Around the midway point of the 19th Century, the city of Boston was developing into a thriving metropolis. Many of the landmarks we still hold dear today were being built across the city. Such institutions as the Boston Public Library, the oldest public library system in the country, the world-renowned Parker House Hotel and the Charles Read More…
Boston Community Collaborative’s drama students in the Josiah Quincy Boston Public School Afterschool program recently presented “A Slice of Shakespeare.” The adaptations of Macbeth and 12th Night were prepared over a 9 week period, and were performed last Wednesday at the JQS auditorium. The adaptations were written, directed and choreographed by Ingrid Oslund, lead drama Read More…
Boston Community Collaborative facilitated the writing of lots of THANK YOU cards yesterday in celebration of THANKSGIVING. BCC provides this activity annually at the North End branch of the Boston Public Library. This year, we were at the Library at 10 am and again at 3 pm to accommodate two different groups of folks – Read More…
North End Historical Society President, Alex Goldfeld, spoke at this month’s meeting of the North End / Waterfront Neighborhood Council. NEWNC’s community chat segment covered the work that NEHS is doing with its events and publications. View the above video to see the presentation and for more information, see the NEHS website.
In its largest event ever, the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park joined with the Boston Parks and Recreation Department to host thousands at the 15th annual lighting of the park’s signature trellis on Monday, November 20. Boston’s historic waterfront was transformed into a holiday wonderland when the park’s 260 feet of trellis were set aglow with 50,000 Read More…
Students of the North End Music and Performing Arts Center’s (NEMPAC) Music Theatre Troupe performed Narnia at St. Stephen’s Church on November 16th and 18th. The cast brought all the magic of this fantastical story to life in a vibrant production that engaged both children and adults! In its next session, NEMPAC’s Music Theatre Troupe will present The Read More…
Photos by Dan Norman. Between October 26th and November 5th, horror fans of stage and screen gather at the Twin Cities Horror Festival, the only theater festival in the country to produce solely horror theater. This year, Boston Community Collaborative premiered the original production Sadie Mae, 1969, a play about the Manson Murders from the Read More…
James C. O’Connell spoke about his new book, “Dining Out in Boston: A Culinary History” at a special book talk sponsored by the North End Historical Society on November 16th at the Mariner’s House in North Square. Dining Out in Boston is a comprehensive historical overview of the development of Boston’s restaurants. The book uses an Read More…
Anthony V. Riccio recently presented photographs from his book From Italy to Boston’s North End – The Photographs of Anthony V. Riccio 1972-1982. The book documents the arc of the Italian American immigration experience with images of daily life taken in the rural villages of southern Italy to everyday life in Boston’s North End during the 1970’s Read More…
“Conversations in Craft”, a collaborative exhibition between Fruitlands Museum (operated by the Trustees of Reservations), and the acclaimed North Bennet Street School (NBSS), will open on Saturday, November 18, 2017 at Fruitlands Museum in Harvard. Organized by the Trustees, this exhibition will feature newly created, original pieces of wooden furniture made by master craftspeople from NBSS, alongside historic pieces of furniture hand-selected Read More…
Environmental Project Raises Awareness of Ocean Pollution; Turns Trash into Art Christopher Columbus Park’s “Changing Course” art installation has been selected to be part the 10th Annual Boston Greenfest, to be held August 11-13, 2018. The installation was designed and created by Friends of Christopher Columbus Park (FOCCP) Board member and Art Curator Robyn Reed. “Changing Read More…
The NEMPAC Music Theatre Troupe, Broadway Intensive Program presents a 90 minute musical version of “NARNIA, the Musical” on Thurs. Nov 16th and Sat. Nov 18th at 6:00 p.m. at the St. Stephen’s Church. The 17 actors, singers and dancers in the production have been rehearsing weekly on Friday’s as part of NEMPAC’s new intensive Read More…