From truth-out.org, I picked up the following five-step plan by filmmaker Michael Moore, who still prefers Democrats over Republicans any day. Read it here.
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Tony Sampas shares his “views” of the local newspaper
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Here’s Paul Marion reading his poem, “Dylan Sings to Kerouac”, at Kerouac Park during this past weekend’s Jack Kerouac Literary Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts. (Video posted on YouTube by “spannedy”) [youtube]uuSfWNu9gMY[/youtube]
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This video contains some spectacular pictures of Fort Hill in Lowell. This video was originally posted on YouTube by squawkt22. [youtube]rcHmy19wLvE[/youtube]
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It will take me some time to process the multitude of impressions and facts of this past weekend’s Kerouac Festival, but I want to share some initial observations: 1) We accomplished the goal of drawing a larger and more varied literary audience to the city with a broader menu of…
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Jim Peters sent a blog post explaining why he’ll be voting for Deval Patrick on November 2: Deval Patrick is an enigma. A poor boyhood, with an apparently protective mother, led to scholarships at the most prestigious of universities and a life during which he learned to enjoy things that…
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UMass Lowell History professor Michael Pierson gave a spirited lecture today at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium’s Hall of Flags as part of the Moses Greeley Parker Lecture series. Pierson, the author of two books on the Civil War ( “Free Hearts and Free Homes: Gender and American Antislavery Politics” and…
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If you go to www.lowelldeeds.com, the website of the Middlesex North Registry of Deeds, it’s fairly easy to calculate how many documents of a particular type of been recorded during a period of time. With the direction of our real estate market so closely linked to the rise and fall…
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Sun writer Angel Roy’s article in this morning’s paper explores the geographical and generational reach of Kerouac. People from Texas, Ohio, California, Rhode Island, Nevada, and elsewhere came for the Kerouac Literary Festival. From Thursday through Saturday nearly 2,000 people attended the events, which continue through late afternoon, with the now-traditional David Amram…
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Trees are changing color on the South Common. The early reds, golds, rusts, and yellow-oranges in every variation multiply by the day. Green leaves still predominate, but won’t last more than a couple of more weeks. I walked the dog this morning in air that was colder than cool. This is…
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