Things to know for the Weekend! Events for Friday, June 9th: 6:00pm Newpoli performs Tempo Antico. NEWPOLI is a group of exceptionally talented musicians who specialize in Southern Italian Folk Music, mainly from the regions of Campania and Puglia. Located at I AM Books, 189 North Street. 6:30pm Glow in the Park at Greenway (Across fromRowes Wharf). Quickly Read More…
Now in its sixth season, the NEMPAC Opera Project will present Beethoven’s Fidelio this June, a thought provoking opera chosen for it’s relevant social commentary. Conducted by Dr. Tiffany Chang and directed by new Opera Project Artistic Director Rebecca Miller, Fidelio follows the story of Leonore, a young woman who attempts to save her husband from certain death by Read More…
Before going on April vacation, St. John School’s middle school students spent an afternoon with Suffolk University History Professor, Bob Allison, learning about the American Revolution and the rich history of Boston’s famed Faneuil Hall. Professor Allison explained what all of the components of the Massachusetts state flag meant and represented, as well as the Read More…
Faneuil Hall Marketplace just added restaurant and food specials for its first-ever Marketplace Movie Nights to take place on four nights during February School Vacation week. From February 20 to February 23, visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy free movies starting at 6:30pm in the Lower Rotunda in the Quincy Market building at Faneuil Read More…
Opening in Boston this week is a new photography exhibition, Life of a Swiss Guard: A Private View. As part of an international tour, the display of the Pontifical Swiss Guard comes from the Vatican Museum. The free exhibit is open to the public, 9-3 daily, through March 25, 2017 at Faneuil Hall on the 4th Read More…
The annual Blink! Faneuil Hall tree lighting will be held on Saturday, November 19, 2016 starting at 8:00 p.m. This live hour-long show, co-hosted by WBZ-TV news anchors Lisa Hughes and David Wade, will feature performances by singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor, the Boston Children’s Chorus, America’s Got Talent finalist Sons of Serendip, Boston Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”, Blue Read More…
Forty-year-old Faneuil Hall Marketplace has recently had a tough time, especially since the New York-based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation took over the ground lease and became the manager of the retail and restaurant businesses five years ago. Although it is Boston’s top destination for tourists, it is less popular with residents, who reportedly flocked to the Read More…
For its highlight opera project, the North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) is presenting four performances of Gioachino Rossini’s La Cenerentola at Faneuil Hall. Thursday’s opening night brought out an enthusiastic local crowd before the larger weekend nights (tickets here) and the unstaged performance at Christopher Columbus Park at 4:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. La Cenerentola is Read More…
NEMPAC returns with red coats to Boston’s Historic Faneuil Hall for three nights of opera NEMPAC Opera Project presents Rossini’s La Cenerentola on June 23 – 25th, 2016 The North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) invites guests to Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall, transforming The Great Hall into an 18th century loyalist British countryside Read More…
Boston City Council held a hearing this week on a proposed ordinance to regulate street performers with a permit process. According to a report by Council President, Michelle Wu, officials said “they receive numerous calls and complaints about performers in Sam Adams Park in front of Quincy Market. They suggested that the volume is often above the City’s Read More…
The management of Faneuil Hall Marketplace have issued status updates on happenings as part of their Master Vision plan. 1 – UNIQLO, the Japanese-based retailer, has opened as an Anchor Store on the ground floor of the Quincy Market Building and half of the entire second floor. 2 – Neuhaus Belgian Chocolates will open on Read More…
Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation, the operator since 2011 of the city-owned Faneuil Hall Marketplace, has been in recent tussles with its merchants, pushcarts, street performers and history-loving Bostonians. After public outcry and several meetings, some matters may be worked out. The latest round occurred last week when the BRA board, showing little knowledge and only Read More…