First 2026 Cedar Commissions Show at the Cedar Cultural Center on Friday February 20

Each year, The Cedar Cultural Center presents a group of artists commissioned to create new work. The grant that funds the Cedar Commissions comes from the Jerome Foundation, and the performances are Friday and Saturday February 20 and 21 at the Cedar, 7:30 till 11pm. Phil Nusbaum talked with the artists performing February 20, Deeq Abdi, Creekbed Carter Hogan and Trick Locket. As we join the artists and Phil Nusbaum, the group is set up in the Green Room of the Cedar. Deeq Abdi of Minneapolis was born in Somalia, and writes songs that address cultural connection