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Read one of the great poems of North American culture by Walt Whitman. The season, the convergence of heritage and present moment, the sounds and language of our nation, all these combine in a lasting artwork. Here are the first two sections of Whitman’s 1865 elegy for President Lincoln: 1…
Read More »Bravo to eveyone at Merrimack Repertory Theatre for bringing home a highly competitive Kresge Foundation grant of $325,000. Awards from prestigious national foundations such as Kresge signal the excellence and maturity of Lowell’s cultural industry. There’s more where this came from, and the various parts and pieces of Lowell’s creative…
Read More »A unique view of the clock on Lowell City Hall by Tony Sampas
Read More »Today’s Globe is carrying this AP story about yesterday’s announcement that UMass Lowell is offering a free-tution incentive to certain students graduating from any of the Commonwealth’s fifteen community colleges. While no panecea since other fees and costs are still due, any tuition assistance would be helpful to college students…
Read More »“National Recognition for the Work of Lowell’s Revolving Museum” “Lowell’s Revolving Museum learned on May 10, 2011, that it was selected as a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award national finalist by the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. The Revolving Museum was named one of fifty finalists…
Read More »The video below shows Lowell High School’s 2010-2011 AFJROTC unarmed regulation drill team in training. AFJROTC is an acronym for Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp. “AFJROTC is a four-year program citizenship program combining a broadly based aerospace science curriculum and the total development of management and leadership abilities”…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Newton Mayor Setti Warren announced yesterday he was running for Scott Brown’s seat in the U.S. Senate. If you look at his video announcement , he comes across as just the kind of person who should represent the Commonwealth…
Read More »The Globe’s Political Editor – Glen Johnson – writes today on Political Intelligence about the candidates stepping into the U. S. Senate race against incumbent Scott Brown – reminding us that some Dems are feeling positive because it’s a presidential election year. He has an interesting take “by the numbers’…
Read More »As we commemorate the Sesquicentennnial of the American Civil War, we have given much attention to the role that Lowell and the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment played in the pre-war and the early days of the Civil War. Programs, panels, exhibits, tours, a film festival and more have been part of…
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