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Read one of the great poems of North American culture by Walt Whitman. The season, the convergence of heritage and present moment, the sounds and language of our nation, all these combine in a lasting artwork. Here are the first two sections of Whitman’s 1865 elegy for President Lincoln: 1…
Read More »Bravo to eveyone at Merrimack Repertory Theatre for bringing home a highly competitive Kresge Foundation grant of $325,000. Awards from prestigious national foundations such as Kresge signal the excellence and maturity of Lowell’s cultural industry. There’s more where this came from, and the various parts and pieces of Lowell’s creative…
Read More »A unique view of the clock on Lowell City Hall by Tony Sampas
Read More »Today’s Globe is carrying this AP story about yesterday’s announcement that UMass Lowell is offering a free-tution incentive to certain students graduating from any of the Commonwealth’s fifteen community colleges. While no panecea since other fees and costs are still due, any tuition assistance would be helpful to college students…
Read More »“National Recognition for the Work of Lowell’s Revolving Museum” “Lowell’s Revolving Museum learned on May 10, 2011, that it was selected as a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award national finalist by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. The Revolving Museum was named one of fifty finalists…
Read More »The video below shows Lowell High School’s 2010-2011 AFJROTC unarmed regulation drill team in training. AFJROTC is an acronym for Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp. “AFJROTC is a four-year program citizenship program combining a broadly based aerospace science curriculum and the total development of management and leadership abilities”…
Read More »As we commemorate the Sesquicentennnial of the American Civil War, we have given much attention to the role that Lowell and the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment played in the pre-war and the early days of the Civil War. Programs, panels, exhibits, tours, a film festival and more have been part of…
Read More »Join the Lowell Historical Society for its annual meeting this coming Sunday, May 15, 2011 at Middlesex Community College’s Federal Building on East Merrimack Street. The meeting will feature a panel discussion on the Civil War
Read More »Lowell Details: The Joseph R. Ouellette Memorial Bridge AKA The Aiken Street Bridge. From Tony Sampas. (Joseph R. Ouellette was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Korea).
Read More »Renewable technologies could supply 80% of the world’s energy needs by mid-century, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Read what BBC reporter Richard Black says about the prospect of renewable energy by mid-century.
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