The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) is very excited for their Children’s Choir debut with the Landmarks Orchestra next Wednesday evening at the Hatch Shell! Italian Night is scheduled for next Wednesday, August 5th at 7:00 p.m. This is NEMPAC’s first program in partnership with the Landmarks Orchestra. The NEMPAC Children’s Choir is Read More…
Whether you go away in August or not, it is a good time to read. Everyone assumes everyone else is away. Few neighborhood meetings take place. Work is easier because some clients, customers and colleagues actually are on vacation. The “livin’ is easy,” as long as you have a beach, an air conditioner or fan Read More…
This past June, The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) received a special donation from the Boston Musicians Association Local 9-535. The check was presented by by Al Natale, retired Vice-President of the Boston Musicians Association Local 9-535 on June 7, 2015, in support of their educational music programs and special performance projects. Read More…
Hundreds of thousands visited America’s first public beach this weekend for the 12th annual Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival. The Revere Beach boardwalk is filled with food trucks and vendors, live music and the featured presentation of the Master Sand Sculptor Competition. This year’s theme is “The Spirit of Massachusetts” with a centerpiece sand Read More…
The sand sculpturing is happening this week on Revere Beach and the crunch is on to finish by Saturday afternoon. Gerri Paladino shares this photograph of the in-progress “Spirit of Massachusetts” with odes to many North End and Boston landmarks.
The Haymarket Project documentary has been released in a feature video titled Haymarket, the Soul of the City. For the last two years, the project has been releasing seasonal videos about the historic outdoor food marketplace. An accompanying exhibition is also being shown at Suffolk University’s Adams Gallery through August 30, 2015. The feature presents the four seasons at Boston’s Haymarket with photographs by Read More…
A spectacular Sunday night fireworks show (perhaps even better than July 4th) over Boston Harbor marked the Queen Mary 2’s evening departure from Boston to New York City for the final leg of her 175th Anniversary tour. The visit of Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 reflects on Boston as the company’s first port of call in the U.S. and the Read More…
After a long day and near the end of their procession on Sunday afternoon, devotees to Madonna delle Grazie take a break at the Gassy park for celebratory fireworks. Watch the scene in this short video clip. More photos to come soon. Check the Feasts category for updates. Check the latest schedule for upcoming processions Read More…
It is a weekend of Tall Ships in Boston Harbor with the Portuguese Navy’s Sagres and France’s Hermione docked at Fan Pier and Rowes Wharf, respectively, for public tours. Arriving at Fan Pier in the Seaport, the Portuguese Navy’s Tall Ship Sagres arrived as part of Sail Boston 2015. The Sagres is one of the world’s most iconic Read More…
The NEMPAC Summer Concert Series kicked off on July 9th with “Songs in the Key of Broadway: A musical timeline of 42nd Street”. The concert featured Gershwin, Cole Porter and Rodgers & Hammerstein to Sondheim, Lloyd Webber and Schwartz, in is a celebration of comedy and love with some of America’s most beloved tunes. Performers included Read More…
Early morning on 12 July, Queen Mary 2 will sail into Boston, Massachusetts, the company’s first port of call in the U.S. and the home of its first North American headquarters. The visit is part of Cunard’s 175th worldwide anniversary celebrations with a commemorative Transatlantic Crossing departing from Liverpool, England, paying tribute to the original voyage made Read More…
https://vimeo.com/69832897 The feature film, A Life Not To Follow, is about a hitman, a gangster and a private detective who share an interlacing narrative about common human frailty. The movie was shot mostly in the North End by Boston filmmaker Christopher Di Nunzio. Di Nunzio also worked in the neighborhood for many years and has lots of family Read More…