In New York Magazine, political and cultural observer Frank Rich urges President Obama to fight hard for the America he envisions. Read the article here, which I picked up from huffingtonpost.
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The final tour of Lowell Cemetery for this fall occurred yesterday morning. Despite the abysmal forecast for this weekend, the 42 folks who joined us on Friday afternoon and the 30 present yesterday morning traversed the cemetery without a drop of rain interfering. For the three years that I’ve been…
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Photo courtesy of Maggie Holtzberg from blog.massfolkarts.org. See also Keepers of Tradition on the blogroll to the right. Nine, count ’em, nine color photos of details from Lowell’s multi-ethnic market scene grace page one of the Globe North section of today’s Boston Sunday Globe. The article by Taryn Plumb recounts…
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From the LowellIrish blog about today’s ceremonies and tour at St. Patrick’s Cemetery: Our annual tour of the St Patrick Cemetery will be on September 24 at 10 am. As has been past practice we begin with the AOH dedication of stones of forgotten Irish immigrants as part of their…
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Sunday, Sept. 25, 2 – 5 pm: UMass Lowell String Project Benefit Concert in collaboration with the Revolving Museum, Appleton Mills Atrium, 29 Jackson St. (Donations requested). Friday, Sept. 30, 6.30 pm: Celebrate sports at the 1st annual Dream of Perfect Games tribute at the UMass Lowell Inn &…
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Here’s the schedule of activities for the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! festival, which starts on Thursday, Oct. 6, and runs through the Columbus Day holiday on Oct. 10. Note that on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 5 pm, there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception to officially open the new permanent exhibit…
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More than fifty people gathered at the Pollard Memorial Library last evening to listen to Chaim “Mike” Rosenberg speak about his biography of Francis Cabot Lowell, the man for whom our city is named. Rosenberg contends that Lowell grew up in a wealthy family as a frivolous youth not in…
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“Darts” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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Here’s the latest on today’s stock market dive from NYTimes. Could investors be signalling that it is time for action and that doing nothing is not an option? I heard one analyst on the radio saying that experts and politicians claimed they were caught by surprise in 2008 when Wall…
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These stats in Amanda Cedrone’s article from the MetroDesk of Boston.com, perk up an otherwise dreary day. The U. S. Census released information today that supports this truth: ~ “Yes, it’s true. Massachusetts residents are wicked smart.” Education, health care and marriage status here: In 2010, 39 percent of Massachusetts residents 25…
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