Story Arts of Minnesota will present a full day devoted to the art of storytelling at the Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 W Old Shakopee Rd. Enjoy storytelling performances (10:00, 11:15, 1:15, 2:30, 7:00), workshops (10:30, 11:15, 1:15, 1:30, 2:40), community showcases (11:15, 2:30), resource and merchandise tables, open mics (2:30-3:30 and 4:00-5:00), and food trucks. Activities will be held throughout the Center. Most events are free and everyone’s welcome!
At 10:00 AM a Youth & Family Story Concert (with ASL interpreting) will feature Brotha Ase, Dan Gruhlke, Nicholas Pawlowski, J. Emily Peabody, Phuoc Tran and host Carol McCormick.
The 7:00 PM program (with ASL interpreting) will include storytellers Danielle Daniel, Mari Harris, Howard Lieberman, Jim May, Errol McLendon, Sue Searing, Tseganesh Selameab, Jim Stowell, with host Laura Packer.
$18 ($14 Walker member).
For information about accessibility or to request additional accommodations, call 612-375-7564, email access@walkerart.org, or visit the Access page: https://walkerart.org/visit/accessibility/.
Mack Lectures provide a platform for changemakers at the forefront of their fields to share new ideas and alternative ways of working. This spring, leading environmentalist and founder of ClientEarth James Thornton comes to the Walker. An innovator of legal strategies to address climate change and environmental degradation, Thornton will discuss new ways to think about and tackle global environmental challenges.
Thornton’s presentation is followed by a dialogue moderated by Jothsna Harris, founder of Change Narrative LLC, and a Q&A with the audience.
A cash bar reception, cohosted by the Walker and The Great Northern, takes place from 6–7 pm in the Main Lobby.
Free. While walk-ins are welcome, advance reservations are encouraged. Sensory Friendly Sunday is typically less busy from 8 to 9:30 am, and busier from 9:30 to 11 am.
Sensory Friendly Sunday is a monthly event designed for kids, teens and adults with sensory-processing differences, autism spectrum disorder or developmental disabilities. The galleries will be closed to the general public, allowing visitors to enjoy the museum in a calm environment with accommodations such as quiet spaces, fidgets and sunglasses available. Experience a selection of current exhibitions, make art or watch a short film. All friends and family members are welcome.
To support the health and safety of visitors at increased risk for Covid-19, masks are required at Sensory Friendly Sunday for visitors over age 2. Accommodations are available if someone in your party is unable to tolerate masking. Please email access@walkerart.org or call 612-375-7561 for more information.
This program was created in consultation with the Autism Society of Minnesota (AuSM) and the University of Minnesota’s Occupational Therapy Program.
Free. MGS monthly webinars for those in the field of aging feature expert credentialed presenters. Members and non-members must register to receive Zoom link and survey when webinar is complete (to access CEU certificate), and receive access to video recordings of all past webinars.
"When Age-Friendly Meets Dementia-Friendly: The Role of Memory Cafés in Reducing Loneliness and Social isolation" is the title of this one-hour webinar via Zoom.
Presenters Maren Levad, M.A.T., & Susan H. McFadden, Ph.D., will discuss how age-friendly community initiatives canconnect with efforts to make communities dementia friendly. The overlap of dementia- friendly and age-friendly principles will be examined and how both address loneliness and social isolation which can have negative effects on physical and mental health. People living with dementia, along with their care partners, are especially susceptible because of being excluded from former friendship circles and community activities. Memory Cafés demonstrate how communities can be both age friendly and dementia friendly by offering social opportunities that help all participants experience joy, purpose, and belongingness. These stigma-free gatherings occur in many public venues
(e.g., libraries, museums, nature centers, faith communities).
Join artist Kandis Williams for a dialogue inspired by her new survey exhibition, Kandis Williams: A Surface. The conversation will explore the importance of collage as a technique and method across her practice, as well as her emphasis on archival research as a tool of subversion.
This event requires a free ticket. Registration is available online. Seating is
available on a first-come, first-served basis. Gallery admission is free on Thursday nights, 5–9 pm.
Free with RSVP.
For information about accessibility or to request additional accommodations, call 612-375-7564, email access@walkerart.org, or visit the Access page: https://walkerart.org/visit/accessibility/.
Symbolizing the empowerment of Black queer individuals as authors of their own narratives, Bard Africans Night explores the concept of “bard” in two ways: the way many Nigerian-Americans adapt their West African accents by incorporating rhotic Rs to make bad into bard, and the modern Shakespearean notion of the Bard.
The evening includes a live excerpt from Bad Africans, a play written and performed by Ibimina Dominique Thompson, followed by a screening of the short film Love is Like. The evening concludes with an artist talkback with Sementari and co-collaborators Ashe Jaafaru and Mariah Hanson.
