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The Boott Mill Bridge
Tony Sampas shares a photo of the bridge connecting the Cotton Warehouse and the Boott Mill
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Lincoln & Concord
This has been a “sta-cation” summer for my wife and me for various reasons, but there’s nothing to complain about when you live in a region that is a visitor destination and one of the most fascinating areas of the United States. One day this week we took the “back…
Read More »Historian Doug Brinkley on John Kerry – Best Chance for Super Committee Success
Historian Douglas Brinkley is professor of history at Rice University and author of “Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War.’’ Brinkley has penned an op-ed piece for today’s Boston Globe giving his view that the appointment of Senator John Kerry to the so-called “super committee” on deficit reduction…
Read More »‘Still Life with Lemons’ by Richard Marion
“Still Life with Lemons” by Richard Marion (c) 2011. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »The 2011 Lowell Quilt Festival Begins Today!
Lowell is noted for its textile history. It’s a great setting for the New England Quilt Museum’s 2011 Quilt Festival. Opening today, this three-day city-wide event offers a feast for the eye in venues from the Lowell Memorial Auditorium to the Whistler House. Festival presenters beckon visitors with this invitation…
Read More »Barbara Ehrenreich on Poverty in the US
The author of “Nickel and Dimed” writes about poverty in the US on the tenth anniversary of her book being released. The article is from Mother Jones magazine via realclearpoliltics.com. If you use this link and get an ad for Mother Jones blocking the article, then select Subscribe on the…
Read More »Back in 1987: Original “Dirty Dancing” and Other Nostalgia
With the plans to remake the classic 1987 film “Dirty Dancing” now public, there will be lots of chatter about the original starring Patrick Swayzey and Jennifer Grey. Who should play the parts of Johnny and “Baby”? Should there be a remake at all? There are mixed feeling about the…
Read More »Coburn Hall – UMass Lowell
“Glorious architecture, right there at the corner of Wilder Street and Broadway” photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »More on New US Poet Laureate Philip Levine
Hometown reporting on Philip Levine’s appointment as US Poet Laureate from the Fresno Bee in California. Levine was born in Detroit and started teaching at Fresno State in 1958. The university didn’t even have a creative writing program at the time. His close friend and fellow poet Peter Everwine,…
Read More »Philip Levine Is the New U.S. Poet Laureate
Poetry is front-page news online tonight. That’s different. The NYTimes tonight reports that Philip Levine is the new U.S. Poet Laureate. Read Charles McGrath’s article here, and get the NYT if you want more. Phil Levine was one of my poet-heroes when I started writing in the mid-1970s. I admired…
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