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New Year's

By adamg - 12/20/07 - 9:19 am

Jim Sullivan runs down his choices for First Night events, including Birdsongs of the Mesozoic with Oral Moses doing "Extreme Spirituals" at Emmanuel Church.

By adamg - 1/1/07 - 4:02 pm

Karrie photographs George's ride to commemorate the raising of the American flag above Prospect Hill during the Revolution. George looks like he stopped at a few Dunkin' Donuts along the way.

By adamg - 1/1/07 - 12:26 pm

How an actual baby rings in the New Year.

Jay Fitzgerald harrumphs at media estimates of 1 million people at First Night, but concludes it doesn't matter because so many of the people he saw were happy:

I saw a lot happy children -- and 'success' was definitely written on their faces.

Sandouri Dean Bey reflects on the past year:

By adamg - 12/31/06 - 11:45 pm

The finale of the first First Night fireworks, at 7 p.m. over Boston Common, as seen from Charles Street (they were a lot louder than they sound in this video):

The entire fireworks display.

Icy Pegasus, on the Common:

More ice-sculpture photos.

Some photos of the Grand Procession.

By Lyss - 12/27/06 - 3:48 pm

From the MBTA Web site:

"SUNDAY, December 31st – New Year's Eve
Blue, Orange, Green and Red Line trains will operate on a SUNDAY schedule..."

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