October 14, 2010 — vol. 46, no 10
Boston Scenes
Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week
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Tom Gleason, MassHousing’s executive director and Thaddeus Miles, MassHousing’s director of public safety, receive the award from Urban Edge in support of their Summer Youth Employment Program. (Photo courtesy of MassHousing)
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Business Not As Usual Founder and CEO Barbara Dulin (center) stands with honorees Clayton Turnbull, CEO of the Waldwin Group, Inc. and Coleen Worrell, founder and CEO for CPWorrellSignatureLine at Business Not As Usual’s recent business seminar. (Tony Irving photo) |
Simon Malls sponsored a weekend of events at the Burlington Mall showcasing wares from clothing stores and other vendors. “Swag Bags” of samples and coupons lured hundreds of people into lines where restaurants dished out specialty items from their menus. One of the events was Fashion Now, which consisted of a fashion runway show and a singing performance by Ayla Brown, former American Idol contestant and daughter of U.S. Sen. Scott Brown. (George Weinstein photo) |
Cecilia Marshall, wife of the late Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall spoke at the 30th anniversary of the Boston African American National Historic Site (BAANHS). In 1950, the United States Congress established BAANHS. It’s mission, in partnership with Boston’s Museum of African American History, is to preserve and interpret the historic structures and properties in Boston associated with the creation and development of a free African American community on Beacon Hill. (Don West photo, www.donwestfoto.com) |
