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Longtime North Ender, Bob Skole, has co-authored a new book with Paul Dickson, Journalese, A Dictionary for Deciphering the News. Neighbors that know Bob will not be disappointed. The book epitomizes his everyday wit and knack for breaking through the nonsense. Published by Marion Street Press, Journalese is a new dictionary of journalistic buzzwords that looks [...]
Good news for those of us with overdue books from the library! The Boston Public Library, including the North End branch on Parmenter Street, will waive overdue fines on books, CDs and DVDs, starting November 1st through Thanksgiving. It doesn’t matter how large the fine or how long you’ve had it out … all charges [...]
The Friends of the North End Branch Library dedicated Phase II of the brick walkway at the Parmenter Street public library this week. Many supporters of the group attended and certificates were awarded for service to the library over many years. Robert Severy, historian and donor for the cleaning of the Dante Alighieri relief Christine [...]
The summer is over, and I bet you didn’t finish all the books you intended to read during this most lovely of seasons. I’m here to relieve your guilt. Most book reviews tell you what you should read. But some books are not all they are cracked up to be. I’ve read a few books [...]
The June 2012 calendar for the North End Branch Library is out. Children’s Program Highlights Read Your Way to Fenway summer essay contest runs from June 1 – July 20, and kids ages 5-17 are eligible for entry. Read at least three books, write an essay about your favorite, and you could win tickets to [...]
It was the perfect day for an outdoor book sale in the North End! The Friends of the North End Branch Library put on a banner event on Saturday, May 19, 2012. Featuring book and DVD donations from far and wide, the tables spread out along the library entrance and Parmenter Street sidewalk. Proceeds go [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
For Boston, another first, with the annual running of the Boston Marathon is celebrated by great local artists, Robert Shure, Mark Flannery and Nancy Schon. The longest continuously run annual marathon in the world, the Boston Marathon ends here at Copley Square with these sculptures. Situated adjacent to the finish line of the Boston Marathon, [...]
Two announcements from the Friends of the North End Branch Library: Accepting Items for Book Sale The Friends of the NE Library will now be accepting new and gently used books, CDs, DVDs, and videos for our upcoming book sale. We can not accept toys of any sort, magazines, or materials that are in poor [...]
Meet Stephen Puleo, historian and author who will be signing books at the USS Constitution Museum on April 15th from 1:30-3:30 pm. Sunday, April 15, 2012 1:30 – 3:30 pm USS Constitution Museum Charlestown Navy Yard Puleo is the author of A City So Grand: The Rise of an American Metropolis, Boston 1850-1900; The [...]
How many of us have a bucket list? Similar to a new years resolution but lasts longer than 14 days and is more achievement based rather than a specific lifestyle change. For North End resident Kaitlyn Greeley, 2012 is the year to cross off a good handful of her bucket list items. The biggest so [...]
The first Made-in-America sculpture is housed in the Old North Church. Boston not Philadelphia, nor New York, nor Washington D.C. can say it has the first American-made Carrara bust of George Washington, Father of our Country. Had the American Revolution not intervened, more London-made memorials might have come to Boston to join the Scheemakers, Cheere, [...]
The North End Historical Society will host a presentation of “The Unofficial Archivist” on Tuesday, February 28. Archivist and Cultural Heritage Consultant Melissa Mannon will discuss the beginning steps for creating a family archive with a focus on personal narrative and the preservation of personal papers. According to Mannon, “Many irreplaceable materials that help tell [...]
WBUR’s Here and Now interviews Deborah Kops on her new children’s book about the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston’s North End along Commercial Street. This bizarre tragedy has been written about before, but Kops decided to tell the story partly through the eyes of children who lived through it. “Disaster books are almost [...]
Book Signing by Joe Gallo author of “Boston Bronze and Stone Speak To Us” at Cafe Paradiso 255 Hanover Street, North End on Friday between 10:00 am – 12:00pm, March 2, 2012. “Boston Bronze & Stone Speak to Us” is a guidebook to the bronze and stone monuments throughout the City of Boston. In the [...]
Family, friends, fans, and well-wishers gathered at Caffé Paradiso on Saturday, December 24th to celebrate the publication and release of author Armand “Tip” Thiboutot’s new book, Wheelchairs Can Jump! A History of Wheelchair Basketball (Acanthus Publishing 2011). Thiboutot, along with co-author Stan Labanowich (now deceased), then turned his talents to crafting the definitive history of [...]
The local Italian American Women’s Group, Donne 2000, has collected the best ethnic recipes from its group members and compiled them into an attractive keepsake cookbook, entitled, Sapori Nostri – A Taste of Tradition. The cookbook contains 150 well-loved Italian recipes including appetizers, main dishes, desserts and many other recipes that have been handed down [...]
“Boston Bronze and Stone” by Joseph R. Gallo, Jr.Joe Gallo alerts us to his newest book, “Boston Bronze & Stone Speak to Us,” a guidebook to the bronze and stone monuments throughout the City of Boston. In the North End / Waterfront, we immediately recognize “Dolphins of the Sea” by Katherine Lane Weems and “Paul [...]
Video courtesy of Bostoniano.info. Former welterweight champion Tony DeMarco spent the afternoon on Saturday, October 8, 2011, signing his book, “Nardo,” to at Tony DeMarco way on the corner of Hanover and Fleet Streets. More on the book at TKOTony.com.
The sun came out for the Friends of the North End Branch Library on Saturday for the Annual Book Sale fundraiser. Book and DVD donations came from far and wide, offering the public a huge selection on the Parmenter St. sidewalk. Proceeds go to the Friends group that help support the programs at the library. [...]
I had the opportunity to interview Dom Capossela, who recently published “Dom’s, An Odyssey” asking the question, “Why did it take 6,000,000 Italians 100 years to assimilate into the American Mainstream?” The book illustrates the arduous, often tortuous road that the immigrants from Italy’s southern region, the Mezzogiorno, traveled to find a functional identity in [...]
CELEBRITY CHEF MARY ANN ESPOSITO OF CIAO ITALIA APPEARING AT ST. ANTHONY’S FEAST Featuring a day of culinary demonstration, cooking competition and cookbook signing Saturday, August 28, 2010 North End, Boston – Join Special Guest Chef & Maestra Di Cucina Mary Ann Espostio for a day of cooking demonstrations, recipe sharing, cookbook signings, a North [...]
Meet Phyllis Rugnetta and her Sheltie dog, the main character in her first children’s book, “Trooper.” First, let’s introduce Phyllis … Born and raised in the North End; third generation where she says “There is no place like home – the North End Waterfront.” Phyllis prides herself on the fact that her Italian grandparents who [...]