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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| State Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, D-Boston (right) listens to the testimony of Roberta Fitzpatrick, counsel for Arbella Mutual Insurance Co., before a Senate panel at the Statehouse on Monday, Aug. 13, 2007, in Boston. The panel met with representatives of the auto insurance industry to debate Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick’s plan to open the state’s auto insurance industry to more competition. Arbella Mutual is opposed to Patrick’s plan, as is Wilkerson, who lives in a neighborhood with some of the highest insurance rates in the city. (AP photo/Kevin Martin) |
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| Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley (left) poses for a photo with Boston native Vivian Onuoha (right). Onuoha, a student at the Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich., is completing a legal internship in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office this summer. (Photo courtesy of the Office of Attorney General Martha Coakley |
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| Roxbury residents and high school seniors Christian Martinez and Ibrahim Bah teach a group of kids about marine biology as part of Boston Harbor Explorers, a marine environment education program run by Save the Harbor/Save the Bay in partnership with local sailing centers. Youths are able to explore the harbor using fishing rods, lobster traps, microscopes, binoculars and a variety of other tools. (Photo courtesy of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay) |
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R&B legend Al Green was one of 31 acts that thrilled an estimated crowd of 15,000 people last weekend at the JVC Jazz Festival-Newport. (Kevin T. Cox photo)
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| State Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, state Health and Human Services Secretary JudyAnn Bigby, Dr. Lauren Smith and state Rep. Peter J. Koutoujian hold the final report of the state Commission to End Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities during last week’s panel discussion at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The commission called for the creation of a state center to coordinate across-the-board efforts to close the gap in health disparities. (Gwendolyn Rodriguez photo) |
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JVC Jazz Festival
Each August, thousands of jazz enthusiasts make a pilgrimage to Newport, R.I., for performances by some of the world’s finest jazz singers and musicians — the superstars and future stars of jazz. This year was no exception. Despite a cold and rainy opening night last Friday, over 15,000 people watched 31 bands perform during last weekend’s JVC Jazz Festival.
(Clockwise from top left): B.B. King closed this year’s festival on a high note, reminding all in attendance that, even at age 81, he is still “King of the Blues”; bassist Esperanza Spalding, the youngest faculty member in the history of Berklee College of Music, took the stage with the Donald Harrison Quintet; Christian Scott returned for his second time on the stage in Newport, performing with his uncle, Donald Harrison; and jazz icon Dave Brubeck, who has appeared at the Jazz Festival more times than any other performer in the event’s history, shares a smile with the crowd. (Kevin T. Cox photos)
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