The Cookout: Joy as a Catalyst for Connection
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This Juneteenth, Black wellness and connection are centered during Summer Social. Join us at the Cookout: Joy as a Catalyst for Connection for a night of movement, art-making, and music. Black practitioners Reviving Roots provide free yoga and boxing workshops, and TKO Drumline and KnockOut Dance Team performs on Vineland Place. This event honors local Black participating partners, artists, and audiences.
Activity schedule:
5–8 pm – Self-Love Letters on the hillside with Reviving Roots
5–8 pm – Design your own Jump Rope on the hillside
5–8 pm – Writing & Collage activity in the Main Lobby with Catherine Squires
5:15–6 pm – Yoga on Cardamom Roof with Marjorie Grevious
6 & 7 pm – TKO Drumline and KnockOut Dance Team performances
7:30–8:15 pm – Therapeutic Boxing with Jamal James
Enjoy libations for purchase from Cardamom and complimentary snacks from the grill.
Gallery admission is free on Thursday nights, 5–9 pm. Save time and reserve your gallery admission tickets online.
After receiving invaluable feedback from members of the Black community in the Twin Cities, the language describing this event has been updated to more clearly reflect the intentions of the event—to center local Black participating partners, artists, and audiences.
For more information about accessibility at the Walker, visit our Access page.
For more information or to request additional accommodations, call 612-375-7564 or email access@walkerart.org.
In the event of rain or extreme weather, yoga will move to the Cargill Lounge with limited capacity. The TKO Drumline and Knockout Dance Team performance will move to the Cinema. Art-making will move to the Art Lab. Call 612-375-7600 or email info@walkerart.org for weather updates.
Free Thursday Nights are sponsored by
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