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Writer and poet Judith Dickerman-Nelson is a 1991 graduate of UMass Lowell, former editor of the campus literary magazine, and long-time staff member at the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association in Lowell. She also has a master’s degree from Emerson College. She sent us this update about her recent and upcoming literary activities related…
Read More »“The Worker” fountain sculpture by Elliot Schwartz and is located in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts. NEA Arts is the quarterly magazine of the National Endowment for the Arts. Lowell is featured in the current edition in an article entitled – “Building on the Past: The Creative Rebirth of Lowell, Massachusetts.” Author…
Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters shares his thoughts with us tonight: Did you ever watch the world pass you by and you have no idea what anyone is talking about? That’s the situation I am in now, basic things like my 40th. reunion for the Lowell High School are understandable but…
Read More »A Note from Jay Mason: Please join me for an event in collaboration with the climate action group 350.org this Saturday, 5/5 at Lowell City Hall at 10:30 am. It would be fantastic if you could make it (see flyer, attached). We need your participation in a photo to be taken in front…
Read More »Social networking is great, but to me its true value is to make it easier for people to come together in-person and get things done. A great example of this comes on Sunday at “Mill City Skill Share” during which a number of individuals have volunteered to share a skill…
Read More »Lura Smith, wrapped up in Mary Sampas, “In Her Own Words,” Whistler House, April 25th 2012. Photo by Tony Sampas.
Read More »The spring tours of historic Lowell Cemetery begin this week on Friday, May 4 at 1 pm and Saturday, May 5 at 10 am. We have completely revised the tours this year. These May tours will all begin at the Lawrence Street entrance and will cover that half of the…
Read More »The city of Lowell held its first in a very long time tax lien auction yesterday in the City Council chamber of Lowell City Hall. City Treasurer Elizabeth Craveiro (shown above) ran the auction which was attended by about 30 people. Ten seats in the front row of the spectator’s…
Read More »Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »It was curiosity more than anything else that drew me to the Whistler House tonight for a retrospective on the work of Mary Boutselis Sampas who wrote for Lowell newspapers, mostly the Sun, for 75 years. I confess to being only an occasional reader of Mary’s columns. Perhaps that’s because…
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