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Sunday scenes from the Festival
I’ll have some thoughts on the “big picture” of the Folk Festival in a few days. For now, here are some photos from a great day in downtown Lowell.
Read More »Lowell Folk Festival Rates Five Stars
I have seen them all, and the 2013 Lowell Folk Festival was a five-star event, if that’s the highest ranking possible. Now, can I saw something about the setting? The downtown looked fabulous. From Market Street to the Boott Cotton Mills, and in between, the historic district offered stunning views…
Read More »“This Town” captures a place and time by Marjorie Arons-Barron
Thank you to Marjorie Arons-Baron for allowing us to cross-post this entry from her own blog. Tom Wolfe’s 1987 masterpiece Bonfire of the Vanities captured the greed, class, ambition, and politics of Reagan era New York City. So, too, does Mark Leibovich’s This Town capture early 21st century Washington, D.C. …
Read More »‘Pawtucketville River Scene’ by Richard Marion
“Pawtucketville River Scene” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Saturday at the Folk Festival
Some observations after five hours of festivaling today: the weather, crowd, talent, food and visitors were all great. I especially enjoyed the amazing Red Trouser Show, the street acrobats who performed in the middle of Merrimack Street (at intersection with John). They did a lot of juggling, backflips and other…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: week of July 22, 2013
The following real estate sales occurred during this past week. Information about the previous sale of the property follows each entry in parenthesis. July 22, 2013 (Monday) 1070 Middlesex St for $215,000 (prior in 2013 for $160,000) 607 Chelmsford St for $182,000 (prior in 2013 – foreclosure deed – for…
Read More »Lowell Folk Festival kicks off tomorrow night
I know it’s unlikely, but just in case any of our readers didn’t realize it, the Lowell Folk Festival begins tomorrow night and lasts through the weekend. We’ll have photos, video and text reports posted throughout and welcome contributions from everyone. So if you have reviews, observations, pictures, whatever, just…
Read More »Anthony Weiner more than a sick joke by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog…check it out. Yesterday may have been National Hot Dog Day, but Anthony Weiner has nothing to celebrate. Anthony Weiner is a …..Good taste prevents me from playing with the punning headlines of the New York Post and Daily…
Read More »Van Pech kicks off council campaign
Here’s a press release from the Van Pech for City Council Campaign: VAN PECH OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF 2013 COUNCIL CAMPAIGN Candidate shares priorities to capacity crowd of Lowell voters Lowell, MA – Although he’s already knocked on over 2,000 doors and been meeting with voters for several months now, Van…
Read More »‘On the Rocks’ by Matt Miller (an essay)
Illustration by Lara O’Dell, from The Rumpus I had taken off on a steep backside break and popped up to my feet on my little yellow-and-blue four-finned fish. It was about eight o’clock on a New Hampshire evening. The sun was low, throwing a harsh and bright orange light that…
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