All Entries in the "North End Today" Category
Feasts Are Here!
Due to Hurricane Irene, St. Anthony’s Grand Saint Procession will begin on Sunday, September 4 at 12:00Noon First you might want to click here >>Feast Schedule << to check out which days are Processions Only and which days have Feasts and Processions. You’ll also find the Feast Schedule under “Visit, Summer Feasts.” You’ll have [...]
Welcome Home Andie Day!
Have you walked by the new offices of designer Andie Day on Hanover Street recently – just past the Fire Station? It’s a visual delight to behold. Either by day or night, the office is aglow with colorful fabrics and glass, flashy laptops, photos … and activity. This is Andie Day’s home-away-from-home. Day is an [...]
Mercato del Mare
An abbondanza of seafood & sushi wrapped in savvy Mercato del Mare celebrates its third anniversary in business this June, yet it feels as if they’ve been a fixture in the North End for much longer. Under the inspired direction of Liz Ventura and Keri Cassidy – two longtime friends and neighborhood residents – they [...]
Briana Cash’s North End
Singer-songwriter Briana Cash has a special affinity for Boston’s North End – her grandmother being born in Rome and her grandfather’s strong Neapolitan roots seem to “sing” when this classically-trained 1st soprano performs Italian classics. Briana moves easily across several different music genres. She sings hit Italian favorites by Mina, Mariella Nava, Giorgia Todrani, and [...]
Molasses > Gas > Hazmat: What Have We Learned?
by Guild Nichols January 15th marked the day ninety-two years ago when a torrent of molasses flooded Boston’s North End waterfront killing 21 people and injuring 150. Two years later, the State Legislature voted to avert still another potential disaster – by removing a massive illuminating gas tank on Prince Street in the heart of [...]
OPEN CASTING CALL
NEMPAC (North End Music and Performing Arts Center) is holding auditions for a community theater production to be performed in the Spring at the Improv Asylum on Hanover Street.
When: Thursday, 10/14/10, and Tuesday, 10/19/10, from 7pm to 9pm.
Learn Itanglish! Lesson 1
Itanglish is a language founded by Italian immigrants. Only Italian immigrants and their children understand it. Recent additions to our vocabulary list come from South Hackensack (NJ), from Staten Island (NY) representing what is described as the “Sicilian/Brooklyn” dialect, and from Newton (MA) where most of the residents come from Central Italy, particularly the village [...]
Religious Societies
Madonna Di Anzano 11 George Street Somerville, MA 02145 (Founded 1905) Click here to visit the web site of Madonna Di Anzano. The image of the Madonna was discovered 400 years ago in a small village known as Anzano. It all began one day when a young farmer’s cow wandered away. As the farmer was [...]
Learn Itanglish! Lesson 2
Itanglish is a language founded by Italian immigrants. Only Italian immigrants and their children understand it. Recent additions to our vocabulary list come from South Hackensack (NJ), from Staten Island (NY) representing what is described as the “Sicilian/Brooklyn” dialect, and from Newton (MA) where most of the residents come from Central Italy, particularly the village [...]
Learn Itanglish! Lesson 3
Itanglish is a language founded by Italian immigrants. Only Italian immigrants and their children understand it. Recent additions to our vocabulary list come from South Hackensack (NJ), from Staten Island (NY) representing what is described as the “Sicilian/Brooklyn” dialect, and from Newton (MA) where most of the residents come from Central Italy, particularly the village [...]
