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I can’t dance for “beans”. In fact I’ve always suspected that’s one of the reasons I liked Michael Jackson so much. He could do better anyone else in the world, what I couldn’t do at all, dance. If you are into creative dance you’ve got to watch this video. Its…
Read More »On this day in 1944, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, popularly known as the “GI Bill of Rights’’ – an unprecedented act of legislation designed to compensate returning members of the armed services–known as G.I.s–for their efforts in World War II. Edith Nourse…
Read More »This video was originally posted on YouTube by johnboutselis13 Students of the Lowell Community Charter Public School perform traditional music at Lowell City Hall to celebrate Khmer New Year.
Read More »Club De Citoyens-American, 619 Market Street, Lowell MA USA — by Tony Sampas
Read More »About and about today: granite curbing installation continues on Wamesit Hill; quiet at the Pollard Memorial Library this morning but lots of fire apparatus in the adjacent street; many people relaxing, seeking a shaded seat in Mary Bacigalupo’s Shattuck Street Victorian Garden (above); Jerry Beck of Revolving Museum fame spotted…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. If President Obama loses his reelection bid in 2012, it may be because he has disappointed so many who had such high hopes for him in 2008. This surely is not true for a relative handful of individuals,…
Read More »The Doors played the Commodore Ballroom in Lowell on August 15, 1967. Chris Simondet of The Doors site on Facebook provided that information to me. He said the show is a “phantom show” in The Doors chronology of performances and that nobody knows or remembers much about it other than…
Read More »Those of us who grew up watching The Rat Patrol harbor a latent interest in desert warfare of World War Two. While The Rat Patrol was entertaining TV, it also took some historical liberties. The series was loosely based on the British Army’s Long Range Desert Group, an elite unit…
Read More »The “Week in Review” section of this Sunday’s New York Times reported that only “only 12% of a representative sample of the nation’s high school seniors demonstrated proficiency in the subject last year” according to recent National Assessment of Educational Progress test results. While it’s critically important that we improve…
Read More »It’s Sustainability Week in Lowell, and although we don’t live on the coast in Lowell our state is a coastal state—and everything is connected even if you live in Kansas. There’s a new report from international scientists sounding the alarm about threats to ocean life and possible severe consequences if conditions…
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