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Thank You, River Hawks—Hockey Champions!
For the best year of ice hockey at UMass Lowell, thank you River Hawks—for the championship season and uplifted spirits.
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UMass Lowell’s Portuguese Center Author Event Cancelled
For those who haven’t heard from other channels UMass Lowell’s Portuguese Center event with poet Frank X. Gaspar that was scheduled for Thursday evening, April 11, has been cancelled due to a change in the author’s schedule! Please stay tuned for details our event with anthropology scholar Cristiana Bastos on…
Read More »Dylan in Lowell, Another Side
I’m glad I went down to the river last night. The preacher was in town, and the congregation was called to assemble. He made his fourth tour through the city of smokestacks and steeples, the small city with the world on its streets. The people arrived with eager, happy looks…
Read More »Gloucester Writers Center Reading
Ryan Gallagher, Chuck Levenstein, and I had a good afternoon in Gloucester reading poems for about 20 people at the Gloucester Writers Center, which is a small house on East Main Street that was once the home of poet Vincent Ferrini, longtime poet laureate of Gloucester and a disciple of…
Read More »Cambodian dance
Last October the Angkor Dance Troupe celebrated its 25th anniversary with the premiere performance of “Apsara Dancing Stones” at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. I was in the crowd that night and came away very impressed by the artistry, grace and tradition of Cambodian dance (the blog post I wrote about…
Read More »Kevin Cullen of the Globe rallies the River Hawk-ey Troops
Read Kevin Cullen in today’s Globe for a great take on UMass Lowell hockey, the university on the move, and what it all means for Lowell.
Read More »Argo
[youtube]w918Eh3fij0[/youtube] I finally got to see the movie Argo, winner of the 2012 Academy Award for best film. The movie is based on a little-known success in the otherwise disastrous 1979 seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran by Iranian militants. Six Americans slipped out of the embassy while it…
Read More »Kerouac Writes First Novel ~ And the Beat Goes On…
This month of March has been a good one for the memory of iconic Lowell writer Jack Kerouac. Readings, musical tributes, an exhibit and walking the loop helped commemorate the 91st birthday of Jean-Louis “Jack” Kerouac- the American novelist and poet – born on March 12, 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts. A long…
Read More »Wonderful Video Promotion of Lowell
This is an excellent video production promoting the City of Lowell. In the words of the YouTube poster of it… We built this video to raise awareness of those people who have heard about the city, but never visited. There is still a perception that Lowell is what it was…
Read More »Get your ticket for the “Melody Cavalcade! Last Call! This weekend!
Last call! Last reminder! for the musical experience called “Melody Cavalcade”. Tomorrow night March 15th and Saturday night March 16th! Tickets now on sale for THE GLMT MELODY CAVALCADE ! March 15 and 16, 7:30 p.m. Fisher Hall, UMass Lowell Performer Spotlight Soprano MARA BONDE has thrilled audiences in diverse…
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