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“Meanderings” by Jim Peters
Frequent contributor Jim Peters sent along this thoughtful essay: I do not believe that I have ever been more concerned about the fate of our country than I am right now. I just finished particpating in a Donald Trump designed poll which showed that the flashy, and person who will…
Read More »As through a glass, darkly
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Read More »Lowell in 1926: City Hall
As we approach Monday’s celebration of Lowell’s 150th anniversary as a city, I pulled out a booklet I have from the 1926 Centennial Observance of Lowell’s incorporation as a town. The booklet contains many things, but most interesting to me was a brief survey of many of the city’s major…
Read More »Eric Whitacre – “Sleep”
[youtube]6WhWDCw3Mng[/youtube] In this video, 2052 singers from 58 countries perform Eric Whitacre’s choral piece called “Sleep” in an amazing YouTube mashup. Each singer recorded him or herself singing a particular part on YouTube and then submitted the recording to Whitacre who edited them together. This is the result. It premiered…
Read More »Virtual Choir
[youtube]D7o7BrlbaDs[/youtube] In this YouTube video, conductor/composer Eric Whitacre leads a virtual choir of 158 singers in a performance of “Lux Aurumque.” Whitacre collected YouTube auditions from singers all over the country and blended them all together for this video. I post this today because at 6 pm this evening, Whitacre…
Read More »Lowell’s 175th Anniversary
Lowell came into existence as a town in 1826 but was incorporated as a city, the third in Massachusetts, in 1836. That makes 2011 the city’s 175th birthday. The party will be held this coming Monday, April 11, 2011, the actual anniversary. Festivities will kick off at 4:20 pm with…
Read More »Future use of Superior Courthouse
Top officials of the Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM), the state agency responsible for all state-owned buildings, traveled to Lowell yesterday at the invitation of the city’s state house delegation to discuss the future of the Middlesex Superior Courthouse on Gorham Street once the new Judicial Center is completed.…
Read More »Giving 17 year olds the right to vote
“Just wondering if you’d be interested in tagging along to the statehouse on April 13th to attend he Joint Committee on Election Laws’ public hearing on the teen-led initiative to Lower the Voting Age to 17 in Lowell’s muni elections.” Above is a message I received from a proponent of…
Read More »St Jean Baptiste Church
George DeLuca (Come to Lowell) took a tour of the under-renovation St Jean Baptiste Church on upper Merrimack Street and sent along these notes. From my conversation with George, it was abundantly clear that he was very enthused about the renovation results. With so many former churches in Lowell, finding…
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