Writer Dennis Lehane; Running With the Bridesmaids; musicians Harry Connick Jr., Lori McKenna, and Dennis Brennan; and Massachusetts’s first lady, Diane Patrick.

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  photograph by Aram Boghosian

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

  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.
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  photograph by Jerome Braga

  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.
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  photograph by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff

  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.
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  photograph by Shaowei Wang

  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.
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  photograph by Wendy Maeda/Globe staff

  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.