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February 07, 2012
Lowell Folklife Series Presents: Jorge Arce
In honor of Black History Month, the Lowell Folklife Series invites you to an Afro-Caribbean workshop with a hint of Caribbean carnival. Jorge Arce is a percussionist, educator, and native of Ponce, Puerto Rico.

January 30, 2012
Lowell Kids Week 2012
Lowell Kids Week is a week full of fun, free family activities that take place at many locations around Lowell during February school vacation week.

January 11, 2012
Boott Cotton Mills Museum: Fee Free Days for 2012
Fee Free days announced for the Boott Cotton Mills Museum for 2012.

January 09, 2012
Lowell Folklife Series
Lowell Folklife Series presents, Ode to Fat! The Wonders of Schmaltz, Salt Pork, Olive Oil, & Ghee

December 19, 2011
Lowell student Cody Thurlow lends a hand at Virgin Islands National Park
Cody Thurlow, a senior coop student from Lowell, spent 10 days working on electrical projects at the Virgin Islands National Park.

December 19, 2011
Lowell National Historical Park is the Grand Marshal of Lowell’s City of Lights Parade
Lowell National Historical Park is selected as the 2011 Grand Marshall of the City of Lights Parade in Lowell, Massachusetts

November 09, 2011
2011 Lowell Photography Contest. Winning Photos on Display Starting November 12
2011 Lowell Photography Contest a Success: Winning Photos on Display Starting November 12

November 07, 2011
Boott Cotton Mills Museum is Fee Free for Veterans Day Weekend
Boott Cotton Mills Museum is Fee Free for Veterans Day Weekend 2011

October 21, 2011
Native American Woodlands Folklife
Lowell Folklife Series

September 30, 2011
Jack Kerouac Exhibit Opening in Lowell
Jack Kerouac Exhibit Opening in Lowell

September 29, 2011
Rains Retreat Ceremony at Wat Buddhabhavana
Lowell Folklife Series for October. Rains Retreat Ceremony at Wat Buddhabhavana

September 28, 2011
Representative Niki Tsongas joins “River Reach” Ribbon Cutting
Representative Niki Tsongas joins “River Reach” Ribbon Cutting Thursday, September 29, 2011

September 13, 2011
Volunteers pitch in for National Public Lands Day
National Public Lands Day

August 31, 2011
Pickles, meat pies, lemon grass, and poppy seed cake . . .
Pickles, meat pies, lemon grass, and poppy seed cake . . . The Lowell Folklife Series continues.

August 29, 2011
The 2011 Lowell Photography Contest Extended to October 1st.
The submission deadline for the 2011 Lowell Photography Contest has been extended to October 1st, 2011. This extension provides participants an additional month to capture and submit images for the biennial contest.

August 17, 2011
NPS Advisory Board Education Committee Visits Lowell
National Park Service Advisory Board Education Committee to Meet in Lowell, August 22-24.

August 17, 2011
32nd Banjo and Fiddle Contest
32nd Annual Banjo and Fiddle Contest at Boarding House Park, Lowell, MA. September 10, 2011.

August 03, 2011
Lowell Youth Join Journey on the High Seas:Friendship Sails! NYC
The National Park Service tall ship Friendship of Salem will depart from Salem, MA for New York, NY on Sunday, August 7 with a crew of volunteers, NPS staff and youth, from across Massachusetts, including three from Lowell. They are spending 2-3 days at sea, sailing to New York City where the young people will join a Youth Summit with their peers from New York City and Baltimore, MD.

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Last Updated: November 10, 2011 at 12:30 MST