July 15, 2010 — vol. 45, no 49
Boston Scenes
Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week
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Cape Verde Prime Minister Jose Maria Neves greets supporters during a visit to the University of Massachusetts, Boston last weekend. (Ernesto Arroyo photo) |
Christina Pasqualone and Herbert Labbate of Jamaica Plain dance to the salsa rhythms provided by La Timbistica as they kicked off the fifth annual Tito Puente Music Series. (Ernesto Arroyo photo) |
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Pano Yeracaris, Network Health’s vice president and chief medical officer in Medford, receives Whittier Street’s Health Champion Award from the health center’s president and CEO Frederica Williams. (Photo courtesy of Whittier Street Health Center) |
The Rebel Diaz Arts Collective joined nearly 1,000 other rain-soaked immigration activists that rallied in Copley Square to protest Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s controversial immigration reform policies during last weekend’s National Governors Association meetings here in Boston. (Ernesto Arroyo photo) |
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Boston business leaders Dorothy Terrell, Juliette Mayers and Charlotte Golar Richie join the United Negro College Fund’s Janice Cooper (second from left) at a fun-raising luncheon sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Eastern Massachusetts. (Sandy Middlebrooks photo) |
La Timbistica kicks off the 5th Annual Tito Puente music series, as the crowd of about 300 dance to the salsa rhythms at Mozart Park in Jamaica Plain. The series is free to the public and includes a performance by salsa star Jerry Rivera at City Hall on July 31. (Ernesto Arroyo photo) |
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Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner introduces a resolution supporting Gov. Deval Patrick’s Anti-Gun Bill. (Ernesto Arroyo photo) |
