Surface Tension | May 1-26, 2024 | Loading Dock Gallery
2024-05-04 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, United States
This May, Loading Dock Gallery presents Surface Tension, a show of mixed media art by Margarita Krylova and Fernando Fula. Surface Tension features collaborative and individual works which explore universal dichotomies: harmony and chaos; unity and division; beauty and decay.
Krylova and Fula each cultivate a personal vision and style. Fula’s work is surreal, clean, and crisp. Krylova delves into a world of organized chaos. What unfolds when their artistic universes converge? For Surface Tension they created a series of collaborative work, switching pieces in progress, responding to each other’s progress by weaving and collaging elements together. Surface Tension also features pieces by each artist. Together, the work in Surface Tension is a study of the inherent tensions of human existence.
Surface Tension runs May 1 – May 26, 2024 at Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, noon-5:30pm, Wednesday-Saturday, until 4pm Sunday. Reception 3-5pm, Saturday, May 4, 2024, 3-5pm, as part of Western Avenue Studios’ monthly Open Studios event. More at www.theloadingdockgallery.com.
Loading Dock Gallery is part of Loading Dock Arts, Inc., a 501c3.

Lexington Discovery Day
2024-05-25 10:00 - 15:00 | Lawn of the Lexington Visitors Center, 1875 Mass Ave, Lexington, MA, 02420, United States
Discovery Day, Lexington’s “Town Day”, is a way to learn about more than 90 of Lexington’s businesses and organizations. A street fair, held on Massachusetts Avenue in the town center, it’s a family-friendly day of music, entertainment, food, and fun.

Exhibit Opening: The Portuguese In Lowell: The Familiar And The New
2024-06-05 08:00 - 17:00 | Lowell National Historical Park – Boott Cotton Mills Gallery, 115 John Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Join Lowell National Historical Park and the Saab Center for Portugues Studies at UMass Lowell for the opening of a new exhibit “The Portuguese In Lowell: The Familiar And The New” at the Boott Cotton Mill Museum (115 John St.)
The event will begin at Boarding House Park with a performance by the Holy Ghost Band at 2:30. The band will lead participants to the gallery which will be open from 3-5 p.m. A reception and remarks will take place after the procession to the Boott Cotton Mills Museum.
The exhibit will be on view from June 8. 2024 through February 24, 2025.
For more information visit, https://www.nps.gov/lowe/learn/portuguese-connections.htm.

Classic Car Show ft. Allen James Band at The Groton Inn
2024-06-19 16:00 - 19:00 | The Groton Inn, The Groton Inn, 128 Main St, Groton, MA, 01450, United States
Join us at Forge & Vine for a great evening of autos, set right on our lawn overlooking stunning Gibbet Hill. Enjoy live music by the Allen James Band, explore a variety of classic cars, mingle with other car enthusiasts, indulge in refreshing drinks, and dine on delicious bites from the new Forge & Vine food truck.
Free to attend, no reservations required.

NOA Artist Reception
2024-07-14 17:00 - 19:00 | The Groton Inn, The Groton Inn, 128 Main St, Groton, MA, 01450, United States
Join us for a magical evening celebrating creativity and talent at the NOA Gallery Artists Reception. Mingle with the artists behind the masterpieces and connect with fellow art lovers in a vibrant and inspiring atmosphere.
Event Highlights:
-Delicious small bites
-Full cash bar
-Exclusive chance to meet and chat with the artists
-A welcoming environment to network and share your passion for art
Don’t miss out on this unique experience to immerse yourself in the world of art. We look forward to seeing you there!

Addison Gallery Opening Reception
2024-09-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Addison Gallery of American Art, Chapel Avenue, Andover, Massachusetts, 01810, United States
Join us in celebrating the new exhibitions: enjoy great company, light refreshments, and the best of American art! Free and open to the public.

Hosmer Open House featuring a cannon from Bunker Hill!
2024-10-06 14:00 - 17:00 | Acton Historical Society, Main Street, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
The Acton Historical Society will host a visit of a British cannon.
This cannon was cast between 1760 and 1770. It was acquired by a local militia company in May of 1775. The ship on which it was located became mired in the mud at Chelsea Creek. This cannon and 3 others taken from the ship were later used by American forces to fight off the British at Bunker Hill.
Come and see this “survivor” and learn about its discovery to restoration!

Twice the Speed of Bliss
2025-01-13 - 2025-03-23 | The Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Paintings and Drawings by Kat O’Connor
January 13 – March 23, 2025
Opening Reception February 13, 6PM
On view in The Umbrella Arts Center Allie Kussin Gallery are recent paintings and drawings by Kat O’Connor, a full-time artist and art instructor living outside of Boston, Massachusetts.
Her work has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the United States. She is a Copley Master with the Copley Society of Artists and was honored with a Co/So Fellowship and Residency at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Massachusetts in 2023, and was a 2021 Sam and Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts Resident. She was awarded a Mass Cultural Council Fellowship for her drawings and two ArtsWorcester Material Needs Grants. She has lead painting classes in Texas, New Mexico, Italy, Greece, and throughout New England. O’Connor works in watercolor, acrylic, oil, and drawing media.
Her work can be viewed at katopaints.com and @katopaints.

Ways of My Ancestors – Imagery: Lighting the Path to Awareness
2025-02-28 - 2025-03-23 | The Umbrella Arts Center, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
“Ways of My Ancestors – Imagery: Lighting the Path to Awareness” features photographic work by Scott Strong Hawk Foster that celebrates the rich, diverse, and resilient cultures of the Native Peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of North America.
Foster is a Native American photographer and an enrolled member of Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band with proud Mohegan and Cherokee lineage. His work has been exhibited at the Danforth Museum, Worcester Art Museum, Boston City Hall, and other venues.
On view through March 23 in The Umbrella’s Wedge Gallery, this exhibition reflects Foster’s travels within his home state of Massachusetts and throughout the ancestral homelands of the Native American Peoples of New England. While attending powwows, cultural events, workshops, and Indigenous practices that span millennia, his passion has become highlighting cultures and history of the Indigenous peoples that are still here and living amongst us.
Both the opening reception March 5, 6PM and Artist Talk, March 9, 1-2PM are free and open to the public.
The exhibition runs concurrently with The Umbrella Stage Company’s Where We Belong by Mohegan playwright Madeline Sayet in The Umbrella’s Black Box theater. Both are presented as part of The Umbrella’s programs recognizing the American semiquincentennial.
The Umbrella is ADA accessible, a proud partner in the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s EBT Card-to-Culture program, and provides free parking and free admission to its visual arts galleries.
See https://TheUmbrellaArts.org/Foster

Gallery Talk with Guest Speaker, Dr. Sabine Stanley
2025-03-15 11:00 - 13:00 | New England Quilt Museum, New England Quilt Museum, 18 Shattuck St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
In conjunction with the Fierce Planets exhibition, the NEQM welcomes special guest speaker Dr. Sabine Stanley, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in Planetary Science at Johns Hopkins University. The artists featured in Fierce Planets drew inspiration from Dr. Stanley’s work in planetary science at Johns Hopkins University, the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), and NASA, as well as her recent book, What’s Hidden Inside Planets?

Addison Gallery Spring Opening Reception
2025-03-29 16:00 - 18:00 | Addison Gallery of American Art, Chapel Avenue, Andover, Massachusetts, 01810, United States
Join us in celebrating the new exhibitions: June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart; Playing to Our Strengths: Highlights from the Permanent Collection; On and Off Stage: Performance and Persona; and Dynamic Duos. Enjoy great company, light refreshments, and the best of American art! Free and open to the public.

Public Health Week at The Public Health Museum
2025-04-07 08:00 - 2025-04-12 17:00 | Public Health Museum, East Street, Tewksbury, MA, 01876, United States
Public Health Week is celebrated each year during the first week in April. Join the Public Health Museum for a week of free activities highlighting public health – now and in the past. Events include:
Monday, April 7- Free virtual program: Go Behind the Headlines with state epidemiologist and public health veterinarian Dr. Katie Brown about avian influenza or bird flu.Hosted with the Tewksbury Public Library
Tuesday, April 8- Free Narcan training: You Could Save A Life: Visit the Public Health Museum at 12 noon and learn about naloxone and how to spot an overdose. Fentanyl is everywhere and with just a short training, you could help someone until professional help arrives. 365 East Street in the Old Administration Building
Thursday, April 10-Free tours of the museum from 10AM-2PM. Visit the museum for FREE and see the new exhibit- Pandemics: Is Hindsight 2020? as we draw parallels with the 1918 Influenza pandemic and COVID-19.
Friday, April 11- Virtual Public Health Forum with local public health officials. Learn how your municipal health agents are working hard to keep us all safe.
Saturday, April 12- Tour the Pines Cemetery. * This is a fee-based event. See museum website for details.

Reception: Art Thou Neurodivergent?
2025-04-08 17:30 - 18:15 | Lowell City Hall, Lowell City Hall, 375 Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Join the celebration of the Art Thou Neurodivergent exhibit in the lobby of City Hall on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from 5:30-6:15 PM. Meet the artists, listen to live music from the MCC Guitar Department, and enjoy free food!
Organized by the City of Lowell’s Office of Cultural Affairs and Special Events in collaboration with Rylie Hegarty, this exhibit showcases and uplifts neurodivergent student artists. The art is on view from April 4th through 29th.

“Bedford Answers the Call” Exhibit Grand Opening
2025-04-12 08:00 - 14:00 | Bedford Historical Society, 16 South Road, Bedford, 01730, United States
Join us for the grand opening of “Bedford Answers the Call” at our Open House on April 12th from 8 – 10:15 a.m. and immediately following the Pole Capping Day parade and ceremony.
In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the first day of the American Revolutionary War on April 19, 1775, we’ve created a collection of artifacts and stories specific to Bedford. Two rooms of the Historical Society Museum feature our town’s response to the urgent midnight call to arms: “The British are coming!”
Also, visit our satellite displays at the Bedford Free Public Library, 7 Mudge Way, Bedford, MA, to learn about the history of the present-day Bedford Minuteman Company.

A River Transformed Walking Tour
2025-06-16 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-06-17 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-06-23 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-06-24 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-06-30 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-07-01 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-07-07 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-07-08 14:00 - 15:30 | Lowell National Historical Park – Boott Cotton Mills Museum, 115 John Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Discover how the power of the Merrimack River was harnessed into textile production in the 19th century. This tour combines a walk along the riverwalk accompanied by a park ranger with a guided visit to the River Transformed Exhibit at the Suffolk Mill.
June 15-August 31, 2025
Monday and Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Visitors should plan for a 75-minute tour, all of which will be spent on your feet. Visitors can expect to walk as much as 1.5-miles on paved paths and are encouraged to bring water. This tour meets and ends at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum (115 John St.)
This tour is free. To reserve your spot, call (978) 970-5000 or check in at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum front desk.
