First Night

Occupy First Night

adamg — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:18:07 +0000

A little First Night frisson

adamg — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:26:17 +0000

No 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

adamg — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:04:13 +0000

Matthew Cote videoed today's demolition of one of the melting Boston Common ice sculptures:

Happy New Year from Boylston Street

adamg — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 02:27:35 +0000

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

JohnAKeith — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:44:17 +0000

This is how it'll end up for me, probably. You, too?

From the Boston Police twitter account:

Putting pharaoh on ice

adamg — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:40:17 +0000

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

adamg — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:32:29 +0000

Good 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

adamg — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:53:50 +0000

For 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

adamg — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:49:15 +0000

HubArts has the scoop on new performance locations this Dec. 31.

Sailing into the New Year

adamg — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:15:28 +0000

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.

New Year bears go boom

adamg — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:32:20 +0000

The bears before they went boom:

Procession, fireworks still on for First Night

adamg — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:26:51 +0000

FirstNight tweets.

More FirstNight updates.

First Night event at Old South Meeting House canceled

adamg — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:43:27 +0000

The Amaryllis Chamber Ensemble at 3 p.m. is not to be, FirstNight tweets.

First Night show goes on at Old South

adamg — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:15:16 +0000

Although the afternoon performance is still canceled, the evening performance at the Church with the Giant Crack will go on, but with a piano, not the organ, FirstNight tweets.

No First Night celebrations at Old South Church

adamg — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:45:52 +0000

Since the organ can't be used thanks to the crack caused by an MBTA elevator contractor (yes, that crack). Via FirstNight tweet.