Daily Briefs

Wednesday’s Brief: Best Italian Restaurants, Classic Greek Flavors, Author Talk, Film Screening, Lecture Series

Things to know for Wednesday

Today is Wednesday, September 26th and have you been craving the best Italian food you can possibly find? You’re in luck, Hoodline just pulled together their guide to Boston’s top 5 Italian restaurants featuring some North End favorites, read more here.

Here’s what else you need to know for today…

6:00PM Farm-to-KITCHEN Cooking Class: Classic Greek Flavors. he KITCHEN at the Boston Public Market is honored to welcome James Beard Award Winner and Top Chef Masters contestant Chef Jody Adams for a very special hands-on cooking experience. In Chef Adams’ class, attendees will learn to make traditional Greek cuisine, see additional details here.

6:30PM Author Talk: Carmine Vittoria. Carmine Vittoria stops by the North End Library at 25 Parmenter Street and discusses his book, Bitter Chicory to Sweet Espresso: Survival and Deliverance from WWII in the Naples, Italy, Area 1940-49, which relates events of WWII as witnessed by the author as a child, see additional details here.

6:30PM Kerstin and the Giant Manta Rays: Film screening and Q & A. Stop by the Simons IMAX Theater at 1 Central Wharf to see the film Kerstin and the Giant Manta Rays features Peruvian marine scientist and social entrepreneur Kerstin Forsberg and her pioneering efforts to protect giant oceanic manta rays in Peru. To save these enigmatic species, which are globally threatened by overfishing and bycatch, Forsberg and her team at Planeta Océano garnered the help of local fishing communities, government officials, and international organizations, see additional details here.

6:30PM Tyranny Unmasked: The Townshed Acts in Britain, Ireland and America. Stop by the Old South Meeting House at 310 Washington Street for the Free Lowell Lecture Series presented by the Paul Revere Memorial Association. This year our annual fall lecture series examines Boston’s reaction to the Townshed Acts, upon their 250th anniversary.

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Plan your events with the Community Calendar:

Thursday, September 28

6:00PM My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie by Todd Fisher. Join I AM Books at 189 North Street for a book talk by Todd Fisher featuring his first autobiography, My Girls: A Lifetime With Carrie & Debbie (Harper Collins/William Morrow).

Friday, September 29

1:00PM September Films: Back to School. Join the North End Branch Library at 25 Parmenter Street for their September Film Series: Back to School, see additional details here.

6:00PM Survival and Deliverance from World War II in Naples. Stop by I AM Books at 189 North Street for a book talk with Carmine Vittoria about the events of WWII in the Naples area.

7:00PM NEMPAC Fundraiser Event | Reception & Concert. Stop by the North Bennet Street School at 150 North Street, Windgate Hall for a very special evening that will feature a music program, pre-concert reception and more, see additional details here.

From the Community:

Catching up with Rich Gedman

Before the final Pawtucket Red Sox game of the 2018 season, I caught up with former Boston Red Sox catcher and current PawSox hitting coach, Rich Gedman, for a brief conversation in the dugout, continue reading.

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