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True Story Theater Performs in Lowell Saturday, May 18, 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the new ALL Arts Center, 307 Market St. Free public event Calling artists, activists, nonprofit & community leaders. All are welcome! Please join a unique interactive performance and a dialogue on: How do we grow stronger partnerships between artists, activists, and civic organizations in our community? See…
Read More »This coming Saturday, May 11, 2013, I will speak about Company K of the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment as part of Chelmsford Civil War Day at the Chelmsford Center for the Arts, 1A North Road in Chelmsford (the former town hall). While contemplating the controversial step of instituting a national…
Read More »Each spring, I am prompted to give thanks to the many residents, business owners, City of Lowell workers, and others who through the generations have planted the flowering trees and bushes arrayed around the city. The landscape is bursting with color this week.
Read More »It’s National Historic Preservation Month! In Lowell historic preservation is celebrated from May 16-18 beginning with a reception and preservation awards ceremony on May 16 https://www.richardhowe.com/2013/05/02/save-the-date-a-celebration-of-community-preservation-may-16-2013/ followed by the opportunity to peek inside some very special buildings on May 17-18. “Doors Open Lowell” offers an insider’s look into the preservation of…
Read More »“Boarding House Stage: The Supt. Creasey Effect” by Richard Marion (2011), Copyright (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net Click on the image to see a larger version.
Read More »Thanks to Dave Perry for posting this scoop on Facebook this morning. The source is deadlinehollywood.com. In the works is another movie based on a novel by UMass Lowell writing professor Andre Dubus III: “EXCLUSIVE: James Franco, whose film As I Lay Dying screens in competition at Cannes next month, has locked in his next…
Read More »The Digital Public Library of America offers the “Bread and Roses Strike of 1912: Two Months in Lawrence, Massachusetts, that Changed Labor History” as one of its exhibitions. This is an image from the Lawrence History Center…. Check out the digital exhibit here: http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/breadandroses
Read More »Please join the Lowell National Historic Park, the Lowell Heritage Partnership and the City of Lowell/Doors Open Lowell on Thursday May 16, 2013 for a reception and celebration of cultural heritage and historic preservation. The 2013 Community Preservation Awards will be given these honorees: the Lowell Community Health Center, Richard Howe Jr., Albert…
Read More »This Saturday (May 4) I’ll be at the Loading Dock Gallery at Western Avenue Studios from noon until 5pm to sign copies of Legendary Locals of Lowell (books will be available for purchase there) and to talk about Lowell history with anyone who stops by. Since it’s the first Saturday…
Read More »“Dillon’s, East Merrimack Street” by Richard Marion, 1978 Copyright (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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