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A reprise from June 1, 2011: This sculpture by Mico Kaufman captures the moment Anne Sullivan successfully teaches Helen Keller her first word – water. The work was dedicated on June 28, 1992. Helen Keller world-renowned writer and lecturer – blind and deaf since her very early childhood – died…
Read More »Join Sons of Liberty Publishing for the gala release of the anthology River Muse: Tales of Lowell and the Merrimack Valley, featuring previously unpublished writing by Jack Kerouac and selections by 35 other writers from the city and region, including Andre Dubus III, Nancye Tuttle, Jacquelyn Malone, Chath pierSath, Steve…
Read More »Yesterday’s NYTimes included an article about the link between the number of college graduates in an urban area and the success of the city/region. Prof. Bob called this to our attention for sharing with our readers. He wrote: “Fascinating article in today’s NY Times on the role/importance of colleges and…
Read More »In today’s NYTimes, Tim Egan writes about resumes and the Presidency. The job description at the White House is not head bookkeeper. Read Egan’s opinion here, and get the NYT if you want more.
Read More »For some reason I tuned into the local TV news last night and caught a segment from a town meeting somewhere west of Boston where residents and members of the board of selectmen where chastising National Grid for “butchering” the town’s trees. One citizen speaking at the meeting microphone but…
Read More »Here is another video taken during the recent shooting in Tewksbury of the new Adam Sandler movie, Grown Ups 2. This one shows Actor/Comedian Peter Dante signing autographs at Stadium Plaza. Danta is a friend of Sandlers who has been in most of the “Happy Madison” movies. This video was…
Read More »While in Cambridge last week I stopped into the Harvard Book Store (independently owned and operated at 1256 Mass Ave since 1932) to browse but to also track down a print-on-demand book making machine I had read about. Positioned between the stacks in the right rear of the store I…
Read More »At the iconic Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Monday May 28, President Obama began a national commemoration of the 50-year anniversary of the Vietnam War. “In an opinion column published today [May 28, 2012] in the military’s Stars and Stripes, the President reminds that it was in January 50 years ago…
Read More »The New York Times just yesterday featured a story about a group of Lawrence, Massachusetts residents who have come together to strategize about how to tell the “other side of the story” – to work out a plan to change the prevailing image of the city. Boston Magazine recently labeled Lawrence…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out. Former football star Brian Banks of Long Beach, California got a really raw deal. What happened to him is shocking and outrageous. A stupid, unthinking woman accused him of rape. Except in 2003, Wanetta Gibson,15, was a stupid,…
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