ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center Participating in the Annual Feinstein $1 Million Giveaway to Fight Hunger LAST WEEK-THROUGH APRIL 30th Please send monetary donations, gift certificates for food, or non-perishable food items to the: ABCD North End/West End Neighborhood Service Center 1 Michelangelo Street Boston, MA 02113 (off Charter Street – in former Read More…
Month: April 2012
Friends of Christopher Columbus Park Letter Details Homeless Playground Incident; Requests Bodily Fluids Protocol
The following letter to City Councilor Sal LaMattina from the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park, FOCCP, details the April 20th incident with homeless people in the playground area of Christopher Columbus Park. It also requests certain protocols be put in place by the City of Boston, Parks Department, Boston Police and Health Department in future Read More…
Boston Public Schools Hosting Community Meetings on New Assignment System
North End / Waterfront and Eliot School parents might want to take part in these community meetings on Saturday, April 28, 2012 with Boston Public Schools regarding changes to the school assignment system. There is also an online survey at: bostonpublicschools.org/choice. Details from BPS below: BPS is creating a new school assignment system and we Read More…
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.
Cyrus Dallin, His Paul Revere Statue and the Prado
CYRUS DALLIN, HIS PAUL REVERE STATUE AND THE PRADO Community Celebration: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 12-4 PM Paul Revere Mall, Boston’s North End Public Lecture: Thursday, May 17th, 7:00 PM Old North Church Boston’s North End/Waterfront community will host a fair on Sunday afternoon, April 29, from Noon to 4 PM, at the Paul Revere Read More…
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 Read More…
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 Read More…
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 Read More…
The Boston Harbor Association Holds Successful 19th Annual Celebration and Auction – Photos
The Boston Harbor Association and Friends held its 19th Annual Boston Harbor Celebration & Auction to benefit TBHA’s Harbor Advocacy efforts and Harbor Education programs for Boston-area youths. The banner event was held on Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Boston Harbor Hotel. Generous contributions and auction donations will support TBHA’s free programs for urban Read More…
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. Read More…
Editor’s Note: Highlighting E-Newsletter Options from NorthEndWaterfront.com
One of the more popular ways to follow North End Waterfront .com is through the free e-newsletter that delivers the latest “News & Views” to your email inbox. Earlier in the year, we enhanced the format and increased the frequency so that a summary email to goes out a daily basis (only when there are Read More…
Obituary: Frank “Duke” J. DeLuca of the North End
Frank “Duke” J. DeLuca, 94 years of age, of Boston’s North End, passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Beloved son of the late Antonio DeLuca and Rosina Ciacia. Loving companion of many years of the late Sabatina “Santa” Devito. Beloved brother of Marco Lerra and the late George Lerra and James DeLuca. Loving brother-in-law Read More…