Revolutionary Valley Regional Tourism Council

LGBTQ+ Meditation in Brighton | Rainbow Sangha (Boston)
2026-06-24 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-06-17 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-06-10 19:00 - 20:00, 2026-06-03 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | The Presentation School Foundation Community Center, 640 Washington Street, Boston, MA, 02135, United States
Rainbow Sangha is a weekly meditation circle created for the Boston LGBTQ+ community. This is a welcoming, beginner-friendly space to slow down, breathe, and reconnect — with yourself and with others.
Whether you’re completely new to meditation or have an established practice, you are welcome here.
What to Expect
• A warm, inclusive environment • A short guided meditation (20–30 minutes) • Quiet reflection time • Light community connection afterward
No prior meditation experience is needed.
This space is open to all LGBTQ+ identities and allies who respect and affirm queer community. Our intention is to create a calm, supportive space centered on wellbeing and belonging.
Details
📍 Location: New Balance Room, PSF Community Center (Lower Level), 640 Washington Street, Brighton MA 🕖 Wednesdays, 7–8 PM
Please arrive a few minutes early to settle in. Wear comfortable clothing.
We look forward to building a consistent and caring community together.

A River Transformed Walking Tour
2026-06-24 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-06-23 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-06-22 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-06-21 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-06-20 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-06-19 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-06-18 14:00 - 15:30, 2026-06-17 14:00 - 15:30 and 2 more dates | 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.

Live Greek & Middle Eastern Music and Bellydancing
2026-06-20 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-06-13 20:00 - 23:00, 2026-06-06 20:00 - 23:00 | Athenian Corner Restaurant, 207 Market Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Live music and dancing featuring the Athenian Corner Ensemble

Peter Mulvey and Jenna Nicholls Present: Floyd Mercantile
2026-06-20 19:30 - 22:00 | Bedford Town Hall, 10 Mudge Way, Bedford, 01730, United States
In April 2025, Peter Mulvey and Jenna Nicholls, along with guitarist Ross Bellenoit, traveled to Floyd, a small mountain town located in the Blue Ridge Highlands of Southwest Virginia, for five uninterrupted days of recording. What emerged is Floyd Mercantile — a record that feels both intimate and timeless.
The makeshift studio was a decommissioned general store called (you guessed it!) Floyd Mercantile — a weathered wooden building standing across the road from an open pasture where cows wandered and grazed in the gentle early spring. (One cow even volunteered to be on the album cover.) Inside those old walls, the trio recorded the album live — no isolation booths, no heavy overdubbing — just three musicians in a room, listening closely and letting the songs unfold in real time.
The sessions were recorded by Jeff Oehler and filmed in their entirety by partner Sue Bibeau and their associate Skylar Locke. Together, Sue and Jeff comprise Beehive Pro, an audio, visual, and design collective famed for their intimate recordings and thoughtfully considered visuals. They captured not just the sound, but the atmosphere — the wood floors, the daylight through the dusty windows, and the creak of the porch boards could all be considered session players on this album.
The repertoire bridges eras. Mostly comprised of songs Peter and Jenna wrote separately, there are a few gems from the Great American Songbook: “Skylark” (Hoagy Carmichael/Johnny Mercer), “Them There Eyes” (Maceo Pinkard/Doris Tauber/William Tracey), and “I’ll Be Seeing You” (Sammy Fain/Irving Kahal).
The visual and sonic tones of the project reflect the periods these songs evoke — even the newly composed tracks feel in conversation with another time. The goal was not nostalgia, but continuity: to stand inside the lineage of American song and add something honest and present to it.
Floyd Mercantile is not just an album. It’s a document of place. Of three musicians in a room. Of songs — old and new — allowed to breathe in the quiet of a Virginia afternoon.

Private Salty Reiki Healing with Anabel
2026-06-19, 2026-06-12, 2026-06-05 | The Salted Soul Salt Cave, 340 Great Road, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Every Friday, Anabel is here offering private reiki sessions in the cave. Get your salt therapy and reiki healing all at once. Investment is $145.
Appointment options are:
*10:00-11:00am
*11:30-12:30pm
*1:00-2:00pm

Ike Dweck
2026-06-17 19:30 - 22:30
Find tickets for Ike Dweck at Taffeta Music Hall in Lowell on 6/17/2026 at 7:30 PM

Shawn Colvin and Rodney Crowell
2026-06-13 19:30
Ticket listings for Shawn Colvin and Rodney Crowell at Groton Hill Music Center in Groton, Massachusetts on 13/06/2026

Hands-On History: Weaving and Working on the Line
2026-06-13 13:00 - 16:00 | Lowell National Historical Park – Boott Cotton Mills Museum, 3rd Floor, 115 John Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Saturday, June 13th from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (Drop in!)
Experience history by doing!
Lowell National Historical Park and the Tsongas Industrial History Center are excited to welcome you for “Hands-On History” — part of the City of Lowell’s Bicentennial celebrations and the Tsongas Industrial History Center’s 35th anniversary!
“Hands-On History” takes place the 2nd Saturday of each month through October.
3rd Floor, Boott Cotton Mills Museum (115 John St., Lowell, MA)
This month’s activities include:
Weaving on a hand loom and try working on a fun assembly line.
These free, drop-in workshops are appropriate for all ages.
Explore our educational workshop spaces at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum and discover how the Industrial Revolution shaped life then and now. Whether you’re a returning visitor or brand new to history, there’s something hands-on for everyone.
Questions: Call 978-970-5080 or email: TIHC@uml.edu

250th Anniversary Flag Day Celebration
2026-06-13 10:00 - 22:00 | Woburn Common, Woburn, Massachusetts, 01801, United States
The City of Woburn will continue its commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution on Saturday, June 13, with a full day of events held in coordination with the City’s annual Flag Day festivities. The schedule includes Revolutionary War reenactments, a march from the Pocket Park to Woburn Common, a flag raising, music, musket firing display, a performance reading of the Declaration of Independence, student banner recognition, burial ground tours, a special library exhibition, and the Kiwanis Flag Day Festival and fireworks.
10:30 a.m., 460 Main Street to Woburn Common: Period reenactors will present a brief performance about the morning of April 19, 1775, when the Woburn militia gathered at Fowle Tavern before marching to Lexington. Reenactors will then lead a march from the Pocket Park to the Common, followed by a flag raising, city band performance, and musket firing display.
11:15 a.m., Woburn Common, 10 Common Street: A short public performance will bring the Declaration of Independence to life through a reading and first-person accounts from period reenactors.
11:45 a.m., Woburn Common, 10 Common Street: A short ceremony will recognize student banner design winners in coordination with the Woburn Historical Society.
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Woburn Public Library, 45 Pleasant Street: A rare printing of the Declaration of Independence and other Revolutionary and Civil War artifacts will be on view as part of the exhibition We the People.
12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., First and Second Burial Grounds: Burial ground tours will be offered at the First Burial Ground, accessed from Park Street, and the Second Burial Ground, accessed from Montvale Avenue adjacent to the Peterson School.
1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Library Field, 63 Harrison Avenue: The annual Kiwanis Flag Day Festival will include family-friendly activities, live music, games, food trucks, and fireworks.

2026 Festival of Colors (Spring Festival), Lexington, MA
2026-06-07 13:00 - 17:00 | Hastings Park, Hastings Park, Lexington, MA 02421, Lexington, MA, 02420, United States
Spring Fest!
Inviting the entire Lexington community & beyond
Multicultural – Veg. Feast – Live Music – Henna – Yoga – Fun!!!
$7 online registration ($10 at gate) – Includes one packet of colors (Children under 5 – always free!)
Date: June 7, 2026
Venue: Hastings Park, Lexington, MA
Time: 1 pm – 5 pm
24 Multi-cultural performances | 2 Live bands | 250+ Performers | 29 Sponsors | 7 Multi-cultural cuisines | 8 High-school Emcee’s | Lots of outdoor games
Just as a multitude of colors springs up in nature with the onset of spring, human beings have been endowed with many colors. We see this very evidently in our Town of Lexington, home to people with ties to many different parts of the world. Our Festival of Colors aims to celebrate the many colors in our lives and the oneness of it all.
This will be a 4-hour program where –
* You will enjoy family-friendly cultural presentations like dances (American, Mladost, Mexican, Chinese, Taiwanese, Sri Lankan, and Indian), musical bands (Fausto and the Sixteen Sixty (Italian) and Taal Mel (Indian)), etc – Mladost Folk Ensemble, Kinetic Synergy Dance Company, Legacy Dance Company, Dance Inn Youth Intensive, New England Martial Art Academy, CAAL (Dragon), Dance for Joy Dance Troupe, Artisan Dance Academy (Little fish – 10 yrs), Artisan Dance Academy (Dai Dance – 9 yrs), Artisan Dance Academy (13 yrs), Dance for Joy Dance Troupe, Bharathakalai School of Dance, Samskriti school of Kuchipudi Dance, Mona’s Dance Academy, Triveni School of Dance, Studio Bollywood, Upasana Odissi, Swasti Bhargava, Nikitasbda Masti group, Rashmi Rao, Bhumika Patel, Bina, Accapalo (2 groups), Jai Ho, and LHS Musical Flash Mob
* You can relish cuisines from the vegetarian food stalls and an ice cream truck (Desi Adda, Nirvana, Saihomecooking (Sima), Indian Pizzeria, Ice Cream, and others)
* Booths/vendors from different communities will display their wares and services (Jamsen Management, Woburn Urgent Care, RSM, DCU, Elite Freestyle, KTByte, Penguin Coding School, Math Studio, Einstein’s Workshop, Eastern Bank, Kumon, LexARTs, Surabhi Rathi Real Estate Agent, New Legacy Cultural Center, Stop-n-Shop, Michaelson, Gordon Optical, Levine Orthodontics, Lexington Family Dental, Rancs, Omar’s world of comics, Musical and Maestro, and Raj Kishan (CPA))
* Entertainment for all ages includes bouncy houses, henna, and face-painting booths
* Finally, we will play with dry organic powdered colors – a tradition from India where we welcome spring and greet friends by applying colors on each other’s faces and throwing colors in the air

Lowell Writers Open Mic
2026-06-04 18:30 - 20:00

Backyard and Beyond: Outdoor Yoga at Discovery Museum
2026-06-04 13:30 - 14:00 | Discovery Museum, Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Join us to move your body and connect with nature while doing outdoor yoga! Yoga improves physical and mental strength, like self-awareness and focus. Kelly Western, professional yoga instructor, will lead a fun yoga class for children and adults that incorporates balance, strength, stretching, and mindfulness in the context of connecting with nature. Yoga mats available. (Optional: Bring your own yoga mat or beach towel.) Inclement weather may result in changes to the program, or cancellation.

The Truth About Baked Beans: An Edible History of New England
2026-05-31 14:00 - 15:30 | Bedford Historical Society, 16 South Road, Bedford, 01730, United States
Meg Muckenhoupt will bring smiles—and a hunger for popular foods—during her discussion about the history of New England’s food, immigration, tourism, and how ideas about identity have shaped our menus from 1825 to today.
Author of “The Truth about Baked Beans: An Edible History of New England,” Muckenhoupt’s book began with a simple question: When did Bostonians start putting molasses in their baked beans? That question sent her on a lengthy journey through invented histories, selective memories, and changing tastes from colonial New England to the present day.
Her presentation will cap the Society’s Annual Meeting, including elections of Directors and reports from Society officers.
Doors open at 2 PM for a social period and refreshments
2:15 PM – Announcements and Annual Meeting, followed by the Guest Speaker
