COPLEY SQUARE — 730 guests attended the annual Whittier Street Health Center’s toast which honored Jim Judge, who is chairman, president and CEO of Eversource Energy. The gala was held at the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel and raised more than $925,000. Whittier cares for 30,000 patients annually, 35 percent of whom have no insurance. Among those on hand at the event were Whittier’s President and CEO Frederica M. Williams and Gov. Charlie Baker. All photos…

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ALL PHOTOS BY BILL BRETT/ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Chazz Palminteri and Robert De Niro in Boston for “A Bronx Tale: The Musical,” now playing at the Opera House. THEATER DISTRICT — Playwright and actor Chazz Palminteri and Oscar-winning actor-director Robert De Niro were made a surprise appearance Wednesday night at the curtain call following the performance of “A Bronx Tale: The Musical,” which runs through April 14 at the Opera House. Palminteri created the show (originally…

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THEATER DISTRICT — Nearly 1,000 guests attended the 12th annual Teamsters Local 25 Autism Gala at the Boch Center Wang Theatre on Saturday, March 23, 2019. The event, which was emceed by WBZ-TV news anchor David Wade, raised more than $1 million for area nonprofit organizations that support people with autism and developmental delays. “We’re proud of the contributions Teamsters Local 25 has been able to make within the autism community these last 12 years,”…

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BOSTON — 150 guests attended the Museum of Fine Arts Boston’s special VIP pre-event reception on Friday, March 15, 2019 to mark the opening of “Gender Bending Fashion,” an exhibition that opens on March 21 and will be on view through August 25 at the Fenway museum. Among the special guests were Michelle Finamore, Penny Vinik Curator of Fashion Arts, who worked on this groundbreaking show, the first major museum exhibition “to examine the long-intertwined…

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