Gordon Center

Bridge to Freedom: Opening Event

Name: Bridge to Freedom: Opening Event
Start: 2024-01-11T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-01-11T21:30:00+00:00
Location: Gordon Center for Performing Arts

Join us for an exhibit tour, spoken word and oratory with SEED students, and concert with The Melting Pot Big Band.

Date

Thursday, Jan 11

Time:

6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Location

Gordon Center for Performing Arts
3506 Gwynnbrook Avenue
Owings Mills, 21117

Website:

https://gordoncenter.com/event/bridge-to-freedom-opening-event/

January 11 @ 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm

In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the opening of the student exhibition, the Gordon Center will host The Melting Pot Big Band, a premier twenty-member jazz orchestra specializing in performing the pieces of Baltimore’s own Henry J. (Hank) Levy. Prior to the concert, students from the SEED School of Maryland will lead guests through the exhibit, and will perform spoken word and oratory during the concert.

Proceeds for the concert will support the SEED School of Maryland, the Hank Levy Foundation and the Gordon Center for Performing Arts.

PLEASE NOTE: Event ending times are approximate and exact show run times may vary.

About the Exhibit:
Bridge to Freedom: Cross Cultural Conversations Through Art is a visual art exhibit of student artists from The Seed School of Maryland, focusing on the relationship between Blacks and Jews and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. This collaboration, the first of its kind, it dedicated to celebrating and uplifting positive relationships and contributions Jews and Blacks have had in support each other and each other’s communities.