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April 2024 500 years later: "Leonardo da Vinci and Verrazzano's Royal Discovery of New York"

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Chef and restaurateur Douglass Williams, and business partner, Seth Gerber, are opening a fourth location of their Italian restaurant, MIDA, in The Fenway neighborhood this October. The new MIDA location at 1391 Boylston St. will further build on the brand’s growing popularity. In preparation for this expansion, DW French, their French brasserie, h...

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The North End Christopher Columbus statue has now been permanently relocated to the Peace Garden at St. Leonard of Port Maurice Parish in the North End. The IAA wishes to extend a very special thank you to St. Leonard's pastor, Fr. Michael Della Penna, OFM, the Knights of Columbus, and all those involved with protecting this beautiful work of art h...

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The new American tour of Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu, performing in duo with American pianist Uri Caine, begins today August 31 in Washington, with a performance at the most important jazz festival in the U.S. capital—the DC Jazz Fest. This long-standing musical partnership, celebrated by critics and always appreciated by audiences, will be prese...

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Tradition reigns at the Feast of the Three Saints even when organizers slide changes into the three-day festival, summer’s last hurrah in Lawrence, MA, the Immigrant City. Take this year, the 101st Feast, it starts on Friday, the start of the Labor Day weekend, as it always does, at City Hall’s steps with opening remarks, flags and a parade. But th...

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Lawrence, Massachusetts, was hanging on by a thread before Sal Lupoli set his sights on the city. Just a short trip north of Boston, Lawrence didn’t have much going for it after the 1930s when the textile industry folded and left dozens of large-scale mills to fall into disrepair and blight. The buildings, typically five to seven stories with 15-fo...

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For many in Cambridge – a college town – late summer heralds the return of students to the city. Families, teachers and students seek a last gasp of freedom before a return to the fall routine, and those who thrive on the warm temperatures and long days of summer coming slowly to terms with the reappearance of all things pumpkin spice. Late summer...

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An espresso bar in the North End of Boston is expanding to a second location, and this one will be just across the water. According to a Facebook post from the business, Caffe dello Sport on Hanover Street is planning to open a new shop in East Boston, moving into a space on Saratoga Street in Orient Heights. Based on the original, the upcoming out...

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Here we are Boston! The final countdown has begun! Next week, on Monday August 26th, the stunning Frecce Tricolori will be flying over Boston! The breathtaking display can be followed from the City Center by looking at the sky in the afternoon between 3pm and 4.30pm.The Frecce will also flying over Newport, RI, in the morning between 11am and 12.30...

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Officials are stepping up security for the annual Saint Anthony’s Feast in Boston’s North End this year. The security increase comes after several reports of underage drinking at last year’s celebration. The festival begins Thursday and runs through Sunday night, and organizers are preparing to enforce new protocols. “What we’re trying to do is mak...

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