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Scenes from a sunny French Street in Lowell, by Tony Sampas
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Help identify these Lowell Mayors
Kim Zunino of the Lowell Historic Board is preparing an inventory of the portraits of former mayors of Lowell. Two portraits, above and below, have yet to be identified. Can anyone help make an ID?
Read More »More from Lowell’s Power House
Tony Sampas shares more photos from the “Power House” at the corner of School and Rock Streets
Read More »February 23, 1861: Lincoln’s controversial arrival in Washington
150 years ago today, President-elect Abraham Lincoln, at the end of an otherwise triumphant twelve-day train trip from Illinois, slipped into Washington, DC in the pre-dawn hours, trying to evade a supposed plot to assassinate him as he passed through Baltimore. While Lincoln arrived safely at his destination, many saw…
Read More »Corner of Rock and School Streets
Tony Sampas draws our attention to the Power House at the corner of School and Rock Streets in Lowell
Read More »Museum of Fine Arts: Art of the Americas wing
After reading much about the recently-opened Art of the Americas wing of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, I finally paid a visit and was quite impressed. I’m not a frequent visitor to the MFA and in the past, I spent more time keeping track of the students I…
Read More »MoJo of Lowell: The new face of capitalism
The Globe has a front-page story today about MoJo, a start-up apparel manufacturer based in Lowell that pays above the minimum wage and provides quality benefits to its employees, including free day care (the company’s name is a combination of “Moms” and “Jobs”). Because of that last item, most of…
Read More »Eliot Presbyterian Church
Tony Sampas shares some photos of the stained glass windows at the Eliot Presbyterian Church
Read More »Nancye Tuttle reviews “The Exceptionals”
Nancye Tuttle calls “The Exceptionals” which is at the MRT through March 6, “Funny, poignant, heart-breaking, disturbing” and says it’s a play that shouldn’t be missed. Here’s the setting: Set in the office and waiting room of a prestigious sperm bank, we meet two moms – Gwen and Allie –…
Read More »The Lowell Public Art Collection
Despite this morning’s snow, all indications are that spring is just around the corner. Once the nice weather arrives, you might want to check out Lowell’s Public Art Collection which is scattered throughout downtown. It’s fitting that a city with the motto “Art is the Handmaid of Human Good” have…
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