Happy Friday – Three Things to Know for the Weekend!
1. Instagram showing a summer scene of Salem Street:
2. Feast season is underway, check out the lineup of events this weekend:
Friday, August 12
Madonna Della Cava Feast at Hanover & Battery Streets. The Feast opens at 7:00 pm on Friday; 12pm-11pm Sat. & Sun. Check out the details on the Feast Poster. View photos from the 2015 Madonna Della Cava Feast.
6:30am Free Boot Camp at Christopher Columbus Park. Boston Parks Summer Fitness Series – free fitness programming in Boston Parks this summer.
6:30pm 6:30pm-8:30pm Crosstown Music Fridays at North Square. Crosstown Music Fridays in North Square, bringing original and classic live rock music, for free!
7:30pm Toy Story Movie Outside at Boston Harbor Hotel, Rowes Wharf. A cowboy doll is profoundly threatened and jealous when a new spaceman figure supplants him as top toy in a boy’s room.
Saturday, August 13
12:00pm History of Howard Johnson’s at North End Branch Library. A History of Howard Johnson’s: How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became an American Icon, lecture and slideshow. Howard Johnson created an orange roofed empire of ice cream shops and restaurants that stretched from Maine to Florida and from the east coast to the west coast. [Located at 25 Parmenter Street, Boston].
1:00pm The Tailor’s Craft. Clothing historian Henry Cooke takes on the role of an early Boston tailor. Watch as he “takes the measure” of visitors, then sits cross-legged, fashioning waistcoats from luxurious fabrics and “slops” from coarse weaves. [The Paul Revere House, 11 North Square, Boston] View more events at the Paul Revere House.
1:00pm #CargoGate Day at Old North Church In support of Mayor Walsh’s battle for cargo shorts, Old North Church will give visitors wearing cargo shorts free Behind the Scenes Tours. Collect your free ticket at the gift shop, right next door to the church. Tours will be offered 1-1:30, 1:30-2, 2-2:30, 3-3:30, 3:30-4, 4-4:30, and 4:30-5. Details on the event.
Sunday, August 14
7:30pm Raiders of the Lost Ark Movie at Christopher Columbus Park. Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis.
3. A date of innovation: On this day, did you know…
1851 – Isaac Singer patented the sewing machine
1908 – Henry Ford’s company built the first Model T car
1981 – PC & PC-DOS version 1.0 was introduced by IBM, their first Personal Computer
Keep up with what’s happening on the Events Calendar.
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