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“Are you he who would assume a place to teach or to be a poet here in the States? The place is august, the terms obdurate.” —Walt Whitman
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Lowell Folk Festival – Reviews Are In
In today’s Boston Globe writer Stuart Munro puts the 2011 Lowell Folk Festival in a nutshell when he says: ” …the hallmark of the festival is musical diversity, because that’s what they strive to produce… With diversity comes surprise: It’s hard to leave Lowell without having been bowled over by…
Read More »Friday Folk Fest Opening
My writing colleague Jack McDonough, an occasional contributor to this blog, would say this about last night: “Rain failed to dampen the spirits” of the festival-goers as the 25th annual Lowell Folk Festival rolled through downtown with its cargo of bright music, savory foods, hand-shaped craft objects, bins of joy,…
Read More »Tonight at the Lowell Folk Festival
Just back from the colorfully ethnic festival parade, opening ceremonies and the first act – The Quebe Sisters Band – at the 2011 Lowell Folk Festival! The band’s guitar and fiddle sounds along with the sweet voices of the “sisters” played well at Boardinghouse Park. I first heard these very…
Read More »More on Lowell Folk Festival
Marie posted on the Globe article today about folk festivals in Lowell and Newport, R.I. Here are a couple of more soundbites from the James Reed article: Last year the Steep Canyon Rangers, a bluegrass band that has recorded and been on the road lately with Steve Martin, did double…
Read More »In the Globe: Lowell and Newport Music Festivals This Weekend
The Quebe Sisters Band opens the Lowell Folk Festival tonight at Boardinghouse Park in historic downtown Lowell at 7 pm. The Lowell Folk Festival and the Newport Folk Festival both happen to fall on the same weekend this year – this weekend. James Reed’s article in today’s Globe notes that…
Read More »It’s Here: Tonight, Tomorrow and Sunday
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy ~ Born July 28, 1929
Jacqueline Bouvier married John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1953 in Newport, Rhode Island Jacqueline Kennedy’s official White House portrait From history.com: On this day in 1929, President John F. Kennedy’s beautiful and popular wife, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, is born into a prominent New York family. Jacqueline, or “Jackie” as…
Read More »Lowell Native Cardinal O’Connell ~ Reinterred, Revisited, Remembered
Mark Arsenault tells us in today’s Boston Globe that the dispute of long-standing between the Archdiocese of Boston and Boston College on one side and the family of William Cardinal O’Connell on the other – has been settled. Those following the lengthy dispute know that the Archdiocese and BC wanted…
Read More »City Visioning Sessions Continue
The City’s Division of Planning and Development will host two more visioning sessions in connection with the review of the Master Plan. Upcoming are the following: July 28, Community Character, Engagement, & Identity; Arts & Culture August 3, Open Space & Natural Resources Both meetings begin at 6 pm at the…
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