Aware Boutique specializes in hand-drawn designs and artisanal hand-knotted malas designed and created within the traditions of ancient meditation practices to enhance Mindfulness in daily life.

IG: @aware.boutique

Introducing Joe’s Pub x House of Larréon – our delightful collaboration with fine artist, designer, performer, author, and Joe’s Pub Working Group alum Larry Krone! This capsule collection was inspired by our desire to support local artists and the artists on our stage. Did you know that we’re a non-profit? Every purchase from this collection will benefit the hundreds of artists who perform at Joe’s pub every year, in a number of ways.

We hope you love this first drop as much as we do.

IG: @joespub

TwERK unveils an identity shaped by popular media and history, code-switching, and cultural inclusivity. The poems, songs, and myths in this long-awaited first book are as rooted in lyric as in innovation, in Black music as in macaronic satire. TwERK evokes paradox, humor, and vulnerability, and it offers myriad avenues fueled by language, idiom, and vernacular. This book asks only that we imagine America as it has always existed, an Americana beyond the English language.

IG: @latasha.diggs

Part poetry collection, part soundscape, village uses dark humor and keen observation to explore the roots of memory, grief, and estrangement.
In propulsive and formally inventive verse, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs examines how trauma reshapes lineage, language, and choice, disrupting attempts at reconciliation across generations. From corners in Harlem through North Carolina back roads, Diggs complicates the concept of “survivor,” getting to the truth of living in the dystopia of poverty.

IG: @latasha.diggs

Nikki Baksh is a masterful teacher integrated with humor, compassion, compassion, and grace. Nikki's class is like a journey into the deepest realms of the self. Her embodied presence is a reminder that the divine is inherent in all beings and accessible through the human form. Integrate yoga and dance on your journey to heal your mind, body relationship and reclaim your sovereign power. Movement is Medicine!

IG:@nikkibaksh

Brianna Pippens is a Visual and Performing Artist based in Washington, DC. Artistically known as Banana Peppers, she creates illustrations, paintings, drawings, animations, and cut out work that focuses on race, nostalgia, and the nuances of Black identity and experiences.

IG: @Bpeppersart

Still searching for the perfect gift? We pulled together a list of BIPOC-owned small businesses and organizations for you to support this holiday season.