Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!

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A new board and officers have elected. Steve Edington, president; Phil Chaput, vice president; Margarita Turcotte, treasurer; and Nancy Herbstman, secretary. 

All (members and non-members alike) are invited to attend the monthly meetings of the LCK! Events Planning Committee. LCK! members who feel that they can regularly attend these meetings, are invited to become Events Planners. If you are not already a member of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!, see "Becoming A Member" for details.

Click here for more information by contacting Steve Edington, President of LCK!

WITH WARMEST APPRECIATION
Lowell Celebrates Kerouac extends a Big Hug to Michael, Nancy, and the staff - past and present - at the Rainbow Cafe' for their many years of support. We have had a lot of fun inside those walls and hope to continue doing so. The new management; Charlies Pot 'O Gold has expressed likewise. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is a dream many look forward to realizing. We at Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! wish Charlie fullfilment of that dream.

Happy Birthday Jack Kerouac!
Celebrate Kerouac's Birthday in Lowell:
 
Friday-March 7, "Talkin' Jack" at Bob Pare Studio
7:30 PM  117 Market Street
 
Drop in and converse about Kerouac's writings have been a part of your life. Wine and cheese provided.
 
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Saturday-March 8, Kerouac Memorabilia Display, Lowell Gallery
6:00-7:30 PM 14 Jackson Street
 
Kerouac related art, posters and first editions. Guy LeFebvre host.
 
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Saturday-March 8, Kerouac Birthday Party! Olive That And More
7:30 PM 167 Market Street
 
Readings and music followed by an open mike. Governers proclamation of Jack Kerouac Day AND cake!
 
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Wednesday-March 12, Documentary premiere, O'Leary Library
7:00 PM U-Mass Lowell  121 Wilder Street
 
Documentary Produced by Bridget Driscoo and Mill City Studios about last summer's "Scroll" exhibit followed by a community forum, "Where do we go with Kerouac?" led by Paul Marion.

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Kerouac Commemorative Monument /Kerouac Park

Kerouac Park
(Directions - click on "Show Location..." below)

B U L L E T I N B O A R D
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Help Keep The Kerouac Legacy Alive In Lowell Beyond 2007!
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This is an exciting year for Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!. The original scroll manuscript of On The Road will be in Lowell during the year of Jack's best known work's 50th publication anniversary --- for virtually the entire summer! And, it happens during the year of the 20th anniversary of Jack's home city celebrating his life and work with the annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! Festival.

You can be a part of the excitement by participating in the monthly festival event planning meeting held at the Pollard Memorial Library on Merrimack Street. We meet every third Wednesday of the month, starting at 7:15 PM, in the ground floor function room. And now is a perfect opportunity for you to become a decision maker in the process. Several board members and officers, though most staying on as EPC (Event Planning Committe) members, will be stepping down after this October's LCK! festival. LCK! is looking for new voices and ideas and we are eager to hear your thoughts and see your faces join those already around the table. By involving yourself now, contributing to the upcoming summer events and October festival, you will introduce yourself to an exciting world of artists, entertainers, and scholars.

It is an Olympian challenge that has proven worth accepting while the effort has more than survived, but has flourished, with the test of time. Help us keep passing the flame.

Yours truly,
The BoD of Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!

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The house that Jack was born in on 9 Lupine Road, is now visually designated as such. The event commemorating this honor was attended March 26, 2005 by the mayor of Lowell, the Kerouac estate, U Mass, and community organizations, including LCK!

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Monthly Event Planning Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of every month beginning at 7:15 PM in the downstairs meeting room of the Pollard Memorial Library on Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA.

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Daily showings of Henry Ferrini's highly acclaimed award winning 30 minute film, Lowell Blues, based on passages from Kerouac's, Dr. Sax continue at the Lowell National Historic Park Visitor Center.
4:00 PM
Lowell National Historic Park Visitor Center
Market Street
Lowell, MA
(978) 970-5000

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VISIT OUR ON LINE GIFT SHOP

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This will be the 5th annual running of the Kerouac 5K Road Race, you can go to "Cool Running" by clicking on:
Kerouac 5K September 30, 2007

Click here for information on the Annual Jack Kerouac 5K run.

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac!
PO Box 1111
Lowell, MA 01852

1-877-KEROUAC