“The most important thing a museum creates is an audience.”—Matthew Teitelbaum The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has a new director coming, Matthew Teitelbaum. Read about him and the cultural institution he led for 17 years, the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), where he has shaped inspiring programs, exhibitions,…
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Marty Meehan to Lead Entire UMass System In a week filled with major national news, the big story locally was the unanimous selection of UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan to be the President of the entire University of Massachusetts system. Anyone living in Lowell can attest that many good things…
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On Tuesday night more than 80 people gathered at the Lowell Senior Center for a community meeting to discuss the future of the Smith Baker Center. The meeting was organized by the Coalition for a Better Acre and the public forum was facilitated by UMass Lowell’s John Wooding. Yun-Ju Choi,…
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Please try to attend the community meeting tomorrow night about the future of the Smith Baker Center. Organized by the Coalition for a Better Acre, the meeting will be held at the Lowell Senior Center, 276 Broadway, from 530pm until 730pm. There is a Facebook event for the meeting but…
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Rosemary and I had a lively swing through the Farm Market at Mill No. 5 this afternoon, which was busy with people. The Purple Carrot bakers made 54 loaves of bread this morning and sold all of them. The bakers want to open an artisanal shop in Lowell. Right now…
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From the Zinn Education Project on Facebook: “On April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, the Nazis tested their new air force on the Basque town of Gernika in northern Spain. One-third of Gernika’s 5,000 inhabitants were killed or wounded. Pablo Picasso exposed the horror of the bombing in…
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I posted this commentary on my Facebook page just now. It might be helpful to our blog readers to know what a great experience we had at the new and much anticipated Bishop’s Legacy restaurant in Downtown Lowell. There is truly a Bishop’s legacy in the Merrimack Valley and many…
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Lord Overpass Discussion It was a quiet city council meeting this week. During the “motion response” phase, Councilor Belanger pressed the administration for details on (1) the public input process for the redesign of the Lord Overpass; and (2) just what will be done to make that area more walkable. …
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