Weekend Brief: Lego Club, Italian Language Classes, STEAM Saturdays, North End Tech Start-Up Hiring

Things to know for Friday

Your daily roundup for Friday, January 5:

11:00AM Canceled! Little Groove Concert at the North End Library. Join the North End Library at 25 Parmenter Street for its Little Groove Concert where children have the opportunity to interact with parachutes, puppets, instruments and more.

Notable News:

Boston Startups and Tech Companies Hiring in January

January has been dubbed the month of engineers as career opportunities in tech continue to boom in Boston with a number of companies actively looking for candidates like Catalant Technologies, Formlabs and HubSpot. BostInno has the full list including the North End based software company, Dispatch.

12 fun things to do in Boston this weekend

After spending the past day or two snowed in, Metro Boston has pulled together a list of 12 fun things to do in Boston this weekend including the no pants subway ride, The Killers concert and a North End pizza tour, continue reading on Metro Boston.

Snow day snacks:

Bomb cyclone homemade pasta bolognese for the win!!

A post shared by Karla Hawkins (@karlam1227) on Jan 4, 2018 at 5:59pm PST

Plan your events with the Community Calendar:

Saturday, January 6:

9:30AM Lego Club at the North End Library. Join the North End Library at 25 Parmenter Street for some after school fun building legos.

10:30AM I Piccoli Lettori. Join I Am Books at 189 North Street for its Italian reading group for children ages 0-4 and their parents. Come ready to engage and participate in a fun morning of Italian language learning.

12:00PM STEAM Saturday at the North End Library. Join the North End Library at 25 Parmenter Street for their STEAM activities for children ages 6 and younger. This week’s activity will include building an indoor snowman.

From the Community:

Remembering Joe Pace

The late Italian grocer owner Joe Pace Sr., son of Nicolo and Rosaria Pace, passed away after a battle with cancer on Christmas Eve. Pace was 70 and leaves behind three stores and a legacy of giving, hard work and a plethora of satisfied loyal customers. Pace helped build his family’s North End mom-and-pop shop into a booming multi-location business, continue reading on Wicked Local.

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Keep up with what’s happening on the Events Calendar.

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