Coronavirus Announcement
Dear College Park Arts Exchange community: Please do ask anyone who is sick, or has someone sick in their family, to stay home from group activities. We also encourage hand washing as much as possible. The standard is to wash hands for 20 seconds with hot soapy water, or use hand sanitizer when […]
College Park Carolers
Carolers in College Park on Sunday, December 22, led by friends from College Park Chorale, were appreciated by College Park resident Julie Forker, who said, “What a treat it was for us and our visiting family to enjoy the sounds and joy of our neighboring carolers last night. THANK YOU all for bringing holiday cheer […]
Combined Community Concert
College Park Arts Exchange presented our Combined Community Concert on Tuesday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. The evening showcased players from many of CPAE’s performing arts programs, including College Park Youth Choir, CPYO Chamber Ensemble, Youth Music Traditions, and College Park Chorale, and featured the premiere of a brand new commissioned piece by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. […]
Glade Dance Collective – Works in Progress
Glade Dance Collective brings guest dance groups this Saturday to the Old Parish House to explore their works in progress, and invites participants to an improvisational dance workshop. The workshop is from 4 – 6 pm, and the show starts at 7 pm. Glade Dance Collective has presented quarterly works-in-progress showings at College Park Arts Exchange throughout […]
St. Martin’s Day Festival
College Park Arts Exchange holds an annual secular celebration of St. Martin’s Day, making paper lanterns to usher in the winter holiday season. This annual celebration is led by Birgit Meade, CPAE board member and native German, who remembers the Lantern Festival as a folk tradition of her homeland. Martin of Tours was a […]
Eric Maring New CD Releases
Eric Maring, one of College Park’s most beloved performer-educators, is releasing two new albums this fall, one for children and one for adults, and College Park Arts Exchange is hosting release parties at the Old Parish House for both CDs. The album for adults, entitled “Hero in the Epic,” will be unveiled on October 26 […]
Kids’ Multicultural Book Club
The CPAE Kids’ Multicultural Book Club starts this Saturday, hosted by College Park Community Library, 9704 Rhode Island Avenue. We will meet on Saturdays, Oct.19th and Nov.16th, from 10 – 11 am. Please contact info@cpae.org if your kid is interested in joining! The first book we will read is “Someone Like Me: How One Undocumented […]
Tribute to Joan Almon
Joan Almon has been a great friend to children around the world, and especially here in College Park. As our neighbor across the street from the Old Parish House, she has always been a warm presence nearby that will be sorely missed. When I first took this job in 2005, Joan was already prepared to […]
College Park Chorale
The College Park Chorale is off to a great start this semester! Our theme for this fall is Opera Choruses. We are singing works by Puccini, Verdi, Gilbert and Sullivan, as well as Bernstein, Gershwin, and some musical theater thrown in for good measure! This wonderful group welcomes musicians at every level and brings them […]
Why Book Club?
On our website you can see a list of books going back to 2015, but in my emails, I find a trail of non-fiction by women going back at least to 2007. In those days, Vertigo Books was still located in College Park, and one of their employees was the volunteer coordinator for the book […]