End of summer fireworks returned to Boston Harbor on the Thursday before Labor Day weekend. Organized by Boston Harbor Now, the two barges off the Seaport illuminated the downtown waterfront and could be seen from the North End to East Boston. Watch the whole show, in just 3 minutes in the video below. Plus, the Read More…
PARICIPATE IN LIBRARY SURVEY By Eva Badway, FONEL The Friends of the North End Branch Library want to hear from our community. We are conducting a survey during the month of September to learn more about the needs of the patrons of the North End Branch of the Boston Public Library. Our organization aims to Read More…
The 98th St. Anthony’s Feast featured a 10-hour Grand Procession on Sunday bringing the statue of San Antonio to nearly every street in Boston’s North End. We showed you the beginning in an earlier post, and here is that last part of the procession through the neighborhood. Society members take turns carrying the saint and collecting ribbon donations. As Read More…
Boston Red Sox mascot, Wally the Green Monster, stopped by the St. Anthony’s Feast to join Ronnie Lewis and the Expedition in a rendition of Sweet Caroline. Watch a few excerpts in the above video.
Just two years before its centennial anniversary, the 98th St. Anthony’s Feast was held last weekend in Boston’s North End. Hundreds of thousands came to visit the feast, culminating in the grand finale procession on Sunday where St. Anthony’s Club members carried the saint for over 10 hours making hundreds of stops in the North Read More…
Opening ceremonies at the 2017 St. Anthony’s Feast are a spectacle for thousands of devotees of the patron saint. Joining the ceremony this year was Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker who welcomed the crowd on Endicott Street. Always on the last weekend in August, the gold-adorned statue of San Antonio emerged to the faithful under the glory of confetti Read More…
The St. Lucy Society kicked off their 96th Feast on Thursday, August 24, 2017 in honor of Santa Lucia, St. Lucy, Vergine e’ Martire – Protectress of Eyesight. The change from Monday to the Thursday night before the St. Anthony’s Feast appeared to bring out more people to the festivities. After a blessing on Endicott Street, a solemn Read More…
Enjoy these inspiring images from the 107th Fisherman’s Feast Grand Procession of the Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca, by photographer Jeff Tamagini. He also shares the spectacular Flight of the Angel at the end of the feast. My favorite are the ones of the angel getting ready to fly. Click the photos to enlarge the Read More…
The 107th Fisherman’s Feast featured the Grand Procession of the Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca through the streets of Boston’s North End on August 20, 2017. The Fisherman’s Feast is the North End’s oldest continuously running Italian festival and one of the largest with four days of festivities on North, Lewis and Fleet Streets. The tradition goes back to the Read More…
The Flight of the Angel was the grand finale of the 107th Fisherman’s Feast in honor of Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca, held Sunday night in Boston’s North End. The 2017 Flying Angel was Ava Travato Bonavita with Side Angels Sophia Fialkosky and Victoria Carregal. After an 8-hour procession during the day, Fisherman’s Club members brought the Madonna statue home to North Street where two side Read More…
The 107th Fisherman’s Feast kicked off on Thursday night continuing the tradition of the North End’s oldest running Italian festival. The festival honors Madonna Del Soccorso Di Sciacca and opening night features the Blessing of the Fishing Waters. Starting with ceremonies at the Fisherman’s Club and feast chapel at North & Lewis Streets, the statue of Read More…
Pictures from Sunday procession for the 2017 Feast of Madonna Della Cava in Boston’s North End. (More photos) It was a picture perfect Sunday afternoon for the 97th Grand Procession in honor of Madonna Della Cava as part of the annual feast in Boston’s North End. The MDC society brought out the image of Maria SS Read More…