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Bootstrap Productions and the Cultural Organization of Lowell have teamed up to produce an anthology of creative work by younger artists in Lowell: writers, musicians, visual artists, and others. The publication is set for release later this year. If you are (or know of) a creator no more than 40…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Obama this week laid out a plan to cut dependence on foreign oil by 2025. Forty years ago, Richard Nixon also promised to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. At the time about 34 percent of our…
Read More »The Eagle-Tribue is reporting today that Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua and his aide Patrick Blanchette were nearly run down yesterday as they stood outside City Hall. Lantigua – who filed a report with the Police Department – noticed a car circling around as he and Blanchette talked about a possible…
Read More »Here’s the video of my March 27, 2011 talk on “Lowell in the Civil War” that was sponsored by the Lowell Historical Society. I discuss how men from Lowell played a critical part in the opening month of the American Civil War. Thanks to the Lowell National Park’s Phil Lupsiewicz…
Read More »The April/May edition of North Shore Magazine has a nice profile of Lowell with frequent quotes from our blog co-author Paul Marion. Check out the story HERE.
Read More »The Friends of Pollard Memorial Library will hold it’s annual book sale on Saturday, May 21, 2011 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Lowell Senior Center, 276 Broadway, Lowell. The Friends are accepting donations of books for the sale on Saturday April 2 (tomorrow) and on Saturday May…
Read More »Look at this color wood block print image from a Japanese artist in 1857, and then look below at Tony Sampas’s photograph of Lowell City Hall in snow.
Read More »This stuff is amazing…I’ll let the video speak for itself This is truly remarkable…Give it a try. Click the Box Below, then the Same Box on the Next Page
Read More »Colonist visiting with Chief Massasoit in 1621 On April 1, 1621 – from This Day in History at History.com: At the Plymouth settlement in present-day Massachusetts, the leaders of the Plymouth colonists, acting on behalf of King James I, make a defensive alliance with Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoags. The agreement,…
Read More »Another excerpt from “The Record of a City: A Social Survey of Lowell Massachusetts”, written by George F. Kenngott in 1912 (p.29). Shortly after the close of the Civil War, the French-Canadians came in ever increasing numbers, induced by the demand for labor which the growth of manufactures created, and…
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