Archive for October, 2019
Thursday
Oct
24
7:00 pm
Jane Sweetland “Boxcar Diplomacy: Two Trains that Crossed an Ocean”
Boxcar Diplomacy is about two trains that crossed the Atlantic after WWII. “The Friendship Train” was initiated by columnist Drew Pearson who noted that Communists were getting a foothold in a hungry Europe and Americans could showcase democracy with gifts...
Sunday
Oct
20
2:00 pm
Holly Guran, Martha Collins, and Lloyd Schwartz. “A Dramatic reading of poems influenced by letters between Harriet Hanson Robinson and William Robinson, 1847-1868.”
Harriet Hanson Robinson was a mill girl (author of Loom and Spindle) who later became a women's suffrage activist in Massachusetts. William Robinson was her husband. The readings are broken out into four sections of poems: after an introduction to...
Saturday
Oct
12
2:00 pm
Nancy Fox “Jack Kerouac’s Legacy: Fifty Years Later”
Nancy Fox earned her master’s degree in English from Stephen F. Austin State University. At SFA, she became a Lecturer in 1999 and taught Freshman level composition and argument classes for 15 years while pursuing her love of Jack Kerouac’s...
Wednesday
Oct
9
11:45 am
A Conversation with U.S. Representative Lori Trahan
Join UMass Lowell Chancellor Jacquie Moloney for a conversation with U.S. Representative Lori Trahan. Lori Trahan was born and raised in a working-class family in Lowell, Massachusetts. Her father was a union ironworker and her mother was a domestic worker...
Tuesday
Oct
8
6:30 pm
Dr. William Griswold “Archaeology and Technology at Saratoga National Historical Park.”
In 2019 the National Park Service partnered with American Veterans Archaeological Recovery, American Battlefield Trust and Advanced Metal Detecting for the Archaeologist to undertake a study at the Barber Wheatfield, Saratoga National Historical Park where the second battle of Saratoga...
Sunday
Oct
6
2:00 pm
“The Trolley” A Movie
Explore the history and lure of electric trolleys at this special film screening of Stephen Low's "The Trolley"! Travel through 39 cities and 16 countries and hear the story of one of civilization's most remarkable inventions! Following the 45-minute film, we'll...