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The infrastructure that supports urban living has long been of interest to me. We turn a faucet and clean, safe water flows out, as regularly as the sun rises each morning. Making that happen was a great achievement of government, one of many that we often take for granted. But…
Read More »In today’s Trasna we have three poems by Clonmel writer, storyteller and farmer, Joe Whelan. In the poems below Joe brings the reader full circle, from his Uncle Davie in “My Uncle’s Coat”, and the farm at Harney’s Cross where he spent happy childhood summers, on to the experience of…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. What do Doris Kearns Goodwin, Sy Hersh, Mitch Zuckoff, and Steve Kinzer and other illustrious authors have in common? They’re all high on “The Greek Connection: the Life of Elias Demetracopoulos and the Untold Story of Watergate.” Goodwin…
Read More »1990 Friday, Jul 27, 1990 – Saturday, July 28, 1990 – Sunday, July 29, 1990 The first Lowell Folk Festival, after three iterations of the National Folk Festival in Lowell, was a great success. The South Common remained the site of the evening performances, but Boarding House Park was added…
Read More »The National Folk Festival was founded in 1934 in St. Louis. Since then, it has been run by the National Council for the Traditional Arts. The Festival moves from place to place, typically spending three consecutive years in one location. That was the case in 1987, when the National Festival…
Read More »Lowell’s Greek Community Featured in Upcoming National Park Exhibit “The University of Massachusetts Lowell, in partnership with Lowell National Historical Park, announces the opening of an exhibit on the Greek community in Lowell, Massachusetts, titled ‘Acropolis of America: The Greek Community in Lowell 1874-2020,’ on August 1. The temporary exhibit…
Read More »How I came to have an autographed photo of John Lewis By Jacquelyn Malone My admiration—indeed, my awe—of John Lewis goes back to the 60s when he was hardly out of his teens. His first civil disobedience event occurred in Nashville, Tennessee, the place I consider my hometown (though I’ve…
Read More »Some news from DIY Lowell . . . DIY Lowell’s New Program Director Will Build Community through Partnerships Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Lowell is excited to announce that Alexis Ploss has been selected as the organization’s new Program Director, effective immediately. DIY Lowell’s Program Director manages all aspects of the grassroots group,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Tonight the Boston Red Sox return, in diminished form but a return nonetheless. And, I confess, I’m happy about that. The game against the Baltimore Orioles offers more than a departure from news about COVID-19, corrupt politics and…
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