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Olga F. (DiIanni) Carito of Watertown, Massachusetts and Boothbay Harbor, died Jan. 27, 2017 at age 88. Olga was the former owner and operator of the 1879 Seafarer Inn on Union Street from 1989 to 2005. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts in the Italian community of the North End. She entered elementary school only speaking Italian, but went on t...

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On June 22, 2013 two 'pop-up' Italian-American Cultural Museums will take place, one at the gateway to the North End, on Cross Street between Hanover and Salem Streets (at 4:00 p.m.) and another in Uphams Corner on Dudley Street and Columbia Road (at 1:00 p.m.). Similar to an actual museum those in attendance will be able to engage in multi-media...

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The 105th Fisherman's Feast in Honor of Madonna Del Soccorso Di Sciacca is scheduled for Thursday, August 13 through Sunday, August 16, 2015 in Boston's North End at North, Fleet and Lewis Streets. Opening ceremonies start at 7pm on Thursday night where the staute of La Madonna Del Soccorso will leave her permanent chapel on Lewis Street for a sole...

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There is a new Italian American magazine in town, Bostoniano! The name may sound familiar because it comes from the creator of the Bostoniano.info blog / website, published by Nicola Orichuia. Using the tag line, "Boston's Italian American Voice," the free monthly magazine dropped off its first issue this week to 20 locations in the North End, as...

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The St. Joseph Society of Boston will celebrate the 89th annual St. Joseph's Feast beginning Friday, Oct. 3 and culminating Sunday, Oct. 12 with a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley at St. Stephen's Church in Boston's North End.   The St. Joseph Society of Boston was formed by Sicilian immigrants and descendants hailing from the Ri...

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When: July 26-28Where: North End Started in 1925, the Saint Joseph Feast is an annual authentic festival in the North End featuring parades, strolling singers, marching bands, live entertainment, souvenirs, mementos and the best Italian street food and desserts.The St. Joseph statue permanently resides at 467 Hanover Street and has been lovingly r...

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Tom Menino, to his everlasting pride, was Boston's first Italian American mayor. But the city's Italian American community wants Menino to be remembered as everyone's mayor.   In the North End, Italian-born Ralph Cattaneo serves coffee from behind the bar at Caffe Dello Sport. In between pulling espresso for regulars Cattaneo says the full...

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Salve a tutti! Welcome to our second Podcast episode:Viaggio nel North EndOur first podcast focused on the history of the city of Boston.This time, we look at the historic neighborhood of the North End, where hundreds of thousands of Italians have gone through over the past century.   Read more     Fonte: Bostoniano  

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A petition has been started by Commercial Wharf resident, Michael Cohen, to rename Christopher Columbus Park after the late Mayor Tom Menino. As of this writing, the petition has over 1,000 signatures with a goal of 10,000. The petition starts:   "The residents of City Of Boston and so many others mourn the passing of Tom Menino who did so m...

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by Kerry J. Byrne Frank De Pasquale was holding court with Gov. Charlie Baker on the Hanover Street sidewalk when we arrived Monday night at Mare Oyster Crudo and Seafood Bar, a 1-week-old addition to the restaurateur's North End empire.   The governor had just dined at De Pasquale's Bricco. It seemed a fitting political encounter for the d...

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