Boston Scenes

Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week

Artist and activist Harry Belafonte (C) is joined by Larry Watson (3rd L) and musicians from Berklee College of Music after their musical tribute to Belafonte. He was honored with the Desmond Tutu Social Justice Award presented by South Africa Partners at a dinner held in Cambridge with 350 guests, including First Lady Diane Patrick and S. African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool. (Don West photo)

Tufts Health Plan CEO James Roosevelt, Jr. presents a $10,000 check to Family Van Program Director Lunecee Eligene; Family Van volunteer Michele Ovieda; Family Van Executive Director Jennifer Bennett; Family Van volunteers Patrick Duplan and Max Feinstein. (photo courtesy of Tufts Health Plan)

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer presided over a panel of circuit judges in reconsidering the landmark Cooper v. Aaron decision at a conference hosted by the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard Law School. The decision was made four years after the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision and held that states were required to desegregate their public schools. Shown here, left to right: Back row - Judges Raymond Lohier, Jr., Allyson Duncan, James Graves, Jr., Barrington Parker, Jr. Second row - Professor Charles Ogletree, Judges Roger Gregory, Theodore McKee, Supreme Court Justice Breyer, Judge James Wynn, Jr. Front row - Judges Bernice Donald and Harry Edwards. (Lolita Parker Jr. photo)

Legendary artist and designer Futura addresses the crowd at the Boston unveiling of his limited edition bottle for Hennessy V.S. Monday night at Space 57. (John Brewer photo)