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“One fine morning, not long ago, I strolled down the Merrimac, on the Tewksbury shore. I know of no walk in the vicinity of Lowell so inviting as that along the margin of the river for nearly a mile from the village of Belvidere. The path winds, green and flower-skirted,…
Read More »The Winter 1996 issue of BOMB includes an interview of Patti Smith by musician Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. She performed at the Smith Baker Center in Lowell on October 6, 1995, for the annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! festival. The band stayed overnight at the Stonehedge Inn in Tyngsboro. Following…
Read More »Friends on Facebook reminded me that today is the anniversary of the death of baseball player Tony Conigliaro. Here’s a link to an essay I wrote about him many years ago and which was posted on this blog at least once in the past.
Read More »Spring Fever Last Sunday in February. Neighbors lean on warm cars. Snow pulls away from the grass. At the corner variety store kids huddle out front, hustle off, scattering baseball card wrappers colorful as April tulips. . —Paul Marion (c) 1984, 2014 .
Read More »Twenty years ago, Peter S. Alexis and Henry Kucharzyk organized a museum exhibition at the Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center (40 French St., near Boarding House Park) about two of the more fascinating people who lived in Lowell. Read about them in the exhibit brochure here, which is available on…
Read More »I just learned of a fascinating photo exhibit that’s opening on March 8 at Uncharted Gallery at 66 Merrimack Street in Lowell. Local photographer Rachel Napear spent last summer following Civil War re-enactors around Massachusetts, photographing them at every stop. The show will run for three weeks, from March 8…
Read More »I had the privilege of working with Tom McKay on a few committees and projects over the past many years, and I want to say “thanks” to him for his huge contribution to the ongoing cultural revival in Lowell. Tom understood that the cultural industry is pivotal to Lowell’s strength…
Read More »As newly appointed Curator Ryan Owens delves more into the Lowell Historical Society’s old and diverse collection, he will be reporting about the oddities and curiosities that abound. This is a cross-post from the LHS blog site about the Curator’s latest find. http://www.lowellhistoricalsociety.org/blog/ From the Curator’s Desk: Odd Old Things –…
Read More »One of the master mechanics of the Lowell revitalization, a visionary in his own right when we talk about the extensive Canalway development and the Lowell Summer Music Series—and a real humanitarian when it comes to helping city causes—will receive the 2014 Thomas G. Kelakos Community Spirit Award of the…
Read More »One of Esther Howland’s valentine designs “Truly Thine” (Courtesy of AAS / American Antiquarian Society in Worcester ) The first American valentine cards were sold in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were designed and made by Mt. Holyoke College graduate Esther Howland, the daughter of a local stationer. Ms. Howland is known of the…
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