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We pay attention to poets and poetry on this blog because we believe the culture of our region and nation is essential to the social glue that binds together people in a democratic system. People who have a sense of shared identity and shared fate, I believe, are more likely…
Read More »UMass Lowell this week will host internationally acclaimed folk artists from Prague in the Czech Republic who are touring the United States. “From Southern Bohemia to Mexico” is a joint project of two dance groups, “Motak” and “Dvorana.” The two dance groups are accompanied by music from “Kvitek.” The performance, free…
Read More »Today’s Parade magazine is largely devoted to the 150th anniversary of the Civil War which begins this Tuesday (April 12, the day that Fort Sumter was fired upon). Turner Classic Movie host Robert Osborne lists his “five top Civil War films.” Among them are three that are to be shown…
Read More »President Obama at the Lincoln Memorial (Web photo courtesy of NYTimes) This image of President Obama on Saturday greeting people who were able to visit the Lincoln Memorial because the federal government did not shut down prompted me to post the following prose poem written seven years ago when my family visited Washington,…
Read More »Shakespeare will return to Boarding House Park this summer with a free performance thanks to the Moses Greeley Parker Lectures and Lowell Summer Music Series. On Sunday, August 14, at 4 pm, see the New England Shakespeare Company’s production of “Measure for Measure.” For news on the whole schedule announced…
Read More »Lowell-based fiction writer Stephen O’Connor will be appearing at the Arts League of Lowell at 22 Shattuck Street on Sunday, April 17 at 4:00pm. O’Connor’s stories and essays have appeared in numerous literary journals. He is the author of Smokestack Lightning, a collection of short stories set mainly in Lowell,…
Read More »On April 7, the UMass Lowell Center for Women & Work presented its annual “Splash! Awards” to Irene Egan of the Visiting Nurses Association of Greater Lowell, Rosemary Noon of the Lowell Plan Inc., and Allegra Williams of the City of Lowell’s Planning and Development Division. The awards were made…
Read More ». rainy night a hole in the radio where a ballgame should be . —Ed Markowski (c) 2007
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Read More »Frequent contributor Jim Peters sent along this thoughtful essay: I do not believe that I have ever been more concerned about the fate of our country than I am right now. I just finished particpating in a Donald Trump designed poll which showed that the flashy, and person who will…
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