Seen around town (Photo 2 of 8) - Pictures

10/01/2012 BROOKLINE, MA Author Dennis Lehane (cq) signs books for fans at Brookline Booksmith (cq) in Brookline. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

THRILLER: Author Dennis Lehane signs his new book for fans at Brookline Booksmith on October 1.

photograph by Aram Boghosian |

9-27-2012 Dorchester, Mass. Over 1,000 guests attended the 15th Annual Men of Boston Cook for Women Health Gala, to benefit the Codman Sq. Health Center and raised 300,000 dollars. L. to R. are Lisa Harris of Boston and Lina Ribeiro of Boston. Globe photo by Bill Brett

TO THEIR HEALTH: Lisa Harris and Lina Ribeiro, both of Boston, at the Codman Square Health Center in Dorchester for a fund-raiser on September 27.

photograph by bill brett |

EAGLES FANS: Musician and singer Harry Connick Jr. with Boston College trustee John Fish at the annual “Pops on the Heights” campus concert in Chestnut Hill on September 28.

photograph by bill brett |

09/28/2012 TOPSFIELD, MA Same Besse (cq) (left) 12 of Littleton, shears his sheep Lily (cq) with the help of Colin Siegmund (cq) 18, for the fitting and showmanship competition held at the Topsfield Fair. (cq) (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

COAT CHECK: At the Topsfield Fair, Sam Besse, 12, of Littleton prepares his sheep Lily for competition with the help of Colin Siegmund on September 28.

photograph by Aram Boghosian |

FIRST PRIORITY: Massachusetts’s first lady, Diane Patrick, visits with children at the central branch of the Boston Public Library as part of Jumpstart’s Read for the Record day on October 4.

photograph by Jerome Braga |

Cambridge MA 9/30/12 (l to r) Lori McKenna (cq), Dr. Steven Zeitels (cq) and Dennis Brennan (cq) in the lobby during a benefit for the Voice Health Institute at Club Passim on Sunday September 30, 2012. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) slug: 02namesvoice Section: living reporter: Meredith Goldstein

VOICES OF HOPE: Singer/songwriters Lori McKenna and Dennis Brennan flank Dr. Steven Zeitels at a benefit for Mass. General’s Voice Health Institute held at Harvard Square’s Club Passim on September 30.

photograph by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff |

ART ACTIVISTS: Eryn Johnson, Laura Smith, and Andrea Landin, all ArtCorps alumnae, at the nonprofit community-activism program’s annual Fiesta fund-raiser, held in Topsfield at the Willowdale Estate on September 20.

photograph by Shaowei Wang |

Boston, MA 092912 Runners made their way through Boston Common during

RECYCLED CHIC: Runners wore their wedding “best” for Running With the Bridesmaids (here, on Boston Common), a fund-raiser for the Big Sister Association on September 29. See yourself in this gallery. E-mail party and event photos to outandabout@globe.com.

photograph by Wendy Maeda/Globe staff |