Boston Scenes

Paquito Acosta, legendary salsa singer, performs in front of hundreds at Festival Betances, the annual festival organized by Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) in the South End’s Villa Victoria. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

Hundreds of Boston residents made the trip to City Hall for the 1st Annual African Festival of Boston, and enjoyed musical performances with performers and vendors from all over the African continent. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

mances with performers and vendors from all over the African continent. Bouro Mpela of the Congo performed during the 1st Annual African Festival July 17, 2010, which celebrates the decade of Africa’s Independence, 1960-1969. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

Salem State students(l-r) Roberta Lantigua, Yanique Shaw and Ashley Myers — all members of the college’s Public Relations Student Society of America — display the two Bell Ringer Awards they won at The Publicity Club of New England’s annual awards ceremony held last month in Waltham. (Photo courtesy of Salem State)

The legendary R&B group Bell Biv DeVoe played their vintage hits to an energetic crowd last weekend at Gillette Stadium’s Showcase Live! (Tony Irving photo)

Roxbury-based photographer Derek Lumpkins’ current exhibit, “Cairo: A photographic journey into the ancient city,” will be on display at the Haley House Bakery Cafe through September 1 with an opening reception tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. This photo is one piece in the collection, which has a particular focus on grand mosques in the Islamic district. (Derek Lumpkins photo)

“Shades of Greatness: The Art of Negro League Baseball,” a traveling exhibit assembled by the Negro League Baseball Museum, is being shown at the Curry Student Center at Northeastern University until Friday.

Former Negro League baseball players Mahlon Duckett and Stanley Glenn spoke to the Northeastern community on July 14. (Mary Knox Merrill/Northeastern University photo)

A man blows into a vuvuzela on the steps on City Hall Plaza at the first-ever African Festival of Boston. (Eric Esteves photo)

Carlos Henriquez, a candidate running for the 5th Suffolk District State Representative seat vacated by Marie St. Fleur, is shown here during his Dorchester kickoff fundraiser at Cesaria’s. (Eric Esteves photo)

Mireille Tushiminina, organizer of the first-ever African Festival of Boston, and her brother, Doddie Kombana, embrace as the event winds down at City Hall Plaza on Saturday, July 17, 2010. (Eric Esteves photo)

Amara Nwosu, proudly displays an event shirt to a potential customer at the African Festival of Boston on Saturday, July 17th. (Eric Esteves photo)