Boston Scenes

A pedestrian in the Back Bay gets caught in the thunderstorm last week and runs for cover. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

This past weekend Elsa Alicia, 6, of West Roxbury waves the Puerto Rican flag as she joins her family and thousands of others attending the annual Puerto Rican Festival Parade in Jamaica Plain. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

Boston’s own leading balladeer, T’Shawn King shares the spotlight last Saturday night with Wade Elliot, lead tenor for the legendary soul group Blue Magic at the All White Affair Boat Cruise sponsored by Finesse Entertainment. (Tony Irving photo)

The “Business Not as Usual” network hosted a Vendor’s Expo last week in which vendors were invited to showcase their businesses at the office of one of its members, Cynthia Younger, of Richardson Associates, in Dorchester. Shown here: (l to r) Annette Powell, Barbara Dulin, Felisha Thomas, Maureen Francis (background) and  Cynthia Younger. (Tony Irving photo)

Youth from  St. Peters Teen Center in Dorchester  pose for a photo with panelist Mario Rodrigues at the “Youth in Dangerous Times” conference recently held at UMass/Boston. More than 200 people attended. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

Ronald Ferguson, director of Harvard University’s Achievement Gap Initiative, shares his thoughts during the group’s annual conference at Harvard’s Kennedy School. (Tony Irving photo)

Anthony Dare, 3, Ezekiao Sears, 19 months, Nyah Williamson, 2, and Quinton Depucadey, 2, of Dorchester make a windsock at the ParkARTS Artists in Residence Craft Workshop at the Hunt/Almont Playground in Mattapan. (Lauren Patrick photo)

More than 300 residents attended the second annual Resident Appreciation Day in Franklin Park earlier this month. Sponsored by the United Housing Management, the event included free nutrition surveys and screenings for diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol by the Boston University School of Medicine. (Photo courtesy of United Housing Management)

As director of Major League Baseball’s “Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI),” Boston Police officer Jose Ruiz (center) poses with the two teams in the league finals, the Jamaica Plain Angels and West Roxbury Nationals. Shown on the far left is Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley, the coach of the West Roxbury Nationals. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)