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On March 1, 1926, the city of Lowell held an all-day observance of its one hundredth anniversary as a town. The day began with 4000 students at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium and another 2000 at the Cyrus Irish Auditorium at Lowell High. Here’s the schedule for the morning program: 1.…
Read More »John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column. In May 2007, the unemployment rate was 4.4 percent. I feel safe in predicting it will be a long time before we…
Read More »Today’s Parade magazine is largely devoted to the 150th anniversary of the Civil War which begins this Tuesday (April 12, the day that Fort Sumter was fired upon). Turner Classic Movie host Robert Osborne lists his “five top Civil War films.” Among them are three that are to be shown…
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Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters sent along this thoughtful essay: I do not believe that I have ever been more concerned about the fate of our country than I am right now. I just finished particpating in a Donald Trump designed poll which showed that the flashy, and person who will…
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Read More »As we approach Monday’s celebration of Lowell’s 150th anniversary as a city, I pulled out a booklet I have from the 1926 Centennial Observance of Lowell’s incorporation as a town. The booklet contains many things, but most interesting to me was a brief survey of many of the city’s major…
Read More »[youtube]6WhWDCw3Mng[/youtube] In this video, 2052 singers from 58 countries perform Eric Whitacre’s choral piece called “Sleep” in an amazing YouTube mashup. Each singer recorded him or herself singing a particular part on YouTube and then submitted the recording to Whitacre who edited them together. This is the result. It premiered…
Read More »[youtube]D7o7BrlbaDs[/youtube] In this YouTube video, conductor/composer Eric Whitacre leads a virtual choir of 158 singers in a performance of “Lux Aurumque.” Whitacre collected YouTube auditions from singers all over the country and blended them all together for this video. I post this today because at 6 pm this evening, Whitacre…
Read More »Lowell came into existence as a town in 1826 but was incorporated as a city, the third in Massachusetts, in 1836. That makes 2011 the city’s 175th birthday. The party will be held this coming Monday, April 11, 2011, the actual anniversary. Festivities will kick off at 4:20 pm with…
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