HISTORY HAPPENS News from the GLBT Historical Society & the GLBT History Museum

HISTORY HAPPENS News From The GLBT Historical Society & The GLBT History Museum

June 2013

Out of the Boxes, Onto the Screen: Documentaries at Frameline Festival Draw on Historical Society Archives

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MUSEUM EVENTS

June 20 7 - 9 p.m. Film Discussion What Were the Queer '90s?

June 24 7 - 9 p.m. Film Discussion "Valencia": My Michelle

Ministers gather to protest police persecution of homosexuals. This 1965 shot by San June 26 Francisco Chronicle photographer Les Dotty appears in the new filmL ewd & Lascivious. 7 - 9 p.m. Film Discussion The word "archives" often conjures up historians diligently working on research for Debauchery & Romance in "Valencia" books, but thy aren't the only patrons who rely on the records preserved at the GLBT Historical Society. A good reminder of this fact comes from Frameline, the LGBT film festival held annually in San Francisco in June. This year, the festival features three June 30 documentaries drawing on research in the society's archives. Noon - 5 p.m. Free Admission One of the films, Lewd & Lascivious, tells the story of the police raid on a 1964 New Pride Day at the Museum Year's Eve fundraiser for the Council on Religion and the Homosexual, often referred to Sponsored by Wells Fargo as "San Francisco's Stonewall." The Historical Society served as nonprofit sponsor for the film -- and has signed on as cosponsor for its premiere at Frameline. Get Connected Click on the event title for "Over the years I have gone through many files at the archives, finding missing details, the Facebook invitation. news articles and old newsletter photos that have helped make Lewd & Lascivious far more interesting and colorful," says director Jallen Rix. "The Historical Society has stuck with us throughout the long process of making this film. I can honestly say that the documentary never would have been made if it wasn't for this support and the ability to GET INVOLVED offer tax deductions to donors by way of the society."

An orientation for Two other films included in the Frameline festival also benefited from research volunteers for The GLBT conducted at the GLBT Historical Society: Director Christie Herring's The Campaign History Museum is set portrays the struggle for marriage equality in the context of California's Proposition 8, for 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. on and director Jeffrey Schwarz's I Am Divine offers a biography of drag star, cult actor Tuesday, June 4. For and queer cultural icon Divine. details, contact Lewd & Lascivious is showing on Saturday, June 22, at 1:00 p.m. at the Victoria Executive Director Theatre. On Sunday, June 23, The Campaign is set for 1:00 p.m. and I Am Divine for Paul Boneberg. 3:30 p.m., both at the Castro Theatre. For details, visit the Frameline website.

COMMUNITY

Pride 2013: Free Day at The GLBT History Museum xxx Thanks to a generous sponsorship from Wells Fargo, The GLBT History Museum will offer free admission to all visitors on Pride Day, Sunday, June 30. The museum will be open from noon to 5:00 p.m. "Discovering stories of the queer past is an ideal way to recharge in the midst of the celebrations on Pride Sunday," notes Paul Boneberg, executive director of the GLBT Historical Society. "We're immensely grateful to Wells Fargo for making it possible to open our doors free of charge on this special holiday for the GLBT community and our friends."

News Roundup: Contemporary Jewish Museum, Roots Division Gallery Feature GLBT Culture xxx Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg. Through over 70 images by June 19 renowned poet Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), this new exhibition at the Contemporary 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Jewish Museum in San Francisco tenderly captures the young writers and rebels who defined the Beat Generation. The CJM is offering two-for-one admission to all members In Conversation of the GLBT Historical Society during the month of June. The show runs through With Alysia Abbott September 8. For more information, visit the CJM website. City Lights Booksellers 261 Columbus Ave. Strange Bedfellows: Collaborative Practice in Queer Art. A group show at the Roots San Francisco Division Gallery in San Francisco through the end of June, Strange Bedfellows features the work of over 20 queer artists alongside ephemera on loan from the GLBT Historical Alysia Abbott discusses her new book Fairyland: Society archives. Historical Society artist-in-residence E.G. Crichton is among the A Memoir of My Father, participants. A panel discussion featuring Crichton and other artists is set for about growing up in San Wednesday, June 19, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., at the gallery. For details, visit the Roots Francisco in the Division website. 1970s-1980s with her father, gay poet Steve Abbott (1943-1992). Interviewing the author will be Gerard Koskovich The Making of a New Film on Queer San Francisco: from The GLBT History Museum. Cosponsored Three Programs Spotlight Michelle Tea's "Valencia" by the GLBT Historical xxx Society. For details, see A special three-part program coming up the Facebook invitation. June 20 through 26 at The GLBT History Museum will feature a number of the filmmakers who brought Michelle Tea's award-winning autobiographical novel ON DISPLAY Valencia to the screen. The film, also titled Valencia, premieres on June 21 at Frameline 37, the San Francisco The GLBT History International LGBT Film Festival. Museum displays a wealth of material Tea produced the work in collaboration from San Francisco's with Hilary Goldberg, bringing together 18 vast queer past. filmmakers, each of whom created a short based on a chapter from the book. At the museum, Tea will join the filmmakers in discussing how the novel and the film reflect nostalgia and fantasy, activism and desire, debauchery and subversion -- and the light they cast on pre- and post-gentrification San Francisco. The panels are set for 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Admission: $5.00 (general); $3.00 (California students); free for members. xxx Thursday, June 20 | What Were the Queer '90s? A discussion of the influence of 1990s queer life on San Francisco today; with Aubree Bernier-Clarke, Lares Feliciano, Silas Howard, Alexa Shae and Samuael Topiary. xxx Monday, June 24 | My Michelle A look at filmmakers casting outside the box for the character of Michelle; with Jerry Lee Abram, Cheryl Dunye, Hilary Goldberg, Chris Vargas and Greg Youmans. xxx Wednesday, June 26 | Debauchery and Romance in Valencia An exploration of the highs and lows of debauchery on screen; with Bug Davidson, Michelle Lawlor, Sara St. Martin Lynne, Sharon Rubenstein and Courtney Trouble.

In the Corner Gallery: "Legendary: African EXHIBITIONS & PROGRAMS American GLBT Past Meets Present" includes The GLBT History Museum a spectacular sequined Location: 4127 18th St., San Francisco, CA 94114 costume worn by San Phone: 415-621-1107 Francisco disco diva Website: www.glbthistorymuseum.org Sylvester (1947-1988).

Admission: $5.00 general; $3.00 with California student ID. Free for members. Free for all visitors on the first Wednesday of each month (courtesy of the Bob Ross Foundation). IN THE ARCHIVES

Hours Mondays - Saturdays: 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. The GLBT Historical Sundays: Noon - 5:00 p.m. Society is home to one of the world's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual ARCHIVES & READING ROOM and transgender GLBT Historical Society archival collections. Location: 657 Mission St., Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: 415-777-5455, ext. 3# Website: www.glbthistory.org xxx RESEARCH HOURS xxx Weekdays: By Appointment & Subject to Availability Members: Wednesdays - Fridays: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Nonmembers: Fridays: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. xxx The archives include Saturdays: No Appointment Needed amateur film and video The archives are open to members and nonmembers 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. the of every Pride Parade in first and third Saturdays of the month; no appointment is needed. Saturday San Francisco since 1973. hours are subject to change; before visiting, check the GLBT Historical Society In the photo: the Gay website. Fathers contingent in the 1976 parade, captured in a Super 8 movie shot by Michael D. Polansky.

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