Lush Beads April 2010 Newsletter

* First Saturdays Open Studios this weekend from 12-5PM
* Chronicle appearance!
* REMINDER - Ugly Necklace Contest II!
* May Day events at Lush Beads and Western Avenue Studios

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First Saturdays is upon us again! Join us this Saturday, April 3rd,
from noon to 5PM. It would be a great outing for you and the family,
especially if you have out-of-town visitors for Easter or Passover.
The weather forecast looks great, so please join us.

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In some -very- exciting news, the Western Avenue Studios will be
featured in an upcoming episode of Chronicle. While I was not
interviewed, some footage was shot in my studio so you may see your
favorite bead store on Chronicle! The show will air "in a few weeks".
When I have an air date, I will let you know! Chronicle is shown
on WCVB channel 5.

Today's Lowell Sun features an article regarding the filming:
http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_14791554

And here are some behind-the-scenes photos taken by some of our
resident photographers:
http://gse.uml.edu/rtt/chronicle/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adrienbisson/4479793956 - this album has
2 pics of me in it.

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Reminder - The submission deadline for the Ugly Necklace Contest II is
in just under a month, on April 28th. I hope you are all working hard
on your entries. Should the Chronicle piece air before May open
studios, we will have a HUGE crowd to view and vote on these pieces!

Submission deadline: Wednesday April 28, 2010
Judging by artists & the public: Saturday May 1, 2010
Winners announced: Saturday May 1, 2010 at 5PM

Rules & Submission Forms: http://lushbeads.com/uglynecklace.php

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And now we are six. :-)

On Saturday, May 1st, Lush Beads will have its annual anniversary sale
and celebration. We will have our famous "pick a chip" sale, giving
you anywhere from a 10-50% discount on your purchase. There will be
cake and refreshments at 1PM. We will also have a guessing contest,
and the winner will receive beads! And of course, there is the Ugly
Necklace contest voting happening just outside our door.

May 1st will also be the Spring Art Thing, where 30+ artists at
Western Ave celebrate Moms, Dads, and Grads! Collect hole punches
from participating studios to enter to win a gift certificate. The
more hole punches you get, the larger the gift certificate you can
enter to win!

Please spend your May Day with us at Western Ave!

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Lush Beads
122 Western Avenue, Studio A-313, Lowell, MA 01851
978-459-7240 ~ http://lushbeads.com/

Hours: Wed-Fri 10-7, Sat 10-5, Sun 12-4. Tues: Holiday hours or by
appt. Closed Mon. (Subject to change, always check the website for
updates!)

Just TEN Days Away! The 3rd Annual Lowell Film Festival, April 8-10

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Bringing the magic of film to the Mill City    |    April - May 2010 Upcoming Events! A Marx Brothers Revue! "China Blue" Exposes All "River Cycle" Premieres in Lowell Food & Film at Garcia Brogan's A Special Thanks About the Lowell Film Collaborative Your support will help keep our film events coming! DONATE TODAY! * Thank you * __________________ Thanks to those who help make our events possible: Lowell National Historical Park Cultural Organization of Lowell (COOL) Lowell Telecommunications Corporation Lowell Green Building Commission 119 Gallery The Revolving Museum Brew'd Awakening Coffeehaus Athenian Corner Greek Restaurant Garcia Brogan's Cantina, Pub & Restaurant Pollard Memorial Library University of Massachusetts, Lowell Lowell Irish Cultural Committee New Entry Sustainable Farming Project Life Alive Organic Cafe Moses Greeley Parker Lectures Massachusetts Cultural Council WorldPEAS CSA ___________________ Help bring more independent film to Lowell! Please pass this newsletter on to friends and family who care about film and who wish to support a film movement in the Mill City. We want to hear from you, so visit our blog and share your feedback & suggestions!  { Bette, Boris, Groucho, Charlie, and MORE! } The 3rd Annual Lowell Film Festival "Hollywood & the Great Depression: 10-cent Entertainment During Difficult Times" Thursday, April 8 -  Saturday, April 10 Greetings, Film Buffs! The City of Lowell is just TEN days away from celebrating the Golden Age of Hollywood at the 3rd Annual Lowell Film Festival! This year we salute the cinematic treasures that soothed the country's psyche during the economic turmoil of the Great Depression. These are the great classics of today featuring the legendary stars we've come to idolize ... come dressed for the weekend in your best 1930's garb! Don't miss the following! * Opening Night Soiree (April 8) at Athenian Corner Restaurant -- 1930's dress encouraged! * 1930's-themed cocktail specials at local restaurants * Specially priced breakfast deals at local diners (April 10) * Late-night films: "Frankenstein" and "Bride of Frankenstein" * Midnight screenings at Dharma Buns Sandwich Company Get the full Festival schedule at  www.lowellfilms.org Keep up with the Fest!    > Facebook    > Twitter { THIS WEEKEND! } A Marx Brothers Revue Three nights of the best of the BEST in celebration of the Lowell Film Festival! Friday, April 2 @ 7PM  "Horse Feathers" Saturday, April 3 @ 7PM "Duck Soup" Monday, April 5 @ 7PM "A Night at the Opera" Usher in the Lowell Film Festival one weekend early with Dharma Buns Sandwich Company and Athenian Corner Restaurant! Bring your best buddies for a night of laughter and see the legendary Marx Brothers, dinner-and-a-movie style! See the full schedule >   Lowell Film Fest "Related Film Events" "China Blue" Special guest speaker: UMass Lowell Emerita Jean Pyle Monday, April 12 6:30PM Middlesex Community College Federal Building Assembly Room 50 Kearney Square, Lowell Free admission! Shot clandestinely at a blue-jeans factory in southern China, '"China Blue'" reveals what international retail companies don't want us to see: how the clothes we buy are actually made. Discover the striking parallels of these compelling stories to Lowell in the days of its boarding houses and 'mill girls'. Co-sponsored by Middlesex Community College Cultural Connections, UMass Lowell Department of Regional Economic and Social Development, and the Lowell Film Collaborative. Please join us for a reception and post-film discussion with guest speaker Jean Pyle. Learn more >   "China Blue" on PBS's Independent Lens "River Cycle: The Concord in Lowell" A special Earth Day film event with a presentation by Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust Tuesday, April 20 6:30PM Lowell National Historical Park 246 Market Street, Lowell Free admission! Commemorate Earth Day and explore the beauty and history of Lowell's historic Concord River in director Chad Montrie's locally produced documentary short. Hear more about the river's relationship to Lowell's mill past and learn more about the Concord River Greenway Park and other programs of the Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust, whose mission is to reconnect people to the river and its broader environment. Co-sponsored by UMass Lowell, Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust, Lowell National Historical Park, and the Lowell Film Collaborative. See the official trailer >   River Cycle: The Concord in Lowell Learn more > Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust "One Man's Hero" A story of faith, devotion, and the fight for freedom. Tuesday, May 4 7:30PM Garcia Brogan's Cantina, Pub & Restaurant 131 Middlesex Street, Lowell Admission: $5 Enjoy delicious dinner and beverages before, during, or after the film! Don't miss our first event at Garcia Brogan's restaurant in the Hamilton Canal District! Still a bit of a controversial picture (and more renowned in Mexico than in the U.S.), "One Man's Hero" tells the little-known story of the "St. Patrick's Brigade" or "San Patricios," a group of Irish immigrants in the U.S. Army who deserted to Mexico after encountering religious and ethnic prejudice during the Mexican-American War. Co-sponsored by the Irish Cultural Committee, St. Patrick's Church, Garcia Brogan's, and the Lowell Film Collaborative. Visit Garcia Brogan's in Lowell > www.garciabrogans.com Did you attend our White Stripes screening? If so, our thanks to YOU! Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who came out to our screening of the White Stripes documentary, "Under Great White Northern Lights." We truly appreciated the support you gave -- your generous donations helped us pay for all our screening costs. Thank you all once again -- we hope you enjoyed it! The Lowell Film Collaborative lowellfilmcollaborative.org The Lowell Film Collaborative (LFC) is a grassroots organization dedicated to growing the burgeoning artistic community of Lowell, Massachusetts, by celebrating the art of moving pictures. Our passion is film! > Read more about the LFC > Become a Screen Partner or Screen Sponsor - Learn more > View our Schedule of Film Events by date  [Get in touch. Stay in touch. And get event updates!] >  FACEBOOK         >  TWITTER

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119 Gallery April Newsletter

APRIL HAPPENINGS Exhibits Events APRIL EXHIBIT Gotta' Have It April 6 - 30 APRIL EVENTS Crank Sturgeon Crank Sturgeon, Qfwfq Duo, Trachypithecene Entity Thu April 1, 8pm - 11pm Strotter Inst Noise from Switzerland Fri April 2, 8pm - 11pm Lowell Poetry Network Steve Dalachinsky and Yuko Otomo [NYC] featured poets with Apocalypso Trio Sat April 3, 2pm - 8pm Emmanuel Lalande Thu April 8, 8pm - 9pm LFC Fri April 9th + 10th 8pm - 9pm Daniel Francis Doyle Abram Taber Math the Band Daniel Francis Doyle The Woodrow Wilsons Packrat Produced by Ben Farley Tue April 13, 7:00pm - 10:30pm Dance + Fashion Show Thur Apr 15, 2010 Herb Robertson Trio Fri April 16, 8pm - 9pm Spiral Event Sat April 17, 7pm - 1am Field Recording Workshop Description Field Recording with Rick Breault Sun April 18, 11am - 3pm Lowell Poetry Network FreeVervse + Open mic with Janet Stevenson Thu April 22, 6:30pm - 9pm Dinner and a Movie A classic Khymer film Fri April 23, 6:30pm - 7:30pm Forrest Larson Sat, April 24, 8pm - 9pm Analogue Heaven North East More info here - http://stretta.com/ahne/2010/ Produced by Eric Crawley and Mike Fun Sunday Apr 25 Sound Thinking UMass Lowell Dept of Music Thu, April 29 7pm - 11pm Grassroots Arts Conference Friday, Apr 30 - May 2 Visit our Sponsors LTC UML Art Department EXHIBITS Gotta' Have It... Cambodian Artist Exhibit 2010 April is the month of the Cambodian New Year. To celebrate, this show will be based around consumerism and Cambodia as a developing country and America in its debt. Throughout the month of April, we will have events relating to Cambodia, including a dance and fashion show, dinner and a movie, and more. Curated by Setheyny Cambodian Dance + Fashion Show Traditional Cambodian Fashion and Dance Showcasing fashions by the local bridal shop that's located on Chelmsford Street, the night will feature performances by the Angkor Dance Troupe and the Adams Project. EVENTS Crank Sturgeon Thu April 1, 8pm - 11pm Crank Sturgeon, Qfwfq Duo, Trachypithecene Entity Sturgeon has been active in the noise and performance art since 1992. He has giddily blurred the lines of quasi-art lecture/presentation with a circus of high volume, irreverent pun, and punk sensibility. Come see the show! guaranteed to be fun and interesting. Strotter Inst + Baker/Bisson Duo Fri April 2, 8pm - 11pm After more than ten years of making music with turntables, tapes and loops the swiss based musician, artist, performer and architect Christoph Hess started in 1998 the project Strotter Inst. to concentrate just on the manipulation of turntables not using any records or sounds made by someone or something else. Live, Strotter Inst. is generating dense sound- and rhythmstructures by using five modified and manipulated lenco-turntables and various cut or scotched records. The music ranges from a low-fi rumble changing into concrete clicks and scrapes, followed by epic drones and multilayered broken beats to fall back into tricky bass-meditations. Lowell Poetry Network Sat April 3, 2pm - 8pm  Tickets $12 in advance/$15 at door. Tables set up with food, beer & wine. Steve Dalachinsky and Yuko Otomo [NYC] featured poets with Apocalypso Trio: [Boston, Brooklyn NY, Lowell] Joe Burgio - movement, Shayna Dulberger - double bass, delay, Walter Wright - analog synths & video & John Voigt Group: [Boston] Jon Damian - guitar, Joshua Jefferson - sax, John Voigt - bass, Joe Livolsi - drums There will be an open mic! Local poets are invited to read. following the poetry readings and open mic - 8pm Kevin Frenette Group: Kevin Frenette - guitar, James Rohr - Fender Rhodes, Kit Demos - bass, Johnny McLellan - drums. Tickets or reservations email artguy@119gallery.org Herb Robertson Trio Fri April 16, 8pm - 9pm Herb Robertson Trio: [NJ] Herb Robertson - trumpet, Dave Kaczorowski - bass, Adrian Valosin - drums. $10 donation at the door. "This trio of in-the-moment composers is a perfect setting for Robertson's aggressive extended techniques and forceful horn manipulations...Kaczorowski and Valosin are strong promoters of forward motion and creativity, two qualities needed when running with a beast like the fabulous Robertson." - Ken Weiss, Cadence Magazine April 2009 119 Gallery promotes contemporary and new media art, innovative ideas and cutting-edge techniques with a rich and diverse program of exhibitions, performances and community-based arts services. We welcome people of all ages, backgrounds and means to explore and experience new, innovative art.

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ALL News: Three ALL Photographers exhibiting at Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union

Art at Tremont Yard

A Series of Open House Art Exhibitions

You are invited to an exhibition of striking, nature-themed photographic works.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6pm-8pm at 1 Tremont Place, Lowell, MA 01854

In the new Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union building off of Father Morissette Boulevard next to the Lowell Post Office.

Featuring the work of:

Lisa Anderson Bisson

Ted Ogonowski

Amanda Mae Frankland

Brought to you by Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union in partnership with the Arts League of Lowell.

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