It’s been 15 long years since the last time Newbury Street was closed to traffic. Last Thursday, the no parking signs were posted, the police put up their blocks and the stages, fancy cars and models poured into the street. It was an epic evening for Boston’s first Fashion Night Out.
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Berklee Presents Mario Castro at the Newport Jazz Festival
September 12, 2011 – 6:11 pm
For the third year in a row, Berklee has been invited to present a top student band at the Newport Jazz Festival. The Mario Castro Quintet was chosen to represent the college on a 2011 festival lineup filled with alumni like Esperanza Spalding, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Hiromi, Avishai and Anat Cohen, to name just a few.
Berklee Presents Sierra Hull and Highway 111 at the ICA Harborwalk Sounds Concert Series
September 8, 2011 – 2:58 pm
Sierra Hull, Tennesee Sweatheart and Berklee Presidential Scholar, performed for the ICA crowd last thursday. While still in College, Sierra has been performing for years, having become a master on the strings years ago.
Berklee Presents Tamsin Wilson at the Harvard Longwood Campus in the Summer in the City Concert Series
September 7, 2011 – 2:56 pm
Two weeks to the day, I was lucky enough to stop by the Harvard Longwood campus to see Tamsin Wilson perform a mix of original and covered tunes for the medicinal crowd. Even it was a relatively soft show, I was entranced and speechless the whole time.