Boston Scenes

Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week

A woman gestures in the market area in Port-au-Prince, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. Violence and looting broke up in Port-au-Prince as earthquake survivors scavenged for anything they could find in the ruins. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Hundreds of volunteers poured into Hibernian Hall on Saturday and did what they could to aid the Haitian relief effort. “We are volunteering, whether it be monetary, or donating supplies or helping load up the rented trucks with the goods gathered here today,” said Ian Riley, a graduate student in Springfield, Mass. and a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. (Tony Irving photo)

A chorus of students from the King K-8 School in Dorchester perform “Eternity” at the 28th annual Boston Public Schools Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. (Photo courtesy of Boston Public Schools)

Cape Verdean Peace Activist Isaura Mendes was the recipient of the Martin Luther King “Testament of Hope” award from St. Paul AME Church in Cambridge. She is seen here with Martin Luther King III. (KC Bailey photo)

People wait in line to get disaster relief supplies distributed by U.S. troops in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Jan. 18, 2010. Troops, doctors and aid workers flowed into Haiti on Monday even while hundreds of thousands of last Tuesday’s quake victims struggled to find water or food. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)