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Don’t miss the book release party for three new books from Loom Press by writers with strong Lowell connections who have created books with strong Lowell content. The event is Sunday, May 22, 2 pm, at O’Leary Library auditorium, Room 222, 61 Wilder St., on UMass Lowell’s South Campus. Everyone…
Read More »I met John Kerry in Lowell when I was 18 years old, almost 40 years ago. He was running for Congress, and we know how that turned out. Nevertheless, I was impressed then, and I still like what I see most of the time. If someone is going to represent…
Read More »Drew Gilpin Faust is the 28th President of Harvard University and the Lincoln Professor of History in Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. An eminent historian of the Civil War and the American South, Faust delivered the 2011 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities earlier this month. The annual lecture, sponsored…
Read More »This invitation is also posted over at Left in Lowell. It’s important enough to post here as well. As someone who was a facilitator in the “Save the 5th” effort back in 2001 when the then Speaker of the House had the 5th obliterated from the redistricting map, I want…
Read More »The Lowell Historical Society held its annual meeting yesterday at Middlesex Community College’s Federal Building. Despite the heavy rain and impressive crowd of more than 60 folks showed up to hear a three member panel discuss various aspects of Lowell’s involvement in the American Civil War. Jack Herlihy of the…
Read More »This is a baseball card that I never owned. Somehow, this one never showed up in a five-cent package of cards when I was 11 years old. The 1965 Topps baseball card series is my favorite for several reasons : the Red Sox line-up of heroes of that time, the design,…
Read More »From Florida Today this story: Today at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida: U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the wife of Endeavour commander Mark Kelly, has arrived at Kennedy Space Center to watch Monday morning’s launch, her staff has reported. “Gabrielle landed safely in Florida. Smooth flight with STS 134 astronaut…
Read More »In a season of commencement speeches, here’s a memorable bit of speechifying from the world of movies: Network Actor Peter Finch in the film “Network,” a role for which he won an Oscar.
Read More »Film distributors far and wide are signing deals to show the film adaptaton of Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” in their countries. No US distributor yet, oddly enough. Read the update in the entertainment industry sheet Variety, picked up from Tess A. on Facebook.
Read More »* Noted in today’s Lowell Sun about an event scheduled for tomorrow night – The Lowell Citywide Parent Council will host its Mary J. Bacigalupo “You Make a Difference” Awards Night on Monday at the Stoklosa Middle School, 560 Broadway St., at 7:30 p.m. Who is Mary J. Bacigalupo? Back…
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