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Next week is a big one for the UMass Lowell Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies Program. Not only will the 2014 Scholar be here, Justice Albie Sachs of South Africa, but three past Scholars will be at events for a reunion—including 2011 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Leymah Gbowee of Liberia. Albie…
Read More »“Linocut of Rooftop from Wilder St. Bridge” by Richard Marion (c) 2014 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Angkor Dance Troupe at UMass Lowell (photo by Rosemary Noon) Last night, more than 500 people attended an extraordinary performance of dance and music in UMass Lowell’s Durgin Concert Hall by the Angkor Dance Troupe, Flying Orb Productions, and UMass Lowell’s World Music Ensemble. The one-day festival included sculptor Yary…
Read More »Click on the poster to see a larger version. Don’t miss these events. This is a rare chance to hear from Justice Albie Sachs of South Africa (Nelson Mandela’s colleague in the struggle against apartheid), 2011 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Leymah Gbowee of Liberia, and other past Peace Scholars. These are…
Read More »“Highland Street Flowers” by Richard Marion (c) 2014 [original 1996] See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »“1249 Hildreth Street” by Richard Marion (c) 2014 [original c. 1960] A view of the back yard of the Marion home at 1249 Hildreth Street in Dracut around 1960. The painting was made by Richard Marion when he was a student at Massachusetts College of Art. See more artwork at…
Read More »Today is the last day to register at the lower rate for the Immigration History Symposium this Saturday, April 5, in Lawrence, Mass., hosted by the Lawrence History Center. Panels, film, poetry, photography, smart people, fun people, at a great venue. Why pay extra—register today!(Registering now helps us order the…
Read More »From 1980 through 1993, community partners in Lowell, including the National Park Service and University, hosted 12 gatherings of scholars in the name of the Lowell Conference on Industrial History. At least three volumes of conference proceedings were published. The regular meeting of teachers, students, historians, architects, preservation advocates, sociologists,…
Read More »This is one of the marketing posters for Lowell Festival ’81, designed by Richard Marion
Read More »Click on the Schedule of Events to see the array of activities. That’s the “old” Lowell Plan Inc. logo on the bottom left. This is pre-Lowell Folk Festival, when the national park was three years old. Note the trolley: that’s “The Whistler” — and maybe George Price of the…
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