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By adamg - 7/4/23 - 6:21 pm
People with phones set up for emergency messages were warned this afternoon to leave the Esplanade as a line of thunderstorms approached south of Boston. State Police stopped letting people onto the Esplanade to reduce the number of people they might have to move out in a hurry had the heavy rain and lightning reached the Charles, which it didn't. Read more.
By adamg - 6/11/21 - 11:44 am
And only 9,000 people will be allowed in, WCVB reports. But fireworks at the Common and Harborfest and July 3rd fireworks over the harbor.
By adamg - 12/8/20 - 12:23 pm
Dart Adams provides some background on Davis's performance with the Pops in 1988:
Sammy Davis Jr. first came to Boston's South End/Lower Roxbury as a child and lived there for years with his father and his "uncle" Will Mastin as part of the Will Mastin Trio.
By adamg - 5/5/20 - 12:29 pm
It there were a Zoom version meant for orchestral performances, it might look and sound like this rendition of John Williams's "Summon the Heroes," played as a tribute to essential workers.
H/t Adam Castiglioni.
By adamg - 4/8/20 - 3:21 pm
Peter Wilson reports the Boston Pops have cancelled their spring season and that they're still considering whether to perform on July 4th at the Hatch Shell and this summer in Tanglewood.
By bsopress - 4/23/19 - 2:07 pm
Opening Night of the 2019 Boston Pops spring season—Wednesday, May 8—heralds the much-anticipated Boston Pops return of Bernadette Peters, dynamic star of stage and screen, and is the first of ten eclectic programs that Keith Lockhart will lead from the Symphony Hall stage. The upcoming season, which runs through June 15, also boasts an impressive lineup of Boston Pops debuts, including special appearances by actress and comedian Jane Lynch, travel guru Rick Steves, and Grammy and MacArthur “Genius Grant” winner Rhiannon Giddens who will curate and perform in an electrifying four-concert survey of American Roots music (5/22-25).
By adamg - 7/3/17 - 8:34 pm
Molly Lanzarotta took in the Pops rehearsal concert at the Hatch Shell this evening.
By adamg - 7/3/14 - 11:20 am
The lawn in front of the Hatch Shell doesn't open until 5 p.m. for tonight's Fourth Third festivities, but Leslee spotted people lining up this morning to get in at the stroke of 5.
Posted under this Creative Commons license and in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
By adamg - 11/3/13 - 6:58 pm
A California photographer who claims the BSO owes him lots of money for the photographs it used for some Boston Pops concerts last year is, of course, suing.
The BSO replies that the photographer offered his work for free in exchange for letting him use the BSO name to try to drum up sponsorships for the "Visions of America" concerts. Since he couldn't find any sponsors, the BSO says it doesn't owe him the time of day.
By adamg - 6/16/13 - 8:51 am
The Globe reports the good news.
Oh, yeah, the Globe also reports this is all because of evil New Yorkers trying to squash our poor little fireworks display, but, hey, even evil New Yorkers aren't all bad.
By adamg - 12/18/11 - 3:30 pm
A Framingham woman was nabbed after she allegedly stole two women's purses from the pricey seats at yesterday's Holiday Pops concert at Symphony Hall, Boston Police report.
Police say Chelsea Ingalls, 26, had a balcony ticket, but made her way down to the floor level:
By adamg - 12/2/11 - 11:55 pm
The Pops try for the second year to garner a world record for the most people singing Christmas carols in one place at one time, starting at noon at the Christian Science plaza. They'll need nearly 10,000 people to join in.
By adamg - 5/23/07 - 9:03 am
The Suffolk County D.A.'s office reports those two guys who battled it out at a Pops concert face a probable-cause hearing in Boston Municipal Court. A court clerk will determine whether any charges in the case should be issued and, if so, against whom.
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