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‘The Lowellian’ (ULowell Alumni Newsletter, Spring 1981)
Following are excerpts from “The Lowellian,” a newsletter for alumni and friends of the University of Lowell, volume 1, number 1, from Spring 1981. Director of Alumni Relations Catherine Quinn conceived of the new publication, which was written and edited by me and designed by Leo Panas of the Art…
Read More »Lowell Art Archives, 1981 (4)
This is the fourth and final post in a series drawn from Artifacts, the newsletter of Art Alive!, an artists cooperative that was active in Lowell in the 1980s.–PM . ARTIFACTS, Volume 1, Number 6 (1981) Success: Our first major fundraising event can be considered a success! We raised $250 from…
Read More »Can the Smith Baker Center Be Revived as a Community & Cultural Hub?
A community forum to discuss the future of the Smith Baker Center as a community and cultural center is set for Tuesday, April 28, 5.30 pm, at the Senior Center on Broadway St. The top image is a conceptual design showing large identity banners featuring Jack Kerouac, Bette…
Read More »Lowell Art Archives, 1981 (3)
This is the third post in a series drawn from Artifacts, the newsletters of Art Alive!, an artists cooperative that was active in Lowell in the early 1980s.—PM . ARTIFACTS, Volume 1, Number 5 (1981) Help: On Saturday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m, Art Alive! will hold…
Read More »Cambodian New Year, 1985
I took notes at this event in 1985 and wrote the essay soon after. It was later revised and then published in my collection of Lowell writings called What Is the City? (2006). I saw a Facebook photo from the ceremony at Roberto Clemente Park today, a picture of the “Food…
Read More »Lowell Art Archives, 1981 (2)
Here’s the second of four posts drawn from issues of Artifacts, the 1981 newsletter of Art Alive!, an artists cooperative that was active in Lowell in the early 1980s.–PM . ARTIFACTS, Volume 1, Number 3 (Selections) Exhibit News: One-Person Show by Betsey Bolton till March 9; Area Art Alive! Exhibits…
Read More »Lowell Art Archives, 1981
The following extracts are from four issues of the “Artifacts” newsletter of the Art Alive! artists cooperative that operated in Lowell in the early 1980s (formed some time before June 1980). I recently found these documents in my files, an incomplete set of Volume 1 of “Artifacts.” The four issues…
Read More »‘First Warm Night in April’ by Stephen G. Perrin
I learned this poem from a friend in the mid-1970s. We were part of a bi-weekly writing workshop at the Andover, Mass., public library called The Poets’ Lab. The group stayed together for three or four years, branching out to do readings in most of the towns and cities in…
Read More »‘A Confederate State’
Here’s a poem from the vault to go with the Civil War program that my co-blogger Dick will be involved with in April. I wrote this poem after visiting my brother David and his family in south central Virginia in the 1970s. He had recently taken a position as a…
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