“Everybody Still Wants to Fly”: Activism in Pop from Prince to Solange

Name: “Everybody Still Wants to Fly”: Activism in Pop from Prince to Solange
Start: 2017-01-26T21:00:00-05:00
End: 2017-01-26T23:00:00-05:00
Location: “Everybody Still Wants to Fly”: Activism in Pop from Prince to Solange

1.26.17 | 9pm–11pm

Side-by-side closeups of David Bowie and Prince

Roundtable conversation and keynote conversation with Solange*

January 26, 2017 | 9pm–11pm |

Location:

Yale Law School Levinson Auditorium see map
127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Event description:

“Everybody Still Wants to Fly”: Activism in Pop from Prince to Solange featuring an opening roundtable discussion of cinematic Prince in concert and his socio-political activism.

Speakers:

Alan Light, author of Let’s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain

Kandia Crazy Horse, author of Rip It Up: The Black Experience in Rock ‘n Roll

Moderator: Sherae Rimpsey, Lecturer in Liberal Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Keynote Conversation with Solange

Moderator: Daphne A. Brooks, Professor of African American Studies; American Studies; Theater Studies; and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, Yale University

Tickets are sold out for this event and the wait list has been closed.

Featured image: “Blackstar Rising & The Purple Reign: Celebrating the Legacies of David Bowie and Prince,” will explore the legacies of these two iconic musicians in four days of discussions, critical listening, and musical performances.