Roots & Renewal
A Celebration of Ancestral Medicine & Music
Friday, October 6th at 6pm | The Trident Cafe, Boulder, CO
Honoring the healing and uplifting power of ancestral traditions, Roots & Renewal intertwines readings by author and herbalist Grace Yoon from her upcoming book ‘The Korean Herbal Apothecary’ with a live performance of music for flute and guqin by Chris Rippey.
Accompanied by tasty elixirs inspired by ancient Korean medicine.
Pre-order a copy of Grace Yoon’s ‘The Korean Herbal Apothecary’!
GRACE YOON
Grace Yoon is a Korean-American herbalist, founder, and CEO of Korean wellness brand Qi Alchemy, a Korean herbal company bridging ancient Korean herbalism to the modern world. Her Korean-American roots have given her cross-cultural knowledge in Korean and Western herbalism, nutrition science, and wellness practices for those seeking connection between ancient medicinal knowledge and modern life.
As a global citizen, she is deeply passionate about environmental sustainability, health, education, and human rights. She spends time between South Korea at her family’s farmhouse and Colorado. Grace received a Bachelor of Arts with honors in International Relations at Mount Holyoke College. She and Qi Alchemy have been featured in Vogue, WWD, Oprah magazine, Forbes, and Bloomberg.
CHRIS RIPPEY
Chris Rippey is a multi-instrumentalist and composer always seeking to improve his craft and better understand how to help people use music to improve their lives. He believes that anyone, regardless of age, experience, or physical ability is capable of making beautiful music. His focus is on studying the inter-relatedness of music from around the world - how music is the one truly universal language - and drawing upon that process to create new works which grow from diverse roots.
To this end Chris has studied classical music; put years into Scottish and Irish bagpipes, flutes and whistles; played guitar and bass in jazz and jam bands; learned Balinese music and instruments; delved deeply into American blues, mountain and traditional styles of guitar and banjo; and also has worked closely with Scandinavian, African, and Chinese music traditions.