No matter where you are on this planet, Nice, Minneapolis, London, Lagos, or Brooklyn, you are invited to come down to our world, today. That’s what makes this symposium’s first hybrid format so beautiful.
Day 1 is fully virtual.
We open on Zoom Webinars & Events, where you’ll need to register.
We’ll move to youtube.com/@polishedsolid for the rest of the day, where you don’t need a ticket.
As Christopher Tracy told Tricky: “We live in a parade. Dig?”
This weekend, so do we.
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We gather to honor
Ten years since Prince left us, and
Forty years of Parade and Under the Cherry Moon
Register via Zoom Webinars & Events for the first panel only
youtube.com/@polishedsolid for all remaining sessions
Registration is required IN PERSON at NYU,
370 Jay Street, Rm 202, Brooklyn, NYLivestreamed on the symposium homepage at iwonderu.polishedsolid.com
Recordings posted eventually on YouTube and/or Vimeo.
The best way to keep track 👉 schedule at a glance. All times are Eastern Time.
Register via Zoom Webinars & Events for the first session of the day only, welcome + presentations
9–9:30am ET • Zoom Webinars & Events
We open the 11th polished solid Prince symposium with a welcome session.
Say hello in the chat. You are among your people.
9:30–11:30am ET • Zoom Webinars & Events
Moderated by Erica Thompson and featuring presentations by
Adam Rudegeair (Dumpster Dive: The Layers and Players of “Junk Music”)
Edgar Kruize (Christopher's Cross)
Casci Ritchie (Christopher Tracy’s Fashion Parade: Old Hollywood, Camp, and Bricolage)
Scott Woods (Prince the Trickster: The Comic Prince)
11:30–12pm ET — Bio break
youtube.com/@polishedsolid for all remaining sessions
12–1:30pm • youtube.com/@polishedsolid
Moderated by Eloy Lasanta AKA Prince’s Friend and panelists
1:30–2:30pm ET — Lunch break. Step away from the screen. Eat something. Hydrate. Life can be so nice.
2:30–4pm ET • youtube.com/@polishedsolid
Grammy®-winning producer, composer, and arranger, and son and collaborator of the legendary Dr. Clare Fischer, who composed the orchestral arrangements for Parade.
4–4:30pm ET — Bio Break
4:30–6:30pm ET • youtube.com/@polishedsolid
A deeply anticipated close to Day 1 — Laura LiPuma is the legendary art director behind the album covers for Purple Rain, Around The World In A Day, Parade, Sign O’ The Times, Lovesexy, the Paisley Park logo, and more.
Watch this clip to get a taste of what to expect. Don’t miss it.
The Love of Prince with L*A*W & The Planet 12 Movement
at The Cutting Room • 44 E 32nd St, Manhattan • Doors 8:30pm; Show 9:00pm
Symposium panelist L*A*W takes the stage with his incredible band, The Planet 12 Movement. It will be a do not miss performance.
You’re gonna have so much energy after seeing L*A*W perform live that you might have to dance it out. So, head on over to Brooklyn for one of the best dance parties in New York, Soul In the Horn, with Natasha Diggs at The Chocolate Factory, 70 Scott Ave. 10pm til mad late for all you night owls out there.
Brent Fischer
Laura LiPuma
Parade (1986), Prince’s eighth full-length studio album (subtitled “Music from the motion picture Under The Cherry Moon“), features the massive hit, “Kiss,” plus beloved b-sides, “Love or $” and “Alexa De Paris.”
Don’t have your own copy? You can listen to it on Prince’s official YouTube channel.
Under The Cherry Moon (1986), Prince’s second narrative film, following Purple Rain (1984), had a rough reception in real-time, but it has since become a beloved cult classic, reappraised by fans and film critics alike.
Unfortunately, Under The Cherry Moon is no longer free on YouTube, but you can rent or buy it if you don’t have your own copy and want to watch it in advance.
Registration is required IN PERSON at NYU,
370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY
Livestream on the symposium homepage at iwonderu.polishedsolid.com
9–9:30am ET • In Person • 370 Jay Street
The in-person days begin. Settle in. Greet your neighbors. Community is what it’s all about.
9:30–11:30am ET • In Person • 370 Jay Street
Moderated by Crystal Wise
Chinisha Scott (Christopher Tracy’s Parade: A March Through Camp, Cinema, & Score)
Sherry Wien (Eavesdropping Under the Cherry Moon)
Karen Turman (Vous êtes très belle: Recontextualizing the Myth of French Utopia in Under the Cherry Moon)
C Liegh McInnis (Under the Cherry Moon as the Manifesto of the Hopeless Romantic)
11:30am–12pm ET — Bio Break
12–1pm ET • In Person • Special Session • In Person • 370 Jay Street
A special in-person session with De Angela L. Duff and C Liegh McInnis. If you’re part of the #WDPDTW weekly book club & Saturday salon, you know. If you haven’t joined us before, you will.
We won’t be streaming to YouTube, as usual. Catch the livestream at iwonderu.polishedsolid.com, instead. Michael Dean won’t be joining us in person this time around, and he will be sorely missed.
1–2:30pm ET — Lunch on your own.
2:30–4pm ET • In Person • 370 Jay Street
Moderated by Miles Marshall Lewis featuring
4–4:30pm ET — Bio Break
4:30–6:30pm ET • In Person • 370 Jay Street
Moderated by Greg Howard
Tonya Pendleton (Purple DNA: Prince’s Influence and the Making of D’Angelo)
Adam Reid Sexton (Making Brighter the Colors Black and White: Clare Fischer’s String Arrangements in the Music of Prince)
Zach Hoskins (Better than a Trip: Parade as the Culmination of Prince’s Psychedelic Era)
Zaheer Ali (Africa Divided...: Prince and the Racial Mountain)
6:30–7:00pm ET • In Person • 370 Jay Street
IN PERSON Saturday and Sunday, we’re hosting fashion contests.
Dive into your closets and let your 80s style shine for a chance to win an exclusive #IWonderU40 symposium poster, designed by the extraordinary Rev3rend!
Think black and white, paisley patterns, beaded headdresses, black tie, and finger waves. Channel your inner 1986.
If you’re joining through the livestream, don’t get left out. Use #IWonderU40 to share your wardrobe with us online!
This event is FREE. But if you’re able, please consider donating to DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice, a 501(c) nonprofit that empowers youth living in underserved communities to use technology and visual arts to advance social justice and become changemakers in their communities.
DIVAS currently serves New York City and South Minneapolis. Watch the trailer below and learn more at divasforsocialjustice.org.
NYU Institute of African American Affairs and the Center for Black Visual Culture (IAAA & CBVC)
Rev3rend for the incredible symposium graphics!
This symposium is dedicated to Ricky Wyatt, De Angela’s dearest and oldest Prince friend! If you can, please donate 2 THE CROHN’S & COLITIS FOUNDATION in memory of Ricky.
Invite your family and friends to come “down to our world” and “experience the real fun” with us!
The Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson is not affiliated, associated, or connected with the “#IWonderU40 Hybrid Prince Symposium,” nor has it endorsed or sponsored the “#IWonderU40 Hybrid Prince Symposium.” Further, the Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson has not licensed any of its intellectual property to the producers, advertisers, or directors of “#IWonderU40 Hybrid Prince Symposium.”
#IWonderU40 is a polished solid production curated by De Angela L. Duff!
Please ask any questions in the comments section! Let’s be in community. If you know the answer, don’t hesitate to answer.
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