Culture

A Bob Martin Christmas

When you start making your Christmas gift list, look for legendary Lowell singer-songwriter Bob Martin’s new CD, “Live at The Bull Run,” in early December. The new recording has four new songs in addition to stellar performances of some of his best known songs. Check availability on Bob’s website, www.riversong.com For…

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Lowell Merrimack Repertory Theatre Christmas Offering Gets Globe Story

Looking to create a Christmas show for his troupe,  Carl Forsman puts a  different twist on an old book. The work was a Booth Tarkington novella called “Beasley’s Christmas Party,’’ published in 1909. This adaptation comes to Lowell and the Merrimack Repetory Theatre for a run from November 26th through December 19th. In today’s Globe…

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Dylan Is Like Moxie

Sitting among thousands of people at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell tonight, witnessing Bob Dylan and his band lifting up the audience with powerful renditions of his songs, I had a thought: Dylan is like Moxie. In performance, he has become a completely singular mixture for which you either have the taste…

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