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North End Stories: Joe Scrapicchio Talks About the Origins of the Feasts

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North End Stories produces another terrific interview as part of its historical digital narrative project on the North End. In this video, Joe Scrapicchio explains the origins of the North End feasts, a tradition of festivals that immigrants brought over with them from Italy. View more videos and photos at NorthEndStories.com.

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New Exhibition at The West End Museum! “VINTAGE COSTUMES OF BURLESQUE” from April 10 – May 12, 2012

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New Exhibit Celebrates the Glory Days of Boston’s Burlesque Era On Tuesday, April 10, the West End Museum will present Vintage Costumes of Burlesque in partnership with The Great Burlesque Exposition. The exhibit, which runs through May 12 in the Museum’s Members Gallery, commemorates Boston’s burlesque era and “The Old Howard” through displays of vintage Read More…
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North End Religious Processions and Feasts Start for 2013 Summer Season

Posted on Author Matt Conti

The Summer 2013 Religious Processions and Feasts are getting underway in Boston’s North End. Kicking off the season on Sunday, June 2nd at 2:00 pm is the procession in honor of Santa Maria di Anzano. The full schedule of processions and festivals is shown below and always available at the http://northendwaterfront.com/feasts webpage. North End Italian Read More…
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101st Anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood in Boston’s North End

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January 15th is the anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 in Boston’s North End. The United States Industrial Alcohol Company constructed a faulty 50 foot high steel tank in 1918 on Commercial Street near where Langone Park is located today. Twenty one people were killed and another 150 injured when the tank ruptured Read More…