ZUMIX

Celebrity Series Neighborhood Arts Collaboration
2022-11-08 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | MA

#DaBlock Presents Underground: An Open Mic
2022-11-30 18:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join our students from #DaBlock for an evening of songs, stories, snacks, spoken word and socializing!

ZTC Speaker Series: Music Managers
2022-12-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join the ZUMIX Teen Council as they learn from local music managers and get an insight into the music business!

Fall Teen Program Graduation
2022-12-14 18:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us in celebrating the accomplishments of our young people this fall! We’ll see student work, hear about student experiences, and wrap up the semester together.

Creative Filmmaking
2022-12-15 18:00 - 20:00 | MA

Sprouts Fall Showcase #1
2022-12-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Come celebrate the work of our Sprouts this semester!

Sprouts Fall Showcase #2
2022-12-19 18:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us as we celebrate the work of our advanced Sprouts students from this fall!

Spring Songwriting & Performance Open House
2023-01-20 17:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us for an evening of music, activities, snacks and fun! Come jam with us, sign up for our open mic, and learn about our Songwriting & Performance offerings this semester. Bring a friend and come through!

Johnny Giraldo's Birthday Celebration and Fundraiser
2023-01-21 19:00 - 22:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
ZUMIX board member and salsa maven Johnny Giraldo is donating his birthday to ZUMIX! Join us for an evening of dance, music and fun, with all proceeds benefiting ZUMIX.
This evening is dedicated to ZUMIX and includes:

Social dancing to DJ Music
Live Music by one of Boston’s finest, Manolo Mairena y su Pura Vida
Special Guest Johnny “Dandy” Rodriguez, who is a world class percussionist and has played with luminaries of our music such as Tito Puente, Tito Rodiguez, Machito and Johnny Pacheco. He’s the founder of Tipica 73, the Mambo Legends Orchestra and currently leads his band, “Johnny Rodriguez and his Dream Team,” in New York City.
Dance Performances
Food
And much more!
$43 in advance, $50 at the door if available. Limited space. Beer and wine bar.

Get your tickets here!

CM&T Spring Open House
2023-01-27 17:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us for our Spring CM&T Open House! Participate in a radio interview, win our cable wrapping competition and learn about what we’re offering this semester! Catch us on the 2nd floor!
¡Únase a nosotros para nuestra Casa Abierta de CM&T! ¡Participe en una entrevista de radio, gane nuestra competencia de cables y conozca lo que ofrecemos este semestre! ¡Encuentranos en el segundo piso!

Adventures in Music Winter Showcase #6
2023-01-31 18:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us at the Firehouse for a musical showcase, featuring the students of Brian Paulding and Ali McGuirk!

Adventures in Music Winter Showcase #7
2023-02-01 18:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us at the Firehouse for a musical showcase, featuring the students of Reynaliz Herrera!

Adventures in Music Winter Showcase #8
2023-02-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us at the Firehouse for a musical showcase, featuring the students of Marlene del Rosario!

Adventures in Music Winter Showcase #9
2023-02-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us at the Firehouse for a musical showcase, featuring the students of Leo Colon!

Spring 2023 Programs Begin
2023-02-13 16:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us for an amazing semester of creative learning and fun!

Lights in the Night: Cape Verde Night
2023-02-25 19:00 - 23:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Come in from the cold and enjoy the light at the Firehouse! We will celebrate the music of Cape Verde, West Africa, and celebrate and highlight the FOGO Project.
Enjoy live music, take a tour of our space and learn about our radio station, recording studio, and youth programs while enjoying local food and drink.
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LIVE MUSIC:
Lutchinha
Awgwshto
Nenelo Pina
Doors @ 7PM / Show @ 8PM
Tickets: $20 || $10 with student ID || FREE under 18
Get your tickets here!

Zarzuela en East Boston
2023-03-05 16:00 - 18:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join Boston Opera & Zarzuela at the Firehouse for a memorable concert of some of the best-known Zarzuela pieces. Tickets here!

ZTC Speaker Series: Filmmaking
2023-03-17 17:00 - 19:30 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join the ZUMIX Teen Council and local filmmakers for a panel discussion about their work in the industry!
This event is being produced in collaboration with IATSE 481.

Lights in the Night: Jazz Night
2023-03-25 19:00 - 23:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us for an evening of jazz at the ZUMIX Firehouse, featuring local musicians Dennison Blackett and the Nick Grondin Group, and Marmalade, the ZUMIX jazz ensemble!
Doors @ 7PM
Show @ 8PM
$20 || $10 with student ID || FREE under 18
Tickets here: https://secure.givelively.org/event/zumix-inc/zumix-presents-lights-in-the-night-jazz-night

Sprouts Movie Night
2023-03-31 17:00 - 19:30 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join our Sprouts and the ZUMIX community for a free movie night!

Open Mic Night
2023-04-07 18:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us for an evening of songs and stories at the Firehouse!

April Vacation Band Camp
2023-04-18 - 2023-04-21 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us for a multi-instrumental band camp at ZUMIX during April vacation week! Open to East Boston public school students in grades 4-8.
Sign up here!

Lights in the Night: LGBTQ+ Pride/Vogue Night
2023-04-22 19:00 - 23:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us at the Firehouse for a night celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, featuring local performers and ZUMIX alumni!
Live Performances:
– KAM!
– RHONDA & FOXY
– ARABELLA LADESSE
– CARMEN GETTIT
– JUST JP
… & MORE!
Doors @ 7:30 PM
Show @ 8 PM
$20 || $10 with student ID || FREE under 18
Get your tickets here!

Spring Z-Lounge
2023-04-28 18:00 - 20:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us for a night of open mic performances at the Firehouse!

Spring ZTC Speaker Series
2023-05-12 17:00 - 19:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us for the Spring ZTC Speaker Series panel discussion!

Streetwise Music Videos
2023-05-19 | MA

Sprouts Spring Showcase: Math World
2023-05-24 17:30 - 19:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us as we celebrate the work of our Sprouts students this spring!

Advanced Sprouts Spring Showcase: In the Spotlight
2023-05-31 17:30 - 19:00 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Join us as we celebrate the work of our advanced Sprouts students from this spring!

Film Screening: Never Be a Punching Bag for Nobody
2023-06-24 19:30 - 22:30 | Zumix, 260 Sumner Street, Boston, MA, 02128, United States
Please join us at the ZUMIX Firehouse for a special screening (65 mins.) followed by a Q&A with Naomi Yang and Sal Bartolo, Jr.
Never Be a Punching Bag for Nobody is an award-winning documentary film by Naomi Yang. It recently won Special Jury Prize for Documentary at the IFFB (International Film Festival Boston).
“Naomi Yang, a Boston filmmaker and musician, achieves a quintessential documentary task. Her film examines a seemingly quotidian subject and not only finds it to be a key to local, social, and cultural history but also a way to look deeply into her own life.”
– Peter Keough (Boston Globe, Boston Phoenix, ArtsFuse)
The Q&A will be moderated by Joyce Linehan, a longtime friend of Naomi Yang and ZUMIX Co-Founder, Madeleine Steczynski.
Joyce is Assistant to the President for Special Projects at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and teaches in the Public Administration program at UMass Boston. She was Chief of Policy and Planning for former Boston mayor Marty Walsh, founded a PR firm, and managed rock bands and a record label. She was born and lives in Dorchester.
The film is an affecting portrait of an East Boston boxing gym and the forgotten history of its surrounding neighborhood, alongside an exploration of Yang’s own fraught family history.
The film weaves together three stories: colorful boxing coach and ex-drill sergeant Sal Bartolo Jr., son of a renowned 1940s East Boston boxing champ; Yang herself, learning boxing from trainer Bartolo and reexamining some of her own family’s disturbing history; and schoolteacher Mary Ellen Welch, who in the 1960s mobilized a group of neighborhood women against encroachment from Logan airport, fighting back against an indifferent city government.
Written, directed and photographed by: Naomi Yang
Sound design by: Ian Coss
Original soundtrack by: Naomi Yang (available from Bandcamp and all other streaming services.)
Tickets: $20 (free for youth under 18)
*All proceeds will benefit ZUMIX to help us continue empowering youth.

Open Your Heart
2023-06-30 17:00 - 20:00 | City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA
Open Your Heart celebrates the diversity of immigrant stories!

Open Your Heart gives voice to an intergenerational group of immigrants who came to the U.S. and ultimately landed in East Boston. Their moving and inspiring stories capture why people decide to come to this country, their journey to get here, their experience when they arrive, and ultimately, their transformation into community leaders and activists who contribute to the vibrancy of East Boston.
Pre-performance interactive activities begin at 5pm. The performance is followed by a dance party with Eli Pabon!
