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Levitt AMP Community Spotlight: Cumberland, Maryland
Cumberland, Maryland, is a community steeped in history. Located on the banks of the Potomac River across from West Virginia, and sitting along the famed Cumberland Road through the Appalachian Mountains, the city played an important role in the development of Colonial America. Serving as a key gateway for western migration during the early years…
Sustainability in the Spotlight at Levitt Venues and AMP Concert Sites
April is Earth Month, an important annual reminder to celebrate and protect this planet we call home. Whether that’s by recycling, choosing reusable over single-use items, or deploying energy-efficient LED lights, small steps add up to create a greener world. Here at the Levitt Foundation, we’re committed to building healthy, equitable, and thriving communities with…
Free Levitt Concerts Return Across the Country
The days are getting longer, the air is getting warmer, and all across the country communities are getting ready to present another exhilarating season of free music under the stars. This year, more than 650+ free Levitt concerts will be presented in 41 towns and cities—strengthening our social fabric, amplifying local pride, injecting joy into…
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,…
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,…