Let's do it in the middle of the street

I seem to have had a nice weekly activity over the past few weeks that fits perfectly into the spirit of this blog. This past Friday night Cambridge's local government did all the work in closing off a block of Massachusetts Avenue (the main thoroughfare through town) in front of City Hall right near my 'hood in Central Square and setting up a big outdoor dance party. For four hours (alas, I was only there for the final 90 minutes) around 1000 people filled the street and danced to blaring music beneath massive colorful lights being shined down from the roofs of nearby buildings.



That alone screams "awesome," but it was made that much better with a one-hour tribute block of songs to the late Michael Jackson.

On top of all of this, they lit up the City Hall building with all sorts of colorful, semi-psychedelic light displays; the spirals on the sides and the saxophone up top were spinning throughout the night.


Semi-spontaneous dance parties in the street = Very cool.