Two days of joy, creativity, and democratic imagination

A vibrant marketplace celebrating creativity, culture, and community. Browse local vendors and makers, connect with community organizations, meet creators, attend book signings, and enjoy food and music from our live DJ. Come curious, leave inspired.

What changes when we choose to tell our own stories with care, truth, and intention? Join photographer, educator, curator, and cultural organizer Dee Dwyer for an interactive workshop exploring storytelling as a form of civic engagement. Participants will create a portrait and capture a story from their conversation, exploring how simple acts of listening and sharing can build empathy and create living community archives.

A read-aloud activation exploring how self-expression becomes storytelling. In this joyful, interactive experience, fashion correspondent and cultural voice Barnette Holston invites participants into a shared space of imagination, identity, and expression through story.

Stretch your legs and connect with community through movement. Join District Running Collective for an energizing rooftop movement session designed to bring people together, spark connection, and remind us that caring for ourselves is part of caring for our communities. No experience required.

A workshop on the power of visual storytelling from comic book artist Shawn Martinbrough — exploring how images carry stories, build worlds, and connect us across difference.

What does it take to build a creative business that can't be defunded, deplatformed, or erased? Creator and entrepreneur Anela Malik will share the framework she used to crowdfund an independent Black food and travel series and grow a six-figure email audience she actually owns. You'll leave with practical tools and one concrete step toward owning your voice, your platform, and your future.

A special rooftop conversation exploring the ideas, challenges, and opportunities shaping our shared future. Set against the backdrop of the city, this intimate discussion will offer fresh perspectives, thoughtful dialogue, and space for collective imagination.

Good music. Good people. Good food. Join us for an evening of connection, civic joy, and community as we gather to celebrate the creators, storytellers, and dreamers building our shared future.