Native Gardens By Karen Zacarías Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
2021-08-17 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-19 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-20 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-21 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-22 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-23 19:00 - 21:00, 2021-08-24 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.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd
2021-08-20 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | 97 University Ave, Lowell, MA, 01854, United States
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band
Presented by the Lowell Festival Foundation
Tickets $49 In Advance / $149 Premium Seats / $60 Day of Show
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In a 20-year recording career that began when he was just 16, Shepherd has established himself as an immensely popular recording artist, a consistently in-demand live act and an influential force in a worldwide resurgence of interest in the blues.
From television performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (among others) to features in Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Maxim Magazine, Blender, Spin, USA Today and more, his musical career has been nothing short of phenomenal.
Blue On Black
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New England Film Orchestra
2021-08-21 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | 97 University Ave, Lowell, MA, 01854, United States
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The New England Film Orchestra, led by conductor Gina Naggar, performs film
favorites such as Harry Potter, Star Wars, James Bond and Avengers for an exciting program of live music that spans decades. The New England Film Orchestra was founded in 2019 and has been lauded as “a dynamic and passionate newcomer on the Boston orchestral scene.

Richard Thompson
2021-08-28 19:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | 97 University Ave, Lowell, MA, 01854, United States
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The Los Angeles Times describes Ivor Novello Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated music legend Richard Thompson as “The finest rock songwriter after Dylan and the best electric guitarist since Hendrix.” His trademark fleet-fingered fretwork,poetic songwriting, and impassioned picking comprise his nineteenth and most recent solo album, 13 Rivers. Born in 1949 in Notting Hill, West London, Richard Thompson first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the folk-rock group Fairport Convention. After departing the group, he produced six albums with then-wife Linda Thompson, including the critically acclaimed I Want to See the Bright LightsTonight (1974) and Shoot Out the Lights (1982). After the dissolution of the duo, Thompson revived his solo career with the release of Hand of Kindness in 1983. Three of his albums – Rumor and Sigh (1991), You? Me? Us? (1996), and Dream Attic (2010) – have been nominated for Grammy Awards, while Still (2015) was his first UK Top Ten album. 13 Rivers, released in 2018, is his nineteenth and most recent solo album. He continues to write and record new material regularly, and frequently performs live at venues throughout the world. He will perform solo acoustic at this show. His songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Americana Music Association in Nashville, and a 2006 lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio. Powered by evocative songcraft, jaw-dropping guitar playing, and indefinable spirit, this venerable icon holds a coveted spot on Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” list. 2011 saw Thompson receive an OBE (Order of the British Empire) personally bestowed upon him by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. His 1991 song “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” was included in Time magazine’s “All Time 100 Songs” list of the best English-language musical compositions released between 1923 and 2011.
