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Supporting Diversity Through Visual & Performing Arts Jazz club shows, dance and theater events, festivals and family events!

We're a hidden gem in the heart of East Cambridge. Stop by for a look at the artwork in our gallery or catch a great performance. There's always something happening at the Multicultural Arts Center!

10/19/2026

Don’t miss the opening reception for the new exhibition, GODBODY by Diovanna Obafunmilayo!

✨Thursday, October 22 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm

GODBODY asks the central question, “What does it mean to birth a body free of shame?” With this as its foundation, the series engages the body as a site of emotional processing and vessel for the divinity of self, engaging the rich symbolism and philosophy of the AfroCuban religion, La Regla de Ocha Lukumí. For artist Diovanna Obafunmilayo, existing joyously, and in the process, conjuring a new sense of personhood, is the imperative. The series was made in the development process of the evening-length performance, GODBODY, a ritual opera, with the support of the Center for Performance Research and The Theatre Offensive.

RSVP for the opening: multiculturalartscenter.org/godbody/

10/17/2026

🌺Día de los Mu***os Festival returns! 🌺

Join us for a vibrant, family-friendly celebration honoring Mexican culture, artistic traditions, and the remembrance of loved ones. The afternoon will feature live mariachi music, Mexican folkloric dance, bilingual storytelling, a fashion presentation, traditional arts and crafts, face painting, food, and local vendors.

🗓 Sunday, November 1st
⏰ 12:00 PM – 5:30 PM
🎟️ RSVP for this free event: https://multiculturalartscenter.org/events/

10/16/2026

Vivo Performing Arts presents:
Stringfest: Borromeo Quartet featuring Boston String Academy

This fall, the internationally renowned Borromeo Quartet returns to Stringfest to lead an all-Beethoven program, mentoring young players from Boston String Academy. Hear fledgling virtuosos join with distinguished musicians as Beethoven’s immortal music reaches across cultures and generations in this powerful Stringfest concert. Stringfest programs give string students the opportunity to learn from and perform alongside acclaimed professional musicians. The featured artists perform, then the young players join them for unforgettable side-by-side selections for the whole group.

🗓 Sunday, October 25 at 3PM
📍 Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge

More information: https://multiculturalartscenter.org/events/

10/15/2026

✨Join us for the opening reception of the new exhibition by Diovanna Obafunmilayo : GODBODY

🗓 Thursday, October 22 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm

About the artist: Diovanna Obafunmilayo Frazier is a multimedia performance artist, award-winning filmmaker, poet, and Grammy-nominated songwriter from Virginia Beach, VA. Her major choreographic debut came in Kehlani’s “Altar” (2021) music video, and this creative partnership led to her songwriting debut with the smash hit “After Hours” (2024). Her experimental dance-poetry film, “When We Arrive As Flowers”, has been screened at over 25 film festivals since its debut in 2022. As these different paths of artistry have continued to bloom, she has also developed as a painter, with works held in private collections across the country.

GODBODY asks the central question, “What does it mean to birth a body free of shame?” With this as its foundation, the series engages the body as a site of emotional processing and vessel for the divinity of self, engaging the rich symbolism and philosophy of the AfroCuban religion, La Regla de Ocha Lukumí.

Exhibition on view: October 20 - November 25, 2026

RSVP for the opening: multiculturalartscenter.org/godbody/

10/14/2026

🌺Join us for the return of our Día de los Mu***os Festival! 🌺

Honoring the rich Mexican tradition of Día de los Mu***os, this immersive community celebration features music, dance, storytelling, and altar installations that invite audiences to reflect on ancestry, remembrance, and the enduring bonds between generations.

🗓November 1st at 12:00 PM

Learn more: multiculturalartscenter.org/events

10/12/2026

We’re excited to announce the next exhibition coming to our gallery, GODBODY by Diovanna Obafunmilayo Diovanna Obafunmilayo !

GODBODY asks the central question, “What does it mean to birth a body free of shame?” With this as its foundation, the series engages the body as a site of emotional processing and vessel for the divinity of self. The rich symbolism and philosophy of the AfroCuban religion, La Regla de Ocha Lukumí, become the spiritual technology with which Diovanna Obafunmilayo engages herself. Existing joyously, and in the process, conjuring a new sense of personhood, is the imperative.

Diovanna Obafunmilayo Frazier is a multimedia performance artist, award-winning filmmaker, poet, and Grammy-nominated songwriter from Virginia Beach, VA. As these different paths of artistry have continued to bloom, she has also developed as a painter, with works held in private collections across the country.

Join us for the opening reception: Thursday, October 22 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm
RSVP: multiculturalartscenter.org/godbody/

Exhibition on view: October 19 - November 25, 2026

Image: GODBODY 1 (Birth of a Witch)

10/10/2026

Thank you to the amazing artists, writers, performers and attendees who made the start of October, and the new season, so wonderful at !

✍️ We began with the Lift Every Voice play festival, which portrayed an incredible mixture of stories and styles by five playwrights: Michelle M. Aguillon , Hortense Gerardo, Jamie Lin , Shay McQueenie , and Ciera-Sadé Wade .

🪷 After the play festival, we enjoyed artist Megha Nair’s workshop where participants crafted handmade masks, reflecting on ideas of empowerment, self-reclamation and personal guardians.

💃🏻 Most recently, Yarumi González wowed us with her innovative and powerful performance during her Artist in Residency Showcase this past Wednesday.

We look forward to sharing more experiences as the season continues with our annual Day of the Dead Festival on November 1st!

Learn more: multiculturalartscenter.org/events/

10/08/2026

There is only ONE day left to see our current art exhibition by artist Megha Nair, which closes Friday, October 9th.

About the artist:
Megha Nair (b. 2000 in Kochi, India) is a Boston-based artist who creates as an act of introspection. Exploring her relationship with the universe, she uses painting and mixed media to reclaim her identity and redefine divinity. Blending real life and dreamscapes, she uses vibrant colors and cultural motifs to create radiant ancestral planes and personal mythological worlds where memory and imagination collide, drawing from her own experiences of displacement and disconnection.

About the exhibition:
“If you can see me, hold me close” is a body of work focused on redefining divinity and reclaiming identity through a self-built spiritual realm. Nair conceptualizes a visual, personal mythology where reality is blurred with imagined and protective dreamscapes, evoking ancient artifacts from an ancestral plane while giving physical form to surreal worlds.

10/06/2026

Juventas New Music Ensemble presents All We Are: Meditations on Family, Identity and Perseverance

📆 Saturday, October 10th at 8pm

Spanning generations and continents, the composers on this program ask what it means to endure, to hold multiple identities, and to cherish what is most fragile and fleeting. All We Are honors moments, both ordinary and remarkable, whose significance is often only understood in hindsight.

Juventas New Music Ensemble is a dynamic contemporary chamber group with a special focus on emerging voices. They reimagine classical music as a vibrant living art form, uplifting rising voices and bringing audiences music from a diverse array of composers that live in today’s world and respond to our time.

Reserve tickets here: https://multiculturalartscenter.org/events/

10/05/2026

It's the final week to see the exhibition by artist Megha Nair, which closes Friday, October 9th.

"If you can see me, hold me close" is a body of work focused on redefining divinity and reclaiming identity through a self-built spiritual realm. South Indian artist Megha Nair conceptualizes a visual, personal mythology where reality is blurred with imagined and protective dreamscapes, evoking ancient artifacts from an ancestral plane while giving physical form to surreal worlds.

Tomorrow night's mask-making workshop with the artist is currently full but you are welcome to join the waitlist, linked below.

More info and workshop waitlist: https://multiculturalartscenter.org/events/

Pictured here:
Title: "Something Vulgar"
Medium: Acrylic, beads, and embroidery floss on canvas

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Friday	10:30am - 6pm

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