JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL EARTH DAY EVENT!

Details at https://www.lalabookstore.com/event/author-jane-brox

Lowell: City of Learning and Mill City Grows present an afternoon with award-winning authorJane Brox who will present the new compilation of her work, In the Merrimack Valley: A Farm Trilogy.

The book brings together her first three books: Here and Nowhere Else, which won the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award in nonfiction; Five Thousand Days Like This One, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Clearing Land. She is also the author of Silence, selected as an Editors’ Choice by The New York Times Book Review, and Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light, which was named one of the top ten nonfiction books of 2010 by Time magazine.

Brox has received the New England Book Award for nonfiction, and her essays have appeared in many journals and anthologies including Best American Essays, The Norton Book of Nature Writing, The Georgia Review and NewYorker.com. She has been awarded grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Maine Arts Commission.

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

Click here to register for MCG's "Super Spring" PLAYcation Event!

Join Mill City Grows and the Pollard Library Bookmobile during April vacation on Tuesday, April 22, anytime between 12-1pm, for "Super Spring"! We'll enjoy garden themed activities and a yummy snack with a fun twist! Activities are for all ages and abilities. FREE and open to all, registration required.

The fun happens at our ROOT Community Space, 19 Hall Street. Free parking at 650 Suffolk Street in the Wannalancit Visitor Lot. Metered street parking is available along the canal or along the UML campus recreation field, and accessible parking is available in front of 19 Hall Street. The whole family is invited to participate (no drop-offs, please).

Purchase fresh, local fruits, veggies, and MORE at the Mill City Grows Mobile Farmers Market at MCG's ROOT Community Space!

Address: 19 Hall Street, Lowell

Accessible parking is available at 19 Hall Street, and free parking is available at the Wannalancit Mills Visitor Parking Lot, 629 Suffolk Street. Metered parking is available along Suffolk Street.

We accept the following payment options:

> SNAP / EBT
> HIP – Healthy Incentives Program
> WellSense Gift Cards
> S3 OTC/Healthy Grocery Card
> Mill City Grows E-Gift Cards
> Cash, credit, debit
> Apple Pay