The We Are America Project is a national project founded by Lowell high school teacher Jessica Lander and her former students to spark conversations about the many dimensions of American identity in classrooms across the country. The team collaborates, mentors, and supports teachers and young people across the country to explore and share their personal American identities. […]
If you’re not a member and would like to join us, you can create a free account or email Christy@LowellMakes.com to RSVP. FREE! Join us for a monthly meetup of creative folks as we play with our current fiber and mixed media projects. While we may have monthly demos of different techniques and tools, please […]
An evening with Jessica Lander, Lowell High School teacher, author and advocate. Her new book “Making Americans” is a comprehensive look at immigrant education as told through key historical moments and court decisions, current experiments to improve immigrant education, and profiles of immigrant youth and schools across the country. Mill City Grows will host this […]
Christoph Strobel will present a short history of the Native Americans of the Merrimack River region — especially of the greater Lowell area. He will explore the Indigenous past by examining several milestones, themes, and important topics. The talk will also explore some popular myths and mainstream misperceptions about the region’s Indigenous Peoples. Ground Floor […]
Location: Warp and Weft, 197 Market Street, Lowell At this class, you will learn the principles of fermentation via a demonstration of how to make a lacto-fermented hot sauce and hot pepper mash. Emily Makrez, owner of F-Word Farm and educator on all things fermenting, farming, and foraging related, will show you how to turn […]
Join one of Warp and Weft’s Mixologists for the making of a soul-warming W&W cocktail. Warp and Weft is located at 197 Market St in Lowell.
North Common Cleanup w/ UMass Lowell School of Education in preparation for the Lowell Hispanic and Latinx Festival by Latinx Community Center for Empowerment (LCCE). Meet: 413 Fletcher Street
Join the Lowell Sustainability Council (LSC) for its 5th Annual Sustainability Summit! The summit will be held at the Lowell Telemedia Center in Lowell, MA and include presentations on current efforts in Lowell, an interactive global climate solutions activity called the En-ROADS Climate Action Simulation, and awards to student climate change action project winners. Tentative […]
Join the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust to learn more about the historic Hawk Valley Farm. A tour of the property will be held at 10 AM, however, you can explore the area yourself and stay as long as you like! There will also be a scavenger hunt available to help you learn about the nature and […]
The historic Lowell Cemetery offers group tours each spring and fall for the public to enjoy an interesting walk through our beautiful garden style cemetery. The Lowell Cemetery tours focus on art and history and explore early mourning customs. Learn about the significance of Victorian monument symbols and listen to engaging anecdotes about the people […]
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 […]
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.
