WATERS OF RESTORATION
Doors open at 5:45 PM

Presented in partnership with Stephany Mejia of Healing Seeds Therapy & Seer Sounds.

WATERS OF RESTORATION offers space to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and rest. Led by Stephany Mejia, LCSW, a licensed therapist and trauma informed sound healing practitioner, this sound bath is an invitation to activists, organizers, healers, caregivers, and others tending to collective care and change in their communities.

There are many ways to care for our communities, and this gathering makes room for them all. Whether you’re on the frontlines, supporting behind the scenes, caring for others, building community, advocating, educating, or simply holding a vision for a more just and liberated world, WATERS OF RESTORATION is grounded in an expansive understanding of what collective care can look like.

Free to attend + RSVP required. Bring a yoga mat + blanket.

***All spots have been reserved and this event is now full! See you all there***

Respire and Respair is an invitation to explore intentional breathwork as a way of returning to the present. Each class creates space to regulate the nervous system and connect more intentionally with ourselves as we are, right here and right now. At its heart, the series considers hope as something we can practice and embody in our everyday lives.

Our Fall Yoga Series meets every Monday from 6:30–7:30 PM, September 14 through November 16. Join us for all 10 classes, a few along the way, or simply the one that works for you. Each class is designed to welcome you wherever you enter the series.

No prior experience is required. This is a practice for all bodies, with space to participate in the ways that feel right for you.

Yoga mats are provided. The series is free to attend; RSVP is required for each class.
RSVP HERE

Led by Kamakshi Duvvuru.

For our final Sunday Service offering of October, we draw inspiration from the fierce and unrelenting spirit of Fannie Lou Hamer and her vision of collective freedom.

With our hands in the soil and songs in the air, we'll explore what it means to claim our sovereignty, grow what we need, and care for what others are growing. What does it look like to put our freedom into practice, here and now, alongside one another?

Together, we'll sing over each other's seeds until we are all fed and free.

DETAILS
+Sunday School is in session, so bring your kiddos! Children will have their own creative space for learning, making, and connection while we gather.

+ASL interpretation by Jenny.

Respire and Respair is an invitation to explore intentional breathwork as a way of returning to the present. Each class creates space to regulate the nervous system and connect more intentionally with ourselves as we are, right here and right now. At its heart, the series considers hope as something we can practice and embody in our everyday lives.

Our Fall Yoga Series meets every Monday from 6:30–7:30 PM, September 14 through November 16. Join us for all 10 classes, a few along the way, or simply the one that works for you. Each class is designed to welcome you wherever you enter the series.

No prior experience is required. This is a practice for all bodies, with space to participate in the ways that feel right for you.

Yoga mats are provided. The series is free to attend; RSVP is required for each class.
RSVP HERE

Respire and Respair is an invitation to explore intentional breathwork as a way of returning to the present. Each class creates space to regulate the nervous system and connect more intentionally with ourselves as we are, right here and right now. At its heart, the series considers hope as something we can practice and embody in our everyday lives.

Our Fall Yoga Series meets every Monday from 6:30–7:30 PM, September 14 through November 16. Join us for all 10 classes, a few along the way, or simply the one that works for you. Each class is designed to welcome you wherever you enter the series.

No prior experience is required. This is a practice for all bodies, with space to participate in the ways that feel right for you.

Yoga mats are provided. The series is free to attend; RSVP is required for each class.
RSVP HERE

Respire and Respair is an invitation to explore intentional breathwork as a way of returning to the present. Each class creates space to regulate the nervous system and connect more intentionally with ourselves as we are, right here and right now. At its heart, the series considers hope as something we can practice and embody in our everyday lives.

Our Fall Yoga Series meets every Monday from 6:30–7:30 PM, September 14 through November 16. Join us for all 10 classes, a few along the way, or simply the one that works for you. Each class is designed to welcome you wherever you enter the series.

No prior experience is required. This is a practice for all bodies, with space to participate in the ways that feel right for you.

Yoga mats are provided. The series is free to attend; RSVP is required for each class.
RSVP HERE

Join us for the closing day of From Eden into Zion, a solo exhibition by Spotlight Exhibition artist Zion Sadique.

Through photography, large scale prints, and constructed objects, Sadique explores the emotional, spiritual, and psychological dimensions of Black life. His carefully composed images transform lived experiences into worlds of their own, where subjects become characters and storytelling moves between the real and the imagined.

The gallery will be open from 12–5 PM for the final viewing of the exhibition.

Join us for a screening of 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, followed by an artist talk with 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 artist 𝐙𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 as 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯 enters its final weekend.

Zion will take us further into his practice, speaking about image making, storytelling, and the ideas and imagined worlds that unfold through his photographs.

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯 is on view through September 27, with 𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 + 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟔–𝟖:𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌.

𝐑𝐒𝐕𝐏 HERE

The gallery at NorthStar is open for viewing of From Eden into Zion, a solo exhibition by Spotlight Exhibition artist Zion Sadique.

Through photography, large scale prints, and constructed objects, Sadique explores the emotional, spiritual, and psychological dimensions of Black life. His carefully composed images transform lived experiences into worlds of their own, where subjects become characters and storytelling moves between the real and the imagined.

Free and open to the public. No RSVP required — stop by and say hello!

The gallery at NorthStar is open for viewing of From Eden into Zion, a solo exhibition by Spotlight Exhibition artist Zion Sadique.

Through photography, large scale prints, and constructed objects, Sadique explores the emotional, spiritual, and psychological dimensions of Black life. His carefully composed images transform lived experiences into worlds of their own, where subjects become characters and storytelling moves between the real and the imagined.

Free and open to the public. No RSVP required — stop by and say hello!

This September, our 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 continues with 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯, a solo exhibition by 𝐙𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞.

On view from September 18th-27th, 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘌𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯 brings together works from across Sadique’s photographic practice, where Black life is reimagined through intricate compositions and visual storytelling. Each image holds a world of its own, with subjects becoming characters in stories that blur lived experience, fantasy, and possibility.

Join us for the 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟔–𝟗 𝐏𝐌.

Come experience the work, celebrate with the artist, and spend the evening with us. .

Respire and Respair is an invitation to explore intentional breathwork as a way of returning to the present. Each class creates space to regulate the nervous system and connect more intentionally with ourselves as we are, right here and right now. At its heart, the series considers hope as something we can practice and embody in our everyday lives.

Our Fall Yoga Series meets every Monday from 6:30–7:30 PM, September 14 through November 16. Join us for all 10 classes, a few along the way, or simply the one that works for you. Each class is designed to welcome you wherever you enter the series.

No prior experience is required. This is a practice for all bodies, with space to participate in the ways that feel right for you.

Yoga mats are provided. The series is free to attend; RSVP is required for each class.
RSVP HERE

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞.

Last month, we named our people. We found our foundation. Now we ask a harder question: who is sitting across from us?

Hand in hand with 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐚, we’ll sit with what it takes to reach belonging across difference. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬? 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐫𝐞-𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦?

This gathering is led by 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐃𝐮𝐯𝐯𝐮𝐫𝐮, as we continue our walk toward the frontlines of our lives — together.

+Sunday School is in session, so bring your kiddos! Children will have their own creative space for learning, making, and connection while we gather.
+ASL interpretation is provided.

Led by Ifasina Clear of Get Embodied Soul Movement.

Typically, we honor one liberation architect across two Sunday Service offerings. For August, each facilitator has selected a liberation architect whose life and work have shaped their own offering. Each gathering will be its own experience, and we hope you’ll join us for both.

This 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐈𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚 invites us into The Word as a Weapon, 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐊𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐨. Inspired by Kahlo’s revolutionary spirit, we’ll gather for a morning of words, stories, painting, collage, movement, and reflection as 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

+Sunday School is in session, so bring your kiddos! Children will have their own creative space for learning, making, and connection while we gather.
+ASL interpretation is provided.

Led by Ifasina Clear of Get Embodied Soul Movement.

In a moment that insists we are powerless to shape what comes next, 𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐁𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬. She invites us to become the kind of people who do not need to be led. Who organize one another. Who teach each other. Who refuse the lie that freedom must come down from above. 𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭, and it is our own.

Together, we’ll gather in reflection, vision, and collective imagination as we turn toward the freedom we are already building.

+Sunday School is in session, so bring your kiddos! Children will have their own creative space for learning, making, and connection while we gather.
+ASL interpretation is provided.

LAST SPRING YOGA SESSION - SEE YOU ALL FOR OUR SUMMER SERIES [COMING SOON]

Supports flexibility, strength, and rest.

This 12 week class blends breath‑led, gentle flow with slow, supported deep stretches. Designed for all levels, offering variations so you can move with confidence, strengthen your foundation and meet yourself where you are.

Class begins with breathwork to invite awareness, slow gentle deep stretches and gradually builds up to soft, flowing sequence where each movement is guided by breath then settling into longer-held, resting poses. 

Led by Karla Vallecillo, Buscando Vida Wellness

Supports flexibility, strength, and rest.

This 12 week class blends breath‑led, gentle flow with slow, supported deep stretches. Designed for all levels, offering variations so you can move with confidence, strengthen your foundation and meet yourself where you are.

Class begins with breathwork to invite awareness, slow gentle deep stretches and gradually builds up to soft, flowing sequence where each movement is guided by breath then settling into longer-held, resting poses. 

Led by Karla Vallecillo, Buscando Vida Wellness

Supports flexibility, strength, and rest.

This 12 week class blends breath‑led, gentle flow with slow, supported deep stretches. Designed for all levels, offering variations so you can move with confidence, strengthen your foundation and meet yourself where you are.

Class begins with breathwork to invite awareness, slow gentle deep stretches and gradually builds up to soft, flowing sequence where each movement is guided by breath then settling into longer-held, resting poses. 

Led by Karla Vallecillo, Buscando Vida Wellness

Supports flexibility, strength, and rest.

This 12 week class blends breath‑led, gentle flow with slow, supported deep stretches. Designed for all levels, offering variations so you can move with confidence, strengthen your foundation and meet yourself where you are.

Class begins with breathwork to invite awareness, slow gentle deep stretches and gradually builds up to soft, flowing sequence where each movement is guided by breath then settling into longer-held, resting poses. 

Led by Karla Vallecillo, Buscando Vida Wellness

Supports flexibility, strength, and rest.

This 12 week class blends breath‑led, gentle flow with slow, supported deep stretches. Designed for all levels, offering variations so you can move with confidence, strengthen your foundation and meet yourself where you are.

Class begins with breathwork to invite awareness, slow gentle deep stretches and gradually builds up to soft, flowing sequence where each movement is guided by breath then settling into longer-held, resting poses. 

Led by Karla Vallecillo, Buscando Vida Wellness

Supports flexibility, strength, and rest.

This 12 week class blends breath‑led, gentle flow with slow, supported deep stretches. Designed for all levels, offering variations so you can move with confidence, strengthen your foundation and meet yourself where you are.

Class begins with breathwork to invite awareness, slow gentle deep stretches and gradually builds up to soft, flowing sequence where each movement is guided by breath then settling into longer-held, resting poses. 

Led by Karla Vallecillo, Buscando Vida Wellness

The Soil of our Self
Led by Kamakshi Duvvuru

Hand in hand with 𝐙𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧, we’ll follow ourselves down to the root, re-language ourselves in the soil of our self, finding words for what already lives within us.

We turn toward what exists beyond any external gaze, and toward what is felt before it can be named. Drawing from Hurston’s writing, particularly Their Eyes Were Watching God, and the ways her character Janie comes to recognize her innermost desires, we move closer to the root of our own inner language.

What is the soil of our self, the most root and granular language of our inside? Shall we string and adorn ourselves with it—“gleam it around” on the outside?

Join us for this Third Sunday Service offering as we gather in reflection, inquiry, and shared space.

Supports flexibility, strength, and rest.

This 12 week class blends breath‑led, gentle flow with slow, supported deep stretches. Designed for all levels, offering variations so you can move with confidence, strengthen your foundation and meet yourself where you are.

Class begins with breathwork to invite awareness, slow gentle deep stretches and gradually builds up to soft, flowing sequence where each movement is guided by breath then settling into longer-held, resting poses. 

Led by Karla Vallecillo, Buscando Vida Wellness

Sound in Me Now is a multi-media exhibition by Shin-Yiing Yeung (she/her) exploring sound, movement, and attention as lived, embodied practices.

Join us for the final public viewing hours of the exhibition. During this time, visitors are invited to move through the space at their own pace and spend time with the work in an open, self-guided environment before the exhibition closes.

Bring headphones to experience select works with sound.

Step into Shin-Yiing Yeung’s (she/her) practice through a guided workshop centered on drawing as a response to sound within her exhibition, Sound in Me Now.

Working with vinyl records, participants will create intuitive, gestural drawings shaped by listening, movement, and attention.

Drawing from Yeung’s use of jazz and spiritual jazz, as well as references to Earthrise and the Artemis II voyage, the workshop opens reflection on perspective, scale, and our place within a changing world.

This workshop is part of NorthStar’s 2026 Spotlight Exhibition Series.

All materials provided. Limited spots available.

RSVP here.

Sound in Me Now is a multi-media exhibition by Shin-Yiing Yeung (she/her) exploring sound, movement, and attention as lived, embodied practices.

During these open gallery hours, the church is available for visitors to move through the exhibition at their own pace and spend time with the work outside of a formal program.

Viewing Hours:
Friday, 6:30–8:30 PM
Sunday, 12–3 PM

Bring headphones to experience select works with sound.

Sound in Me Now is a multi-media exhibition by Shin-Yiing Yeung (she/her) exploring sound, movement, and attention as lived, embodied practices.

During these open gallery hours, the church is available for visitors to move through the exhibition at their own pace and spend time with the work outside of a formal program.

Viewing Hours:
Tuesday + Friday, 6:30–8:30 PM
Sunday, 12–3 PM

Bring headphones to experience select works with sound.

Supports flexibility, strength, and rest.

This 12 week class blends breath‑led, gentle flow with slow, supported deep stretches. Designed for all levels, offering variations so you can move with confidence, strengthen your foundation and meet yourself where you are.

Class begins with breathwork to invite awareness, slow gentle deep stretches and gradually builds up to soft, flowing sequence where each movement is guided by breath then settling into longer-held, resting poses. 

Led by Karla Vallecillo, Buscando Vida Wellness

Dive deeper into Sound in Me Now, Shin-Yiing Yeung’s (she/her) current exhibition, through a guided workshop exploring sound, listening, and embodied experience.

Participants will engage in Deep Listening, working with sound as vibration, sensation, and presence within a shared environment.

Held within NorthStar Church of the Arts, a former church for the deaf, the workshop also opens reflection on accessibility, perception, and the sensory possibilities of sound beyond hearing.

This workshop is part of NorthStar’s 2026 Spotlight Exhibition Series.

All materials provided. Limited spots available.

RSVP here.

Led by Ifasina Clear of Get Embodied Soul Movement

May’s First Sunday Service honors Zora Neale Hurston and the intellectual traditions embedded in folklore, conjure, and Black Southern cosmology.

Together we’ll reflect on the archives carried in memory, voice, and ritual and the wisdom our communities have preserved for generations.

Join us as we gather around the spirit of story.