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AOL.COM News reports on the “first ocean life census,” which revealed “6,000 new species.” Who says there’s nothing new under the sun? Read the news here. This is also International Space Week. Here are some suggestions for celebrating from 944.com. To learn more about Space Week, visit the home on the web.…
Read More »We like the Lowell Folk Festival, which is a big event for our mid-sized city. San Francisco this past weekend hosted its annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, which drew about 600,000 people to Golden Gate Park. Some of the performers who were in S.F. have played stages in Lowell, including…
Read More »From truth-out.org, I picked up the following five-step plan by filmmaker Michael Moore, who still prefers Democrats over Republicans any day. Read it here.
Read More »Tony Sampas shares his “views” of the local newspaper
Read More »Here’s Paul Marion reading his poem, “Dylan Sings to Kerouac”, at Kerouac Park during this past weekend’s Jack Kerouac Literary Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts. (Video posted on YouTube by “spannedy”) [youtube]uuSfWNu9gMY[/youtube]
Read More »This video contains some spectacular pictures of Fort Hill in Lowell. This video was originally posted on YouTube by squawkt22. [youtube]rcHmy19wLvE[/youtube]
Read More »It will take me some time to process the multitude of impressions and facts of this past weekend’s Kerouac Festival, but I want to share some initial observations: 1) We accomplished the goal of drawing a larger and more varied literary audience to the city with a broader menu of…
Read More »If you go to www.lowelldeeds.com, the website of the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds, it’s fairly easy to calculate how many documents of a particular type of been recorded during a period of time. With the direction of our real estate market so closely linked to the rise and fall…
Read More »Sun writer Angel Roy’s article in this morning’s paper explores the geographical and generational reach of Kerouac. People from Texas, Ohio, California, Rhode Island, Nevada, and elsewhere came for the Kerouac Literary Festival. From Thursday through Saturday nearly 2,000 people attended the events, which continue through late afternoon, with the now-traditional David Amram…
Read More »Trees are changing color on the South Common. The early reds, golds, rusts, and yellow-oranges in every variation multiply by the day. Green leaves still predominate, but won’t last more than a couple of more weeks. I walked the dog this morning in air that was colder than cool. This is…
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