Nature and Art

Boarding House Park Boarding House Park, 40 French St, Lowell, MA, United States

All Ages • No Registration Required • Hosted by Lowell National Historical Park Location: Boarding House Park, 40 French St, Lowell Enjoy the spring weather and experiment with art outside. Try your hand with some watercolors and nature rubbings. Make a small nature journal to help you note the changes in the seasons.

Eco-Film Series: “Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty”

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

A visually stunning journey through US environmental history. The film is a captivating story that intertwines US history, politics, tribal policy, and environmental justice and activism. - 73min 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 […]

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Bike with a Ranger

Duck Island Wastewater Treatment Facility 451 First Street Boulevard, Lowell, United States

Join rangers on National Ride a Bike Day for a 3.4-mile round trip ride along the Centralville River Path. Take in views of the mills and learn about the water that powered them while enjoying some fresh air from the seat of your bike. Pack a snack, bring some water, and get ready to roll! […]

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Lowell Walks: Hamilton Canal District

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

Join historian Richard Howe for a Lowell Walks: "Hamilton Canal District - Past, Present, and Future" on Saturday, May 25, 2024, at 10 am. Join Register of Deeds Richard Howe on this tour of the Hamilton Canal District. Historically home to the Lowell Machine Shop and several large textile mills that made Lowell a powerhouse […]

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Eco-Film Series: “Reflection: A Walk with Water”

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

Reckoning with the reality of a changing climate, filmmaker Emmett Brennan walks 200 miles next to the Los Angeles aqueduct in search of a vision for humanity worth living for - what he discovers has everything to do with water. - 79min The 2024 Eco-Film Series is presented by the Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust […]

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Exhibit Opening: The Portuguese In Lowell: The Familiar And The New

Lowell National Historical Park – Boott Cotton Mills Gallery 115 John Street, Lowell, United States

Join Lowell National Historical Park and the Saab Center for Portugues Studies at UMass Lowell for the opening of a new exhibit "The Portuguese In Lowell: The Familiar And The New" at the Boott Cotton Mill Museum (115 John St.) The event will begin at Boarding House Park with a performance by the Holy Ghost […]

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Lowell Summer Music Series: Ben Folds

Boarding House Park Boarding House Park, 40 French St, Lowell, MA, United States

Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation. The Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter-composer has created an enormous body of genre-bending music that includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five, multiple solo albums, and numerous collaborative records. For the past three decades, he's toured as a pop artist, while also performing […]

Lowell Summer Music Series: Face 2 Face: A Tribute to Elton John & Billy Joel

Boarding House Park Boarding House Park, 40 French St, Lowell, MA, United States

Taking turns at an onstage piano, the dual tribute artists of the BillyJoel/Elton John Face-2-Face Tribute Show conjure the beloved songsters in both sound and image.  Backed by some the best and most sought after musicians in the business, Levittown NY native MIKE SANTORO’s fingers flash up and down the keys on “Angry Young Man” […]

Connect, Create, Discover: Art in Movement

Boarding House Park Boarding House Park, 40 French St, Lowell, MA, United States

Join two local, Lowell artists as they share their stories and combine their beautiful artforms. Learn traditional Cambodian dance movements and feel the flow as you then transfer the beauty of movement onto paper with watercolor and charcoal. Hear from the artists experiences firsthand and delve deeper into why the city of Lowell is so […]

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Eco-Film Series: “Up on the Mountain”

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

"Up on the Mountain" follows Southeast Asian refugees, Latino immigrants, and rural Americans on a year-round migration to harvest wild mushrooms in the American West. It aims to shine light on race and class inequities in natural resource policies and on the resourcefulness of disenfranchised communities. The 2024 Eco-Film Series is presented by the Lowell […]

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Lowell Summer Music Series: Pink Talking Fish

Boarding House Park Boarding House Park, 40 French St, Lowell, MA, United States

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Pink Floyd's DARK SIDE OF THE MOON and the 40th Anniversary of the Talking Head's STOP MAKING SENSE. Advance GA $38.00 ($33.00 ticket + $5.00 service fee)  Advance Premium $94.00 ($83.00 ticket + $11.00 service fee) Day Of GA $49.00 ($43.00 ticket + $6.00 service fee) Day Of Premium $105.00 […]

Lowell Walks: LGBTQ+ History in Lowell

Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St, Lowell, MA, United States

Join local historian Resi Polixa and literary scholar Heather Barrett for a Lowell Walks: "LGBTQ+ History in Lowell" on Saturday June 29th, 2024, at 10am. Walk through the city and learn how the diverse layers of Lowell's LGBTQ+ community intertwine with the lives of mill workers, immigrant families, and Lowellians. Explore how the LGBTQ+ community […]

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