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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!

TONIGHT’S “Night at the Museum” film screening and museum adventure at the Boott Mills is SOLD OUT!

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Celebrate the Tsongas Industrial History Center and Lowell Kids Week!

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21
5:30PM – 7PM  |  Museum adventure at the Boott Cotton Mills
7PM – 9PM  |  FREE screening of Night at the Museum
Boott Cotton Mills Museum
115 John Street, Lowell 

View/download the Official Event Flyer

If you were lucky enough to reserve your spots for tonight’s event at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum in Lowell, then we’ll definitely see you there! This great FREE family event sold out quickly, but rest assured the staff at the Tsongas Industrial History Center will consider another event next year given this year’s success!

This first Lowell Film Collaborative screening of 2012 is presented in partnership with Lowell Kids Week and our good friends at the Tsongas Industrial History Center (TIHC). Located within the historic Boott Cotton Mills Museum in downtown Lowell, the TIHC is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a great lineup of programs throughout 2012, THIS event included. Though we have indie film hearts, we recognize that Night at the Museum is one of those mainstream, family-friendly comedies that also strikes the mature, off-beat nerve. Adults will note that Ben Stiller is that guy you feel sorry for (think Gaylord Focker, NOT Greenberg), Robin Williams is tempered and genuine (a blessing), and cameos by Owen Wilson, Ricky Gervais, and Steve Coogan all hit their mark. Even Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney manage good screen time as the wise-cracking museum night-watchmen Stiller is hired to replace. And sentimentality? It’s there, too, and you’ll learn to groove with it instead of shrugging it off. It should be noted that back in the day, Suzz used to work overnights at the Boston Museum of Science for the Museum’s popular Camp-In Program, so this flick is close to her heart for good reason (that giant T-Rex plays tricks on the mind in the dark of night!)

As for kids, they’ll flat out love the film’s fantastical story line, special effects, and Keystone Kops laughs. Three cheers for down ‘n dirty escapism!

Here are full details on the event, courtesy of the TIHC. This info is also in the official event flyer: Explore the museum when it comes alive at night! Solve the mystery of missing mill worker Lyddie Worthen, using a diary to help guide the way. Costumed “mill workers” interact with children, and they and their parents solve the mystery. After enjoying the Boott Cotton Mills Museum adventure, take in the film Night at the Museum, starring Ben Stiller. 

This presentation is part of the year-long series of events for the 20 anniversary of the Tsongas Industrial History Center, a partnership between UMass Lowell’s Graduate School of Education and Lowell National Historical Park. For more information about all of the events for the 20th anniversary, visit our website uml.edu/tsongas/anniversary or call 978-970-5080.

Just a word of note that the film will be shown in the Boott Cotton Mills Museum Events Center, a grand 75-seat theater with a great screen and good sound system — it’ll be the perfect spot for a fun night with friends and family. We’re looking forward to seeing a great crowd!

“Crossing Delancey” screens in Lowell on September 8 as part of Lowell National Historical Park’s Folklife series

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Thank you to EVERYONE who came out to this marvelous event! Special thanks to our hosts, Lowell National Historical Park,  for opening their doors to us and partnering for a great night of food and film!

Next on the calendar is our screening of Earthwork this Tuesday, September 13. Click on the Earthwork icon on this page for complete details!

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“Immigrant Food Traditions”
featuring a talk by Beryl Rosenthal and a film screening of
CROSSING DELANCEY (1988)

Thursday, September 8  @ 7PM
Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center
246 Market Street, Lowell
Free admission!

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We love food just about as much as we love film — given this, it’s with great pleasure that we partner once again with Lowell National Historical Park on their ongoing Lowell Folklife Series which focuses on Immigrant Food Traditions. We had a blast working with the National Park on their first food and film program in February which featured our sold out screening of Chocolat followed in April with their salute to Julia Child which included our screening of Julie & Julia. For our third partnership, we invite you to pucker up for a mouth-watering “Pickle Talk” with special guest Beryl Rosenthal – former director of Lowell’s Tsongas Industrial History Center and current executive director of the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum in Boston — who will introduce us to New York Jewish pickle traditions. We’re pretty confident this will be your first pickle talk so you probably won’t need much more of an incentive, but just in case, we’re going to follow this great presentation with a screening of the 1988 rom-com Crossing Delancey, a kind-hearted film about a humble pickle man (Peter Riegert) and the woman of his dreams (Amy Irving). With its memorable characters, dreams-can-come-true story line, and a glimpse of Jewish culture on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, the film charmed both critics and audiences and garnered a Golden Globe nomination for Irving. Whether you’re seeing Crossing Delancey before or enjoying it for the first time, this is THE perfect way to experience it.

Stay tuned to this page for any updates to the program — we hope to see you on September 8 for another fabulous night of food and film!

- View the trailer for Crossing Delancey -

Chad Montrie’s “River Cycle” screens for Doors Open Lowell

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Last month, the LFC was fortunate enough to help promote (and attend) the premiere of filmmaker Chad Montrie‘s documentary, River Cycle: The Concord in Lowell. The event was a sold-out affair, with almost 100 people in attendance and a great lineup of guest speakers, including the Tsongas Industrial History Center, Lowell National Historical Park, and Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust. Chad, a good friend and supporter of the LFC, was present as well, and put the film project in grand perspective. After hearing everyone share their knowledge and passion for Lowell and its incredible natural beauty, it made us feel even more thankful for being a part of such a remarkable place.

See "River Cycle" during Doors Open Lowell, Saturday, May 15!

If you weren’t able to attend the April film premier of River Cycle, you’ll have ample opportunity to see the film this weekend during Doors Open Lowell, one of the city’s most intriguing events. Also celebrating National Preservation Month, Doors Open Lowell offers the public a chance to fully explore Lowell’s glorious architecture from the inside out. Historic homes and places will be open for all to see, including newly renovated living spaces available for sale or lease. Homeowners and renters also open their doors to the masses, inviting visitors in to see the different ways they’ve created work/living space out of Lowell’s beautiful historic structures.

Don’t miss River Cycle: The Concord in Lowell during Doors Open Lowell, Saturday, May 15 (shown continuously during the day):

9:30AM – 4:30PM / Boott Cotton Mills Museum Counting House at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum, 115 John Street

11AM – 2PM / Loft 27, 27 Jackson Street (shown in their state-of-the-art mini movie theater)

Get a look at River Cycle — view the official trailer HERE.