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Neary, Grande Kickstart a Musical Theater Venture

March 29, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Lowell, Culture, History Leave a Comment

Jack Neary, Lee Grande, and company have “kick-started” their musical theater venture that will begin with a production of “The Music Man” at UMass Lowell’s Durgin Hall in August. Using the online Kickstarter tool to raise capital, Jack and friends have reached their goal of $7,600 ($100 for each of…

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Howl: Charles Dickens as John Lennon

March 29, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell Leave a Comment

Howl in Lowell has a lively report on the Charles Dickens museum exhibition opening at the National Park’s Boott Mills Museum on Friday, March 30, at 5 pm. The media coverage has been outstanding for this project, from the Sun and Boston Globe to the Washington Post and WBUR-FM radio…

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UMass Lowell…Got Talent?

March 29, 2012 by Tony Posted in Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Nicely produced promo for UML’s upcoming talent show.

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Meet UMass Lowell’s Greeley Peace Scholar John Prendergast

March 28, 2012 by PaulM Posted in History, Lowell Leave a Comment

Human rights activist John Prendergast will be at UMass Lowell for four days in early April. Several of his presentations are free and open to the public. Everyone is welcome. Tuesday, April 3, 12.30-1.45 pm “Good News Peace Stories from Africa: The 2012 Day Without Violence Lecture.” Sponsored by the…

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Chamber of Commerce Municipal Breakfast

March 28, 2012 by DickH Posted in Current Events, Greater Lowell, Lowell Leave a Comment

Yesterday morning at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center, the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce held its 17th Annual Municipal Breakfast. Moderated by Lowell Mayor Patrick Murphy, the event featured the city/town managers of Lowell, Westford, Dracut, Chelmsford and Billerica each giving an overview of the important civic and…

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‘The Observed and Painted City’ Lecture

March 28, 2012 by PaulM Posted in History, Lowell, Culture, Greater Lowell 1 Comment

Last night, nearly 20 people gathered at the Moses Greeley Parker Library in Dracut for an illustrated lecture by Richard Marion, who showed in Powerpoint format about 25 images of Lowell places, buildings, and scenes from among the hundreds that he has created in the past 40 years. The talk…

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St Margaret’s Church in Lowell

March 28, 2012 by DickH Posted in Lowell Leave a Comment

Tony Sampas brings his camera to St Margaret’s Church on Stevens Street in Lowell

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UMass Lowell Veterans thank Greater Lowell Vets

March 27, 2012 by DickH Posted in Current Events, Lowell Leave a Comment

From left in above photo: Mike Hubbard, Ryan Green, Bob Cronin, Bob Page and Bob White. Last night at the monthly meeting of the Greater Lowell Veterans Council at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Mike Hubbard and Ryan Green, the commander and vice commander of the UMass Lowell Student Veterans Organization,…

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Tour of Lowell City Hall

March 27, 2012 by Tony Posted in Uncategorized Leave a Comment

Below is an interesting video tour of Lowell City Hall given by City Councilor Rita Mercier along with Erica Alarise (host). The show is produced and edited by Crystal Johnson and posted by heels2479.

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Irish Monument, Cardinal O’Connell Parkway

March 26, 2012 by DickH Posted in Lowell Leave a Comment

Tony Sampas sent along the above photo of Lowell’s Irish Monument located on Cardinal O’Connell Parkway.

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