The Boston Public Library issued the data that it will be using in evaluating potential branch closures. (BPL press release along with their Measures and Definitions and the spreadsheets of the BPL Data.) Depending on how you look at it, the data has mixed implications for the North End Branch. The circulation and public use Read More…
Schools
“Street-Fighting Mathematics” Book Released by North End Resident
A new book by North Ender, Sanjoy Mahajan, has just been released and is being featured today on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s website. The book is, “Street-Fighting Mathematics, The Art of Educated Guessing and Opportunistic Problem Solving.” The MIT news article explains: “Given its practical focus, Street-Fighting Mathematics is not organized around traditional math Read More…
Citywide Rally to Support the Neighborhood Library Branches on Sunday March 28th
A timely rally is being organized to support the neighborhood branches of the Boston Public Library, with support for the North End Library Branch. The event is Sunday, March 28th at 12:00 pm as part of the Citywide Friends rally at the Central BPL Library in Copley Square. The Friends of the North End Branch Read More…
Spring Opera Series at West End Community Center
It’s a little out of the North End, but folks often ask about opera and this series looks pretty good. It is at the West End Community Center, 150 Staniford Street. Cost for Spring Opera Series is only $150 per person, but space is very limited. Call 617-670-1900 to register. Spring Opera Serieswith Angelo Mammano, Read More…
Mayor’s Youth Council Accepting Applications
News from City Hall on the Mayor’s Youth Council is accepting applications. Below is the press release and information on how to apply. Mayor Thomas M. Menino today announced that applications for the Mayor’s Youth Council are now being accepted until April 15th. Mayor Menino established the Council in 1994 to provide Boston’s young people Read More…
NEMPAC Spring Session Registration
The North End Music and Performing Arts Center Spring Session Courses and Private Music Instruction registration is under way. To register online: www.nempacboston.org. Payments will be collected at your first class. All the Best, Becca Griffin, NEMPAC AND don’t forget about our upcoming SPRING FLING – only 17 more days. ______________________________________________________ COURSES FOR KIDS: Family Read More…
Update – Boston Public Library Budget Crisis & Potential Branch Closures
There continues to be quite a bit of activity regarding the budget crisis and potential branch closures of the Boston Public Library. Here are a few items of interest. First, is a note from the President of the Friends of the North End Branch Library: “Thanks to all our neighbors who are rallying for the Read More…
North End’s Ross Garrity Brings Home the R-A-V-I-O-L-I in City’s Spelling Bee
The North End’s Ross Garrity, 13, won Boston’s Spelling Bee on Saturday earning him a trip to the national level competition. Appropriately, the Boston Latin 7th-grader won by spelling “ravioli” as his final word. Ross is a repeat winner from 2008 in the city’s competition. He is the son of Ilene Gladstone and the late Judge Read More…
North Bennet Street School Workshop Program
The North Bennet Street School Workshop Program offers short-form courses in bookbinding, carpentry, fine woodworking, jewelry making, locksmithing, and preservation carpentry. Take a look at the new Spring and Summer 2010 catalog. FREE ARTIST TALKS Bookbinder Todd Pattison presents: 19th Century Bookbinders’ Mistakes- Why they are so fun to look at! Throughout the 19th century, there Read More…
Friends of the NE Branch Library Present at NEWRA Meeting
Friends of the North End Branch Library presented at this week’s North End/Waterfront Residents’ Association(NEWRA) to update the neighborhood on the library’s activities and the latest news on the budget crisis that may lead to the closure of some branches in the Boston Public Library system. President, Robin Ardito, and Paula Luccio, Vice-President started off Read More…
Letter Writing Campaign to Preserve the North End Branch Library
Ok folks, it is time for a grass roots, neighborhood effort to tell the “powers-that-be” to preserve the North End Branch Library. As a result of its budget crisis, the Boston Public Library is looking to close many of its 26 neighborhood branches. Because we have one of the smaller physical book collections, the circulation Read More…
Boston Public Library Hearing – Live Tweeting
Plenty of folks are tweeted from the Tuesday afternoon Boston Public Library Trustee meeting regarding the budget and the possible closure of branches. As far as I can tell, there was no vote or any specific branch announcements. Scroll through the tweets for the latest. Universal Hub’s Adam Gaffin sums up the hearing: Even without Read More…