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Heading to Freddie Gibbs tomorrow? 🐇 Hop next door directly following the show for our after party! @djjustnine will be spinning tracks and we'll be slinging $5 slices from 10pm-midnight 💿💫🍕

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In 2022 I made a photo book with the intention of having critical conversations about Asian American identity and masculinity, from a nuanced perspective, embracing the complexities of people speaking on being mixed race and transracial adoptees. At the time I could see the excitment of Asian American representation in media, after years of yellowface, limited, problematic characters, and outright erasure. However, the momentum quickly moved into similar trends of fetishization, colorism centering East Asian stories, and other concerning tropes.

Four years later my feed is filled with wasian content, a word placing white supremacy in front of countless identities and narratives, excluding mixed identities outside of a false binary. In 2026 we continue to retreat intellectually. What does white asian even mean? I proudly share that I am Chinese and Polish, as someone who celebrates both cultures in my life. I challenge those hyping Hudson Williams, Eileen Gu, and Alyssa Liu, who are all brilliant, to have deeper conversations, and to open up the affirmation beyond this limiting perspective. Challenge what you are actually celebrating and who you are leaving out of what could be opportunities to build across communities.

I’m absolutely open to all the smoke. Let’s talk about it.

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Slam season is approaching! If you’re interested in volunteering during the #BeHeardMN 2026 season, complete this form and we will contact you in January! https://forms.gle/mP3YEqp6MxU8Fs9V7

Thank you for powering youth voice with #TruArtSpeaks

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That’s my DJ! Spinning tonight from 6-8p for #ReVerbOpenMic at Flava Cafe! Be sure to pop out because tonight is a special one!

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It would be really, really hard to imagine the Twin Cities without a place like @pfunctionary. Public Functionary is where I’ve met some of my closest friends and collaborators. It was one of the first places where I felt truly seen as a young artist. It is the place where my practice evolved from emerging, and the place where came into myself as an arts leader. I met my husband at Public Functionary. I’ve laughed and cried and worked into the wee hours in the morning at Public Functionary. I’ve dreamed big dreams here and supported so many others in exploring & achieving their dreams here at Public Functionary. Public Functionary is an incubator, an activator, a connector.

💞We are hoping to raise $30,000 for Public Functionary before Dec 1. Our fundraising campaign is linked in my bio ⬆️ and we are participating in Give to the Max Day too.

2025 has been hard for so many of us, and Public Functionary is feeling a similar squeeze. Our current funding gap is challenging our ability to close out the year stable and ready for what comes next. We’ve always been scrappy & resourceful, but we also know when it’s time to ask for help. We are asking for your help to raise 30K, and no donation is too big or too small.

Where there’s no space — you have to create it. And that’s what PF Studios was for me. Creatives After Curfew also started & grew with the support of Public Functionary. ConFluence, the nerdy BIPOC sci-fi convention we just held wouldn’t even be possible without Public Functionary’s space, team, and care. That’s countless lives and hundreds of creatives touched by Public Functionary’s work, in just those 3 spaces created. Others will have other stories to share 🖤

@pfunctionary, thank you. And to everyone who has supported us and attended our events and volunteered and donated and bought some art, thank you. I hope you continue to support us in the months and years to come. Nothing this magical happens alone and through showing up we all affirm that spaces like Public Functionary are worth protecting.

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Always behind the scenes, meet Kenichi Thomas, Production Manager!

Kenichi is a constant source of grounding and reason in the midst of PF dreamers. As PF’s fabricator and production wizard, he is behind the custom dj booths, stages, furniture, and signage that make PF events and exhibitions feel unique. He’s a core member of The Function planning team and always down to help build, design, replace or solve — Kenichi keeps PF running in so many logistical ways (often by keeping us all well caffeinated.)

Power Up PF + Give to the Max season are underway: we are raising $30,000 by December 1 to keep this artist-led space strong and thriving into 2025. We are very close to 10K which would be 1/3 of the way… help us get there?

Your contribution in ANY AMOUNT gets us closer every day. PF keeps artists creating, connected, and seen. Join us!

⚡Donate link in stories and bio.

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Falling back into the groove, using our extra hour to listen to vocalists like this, every Thursday evening from 6-8p at Flava Cafe.

Big s/o to @laney98_ for being a powerhouse in the space and making it what it is every week. 🖤

#OpenMic #SaintPaul #STP #Minnesota #MN #Art #Community #Music #Song #Dance #Creativity #Frogtown #ReVerbOpenMic #ReVerb #Poetry #Poets #Artists #ThingsToDo #ThingsToDoInSaintPaul #Microphone #TruArtSpeaks #People #Power #Voice #fyp #Rondo

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Twin Cities DJs will be spinning all weekend long, don’t miss out!

Performances include Confluence Dance Party at The Northrup King Building, PV$$¥ CNTRL at Mortimer’s, DJ Just Nine at Berlin, Disconcé at 7th St. Entry, and more.

Link in bio for the full Gig List ⭐️

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DJs: do you like your mix even if ur the only one listening?

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With everything going on in the world, sometimes a good vibe and a warm tea is the solution. We’ve got both tonight at #ReVerbOpenMic with DJ JUST NONE on the 1s and 2s and MaLLy hosting the space, Flava on the flavor. We’re here from 6-8p. The sign up sheet is out. Do you.

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late summer — lately

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Aux lovers, vocalists, and emcees: we’ve got DJ JUST NINE back again with the vibes this Thursday from 6-8p at #ReVerbOpenMic at Flava Cafe in Saint Paul. Pop out for a good time and a nice kick off to #BlackAugust with uplifting music representing freedom and forward progress! @flavacafemn

#OpenMic #SaintPaul #STP #Minnesota #MN #Art #Community #Music #Song #Dance #Creativity #Frogtown #ReVerbOpenMic #ReVerb #Poetry #Poets #Artists #Stage #ThingsToDo #ThingsToDoInSaintPaul #Microphone #TruArtSpeaks #People #Power #Voice #fyp

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