The West End Museum is proud to announce its 2018-2019 Board of Directors. Two new members, Paul R. Senecal and Michael J. Gropman, join those re-elected to serve, including Board President Joe McDonald. In today’s ever-changing West End, the Board remains as committed as ever to the mission of collecting, preserving, and interpreting the history Read More…
When: Thursday June, 21 and Saturday, June 23at 7:30 p.m. Where: The Great Hall at Faneuil Hall Tickets: $29 (adult), $65 (Front Row VIP Seating), $25 (students) available at www.nempacboston.org/tickets Event Details: The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) Opera Project presents Mozart’s Don Giovanni on Thursday, June 21st and Saturday, June 23rd in Read More…
Copp’s Hill Burying Ground has been recommended to receive $104,400 as part of the spring pilot program for the City’s Community Preservation Act funding. This program will fund ready-to-go projects focused on historic preservation, affordable housing, and parks and open space. Copp’s Hill Burying Ground is one of 35 recommended projects, selected by the Community Preservation Read More…
The NEMPAC Opera Project returned for its 7th season to the Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park on Sunday, June 17th, in an annual tradition to provide a free sneak preview live opera performance accompanied by piano including arias, duets, and scenes from Mozart’s Don Giovanni, for hundreds of music lovers in attendance with family and friends! Picnics, Read More…
A group of North Enders, including members of the Saint Anthony Society, traveled to Montefalcione, Italy to take part in the traditional feast day honoring St. Anthony of Padua on June 13th. The St. Anthony’s Feast Committee members, Gerry Moretti and Jason Aluia, presented metal prints from the annual North End feast to the Mayor of Montefalcione, Read More…
If your window was open on Wednesday night, you may have heard devotees to Saint Anthony marching through the streets of the North End on the traditional June 13th Feast Day alongside the Franciscan Friars and the Italian American Band. The candlelit procession through the streets of the North End followed a Mass held inside Read More…
Thanks to continued support from Public Action for Arts and Education (PAAE), the Nazzaro Center in the North End has sustained a thriving arts program for the past eleven years. Under the direction of arts teacher Josephine Lepore, the center offers children instruction in drawing (pencil, black and white, charcoal), and also oil painting and other projects. Read More…
The Parish of St. Leonard’s will commemorate the last moments of St. Anthony’s life on Tuesday, June 12 at 7 p.m. A Mass and candlelit procession through the streets of the North End will take place on Saint Anthony of Padua’s traditional feast day, Wednesday, June 13. Please note, the large St. Anthony’s Feast will Read More…
With a colorful flourish, LGBTQ+ community members and New England natives waltzed their way into Faneuil Hall Marketplace over the weekend to celebrate Boston Pride Week’s 18th anniversary. They came with an idea to celebrate the LGBTQ+’s identity and culture. The celebration was no disappointment. Smiles, applause, tears and fainting: all this was expected. A Read More…
The Navy Yard Garden Association announces a Summer Solstice Celebration and Grand Opening of its unique dog themed sculptural exhibit in the Navy Yard’s Shipyard Park on Thursday June 21, 2018 from 7PM to sunset. The public is invited to attend this free family friendly event. Please join us for the grand opening of Read More…
The annual Festa Nazionale della Repubblica Italiana and “Piazza Italia” is scheduled for Sunday June 3, 2018 at Christopher Columbus Park. The event starts at 10 a.m. and runs all day with free exhibits, a children’s area, an Italian cafe and Italian music. There will be a concert at 3 p.m. featuring Enzo Amara, Gian Faraone, Enzo Mannone, Read More…
George Saunders’ 2017 novel begins in February 1862, when the Civil War is raging and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, has succumbed to illness, and finds himself in a strange purgatory where ghosts mingle, gripe, commiserate, quarrel, and enact bizarre Read More…