and support adults and children, providing much needed healing through the universal language of art. “Art is like oxygen,” says artist Lyubov Mineko. “It makes everyone feel comfortable. Comfortable in the individual existence and comfortable in communication with others. Art unites people.”
Affirmation of Life: Art from Today’s Ukraine runs January 31-February 25, 2024 at Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA; noon-5:30pm, Wednesday-Saturday; until 4pm Sunday.
Reception 3-5pm, Saturday, February 3, 2024. More at www.theloadingdockgallery.com.
Loading Dock Gallery is part of Loading Dock Arts, Inc., a 501c3. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Lowell Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Family Yoga in the deCordova Museum
2024-02-19 10:30 - 11:00 | deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Move together as a family! This kid-friendly yoga class weaves a rich balance between the imaginative world of the child with the distinct aspects of yoga practice that support mindfulness, self-regulation and joy. Your instructor comes from the teaching team at On The Mat Yoga in Concord.
For ages 3-12 with a caregiver. Bring a water bottle and a mat.
Meet on the 3rd floor of the Museum.
Afterward, enjoy a picnic (bring your own or grab something onsite from Twisted Tree Café) and explore the Sculpture Park.

Yoga in the deCordova Museum
2024-02-19 11:30 - 12:30 | deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Activate your body and mind as a teacher from On The Mat Yoga leads vinyasa yoga surrounded by sculpture and nature.
Bring your mat and a water bottle, and get ready to Namaste! For ages 13+
Meet on the 3rd floor of the Museum!
Afterward, enjoy a picnic (bring your own or grab something onsite from Twisted Tree Café) and explore the Sculpture Park.

ARTfull February Vacation
2024-02-21 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-22 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-23 13:00 - 15:00 | deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Create inspired by the question, What is the Nature of the Museum? Construct a sculptures and structures by cutting and folding cardstock. Draw a detailed floorplan in a blueprint of your own Museum. Arrange blocks and more to create an imaginative interpretation of deCordova’s campus. How much can we add to the space over the course of 3 days!
Find your own approach and/or collaborate to construct creative sculptures. Join us for a short time or the entire drop-in window.
For any age and an accompanying adult – all are welcome.
We’ll hold the program inside the Museum in the Dewey Family Gallery near the exhibition. In the event of a cancellation, those registered will receive an email.
Family programs are designed to welcome a wide range of ages and abilities. Please contact us to discuss reasonable adaptations to benefit anyone in your group.
Email Sarah Brockway, sbrockway@thetrustees.org if the price of the ticket is cost-prohibitive for your family.
Pre-ticketing is required in order to anticipate capacity. Your ticket includes admission to deCordova’s campus, so please feel free to explore the grounds before or after the program. You’re welcome to picnic in the Park. Bring your own picnic or pick up a bite to eat at the Twisted Tree Café and stop by The Store for a gift or souvenir.

Loading Dock Gallery - Affirmation of Life - Art & Music Fundraising Event from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm on February 21st, 2024.
2024-02-21 17:30 - 20:30 | Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, United States
LOADING DOCK gallery at Western Avenue Studios 122 Western Ave, 2nd floor , Lowell, MA 01851
Affirmation of Life Fundraising Event: 6-8pm February 21st
Please join us, in partnership with the Ukrainian Cultural Initiative’s Nataliya Proskura and Vladislav Shapiro, for this evening of art and music from Ukraine. This show highlights the compelling artwork of today’s Ukrainian artists. Proskura is quoted in Art New England,
“We are thankful and excited to share the full spectrum of Ukrainian art. We want to show Americans that Ukraine is not just a country of fighters but also a land of great beauty and deep cultural history. “ Proceeds from the evening will help support artists living in Ukraine, financially help children’s art schools and support art therapy for veterans in Ukraine.
Egg Painting workshop – Pysanky – led by Alona Popova on February 21st, from 5:30 – 8:30 pm (limited seating). Register at theloadingdockarts.org
A program of Loading Dock Arts Inc.., a 501C3 nonprofit. theloadingdockgallery.com

Open Mic Night
2024-02-23 18:30 - 20:00, 2024-03-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Mill No. 5, Mill No. 5, 250 Jackson St, Lowell, MA, United States
Open Mic night is back! Every first and third Friday, come share your music! Express yourself! Grab a drink, enjoy some food & support your local arts community!!

Live Greek & Middle Eastern Music and Bellydancing
2024-02-24 20:00 - 23:00, 2024-03-02 20:00 - 23:00, 2024-03-09 20:00 - 23:00, 2024-03-16 20:00 - 23:00 | Athenian Corner Restaurant, 207 Market Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Live music and dancing featuring the Athenian Corner Ensemble

Dishwasher Dreams
2024-02-28 19:00 | Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 50 E Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Written and performed by Alaudin Ullah
Directed by Chay Yew
From Bangladesh to New York City, from graffiti crews to baseball games, courageous honesty to emotive humor, Dishwasher Dreams explores the complicated realities of dreams we make for ourselves. When Alaudin sets out to become a film actor in Los Angeles, his Bangladeshi family can’t understand. Driven by laugh out loud writing and accompanied by tablas percussion, Ullah’s edifying and dynamic tour-de-force explores the humor and complexity of the American Dream through a deeply personal story.

March Open Art Studios at Western Avenue
2024-03-02 12:00 - 17:00 | Western Avenue | Studios & Lofts, Western Avenue | Studios & Lofts, 122 Western Ave, Lowell, MA, United States
Join us for a whirlwind of creativity where imagination knows no limits and colors come alive. From captivating exhibitions to inspiring workshops and vibrant discussions, March Open Art Studios is the place to be. Five floors of art studios, two floors of artist lofts, a coffee shop, a co-op art gallery, and a brewery. Join us for an unforgettable celebration of art and inspiration. See you here!
Food truck of the day: Wicked Tasty Food Truck
This month, the Loading Dock Gallery hosts a show titled “Replications”, with an artist reception from 3-5 pm.
There is no charge for this event. This event is dog-friendly. We ask that you keep your pup on a leash.

Replications | February 28 - March 31, 2024 | Reception on Saturday March 2, 3 - 5 pm | Loading Dock Gallery
2024-03-02 15:00 - 17:00 | The Loading Dock Gallery, The Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Ave, Lowell, MA, United States
This March, Loading Dock Gallery presents Replications, a show of color and whimsy inspired by nature, featuring the work of artists Nicole Brunelle, Carolyn Lee, and Vivian Rosalee.
Sharing color ideas and subject matter, Brunelle, Lee, and Rosalee created work that ranges from realistic to abstract. Replications includes wall art, stained glass, textile pieces, and jewelry.
Rosalee works in ink and acrylic gouache. Her style combines strong design and bright rich colors. She renders realistic and imaginary creatures with equal delight, in moods that range from tenderness to humor.
Brunelle translates nature imagery into stained glass. Subjects include birds, mushrooms, dragonflies, as well as abstract studies of leaves, water, and sky.
Lee enjoys exploring techniques and discovering new combinations of materials. Her work includes media paintings, beaded jewelry, and fabric art, including cyanotype, monoprint, and paper quilling.
Replications runs February 28 – March 31, 2-24 at Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, noon-5:30pm, Wednesday-Saturday, until 4pm Sunday. Reception 3-5pm, Saturday, March 2. More at www.theloadingdockgallery.com.
Loading Dock Gallery is part of Loading Dock Arts, Inc., a 501c3.

New England Performance Series with Melissa Ferrick
2024-03-07 19:00 - 20:30 | deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
deCordova is pleased to welcome Melissa Ferrick to the New England Performance Series!
Melissa Ferrick is a Professor of the Practice at Northeastern University in the Music Department at the College of Arts Media and Design. Ferrick teaches courses on songwriting (focusing on lyric, melody, and intent), creative entrepreneurship, demo recording and production, live performance, the intersection of psychopathology and creativity, nonprofit arts management, and the music business. They have released seventeen albums over the last twenty-five years and won numerous awards for songwriting, production, and performance. From 2013 – to 2019, Melissa was an Associate Professor of Songwriting at Berklee College of Music. She holds an Ed.M from Harvard University.
Melissa is the named plaintiff of the class action lawsuit Ferrick v. Spotify for willful copyright infringement. Their publishing catalog is administered worldwide by the Raleigh Music Group.
Signed to Atlantic Records in 1992 at the age of 21, Melissa released their debut and sophomore albums on Atlantic after opening for Morrissey in the U.S. and UK. Melissa released three albums on W.A.R. Records from 1996 to 1999 and two on MPress Records from 2011 to 2014. In 2000, Melissa launched the nationally distributed independent record label Right On Records. Ferrick is currently working with the venerable Kill Rock Stars Records. Most recently, Ferrick started Drive Music Agency (D.M.A.), which offers musicians personal management and consulting services. D.M.A. currently represents Brennan Wedl and Joh Chase.
Regarded in the industry and by their peers as one of the most prolific and hardworking artists in the business, Ferrick is an active songwriter and performs throughout North America, sharing the stage with Morrissey, Joan Armatrading, Weezer, Tegan and Sara, Mark Cohen, Paul Westerberg, Bob Dylan, John Hiatt, Ani DiFranco, k.d. Lang, Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, and many others.
Concert begins at 7PM, Doors Open 6:30PM
This concert will take place in the Dewey Family Hall located on the third floor of the deCordova Museum. Enter through the main museum entrance and staff will greet you and direct you.
Cancellation Policy: In the event The Trustees cancels a program due to severe weather, low enrollment, or other circumstances, we will notify registrants by email and issue a full refund or transfer to another scheduled program within two weeks of cancellation. To cancel a reservation, please contact decordovagroups@thetrustees.org or 781.259.3626 seven days prior to the start of the program to receive a full refund. Refunds will not be granted for cancellations placed fewer than 7 days before the start of the program.

Women-Owned Pop-Up Market
2024-03-10 11:00 - 15:30 | lala books, lala books, 189 Market St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Join us to celebrate Lowell women’s week and women’s history month featuring women-owned local businesses and artisans.
A Portion of the proceeds will be donated to Women Working Wonders, a local non-profit bringing women together to shape the future.

Blight: Author Emily Monosson in Conversation with Brent Ranalli
2024-03-10 14:00 - 15:00 | 115 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Emily Monosson’s book Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic is a prescient warning about the mysterious and deadly world of fungi—and how to avert further loss across species, including our own.
Fungi are everywhere. Most are harmless; some are helpful. A few are killers. Collectively, infectious fungi are the most devastating agents of disease on earth, and a fungus that can persist in the environment without its host is here to stay. In Blight, Emily Monosson documents how trade, travel, and a changing climate are making us all more vulnerable to invasion. Populations of bats, frogs, and salamanders face extinction. In the Northwest, America’s beloved national parks are covered with the spindly corpses of whitebark pines. Food crops are under siege, threatening our coffee, bananas, and wheat—and, more broadly, our global food security. Candida auris, drug-resistant and resilient, infects hospital patients and those with weakened immune systems. Coccidioides, which lives in drier dusty regions, may cause infection in apparently healthy people. The horrors go on.
Yet prevention is not impossible. Tracing the history of fungal spread and the most recent discoveries in the field, Monosson meets scientists who are working tirelessly to protect species under threat, and whose innovative approaches to fungal invasion have the potential to save human lives. Delving into case studies at once fascinating, sobering, and hopeful, Blight serves as a wake-up call, a reminder of the delicate interconnectedness of the natural world, and a lesson in seeing life on our planet with renewed humility and awe.
Emily Monosson is the author of Natural Defense, Unnatural Selection, and Evolution in a Toxic World. She is a member of the Ronin Institute for Independent Scholarship and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She lives in Montague, Massachusetts.
Brent Ranalli in an environmental policy analyst at the Cadmus Group and co-edits Environment: An Interdisciplinary Anthology for Yale University Press. He edits the Thoreau Society Bulletin.

Monster Romance Panel with Ashley Bennett, Kate Prior, and Colette Rhodes
2024-03-14 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
In Partnership with the Ashland Public Library. Sponsored by the Friends of the Ashland Public Library.
We just love our Monster Romance Panels! This time, we welcome authors Ashley Bennett, Kate Prior, and Colette Rhodes as they talk about how it is different/same from PNR/Alien romances, their publishing journeys, and experience with Romancelandia. This is sure to be an amazing conversation!
Please register for the event on the library website to receive participation information.

Acre Neighborhood Walking Tour
2024-03-16 10:00 - 11:00 | Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States
Parish Historian and Archivist David McKean and will lead a walking tour of “God’s Holy Acre”. The tour will last one hour and will involve an hour of walking and standing. They request that you wear comfortable shoes and dress for the weather. This event is free and open to all.
(Free parking at 350 Dutton Street in the Hamilton Parking Garage. Pick up a chaser ticket at the Visitor Center front desk to use when exiting the garage).

Visions Unleashed: A Family Concert
2024-03-16 14:00 - 17:00 | 115 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Join us as we celebrate the harmony of local talent and timeless classics on a journey through sound. Experience the magic as our seasoned musicians blend seamlessly with the aspiring stars of tomorrow, as local string students take the stage alongside the orchestra to perform “Visions of the Sky,” a captivating piece that will stir the soul.
In addition to this delightful collaboration, we proudly present the winner of the 2024 LPO Concerto Competition, the exceptionally talented 16-year-old William Ge. Prepare to be captivated by Ge’s mastery as he brings to life Chopin’s Concerto No. 1 in E minor, op. 11, 1st movement, with an interpretation that will leave you spellbound.
Be one of the first to hear the newly commissioned “Lowell Symphony,” a composition inspired by the rich tapestry of Lowell’s history. In addition to this, the Saint-Saëns’ whimsical “Carnival of the Animals,” promises an experience that will linger in your heart long after the final note fades away. The venue has ample parking and is handicapped accessible.
Tickets are $20/Adult; $10/Seniors; Free Admission for kids 17 and under (must be accompanied by adult)

The Collection Connection: Celebrating Irish Culture
2024-03-17 12:00 - 12:30, 2024-03-17 14:30 - 15:00 | Mogan Cultural Center, 40 French Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Join a Park Ranger for a short discussion of the Irish related objects in the One City, Many Cultures exhibit and their connection to Irish Step Dancing. Lowell National Historical Park’s newest exhibit, One City, Many Cultures explores how culture shapes and connects people and communities using stories of Lowell from across time.
(Free parking at 350 Dutton Street in the Hamilton Parking Garage. Pick up a chaser ticket at the Visitor Center front desk to use when exiting the garage).
