Author Archive
Thursday
May
3
7:00 pm
Katherine Paterson “Lyddie and the Power of Historical Fiction”
Each year, thousands of students on field trips to Lowell bring with them a knowledge of Lowell’s industrial history that they acquired by reading about fictional “mill girl” Lyddie Worthen, the main character of Katherine Paterson’s beloved novel Lyddie. Paterson,...
Monday
Apr
23
12:00 pm
Jane Brox “Writing about Place: Local to Global””
Award-winning author Jane Brox, a native of the Merrimack Valley, will discuss the way literature is both affected by a writer’s sense of place and the how the writing infuses meaning into particular landscapes and communities, from small towns to...
Thursday
Apr
12
7:00 pm
Lillian Nayder “The Other Dickens-Catherine in 2012”
Catherine Hogarth married Charles Dickens in 1836, the same year he began serializing his first novel. Together they traveled widely, entertained frequently, and raised ten children. In 1858, the celebrated writer pressured Catherine to leave their home, unjustly alleging that...
Thursday
Apr
5
7:00 pm
Andre Dubus III, Arno Minkkinen and Alan Williams “Intellectual Property and the Arts: A Performance and Panel Discussion””
Charles Dickens unsuccessfully advocated for the establishment of international copyright law during his two trips to America (1842 & 1868). Kicking off the first full weekend of events in Lowell for the Charles Dickens and Massachusetts Exhibit at the National...
Thursday
Nov
17
7:00 pm
R.P.HALE “The 2012 Fraud: Misreading the Maya and Their Calendars”
Explore the history of the Apocalypse, mankind’s second oldest story, along with what the Mayan calendars are and how they work. R.P. Hale is of Aztec heritage, an astronomer, musician, calligrapher, and chemist. In 1999, the Smithsonian Institution recognized R.P....
Monday
Nov
7
12:00 pm
“What to Look for in the 2012 Presidential Primaries”
UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan will moderate a panel discussion with notable experts from the worlds of media and politics as they look at the field of presidential candidates, the upcoming primaries and caucuses, and national context for the 2012...
Tuesday
Nov
1
7:00 pm
Joe Manning “The Lewis Hine Project: Tracking down the Lives of Child Laborers”
“Whatever happened to that child worker?” Motivated by this question, Joe Manning has identified some of the more than 5,000 child laborers photographed in the early 1900s by Lewis Hine, and has tracked down and interviewed their descendants. Manning will...
Sunday
Oct
30
2:00 pm
The Tamburitzans of Duquesne University
America's longest-running multicultural song and dance company, the Duquesne University Tamburitzans, is a unique ensemble of talented young folk artists dedicated to the performance and preservation of the music, songs, and dances of Eastern Europe and neighboring folk cultures.
Sunday
Oct
23
2:00 pm
Neil Miller “Banned In Boston”
American Textile History Museum Lowell Community Health Center Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center Saint Patrick's Church
The author of “Banned in Boston: The Watch and Ward Society’s Crusade Against Books, Burlesque, and the Social Evil” will talk about the group that banned books, closed down theaters and burlesque houses, and extended Massachusetts’s puritan heritage into the...
Thursday
Oct
20
7:00 pm
Steve Collins “Shake-Scene”
Who had more effect on the English language than William Shakespeare? He created over 1700 common words that before him were either used in a new manner or didn't exist at all. Stephen Collins makes Shakespeare's words come alive. Shakespeare's...
Saturday
Oct
8
1:30 pm
Todd Tietchen “Kerouac Today: A Reflection on Nature and Technology”
Dr. Tietchen is a member of the UMass Lowell English Department. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington. He was formerly an Assistant Professor of English at Union County College in Cranford, New Jersey. He is...
Monday
Oct
3
12:00 pm
Karl (Chip) Case “The Housing Market and the Macro Economy”
Karl “Chip” Case, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Wellesley College, and co-author of the Case-Shiller Index, the leading measure of home prices in the US. He is the author of five books, including “Principles of Economics” and “Property Tax: The Need...
Sunday
Sep
25
2:00 pm
Mark Pendergrast “Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service”
Mark Pendergrast takes readers on a riveting journey through the history of this remarkable organization, following EIS officers on their globetrotting quest to eliminate the most lethal and widespread threats to the world’s health. Over the years they have successfully...
Thursday
Sep
22
7:00 pm
Chaim M. Rosenberg “The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell”
Chaim M. Rosenberg is the author of “The Life and Times of Francis Cabot Lowell: 1775 – 1817.” He has combed the archives to tell the story of this great man who helped bring about the American Industrial Revolution. The...
Sunday
Aug
14
4:00 pm
The New England Shakespeare Festival “Measure for Measure”
Shakespeare's sublimely dark comedy! A classic morality tale on the themes of human frailty, sin, and hypocrisy, the play blends comic contradictions and ambiguities with biting social commentary. Join us for this humorous exploration of blind justice, mercy, and the...
Thursday
Aug
11
11:00 am
“The Jim Show”
Armed with nothing more than a trunkful of props, Jim performs amazing feats of skill. The Jim Show is guaranteed to amaze and amuse the entire family. When attempting the impossible, things can go wrong, and in the Jim Show,...
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...
Monday
Mar
28
12:00 pm
Margaret Knight, Asst. Prof., UMass Lowell Dept. of Nursing “Diversity in Health Care”
Health care will continue to be a "hot topic" over the next several decades. As the U.S. demographics continue to shift, providing culturally competent health care becomes critical in order to decrease health disparities, improve access to care and decrease...
Thursday
Nov
18
7:00 pm
Mish Michaels “Storm Chasing”
Mish Michaels is an Emmy Award winning broadcast meteorologist and environmental reporter. When Mish was in kindergarten, an F2 tornado ripped through her apartment complex just outside of Baltimore, Maryland. It is her earliest childhood memory, and she's been searching...
Monday
Nov
8
12:00 pm
Dean Baker “Recovering from the Bubble Economy”
Dean Baker is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C. He is frequently cited in economics reporting in major media outlets. He writes a weekly column for the Guardian Limited (UK) and his blog, Beat...
Sunday
Nov
7
2:00 pm
Kenneth M. Tingle “The Girl in the Italian Bakery”
Life didn't do Kenny Tingle any favors. In The Girl in the Italian Bakery, follow his journey from childhood in a tough housing project in Lawrence Massachusetts, to his introduction to crime and the years he spent in foster homes....
Sunday
Oct
24
2:00 pm
Ben Z. Rose “John Stark, Maverick General”
John Stark's immortal words "Live Free or Die. Death is not the worst of evils" ring throughout New England and especially in New Hampshire where John Stark lived until the age of 94. Born in Londonderry in 1728, General Stark...
Saturday
Oct
23
1:00 pm
Family Concert: Aaron Larget-Caplan “Spirit of Spain”
Join Aaron on a tour of Spanish history, geography, language and poetry through Spanish classical and flamenco music. Lively stories, dialogue, guitar techniques and musical interactions introduce 400 years of classical music from exotic Spain and Latin America. Ole!
Wednesday
Oct
20
7:00 pm
Concert: Aaron Larget-Caplan “Bach, Dance and Sleep”
Guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan performs exotic dances, tangos, and serenades by Isaac Albeniz (Spain) and Astor Piazzolla (Argentina), New Lullabies by New England composers, and a prelude and fugue or two by Bach.
Monday
Oct
18
12:00 pm
Eric S. Rosengren President & Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
An economist by training, he joined the Bank in 1985 as a member of the research department. In his research Rosengren has made significant contributions in the fields of banking and monetary policy. A focus of his research has been...
Thursday
Oct
7
7:00 pm
Justin Locke “The Principles of Applied Stupidity”
Justin Locke takes an amusing look at the amazing power of "dumb luck," "fool's courage," and the surprising discovery that doing things completely counter to the standard conventional wisdom can be the most effective way of achieving astonishing results. The...
Sunday
Oct
3
12:00 pm
Michael Pierson, Assoc. Prof., UMass Lowell Dept. of History “Prelude to the Civil War: The State of the Union 150 Years Ago”
It took less than a year for the United States of America to fall apart. In April 1860, the Democratic Party met in Charleston, South Carolina, to select a candidate for the U.S. Presidency. By April 1861, Charlestonians saw a...