Don't miss Welcoming Week Lowell's kick-off, with flag-bearers representing many countries of origin converging on City Hall at 6 pm from several different nearby neighborhoods. (Come a few minutes early to watch them arrive.) The parade will be followed by brief welcoming remarks from Mayor Samaras, Gordon Halm of the African Community Center of Lowell,Continue reading →
Welcoming Week Lowell - September 15 - 23. The Refugee and Immigrant Support Coalition is planning Lowell's first ever Welcoming Week, a weeklong series of events that celebrates Lowell's diverse communities and their contributions to the City. The event will be kicked off by a Parade of Flags to JFK Plaza on Fri. Sept. 14, followed byContinue reading →
Saturday, Sept. 15 | 10am-2pm Registration now open! Join veterans and community volunteers as we report for duty in tribute to the 17th anniversary of 9/11/01. For this year's National Day of Service, the Boston & Lowell Mission Continues 1st Service Platoons will partner with Mill City Grows to support urban farming efforts at Mill CityContinue reading →
Join us for "Preserving the Harvest," the FIRST class of our 2018 Gardener Training Program (GTP) Fall Series, Urban Homesteading. In this "Preserving the Harvest" course, we will learn how to preserve your garden harvest through cooking techniques, pickling, and fermentation processes. Sign up today! Space is limited to just 12 participants! > Class Cost:Continue reading →
Part of Welcoming Week Lowell Food and entertainment from many different countries - bring a dish to share from your home country Know Your Rights resources Bring the family, special children's entertainment provided Rain location: Eliot Presbyterian Church, 273 Summer Street Please share and invite others. If you can contribute food or other things pleaseContinue reading →
For all residents - come meet the City staff, learn what each department does, and tour City Hall. Free and open to all.
The Middlesex Humanities Center, in partnership with Lowell National Historical Park (LNHP), will host “Lowell’s Urbanscape: A Legacy of Newcomers,” an exhibition of 14 black & white photographs by Jen Bauer and Jeff Caplan, opening Tuesday, Sept. 18, at LNHP’s Boott Cotton Mills Museum, Reflections Room, 115 John St., Lowell. The exhibit is on viewContinue reading →
Join the fight for Clean Energy and Environmental Justice at our biweekly meeting! We'll be in the Hi-Hat area of Mill No. 5 located at 250 Jackson Street in Lowell. Look for the ‘5’ sign and walk through the iron gates to the white doors at the end, on the left, take the lift toContinue reading →
Welcoming Week's Community Conversation is a public event open to all residents who would like to discuss this important question: What does it mean to be a Welcoming Community? Moderator and UMass-Lowell Distinguished Professor of History Robert Forrant will dive into the question with a panel of community representatives, then invite audience members to commentContinue reading →