Boston Scenes

Mattapan resident Bernice McField-Avila (center) received the Ernesto Gonzalez Award for Outstanding Service to the Latino community at Massachusetts General Hospital on Oct. 15, 2010. She is pictured here with Kim Simonian (l) of Partners HealthCare Community Benefit Programs and Ernesto Gonzalez, M.D. and director of the Mass General International Training Program. McField-Avila coordinates access to community-based primary care services for patients who come to the Emergency Department. Her mission is to help patients understand the importance of primary care and navigate the complex medical system. (Photo courtesy of MGH Photography)

Bobby McFerrin was at Berklee College of Music last week as the first visiting professor for Africana Studies, inspiring students from The Artistry, Creativity, and Inquiry Seminar to think critically about life, art and social responsibility.  The 10-time Grammy Award-winner has been treating students to stories about his artistic and musical journeys, and generously sharing the stage. Feeling inspired at one point to vocalize the blues, McFerrin found student Dave MacKay more than willing to play piano for him as he improvised and scatted over MacKay’s riffs. (Phil Farnsworth photo)

Pictured (from l to r) are: Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley, East Boston High School Head Master Michael Rubin, and City Councilors Felix G. Arroyo and Charles Yancey. Rubin was one of the recipients of the Henry L. Shattuck Public Service Award this year. (Ernesto Arroyo photo)

Deval Patrick mingles with a fired up crowd last week at the Park Plaza Hotel as he won a historic second term, beating Republican challenger Charles Baker, independent Timothy Cahill and Green-Rainbow candidate Jill Stein. (Tony Irving photo)

Celtics star Paul Pierce and Robert Lewis Jr., vice president for programs at The Boston Foundation, announce the launch of CHAMPS, a new city-wide program focused on volunteer athletic coaches, with a room full of Boston youth who are part of the neighborhood sports community. The launch took place at the Sports Museum of New England at TD Garden. (Photo courtesy of The Boston Foundation)

Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral (l) and members of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department joined state Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry and Catherine D’Amato, president and CEO of The Greater Boston Food Bank, as well as volunteers from all over Massachusetts to kick-off The Greater Boston Food Bank’s 5th annual “Chain of Giving” Thanksgiving turkey drive. (Photo courtesy of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department)

Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and his wife Tammy sharing a moment on stage during election night. (Tony Irving photo)

Crowd at Park Plaza Hotel on election night. (Tony Irving photo)

Deval Patrick addresses the fired up crowd at Park Plaza Hotel on election night last week. (Tony Irving photo)