Saturday October 19th! You don’t have to step into a time machine to see this ALL LIVE: @iselfdevine from the Micranots is rockin our stage, plus other ATL legends like @binkisrecs , @south_memphis_meeks with @djpocket , @justice_thechief , Unxnoun Ceeds, and @fortknoxlive hosting. On the wheels we got three more ATL underground legends @opnsky , @mafiloko and @djdainja playing the best vinyl from the 90s and 2000s in the A……AND ITS ALL FOR FREE???! Stop playin and put it on your calendar: 3-7pm, all ages, great food, beer and vinyl on sale from @jbsrecord on a beautiful Fall day outdoors at @halfwaycrooksbeer . Peace!!!
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It’s been 9 years and one month since the last time I Self Devine rocked the mic with #TruArtSpeaks and it was legendary. We expect nothing less tonight as he headlines Movement Music TONIGHT at Icehouse. Doors at 7:00p; Show at 8:00p. It’s up!
Organizer, Emcee, and Community Leader, I Self Devine will be closing out our show this Friday with some classics, along with some new joints! When we talk movement and trenches, we gotta talk I Self— both his music and his movement work. You don’t want to miss this!
I Self Devine is a Minneapolis-based multidisciplinary artist, cultural strategist, and community organizer whose work lives at the intersection of Hip-Hop aesthetics, visual art, and Black radical imagination. For over two decades, I Self has used creativity as a tool for cultural resistance, healing, and transformation. His practice spans painting, murals, music, writing, and curation—all grounded in a deep commitment to social justice and community empowerment. I Self brings art and culture into dialogue with organizing and policy work. His curatorial work includes Rituals of Resilience, a groundbreaking exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art that uplifted Black, Brown, and Indigenous voices through an expansive vision of healing and creative practice. A prolific lyricist, I Self has released over ten solo and collaborative albums, using music to reflect lived experience and amplify generational truths. His visual art has been featured in public murals, group exhibitions, and solo shows across the Twin Cities. Whether through large-scale collaborations or intimate storytelling, I Self’s work embodies the power of creativity to shift culture, reclaim identity, and build liberatory futures.
Movement Music celebrates the revolutionary spirit of the Twin Cities music scene across eras, generations, style, and circumstance. Featuring the powerful showmanship of Brandyn Lee Tulloch, the lyrical dexterity of Righteous Emcee, and the illustrative, yet thought provoking rhymes of I Self Devine, this event is going to be one for the heads, the historians, and anyone who has ever spent time on the front lines in Minnesota. Hosted by Tish Jones and backed by Mickey Breeze on the 1s and 2s, we invite you all to an event to remind you to stay rooted in your power and committed to liberation. Doors open at 7:00pm, show begins at 8:00p. Find tickets via and for $10 in advance and $20 at the door.
The Urgent Emergent Performance Art Series powered by TruArtSpeaks (Urgent Art Series) is a year-long residency at Ice House in Minneapolis, MN, taking place monthly, every third Saturday,* in celebration of TruArtSpeaks’ 20th year anniversary and - more importantly - all of the artists who make our work and community what it is.
Founded in 2006, by Tish Jones, the arts & culture organization based in Saint Paul has a long history of providing platforms for artists to share timely and innovative work— this series is no different. The Urgent Art Series will invite new and true collaborators to share work that speaks to both the nightly theme and the series’ invitation: urgent and emergent performance art. Known for being bold in their creative work, TruArtSpeaks has curated a year of creative expression that will move the crowd, the needle, and change forward through creative cultural expression.
The Urgent Art Series is sponsored, in part, by Minnesota Public Radio.
I’m good but not good if you know what I mean. We surviving tryna thrive. I’d like to say more however this ain’t the place. Be strong, loving and kind to each other. Get to know your neighbors. Holla at your people. I’m beyond proud on how we’ve shown up for each other during this war on the people. We know no ones coming for us and we all we got. With that I’ll say P.E.A.C.E
