Boston Scenes

Boston Celtics’ Paul Pierce celebrates after winning the 3-point shootout at the NBA basketball All-Star Saturday Night on Feb. 13, 2010, in Dallas. (AP photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Tim Cahill, left, shakes hands with his running mate Paul Loscocco at their campaign headquarters, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010, in the Boston neighborhood of Quincy, Mass. Cahill, the independent candidate for governor of Massachusetts, launches his campaign today at the grand opening of his campaign headquarters in Quincy. (AP photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)

O’Bryant girls are a happy bunch at the Reggie Lewis Track Center on Tuesday, Feb. 9.  Both the boys and girls team from the O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science came in first place with the highest team points (boys at 91.5 and girls at 139.2). (Patrick O’Conner photo)

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation recently awarded a $300,000 grant to the Morehouse School of Medicine and its Commission on Childhood Obesity Prevention (CCOP), organized by the Southern Area of The Links, Inc., the CCOP includes health experts focused on childhood obesity prevention in underserved communities. Left to right:  James Butch Rosser, M.D.; Henrie Treadwell, Ph.D.; Sandra Moore, M.D.; Melanie Tervalon, M.D.; Mrs. Mary Currie; Delores Bolden Stamps, Ph.D.; and Joseph Webster, M.D. (Photo courtesy of Bunnie Jackson-Ransom)

Ben Payton, a Blues singer and guitarist, was an artist-in-residence at Berklee College of Music earlier this month. Payton spent a week in Berklee’s classrooms and performed at the Roots and Reason concert that celebrated traditional roots music from the Mississippi Delta. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Shanley)

In this Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 photo, Chief of Staff Lenny Degnan, far right, reacts as embattled Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua, 2nd from left, resigns his seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives amid growing pressure from fellow lawmakers who questioned whether he could serve in both posts at once. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)

Babson College is holding its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Day event on February 24 at 5 p.m. in Sorenson Theater. Lawyer/writer Patricia Williams, author  of “Diary of a Mad Law Professor,” will address the crowd with her expertise and her humor. The event is free and open to the public. (Photo courtesy of Babson College)