First Night
A little First Night frisson
By adamg - 12/31/11 - 1:26 pmNo doubt there's an excellent reason why the people putting on tonight's family fireworks at 7 p.m. on the Common didn't want First Night to include information about them in their schedule or even answer questions about them, so just because I can't think of what that reason might be doesn't mean it's not perfectly sane and reasonable.
And the ice comes tumblin' down
By adamg - 1/1/11 - 10:04 pmMatthew Cote videoed today's demolition of one of the melting Boston Common ice sculptures:
Happy New Year from Boylston Street
By adamg - 12/31/10 - 9:27 pm
First Night ice sculpture, melting in Copley Square, and a bird checking out people watching the Grand Procession down Boylston:
First Night isn't always Family Night
By JohnAKeith - 12/31/10 - 3:44 pm
Putting pharaoh on ice
By adamg - 12/31/10 - 3:40 pm
They unloaded an icy pharaoh at Copley Square today. And it looks like the king's put on some weight: Took four guys to get him out of the truck for the same display:
Where the ice for First Night sculptures comes from
By adamg - 12/30/10 - 1:32 pmGood Morning, Gloucester shows us ice blocks in the making.
Paul Marotta shows us what ice sculptors can do with the stuff.
A different kind of First Night button
By adamg - 11/4/10 - 2:53 pmFor starters, this year's First Night button makes you think, Joel Brown writes:
Wish I'd gone to the party last night so I could have seen the puzzled looks on the faces of the local dignitaries when the button was unveiled ...
First Night to expand to Symphony Hall, college venues
By adamg - 10/28/10 - 3:49 pmHubArts has the scoop on new performance locations this Dec. 31.
Sailing into the New Year
By adamg - 1/1/10 - 10:15 am
Katken photographed First Night, including this ice sculpture in front of Trinity Church.
Posted under this Creative Commons license and tagged as universalhub on Flickr.
Greg Mackay photographed ice penguins by the Aquarium. Matt Conti videoed the fireworks over Boston Harbor.
