Celebrate Fall Tonight

Despite the annual hemming and hawing around Labor Day about the passage of summer and the necessity abandoning of white shoes, autumn actually begins today. While some may lament the fall, if for no other reason than it signals the approach of winter, Bostonist loves it. It's not just the foliage (although that is nice); it's that New England, especially our part of it, is lucky to be at the perfect lattitude so that the seasons do the things they're supposed to do at the right moments. In late September, the air takes on that fresh crispness; by late January, sporadic flurries give way to reliable snowfalls and dense, dirty, unmelting snowbanks (OK, that's not so nice, but it is reliable). Even New York (which is not so far away) tends to have tenacious, sticky summers that hang on until October before giving way to ponderous, frequently unimpressive winters. And San Francisco? Oy, don't get us started - it's cold in June, hot in September, and apathetic through March (or something). Plus, San Francisco doesn't get snow, which makes them weak and whiny.

In any event, if, like Bostonist, you appreciate fall, and especially if you like choral music, we have an event for you. Tonight at 6:00, the Charles River Conservancy and Revels host RiverSing at either end of the Larz Anderson Bridge. The annual celebration of autumn, which the Conservancy website describes as a chance for "the communities of Boston and Cambridge to gather along the banks of the Charles and serenade each other," features various local choral groups along with dancers, percussionists, and assorted other musical marrymaking (including, apparently, enormous alp horns!). It is also accompanied by the permanent illumination of the bridge (last year they did the Weeks Footbridge). With the temperature at sunset hovering just above 80 degrees, it should be lovely time to be by the water.