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Howl in Lowell has a lively report on the Charles Dickens museum exhibition opening at the National Park’s Boott Mills Museum on Friday, March 30, at 5 pm. The media coverage has been outstanding for this project, from the Sun and Boston Globe to the Washington Post and WBUR-FM radio…
Read More »Human rights activist John Prendergast will be at UMass Lowell for four days in early April. Several of his presentations are free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome. Tuesday, April 3, 12.30-1.45 pm “Good News Peace Stories from Africa: The 2012 Day Without Violence Lecture.” Sponsored by the…
Read More »Last night, nearly 20 people gathered at the Moses Greeley Parker Library in Dracut for an illustrated lecture by Richard Marion, who showed in Powerpoint format about 25 images of Lowell places, buildings, and scenes from among the hundreds that he has created in the past 40 years. The talk…
Read More »In one of the most memorable images from John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, poet Robert Frost at the age of 86, was unable to read a poem written for the occasion, “For John F. Kennedy, His Inauguration” because of glare. Instead, he recited “The Gift Outright” from memory. On this…
Read More »Regular visitors to richardhowe.com have seen his colorful paintings and distinctive drawings. The Moses Greeley Parker Library in Dracut will present “A Night with Richard Marion: Lowell–The Observed and Painted City” tomorrow, Tuesday, March 27, at 7.00 pm at Dracut’s public library, 28 Arlington Street. The illustrated lecture is free…
Read More »The Mass Memories Road Show, a statewide community history project operated by UMass Boston set up shop in Lowell today at the Tsongas Industrial History Center within the Boott Cotton Mills Museum. More than 100 Lowell residents brought vintage and current photographs to be scanned, archived, and made available on…
Read More »Today MassMoments reminds us that on this day March 23, 1948, Jack Kerouac noted in his diary that although it was a struggle, once he had written the first 2500 words of a 360,000 word project, he was on his way to completing his first novel “The Town and the…
Read More »Howl in Lowell recently enthused about the versatile artistry of Jim Higgins and the Flying Orb troupe of performers, writers, filmmakers, music-makers, and more. Read about this award-winning creative team based in Lowell, but whose work is speaking to people beyond the city. Jim Dyment of the Whistler House Museum…
Read More »This is interesting. A collection of book covers from editions of Jack Kerouac’s classic novel “On the Road.” This was shared on Facebook by Jim Canary, the “keeper” of the famous “On the Road” scroll typescript at the University of Indiana Library. See the covers here, from UK, USA, France,…
Read More »This coming Saturday the Mass Memories Road Show, a statewide community history project organized by UMass Boston, will visit Lowell. This will be the 50th community in the Commonwealth that the Road Show will visit. Their goal is to do all 351 cities and towns in the state. The Lowell…
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