Music fans will certainly give bad reviews to Hurricane Irene. The Kenny Chesney show on Sunday at Foxboro was moved to Friday night to avoid Irene. Now, the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival has been moved from Sunday to Tuesday at Mansfield's Comcast Center, which is about 10 minutes from Foxboro's Gillette Stadium. At the least, we're getting a bad storm, and possibly worse. Organizers do seem to be aware of recent weather-related calamities in Indiana and Belgium where stages collapsed and are wasting no time rescheduling outdoor events.
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FEMA and the National Hurricane Center say Hurricane Irene could turn into a "catastrophic" Category 3 storm by the time it reaches Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) took a calmer approach and said we'll have a better idea as it gets closer. [Boston Herald] Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Grace Potter isn't a wizard despite a knack for seeming to be everywhere all at once. Potter and the Nocturnals are hot in the summer of 2011. The hotness comes to the Bank of America Pavilion tonight at 7:30 p.m.
Snowstorm. Drive Carefully. Protect Your Roof. Avoid gigantic mounds of snow. There's also a picture of Boston from 1860. No snow in it, though. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
Today may be the hottest day of the summer. How are Bay Staters reacting to it? Well, earlier today, Bostonist happily wrote about city pools staying open so we can beat the heat. Mayor Thomas Menino knows how to keep voters residents happy duuring a heat emergency. Everyone is not as lucky. After Cambridge struggled to keep Veterans Memorial Pool at Magazine Beach open longer, the pool was closed today after a chlorine spill. Across the state, 21 of 27 pools run by the state Department of Conservation and Recreation are closed for the summer due a lifeguard shortage.
On Saturday, dozens of artists donated their music and time to Farm Aid (now in its 23rd year) for its first concert in New England, held at Great Woods Tweeter Center Comcast Center. Judging from historical data, over a million dollars were likely raised to provide support to America's family farmers and promote their survival on various fronts.
After more than two decades, the annual Farm Aid concert will finally arrive in Massachusetts on September 20 at Great Woods Tweeter Center Comcast Center. The showcase, usually held in the Midwest and the South, has been creeping up the coast--the past two concerts were held in New Jersey and New York.
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