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‘Florida Florida Florida’
In the immortal white-board handwriting of the late Tim Russert, “Florida Florida Florida.” I hope the Sunshine state folks push to the hilt their attempt to get the earliest primary election date possible in 2012. I am so sick of New Hampshire and Iowa being at the front of the…
Read More »Ted Williams: Last At-Bat, Final Home Run
Thanks to Marie on Facebook for this link to This Day in History at history.com with the account of Ted Williams hitting a home run in his last time at bat in his career—in Fenway Park in 1960. The moment was immortalized by young John Updike writing for the New…
Read More »Bridge Review: Special Issue for Bread & Roses Centennial
The Bridge Review Special Bread and Roses Issue Seeks Submissions The Bridge Review will produce a 2012 special issue in support of the Centennial Anniversary of the Great Lawrence Strike of 1912, better known as the “Bread & Roses Strike.” Deadline for submissions is January 11, 2012. The Bridge Review:…
Read More »A Lowellian’s View on the University Avenue Bridge
Corey Sciuto is a denizen of the downtown – an urban dweller – a smart, young and tuned-in observer of the Lowell scene. His wonderful and powerful photographs of downtown and Lowell’s neighborhoods brought him to my radar screen. He and I now serve together on the Lowell Historical Society…
Read More »‘Flankers’
Flankers . Trees change at night to rust, orange, brown. On long warm afternoons my friends and I ran downfield, catching perfect spirals, tackling each other as if trying to hurt one another when all we wanted was to be good at what we knew. Red-gold leaves surrounded us. Our…
Read More »Coversmart: The album cover quiz site
Brett Cromwell of the Lowell Film Collaborative has launched a new website, www.coversmartquiz.com The site is for all music lovers but especially those who cherish the artwork that appeared on album covers during the past half century. Each day, visitors to the site are presented with images of several album…
Read More »Postal worker protest
Here’s a group of post office employees protesting proposed budget cuts earlier this evening in Kearney Square, outside the office of Congresswoman Niki Tsongas.
Read More »‘Lowell City Hall’ by Richard Marion
“Lowell City Hall” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Housing Expert Karl ‘Chip’ Case Talk Nearing Capacity
If you want to attend housing expert Karl “Chip” Case’s Lunchtime Lecture at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center, you should register today because the seating is limited to 100 and not many seats are left. The lecture is on Monday, Oct. 3, at 12 noon. Contact artsandideas@uml.edu or call…
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