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“The Wired City” author appearance in Tewksbury
A dozen participants in the Lowell blogosphere joined the crowd at the Tewksbury Public Library to hear Dan Kennedy talk about his new book, The Wired City, which is about journalism in the “post newspaper age.” While I bought the book (actually I bought two), I haven’t finished reading it…
Read More »Lowell Open Studios 2013
Lowell Open Studios appeared to be a great success this year. All of the venues I visited yesterday were crowded and active notwithstanding the rain. Those I spoke with who attended on Saturday said the crowds were even bigger. The city has developed an amazing concentration of artists. Consider all…
Read More »Lowell Cemetery featured in Globe travel section today
While we’re on the topic of Lowell Cemetery, the front page of the print edition of the New England Travel section of today’s Globe greets us with a photo of the Bonney monument at Lowell Cemetery, an image that I’ve frequently posted to promote my walking tours of the cemetery.…
Read More »Another successful season of Lowell Cemetery Tours
Thanks to the 270+ people who joined me on tours of the Lowell Cemetery over the past ten days. On Friday, September 27, there were 60 people on the tour; on Saturday, September 28, there were 100; on Friday, October 4 in the pouring rain, 10 hardy individuals showed up…
Read More »Gerry Nutter: Negativity designed to suppress voter turnout
In his Sunday Notes today, Gerry Nutter says that all the negativity about city government coming from the Sun and WCAP is designed to suppress voter turnout on November 5. I agree. Be sure to read his full post. A sample of it follows: That is all fact, it supports…
Read More »Blogger Meet-up – Book event in Tewksbury
This Saturday (October 5) at 2 pm at the Tewksbury Public Library at 300 Chandler Street, Dan Kennedy, the founder of the Media Nation blog, will give a talk about this new book, The Wired City. This is a great chance for all who are active in the Lowell blogosphere…
Read More »“Lost Child- Sayon’s Journey” screening Friday night at UML
I saw “Lost Child – Sayon’s Journey” at it’s Lowell premiere. It’s an excellent film that provides important insight into the experience of many of our Cambodian neighbors here in Lowell. Please consider attending this free screening at UMass Lowell. The film’s website is here and the following release tells…
Read More »Van Pech’s”Voter awareness night”
City council candidate Van Pech took advantage of my offer to post information from or about any campaign by pointing me to the following article about the Voter Awareness Night he organized last week. The article first appeared in the KhmerPost USA and is being republished with permission: What do…
Read More »Lowell Cemetery tours this Friday & Saturday
The final Fall 2013 tours of historic Lowell Cemetery will be held this Friday at 1 pm and this Saturday at 10 am. Both tours begin just inside the Knapp Avenue entrance to the cemetery (which is right next to Shedd Park). The tours take 90 minutes, are free, and…
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