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AOL Science has a link to stunning photographs being made by astronaut Douglas Wheelock on the International Space Station during his five-month stay. He sends them via Twitter. Here’s the link.
Read More »We knew it was coming. Over on HuffingtonPost there’s a report that the “the first GOP-ordered House vote since the election” – to wit – to take away all federal funding from National Public Radio (NPR) was on tap today. The thing is according to HuffPo – “it was over before it…
Read More »Congratulations to Middlesex Community College President Carole Cowan. Yesterday the city of Lowell announced that President Cowan was selected to be the Grand Marshall for this year’s City of Lights parade. At the announcement City Manager Bernie Lynch praised Cowan and the entire college “for being such a strong partner…
Read More »For details about the December 11 all-day symposium, “Artistic Manifestations in Architecture,” at the Whistler House Museum of Art, visit the Whistler House Museum’s website here. The line-up of speakers includes scholars and architects from Wellesley College, MIT, University of Lincoln in the UK, Roger Williams University, National Park Service, and…
Read More »The Citywide Parent Council met last evening with Superintendent of Schools Dr. Chris Scott, Director of Special Education Sheila O’Brien, and Lowell High Headmaster Ed Rozmiarek. CPC member Kim Scott attended and filed a detailed report on Gerry Nutter’s blog last night.
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Stickers with icons of science and technology embedded in letters of the alphabet. Posters of kids with beakers and stethoscopes. Decks of cards with numbers in the shape of solar panels or a double helix .A music video…
Read More »In today’s Globe, columnist James Carroll asks a relevant question, “Why are outsiders in?”—but he doesn’t really answer. His case in point is the new leader of New York City public schools chosen by Mayor Bloomberg. Read the opinion piece here, and get the Globe if you want more.
Read More »This is the final section of the essay about Lowell that I’ve been posting this week.—PM Cut from American Cloth (5) Places change, people enter and exit the stage—we won’t see Paul Tsongas jogging through the South Common, we won’t see Brother Gilbert who taught at Keith Academy after mentoring…
Read More »Thursday, Nov. 18, 7 pm A lecture-performance featuring traditional folk music from all regions of Greece as played on the violin and laouto, as well as lyras from Thrace, Macedonia, Crete, and Pontos, as performed by Beth Bahia Cohen – violin and lyras, and Mac Ritchey – laouto and percussion. This…
Read More »Cut from American Cloth (4) Congresswoman (“Mrs. Rogers”) Rogers was in the middle of a line of Republican U.S. Representatives from the Lowell area who controlled the seat from 1859 to 1974, with the exception of a single two-year term for Democrat John K. Tarbox (1875 – 1877). It took…
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