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Here’s a spring poem that was written by my Andover friend Steve Perrin, one of the founding members of the Poets’ Lab that met at Andover’s Memorial Library between 1976 and 1978. Other writers who attended included Ken Skulski, Cynthia Ward, Alice Davis, E.F.Weisslitz, Eric Linder, Wayne Nalbandian, and Tom…
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Read More »E. J. Dionne, a native of Southeastern Mass. and opinion writer for the Washington Post, gave thumbs up to President Obama for his speech about how we can best manage the federal budget. Read his column here, which I picked up from Facebook friend Nomi Herbstman (who grew up next…
Read More »UMass Lowell on Thursday evening will host internationally acclaimed folk artists from Prague in the Czech Republic who are touring New England. “From Southern Bohemia to Mexico” is a joint project of two dance groups, “Motak” and “Dvorana.” The two dance groups are accompanied by music from “Kvitek.” The performance, free and open…
Read More »We pay attention to poets and poetry on this blog because we believe the culture of our region and nation is essential to the social glue that binds together people in a democratic system. People who have a sense of shared identity and shared fate, I believe, are more likely…
Read More »UMass Lowell this week will host internationally acclaimed folk artists from Prague in the Czech Republic who are touring the United States. “From Southern Bohemia to Mexico” is a joint project of two dance groups, “Motak” and “Dvorana.” The two dance groups are accompanied by music from “Kvitek.” The performance, free…
Read More »President Obama at the Lincoln Memorial (Web photo courtesy of NYTimes) This image of President Obama on Saturday greeting people who were able to visit the Lincoln Memorial because the federal government did not shut down prompted me to post the following prose poem written seven years ago when my family visited Washington,…
Read More »Boston.com and the Globe this morning report that Lawrence resident Anthony Nunez, a civil engineer, has stepped up to call for volunteers to clean up the parks and roadsides of his hometown. He’s mad as hell about the trash and not going to take it anymore. Read the article here,…
Read More »Shakespeare will return to Boarding House Park this summer with a free performance thanks to the Moses Greeley Parker Lectures and Lowell Summer Music Series. On Sunday, August 14, at 4 pm, see the New England Shakespeare Company’s production of “Measure for Measure.” For news on the whole schedule announced…
Read More »Lowell-based fiction writer Stephen O’Connor will be appearing at the Arts League of Lowell at 22 Shattuck Street on Sunday, April 17 at 4:00pm. O’Connor’s stories and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals. He is the author of Smokestack Lightning, a collection of short stories set mainly in Lowell,…
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