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Museum Exhibit on Lowell’s Greek Community Opens Aug. 1

July 27, 2020 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell 2 Comments

Lowell’s Greek Community Featured in Upcoming National Park Exhibit “The University of Massachusetts Lowell, in partnership with Lowell National Historical Park, announces the opening of an exhibit on the Greek community in Lowell, Massachusetts, titled ‘Acropolis of America: The Greek Community in Lowell 1874-2020,’ on August 1. The temporary exhibit…

‘Generator Room’ (1998)

February 1, 2013 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell 1 Comment

Between 1990 and 1993, a very different kind of public-art project happened in the power house of the Boott Cotton Mills. This was part of the growing Lowell Public Art Collection. UMass Lowell art students and dozens of volunteers joined San Francisco-based artist David Ireland (since deceased) in his effort…