Events around town (Photo 5 of 8) - Pictures

5-12-2012 Boston, Mass. Over 225 guests attended Isabell Stewart Gardner Museum Gala in the newly re-opened Museum to support and celebrate arts programming, cocktails in the garden and the new wing. L. to R. are Chris and Rafael Reif of Newton and Museum Director Anne Hawley. Globe photo by Bill Brett

ALL SMILES: Chris Reif and incoming MIT president Rafael Reif with Gardner Museum director Anne Hawley at the museum’s annual gala in Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on May 12

Photograph by Bill Brett |

WARM WELCOME: Governor Deval Patrick greets the Slater Foundation’s Sam Slater and Operation Homefront director Jim Knotts at a party launching a Boston chapter of Homefront, a veterans’ services group, at W Hotel on May 16

photograph by michael blanchard |

5-16-2012 Boston, Mass. Over 700 guests attended Emerald Necklace Conservancy Party in the Park, Justine Mee Liff Luncheon in the Fens. L. to R. are Architect Ann Beha of Cambridge and honored guest MFA Director Malcolm Rogers Globe photo by Bill Brett

ART IN THE PARK: Ann Beha of Cambridge and honored guest MFA director Malcolm Rogers at the Emerald Necklace Conservancy’s annual Party in the Park in Boston, Back Bay Fens on May 16

Photograph by bill brett |

Boston, MA - 05/11/12 - Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine (25) signing autographs before the start of today's game against the Cleveland Indians. The Boston Red Sox took on the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park. - (Globe Staff Photo / Barry Chin), section: Sports, reporter: Peter Abraham, slug: 12Indians-Red Sox. LOID: 5.0.1196019591.

SCORING POSITION: Boston Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine with fans at a home game against Cleveland, Fenway Park on May 11

photograph by barry chin/globe staff |

5-16-12: Philadelphia, PA: Ayla Brown sang the national anthem before the game. The Boston Celtics visited the Philadelphia 76ers in Game Three of the NBA Eastern Conference Semi-Finals Playoffs at the Wells Fargo Center. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section: sports topic: Celtics-Sixers

BROTHERLY WHAT? Ex-“Idol” singer Ayla Brown performs the national anthem — she’s wearing the wrong shirt because she’s singing for Philly this season — before a Celtics-Sixers game in Philadelphia,Wells Fargo Center on May 16

photograph by jim davis/globe staff |

LAX OF LOVE: Michael Spearing, Ben Kozlowski, Matt Vogus, Elliott Burr, and Steven Turpin of Hamilton-Wenham Youth Lacrosse enjoy an afternoon of volunteering in Hamilton, Acord Food Pantry on May 12

photograph by john vogus |

5/10/12 Boston, MA -- From left, Marilyn Monroe impersonator Erika Smith, with Screaming Queens Entertainment and Joe Eubanks Jr. of Dorchester at the Cannes Cinema Club celebration, hosted by Stella Artois at the Wilbur Theatre, May 10, 2012. Stella Artois converted the Wilbur Theater into a 60's themed casino/nightclub and presented a live showing of âOceanâs Elevenâ (the original) in recognition of Stella Artois sponsorship of the 65th Cannes Film Festival. Erik Jacobs for the Boston Globe

IF YOU CANNES: Marilyn Monroe impersonator Erika Smith and Joe Eubanks Jr. of Dorchester at a screening and party in Boston celebrating the Cannes Film Festival, Wilbur Theatre on May 10

photograph by erik jacobs |

JUST DUCKY: Jacob Hardy and Tea Robinson of Hyannis with Robert Flynn (as Officer Michael) at the Duckling Day parade on Beacon Hill, Charles Street on May 13

photograph by pat greenhouse/globe staff |