Film, Lecture & Walking Tour Bring Rope-making Industry to Life Boston, MA—The West End Museum is presenting three more programs in connection with Ropewalks of the West End and Beyond, an exhibit running at the Museum now through August 18. On Thursday, July 19, the film Ropewalk: A Cordage Engineer’s Journey Through History will be…
Boston Hardcore doc ‘xxx All Ages xxx’ screening in NYC; Urban Waste, The F.U. & more playing DVD release partyBrooklyn Vegan xxx All Ages xxx is playing Boston this weekend (6/22 – 6/24) and plays NYC June 29th – July 1st at Nitehawk in Williamsburg. Tickets are on sale for the 6/29 and 6/30 showings, 7/1 is sold out.…
Boston’s Punk Music Scene Documented in New Film: Local Premiere Will be Held at The West End Museum Boston, MA—On Friday, June 22, Gallery East Productions—in association with Stone Films NYC— will present the first of four screenings of its groundbreaking documentary, All Ages: The Boston Hardcore Film at the West End Museum in Boston.…
The Life, Legend and Lessons of Martin Lomasney: Ward Boss & West End IconBy Sue Minichiello From the late 1800s well into the first half of the 20th century, Boston’s political landscape was combative at best, and corrupt at worst. Such was the arena a young Martin Lomasney entered when he first stepped onto the…
Rope-Making Industry of Old West End Comes to Life in New Exhibit Boston, MA—On May 22, 2012, Ropewalks of the West End and Beyond opens at the West End Museum. The new exhibit, which runs through August 18 in the Main Exhibit Hall, traces the history, vitality and economic significance of the rope-making industry in…
Jazz Week Boston — John Licata And The Guitar Titans At The West End MuseumNorth End Waterfront When: Saturday, April 28, 7:00pm – 9:00pm Where: West End Museum, 150 Staniford Street, Suite 7, Boston, MA 02114 (map)…
New Exhibit Celebrates Glory Days of Boston’s Burlesque Era Boston, MA—On Tuesday, April 10, the West End Museum will present Vintage Costumes of Burlesque in partnership with The Great Burlesque Exposition. The exhibit, which runs through May 12 in the Museum’s Members Gallery, commemorates Boston’s burlesque era and “The Old Howard” through displays of vintage…
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…