{"id":2312,"date":"2018-08-24T14:52:43","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T14:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/national-maryland-day-connect-to-caribbean-culture-in-maryland\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T22:25:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T04:25:11","slug":"national-maryland-day-connect-to-caribbean-culture-in-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/national-maryland-day-connect-to-caribbean-culture-in-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"National Maryland Day: Connect to Caribbean Culture in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Happy National Maryland Day (Not to be confused with Maryland Day which is a legal holiday in Maryland held on March 25th)!<\/strong> Moving to Maryland was one of the most adventurous, scary, and wonderful things I ever decided to do. The Caribbean Community&nbsp;in Maryland is phenomenal, and Socamom wouldn\u2019t be what it is today without it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maryland had more than 62,000 people who identified as West Indian American of non-hispanic descent on the 2010 census. <\/strong>I don\u2019t live in Maryland anymore, but I still spend a great deal of time there because I am in nearby Washington, DC. &nbsp;Just yesterday, I went kayaking and paddleboating with friends at the Bladensburg Waterfront. I had never done the water activities at the waterfront before, but I had attended a Caribbean festival there several years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/ZO8ExsoYvYdDhcz2Bt\/giphy.gif\"><\/p>\n<p>Just across the street is what is left of Crossroads, the Caribbean night club and restaurant where as a single mom I would take time off from momming to dance to soca and eat good Caribbean food. It was where I attended my first band launch. It had been a hub for all things Caribbean in the area and closed permanently in 2013. &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtoncitypaper.com\/arts\/music\/blog\/13079591\/with-crossroads-closed-where-will-dc-caribbean-scene-settle\">https:\/\/www.washingtoncitypaper.com\/arts\/music\/blog\/13079591\/with-crossroads-closed-where-will-dc-caribbean-scene-settle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I created Socamom, I wanted it to be a place that people of Caribbean descent could go and find out about how to connect to the Caribbean community. In keeping with that mission, here are several ways to connect to Caribbean culture in Maryland.*<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2311\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/caribbean_maryland_pin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/caribbean_maryland_pin.png 736w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/caribbean_maryland_pin-600x920.png 600w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/caribbean_maryland_pin-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/caribbean_maryland_pin-668x1024.png 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>ORGANIZATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cultural Academy for Excellence &#8211; Steel pan lessons, educational enrichment, concerts &#8211; Mt. Ranier, Maryland &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/cafeyouth.org\/\">http:\/\/cafeyouth.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blossoms of Guyana &#8211; Lanham, Maryland &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blossomsofguyana.org\">http:\/\/blossomsofguyana.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caribbean American Advisory Group &#8211; Silver Spring, Maryland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montgomerycountymd.gov\/partnerships\/community\/caribbean.html\">https:\/\/www.montgomerycountymd.gov\/partnerships\/community\/caribbean.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CARNIVALS AND FESTIVALS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Baltimore Caribbean Carnival &#8211; Baltimore, Maryland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/baltimorecarnival.com\/\">https:\/\/baltimorecarnival.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DC Caribbean Film Festival at AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center &#8211; Silver Spring, Maryland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afi.com\/silver\/\">https:\/\/www.afi.com\/silver\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Linganore Caribbean Wine festival in May, Reggae Wine festival in June &#8211; Mt. Airy, Maryland &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linganorewines.com\/events\/\">http:\/\/www.linganorewines.com\/events\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RESTAURANTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Port-au-Prince &#8211; Silver Spring, Maryland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/paphaitiancuisine.com\/\">https:\/\/paphaitiancuisine.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blue Waters Caribbean Seafood Grill &#8211; Temple Hills, Maryland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blue-Waters-CS-Grill-2019330655060139\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Blue-Waters-CS-Grill-2019330655060139\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Caribbean Grill &#8211; District Heights, Maryland &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycaribbeangrill.com\/\">http:\/\/www.mycaribbeangrill.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trinidad and Tobago Association of Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ttab.net\/aboutus.htm\">http:\/\/www.ttab.net\/aboutus.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jamaican Association of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/jamdonline.org\">http:\/\/jamdonline.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barbados National Association of Baltimore &#8211; Baltimore, Maryland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Barbados-National-Association-of-Baltimore-158496407521830\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Barbados-National-Association-of-Baltimore-158496407521830\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*This is not a sponsored post, and a listing here does not indicate endorsement. My children took lessons at CAFE, and enjoyed it thoroughly.<\/p>\n<p>Happy National Maryland Day everyone! What are your favorite Caribbean associations, restaurants, events, and organizations in Maryland? Tell us in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Happy National Maryland Day (Not to be confused with Maryland Day which is a legal holiday in Maryland held on March 25th)!<\/strong> Moving to Maryland was one of the most adventurous, scary, and wonderful things I ever decided to do. The Caribbean Community\u00a0in Maryland is phenomenal, and Socamom wouldn\u2019t be what it is today without it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/national-maryland-day-connect-to-caribbean-culture-in-maryland\/#more-2312\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National Maryland Day: Connect to Caribbean Culture in Maryland<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,29],"tags":[244,242],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caribbean-culture-for-kids","category-travel-blog","tag-caribbean-culture","tag-maryland","blog_design-has-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>National Maryland Day: Connect to Caribbean Culture in Maryland - Socamom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Connecting to the Caribbean in the US can be difficult. 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