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Schedule At a Glance
Speakers & schedule subject to change!
ALL Days @ 370 Jay Street, Rm 202, Brooklyn, NY
Friday, April 12, 2024
8:30am
Doors open to public
9-9:30am
Welcome
1-2:30pm
Lunch On Your Own
2:30-4:30 pm
Purple Rain Album/Live Presentations
Greg Howard (M)
Arthur Turnbull
Declan McCarthy
Andrew Scott
5-6:30pm
Purple Rain Album Roundtable
Tonya Pendleton (M)
Jeremiah Freed
Matt Thorne
Rodney Fitzgerald
6:30-6:45pm
Fashion Contest
All Days: Purple, Lace, Satin, Velvet, Buttons, Pearls, Fringe, Fishnet, Florals, and Feather Boas
Today: Yellow, Baggy Pants, Scarfs, Silk, and Stacy Adams for Ice Cream Castle
6:45-8pm
Dinner On Your Own
8-10pm
Live Commentary of Purple Rain Syracuse Live; DIY Screening for Virtual Attendees
Jason Orr
Taunja Pegues
Troy Gua
Jesse Jenkins
Virtual attendees will have to watch as a DIY screening, while listening to the live commentary, simultaneously. DIY stands for Do It Yourself like we did for Diamonds and Pearls Super Deluxe Virtual Celebration #DPSDVC.
If you don’t have your own copy, reach out to your Prince friends and make a gathering/watch party of it.
We’ll do a countdown to have everyone press play at the same time.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
8:30am
Doors open to public
9-9:30am
Welcome
9:30-11:30am
Purple Rain Film Presentations
D Simmons Jendayi (M)
Adam Reid Sexton
Crystal Wise
Kirsty Fairclough
Robin Shumays
1-2:30pm
Lunch On Your Own
2:30-4pm
Purple Rain Film Roundtable
Mark Anthony Neal (M)
Zaheer Ali
Dan Charnas
Carol Cooper
C Liegh McInnis
5:45-6pm
Fashion Contest
All Days: Purple, Lace, Satin, Velvet, Buttons, Pearls, Fringe, Fishnet, Florals, and Feather Boas
Channel your inner Billy Sparks with velour leisure suits and shades!
6-8pm
Dinner On Your Own
8-10pm
THIS WILL NOT BE LIVESTREAMED!
Private Pre-Screening ’24
The Story of Jazz Funk Fusion and The Music That Changed The World
As a nod to Musicology‘s 20th anniversary, we’ll celebrate “Real Music by Real Musicians.” This is NOT a Prince documentary, BUT A VERY IMPORTANT ONE.
Sunday, April 14, 2024
8:30am
Doors open to public
9-9:30am
Welcome
11:30am-1pm
Apollonia 6 Presentations
Chris Aguilar Garcia (M)
Zachary Hoskins
Craig Seymour
Brittnay Proctor-Habil
1-2:30pm
Lunch On Your Own
2:30-4pm
Glamorous Life Roundtable
De Angela L. Duff (M)
Zaheer Ali
Miles Marshall Lewis
Elliott H. Powell
5:30–5:45pm
Fashion Contest
All Days: Purple, Lace, Satin, Velvet, Buttons, Pearls, Fringe, Fishnet, Florals, and Feather Boas
Today: Teal Blue, Pearls, Sequins, Lamé, and Cheetah Print for The Glamorous Life and Magenta for Apollonia 6
5:45–6:00pm
Closing
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