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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| Yawkey Club of Roxbury members, aged 12 to 18, gathered at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston’s 7th Annual CyberSummit, April 19 - 20, to learn new technology skills. More than 50 teens participated in the event, which provided hands-on technology workshops and concluded with a CyberFair to showcase the participants’ projects. Teens from all five BGCB Clubs in Charlestown, Chelsea, Dorchester, Roxbury and South Boston participated. (Photo courtesy of Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston) |
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| The curtain goes up tonight for the engaging “Street Lights,” a new original play penned by and featuring Boston Arts Academy seniors. The play’s five vignettes explore issues such as sexual abuse, drug use and violence at BAA’s Black Box Theatre, 174 Ipswich Street, Boston. Call 617-635-6470 x515 or visit www.bostonartsacademy.org for tickets. (Photo courtesy of Boston Arts Academy) |
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| First lady Diane Patrick (right) leaves with her husband, Gov. Deval Patrick (left), after the two attended the 2007 Victim Rights Conference at the State House in Boston last Thursday. Diane Patrick made her first public appearance since deciding in March to step back from her public role due to exhaustion and depression. (AP photo/Chitose Suzuki) |
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| Four years ago, while aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, President Bush declared the end of major combat in Iraq. On Tuesday, he rejected a $124.2 billion war-spending bill that called for the withdrawal of troops by the fall of 2008. (AP photo/J. Scott Applewhite) |
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| This pastel self-portrait by Boston Arts Academy senior Jaleela Browder was recently selected by Congressman Michael Capuano to represent the Massachusetts 8th Congressional district in an annual exhibit at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Browder, a Dorchester native, plans to attend college next year. (Photo courtesy of Boston Public Schools) |
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| The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center is hosting a new exhibition titled “Della Brown Taylor Hardman: A Legacy of Simple Inspiration” at Boston University’s Mugar Library. Andrea L. Taylor and her granddaughter Quinn Coaxum stand next to the exhibit, which honors Taylor’s mother. Hardman was an artist, educator and community activist. The exhibition features photographs, correspondence, memorabilia and personal writings. (Photo courtesy of Andrea L. Taylor) |
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| More than 250 people gathered at The Fessenden School in West Newton for “The Journey of the Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan.” Fessenden seventh grade student Benjamin Kent, “Lost Boy” Philip Dut of Sudan, Denece Ryland and John Kent met up at this gathering. The event brought Fessenden families and employees together to participate in workshops led by South Sudanese refugees April 29. A group of 20 Fessenden boys were paired with local “Lost Boys” and “Lost Girls” to interview and exchange conversation prior to meeting in person at the event. (Courtesy of The Fessenden School) |
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