Join us on June 4, 2017 at Christopher Columbus Park to celebrate the 71th anniversary of Festa della Repubblica Italiana, Italian Republic Day. The event runs through the afternoon with free exhibits, children’s area and Italian music concert at 5pm.
Photo: Philip Frattaroli receives “I Migliori” Award from Pirandello President Frank Ciano and Master of Ceremonies Stefano Salimbeni, RAI Italia (Photo by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) Receiving one of the nine prestigious “I Migliori” awards this year from the Pirandello Lyceum was Philip Frattaroli from Boston’s North End. The annual “I Migliori in Mens et Gesta” award ceremony was held on April Read More…
Inherited from the former Caffe Pompei, the Giangregorio family are displaying Christmas in old Naples, Italy in the window of Green Cross Pharmacy. (Photo by Matt Conti) “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Email your best photos to info@northendwaterfront.com. Please include a caption (or more) telling us about your photo. See past neighborhood Read More…
Italy Magazine features Boston’s North End in its series Where to Find Italy in America. The article discusses the neighborhood as a destination for Italian culture, including the annual feasts, as well as the restaurants and residential community. The most obvious way to see the area’s Italian roots is by the large number of Italian restaurants, cafés Read More…
Two well-known New York celebrity chefs, Mario Batali & Joe Bastianich, decided to come to Boston and teach us provincials about Italian food. Their Italian food emporium, Eataly Boston, in the Prudential Center mall, is opening to the public later this week. I managed to get a press pass and here is a preview of Read More…
It was a celebration of “all things Italian” to benefit The Friends of the Italian Cultural Center of Boston (FICCB) at italianissimo! 2016 on November 19, 2016. Several hundred attendees were treated to a sneak peek at the new Eataly Boston on Boylston Street, before it opens to the public on November 29th. The annual FICCB italianissimo! Read More…
Boston’s North End: An Italian American Story had its neighborhood premiere Saturday night on Hanover Street at St. Stephen’s Church. The documentary film chronicles the North End from the immigration era to modern times. This is the first feature length, high definition film to chronicle the vibrant Italian American community that has called the North End Read More…
NEMPAC’s 2016-17 Concert Series opens with a return to Steinert Hall for an inaugural performance titled “Music, Food, & Dance”, a concert featuring Portuguese, Spanish, French and Italian music inspired by food and dance. This rich and diverse program includes such pieces as the Spanish tango, French minuet and Polish Mazurka, and features special Guest Artists, pianists Inês Read More…
Adding to the interest in the Partners Nursing Home, might I modestly add an overlooked point: The location of the home is a historic North End site. At the corner of Fulton and Richmond was a rickety building, perhaps dating to the 1700s, that was home of The Italian News in the early and mid-1950s. This weekly Read More…
Update: Due to rain, this event has been moved inside to Filippo’s Ristorante. The annual Festa Nazionale della Repubblica Italiana and “Piazza Italia” is scheduled for Sunday June 5, 2016 at Christopher Columbus Park on Atlantic Avenue in the North End of Boston. The event starts at 10am and runs through the afternoon with free exhibits, children’s Read More…
In our grandparents time the three main shopping streets in the North End were Salem, Hanover and Endicott, in that order, but the business center of the North End was always North Square. It would be difficult to over emphasize the importance of North Square in the day to day lives of the early Italian Read More…
I Am Books, the country’s first Italian American bookstore, opened this week in Boston’s North End at 189 North Street across from the Paul Revere House. Owner Nicola Orichuia and partner Jim Pinzino want the bookstore to serve as a cultural hub for locals and visitors interested in diving into the rich world of Italian and Italian American Read More…