9/03 34th Bread & Roses Heritage Festival
Charlie Welch<cwelch@tecschange.org>
34th Bread & Roses Heritage Festival
Monday, Sept 3 11:30 to 6 Campagnone Common Lawerence MA
As the region’s only true Labor Day festival, 34th Annual Bread & Roses
Heritage Festival is an open-air arts and music festival honoring
Lawrence, Massachusetts’ multi-cultural roots and rich labor history
while commemorating the most significant event in Lawrence history: the
1912 Bread and Roses Strike. A day of activism and family fun, the
Festival boasts 3 stages of socially conscious performances, an array of
family activities, rows of community vendors, historical trolley and
walking tours, culturally diverse food offerings, educational
presentations and more!
SCHEDULE: breadandrosesheritage.
<http://breadandrosesheritage.org/schedule>
VOLUNTEER: breadandrosesheritage.
<http://breadandrosesheritage.org/volunteer>
HIGHLIGHTS
• Historic Trolley Tours: FREE 50 minute tour of the historic mill town,
Lawrence, MA. Departs from City Hall every 30 minutes starting at
12:00pm, with the last trolley at 4:00pm. Get TICKETS in advance at the
Friends of Lawrence Heritage State Park tent (these fill up quickly).
Los paseos en trolley con guía en español salen a las 2:00pm, 3:00pm y
4:00pm. Busque su boleta en la mesa de “Friends of Lawrence Heritage
State Park.”
• Historic Walking Tours: FREE. Leaves from the Strikers' Monument on
the Common across from City Hall and goes through the mill district,
focusing on the Strike of 1912.
• Commemoration Ceremony at 11:30AM at the 1912 Textile Workers'
Strikers' Monument across from City Hall. Welcome by the Chair of the
1912 Strikers’ Monument Committee, the President of the Bread and Roses
Heritage Committee, and Mayor Dan Rivera
<https://www.facebook.com/dan.rivera.716>.
• Celebration of Dreamers and Doers for Social Justice - We will
celebrate the accomplishments and ongoing organizing efforts of several
local workers’ campaigns.
• “Hustle and Soul”- A group of young, local creatives present an
eclectic multimedia production will take festival-goers on a
thought-provoking experience to explore the topics of intergenerational
struggles, the immigrant/urban experience, and reimagining the future of
the City of Immigrants.
• Lawrence History Live! – Historians, workers, and union
representatives present their insights into Lawrence's history and
today’s workers’ issues and actions in a centrally located speakers’
tent. Lawrence History Live! also includes a Community Forum which
offers in-depth discussion of the current housing crisis. Festival
visitors are encouraged to participate and contribute their views in a
Q&A format. SCHEDULE COMING SOON:
breadandrosesheritage.
<http://breadandrosesheritage.org/lawrencehistorylive>
• Community Corner – In the tradition of the labor, free-speech, and
civil rights movements, we are providing a soap box, open to all, to
step up and have a voice. breadandrosesheritage.
<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbreadandrosesheritage.org%2Fsoapbox&h=AT0A-KFKVkQ365ikFfbkOnovsldPFzuXe7nkaVjFzBSFJjNZD6HNeMy8VPLefNh9oPHt6u39BzvrU_Hc4JqNcF-G9lWAeQjH_WW5M2wJ5Jf1Cr6rBmTxL66Ju947TTtT7Q>
• Family Activities – Family entertainment includes an international
food court, pony rides, walking and trolley tours, a magic show, learn
about reptiles, and portrait artist Ed Bray. The highly popular Kidz
Zone will feature an eclectic mix of arts and crafts by the Lawrence
Arts House <https://www.facebook.com/TheLawrenceArtsHouse/> (La House),
a community based expressive arts studio with a therapeutic framework
that reclaims art-making as a process for healing. MORE:
breadandrosesheritage.
<http://breadandrosesheritage.org/familyactivities>
While you're there check out the poster exhibit at the museum. (3rd one
down)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rg39lighm3dcx3b/Sept%202018.pdf?dl=0
Festival on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/2139542119708500/
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Monday, Sept 3 11:30 to 6 Campagnone Common Lawerence MA
As the region’s only true Labor Day festival, 34th Annual Bread & Roses
Heritage Festival is an open-air arts and music festival honoring
Lawrence, Massachusetts’ multi-cultural roots and rich labor history
while commemorating the most significant event in Lawrence history: the
1912 Bread and Roses Strike. A day of activism and family fun, the
Festival boasts 3 stages of socially conscious performances, an array of
family activities, rows of community vendors, historical trolley and
walking tours, culturally diverse food offerings, educational
presentations and more!
SCHEDULE: breadandrosesheritage.
<http://breadandrosesheritage.org/schedule>
VOLUNTEER: breadandrosesheritage.
<http://breadandrosesheritage.org/volunteer>
HIGHLIGHTS
• Historic Trolley Tours: FREE 50 minute tour of the historic mill town,
Lawrence, MA. Departs from City Hall every 30 minutes starting at
12:00pm, with the last trolley at 4:00pm. Get TICKETS in advance at the
Friends of Lawrence Heritage State Park tent (these fill up quickly).
Los paseos en trolley con guía en español salen a las 2:00pm, 3:00pm y
4:00pm. Busque su boleta en la mesa de “Friends of Lawrence Heritage
State Park.”
• Historic Walking Tours: FREE. Leaves from the Strikers' Monument on
the Common across from City Hall and goes through the mill district,
focusing on the Strike of 1912.
• Commemoration Ceremony at 11:30AM at the 1912 Textile Workers'
Strikers' Monument across from City Hall. Welcome by the Chair of the
1912 Strikers’ Monument Committee, the President of the Bread and Roses
Heritage Committee, and Mayor Dan Rivera
<https://www.facebook.com/dan.rivera.716>.
• Celebration of Dreamers and Doers for Social Justice - We will
celebrate the accomplishments and ongoing organizing efforts of several
local workers’ campaigns.
• “Hustle and Soul”- A group of young, local creatives present an
eclectic multimedia production will take festival-goers on a
thought-provoking experience to explore the topics of intergenerational
struggles, the immigrant/urban experience, and reimagining the future of
the City of Immigrants.
• Lawrence History Live! – Historians, workers, and union
representatives present their insights into Lawrence's history and
today’s workers’ issues and actions in a centrally located speakers’
tent. Lawrence History Live! also includes a Community Forum which
offers in-depth discussion of the current housing crisis. Festival
visitors are encouraged to participate and contribute their views in a
Q&A format. SCHEDULE COMING SOON:
breadandrosesheritage.
<http://breadandrosesheritage.org/lawrencehistorylive>
• Community Corner – In the tradition of the labor, free-speech, and
civil rights movements, we are providing a soap box, open to all, to
step up and have a voice. breadandrosesheritage.
<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbreadandrosesheritage.org%2Fsoapbox&h=AT0A-KFKVkQ365ikFfbkOnovsldPFzuXe7nkaVjFzBSFJjNZD6HNeMy8VPLefNh9oPHt6u39BzvrU_Hc4JqNcF-G9lWAeQjH_WW5M2wJ5Jf1Cr6rBmTxL66Ju947TTtT7Q>
• Family Activities – Family entertainment includes an international
food court, pony rides, walking and trolley tours, a magic show, learn
about reptiles, and portrait artist Ed Bray. The highly popular Kidz
Zone will feature an eclectic mix of arts and crafts by the Lawrence
Arts House <https://www.facebook.com/TheLawrenceArtsHouse/> (La House),
a community based expressive arts studio with a therapeutic framework
that reclaims art-making as a process for healing. MORE:
breadandrosesheritage.
<http://breadandrosesheritage.org/familyactivities>
While you're there check out the poster exhibit at the museum. (3rd one
down)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rg39lighm3dcx3b/Sept%202018.pdf?dl=0
Festival on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/events/2139542119708500/
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