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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| Gov. Deval Patrick recently attended a Black History Month celebration at which Shaw’s Supermarkets donated $25,000 to the Massachusetts Public Libraries. The Boston Public Library’s Dudley Branch is one of the recipients of the donation. Similar events were held during Black History Month at the Fall River Public Library, New Bedford Free Public Library and the Worcester Public Library. (Photo courtesy of Shaw’s Supermarkets) |
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| Mayor Thomas M. Menino (center) recently took part in the promotion ceremony of two Boston Police officers. Officer Bruce Holloway was promoted from deputy superintendent to superintendent and Officer Gary French was promoted from lieutenant detective to deputy superintendent. In the photo, newly appointed superintendent Holloway (left) is being pinned by his aunt, Jo-Ellis Christmas. (Photo courtesy of the City of Boston Mayor’s Office) |
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| Aly Forson performs one of “The Vagina Monologues” to a packed house last Saturday at the Roxbury Center for The Arts at Hibernian Hall. Through performances, sponsorships and individual donations, Eve Ensler’s play has helped the nonprofit organization V-Day Boston raise over $13,000 for local domestic violence agencies hit hard by 2006 funding cuts. The group hopes to reach its goal of $20,000 with the HEAL (Health, Education, Arts and Liberation) Boston Conference, which will be held March 23-25. (Jovee Henehan photo) |
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| Ella Fitzgerald’s granddaughter Blossom Celeste Magnolia Brown, Ray Brown Jr., Fitzgerald’s son, and longtime friend Phoebe Jacobs (left to right) looked on at the United States Postal Service’s newest stamp — Ella Fitzgerald — which was released at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on January 10. (AP photo/Felix Martinez - United States Postal Service) |
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