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We are restoring a historic Black church and building it into a vibrant Center for Arts, Culture, and Connection rooted in the experience of Black Cambridge.
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December 8, 2026
You're invited to Opening Night of the Feeling Right In Everyday Life exhibition, featuring Craig Bailey’s photographs of this summer's intergenerational artmaking experiences across Cambridge, a sound art performance by Forbes Graham and a panel with participants in this NEA-funded “arts of belonging” project. Discussion facilitated by Jennifer Brown, a community-based psychologist. Come celebrate, talk about, and explore what it means to feel right, together.
November 29, 2026
Join us for our third installment of Season 3 of The Heart of the Culture Series, A Night of Jazz with Tiniqua. Tiniqua is a Jazz Vocalist who is returning to the stage after a 6-year hiatus. The experience will include Jazz Standards, Covers, an Original piece, and a bit of yacht rock for fun!
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October 25, 2026
Join us for the second installment of season 3 of The Heart of Culture Series, “Somebody’s Gotta Tell James”, by Cakeswagg. This one-act play is an adaptation of Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin. In this telling, Cakeswagg explores alternate endings for Sonny’s life brought into the twenty-first century.
Learn about the church, nestled between the campuses of MIT and Harvard, anchored Cambridge’s sizeable African-Caribbean diasporic community.
100% of your donation goes towards our mission of community-based reparation, the fight against displacement of Black communities caused by gentrification, and the creation of a vibrant Legacy Center for Arts, Community Knowledge, and Connection.
Credit card donations can be sent via the secure link below. To donate via check, please mail it to the address below:
BHAC
232 Pearl Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Donations are tax deductable; BHAC’s tax ID/EIN is 85-2043123.
