Book Talk: South End Character by Anne Alison Barnet: Reveals Parallels Between Boston’s South End & West End Boston, MA—On December 4 at 6:30 p.m., the West End Museum will host an evening with Anne Alison Barnet, author of South End Character: Speaking Out On Neighborhood Change, a collection of her columns for the South…
Pick of the DayBoston Globe Hometown glory Boston played a key role in the Civil War, not only as a center of abolitionist activity but as home to groups fighting for the cause. Learn about the city’s involvement in the conflict with Civil War expert Barbara Berenson as she reads from her book “Boston and the Civil…
South Shore residents bring West End memories to Road ShowPatriot Ledger BOSTON — Stories of how urban renewal swept through the West End of Boston in 1959 and took out an entire neighborhood can be heard around the South Shore 55 years later. On Saturday, they were recorded for posterity as former residents reconnected at…
A GOOD AGE: Memories of Boston’s old West End can’t be razedWicked Local QUINCY — After I moved to Boston in 1965, I soon heard stories about Boston’s old West End, razed by urban renewal a few years earlier in 1959. As a reporter, I covered events at Boston’s new City Hall Plaza and Government…
New Exhibit Traces West End Circus Tradition Boston, MA—From December 2, 2014 through January 31, 2015, The West End Museum will host a new exhibit, The Circus: A West End Tradition, in its Members Gallery. The exhibit traces the origins and development of the circus in the U.S., from the late 1700s through the present…
Mass. Memories Road Show Comes to West End Museum: Aims to Preserve West End Photos & Stories, Old & New Boston, MA—On Saturday, November 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Mass. Memories Road Show at UMass Boston travels to The West End Museum. Co-hosted by the Museum, UMass Boston, Vilna Shul, The West…
Events: NEWRA, NEWNC, 128 North Street RFP Meetings, NEMPAC Concert, Waterfront PlanningNorth End Waterfront 7:00pm Italian Heritage Month Honoree Night at The West End Museum [150 Staniford St, Boston] Free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served. This year’s West End Museum Italian Heritage Month Honorees—recognized for their contributions to preserving the culture…
October 2014 NewsletterMass. Memories Road Show Comes to West End Museum, Aims to Preserve West End Photos & Stories On Saturday, November 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Mass. Memories Road Show at UMass Boston travels to The West End Museum. Co-hosted by the Museum, UMass Boston, Vilna Shul, The West End Civic Association and…
Tony DeMarco Exhibit Opens at W.E. MuseumNorth End Regional Review The Flaming Fury of Fleet Street, Tony DeMarco, Welterweight Champion of the World (April 1955) will have his many fights at the old Boston Garden displayed at the West End Museum Members Gallery located at 150 Staniford Street. Featuring photos of the boxing champ’s matches,…
Events: Tony DeMarco At The Boston Garden, Taste Of The North End Bocce Tournament, RUFF MeetingNorth End Waterfront Running through October 25th, The exhibit will feature photographs of boxing champ Tony DeMarco’s many matches at the old Boston Garden. The former Welterweight Champion of the World, DeMarco grew up in Boston’s North End but cut his…