Juneteenth 2024 ✊🏿

Wednesday, June 19
9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Join us at Please Touch Museum in celebration of liberation and innovation. Enjoy Museum programming celebrating the Black experience, including special performances, activities, and workshops on Wednesday, June 19.

Black Urban Theater: Teaching African American History Through Movement

Join Black Urban Theater’s Lewis Harris, as we celebrate Juneteenth by using movement to show what freedom feels like in this interactive workshop!

Troupe Dada: West African Drumming

Celebrate Juneteenth in the Playhouse Theatre as Troupe Dada performs using traditional West African drums that inspired the sounds of African American music!

Living Arts Dance Performance

See the students of Living Arts Dance Studio in Hamilton Hall as they share a special interactive performance with you that celebrates freedom and liberation for Juneteenth!

Kim Taylor

Join us in the Book Nook for a special storytime with author Kim Taylor as she reads her book, A Flag for Juneteenth.

Queen Nur

Get happy with Hambone, stomp it up with Step it Down and play Pitty Pat Jack in interactive sessions where visitors learn traditional and newly created cooperative games from oral traditions.

Oni Lasana

Join Aunti Oni, a beloved and local storyteller, as she shares her love for traditional West African fables that made way for African American storytelling traditions.

Juneteenth Prints

Discover the printmaking process and techniques as you make a relief print in celebration of Juneteenth!

Makerspace Workshops: DNA Extraction Demo

Celebrate Juneteenth with David Buckholtz as he demonstrates the DNA extraction process and highlights groundbreaking science developments African American people have made and been the center of.  

Tie Dye Workshop

Join local community changemaker, Salim Weldon, as he leads a tie dye workshop that encourages children to show what freedom looks like as we celebrate Juneteenth through clothing and creativity.