Public Art Saint Paul Window Gallery
March 1 – 23, 2023
381 Wabasha St. N. (downtown St. Paul)
Exhibition of youth portraits of civil rights leaders.
The Minnesota Humanities Center is hosting a Juneteenth Breakfast event on Friday, June 17 featuring historian Angela Tate, curator of women’s history at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) and noted gospel and R&B artist Jevetta Steele. This intimate in-person breakfast celebrates Black women’s unique relationship to the Black freedom struggle. This celebration will kick off shortly after 8:30 a.m. with a performance by Jevetta Steele and her band. Steele has performed in movies and on stages from London to Brazil, Carnegie Hall to the Apollo Theater, performing jazz, gospel, and R&B. Ms. Steele recently recorded the original soundtrack for the opera, “African Portraits” on Warner Classics Records with the Chicago Symphony. Following the opening performance, historian Angela Tate will give a talk on the background of Juneteenth, and the role of women, and in particular Black sororities, in upholding Juneteenth traditions nationwide. Tate’s curatorial work focuses on the African American story through the lens of women & gender, with a special emphasis on activism, material culture, women’s archiving, and critical family history. Duchess Harris, Professor and Chair of American Studies at Macalester College, will join Angela Tate for a discussion and audience Q&A on women and the long civil rights movement. Jevetta Steele and her band will retake the stage to close out the event. Tickets are $10, with a limited number of free tickets available upon request. Registration is required. Reserve your spot today at: https://www.mnhum.org/event/st-paul-juneteenth-breakfast/.
About MN Humanities Center
The Minnesota Humanities Center collaborates with individuals, organizations, and communities to bring transformational humanities programming into the lives of Minnesotans throughout the state. We believe in the power of humanities to connect people and communities, bridge differences, interpret the complexities of our world, and positively shape our collective future.
About Morris Hayes
I got my big break in 1991 when Jerome Benton asked me to play keyboards with Morris Day & The Time following the departure of Jimmy “Jam” Harris. They were big shoes to fill, but they were happy with my contributions, and later that year, I toured Asia with them.At the end of the tour, I co-formed a band called “G Sharp & The Edge,” which became the house band for Prince’s new nightclub, “Glam Slam” in Minneapolis. Prince was so impressed that he asked the band to play with Carmen Electra as the opening act for his 1992 “Diamonds and Pearls” world tour.
After the tour, Prince asked me to play keys alongside Tommy Barbarella in his band “The New Power Generation.” I would go on to be in the band for nearly 20 years and a number of years as Prince’s Musical Director. (There were some Prince tours that I did not play on as I was also touring with Maceo Parker.)
Georgia Duder-Wood is a singer, actor and vocal artist with two decades of performance experience. She’s worked in international musical theatre, had longstanding musical residencies in jazz and soul, worked as a guest artist in cabaret and concerts, and is a specialist singer for recording and session work.
Georgia’s written a song in tribute to Prince, called ‘Purple One (There will Never B)’, which has been recorded by her new jazz/funk band Regroovination.
“African American history, music and art cannot be separated from the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the forced transportation of millions of African people across the Atlantic who were then enslaved. The cultures from which they were torn and the conditions into which they were forced both contributed to the sounds of African American music and the creation of art and literature.”
Juneteenth Commemoration 2022 is in partnership and supported by:
Saint Paul Public Library, City of St. Paul, MN Humanities Center, Ujamaa Place and Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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While Andre has always contributed fierce funk to the artists he collaborated with, Still A Thrill being the shining example, he first debuted the most furious funk for his own forthcoming solo record when he previewed songs live at Paisley Park New Years Eve in 2019/2020. While the pandemic pushed pause on everything, this album full of funk cannot be contained and will come out this summer. Listen to the full interview on The Boogie Down with Binky Griptite, Saturday April 2nd at 8:00pm CST at KZMOHD.com. Powered by OMG Media, KZMO-HD is a creatively and environmentally responsible, global and cultural media platform, on a mission to empower the human race through music and art. Learn more at: KZMOHD.com At OMG Media and its sister-brands, our work is centered around building cultural sustainability, in which music and art are essential to human survival and development. We strive to empower communities through our OMGisms – social constructs rooted in the arts that nurture and improve the health and wellness of youth and families. Learn more at: omgmediasolutions.com.
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