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Boston Scenes

Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week

The Harlem Globetrotters visit The Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center to sharpen their skills before their games at TD Garden this weekend. Players Scooter Christensen (l) and Bull Bullard pose with Erickson Gomes, 11, and Divisional Commander of Massachusetts Salvation Army Maj. William Bode. (Steve Babineau photo)

Actress and Massachusetts’ native Keisha Nash Whitaker (r) spent an afternoon with Boston bride-to-be Shannon Lee and her pals at Saks Fifth Avenue, Boston on March 12. The Girls’ Day Out shopping excursion and lunch with Whitaker was an item in The Home for Little Wanderers’ Online Holiday Auction to raise money for at-risk children in the child and family service agency’s care. (Heather MacFarlane photo)

Roxbury natives Rev. Stephanie Castro and 17-year-old son Khaivon Castro are joined by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Epsilon Gamma Lamda (EGL) President Marvin Venay (center) and Boston area Alpha brothers (from l to r) Jhovan Williams, Antar Tichavakunda, Emmanuel Kakulu, Daniel Darlington, Frantz Pamphile, Kola Olosunde, Jake Wamala, Bryan Foster, Amon Robinson and Harold Turner at the recent 79th Alpha East Regional Convention in Bermuda. (Victor Kakulu photo)    

Air Force Airman Timoid S. Morrison graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Morrison completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness and basic warfare principles and skills. He is the son of Paulette Morrison of Boston and graduated in 2009 from Charlestown High School. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force)

Andre Blackwell (R.Kelly’s choreographer) Kevin Richards, Brother Taqwa, City Councilor-elect Tito Jackson and DJ Rudi Dottin attended the “Steppin’ In The Bean” event at Hibernian Hall last week. (Tony Irving photo)