Denver Museum of Nature and Science Juneteenth
Celebrate Juneteenth: Freedom Day at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science on Thursday, June 19!
Enjoy FREE general admission all day, plus live performances, music, and engaging activities for the whole family that honor Black culture, history, and achievement in science and beyond.
Join us as we reflect, learn, and celebrate together.
Sacred Voices LIVE June Open Mic!
Opening act and Sign up at 6:30pm Open Mic at 6:50pm.
Join us for a night of community! We want to hear your voice!
All performers are able to get a high-quality video of their performance!
First-timers are not only welcome but encouraged to come perform.
This is an all-ages event.
Show up at 6:30 to ensure your performance spot, but also to watch our musical opening act.
Our opening act is Silver Steven. Silver Steven is the hillbilly bastard child of bluegrass, classic rock, chain-gang and metal...born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, hardened by the streets of Philly, and blossomed in the mountains of Colorado. This one man band combines gritty fire and swagger with a bent. Expect roaring guitar, heavy stomps and resounding blast of vocals. He calls himself "folk soul fast & loud" while others call him a "one-man-punk-band". He's having fun up there on that stage and his mission is to make sure you do too.
Our featured performer is Phaentom Poet. Aerik Francis is a Queer Black Latinx poet born & based on the lands of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute peoples currently known as Denver, Colorado, USA. Aerik wants us to come together and gum up the gears of the machinery of the empire toward all of our collective liberation. Their poetry chapbook MISEDUCATION (New Delta Review 2023) can be purchased online or in person, and their newest poetry chapbook BODYPOLITIC is forthcoming with Abode Press in 2026.
Come and share what makes your voice sacred!
DIY Tie Dye Party! | Fundraiser
DIY Tie Dye Party! | Fundraiser!
Join us on Friday, May 31st, 2025, at noon at City Park Denver for a day filled with creativity and inspiration. This event celebrates the importance of youth mental health through artistic expression and poetry.
Come hang out, tie-dye with in-house artist Radiance Bukari. We will be dyeing Sacred Voices shirts, scrunchies, bandanas, and bringing your garments to tie-dye!
We will also be talking about the importance of youth mental health through poetic expression.
We can't wait to see you there!
Sacred Voices LIVE! Open Mic
Join Sacred Voices for our Second Friday LIVE! Open Mic at Denver Community Media. Sign up at 6:30pm Show at 7:00pm.
Join us for a night of community with our community partners! In-person or virtual, we want to hear your voice!
All performers are able to get a high-quality video of their performance for free!
First-timers are not only welcome but encouraged to come perform.
This is an all-ages event.
Sacred Voices 1st Friday Open Mic
Join Sacred Voices for our First Friday Open Mic at Lighthouse Writers Workshop. This event provides a platform for participants to workshop new poems and stories, receive feedback on performance and delivery, and an opportunity to partake in the open mic session afterward.
Sacred Voices Film Screening
Join Sacred Voices as we watch the documentary The Edge of Each Other's Battles: A Vision of Audre Lorde. This powerful documentary is a moving tribute to legendary black lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde (1934-1992). One of the most celebrated icons of feminism's second wave, Lorde inspired several generations of activists with her riveting poetry, serving as a catalyst for change and uniting the communities of which she was a part: black arts and black liberation, women's liberation and lesbian and gay liberation.
After the showing, we will discuss the following questions:
How does Audre Lorde's concept of intersectionality intersect with her activism and writing, as depicted in the documentary? How does she challenge conventional understandings of race, gender, and sexuality?
Audre Lorde often spoke about the necessity of coalition-building and solidarity among marginalized groups. How does the documentary illustrate her vision of unity and collaboration in the face of oppression? What lessons can modern activists learn from her approach?
Towards the film's end, Audre Lorde reflects on the importance of self-care and resilience in the face of oppression. How did she conceptualize self-care as a political act, and how does this idea resonate with current conversations about burnout and activism fatigue.