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Regular visitors to richardhowe.com have seen his colorful paintings and distinctive drawings. The Moses Greeley Parker Library in Dracut will present “A Night with Richard Marion: Lowell–The Observed and Painted City” tomorrow, Tuesday, March 27, at 7.00 pm at Dracut’s public library, 28 Arlington Street. The illustrated lecture is free…
Read More »Howl in Lowell pays a visit to three classic diner cars in downtown Lowell: The Club Diner, Arthur’s Paradise Diner, and The Owl Diner. [youtube]t9VwgH9lmvo[/youtube]
Read More »Paul Marion with his wife Rosemary and son Joseph. Photo courtesy of Kevin Harkins of Harkins Photography. Fellow blogger Paul Marion was presented the Tom Kelakos Community Spirit Award last evening by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Lowell. Here are the remarks Paul made in accepting the award: . .…
Read More »The Lowell High School Fine Arts Department gave the community another outstanding stage performance this evening, presenting The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee to a crowded Cyrus W. Irish Auditorium. The crowd which included many LHS staff members and School Committee members Jim Leary and Kim Scott was especially…
Read More »The Mass Memories Road Show, a statewide community history project operated by UMass Boston set up shop in Lowell today at the Tsongas Industrial History Center within the Boott Cotton Mills Museum. More than 100 Lowell residents brought vintage and current photographs to be scanned, archived, and made available on…
Read More »Today MassMoments reminds us that on this day March 23, 1948, Jack Kerouac noted in his diary that although it was a struggle, once he had written the first 2500 words of a 360,000 word project, he was on his way to completing his first novel “The Town and the…
Read More »Howl in Lowell recently enthused about the versatile artistry of Jim Higgins and the Flying Orb troupe of performers, writers, filmmakers, music-makers, and more. Read about this award-winning creative team based in Lowell, but whose work is speaking to people beyond the city. Jim Dyment of the Whistler House Museum…
Read More »[youtube]5ztImOoaato[/youtube] Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC), the city’s public access cable TV organization, has launched its own channel on YouTube. Several staff members have uploaded promotional videos similar to the one shown above. Even though LTC operates cable TV channels, everyone there acknowledges that people’s video viewing habits are changing…
Read More »Tomorrow night at Lenzi’s our own Paul Marion will be honored by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Lowell with the Tom Kelakos Community Spirit Award. Tom was the owner of LOMEDCO medical supply company and was a member of Kiwanis for nearly 50 years. Tom’s legacy is one of quiet…
Read More »This is interesting. A collection of book covers from editions of Jack Kerouac’s classic novel “On the Road.” This was shared on Facebook by Jim Canary, the “keeper” of the famous “On the Road” scroll typescript at the University of Indiana Library. See the covers here, from UK, USA, France,…
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