Five Things to Know About in the North End

Be a good friend: The North End Library on Parmenter Street always needs support. Why not provide it by becoming a Friend of the North End Library and join other volunteers who believe a good library is a vital part of any community. To learn more, email info@friendsnelibrary.org or stop by to pick up a brochure.

Sports: What a day for European football fans! So many matches to see so stop into Caffe Dello Sport, 308 Hanover Street, where the café will air five in live time: Young Boys versus Liverpool, Napoli versus AIK, and Hapoel Tel Aviv versus Atlético Madrid at 1 p.m.; Tottenham versus Lazio and InterMilan versus Rubin Kazan at 3 p.m.

A piece of the North End: When tourists ask where’s the best place to get a souvenir to bring home, where do you send them? A good place to suggest is Martini’s located at 325 Hanover Street.

Italian Delicacies: It’s the North End so it’s a given that you’ll get a good cup of cappuccino here. Try any café on Hanover Street and you won’t go wrong.

This Day in History: On Sept. 20, 1973, a highly publicized “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match ended with the top female player, 29-year-old Billie Jean King, beating Bobby Riggs, 55, a former Number-One ranked male player.