Celebrate Pride Month At The Chicago Public Library
By Jessica Mlinaric in Arts & Entertainment on Jun 1, 2013 8:30PM
Pride month has arrived, and while it promises no shortage of glitter in the streets there are plenty of other opportunities to engage with LGBT programming. The Chicago Public Library will celebrate Pride Month with a series of events honoring LGBT culture, contributions and traditions throughout June.
Several library locations will host musical performances film screenings, and book discussions throughout June. Highlights of the Pride Month calendar include:
Film Screening: How Do I Look
Explore the famed Harlem ballroom scene behind “voguing” with the 2006 documentary How Do I Look. Director Wolfgang Busch will be on hand for a post-screening discussion.
Tuesday, June 4, 6 p.m. Harold Washington Library Center
Music in the Library: The shhh…OUT! Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble
The Lakeside Pride Jazz Ensemble, composed of all LGBT and ally members, performs pop, swing Latin, and Broadway numbers on brass and rhythm instruments.
Wednesday, June 5, 6 p.m. Harold Washington Library Center
The Essential Comic Book Queer Reader
Panelists from Comic Book Queers, an popular Chicago podcast, examine LGBTQ portrayal in comic book history and offer a reading list of LGBTQ comic books for new readers.
Saturday, June 8, 2 p.m. Harold Washington Library Center
Queue Tips: Discovering Your Next Great Movie
Chicagoist contributor and Queer Film Society member Rob Christopher discusses his 2012 book Queue Tips, a film guide for the at-home movie viewer optimizing streaming services and local library selections. Queue Tips contributor and performance artist David Kodeski will present a multimedia exploration of his chapter, “That Magic Moment, Homoerotic Display in Heternormative Cinema.”
Wednesday, June 19, 7 p.m. Sulzer Regional Library
Homophobia and the Black Church: How Faith, Politics and Fear Divide the Black Community
Author Anthony Stanford examines the connections between black intolerance of heteronormative deviance and historical and contemporary politics in the black cultural tradition.
Saturday, June 29, 1 p.m. Woodson Regional Library
Check out CPL's featured lists of recommended reading on same-sex marriage as well as LGBT history on its website and at branch locations.