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Nancy S. O'Neil
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In "All Our Names," One Character Resonates
While Isaac's thread in "All Our Names" is original and powerful, Helen and her emotionally stunted commentary on the empathetic Isaac are entirely unnecessary and detract from an ingeniously crafted narrative of compassion and cruelty set during the last gasps of the postcolonial period.
Medieval Music Lessons
The lecture-performance event, which took place Sunday, was a collaboration between Kelly and the Blue Heron Renaissance Choir. Kelly, a music professor who teaches the popular Gen Ed course “First Nights,” took his First Church audience through the processes that took Europe from “ut-re-mi” to polyphony, a musical texture Kelly describes as Western music’s greatest contribution to the world.
Lowell Ringers Toll the Bells
For over half a century, the society has worked to expand campus-wide knowledge and appreciation of the 17 bronze bells housed in Lowell’s bell tower.