News & Announcements

Dec
27

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 […]

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Dec
19

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.  […]

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Dec
11

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 […]

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Nov
13

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 […]

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Oct
24

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 […]

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Oct
18

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 […]

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Sep
25

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 […]

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Sep
19

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 […]

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Sep
13

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 […]

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Jun
04

Trolley Trail

The Trolley Trail between Berwyn and Hyattsville is an easy, fun stroll.  My family decided to park a car on Berwyn Road and walk the Trolley Trail to Hyattsville on a recent sunny Saturday.  We parked on the street near one of our favorite restaurants, Fishnet, and it took a little over an hour to […]

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