The big North End feasts kick-off this weekend with the St. Joseph’s Feast at the corner of Hanover & Battery Streets. Here are some photos and a video clip from Saturday, July 24, 2010. Click here to view more photos of the July 2010 St. Joseph’s Feast. On the Prado, international singing sensation Angelo Picardi, Read More…
Amazing photos from this week’s thunderstorm sky and lightning over Puopolo Park on Commercial Street looking toward Charlestown. (Photos by Brendan O’Brien.) View more storm sky photos.
The trailer for Ben Affleck’s “The Town” has been released. View the trailer below by clicking on the video play arrow. The “Made in Boston” movie includes extensive scenes filmed in the North End from when the production team was here last summer. In addition to Affleck, the film stars Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Blake Read More…
“Viva! Saint Agrippina” is a documentary that takes place in Boston’s historic North End. Since 1914, the Saint Agrippina Benefit Society have been hosting an annual feast in honor of the martyred Saint, a tradition which originated in Mineo, Sicily. Society Members tell the tales of Saint Agrippina’s short and tragic life. Rather than exhibiting Read More…
NECN reports on the 75th Anniversary of Suffolk Downs and the prospects for a casino resort at the East Boston/Revere racetrack. Owners unveiled pictures of a proposed casino this week (see the video clip). On the other side, NeighborsOfSuffolkDowns.org is asking for an independent cost analysis. The State legislature is expected to reconcile its Read More…
St. Leonard’s Peace Garden on Hanover Street was recently underwent a major renovation by the parish. Adding to the renovation, local artist Nathan Swain installed a mural on the back of Assagio’s restaurant. The greenery mural is printed with a photo Swain took at the Arnold Arboretum. Swain explains, “I approached the church and I Read More…
BobBilly9 posts this video on YouTube of huge striped bass feeding on loaves of bread being thrown to them on Long Wharf. Watch for the frustrated duck. (Cross post from UniversalHub.com.) Maybe it’s the bread, but the Harbor seems to have some really big striped bass lately.
NECN reports today from the Mirabella Pool in the North End.
At high noon on Sunday, July 4, 2010, the USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” made her annual jaunt into Boston Harbor around the North End to Fort Independence on Castle Island. After a 21-gun salute she did her famous turnaround back toward her berth in Charlestown Navy Yard. On her return sailing, she gave a 17-gun Read More…
It is officially summer! Here are a few fun photos taken at Christopher Columbus Park. Ahh … to be young and carefree. And under the category of “hot” … Photos by Meredith Piscitelli.
Local Artist and North End resident, Nathan Swain, is currently displaying his art at the New Spin Laundry at 100 Salem Street. This is not the first time that Swain has chosen unusual places for his work. Last year, the artist painted and installed large murals in the “windows” of the old Edison Powerhouse building Read More…
District 1 Salvatore LaMattina held a fundraiser on June 23rd at Monica’s on Richmond Street in the North End. Click here to view more photos from the event.