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10 Key Takeaways from the Levitt National Convening
Bringing together over 150 people from the Levitt network of 41 towns and cities, the 2023 Levitt National Convening was a joyful gathering, inspiring exchange of ideas and celebration of collective impact. While Southern California sunshine was in short supply given the historic rainfall, the Levitt network’s spirit of collaboration and community-mindedness shone through brightly,…
La Santa Cecilia to Headline the 2023 Levitt National Tour
Posted OnMarch 28, 2023 byMedia Contact: Vanessa Silberman, vanessa@levitt.org The captivating GRAMMY-winning band La Santa Cecilia brings its energetic blend of cumbia, rock, bolero, bossa nova and more to Levitt venues across the country. LOS ANGELES (March 28, 2023)—The Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a social impact funder supporting nonprofits nationwide at the intersection of music, public space, and…
Levitt AMP Community Spotlight: Selma, Alabama
For a community of less than 18,000 people contained within 14 square miles, Selma, Alabama, has repeatedly played an outsized role in the history of the United States. Inhabited by Indigenous peoples for centuries before the arrival of Europeans, by 1865 Selma was the site of one of the Civil War’s most climactic events, when…
Celebrating Black History Month With Three Trailblazing Levitt Performers
February is Black History Month, which means there’s no better time to celebrate the incalculable contributions that Black Americans have made to this country’s history and culture. And there are few places where these contributions are more numerous, or obvious, than in music. From jazz to blues, hip-hop, soul, funk, disco, techno, rock and roll,…
Levitt Performers Win Eight Awards at the 65th GRAMMYs
On Sunday night, the Recording Academy handed out its 65th annual GRAMMY Awards at the Crypto Arena in Los Angeles. And as usual, there were plenty of past Levitt performers among the winners, for a total of eight awards! Taking home one of the GRAMMYs’ “Big Four” general field awards was Samara Joy, who made…
Levitt AMP Community Spotlight: Flint, Michigan
For decades, Flint, Michigan has loomed large in the American imagination, and not always for the best of reasons. Following a mostly prosperous early history that peaked with its role as a booming General Motors factory town in the 1950s and ‘60s, the mid-sized city about an hour’s drive from Detroit has since experienced a…
Levitt AMP Community Spotlight: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Andrea Dono has always known that residents of Harrisonburg, Virginia, are an enthusiastic bunch. As executive director of Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, an organization founded to enliven the city’s once declining downtown, she’s witnessed that enthusiasm firsthand during numerous community events. And yet even she was surprised by the embrace of last fall’s Levitt AMP campaign,…
The Levitt Foundation Salutes the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I am convinced that men hate each other because they fear each other. They fear each other because they don’t know each other. They don’t know each other because they don’t communicate with each other. And they don’t communicate with each other because they are separated from each other.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,…
Levitt AMP Community Spotlight: Waco, Texas
For decades, Austin has been virtually synonymous with central Texas’ cutting-edge music and arts scene. Yet there are plenty of other central Texas communities that are making their own powerful contributions to the region’s artistic heritage, and Waco is particularly ready for its close-up. Starting in late spring, the Levitt AMP Waco Music Series will…
Best of 2022: A Playlist of Levitt Staff Favorites
Here’s a little secret about the staff of the Levitt Foundation: we tend to be music fans. Like, big music fans. That’s part of the reason why we spend all our time helping nonprofits in cities and towns across the country bring free, live music to their communities—and that’s just at our day jobs. If…