Live Cooking Lesson: Homemade Vanilla Apple Pie with a Sugar and Spice Roux

Avery has been making this apple pie with her Mom for more than 4 years for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other special occasions. Avery will make show you how to make her favorite ingredient-vanilla extract. Then she will demonstrate how to make an apple pie with a sugar and spice roux-she will not let Dad make […]

2022 Global Learning Festival

The 2022 Global Learning Festival will be held from November 6th to the 9th.  This virtual festival seeks to provide unity and connection to communities all over the world by offering learning events on a wide variety of topics and across time zones and languages.

Homemade Vanilla Apple Pie with a Sugar and Spice Roux (virtual)

Avery loves to learn and share new things. A 2nd grader in Lowell, MA, USA, she has been making this apple pie with her Mom for more than 4 years for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other special occasions. Avery will show you how to make her favorite ingredient-vanilla extract. Then she will demonstrate how to make […]

The Power of Non-Violence–The Enduring Legacy of Richard Gregg (virtual)

“If you understood me as well as Richard Gregg does, I would die happy. –Mohandas Gandhi, to a group of Indian leaders, 1941. John Wooding will present and discuss the life and work of the pacifist Richard Bartlett Gregg. He was the first American to study with Gandhi and became his friend. Gregg lived in […]

Acting Out: Voices from the Theatre in Palestine (virtual)

The book Acting Out: Voices from the Theatre is a collaborative work between 50 Palestinian actors, actresses, directors and theater managers, and Dr. Jonathan Daitch. During two extended visits to the West Bank in 2015 and 2016, and European tours in 2017 and 2018, and by video conferences with Gaza artists, Daitch amassed approximately 100 […]

First Annual Recognition Awards Ceremony

(Program starts at 5:15 PM).  In person.  Please join us on November 10th to present the first Patrick J. Mogan Learning City award to William Samaras, former Lowell Mayor, City Council member and educator. This celebration will also recognize winners of the recent writing competition, Atlantic Currents II, a collaboration between the learning cities of […]

Lowell Black History Trail self-guided walk (and other great tours!)

Explore the City’s newest self-guided walk, the Lowell Black History Trail.  Unveiled by the City in June, markers were installed with information about Lowell’s Black history, and you can follow the tour using Mosaic Lowell’s self-guided map.  Just go to https://mosaiclowell.org/map/, scroll down to “Self Guided Tours” and then select “Lowell Black History Trail”.  Wind your […]

Commemorative at the Commemorative

A Lowell Celebrates Kerouac (LCK) Annual Gathering. We take time to honor the lives of those in the Kerouac World, either in Lowell or beyond, who have recently passed away. This year we remember Phil Chaput and John Dorfner. On this 60th anniversary of the publication of Visions of Gerard we’ll hear a few passages from the novel […]

Walking Tour of Downtown Kerouac Sites

Led by Kurt Phaneuf. The walk takes in some of the downtown places in Lowell described in the Lowell novels. This year Kurt dedicates the tour to John Dorfner, author of “Visions of Lowell.” Departs from the Commemorative. Donations gratefully accepted. For more information: https://lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/events/the-2023-lowell-celebrates-kerouac-festival-october-5-9/. This event is being promoted as part of the 2023 […]

Studio Relocation Tour

This event will be a tour for our visitors to our new art teaching space. Visitors will get to see the finished space after months of renovations and construction that needed to happen to make this space better than it was for our students. Refuge still holds its magic and during this time (fall) classes […]

Mother Goose on the Loose – Saturday Edition

This special storytime is full of rhymes and songs and is designed for children age 3 and younger – but big siblings are always welcome! Space is limited and sign up required. RSVP here. Host: Pollard Memorial Library Location: Ground Floor Community / Meeting RoomMain Branch401 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA, 01852 This event is being […]

Western Avenue Studios–Open Studios

Come to Western Avenue Studios, 122 & 160 Western Avenue for a 2-day open studios event, Saturday, October 7th, and Sunday, October 8th. Discover a wide range of art forms, from paintings and sculptures to ceramics, photography, and so much more. Whether you’re an art enthusiast or just looking for a unique weekend outing, this […]