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Been listening to Billy Joel in the car this week and remembering his visit to UMass Lowell in 2011—can it be that long ago already? Turns out the student who played “Leningrad” was not a Lowell student, but I didn’t know that when I wrote the post.—-PM HISTORY, LOWELL JOEL-LOWELL RHYMES…
Read More »From our friends at “2014 ~ Doors Open Lowell” ~ Over 25 Historic Buildings Open May 15 – 17! The 13th Annual Doors Open Lowell, presented as part of Lowell’s National Preservation Month activities, will take place May 15-17. The event offers an insider’s look into the preservation of over…
Read More »The South Common has begun to look like its warm-season self in the past week. I was out with Ringo the dog, my family’s Boston Terrier, last week just after the first lawn-mowing on the green slopes. The smell of freshly cut grass is one of those memory scents that…
Read More »Governor Deval Patrick and the Governor’s Asian American Commission/Advisory Council will be in Lowell this coming Thursday to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The event is on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 5:15 pm at the Sunnyda Restaurant at 454 Chelmsford Street in Lowell. Everyone is invited…
Read More »Nearly 300 people gathered last night at a community celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month sponsored by the Khmer Post USA, the Lowell-based Cambodian language newspaper that has circulation throughout New England and the mid-Atlantic states. Held at the Hong Kong Restaurant at 308 Westford Street in…
Read More »In the current Master Plan for Lowell, Sustainable Lowell 2025, the chapter on Sustainable Neighborhoods includes the following recommendation: ◙ Identify funding and implement planned improvements at South Common.
Read More »Lowell resident Seng Ty has written a book about his experiences in the Killing Fields of Cambodia, his time in refugee camps, and his life in the United States. He will do a reading and signing this coming Wednesday, May 7 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Middlesex…
Read More »From the Pacific Rim and the richardhowe.com western desk comes a new poem by Tom Sexton, occupier of poetry precincts on both coasts of America and distinguished alumnus of Lowell High School. — PM . Leaving Lowell, Mass. for San Francisco, 1915, a Postcard Standing beside Mayor Murphy on the…
Read More »Maxine Farkas shares the following update from Western Avenue Studios: Ever encounter one of those ideas that seems like a throw away but blossoms into something far, far more than you imagined? Back in February Susan Halter from COOL/CASE forwarded information about ArtWeek Boston, they were interested in expanding the…
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