Don’t U Wanna Come? 3121!

Join us online on November 13–15, 2026 (Friday–Sunday) for the #CDE3121 Prince VIRTUAL Symposium, as we continue to commemorate ten years since Prince’s passing and celebrate the 30th anniversaries of Chaos & Disorder and Emancipation (1996), as well as the 20th anniversary of 3121 (2006).

Subscribe to this newsletter to pre-register now and stay up to date on all the latest news about this virtual symposium.

In the meantime, the speakers and schedule at a glance have been posted on the symposium website, cde3121.polishedsolid.com.

Gonna Be So Much Fun! 3121.

#CDE3121 is the 12th polished solid Prince symposium and the 17th Prince event, curated by De Angela L. Duff!

The Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson is not affiliated, associated, or connected with the ‘Prince #CDE3121 Virtual Symposium’ nor has it endorsed or sponsored the ‘Prince #CDE3121 Virtual Symposium.’ Further, the Estate of Prince Rogers Nelson has not licensed any of its intellectual property to the producers, advertisers, or directors of the ‘Prince #CDE3121 Virtual Symposium.’

That’s Where The Party Be! 3121.

Symposia consist of roundtable discussions and presentations, while the virtual celebrations and other events are ONLY roundtable discussions. All of them are archived at https://youtube.com/polishedsolid (and https://vimeo.com/polishedsolid for the videos we can’t upload to YouTube).

In both formats, we occasionally feature keynote conversations with people who worked with Prince. Over the years, we have had the honor and privilege of speaking with Cbabi Bayoc, Joe Blaney, Jerome Benton, Mathieu Bitton, Atlanta Bliss, Peggy “McCreary” Blum, Ingrid Chavez, André Cymone, Dr. Fink, Brent Fischer, Morris Hayes, Cat Glover, Sam Jennings, Jellybean Johnson, Jill Jones, Eric Leeds, Laura LiPuma, Eddie M., Scott McCullough, Susannah Melvoin, Paul Peterson, Wally Safford RIP, Afshin Shahidi, Vaughn Terry, Michael Van Huffel, and Chuck Zwicky from the purple kingdom, along with other very special guests like Cynthia Horner, Nicolay, and Vernon Reid.

Past Symposia

1. 2026 #IWonderU40 Hybrid Symposium, celebrating 10 Years Since Prince’s passing + 40 Years of Parade + Under the Cherry Moon, his visionary 1986 album and film on April 17-19, 1986.

2. 2025 #Shhh30 Virtual Symposium, celebrating the 30th anniversary of Prince’s The Gold Experience and The NPG’s Exodus on Sept 20-21, 2025.

3. 2025 #PopLife40 Virtual Symposium, celebrating Prince for 40 years of Prince’s Around The World In A Day, The Family & Sheila E’s Romance 1600 on April 11–13, 2025.

4. 2024 #Come30 Virtual Symposium, celebrating Prince for 30 years of his album Come on August 10-11, 2024.

5. 2024 #EroticCity40 Symposium, celebrating Prince for 40 years of Prince’s Purple Rain, The Time’s Ice Cream Castle, Apollonia 6, and Sheila E’s The Glamorous Life—alongside the Purple Rain film.

6. 2023 #TripleThreat40 Symposium, celebrating Prince for 40 years of 1999, The Time’s What Time Is It?, and Vanity 6!

7. 2022 #SexyMF30 Symposium, celebrating Prince for 30 years of Love Symbol!

8. 2021 #1plus1plus1is3 Virtual Symposium, celebrating Prince for 40 years of Controversy, 30 years of The Rainbow Children, and 20 years of Diamonds & Pearls

9. 2020 #DM40GB30 Virtual Symposium, celebrating Prince for 40 years of Dirty Mind and 30 years of Graffiti Bridge!

10. 2019 #Batdance30ATL Symposium, celebrating Prince for 30 years of the Batman soundtrack!

11. 2018 #Lovesexy30BK Symposium, celebrating Prince for 30 years of Lovesexy!

12. 2018 #BettyDavisBK Symposium, celebrating Betty Davis the musician, and featuring the late, great Greg Tate!

Other Prince Events

1. 2023 #DPSDVC Diamonds and Pearls Super Deluxe Virtual Celebration

2. 2021 #PRNAlumni5 PRN Alumni Foundation’s 5-Year Anniversary

3. 2021 #W2AVC Welcome 2 America Virtual Celebration

4. 2020 #SOTTSDC Sign O’ The Times Super Deluxe Celebration

5. 2017 #SOTT30BK Sign O’ The Times Panel

What Did Prince Do This Week? #WDPDTW

What Did Prince Do This Week? in 1983 Recap Reel

In the meantime, in between time, you can always find us every Saturday @ 12pm ET on youtube.com/@polishedsolid OR youtube.com/@mdean.

This year marks year four of What Did Prince Do This Week? #WDPDTW, our very slow read of Duane Tudahl’s Prince studio sessions book series through an interactive weekly online book club & Saturday salon, echoing the spirit of the Harlem renaissance! We’re up to 153 episodes.

We began this journey in January 2023! In 2026, we’re continuing to read and discuss Duane Tudahl’s second book in the series: Prince and the Parade and Sign O’ The Times Era Studio Sessions: 1985 and 1986.

📚 Come for the book club. (Here’s our reading schedule.)
🔥 Stay for the insight, laughter, and passionate Prince community.
🗓️ Every Saturday @ 12pm ET| 💬 Live Chat | 🎥 Replays available

👉 Show up. Comment + Ask questions. Share your love for the music!

We have an active chat that keeps the symposium spirit alive throughout the year.