SOUTH END — More than 450 guests attended the 11th annual “Medicine That Matters” Gala in support of Boston Health Care for the Homeless at the SoWa Power Station in the South End. The gala, which raised $2 million, honored Jack Connors and the RIZE Massachusetts Foundation, the only public-private partnership solely dedicated to funding solutions to end the opioid overdose crisis. The events emcees were WCVB-TV’s (Channel 5) Erika Tarantal and Shayna Seymour. All…

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DEDHAM — 300 guests attended the dedication of the Norfolk Superior Court building in Dedham in honor of former US Congressman William D. Delahunt. Guests at the event included former US Senator John Kerry, members of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation including Stephen Lynch, Bill Keating, and Jim McGovern, former Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, former Attorney General Frank Bellotti, House Speaker Ron Mariano, Quincy Mayor Tom Koch, Rev. Jack Ahern, District Attorney Michael Morrissey, Sheriff Pat…

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BOSTON — More than 450 guests attended the 2022 Honors gala to celebrate the new Boston Arts Academy, raising $2.3 million to support Boston’s only visual and performing arts school. Located on Ispwich Street in the shadow of Fenway Park, the Academy is now operating in a state-of-the-art building that took nearly two years to complete. The gala’s honored guests included: Lee Pelton, president and CEO of the Boston Foundation; Lee Kennedy, resident and CEO…

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COLUMBIA POINT, DORCHESTER — 250 guests attended the Fall Soiree celebrating neurodiversity with S.E.A.L. foundation, which was held at the John F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester’s Columbia Point. The event was hosted by Kerry Peroni, president and founder of S.E.A.L. Foundation with emcee Susan Wornick, formerly of WCVB/Channel 5. The student speaker was Brooke Potter from Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth. For more on the S.E.A.L. Foundation, which has as its mission to open…

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