Calendar

March 20, 2010
What“The Pemberton Mill Disaster: its effect on the Irish of Lawrence and the role of the Augustinians and Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur who ministered to them.”
Lecture by Fr. Jim Wenzel, OSA of Merrimack College
When Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 2:00pm
Where Lawrence Heritage State Park Visitors Center 1 Jackson Street Lawrence, Massachusetts

March 24, 2010
Topic: Small Business Recovery Fair
Where Lawrence Heritage State Park
When Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:00am - 12:00 noon
Sponsored by the U.S. Small Business Administration

Irish Heritage Month
Saturday March 13, 2010
Speaker Rosita Bolan , staff journalist at Irish Times and poet.
Lawrence Heritage State Park 2:00 pm Free
Sponsored by Div 8 AOH

March 26, 2010
Si Kahn

April 1, 2010
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration
Where Lawrence Heritage State Park
When Thursday April 1, 2010 - 5:30 - 6:30 pm

Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of Pemberton Mill Disaster , 1860, in which at least 88 workers, mostly Irish immigrants, were killed by the mill collapse and fire. Honoring the ongoing fight for workplace safety. Recognizing recent victims if workplace injuries and illnesses in the Merrimack Valley. Recognizing current efforts to ensure going to work means giving your time and effort, not your life and health

Refreshments by Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council
Music by Alex Demas

Sponsored By The Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health ( MassCOSH), Bread and Roses Heritage Committee, Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council, Mass AFL-CIO, Proteccion en Construccion, Lawrence Public Library and Lawrence Heritage State Park.

Lowell Film Festival
Hollywood and the Great Depression
When Thursday April 8 - Saturday April 10, 2010.
While the Great Depression raged on, it was a film era of big budget musicals, outsize actors and actresses, crime and gangsters and many films that are today's classics. Go to Lowell Films for all the listings and locations. Free to all!