 📣 Now Accepting Submissions: The HOWE EPIC Multimedia Celebration 2025
Billerica Access Television is proud to present the HOWE EPIC Multimedia Celebration, an annual showcase honoring student creativity in film, writing, art, and photography. 🎓 Open to all students in grades 4–12 🗓️ Final submission deadline: May 20th at midnight 🎥 Live red carpet premiere: May 23rd at BATV Help us celebrate the next generation of storytellers, artists, and visionaries. Email [email protected] for full details, submission forms and guidelines. All participants will be recognized and receive a swag bag full of prizes.
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 Billerica’s investment in the Revolutionary War went far beyond the estimated 321 men who fought and the 14 who died. Sacrifices were made on the home front every single day, with boycotts of British goods and services predating the start of the war. By the time the smoke of battle finally cleared, we were a new town in a new nation. Our very own Isaac Wright-Lichter has filmed, produced and edited a new documentary exploring Billerica’s involvement and importance in the revolutionary war. Please join us on April 18th at 6pm for a screening of this incredible documentary. This event is free and refreshments will be served.
 🏈 BATV Members — We’re Taking You Out to the Ballgame! 🎉
Join us for a Member Appreciation Event at the Tsongas Arena on May 29th at 7PM as the Massachusetts Pirates take on the Jacksonville Sharks! 🍽️ Dinner served in a private clubroom 🎟️ Free tickets available now at BATV 💙 This event is FREE for BATV members! Not a member yet? No problem—stop by BATV to sign up and score your ticket to the game! 📍 390 Boston Rd, Billerica | 📞 978-663-2284 | ✉️ [email protected] Billerica Access Television (BATV) proudly presents The Bluebird Restoration Project A community-focused conservation program led by local wildlife enthusiast Jim Miller. This initiative is dedicated to protecting and increasing the bluebird population in Billerica through education, habitat restoration, and active monitoring of nesting sites. Through engaging episodes featuring expert insights and live nest camera footage, viewers can witness the fascinating life cycle of bluebirds—from nest building and egg laying to chick development and fledging. The program also highlights the challenges these beautiful birds face, such as competition for nesting sites and environmental threats, while offering guidance on how the community can help support bluebird conservation. Click HERE to see episodes of the BBRP airing on BATV!   batv_inc Get ready for a sweet & shamrockin’ time at BATV! Join us for Cookies & Clovers! A St. Patrick’s Crafting Party filled with cookie decorating, shamrock crafts, and leprechaun trap building! March 15th | 2-5 PM 390 Boston Rd, Billerica This family-friendly event is the perfect way to celebrate St. Paddy’s Day with fun, creativity, and tasty treats! Don’t miss out!
 Hello again, gentle readers! I trust you all made it safely through cyberspace and are ready to hear the latest news about BATV’s upcoming technical upgrades and events as promised. Without further ado, here are a few of the exciting enhancements and a special event I’m pleased to announce…
First up: Community Room Upgrades! As you probably know, BATV is now located at the newly renovated Howe School. After being open for a full two years plus, we’ve noticed there are indeed some areas where we could improve our beloved new home for the better. One of the areas in need is in The Howe Community Room. The Community Room has been utilized immensely in the time it has been open to the Billerica Community and with great success. Most of its use has come in the form of a gathering/meeting space and to a lesser extent, as a live performance space. As a part of our mission, BATV staff and board members are consistently looking for news ways to build new pathways of media access and connectivity for our members and the overall Billerica community. We have determined there is a need to step up the live event production ability of the Community Room to provide new and exciting ways to bring the Billerica community media and community events. In this sense, we are trying to take the next logical step in the evolution of the Community Room and feel with a few new bells and whistles we can make it even more functional, especially where live music or other types of performances are concerned. With this in mind, yours truly has really been surfin’ and scrollin’ the furthest depths of the inter webs to find the right mix of form, function, budget and brains when it comes to a mix of new equipment and refurbishments in order to enhance live events in the Community Room space. Moreover, some of these upgrades will most likely be modular and able to be used in other ares of the Howe building as well as in other parts of the Billerica community, adding additional “bang for the buck”, as they say. Although not completely ready to announce every specific change coming as of this writing, I can reveal what we are looking to accomplish. In order to make the Community Room more functional as a performance space we will be acquiring a new Public Address (PA) System, audio mixer and wireless performance microphones. In addition, we are looking into adding a modular stage, along with moveable lighting trusses with both wired and wireless performance lighting fixture options. In regards to the moveable truss (or grid), we will also be looking forward to using that in the kitchen production space as well. We are looking into acquiring an overhead camera and hanging it directly over the cooking area for even better cooking productions. I am also currently researching other options for more permanent, built in options in both spaces as well. All of this is in the hope to offer more flexibility and function in order to bring more professional live venue production events like live bands/music, open mic nights, comedy nights, poetry readings, karaoke and more. Stay tuned for more updates on these new improvements in the weeks and months to come! Lastly, I’d like to take a quick moment to announce that Jon Waterman will be bringing another installment of his Live Music and History series to us on the evening of June 18th. This time Jon will be sharing his "History and Legends through Song” program with us. If you didn’t catch Jon’s last program “ Popular Music and Veterans” last May, here’s a link to see what a truly wonderful musical experience he provides for free with the help of grants from the Mass Cultural Council and the Billerica Cultural Council: https://bit.ly/PopMusicandVets Welp, that will do it for this first digital installment of Technical Corner 2.0. I hope you enjoyed the read as much as I had sharing my musings and updates. As always, if you have any questions about anything I mentioned here, whether out of genuine interest, complete disdain or anything in between- feel free to “hit me up” at [email protected] and I’ll be happy to discuss it all with you, gentle reader, here in The Technical Corner. - Paul Abrego Production & facilities coordinator  Saturday February 8th from 2-5pm, join us for our second annual Valentine’s event: Cupcakes & Crafting! We will have Valentine creation stations, cupcake decorating, as well as a few surprises in store for this all ages, family-friendly event! You won’t want to miss it! This event is *Free* and open everyone!
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