You know it when you see it. For Lucas Cowan, public art curator for the Greenway, it is the bean, or, more formally, “Cloud Gate” by Anish Kapoor in Chicago’s Millennium Park. For Julie Burros, chief of arts and culture for the City of Boston, it is the 1971 Corita Kent painting on the big Read More…
The North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) hosted their annual Pumpkin Painting on the Prado on Wednesday, October 18th! It was a spectacular sunny, warm October day – perfect for our little artists to get creative! Over a hundred families came out to the event this year to share in the fun! This Read More…
The North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) partners up with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra and Eureka Ensemble to host its 3rd annual Messiah Concert on Wednesday, December 13th 2017. The concert will be presented at St. Stephen’s Church at 7:00 p.m. and will feature Part I of the Messiah and a special Youth Choir prelude Read More…
The October 2017 Italian American Heritage Kick Off at Massachusetts State House was sponsored by the Italian Consul General Nicola De Santis and the Italian American Heritage Committee. Speaker of the House Rep. Robert De Leo served as Master of Ceremonies ushering in a full month of activities all over the Commonwealth run by Italian and Read More…
The bi-annual North End Columbus Day Parade was held Sunday October 8th, beginning at City Hall Plaza and making its way through downtown Boston, the waterfront and into the North End. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh was Grand Marshall accompanied by District 1 City Councilor Sal LaMattina, State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz and State Sen. Joe Boncore. Most of the City Councilors-at-large were represented including Michelle Read More…
NEMPAC invites the community to attend their upcoming event “Boston Composers: Then & Now” on Friday, October 27th 2017 at the Bijou de la Vida private art gallery in the North End. The art gallery, owned by a NEMPAC trustee, provides the perfect accessible, 50-seat intimate venue for our community members to experience a classical Read More…
October is Italian Heritage Month! Many thanks to our friends at the Boston Post-Gazette for sharing their calendar listing, shown below. (Click pages to enlarge.) See our NorthEndWaterfront.com Community Calendar for local events.
October 6 @ 2 – 4:30 p.m. ~ “Psycho” (1960) October 13 @ 2 – 4:30 p.m. ~ “Cat People” (1942) October 20 @ 2 – 4:30 p.m ~ “Night of the Hunter” (1955) October 27 @ 2 – 4:30 p.m. ~ “Village of the Damned” (1960) At North End Branch Library, 25 Parmenter Street, Read More…
Filming for the new Godzilla movie came to Boston’s North End on Wednesday with crews setting up on Hanover Street. Photos by Adam Castiglioni (@ConciergeBoston) “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Submit your interesting photos using our Submit a Post form or tag @northend.waterfront on Instagram. Please include a caption or story Read More…
The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) hosted friends and art lovers on Thursday night at their Autumn Jazz Soirée Welcome Back Party on the Prado. Under a canopy of trees, neighbors joined for an evening of music, food and drinks on the doorstep of the NEMPAC building, the non-profit’s music studio and after-school Read More…
Santa Rosalia di Palermo Society held their 78th Annual Mass and Procession on Sunday, September 10, 2017 in Boston’s North End. The Santa Rosalia Society was formed in Boston in 1939 hailing from Palermo, Italy. This year’s celebration was in memory of late member, Pino Zannelli. Highlighting this year’s procession, a relic was displayed that was gifted from the Read More…
For the last two weeks of summer, Boston Community Collaborative (BCC) held two drama intensives/workshops. These offerings were designed based on feedback from our during-the-school-year students and families. Feedback requested programming during the last two weeks of summer when few programming options for kids exist. This is Boston Community Collaborative’s second year offering such programming Read More…