Issue No. 17
October  2011
Register for Fall Classes...
Add the Arts to Your World! 

There's something for everyone of every age and ability at CCAC. We have exciting new classes for youth & adults in Dance, Martial Arts, Voice, Private Instrumental Lessons and even ZUMBA!

 

Avoid walk-in registration lines and register online or by telephone at 302.652.0101 with a credit/debit payment. (Telephone payments require a completed registration form, which can be downloaded from the website and mailed to us at 705 N. Market Street or faxed to 302.652.7480.)

Sistas Can S-a-a-a-ng!

Brunch with the Divas

A Tribute to the Divas of Blues & Jazz: Brunch, Fashion Show & Singing Sista's Performance 

Join us for an original musical written by Bebe Ross Coker, featuring Delaware's own Vonnie Freeman, daughter of late jazz pianist Lambie Freeman.  Benefits Christina Cultural Arts Center & Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Building Program.

 

Saturday, October 22, 2011, 10:00am

Doubletree Hotel, 8th & King Streets, Wilmington, DE 19801

Tickets $45; to purchase, call 302.652.0101.

Jazz on the CCAC Stage! 

Lynn Riley

The Clifford Brown Year-Round Jazz Series is now coming to CCAC, starting in November as we welcome back to town saxophonist Lynn Riley & World Mix.  On Lynn's last visit, she brought the house down during the Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, and she and the band World Mix are always a big hit!  Don't wait....these performances are big sellers, so get your tickets today! 

 

Friday, November 4, 2011, 7:00pm

Christina Cultural Arts Center, Clifford Brown Performance Space, 705 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801

Tickets $20; to purchase call 302.652.0101.

CCAC Staff Member to be Honored
My Sister's KeeperKim Graham, CCAC Director of Family Services, will be honored at My Sister's Keeper Empowerment Summit & Legacy Awards Luncheon

Honoring and celebrating African-American women promises to deliver vital information to today's busy women who juggle everything from career, relationships, family and spiritual responsibilities.

 

Guest Speakers include M. Delois Strum, President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Dr. Lillian M. Lowery, Delaware's Secretary of Education, Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, National Congress of Negro Women; Sharon Denise Allison-Ottey, MD; Gina Eleane Wood, Director of Policy and Planning for the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies; & Roslyn Brock, National President NAACP.

 

Legacy Award Recipients: Emlyn DeGannes, Kim Graham, Lori Hayes, Dr. Melva Ware, Dr. Janeair Macklin, Cecilia Burton, Nancy Thornton, Lisa P. Lewis, Teri Lawler & Alice Coleman

 

Saturday, November 12, 2011
8:00am Registration;
9:00am Summit & 12:00pm Luncheon

The Waterfall Banquet & Conference Center

3416 Philadelphia Pike, Claymont, DE 19703-3112

 

Pre-registration is required at:  www.ncbwempowerment.org

News You Should Know
Fall Registration Discount
Jazz Brunch Benefits CCAC
Clifford Brown Year-Round Jazz
Kim Graham Honored
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CCAC is part of Wilmington's
Art on the Town!
Come to CCAC's Ed Loper Gallery to enjoy amazing works by local and national artists, showing monthly during Art on the Town!


Two-Month Exhibit

Now through November
Back's Up Against the Wall
Owen NaPier, Jr.
& Carl Williams
Meet the Artists!
Art on the Town
Friday, November 4
5:30-8:30pm
Two of Delaware's premier African-American artists team up for this dramatic exhibit of visual expression. The photography of Owen NaPier, Jr. contrasts with the graphic arts content of painter and illustrator Carl Williams.
Owen NaPier, Jr.
"Solitude" by
Owen NaPier, Jr.
Carl Williams
The artwork of Carl Williams.
IN Wilmington
Christina Cultural Arts Center
is IN...are YOU?