Revolutionary Valley Regional Tourism Council

Special Exhibition ~ Interwoven: Women's Lives Written in Thread
2023-11-01 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-31 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-29 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-28 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-27 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-26 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-25 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-24 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) and 1 more date | 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.

Gaslight
2023-11-01, 2023-10-29, 2023-10-28, 2023-10-27, 2023-10-26, 2023-10-25, 2023-10-22 | Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 50 E Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Based on the play by Patrick Hamilton
A new version for the stage by Steven Dietz
Directed by Courtney Sale
October 18 – November 5
A psychological thriller adapted by Steven Dietz based on the 1939 play by Patrick Hamilton and the 1944 Ingrid Bergman film. Gaslight thrillingly delves into the horrors of psychological abuse, where the truth is fickle for characters and audience alike. With undertones of Sherlock Holmes and film noir, it’s a story replete with mystery, double-crosses, and at its core a statement on the injustice and impact of abuse.
Produced in partnership with Cincinnati Shakespeare Company

Show Schedule:

Halloween Hullabaloo
2023-10-31 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-10-29 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-10-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Discovery Museum, Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Join us as we celebrate Halloween weekend! Dress for the occasion and give your Halloween costume the chance to spook, sparkle, and shine. Challenge yourself to a few holes of Pumpkin Putt Putt and other outdoor games with a frightfully fun twist. Use your powers of observation on a Spooktacular Scavenger Hunt and expect other ghostly surprises to pop up around the Museum! Some outdoor activities will be weather dependent.

Halloween 6th Annual Craft & Vendor Fair
2023-10-29 10:00 - 14:00 | 97 University Ave, Lowell, 01854, United States
Halloween 6th Annual Craft & Vendor Fair
Oct 29th
10a-2p
Chelmsford Elks
300 Littleton Rd
Chelmsford, MA
30 Plus Vendors
Raffle Table
Free Admission
Cash Bar
Bring the kids dressed in costume & let them Trick Or Treat our vendors
*1st 100 kids will receive a Trick Or Treat Bag
*Events By The Purple Butterfly is the ONLY contact for this event

The Farm Market at Mill No. 5
2023-10-29 10:00 - 13:00, 2023-10-22 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.

Live Greek & Middle Eastern Music and Bellydancing
2023-10-28 20:00 - 23:00, 2023-10-21 20:00 - 23:00 | Athenian Corner Restaurant, 207 Market Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Live music and dancing featuring the Athenian Corner Ensemble

Tours of Thoreau Farm, the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
2023-10-28 11:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-21 11:00 - 16:00 | 97 University Ave, Lowell, 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.

Second Annual Lowell Asian American Film Festival
2023-10-22 12:00 - 20:00, 2023-10-21 12:00 - 19:00
Middlesex Community College and the City of Lowell are thrilled to host the Second Annual Lowell Asian American Film Festival. This FREE 3 day weekend film festival features Asian American directed films from across the country for a weekend of celebrating art culture and diversity. Guests are also invited to the festival’s opening reception Friday, October 20 which will feature live DJ, traditional Khmer dance and music performances, and delicious Asian food.
Location:
MCC’s Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center
240 Central St, Lowell, MA 01852
Link to Second Annual Lowell Asian American Film Festival:
https:/www.middlesex.mass.edu/laaff/default.aspx

Art in the Park with Jessica Peill-Meininghaus: Needlefelting- Practice IS Perfect
2023-10-22 11:00 - 13:00 | Lowell National Historical Park Boott Cotton Mills Museum Counting House, 115 John Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
About Art in the Park
Join LNHP and diverse local artists for our Art in the Park series of plein air (outdoors) art workshops. Under the guidance and teaching of local artists, we will use Lowell as a backdrop for inspiration and expression. Join in to grow your creative skill in different mediums, from drawing and watercolor to portrait work and acrylic painting. Lowell is a City of Artists – Each artist will bring their own expertise to share with you and help facilitate your own process of creating.
Please note the age guidance for each workshop -some workshops are more well-suited to younger artists and family groups than others. The program is free, but space is limited, and reservations are required. Please call 978-970-5000 to reserve a spot.
Learn to turn dyed wool into pictures and sculptures using a barbed needle known as a felting needle.
Materials used:
Sheep’s wool, felting needles, foam pads, pipe cleaners, woven fabric (as base)- if you have any felting supplies and wish to bring it, that would be great!
Suggested Audience
Ages 6+ Felting needles are very sharp so hand-eye coordination is important, children should be accompanied by an adult for supervision at all times.
About the Artist
Jessica lives with her family in New England. There she makes art, writes, plays in her studio, teaches, walks in Nature and plots ways to re-wild her yard while feeding the birds. She has been felting for over 30 years and making art in many forms since she could barely walk.
Please call 978-970-5000 to reserve a spot.

Henry David Thoreau Walking Tour
2023-10-22 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
