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Related to a post of mine a few days ago about the Museum of Science in Boston planning a $5M Life Sciences exhibit, here is news from boston.com about the N. E. Aquarium making improvements. Again, this raises the question of how a smaller cultural hub like Lowell should respond…
Read More »Our far flung correspondent Ray LaPorte sends the following from one of the local papers on the island he calls home. Read closely. Ray said a poet could make something of this list.–PM Martha’s Vineyard Times FOUND Black Helix cash box. Call 508-693-4658. LOST CAMERA Canon Elf lost in Gay Head…
Read More »Writer and editor Nick DiGiovanni is a new Lowell resident, based at the renovated Appleton Mills. He sent me a note today about a book event that he has coming up at the Pollard Library. His book is titled “Rip”: I’ll be doing a reading and book-signing at the beautiful old…
Read More »Watch this video that celebrates one day in San Francisco and think about what a Lowell version would look like. A Day in the Life: San Francisco UPDATE: Here’s the video [youtube]KCpeKanDXHU[/youtube]
Read More »Jerry Cimino of the Beat Museum in San Francisco has an intriguing segment in his latest newsletter, which I’m reproducing in full because the effect would be lost in paraphrasing. So, courtesy of www.kerouac.com, here’s news about the now-completed “On the Road” film that is expected to premiere in France this…
Read More »Books were very much on my mind this weekend. I’m nearing the end of “Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War” by Tony Horwitz. The book is about the abolitionist John Brown’s attack on the armory at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) that hardened…
Read More »“Concord and Merrimack Confluence” by Richard Marion (c) 2012 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Today I attended the Lowell area small press book publishers round-up at the Old Court. Authors and publishers had tables around the perimeter of the large second floor of the pub, displaying their books, chatting with the many readers in attendance and with each other, and autographing copies for buyers.…
Read More »My only complaint about tonight’s performance of “The Crucible” by the Lowell High School Drama Club is that there was only one performance. If it was being done again tomorrow I’d go see it again and would urge everyone reading this to do the same. The two dozen LHS students…
Read More »boston.com reports that the Museum of Science in Boston received a $5 million state grant to develop “a spectacular exhibit” on the theme of life sciences, specifically, human biology. This is good news for the state and our region. Read the Globe’s Colin Young’s article here. On top of the recently expanded Isabella…
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