Arts & Culture

Neighborhood Theater Ensembles Being Organized

Citi Performing Arts Center City Spotlights Neighborhood Ensembles (4 Boston neighborhoods, including North End) Are you between the ages of 11 and adult? Want to work with the largest theatre in Boston to help shine a spotlight on your community? Interested in having fun and performing on the Shubert Theatre stage? Citi Performing Arts Center Read More…

Community Event Notices

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. Read More…

Schools

Extra Help at North End Branch Library

The North End Library is offering a special program where local high school students offer children help with homework, research or even just to interact and read with them. A student named Siji, from the Commonwealth School in the Back Bay comes on Tuesdays and her colleague, Alexander, comes on Thursdays. The hours are 3:30 Read More…

Arts & Culture Food & Drink

Italian Program at Caffe Paradiso

Ciao a Tutti!! There are 3 separate courses being offered at Caffe Paradiso on Hanover Street beginning soon that are dedicated solely to “Independent and Proficient” speakers of Italian. The courses are as follows: 1. Intermediate (B2) – Literature and Advanced Grammar 1 (Thursday evenings) 2. Upper Intermediate (C1) – Literature and Advanced Grammar 2 Read More…

Business Government

Part IV – LaMattina on Hanover St., Technology & “A Day in the Life”

This is the fourth and last in a series of articles from an interview with District 1 City Councilor Salvatore LaMattina following his recent inauguration. Councilor LaMattina is beginning his second full term representing the North End/Waterfront neighborhood as well as East Boston, Charlestown and parts of Beacon Hill & Downtown. Click here to read Read More…

Community

Parks Committee Holds First Meeting

A “Parks and Open Spaces Committee” has been set up by the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association. Co-chairs Anne Pistorio and David Kubiak arranged for the first meeting on January 21, 2010, which was surprisingly well-attended. Anne Pistorio distributed a fact-filled packet of information and started the meeting with the following quote: “We want a ground Read More…

Health & Environment

Clean Streets Committee Plans for 2010

The Clean Streets Committee (cleanstreets.newra.org) met for the first time in 2010 to review its progress and look forward to the work ahead. At the January 19th meeting, co-chair Naomi Paul, asked for comments about what they are doing right and where they can be more effective. Attendees gave the committee credit for bringing attention Read More…

Arts & Culture Commentaries Real Estate

Guest Commentary: Room 801, Losing Sleep Over Boston’s Board of Appeals

The following is a commentary that appeared in condensed form in the January 22, 2010 edition of the Boston Business Journal. The full version is reproduced below. Room 801: Losing Sleep Over Boston’s Board of Appeals It’s a nondescript room with the ambience of a missile silo on the 8th floor of Boston City Hall. Read More…