Unsilent Night December 16, 2006

The arch at Washington Square Park, near 1 Fifth Avenue, free. Information, philkline.com.

Join Phil Kline’s annual boombox Christmas parade at Washington Square Park tomorrow for his performance of “Unsilent Night.” Participants bring the boomboxes; Mr. Kline, above, a classical composer esteemed for his “healthy disregard of traditional boundaries,” provides tapes and CDs of his cacophonous music; everyone presses ‘play’ at once; and voila: a decidedly postmodern, thoroughly democratic symphony is born. “The amplified drones and chimes and bells echo off buildings, stop traffic, baffle passers-by and encourage taxi horns to chime in.” The procession makes its way to Tompkins Square Park, where, Anne Midgette says, they join “in a moment of silence before breaking, with a whoop, into enthusiastic applause.” -- NY Times