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Opinion writer Timothy Egan of the NYT has an eye-opening column online today that makes a connection between Prohibition and some of today’s extreme social behavior regulators. Read his essay here, and get the NYT if you want more. And watch for the upcoming Ken Burns documentary on Prohibition.
Read More »Folksinger and songwriter Richard Thompson is featured tonight in the Lowell Summer Music Series. There was a long line of people waiting for the opening bell to ring at 7 a.m. so they could get their chairs and blankets in place. The forecast is for mixed sun and clouds, so…
Read More »Lowell High School has chosen its 2011 Class of Distinguished Alumni. This celebration of distinguished alums began back in 2004 when literary great Jack Kerouac (1939), businessman and philanthopist George Behrakis (1951), U.S. Senator Paul Tsongas (1958) and businessman Elkin McCallum and his wife community activist Donna Lavigne (both 1961)…
Read More »“Tomatoes Box” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 To see more artwork, please visit www.richardmarion.net
Read More »A surprise showed up yesterday on Facebook when a Friend posted a link to a blog entry from Huffington Post/AOL that was by a writer who works in Lowell, maybe lives in Lowell, and was writing about the remarkable pluralism in the city. Read Nataly Kelly’s post here. About the…
Read More »Here’s the schedule for this fall’s tours of Lowell Cemetery: Friday – September 9 – 1 pm Saturday – September 10 – 10 am Friday – September 30 – 1 pm Saturday – October 1 – 10 am The tours begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance which is right next…
Read More »[youtube]rM9fp7B-Xec[/youtube] If you haven’t yet considered the question now being posed by many, “did the media overplay Hurricane Irene?”, just watch the above clip and your answer will have to be yes. That’s because this 4 minute, 26 second clip depicts a Fox news reporter perched on the ocean-front boardwalk…
Read More »As Irene was developing, landing, damaging the states and communities along the Eastern seaboard and inland as well, officialdom was full of praise for the “new FEMA” – for the planning, co-ordination and ongoing interaction, relief and support. Everyone was in the loop. In a Washington Post story by Ed…
Read More »9th Annual Kerouac Road Race Race proceeds go to the Jack Kerouac Scholarship awarded to a Lowell High School graduating senior planning a major in literature or the arts. Time is running out to get your micro-tec race t-shirt!!! Sunday, September 25th Be one of the first 400 registered and…
Read More »“Hudzik’s Market, Palm Sunday” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 To see more artwork, visit www.richardmarion.net
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