“Spectral” Bridge St. talk to commemorate Kerouac’s 103rd birthday

Lowell photographer Annie Powell took more than 3,000 images in and around Lowell by the time of her death in 1952 at age 92, but much of her life remains a mystery. The by Annie Powell project is dedicated to preserving Annie’s photographic legacy, researching and authenticating her work, as well as contextualizing and promoting the historical significance of her images.

Brad MacGowan, Lowell historian and board member of by Annie Powell, will collaborate with Lowell Celebrates Kerouac! on a talk commemorating Kerouac’s 103rd birthday—the first in a series focused on the overlap between Annie Powell and Jack Kerouac from the years 1922 and 1936.

Saturday, March 8, 2:00 PM
Pollard Library community room

The title of the presentation, “spectral-in-my-mind Bridge Street,” is quoted directly from the pages of Kerouac’s 1956 novel Visions of Gerard. Read more about why Bridge St. was “spectral” for both Kerouac and Powell.