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Ciao caro/a studente/studentessa, Hello dear student, The North End Music and Performing Arts Center is pleased to announce it’s Adult Italian course offerings for winter 2013. For all of below offerings: Teacher: Benedetta Rossi Location: Villa Michelangelo, 1 Michelangelo Street, Boston, MA Cost: $175/10 weeks. Italian I: Mondays: 7:30-9 pm Covers Basic Grammar and pronunciation; [...]
A Boston Municipal Court set bail at $5,000 today and ordered alleged church burglar, Richard Shiner, to stay away from St. Leonard Church in Boston’s North End. The Suffolk District Attorney’s office recommended $15,000 cash bail and an order to stay out of the entire North End, pending trial. Seen on video surveillance at St. [...]
Winter Weekend Open House Romula Art Gallery 27 Fleet Street, Boston (North End) 617-227-2071 January 17-20, 2013 starting at 6:00 p.m each day. Come to the Romula Art Gallery in the North End, Thursday through Sunday, to meet Romula, a local up-and-coming artist. She is hosting her Winter Weekend Open House – starting Thursday and [...]
District A-1 Boston Police arrested Richard Shiner, 47 years old, on Tuesday morning under a warrant for Breaking & Entering at St. Leonard Church. Detectives are requesting the court hold Mr. Shiner in custody, according to Sgt. Tom Lema on behalf of Captain Thomas Lee and Lt. Detective Chuck Wilson. A witness at the church [...]
NEMPAC‘s upcoming concert will feature a String Chamber Ensemble who will present an informal, educational evening of famous Opera Arias arranged for a string quartet. Alex Duval, NEMPAC’s faculty member, will lead the concert in a lecture format, and will introduce repertoire as they go! Please join us….families, friends, community members are all invited! The [...]
Nathan Swain, famed North End artist, presented his plans for creating murals on the walls of “The Flights” in DeFilippo Playground (“The Gassy”) on Prince Street. The proposal was introduced at the January 10, 2013 meeting of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). NEWRA voted 28-1 to support the proposed murals. As shown [...]
Born and raised in the North End, many residents will remember Chris Russo. He is moving up in Hollywood and was recently was promoted to 2nd 2nd Assistant Director on the Disney Show, Good Luck Charlie, that airs on the Disney Channel. Chris was active at the Nazzaro Center, went to St. John School through [...]
This was the scene at midnight on New Year’s Eve as crowds gathered along the North End waterfront to ring in 2013. (Photos by Matt Conti. Click on images to start slideshow.)
One of the most creative First Night ice sculptures this year is the “Throne of Ice” from the new team at Faneuil Hall Marketplace. The throne opened at noon on New Year’s Eve and is generating quite the NYE buzz as “quite possibly the coolest ice sculpture in Boston,” per BostonTweet. The weather is perfect [...]
December 30th is a great date to get married and have an evening reception at Boston Harbor Hotel’s Wharf Room at Rowes Wharf. For the rest of us, it’s a complementary fireworks preview of the midnight show to come on New Year’s Eve. In case you missed it at 9:30 pm on Sunday night, here [...]
Looking from the south end of the Charlestown Bridge in 1899 to what we now call at Keany Square, this City Planning Board photograph from the Boston Landmarks Commission shows the Endicott and North Washington Street corner of the North End neighborhood. To the left would be Commercial Street with Causeway Street to the right. The [...]
Dozens gathered in Copley Square earlier this week in a candlelight vigil for the Newtown shooting victims. Among them were several North Enders and NEMPAC guitar student, Chris Romano, was a featured performer. The event was organized by Kara Paladino and music for the event was coordinated by NEMPAC’s musical director, Sherri Snow. “NEMPAC is [...]
Neighborhood Photos – A Christmas Slideshow Photos by Matt Conti More Christmas Photos and Posts: Halleluiah Chorus Musical Slideshow with Faneuil Hall’s Blink! Tree and Old North / NEMPAC Choirs [Video] Christmas Time is Here Again at the Nazzaro Center Citywide Trash Schedule for Christmas and New Year’s; Regular Schedule in North End Christmas Mass [...]
New this season is the Blink! Christmas Tree light and sound show at Faneuil Hall Marketplace featuring a recording of the Halleluiah Chorus by the Boston Pops and Tanglewood Chorus. To mix it up, I took some photos and video of the show and used the soundtrack from the December 9th live performance of Handel’s [...]
There is a new Italian American magazine in town, Bostoniano! The name may sound familiar because it comes from the creator of the Bostoniano.info blog / website, published by Nicola Orichuia. Using the tag line, “Boston’s Italian American Voice,” the free monthly magazine dropped off its first issue this week to 20 locations in the [...]
Saint Leonard Parish Christmas Mass Schedule Monday, December 24th 5 p.m. – St. Leonard’s Church Midnight Mass – St. Leonard’s Church Tuesday, December 25th 9 a.m. – Sacred Heart Church 10:30 a.m. – St. Leonard’s Church (in Italian) 12 noon - St. Leonard’s Church New Year’s Day Monday, December 31st 5 p.m. – St. Leonard’s [...]
Old North Church in Boston will join with churches around the country and ring their bells at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, December 21 in memory of those who died last Friday in Newtown, Connecticut. Connecticut Governor Daniel Malloy called for bells to ring twenty-six times to honor the twenty-six victims of the Sandy Hook massacre. [...]
A highlight of Christmas in the North End is the Concerto di Natale (Christmas Concert) at Sacred Heart Italian Church in historic North Square. Now in its 8th year and organized by the St. Leonard Church Parish, the concert brought together three choirs and over 60 singers to give the performance of the season to [...]
Frankie and Lou are back with Episode 5 of Pizzer Makers. The Boston webisode series is created by Chris Palermo and stars Robert DiCicco and the North End’s own Frankie Imbergamo. This time, a whole gang of characters, old and new, join in their attempt at a reality TV cooking show. See more episodes of [...]
The smiles on children’s faces were the best part of this year’s North End Christmas Parade. It’s been a tradition for 42 years in the neighborhood. More recently, the North End Santa has been making a James Bond-like entrance from a helicopter. After landing his “sleigh” at the ball fields of Puopolo Park, the festivities [...]
This year a portion of the proceeds will help trim the trees in the Prado so that thousands of visitors can have an unobstructed view of the magnificent architecture. The NEWRA Parks and Open Spaces Committee added, “We are excited and grateful to hear that some of the proceeds from the event will be used [...]
The City of Boston’s 2012 Trolley Tour and Tree Lighting visited the North End’s Paul Revere Mall (aka Prado) on Sunday afternoon. Mayor Thomas Menino is still recuperating so City Councilor Sal LaMattina and First Lady of Boston Angela Menino led the holiday celebration including caroling, a visit with Santa and the lighting of the [...]
The Old North Church Chamber Choir and Orchestra joined with the NEMPAC Women’s Chorus at Old North’s historic North End church to present Handel’s “Messiah,” ending with the inspiring Hallelujah Chorus. Old North’s Dr. Libor Dudas directed the performance held on Sunday, December 9, 2012. The free Christmas concert featured several soloists and attracted a [...]
The 18th Annual Christmas Program brought out dozens of kids in the North End to the Sant’ Agrippina di Mineo Benefit Society where Santa was waiting with gifts for all the girls and boys. All children under 10 received a photo with Santa and a gift. The event was organized by Philip Carangelo with Warren [...]
The Saint Leonard Choral Society held a holiday concert on Saturday, December 8th, to entertain the folks at the North End Community Nursing Home on Fulton Street. The residents appreciated the good holiday cheer and enthusiastically welcomed the choir to their home. The event was also a free preview to the upcoming concert at Sacred [...]
The North End Beautification Committee held a special tree lighting event at the beautiful Christmas tree on the corner of Hanover and Cross Streets. This is the second year that the NEBC has funded the tree and streetlight pole wreathes in the North End. Santa arrived in a horse-drawn carriage to the delight of many [...]
The Saint Lucy Society held their annual Christmas party on Saturday with a large group gathering at the Saint Anthony’s Club on Endicott Street. The highlight of the event was a $750 check presentation by the society to the Nazzaro Center in the North End. Staff and volunteers from the Nazzaro Center said they very [...]
The City of Boston is having a contest called, Deck the Rooftops, where residents can enter into six categories, including balcony or porch, apartment building and best street. Photos can be submitted at www.cityofboston.gov/deckthecity. The deadline to enter is Sunday, December 16th and there will be public voting starting Tuesday, December 19, 2012. More details [...]
They were standing in the aisles at the First Annual Christmas Concert in the North End, a musical kick-off to the season with Italian songs and arias. The event was presented by the Italian Consulate of Boston, represented by Consul General Guiseppe Pastorelli, and the Boston Conservatory. Freshman students from the Conservatory gave solo performances [...]
Boston’s new holiday tradition, Blink! featuring the music of the Holiday Pops, is a 6-week state-of-the-art light and sound extravaganza that has transformed every inch of America’s first open marketplace. In partnership with Thomas M. Menino & Mayors Holiday Special, this magical and unforgettable show uses over 350,000 LED lights to illuminate Boston’s skyline. Blink! is brought to you [...]
Happy Thanksgiving from NEMPAC! We have so much to be Thankful for this year – Thank you to NEMPAC’s volunteer board members: Matthew Black, Susan Ward, Jennifer McGivern, Melanie Crocini, Chad Wolfson, Sandra Harcourt, Margaret Ris, and Court Clayton for your tireless support, efforts and passion in fulfilling NEMPAC’s mission: “To provide affordable arts related [...]
After 10 years, it’s officially a tradition! In a fitting tribute with the largest crowd ever, North End / Waterfront neighbors and friends celebrated on Monday night at the 2012 10th Holiday Trellis Lighting at Christopher Columbus Park. Parks Commissioner Toni Pollak and Boston’s Chief of Public Property, Michael Galvin, joined with the Friends of [...]
City Hall has announced the 2012 Christmas Trolley Tour and Tree Lighting will come to the North End / Waterfront on Sunday, December 9th, 2:15 pm at the Prado – Paul Revere Mall on Hanover Street. NEMPAC will also be having its annual arts and crafts fair with a bake sale from 11am-3pm. More details [...]
A show for ABC Family will be doing some filming in North Square on Wednesday, December 5th. Filming will be from 5pm to 10pm and some prep during the day. A short scene will also take place on Hanover Street near the Richmond Street intersection. North Square will be closed to vehicles. Resident parking vouchers [...]
The kids did extremely well this year by trick-or-treating in the North End on Halloween with nearly all businesses and many residences participating in the neighborhood tradition. After a fun afternoon, families gathered on the Prado for the annual pizza party, organized by the North End Music and Performing Arts Center. NEMPAC thanks Pizzeria Regina for [...]
On October 24th, in honor of Italian Heritage Month, The Jack Volpe Project performed songs of Italian crooners Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Tony Bennett at the North End Branch Library. The band consisted of Jack Volpe Rotondi on vocals, Brian Fitzpatrick on piano and Nat Simpkins on saxophone and bass. Approximately 35 people attended. [...]