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TONIGHT in Lowell! See the classic 1929 film “Oliver Twist” featuring a LIVE soundtrack, presented by the 119 Gallery

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A SPECIAL “DICKENS IN LOWELL” FILM EVENT!

OLIVER TWIST (1929)
Silent Film Screening with a LIVE Soundtrack

TONIGHT @ 8PM
119 Gallery / 119 Chelmsford Street
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TOMORROW (Sunday) @ 2PM
Boott Cotton Mills Events Center / 115 John Street

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Live soundtrack performed by:
Rick Breault – laptop
Joseph Darensbourg – keyboard, strings, percussion
Steve Norton – reeds, celesta, toy piano, percussion
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Our great friends at the 119 Gallery in Lowell have put together an incredible ensemble to accompany the timeless 1929 film adaptation of Charles Dickens’ beloved novel! Choose from TWO performances taking place tonight (Saturday, October 20 at 8PM) at the 119 Gallery, or tomorrow afternoon (Sunday, October 21 at 2PM) at the Boott Cotton Mills Events Center.

Celebrate film, celebrate live music, and commemorate the final weekend of the Dickens in Massachusetts exhibit at the Boott Gallery! [Please note: The video link above contains a piano accompaniment -- it is NOT representative of the live performance you'll see tonight and tomorrow.]

Pollard Memorial Library hosts a Charles Dickens biographical film night, June 28!

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It’s a “Boz” double feature at Pollard Memorial Library on Thursday, June 28 at 6:30PM, and as always, admission is FREE, courtesy of the Friends of the Pollard!

In 1842, a 30-year old Charles Dickens came to America and actually made the Mill City one of his stops on a whirlwind tour of the country. The great Boz continues to be celebrated in Lowell in commemoration of the current exhibit Dickens and Massachusetts: A Tale of Power and Transformation, now on view at the Boott Gallery within Lowell’s impressive Tsongas Industrial History Center, right next to the Boott Cotton Mills Museum. As part of the slew of events centered on the famed writer, which includes Pollard Memorial Library’s city-wide Lowell Reads “Great Expectations,” our good friends at the Pollard will be screening a portion of the 10-part BBC documentary Dickens in America, which follows Dickens’s trip through Boston and up to Lowell. This segment is made even more magical as it is guided by the elegant, award-winning British actress Miriam Margolyes, an ardent fan of Charles Dickens, who gained recent notoriety as Professor Pomona Sprout in the Harry Potter film franchise. Following Dickens in America, the library will show an episode of A&E’s Biography of Charles Dickens.

Stay on top of all the news at the Pollard Library — including their fabulous Independent Film Night every 2nd Thursday of the month — by visiting PollardML.org, Pollard Library blog, or their Facebook page. We give sincere thanks to the library and our friend and supporter, Community Planning Librarian Sean Thibodeau, for continuing to bring stellar film events to Lowell!

Dickens & Steampunk: “The City of Lost Children” screens in Lowell, March 31!

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THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN (1995)
Saturday, March 31 @ 6:30PM
Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center
246 Market Street, Lowell
Free admission! 

Some people follow their dreams. Others steal them.

The Lowell Film Collaborative is thrilled to present a FREE screening of the Jeunet & Caro visual masterpiece The City of Lost Children as part of opening weekend of the 7-month Dickens in Lowell event series! Critically revered as a dark, futuristic cinematic homage to Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist,” Jeunet & Caro’s sweeping tale is also upheld as one of the most compelling examples of Steampunk-inspired celluloid creations, mesmerizing audiences with its stunning set and costume designs, wondrous gadgetry, a haunting film score by the great Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks), and artistic renderings of a timeless world beyond our imagination.

ABOUT THE FILM
A gutsy little girl named Miette (Judith Vittet) and a sentimental strongman named One (Ron Perlman) join hearts and hands to save a small boy from a madman’s master plan to steal his dreams and those of other orphan children. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amelie) & Marc Caro, the phenomenal French filmmaking duo who brought us Delicatessen, deliver a fantastically twisted fairy tale filled with spectacular stunts, mind-bending visuals, and unforgettable characters which include a brain held captive, a cluster of clones, conniving Siamese twins, and larger-than-life henchmen.

We’re proud to present The City of Lost Children in its original French language with English subtitles. Please note that it is recommended for mature audiences.