Boston Scenes

Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week

Fireworks shot off over the Charles River, entertaining the hundreds of thousands of people who flocked to the Boston Esplanade to celebrate the Fourth of July with Toby Keith and the Boston Pops. (Ernesto Arroyo photo) For more Year in Review: Local photos click here.

A woman gestures in the market area in Port-au-Prince Jan. 18, 2010. Violence and looting broke out in Port-au-Prince as earthquake survivors scavenged for anything they could find in the ruins. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) For more Year in Review: Haiti photos click here.

This is a June 1995 portrait of singer and actress Lena Horne. Horne, who broke racial barriers as a Hollywood and Broadway star famed for her velvety rendition of “Stormy Weather,” died at age 92. (AP Photo/File) For more Year in Review: Deaths click here.

Surrounded by elected officials and community leaders, Gov. Deval Patrick signs the CORI reform bill into law at a packed Freedom House in Roxbury. (Ernesto Arroyo photo) For more Year in Review: Deval Patrick photos click here.

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Olga Gudiel is the student representative to the Urban College Board of Trustees. She will graduate from the college with an associate’s degree in early childhood education on June 5, 2011 at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel.