The Family Keynote

The Family keynote moderated by De Angela L. Duff, featuring St Paul Peterson, Susannah Melvoin, Eric Leeds, and Jellybean Johnson

ATWIAD Romance 1600 Keynote

ATWIAD & Romace 1600 Keynote moderated by De Angela L. Duff, featuring Eddie M. and Tonya Giddens


ATWIAD Presentation #1 Edgar Kruize

Love Is The Color This Place Imparts by Edgar Kruize 

ATWIAD Presentation #1 Crystal Wise

Sometimes U Got 2 Pop Life and Show ‘em by Crystal Wise

ATWIAD Presentation #1 Jonathan Harwell 

Spiritual / Global Journeys & Countercultural Resistance: “Around the World in a Day” as Cosmological Invitation by Jonathan Harwell

ATWIAD Presentation #1 Karen Turman 

Something About the Clouds by Karen Turman 

ATWIAD Presentations #1 Q&A

Moderated by Mauriciere de Govia, featuring Jonathan Harwell and Crystal Wise

What Did Prince Do This Week? #WDPDTW

ATWIAD Four You Crew + 1 Music Snob Roundtable

ATWIAD Presentation #2 Kamilah Cummings

Colorful People: Reclaiming the Psychedelic Soul Roots of Prince’s Around the World in a Day by Kamilah Cummings

ATWIAD Presentation #2 Zachary Hoskins

The Influence Wasn’t the Beatles by Zachary Hoskins

ATWIAD Presentation #2 Chris Johnson 

Ascending “The Ladder:” Prince’s Song Through Maslow’s Lens by Chris Johnson 

ATWIAD Presentation #2 Zaheer Ali

Teacher, Why Won’t Jimmy Pledge Allegiance? Prince As Citizen by Zaheer Ali

ATWIAD Presentations #2 Q&A

ATWIAD Presentation #3 Arthur Turnbull

Out Through The In Door: When Prince Left The “Minneapolis Sound” by Arthur Turnbull 


Romance 1600 Roundtable

Romance 1600 Presentation Chris Bournea

Romance 1600 Live: Sheila E. as Bandleader and Feminist Icon by Chris Bournea

Romance 1600 Presentation Aisha K Staggers

A Love Bizarre: Minneapolis Sound Meets Rap in Krush Groove by Aisha K Staggers

Romance 1600 Presentations Q&A

The Family Roundtable

The Family Presentation Big Sexy

Time Runs Out… Family Steps Up by Marc Wiggins AKA Big Sexy

The Family Presentation Andrew Scott

Prince as Modern-day Duke Ellington? “Mutiny,” The Family, Bandleading, and the Blues by Andrew Scott

The Family Presentation Rhonda Nicole

Echoing Like a Volcano: The Fantastic Love Story That Is “The Screams of Passion” by Rhonda Nicole

The Family Presentation Adam Rudegeair

All the Flowers Variations on Nothing Compares 2 U by Adam Rudegeair 

The Family Presentations Q&A


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