Revolutionary Valley Regional Tourism Council

Kerouac Park Beer and Wine Garden Series
2023-09-24, 2023-09-29, 2023-09-30, 2023-10-01, 2023-10-06, 2023-10-07, 2023-10-08 | Kerouac Park, 75 Bridge Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Hours:
Fridays: 4pm-10pm
Saturdays/Sundays: 11am-10pm
Indigenous People’s Day (Oct. 9th): 11am-10pm

The City of Lowell announces the debut of the Kerouac Park Beer and Wine Garden Series in partnership with The Anthem Group. Beginning September 22, and continuing every weekend through October 15, Kerouac Park will host a delightful blend of craft beverages, rotating food trucks, live music, and lawn games.

Nature Explorers
2023-09-24 10:00 - 11:30, 2023-10-01 10:00 - 11:30 (America/New_York) | Discovery Museum, Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Sundays, September 17, 24, and October 1; 10:00am – 11:30am
Location: Outdoors
Cost: $30 per child includes all 3 sessions but does NOT include Museum admission. If you wish to also visit the Museum, separate reservations are required through our website.
What: Join our outdoor educator for a series of outdoor explorations. Each week we will venture onto the Great Hill conservation land next to the Museum and practice our science and naturalism skills together. Identify trees, search for bugs and slugs, and slow down to notice the rhythm of forest life. Our learning and exploration will build across all three sessions and focus on developing skills like observation, making inferences, communicating, classifying, and measuring. This program is rain or shine but will be cancelled for extreme inclement weather.
When: Sundays, September 17, 24, and October 1; 10:00am – 11:30am. Attendees should plan to attend and participate in all three sessions.
For whom: This program is for kids 6-9 years of age and their caregiver(s) to do together. This is not a drop-off program.
Cost: $30/child, includes all three sessions, but does NOT include Museum admission. If you wish to visit the museum, separate reservations are required through our website.

The Farm Market at Mill No. 5
2023-09-24 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-10-01 10:00 - 13:00 | Mill No. 5, Mill No. 5, 250 Jackson St, Lowell, MA, United States
The Farm Market at Mill No. 5 features fresh produce from local farms as well as other artisan food makers such as fresh made breads, eggs, meat, cheese, yogurt, jams, pickles, mead, hot sauces, and so much more! The Farm Market runs every Sunday 10 am – 1 PM. From June through October the market is held outdoors on Jackson St. During the winter months, the market is held on the fourth floor of Mill No. 5 amongst a variety of other local businesses.
The Farm Market also features local live music every week. It is fun for the whole family.

Art in the Park with Claire Gagnon Drawing Class: Lowell Architecture
2023-09-24 11:00 - 13:00 | Lowell National Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowelll, MA, 01852, United States
Today’s Program
In this class, students will learn how to get inspired by the beautiful Lowell architecture. Concepts such as vanishing point and horizon line. Using the buildings on Middle Street and on Shattuck Street, the teacher will start with a simple demonstration, then the students will draw. Some of the students may have time to do a few drawings, and others will only do one drawing during the allotted time.
Materials used:
sketchbook, pencils, eraser. Also recommended: light chair, hat, sunscreen, water to drink
Location
Mary J. Bacigalupo Victorian Garden (21-25 Shattuck St, Lowell, MA 01852).
Suggested Audience
Adult Students of all levels. No prior experience required.
About the Artist
Claire Gagnon has been teaching for 5 years. She created Chez Claire Art School in 2018 and teaches adult painting and drawing classes at the Brush Art Gallery and Studios in her studio. Claire’s approach to teaching is very gentle and inspiring for students. Teaching is personalized. Claire started painting in 1995 and is very passionate about creation and outdoor drawing and painting.
Call 978-970-5000 to reserve your spot

GMVCVB OPEN HOUSE The Inn at Hastings Park
2023-09-27 16:30 - 18:30 | The Inn at Hastings Park, 2027 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA, 02421, United States
Join us for a REV250 Update.
Open Houses are informal networking events held at member companies. At Open Houses, businesses are invited to introduce themselves to other businesses, enjoy refreshments, beverages, tours, prizes, and more. Don’t forget your business cards!
Year 2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the historic Battles of Concord and Lexington on April 19, 1775 and the events leading to the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. These two communities, along with The State of MA commission on Rev250, have joined to commemorate these historic moments. We invite you to learn more about how this series of 2025 events will impact tourism and business in the Greater Merrimack Valley and specifically how hotels leisure and group sales will be impacted during brief comments at each open house.
OPEN HOUSE AGENDA
4:30pm Open House
5:15pm-5:30pm Welcome & Rev250 Celebration Discussion Points
6:30pm Open House Adjourn

Town Center Beer Garden & Local Business Fest Thursdays
2023-09-28 16:30 - 20:30 | Burlington Town Commons, 202 Cambridge St, Burlington, MA, 01803, United States
Beginning Thursday, September 7, various New England-based breweries will be on location serving their
specialty beverages along with a variety of non-alcohol options from 4:30pm-8:30pm.
Burlington’s Town Center independent restaurants will also be on-site offering signature food dishes every
Thursday, including Hala Eats!, Pizza Works, Rosa Mexicano, True North Coffee, Al Maidah, Sausage Guy,
Viet Citron & School House Ice Cream.
People are encouraged to purchase food, snacks from the businesses along the Cambridge Street corridor,
and enjoy them at Community Corner pocket park. The breweries will rotate each Thursday:
9/7 Zero Gravity
9/14 Lord Hobo
9/21 Lawson’s Finest Liquid
9/28 Mighty Squirrel
An estimated 1,200 people participated in last year’s family and dog-friendly events which featured a
different Massachusetts brewery each week.
Town Center Beer Garden & Local Business Thursdays is part of Burlington’s “placemaking” effort which
is a people-centered approach to the planning, design, and use of public spaces. Through a collaborative
process, do-able improvements are identified and implemented that bring immediate benefits to the people
who use these spaces.
Community Corner pocket park is an installation that converted vehicle parking spaces at 184 Cambridge
Street into a playful public space with green turf. In 2022, Mary Leach’s “Community Corner” entry was chosen as the winning name in the Name the Park contest. Building upon the success of the 2022 Beer Garden Thursdays and the 2021 Beer Garden & Business Open House event, this weekly Thursday night program in September is expected to once again increase foot traffic and business activity in Burlington’s Town Center.
Event Information:
Community Beer Garden Thursdays
When: Thursdays – September 7, 14, 21 & 28
Location: “Community Corner” Pocket Park in Burlington Town Center, 202 Cambridge Street (beside
Coldwell Banker Realty)
Time: 4:30pm – 8:30pm

Special Exhibition ~ Interwoven: Women's Lives Written in Thread
2023-09-29 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-30 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-01 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-03 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-04 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-05 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-06 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-07 10:00 - 16:00 | Concord Museum, Concord Museum, 53 Cambridge Tpke, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
“Interwoven: Women’s Lives Written in Thread” highlights needlework produced by young women in New England and specifically the extraordinary collection of samplers at the Concord Museum. Featuring 30 samplers sewn in the early 1700s to mid-1800s, the exhibition explores how young women created records of their own lives and experiences, written in thread.
“Interwoven: Women’s Lives Written in Thread” explores the history of needlework and embroidery, its importance as an art form, and its significance to women in the 18th and 19th centuries. Intended to showcase young women’s accomplishments, the samplers also communicate details of their lives and education, their communities, and their families. The exhibition provides a unique view into their private lives. For most of these young women, their samplers are the only objects that survive from their lives. Many of the samplers have never been displayed before.
Learn about the education of privileged young women in the early republic and understand how wealth and enslaved labor enabled them to pursue decorative arts. Explore the materials used in constructing samplers, such as linens, dyes and silk, and how and where these materials were produced. View samplers that demonstrate how women recorded family history and the loss of loved ones through needlework. Understand how they incorporated the importance of community and a strong sense of place in their samplers.
Exhibition sponsored by The Coby Foundation.

GLADLY
2023-09-29 15:00 - 17:00 | The Center for Hope and Healing, Inc., The Center for Hope and Healing, Inc., 15 Hurd St, Lowell, MA, United States
GLADLY is a youth group for LGBQ/T identifying folks ages 14-18, facilitated through the Center for Hope and Healing in Lowell, MA. It is a space where folks can bring […]

Henry David Thoreau Walking Tour
2023-09-30 10:00 - 11:30 | Concord Visitor Center, Concord Visitor Center, 58 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Did you know that Henry David Thoreau was baptized David Henry Thoreau? Did you know that he willingly spent a night in jail in July of 1846 but had to be kicked out the next morning? Join us for a 90-minute, two-mile walk where we will visit some of the places that were significant during Thoreau’s life and discuss the principles he lived by. We will begin where Henry taught school after graduating from Harvard College and where he spent a night in jail. We will visit his gravesite on Author’s Ridge in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery where you will learn about his family and his famous neighbors. If time allows, we will walk past the house where Henry lived the last 12 years of his life. We will also visit the Concord Public Library to view photographs and sculptures of Henry Thoreau. The tour will conclude with tea at Barrow Bookstore. Our guide will also suggest other sites important in Henry’s life that you can visit on your own. Please note that due to time and distant constraints this tour does not go to Walden Pond.
Call 978-318-3061 or email visitors@concordma.gov to schedule your tour or CLICK
Limited availability:
Saturday Sept. 23, 10 a.m.
Saturday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m.
Tuesday, October 10th 10 AM
Sunday, October 22, 10 AM

Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
2023-09-30 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-07 11:00 - 16:00 | 115 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, 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.

Live Greek & Middle Eastern Music and Bellydancing
2023-09-30 20:00 - 23:00, 2023-10-07 20:00 - 23:00 | Athenian Corner Restaurant, 207 Market Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Live music and dancing featuring the Athenian Corner Ensemble

Discovery Museum Reflection Room: Whose Land are We On?
2023-10-07 09:00 - 16:30 | Discovery Museum, Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
October 10th is Indigenous People’s Day, a day to honor and celebrate Native American Peoples. Join us as we explore a variety of stories written by Indigenous authors to learn more about Native histories and cultures. Take a closer look at a map of New England to see where the tribal territories overlay the borders that we know as our current cities and towns. Then, add a mark to the map where you live to find out whose land we are really on.

Beyond 1775: Concord and the Massachusetts National Guard
2023-10-07 14:00 - 15:30 | Concord Visitor Center, Concord Visitor Center, 58 Main St, Concord, MA, 01742, United States
Be one of the first to explore Concord’s 1915 armory and learn about the near 400-year history of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, the oldest component of the United States Armed Forces. Hear stories of remarkable service and view the objects that witnessed war. The tour will also offer participants a special glimpse into the Massachusetts National Guard Museum while it prepares to open to the public. Concord may be famous for April 19, 1775, but its service to the Commonwealth and Nation continue to this very day.
Offered on the following dates only.
September 15 at 10am
October 7 at 2pm
October 13 and 20 at 10am
Tour meets at 91 Everett Street Concord
