February 27th marks the beginning of NEMPAC’s annual “Pledge Me” Perform-a-thon Campaign, with the goal of raising $2,500 in pledges for Children’s Music Scholarships. The Perform-a-thon, NEMPAC’s Annual Fundraising Concert, will take place on Saturday, April 8th at THE KITCHEN at the Boston Public Market, featuring a four hour straight show of NEMPAC students and Read More…
For eight years, the art of Nathan Swain has been hanging at the New Spin Laundromat on Salem Street in Boston’s North End. All good things must come to an end. Nate is holding a 3-day show February 18-20 at Artists or Humanity, 100 West Second Street where those paintings and more will be on sale in a Read More…
Celebrating a new ongoing series called “The Family,” Giovanni DeCunto held an opening party for friends and fans at his studio in the Seaport. Well known in the North End, Giovanni has painted a wide array of world changers including Frank Sinatra, Gianni Versace, Jay Z, Beyonce, Steve Jobs, and so many more. Giovanni DeCunto’s larger-than-life paintings hang Read More…
North End resident and artist Michael Dean shares his 24″x18″ oil painting of Terramia Ristorante on the corner of Salem and Bartlett Street. Headed for Dinner at Terramia, N.End is a commissioned piece Michael recently painted for former North End resident Matt Cook. The painting is a visual representation of Matt’s own charming North End story. Matt spent over ten Read More…
Opening in Boston this week is a new photography exhibition, Life of a Swiss Guard: A Private View. As part of an international tour, the display of the Pontifical Swiss Guard comes from the Vatican Museum. The free exhibit is open to the public, 9-3 daily, through March 25, 2017 at Faneuil Hall on the 4th Read More…
A North End tradition, the annual Elephant Brunch, has come to an end with the announced closing of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Typically held in mid-October, the circus elephants would parade down Causeway Street onto Commercial Street before reaching their brunch destination near the Hanover Street Fire House. There, to the delight of onlooking children and Read More…
The North End Music and Performing Arts Center presents its annual Valentine’s Opera Concert titled “The Music and Words of Amore”, on Sunday, February 12th 2017 at 5:00 PM at La Galleria 33 Restaurant, in collaboration with Opera On Tap Boston. This romantic evening will include three sets of classic duets and arias about love Read More…
A longtime fixture at his Lewis Street studio in the North End, Giovanni DeCunto is unveiling an ongoing series called “The Family,” this week at his new gallery in the Seaport District. Giovanni has painted a wide array of world changers including Frank Sinatra, Gianni Versace, Jay Z, Beyonce, Steve Jobs, and so many more. Giovanni DeCunto’s Read More…
NEMPAC is excited to announce a new program offering at the St. John School, an after school Strings Program for children in grades 1 – 3 and a JR Program for grades K3 – K5, beginning on February 2nd and running for 10 weeks. The class will be taught by NEMPAC’s new Suzuki trained instructor, Read More…
Guerilla artist, Nate Swain, has struck again! If you walk the Greenway past Rowes Wharf, you will notice the tunnel egress headhouse has turned into a “log cabin.” The 67 foot vinyl wrap is held up using thirty magnets, specifically 100 lb. neodymium magnets. The 3D logs are painted on a discarded Yahoo ad vinyl fence scrim. “It’s Read More…
Portrait of a Power Couple, An Evening of Beethoven and Schubert, thrilled the audience as part of the Winter Concert Series, presented by North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC). Hosted at the Bijou de la Vida Art Gallery in Boston’s North End, the concert featured local musicians and opera singers including John Nevergall (tenor), Read More…
Fighting that yearly cabin fever? NEMPAC’s Early Childhood Education Program is the perfect solution. Get your kids moving and grooving in the following music classes, which have spaces available for our Winter Session beginning next week! NEMPAC’s Early Childhood Program is a great stepping stone to Private Music Instruction or after school classes. To register, Read More…