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Paul J. Sheehy ~ A Remembrance Delivered by Marty Meehan
It was Irish Cultural Week 2014 in Lowell. As the family prepared for his wake and funeral Paul Sheehy’s voice was heard at The Acre Forum as he recalled growing up in his beloved Acre. As St. Patrick’s Church filled with hundreds of family, friends, colleagues and admirers to mourn, celebrate and…
Read More »‘A Nation Once Again’
Growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, I lived in a mostly French-Canadian ethnic world. Two sets of my first-cousins had an Irish-American mother and father respectively. St. Patrick’s Day for my father meant a green tie with a shamrock for Mass on the Sunday closest to March 17. My…
Read More »‘Hurd Street Movers’ by Richard Marion
“Hurd Street Movers” by Richard Marion [original, 1979] (c) 2014 Click on the image to see it larger. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Greeley Peace Scholars Reunion @ UMass Lowell, April 9
Wednesday, April 9, 2014; Discussion, 5 to 7 pm; Reception, 7 to 9.30 pm “Reflections on Peace-Building” is the first-ever gathering of distinguished leaders who have served as the UMass Lowell Dana McLean Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies. The scholars will engage in a panel discussion moderated by Marcellette Williams, UMass…
Read More »Lowell Forgotten Finds: “Hi Hat Man”
As Curator Ryan Owen delves more into the Lowell Historical Society’s old and diverse collection, he will be reporting about the oddities and curiosities that abound. His most recent find has us remembering an iconic entertainment venue and seeing perhaps the earliest Lowell bobble-head. This is a cross-post from the LHS blog site about the Curator’s latest find.…
Read More »New Kerouac Novel Released
Today is officially Jack Kerouac Day in Massachusetts. It’s the author’s birthday, March 12 (1922). The Governor will issue a proclamation in recognition of the day. The legislature put this on the books in 2001, thanks to state Sen. Moore of Worcester, Lowell’s Statehouse delegation at the time, local citizen…
Read More »The Party Band: On the Record
The Party Band (Web photo by Anne Cook courtesy of Party Band Facebook page) The Party Band Announces Release of Debut Album Transcendenta Street-Friendly, 24-Piece Brass Band from Lowell, Mass., Drops First Album on Mar. 29 at Local Music Festival The River Hawk Party Band (know to locals as The…
Read More »LHP/LNHP Preservation Award Nominees Needed
In this cross-post from “Learning Lowell,” Chris give us the background on the Lowell Heritage Partnership/Lowell National Historical Park Annual Preservation Awards. He interview the players and talks about last year’s honorees including our colleague Dick Howe. It’s time for the community to offer up nominations of those who deserve…
Read More »SUN’s Nancye Tuttle Highlights G. L. Music Theatre News
Nancye Tuttle reports on happenings with the dynamic Greater Lowell Music Theatre, including a songfest of classics by Rodgers & Hammerstein on March 21-22 at UMass Lowell’s Durgin Hall. Read all about it in the Sun newspaper. Playwright, director, actor, baseball player, UMass Lowell English Dept. alumnus, and organizer supreme…
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