COVER STORY
First Night 2000: The program
Visual arts
Boston Close Up: Window on a NewCentury
Photos, sounds, songs, and quotes about Boston between 1899 and 1901.
Fri. 11 a.m-4 p.m., 5-9 p.m. Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities gallery
Boston's Video Scrapbook
Record your memories of Boston in 1999.
Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Old State House Museum/The Bostonian Society
A Celebration of Aging
An installation of larger-than-life holograms with audio memories of seniors 80 and older. The project was conceived by Harriet Casdin-Silver and Kevin Brown. (Artist profile).
Fri. and Sat. 1 p.m.-1 a.m. Hynes: Room 210
Dorchester Portraits Project
A hundred life-size portraits and self-portraits of residents ages 6 to 70.
Fri. and Sat. 1 p.m.-1 a.m. Hynes: Hallway of Exhibit Hall C
Explore Sesame Street and More
Exhibits mark 30 years of the show. Also, Arthur's world, the Construction Zone.
Free to First Night button holders Fri. and Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Half price to button holders Saturday. Children's Museum
Facial Expressions
Shana Hicks and her crew will paint your face.
Fri. and Sat. 7-11 p.m. Hynes: Hall A
Festival of International Short Films
Bo Smith curated this showing of 1999 shorts.
Fri. 6:30-7:15 p.m., 7:45-8:30 p.m., 9-9:45 p.m., 10:15-11 p.m. MFA: Remis
Auditorium
It's All Happening at the Zoo
Explore the enclosed African Tropical Forest; see Western lowland gorillas, warthogs, pygmy hippos, monkeys, and lions (oh my!).
Sat. 10 a.m-4 p.m. Franklin Park Zoo
Douglas Kornfeld
Your shadows mingle with larger-than-life iconic figures projected by artist Kornfeld.
Fri. and Sat. 1 p.m.-1 a.m. Hynes: Hallway of Exhibit Hall C
Millennium Quilts
Clara Wainwright and community groups display 12 quilts created over the last three years.
Fri. and Sat. 9 a.m-10 p.m.; Sun. noon-7 p.m. Boston Architectural Center
Museum of Fine Arts
The first 200 First Night button holders get in free (special ticketed exhibits not included).
Sun. 10 a.m.-noon. MFA
Museum of Science
The first 500 First Night button holders get in free.
Sun. 9 a.m.-noon. Museum of Science
New England Aquarium
Join the sea otters, penguins, seals, and sharks in welcoming the new year.
Sun. 9 a.m.-noon free to button holders. New England Aquarium
Old Ironsides
Imagine life on the USS Constitution as you take the wheel, hoist the sail, and pretend to maneuver the ship into battle.
Fri. and Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. USS Constitution Museum
Old Ironsides: Celebrations at Sea
Participatory theater performance of traditional Navy ceremony.
Sun. noon-12:30 p.m., 1-1:30 p.m., 2-2:30 p.m., 3-3:30 p.m. USS Constitution Museum
Otis House Candlelight Tours
Visit the home of Harry and Sally Otis, built in 1796 and lit up for the celebration.
Fri. 5-9 p.m. Harrison Gray Otis House Museum
Otis House Self-Guided Tours
Experience the elegant life of a leading Boston family just after the Revolution.
Fri. 11 a.m-4 p.m. Otis House
Jameel Parker
"Time, Place and the Immigrant Experience": Stained-glass mural created by Parker and Boston youth depicts the lives of American immigrants through the years and what the next millennium may bring.
Fri. and Sat. 1 p.m.-1 a.m. Hynes: Hallway of Exhibit Hall A
Sites Unseen: Shimon Attie
The artist transforms sites to redefine private and collective memory. His Berlin project "The Writing on the Wall," for example, casts images of the Berlin pre-war Jewish community onto buildings in the old Jewish quarter. This is the first comprehensive exhibit of Attie's work, which uses photography, film, video, slides, and light boxes.
Fri. noon-7 p.m.; Sat. and Sun. noon-5 p.m. Institute of Contemporary Art
Spy the Old State House
See John Hancock's coat, tea from the Boston Tea Party, and more by going on the "I Spy" scavenger hunt. Kits at the visitors desk.
Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Old State House
Tribal Rhythms Community Partnership Project
Banners created by children learning to work as a group.
Fri. and Sat. 1 p.m.-1 a.m. Hynes: Hallway of Exhibit Hall A
Y2K Pops!
In a project conceived by Rob Gonsalves and William Tremblay, 101 personal computers test the Y2K bug by playing symphonic arrangements synchronized with colorful graphics. A robotic semi-conductor leads. (Artist profile).
Fri. and Sat. 1 p.m.-1 a.m. Hynes: Main Lobby
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