FOR CHILDREN: A DAY OF FOLK ART AT NEMPAC
July, 2004, Regional Review
The North End Music and Performing Arts Center has planned a day for children who like to focus on the scene. Rather than creating a course called "Doll Houses" or "Build Your Own Space Station," course creators Sarah Heartt and Sue Rice decided it would be fun to introduce participants to retablo-making. [more]

THE NORTH END AND NEMPAC ON CHRONICLE
March 22, 2003, WCVB-TV's Chronicle
The segment explored many of the North End community's distinctive qualities, including the North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC). The segment featured an interview with John Romano, NEMPAC's president, and Lauren Nelson, who heads up the non-profit organization's theater efforts. Mary Richardson, co-host of Chronicle, described NEMPAC has an organization that has "served to unite the neighborhood" - great praise for NEMPAC! [more]

ONCE AN UGLY DUCKLING, CENTER NOW A SWAN
April 27, 2003, Boston Globe City Weekly
By Tara Murphy, Globe Correspondent
For the group of neighbors who came up with it, the idea was to "get adults and teenagers together in a common endeavor." [more]

NORTH END/WATERFRONT CHILDREN PERFORM AT NEMPAC'S FIRST PIANO RECITAL
July 9, 2002, Regional Review
After a tense morning of weather watching and piano tuning in two locations, eleven piano students from the North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) gathered on the Prado with family, friends, and onlookers to present NEMPAC's first piano recital. [more]

PRADO COULD BECOME A CULTURAL CENTER
December 3, 2000, Boston Globe City Weekly
Walking by, it is easy to overlook the Paul Revere Mall, or the Prado, as locals refer to it.... But now a local group is working to convert the old bathhouse into a community cultural center. [more]

NEMPAC'S 2ND ANNUAL THEATRICAL PRODUCTION, MOSS HART'S "LIGHT UP THE SKY"
September 13, 2004, NEMPAC Press Release
The comedy revolves around a group of New York theater-folk who attend the opening of their new play in Boston. The lead actress, the financial backer and several others are bursting at the prospect of a tremendous success with the experimental play of an unknown writer. Gathered in a luxury hotel suite, the parties display their destructive temperament as they turn on each other when it appears that the play is a flop. Although the tables turn when glowing reviews are received, the writer, who is disgusted with the behavior of his associates, must be lured back to the theater from his inevitable return to a simple life of truck driving. Can this important play be saved, or will the footlights go black? [more]

ROMANO ELECTED PRESIDENT OF NEMPAC
October 21, 2003, NEMPAC Press Release
The North End Music and Performing Arts Center announced today the election of John Romano as president of NEMPAC’s board of directors. [more]

3RD ANNUAL FUNDRAISER: WINE & TAPAS II
August 11, 2003, NEMPAC Press Release
The North End Music and Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) today announced that their annual fundraiser will be held on Monday, September 15, 2003. NEMPAC will be raising funds to support programming and special events, as well as expand their scholarship outreach. [more]