Boston Scenes

 

Kevin Garnett of the Boston Celtics soars to dunk the ball during the first half of a preseason basketball game against the Houston Rockets in Manchester, N.H., on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. The Celtics begin the defense of their NBA championship with a regular season kickoff against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008 at the TD Banknorth Garden. (AP photo/Winslow Townson)

 

Nona Hendryx smiles from the stage during her performance last Wednesday evening, part of Berklee’s Women In Rock residency at the Berklee Performance Center. The one-time gathering of influential and groundbreaking African American female musicians featured original music by Hendryx, Siedah Garrett, Joyce Kennedy, Cindy Blackman, Meshell Ndegeocello and Felicia Collins. (Tony Irving photo)

The goal of the Hip-Hop Voter Registration Rally, held Tuesday afternoon at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury, was to register as many Boston-area students as possible to vote in the Nov. 4 election. (From left): Jesse Winfrey; Staten Island, N.Y.-based hip-hop artist NYOIL; state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson; Brooklyn’s Joell Ortiz; Jamarhl Crawford of the New Black Panther Party. (Tony Irving photo)

Afaa Michael Weaver (center) — acclaimed poet, Simmons College professor and director of the college’s Zora Neale Hurston Literary Center — is surrounded by leading Chinese poets who participated in a two-day International Chinese Poetry Festival held at Simmons on Oct. 4-5. The festival was designed to help improve communications and relations between China and the United States, using poetic translation as a model for diplomacy. (Don West photo)

A number of local luminaries gathered earlier this month for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the inauguration of the Young Achievers Science and Mathematics Pilot School’s new Arts Annex, which will provide new classrooms for the school’s music and visual arts programs. (From left): The Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond, pastor of Bethel A.M.E. Church; Julio Henriquez, one of the founders of Friends of Young Achievers and a member of the school’s board; Principal Virginia Chalmers; Mayor Thomas M. Menino. (Photo courtesy of Friends of Young Achievers)

Some of Boston’s best young tennis players were honored in August at the 2008 Mayor’s Cup Tennis Tournament awards ceremony, held at the Sportsmen’s Tennis Club in Dorchester. All participants received an official tournament T-shirt, with winners and finalists receiving trophies. The competition featured youth athletes ages 18 and under from across the city participating in singles and doubles matches in a variety of age groups. (Photo courtesy of City of Boston)