Music: Beantown Jazz

Berklee College of Music and the BeanTown Jazz Festival present jazz and R&B singer Lalah Hathaway on Sept. 23, at the Berklee Performance Center, as the opening show for the fifth BeanTown fest. The jazz continues through Sept. 24, outdoors along Columbus Avenue between Massachusetts Avenue and Burke Street in the South End. Tix for Hathaway, $25 (or $50 with an artist reception), go on sale Aug. 1 at Ticketmaster and the box office.