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Hip vs. Square
October 17, 2012
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PaulM
Posted in Culture, Current Events, History, Lowell, Election 2012
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I’m sure that I’m not the first one to make note of this, but one aspect of this election is fundamentally about style: hip versus square. I don’t think Gov. Romney would quarrel with this characterization. He is comfortable in his own skin. As the weeks wear on, however, and…
Read More »Hundreds Celebrate Restoration of the Grotto and Way of the Cross at Franco American School
Congratulations to Franco American School Principal Lorraine Richard, SCQ, Director of Development Colleen Tully and the Board of Directors of the Franco American School, former state Sen. Steven Panagiokos, and all the generous craftspeople and donors for the extraordinary restoration of the Way of the Cross at the Grotto of…
Read More »Kerouac Play Makes Big News
The world premiere of Jack Kerouac’s play “Beat Generation” made news coast to coast and around the world this week. Among the media outlets that published articles and reviews or broadcast reports were the Associated Press, Rolling Stone, WBUR and WGBH radio in Boston, the Sun, Howl in Lowell and…
Read More »‘Beat Generation’ Premiere Triumphs at MRT
The world premiere of Jack Kerouac’s only full-length play, “Beat Generation,” drew a standing ovation from the opening night crowd last night at Merrimack Repertory Theatre. The production is a language fest with all the mundane and sublime elements that are expected in Kerouac’s writing. The play jumped off the…
Read More »Kerouac Fest Events on Campus at UMass Lowell This Week
Today, 3.30 pm, O’Leary Library, Wilder St, South Campus Music and Prose Singer-songwriter Tanya Donelly and author Rick Moody discuss songwriting, artistic influences, and inspiration, as well as their collaborations that experiment with the line between music-making and prose-writing. Thurs., Oct 11, 3.30 pm, O’Leary Library, Wilder St, South Campus…
Read More »‘Bin Laden Is Dead. GM Is Alive’
Maybe the guy who came up with this six months ago was onto something. Keep it short and simple.
Read More »Occupy and the Tea Party
October 8, 2012
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PaulM
Posted in Culture, Current Events, History, Lowell, Election 2012
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The biggest surprise to me this fall is the absence of massive youth demonstrations in favor of President Obama or at least in opposition to the trickle-down, “voodoo” economics that is still the favorite approach of the national Republican leaders. I thought for sure after last fall and winter that…
Read More »‘Return of the South Common Haiku’
For the past few weeks, I’ve been posting new South Common haiku on my Facebook page. For those who are not into the FB thing, following are some that got the best responses.—PM . Return of the South Common Haiku . Mourning doves en groupe. Red hawk atop gray steeple.…
Read More »It’s About Us, Not Obama
October 5, 2012
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PaulM
Posted in Culture, Current Events, History, Lowell, Election 2012
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It’s been a little painful to read and hear all the complaints about how poorly President Obama presented his case in the first debate in Denver. I have no idea why he was “flat” or “didn’t show up,” as some commentators have described it, but it made me think about…
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