The Abstract Sculpture, a public art split dodecahedron at the Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, was reconfigured this week for the 2015 season. The new configuration of the Abstract Sculpture is quite a dramatic change going from one of the tallest arrangements to a more squat, horizontal shape. The annual configuration is the fourth since the park was Read More…
Arts & Culture
“The Court Martial of Paul Revere” Author Lecture at Old North [Video]
The Old North Spring 2015 Speaker Series kicked off on March 25th with a public lecture entitled “Paul Revere: Beyond the Midnight Ride” featuring author Michael Greenburg, author of The Court Martial of Paul Revere: A Son of Liberty & America’s Forgotten Military Disaster. The free lecture was held at the historic Old North Church where the author revealed a far Read More…
NEMPAC Spring Classes – A Place Where Children Blossom
Spring is the season of blossoming and our classes provide your children an opportunity to do just that with talented professionals who are dedicated to the musical growth of their students. We have many class offerings this spring to appeal to many interests. A few of our favorite classes include Kids Music Theatre, Family Music Read More…
Google Street View Provides Virtual Experience for Freedom Trail Sites
Using its 360-degree online imagery, Google Street View has gone “off the streets” along Boston’s Freedom Trail sites. The interactive virtual experience is created using backpacks with 15 camera lenses each pointing in different directions allowing the Google system to stitch them into a panorama. The online destinations in the North End and other Boston sites adds to the Read More…
“Broad Squad” in the North End
ABC’s “Broad Squad” has setup in the North End at the Battery Wharf Hotel for fittings and wardrobe among other things. The North End base appears to be mostly supporting functions with filming taking place in Southie and Lynn. The “Broad Squad” TV pilot is about the first women to graduate from the Boston Police Academy Read More…
Celebrating Saint Joseph’s Day!
Did you have your St. Joseph’s Day zeppole? St. Patrick’s Day and the Irish tend to get the most attention this week in Boston. But, as those revelers recover you will find plenty of recognitions in the North End for March 19th as Saint Joseph’s Day. In addition to church services, many will stop in the pastry shops for Read More…
NEMPAC Launches Scholarship Benefit Campaign
On Monday, March 16th, the online campaign, Support NEMPAC Children’s Music Scholarship, was launched through Indiegogo with a fundraising goal of $2,500. NEMPAC aims to give every child an equal opportunity to experiment, create, and potentially influence our future with an inspiring musical experience. Every dollar given to the scholarship fund can truly make a Read More…
North End Student Performs at Massachusetts Education Theater Guild Drama Festival
Nicholas Benning of the North End, a senior at Boston College High School, competed as a member of BC High’s cast and crew in this year’s One Act play, Once Upon A Midnight, in the Massachusetts Education Theater Guild Drama Festival on Saturday, February 28. The students, along with Technical Director Mrs. Janet PetitBon, Read More…
Dry Dock Preparations for USS Constitution [Photos]
A barge bearing a heavy-lift crane appeared on the Charlestown waterfront this past weekend. It appears that a new watertight gate/door/caisson is being installed in the dry dock that will be used for the restoration of the U.S.S Constitution. These images show the caisson being put into place. The caisson was fabricated in Norfolk, VA and Read More…
Volunteers Wanted For North End Columbus Day Committee Celebrations
The following is an announcement from the North End Columbus Day Committee: Yes, we’re at it again! Preparations have begun and are underway for the upcoming 2015 North End Columbus Day celebrations. Over the next seven months, the NE Columbus Day Committee will carefully prepare and organize for what is one of the North Ends most Read More…
NEMPAC and Boston Landmarks Orchestra Summer Workshop & Concert
North End Music and Performing Arts Centers (NEMPAC) is partnering with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra for a special Children’s Italian Music Concert at the Hatch Shell on August 5th. Youth singers of all ability levels are invited to participate. We will NOT turn down any student due to program costs. This is an exceptional opportunity and Read More…
Grant Jacoby Joins NEMPAC Faculty
Grant Jacoby has joined NEMPAC’s Musical Theatre Troupe team as choreographer for the upcoming musical production of Peter Pan Jr. being presented in May. Grant was born and raised in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where he began his dance training at the Kathy McCrohon Dance Center and as a featured dancer in countless musicals. He founded his Read More…