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Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week:
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| Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley (bottom right) recently delivered $5,000 in seized drug money to the Roxbury nonprofit Sociedad Latina’s Tremont Street headquarters. The money is earmarked for the group’s youth outreach programs. (Photo courtesy of Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office) |
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| Legendary trombonist and former James Brown sideman Fred Wesley (center) poses with Barbara Thomas, major gift coordinator for Berklee College of Music (left) and Berklee student Alvin Foster, a solo performer with the college’s Music of James Brown Ensemble during last Thursday evening’s celebration of the Godfather of Soul’s music at the Berklee Performance Center. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| State Rep. Willie Mae Allen (center) addresses the congregation at Morning Star Baptist Church in Mattapan alongside Minister Shervell Johnson (left) and Rev. Dr. John M. Borders III. Allen recently received the church’s first Recovery Outreach Program Award for her support of the program, which aims to eradicate drug and alcohol abuse in many of Boston’s low-income and minority neighborhoods. (Photo courtesy of Morning Star Baptist Church) |
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| City Councilor-at-Large Sam Yoon had to eat some crow this past week, as New York City Councilman John Liu came calling at the East Ocean City Restaurant to settle the gentleman’s wager the two made on this year’s Super Bowl. Since Liu’s New York Giants bested Yoon’s New England Patriots 17-14, Yoon — joined by City Council colleagues and Asian American community leaders — treated Liu to a dinner of Cantonese lobster. (From left): City Councilor-at-Large Michael Flaherty, City Council President Maureen Feeney, Yoon, Liu, City Councilor Rob Consalvo. (Photo courtesy of Sam Yoon) |
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| Eleven-year-old Marquis and 5-year-old Deaveon are two of the children between the ages of 4 and 16 pictured in the 2008 Heart Gallery, a striking collection of portraits of adoptable children in the Commonwealth’s foster care system. The traveling gallery was organized by the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange Inc. (MARE) to raise awareness. For more information about where the Heart Gallery will be displayed in the months ahead, visit www.mareinc.org. (Judy West photo) |
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| Last week Mayor Thomas M. Menino (right) convened his Foreclosure Intervention Team (FIT) in a newly-created “war room.” The FIT consists of many city agencies and departments who deal with issues surrounding foreclosure and abandonment, including Boston Police, Inspectional Services, Department of Neighborhood Development, Public Health Commission, Corporation Counsel, Public Works, Transportation and Public Property. The first focus of the FIT has been the Hendry Street neighborhood, a small area in Dorchester that has been ravaged by foreclosures and abandoned properties in the wake of a national subprime loan crisis. (Photo courtesy of City of Boston Mayor’s Office) |
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| Trombonist Fred Wesley, a legendary sideman who played with the likes of James Brown and Maceo Parker, rocks the house at the Berklee Performance Center last Thursday evening. Wesley performed with Berklee’s Music of James Brown Ensemble, a group of students dedicated to Brown’s back catalogue. (Tony Irving photo) |
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