Fashion Your
Seat Belts
Boylston Street becomes
a runway for a week of
couture parties
For nearly t wo decades, Boston Fashion
Week has been building momentum and
recognition, defining the city as a serious town for clothing design. This year’s
celebration is a series of integrated events
centered in the Back Bay and branching out
to all corners of the city. BF W runs Sept.
23–30 and marks the debut of the Tent,
which will serve as center stage for viewing
the latest apparel from national and international design houses as well as the figure-skimming creations of Boston’s own Daniela
Corte and other local favorites, including
Denise Hajjar, Daniel Faucher and Michael
De Paulo. On each side of the Tent, the
Shops at Prudential Center and the Mandarin Oriental hotel will host parties, seminars
and more than 20 additional shows. Greater
Boston shops, hair salons and restaurants
are getting into the act, too, via the Fashion
ave
Date
Kendall Square
the
Cambridge
Carnival
Sept. 11
Celebrate African
traditions with music,
food, crafts and a
most colorful parade
featuring handmade,
extravagant costumes.
cambridgecarnival.org
Fenway
Boston
Symphony
Orchestra
Sept. 30
Violinist Anne-Sophie
Mutter opens the Bos-
ton Symphony Orches-
tra season, making her
debut as both conductor
and soloist. bso.org
CITY GUIDE
Boston
For additional event, attraction,
restaurant and hotel information,
visit arrivecityguides.com
Daniela Corte fashion show
Trail, with smaller shows, sales and parties.
bostonfashionweek.com.
By the
Book
among the Pulitzer
Prize-winning authors
heading this chapter
of the Boston Book
Festival, oct. 15, are
Siddhartha Mukher-jee (The Emperor
of All Maladies: A
Biography of Cancer)
and Jennifer egan (A
Visit from the Goon
Squad ). the all-day
affair features more
than 100 authors,
poets and scholars
and takes place in
and around Copley
Square. events
range from readings and seminars
to children’s
events, book
signings, contests
and workshops.
bostonbook
fest.org.
weSt end
Pompeii Exhibit
Opens Oct. 2
More than 250 artifacts,
including body casts
from the ancient, vol-cano-ruined city, are on
display at the Museum
of Science. mos.org
CharleS river
47th Head of
the Charles
Regatta
Oct. 22–23
Spectators and picnick-
ers line the Charles
River as crew teams
and single scullers
from around the world
compete in the nation’s
most prestigious rowing
regatta. hocr.org
downtown CroSSing
Boston Ballet
Oct. 29
The Boston Ballet opens
its 48th season with a
one-night-only perfor-
mance of Night of Stars,
a repertory performance
featuring principal
dancers and soloists.
bostonballet.org
