The Kerouac marathon will run from 10 am to 10 pm on Wednesday, September 5. The event takes place at Olive That & More in Lowell. It's free. Break out the bongo drums! Serious fans of Jack Kerouac's On the Road are engaging in a 12-hour reading of the book on September 5, which is the 50th anniversary of the book's publication. Local poets, teachers, dee jays, fans, and actors will flock to Lowell, Kerouac's......

If you're looking to be touched, warmed and uplifted by a movie these days, don't go to the multiplex. You know this already, of course. Instead, make sure you live in a city where they host a film festival, where you might run into something as special as Dave McLaughlin's On Broadway, which premiered this weekend at the Independent Film Festival of Boston. It's the story of blue-collar Jack O'Toole (played by, yes, that Joseph......

On Broadway is premiering at the Boston Independent Film Festival today, Thursday, April 26, at 8:00 pm at the Somerville Theatre. Only rush tickets are available for the premiere, but, if you can't get in on the 26th, tickets are still available for Sunday, April 29, at 8:00 pm at the Somerville. And the Somerville has beer! The Boston Independent Film Festival pays tribute to its home turf with tonight's world premiere of On Broadway.......