On Saturday, August 21st, The North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) participated in the Annual West End Children’s Festival on Thoreau Path in the West End. NEMPAC provided an Instrument Petting Zoo and a number of performances. Of the Instrument Petting Zoo, NEMPAC’s Executive Director Rebecca Griffin said: “Children get so excited when Read More…
InterAct Boston and the Chu Ling Dance Academy presented an interactive dance experience to the Rose Kennedy Greenway in the Wharf District Parks on Saturday, August 28th. InterAct Boston brings performing artists from across the city to engage the public, creating an interactive environment where spectators get to jump into the act! The Greenway is Read More…
Armenian Heritage Foundation invites you to the Ground Breaking Ceremony for Armenian Heritage Park Thursday, September 9, 2010, 2:00 pm Parcel 13 on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, Boston, Massachusetts (Near Mercantile Wharf and Quincy Market) Among the distinguished guests in attendance: His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians The Honorable Deval L. Patrick, Read More…
North End Against Drugs (NEAD) & Boston R.O.C.K.S. will continue to have free Arts & Crafts for Children ages 6 to 16 at the Mirabella Pool on Thursday 1-4 pm, August 26th. This weeks Sports Night will also be on Thursday August 26th at the Nazzaro Center with Al & Mikey Fud. Sports Night is Read More…
NORTH END/WATERFRONT RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION Zoning, Licensing and Construction Committee www.newra.org Meeting Agenda (Revised 8/22/10) Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 7:00 PM The Pilot House, 2 Atlantic Avenue Zoning and Licensing Applications There are no immediate zoning or licensing applications. The applications for zoning relief at 133 Salem Street (convert to retail on first floor, residential on Read More…
NEWRA’s Clean Streets Committee Meets To Discuss Neighborhood Trash & Cleanliness Issues. North End residents believe that enforcement of existing trash and cleanliness ordinances is key to cleaning up the neighborhood. That was the message at this week’s Clean Streets meeting, a volunteer neighborhood committee of the North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA). The Green Ticket Read More…
The North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association has issued its “Support, with conditions” letter, shown below, to the Licensing Board. The letter follows last week’s NEWRA meeting and describes its voting process. NEWNC, the North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council, voted in July to support the license as presented with a midnight closing, 7 days/week. Both neighborhood groups are Read More…
The North End Children’s Center at the North End Community Health Center is looking for replacement toys and equipment. See the note below from Director Tim Clifford. (Via the NEWMA bulletin board.) I want to thank all of you who kindly offered to help us with replacing our lost supplies and toys. On June 6th, Read More…
It was a Celtic Night on Tuesday with Laura Cortese at Christopher Columbus Park bringing ancient fiddle styles to pop songs. Opening the music night was the Gilcrhist Trio. Next up for the end of the City’s Waterfront Performing Arts Series are the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), “A bawdy parody of the plays written Read More…
There were plenty of neighborhood tidbits at this week’s North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association (NEWRA) meeting, with an extended President’s report by Mark Paul and numerous committee reports. College students will be moving back into the neighborhood in early September. Residents are advised to report problems early in the semester to the Problem Properties TaskForce. Mark Read More…
Ezio (left), 4, and Luke, 3, both of the North End, work side by side to decorate their refrigerator magnets at the August 10 Artists in Residence Craft Workshop presented by ParkARTS at Christopher Columbus Park in the North End. Ezio and Luke have come out to the workshops frequently throughout the summer as they Read More…
During the first week of August, the annual North End Family Pride Week was sponsored by North End Against Drugs and the Nazzaro Center. This year’s program was in honor of the late Bobby DeCristoforo, NEAD founder and President. Click here to view all the photos, sent in by organizer John Romano. CLICK HERE TO Read More…