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SUMMARY:The 3rd Annual Rebel Satori World AIDS Day Book Release and Reading (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:The 3rd Annual Rebel Satori World AIDS Day Book Release and Reading: the Rebel Satori imprint\, The Library of Homosexual Congress\, is honored to reprint the first American novel about the AIDS crisis\, Facing It: A Novel About AIDS\, by Paul Reed\, from 1984. In addition to reading from Facing It\, we will celebrate our initial World AIDS Day releases with memorial readings from Invisible History: The Collected Poems of Walta Borawski\, edited by Micheal Bronski and Philip Clark\, winner of the 2023 Thom Gunn Award for Poetry\,  and Allen Barnett’s classic short story collection\, The Body and Its Dangers\, from 1990. \nFeaturing readings by: \nCHRISTOPHER BRAM \nGERARD CABRERA \nRON CALDWELL \nPHILIP CLARK \nPHILIP F. CLARK \nDALE CORVINO \nSCOTT HIGHTOWER \nJP HOWARD \nJERRY ROSCO \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n\n\n\n\nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nChristopher Bram is the author of twelve books\, including the novel that became the Academy-Award-winning movie\, Gods and Monsters. He teaches at the Gallatin School of New York University. \nGerard Cabrera is the author of short fiction\, poems\, and the novel\, Homo Novus\, published by Rattling Good Yarns Press in 2022. His writing has appeared in literary journals such as the Acentos Review\, JONATHAN\, Kweli\, Apricity\, Digging Press\, and Angel Rust. A naturalized Brooklynite\, Gerard hails from the Puerto Rican community of Springfield\, Massachusetts\, the birthplace of Dr. Seuss\, basketball\, and the first American dictionary. He is a member of the Publishing Triangle Board of Directors. \nRon Caldwell is a writer\, editor\, and educator who was born in Texas and studied English literature at Rice University. He received a Master’s degree in Creative Writing: Poetry from Boston University\, where his teachers were George Starbuck\, Christopher Ricks\, and Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. Ron has taught at Parsons School of Design since 1996\, and is currently the coordinator of Integrative Seminar in the First Year program. He lives in Allen Barnett’s apartment. \nPhilip Clark is the co-editor of Invisible History: The Collected Poems of Walta Borawski\, winner of the 2023 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry.  His previous books are Persistent Voices: Poetry by Writers Lost to AIDS and In the Empire of the Air: The Poems of Donald Britton. The recipient of a MacDowell Fellowship\, he is completing a biography of H. Lynn Womack\, a pioneering gay publisher from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.  He lives near Washington\, D.C. \nPhilip F. Clark is the author of the poetry collection\, The Carnival of Affection (Sibling Rivalry Press\, 2017). He received his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from City College in 2016\, where he was an Adjunct Assistant Professor. His work is included in ‘On Becoming A Poet’\, published by Marsh Hawk Press\, 2020\, and he has been published in various journals and anthologies. \nDale Corvino’s essays have appeared in Salon\, the Rumpus\, and the Gay & Lesbian Review. Bonds & Boundaries\, his debut short story collection\, was published in 2023 by Rebel Satori Press. His memoir of sex work\, Afterlife of a Kept Boy\, won the C&R Press Nonfiction Prize and is scheduled for publication in March 2025. \nScott Hightower’s newest collection of poems\, Imperative to Spare\, is from Rebel Satori\, New Orleans. Part of the Bargain\, his third book won the 2004 Hayden Carruth Award. Hightower lives in Manhattan and teaches at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study. \nJP Howard is a poet\, educator\, literary activist\, curator\, and community builder. JP is a Learn with Lambda Literary 2023 workshop facilitator and was the Spring 2023 Brooklyn College Tow Mentor-in-Residence. Her debut poetry collection\, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System)\, was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*)\, Praise This Complicated Herstory: Legacy\, Healing & Revolutionary Poems (Harlequin Creature) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians–We Are the Revolution! JP has received fellowships and grants from Cave Canem\, VONA\, Lambda Literary Foundation\, and Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon and her poetry is widely anthologized. JP is a general Poetry Editor for Women’s Studies Quarterly and Editor-At-Large of Mom Egg Review VOX online. http://www.jp-howard.com \nJerry Rosco is author of the biography Glenway Wescott Personally and editor of the Wescott journals Continual Lessons and A Heaven of Words. \n  \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Journals and Diaries: Life\, Privacy\, and Literature: 4 week Brooklyn Institute for Social Research Course (in person only - registration required)
DESCRIPTION:The December 3 class will be the third of four meetings. \nSee registration details below. \nIn 1973\, Susan Sontag wrote in her diary: “In ‘life\,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my work. In ‘work\,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my life.” What is the relationship between a writer’s lived experience and the works they present\, crafted and bound\, to the public? For Virginia Woolf\, the diary was a place to reckon with the “oil well” of stories bubbling up inside her; for Roland Barthes\, a space apart to wrestle with private loss and grief; for Annie Ernaux\, the diary harbored the “raw and dark” material behind her fictions; and for Anaïs Nin\, the distinction between fiction-writing and diary-keeping was difficult even to discern. On what sort of terms\, then\, can we take the writer’s diary? What kinds of insight does it promise—regarding literary craft\, literary politics\, artistic scenes\, and creative processes? And how shall we approach this literary object—as a genre unto itself\, distinct from other forms of life-writing such as autobiography\, memoir\, and auto-fiction? \nIn this course\, we will read selections from writers’ diaries\, beginning in the early 20th century and closing with Sheila Heti’s recent experimental work Alphabetical Diaries. Moving through time and space—from Woolf and Franz Kafka to Barthes and Nin to Sontag and Ernaux\, with forays into Augustine’s 5th century Confessions and Rousseau’s 18th century work of the same name—we will ask how writers utilize their diaries in both their fiction and their criticism. Avoiding the “reduction” to which Sontag is rightly averse\, we will explore how the diary—taken on its own terms—at once encourages and works against linear narrativization\, and how it\, perhaps uniquely\, articulates anxieties of remembrance just as much as it does the fear of being forgotten. \nInstructor: Danielle Drori \nCourse Schedule\nTuesday\, 6:30-9:30pm ET\nNovember 12 — December 10\, 2024\n4 sessions over 5 weeks\nClass will not meet Tuesday\, November 26th \n$335.00 \nClick here to register for this course\nClasses will meet at the \nBureau of General Services—Queer Division \nRoom 210 of The LGBT Community Center \n208 West 13th Street \nNY\, NY 10011
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SUMMARY:Publishing Triangle OUTSpoken Series Special: Gary Indiana (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:Come join The Publishing Triangle as we read\, reminisce\, and admire the wide-ranging work of legendary gay writer\, critic\, and artist\, Gary Indiana. \nFeaturing readings by Brian Alessandro\, Christopher Bollen\, Jason Napoli Brooks\, Michael Bullock\, Tobi Haslett\, Sam McKinniss\, Dale Peck\, Nicole Rudick\, and Christopher Stoddard. \n  \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n\n\n\n\nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n\n\n\n\n  \nBrian Alessandro has written for Interview Magazine\, Newsday\, PANK (co-founded by Roxanne Gay)\, Huffington Post\, Galerie (Wes Anderson’s cult film streaming app)\, Lambda Literary\, The Gay & Lesbian Review\, Kirkus Reviews\, and The Florida Review\, and has recently co-adapted Edmund White’s A Boy’s Own Story into a graphic novel for Top Shelf Productions. Additionally\, Brian co-edited Fever Spores: The Queer Reclamation of William S. Burroughs\, an anthology of essays and interviews about Burroughs for Rebel Satori Press. Brian is also the co-founder and editor in chief of the literary journal\, The New Engagement. His first novel\, The Unmentionable Mann\, was published in 2015 by Cairn Press and his first feature film\, Afghan Hound\, was produced by Maryea Media in 2011\, and is streaming on Plex\, Tubi\, and Amazon. His second novel\, Performer Non Grata\, was published in 2023. Julian’s Debut\, his new novel\, will be published by Rebel Satori Press in March 2025. Brian also has a feature film and a limited series in development with an Academy Award-winning producer. \n  \nChristopher Bollen is a writer and editor based in New York City. He is the author of six novels\, including his most recent\, Havoc\, out December 2024 from Harper. He contributes frequently to a number of publications\, including Interview\, Vanity Fair\, and the New York Times. \n  \nJason Napoli Brooks is an award-winning fiction writer and essayist whose work has appeared in various journals\, anthologies\, and media outlets in the U.S. and abroad. He was the author of the queer-spy-fiction zine Cock of the Walk (2011-2013\, currently being translated into Spanish for publication in Mexico) and the multimedia play Soundstage (2018\, directed by Rob Roth and starring Rebecca Hall). With author Jim Freed\, he is the co-founder of the long-running reading series Enclave\, which took place at various Manhattan nightlife venues from 2006 to 2020. Brooks is currently at work on his serialized novel\, Paranoid Lines\, the first issue of which will be released in January 2025. @jasonnapolibrooks \n  \nMichael Bullock is a Brooklyn-based writer\, editor and documentary filmmaker focused on art\, design and queer culture. He is the author of Roman Catholic Jacuzzi (Karma 2012) the editor of Peter Berlin: Artist\, Icon\, Photosexual (Damiani 2019)\, and co-editor of I Could Not Believe It: The 1979 Teenage Diaries of Sean Delear (Semiotext(e) 2023). Bullock serves as associate publisher of PIN–UP and The Whitney Review of New Writing and is a contributing editor to apartamento. For PIN–UP he co-directed Dream Homes\, a commisioned work for the Cooper Hewitt’s Design Triennial\, Making Home\, currenlty on view through August 2025. \n  \nTobi Haslett is a writer currently living in Berlin. \n  \nSam McKinniss is an artist in New York and Connecticut. His paintings have been exhibited widely both stateside and abroad. His work has been written about everywhere\, including an ARTFORUM cover story penned by Gary Indiana in 2019. McKinniss’s painting “Chrysanthemums (after Fantin-Latour)” graces the cover of Indiana’s novel Depraved Indifference\, reissued by Semiotext(e) in 2020. In 2021\, “Cop Car in Brooklyn” was used as cover art for Indiana’s collection Fire Season: selected essays 1984-2021 published by Seven Stories Press. The two men were close friends. \n  \nDale Peck is the author of fourteen books\, including Martin and John\, Hatchet Jobs\, Sprout\, and Visions and Revisions. He first wrote about Gary Indiana in 2015\, when Gary released the memoir I Can Give You Anything but Love\, and published a tribute to him in the Baffler on the occasion of his death. He was Gary’s neighbor in the East Village for almost twenty years\, and once played Cards Against Humanity with him. It wasn’t as salacious as you might think. \n  \nNicole Rudick is the author of What Is Now Known Was Once Only Imagined: An (Auto)biography of Niki de Saint Phalle (Siglio) and the editor\, most recently\, of Joanna Russ: Novels and Stories (Library of America) and Spiral and Other Stories by Aidan Koch (New York Review Comics). Her writing has appeared in The New York Review of Books\, Apollo\, The New Yorker\, and The New York Times\, and in exhibition catalogues for the Drawing Center; the New Museum; the Museum of Art\, Rhode Island School of Design; and Gagosian gallery. She was managing editor of The Paris Review for nearly a decade. \n  \nChristopher Stoddard is the founding editor of Itna Press\, notable for first reintroducing Gary Indiana’s literary works to contemporary audiences\, including the acclaimed novel Do Everything in the Dark. Stoddard is also the author of four novels\, including At Night Only (2018)\, which garnered praise from Kirkus Reviews and The Paris Review. He lives in Los Angeles. \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Journals and Diaries: Life\, Privacy\, and Literature: 4 week Brooklyn Institute for Social Research Course (in person only - registration required)
DESCRIPTION:The December 10 class will be the fourth of four meetings. \nSee registration details below. \nIn 1973\, Susan Sontag wrote in her diary: “In ‘life\,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my work. In ‘work\,’ I don’t want to be reduced to my life.” What is the relationship between a writer’s lived experience and the works they present\, crafted and bound\, to the public? For Virginia Woolf\, the diary was a place to reckon with the “oil well” of stories bubbling up inside her; for Roland Barthes\, a space apart to wrestle with private loss and grief; for Annie Ernaux\, the diary harbored the “raw and dark” material behind her fictions; and for Anaïs Nin\, the distinction between fiction-writing and diary-keeping was difficult even to discern. On what sort of terms\, then\, can we take the writer’s diary? What kinds of insight does it promise—regarding literary craft\, literary politics\, artistic scenes\, and creative processes? And how shall we approach this literary object—as a genre unto itself\, distinct from other forms of life-writing such as autobiography\, memoir\, and auto-fiction? \nIn this course\, we will read selections from writers’ diaries\, beginning in the early 20th century and closing with Sheila Heti’s recent experimental work Alphabetical Diaries. Moving through time and space—from Woolf and Franz Kafka to Barthes and Nin to Sontag and Ernaux\, with forays into Augustine’s 5th century Confessions and Rousseau’s 18th century work of the same name—we will ask how writers utilize their diaries in both their fiction and their criticism. Avoiding the “reduction” to which Sontag is rightly averse\, we will explore how the diary—taken on its own terms—at once encourages and works against linear narrativization\, and how it\, perhaps uniquely\, articulates anxieties of remembrance just as much as it does the fear of being forgotten. \nInstructor: Danielle Drori \nCourse Schedule\nTuesday\, 6:30-9:30pm ET\nNovember 12 — December 10\, 2024\n4 sessions over 5 weeks\nClass will not meet Tuesday\, November 26th \n$335.00 \nClick here to register for this course\nClasses will meet at the \nBureau of General Services—Queer Division \nRoom 210 of The LGBT Community Center \n208 West 13th Street \nNY\, NY 10011
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SUMMARY:Episode 7 of Revisioning Democracy: Resisting Project 2025 and Trump 2.0 (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:A conversation with The New Republic journalist and author Nina Burleigh and podcast cohosts Anne-christine d’Adesky and Jay W. Walker of Stop The Coup 2025. Burleigh also has a new book out\, They’ll discuss how Project 2025 may be implemented on “Day One” of the new Trump administration\, what attacks are most likely\, what Trump’s first Cabinet picks reflect\, and how US progressives are mobilizing to resist Project 2025 radical Christian nationalist agenda. The conversation will also focus on US and global lessons in grassroots resistance and community survival. \nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nNina Burleigh is a US journalist\, best-selling author\, documentary producer\, and publisher of a substack on politics called American Freakshow. A contributing editor at The New Republic and frequent contributor to the New York Times and New York Magazine\, her journalism has been published widely including in translation in the Norwegian and Italian press. She’s also the author of eight books on an array of topics including archaeological forgery\, scientists in 18th-century Egypt\, James Smithson\, Amanda Knox in Italy\, and the Trump women\, which were reviewed\, excerpted or covered in The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Nation\, New York Magazine\, BBC\, ABC\, MSNBC\, and other media outlets. \nShe was born and educated in the Midwest\, has been based in Washington\, D.C.\, New York\, Norway\, Paris and Italy\, traveled and reported extensively in the Middle East. She is an adjunct professor at NYU’s Arthur J. Carter Journalism Institute and Google Scholar says her work has been cited in hundreds of scholarly articles. She is a supporter of secular humanism and known for her support of women’s rights. Her latest book is Zero Visibility Possible (2024). She’s also written articles about Project 2025 for New York Magazine and The New Republic.
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SUMMARY:Left Turns In Brown Study: A Performative Conversation (in person only)
DESCRIPTION:In celebration of Sandra Ruiz’s new book Left Turns In Brown Study\, we will be joined by an illustrious panel featuring a menagerie of individuals who have appeared in Ruiz’s academic and creative orbit over the past two decades. The conversation will be moderated by downtown diva Dusty Childers. Sandra will also perform selections from the book. \nFeaturing contributions from: Melody Contreras\, Zora Duncan\, Erica Gressman\, Laura Harris\, Jess Kadish\, Autumn Knight\, Pedro Lopez\, Jacqueline Loss\, Carlos Sandoval De Leon\, Julia Steinmetz\, Joshua Takano Chambers-Letson\, & Daniel Vernola. \nTo reserve a copy of Left Turns In Brown Study (Duke University Press\, 2024\, paperback\, $24.95) please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of Left Turns in Brown Study for Dec. 13 event” in the subject line. \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n  \n\n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nThis event will be recorded\, and the video will be made available. \n  \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n  \n\n\nSandra Ruiz is an associate professor of English and Theatre at Illinois\, and an affiliate faculty member of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies\, the Program in Comparative World Literature\, the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory\, the Department of Dance\, the Department of Asian American Studies\, and the Department of Gender & Women Studies. Ruiz\, a trained performance studies scholar\, is the author of Ricanness: Enduring Time in Anticolonial Performance (NYU Press\, 2019) and co-author with Hypatia Vourloumis of Formless Formation: Vignettes for the end of this World (Autonomedia Press\, 2020). Ruiz is a co-editor with Shane Vogel and Uri McMillan of the book series Minoritarian Aesthetics (NYU Press\, 2020). Currently\, Ruiz is completing several writing projects such as Tears for Tears (NYU Press). Ruiz is the co-creator of the Brown Theatre Collective and creator of La Estación Gallery and the Minor Aesthetics Lab. \n  \nDusty Childers (Dust Tea Shoulders/ @duddylynn) is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator who has been  director\, producer\, dramaturgist\,  costumer\, and stylist. Dusty’s body and body of work has graced the likes of The Guggenheim\, St. Ann’s Warehouse\, The Whitney\, BAM\, Parsons\, The Public Theater\, Pratt\, Sundance\, SXSW\, Metrograph\, International Center of Photography\, Signature Theater\, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia\, Town Hall\, Joe’s Pub\, Abrons Art Center\, NY Live Arts\, The Wild Project\, Dixon Place\, Irving Plaza\, Sony Music Hall\, Bushwig\, Judson Memorial Church\,The MIX NYC Queer Experimental Film Festival\, La MaMa\, Gov Ball\, Club Cumming\, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival\, House of Yes and the Soho Playhouse (NY Fringe Festival). He has worked with MacArthur Genius Taylor Mac\, cabaret superstar  Justin Vivian Bond\, performance artist Machine Dazzle\, artist Nayland Blake\, director Silas Howard\, Bitch (of Bitch and Animal)\, drag artist Charlene Incarnate\, performance artist/puppeteer Glenn Marla\, director Stephen Winter\, choreographer/singer Miguel Gutierrez and burlesque star World Famous *BOB* among others. Dusty and his work have appeared in Art In America\, Artforum\, OUT Magazine\, TimeOut NY\, Velour Magazine\, Next Magazine\, Aljazeera\, NY Times and Gayletter. \n 
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SUMMARY:lesbian book club
DESCRIPTION:We’ll be reading fiction and non-fiction — classic\, contemporary\, revealing and visionary. As a group we will decide what to read each month\, focusing on lesbian authors and/or related topics. Co-founded by lesbian book lovers Judi Komaki and Piper Olsen. \n\n\nFor our December 14th meeting\, we’ll read The Price of Salt/Carol by Patricia Highsmith (W.W. Norton & Company\, 2024\, paperback\, $15.95). To reserve a copy\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of The Price of Salt” in the subject line. Purchase the book before December 14th and receive 15% off ($13.56 instead of $15.95). \n  \nAnd for our January 11th meeting\, we’ll read No Modernism without Lesbians by Diana Souhami (Head of Zeus\, 2021\, paperback\, $15.95). To reserve a copy\, please write to us at contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of No Modernism without Lesbians” in the subject line. Purchase the book before January 11th and receive 15% off ($13.56 instead of $15.95). \nThank you for supporting the Bureau by purchasing books from us! \n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/lesbian-book-club-december-2024/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:You Left a Mark on Me Pop-Up Flash Tattoo Event (in person only)
DESCRIPTION: \nAs part of programming for the You Left A Mark On Me exhibition\, we are excited to present a Pop-up Flash Tattoo event. Tattoo artists\, Dewey Rice (@good.boy.tattoo)\, Zyra West (@zyra_west)\, and Aisha the Goddess (@aisha_thegoddess) will be tattooing at the Bureau!  Appointments and walk-ins are welcome (first-come\, first-served). Scheduling and prices should be directly arranged with the artists.  DM artists on Instagram for details (links above).\n \n \nThis event will take place at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011.\n \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/pop-up-flash-tattoo/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:OUTspoken: The Publishing Triangle’s Reading Series\, December Edition (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:The Publishing Triangle presents its monthly OUTspoken Reading Series as host Rob Byrnes welcomes Christopher Bram\, Joy Ladin\, Greg Herren\, Christian Baines\, Michael McKeown Bondhus\, Finnian Burnett\, Fiona Riley\, and ‘Nathan Burgoine.\n \nJoin us as in-person or watch the live-stream to hear from some of queer literature’s most dynamic established and up-and-coming voices. \n\n\n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \n\n\n\n\nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \n\nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \n  \nThe Bureau will solicit donations at the beginning of the event—we especially encourage donations from those who do not plan to purchase any books. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \n\nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/outspoken-december-2024/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:TELL: Fighting (in person & live-streaming)
DESCRIPTION:TELL is a monthly queer storytelling show hosted and curated by Drae Campbell. It is the longest running event at the Bureau! 10 years and going. Each month there is a different theme and a different line up of queer artists who tell true stories from their lives on a theme. \nThe theme for December is Fighting\, featuring storytellers Anthony Caronna\, KAROLINE\, and Fernando Vieira. \n\nThis event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center\, 208 W. 13th St.\, NYC\, 10011. \nRegistration is not required. Seating is first come\, first served. \nAlso live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel: \nyoutube.com/@bgsqd \nSuggested donation to benefit the storytellers and the Bureau: $10. \nAll are welcome to attend\, with or without a donation. \nWe will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event\, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD \n  \nDrae Campbell is the host and curator of TELL\, an award winning podcast that can be found anywhere you listen to podcasts.\n \nTheater: The Nosebleed (Lincoln Center Theater\, Woolly Mammoth Theater & National Tour\, Lortel Nominated)\, Jesus Hopped The ‘A’ Train (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater)\, Only You Can Prevent Wildfires (Teatro Circulo)\, My Old Man (Dixon Place)\, Storm Still (DirectorFest\, Drama League)\, La Cage Aux Folles (Barrington Stage Company).         \nFilm and TV: Senior Escort Service\, Blunderpuss\, It’s Very Common\, TOW.  \nTV: Bull\, New Amsterdam.  \nBFA\, The University Of The Arts   \nIg @draebiz and @tellqueerz   \n\n  \nAnthony Caronna is a film director and creator known for HBO‘s “Last Call: When a serial killer stalked queer New York.” Caronna goes by they/them pronouns. \n  \nKAROLINE is a queer Chinese American actor and writer who goes by a mononym. They can currently be seen in the new Hulu series DEATH AND OTHER DETAILS and in A24’s A DIFFERENT MAN. Their theater credits include THE HARD PROBLEM at Lincoln Center\, EXCLUSION at Arena Stage\, and the world premiere of [VEIL WIDOW CONSPIRACY]\, for which The New York Times called them “terrific.” Their short film PIPPI\, which they wrote and starred in\, traveled the festival circuit to acclaim and is currently on a two year distribution deal. Karoline was born in Shanghai\, grew up in Sweden\, and raised in South Texas. They went to a pre-med high school\, then Harvard\, both of which are terrible party facts. \n  \nFernando Vieira is a New York-based writer\, director\, and performer. As a multidisciplinary artist\, Vieira balances their career as creator of stage and film works. Playwriting work includes the plays Goodbye\, Little George (2020) and Anormales (2021). Vieira’s work has been presented at various theatrical companies and institutions such as BAAD!\, Repertorio Español\, IATI Theater\, The Brick Theatre\, Teatro Audaz\, Chelsea Theater\, Prelude Festival\, The Tank\, among others. Film work includes the documentary Unlabeled (2021) and the experimental short films Frenetic Journey Toward Muddledness (2023) and Las Olas (2024). Vieira earned a Master of Arts degree in Film Studies from CUNY Graduate Center.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/tell-fighting/
LOCATION:Bureau of General Services–Queer Division\, 208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Closed for Christmas
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be closed on \nWednesday\, December 25th \nThursday\, December 26th \nand \nWednesday\, January 1st. \n  \nHappy holidays to all!
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/closed-for-christmas-2024/
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SUMMARY:Closed for Christmas
DESCRIPTION:The Bureau will be closed on \nWednesday\, December 25th \nThursday\, December 26th \nand \nWednesday\, January 1st. \n  \nHappy holidays to all!
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/closed-for-dec-26-2024/
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