{"id":2862,"date":"2012-10-10T13:19:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T18:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2012-10-10T13:19:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-10T18:19:48","slug":"ethnic-market-tour-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2012\/10\/ethnic-market-tour-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethnic Market Tour II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2864\" title=\"Leela Shah at East West Foods\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Leela-Shah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/lowe\/historyculture\/lowell-folklife-series.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Lowell Folkife Series <\/a>is going on the road. Consider joining us this Saturday for a tour of\u00a0some of Greater Lowell&#8217;s ethnic markets. We will meet at 2:00 p.m. at  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/lowe\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Lowell National Historical Park&#8217;s <\/a>Visitor Center (246 Market Street) and travel by the Park&#8217;s hybrid bus to three local markets specializing in Portuguese, Indian, and African foods.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2872\" title=\"Central Market in Back Central, Lowell\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Central-Market.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meet\u00a0Maria Arsenault,\u00a0owner of the Central Market in Lowell&#8217;s Portuguese Back Central neighborhood,\u00a0Leela Shah, owner of East West Foods (Indian) in Lowell&#8217;s Middlesex Village, and Martha Tanyi, owner of A F &amp; M African Market in Lowell neighborhood known as the Acre.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2869\" title=\"Cans of palm fruits at A F &amp; M African Market\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/cans-of-palm-fruits.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"236\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2870\" title=\"Okra at A F &amp; M African Market\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/okra.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"239\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There will be plenty of opportunities\u00a0to ask questions, learn about culturally specific ingredients, taste free samples, and do some shopping.<\/p>\n<p>Reservations are required, as space on the bus is limited: 978-275-1719.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lowell Folkife Series is going on the road. 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