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From UMass Lowell University Relations: UMass Lowell Center for Portuguese Partnerships: Kick-Off Reading & Reception March 28 03/20/2013 By Julia Gavin With its global focus and strong community support, the University will soon launch a new Center for Portuguese Partnerships. The Center, supported in part by a generous gift from…
Read More »From UMass Lowell University Relations: Award-Winning Poets Explore Lowell Roots When: Wednesday, March 27, 6 p.m. What: Writers with Lowell roots Kate Hanson Foster and Matt Miller will discuss and share their work as part of UMass Lowell’s Writers on Campus Series. Hanson Foster, a UMass Lowell graduate, was honored…
Read More »“High Bridge on Broadway: Jumping Off Point” by Richard Marion (c) 2013, from the Venice of the North Series. Here’s the painting by Richard Marion that was referenced in a comment on Tony Sampas’s photo of the same bridge. See more artwork by Richard Marion at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »John Kaag, professor of philosophy at UMass Lowell, published an essay in the online edition of the NY Times on March 17. His topic is the use of drones in warfare. Read the essay here. To be sure, the question of what new responsibilities soldiers have is not the only,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. The announcement yesterday that the Boston Phoenix is ceasing publication marks the end of an era, an era of substantive, long-form journalism. Jim Barron and I wrote for the paper back in the 1970′s. It was…
Read More »St Patrick’s Church Bell Tower – Joe Connors playing “Danny Boy”. This video was origially posted by StPatrickLowell
Read More »Tonight is the last chance to see “Melody Cavalcade” by the Greater Lowell Music Theatre at Fisher Recital Hall in Durgin Hall at UMass Lowell, South Campus. Last night’s show was a smash. The packed house raved. Where else can you see local performing-arts titans Jerry Bisantz, Michael Lally, and…
Read More »I know this isn’t a sports blog, but I want to help ease the pain felt by some of my fellow New England Patriot fans caused by the departure of Wes Welker. I know, I may be in the minority, but I for one think it was time for the…
Read More »OK …by now we all know that if the Cardinals fail to elected a new Pope, “black smoke” rises from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and when they come to a consensus and select the new Pope “white smoke” rise from the famous chimney. But exactly how does…
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