Mill City Grows GTP Workshop: Preserving the Harvest

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 →

Cultural Exchange Potluck

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 →

Lowell City Hall Open House

For all residents - come meet the City staff, learn what each department does, and tour City Hall. Free and open to all.

Lowell’s Urbanscape: A Legacy of Newcomers – Opening Reception

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 →

350 Mass of Greater Lowell Biweekly Meeting

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 →

Community Conversation: What Does it Mean to be Welcoming?

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 →

Writers of the Cambodian Diaspora: Discussion Panel

Four Cambodian-American writers—Tararith Kho, Bunkong Tuon, Chath pierSath, and Princess Moon—will read from their work and participate in a discussion moderated by Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, Professor of English and Asian/Asian American Studies and Associate Dean for Humanities and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of Connecticut. The writers will talk about their unique experiencesContinue reading →

Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race

Welcome to the Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race, taking place on Saturday, September 22nd 2018 in Lowell, MA! If you don’t know already, this event is FREE to attend and for ALL AGES!

Navigation Brewing Co. 5K Road Race to Benefit Mill City Grows

Saturday, Sept. 22  |  10am-2pm Early Bird Registration ends August 7! Run for food access with our friends at Navigation Brewing! The event kicks off with packet pick-up & check-in at 7:30am. Race line up begins at 9:45am and the race begins at 10am. 5K runners will start at Navigation Brewery (122 Western Avenue) and trail along theContinue reading →