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The dig site on the grounds of St. Patrick’s Church in Lowell, MA Photo by ANNE RUTHMANN PHOTOGRAPH (Irish America magazine, October-November 2011 edition) Checking in at Dave McKean’s LowellIrish blog gave me this bit of news. The story of the collaboration between UMass Lowell and Queens University Belfast on…
Read More »“Lowell Poster” by Richard Marion (c) 2011. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net The 32nd Annual Textile Regatta on the north bank of the Merrimack River in Lowell is tomorrow, Sunday, October 2
Read More »Pick a Saturday morning to eat breakfast at the Owl Diner on Appleton Street. The scene is a town meeting of locals and yokels and foodie tourists from across the river or down the highway. This morning was no different. Between the narrow booth-and-counter front section and the expansive dining room…
Read More »The Mass Humanities Eighth Annual Fall Symposium has a timely focus on the influence of the internet on our politics, society and culture. The three session symposium will be held at Boston College on Saturday November 19, 2011 from 12:30 – 5pm. Callie Crossley – popular WGBH host and commentator –…
Read More »Mass Humanities, the state agency affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities, will host a conference about the internet and democracy at Boston College on Nov. 19. The folks at MH have assembled a set of high-powered speakers with connections to moveon.org, TED, and bigtime media outlets and academia.…
Read More »Boston.com has a bulletin on the latest read on the Mass. economy from the MassBenchmarks group of UMass. Our own Prof. Bob is a contributor to this group, wearing his historian home uniform jersey. He should have been mentioned as UMass Lowell’s scholar in the group with the lights from…
Read More »A week from tonight a lot of people from Lowell and environs will be at the Appleton Mills atrium for the launch of a new book that collects the work of dozens of writers, visual artists, and musicians who live and work in the city. Titled “Young Angel Midnight,” the…
Read More »Cotton production is today’s topic in the Disunion series on Civil War history in the NYTimes. Frederick Law Olmsted shows up as a journalist rather than a landscape architect in this installment. Historian Susan Schulten of the University of Denver is today’s author. Read it here, and get the NYT…
Read More »Today Congresswoman Niki Tsongas joined officials from the Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell Parks and Conservation Trust, and the city of Lowell to celebrate the opening of River Reach Park. Located behind the historic Spalding House this new park provides an exciting location for interpretive programs at the Pawtucket Falls. She…
Read More »Mass Moments, the daily dose of Massachusetts History tells us that today is the birthday of Henry Hobson Richardson, one of the most important and influential architects in American history. Richardson was born in Louisiana in 1838, studied in Paris, did much of his work in Boston, and died in…
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