Archive for April, 2011
Saturday
Apr
30
7:00 pm
Angkor Dance Troup, New England Orchestra & the Lowell Youth Orchestra “Where East Meets West: Cultural Fusion in Music and Dance”
The concert centers around the fascinating music of Cambodian-American composer Chinary Ung, while the Angkor Dancers explore a mix of court and folk dance in which monkeys court mermaids and giants battle divine princes. Conducted by Kay G. Roberts, Prof.,...
Monday
Apr
25
12:00 pm
Regina Panasuk, Prof., UMass Lowell Graduate School of Education “Transforming Learning with Technology: Reality and Controversy”
It's hard to talk about changing education, never mind transforming it. Education is, after all, the one institution to which we entrust our children for the larger part of a day. Discussions about changing education run the gamut of emotions,...
Sunday
Apr
10
2:00 pm
J. Dennis Robinson “The Super Big Story of America’s Smallest Seacoast”
Squashed between Maine and Massachusetts, New Hampshire claims just 17 measly miles of coastline. It has only one port. So how come Portsmouth, N.H. (population 20,000), is widely considered one of America's top heritage destinations today? Award-winning author J. Dennis...
Sunday
Apr
3
2:00 pm
Tom Sexton “I Think Again of Those Ancient Chinese Poets”
Tom Sexton, a Lowell High graduate and Alumni Hall of Famer and former Poet Laureate of Alaska, will read from his work in progress, The Final Chapter, which is a collection of sonnets about growing up in Lowell in the...