Madeleine Steczynski and Bob Grove launch Music Mobile, now known as ZUMIX, in their home in East Boston with a summer songwriting program called the Street Program
ZUMIX creates the Warmth Program, an intergenerational outreach program involving local youth bringing joy to local seniors during the cold winter months.
ZUMIX creates Music In Maverick Square, a free outdoor concert series designed to uplift and celebrate the long-neglected East Boston community
ZUMIX began a collaboration with the Vermont Arts Exchange, which lasted for more than 20 years. Each summer, we brought young artists from our Street Program to Bennington to perform and to lead songwriting workshops for youth in a nearby residential school coping with mental health symptoms.
ZUMIX moves into the old “Cardinal’s Nest,” a notorious former bar turned youth center at 202 Maverick St
ZUMIX moves into our permanent home, the beautiful, LEED Gold Certified Engine Company 40 Firehouse at 260 Sumner Street.
ZUMIX accepted the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award at the White House from First Lady Michelle Obama.
The ZUMIX Teen Council reemerged as a leadership group within the organization, connecting youth, staff, board members and the Boston community. In their first year, they helped curate YESFest, a music festival for teens, by teens.
ZUMIX Radio is awarded one of two low-power FM licenses available in Metro Boston by the FCC, and launches on 94.9 FM.
ZUMIX is a LocaloreLive awardee from the nationwide Association of Independents in Radio for its narrative project “Constelación de Historias,” documenting neighbors’ work for housing justice.
The Sprouts present “El Nopal” – a bilingual video play about overcoming challenges through art – at the ICA Watershed’s Family Day.
ZUMIX launched a partnership with Celebrity Series of Boston (now known as Vivo Performing Arts) to employ our young sound engineers, videographers and editors for its Neighborhood Arts series.
ZUMIX youth present “Open Your Heart” on Boston’s City Hall Plaza, an original play woven from oral stories celebrating immigrant leaders in East Boston.
