Prudential Center

Phelan Canney looked out the window this evening.

RedSox223 photographed the Pru from the Charles:

Jed Hresko spotted this extra fuzzy thing among the carriages tonight.

The top of the tower will be a different color every night this month to honor local non-profit groups. Here's the list.

Via Adam Castiglioni.

Microsoft Line 1.0. Cognoscenti know to wait for Microsoft Line 3.0.

Wes Teasdale photographed the line outside the grand opening of the Microsoft Store at the Pru at 7 a.m. today. No doubt, most people were eagerly awaiting their shot at the latest Windows Phones, rather than the 1,000 Lenny Kravitz tickets Microsoft was giving away.

Neil the roaming UHub photographer was sitting down to dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen in the Pru last night when one of our Sob Story Guys launched into his spiel. "Set up shop in middle of crowd and launched into sob story," he reports, adding, "I tipped off the bartender and he went quietly when the manager bum rushed him."

"Everything looks perfect from far away ..."

A Miniature Boston - 2011 Boston Time Lapse, by JMITimeLapse

(Made with tilt-shift technology)

Sometimes life gets a little frenetic around here, as Photographynatalia (above, by the Pru) and misssalimoo (by Kenmore Square) show:

A concerned citizen grows weary of obnoxious drivers blaring horns at pedestrians crossing with the light at Belvedire and Huntington by the Pru:

Boston Police report this is a surveillance photo of a man they say broke into a cell-phone kiosk at the Prudential Center mall yesterday.

Police say he made off with 20 new cell phones worth $7,000 - which works out to $350 apiece.

If you know anybody with plenty of phones, contact Detective Dan MacDonald at D-4: 617-343-4683.

Steve Garfield warns, from first-hand experience, that the flat-fee night parking rate at the Prudential Center garage only applies if you come back with a validated ticket; otherwise, you get charged the daytime hourly rate.

Timothy LePage photographed the Pru this morning.

The first annual JP Music Festival - featuring 20 bands with some connection to Jamaica Plain - runs 1 to 7 p.m. at the Pinebank baseball field near Jamaica Pond. Free.

At the same time, Ben Kweller and Gentlemen Hall will headline the equally free Boston Fair Trade Music Festival on the Boylston side of the Prudential Center - which will also feature a number of local acts, including Green Line Inbound. A Ben & Jerry's truck will dish up free samples of a fair-trade-based ice cream.

DJMaffmatix reports he was at the Pru yesterday to do some film work at the same time KISS 108 was doing some music stuff and then this guy just started dancing.

Via Megan Johnson.

5-2.

Historygradguy captured the Pru lit up last night.

Photo copyright Historygradguy. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Commish96 shot this last night. Lightning strikes on the Pru are actually relatively common, but always dramatic.

The other day, Penny Cherubino noticed something odd at the Prudential Center farmers' market: Every so often, the sellers would raise their arms to the sky. She finds out why.

Pro-choice at the Pru

John Anthony (above) and Kevin Gilnack photographed today's Walk for Choice through Allston, Roxbury, the Back Bay and downtown.

Marchers on the Common

Greg MacKay strolled around the South Boston waterfront one recent night. On another recent night, Julie Ciollo watched the sun go down from the top of the Prudential.

Copyright Greg MacKay and Julie Ciollo, respectively. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.

Happened Dec. 12. Anybody happen to see it?

Via Bridesmaiding.

Two guys who maybe are getting a bit old for the 100-yard dash were arrested yesterday on charges they grabbed 15 wicked expensive Louis Vuitton bags at Saks Fifth Avenue and tried to outrun security and police.