Lowell Women's Week 2000
Various locations, Lowell. 978-970-5000. All events free unless otherwise noted; donations of personal care items for Alternative House, a shelter for battered women, accepted throughout the week. 3/5-3/11: array of exhibits and programs celebrating Women in the New Millennium: Looking Back, Moving Forward. Working People Exhibit, 40 French St. Ongoing: Can Mother Come Out to Play? Housework, Technology and Leisure 1900-1960. National Park Visitor Center, 246 Market St. 3/5: 2 p.m., Rosie the Riveter, discussion by Penny Colman. American Textile History Museum, 491 Dutton St. 3/6: 7:30-9:30 a.m., Women's Week Breakfast and tour of Dressed for the Part: Hollywood Costumes from the Silver Screen, $15. OTHER

Cornelius Ayer Wood Gallery
The Middlesex School, Lowell Road, Concord. 978-369-2550. Mon.-Sat 10 a.m-8 p.m., Sun. 1-8 p.m. Through 3/8: Peripheral Visions, landscape photographs by Jerry Howard.

Brush Art Gallery
256 Market St., Lowell. 978-459-7819. Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-4 p.m. Through 4/2: Perspectiva Latina, Latin American artists from New England.

Sports Museum of New England
25 Shattuck St., Lowell. 978-452-6775. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m. $3, ages 6-17 and seniors $2, under 6 free. Ongoing: Harry Agganis: Athlete and Scholar; A Salute to the 50th Anniversary of the Boston Braves; Women in Sports; Baseball Photographs by Bill Chapman; The Baseball Cartoons of Gene Mack; climbing wall, wooden sculptures of sports celebrities. Updated

New England Quilt Museum
18 Shattuck St., Lowell. 978-452-4207. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $4, students and seniors $3. Through 2/25: Last Quarter, Twentieth Century, exhibit of 35 quilts celebrating the current quilt revival. dated

American Textile History Museum
491 Dutton St., Lowell. 978-441-0400. Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. till 8 p.m., Sat.-Sun. and Mon. holidays 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $10, seniors and students $7, under 6 free. Renovated factory housing 100 exhibits, historical scenes, working looms. Through 3/12: Dressed for the Part: Hollywood Costumes from the Silver Screen, from silent films through 1960s.

Tom Jones Calvin Theater and Performing Arts Center,
19 King St., Northampton. 413-586-8686, 800-THE-TICK. 3/17: 8 p.m., $25-$45. Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St., Providence. 401-421-ARTS, 401-421-2997. 3/31: 8 p.m., $30-$40. Lowell Memorial Auditorium, 50 E. Merrimack St., Lowell. 978-454-2299, 617-931-2000. 4/1: 8 p.m., $29.50-$32.50.

Avenue X
Merrimack Repertory Theatre, 50 East Merrimack St., Lowell. 978-454-3926. A cappella doo-wop musical looks at racial struggles of the early '60s. $18.50-$32.50, rush seats available for half price one hour prior to curtain. Through 3/19: Wed.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 and 7 p.m. 3/1 and 3/16, 2 p.m., 2/26, 3 p.m.