December 27, 2007 — Vol. 43, No. 20
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YEAR IN REVIEW 2007
ARTS

Nordstrom hosted a cocktail party for 500 guests in August at the State Room to kick off the September opening of its first store in Massachusetts at Natick Collection. Special guest Andre Leon Talley, editor-at-large of Vogue magazine (center) poses for a picture with the fashionable members of The Links Inc., a nonprofit organization of women of color. (Photo courtesy of Allan Dines)

Even at the ripe old age of 42, hip-hop legend Slick Rick — he of the jewel-encrusted eye patch, the lopsided Kangol and the dazzling necklaces — proved that he was still the master of the art of storytelling when he headlined alongside De La Soul at the Peace Boston 2007 Hip-Hop Festival, held Aug. 4. (Gwendolyn Rodriguez photo)
Stevie Wonder smiles as he sings beside his daughter, Aisha Morris, at a Bank of America Pavilion concert on Sept. 20. Morris accompanied her father on a number of favorite selections, and Wonder sang “Isn’t She Lovely,” a song he wrote for Aisha. A crowd of around 5,000 attended the concert. (Lolita Parker Jr. photo)

Candelaria Silva-Collins stepped down in August from her post as director of ACT Roxbury, the organization she led since its 1998 creation. She founded the Roxbury Film Festival, which has grown considerably over the past eight years. (Tony Irving photo)
Denzel Washington is seen here at the debut of his new movie, “The Great Debaters,” at Harvard University on Dec. 18. The film has received a Golden Globe nomination in the Best Motion Picture — Drama category. (Tony Irving photo)
Baritone Dana Whiteside (center) performs with The New World Chorale Singers and the Boston Landmarks Orchestra during the opening night of the Landmarks Festival at the Shell, held in July at the Hatch Shell on Boston’s Esplanade. (Photo courtesy of Michael Dwyer)

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