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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. No mistake about it. Woody Allen’s latest movie, Blue Jasmine, was deserving of an Oscar nomination, especially for Cate Blanchett’s performance. Allen also recently won lifetime achievement recognition in the Golden Globes. This is more troubling. Allen is…
Read More »Due to forecasts for a Wednesday storm and in consultation with Meryl Streep, we are postponing “A Conversation with Meryl Streep” until Tuesday, April 1. A Conversation with Meryl Streep April 1, 2014 7:30 p.m. Tsongas Center
Read More »It was a good morning for a walk in the park, national historical park, that is, so Rosemary and I took Ringo the dog for a mighty hike down along the lower reach of the Western Canal at the bottom of Suffolk Street and then through the mill yard at…
Read More »This is a shout out to everyone at Merrimack Repertory Theatre who brought audiences an outstanding production of The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith, featuring Miche Braden in the lead role. A hot three-piece band made up of Jim Hankins on bass, Aaron Graves on piano, and…
Read More »The Greater Lowell Music Theatre is back this spring at UMass Lowell’s Durgin Concert Hall with its first production of the year on March 21 and 22. Tickets are available online now. There will be two summer productions this year: Fiddler on the Roof, starring Eddie Mekka (familiar to TV audiences…
Read More »Last night the students of the Lowell High Theatre Troupe took over the Little Theatre to perform three short plays by Lowell’s own Jack Neary before a packed house. The first play, “Talk Back”, featured the director of a play in a post performance question and answer session with the…
Read More »Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler was more a man of the world particularly of Great Britain. In fact, he famously stated “I shall be born when and where I want, and I do not choose to be born in Lowell.” Nonetheless, this moody artistic genius gets his…
Read More »On January 29, 1963, Robert Frost, my favorite poet died. Many years ago, in a 9th grade Literature class, a football coach/English Teacher “forced” me to memorize one of his poems ….I thank that man even today, since the poem has been my favorites ever since. I hope you enjoy…
Read More »The enter below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The media have taken the measure of the man: Chet Curtis was a prince. Smart, caring, funny, calm and comfortable. No argument there. Chet had many “princely” trappings – a huge salary for the time, what seemed to…
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