The Board of Directors is an integral part of CCTV, helping to oversee and shape the policies and procedures that allow the station to run smoothly on a daily basis. Eight former board members - Robert Boulrice, Joe Douillette, Fred Fantini, Margaret Lazarus, Dyanne London, Susan Richards, Judy Richardson and Simon Shapiro - as well as one former staffer, Rudy Hypolite, will be inducted into the new honorary board at this Thursday's BBQ due to their impressive history of dedicated service to the organization.

Short bios for these individuals and the rest of the honorary board can be found on the 2008 BBQ homepage.

Please join us two days from now to help us congratulate these individuals, and thank them for their continued efforts to make CCTV an invaluable community resource, as well as a nationally recognized public access center. And check back tomorrow as we introduce the six other honorary board inductees!

Each year, CCTV presents a Leading Role Award to one special individual at the Backyard BBQ. Leading Role Award recipients have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make Cambridge a better place. At this week's BBQ, four Leading Role Award winners from years past will be inducted into CCTV's Honorary Board:

Terry Delancey, Exec. Director, Agassiz Neighborhood Council
Sarah Gallop, Co-Director of Government and Community Relations, MIT
Susan Flannery, Director of Libraries for the City of Cambridge
Nancy Murray, Director of Education, ACLU of Massachusetts.

Short bios for these individuals and the rest of the honorary board can be found on the 2008 BBQ homepage. Please join us three days from now to help us congratulate these four individuals, and thank them for their continued efforts to make this city a great place to live and work. If you don't yet have tickets to the Backyard BBQ, you can purchase them here. And check back over the next few days as we introduce the other sixteen honorary board inductees!

CCTV's Backyard BBQ is now just a week away! You can buy your tickets at the door, or you can purchase them in advance by visiting CCTV or our online store. Where else can you help yourself to a wide selection of the best Cambridge-area cuisine in one sitting?

At this year's BBQ, our volunteers will be serving up everything from Redbones' ribs to Four Burgers' veggie burgers, so come hungry and we guarantee you'll leave happy. Check out a full list of participating restaurants here.

(Photo: Pit Stop servers get their grill on at the 2006 Backyard BBQ.)

Take your pick: A baseball signed by Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia... a RockBand II bundle autographed by the game's developers at Harmonix.. or an autographed photo of Celtics player Rajon Rondo!

There's only one place to win these items and many, many more: CCTV's Backyard BBQ on Thursday, Sept. 18th. The silent auction will begin at 5:30 p.m. and it will close at 7:30 that evening. Don't miss your opportunity to score some great items for a great cause. All proceeds benefit CCTV's youth and outreach programs.

Buy your tickets now for this special event, and get a sneak peak of the full list of silent auction items here.

CCTV's Annual BBQ Fundraiser on Thursday, Sept. 18th will once again feature live music by Zili Misik! With a sound that reconnects Haitian mizik rasin, jazz, roots reggae, samba, Cuban son, and neo soul, Zili honors its influences while creating a sound that is uniquely its own. Voted #1 in the "Best World Music" category in a recent Boston Phoenix poll, Zili retraces routes of forced exile and cultural resistance through diasporic rhythm and song with captivating sounds that evoke the African continent. Powerful Haitian, Brazilian and West African rhythms infuse Zili's original creations and traditional folksongs. Click "play" below to watch a clip from Zili Misik's performance last year. And don't forget to buy your ticket for this year's BBQ by clicking here!

You could be learning how to make media for all of Cambridge to see! This public information session will show you how to get involved at the number one public access center in the country and begin making your own media and television programming.

CCTV is currently accepting applications to our NeighborMedia program, where we provide the training and you provide the stories!

NeighborMedia is designed to help you learn how to make media around issues that are important to you and other residents of Cambridge.

All NeighborMedia participants receive a free Flip Mino video camera during their time in the program and a free one-year membership to CCTV.

Download a program Flyer (PDF) or an Application (PDF) and become a NeighborMedia journalist today! read more...