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The Globe and boston.com are running a series that’s a lot of fun. Chad Finn is presenting his favorite Topps baseball cards a five-pack at a time in synch with Topps’ 60th anniversary effort to identify its top 60 cards since 1952. See installment two today, and click the first…
Read More »I was out with our family’s Boston Terrier this morning, kicking through the leaves on the South Common, and thought of this poem. Here’s an exerpt from New Hampshire poet Donald Hall’s poem “Kicking the Leaves.” Click here to read the entire poem.—PM Kicking the Leaves (an excerpt) . .…
Read More »In addition to the David Amram 80th birthday tribute on Dec. 9, UMass Lowell has several concerts in the next two weeks that are free and open to the public. The Durgin and Fisher venues are wheelchair accessible. “Classical String Music” with UMass Lowell students directed by Mark Berger. Dec. 1, 7.30…
Read More »NYTimes columist Bob Herbert today recalls the expansive and in its own way demanding vision of JFK, calling it his “gift” to the nation. Read the column here, and get the NYT if you appreciate the thinking.
Read More »David Amram’s 80th Birthday Bash! Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 7:30 p.m., UMass Lowell, Durgin Concert Hall, 35 Wilder Street (parking available in the Wilder Street lot at the corner of Broadway) Free & Open to the Public A musical birthday celebration of composer and multi-instrumentalist David Amram, featuring the University…
Read More »Who says reading is at risk and that people don’t want to buy books? The trick is to give people what they want to read. Look what’s happening with Mark Twain’s long awaited autobiography published by the Univ. of Calif. Press.
Read More »Just watched the Mark Wahlberg segment on 60 Minutes, which served as a massive promotion of his movie “The Fighter,” which we all know is based on the experiences of Lowell’s living boxing legend Micky Ward and his family. He said Micky Ward was a local hero to him in…
Read More »See yesterday’s NYTimes about the new Kurt Vonnegut Library in his hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana. This project is interesting to learn about in light of early discussions here about establishing a Kerouac Center for Creativity. Read the article here, and get the NYT if you appreciate the reporting. In the article there’s a…
Read More »When you start making your Christmas gift list, look for legendary Lowell singer-songwriter Bob Martin’s new CD, “Live at The Bull Run,” in early December. The new recording has four new songs in addition to stellar performances of some of his best known songs. Check availability on Bob’s website, www.riversong.com For…
Read More »The women River Hawks of UMass Lowell won the Northeast 10 field hockey championship. Read about here.
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