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This is a repeating eventJanuary 17, 2026 10:00 am
Center for the Healing Arts: Grand Opening
Event Details
The Center for the Healing Arts is officially opening its doors, and we’re celebrating with a jam-packed weekend full of film, movement, community, and connection. Join us for one – or all – of these special events!
Friday, January 16 | 7:30 PM
Film Screening: WE WANT THE FUNK!
With a post-show talkback with Filmmaker Nicole Londen in Collaboration with Run and Shoot Filmworks
Popcorn provided | $10
Film Screening: WE WANT THE FUNK!With a post-show talkback with Filmmaker Nicole Londen in Collaboration with Run and Shoot Filmworks
Popcorn provided | $10
Saturday, January 17 | Grand Opening Day
Free and open to the public: refreshments and live music available
10:00 AM–2:00 PM | Official Opening
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony | 10:15 AM
Lobby Activities & Remarks | 10:30 AM
Tours and Open Rehearsal | 11:00 AM–12:15 PM
Academy Masterclass with Lil Buck | 11:30 AM–1:00 PM
(Open to all levels & ages | $25)
Raise the Roof – Inaugural Performance | 7:30 PM | SOLD OUT
Free and open to the public: refreshments and live music available
10:00 AM–2:00 PM | Official Opening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony | 10:15 AM Lobby Activities & Remarks | 10:30 AM Tours and Open Rehearsal | 11:00 AM–12:15 PM Academy Masterclass with Lil Buck | 11:30 AM–1:00 PM(Open to all levels & ages | $25)
Raise the Roof – Inaugural Performance | 7:30 PM | SOLD OUTSunday, January 18
Sunday Service (Shorter AME Building) | 2:00 PM | Free and open to the public
Featuring:
Sunday Service (Shorter AME Building) | 2:00 PM | Free and open to the publicFeaturing:
• Dare to Believe “We are the World”
• Cleo Parker Robinson Youth Ensemble
• Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Legacy Choir
– Daryl Walker, Minister of Music
Film Screening: Satisfied | 6:00 PM
With a post-show talkback with Filmmaker Melissa Haizlip in Collaboration with Run and Shoot Filmworks
Popcorn provided | $10
Film Screening: Satisfied | 6:00 PMWith a post-show talkback with Filmmaker Melissa Haizlip in Collaboration with Run and Shoot Filmworks
Popcorn provided | $10
Monday, January 19 | MLK Day
MLK Marade | 10:00 AM–1:00 PM
Meet at the MLK Statue in City Park
MLK Marade | 10:00 AM–1:00 PMMeet at the MLK Statue in City Park
Come celebrate this exciting new chapter with us—we can’t wait to welcome you in!
Organizer
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (CPRD) is a cultural ambassador, infusing vitality, innovation and education into every community we touch—around the corner and around the globe.
There are five pillars of the organization, namely, the CPRD Ensemble, Academy, Theatre, Education Programs and Art in Wellbeing. Working in concert, CPRD programs have created an oasis where a varied population—by gender, race, age and ethnicity—gather to study and appreciate a modern, cross-cultural approach to creative community development. Housed in the historic A.M.E. Shorter Church in Five Points, CPRD serves as a convener of community, art and dance.
