Boston Scenes

Suzanne Bruce, Kelly Bates, Access Strategies’ executive director and Myra Hindus (from l to r) were among the attendees at Access Strategies’ 10th Anniversary celebration at Villa Victoria on Nov. 10, 2010. (Tony Irving photo)

Fifth-grade students from the Mather Elementary School recently had the opportunity to meet former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Rice was in Boston speaking at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and met with the students. (Photo courtesy of Boston Public Schools)

African American artist Allan Rohan Crite’s “Tire Jumping in Front of My Window” (1936-1947), a lively rendering of his South End neighborhood, is one of  Boston’s  iconic images now featured in the new wing of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. (Photo courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston)

A standing-room only audience of parents, teachers and students crowded the Boston School Committee’s meeting last month at English High School to voice public opposition to plans to close several schools. (Eric Esteves photo)

Boston Celtics star Shaquille O’Neal joins members of the community at the Yawkey Club of Roxbury on Nov. 15 during Shaq’s Turkey Give-A-Way. (Tony Irving photo)

Members and supporters of Press Pass TV pose for a photo in Grove Hall. Co-Director Joanna Marinova Jones is pictured at the far right. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

Tomomi Itakura, Designer for Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and guest. Art of the Americas Wing Opening Gala, November 13, 2010. Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard. Museum of Fine Arts, Boson (Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Tsugumi Maki Joiner, Manager of Gallery Planning and Installations for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Toni Pullman, Assistant Coach for Yale University’s Women’s Swimming Team. Art of the Americas Wing Opening Gala, November 13, 2010. Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard. Museum of Fine Arts, Boson. (Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Shawnda Rose, Community Affairs, Brigham & Women's Hospital, and Ron Walker, President & Co-founder of Next Street Financial. Art of the Americas Wing Opening Gala, November 13, 2010. Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard. Museum of Fine Arts, Boson (Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Darnell Williams, President/CEO of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, and his wife, Colleen Williams. Art of the Americas Wing Opening Gala, November 13, 2010. Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard. Museum of Fine Arts, Boson (Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Guests enjoying the festivities. Art of the Americas Wing Opening Gala, November 13, 2010. Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard. Museum of Fine Arts, Boson (Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Staff members from Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Art of the Americas Wing Opening Gala, November 13, 2010. Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro Family Courtyard. Museum of Fine Arts, Boson (Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Al McClain (r), a youth supervisor with The Dorchester Youth Collaborative and former NBA player with the Houston Rockets, chats with youngsters (from l to r) Mikel Calloway, Devoun Rivera, Preston Harwood, Seadron Evans, Kwame Pounci and Terrell Rice. McClain graduated from Hyde Park High School and attended the University of New Hampshire from 1980 to 1984, where he was a standout guard on the men’s basketball team and still holds the school’s scoring record. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)