Summer Social 2024
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Summer Social 2024

A crowd of people lay on blankets on a scultpure garden hillside and listen to a live poetry reading.
Free Thursday Nights, Green Roof Poetry: Queering Juneteenth, Curated by Free Black Dirt, JUN 30, 2022, Photo by Awa Mally. Courtesy Walker Art Center.

Summer Social is a series of participatory, artist-designed programs and events that reunite us, delight us, and remind us how great it is to be together. Join us every Thursday evening on the hillside and cool off indoors with free gallery access.

  • Profile of a medium-dark skinned adult wearing black glasses and red printed jacket.
    Free Events
    Thu, Jun 6, 2024

    The Practice of Queer Nightlife in the Twin Cities Today

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  • Two dark skinned adults embrace, smiling while sitting in a grassy park
    Free Events
    Thu, Jun 13, 2024

    The Cookout: Wellness for a New Generation

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  • Expressionistic painting of three blue horses in a field.
    Free Events
    Thu, Jun 20, 2024

    This Is the Place: A Party for the Collection

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  • A light skinned adult with long grey hair sits in a grassy park among a crowd and smiles looking out.
    Free Events
    Thu, Jun 27, 2024

    Green Roof Poetry curated by Juleana Enright

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  • Logo: Homocore Mpls
    Free Events
    Thu, Jul 11, 2024

    An Oral History of Minneapolis Queer Nightlife

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  • Keith Haring Art "Ignorance = Fear" on top, "Silence = Death" on bottom, yellow figures in center.
    Free Events
    Thu, Jul 18, 2024

    Party for Life

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  • An adult with light skin and paint-covered pants, white tank top, stands barefoot, painting a mural on a white wall.
    Free Events
    Thu, Jul 25, 2024

    Mighty Murals

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  • Two adults sit in a grassy park, smile and clap facing to the left.
    Free Events
    Thu, Oct 3, 2024

    Rescheduled: Green Roof Poetry curated by Free Black Dirt with Junauda Petrus and Erin Sharkey

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  • An abstract painting with purple, white, blue, tan, and orange shapes as well as a red squiggly line.
    Free Events
    Thu, Aug 8, 2024

    Community Opening: Walter Price

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  • An adult fully covered in a pink and white gingham print and white headscarf and sunglasses raises had above their head with beads attached to glove looks at viewer. They are holding a red bag that says "virgin"
    Free Events
    Thu, Aug 22, 2024

    Linda Simpson’s The Drag Explosion

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  • A crowd of people sitting in a park, facing an outdoor screen playing a movie during twilight.
    Screening
    Thu, Aug 15, 2024

    Sound for Silents 2024: Film + Music on the Walker Hillside

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