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Boston.com today has a slide show of images of an ambitious new public art installation in Dorchester’s Everett Square. Artist Laura Baring-Gould’s bronze objects all refer to elements of the community’s history and culture. See the slide show here. (Web photo by Cara Bayles courtesy of boston.com)
Read More »“Creating Books for Young Readers,” a talk by widely known children’s book illustrator and author David Macaulay. Monday, Oct. 25, 1 pm to 3 pm, in O’Leary Library auditorium, Room 222, 61 Wilder Street, UMass Lowell South Campus. Visitor parking is available in the visitor lot on Wilder Street, but visitors…
Read More »Strings of Autumn . The New England Orchestra and Lowell Youth Orchestra with the Arezzo String Trio as special guests offer a colorful palette of music that evokes the transitory beauty and color-shifting wonder of the season plus a dose of haunting Halloween mood. Kay G. Roberts conducts. Sunday, October…
Read More »I wrote this prose sketch in the early 1980s when I was living on Sixth Avenue in Pawtucketville and regularly going to Shaw’s Farm in Dracut to buy fresh milk, ice cream, and other items. Although my first home was on Orleans Street in Centralville, when I was very young…
Read More »When I took my family’s Boston Terrier out this morning the wind was charging across the South Common and loosening leaves from the trees in big batches. This is the first morning of the fall that feels like winter. We’ve had some light frosts, but this morning the air has…
Read More »Here’s the latest news about music and film producer Jim Sampas, a Lowell native and brother of our brilliant rh.com photographer-in-residence Tony Sampas.–PM (web photo courtesy of metrowestdailynews.com) Jim’s latest project is “Subterranean Homesick Blues: A Tribute to Bob Dylan’s ‘Bringing It All Back Home’,” which came out a few days ago on…
Read More »The Beat Museum in San Francisco posted a tribute to Jack Kerouac on his anniversary death day that includes great photos at Kerouac’s grave in Edson Cemetery just after the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004. Here is the link. Also, today at 6 pm, the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!…
Read More »Mehmed Ali was once a familiar man-about-town in Lowell, but now he is more like a man-about-world, having been in Iraq working for the US government for the past two years. He is back in the area for a few days on a short break from his assignment with the Provincial Reconstruction…
Read More »Andrea Gregory of the Sun today reported on Monday’s talk about the current state of the economy and future prospects by Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The Lunchtime Lectures program at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center was co-sponsored by the Parker Lectures, UMass Lowell, and Middlesex Community…
Read More »In the online edition of the NYTimes, several scholars debate the value of humanities courses and degree programs in higher education. The discussion was sparked by the termination of a French language degree program at a NY state university. Get the NYT is you appreciate the range of coverage in the…
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