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Joseph Pauletto grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago before studying journalism at Boston University. His writing includes music criticism, as well as literary research and journalism. In high school, he was the station manager of WGBK radio, ran varsity track and cross country, and played jazz guitar. A…
Read More »Anyone who has been watching the UMass Lowell Art Department in the past few decades knows the name Arno Rafael Minkkinen, a world-class photographer who has been anchored there as a teacher and artist since 1987. He lives in the region, but works the world as an acclaimed photographer who…
Read More »As we continue to build the “Literary Lowell+” section of this blog site, this addition is not a new name around Greater Lowell. George Chigas, Ph.D., is Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of World Languages & Cultures at UMass Lowell. George has been a contributor to this blog and…
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 »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 »From the office of Mayor William Samaras: City of Learning: Realizing the Mogan Legacy The Lowell community is organizing itself as a “City of Learning” in the spirit of the global Learning Cities network of the United Nation’s UNESCO program. Places like Cork, Ireland; Nairobi, Kenya; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Volos,…
Read More »Lowell’s Bobby Tugbiyele forwarded to me and asked me to post the following open letter from recent graduates of Lowell High School regarding the search process for a new Human Resources Director for the Lowell Public Schools. January 10, 2019 To Whom It May Concern: In this letter, current…
Read More »Live Poetry in Lowell by Janet Egan and Paul Marion Lowell has been long-famous for Golden Gloves boxing matches at the Memorial Auditorium, but there’s a different competition for which the city has become well known. Every first and third Tuesday of the month, writers and their audience get together…
Read More »Lowell resident Bobby Tugbiyele shared the following letter he sent to Mayor Samaras and others: Dear Mayor Samaras, Members of the LPS Personnel Subcommittee, and Acting Superintendent Durkin: I and many community members, especially those who attended the early April School Committee session, ( Read- http://www.lowellsun.com/breakingnews/ci_31782843/lowell-school-board-hears-calls-hiring-diversity ) respectfully and earnestly…
Read More »Jay Atkinson: Writer in Motion When I asked Jay Atkinson what he’s been up to this year, he gave me a rich summary that included a song-bite: “Take what you need and leave the rest . . .” Jay lives in Methuen, Mass., and Lowell has been one of his…
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