

The Caribbean American Carnival Association of Boston (CACAB) has announced that state Sen. Nick Collins and state Rep. Brandy Fluker-Reid will serve as Grand Marshal and Grand Matron of the 53rd annual Boston Caribbean Carnival, starting with the J’ouvert Parade, on Sat., Aug. 29.

Ciria Gibbons, contestant No. 68 on Food Network’s “100 Cooks” on the set of the show.

The Penguin Coast, a state-of-the-art habitat for critically endangered African penguins located just beyond the park’s Zebra Entrance, officially opened on Thursday, June 11.

Host Charlie Titus, of the Titus Foundation, with Olympic champion hurdler Edwin Moses.

Denella J. , the president and CEO of the Boston Arts Academy Foundation, will be the honoree Sunday at Girls’ LEAP’s first Annual Women’s Leadership Brunch, taking place on June 14 from 1-4 p.m. at the Thelma D. Burns Center.

World Cup soccer and Father’s Day fun will come together at a day-long free event at the former Dorchester Tire property on Dot Ave. in Savin Hill on Sun., June 21 from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m.