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A party to celebrate the release of “Young Angel Midnight: An Emerging Generation in the Arts in Lowell” was held tonight at the Appleton Mills at 219 Jackson Street. First, the space, both inside and out, is simply incredible. The last time I visited this spot was in early November…
Read More »The official opening of the Jack Kerouac Exhibit at the Lowell National Historical Park Visitors Center at 246 Market Street took place earlier this evening. The video below brings you part of the ceremony: [youtube]dfKNFm88bDM[/youtube]
Read More »Lowell Sun editor Chris Scott has a shocker of a story on the Lowell Sun “breaking news” site. According to Scott, the deal to be taken over by Steward Health Care LCC is dead! Instead Saints will be acquired by cross-town community health care “rival” Lowell General Hospital. The past few…
Read More »On Monday, October 3, 2011, economist Karl “Chip” Case, recently retired from Wellesley College, spoke at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center as part of this year’s Moses Greeley Parker lecture series. Along with Robert Shiller and Allan Weis, Case developed the Case-Shiller index, a widely respected and quoted…
Read More »Watching a bit of the ballgame tonight. The Cards are facing elimination, but are leading the Phils 3 to 2 about mid-way through the game. Reminds me of watching the Game of the Week on one of the three big TV networks when I was young. It was the only…
Read More »I’m stating the obvious here, but I’m interested to read what people might write about this: If you watched Ken Burns’ latest American history film this week on PBS, you probably noticed familiar themes from the Prohibition era: religious extremism, wealth concentrated at the top, organized crime violence (like Mexico today),…
Read More »The Lowell Historical Society has recently gone live with a blog site. This is a cross post of an entry I just wrote for the Society’s blog. Hopefully, we will continue this relationship! Marie Clerk, LHS The Lowell Historic Board has resumed publication of a quarterly newsletter – “Presence from…
Read More »For those who missed the excellent talk by housing expert Karl Case at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conf. Center on Monday, the Sun’s Dan O’Brien covered the well-attended event. Read his article here, and get the Sun if you want more. The Lunchtime Lectures are presented by the Moses Greeley Parker…
Read More »Reporter Abby Goodnough of the NYTimes wrote in today’s paper about the US Senate Democratic candidates debate tonight at UMass Lowell, emphasizing that this is the first big campaign test for Elizabeth Warren. Read the article here, and get the NYT on your porch or online if you want more.
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