September 17, 20221600 Guilford Ave., Baltimore MD 21202 CCV is excited to support the Baltimore Rhythm Festival, featuring workshops, children’s activities, an open mic, food and craft vendors, and festival drum jams that are like no other. This annual free festival is a community based celebration of the diversity and…...
CCV Presents Michael Winograd and the Honorable Mentshn
Klezmer on the RoofSaturday, September 17, 2022The Fox Den, 31 South Linwood Ave, Baltimore MD 21224 A sunset klezmer house party overlooking Patterson Park? Count me in! “Perhaps the greatest klezmer band not currently deceased,” Michael Winograd & the Honorable Mentshn schlep up three flights of stairs to the massive…...
Citylore’s Across the Great Divide Poetry Mobile visits the Galax Fiddler’s Convention
CCV partnered with New York City’s beloved cultural organization Citylore to bring their mobile poetry project, Across the Great Divide, to the Galax Fiddler’s Convention from August 8-13, 2022. The mission of Across the Great Divide is to provide a voice for participants to express their own political and world…...
Sharing the Music of Carnival: Monobloco Percussion Workshop
Visiting from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Grupo Monobloco is a Carnival bloco (street drum ensemble) beloved in their native country. Monobloco visited the D.C. area on June 29th with support from EduCarte, a Maryland-based nonprofit which offers music, dance, and arts programming that centers around encounters of African, Latin, indigenous,…...
Oh What a Blessing: Legendary Ingramettes win NEA National Heritage Fellowship
Congratulations to Richmond’s Legendary Ingramettes for receiving the 2022 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts—the highest honor bestowed upon traditional artists in the United States. CCV Executive Director Jon Lohman has enjoyed a long friendship and partnership with the Ingramettes, including a 2019 cultural exchange trip…...
