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Fall Cemetery Tours are very popular! It’s a beautiful time of the year to be outdoors. Our Lowell cemeteries offer a tranquil setting to learn about the history of the city, the role our ancestors played, the various ethnic and religious cultures, “meet” some of Lowell’s legendary luminaries and observe a…
Read More »Tom Sexton has been sending us dispatches from the road as he, his wife, Sharyn, and their trusty dog make their annual drive from Alaska to Maine. Below are some photos Tom sent from Mundare in Alberta, Canada. Here’s what Wikipedia has about the town: Mundare is a small town…
Read More »Following is the third bulletin from the road from Tom Sexton, our far-flung correspondent who is making his way eastward with his wife, Sharyn, and their trusty dog.—PM “Onward” by Tom Sexton The usual route from Dawson Creek, B.C., east is through Grand Prairie, Alberta, to Edmonton, and then south…
Read More »Scenes from the 33rd Annual Banjo and Fiddle Contests, Boarding House Park, September 8, 2012, Lowell Massachusetts – photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »From the Theater & Art section in today’s Globe – a review. Critic Terry Byrne touts “Homestead Crossing” – the new offering at the newly renovated MRT: LOWELL — The couple who lives at the end of the cul de sac called Homestead Crossing seem to fit perfectly into the plush armchairs…
Read More »This is the second dispatch from Tom Sexton as he and his wife, Sharyn, make their way across North America to the rocky shores of Maine.—PM . “Leaving Fort Nelson, British Columbia” by Tom Sexton . The first time we were in Fort Nelson, British Columbia, it was a sleepy…
Read More »Our friend, faithful reader, and occasional contributor Tom Sexton is driving across the continent with his wife, Sharyn, headed from Alaska to Maine for the fall and winter. He will send us dispatches from the road while they are out there. Following is the first report. Tom is on the list of…
Read More »“We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor”—that’s the way the Declaration of Independence wraps up. July 4, 1776. In a country founded on that principle, you would think that the theme of “We’re all in this together” would bury the opposite: “You’re on…
Read More »Here’s the new trailer for the “On the Road” movie, which will open in the USA just before Christmas. Don’t forget that Kerouac’s only full-length play, “Beat Generation,” will have its world premiere at Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Oct. 10 – 14, as part of the Kerouac Literary Festival.
Read More »If I was a producer of the upcoming Democratic Party convention in North Carolina, I would bag all the speeches all week. Nobody really wants to hear more speeches from professional talkers. The leaders of the Democratic Party should take the opportunity of having heightened public attention to SHOW the…
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