Boston Scenes

Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week

Massachusetts politicians and local celebrities helped Urban Improv celebrate its 20th birthday on April 27 at The House of Blues during the annual “Banned in Boston” fundraiser. (Joshua Lavine photo, courtesy of Urban Improv)

Sheriff Andrea J. Cabral (L) spoke at an event to help launch the “Mentoring Mentors” initiative, which seeks to match Latino and African American professionals with youth of color. Here, she poses with L. Duane Jackson (C), Mass Mentoring board member and chairperson of the Mentors of Color campaign, and Benaree Wiley, former president & CEO of The Partnership, Inc. (Photo courtesy of the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department.)

Freedom House recently presented its Outstanding Philanthropy Award to The Savings Bank Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts (SBLI) and its President and CEO, Robert K. Sheridan. (L to R): Kwabena Abboa-Offei, chairman of the Board of Freedom House; Steven Wright, a member of SBLI’s board of directors and chairman of its Policyholders Advisory Board, who accepted the award on behalf of the company; and Freedom House CEO Gail Snowden. (Alexander Caswell photo)

Michelle Alexander (L), author of “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” spoke at Harvard University’s Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice. Here, she takes a break with Cornell Mills (R). (Tony Irving, photo)

The Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts will honor accomplished author Touré with the Paul Robeson Regional Leadership award this Saturday.

Wu Tang Clan’s GZA/The Genius spoke at Rethink Music on April 25. The three-day conference, held at Hynes Convention Center, was organized to generate new ideas that push the music industry forward. GZA’s presentation, entitled “Staying Relevant,” focused on how artists must learn to adapt to new technologies in an age of lightning-quick attention spans. (Phil Farnsworth photo)

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