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The Kerouac House (writer in residence program in Orlando, Fla.) posted a link on Facebook to a video of singer Katy Perry talking about her new song “Firework,” which she says was inspired by the writing of Jack Kerouac in “On the Road.” The source link is at fabulousbuzz.com. Katy Perry performed at the…
Read More »Don’t forget the fab fabs band BeatleJuice is coming to Lowell Memorial Auditorium on Thursday, March 31, a special program of Middlesex Community College. Here’s a taste of music and words from thebeatles.com
Read More »This coming Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 11:30 am at the Lowell National Park Visitor Center, 246 Market Street, I’ll be presenting a lecture on Lowell and the start of the American Civil War. The program is free and open to the public. It will cover events leading up to…
Read More »Tony Sampas took these photos of dusk on March 24, 2011 as seen through the window shades of the Pollard Memorial Library in Lowell
Read More »Its still a month off, but you want to mark your calendar for this great event coming up at the Lowell Film Festival. Beginning April 28 through April 30 the festival presents Lowell on the Churn: The American Civil War, 1861-Present. In their own words… To commemorate the 150th anniversary…
Read More »Today’s Globe had a very un-Globe-like headline (“Whites still abandoning cities in Mass) above a story on the just-released data from the 2010 census. The story reports that 43 of 45 large communities “saw declines in white population” and that fourteen of them — including Lowell — dropped by double…
Read More »There’s a buzz around town, in the Hall, in the diners and on the street – local and otherwise – about a sequel to “The Fighter.” Most importantly both Mark Wahlberg and David O. Russell are in on it! Wahlberg currently has a few other projects going – the film…
Read More »Don’t miss Boston Globe Politics Editor Glen Johnson’ s piece on the “Political Intelligence” page today. The Lowell references and the flurry of local town and city elections should pique our Merrimack Valley interest. Glen Johnson spent some years toiling at the Lowell SUN – so he knows only too well of which…
Read More »The Sun today has details on the funeral arrangements and services for Sandy Walter, past Superintendent of Lowell National Historical Park. Here is the link. Note that donations can be made in her name to Gossnell Memorial Hospice in Maine or to the new Sandy Walter Memorial Folk Festival Fund…
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