Boston Scenes

Local and Culturally Relevant Events this week

As the ongoing investigation into the state drug lab continues, Blackstonian.com hosted a community town hall forum at the Dudley Branch Library to discuss the potential impact of the scandal for prisoners and the community. Panelists included (from L to R) Stephanie Soriano-Mills, criminal law attorney and Legal Redress Committee chairperson for the NAACP; Anne Goldbach, forensic services director for the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS); Nancy Murray, director of education for ACLU of Massachusetts; and Barbara Dougan, Massachusetts project director of Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM). (Eric Esteves photo)

Ronald Bland (L) and Ed Johnson play a game of chess outdoors in Roxbury’s Dudley Square. (Eric Esteves photo)

Discover Roxbury board member Ekua Holmes embraces fellow artist and Color Circle Art co-founder Bernice Robinson.

Discover Roxbury board members Terri Brown (L) and Pamela Jones (C) join host committee member Alkia Powell of UMass-Boston’s Office of Community Relations at Discover Roxbury’s annual Heart of the Hub celebration. (Eric Esteves photos)

Doo-Wop legend Little Joe Cook (L) receives a Cadillac-shaped birthday cake from Donna Ruvich at his 90th birthday celebration at the Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge. Cook spent 25 years playing at the Cantab Lounge in Cambridge. (Don West photo)