News from the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park: We invite you to join us at our February monthly meeting where Tot Lot clean up will be the main topic of discussion. Everyone who is interested in helping to plan the cleanup or to discuss other Tot Lot issues are welcome and encouraged to attend. There are many plans for the park [...]
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NEWNC Agenda for February 8th Meeting at Pilot House, 7:00pm
NORTH END/WATERFRONT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILwww.NEWNCBoston.org Monday, February 8, 20107:00PM *Note Location Change*Pilot House, 2 Atlantic Ave. NEWNC AGENDA 1. Call to order – Stephen Passacantilli 2. Roll call – Stephen Passacantilli 3. Meeting Protocol – Marie Simboli 4. Update from the Office of Neighborhood Services — Nicole Leo 5. Report from the offices of local elected [...]
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Great Elm Tree Lighting at North End Greenway Park – Free Community Event on February 11th, 5-6pm
Press release courtesy of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nancy Brennannancybrennan@rosekennedygreenway.org617-292-0020 Bright Lights for Winter Nights on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Creative lighting elements and art in Boston’s vibrant downtown park Boston, Mass.; January 29, 2010 – The Rose F. Kennedy Greenway Conservancy invites all to view “Bright Lights [...]
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NEAD Offers Discount Tickets to Disney on Ice
Once again THANKS to TD Garden Neighborhood Charities, North End Against Drugs is able to offer tickets to the following special event: Disney On Ice presents Let’s Celebrate! It’s one colossal party on ice, with all your favorite Disney friends! Join Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse as they celebrate a Very Merry Unbirthday Party with [...]
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Haiti Relief Concert – February 9th
Diverse and high energy jazz in a night to benefit the earthquake victims of Haiti. All proceeds for this concert will go directly to Habitat For Humanity International Disaster Response, and a speaker from this organization will speak about their efforts. Come early, eat and drink, enjoy the music and learn more about your positive [...]
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Family Dinner To Be Sponsored by North End Against Drugs
North End Against Drugs will have another Family Dinner/Family Talk on Monday February 8th at 5:15pm at the Nazzaro Center. All North End/Waterfront Families are invited to attend. Once again dinner will be prepared by Mary and Frank Romano. There will be pasta, meatballs, sausages, salad and bread and Butter along with dessert and soda. [...]
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North End Eating Meetup at Artu
The North End Eating Meetup group met at Artu for a well-attended lunch event. About 22 people attended hailing from both the neighborhood and other areas around town. Resident Jim S. organized the event though the NEEM Meetup site. “NEEM is an opportunity for me to show off my neighborhood, Boston’s North End.” Go to [...]
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North End Library Fundraiser
The Friends of the North End Branch Library is hosting a fundraiser on February 24th from 7-9 at the Fairmont Battery Wharf in hopes of raising some much needed funds for our neighborhood library. There will have a cash bar, appetizers and a silent book auction, highlighting local authors. We are hoping to make it [...]
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Boston Wine Expo January 23-24
The annual Boston Wine Expo is scheduled for January 23-24 at the Seaport World Trade Center. Click for more information at the website. Ticket Prices Prior To Jan. 16, 2010 After Jan. 16, 2010 and Onsite Saturday One Day Ticket $85.00 $95.00 Sunday One Day Ticket $75.00 $85.00 Two Day Ticket $125.00 $140.00 Grand Cru Wine [...]
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North End Eating Meetup Group
A New Year’s message from North End Eating Meetup Group leader, Jim S.: As the new year dawns, I would like to first wish all of you a Happy & Healthy New Year! NEEM has come from non-existent on March 1st to 366 members as of today. We’ve made some great friends and hope to [...]
Aquarium: Water Rescue & Ice Sculptures
There is plenty of activity over at the New England Aquarium. The Fire Department tweeted about a search for a person in the water Wednesday afternoon. Less alarming, there are lots of folks braving the cold outside the Aquarium to see one of three ice sculpture displays in the city. Other displays are at Copley [...]
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First Night 2010
It is time to make your First Night plans! In the North End/Waterfront area, the biggest event will be the midnight fireworks on Boston Harbor. Christopher Columbus Park is generally the largest gathering point for the fireworks, although almost anywhere on that side of the Harborwalk will have a good view (the barge is already out there sitting in the harbor). The Boston Harbor Association has also arranged for multiple activities:
Ring in the New Year on Boston Harbor!
Ring in the New Year on Boston Harbor!
In the North End, Paul Revere House, New England Aquarium, the Improv Asylum and the Fairmont Hotel also have specials highlighted in the brochure. Faneuil Hall is also a designated site for First Night. The Examiner highlights several nightlife spots having special New Year’s Eve events in and around Faneuil Hall.
See the website and download the First Night 2010 Program.
See the website and download the First Night 2010 Program.
Here is the official First Night 2010 information:
First Night 2010 is our 34th celebration of the arts and community in Boston. Since 1976, this signature event has served our great city by attracting audiences from near and far to enjoy and take part in a spectacular festival that inspires creativity as it begins a new year filled with promise.
First Night is proud to present an amazing group of performers and visual artists who truly represent the richness of Boston’s cultural landscape. Our celebration features longtime audience favorites like the interactive FedEx Family Festival, colossal ice sculptures, the Mardi Gras style Metro Grand Procession, the Boston 4 Productions Family Fireworks and the Frank Ward and Cape Dairy Midnight Fireworks, along with new and exciting performances and exhibitions. To enjoy the festivities you just need to purchase a button which are $18 each at any of our button retailers.
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City Hosting Inauguration Weekend Events
For Immediate Release For More Information Contact: Press Office, 617-635-4461
City to host fun, free events for residents during Inauguration 2010 Weekend
Free public skating at Frog Pond in addition to family open houses, book giveaways, & live performances at libraries
Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced today that the City of Boston will sponsor a series of free public events in honor of the City’s 2010 Inaugural events. In the weekend leading up to the Inauguration of Mayor Menino and City Councilors, residents will have the chance to take advantage of free public skating at both the Frog Pond and Fenway Park in addition to a number of events, including open houses, book giveaways, and live performances, at branches of the Boston Public Library. Mayor Menino and City Councilors will be sworn into office during a ceremony on Monday, January 4 at Faneuil Hall.
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Free Fenway Skating Tickets at Nazzaro Center
SKATE AT FENWAY Free Ice Skating at Fenway Park: Mayor Thomas M. Menino, in partnership with Sun Life Financial, the National Hockey League and the Boston Bruins, has announced that thousands of children and families in the City of Boston will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to skate at Fenway Park. City of Boston residents can [...]
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Ring in the New Year on Boston Harbor!
First Night Boston 2010: Ring in the New Year on Boston Harbor! Start planning now for New Year’s Eve on Boston Harbor! The Boston Harbor Association, in coordination with First Night Boston, Boston’s Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism, & Special Events, and the Boston Redevelopment Authority, is hosting special [...]
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Pirandello Italian Language Center Christmas Program
From Dr. Tino Valdesolo, Ed.D., Director of the Pirandello Italian
Language Center (aka “St. John’s Saturday Italian School”)
The traditional Christmas presentation of the PILC will be held
Saturday, December 19th, starting at 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart
Church (North Square, in Boston’s North End). Students in the Italian
Program ages 3 + will present Italian Christmas songs and poems, and
will participate in a special Christmas service in Italian. All
members of the community are invited to be a part of this unique
holiday event.
Refreshments will be served in the St. John’s School cafeteria
(Suncourt Street) following the Christmas program.
Buon Natale!
Parents of students in the program – we’ll meet at the school at 10
a.m. and then head over to the church as a group. Tino has asked that
we contribute baked goods (cakes, cookies, bisconti, panettoni, etc,)
to the party after the program. Please drop these off at 10 a.m. in
the St. John’s cafeteria. Thanks to all the hard-working parents who
have been busy planning the event and making sure it will be a
wonderful time for all. All families and friends are invited to this
joyous event.
Attached below are the words to the songs/poems the youngest students
(3-6 years) will be doing. Anna Maria di Camillo’s class (7-9 years)
will be reciting some of these with us.
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North End Christmas Parade Photos and Videos
To the delight of neighborhood children (and adults), Santa flew in from the North Pole by helicopter landing on the North End fields at Puopolo & Langone Parks. A festive Christmas Parade followed with marching bands, singers, horses and Santa moving through the neighborhood along Commercial Street, North Street and over to Hanover Street. Click [...]
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Bake Sale for Head Start Rescheduled to Fri., Dec 11th
Due to the bad weather yesterday, the ABCD North End Head Start Bake Sale has been rescheduled for Friday, December 11th (tomorrow) from 9-12. North End Head Start HOLIDAY BAKE SALE Friday, December 11th 9 a.m. through 12 noon at The Prado (Hanover Street entrance). Indulge in favorite holiday treats and cheer from your friends [...]
Shoppers Turn Out for North End’s Holiday Stroll
View a gallery of pictures from this year’s North End Holiday Stroll. On Friday, December 4th, shoppers turned out for the 3rd Annual Buon Natale Holiday Stroll. North End boutiques, galleries, and studios offered significant sales and discounts along with holiday treats. “Buon Natale is a celebration in itself,” said BethAnn Hoyos of the North [...]
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Head Start Holiday Bake Sale – Dec. 9th
North End Head Start HOLIDAY BAKE SALEWednesday, December 9th, 9 a.m. 12 noonThe Prado (Hanover Street entrance) Indulge in favorite holiday treats and cheer from your friends andneighbors in the North End Head Start Program!All proceedings from the sale go to the ABCD North End Head StartProgram, servicing local families and young children ages 3-5.Happy [...]
North End Branch Library Fundraiser – Save the Date!
*SAVE THE DATE – WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2010*** *What: Fundraiser to support our own North End Branch Library *** *Where: Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel*** *When : Wednesday, February 24, 2010 * * 7:00-9:00 pm*** *Why: To enjoy cocktails and appetizers and the [...]
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NEMPAC Holiday Craft Sale & Tree Lighting
Join your neighbors & friends at the 3rd Annual NEMPAC Holiday Craft Sale & Tree Lighting Celebration! Sunday, December 6th11am – 3pmPaul Revere Mall aka “The Prado”Unique handmade gifts for sale by local artisans for everyone on your holiday shopping list! Community Carol Sing & Musical Performances by NEMPAC students at 1:00pm Mayor’s Tree Lighting Trolley Tour arrives [...]
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Boston Common Tree Lighting
The Boston Common Tree Lighting is on Thursday, December 3, from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. and will be televised on Channel 5. The city’s Parks & Recreation Department, in collaboration with Nova Scotia Come to Life, WCVB-TV Channel 5, and Magic 106.7 FM, hosts the 68th Annual Tree Lighting on Boston Common. Need a refresher on [...]
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North End’s Improv Asylum Event to Benefit “Globe Santa”
From Boston.com: “The Improv Asylum in Boston’s North End has built a national reputation for the side-splitting improvisational and sketch comedy it has been churning out six nights a week for nearly 12 years. But the professional actors and comedians who call The Asylum home are deadly serious about “No Rest for the Wicked Funny,’’ [...]
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Attention – All Graduating Classes of Columbus High School
Arthur A. Lauretano, Class of 1957, was kind enough to send in the following information about the upcoming 65th year commemoration of the Christopher Columbus Central Catholic High School. The year “2010” will mark the 65th anniversary of the founding of Christopher Columbus Central Catholic High School (CCCCHS). The first graduating class was June 1949 [...]
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Plethora of City of Boston Programs
Here is a subset of various City of Boston programs that folks may be interested in:
“Toys for Tickets”: *In keeping with a successful holiday tradition in
Boston, Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced that any driver issued a
non-public safety parking ticket on Boston’s streets on specific dates
in December, has the option of resolving their ticket by providing a toy
of equal or greater value than the fine on the ticket. For exact dates,
617-635-4811
*Mayor’s Holiday Special: *Take advantage of the City of Boston’s one
stop holiday planning website and enjoy great discounts this Holiday
season. Over 8,000 half-price show tickets, great parking rates, store
discounts and more. www.mayorsholidayspecial.com
*Boston Offers Two Hours of Free Metered Parking This Holiday Season:
*In keeping with a popular tradition, the City of Boston is offering two
hours of free metered parking at each of the city’s parking meters on
Saturdays through Dec 27.
*Special State Election for the US Senate: *Do not forget to vote on Dec
8 in the Special Election Primary to fill Senator Kennedy’s seat. To
vote in any election, you must send in your voter application form and
have it postmarked 20 days prior to the election. Remember that you must
be 18 years old by Election Day and a U.S. Citizen. To be eligible to
vote in the Special Election Final on Jan 19, you must register to vote
by Dec 30! Obtain a national mail voter registration form at
www.cityofboston.gov/elections/voter_reg.asp
Our Vote Matters!: *Find the answers to questions asked by young voters.
www.bostonyouthzone.com/myc/pdfs/youth_voting_guide.pdf
*Harry Potter at Boston’s Museum of Science: *Check out the Harry Potter
exhibit at the museum! It will offer fans a glimpse of costumes, props,
and more than 200 other authentic artifacts from the film sets—including
the Great Hall, Hagrid’s hut, and the Gryffindor common room. Through
Feb 25. Adult tickets $26 and children tickets $23. www.mos.com
<http://www.mos.com>
*First Night 2010: *Bring in the New Year celebrating art and community
at this day long citywide festival. Perfect for Families! Get a first
night button as your ticket to entertainment! Dec 31, 1pm-12am.
www.firstnight.org <http://www.firstnight.org>
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NEAD Annual Christmas in New York City Day
NEAD (North End Against Drugs) Annual Christmas in New York City Day will take place on Saturday, December 12th. The cost is $40.00 per person, seats are limited and will be filled on a “first come, first served” basis. Checks should be made out to the NEAD. For more information, please contact Bob DeCristoforo at [...]
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Trellis Lighting at Christopher Columbus Park
The soggy weather did not dampen the festive mood at the seventh annual holiday lighting of Christopher Columbus Park’s signature trellises on Monday night. An enthusiastic and surprisingly large crowd showed up to enjoy the festivities. The annual holiday lighting display, sponsored by the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park and the Boston Parks and Recreation [...]
