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Ken Burns, the best of PBS, looks to individual and foundation funding for future projects by Marjorie Arons-Barron

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Ken Burns, historian, film maker, story teller and recorder of people and events, has become something of an institution himself. His highly acclaimed body of work is gargantuan in scope and impact: The Civil War, Baseball, The War,…

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UTEC Says…”Let Lowell Vote”

Please join Lowell teens and UTEC teen organizers Wednesday April 13 for the Joint Committee on Election Laws’ Public Hearing on Bill # 1111 – a home-rule petition filed by Lowell City Council to let 17 year olds vote in Lowell municipal elections! Boston, MA Statehouse in Hearing Room A2…

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“O Captain! My Captain!” Rework

An acquaintance recently sent me this picture of a rework by the author himself of O Captain! My Captain! written by Walt Whitman. Whitman wrote this poem shortly after the death of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and it considered one of his greatest. I find just seeing the changes written…

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Lowell General TeamWalk

Talk by about being creative, informative and fun all in one…You’re going to love this video from the people over at Lowell General Hospital. Ignite Hope, Inspire Courage, join Lowell General Hospital’s TeamWalk for CancerCare, Sunday, May 15, 2011 at the Tsongas Center at UMASS Lowell. For more information or…

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