Boston Scenes 11/6/14

State Rep. Russell Holmes, Court Administrator Harry Spence and Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins joined other officials at the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse to celebrate the Massachusetts Trial Courts’ new Court Service Centers. The service centers offer numerous resources free of charge to the general public and attorneys, including individual assistance with preparing pleadings, court forms and documents, access to public computers and workstations, and interpreter services.

Clara Ramona is joined by her two sons Nino (l) and Isaac at the conclusion of their performance at the Tribute to Ramon de los Reyes held in the Dance Complex in Cambridge. Ramon’s son Nino organized the event bringing his brother Isaac and many well known flamenco dancers, singers and guitarist to perform to a sold out audience.

At Massachusetts Advocates for Children’s event “Let’s Celebrate,” Dr. Katherine Butler Jones (center) received the organization’s 2014 award from Executive Director Jerry Mogul (left) and Kim Janey (right), Mass Advocates’ senior project director for Boston School Reform.

New England Patriots’ wide receiver Danny Amendola visited Taylor Elementary School last week to promote children’s literacy development through his Catches for Kids Foundation initiatives. As part of the “Big Cheese Reads” program, a sponsorship initiative of Boston Partners in Education, Amendola read a short passage from Let’s Go to the Videotape by Dan Gutman to the fifth-grade class.