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“Regatta Cut-Up” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 For more, www.richardmarion.net
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rh.com Embedded Scribe Files 1st Vineyard POTUS Dispatch
One of our occasional contributors who tracks money, politics, sports, pop culture, Lowelliana, and his own dreamlife (a la Jean-Louis K.) is on special assignment for rh.com while the First Family tries to get a moment of tranquility on “the Island.” Our man on the scene Ray LaPorte from Pawtucketville Nation will file regular posts…
Read More »Andover & Boston
My wife and I did the be-a-tourist-in-your-own-state thing again yesterday as part of our “stay-cation” approach this summer. We started and ended our day in Andover, but spent most of the bright blue-sky day in Boston, which looked very good in the parts we visited. Boston King Coffee on Main Street…
Read More »Whistler’s Peacock Room Reopens: A Harmony In Blue and Gold
August 18, 2011
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Room installation Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room James McNeill Whistler, 1834–1903 Oil paint and gold leaf on canvas, leather, and wood Gift of Charles Lang Freer A note in today’s Lowell Sun tells us that the famed and now restored “Peacock Room” in the Freer Gallery of…
Read More »J. Myers Update on Smith Baker Renovation Project
Jennifer Myers in today’s SUN reports on the latest step in the City of Lowell’s effort to redevelop the Smith Baker Center on Merrimack Street near City Hall. Kudos to the SUN for making this Page One news. Her Facebook page has additional comments also. Allen Ginsberg and friends reading…
Read More »Down Memory Lane: “You Know Your From Lowell If…”
For a few weeks now there has been lots of activity at a certain Facebook site “You know your from Lowell if….” (It was tempting to break out my English teacher red pencil on the title but it’s not a class assignment!) For the most part it has been interesting…
Read More »“Escape from politics into books” by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. News that a huge (4’ deep and 190’ long) sinkhole has opened up under the I-90 Big Dig Tunnel seems to be a metaphor for how our political leaders continue letting us down. Summer hasn’t provided much respite…
Read More »Lincoln & Concord
This has been a “sta-cation” summer for my wife and me for various reasons, but there’s nothing to complain about when you live in a region that is a visitor destination and one of the most fascinating areas of the United States. One day this week we took the “back…
Read More »Remembering the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown Sacked and Burned ~ August 12, 1834
Mass Moments reminds us today that on August 12, 1834 the Catholic convent housing the Ursuline order of nuns in Charlestown, Massachusetts was sacked by a Protestant mob – then burned to the ground. Catholics were not welcome in the early days of Massachusetts – in fact they were banned…
Read More »‘Still Life with Lemons’ by Richard Marion
“Still Life with Lemons” by Richard Marion (c) 2011. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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