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“Red Wall” by Tony Sampas
Red Wall, Merrimack Street, Lowell, photographed from parking lot of Enterprise Bank by Tony Sampas.
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‘Sacrificial Labor’ & Web Journalism: Who Works, Who Gains?
Our friend and colleague David Blackburn, who leads the Cultural Resources and Programs unit at Lowell National Historical Park, sent a link to a Los Angeles Times article by James Rainey via the Sacramento Bee and a listserv of David’s. He writes, “It places Lowell National Historical Park themes and our stories on…
Read More »Nancye Tuttle Sets the Stage for ‘The Porch’ by Jack Neary
Read Nancye Tuttle’s advance report in the Sun on the Actors Inc. production of “The Porch,’ an insightful comedy by Jack Neary. Both Nancye and Jack are regular contributors to this blog. Read her article here, and get the Sun if you want more. The shows are set for June 2, 3 and 4…
Read More »St. Jean Baptiste Possibly a Community Arts Center
With residential conversion permits in hand, the former St. Jean Baptiste Church in Lowell, MA is being given a second look to determine if it’s more suitable as a community arts center. See ComeToLowell.com/TMI for details and updates. This video was originally posted by copleymedia
Read More »Civil War Lowell: 33rd Massachusetts Infantry
Yesterday at the Memorial Day Service of the Greater Lowell Veterans Council on the steps of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, I was invited to speak about Lowell and the Civil War. Rather than speak from a prepared text, I used a rough outline so I could gauge the length of…
Read More »Tom Sexton’s Poems Reviewed in NYTimes Today
Holy Poets, Batman! Lowell’s own Tom Sexton is in the New York Times today. The front page of the Arts section/C1 includes an image of the cover of his newest book, “I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets” (Univ. of Alaska Press), and his paragraph of attention is on…
Read More »Decoration Day at the Ladd and Whitney Monument in Lowell, Massachusetts
Created by Simon Towle, Photographer, 92 Merrimack Street. From the New York Public Library’s Digital Library of stereoscopic views.
Read More »Memorial Day Address: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Here’s the text of the famous 1884 Memorial Day speech by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., the Boston-born Civil War veteran who served on the US Supreme Court. His parents were the doctor-poet Oliver Wendell Holmes and abolitionist Amelia Lee Jackson. He enlisted in the army in his senior year at Harvard…
Read More »Jay Atkinson on ‘Fathers’ in Boston Globe Magazine
Author and Methuen-man Jay Atkinson has an essay about fathers, dads, in today’s Boston Globe Magazine. Read the essay here, and get the Globe if you want more.
Read More »Neil Young & John Greenleaf Whittier of the Merrimack Valley
Today’s NYTimes includes a capsule review of Neil Young’s new recording, “A Treasure,” which features a song inspired by the writing of poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier, most often associated with Haverhill and Amesbury, but also a former Lowell resident when he was the editor of a newspaper in the Spindle City:…
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