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In today’s Boston Herald’s there’s a staff “off the wire” report that Mark Wahlberg is keeping fit and in training for the sequel to “The Fighter.” MARK WAHLBERG is already training to film “The Fighter 2.” “Before I made the first one I knew that the second one was in…
Read More »From the Prelude to Part First of – “The Vision of Sir Launfal” by James Russell Lowell: And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear…
Read More »On this day – June 27, 1963 – President John F. Kennedy, son of Massachusetts and son of County Wexford – arrived in Ireland. Celebrating the Irish roots of this American President, warm and welcoming crowds greeted President Kennedy in his ancestral home in Dunganstown and in Dublin. He described…
Read More »Direct from the Lowell Folk Festival Organizers – an update of what to expect for opening night and Saturday night parades of the festival. More information and updates as we get closer to the festival weekend: Well, who doesn’t like a parade? And this year for the Lowell Folk Festival’s…
Read More »We lost a “local treasure” when Catherine Goodwin died last week. One of Catherine’s legacies – and there are many – is her reseach on the Lowell Cemetery. Through her tours, her book and interview with Lew Karabatsos – now on DVD, Catherine shared her love of Victorian cemetery history,…
Read More »Paul’s post on the Kerouac Commemorative reminded me that there is information available on other Lowell public art renderings. While there is more commemorative and monumental art out on the Lowell scene, this Lowell Public Art Collection – Walking Tour with an easy-to-follow map is available on the UML/Center for…
Read More »Erin McKean tells us in today’s Boston Globe “The Word” that spelling bees are no longer just the realm of students in grammar school. You remember those days. Every school – both public and private – in the Greater-Lowell area had a spelling bee that sent the winner to a…
Read More »To celebrate St. Jean-Baptiste Day in 1880, the Lieutenant Governor of Québec, Théodore Robitaille, commissioned Calixa Lavallée to compose O Canada to a patriotic poem by Adolphe-Basile Routhier. Born in Quebec – in 1857, Lavallée moved to the U.S. and lived in Rhode Island where he enlisted in the 4th…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us that on this day – June 23, 1831 – the Legislature granted the Massachusetts Horticultural Society permission to purchase land to establish an experimental garden and a rural cemetery.This decision led to the creation of the landmark Mt. Auburn Cemetery – the first large-scale designed landscape open…
Read More »The Lowell Small Business Assistance center is now publishing a monthly Newsletter. Highlighted this month is a new microloan program: This month the Center announced the Lowell Small Business Assistance Center Microloan Fund program. We are very excited to be able to offer financial resources to entrepreneurs while also serving…
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