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In commentary at huffingtonpost.com this morning, former Vermont governor Madeleine M. Kunin writes about the American-ness of unity and cooperation as opposed to a doctrine of winner-take-all competition that is behind the most mean-spirited attitudes encountered too often these days. Read her thoughts here.
Read More »For the past three days, UMass Lowell’s Center for Arts and Ideas hosted its first visiting artist, Lynda Barry, an award-winning author, comic strip artist, painter, and teacher. She met with students in their classes, gave a talk to a standing-room-only sized audience in O’Leary Library, and taught a workshop about stories and…
Read More »Back on September 22 of this year, author Chaim Rosenberg spoke at the Pollard Memorial Library about his book, “The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell, 1775-1817” which is about the innovative industrialist for whom are city is named. Phil Lupsiewicz of the Lowell National Park was there with…
Read More »This is an excerpt from a poetic sketch titled “Old Love-Light” by nineteen-year-old Jack Kerouac. October was his favorite month. In “On the Road,” he wrote: “In inky night we crossed New Mexico; at gray dawn it was Dalhart, Texas; in the bleak Sunday afternoon we rode through one Oklahoma flat-town after…
Read More »University of Massachusetts Lowell Libraries awarded grant from ALA and NEH to host Civil War reading and discussion series LOWELL, MA – University of Massachusetts Lowell Libraries received a $3,000 grant from the American Library Association (ALA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to host “Let’s Talk About…
Read More »Lowell High School Little Theater United Teachers of Lowell/Merrimack Valley Central Labor Council Lowell City Council and Lowell School Committee Candidates’ Night Tonight! October 24, 2011 at 7:oo pm Carried live on Local Cable Access LET/Channel 22 and WCAP/980AM Radio Re-broadcasts to be scheduled!
Read More »When I flipped to the obituary page of today’s Globe and found myself staring into the eyes of the World War Two airman shown above, I just had to read the story. Imagine my surprise when I learned the deceased, L. Rodger Currie, was a “longtime dentist in Chelmsford” who…
Read More »Yesterday I attended an outstanding program presented by Cliff Hoyt and the Lowell Historical Society on “J. C. Ayer and Company during the Civil War.” The Lowell-based Ayer company was one of America’s most prominent producers of patent medicine during the nineteenth century. Its founder was James Cook Ayer who…
Read More »There’s a great story in the New York Times about Lowell-born mezzo-soprano Rosalind Elias. At the age of 82, Ms. Elias is veteran of the Metropolitan Opera singing over 45 roles in over 680 performances. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut on February 23, 1954. This past September she made…
Read More »The Lowell Historical Society is sponsoring a program today – Sunday October 24, 2011 – on the activities of J.C. Ayer & Co during the Civil War. The presentation will begin at 1 p.m. at Middlesex Community College – in the Federal Building, 50 Kearney Square and is open to the…
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