Boston Scenes

Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week

As an admissions officer at the exclusive Milton Academy, Lori Dow travels the world recruiting students. But Dow also travels throughout Boston doing what she loves equally as much — singing. To see the related story click here. (Photo Bob Stegmaier)

Kathy Taylor, Associate Vice President at Exploritas, joins Martha Vineyard’s historian Bob Hayden and James Moses, CEO of Exploritas, during a recent ceremony awarding Hayden with the Asa Grant Hilliard III Exploritas Award for Lifelong Learning. Hayden is president of the Martha’s Vineyard branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). (Photo courtesy of Exploritas)

Odyssey High School senior Lorina Gjino (left), and Odyssey sophomore Gabriela Cruzado (right) met former New England Patriots linebacker and NFL Hall of Famer Andre Tippett at the 16th annual Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) Sportsmanship Summit held last month at Gillette Stadium. Odyssey High School was one of 24 Boston Public Schools to make the 2008-09 MIAA Sportsmanship Honor Roll for not having had any student-athletes or coaches disqualified or suspended from an athletic contest during the 2008-2009 school year. (Photo courtesy of Boston Public Schools)

Janelle Gilchrist (right) and Dave Vittorino rehearse for the upcoming “Urban Nutcracker,” an inner-city view of the traditional Christmas ode, “The Nutcracker.” The Urban Nutcracker is the vision of Tony Williams, director and founder of the BalletRox Dance Company, whose mission is to use the power of dance to break down racial barriers and enrich the community’s artistic experience. Opening night is Friday, Dec. 4 at the John Hancock Hall in Boston’s Copley Square area. (Photo Don West, www.donwestfoto.com)

Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral (third from right) speaks with students at the Higginson/Lewis K-8 School in Roxbury during her tour as “Principal For A Day” while Ellen Parker (second from right), Executive Director of Project Bread and co-Principal looks on. (Photo courtesy of Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office)

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