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Kerouac in Boston Magazine—A Good Word
Boston Magazine salutes Jack Kerouac of Lowell for all his writerly accomplishments.
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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.
Read More »‘An American Journey’ with Revels Rep Co. in Lawrence, 3/10
The Bread and Roses Strike Centennial Project continues this Saturday, March 10, at 2 pm, with a concert by the popular Revels Repertory Company performing “An American Journey.” For ticket info click here.
Read More »‘Whitewater Rafting’ by Richard Marion; Register for His Talk at Dracut Library on March 27
Coming soon to the Concord River. “Whitewater Rafting” by Richard Marion (c) 2012 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net “Lowell: The Observed and Painted City”— Register for an illustrated lecture by Richard Marion at the Moses Greeley Parker Library in Dracut on March 27, 7 p.m. Richard Marion, a local artist…
Read More »Phil Chaput Record-Palooza
Big crowd this afternoon at the Chelmsford Elks on Rt 110 for “Big Phil’s Record Show.” I hadn’t been to a collectibles extravaganza for years, so this was different and a lot of fun. I even saw people whom I know among the avid music appreciators, most of whom were…
Read More »Save the Date: Sunday, April 22, South Common Haiku Book Project/Earth Day Event
Web photo of historic view of the South Common in Lowell, Mass., courtesy of cardcow.com What: South Common Haiku Book Project: An Earth Day Celebration in Lowell When: Sunday, April 22, 2 pm to 4.30 pm Where: Location to be announced soon What’s going on?: Join well-known maker of artist books…
Read More »Special Guest Blogger: Paul McCartney
From Sir Paul’s website, this newsy blog post about his few days in Los Angeles recently, getting honored as MusicCares person of the year, going to the Grammy Awards, attending the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, chatting up Neil Young, and more. http://www.paulmccartney.com/web/guest/news/-/blogs/still-buzzing-on-la?
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