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…
Boston Institutions Mark Beatles ArrivalBoston Globe The West End Museum, The Langham, Boston Hotel, and the British Consulate General in Boston cohosted a party over the weekend to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ first performance in Boston. Guests at the event at the Langham’s Bond lounge included the cover band the Nowheremen, EMC…
NightSide – Beatlemania All Over Again!CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) – Fifty years ago from tomorrow, the Beatles performed for the first time in Boston at the legendary Boston Garden. Boston’s Beatles fanatic Cha-Chi Loprete joins Dan in studio to talk about that momentous show, and the band’s place in history fifty years later. Throughout the…
Beatlemania Arrived In Boston 50 Years AgoCBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) – John Collins was mayor. Tony C. and Yaz played at Fenway Park. And the Beatles took Boston by storm. Fourteen thousand people squeezed into the Boston Garden that night. But every baby boomer you meet will say they were there. The Beatles arrived at…
Watch the Beatles’ 1964 press conference in Boston, on the 50th anniversary of their concert at the GardenVanyaland The year 2014 has been a good one for commemorating notable music events or releases of the past, aligning nicely with round-number anniversaries for stuff that happened in 1984, 1989, 1994, and so on. But as usual, the…
Paul McCartney lookalike recalls his brush with BeatlemaniaBoston Globe He’d been watching movies at the same theater in his Cape Cod hometown since he was 7 years old. Now, though, the old man who ran the place didn’t want to let him in. Herb Van Dam was letting his hair grow out, a moptop inspired…
The Beatles played Boston Garden 50 years agoMassLive The British Invasion conquered Boston 50 years ago this week. At the peak of their popularity, The Beatles performed before 13,909 screaming fans at Boston Garden on Sept. 12, 1964. Boston was the 18th stop on a 24-city tour of North America. Ticket prices for the Boston show…
Beatles Weekend Friday Night Events Sell Out; The Langham, Boston to Host Add-On Event for FansFree Tickets Remain for Other Beatles Events September 13 & 14 Boston, MA—Events in The West End Museum’s The Beatles Invade Boston: 50th Anniversary Celebration, which commemorates the band’s first visit to Boston, are selling out. On Friday, September 12,…