DESTINATION WORLD: QUEBEC
October 6th from 5pm–9pm

OUTDOOR EVENTS : Music and food
Lowell Five Main stage at Mack Plaza* 6:00pm–9:00pm
Music:  David Surette, Jeremiah McLane, and Keith Murphy
Hear the sounds of Surrette, McLane and Murphy with a rollicking Quebecois chanson-a-repondre to a lilting bourree from Central France. Their song and tune arrangements find the perfect balance between tradition and innovation.
Food:  Vic’s Pastry will be selling traditional Pork Pies, beans, and a variety of pastries.  Present your Destination World ticket stub to try a pastry sample!
Drinks:  The  Coffee Mill will be selling warm drinks and tasty treats.
*Rain Location: National Park Visitor Center

Public Arts: Outdoor Projection
After Dark    View Projected imagery from 119 Gallery on the facade of the Trolley Museum

Enterprise Bank Parking Lot
8:00pm–9:00pm   Brenton Dance workshop with Ray Price

INDOOR EVENTS :  Film and Culture
Lowell National Park Visitor Center 
5:00pm–5:30pm   Lowell Blues: the words of Jack Kerouac. A film by Henry Ferrini
5:40pm–6:15pm   The Roots of traditional Quebecois music presented by Joanne Gagnon
How did the traditional music of Quebec come to be as we know it today? This multimedia lecture will discuss the historical roots of traditional Quebecois music including elements which comprise this music in its present form today. 
7:15pm–8:00 pm  Lowell Blues: the words of Jack Kerouac. A film by Henry Ferrini

Featured Event
8:00pm–9:00pm “Canadian Shorts” Screening
                           Q&A with Curator Nicole Gingras
Canadian writer and independent curator Nicole Gingras will be screening 13 short films as part of the Destination World: Quebec celebration.   Not Rated.
According to Gingras, “The artists in question are exploring a variety of hybrid forms: these investigations inherent to the nature of video itself allow media crossbreeding, pictorial or acoustic collages, and collaborations between artists.” 

COOL Gallery
5pm–7:30pm      Experience the colorful work of Franco American Lowellians as they celebrate their heritage through the arts and history.

Restaurants
Cobblestones
Featuring a Three Course Prix Fix Menu for two with your D.W. Ticket stub for only $20.00/person**  To begin, share a Cheese Fondue for two featuring Brie and Gorgonzola, Garlic Crostini with grilled pear.  For the Entrée course, Choose from Traditional Cassoulet with stewed white beans, bacon, Andouille sausage and Duck Leg Confit or Chef Besana's delectable Bouillabase featuring stewed seafood, saffron and potato rouille.  For dessert...it's Quebec's famed "Torte au Sucre" (Maple Sugar Pie!!)  Or just stop in and join us for a glass of wine and any other featured specials for the day.  We'd love to see you.      **Does not include 5% tax and 18% gratuity

Old Court
Offering a traditional meat pie as a special for the evening. 

La Boniche
Simple bistro fare with a French accent. La Boniche is offering a Destination World special for the evening.

Brew'd Awakening Coffeehaus   A warm and intimate place to relax, view local art, and enjoy a cup of espresso, coffee or tea.  Show your D.W. ticket stub,  and receive 10% off an espresso drink (includes lattes and cappucinnos)

Shops
Friends Fabric
Cirque du Quebec Cuff Bracelet: Launch yourself into creating with the dreamlike innovation of Quebec circus costume designers. We will fashion felt cuff bracelets perfect for everyday wear, but with a bit of theatrical flair. Two kit styles: $5 and $10.

Life Alive 10% discount off all essential oils in celebration of the French Canadian love for aromatherapy.

Moody’s Buried Treasures  Receive a discount on multi-
cultural handmade crafts.

additional events to attend on Oct. 6
Enterprise Bank Parking Lot
6:00pm–8:00pm   Lowell Newcomers’ Night Fall Kick-Off Party
This event will celebrate the arrival of new Downtown Lowell Residents by providing a fun, exciting atmosphere to listen to music, make new friends and connections in their new community.   Entertainment will include a cash bar and high-energy music and dancing provided by Breton band “Trouz-Bras” with Ray Price.   *Rain Location: Park Cafe Gallery

Park Cafe Gallery Arts League of Lowell Artists at the Park Cafe Gallery featuring Noredlin Morgan and Debra Bretton Robinson

Life Alive  Singer/Song writer Alley Trela and Jacob King perform soulful folk from 7:30pm-8:30pm

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! and UMass Lowell's Kerouac Conference on Beat Literature will cosponsor a poetry and
fiction reading at 7:30 pm in 222 O'Leary Library (61 Wilder St.) on UMass Lowell's South Campus. The speakers will read from works containing characters based on Jack Kerouac. The reading is free and open to the public.

Movie ratings will be indicated at each venue.  You must be 17 or older to be admitted to an R-rated film without a parent or guardian.

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