Golden CD Release Party
9 p.m. Friday, May 25
The Fine Line Music Cafe, 318 First Ave N., Minneapolis

Tickets: $30, available at 5th Element, TicketMaster, or the Fine Line Box Office.

Come celebrate the release of Golden's (Casey Golden ’00) debut hip-hop CD Peddling Medicine. The CD, out now, features performances by Fergie, Sy Smith and Fareneit. The release party, hosted by Truth Maze, includes guests Prof & Rahzwell, M.anifest (Kwame Amet Tsikata ’05), Ernie Rhods, Big Quarters and Verb X on the “wheels” spinning classics from Motown to today. Golden performs with a live band and string section. Free Pravda vodka and Red Bull. A free iTunes album will be gifted with each CD purchased at the party.
More info at Golden-MC.com »

MaMa mOsIaC’s mini Femme Fest:  FLY GRYLZ (Vol. 2) concert
9 p.m. Wednesday, May 30
Trocaderos Night Club, 107 3rd Ave N., Minneapolis
(Downtown, near Monte Carlo)

Tickets: $5 at door
              
A cross-cultural celebration of women through music and dance. The evening will feature spoken word, soul, hip hop and jazz performances by Dark n Lovely (Lady Shá, Drea, Jayanthi), Karma, Ashley Gold, Indigo & Shock B, and DJ Drea, Ellena Dance as well as a B-Girl Jam. Dameun Strange ’95 plays sax with DarkNLovely and keys with Ashley Gold.

MaMa mOsAic mini Femme Fest: “Black and Blue No More!” exhibit
7-9 p.m. Thursday, May 31
Quarma Galleries, 1224 Quincy St. NE, Minneapolis

Free

An exhibit featuring works that explore survival, entrapment, and liberation in an effort to engage dialogue around ending violence against women and girls. View visual art, paintings and human performance with live song and music by Madame Mimi. Eliza Rasheed ’06 helped put on this event. Reception and viewing with visual artists, Mosaic.