The Friends of the North End Branch Library will begin accepting donations for it’s upcoming May 22nd Book Sale on Monday, March 15th. We welcome gently used or new books, DVDs, Videos, CDs, and Books on Tape. You can leave your donations in the back program room under the sign marked “Leave Your Donations Here”. Read More…
Arts & Culture
NEAD Offering Discount Tickets to Globetrotters Family Day
Once again thanks to the generosity of the TD Garden Charities, NEAD (North End Against Drugs) is able to offer discount tickets to the Harlem Globetrotters for the annual Globetrotters Family Day. The show is on Sunday March 28th at 1pm. Tickets cost $11 each. Deadline is Thursday March 18th at 5pm. Please let John Romano at Read More…
More Movies to Film in North End?
Given the number of movies we have seen filming recently in the North End area, it is noteworthy that a State legislature committee defeated an effort to rescind tax credits to movie companies. House Bill 3854 was an attempt to cut the film tax credit but rejected by the Joint Committee on Revenue this week. Read More…
NEMPAC’s Spring Fling Fundraiser
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Jules Aarons Exhibition Features Neighborhood Photos
Boston Public Library is currently featuring an exhibition “Man in the Street: Jules Aarons Photographs Boston 1947 – 1976” with several photos of the North End as well as other Boston neighborhoods. From the Boston Public Library: In 1997, the Boston Public Library began collecting the work of Boston photographer Jules Aarons (1921-2008),and the library Read More…
Weekly North End Branch Library Events
The following events are at the North End Branch Library at 25 Parmenter Street this week. Mon Mar 8 11:00 am Films for Children On Mondays, come and watch children films at the North End library. Tue Mar 9 10:30 am Baby Storytime 25 minutes of rhymes, bounces, and songs for those birth to 1 Read More…
Boston Architectural College Preps for April 8th Gala
Anita Baglaneas(R) of the North End/Waterfront and Marc Pelletier(L) of Charlestown came together at a Boston Architectural College (BAC) Host Committee member meeting where committee members prepared for the Art & Design of the 20th and 21st Centuries (AD20/21) Gala Preview. This gala will benefit the BAC as the college’s only fundraising event of the year. Read More…
Helping the North End Branch Library
The Boston Public Library has set up a webpage regarding its budget crisis that asks for feedback and ideas. It also specifically asks for descriptions of positive attributes and community benefits of individual branches. If you wish to submit comments on the North End Branch Library, the link is: http://www.bpl.org/general/budget The next meeting of the Read More…
St. Leonard’s Music Director Wins Award
The Music Director at St. Leonard’s Church in the North End, Kevin Galie, has been awarded the prize “i migliori” from the Pirandello Lyceum of Massachusetts (www.pirandello.com), the organization that sponsors St. John’s School Saturday Italian Program for Children and Adults. Kevin is also the director of the Coro-Dante, that has performed several concerts at Read More…
NEMPAC Benefit Concert for Scholarships
NEMPAC, the North End Music & Performing Arts Center, held its annual benefit concert at the Old North Church to a large crowd on February 27, 2010. NEMPAC’s instructors volunteered their time and talent to perform music ranging from classical to rock in order to raise funds for scholarships. NEMPAC John Romano said, “With cutbacks Read More…
Latest on “OxyMorons” Movie
Loaded Gun reports the latest status of the movie “OxyMorons” from the North End’s Damien DePaola (Ristorante Damiano), Director Robert Scali, Screenwriter John Hickey and featuring UFC fighter Tim Sylvia. The independent film was shot in Charlestown and the North End last Fall. Sam Baltrusis posts: “Based on the screen writer’s real-life experiences with drug Read More…
Greenway’s Botanica Falls Victim to Storm
The wind from last night’s storm severely damaged “Botanica,” the twirling metal sculpture on the Rose Kennedy Greenway across from Rowes Wharf.