Funkin’ on the Northside - Prince & Black Minneapolis

www.mnhs.org/h... How can the music of Prince help us funk our way to freedom today? With the song “Northside,” Prince & the New Power Generation laid out the political stakes of Black life in Minneapolis. Join Professor Elliott Powell of the University of Minnesota for an exploration of Prince’s funk aesthetics - how Prince used funk to speak to the experiences of being Black in Minneapolis and imagined a better, more just life and world for Black people in Minneapolis.
This program will be streamed live on Facebook and KZbin and is offered in conjunction with First Avenue: Stories of Minnesota’s Mainroom, closing Jan. 3, 2021.