Things to know for Wednesday Your daily round up for Wednesday, November 29: 6:00PM Still They Persisted at Old North Church. The Old North Church Foundation Speaker Series will be hosting Professor Robert Forrant as he explores the 1912 Bread & Roses strike. A reception and conversation will follow the talk, view additional details and Read More…
Things to know for Tuesday Your daily round up for Tuesday, November 28: 7:30PM Faneuil Hall Tree Lighting. Join WBZ-TV news achors Lisa Hughes and David Wade at the Faneuil Hall Tree Lighting for holiday entertainment and the New England Patriots Holiday Toy Drive. Notable News: Survey Finds Demand For Inner Harbor Ferry Routes Boston Read More…
Boston Community Collaborative facilitated the writing of lots of THANK YOU cards yesterday in celebration of THANKSGIVING. BCC provides this activity annually at the North End branch of the Boston Public Library. This year, we were at the Library at 10 am and again at 3 pm to accommodate two different groups of folks – Read More…
Things to know for Tuesday Your daily round up for Tuesday, November 21: Tuesday, November 21: Thanksgiving Pet Food Drive at Post Gazette. Tuesday is the last day to help Freeway support a local shelter by donating pet food and supplies. Donations can be dropped off at 5 Prince Street, see additional details here. 5:00PM Read More…
Things to know for Friday Your daily round up for Friday, November 17: 10:00AM NBSS Open House 2017. Join the North Bennet Street School at 150 North Street for demonstrations throughout the buildings spaces. Meet with faculty, students, alumni and other memebers of the school’s community, click here to RSVP. 10:00AM Baby Story Time at Read More…
Things to know for Thursday Your daily round up for Thursday, November 16: 11:00AM Water Transportation Study Open House at Leventhal Center. Join Boston Harbor Now and other community members at 50 Rowes Wharf for a water transportation study open house. Learn more about the process and provide feedback on project, view additional details here. Read More…
Things to know for Wednesday Your daily round up for Wednesday, November 15: 6:00PM Book Club at North End Library. Join the North End Branch Library at 25 Parmenter St. as they discuss November’s book, Sherman Alexie’s 2008 “Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian”, view additional details here. Notable News: Boston ranks as top Read More…
Celebrate the opening of “The Double Life of Elizabeth Bishop,” featuring Lucienne Bartfield’s pencil portraits of American poets. Light refreshments will be served. Show will be on view through January. When: Wednesday, December 6 at 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Where: North End Branch Library, 25 Parmenter St, 617-227-8135
Things to know for Monday Your daily round up for Monday, November 13: 7:00PM NEWNC Monthly Meeting at the Nazzaro Center. The North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council will hold it’s monthly meeting at 30 N. Bennet Street. Agenda topics include property renovation proposals, business relocation requests and a community chat with Alex Goldfeld from the North Read More…
November’s book is Sherman Alexie’s 2008 “Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian” and explores Native American identity through the eyes life of Arnold Spirit, who leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white school where the only other Native American is the school mascot. Copies can be picked up Read More…
Things to know for Friday Your daily round up for Friday, November 10: Veterans Day is on Saturday, November 11th and is being observed by some businesses on Friday at their discretion. The annual Veterans Day Parade will be held on Saturday at 1:00 pm beginning at Boston Common and ending at City Hall Plaza. Thank you to Read More…
This photo of the North End Branch Library was taken in July of 1967, just after the branch moved from its original location on North Bennett Street to its current Parmenter Street site in 1965. Read about the latest upgrades, become a “friend” and find out more about our local branch library. Photo source: Boston Landmarks Commission image Read More…