City Smoke Shop opened recently in the third retail spot at the former True Value Hardware Store location, joining Knockout Boxing and the Luxie Nail Spa. The smoke shop offers traditional cigarette, cigar and chewing tobacco along with the more recent smoking innovations including Vape, JUUL and CBD oil. Cannabidiol—CBD—is a cannabis compound touting pain relief, but Read More…
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2018 AT 7PM Grolier Poetry Book Shop 6 Plympton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Our gathering, which features poet Tino Villanueva, reading from his Grolier Poetry Press book So Spoke Penelope, is a night that honors our legacy of bringing poets and those who love poetry together, so as to explore ideas and Read More…
Check out our weekly social media highlights from residents, visitors, and more in the area. To be featured, tag us @northend.waterfront on Instagram, @northendboston on Twitter, @northendwaterfront on Facebook. Use hashtags #northendboston or #bostonwaterfront. North End’s Own Zdeno Chara Delivers Pies "At this time of the year, it's giving season. I'm just cherishing the Thanksgiving Read More…
Boston Community Collaborative (BCC) coordinated an amazing on-court opportunity for thirty lucky kids at the November 21st Celtics game against the New York Knicks. The kids participated in the halftime high five tunnel. The tunnel is made up of two lines of kids who the players high five as they run out of the locker Read More…
Things to know for Wednesday Today is Wednesday, November 28 and here’s what else you need to know for today… 6:00PM Northern Ave Bridge Meeting at District Hall in the Seaport. The City has convened a Mayoral Advisory Task Force to assist in designing and programming the new bridge. The City invites you to lend your Read More…
Construction at Greenway Parcel 9 has commenced for the Haymarket Square hotel proposal with the area being cleared and cordoned off by Suffolk Construction. The space is a vacant triangular parcel adjacent to Haymarket that came out of the Big Dig on property owned by the State’s Mass. Department of Transportation (MassDoT). A 6-story, 225-key hotel with a 1-story market Read More…
The North End Music & Performing Arts Center in partnership with the Charlestown Working Theater present a youth holiday musical production of A Christmas Carol this December! Join us as students ages 7-12 retell the classic tale of Ebenezer Scrooge and his whirlwind adventure on Christmas Eve to discover the true meaning of Christmas. Show Schedule: Location: Read More…
The Steriti Rink on Commercial Street in the North End is now open for public skating for the winter season! The rink is one of eight MA Department of Conservation & Recreation (DCR) skating rinks in the Boston area that offer public skating during the winter months. In addition to public skate seven days a Read More…
*Sponsored Post* Community Meeting on the Northern Ave Bridge Wednesday, November 28, 2018 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM 6:00 PM Open House & 6:30 PM Presentation District Hall, Assembly Room 75 Northern Ave, Boston, MA To learn more about the Northern Avenue Bridge project, you can visit the project website: www.boston.gov/northern-ave. Questions or comments? Email Read More…
Things to know for Tuesday Today is Tuesday, November 27 and Regal Popovers are headed for the West End. Popover King will bring a classic New England pastry cafe steps away from the Boston Public Market, read more on Eater Boston. Here’s what else you need to know for today… 5:30PM Boston Harbor Now Onboard Read More…
When the Southern Italian immigrants first arrived in Boston at the end of the nineteenth century, one of the few professions open to them was being a barber, and the North End had scores of barber shops. My maternal grandfather had a barber shop on Haverhill Street near North Station, and my cousin’s son has a barber shop Read More…
Blink!, the famous light and sound show, will return to deck the halls this holiday season at Faneuil Hall Marketplace beginning with the festive tree lighting on Tuesday, November 27 at 7:30 p.m. The official Blink! tree lighting will feature appearances by Santa Claus, The City of Boston Community Choir, holiday singers, and the official flipping of Read More…