La Federazione Siciliana del Massachusetts welcomes the Region of Sicily, the Italian Costal Marine Institute of Italy IAMC(CNR) in presenting Pesce Azzuro, project Blue Fish. The event will be held at the North End Branch Library on Tuesday October 18, 2011 at 12: 00 PM / Noon. Please contact Francesco Daniele at 617-817-2547 if you Read More…
Kicking off Italian Heritage Month, the North End Branch Library presented a special lecture and slide show this week on the Italian-American immigration experience. University of Oregon historian Vincenza Scarpaci is the author of The Journey of the Italians in America. In her book, the author takes a photographic approach towards unraveling the history and Read More…
The Society of Santa Rosalia Di Palermo held its annual procession through Boston’s North End streets on Sunday, September 11, 2011. Starting at Sacred Heart Church in North Square the statue visited Christopher Columbus Park, the other religious societies, Pizzeria Regina and all the usual stops for folks to add their ribbons of dollars. The Read More…
Watch the evening procession of the statue of San Antonio Di Padova Da Montefalcione from the Saint Anthony’s Feast held on September 4, 2011. At this late hour in the day, the statue of St. Anthony is quite a sight “loaded” with gifts and money. The bands are still going strong with some of the Read More…
The Santa Rosalia Di Palermo Society commemorated the 10th Anniversary of the September 11th attacks as part of their annual procession through Boston’s North End with the statue of Santa Rosalia. The society presented a plaque to the North End Fire House in thanks to their years of service to the community. The procession also Read More…
The Sons of Italy Drum & Bugle Corps played at several North End feasts this summer. This video features some of their performance at the 2011 Fisherman’s Feast. The Sons of Italy Drum & Bugle Corps was established in 1939 and is the only Sons of Italy Drum and Bugle organization in the United States Read More…
Video: St. Anthony’s Grand Procession through the streets of the North End. Watch for some special cinema, black & white and vivid special effect filters starting at halfway through the video. After last week’s rainout of the “feast of all feasts,” the Saint Anthony’s Society held a special feast day on Sunday, September 4, 2011. Read More…
Enjoy these two slideshows from the Feast of Santa Lucia in Boston’s North End, held on Monday, August 29, 2011. Saint Lucy is the Protectress of Eyesight (View the story of St. Lucy.) The feast is organized by the Saint Lucy Society and is held on the Monday following the famous St. Anthony’s Feast. A Read More…
Fans of acappella quintet “Street Magic” will enjoy this video as the hometown group took the stage at this year’s Fisherman’s Feast in the North End. More coverage of the Fisherman’s Feast.
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynImnd_XvRg] The famous “Flight of the Angel” is shown in the video from Sunday, August 21, 2011 at the finale of the 101st Fisherman’s Feast in honor of Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca. After an all-day procession through the streets of the North End, the statue of the Madonna returns to the center of Read More…
Former World Welterweight Boxing Champion Tony DeMarco came home this weekend to the Fisherman’s Feast in Boston’s North End to receive the 2011 Italian-American Award and release his new autobiography, “Nardo – Memoirs of a Boxing Champion.” The video above shows the award ceremony, Tony’s speech and a few other special guests. Check out TKOTony.com Read More…
[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx-ZDBXXqJA] On Sunday evening at the 2011 Feast of Saint Agrippina Di Mineo, there was the traditional “Tug of War” between the two sides of the famous statue. Then, it was the “Dance of 20 Men” on Hanover Street which concluded with everyone dancing around Saint Agrippina. Both ceremonies are shown in the above Read More…