October is Italian Heritage Month! Many thanks to our friends at the Boston Post-Gazette for sharing their calendar listing, shown below. (Click pages to enlarge.) See our NorthEndWaterfront.com Community Calendar for local events.
Month: October 2017
North End Against Drugs Back to School Party
North End Against Drugs (NEAD) held its annual Back to School Dance Party last Friday, September 29th, at Polcari Playground at the Nazzaro Center. The playground was filled with students from the neighborhood and their parents, as well as students from our two neighborhood schools the Eliot and St. John’s. NEAD board members organized a Read More…
Lydia Edwards Challenges Opponent to Debates Across District
News from the campaign office of District 1 City Council candidate, Lydia Edwards: Lydia Edwards, Boston city council candidate to represent the North End/Waterfront, Charlestown, and East Boston today challenged Stephen Passacantilli to a series of debates throughout the district ahead of the November 7th general election. “I am thrilled with the response of voters,” Read More…
Building for Good: Canstruction Boston 2017
The annual charity event and exhibition, now in its 22nd year, teams up with the building industry once again to raise hunger awareness and feed more than 60,000 people in Massachusetts. October 8 through October 27, 2017 Canstruction is a charity event and exhibition where teams of architects, designers, engineers, and contractors compete in magical Read More…
North End Columbus Day Fundraising Reception on October 6th
JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF CELEBRATION & COMMEMORATION 2017 RECIPIENTS OF THE MICHAEL A. NAZZARO, JR. PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER SAL DIMASI & BOSTON CITY COUNCILOR SAL LAMATTINA MUSIC – COCKTAILS – HORS D”OEUVRES – PASTA & DESSERT STATIONS – RAFFLE – SILENT AUCTION MARRIOT LONG WHARF – HARBOR VIEW ROOM TICKETS: Read More…
Baby Storytime at the North End Branch Library
Join Ms. Alyson for stories, songs, fun, and more in a program just for babies. This program is for babies 0-18 months. Please come prepared to actively engage with your child. Starts at 10 am and will occur on the following days: October 6,13,20,27, Nov 10, 17 and Dec 8, 15, 22, 29.
Glorious Bites Challenge Cookoff on Tues, Oct. 3rd at Divine Design Center, Battery Wharf
Do you love food & wine pairing and know how to pull together creative, crowd-pleasing appetizers worthy of a trophy? Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards is searching for the nation’s most glorious appetizer recipe to pair with its Gloria Ferrer Sonoma Brut and it’s willing to pay $5,000 to get it! Starting August 15th, budding Read More…
Tuesday’s Guide: Passacantilli/Edwards Race, Addiction Inspired Mural, NBSS Veneering
What you should know for Tuesday Events for Tuesday, October 3rd: Milling of Atlantic Ave from Commercial St. to the Surface Road. There will be milling of Atlantic Avenue from Commercial Wharf to the Surface Road. During this time there will be traffic delays and parking restrictions. For more details, see the construction notice. 6:30pm Italian Heritage Month Read More…
Downtown View: Passive vs. Active
Boston is an odd city in many ways. We do have a lion and a unicorn, but our favorite icons are a grasshopper (Faneuil Hall) a cod (State House) and ducklings and swans (Public Garden). Those creatures might seem insignificant in some cities, but we’re going with what we’ve got. Amid sixteenth-to-nineteenth-century street patterns we Read More…
Dredging Underway in Boston Harbor
Dredging is underway in Boston Harbor, day and night, as part of a federally and state-funded $350 million, 3 1/2 year project aimed to bring bigger container and industrial ships through the harbor shipping channels. The first phase is to make space for new sediment near Charlestown (shown above) and then deepen the Main and Read More…
Global Voices Gala
World Education’s GLOBAL VOICES GALA October 26th, 2017, 6pm – 8 :30 PM The Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center Lighthouse Ballroom 1 Seaport Lane, Boston, MA 02210 Please join World Education in celebrating more than 65 years of empowering girls and women at the Global Voices gala. Join us for international tapas and cocktails, African drumming Read More…
St. John School Open House
St. John School Open House Wednesday, October 18th – 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. K3 – Grade 8 2017-2018 Registration for New Families For further information, please contact: Mrs. DeLeo/Admissions: 617-227-3143 x102 or vdeleo@sjsne.com Come and see the school that everyone is talking about!