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Seen here in Jezebel (1938), Davis’s second Academy Award-winning performance On this day April 5, 1908 – Ruth Elizabeth Davis, known from early childhood as “Betty”, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ruth Augusta “Ruthie” (née Favor) and Harlow Morrell Davis, a patent attorney. The family was Protestant, of English,…
Read More »The historically minded among you might want to mark a couple of upcoming events on your calendars. On Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 2 pm at the Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center at 40 French Street in Lowell, I will give a talk on Lowell and the coming of the…
Read More »A reminder from our friends at the Pollard Memorial Library blog that volunteers will be ready, willing and able to accept dropped-off donations for the Spring Book Sale this Saturday April 7, 2012 at the Lowell Senior Center at Broadway and Fletcher Streets.: Friends Book Donation Drop Off 9am-12noon This Saturday…
Read More »When Charles Dickens came to America in 1842, one of his goals was to promote copyright laws as a way of protecting the creative product of artists, writers and musicians. This Thursday night (April 5 at 7 pm) at UMass Lowell’s O’Leary Library auditorium, Room 222, 61 Wilder Street, UMass…
Read More »Another amazing photo from Tony Sampas
Read More »To stir the Pawtucket Falls Dam issue a little bit more and with a nod to Jack Kerouac and his relationship with the river, I’ve posted this fanciful image of Jack and the Dam. I found this image here along with many other Merrimack River and Lowell power canals images: https://images.mitrasites.com/lowell-power-canal-system-and-pawtucket-gatehouse.html. Taking…
Read More »Great Stone Dam across the Merrimack River at Lawrence Massachusetts from the ENEL website . The crestgate system installed by ENEL is visible enough for you to see what a so-called “bladder” dam looks like. Another view of the Great Stone Dam, May 2010 courtesy of Corey Sciuto. This view allows for a fuller…
Read More »On Sunday, April 22, some interesting people will gather at the Rogers School on Highland Street, on the edge of the South Common, for Earth Day activities. We will have a guided tour of the South Common Historic District by Dick Howe Jr, unplugged music by Joe Darensbourg, a display of design plans showing…
Read More »Inspired by a similar effort in Cambridge, a largely anonymous group of Lowell residents transformed the vacant storefront on Market Street between Brew’d Awakening and TD Bank into a colorful proclamation of why so many like the city of Lowell so much. If you’re downtown today, stop by, check it…
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