Inspired by Citizen University’s Civic Saturdays, The Baltimore Butterfly Sessions combine music, poetry, literary excerpts, and thought-provoking keynote addresses to catalyze conversation and build awareness around today’s most pressing issues.
Each session for our 2023/24 season is themed around proposed and enacted legislation in our home state of Maryland, including The Equity in Transportation Bill, Trans Health Equity Act, and Community Reinvestment Ordinance, establishing Baltimore City Council’s Reparations Commission, and more.
Through the Baltimore Butterfly Sessions, BCS aims to create a space for civic dialogue & fellowship across differences by convening artists, activists, organizers, thinkers, and community members to unpack these resonant topics.
Come for the community, stay for the conversation, and leave with a deeper civic connection to Charm City.
Musical Guest
Kotic Couture
If your brain mixed elements of Club Music, Hip Hop, Techno, Ballroom culture and House into a blender you’d be given a unique sound that can only be described as Kotic Couture. As The Queen of the Underground and the “Most lit on the mic” Couture has become a staple in the Baltimore Underground scene for years. As a DJ, Event host and Musician, Couture expands the culture of hip hop and defies boundaries while doing so. Opening for artists such as Rina Sawayama, Azealia Banks, Cupcakke and BBYMutha, Couture has straddled the blurred lines of genre and eluded the linear path to success. Kotic has performed at Kennedy Center, featured at Baltimore, Charlotte, Sacramento and Capitol Pride as well as being the 2022 Main Stage DJ for Baltimore Pride’s Finale in the park. Kotic has been featured in the Washington Post, Baltimore Beat and Netflix. Most recently Kotic was named the Best Local Artist in 2023 by Baltimore Magazine
