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15th Annual
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| (From left): Usher, Rev. Jesse Jackson, actress Jasmine Guy and Donnie McClurkin were in attendance at the 2007 Trumpet Awards. McClurkin received the Gospel Giants Award at the ceremony, held Jan. 22 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. |
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| R&B idol Gladys Knight (left) and jazz vocal icon Nancy Wilson (right) flank Dionne Warwick, who received the Living Legends Award at the 2007 Trumpet Awards in Las Vegas. (Photos courtesy of Bunnie Jackson-Ransom) |
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While many know all about Clint Eastwood’s landmark performances both in front of and behind the camera, audiences might not be aware of the film legend’s unbridled passion for jazz music, a love he shares with music impresario Quincy Jones. |
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The 22nd Annual Cambridge NAACP
Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast:
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| The 22nd Annual Cambridge NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast honoree and pastor of St. Paul A.M.E. Church Rev. LeRoy Attles shares a laugh with his wife Henrietta (right). One of the breakfast’s featured speakers, Gov. Deval Patrick (left), stands with Kathy Reddick, president of the Cambridge branch of the NAACP, and Cambridge Mayor Ken Reeves. (Romana Vysatova photos) |
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Other Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick spoke during a memorial service for Army Sgt. Gregory Wright, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at Concord Ave. Baptist Church in Boston. Wright, 28, who lived in Boston but was raised in Jamaica, was killed in January during a combat operation in Iraq. He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. (AP photo/Michael Dwyer) |
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| Superstar Prince performs his classic hit “Purple Rain” during the rain soaked halftime show at Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium in Miami on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007, where the Colts beat the Bears 29-17. (AP photo/Chris O’Meara) |
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Sharon Robinson (left), daughter of baseball legend Jackie Robinson, met with 125 local youths from Gavin and McCormack Middle Schools at Fenway Park last week to celebrate what would have been the 88th birthday of the man who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947. (Julie Cordeiro/Boston Red Sox photo) |
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