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“As a country, we used to respect knowledge that was earned over knowledge that was cherry picked.” —Dennis Lehane, Boston Globe,4/1/9/14 In today’s Boston Globe, author Dennis Lehane thinks aloud about the Boston Marathon Bombing, knowledge vs. opinion, intellectual relativism, bad narratives, and his belief that good ideas will prevail.…
Read More »“Regatta Door” by Richard Marion (c) 2014 [original, 1978] Artist Richard Marion found a discarded cabinet door along the Merrimack River one day in 1978 and soon after used it for a painting that captures the dynamism of rowers on the river. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »(re-posted from Sept. 14, 2008) “Thomas Fitzsimmons was born in Lowell in October 1926. He entered WWII as a young merchant mariner following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and left the US Army Air Force after the bombing of Hiroshima. He taught for many years at Oakland University in Michigan…
Read More »The South Common was created for the enjoyment of all the residents of the city. The South Common is not an empty lot waiting for a better use. The South Common is functioning well for its designated purpose, thank you. The South Common is scheduled for a major renovation, based…
Read More »We had more than 50 people at the Whistler House Museum yesterday for the poetry reading with Joe Donahue and me offering work angled toward the Acre neighborhood and Aegean Sea in honor of our hosts, Lowell’s Hellenic Culture & Heritage Society. We ranged through tragedy and memory and mystical…
Read More »Joe Donahue, c. 2000 Paul Marion, c. 1986 (photo by James Higgins) At 2 p.m. today, there’s a poetry reading with these young guys pictured above at the Whistler House Museum of Art, Parker Gallery, 243 Worthen St., downtown Lowell. The program is called “The Cultural Lines of Poetry,…
Read More »“A. G. Pollard’s” by Richard Marion (c) 2014 [original 1973] See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Everyone is invited to attended the public announcement today of the plan to create the Nelson Mandela Overlook on the grounds of the Tsongas Center of Lowell. The African American Alliance of Lowell, organized by community leaders including Bowa George Tucker, Janet B. Johnson, and Gordon Halm, in partnership with…
Read More »“Middlesex & Wood Sts., Rear” by Richard Marion (c) 2014 [original 3/13/05] See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Such an incredible day at the Everett Mill today! The Lawrence History Center welcomed nearly 200 people for a full day of scholarship and dialogue about the new immigration into Lawrence and similar communities. We’ll report out with more photos and stories from the day, but here’s one of our…
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