Captions:
1. “This is the face my doggie Pebbles makes when he’s hungry,” says dog lover Crystal Puertas.
2. Joshua Hinson revises his latest slam poem piece for competition at “PuroSlam,” which takes place every Tuesday night at On The Half Shell, 202 Navarro St.
3. Joy Jimenez escapes the crowd with her son Joshua at a local poetry reading.
4. Elizabeth Sexton, left, and Crystal Puertas, right, share an intimate hug before a night out on the town.
5. Sean Torres balances bananas on his head to help his best friend, Stephen Guzman, take an artsy photo for his Media Production class at St. Mary’s University.