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North Common Village by day and night
Tony Sampas shares contrasting views of North Common Village in the snow
Read More »Cinema Shardiso by Jack Neary
The following entry is being cross posted from Jack Neary’s own blog, “Shards”. So I saw THE FIGHTER recently. Not a bad movie. Not a great movie, by any means, but not bad. I think the movie would have had more teeth if it had gone whole hog and admitted…
Read More »Obama’s State-of-the-Union address tone-setting, but so what? by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Obama’s SOFU address was a good speech, not a great one. There were moments that were inspirational, but there were also moments that were, dare I say it, boring. In all, however, he was setting the right…
Read More »Does snow make you SAD
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as winter depression or winter blues, is a mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms in the winter . . . Once regarded skeptically by the experts, seasonal affective disorder is now well…
Read More »Sen. Kerry Weighs in on Egypt, Post-Mubarak
In today’s NYTimes, Sen. John Kerry, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wrote about Egypt and the post-Mubarak scenario. Read his guest column here, and get the NYT if you want more.
Read More »City Hall in the snow
Tony Sampas ventured out into the snow to capture these pictures of City Hall
Read More »Judith Dickerman-Nelson’s Prose Poems
Judith Dickerman-Nelson of Lowell and Vermont has three prose poems about the Cambodian refugee experience in the online journal Blue Lake Review. Read them here, and support the journal if you appreciate the work.
Read More »Prose (see Marie’s post below) to Prosaic (trash pick up)
Note this alert from the Lowell City Manager’s blog: Winter Curbside Delay Due to the Winter Storm, curbside collection (of trash & recycling), for Wednesday 2/2, will be delayed by one day.Please do not place carts and bins curbside until Thursday morning; this will give streets crews time to open…
Read More »The Lowell Connection: Jackie Kennedy Reads Kerouac
From the “Vanity Fair” photo archives of thirteen classic images “Meet the Kennedys” showcased in October 2007 in a Web Exclusive. This image – Spring 1960: As they fly from one campaign stop to another, Jackie looks up from Jack Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums to speak with her husband, who…
Read More »UMass Lowell Social Justice Series
From the UMass Lowell Public Affairs Office: Celebration Honors Black History Month, Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. “A performance by a nationally known poet, a screening of a documentary, a visit to the Black History Trail and a leadership workshop are just some of the events scheduled for the…
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