Revolutionary Valley Regional Tourism Council

Affirmation of Life: Art from Today’s Ukraine | January 31-February 25, 2024 | Reception on Saturday Feb. 3 , 3 - 5 pm | Loading Dock Gallery
2024-02-08 12:00 - 17:30, 2024-02-07 12:00 - 17:30, 2024-02-04 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-03 12:00 - 17:30, 2024-02-02 12:00 - 17:30, 2024-02-01 12:00 - 17:30, 2024-01-31 12:00 - 17:30 (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.

Everyday Engineering: Bridge Building
2024-02-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Discovery Museum, Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Engage in some everyday engineering as you construct and create with repurposed and recycled materials. Bridges help us safely get from here to there. From blocks to paper, we’ll experiment with simple supplies to design and build some sturdy and strong structures.

PWHL vs. Montreal
2024-02-04 15:30 - 17:30 | Tsongas Center, Tsongas Center, 300 Arcand Dr, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) has announced that its Boston franchise will play home games at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell.
The PWHL officially launched in August with the introduction of six original teams and the foundation to assemble rosters featuring the best women’s hockey players in the world. Among the stars suiting up for New York are Hilary Knight, Megan Keller, Aerin Frankel and the team’s third overall draft pick Alina Muller.

Indoor Garden
2024-02-04 10:00 - 12:00 | Discovery Museum, Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Enjoy some green plants during the grey of winter. Make observations, touch, compare and contrast a variety of indoor plants.

Live Greek & Middle Eastern Music and Bellydancing
2024-02-03 20:00 - 23:00, 2024-01-27 20:00 - 23:00 | Athenian Corner Restaurant, 207 Market Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Live music and dancing featuring the Athenian Corner Ensemble

UML MBB vs. UNH
2024-02-03 17:00 - 19:00 | Tsongas Center, Tsongas Center, 300 Arcand Dr, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Check out the UML Men’s Basketball team take on University of New Hampshire on February 3rd at 5:00pm!

Concord History with a Chocolate Twist
2024-02-03 13:00 - 14:30, 2024-02-02 13:00 - 14:30 | Concord Visitor Center, Concord Visitor Center, 58 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
The tour will touch on the town’s revolutionary and literary history while visiting sites such as The Milldam, Monument Square, The Old Hill Burial Ground and more.
Participants will enjoy a taste of locally roasted nuts combined with handcrafted chocolate at Gräem Nuts and Chocolate and get a taste of their Signature Handmade Bark. Other stops include Priscilla’s Candy Shop, a fourth generation family owned candy shop, hand making fine chocolates, truffles, fudges and caramels since 1936, and the Concord Cheese Shop for a taste of locally made Chocolate Chevre Cheese. The tour will end at Nosh.
Reservations are required for this tour and must be booked 24 hours in advance.

UML Hockey vs. Boston College
2024-02-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Tsongas Center, Tsongas Center, 300 Arcand Dr, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
The UMass Lowell River Hawks take on Boston College on February 2nd, 2024.

2024 Golden Gloves
2024-02-01 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-01-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 E Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Lowell Sun Charities is proud to present the 77th Annual Golden Gloves at Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Thursdays from January 11 – March 7. Don’t miss a moment of one of the longest-standing New England sports traditions, as the best amateur boxers from the area battle it out across the weeks to see who will be crowned champion. Thursday Night is Fight Night at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium!

Eco-Films Series: Dead Sea Guardians
2024-01-30 18:30 - 20:00 | Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States
For this first film “Dead Sea Guardians” – Historic enemies unite to save the Dead Sea from disappearing. The film follows three swimmers who cross the Dead Sea to inspire actions to save it.
The 2024 Eco-Film Series is presented by the Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust on the last Tuesday of every month, January through June. This free series is offered annually in partnership with the Lowell Film Collaborative and are screened at the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center.
The 2024 line-up covers topics such as: historic enemies uniting to save the Dead Sea, mushroom harvesting on public lands, a 200-mile trek on the L.A. aqueduct, and the extraordinary lives of Steward Udall and Betty Reid Soskin.

Backyard and Beyond: Weather the Weather
2024-01-30 10:00 - 10:30 | Discovery Museum, Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Join us in Discovery Woods to celebrate whatever weather Mother Nature decides give us today. We’ll be doing an activity that works with the weather, whether it’s windy, sunny, or snowy.

Love & Loss | An Original Cabaret Presented by Dramatically Incorrect
2024-01-27 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-01-26 19:30 - 22:00 | 115 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Directed By Bailey Gleason and Katie Fitzpatrick
Choreographed by Paul Gymziak

PWHL vs. Minnesota
2024-01-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Tsongas Center, Tsongas Center, 300 Arcand Dr, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States

Unraveling: Author Peggy Orenstein in Conversation with Rebecca Kneale Gould
2024-01-27 11:00 - 12:00 | 115 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
In this lively, funny memoir, Peggy Orenstein sets out to make a sweater from scratch—shearing, spinning, dyeing wool—and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft. Orenstein spins a yarn that will appeal to everyone.
The COVID pandemic propelled many people to change their lives in ways large and small. Some adopted puppies. Others stress-baked. Peggy Orenstein, a lifelong knitter, went just a little further. To keep herself engaged and cope with a series of seismic shifts in family life, she set out to make a garment from the ground up: learning to shear sheep, spin and dye yarn, then knitting herself a sweater.
Orenstein hoped the project would help her process not just wool but her grief over the recent death of her mother and the decline of her dad, the impending departure of her college-bound daughter, and other thorny issues of aging as a woman in a culture that by turns ignores and disdains them. What she didn’t expect was a journey into some of the major issues of our time: climate anxiety, racial justice, women’s rights, the impact of technology, sustainability, and, ultimately, the meaning of home.
With her wry voice, sharp intelligence, and exuberant honesty, Orenstein shares her year-long journey as daughter, wife, mother, writer, and maker—and teaches us all something about creativity and connection.
Peggy Orenstein is also the author of the New York Times best-sellers Boys & Sex, Girls & Sex, Cinderella Ate My Daughter and Waiting for Daisy as well as Don’t Call Me Princess, Flux, and the classic SchoolGirls.
A frequent contributor to The New York Times and a contributing writer for AFAR, Peggy has also written for such publications as The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, New York, The Atlantic and The New Yorker, and has contributed commentaries to NPR’s All Things Considered and The PBS News Hour. She has been featured on, among other programs, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, The Today Show, Morning Joe, and NPR’s Fresh Air. Her TED Talk, “What Young Women Believe About Their Own Sexual Pleasure,” has been viewed over six million times.
The Columbia Journalism Review named Peggy one of its “40 women who changed the media business in the past 40 years.” She has been recognized for her “Outstanding Coverage of Family Diversity,” by the Council on Contemporary Families and received Books For A Better Life Awards for Girls & Sex and Waiting for Daisy. Her work has also been honored by the Commonwealth Club of California, the National Women’s Political Caucus of California and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She has been awarded fellowships by the U.S.-Japan Foundation and the Asian Cultural Council and residencies by Mesa Refuge and the UCross Foundation.
Peggy will be joined in conversation by Rebecca Kneale Gould, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and co-chair of the Philosophy, Religion and Environment Focus at Middlebury College, author of At Home in Nature: Modern Homesteading and Spiritual Practice in America, member of the Thoreau Society’s board of directors, and proud a shepherd with a small flock of rescue sheep.
Praise for Unraveling:
“While Orenstein’s garment is the work of an amateur, this book is anything but.”—The Washington Post
“This witty, irreverent memoir is…an absolute delight to read.” —Minneapolis StarTribune
“By book’s end, the reader is ready to identify deep, intrinsic beauty in anything that is difficult to create.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

Hands-On History: Quill Pen Writing
2024-01-27 10:00 - 15:30 | 115 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Goose feathers were the perfect writing utensil of the past – about writing in the 18th century and try writing with a real quill pen! Drop in any time between 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM and 1:30 – 3:30 PM to learn. This activity is suitable for all ages, including adults!
Included with museum admission.

UML Hockey vs. Providence
2024-01-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Tsongas Center, Tsongas Center, 300 Arcand Dr, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
The UMass Lowell River Hawks take on Providence on January 26th, 2024!

Open Mic Night
2024-01-26 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!!

Full Moon Tour at deCordova
2024-01-25 19:00 - 20:00 | deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Bring your family and firneds to see sculptures transformed by the moonlight in this special after-hours tour.
Small group tours with deCordova’s experienced Museum Guides last 60-75 minutes. Please dress for the wather with sturdy footwear. Bring a flashlight or lantern.
Visitors should park in the main lot and meet their Museum Guide in front of the Museum. Questions about accessibility? Please contact Cindy at cclark@thetrustees.org
More details:
Well behaved, leashed dogs are welcome
Can’t make this date? Full moon tours are offered monthly

Make a Mess: Sensory Snow
2024-01-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Discovery Museum, Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Let it snow! Even if it’s not snowing outside, we’ll still be able to make some mini snowballs and snowmen with our baking soda and shaving cream “snow”. Use your hands to mix together the two ingredients and see how it compares to the real thing!

Perspectives on East & Southeast Asian Folktales...
2024-01-24 18:30 - 20:00 | MA
Book launch for Perspectives on East & Southeast Asian Folktales, edited by UMass Lowell Professors Allyssa McCabe and Prof. Minjeong Kim
