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Because the period of US history that interests me the most extends from the Civil War through the start of the 20th Century, Chicago was a natural destination for a site-seeing vacation. From the 1871 fire that destroyed a four mile long swath of the city to the 1893 world’s…
Read More »Past Greater Lowell Community Foundation Grants Recipients/Representatives Grants Alert! Greater Lowell Community Foundation 2010 Grants Program This is a reminder to the non-profit organizations located in – or who provide service in Lowell or in the communities of Andover, Ashby, Ayer, Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Concord, Dracut, Dunstable, Groton, Haverhill, Lawrence, Littleton, Methuen, Pepperell,…
Read More »…U.S. institutions will have to change, an international panel of experts said last week, if they want to retain their edge and help the country in an economy ever more dependent on knowledge and innovation.” The July 2, 2010, issue of “The Chronicle of Higher Education” includes a brief report…
Read More »Here’s a poem from my days in Maine that was first published in 1991 in a small literary magazine in Troy, Maine, called “Potato Eyes.”—PM . Maine Heron A blue heron waits an hour, Shows patient power In a one-man soup line, Disregards time In favor of a single mind— The…
Read More »Poet Catherine Strisik has a new book, “Thousand-Cricket Song,” about Cambodia and the culture of the country in the post-genocide era. She will be in Lowell on Saturday, July 31, at 2 p.m., reading from her work and signing books at the UMass Lowell Barnes & Noble Downtown Bookstore on…
Read More »You have until next Tuesday July 20, 2010 to signal your interest in joining the COOL Board of Directors. COOL is the Cultural Office of Lowell and the official cultural arm of the city with the mission of providing general support to the many cultural activities and institutions in the community through coordination,…
Read More »Nancye Tuttle of the SUN broke the news on June 10 that Lowell Memorial Auditorium will present writer, radioman extraordinaire, and poetry enthusiast Garrison Keillor on March 6, 2011. As far as I can recall Keillor has never played Lowell or the Merrimack Valley, so that’s a great get. Let’s be sure Garrison…
Read More »I missed taking note of Bastille Day (July 14), but my family has been following Le Tour de France on the Versus Channel. The coverage is first-rate—and worth watching as a travelogue as much as for a bicycle race. In honor of the French (mostly French Canadian) roots of many…
Read More »On the eve of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the National Trust for Historic Preservation reminds us that while many among us respect the sanctity of Civil War battlefields such as that of Gettysburg – others have different ideas. While many see the historic and cultural heritage value in these sacred spaces, others would exchange a…
Read More »Rick Newman on U. S. News & World Report.com has looked at the funding “crunch” across the fifty states and devised what he calls the “Pain Index.” The recession might technically be over, but the funding crunch in state and local governments could actually get worse. The stimulus act passed in…
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