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On the road with Tom Sexton
As Tom Sexton recently traveled cross-country from Alaska to Maine on the northern route, he shared some photographs.
Read More »Boott Mill Bricks
Boott Mill bricks; photos by Tony Sampas
Read More »“Sully: The Words, Wit and Wisdom of Paul Sullivan”
While members of the Boston media were much in evidence today at Middlesex Community College’s Federal Building for the book release celebration of “Sully: The Words, Wit and Wisdom of Paul Sullivan”, it was more like a reunion of the world of Lowell politics, circa 1992 with elected officials, members…
Read More »“Homestead Crossing” at the MRT
The inaugural play of the MRT’s new season, Homestead Crossing, continues until next Sunday so there’s still time to see it. I did yesterday and enjoyed it very much. Written by Massachusetts-based playwright William Donnelly, the play is about “an old married couple” (they’re in their early 50s) whose life…
Read More »Kerouac Literary Festival, Oct. 8 – 14
The world premiere of Jack Kerouac’s play “Beat Generation” at Merrimack Repertory Theatre. Author talks by physicist David Kaiser, poet Anne Waldman, and others. Jay Atkinson with the rundown on Kerouac the Athlete. Lowell literary tours by Roger Brunelle. Kerouac’s former girlfriend and now his biographer Joyce Johnson signng books at…
Read More »Lowell, Oregon
A friend who is driving cross country (and who is traveling in the opposite direction than is Tom Sexton) sent some photographs from Lowell, Oregon.
Read More »On the road with Tom Sexton – Spanish, Ontario
More photos from Tom Sexton’s cross-continent trip from Alaska to Maine
Read More »Fr. Ray Kehew of Providence College – RIP
Fr. Ray Kehew, who was my dad’s roommate at Providence College from 1951 to 1955 and who taught philosophy at PC when I was a student there in the late 1970s, passed away this week in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. My mom and dad kept in touch with him through the…
Read More »Warren, Brown face to face by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. She listened, she learned, and took a big step forward. For weeks, ,many sympathetic to Elizabeth Warren’s US Senate candidacy have expressed exasperation at her campaign and her candidate skills. In this, the important first debate against her…
Read More »Cemetery tour today – rain or shine
We woke up to a light, intermittent mist here in Lowell today but the 10 am tour of Lowell Cemetery will go off rain or shine. Meet at the Knapp Avenue entrance, right next to Shedd Park. The tour will be 90 minutes long and involves walking through the cemetery…
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