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There were some interesting comments on my Tuesday post on City Councilor Patrick Murphy’s successful motion to have the Rules Subcommittee “discuss Charter Changes to increase civic participation.” It might be helpful to review how the city’s charter has changed through the years. Lowell was organized as a town in…
Read More »For details about the December 11 all-day symposium, “Artistic Manifestations in Architecture,” at the Whistler House Museum of Art, visit the Whistler House Museum’s website here. The line-up of speakers includes scholars and architects from Wellesley College, MIT, University of Lincoln in the UK, Roger Williams University, National Park Service, and…
Read More »“Back Central in Black & White, Inside & Out” Photographs by Joe Quinlan Whistler House Museum of Art, 243 Worthen Street, Lowell On exhibit November 20 through December 30, 2010 Reception: Saturday, Nov. 20, 2 pm — 4 pm A year or so ago, I decided to trace the steps…
Read More »City Councilor Patrick Murphy has a motion on tonight’s City Council agenda to “discuss larger Charter Changes to increase civic participation (including combined districts, at large system, term limits) at Rules Subcommittee.” Because the motion simply asks that these items be discussed at a future subcommittee meeting, I assume tonight’s…
Read More ». . . nobody is clear about what sort of country America is going to be in 2030 or 2050. Nobody has quite defined America’s coming economic identity. In thinking about this question, it probably helps to start at the beginning. Five hundred years ago, agriculture was the major economic…
Read More »In today’s Globe, columnist James Carroll asks a relevant question, “Why are outsiders in?”—but he doesn’t really answer. His case in point is the new leader of New York City public schools chosen by Mayor Bloomberg. Read the opinion piece here, and get the Globe if you want more.
Read More »Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale film a scene for ‘The Fighter’ in Lowell last summer The Boston Herald’s “Dish Ladies” – Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa – give a sampling of the West Coast reviews for the made-in-Lowell movie “The Fighter” in today’s edition. The gloves are off as the ladies…
Read More »The Washington Post owners and editors should be ashamed of themselves for publishng on the home page of the paper’s website an opinion piece by pollsters Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Shoen calling for President Obama to immediately announce that he will not seek re-election. Why should this president…
Read More »Another excellent essay by Steve O’Connor: I spent my early childhood in Lowell on Marginal Street, which is on the margin of the railroad tracks. The tracks ran parallel to the street, just a few feet behind the white picket fence in the back yard. The trains roaring and clattering…
Read More »Sunday, Nov. 14, 1-3 pm, Centro Restaurant, 24 Market St, Lowell. Artist reception for Pamela Wamala, whose work is on display (“Freedom Flow Wall Puzzles”) Thursday, Nov. 18, 6.30 pm, Spalding House, 383 Pawtucket St, Lowell. “Wanted: Asian Longhorned Beetle!”–Lowell Parks & Conservation Trust Annual Meeting and a program geared toward…
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