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On this day – April 17, 1397– Geoffrey Chaucer told the Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as when the pilgrimage to Canterbury as told in the “Tale” actually starts. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote The Canterbury…
Read More »MassMoments reminds us that on this day April 17, 1893 – Lucy Larcom – author, newspaper writer, poet, Lowell mill girl – died in Boston. In her autobiography “A New England Girlhood” – Larcom captured an element of the “Lowell Experiment” seen through the eyes of that Yankee mill girl toiling in the early…
Read More »From the website of artist, author, educator – Susan Gaylord: Today’s poetry month post is a tribute to my friend Paul Marion the unofficial poet laureate of Lowell, MA. In my calligraphy years, his poems were a frequent source of content. Rather than list his many accomplishments and projects, I’ll…
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Read More »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,…
Read More »Dr. Elisha Bartlett – First Mayor of Lowell Massachusetts. Portrait in Oil – Thomas Bayley Lawson. Portraits of forty-one former mayors have been hung in the City Hall in tribute. This presentation is part of the celebration of the 175th anniversary of Lowell’s incorporation as a city. Do not miss the Jen Myers…
Read More »Please welcome two new websites to our blogroll which is located in the right-hand column of this site. First is “Keepers of Tradition” which is written by Maggie Holtzberg, the Director of Cultural Programming for the Lowell National Historical Park. This blog focuses on traditional arts and folk heritage. Maggie’s…
Read More »Mass Moments reminds us that on this day – April 13, 1933 – the first enrollees in the Massachusetts Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) arrived at Fort Devens in Ayer. Creating the CCC was an effort by newly elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to attack “the catastrophic unemployment and economic dislocation…
Read More »UMass Lowell on Thursday evening will host internationally acclaimed folk artists from Prague in the Czech Republic who are touring New England. “From Southern Bohemia to Mexico” is a joint project of two dance groups, “Motak” and “Dvorana.” The two dance groups are accompanied by music from “Kvitek.” The performance, free and open…
Read More »A very poised and articulate young lady took the podium at the 175th Celebration at Lowell City Hall yesterday afternoon. As fellow-blogger Dick Howe remarked in an earlier post ” the reading of the winning “Lowell Story” essay was a highlight” of the event. Kierstyn Brady and her family agreed that we…
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