Pride Month Celebrations with ArtsQuest
Friday, June 3rd
Draggin’ With The Divas
Draggin’ with the Divas is a drag show featuring music performed by some of our favorite Queens covering Queens. Queens Elektra Fearce St. James, Sharron Ann Husbands, Georgia Versace Couture, & Shanae Morgan will perform the music of legendary Artists like Cher, Miranda Priestly, Diana Ross and more. You don’t want to miss this!
On Display
May 21st- August 14th
Queering Care
What does care look like within the queer community? What does it mean to care for someone, something, or yourself?
QUEERING CARE invites artists to explore how queer communities have, and continue to, expand, reframe, and redefine what it means to care for one another – as a form of affection, strategy for survival, and beyond. In the face of anti-LGBTQ oppression, collective care is a tool for protection and sustenance as government and institutions neglect queer communities. From the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s to the 1990s, to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, LGBTQ people are impacted disproportionately by catastrophes, with those holding multiple marginalized identities including race, gender, class, and ability facing exacerbated effects by unjust systems. Under these contexts, care within the community is a radical act of solidarity and a strategy for survival and resistance against oppression. By “queering” ideas of care and community, we interrogate our individual roles in our circles, how we approach our relationships with one another, and confront the failures of institutions to effectively care for their people. How do you care within your community, and how has the community cared for you?
Free Films Coming Up in the LGBTQ+ Film Series:
Representation matters. In the ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ justice, visibility is a powerful tool for shattering stigmas, changing perceptions and fostering acceptance. The world of cinema has long served an important role in this pursuit through representation, affirming lives, making the invisible visible, and inviting audiences into histories and experiences beyond their own.
Upcoming Films….
⭐ Pride – Tuesday, June 7th
2014 | R | 1 hr 59 min
Directed by: Matthew Warchus
Starring: Bill Nighy, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, Paddy Considine
⭐ Pier Kids – Tuesday, June 14th
Directed by: Elegance Bratton
Starring: Starring Krystal Dixon, DeSean Irby, Jusheem Thorne
2019 | NR | 1 hr 36 min
⭐ Shiva Baby – Tuesday, June 21st
2020 | NR | 1 hr 17 min
Directed by: Emma Seligman
Starring: Rachel Sennot, Molly Gordon, Polly Draper, Dianna Agron, Fred Malamed
⭐ A Night With Curt McDowell –
Tuesday June 28th
1971 to 1973 | R | 1 hr 30 min
A night of films from director Curt McDowell.
