Thu April 18, 2024
MEMORY KEEPERS INITIATIVE: RAISING THE CURTAIN ON SAN FRANCISCO’S QUEER ARTS LEGACY
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The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, the nation's premier queer chorus, continues their exploration into local queer history with "Raising the Curtain on San Francisco's Queer Arts Legacy", the third program of the Memory Keepers Initiative. Hosted by the GLBT Historical Society, and featuring Scrumbly Koldewyn, Jewelle Gomez and Seth Eisen, the evening will be presented at SFGMC's home, The Chan National Queer Arts Center.
The Memory Keepers Initiative is an oral history project that uplifts and preserves the stories of our community's visionary LGBTQ+ elders in order to foster intergenerational connection among LGBTQ+ communities and allies, as well as inspire a bigger, brighter future by learning and understanding of our collective history.
The evening will include Srumbly Koldewyn, one of the original founders of The Cockettes, the legendary performance group whose sold-out shows caused a sensation and set a tone for a new type of queer performance, launching the careers of John Waters, Divine, Sylvester and many more; Jewelle Gomez, the author, poet and playwright whose novel "The Gilda Stories" helped define the term Afrofuturism and whose latest play "Unpacking in P-Town" is currently being produced at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center; and Seth Eisen, the founder of Eye Zen Productions known for creating a hybrid form of theater that combines live performance and visual media. Eisen's current award-winning project, OUT of Site, takes place in site-specific locations, telling pieces of LGBGQ history.
"San Francisco's queer arts legacy has a rich and complex history and has brought artists like Divine, Sylvester and Kiki and Herb to national attention. Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" first premiered in San Francisco and Michael Tilson Thomas was the first openly gay conductor of a major symphony orchestra," stated SFGMC Artistic Director Jacob Stensberg. "But our queer arts legacy runs deeper than the names that have broken through and with our continuing Memory Keepers Initiative, the trail-blazing people who have defined every corner of the Bay Area's artistic scene, come alive and give hope and inspiration to new generations."
In addition to the 90-minute interactive panel discussion, attendees are encouraged to remain afterwards and record their own stories about queer history in the Bay Area. Volunteers will be on hand to audio or video record anyone with a story to tell and a desire to share it for posterity.
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The Memory Keepers Initiative is an oral history project that uplifts and preserves the stories of our community's visionary LGBTQ+ elders in order to foster intergenerational connection among LGBTQ+ communities and allies, as well as inspire a bigger, brighter future by learning and understanding of our collective history.
The evening will include Srumbly Koldewyn, one of the original founders of The Cockettes, the legendary performance group whose sold-out shows caused a sensation and set a tone for a new type of queer performance, launching the careers of John Waters, Divine, Sylvester and many more; Jewelle Gomez, the author, poet and playwright whose novel "The Gilda Stories" helped define the term Afrofuturism and whose latest play "Unpacking in P-Town" is currently being produced at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center; and Seth Eisen, the founder of Eye Zen Productions known for creating a hybrid form of theater that combines live performance and visual media. Eisen's current award-winning project, OUT of Site, takes place in site-specific locations, telling pieces of LGBGQ history.
"San Francisco's queer arts legacy has a rich and complex history and has brought artists like Divine, Sylvester and Kiki and Herb to national attention. Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" first premiered in San Francisco and Michael Tilson Thomas was the first openly gay conductor of a major symphony orchestra," stated SFGMC Artistic Director Jacob Stensberg. "But our queer arts legacy runs deeper than the names that have broken through and with our continuing Memory Keepers Initiative, the trail-blazing people who have defined every corner of the Bay Area's artistic scene, come alive and give hope and inspiration to new generations."
In addition to the 90-minute interactive panel discussion, attendees are encouraged to remain afterwards and record their own stories about queer history in the Bay Area. Volunteers will be on hand to audio or video record anyone with a story to tell and a desire to share it for posterity.
The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, the nation's premier queer chorus, continues their exploration into local queer history with "Raising the Curtain on San Francisco's Queer Arts Legacy", the third program of the Memory Keepers Initiative. Hosted by the GLBT Historical Society, and featuring Scrumbly Koldewyn, Jewelle Gomez and Seth Eisen, the evening will be presented at SFGMC's home, The Chan National Queer Arts Center.
The Memory Keepers Initiative is an oral history project that uplifts and preserves the stories of our community's visionary LGBTQ+ elders in order to foster intergenerational connection among LGBTQ+ communities and allies, as well as inspire a bigger, brighter future by learning and understanding of our collective history.
The evening will include Srumbly Koldewyn, one of the original founders of The Cockettes, the legendary performance group whose sold-out shows caused a sensation and set a tone for a new type of queer performance, launching the careers of John Waters, Divine, Sylvester and many more; Jewelle Gomez, the author, poet and playwright whose novel "The Gilda Stories" helped define the term Afrofuturism and whose latest play "Unpacking in P-Town" is currently being produced at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center; and Seth Eisen, the founder of Eye Zen Productions known for creating a hybrid form of theater that combines live performance and visual media. Eisen's current award-winning project, OUT of Site, takes place in site-specific locations, telling pieces of LGBGQ history.
"San Francisco's queer arts legacy has a rich and complex history and has brought artists like Divine, Sylvester and Kiki and Herb to national attention. Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" first premiered in San Francisco and Michael Tilson Thomas was the first openly gay conductor of a major symphony orchestra," stated SFGMC Artistic Director Jacob Stensberg. "But our queer arts legacy runs deeper than the names that have broken through and with our continuing Memory Keepers Initiative, the trail-blazing people who have defined every corner of the Bay Area's artistic scene, come alive and give hope and inspiration to new generations."
In addition to the 90-minute interactive panel discussion, attendees are encouraged to remain afterwards and record their own stories about queer history in the Bay Area. Volunteers will be on hand to audio or video record anyone with a story to tell and a desire to share it for posterity.
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The Memory Keepers Initiative is an oral history project that uplifts and preserves the stories of our community's visionary LGBTQ+ elders in order to foster intergenerational connection among LGBTQ+ communities and allies, as well as inspire a bigger, brighter future by learning and understanding of our collective history.
The evening will include Srumbly Koldewyn, one of the original founders of The Cockettes, the legendary performance group whose sold-out shows caused a sensation and set a tone for a new type of queer performance, launching the careers of John Waters, Divine, Sylvester and many more; Jewelle Gomez, the author, poet and playwright whose novel "The Gilda Stories" helped define the term Afrofuturism and whose latest play "Unpacking in P-Town" is currently being produced at San Francisco's New Conservatory Theatre Center; and Seth Eisen, the founder of Eye Zen Productions known for creating a hybrid form of theater that combines live performance and visual media. Eisen's current award-winning project, OUT of Site, takes place in site-specific locations, telling pieces of LGBGQ history.
"San Francisco's queer arts legacy has a rich and complex history and has brought artists like Divine, Sylvester and Kiki and Herb to national attention. Tony Kushner's "Angels in America" first premiered in San Francisco and Michael Tilson Thomas was the first openly gay conductor of a major symphony orchestra," stated SFGMC Artistic Director Jacob Stensberg. "But our queer arts legacy runs deeper than the names that have broken through and with our continuing Memory Keepers Initiative, the trail-blazing people who have defined every corner of the Bay Area's artistic scene, come alive and give hope and inspiration to new generations."
In addition to the 90-minute interactive panel discussion, attendees are encouraged to remain afterwards and record their own stories about queer history in the Bay Area. Volunteers will be on hand to audio or video record anyone with a story to tell and a desire to share it for posterity.
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