4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (469+ words) LOWELL — Merrimack Repertory Theatre and Middlesex Community College recently announced the launch of M2 Performing Arts Academy, a new year-round performing arts program designed to empower young people through theater. Building on a multiyear partnership between MRT and MCC, M2 expands the…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (380+ words) The days are getting shorter and there’s a noticeable nip in the air as the seasons change right before your eyes. Yes, autumn is in the air, and it’s coming fast. And with it more serious theater. A case in…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (513+ words) LOWELL — Throughout the day Saturday part of downtown Lowell will be taken over by musicians and fans of Americana music as the Lowell Summer Music Series’ Banjo & Fiddle Contest celebrates its 45th year. Weather permitting, Boarding House Park will be the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (313+ words) Lowell Sun Labor Day weekend is here, but it doesn’t mean summer’s over, even though school is back in session. In fact, some of the best days of the year are in September and October, and that stands for theater,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (357+ words) Masked soldiers deployed on domestic soil and an air of conspiratorial paranoia give Adam Wingard’s not-quite-grindhouse siege film “Onslaught” a contemporary pulse, even if this lean, B-movie thriller doesn’t deliver much more than a flicker of its throwback promise. Wingard,…...

2+ week, 14+ min ago   (355+ words) BILLERICA — The Griggs Farm mums sale runs through Monday, Sept. 7, 599 Boston Road. Griggs Farm has been family-owned and operated since 1943, with 52 acres of preserved farmland and 14 greenhouses. It is open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, call 978-667-9111. CONCORD…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (512+ words) Duane ”Keffe D” Davis, 63, faces a single count of murder with a deadly weapon with the intent to promote, further or assist a criminal gang in the killing of Shakur in Las Vegas nearly 30 years ago. A panel of 16 jurors,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (532+ words) A big part of summer is going to the movies; hence, the never-ending parade of blockbusters that come out each year. And while summer’s almost over, the Lowell Summer Music Series is giving families one final night out before school…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (335+ words) LOWELL — Listen to the live scores from your favorite films during New England Film Orchestra’s all-inclusive sensory free show at Boarding House Park, Sunday, Aug. 30, 40 French St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., showtime is 6:30 p.m. Hosted through the Lowell…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (414+ words) Justice Department attorneys argued that if President Donald Trump’s name does not appear somewhere on the Kennedy Center, then the money from donors for renovations would shrivel up and the “decrepit, dilapidated” cultural center may be “required to be taken…...