Martin Lomasney Legend & Wit Live on in New Exhibit (May 15 – August 4, 2012) Ward Boss Lomasney, a new show at the West End Museum, commemorates the legendary status of Martin Lomasney, the undisputed boss of Boston’s Ward 8 (later Ward 5, then Ward 3 under re-districting) from about 1885 until his death [...]
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The Paul Revere Mall: History, Art & Community – May 17th Event at Old North Church
On Thursday, May 17th at 7:00 PM, the Old North Church will host a lecture, The Paul Revere Mall: History, Art and Community. The event is open to the public and a suggested donation is $5 per person. The featured speaker on the 17th will be Rebecca Reynolds, formerly of the Museum of Fine Arts, [...]
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Set For June 3, 2012
Dr. Phil Budden Her Britannic Majesty’s Consul General, Boston, invites you to join him in celebrating Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee on Sunday 3rd June at a British-style Jubilee service at the Old North Church, followed by a free, public British Street Party at the Old State House. Date: Sunday 3rd June Time: [...]
Flash Forward Festival Returns to North End / Waterfront on June 7-10, 2012
It’s back! The FREE International Festival of Emerging Photography Returns to Fairmont Battery Wharf, June 07 – 10, 2012! The Magenta Foundation is thrilled to return to Boston with its second installment of Flash Forward Festival, taking place June 7-10, 2012 at Fairmont Battery Wharf on the city’s revitalized North End waterfront. Following its successful [...]
Pirates & Patriots Hit Boston’s Waterfront
News from the Freedom Trail Foundation: Many who sailed under the Black Flag during the Golden Age of Piracy hailed from Boston or passed through its harbor. The Freedom Trail® Foundation offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience these swashbuckling stories along Boston’s bustling waterfront on its newest Pirates & Patriots Tour. Led by one of [...]
North Bennet Street School to Showcase Work in Boston’s Financial District on May 7 – 18
North Bennet Street School to showcase extraordinary student and alumni work in Boston’s Financial District, May 7 – 18 Ten-day juried exhibition offers a refreshing reminder that traditional craftsmanship is thriving in Boston As a respite from the predictable sameness of today’s high-speed, mass-produced world, Boston’s acclaimed North Bennet Street School (http://www.nbss.edu) has organized an [...]
Community Comes Together to Celebrate Cyrus Dallin, His Iconic Paul Revere Statue and the Prado (Photos)
The Paul Revere Mall in Boston’s North End was the sight of an inspiring community celebration on Sunday, April 29, 2012, commemorating the great American sculptor, Cyrus Dallin, his internationally known landmark Paul Revere statue and the Prado park, designed by famed landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff and architect Henry Shepley. The public event drew hundreds [...]
NEMPAC Update from the Executive Director
by NEMPAC Executive Director, Rebecca Griffin One Tuesday, 4/24, Guitar Instructor, and Rock Band Instructor Jeremy Sarzana showed off by lining up and playing in 3 different bands at Johnnie’s on the Side. Showed off??? Jeremy is the most humble guy you’ll ever meet, so I’m bragging on his behalf. The 3 groups played what [...]
North End Stories: Nick DiCarlo Looks Back on His First Job, Meeting His Wife and the North End Beach
Nick DiCarlo, a 94 year-old lifelong North Ender, looks back with North End Stories in this video about his about his first job in Quincy Market, meeting his wife, and the North End beach. North End Stories is a digital narrative project documenting neighborhood history through the images and videos of its people. See more [...]
Italian-American Identities in the North End Discussed by Dr. Augusto Ferraiuolo (Video)
Dr. Augusto Ferraiuolo discussed his book, Religious Festive Practices in Boston’s North End, to a community audience at an event sponsored by the North End Historical Society. Ferraiulo is a native of Italy and a visiting lecturer at Boston University, Department of Anthropology. The lecture was held on April 26, 2012 at the Sacred Heart [...]
The Monument Remembering Ted Williams
The 2012 baseball season is upon us, and with this sport Boston’s Public Art and artists have created memorable athletic individuals and positive roll models for us all. A monument celebrating “Ted Williams ”by Franc Talarico tells us about the meaning of American baseball. Williams was a two-time American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) winner, led [...]
Boston Museum Presents Greenway Parcel 9 Development Proposal (Video)
Boston Museum presented its project proposal to MassDOT and the Parcel 9 RFP Committee members last night. The non-profit organization is proposing to develop a cultural/civic institution of Boston history at Parcel 9 along the Greenway. The presentation took place on April 25, 2012 at the Nazzaro Community Center in the North End. The video [...]
General (Ret) Frederick Franks Gives Keynote Address at 2012 Lantern Ceremony (Video)
The keynote speaker at the 2012 Lantern Ceremony was General (Ret) Frederick M. Franks, Jr., commander of the VII Corps during Operation Desert Storm. Old North co-sponsored the 2012 Lantern Ceremony with Home Base Program. The Home Base Program is a collaboration between the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital, serving the needs of [...]
North End Stories: Joe Scrapicchio Talks About the Origins of the Feasts
North End Stories produces another terrific interview as part of its historical digital narrative project on the North End. In this video, Joe Scrapicchio explains the origins of the North End feasts, a tradition of festivals that immigrants brought over with them from Italy. View more videos and photos at NorthEndStories.com.
Inaugural Journal of the North End Historical Society Released
The inaugural issue of the Journal of the North End Historical Society has been released. Available online here. All current members of NEHS as of May 31, 2012, will receive one complimentary copy. Renew or join today! Volume 1 is a collection of essays based on original research, as well as book reviews, regarding the history of the [...]
Irish Folk Music by NEMPAC at Chamber Music Concert
Video: Irish Folk Music – Alex Duval (Violinist) and Elise Kopesky (Clarinetist) “An Evening of Chamber Music” on March 23, 2012 as the North End Music & Performing Arts Center presented a string quartet concert at the Old North Church. View more from NEMPAC’s Evening of Chamber Music at Old North Church The Chamber Music [...]
Stacey Lucchino, Boston Red Sox, Reads Paul Revere’s Ride Poem – Video
Video: Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, read by Stacey Lucchino of the Boston Red Sox Foundation, followed by The Sweetness of Mary, performed by 1st Michigan Colonial Fife and Drum Corps, in memory of Mary Lodgson. (Fife & Drum starts at 6:40 in video.) Old North Church hosted the Annual Lantern Ceremony on [...]
Beethoven in the North End from NEMPAC’s Chamber Music Concert – Video
L.V. Beethoven String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18 Beethoven wrote this piece between 1798 and 1800 and published it in 1801. The string quartet is in the key of F Major and consists of four movements. The second movement was said to have been influenced by the tomb scene from William Shakespear’s Romeo and Juliet. [...]
Old North’s 2012 Lantern Ceremony Honors Home Base Program – Photos
In celebration of Patriot’s Day, Old North Church hosted the 237th Anniversary Annual Lantern Ceremony on Sunday, April 17, 2012. This year, Old North honored the work of the Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital’s Home Base Program, which assists veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq. The keynote speaker was General (Ret) Fred Franks. [...]
Lantern Ceremony 2012 – Reading Paul Revere’s Letter and “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”
Video: Excerpts from Paul Revere’s Letter to Jeremy Belknap, read by Joe Kearns Goodwin, U.S. Army Veteran and Victoria Bonney Goodwin. When Johnny Comes Marching Home by Lambert Willhousky, Performed by Old North Chamber Choir under Dr. Libor Dudas, Organist and Director Old North Church hosted the Annual Lantern Ceremony on Sunday, April 17, 2012. [...]
North End Stories: Frank Imbergamo Reflects on Changes in the North End
Frank Imbergamo was born and raised in the North End of Boston. In this video, Frank shares insights on how changing community interactions have changed the North End. View more at NorthEndStories.com, a digital narrative project.
NEMPAC Presents Scott Boni Jazz Trio on Friday, April 27, 2012 at Old North Church
North End Music and Performing Arts Center presents Scott Boni Jazz Trio on Friday, April 27, 2012, 7pm at the Old North Church, 93 Salem Street. Suggested donation of $15, proceeds to benefit NEMPAC’s scholarship fund and programs. Visit NEMPACBoston.org for more information.
BU Summer Course Offering – A Social History of Boston’s North End
A Social History of Boston’s North End Special Topics MET SO 501 This course surveys changes in the North End from the colonial period to the present within the wider context of regional and international developments. Topics include the early African presence in the North End, Cotton Mather and witchcraft, Hannah Mather Crocker and early [...]
Program on Summer Feasts on Thursday, April 26, 2012
At 6:30 pm on Thursday, April 26, at Sacred Heart Church Hall, 9 Sun Court Street, North End, Dr. Augusto Ferraiuolo, will discuss his book on the North End feasts, entitled Religious Festive Practices in Boston’s North End. Ferraiuolo is an anthropologist, and he carried out fieldwork in the North End between 2002 and 2005. [...]
Lantern Ceremony 2012 – Entrance Procession and Invocation
Video: Lantern Ceremony – Entrance Procession with the Color Guard from USS Constitution, Honorary Lantern Escorts, Grand Lodge of Masons and Members of the Militia. Following the procession, the Reverend Stephen T. Ayres, Vicar of Old North Church, welcomed nearly 500 guests and performed the invocation. Old North Church hosted the Annual Lantern Ceremony on [...]
Patriot’s Day 2012 Parade & Reenactment in North End – Photos
The annual Patriot’s Day parade and April 18, 1775 reenactment of Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride were held today at the Prado on Hanover St. in the North End. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, City Councilor Sal LaMattina and Old North Church Asst. Vicar Matt Kruger were on hand for the [...]
First Michigan Fife and Drum Corps Kick Off 2012 Patriot’s Day Celebrations on the Prado (Video)
The First Michigan Fife and Drum Corps gave a free concert on the Prado to kick off the Lantern Ceremony at Old North Church on the eve of Patriot’s Day celebrations. The event was held on Sunday, April 15, 2012 in the North End’s Prado, also known as the Paul Revere Mall.
Cyrus Dallin, His Paul Revere Statue and The Prado – April 29th Celebration & May 17th Lecture
CYRUS DALLIN, HIS PAUL REVERE STATUE AND THE PRADO Sunday, April 29, 2012, Paul Revere Mall (The Prado), Boston’s North End Boston’s North End/Waterfront community will host a historical fair on Sunday afternoon, April 29, 12-4 PM, at the Paul Revere Mall on Hanover Street in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of [...]
Video: NEMPAC’s Evening of Chamber Music at Old North Church – Part 2
Video: The final two parts of D. Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 4, Op. 83. Composed in 1949, Shostakovich, a prolific Russian 20th Century composer, was influenced greatly by the Romantic Era, however, his music contains much chromaticism and atonality, which was characteristic in the 20th century. It was “An Evening of Chamber Music” on March [...]
Lorenzo Perosi’s “Missa – Te Deum laudamus” at Sacred Hearch Church on April 29, 2012
The St. Leonard Parish Choir presents Lorenzo Perosi’s “Missa – Te Deum laudamus” with Our Lady of Czestochowa Church Choir on Sunday, April 29, 2012, 2:30 pm at Sacred Hearch Church in the North End.
