Boston Scenes

Paco De Lucia, Spain’s most influential Flamenco guitarist, gives remarks after receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Music at Berklee College of Music’s commencement ceremonies, held at Boston University’s Agganis Arena 5/18/10.  This year’s honorary doctorate recipients were recognized for their achievements in contemporary music, contributions to popular culture and lasting influence on Berklee’s  international student body. (Photo Credit Don West / donwestfoto.com)

A sublime moment for Leon Huff, half of the legendary songwriting duo of Gamble & Huff, known as the architects of the “Philly Sound”, as he receives his Honorary Doctorate of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music at commencement ceremonies held at Boston University’s Agganis Arena 5/8/10.   More than 850 graduates from 54 countries received degrees. (Photo credit Don West / donwestfoto.com)

Angelique Kidjo – African born singer/songwriter and humanitarian, received an Honorary Doctorate of Music at the Berklee College of Music commencement ceremonies held at Boston University’s Agganis Arena 5/8/10.  Kidjo, born in Benin, is internationally renowned as Africa’s most celebrated female musical exponent. (Photo credit Don West / donwestfoto.com)

Eight students from TechBoston Academy won first place in a cyberbullying PSA contest sponsored by the Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center at Bridgewater State College. The students are pictured here along with their teacher, Robin Citrin, and Dr. Elizabeth Englander, MARC founder/director and a professor of Psychology at Bridgewater State College. (Photo courtesy of Eric Esteves)

This is a June 1995 portrait of singer and actress Lena Horne. Horne, who broke racial barriers as a Hollywood and Broadway star famed for her velvety rendition of “Stormy Weather,” has died at age 92. Click here for full story. (AP Photo/File)

Livio Arias performs at Roxbury’s Egleston Square Library as a part of Hispanic Writers Week sponsored by UMass-Boston. The yearly event brings together, teachers, students, authors, poets and musicians from across the Americas. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

Peace activist, Isaura Mendes reflects during a moment of silence at the 14th Annual Mothers Day Walk for Peace. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

A photo of Dr. Hugh Morgan Hill, known to many as “Brother Blue,” hangs at St. Paul’s in downtown Boston as saxophonist Stan Strickland plays a song at a memorial service celebrating the life of the “world’s greatest storyteller.” (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

Zeph Godfrey, a Teen Empowerment youth organizer, performs during the group’s Youth Peace Conference. “Think outside the block. Change is around the corner” was the theme of the group’s 18th annual conference. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

The TenPoint Coalition’s Rev. Ray Hammond addresses a crowd of hundreds of CORI Reform activists at the Statehouse. The rally was organized by the Boston Workers Alliance. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)