Winter Weekend Open House Romula Art Gallery 27 Fleet Street, Boston (North End) 617-227-2071 January 17-20, 2013 starting at 6:00 p.m each day. Come to the Romula Art Gallery in the North End, Thursday through Sunday, to meet Romula, a local up-and-coming artist. She is hosting her Winter Weekend Open House – starting Thursday and Read More…
District A-1 Boston Police arrested Richard Shiner, 47 years old, on Tuesday morning under a warrant for Breaking & Entering at St. Leonard Church. Detectives are requesting the court hold Mr. Shiner in custody, according to Sgt. Tom Lema on behalf of Captain Thomas Lee and Lt. Detective Chuck Wilson. A witness at the church Read More…
NEMPAC‘s upcoming concert will feature a String Chamber Ensemble who will present an informal, educational evening of famous Opera Arias arranged for a string quartet. Alex Duval, NEMPAC’s faculty member, will lead the concert in a lecture format, and will introduce repertoire as they go! Please join us….families, friends, community members are all invited! The Read More…
Nathan Swain, famed North End artist, presented his plans for creating murals on the walls of “The Flights” in DeFilippo Playground (“The Gassy”) on Prince Street. The proposal was introduced at the January 10, 2013 meeting of the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). NEWRA voted 28-1 to support the proposed murals. As shown Read More…
Born and raised in the North End, many residents will remember Chris Russo. He is moving up in Hollywood and was recently was promoted to 2nd 2nd Assistant Director on the Disney Show, Good Luck Charlie, that airs on the Disney Channel. Chris was active at the Nazzaro Center, went to St. John School through Read More…
This was the scene at midnight on New Year’s Eve as crowds gathered along the North End waterfront to ring in 2013. (Photos by Matt Conti. Click on images to start slideshow.)
One of the most creative First Night ice sculptures this year is the “Throne of Ice” from the new team at Faneuil Hall Marketplace. The throne opened at noon on New Year’s Eve and is generating quite the NYE buzz as “quite possibly the coolest ice sculpture in Boston,” per BostonTweet. The weather is perfect Read More…
December 30th is a great date to get married and have an evening reception at Boston Harbor Hotel’s Wharf Room at Rowes Wharf. For the rest of us, it’s a complementary fireworks preview of the midnight show to come on New Year’s Eve. In case you missed it at 9:30 pm on Sunday night, here Read More…
Looking from the south end of the Charlestown Bridge in 1899 to what we now call at Keany Square, this City Planning Board photograph from the Boston Landmarks Commission shows the Endicott and North Washington Street corner of the North End neighborhood. To the left would be Commercial Street with Causeway Street to the right. The Read More…
Dozens gathered in Copley Square earlier this week in a candlelight vigil for the Newtown shooting victims. Among them were several North Enders and NEMPAC guitar student, Chris Romano, was a featured performer. The event was organized by Kara Paladino and music for the event was coordinated by NEMPAC’s musical director, Sherri Snow. “NEMPAC is Read More…
Neighborhood Photos – A Christmas Slideshow [wooslider slider_type=”attachments” limit=”20″] Photos by Matt Conti More Christmas Photos and Posts: Halleluiah Chorus Musical Slideshow with Faneuil Hall’s Blink! Tree and Old North / NEMPAC Choirs [Video] Christmas Time is Here Again at the Nazzaro Center Citywide Trash Schedule for Christmas and New Year’s; Regular Schedule in North Read More…
New this season is the Blink! Christmas Tree light and sound show at Faneuil Hall Marketplace featuring a recording of the Halleluiah Chorus by the Boston Pops and Tanglewood Chorus. To mix it up, I took some photos and video of the show and used the soundtrack from the December 9th live performance of Handel’s Read More…