UPCOMING SHOWS!

Yasanne Music Events Presents
Ysanne & Lotus Blues

April 21, 2024 at 5:00pm

Get submerged in a jazz infused, neo soul smooth sound with an R&B scent. Ysanne & the Lotus Blues brings a different flavor of sound with textures and movements that can only be experienced live. Get your tickets now!

The Multicultural Arts Center Presents
Infinite Spells and Coded Language

NEW DATE!
June 2, 2024 at 6:00pm

Join us on Sunday, June 2nd, for an evening filled with powerful spoken word, soul-stirring rhythms, and thought-provoking narratives. Shea, a two-time Boston Music Award-winning Spoken Word Artist, will enchant audiences with her dynamic blend of personal reflection, social commentary, and healing through art. Drawing from her diverse background as an artist, educator, and activist, Shea's performance promises to ignite hearts and minds alike. Don't miss this opportunity to witness the transformative power of poetry. 

COMING THIS SPRING!

Abilities Dance Boston Presents
Intersections V3

April 19 - 20, 2024 at 8:00pm

Abilities Dance Boston presents "Intersections V3", the third installment of a series that highlights BIPOC and disabled artists/activists past and present. Through original choreography/artistic direction by Ellice Patterson and original score by Andrew Choe (who also identify on the intersections of race and disability), they bring the interviewees' stories to life with dancers, musicians, and more. In addition, they also relate honorees' stories to current bills on the Massachusetts state floor in collaboration with Disability Policy Consortium. Join us for this two hour event that ensures that none of us at the intersections are left behind.

Sean Bjerke Presents
Sambanismo

April 26, 27,28

Sambanismo Experience is an international dance, music and art event dedicated to combining the energy and rhythm of music with the vibrant essence of Brazilian culture. The 3-day festival is highlighted by a world-renowned teaching panel of experts & pioneers of Hip hop, House, Waacking and Afro Dance teaching dance workshops for ALL LEVELS of dancer at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center. The event will also feature high level Popping, Hip Hop, House dance battles with cash prizes for the winners. 

The weekend concludes with an after-party that features the legendary DJ Spinna who visits Boston to celebrate the culmination of Sambanismo at La Fabrica Night Life in Central Square. Patrons will be treated to the best hiphop and house music, as well as a DJ set all the way from Brazil from DJ G

In the Gallery

Young Artists Exhibiton

Artwork by Cambridge Public Schools Grade JK-8

April 9 - 26, 2024

Opening Reception: Thursday, April 11, from 6pm - 8pm

The Multicultural Arts Center welcomes back the talented students of the Cambridge Public Schools in their Young Artists Exhibition. The second half of the exhibit will feature artworks of different mediums from grades JK - 8. A true show of creativity and imagination from Cambridge Public School students. Opening Reception: Thursday, April 11, from 6pm - 8pm.

Gallery Hours 
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 10am-6pm
Thursdays 10am-8pm

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We support diversity through the visual and performing arts events that we present. Because we are a multi-use art center, we make our space available to artists and groups who may not otherwise have access to a professionally equipped and accessible facility or the cultural mainstream.

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