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Last Chance: Tonight . . . ‘Melody Cavalcade’ (‘Les Mis,’ Celtic harp, Gershwin, radio comedy & more)
Tonight is the last chance to see “Melody Cavalcade” by the Greater Lowell Music Theatre at Fisher Recital Hall in Durgin Hall at UMass Lowell, South Campus. Last night’s show was a smash. The packed house raved. Where else can you see local performing-arts titans Jerry Bisantz, Michael Lally, and…
Read More »Bye Bye Wes
I know this isn’t a sports blog, but I want to help ease the pain felt by some of my fellow New England Patriot fans caused by the departure of Wes Welker. I know, I may be in the minority, but I for one think it was time for the…
Read More »Black & White Smoke
OK …by now we all know that if the Cardinals fail to elected a new Pope, “black smoke” rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and when they come to a consensus and select the new Pope “white smoke” rise from the famous chimney. But exactly how does…
Read More »Richard Howe, Jr., Dot Com and More
Just a shout out to the inventor of this blog, our faithful leader and executive editor, friend and colleague Dick Howe, Jr., on the delivery of his first book, “Legendary Locals of Lowell.” I predict a long shelf life for this sweeping pictorial account of people in the city. As…
Read More »Grossman, DeLeo speak reality to Patrick’s Dreams by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Governor Patrick’s hopes for Massachusetts, delivered in his state-of-the-state address in January were big-picture, visionary, limitless in their possibilities – especially in transportation, education and tax reform. They were so big, in fact, they took your breath away. His proposals focused…
Read More »Hawk-ey Champs! UMass Lowell
Folklife at the National Park: A Look Back
Following is another excerpt from “Mill Power: Reclaiming Lowell’s Place and Story,” the book I’ve written about the national park in Lowell. This piece is a sidebar, a flashback to the Lowell Folklife Project of 1987-88, when a team of scholars recorded in pictures, on tape, and in field notes…
Read More »‘Hymn’ by Lucy Larcom
Lucy Larcom (1824 – 1893) was a poet, writer, editor, teacher, abolitionist, and more who worked in the Lowell textile mills from age 11 to 21. She published hundreds of poems, a notable memoir (“A New England Girlhood”), and other works. In Lowell, she is remembered at Lucy Larcom Park,…
Read More »from ‘The Park Bill Becomes Law’: Ray LaPorte’s Story
Here’s another excerpt from the book about the origin and impact of Lowell’s national park that I’ve been working on for the past two years. With luck, the book will be available by the end of 2014. The search is on for a publisher that can distribute the book widely,…
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