BACK TO SCHOOL SPECIAL: *18+ THINGS TO DO IN BOSTON

RISE
Aren’t you lucky that the only thing open in Boston after-hours happens to be an 18+ venue? Fridays and Saturdays at RISE frequently host buzzed-about international DJs in an environment that ensures no one will vom on your dancin’ shoes. Because why spoil that rite of passage before its time?

[Fridays and Saturdays. 306 Stuart Street, Boston. 1am-6am/18+/prices vary. @RISEnightclub. riseclub.us)

MIDDLE EAST DOWNSTAIRS
The ratio of 21+ to 18+ concerts in Boston is staggering. The one place this isn’t true? Middle East downstairs. (Which is actually in Cambridge so feel free to continue bitching about that Boston thing.) A huge percentage of their calendar for the fall accommodates 18+. Also, how fun is it to get into a cab and say, “Take me to the Middle East?” Never gets old!

[472 Mass. Ave., Central Sq., Cambridge. @MidEastClub. mideastclub.com]

GLOW BOSTON

Don’t ever say there’s nowhere for you to dance in Boston, little ones. Glow puts on 18+ shows so good 21+ people attend them, and their first event of the fall, Illumina, is this month. No age segregation. Just EDM.

[Glow Boston Presents Illumina @ House of Blues. Fri 9.21.12. 15 Landsdowne St., Boston. 7pm/18+/$20 adv, $25 dos. @HOBBoston. glowboston.com]

PARTIES AT THE DIG!
Keep a lookout this fall for get-togethers hosted by yours truly. We’ll take care of you when the rest of Boston is too hyphy to even take care of itself.