Revolutionary Valley Regional Tourism Council

Lowell Spinners vs Aberdeen Iron Birds
2023-03-23 11:00 - 2023-03-24 14:30, 2023-03-24 11:00 - 2023-03-25 14:30, 2023-03-25 11:00 - 2023-03-26 14:30, 2023-03-26 11:00 - 2023-03-27 14:30, 2023-03-27 11:00 - 2023-03-28 14:30, 2023-03-28 11:00 - 2023-03-29 14:30, 2023-03-29 11:00 - 2023-03-30 14:30 UTC | Edward A. LeLacheur Park, Edward A. Lelacheur Park, 450 Aiken Ave, Lowell, MA, 01854, United States
The Lowell Spinners bring America’s pastime to LeLacheur Park with 3 day home stands vs Aberdeen Iron Birds.

2023 Eco-film Series
2023-03-28 18:30 - 20:30, 2023-04-25 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States
Mark your calendars for the last Tuesday of the month, January – June!
Over 60 films have been selected to be screened through our Eco-Film Series. This FREE series is offered annually in partnership with the Lowell Film Collaborative. A special thank you to our venue partner, the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, for the February-June screenings.
Please make sure to RSVP. We plan on making a couple of the films hybrid (in-person and online).
Our 2023 line-up ranges from expeditions to the Arctic, the psychological effects of climate change, and fights for environmental justice, to the true cost of the best-selling piece of furniture of all time and the meaning of joy. These exciting films touch on how forces of change affect ourselves and our environment.
Our 2023 film screening dates and film selections are as follows:
January 31, 2023 – Mission: Joy (VIRTUAL)
February 28, 2023 – Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust (VIRTUAL)
March 28, 2023 – Exposure
April 25, 2023 – The Magnitude of All Things
May 30, 2023 – Dam Removal Double Feature (in-person and virtual)
June 27, 2023 – Monobloc

Fire and Fiber | Tarja Cockell and Carol Rissman | March 29–April 30 at Loading Dock Gallery | Reception April 1, 3-5 pm
2023-03-29 12:00 - 2023-04-30 17:30 (America/New_York) | Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, United States
Tarja Cockell joins Carol Rissman at the Loading Dock Gallery to present Fire and Fiber, a show of color, texture, and form in contemporary weaving and ceramics.
Cockell’s work begins on the loom. She pushes dimensional possibilities of an initially flat form, using structural manipulation and layers with a variety of media to achieve elegant and painterly art. Trained in Finland, Cockell emphasizes subtle colorways and clean, simple shapes.
Rissman explores how clay can respond to and take on the characteristics of cloth. Her work is woven and tied. It flows and ripples. She pushes clay’s boundaries to create fabric-like pieces: quiet, minimal, and meditative. The finished surfaces have a burnished glow.
Cockell lives in North Andover, Rissman in Bedford. Both artists work out of Western Avenue Studios in Lowell.
Fire and Fiber runs March 29-April 30, 2023 at Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA: open noon-5:30pm, Wednesday-Saturday, noon-4pm Sundays. Reception 3-5pm, Saturday, April 1. For details, visit www.theloadingdockgallery.com.
Loading Dock Gallery is part of Loading Dock Arts, Inc., a 501c3.

April Open Art Studios at Western Avenue
2023-04-01 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Western Avenue | Studios & Lofts, Western Avenue | Studios & Lofts, 122 Western Ave, Lowell, MA, United States
As New England blossoms into spring, Western Avenue Studios & Lofts invites you to experience our April Open Art Studios event. As you wander through the colorful halls and corridors, you’ll be immersed in a world of creativity and inspiration. You’ll find unique and handmade gifts, perfect for upcoming occasions. So don’t miss your chance to be a part of it on April 1st, from noon until 5 pm. We will also be welcoming Nibbana Cafe to their first-ever Open Studios event!
Food truck of the day: Empanada Dada (Outside our Main Entrance)
This month the Loading Dock Gallery hosts a show titled “Fire and Fiber”. With an artist reception from 3 pm until 5 pm.
Covid-19 Guidelines:
– Face coverings/masks are not required but recommended since some studios and businesses may require them for admission into their space.
– Guests experiencing Covid-19 symptoms or having been instructed to quarantine by a medical professional should not attend.
– We will have hand sanitation stations throughout the building.
There is no charge for this event. This event is dog-friendly. We just ask that you keep your pup on a leash.

Paul Revere Capture Ceremony
2023-04-08 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Minute Man National Historical Park, 174 Liberty St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
The Lincoln Minute Men, joined by other reenactment units, observe the capture of Paul Revere with historic music and a musket fire salute.

The Greater Merrimack Valley Restaurant Week
2023-04-10 - 2023-04-14 | MA
The Greater Merrimack Valley Restaurant Week is back by popular demand and again is extended to ALL of our 21 communities! Monday, April 10 Through Friday, April 14, 2023 Restaurant Week has something for everyone: Foodies, mark your calendars and plan to support your local dining establishments. Celebrate special menus and special prices!

Learn more on https://revolutionaryvalley.org/restaurant-week/

Battle Road
2023-04-15 | Minute Man National Historical Park, 174 Liberty St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
This is the signature living history event at Minute Man National Historical Park, featuring hundreds of volunteer reenactors. Learn about the events of April 19, 1775 through living history programs and demonstrations. For full event schedule visit https://www.nps.gov/mima/planyourvisit/special-event.htm

Lexington Patriot's Day Events
2023-04-15 - 2023-04-17 | Various Lexington Locations, 1666 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA, 02420, United States
Find out about all of our great Patriot’s Day events in Lexington, MA.
Lexington Patriots Day Events 2023

Concord Patriot's Day Events
2023-04-15 - 2023-04-17 | Concord Visitor Center, Concord Visitor Center, 58 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Find out about all of our great Patriot’s Day events in Concord, MA.

Patriots’ Day Free Family Activities
2023-04-17 10:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Concord Museum, Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Celebrate the start of the American Revolution by exploring artifacts in the Museum and then visiting our drop-in activities to learn about life and craft in the colonies. Visit a craftsperson in the Museum demonstrating various objects that were made of horn during the colonial period, including powder horns and everyday items like cups and combs. Beware of a Redcoat from the British Army roaming the galleries looking for Provincial rebels! Talk with him about the experiences of the Redcoats on April 19, 1775.
Museum admission is free on Patriots’ Day thanks to the generosity of the Highland Street Foundation.

Patriots’ Day Minuteman Encampment
2023-04-17 10:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Concord Museum, Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Visit the brave Acton Minutemen company in an encampment outside the Concord Museum on Patriots’ Day and see them drilling with muskets to prepare for battle, cooking over a firepit, and demonstrating colonial spinning and sewing.
This program is free and open to the public thanks to the generosity of the Massachusetts Society of Cincinnati and the Highland Street Foundation.

43.7623°N, 69.3203°W | Nan Hockenbury, Heidi Jackson, Bethany Peck, and Noel Soucy | May 3-28 at Loading Dock Gallery
2023-05-03 12:00 - 2023-05-28 16:00 (America/New_York) | Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, United States
Loading Dock Gallery presents 43.7623°N, 69.3203°W, a show of contemporary New England landscape painting. In August 2022, Nan Hockenbury, Heidi Jackson, Bethany Peck, and Noel Soucy traveled to Monhegan Island, ME. For six days they wandered the island and painted plein air. 43.7623°N, 69.3203°W knits together their diverse interpretations of those shared days, each artist using her own point of view to speak of the island’s rugged landscape and dramatic views.
Hockenbury paints with interlocking lozenges of color, translating boats, houses, and stones in jewel-like hues. Jackson evokes nature’s fleeting beauty with textured, expressionist strokes and gentle colors. Peck responds to her island wanderings with intuitive abstractions, focusing on the convergence of sky and sea. Soucy offers atmospheric images, layered in texture, an exploration of process as well as of the landscape observed.
43.7623°N, 69.3203°W runs May 3-28, 2023 at Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA: open noon-5:30 pm, Wednesday-Saturday, noon-4 pm Sundays. Reception 3-5 pm, Saturday, May 6, 3-5 pm. More at www.theloadingdockgallery.com.
Loading Dock Gallery is part of Loading Dock Arts, Inc., a 501c3.

Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
2023-05-13 11:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | 97 University Ave, Lowell, MA, 01854, United States
Take an inside look at the restored 1730s house listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse/Henry David Thoreau Birth House. Locally, it is also known as “Thoreau Farm.” Tour includes the lovingly restored second-floor room where Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. Visits to the house are by guided tour only. Come learn about the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau and consider lessons about living deliberately that we can learn from his legacy.

Art Workshops by Lowell National Historical Park
2023-05-14 - 2023-10-22 | Lowell National Historical Park – Boott Cotton Mills Gallery, 115 John Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
See here for updated events.
https://www.nps.gov/lowe/planyourvisit/calendar.htm
Art In the Park 2023

Art in the Park with Mary Hart: Wise Owls
2023-05-14 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Lowell National Historical Park Boott Cotton Mills Museum Counting House, 115 John Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
In celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month join us and create majestic owls based on a kite design from Thailand. Participants will trace, cut out, color and decorate this owl using heavy paper, markers and oil pastels, colorful streamers will be attached with help from the instructor.
