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Jim Peters sent the following in response to today’s tragedy in Boston: I spent four hours today wondering where my brother was, whether I still had one, and all of those things that go through your head when he is running his 24th. BAA Marathon in three hours and thirteen…
Read More »The comedian Jonathan Winters died on April 11, 2013. Here’s a short video of some of his most memorable skits, courtesy of the New York Times. [youtube]wjpyztgCq8w[/youtube]
Read More »With each passing day the Cold War seems to slip further into historical obscurity which makes exhibits like the one that just opened at the John F. Kennedy Library, “To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis“, all the more important. When I saw a review of the exhibit…
Read More »Happy New Year to all of our Cambodian friends and neighbors here in Lowell. There was a great celebration yesterday at Clemente Field that featured music, food and games. Shown above is a team of women playing Angkunh, which I understand to be a traditional New Year’s Game. Two teams,…
Read More »In case you missed it, Tuesday’s Globe had a story on the renovations underway on Mill No. 5 on Jackson Street in Lowell. As you head down Jackson Street from Central, Mill No. 5 is on the left, a block beyond the Early Parking Garage. I recently had a quick…
Read More »Tonight I’ll be at the Moses Greeley Parker Library in Dracut at 6:30 pm to talk about Legendary Locals of Lowell. Everyone is invited.
Read More »UMass Lowell continued to cement its reputation as a center of political activity in Massachusetts last evening with a debate between US Senate candidates Steve Lynch and Ed Markey at Durgin Hall (the three Republican candidates had been invited but chose not to participate). While the debate was not broadcast…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters shared some of this thoughts from the week past: The question of the week, for me personally that is, was how do you keep up with Dick Howe, Jr. I have been a friend of the Howe family since Dick was just a kid, but somehow,…
Read More »Last October the Angkor Dance Troupe celebrated its 25th anniversary with the premiere performance of “Apsara Dancing Stones” at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. I was in the crowd that night and came away very impressed by the artistry, grace and tradition of Cambodian dance (the blog post I wrote about…
Read More »Last evening was the Lowell premiere of “Lost Child: Sayon’s Journey”, a documentary about Sayon Soeun who at a very young age was forced to serve as a Khmer Rouge soldier. The film follows Sayon, who has lived in Lowell since the early 1990s, as he returns to Cambodia in…
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