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On this day in 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, popularly known as the “GI Bill of Rights’’ – an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services–known as G.I.s–for their efforts in World War II. Edith Nourse…
Read More »This video was originally posted on YouTube by johnboutselis13 Students of the Lowell Community Charter Public School perform traditional music at Lowell City Hall to celebrate Khmer New Year.
Read More »Club De Citoyens-American, 619 Market Street, Lowell MA USA — by Tony Sampas
Read More »About and about today: granite curbing installation continues on Wamesit Hill; quiet at the Pollard Memorial Library this morning but lots of fire apparatus in the adjacent street; many people relaxing, seeking a shaded seat in Mary Bacigalupo’s Shattuck Street Victorian Garden (above); Jerry Beck of Revolving Museum fame spotted…
Read More »The Doors played the Commodore Ballroom in Lowell on August 15, 1967. Chris Simondet of The Doors site on Facebook provided that information to me. He said the show is a “phantom show” in The Doors chronology of performances and that nobody knows or remembers much about it other than…
Read More »It’s Sustainability Week in Lowell, and although we don’t live on the coast in Lowell our state is a coastal state—and everything is connected even if you live in Kansas. There’s a new report from international scientists sounding the alarm about threats to ocean life and possible severe consequences if conditions…
Read More »The Acre in the foreground. Smokestacks and the Eliot Church steeple in the background. —by Tony Sampas
Read More »In advance of the upcoming release of “The Fighter” on DVD in the United Kingdom, two English tabloids sent reporters to Lowell about a month ago to write about the city that was central to the film’s story and production. Deb Belanger of the Greater Merrimack Valley Convention and Visitor’s…
Read More »Poet and environmental activist Gary Snyder returned to his alma mater Reed College for the school’s centennial. He was profiled recently by Jeff Baker of The Oregonian newspaper for oregonlive.com. Snyder was one of my poet-heroes when I started out on the writing trail. He’s 81 years old and still traveling…
Read More »“On the Road” goes to an iTunes app. If you are into Kerouac, check this out. See a video of the new app.
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