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‘Writing Life’ by Richard Marion
This one is for all the bloggers who started on ancient machinery. “Writing Life” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
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New UMass Lowell-Boston Herald Poll: Occupy & Tea Party Fare Better than Wall Street and Government
November 7, 2011
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FROM UMASS LOWELL PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AND CENTER FOR PUBLIC OPINION 11/06/2011 By Christine Gillette, (w) 978-934-2209, (c) 978-758-4664, Christine_Gillette@uml.edu If you have trouble viewing the charts in this release, please e-mail Christine_Gillette@uml.edu. Nov. 6, 2011 Backers of Opposing Groups Largely Share Dislike of Government, Corporations; UMass Lowell Holds Forum…
Read More »Save the Notebooks
The argument for saving primary materials such as notebooks is strengthened by recent news that an old notebook in the archives of Choate prep school confirms the source for what may be the most famous quotation associated with President John F. Kennedy. Associated Press reporter Michael Melia in a boston.com…
Read More »‘Greenwood Bros.’ by Richard Marion
A scene from Back Central. “Greenwood Bros.” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Pres. Obama Announces New National Park at Fort Monroe, Praises Civil War Gen. Benjamin Butler of Lowell
Lowell National Historical Park Supt. Michael Creasey and Asst. Supt. Peter Aucella have both called attention to the President Obama’s announcement of the newest National Park at Fort Monroe in Virginia, which mentions the historic decision by Lowell’s own General Benjamin F. Butler to declare Southern slaves as contraband of war…
Read More »‘Brilliant Night’ by Richard Marion
In anticipation of “falling back” with the clocks, watches, and digital counters. “Brilliant Night” by Richard Marion (c) 2011 See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »UML Artist-in-Residence Barry Profiled in NYTimes Magazine
nytimes.com is previewing a profile in the paper’s upcoming Sunday Magazine of author, comic strip artist and teacher Lynda Barry, who spent three days in Lowell this week as the first artist-in-residence of the UMass Lowell Center for Arts and Ideas (see earlier post below). Read Dan Kois’s magazine article here, and…
Read More »UML ICC Lunchtime Lecture on Presidential Primaries, Nov. 7
Advance interest is high for the upcoming Lunchtime Lecture at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center on the topic of the 2012 Presidential primaries and caucuses. Seating is limited to 100, but a few spaces are available. UMass Lowell Chancellor Martin T. Meehan will moderate a panel discussion with journalists…
Read More »Artist Lynda Barry Inspires All at UMass Lowell
For the past three days, UMass Lowell’s Center for Arts and Ideas hosted its first visiting artist, Lynda Barry, an award-winning author, comic strip artist, painter, and teacher. She met with students in their classes, gave a talk to a standing-room-only sized audience in O’Leary Library, and taught a workshop about stories and…
Read More »from ‘Old Love-Light’ by Jack Kerouac, Age 19
This is an excerpt from a poetic sketch titled “Old Love-Light” by nineteen-year-old Jack Kerouac. October was his favorite month. In “On the Road,” he wrote: “In inky night we crossed New Mexico; at gray dawn it was Dalhart, Texas; in the bleak Sunday afternoon we rode through one Oklahoma flat-town after…
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