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01.20.2021

In the Bay State Banner: Get on your feet with VLA Dance classes

VLA Dance, a Black-owned contemporary dance company affiliated with Hibernian Hall and Boston Center for the Arts, has launched a new series of online dance classes every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday through March 2021. The classes are designed not only with physical fitness and dance technique in mind, but to provide holistic healing and mental rest during the winter months.

11.10.2020

On BNN: “Sparks for Arts” Event Goes Virtual

Kelly Ransom, Director of Communications & Events for Madison Park Development Corp., talks about the November 19 “Sparks for Arts” virtual fundraiser to support cultural programming at Hibernian Hall and help Black-owned businesses. Interview for BNN News. Aired November 10, 2020.

10.30.2020

On BNN: Black Artists to Share Healing and Love

Ashleigh Gordon, Artistic and Executive Director of Castle of Our Skins, talks about multi-disciplinary virtual performance series by Black artists to provide healing and love–including support for Black businesses. The series is in partnership. with Hibernian Hall and the Madison Park Development Corporation. Interview for BNN News. Aired October 30, 2020.

10.29.2020

From NeighborWorks America: Drive-in brings community together

For many people, the drive-in is a symbol of the past. But with COVID-19 and the call for social distancing, it’s become a symbol of the present, and residents in Roxbury couldn’t be happier about it.