Kevin Harkins has posted numerous photos he took at Sunday’s launch of “Sully: the Words, Wit and Wisdom of Paul Sullivan”, the collection of columns by the late Paul Sullivan. The photos are available on Kevin’s blog.
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Most everyone in Lowell is familiar with the city’s Smith Baker Center, located on the corner of Merrimack Street and Cardinal O’Connell Parkway just across from City Hall. Although closed for more than a decade, the Center used to house the Lowell Council on Aging on its first floor and…
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Boott Mill bricks; photos by Tony Sampas
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While members of the Boston media were much in evidence today at Middlesex Community College’s Federal Building for the book release celebration of “Sully: The Words, Wit and Wisdom of Paul Sullivan”, it was more like a reunion of the world of Lowell politics, circa 1992 with elected officials, members…
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The inaugural play of the MRT’s new season, Homestead Crossing, continues until next Sunday so there’s still time to see it. I did yesterday and enjoyed it very much. Written by Massachusetts-based playwright William Donnelly, the play is about “an old married couple” (they’re in their early 50s) whose life…
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The world premiere of Jack Kerouac’s play “Beat Generation” at Merrimack Repertory Theatre. Author talks by physicist David Kaiser, poet Anne Waldman, and others. Jay Atkinson with the rundown on Kerouac the Athlete. Lowell literary tours by Roger Brunelle. Kerouac’s former girlfriend and now his biographer Joyce Johnson signng books at…
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We woke up to a light, intermittent mist here in Lowell today but the 10 am tour of Lowell Cemetery will go off rain or shine. Meet at the Knapp Avenue entrance, right next to Shedd Park. The tour will be 90 minutes long and involves walking through the cemetery…
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“Almost at the End of the Road” by Tom Sexton At Ottawa, Ontario, we begin to follow the Ottawa River to Arnprior. It’s hard to believe, but the French Voyageurs followed the Ottawa to its source and then followed the Great Lakes west. Portage La Prairie in Manitoba was part…
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First Congregational Church – Smith Baker Center. Photos by Tony Sampas.
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Least we forget the 150th remembrance of the Civil War, the Lawrence Civil War Guard plays host to the 10th Annual Civil War Weekend with an encampment at Campagnone Common in the heart of Lawrence. As Mark Volger tells us in the Eagle Tribune today: Campagnone Common will become a…
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