The Friends of Christopher Columbus Park organized a terrific day of kid-oriented events at the park attended by over 500 neighbors from the North End and Waterfront area. The celebration was held on Monday, October 11, 2010. Click to see dozens of pictures from the celebration in the photo gallery. The day started with a Read More…
NoEnd, the NEMPAC house band, is playing at 2:30 pm on Columbus Day at Christopher Columbus Park, as part of the holiday festivities. The band’s members include Jeremy Sarzana, Mikaya Emma, Carrie Huisingh, Tim Griffin and Brian Johnson. The events start on Monday, October 11th at 10:45 am with a short parade in the park Read More…
Join us this Sunday, October 3, at 3:00p.m. for the annual Blessing of the Animals in the Prado at Unity Street. This custom is conducted in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals and ecology whose remembrance day is Oct. 3, and his love for all creatures. St. Francis wrote the “Canticle Read More…
Click on the video clip below to view part of the filming of the recently released movie, “The Town.” It’s a brief stunt where the robbers, dressed as nuns, torched a getaway van before heading into a 2nd getaway vehicle. The torch scene took place on Foster St., and the video was shot from inside Read More…
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The Mather Family Tomb in Copp’s Hill Burying Ground was recently restored, apparently by descendents of the family famous for their involvement in the early days of Massachusetts history. The tomb holds the remains of Increase Mather, his son Cotton Mather and grandson Samuel Mather. As seen in the photos below, the tomb’s condition is Read More…
The cookbook published in December 2003 has received rave reviews on BarnesandNoble.com and can be purchased for $11.69 at this link.
Friday, October 29th, 2-8pm is when the playground outside the Nazzaro Center turns into the ROC Halloween Haunted House and Carnival. In addition to the haunted house, there will be a pumpkin patch, pony rides, moon walk, super slide, candy, pizza and face painting. The flyer below has all of ROC Teen Saturday’s Haunted October Read More…
North End artist, Nathan Swain, is one of those people that walks through the city and looks for ways to spruce up its drab infrastructure. To the amazement of many, he has already completed several projects. First, he painted large-scale murals for the “windows” of the Salem Street powerhouse building. More recently, he beautified the concrete wall in Read More…