The Standing/Still performance series will host a special Juneteenth event this Wednesday, June 19, in Charleston.

The evening will feature playwright and LGBTQ activist Vanity Reid Deterville, contemporary dance company Dance Matters, and digital visionaries Charleston Reconstructed.

After the performances, we will walk to the Emanuel 9 Commemoration Committee’s “Prayers for America” candlelight vigil in the green space of the Gaillard Center.

This performance is dedicated to Millicent E. Brown.

Please come out and be a part of this special celebration, hosted in collaboration by the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Redux Contemporary Art Center and the Make It Right Project.

See you at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 19, at Hill Gallery in the Halsey, located at 161 Calhoun Street.