The Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
41 Second Street
617- 577-1400
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Web site: www.cmacusa.org
Email: info@cmacusa.org
It’s just like culturally sensitive Cambridge to come up with
this progressive media experiment: an exhibition and performance
center that weds the arts with social awareness to promote
cross-cultural and -racial interchange.
Housed in the beautifully renovated Bullfinch Square complex in
East Cambridge, The Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center (CMAC)
showcases a culturally diverse mix of traditional and contemporary
art forms. This community forum’s mission is to present arts and
humanities programs that "bridge the gaps of difference and
ignorance that fuel racism and other forms of bigotry." The
facility provides a venue for artists who are often cut off from
the cultural mainstream.
CMAC puts on over eighty events a year, including exhibitions,
dance, theater, music, and community dialogues. A list of recent
programs hints at the rich dish of offerings: Grandmothers:
Granddaughters Remember, a celebration of Women’s history month;
a concert by Verde, an acclaimed Latin American popular music
ensemble; and Sounds from the Bear and the Dragon: Music from
Chinese and Russian Traditions. An ongoing series, Arts and
Dialogues on Race, will continue this fall. CMAC’s popular
annual Day of the Dead celebration, to be held this year on
November 1, from 6:30 pm-9:30 pm, brings together a broad
cross-section of peoples to participate in one of Mexico’s most
hallowed and colorful rituals.
The Center’s performance calendar runs from September to May,
while Gallery exhibitions change periodically year round.
Hours:
Monday-Friday 9 am-5 pm
Weekend events — various times (call for fall schedule and
advance tickets)
Admission/fees:
Free-$15
