May 16, 2013 — vol. 48, no 41
Boston Scenes
Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week
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Gov. Deval Patrick welcomed Jorge Carlos Fonseca, president of the Republic of Cape Verde, to the Massachusetts State House last Friday. Fonseca visited Massachusetts to help raise civic engagement awareness within the Cape Verdean community. Massachusetts is now home to approximately 45,000 Cape Verdeans, the largest population of Cape Verdeans in the nation. (Photo courtesy of Gov. Deval Patrick’s Office) |
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Yvette Phillip of Mattapan (left) and Vanessa Lewis of Dorchester’s Daughter Publishing take their bikes for a spin in Dudley Square. (Eric Esteves photo)
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Burmese opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi spoke at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government this week. She has been on a 17-day visit to the United States, during which she received a standing ovation from members of the U.S. Congress and met with President Barack Obama at the White House. (Don West photo) |
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Local jazz enthusiast Jimmy, best known as the doorman at Slade’s Bar & Grill, takes a stroll during the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival last weekend. (Tony Irving photo)
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