This morning’s bloggers’ meet-up at Top Donut in Centralville exceeded my expectations. People arrived before 9 a.m., and the crowd grew to about 50, according to Dick’s count. It was a high spirited bunch of writers, readers, photographers, designers, and comment-makers. People stayed until almost 11.30 a.m., well past the…
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Next week will mark 30 years since the death of John Lennon, so it’s worth reflecting on the lasting goodness of his legacy as an artist and the endurance of The Beatles’ music. T-Mobile in April 2009 organized a meet-up/flash mob in Trafalgar Square, London, for a “Hey Jude” sing-along. People were told it…
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One of our regular readers forwarded this notice about a poetry benefit event in Cambridge. Some of the poets involved have read recently in Lowell at the Kerouac Literary Festival and Massachusetts Poetry Festival. Sales of the anthology will support the work of Partners in Health in Haiti, which was…
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A week or so ago Bill Kirk of the Eagle-Tribune told Merrimack Valley residents in need in the communities of Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill, the the Globe Santa Fund had stricken them from the annual “gift” list. This ruling would have affected over 30,000 families in need. See our post here.…
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In this week’s edition of the AB official newspaper The Pilot, the Archdiocese of Boston has announced the return of “The Light Is On For You” – a weekly Sacrament of Reconciliation initiative begun in Lent and now being broadened into the Advent season. As part of the Lenten initiative, Cardinal…
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NYTimes op-ed contributor Timothy Egan sizes up the memoirs of author/political commentator Christopher Hitchens and musician Keith Richards. Read his column here, and get the NYT if you want more.
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Recall that back in August, three professors from Queen’s University in Belfast traveled to Lowell as part of a joint venture with UMass Lowell to do an archaeological dig in front of St Patrick Church. I wrote a post about the dig back then and now I’m trying to assist…
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Combined choirs and volunteer singers will present Handel’s “Messiah,” ending with the “Hallelujah” chorus, tonight at 7.30 pm in Durgin Concert Hall, 35 Wilder Street, UMass Lowell South Campus. Free and open to the public. Parking available in the lot at Wilder and Broadway. Don’t miss this. A brief, informal,…
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Tony Sampas takes some photos from atop the University Ave Bridge.
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Irish Micky Ward and Mark Wahlberg Boston Herald sports and boxing writer Ron Borges has a timely interview with Lowell’s Irish Micky Ward in today’s edition. In a few days Paramount Pictures will release the long-awaited, shot-in-Lowell movie about Ward and his fighting career culminating (in the movie) with his victory…
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