Printer FriendlyWednesday, February 28
Guest Host
Matt Fitzpatrick
Vice President of Investment Services
Enterprise Bank
Matt is the co-founder of the Young Professionals of Greater Lowell.
[Web]http://www.ypgl.org/
Focus on Health
Carol Legro
Coordinator of Complimentary Services
Lowell General Hospital
[Web] http://www.lowellgeneral.org/go/home
Interview
Walter Landberg
Executive Director
Innovation Academy Charter School
[Email] wlandberg@murdochschool.org
[Web] http://www.murdochschool.org/
Interview Partha Chowdhury Umass Lowell Professor
[Email] partha_chowdhury@uml.edu
Sunrise Bookshelf
William Martin
Author
"The Lost Constitution"
Monday, February 26
Guest Host
Marie Sweeney
Demoncratic Party Activist
Interview
Jeremy Schaap
"Cinderella Man" by Jeremy Schaap
ESPN Anchor
Author
Interview
Anne Mulvey
Umass Lowell Professor
[Email] Anne_Mulvey@uml.edu
Sunrise Sports
Artie Poitras
UMass Lowell Head Athletic Trainer
Friday, February 23
Guest Host
Louise Griffin
Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance
UMass Lowell
[Email] Louise_Griffin@uml.edu
Focus on Travel
Al Jenks
Owner
Windblown Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing Center
[Email] skiwindblown@earthlink.net
[Web] http://www.windblownxc.com/
Interview
Prof. Diana Archibald
Chair
Interdisciplinary Transformation Team
[Email] Diana_Archibald@uml.edu
Interview
James Conway III
Chair
Courier Corporation
2007 Boy Scouts of America Greater Lowell Distinguished Citizen
[Web] http://www.courier.com/ccorp/
Thursday, February 22
Focus on the Arts
Valerie Mack-Callahan
Violinist
[Web] http://www.bridgesandbows.com
[Email] valerie@bridgesandbows.com
Valerie Mack-Callahan is scheduled to perform for the February 27 Urban Village Arts Series.
Interview
Barbara Anderson
Executive Director
Citizens for Limited Taxation
[Web] http://www.cltg.org/
Barbara weighs in on Governor Deval Patrick’s first two months and first few steps in office.
Interview
Max Lane
Former New England Patriot
Former Patriots offensive tackle Max Lane examines professional football’s past, and present.
Max Lane will speak in Professor Jeffrey Gerson’s Sports and Politics class today.
Wednesday, February 21
Interview
Sandra Seitz
Assistant Director of Communications for Research
UMass Lowell
[Email] sandra_seitz@uml.edu
Focus on Health
Kathy Souleotis
Director
VNA Hospice of Greater Lowell
[Web] http://www.vnalowell.org/
Kathy discusses the meaning and benefits of hospice.
InterviewArmand P. Mercier
Lowell City Councilor
[Web] http://www.lowellma.gov/
City Councilor Armand P. Mercier, left, talks about the budget.
Interview
Brian A. Joyce
Massachusetts Senator
[Email] BJoyce@senate.state.ma.us
[Web] http://www.brianajoyce.com/
State Senator Brian Joyce, explains his proposed bill that would provide Massachusetts college graduates with financial incentive to remain in state.
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Tuesday, February 20
Focus on Politics
Prof. Stephen Knott
Chair
Presidential History Program
University of Virginia
[Email] sk5ke@virginia.edu
Interview
Prof. Robert Finberg
UMass Medical School
[Email] Robert.Finberg@umassmed.edu
[Web] http://www.umassmed.edu/igp/faculty/finberg.cfm
Interview
Linda Silka
Director
UMass Lowell's Center for Family, Work and Community
[Email] Linda_Silka@uml.edu
[Web] http://www.uml.edu/centers/CFWC/
Interview
Michael and William McAndrews
Ambassadors
People to People Student Ambassador Program
[Email] McAndrewsPeopletoPeople@msn.com
[Web] http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeeaitv/mcandrewspeopletopeople/
Friday, February 16
Focus on TravelTom Denenberg
Chief Curator
Portland Museum of Art
[Email] tdenenberg@portlandmuseum.org
[Web] http://www.portlandmuseum.org
Tom Denenberg talks about the Portland Museum of Art’s new exhibit, “A Deaf Artist in Early America: The Worlds of John Brewster, Jr.”
InterviewMichael Creasey
Superintendant
Lowell National Historical Park
[Web] http://www.nps.gov/lowe/
InterviewProf. Shehong Chen
UMass Lowell History Department
[Email] Shehong_Chen@uml.edu
History Prof. Shehong Chen explains Chinese New Year as well as her research into the Chinese immigration experience in Lowell from 1870 to 1970.
Interview
Jen Trynin
Author, Musician
[Web] http://jentrynin.com
Boston native and rocker Jen Trynin talks about her new book about life in the music industry, "Everything I'm Cracked Up To Be."
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Thursday, February 8
Interview
Martha Mayo
Director
Center for Lowell History
[Email] Martha_mayo@uml.edu
[Web] http://library.uml.edu/clh/index.html
Martha Mayo of the Center for Lowell History looks at African-American history in the Lowell area.
Interview
Marc Fisher
Columnist
Washington Post
[Email] marcfisher@washpost.com
[Web] http://www.marcfisher.com/
Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher
talks about his book, "Something in the Air:
Radio, Rock, and the Revolution that shaped a Generation."
Marc Fisher will speak at the Massachusetts
School of Law in Andover on February 8.
Interview
Ken Harring
Head Baseball Coach
Umass Lowell
[Email] Ken_Harring@uml.edu
[Web] http://www.goriverhawks.com/men/baseball/Home.html
UMass Lowell head baseball coach Ken Harring previews the upcoming season.
Interview
Laiona Michelle
Actress/singer
"Dinah Was"
[Web]http://www.merrimackrep.org/
Laiona Michelle as Dinah Washington in the MRT's performance of "Dinah Was."
Wednesday, February 7
Bud Caulfield Lowell City Councelor
[Web]The JAM Plan
Lowell City Councilor Bud Caulfield weighs in on the JAM plan.
Focus on Health
Dr. Murat Anamur
Medical Director
Cancer Services
Lowell General Hospital
Dan Kennedy Website
[Email]Dan.Kennedy@neau.edu
Presidential candidate Hilary Clinton is ramping up use of the Internet to talk directly to voters. Dan Kennedy examines this approach.
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Tuesday, February 6
Focus on Politics
Peter Torkildsen
Chairman
Massachusetts Republican Party
[Email] PTorkildsen@massgop.com
Republican Party chair Peter Torkildsen shares his vision and plans.
Karla Brooks Baehr
Superintendant
Lowell Public Schools
Karla Brooks Baehr comments on the state of Lowell schools.
Lynne Brown-Zounes
Executive Director
Lowell Council on Aging
Lynne Brown-Zounes addresses issues facing the elderly.
Dr. Douglas Ziedonis
Chairman
Department of Psychiatry
Umass Medical School
Dr. Douglas Ziedonis, new chair of Psychiatry at the UMass Medical School, explores addiction psychiatry.
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Monday, February 5
Richard Howe Jr.
Registrar of Deeds
Middlesex North Registry of Deeds
[Email] lowelldeeds@comcast.net
Ed Cameron
Associate Executive Director for Housing and Homeless Services
Community Teamwork, Inc.
[Email] ecameron@comteam.org
Richard Howe Jr. and Ed Cameron examine the continued rise in foreclosures.
Steve Stowell
Administrator
Lowell Historic Board
[Email] sstowell@lowellma.gov
Steve Stowell discusses a historic survey of the Pawtucketville and Acre neighborhoods.
John Pakstis
Director of Counseling
UMass Lowell
[Email] john_pakstis@uml.edu
John Pakstis takes a look at today's "Millenium" students.
Julie Scolnik
Artistic Director
Andover Chamber Music
[Email] julia@andoverchambermusic.org
Julie Scolnik previews the Andover Chamber Music Series 10th annual Valentine Concert, "Chopin in Love."
Fran Kelly
President, CEO
US Operations of Arnold Worldwide
[Email] fran@thebreakawaybrand.com
[Related Link] Missed the Super Bowl commercials? Watch them here.
Fran Kelly discusses the commercials aired during Super Bowl XLI.
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Friday, February 2
David Turcotte
Bill Walczak
Massachusetts Nonprofit Network
[Web] http://www.massnonprofit.org
David Turcotte and Bill Walczak, board members of the new Massachusetts Nonprofit Network.
Focus on Travel
Paul Bessire
Institute of Contemporary Art
[Web] http://www.icaboston.org/
Paul Bessire of the Institute of Contemporary Art tells us about the museum’s new home and exhibits.
Michael Millner
UMass Lowell Professor of English
[Email] Michael_Millner@uml.edu
UML English Professor Michael Millner previews his upcoming colloquium,
King Kong Returns: From the New Deal to Neoliberalism.
Tuesday, January 30
Robert Haigh
Executive Director
Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC)
Keith Mitchell
UMass Professor of English
[Email] Keith_Mitchell@uml.edu
Keith Mitchell discusses African American Writers.
Mitchell recommends the following African American authors and poets. The dates of each text refer to his edition preferences.
I. Authors,
Percival Everett:
1. Wounded [2005]
2. American Desert [2005]
3. A History of the African American People (Proposed) by Strom Thurmond as Told to Percival Everett and James Kincaid: A Novel [2004]
4. Erasure [2002]
Danzy Senna:
1. Symptomatic [2005]
2. Caucasia [1999]
Edward P. Jones:
1. All Aunt Hagar’s Children: Stories [2006]
2. The Known World [2004]
3. Lost in the City [2004]
Maryse Condé:
1. Who Slashed Celanire’s Throat?: A Fantastical Tale [2005]
2. I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem [1994]
Touré
1. The Portable Promised Land [2003]
2. Soul City [2005]
Sister Soulja:
1.The Coldest Winter Ever [2000]
Toni Morrison:
1. Love [2005]
2. Beloved [2004]
3. Sula [2002]
4. The Bluest Eye [2000]
Maya Angelou:
1. I know Why the Caged Bird Sings [1993]
James Baldwin:
1. Go Tell It on the Mountain [2000]
2. Going to Meet the Man: Stories [1995]
3. Another Country [1992]
II. Poets:
Gwendolyn Brooks:
1. Gwendolyn Brooks: Selected Poems [2006]
Langston Hughes:
1. Selected Poems of Langston Hughes [1990]
Yusef Komunyakaa
1. Neon Vernacular: New and Selected Poems [1993]
Rita Dove:
1. American Smooth [2004]
2. On the Bus with Rosa Parks: Poems [2000]
3. Thomas and Beulah [1986]
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