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The annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! literary festival is coming up, October 5-9. Here’s the schedule of events. My writing colleague from Somerville, Mass., Doug Holder, sent us this poem by his fellow faculty member at Endicott College, Dan Sklar, who teaches creative writing. Dan’s latest book, Flying Cats, Actually Swooping, was published…
Read More »This past weekend’s inaugural Creaticity Festival on Market Street got me thinking about civic events in Lowell in the past. That got me digging into the archives where I found a schedule of performances in Lowell during the summer of 1990. Here they are: Mondays – Classic Car-Nite with the…
Read More »This is the 23nd weekly installment of my Lowell in World War One series which commemorates the centennial of the entry of the United States into World War One. Here are the headlines from one hundred years ago this week: September 17, 1917 – Monday – General reorganization of Russian…
Read More »Creaticity Festival Congratulations to the Cultural Organization of Lowell (COOL) and all its partners and participants in the brand new Lowell Art & Maker Festival, aka Creaticity, which began yesterday on Market Street and continues today from noon until 6 pm. Fifty tents line both sides of Market Street, filled…
Read More »This past Sunday, September 10, 2017, the Andover Democratic Town Committee honored Congresswoman Niki Tsongas at a breakfast meeting at the Andover Country Club. The following is a summary of her remarks at the breakfast: Niki Tsongas cited changed personal circumstances as contributing to her decision not to seek reelection,…
Read More »What follows is another excerpt from Charlie Gargiulo’s memoir “Farewell, Little Canada,” in which he describes growing up in tumultuous times in the mostly French Canadian-American neighborhood that once existed close to the big bend in the Merrimack River. This is the second excerpt published on this blog, which we…
Read More »Communications from City Manager (Most of these were reviewed in Sunday’s Week in Review blog post. Below are comments beyond what was included in the printed reports to councilors, so were board appointments and resignations). Update on River Meadow Brook Trail. Manager Murphy said he met with Peter Gervais and…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. AP Photo Joe DeNucci won most of his fights in the ring and in politics. In a long series of majority decisions, he won his fight for the hearts of the people. But on Friday, at the age…
Read More »This is the 22nd weekly installment of my Lowell in World War One series which commemorates the centennial of the entry of the United States into World War One. Here are the headlines from one hundred years ago this week: September 10, 1917 – Monday – Opening of public and…
Read More »Housing in Hamilton Canal District At this Tuesday’s city council meeting, the council will vote to authorize the city manager to execute a purchase and sales agreement with WinnDevelopment Company for Hamilton Canal District parcels 8 and 9, known respectively as 193 and 239 Jackson Street for $250,000. These are…
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