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- - Leftyblogs MA Blogroll - Almost all of my favorite lefty blogs in Massachusetts can be found here. Linking here keeps my own blogroll short but still up to date! Below are some other MA blogs which are not listed at LB.
- H2Otown (Watertown, MA)
- MargeBLOG (Williamstown)
- Michael Forbes Wilcox (Western MA)
- The Gazebo (Worcester area)
Media in Lowell
- Community Connections The online archive of many of WUML's radio shows.
- LTC :: Our community cable access channel (8 & 10). Excellent people, I've worked with them before.
- Open Source :: Chris Lydon's new show, broadcast on WUML and WGBH locally.
- The Lowell Sun :: Love it or hate it, it's the big newspaper in town.
- WCAP radio :: Talk radio in Lowell - still locally owned, and in transition.
- WUML :: The student- and community-run radio station of UMass-Lowell. Lynne hosts a radio show, Thinking Out Loud, 10am on Fridays.
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Politics Online
- City Council Agenda Past City Council agendas, posted in a mostly timely manner
- Lowellma.gov Official city website
Progressive Local Orgs
Snark and politics
The Arts in Lowell
- 119 Gallery - Art gallery with exhibitions of many local artists, interesting events, and living, breathing culture.
- Arts League of Lowell (ALL) - Artist community group, a recent but welcome addition to the arts scene in Lowell.
- Brush Art Gallery - Come and meet working artists in their natural habitats!
- Cultural Organization of Lowell (COOL) - Great local calendar of events.
- Lowell Opera Company - Community opera.
- Lowell Philharmonic Orchestra - Local community orchestra.
- Lowell Poetry Network
- Lowell Rocks - List of live music events
- Merrimack Repertory Theatre - A local theatre "presenting an exciting mix of contemporary and new plays in historic downtown Lowell."
- OUtlET - Paper and online 'zine making a splash locally with events in art, poetry, music, and everything in between!
- Revolving Museum Contemporary, local, public art space with a plethora of children's programs and art by and for the community.
- The Fine Print - Socially aware, themed, arts and issues periodic publication available throughout Lowell.
- The Image Theater - Theatre company which puts on all original works by local playwrights.
- Whistler House Museum - A great collection of contemporaries of Whistler at his historic birthplace.
July 27th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Wow. The Skatelites. I saw them 15 years ago, and they were old then.
I love it here.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:22 am
We were downtown yesterday and enjoyed the Whitetop Mountain Band (that girl in cowboy boots could really dance), the guitar workshop, the Quebecois group Reveillons, the Dominican guitarist, Puerto Plata, and of course, all the great food. We ran for it when the rains came down and made it to the Blue Taleh. They were pretty full by the time we left around 6:00 pm and the manager said they were packed on Friday and Saturday night. So, it does seem as if the businesses did well. I just wonder if the Festival got enough donations. Despite volunteers with buckets and beads working the crowds, I didn’t see that many people wearing beads….
July 28th, 2008 at 10:03 am
We took our nieces (age 1 and 4) on Sunday to enjoy the music, but especially the fun and games. (You should see the little one boogie though!) It looked like a lot of merchants were doing well and the new little clothing shop on Merrimack (Frankie’s new biz) looked packed when I stopped by a sec on Saturday while getting my farmer’s market veggies. (If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s a funky, classy little shop! Just what downtown needs.)
The Art in the Courtyard artists and artisans looked busy too. Though it was interesting seeing everyone scramble around in the rain! (I hope nothing of theirs got too wet). Man, did it come down all of a sudden!