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How to Make Boston ‘Awesome’: Tips from Young Entrepreneurs
More on city life: Look at this feature from boston.com and the Globe with ideas from young entrepreurs about how to make Boston more appealing for entrepreneurship, working, and living.
Read More »This Is Interesting: Somerville Measures Happiness
In today’s NYTimes, Somerville, Mass., is featured in an article about the innovative way the community tries to measure the happiness of its residents. Read the article here, and get the NYT if you want more.
Read More »Paul Hudon’s ‘All in Good Time’: New Poems Forthcoming
April 29, 2011
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Paul Hudon’s book of poems, “All in Good Time: Poems 2005-2006” will be released on Sunday, May 22, at 2 p.m., at the O’Leary Library Auditorium on UMass Lowell’s South Campus, 61 Wilder Street. An historian and poet, Paul Hudon is the author of “The Valley & Its Peoples: A…
Read More »This Is Interesting: MIT Names New Leader of Media Lab
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has named a new leader for its famous Media Lab. Read the NY Times report about Joichi “Joi” Ito, who at 44 years old is already a legend in the worlds of technology and venture capital. Consider buying the NYTimes if you want more of this kind of reporting.…
Read More »Poets Michael Casey & Nicholas Samaras at UML, 4/28
The final poetry event for National Poetry Month at UMass Lowell is set for Thursday, April 28, at 7 pm, when Lowell native Michael Casey and Nicholas Samaras, with family ties in Lowell, read at O’Leary Library Auditorium, 61 Wilder St, UML South Campus. The event is free and open…
Read More »Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Kay Ryan at UMass Lowell
Kay Ryan (photo courtesy of Kristina Coci Hernandez) Sometimes I worry that we push too much poetry on the readers of this blog. After seeing more than 250 happy people listening to Kay Ryan read her poems last night at UMass Lowell’s O’Leary Library, I’m more encouraged than ever that poetry can…
Read More »Kate Hanson Foster’s First Book of Poems Forthcoming
Read what the Andover Patch has to say about Andover native Kate Hanson Foster’s new book of poems, which will be released on Sunday, May 22, at 2 pm at UMass Lowell’s O’Leary Library Auditorium. Kate is a graduate of UMass Lowell as well as the Bennington (Vermont) College Master…
Read More »Easter Dinner
We were fortunate to have a full table for the family Easter dinner at home this afternoon. We had ham from Alpine Butcher, small red potatoes, green beans, and pineapple on the side. For dessert there was an apple pie and vanilla ice cream, plus assorted homemade cookies and a…
Read More »Community Briefing on Pawtucket Falls Area Projects, Sat. 4/30
What? “A Community Briefing on Pawtucket Falls Overlook/Spalding House Park Developments.” Learn about exciting plans for improvements and upgrades that will enhance public access to and visibility of these significant historic locations on both sides of the Merrimack River at the falls. Who? Speakers from City of Lowell, Lowell National Historical Park,…
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