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Using our lantern designs of parade's past, create your next great lantern! Then, bring it to our spectacular parade and let it shine bright. Drop-in anytime between 4 and 7pm to create a glowing lantern in this special workshop at Creative Alliance, then bring them to march in Baltimore’s only Great Halloween Lantern Parade and Festival in Patterson Park!
Once the sun sets, the magic begins. Myths, spirits, and legends converge in Patterson Park from lands beyond, bringing their mystic wonder to Baltimore. A majestic Alebrije presides over the stage as an ethereal Ouroboro watches over the festival grounds. Dragons, mythical creatures, ghouls, and spirit folk parade through Patterson Park surrounded by bright and beautiful music. Everyone is welcome to grab a lantern and march with thousands of neighbors, artists, musicians, and performers. Many more line the parade route to watch the delightful Great Halloween Lantern Parade winds through the night!!
El Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican celebration that honors deceased family members through a colorful and fun celebration.
El Día de los Muertos es una celebración Mexicana que rinde homenaje a los familiares fallecidos a través de una celebración colorida y divertida.
We can’t think of a better way to celebrate than opening all our doors, so you, your family, friends, and neighbors can dance, eat, create, and explore throughout the day! Get crafty with the Artesanas in the beautiful storefront classroom, watch cooking demonstrations from many countries in the teaching kitchen, and pop into a salsa, capoeira, or hip-hop lesson in the dance studio. The historic Patterson, with its bright and shiny refinished marquee, is also open! Listen to Sidewalk Serenades in the BUS stop, grab a cocktail in the Marquee Lounge, visit the exhibitions, and meet our NEW Resident Artists in their studios. There’s even free hot chocolate!
Learn the art of fused glass with artist Viki Keating. Place and layer glass scraps to create a unique textured art piece based on your own fabulous design.
Kerplunk! Family Art Drop-in class is great for younger kids and families! Come join us in the Creativity Center to create art projects based on current exhibitions and fun crafts!
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The Uncle Devin Show is an interactive musical experience for children that uses percussion instruments to cultivate their minds--a dynamic cross between DC's Trouble Funk and Schoolhouse Rock. The entire family will experience the rhythm of Uncle Devin's infectious blend of jazz, funk, and DC's official music, Go Go!
Kerplunk! Family Art Drop-in class is great for younger kids and families! Come join us in the Creativity Center to create art projects based on current exhibitions and fun crafts!
Experience Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic like never before! Hear 17 movements performed bar-for-bar by an 8-piece bluegrass band while a snarky narrator retells the Nutcracker story with his own colorful commentary.
Kerplunk! Family Art Drop-in class is great for younger kids and families! Come join us in the Creativity Center to create art projects based on current exhibitions and fun crafts!
Kerplunk! Family Art Drop-in class is great for younger kids and families! Come join us in the Creativity Center to create art projects based on current exhibitions and fun crafts!
The community is invited to join a singing candle-lit procession through the streets of Highlandtown starting at Creative Alliance and stopping by local businesses until arriving at Our Lady of Pompei Church. The night ends with a fiesta, traditional food, performances, raffles, and piñata breaking to celebrate that all of us are welcome here!
Painted screens are a unique Baltimore folk art. This workshop will include a short film on the history of the painted screen and early painted screen artists and a demonstration of the painted screen technique. Paint a small screen to take home with you based on provided designs or create your own!
Jóvenes en Acción is a Latin American folkloric dance & service- learning program serving youth ages 12-20. Led by dancers, choreographers, and educators from Monterrey, Mexico, participants will engage in an arts-based dance program with an emphasis on dances, steps, and routines that represent Latin American identity, culture, and heritage.
In class, students will learn and practice the basic movements of Capoeira, both solo and with partners, while following the teacher through movements and sequences. Students will also learn the songs of Capoeira and, through them, the Portuguese language and Afro-Brazilian history and culture. Students will sing as well as learn to play instruments such as berimbau, pandeiro, agogo, reco-reco, and atabaque as part of the class.
Learn from Brazilian samba master percussionist André Coelho from Rio de Janeiro! André will demonstrate and teach each of the essential Brazilian samba percussion instruments. We will have some percussion instruments available for participants to use, but please bring your own instruments if you have any.
Learn samba from Ilheuma Zezeh, Brazilian dancer, teacher, choreographer, performer, and healer from São Paulo with a mission to bring more joy to the world through art. Ilheuma Zezeh will demonstrate and teach the basics of samba dance.
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Our Box Office is currently open from Noon to 6pm on Fridays and Saturdays and one hour before all ticketed events. We accept cash, cards, and checks. Service fees are waived for in-person ticket purchases.
