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Slate.com Remembers Kerouac
Note this current photo feature on slate.com about “Jack Kerouac and the Beats.” See the 21 images here.
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Review of Kerouac’s ‘The Sea Is My Brother’
Sarah Vogelsong of Richmond, Virginia, and the Washington Independent Review of Books, an online publication, reviewed the new novel by Jack Kerouac, “The Sea Is My Brother,” published in England and the United States. Kerouac wrote the book in 1942-43, when he was 20 years old, much of it originally composed by hand…
Read More »Here’s the New Movie Trailer for ‘On the Road’
The “On the Road” movie trailer was released today. See it here.
Read More »Uncle Dave Does the Kerouac Thing
In his opinion column today, NYTimes writer David Brooks muses about his lifelong affection for the New York Mets baseball team. As he usually does, Brooks expands from particular to universal and winds up making an observation about what makes people truly happy. In his analysis he uses two American…
Read More »SUN Shines for Kerouac’s 90th Birthday
Nancye Tuttle of the Sun has the story on the Lowell celebration for what would be Jack Kerouac’s 90th birthday this coming Monday, March 12.
Read More »Kerouac in Boston Magazine—A Good Word
Boston Magazine salutes Jack Kerouac of Lowell for all his writerly accomplishments.
Read More »Skippy Roberge, Lowell Major-Leaguer
Here’s the Wikipedia entry on Joseph Albert “Skippy” Roberge of Lowell, who played several years for the Boston Braves. He also played for several minor league clubs, including Toronto (see below). Here’s an extended description of his life and sports career from Baseball in Wartime on the web.
Read More »Get Your Hockey @ the Tsongas–River Hawks v. Prov. Tonight
Our friends at leftinlowell.com posted lively about the Hockey East playoffs starting tonight at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell with the River Hawks taking on Providence College. Click here for all the details.
Read More »More Irish Week Activity (UMass Lowell)
Thursday, March 8, 12.30 pm “Celtic Tiger to EU Bailout” Discussion by Dr. Gary Murphy, President Irish Political Studies Association (free and open to the public) Dugan Hall 206, Solomont Way, UMass Lowell South Campus Sponsored by the UMass Lowell Center for Irish Partnerships. For info, contact Prof. Frank Talty at…
Read More »Jeopardy Clue of the Day: American Authors
Saw this in the daily ad in the New York Times, Arts section. Click here for the Jeopardy Clue of the Day, Category: American Authors. Hint: It’s a Lowell guy.
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