Coming Up: This Friday -- 5th Anniversary Party at the GLBT History Museum

January 2016

Celebrating Five Years of

The GLBT History Museum

Friday, January 29

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

$10 general; $5 for members
4127 18th St., San Francisco

The GLBT History Museum celebrates its fifth anniversary with "I Love History," an after-hours fundraising party featuring drinks, bites, loads of cute history buffs, and celebrity hosts Juanita More! and Alex U. Inn. What better reason for queer history lovers to mingle with local glitteratti in the galleries?

Five special guests will lead a very short tour, with each picking a favorite object in the museum and telling a five-minute story about why it caught their eye. And everyone who attends will be invited to engage in a bit of queer-history speed dating by posting photos of their own favorite objects to social media with the hashtag #ILoveQueerHistory. (Meeting fellow queer history buffs for some real-live speed dating will be welcome, too.)

What's more, the evening will feature a performance by drag-king sensations Momma's Boyz; a ticket giveaway to Brava Theatre's Mighty Real: A Fabulous Sylvester Musical; a chance to meet new GLBT Historical Society Executive Director Terry Beswick; and underground queer dance hits from seven decades courtesy of DJ Marke B.

So put on your sharpest duds and be sure to come early -- this event is sure to be swarmed. Follow the buzz by adding your RSVP to the Facebook invitation. And if you can't make it to the party, you can still say "I Love History" by making a generous donation to the GLBT Historical Society.

COMING UP

Author Conversation

The New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics

Thursday, February 18

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Admission: $5. Free for members.

The GLBT History Museum

Author Ramzi Fawaz and queer comics artist and scholar Justin Hall come together for a lively discussion of Fawaz's recently published book T he New Mutants: Superheroes and the Radical Imagination of American Comics. The event also will highlight the work of San Francisco artist Paul Jermann, who created the cover illustration for the book. A dialogue between Fawaz and Hall about queerness, comics and American culture will be followed by a Q&A with the audience.