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Italian Cultural Center of Maryland

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Our Mission is to preserve and celebrate authentic Italian culture by providing a community services link between the people of Italy and Maryland.

02/09/2026

We are hiring!
We have three new part time positions:

- community health specialist
- b-more pasta specialist
- driver

01/26/2026

Welcome to The Forge, the shared home of: • Food for Better Health, including our Bussie Bussie Food Bus • Be a Chef for a Day, our hands-on cooking and nutrition education program • B-More Pasta, our youth-run social enterprise and workforce program • The Italian Cultural Center, with its vibrant community arts and cultural initiatives

You may have noticed our new symbol, Nutrix the snail — a reminder to move with intention, grow strong through care, and carry our values wherever we go.

🤍 Welcome to The Forge. 🔥 This is Nurturing Now.

01/24/2026

Last night, something special happened.

The doors opened.
The rooms filled.
The table was shared.

After decades of waiting, The Forge is now open — and it came to life because of you.

What we celebrated was more than an opening.
We celebrated The BIT Center as it is today — the umbrella organization for a unified family of programs, all rooted in care, dignity, and connection:

• The Forge, our shared home for food, art, learning, and work
• Food for Better Health, including our Bussie Bussie Food Bus
• Be a Chef for a Day, our hands-on cooking and nutrition education program
• B-More Pasta, our youth-run social enterprise and workforce program
• The Italian Cultural Center, with its vibrant community arts and cultural initiatives

Together, they are guided by one mission: Nurturing Now.

Nurturing people in the present moment — through food, education, jobs, and art — while building a healthier, more connected future.

You may have noticed our new symbol, Nutrix the snail — a reminder to move with intention, grow strong through care, and carry our values wherever we go.

The Forge is now open.
And the work continues.

Thank you to our incredible team, youth, partners, artists, chefs, board, volunteers, and community — and to everyone who believed this place could once again be a home for gathering.

🤍 Welcome to The Forge.
🔥 This is Nurturing Now.

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A special thank you to Executive Pastry Chef

01/23/2026

Tomorrow, we open the doors. 🤍🍽️ And our opening dinner is sold out.
Tonight, we want to honor the person who has helped set the tone for everything that happens inside.
Meet Chef Taueret Khepera Thomas — our VP of Gastronomy Education & Workforce Development.
Chef T is a lifelong culinary educator, the Chef & CEO of Khepera’s Kitchen, and someone who knows how to turn kitchens into places of belonging. Her brunches didn’t start as a business plan — they grew because people stayed, talked, and felt at home.
That same care shapes our work every day: • youth learning skills and earning wages • kitchens run with intention • food offered with dignity
✨ Full-circle moment: Monica first met Chef T by chance over brunch at Khepera’s Kitchen — a shared table that became shared purpose.
If you can’t be with us tomorrow, you can still support what happens next. Our capital campaign helps ensure this space continues to serve food, art, education, and jobs for years to come.
Tomorrow, the doors open. And the work continues.
🤍 Link in bio to support

01/22/2026

–2 days. Meet Kimberly Gough. 🍝🤍
Kimberly is our Director of Social Enterprises & Workforce Development — and one of the quiet forces behind everything that works at The BIT Center.
After years in property management, she followed her first love back to the kitchen. Culinary school. Her own catering company. And now, leading: • B-More Pasta • our Community Food Program • Be a Chef for a Day in Schools
She makes sure our young people learn, grow, and keep their jobs. She brings calm, care, and high expectations into every space. She is a devoted mom, a steady leader, and a motherly presence for our youth.
✨ Full-circle moment: Chef Taueret Thomas was once the head of the culinary school Kimberly attended.
This is what community leadership looks like.

01/20/2026

–3 days. Art tells our story. 🎨

The BIT Center began in 1955 as Circolo Culturale Italiano — a place created to support artistic and cultural exchange between Italy and Maryland.

Art has always been how we connect. How we remember. How we imagine what’s possible together.
In our new building, that tradition continues through a mural created with , shaped by community voices and shared stories.
This isn’t just art on a wall.
 It’s a reflection of the people who belong here.
Today, we’re sharing just a small snippet. Soon, you’ll see the whole story.

🎨 Art as exchange 🤝 Community as co-creator 🏛️ A home built together

01/19/2026

One of the foods Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. loved most wasn’t elaborate or symbolic.
 It was quilly — a simple, chilled dessert made with fruit, cream, and care, served at his family table.
It mattered not because it was famous, but because it was familiar.
Quilly reminds us that food’s real power isn’t spectacle — it’s memory, comfort, and the quiet act of sharing something made with love.
Dr. King understood that dignity is built in everyday moments: sitting together, breaking bread, caring for one another — and making space for people to belong.

At The BIT Center, we carry that belief forward.
Food brings people together. And through our social enterprise, food also creates jobs, skills, and dignity, rooted in community.

In four days, we open our doors and set our table in that same spirit — simple, human, and intentional.

🍽️ Food as care 🤝 Work as dignity 🎟️ Tickets support our mission (link in bio) 🤍 Discounted options available — just DM us

Photo Credits:
James H. Karales, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Yolanda King, 1962, photograph, Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Monica Karales and the Estate of James Karales, © Estate of James Karales, 2015.129.24

01/18/2026

For Italians, preparing and sharing a meal has always been more than tradition.
It’s how we gather. How we care for one another. How we stay connected — especially in hard times.
Sunday dinner isn’t just for relatives. It’s for friends, neighbors, chosen family, and anyone who needs a seat at the table.
This belief lives at the heart of The BIT Center.
In five days, our opening dinner will honor this tradition — a shared table, rooted in authentic Italian heritage, made meaningful for today.

🍽️ Food as connection 🤍 Community as care
 🎟️ Tickets support our work (Link in BIO - discounted options available)

01/17/2026

Six days to go. 👩‍🍳🔬

Cooking isn’t just food.
It’s science.

🔥 Heat changes matter
🧪 Ingredients interact
💨 Temperature transforms texture and flavor

At Be a Chef for a Day, kids learn cooking as chemistry, thermodynamics, and nutrition — all through hands-on experience and joy in the kitchen.

They’re not just following recipes.
They’re learning how food works, how their bodies work, and how knowledge builds confidence.

This is the kind of learning our opening dinner supports.

🍽️ A table where science meets care
🎟️ Tickets support our programs (link in bio)
🤍 Discounted tickets available — just reach out

01/16/2026

Marcella Hazan taught us something simple—and radical:
good food doesn’t need to be complicated.
It needs care. 🍝🤍

She believed in honest ingredients, shared tables, and cooking as an act of love—not performance.
No shortcuts. No pretense.
Just time, attention, and heart.

That philosophy guides everything we do at The BIT Center.

In 7 days, we gather for our opening dinner carrying that spirit to the table.
Not a show.
Not perfection.
But care.

Care for a historic building brought back to life.
Care for young people learning skills through food.
Care for families, neighbors, and friends sitting down together.

This dinner is a fundraiser—supporting programs and causes we deeply believe in.
But it’s also a reminder:
a shared meal, offered with intention, still matters.

🎟️ If you’re able, we’d love for you to join us by purchasing a ticket. (Link in BIO)
🤍 If this moment is financially difficult, please reach out.
Marcella would remind us: there is always room at the table.

Seven days to go.
We can’t wait to cook, gather, and welcome you.

— Taueret

GatherAroundTheTable

01/15/2026

Aggiungi un posto a tavola 🍝 (Add a seat at the table.)
There’s a famous Italian musical with this title, and we can’t think of a better way to describe what we’re doing.
On January 23, we’re reopening the doors of a historic space and doing what this place was always meant for: setting the table and making room.
Room for conversation. Room for food and stories. Room for people arriving exactly as they are.
Yes, this is our opening dinner. Yes, it’s a fundraiser that supports the work we care deeply about.
But at its heart, this night is about choosing to gather — especially when times are not easy.
🎟️ Tickets are available 🤍 Discounted tickets too — just reach out 🍷 We’ll take care of the rest

01/14/2026

Dear friends! We are very excited to share this incredible milestone with you all! It will be a weekend full of good food, good music, interesting conversations about our plans for the next 10 years.
Better Waverly is our forever home and we are ready to welcome you all!

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3009 Greenmount Avenue
Baltimore, MD
21218

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Monday	10am - 8pm
Tuesday	10am - 8pm
Wednesday	10am - 8pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	10am - 6pm

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+14105479934

Website

http://www.thebitcenter.org/

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