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Courtyard of the Boott Cotton Mills Complex
Photo by Tony Sampas
Read More »‘Spring Fever’; 30 Years Ago
Spring Fever Last Sunday in February. Neighbors lean on warm cars. Snow pulls away from the grass. At the corner variety store kids huddle out front, hustle off, scattering baseball card wrappers colorful as April tulips. . —Paul Marion (c) 1984, 2014 .
Read More »What will it take to fix ACA? by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. When President Obama back in 2010 said of the flawed Affordable Care Act, pass it now, fix it later, perhaps he never dreamed of the extent to which politics would have paralyzed the U.S. Congress. In the past,…
Read More »‘Texas Jack and the Peerless Morlacchi’
Twenty years ago, Peter S. Alexis and Henry Kucharzyk organized a museum exhibition at the Patrick J. Mogan Cultural Center (40 French St., near Boarding House Park) about two of the more fascinating people who lived in Lowell. Read about them in the exhibit brochure here, which is available on…
Read More »The Civil War Recreated (in Lowell)
I just learned of a fascinating photo exhibit that’s opening on March 8 at Uncharted Gallery at 66 Merrimack Street in Lowell. Local photographer Rachel Napear spent last summer following Civil War re-enactors around Massachusetts, photographing them at every stop. The show will run for three weeks, from March 8…
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‘Winter Scene’ by Richard Marion
“Winter Scene” by Richard Marion (c) 2014 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Coming to Tewksbury ~ Bestselling romantic suspense author Suzanne Brockmann
The Tewksbury Public Library and the Friends of the Tewksbury Library bring yet another author of note to the Library as part of an ongoing series. This Thursday February 20, 2014 – best selling romantic suspense author Suzanne Brockmann will discuss her latest book “Do or Die” – part of…
Read More »Thank You, Tom McKay
I had the privilege of working with Tom McKay on a few committees and projects over the past many years, and I want to say “thanks” to him for his huge contribution to the ongoing cultural revival in Lowell. Tom understood that the cultural industry is pivotal to Lowell’s strength…
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