Lowell Kids Week: Choose Your Artist
2024-02-21 15:00 - 15:45 (America/New_York) | Brush Art Gallery & Studios, Brush Art Gallery & Studios, 256 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States
Ages 10-12, registration required
Visit throughout the afternoon and choose one of four artist classes to learn a new kind of art! Claire Gagnon will teach the process of neurographic art that combines abstract lines with a realistic object. Tom Whiting will teach digital drawing on so bring your own digital device (iPad or Android tablet) but a device is not required. Lolita Demers will teach sculpting with self-hardening clay. Amber Hurley will teach making pipe cleaner creations. Take your different art pieces home! Please register for a session at www.chezclaireartschool.com.

Lowell Kids Week: Paper Airplane Workshop
2024-02-21 15:00 - 16:00 | Lowell National Historical Park Boott Cotton Mills Museum Counting House, 115 John Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Grades 1-5
Do you know how a paper plane works? Join us for this hands-on STEM activity as we create and design our own paper planes. Together we’ll learn about how the structure of a paper plane determines how it will fly. Also discover a new book with the Pollard Memorial Library Bookmobile Team that you can check out that day
and even sign up for your own free library card! Visit our website for more information www.nps.gov/lowe/planyourvisit/kids-week.htm.

Loading Dock Gallery - Affirmation of Life - Art & Music Fundraising Event from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm on February 21st, 2024.
2024-02-21 17:30 - 20:30 | Loading Dock Gallery, 122 Western Avenue, Lowell, MA, United States
LOADING DOCK gallery at Western Avenue Studios 122 Western Ave, 2nd floor , Lowell, MA 01851
Affirmation of Life Fundraising Event: 6-8pm February 21st
Please join us, in partnership with the Ukrainian Cultural Initiative’s Nataliya Proskura and Vladislav Shapiro, for this evening of art and music from Ukraine. This show highlights the compelling artwork of today’s Ukrainian artists. Proskura is quoted in Art New England,
“We are thankful and excited to share the full spectrum of Ukrainian art. We want to show Americans that Ukraine is not just a country of fighters but also a land of great beauty and deep cultural history. “ Proceeds from the evening will help support artists living in Ukraine, financially help children’s art schools and support art therapy for veterans in Ukraine.
Egg Painting workshop – Pysanky – led by Alona Popova on February 21st, from 5:30 – 8:30 pm (limited seating). Register at theloadingdockarts.org
A program of Loading Dock Arts Inc.., a 501C3 nonprofit. theloadingdockgallery.com

PWHL vs. Ottawa
2024-02-21 19:00 - 21:00 | 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.

Lowell Kids Week: Crafty Kids: Cross-Stitch Charms
2024-02-22 10:00 - 11:30 | Pollard Memorial Library, Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Grades 3-6, Registration required
Learn how to make your own cross-stitch backpack charm! Each child or tween that registers will be provided a cross-stitch kit and accessories. Beginners are welcome and no sewing experience is needed. Please register at https://lowelllibrary.org/events/, or by calling 978-674-1529.

Science and Medicine (Grades 6-8)
2024-02-22 10:00 - 12:00 | 97 University Ave, Lowell, 01854, United States
People of the past used science just like we do every day, even on an 18th century farm! Learn how simple chores like writing a letter, working in the barn, or caring for a sick person utilize chemistry and physics. As we explore a historic tavern, we’ll become household scientists: making medicine by grinding herbs from the garden, using simple tools, and observing chemical reactions in making ink and butter!
This program is recommended for 6th – 8th graders.
$15 members, $20 nonmembers.
Advanced tickets required. Since children will be dropped off for this program, a LHS Children’s Program Participation Form is required.

Lowell Kids Week: English Classes for Kids
2024-02-22 10:00 - 12:00 | International Institute of New England, 101 Jackosn Street, Suite 2, Lowell, 01852, United States
Ages Toddler-5; Registration required
Clients of IINE can bring their toddler to five year old to learn English as a family including Music, Crafts, Healthy Snacks, and learn about Learning Apps. Please register by calling 978-459-903.

Lowell Kids Week: Lowell Public School Cozy Open House
2024-02-22 10:00 - 12:00 | lowell public schools family resource center, 155 Merrimack St, Lowell, 01852, United States
Grades Pre-K – 12, Registration required
Come on down to the Lowell Public Schools Family Resource Center! The Resource Center will be giving away books for kids Pre-K through 12th grade. Get cozy with a book, a cupcake and a cup of hot cocoa. You can also have your face painted by one our amazing LPS staff. Let’s continue to ring in the new year with reading goals. See you then! Please RSVP at www.shorturl.at/aijQ8.

Celebrate National Engineers Week: Dream City
2024-02-22 10:00 - 14:00, 2024-02-23 10:00 - 14:00 | Discovery Museum, Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, 01720, United States
Sunday, February 18 through Sunday, February 25, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Join us as we celebrate National Engineers Week and this year’s theme “Welcome to the Future”! Engage in some everyday engineering as we design a city where we can all thrive together while celebrating our uniqueness and supporting the planet we share. Help us collaboratively illustrate our future Dream City by adding your vison to our mural-sized paper illustration and prototype designs with simple building materials.

Lowell Kids Week: Video Gaming and Digital Literacy
2024-02-22 10:00 - 14:00 | YWCA Lowell, 41 Rock St, Lowell, 01852, United States
Grades 9-12, registration required
Join YWCA of Lowell as they explore options for Resume writing, job applications, college essays and video gaming. Spend the morning learning how to complete and formulate responses to many asked questions for job applications and college essays, break for lunch and spend the afternoon exploring the many avenues of video gaming! Fun and informative. Attend all three sessions and receive a Gift Card!! Please register by calling 978-458-9983 or emailing cnapolitano@ywcaoflowell.org

Affirmation of Life: Art from Today’s Ukraine | January 31-February 25, 2024 | Reception on Saturday Feb. 3 , 3 - 5 pm | Loading Dock Gallery
2024-02-22 12:00 - 17:30, 2024-02-23 12:00 - 17:30 | 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.

Lowell Kids Week: Bookmobile Visits
2024-02-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Mogan Cultural Center, 40 French Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
Visit the librarians of the Pollard Memorial Library bookmobile as they join the “Building Community,” “Poetry in Parks,” and “Games Around the World” events at Lowell National Historical Park. Discover a new book that you can check out that day and even sign up for your own free library card! The Bookmobile event on the 22nd will happen at the Lowell National Park Visitor Center. Find out more at https://lowelllibrary.org/services/bookmobile/.

ARTfull February Vacation
2024-02-22 13:00 - 15:00, 2024-02-23 13:00 - 15:00 | deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, United States
Create inspired by the question, What is the Nature of the Museum? Construct a sculptures and structures by cutting and folding cardstock. Draw a detailed floorplan in a blueprint of your own Museum. Arrange blocks and more to create an imaginative interpretation of deCordova’s campus. How much can we add to the space over the course of 3 days!
Find your own approach and/or collaborate to construct creative sculptures. Join us for a short time or the entire drop-in window.
For any age and an accompanying adult – all are welcome.
We’ll hold the program inside the Museum in the Dewey Family Gallery near the exhibition. In the event of a cancellation, those registered will receive an email.
Family programs are designed to welcome a wide range of ages and abilities. Please contact us to discuss reasonable adaptations to benefit anyone in your group.
Email Sarah Brockway, sbrockway@thetrustees.org if the price of the ticket is cost-prohibitive for your family.
Pre-ticketing is required in order to anticipate capacity. Your ticket includes admission to deCordova’s campus, so please feel free to explore the grounds before or after the program. You’re welcome to picnic in the Park. Bring your own picnic or pick up a bite to eat at the Twisted Tree Café and stop by The Store for a gift or souvenir.

Lowell Kids Week: Animals and Art
2024-02-22 13:00 - 15:00 | lowell humane society, Lowell Humane Society, 951 Broadway St, Lowell, MA, 01854, United States
Ages 6-12, Registration required
Interact with animals waiting for their forever homes and learn about their care, followed by an opportunity to create self portraits with animals or other art with artist Margarita Krylova. Please Register at https://lowelllearns.com.

Lowell Kids Week: Creating Poetry in Parks
2024-02-22 13:00 - 16:00 | Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States
All Ages
Join rangers from three national park to explore the creation of poetry and the variety that can be found in poems through history. Follow a story walk and learn how to write a poem and then make your own little book to write your poems down in. Read and explore the poems that tell stories and were written at these national parks. Visit our website for more information www.nps.gov/lowe/planyourvisit/kids-week.htm.

Kids Week: Weaving Workshop
2024-02-22 14:30 - 15:15, 2024-02-22 15:30 - 16:15 | 97 University Ave, Lowell, 01854, United States
All Ages, Reservations Required
Learn how cloth is designed, patterned, and made in this unique hands-on workshop. Weave your own piece of cloth using hand looms. Learn the difference between warp and weft, and have fun in the process! Please register by calling 978 970-5000.

Lowell Kids Week: Break the Ice
2024-02-22 15:00 - 18:00 | Lowell Community Health Center, Lowell Community Health Center, 161 Jackson St, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
Ages 4-12 and 12-18, no registration required
Teen BLOCK will be running series of icebreaker/team builder games. Participants will engage in varies team-oriented games that will cultivate laughter, togetherness, leadership skills, and community bonding. Two sessions will run at the same time, one geared towards kids, the other towards teens.

Lowell Kids Week: Night at the Museum—Beginnings of Two Revolutions
2024-02-22 17:00 - 19:30 | 97 University Ave, Lowell, 01854, United States
All ages
Come experience the Boott Cotton Mills Museum after hours. The looms have quieted but there’s still so much to experience in the museum. Join rangers from Minute Man NHP and Lowell NHP who will be dressed in historical clothing and comparing the beginning of the American Revolution to the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Come learn about the differences between farm oriented life versus factory life in the city. Visit our website for more information www.nps.gov/lowe/planyourvisit/kids-week.htm.

2024 Golden Gloves
2024-02-22 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!

Free Movie Night - Judas and the Black Messiah
2024-02-23 08:00 - 17:00 | 97 University Ave, Lowell, 01854, United States
Joins us for a Black HIstory Month event to see a free movie – popcorn and drinks available to purchase but movie is free! Judas and the Black Messiah!
In our auditorium at 7:00 p.m. After the movie come on down and check out game night in the cabaret!
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Lowell Kids Week: Try Fabric Printing
2024-02-23 10:00 - 11:00 | Lowell National Historical Park Boott Cotton Mills Museum Counting House, 115 John Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
All Ages
Join rangers from two national parks to design and print your own patterns on fabric. Use inspiration from 19th Century fabric swatch books and fabric made here in Lowell. Visit our website for more information www.nps.gov/lowe/planyourvisit/kids-week.htm.

Lowell Kids Week: English Classes for Kids
2024-02-23 10:00 - 12:00 | International Institute of New England, 101 Jackosn Street, Suite 2, Lowell, 01852, United States
Ages Toddler-5; Registration required
Clients of IINE can bring their toddler to five year old to learn English as a family including Music, Crafts, Healthy Snacks, and learn about Learning Apps. Please register by calling 978-459-9031.

Lowell Kids Week: Owls of Lowell in the Winter
2024-02-23 11:00 - 12:00 | 97 University Ave, Lowell, 01854, United States
Grades Pre-K-12; Registration required
Come to the Lowell National Historic Park Events Center to meet some owls that you might see in Lowell this winter. Learn how to spot different owls, recognize their calls and find out where to spot them. You might have an owl in your backyard or nearby park and not know it! Hear an owl story and ask questions about these wonderful, mysterious birds! Please register by calling 978-970-5000.

Lowell kids Week: Maritime Connections
2024-02-23 12:30 - 14:30 | Lowell National Historical Park Boott Cotton Mills Museum Counting House, 115 John Street, Lowell, 01852, United States
All ages
Join rangers from three national parks to experiment with crafts that relate to our maritime neighbors. Learn to twist rope and how it would be made in centuries past. Create your own house flag so you can help others identify your home or ship as yours and try different methods to fold your own paper boats. Visit our website
for more information www.nps.gov/lowe/planyourvisit/kids-week.htm.

Concord History with a Chocolate Twist
2024-02-23 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.
