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The Moses Greeley Parker Lectures’ new season has already begun. Click here for the 2011-12 schedule. The programs are free and open to the public thanks to the generosity of Mr Parker many decades ago. The series began in 1917. The Lunchtime Lectures require reservations because of food service planning.…
Read More »Warren Buffett got the ball rolling in this country with his NYTimes op-ed piece calling for higher taxes on the super-rich—really, going back to brackets that existed not long ago. And now bbc.com is reporting that some ultra-wealthy citizens of France are calling on their government to tax them more…
Read More »Fort Monroe today, with the city of Hampton, Va., beyond it. The star-shaped citadel is the Civil War-era fortress. The Sesquicentennial Remembrance of the American Civil War has engendered a tremendous groundswell of grass roots preservation activism. Many of these activists are hoping to see a new role for historically…
Read More »“Blue Carnival” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Some recent nights have been noticeably cooler, a sure sign that fall is on the way. The colder weather outside reminds us that we will soon need to activate our home heating systems so it’s an appropriate time to think about energy conservation. The city of Lowell has launched a…
Read More »The office of Lowell Mayor James Milinazzo issued a press release today announcing the commemoration and remembrance of the tenth anniversary of the September 11th with a ceremony at City Hall on Friday September 9, 2011. This flag raising will be a remembrance ceremony held by City of Lowell with…
Read More »Here’s the first trailer promoting the new documentary film about George Harrison by Martin Scorcese, due for broadcast on HBO in early October.
Read More »In the Weddings/Celebrations section of the Sunday NYTimes yesterday, Boston-based NYT writer Kate Zezima reported on the recent wedding in Watertown of Chanda Ouk and Matthew Wolf. Web photo by Jody Hilton courtesy of NYTimes
Read More »In his new column, opinion writer E. J. Dionne, native of Southeastern Mass., urges President Obama to roll out a BIG Plan for jobs and real economic recovery that reaches everyone up and down the socio-economic ladder. Read his column here, which I picked up from the Washington Post, a…
Read More »The very popular Lowell Spinners bobblehead giveaway promotion – with over 60 dolls in their hall of fame – has honored the likes of Carton Fisk in 2001, Jack Kerouac and Jay Leno in 2003, Paul Revere in 2005, Jonathan Papelbon in 2006, Johnny Pesky in 2007 and 2010, Rep…
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