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Here’s the link for the 2016 nominations for Community Preservation Awards offered by Lowell National Historical Park in collaboration with the Lowell Heritage Partnership. The deadline is April 8. Categories are Cultural Heritage and Historic Preservation. The awards are presented in a classy ceremony during the week of the Doors…
Read More »If you are interested in the new Canal Vitality Project in Lowell that has been in the news, join us for the second community planning workshop this Thursday, March 10, 5.30 to 7 pm, at the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub, 110 Canal Street, in the Hamilton Canal District. Parking is…
Read More »All the writers, book-sellers, readers, and listeners at the Pollard Memorial Library’s Author Round-Up at Mill No. 5 had a top-notch time yesterday. I dare one city of Lowell’s size to come up with the writers line-up that Sean Thibodeau of the Pollard put together for readings from 12 noon…
Read More »The second planning workshop for Lowell’s Next Initiative/Canalway Vitality is set for Thursday, March 10, 5.30 pm, at the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub, 110 Canal St., in the Hamilton Canal District. Parking will be available in the adjacent lot as well as in the Early Garage on Jackson St. A…
Read More »Ammiel Alcalay Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY “‘Follow the Person’ / Out of the Schools & Into the Archives” Tuesday, March 8th at 3:30pm in Allen House UMass Lowell South Campus Please join the UMass Lowell Kerouac Center and Ammiel Alcalay as he discusses Lost & Found: The CUNY…
Read More »The media commentariat and political insiders seem astounded that Bernie Sanders is attracting vast support among young voters on the Democratic side. Setting aside Bernie’s views on government policies and social values, remember that people in their 20s grew up watching movies that featured a wise old man with special…
Read More »On the eve of the Iowa caucuses and with political ads in heavy rotation on Boston TV stations in advance of the New Hampshire primary, here’s a poem with a bit of politics in it from the vault that goes back to 1988. I rarely use rhyme in compositions, but this one…
Read More »Saturday I saw “White Chip,” the current show at the Merrimack Repertory Theatre. I knew it was about addiction, that it was written by MRT Artistic Director Sean Daniels, and that it was autobiographical. As we left for the theater, it was cold, windy, and a few snowflakes were in…
Read More »Okay, here’s another one of those Lowell connections. There’s a scene in the brilliant new film “The Martian” in which astronaut Mark Watney (actor Matt Damon of Massachusetts) travels to a remote location to uncover a craft sent to Mars long before his space mission. According to sources, it’s actually…
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