Love was in the air at the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park Valentine event at the festively-decorated park trellis on Monday, February 17th. The Friends greeted visitors and invited them to write their love messages on small pink hearts and to share the love by attaching them to a ‘love column’ for all the world Read More…
This event was originally scheduled for 2/14 but was postponed due to cold weather. It will take place on Monday, February 17 at 4:00 p.m.! In addition to giant candy message-hearts, Valentine themed lights, and romantic music, the Friends will be handing out personal-sized pink hearts. On these, you can write your loving sentiments and Read More…
The Month of Love featuring gigantic candy conversation hearts officially opened under the trellis at Christopher Columbus Park on February 1st. Joanne Hayes-Rines, President of the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park, officiated the ribbon cutting ceremony. She recognized park art curator and artist Robyn Reed for her creativity in developing the Valentine-themed installation, now in Read More…
Join The Friends of Christopher Columbus Park (FOCCP) at the park’s well-known trellis for A Month of Love this February! On February 1 at 3 p.m. the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park will officially open a ‘Month of Love’ under the trellis at Christopher Columbus Park. Visitors will be greeted at the Greenway end of the trellis Read More…
Get your holiday sparkle on and come to the Friends of the North End Library’s free holiday luncheon at the North End Library (25 Parmenter Street) on Saturday, December 7 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Take a chance on a 50/50 raffle. Enjoy holiday songs performed by NEMPAC’s Children’s Choir. Feast on delicious food. This Read More…
In their visual art class at the Eliot School, grade 7 students partnered with members of the Boston Host Lions Club to participate in the Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest. Students were asked to create original designs based on the theme “Journey of Peace”. Eliot School Principal Traci Walker Griffith was an enthusiastic supporter Read More…
Women in World Jazz sponsored by the Friends of the North End Branch Library recently heated up the North Bennet Street School atrium with their stylish renditions of jazz music from around the world. This quintet celebrated diversity with an eclectic music selection that tapped into a variety of cultures and eras. Their talent and Read More…
Christopher Columbus Park has been selected by Suffolk University to be part of a marketing study this semester to better understand the public’s involvement with the Park. You can help by participating in this anonymous survey that Suffolk University has created. As a thank you for taking the survey, you can be entered into a Read More…
As author Stephanie Schorow stated during her book talk about Inside the Combat Zone, “You can cut off the supply, but not the demand.” With the demise of Scollay Square and its titillating attractions due to massive urban renewal in the late 1950s, salacious entertainment moved to the middle of the city in the Washington Street Read More…
The Friends of the North End Library are once again presenting an intriguing book talk. Author Stephanie Schorow will be at the North End Library on May 29, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. to talk about her book, Inside The Combat Zone. Her presentation will tell about “the Stripped Down Story of Boston’s Most Notorious Neighborhood.” Read More…
Once again the Friends of the North End Library are at work. The ongoing book sale is an important source of revenue for the group. The bookcases near the library entrance used for the book sale did not make optimal use of the space so Rita Pagliuca from the Friends asked Mark Nescio, North Ender Read More…
Walking through the expansive and somewhat barren City Hall Plaza, it is difficult to imagine the space as it was from its pre-Colonial days, through the notorious years as a seedy but vibrant entertainment destination, into the 1960s as all traces of the once lively neighborhood were demolished to become Government Center. Author David Kruh Read More…