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UMASS LOWELL, DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL STUDIES ARTISTIC MANIFESTATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE Symposium Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen Street, Lowell, MA 01854 Saturday, December 11, 2010 Program Moderator and Organizer: Liana De Girolami Cheney, Professor of Art History, Chair, Department of Cultural Studies, UMass Lowell 9:00-9:30, Coffee and Greetings 9:45–10:15,…
Read More »Author Jay Atkinson of Methuen and the world has a new book of short stories: “Tauvernier Street.” In today’s Globe and on boston.com reviewer Joseph Peschel rates the collection a good read, especially the stories that evoke Merrimack Valley life in our time, from the 1960s to the present day.…
Read More »“A plea to go to Lowell” – from exhibit on mills in 19th century America in the Smithsonian American History Museum… taken by a family member on a recent trip to D.C. (Thanks MK.)
Read More »Versatile actor Leslie Nielsen has died. Although he is better known for his comic roles in “Naked Gun” and “Airplane,” I’ll always remember him first for playing General Francis Marion, “The Swamp Fox” of the Revolutionary War, in the eight-part Disney TV series that ran from 1959 to 1961. Disney had bet…
Read More »Next Monday, Dec. 6, at 5.30 pm, the Greater Lowell Community Foundation will announce its 2010 grant recipients, volunteer award recipients, and other awards at an event featuring keynnote speaker Paul S. Grogan, president and CEO of the Boston Foundation. The evening begins with a reception in the Hall of…
Read More »From the City of Lowell website, here’s the schedule for today’s City of Lights celebration, staring at 2 pm with trolley rides and up thru parade kick-off at 4.30 pm at Jackson and Central streets.
Read More »After watching our quarterback in Detroit on TV yesterday, I have to say I’ve never seen Tom Brady play better than he did on a couple of those second half drives. I’m ready to put him on the Boston sports Mt Rushmore with Carl Yastrzemski, Bill Russell, and Bobby Orr.
Read More »Economist, teacher, and blogger Robert Reich analyzes the political strategy of Sarah Palin in his latest opinion piece. Between the lines, Reich is telling the Democratic Party leaders and members to do more about the economic suffering in the country. Read it here, as aggregated by huffingtonpost.com
Read More »Detail from “The First Thanksgiving” (1914), by Jennie Augusta Brownscombe (1850-1936), oil on canvas, Pilgrim Hall Museum, Plymouth, Massachusetts “Home to Thanksgiving” Currier & Ives lithograph, 1867 – This image was illustrated by George H. Durrie “Freedom From Want” – Norman Rockwell – Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1943
Read More »President John F. Kennedy pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey – November 18, 1963 Courtesy John F. Kennedy Presidential Library …Today we give our thanks, most of all, for the ideals of honor and faith we inherit from our forefathers – for the decency of purpose, steadfastness of resolve and strength of…
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