Uptown Charlotte DREAM IN ~ Free America Weekend
Don't want to "celebrate" this July 4th, but don't want to sit at home alone?
Us either.
Join Ars Poetica founder Lisa Ann (LAMARKS) Markuson on July 4th to DREAM IN for the future of ourselves, our communities, our country, and our planet.
Bring a blanket and a creative tool: anything you like to use to feel you are giving and receiving ideas. Bring a book, a journal, calligraphy pens, a sketch pad, an easel and paints, a musical instrument, singing bowls, yoga mats... whatever aids you in dreaming, relaxing, and showing up for the beauty and creativity of the human spirit.
Typewriter poets: bring your typewriters to write poems for the dreamers!
Fellow business owners, activists, and artists, please feel welcome to bring your art forms: flowers, food, furniture, drinks, desserts, dogs...
This is a 100% chill, peaceful, dreamy way to show up for yourself, your community, and what you believe is possible for our future.
Ars Poetica is a woman-owned global creative agency headquartered in Charlotte NC with poets and artists on every continent but Antartica (so far) We're devoted to the liberation of beauty in service of collective consciousness. Check out our feature on the TODAY show and our viral vids on TikTok / Instagram to get the idea.
Below is the basic vibe of the national activations all weekend:
CELEBRATE FREEDOM. IGNITE YOUR REBELLION
Us either.
Join Ars Poetica founder Lisa Ann (LAMARKS) Markuson on July 4th to DREAM IN for the future of ourselves, our communities, our country, and our planet.
Bring a blanket and a creative tool: anything you like to use to feel you are giving and receiving ideas. Bring a book, a journal, calligraphy pens, a sketch pad, an easel and paints, a musical instrument, singing bowls, yoga mats... whatever aids you in dreaming, relaxing, and showing up for the beauty and creativity of the human spirit.
Typewriter poets: bring your typewriters to write poems for the dreamers!
Fellow business owners, activists, and artists, please feel welcome to bring your art forms: flowers, food, furniture, drinks, desserts, dogs...
This is a 100% chill, peaceful, dreamy way to show up for yourself, your community, and what you believe is possible for our future.
Ars Poetica is a woman-owned global creative agency headquartered in Charlotte NC with poets and artists on every continent but Antartica (so far) We're devoted to the liberation of beauty in service of collective consciousness. Check out our feature on the TODAY show and our viral vids on TikTok / Instagram to get the idea.
Below is the basic vibe of the national activations all weekend:
CELEBRATE FREEDOM. IGNITE YOUR REBELLION
Independence Day is about the fight for freedom. The American Revolution was a stand against tyranny and kings. That same spirit has lived on—from the Boston Tea Party to the Underground Railroad, from Stonewall to the Civil Rights Movement.
America is in crisis. Real democracy feels out of reach. Freedom is in trouble.
This July 4th weekend, while the U.S. marks Independence Day, we’ll gather across the country—on porches, in town squares, backyards, and streets—to stand for real freedom and build a vision of a Free America brick by brick.
Free America is wherever we are. Free America is whatever we make it.
THIS IS YOUR INVITATION TO TAKE IT BACK.
We invite communities to create their own Free America events—rallies, marches, block parties, banner drops, street parades, art builds, backyard BBQs, dance protests, and more.
Your freedom. Your people. Your rebellion.
Your freedom. Your people. Your rebellion.
From cities to suburbs to small towns, we’ll gather however and wherever we can! Here are some options:
- Host a block party to Free America! This is your chance to invite everyone who isn’t gonna come to a protest to dream about freedom with hot dogs and veggie burgers.
- Take the streets in a local march or public protest.
- Build community altars, murals, and posters about your vision for a Free America.
- Occupy space joyfully—with dancing, costumes, music, food, and conversation.
- Host community-based mutual aid fairs and meet-ups.
They want us scared, divided, and alone. They don’t want us to dream about freedom. But that’s exactly what we have to do.
This Fourth of July, we will be in the streets with songs of freedom and joy. The dream of American freedom belongs to all of us, and we will not stop in our pursuit of its promise, now or ever.
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Starts on
Friday, July 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT
Ends on
Friday, July 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT
