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Overnight, I heard the BBC report that Peter Seeger had died, a man whose life became absorbed in the music of our nation both as a singer of traditional songs and a composer of new works. I was lucky enough to hear him sing when I was a high school…
Read More »Maxine Farkas for Western Ave Studios writes about some of the artists there who work with glass. Remember, this Saturday is Open Studios from noon till 5 pm. Pay WAS a visit for all your Valentine’s Day gift needs. One of the interesting things that has happened at Western Ave…
Read More »For those of us interested in the history of Lowell and particularly the role of the Catholic Church and the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in that history, the publication of the history written by Rev. Richard Santerre, OMI as translated by Rev Lucien Sawyer, OMI is a welcome and long-awaited…
Read More »“North Chelmsford” by Richard Marion (c) 2014 [original 2010] See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Below is the WCVB Channel 5 News coverage of the Beach Boys appearance at Cawley Stadium in Lowell on September 7, 1987. This video was originally posted on YouTube by a member who posts under the name “Ultimate Beach Boys Video Collection”.
Read More »I’ve attended a few of Lura Smith’s events celebrating the life and legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. but it’s been a while since I joined the members of the Merrimack Valley NAACP for their annual MLK breakfast. Rabbi Ira Korinow of Haverhill was the MC and he set the tone…
Read More »The following is by Maxine Farkas, our correspondent at Western Avenue Studios: I read a comment on Facebook the other day that indicated that there is a lack of knowledge about how the art world works . . . what follows is taken from a Western Avenue Studios Artist Association…
Read More »The Angkor Dance Troupe which was founded in Lowell and continues to be based here recently announced that Linda Sopheap Sou has been named the new executive director Troupe and that Lianna Kushi, who served as vice president of the board in 2013, is the new president. James Ostis has…
Read More »Jean LeBlanc is an Assistant Professor of English and Developmental Studies at Sussex County Community College in northwestern New Jersey. She was raised in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and still identifies as a New Englander with pride (especially, as she writes, “being so close to various New York sports teams that shall…
Read More »In my 2013 re-cap, I should have included the major feature film “Big Sur,” directed by Michael Polish and produced by Lowell native Jim Sampas, whose aunt Stella married Jack Kerouac in the 1960s. “Big Sur,” based on the 1962 novel by Kerouac, was screened at the prestigious Sundance film…
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