MICA & Creative Alliance present "Parade & Processions: Piñata Making & Great Baltimore Lantern Parade Artist Talk on Tuesday, April 8 from 4:30-8pm at the Creativity Center, 3137 Eastern Avenue. Come learn from culture-bearing artists of the Great Baltimore Lantern Parade. 4:30-6:30 Traditional Mexican piñata making Drop In with the Artesanas, a group of talented women living in Southeast Baltimore who are natives of Latin American countries, such as Mexico, El Salvador, and Ecuador, who honor their Latin American heritage by demonstrating, sharing, and teaching traditional crafts. FREE Artist Talk Participants in the Great Baltimore Lantern Parade will talk about their community's relationship to processional arts and parade, the role of culture bearing artists in maintaining and evolving traditional practices and share examples of their work. Participants include: Parade Director Rachel Rush, Dennis Lee of the Marching Elite, a Baltimore-based marching band; Louis Campbell of the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina traditional dancers and Culture Director at the Baltimore American Indian Center, and Jovenes en Accion, this performance troupe brings together Latin American teens to encourage self-expression and promote team building through traditional Mexican and Latin American dance. The artist talks will include a dance demonstration and conclude with a Q&A.