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Jen Myers of the Sun got the scoop on today’s announcement by Merrimack Repertory Theater and UMass Lowell that they will team up on the world premiere of Jack Kerouac’s only full-length play, “Beat Generation,” as the centerpiece of the Jack Kerouac Literary Festival this October. The news leaped across…
Read More »UMass Lowell’s 2012 Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project, will testify on security conditions in Sudan and South Sudan for the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations with Sen John Kerry presiding this Wednesday. Mar 14 2012 10:00 am Timezone: America/New York The U.S.…
Read More »The design drawing above illustrates some of the ideas being considered for enhancements at the South Common as soon as there is funding for the project. Here’s more on the South Common Earth Day event coming up on Sunday, April 22, 2 to 4.30 pm, at the Edith Nourse Rogers…
Read More »Note this current photo feature on slate.com about “Jack Kerouac and the Beats.” See the 21 images here.
Read More »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 »The “On the Road” movie trailer was released today. See it here.
Read More »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 »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 »Boston Magazine salutes Jack Kerouac of Lowell for all his writerly accomplishments.
Read More »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.
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