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“The most important thing a museum creates is an audience.”—Matthew Teitelbaum The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has a new director coming, Matthew Teitelbaum. Read about him and the cultural institution he led for 17 years, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), where he has shaped inspiring programs, exhibitions,…
Read More »Back when we still had snow measured in feet rather than in memories, I felt the need to go somewhere south of here. For reasons I won’t get into, Florida wasn’t an option and we’d already been to Charleston and Savannah. Once I discovered that Southwest flew direct from Boston…
Read More »Rosemary and I had a lively swing through the Farm Market at Mill No. 5 this afternoon, which was busy with people. The Purple Carrot bakers made 54 loaves of bread this morning and sold all of them. The bakers want to open an artisanal shop in Lowell. Right now…
Read More »From the Zinn Education Project on Facebook: “On April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, the Nazis tested their new air force on the Basque town of Gernika in northern Spain. One-third of Gernika’s 5,000 inhabitants were killed or wounded. Pablo Picasso exposed the horror of the bombing in…
Read More »While not born in Lowell – Lucy Larcom is recognized as a woman of Lowell and important part of the Lowell story. Lucy Larcom lived a full life after her Lowell experience as a writer and teacher first in Illinois then back in Massachusetts. She went on to become one…
Read More »Following are excerpts from “The Lowellian,” a newsletter for alumni and friends of the University of Lowell, volume 1, number 1, from Spring 1981. Director of Alumni Relations Catherine Quinn conceived of the new publication, which was written and edited by me and designed by Leo Panas of the Art…
Read More »This is the fourth and final post in a series drawn from Artifacts, the newsletter of Art Alive!, an artists cooperative that was active in Lowell in the 1980s.–PM . ARTIFACTS, Volume 1, Number 6 (1981) Success: Our first major fundraising event can be considered a success! We raised $250 from…
Read More »A community forum to discuss the future of the Smith Baker Center as a community and cultural center is set for Tuesday, April 28, 5.30 pm, at the Senior Center on Broadway St. The top image is a conceptual design showing large identity banners featuring Jack Kerouac, Bette…
Read More »I took notes at this event in 1985 and wrote the essay soon after. It was later revised and then published in my collection of Lowell writings called What Is the City? (2006). I saw a Facebook photo from the ceremony at Roberto Clemente Park today, a picture of the “Food…
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