06/18/2026
TWAM (This Week at MATTER):
🗓️ Friday, June 19
11:00am-6:00pm // BOOKSTORE
JUNETEENTH DIVERSION & SALE
Join Rick + Debra for all the usual treats of a diversion: doughnuts, coffee, and vibes. Also check out 10% OFF all James Baldwin, Angela Davis, Akwaeke Emezi, and Frantz Fanon.
6:30-8:00pm // LONGMONT MUSEUM
CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH: SHORT FILMS FROM SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Join us for an evening of short films followed by a conversation with filmmaker Darol Olu Kae and Stephanie Owens, Sundance Film Festival Programmer. Admission is free, reservations recommended (Linkin.bio).
🗓️ Saturday, June 20
9:00am-4:00pm // PRINT SHOP
PRIDE LETTERPRESS OPEN WORKSHOP
Join us at MATTER for a full day of Pride-themed letterpress printing instructed by Rick Griffith and crew. Typesetting instruction and materials provided. This workshop is all-ages, beginner-friendly, and open to all. Come and go from 9:00-4:00pm. Making your poster may take an hour or you can come and grab a completed poster on a stick!!! RSVP through Linkin.bio.
5:00-11:30pm // COOKIE FACTORY
AFRICAN CREATORS FESTIVAL PRESENTS: VIEUX FARKA TOURE
This special one-night-only performance invites audiences into an experience of music, storytelling, memory, and community centered around the theme of belonging. RSVP through Linkin.bio.
🗓️ Sunday, June 21
2:00-4:30pm // BOOKSTORE
LOCAL AUTHOR SHOWCASE
This event provides a loving and receptive stage for both emerging authors and those who are a bit more seasoned but would prefer a group setting for their author event. June features Cassondra Windwalker, Jason Masino, Krista Lee, Kehinde Winful, Charity Yoro, and Paula Lehman-Ewing. RSVP through Linkin.bio.
🗓️ Monday, June 22
5:00-7:00pm // BOOKSTORE
CHALLENGING PATTERNS OF SUPREMACY: THE WORKSHOP
What patterns of supremacy shape the ways we practice, learn, and leverage design for social and environmental justice work? Activist design collectives like Dark Matter U (DMU) and Design as Protest (DAP) seek to call out some of the institutions that perpetuate white supremacy in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and graphic design. Join people within and beyond these fields to think critically about patterns of supremacy that we can make visible and organize to dismantle. RSVP through Linkin.bio.
🗓️ Tuesday, June 23
4:00-5:00pm MST // RADIORETHINK.COM/LISTEN
DESIGN TO KILL
Rick's weekly radio show. Punk, post-punk, and other non-conforming music. An hour of your life you can't get back.
🗓️ Wednesday, June 24
6:00-7:30pm // BOOKSTORE
BOOK CLUB LEARNING FROM AFROFUTURISM: PANEL DISCUSSION
This year, we are asking how afrofuturism can help reimagine our co-ops and cooperation work now. We invite Black entrepreneurs and their allies to dream about how we can move beyond our economic systems as they exist now through the structures, interdependence, and cooperation that get us free together. RSVP through Linkin.bio.
🗓️ Thursday, June 25
5:00-8:00pm // PRINTSHOP
PRINT TRUTH TO POWER
A weekly event on Thursday evenings. Doors are open to anyone who wants to hang out, watch our letterpress print shop in action, and/or talk about printing with us. Open to the public. No RSVP required.
