Charanga Productions

05/21/2026

There’s a reason Artscape has been a Baltimore tradition for over 40 years — it’s art, culture, and community all in one place, completely free. America’s largest FREE outdoor arts festival is happening THIS WEEKEND in Baltimore.

The Roots and Stephanie Mills are headlining this year. As well as other amazing local bands - personally excited to see Soroche on Saturday!

As a member of the Create Baltimore Community Advisory Committee, I’m personally welcoming everyone to join us this weekend at War Memorial Plaza. The city comes alive with live performances, stunning installations, and local food from Maryland’s best vendors. Come experience why it’s one of the best festivals in the country. 🙌

04/30/2026

As always this 5 de Mayo — show love to the local restaurants, artists, and creatives hosting events in your community this week. 🇲🇽

They are the real celebration. They carry the culture year-round, not just when it’s trendy.

Before you book a reservation or buy a ticket, ask yourself: does this place show up for us beyond the holiday? If not, take your coins elsewhere. 💵

Find your local 5 de Mayo events and go support! Drop recommendations below 👇

04/23/2026

It’s back. The grant writing workshop you asked for is officially rescheduled and happening.

Intro to Grant Writing Basics
Thu, Apr 23 | 6:00 PM

Learn how to apply for grants as a creative with Savannah Imani Wade, founder of OARA. We’ll break down the essentials of strong applications, how to write compelling proposals, and simple strategies to stand out. Grants can be long-term fuel for your practice, and this session is designed to make the process feel more accessible and less intimidating.

OARA is a volunteer-run, community-centric collaborative supporting emerging Baltimore artists through financial liberation, holistic development, and community-supported sustainability.

Grab your spot and come get the tools.

04/23/2026

¡Nos vemos el sábado!

We will see you this Saturday!

Día del Niño (Kids' Day) returns to Patterson Park for its 17th year on Saturday, April 25th!
This FREE event includes crafts, games, dances, and...piñatas! Nothing is bought or sold, so leave your wallet at home :). Activities are geared toward kids ages 2 - 12yrs old, but all are welcome!

Fore more information, visit link pattersonpark.com/ddn.
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Día del Niño regresa al Parque para su 17 año en el Patterson Park, sábado 25 de abril!
¡El evento incluye juegos, manualidades, bailes y...piñatas! Nada se vende ni se compra, así que puede dejar la cartera en casa :). ¡Las actividades se dirigen a los jóvenes 2 a 12 años, pero todos tiene la bienvenida!

Para más información, visite pattersonpark.com/ddn.

03/27/2026

Big news, low-key energy! ✨

I’ve been tapped for the inaugural Create Baltimore (BOPA) Community Advisory Committee — the first one ever. No pressure.

Create Baltimore is Baltimore City’s official arts council, championing artists of all kinds and keeping the creative scene alive and funded. They also run a little thing called Artscape — only America’s largest free outdoor arts festival since 1982 (The Roots are headlining this year FYI) and had a chance to be a part of their ProjectArstcape two years ago 💃🏻

Our committee’s job? Advising Create Baltimore on community needs, equity, cultural representation, and inclusive creative direction — so that everything they do reflects the full diversity of Baltimore.

And look — I can’t talk about this without getting real for a second. I’ve been in Baltimore almost 8 years, and from DAY ONE it was the art community that wrapped its arms around me. This isn’t just a title. This is my love letter back to a city that chose me first. Year one. First committee. Let’s build.

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¡Gran noticia, con toda la calma del mundo!

Fui seleccionada para formar parte del primer Comité Asesor Comunitario de Create Baltimore (BOPA) — el primero en su historia.

Create Baltimore es el consejo oficial de las artes de la Ciudad de Baltimore, que apoya a artistas de todo tipo y mantiene la escena creativa viva y con financiamiento. También organizan un pequeño evento llamado Artscape — solo el festival de artes al aire libre más grande y gratuito de América… desde 1982.

¿El trabajo de nuestro comité? Asesorar a Create Baltimore sobre las necesidades de la comunidad, la equidad, la representación cultural y una dirección creativa inclusiva — para que todo lo que hagan refleje la plena diversidad de Baltimore.

Y mira — no puedo hablar de esto sin ser honesta por un momento. Llevo casi 8 años en Baltimore, y desde EL PRIMER DÍA fue la comunidad artística la que me abrió los brazos. Esto no es solo un título. Esto es mi carta de amor a una ciudad que me eligió primero. Año uno. Primer comité. A toda madre.

02/23/2026

Los tourists in Mexico are going to be okay…

And that’s not by luck. It’s by design.
Back in 1974, FONATUR formalized a very specific model: build resort destinations that funnel American tourist dollars into Mexico—without requiring those tourists to actually encounter Mexico.

Purpose-built beach cities.
Master-planned hotel zones.
Airports that drop you minutes from an all-inclusive.
You land. You shuttle. You check in. You stay inside the frame.

You’re trained to see the infinity pool, the beach, the curated excursion, the “safe” corridor. And anything outside that frame fades out—the neighborhoods where workers live, the long bus rides to staff the resorts, the poverty that makes the labor affordable in the first place.

Modern tourism is about containment. It creates a controlled version of a country and calls it the country.

And here’s the uncomfortable part: the resort and the cartel aren’t two separate maps. They grow out of the same soil.

The same structural poverty that keeps resort wages low makes cartel recruitment easier. The same regional inequality that makes gated luxury possible leaves other communities with few options.

One economy runs on service and tips. The other runs on extraction and coercion. But they are responses to the same system.

This isn’t chaos. It’s structure.

It’s colonialism updated—now with wristbands and buffet lines.

So yes, los tourists will be fine.

Because the entire model was built to make sure they are.

10/30/2025

Light For The Forgotten 🕯️

10/29/2025

Con Amor y Recuerdo

🕯️💛

With Love and Remembrance

10/28/2025

¡Que Viva Selena!

¡Que Vivaaa! ✨🌹

10/27/2025

Es La Época Mas Maravillosa del Año 🕯️💀

Los colores, las flores, las ofrendas, los recuerdos que llenan el corazón.

¡Todo comienza hoy!