Boston Scenes

Marianna Bassham, Lindsay McWhorter and Anne Gottlieb (from l to r) are in the midst of a scene from the SpeakEasy Stage Company production of “In the Next Room (or the vibrator play),” showing at the Calderwood Pavilion this month. (Stratton McCrady photo)

October 2 marked Harvest Festival and Elder Appreciation Day at the Mattapan Farmers Market. Juan Gregorio David Guity visited the market with his mother. The Mattapan Farmers Market is a project of the Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition. (Vivien Morris photo)

Dorchester’s Neponset Health Center hosts Network Health insurance event. As one of Massachusetts’ four insurance carriers, Network Health offered comprehensive health plans to low-and-middle class families.  Shown in the left photo are Network Health Director Sarah Linden greeting Christina Kutchick and Iola Key, both of Dorchester. Also shown are Network Health Community Specialist Glenys Palomino and Network Health member Mary Paschal of Dorchester. (Photos courtesy of Network Health) 

Last week, the Harvard School of Public Health donated $15,000 to the Boston-based nonprofit organization Sociedad Latina in support of their youth internship program. Pictured (from l to r) are:  Meron Zacharias, William Torres, Alonzo Pola, Jeness Colon, Jhoanette Arius, Bruce Smith from the Harvard School of Public Health and Executive Director Alexandra Oliver-Davila. (Photo courtesy of Sociedad Latina)

College Bound Dorchester was recognized by Social Impact Research as one of seven high performing College Access and Success programs in the Boston area. Leslie Moore, director of adolescent development, is pictured with students in the program. (Romana Vysatova photo)

Pastors Ron and Kim Odom held a vigil Monday night for their slain son, Steven, who was shot and killed in 2007 on Evans Street in Dorchester after a game of basketball with friends. (Tony Irving photo)

Teresa D. Bulger, a University of California, Berkeley doctoral candidate, delivered the 2010 James Bradford Ames Research Fellowship lecture on Sept. 16, 2010 at the Campus Center of the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research lecture was titled: “Distance and Home: African American Family Life in Late 19th Century Nantucket.” Shown here (from l to r) Bulger, a James Bradford Ames Research Fellow; Dr. Kwame A.M. Freeman, professor and director of the James Bradford Ames Research Fellowship Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston; and Massachusetts state Rep. Gloria Fox. (Photo courtesy of UMass Boston)

Employees of the Haley House Bakery Café prepared portions of their ginger coleslaw which they sold for $1 last Saturday at the first-ever Boston Local Food Festival, downtown on the Waterfront. More than 100 vendors sold and gave away food from their local New England companies to thousands of attendees. (Shelly Runyon photo)