Michelle Wu playing the piano at Symphony Hall
By adamg - 9/21/24 - 10:30 pm

Our own Ron Newman took in the BSO's free Concert for the City, which featured Mayor Wu performing a piano solo of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." Before the main event, the Pops Gospel Choir performed.

By adamg - 3/12/20 - 3:09 pm

Peter Wilson reports the BSO is cancelling all performances through March 28, at both Symphony Hall and at Tanglewood because, well, you can guess.

By adamg - 10/31/19 - 5:48 pm

If you happen to be downtown or in the Back Bay or the Fenway this evening and wonder about the Major Motorcade and all the police and stuff, it's because German Präsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier is Hubbing it to conclude "the official end of Wunderbar Together, the Year of German-America Friendship," with a joint concert by the BSO and the Leipzig Gewandhausorchester tonight. Read more.

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

By adamg - 7/23/18 - 9:51 pm

In the leg in the parking lot behind Symphony Hall on St. Stephen Street shortly before 9:45 p.m. Police found him in front of Symphony Hall a few minutes later. His injuries do not appear life threatening.

By adamg - 12/17/17 - 12:33 pm

A disgusted South End citizen files a complaint about people heading to BSO concerts who park on neighborhood streets and consider their $40 non-resident tickets a decent price for parking: Read more.

By adamg - 3/22/17 - 9:57 pm

Shortly after 9 p.m., Donna Halper reported:

Ted Koppel is speaking about cyber-security at Symphony Hall when suddenly, fire alarm went off & we all had to evacuate.

A few minutes later, though, people were let back in, she reports.

John Collins taking the oath of office in Boston, 1960
By adamg - 1/6/14 - 9:15 am

On Jan. 6, 1964, John Collins took the oath of office for his second term as mayor of Boston in a ceremony at Symphony Hall, as shown in this photo from the Boston City Archives. That's Cardinal Richard Cushing in the center. Anybody know who was swearing Collins in?

More Collins photos.

Bobby the Pig in the snow
By adamg - 1/2/14 - 7:04 pm

Brian D'Amico captured Bobby the Pig outside Symphony Hall this evening enjoying the snow.

Copyright Brian D'Amico. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

By adamg - 2/6/09 - 5:11 pm

Boston Police have released this video of a person of interest in the "anthrax" tube incident at Symphony Hall this morning:

By adamg - 2/6/09 - 1:39 pm

Boston Daily reports on a brief scare this morning involving a poster tube labeled "Anthrax" just sitting in front of Symphony Hall.

Hmm, this sounds vaguely familiar.

By adamg - 5/19/08 - 8:29 pm

Jasonik gets a couple of shots of civilian cars - with ticket books on the dash - parked illegally at the bus stop at Symphony Hall.