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Remembering the artist Carol Durand of Dracut, former director of the Whistler House Museum of Art and cultural activist in Lowell in the 1980s and ’90s, particularly. She passed away after a long illness. By way of San Antonio, Texas, and Mass. College of Art in Boston, her roots in…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The hammering from daily political news has kept me away from devouring my normal quota of books on contemporary politics. If you too are on overload, here are some non-fiction alternatives I’ve recently enjoyed. The River of Doubt:…
Read More »‘My Politics’ (chapter excerpt) by Paul Marion Left, Mrs. Kennedy trying to reach a Secret Service officer after the shooting of her husband, President John F. Kennedy; right, JFK and Jacqueline Kennedy before the shooting in Dallas, Texas. (Web photos courtesy of express.com) Fourth grade. Nine years old. Friday afternoon…
Read More »A Message from the folks at Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, the organization that has been producing literary activities in Lowell since the late 1980s. To Our Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Friends: You are invited to a program that accompanies an Exhibit of some of the posters from many of the Lowell Celebrates…
Read More »Ambassador Yovanovitch with U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (yellow coat) and the late John McCain with Ukrainian soldiers in Ukraine, undated. (FB photo courtesy of Sen. Klobuchar, 11/15/19) What’s happening in Washington DC every day affects each community in the U.S. This action in the nation’s capital is local news even…
Read More »This message if from Felice Kincannon (felicek@turi.org) on behalf of the organizing committee. Dear All, Please try to carve out some time to attend the First American Learning Cities Networking Conference next week, Thursday and Friday, November 14 and 15. Apologies for the fact that this invitation is late.…
Read More »Politics being one of the main themes on this blog, I think it is helpful now and then to cut through the jargon and remind ourselves of what some key terms mean and where they come from in history. For example, Left, Right, Left Wing, Right Wing are terms that…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Philosopher George Santayana famously said in 1905 that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Winston Churchill liked the lesson so well that 43 years later he intoned, “Those who cannot learn from history…
Read More »Bob Hodge is an occasional contributor to this blog. Readers look forward to his posts. Bob grew up in Lowell and established himself as one of the top runners of his generation. He finished third in the Boston Marathon in 1979 and won the 1982 Beppu-Oita Marathon in Japan, among…
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