FOURTH AND CENTRAL — The Return of Leif the Viking (apparently a shofar is involved) — -Part Three

Urban Voices Project (UVP) is celebrating it’s ten year anniversary as an organization. It began as a music wellness program at Wesley Health Center in partnership with the Colburn School of Music.

Along with music wellness and community building music programs in a variety of locations and a performance choir based in Skid Row, UVP does three annual events. One is A Holiday Called Home which has happened four years in a row at Inner City Arts, a highly regarded creative campus on the border of Skid Row and the Fashion District which functions as a citywide after school arts program.

Another one is the C’Mon Sing Festival which has happened three years in a row as a sidewalk-level open mic in various locations throughout Downtown.

The third one is Coffeehouse which has happened eight years in a row.

A Holiday Called Home is set for this coming December 21st. UVP expected the location to be Inner City Arts, but after being told the main theater won’t be available because the roof needs to be fixed, the location changed to the Terasaki Budokan. This is where Leif the Viking first appeared three years ago as part of Coffeehouse.