Drawing over 10,000 fans, the Great Halloween Lantern Parade & Festival has been a beloved Baltimore tradition since 1999. The parade is a community-made, artist commissioned, spectacular evening held outdoors in Patterson Park on the last Saturday before Halloween (Oct 26^th, rain date Oct 27th). Working with our neighboring schools and community groups, Creative Alliance helps produce 2,000+ lanterns that people of all ages can carry in the Parade to create an evening of light-filled wonder. We are asking Baltimore-based artists and community groups to create NEW, BIG, BRIGHT, FUN, MOBILE objects!

Are you an artist? Musician? Comedian? Dancer? Juggler? This is your chance to be in THE BIG SHOW!

Our 24th annual members' extravaganza is on Saturday, June 22nd and we want you to participate! Don't miss the opportunity to have your artwork on the walls of our main gallery or your fabulous talents showcased on our stage! Who knows... maybe you're the next BIG thing!

We are incredibly excited for our FIRST Big Baltimore Kite Fest! This will be an acoustic (no motors, generators, or electronics) day in our favorite park. The weather is looking stunning and we hope you come out to celebrate our the beauty of Patterson Park and the many different kite traditions in Baltimore! 

The final performance and school residency activities of the Nisa'a | Women: Muslim Cultural Identity - Six Women on Stage and in Conversation series celebrates all the work done over the past two years with incredible women performers.

"We in the united states have a troubled, complicated relationship with Islam. What we need and what we see in this program is a way to humanize and bring out the beauty of the tradition, and the people who practice the tradition, and the people who find comfort and solace in the tradition."  - Dr. Homayra Ziad