A Night of Burlesque Celebrates the Glory Days of Boston’s Burlesque Era Boston, MA—On Friday, April 20, the West End Museum will present A Night of Burlesque: The Doors of the Howard Open Again, an evening celebrating Boston’s burlesque era and the Howard Athenaeum. The event will run from 8 p.m. to midnight and is…
Exhibit Traces History of New England Preservation Movement Boston,MA—On February 21, 2012, the West End Museum, in partnership with Historic New England, will present The Preservation Movement Then and Now. The exhibit, which runs through May 12, 2012, outlines the story of the preservation movement in New England from its inception in 1863 through the…
Boston’s old West End persists as a PlaceBoston Globe It’s 2012. It’s been more than 50 years since the demolition, between 1958 and 1960, of the vast majority of Boston’s old West End neighborhood. The other day, the latest issue of the West Ender newspaper arrived in my mail. Believe it or not, half a…
Hidden Gems from the Old Boston Garden on Display at the West End Museum Boston, MA—The West End Museum is kicking off 2012 with an exhibit of photographs and other memorabilia from the neighborhood’s most famous building. The exhibit, Hidden Gems from the Old Boston Garden, is a collaborative effort between the West End Museum…
Remembering The ‘West End’WBUR BOSTON — The familiar sign on Storrow Drive reads, “If you lived here, you’d be home now.” It’s promoting an apartment complex that replaced a neighborhood that used to be home to a diverse and bustling working-poor community of immigrants. In the 1950s, residents of the West End were forced to…
Art Exhibit is Memoir of Life, Death, and Healing in the Old West End of Boston Boston, MA—On September 1, 2011, the West End Museum will premiere a new art show featuring works of Boston artist Evelyn Berde. “Leaving the River” is a multi-media art installation which explores the impact the government-ordered condemnation and destruction…
From home of an innovative canal to home of the NHL champsBoston Globe/boston.com Out covering fan reaction, I spent Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals around TD Garden, watching mostly at North Station, where Bruins fans shut out of the bars nearby found a TV above an ice cream stand on the concourse, their…
Canal Exhibit Attracting Visitors to West End Museum Events Continue Through July 4th Holiday FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 14, 2011 Boston—The West End Museum welcomed over 300 visitors during the first week of its new exhibit, “The First Big Dig: Celebrating the Middlesex Canal.” Duane Lucia, executive director of the Museum, says business leaders from…
“The West End Museum Celebrates Boston’s First Big Dig: The Middlesex Canal was the state’s first super-highway“Post-Gazette On June 4, 2011, the West End Museum, in conjunction with the Middlesex Canal Association, will open a monthlong exhibit titled, “The First Big Dig: Remembering the Middlesex Canal.” The exhibit kicks off with a public opening and…
The West End Museum Celebrates Boston’s First Big Dig – Middlesex Canal was State’s First Super-Highway FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 19, 2011 Boston—On June 4, 2011, the West End Museum, in conjunction with the Middlesex Canal Association, will open a month-long exhibit titled, “The First Big Dig: Celebrating the Middlesex Canal.” The retrospective kicks off…