Hundreds of community members, parents, instructors, founders and supporters gathered on Friday, September 23rd at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf to share their appreciation for neighborhood arts and culture at the 15th Anniversary Celebration of the North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC). Mayor Martin J. Walsh received an award for his support of Read More…
The Fay Chandler Emerging Art Exhibition is available for viewing at Scollay Square Gallery, 3rd Floor September 28 – October 28, 2016 at Boston City Hall. The work of North Ender, Sandro Carella, has been selected for exhibition. A reception is scheduled for October 6th, 6pm where awards will be presented. The 2nd annual Fay Chandler EMERGING Art Read More…
Join clergy and friends from the Old North Church and RUFF for our annual Blessings of the Animals, in honor of St. Francis Day. This year’s blessing will be on Sunday, October 2nd at 1:30 pm (note the earlier time this year) in the Prado (Paul Revere Mall). All creatures great and small are welcome! All Read More…
The heart of Saint Padre Pio was presented in Boston’s North End on Wednesday night, under heavy security, as thousands waited in line for a glimpse of the major relic at St. Leonard Church. This is the first time a relic of St. Pio of Pietrelcina has left Italy where the body of St. Pio is permanently Read More…
Update: View photos of this event here. The Capuchin Friars who run the Shrine of St. Padre Pio are coming to Boston with the heart of Padre Pio. According to a schedule released by the Archdiocese of Boston, the public may view the relic on September 21, 7 p.m. to midnight at St. Leonard’s Church in the Read More…
NEMPAC celebrates its 15th Anniversary and its own Cinderella story! The North End Music and Performing Arts Center will be celebrating their Cinderella story transformation, hosting a 15th Anniversary Celebration Friday September 23rd at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel in Boston. Created by a group of mothers seeking local music classes for their children in 2001, Read More…
The Celebrity Series of Boston is bringing back Street Pianos Boston from Sept 23-Oct 10, 2016. The pianos are part of an exhibit called Play Me, I’m Yours, created by artist Luke Jerram. There will be 60 pianos placed around Boston and Cambridge, including two pianos in the North End. There will be a piano Read More…
The Boston Lyric Opera (BLO) found the North End’s Steriti Skating Rink to be the perfect “big stage” space to rehearse for its much-anticipated production of CARMEN, coming to the Boston Opera House on September 23rd for two weeks. We stopped in to find the Stage Director Joan Anton Rechi actively choreographing about 70 cast members along Read More…
Greenway Conservancy Executive Director, Jesse Brackenbury, and Public Art Curator, Lucas Cowen, gave an update last week to the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). Cowen presented plans for a 2017 public art exhibit on the North End Parks on the Greenway at Parcel 10, across from the Boston Public Market building. The North End installation is part of a Read More…
The official trailer has been released for the movie, Live by Night, starring Ben Affleck. The crime thriller features scenes filmed here in the North End, particularly on Margaret Street and the Prado. From the movie’s Facebook page: “Live by Night” is set in the roaring `20s when Prohibition hasn’t stopped the flow of booze in an Read More…
Boston Community Collaborative proudly presents “A Night of Classical Anarchy” A site specific theatrical event! Shakespeare, Sophocles and Sondheim performed in ways you’ve never seen. This fabulous event will take place in The Gassy (DeFilippo Playground, roughly 110 Prince Street). This unique collaboration between youth and adult performers takes on many theatrical styles and challenges Read More…
Boston Community Collaborative (BCC) is extremely proud of its drama intensive students for their amazing performance of an abridged version of Hamilton this past Friday. Ingrid Oslund’s abridgment and direction of the wildly popular musical included children ages 7-14. The drama intensive had the children rehearsing four hours each day for a week to pull Read More…