Independence Day turns Boston into Patriotic Partying Central ... And when it comes to family-friendly holiday traditions, you can't beat the Boston Pops Fireworks ...
America's bandleader prepares for another Fourth ... "There's always some set of events, positive or negative, that color the lens that people see the Fourth of July through." ... For the past 15 years, Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart has been one of the city's most familiar public faces and likable personalities. Every July 4, America rediscovers that charm. The third hour of the "Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular," performed before a crowd of 500,000 or so on the Esplanade, is broadcast
Notes from 'Ballets Russes 2009' ... The 100th birthday of Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes prompted the expected centennial tributes in Boston: a "Diaghilev's Ballets Russes 1909–1929: Twenty Years That Changed the World of Art" symposium and exhibition at Harvard University in April, and a "Ballets Russes 2009" festival this month ... PULCINELLA (1920) Imagine having Picasso to do your curtain design ... Setting the Wang on fire: Boston Ballet's "Ballets Russes 2009." By Jeffrey Gantz ...
There are two Bostons: the Sox city of firefighters and cops, Irish pubs and Dropkick Murphys fans; and the learned Hub home to Harvard, the Kennedys and Symphony Hall. The ...