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Key West • St. Augustine • Savannah • San Diego • Boston • Washington DC CONTENTS departments 12 calendar 14 14 26 currently in boston 32 shopping 40 maps of cambridge, boston & the region 49 53 49 museums FEATURES 53 cover stories sightseeing 66 8 First Impressions restaurant guide Ring in 2005 with our guide to Boston’s First Night celebration. boston in focus 39 10 Pop! Goes the New Year information desk Still don’t know what to do for New Year’s Eve? 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PANORAMA is online at www.panoramamagazine.com 6 PANORAMA t Im irs pre FEverything you need to know about First s Night fun in the Hub by Scott Roberto ssion itting in front of the tube to watch a MUSIC TO YOUR EARS with the Airborne Comedians, who juggle WHERE TO BUY A BUTTON The First glowing ball descend upon Times From classical to rock, there’s everything from electric guitars to lawn chairs Night Button is your gen- Square in New York City maybe be a plenty of offerings for music (1:40, 3:10 and 4:40 p.m.). Then in the evening, eral admission ticket to all fine tradition and all, but it’s not really lovers of all stripes. For teen local comic Tony V takes a side-splitting look at indoor festivities and is on sale for $15 at a number of making the most of your New Year’s pop fans, get an early start on the past year, from politics to shoe styles (7:30 & 9 area retailers including partici- SEve now, is it? If you’d rather get out and actually, the day with Aaron Carter at p.m.), while ImprovBoston busts out with on-the-spot pating Star/Shaw’s Supermarkets, you know, do something as 2005 makes its City Hall Plaza at 11:30 a.m.At hilarity fueled by audience participation (7:30 p.m.). Store 24, Lil’ Peach, Tedeschi’s and Borders Books & Music. Buttons debut, it doesn’t get much better than Boston’s Berklee Performance Center, catch can also be purchased at most 29-year-old First Night celebration. The family- former members of seminal FIRE, ICE AND SPARKLING LIGHTS museums, sights and visitor centers focused, citywide jubilee begins early on Boston rock bands like the Modern As you stroll around town, keep an eye out for six colossal ice including the Boston Common Visitor December 31 and lasts until the spectacular fire- Lovers, Face to Face and ’Til Tuesday in sculptures on display throughout the city, including the “Ice Information Center, the Prudential Center Visitor Kiosk and BosTix. works display at midnight. With hundreds of their new roots music project, Family Jewels (8:45 Dragon” at the Boston Common Frog Pond and “First Night Big Buttons are also available at the things to do and see, from museum exhibits to & 9:45 p.m.). Other stand-outs include Buffalo Top” in Copley Square. New Year’s reveling in Boston would Hynes Convention Center, the Park ice sculptures to music and dance performances, Tom frontman Bill Janovitz and his new band not be complete without a front row spot for the famed Street “T” station, City Hall Plaza and the corner of Arlington and Boylston there’s more than enough fun to be had by all. Crown Victoria Grand Procession (7:30 & 9:30 p.m.) and British Boylston Street (commencing at Hynes streets on December 31. For a full list post-punk troubadour Graham Parker (pictured Convention Center at 5:30 p.m. and ending at the intersection of retailers and a complete schedule FAMILY FUN FOR ALL AGES above, 8:30 & 10:30 p.m.) at the Orpheum Theatre. of Charles and Beacon streets at 7 p.m.), this year entitled “The of events, visit www.firstnight.org or For those with young children who can’t stay Story of A Life.”This glimmering entourage of community lead- call 617-542-1399. out late, the annual Family Festival at the THE REEL DEAL ers, children and local talent whoop it up Mardi-Gras style, BEYOND FIRST NIGHT When the Hynes Convention Center from 1–6 p.m. Cinephiles can rejoice with a slew of screenings, sporting costumes representative of the city’s cultures and its fireworks are over, hang onto that First packs in dozens of entertainment options from the classic to the contemporary.The Coolidge notable icons, from the Emerald Necklace to Boston Harbor. Night button—it carries benefits that extend well into the post-holiday amongst its many halls and rooms. Highlights Corner Theatre in Brookline hosts the First The parade ends with the Family Fireworks Celebration, host- season. Here is just a sampling: include Cambridge-based children’s story- Night Film Festival, showing a Looney Tunes ed by Mayor Thomas Menino, which lights up Boston Common • 15 percent off Boston Symphony Orchestra teller Brother Blue (1:45 and 3 p.m.), high- Extravaganza at noon and the new film version at 7:10 p.m. But even after the children are nestled concerts for most performances in January. • Half-price admission to the Children’s flying daredevils The Skyriders of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of all snug in their beds, the late-night crowd Museum on Jan 1, $1 off through January. (1:20, 2:50 and 4:20 p.m.) and Venice starring Al Pacino can still enjoy the revelry, at least until • Half price admission to the Harrison Gray a host of child-friendly (pictured right) at 9 p.m. the midnight hour. Get up close and Otis House Museum through March. musicians, magicians, Fans of animation from the personal with the anchors from CBS4 • $2 off admission to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum through March. ethnic dance Far East can catch the best for the Countdown to Midnight (begin- • $1 off adult admission to the Institute of demonstrations of old and new Japanese ning at 11 p.m.) as the Boston Public Contemporary Art through Jan 2. and puppet Anime at the Hynes Convention Library facade in Copley Square is trans- • Free admission to the Old South Meeting House through Jan 15.