
Events around town

ROCK ON: Comedian Chris Rock with Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca at a conference semifinals home game, TD Garden on May 21
photograph by jim davis/globe staff
| June 8, 2012

HOME RUN: Philanthropists Peter and Carolyn Lynch with Red Sox owner John Henry and Linda Pizzuti Henry, hosts of a benefit at their home for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, Brookline on May 19
HOME RUN: Philanthropists Peter and Carolyn Lynch with Red Sox owner John Henry and Linda Pizzuti Henry, hosts of a benefit at their home for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, Brookline on May 19
photograph by bill brett
| June 8, 2012

ON THE BALL: Ondre Daniel of Allston and Gabriel Ajayi of Salem at the opening of a Newbury Street men’s boutique, Ball and Buck on May 17
ON THE BALL: Ondre Daniel of Allston and Gabriel Ajayi of Salem at the opening of a Newbury Street men’s boutique, Ball and Buck on May 17
photograph by erik jacobs
| June 8, 2012

SIGN LANGUAGE: A decorated mortarboard at Boston University’s commencement, Nickerson Field on May 20
photograph by yoon s. byun/globe staff
| June 8, 2012

PARTING SHOT: A group of Boston College graduates lines up for a photograph before commencement ceremonies begin in Chestnut Hill, Alumni Stadium on May 21
photograph by joanne rathe/globe staff
| June 8, 2012

TOP DOG: Lord Hobo chef Matt Ralph narrowly topped Marshall Ottina of Parlor Sports in a hot dog cook-off judged by the Somerville crowd, Parlor Sports on May 22
photograph by erik jacobs
| June 8, 2012

LIFE LESSON: The South Shore rallied around Terry and James Gordon at a Randolph fund-raiser to help their teen son James’s cancer fight, Lombardo’s Restaurant on May 17
photograph by bill brett
| June 8, 2012

BIG DEAL: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay CEO Wendy Foster and Greater Boston’s Emily Rooney at the nonprofit’s Big of the Year celebration
in Boston, Hynes Convention Center on May 17
photograph by david fox
| June 8, 2012