Cooking with Sitto Yvette Yvette Ansara was born in a village in Lebanon. When she married her husband Andrew, she immigrated to Lowell and brought with her the art of cooking amazing Lebanese food. All her life, she cooked for family, friends, and for her church. After an illness in 2015, her children decided to […]
Contradictory Place: Cotton Mills Alongside Anti-Slavery Efforts in Lowell UMass Lowell Professor Robert Forrant and Maritza Grooms This 40-minute documentary discusses the extraordinary anti-slavery efforts that took place in mid-nineteenth century Lowell. Streaming at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdJWHgtrbX0
Landscapes of Memory: Celebrating the Merrimack River and the River Lee An ocean separated the River Lee in Ireland from the Merrimack River in the northeastern United States. But the rivers take on a similar shape as they make their way to the sea. This webinar, a Cork/Lowell Learning City event, explored these rivers through […]
Lowell Walks: Indigenous Peoples’ Day Lowell National Historical Park Join National Park Service Rangers for an Indigenous Peoples” Day walking tour. Learn about the history and heritage of Indigenous Peoples upon whose land the city and mills of Lowell were built on. This 90 minute tour will begin at 10 am at the Visitor Center. […]
Breaking the Barriers for Success in Education for Latinos in Lowell Fortaleza Inc. Dr. Cecilio Hernandez of Fortaleza Inc., a community group that advocates for equal educational opportunities for Lowell’s Latino students and their families will present on the theme Breaking the Barriers for Success in Education for Latinos in Lowell. Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEuf-CoqzooE9a3QhLandnvIIJ_iUe071iY Please […]
Lockdown Letters: Poetry Reading and Discussion Loom Press Author and Editor Paul Marion will read from his latest book, Lockdown Letters & Other Poems, published in spring 2021, just a year after the pandemic took hold in Massachusetts. The book opens with a sequence of unconventional sonnets shaped from email letters that Marion sent to […]
UMass Lowell School of Education Fall 2021 Symposium: Critical Race Theory What is Critical Race Theory? How is it different from culturally responsive pedagogy? Why is there so much controversy surrounding Critical Race Theory? Come hear from the multiple voices on this topic. Panelists include K12 teachers, students, administrators, and teacher education faculty. The symposium […]
Acting Out: Voices from the Theatre in Palestine Join us for readings from and discussion about Acting Out: Voices from the Theatre in Palestine, a collaborative work between 50 Palestinian actors, actresses, directors and theater managers, and Dr. Jonathan Daitch. During two extended visits to the West Ban in 2015 and 2016, and European tours […]
Climate and community, what can we do about it? UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative and ASTM International ASTM International writes all sorts of standards for all sorts of industries. With a new subcommittee on climate and community, we hope to write consensus standards on: terminology; mapping underserved communities; environmental, social, and governmental disclosures: and, water […]
Mosaic Lowell Listening Session Mosaic Lowell aspires to be a new cultural economy plan for all of Lowell. What inspires you about the community? What is Lowell’s arts and cultural scene missing? What would you like to see? Please join us at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89117413227?pwd=QWNsVGhIT2tBQ0tPeUxTZXJSOERCQT09#success Please cut and paste this link into your web browser.
The Power of Empathy: Reduce Stress and Build Better Adult/Child Relationships Stress is alarmingly pervasive in daily life. We all need tools to deal with tension in healthy and productive ways. In this webinar with Koa Goode, a Social Worker and Case Manager at Greater Lawrence Community Action Council, we’ll explore the lasting benefits of […]
Mill City Grows Friday at the Farm with Mill City Grows! Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBb5tsIlUhxq8e9AghZTuA8kUK70IP7HyNrvGAwI1iU6nGhA/viewform Help bring thousands of pounds of locally grown food to our community! At the heart of Mill City Grows is our Urban Farm Program which produces all the seasonal fruits and vegetables we make available to the community. We use organic […]
Instrument Petting Zoo at Hawk Valley Farm Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust and Lowell Learns Join the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust and musicians from Lowell Learns for our first ever Instrument Petting Zoo at Hawk Valley Farm. Several types of instruments will be available to “pet” (practice playing), such as the ukulele and various […]
How to find and develop a personal story Lowell Storytelling A 60-minute workshop to help you find and tell a personal story from your life. We will share brainstorming activities, how to craft a story, what to avoid, and more! Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop/tablet, or pen and paper, so they can take […]
Lowell Chamber Orchestra Discovery Series – Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony No. 8 Dmitri Shostakovich’s life was not an easy one; he lived through terribly uncertain times and he suffered in many ways under the hand of the Soviet authorities. His compositions, which made him a very famous composer, were coded messages for his audience and, in […]