Gary Destramp recently finished a watercolor montage of North End signs. These are some of his favorite neighborhood images. Check out his website for more signs and prints.
Arts & Culture
Amelia the Drone Visits the Sunflower Blooms [Video]
Brad Young’s drone videos from Amelia’s Eyes are a favorite here on NorthEndWaterfront.com. For a weekend post in September, he takes us out of the neighborhood to Colby Farm in Newbury MA filming the sunflower bloom. “I’ve been going there every summer since I moved to Boston and it’s truly a sight to behold. The peak of the sunflower bloom last Read More…
Arts! Music! Theatre! Back to School, Back to NEMPAC!
Back to School, Back to NEMPAC! The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) is getting ready to welcome back students and music instructors to kick off our 2015-16 Academic Year! Kids are back to school and adults are returning to their regular schedules. This makes for a great time to pick up an Read More…
Video: Battle of the Barges Fireworks Over Boston Harbor
The Battle of the Barges fireworks show over Labor Day weekend brought back dueling barges to Boston Harbor lighting up the waterfront from end to end. This video shows a bit of the show and the how the North End and Seaport anchored barges were synchronized. The fireworks were organized by The Boston Harbor Association as the Read More…
Fireworks Gallery: Battle of the Barges over Boston Harbor
Bringing back dueling fireworks, the Boston Harbor Association and several private sponsors, hosted a classic “Battle of the Barges” spectacular not seen in Boston since the year 2000. Fireworks barges anchored off the North End and Seaport illuminated the sky with synchronized volleys of lights and fury, all set to music broadcast live on MAGIC 106.7 and televised Read More…
Sally Ling Cooks Special Dinner as Thanks for Ed Sokoloff Montage
Sally Ling’s was a notable upscale Chinese restaurant located at 256 Commercial Street on the Boston waterfront from 1984 to 2003. The restaurant also had a location at Newton Center. In 2013, artist and photographer Edward Sokoloff created a three panel montage containing more than 3,000 greater Boston restaurants and other eating places. In updating Read More…
Julie Burros, Boston’s Chief of Arts and Culture Speaks on Funding, Impact on City Life
Julie Burros, Boston’s new Chief of Arts and Culture spoke to neighborhood residents at the North End / Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) meeting held on August 13, 2015. Speaking on how arts and culture play in our lives, Burros discussed her role as a way to help shape the vision for public arts in Boston. Explaining how art can affect Read More…
Flight of the Angel Video – 2015 Fisherman’s Feast
Highlights from the 2015 Flight of the Angel are shown in the video above from the 105th Fisherman’s Feast in honor of Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca, held August 2015 in Boston’s North End. As the society members bring the Madonna statue home to North Street, two side angels on balconies recite an Italian devotion followed by Read More…
NEMPAC Youth Choir Performs at Hatch Shell for Italian Night [Photos]
NEMPAC Youth Choir performed at the Hatch Shell on August 5th for Italian Night with the Landmarks Orchestra. The performance was stunning and the experience for the children was invaluable. The NEMPAC Youth Choir is a collection of singers between the ages of 7 and 13 who are participants of NEMPAC’s Summer Vocal Arts Workshop. The NEMPAC Vocal Arts Read More…
New 18th Century Rolling Press at Printing Office of Edes and Gill
For the first time in over 200 years, an eighteenth century style copper plate rolling press is in operation at the Printing Office of Edes and Gill. Print master and his assistants are printing copies of Paul Revere’s famous engraving of the Boston Massacre. The new copper plate rolling press is a replica of an Read More…
August 2015 Events at the Paul Revere House
Ongoing Summer Saturdays Programming at the Paul Revere House – Held every June, July, and August Saturday from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Special events on summer Saturdays feature period craft demonstrations, historical talks from experienced staff, live music as Paul Revere heard it, and more in the museum’s courtyard, weather permitting. Included with admission to the museum: Read More…
Movie Night at the Gassy Recognizes Steven Virgilio and Pizzeria Regina
DeFilippo Playground, or “the Gassy” was far from frozen on Wednesday night, but dozens of neighborhood kids and families packed the park to watch the Frozen movie on a humid July evening. Before the start of the movie, Steven Virgilio and Pizzeria Regina were recognized for their generosity to the movie night summer programs. Virgilio started movie nights in Read More…