Do U No 90s Prince? Over 2 days, “Gaze Deeply and U will C.” The Exodus has begun.

Save the dates and join us on September 20–21, 2025 (Saturday–Sunday) for #Shhh30, a *VIRTUAL* symposium celebrating the 30th anniversary of Prince’s The Gold Experience and The NPG’s Exodus. 

Press “come” 2 pre-register for FREE. In the meantime, Xplore the schedule at a glance, speakers + more here on the symposium website. 

Hello, Welcome to The Dawn: Playground for the New and Next Power Generations. There are over 10 experiences to choose from over 2 days, featuring 41 speakers + 2 special guests, which include 8 presentations across 2 presentation panels, 5 lively roundtable discussions, an integrated segment of the weekly, What Did Prince Do This Week? webcast, and 2 keynote conversations.

The first keynote conversation on Saturday will feature Morris Hayes, a member of Prince’s band for nearly 20 years and Prince’s Musical Director for several of those years. He will reflect on his tenure with Prince during this era.

The second keynote conversation on Sunday will feature Michael Van Huffel, who contributed design and illustration during this era to Prince’s album releases, tour books, and merchandise.

The Gold Experience captures Prince at a creative crossroads. Released in 1995 during his battle with Warner Bros., it was the first album to bear his new name: the unpronounceable symbol, o(+>. Exodus, also released in 1995, is an album filled with deep cuts from Prince’s band, the New Power Generation AKA the NPG, with Prince performing incognito as the mysterious Tora Tora.

This event is FREE, but please consider donating to DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice, a 501(c) nonprofit that empowers and inspires youth living in underserved communities in NYC and very soon MPLS to use tech and visual arts to promote social justice and become change makers in their communities. On Juneteenth 2024, DIVAS opened its first satellite office in South Minneapolis. The organization launched a social justice makerspace designed by the community. To learn more about DIVAS, watch this trailer and visit divasforsocialjustice.org.

MASSIVE THANKS to our wonderful promotional sponsors from NYU and Rev3rend for the INCREDIBLE graphics!

#Shhh30 is the 10th polished solid Prince symposium and the 15th Prince event, curated by De Angela L. Duff!