Boston Scenes

Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week

Featured as part of a dialogue series at the Museum of African American History on Beacon Hill, are (l-r) Carole Simpson, former news anchor ABC-TV; Derrick Z. Jackson, Boston Globe columnist; Charles Ogletree, professor of law Harvard University. This forum took a the past year of the Barack Obama presidency, its goals and future. (Don West photo)w

Eight Boston students spent February vacation in Ghana as part of the Another Course to College / Achimota School Exchange program. Pictured here is Jasmine Cespedes, a junior, striking a pose outside of Cape Coast Castle. (Photo courtesy of Boston Public Schools

In honor of Black History Month, Gov. Deval Patrick launched a campaign on Touch-FM to introduce high ranking African Americans working in his administration. The month was capped off last week as Gov. Patrick and First Lady Diane appeared in the radio station’s studio for a wide-ranging interview. Among those interviewed during the month were Patrick’s chief of staff Arthur Bernard; Mark Conrad, chairman of the state parole Board: and Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister, Director of the Mass. Life Sciences Center. (Tony Irving photo)

Gov. Deval Patrick attended the African American Ball at UMass Boston last weekend. Joining him were Katherine Howard, Stephen Howard and Cleve Killingsworth, CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts. (Sandy Middlebrooks photo)

Boston-based Exploritas and WGBH presented “a conversation” with Wil Haygood, the Washington Post writer who has authored internationally acclaimed biographies of Adam Clayton Powell, Sammy Davis Jr. and, most recently, Sugar Ray Robinson. From left: Pam Everhart, Kathy Taylor, associate vice president at Exploritas; Jon Abbott, president and CEO of WGBH; author Wil Haygood; and Marita Rivero, vice president and general manager for television and radio at WGBH. (Greg Bolosky photo)

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