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Past GLBT Adult Programming Events
2nd Annual Cedar Springs ArtFest
Saturday, April 24, 2010
10:00am to 5:00pm
Entry is free to the Cedar Springs Art Festival. The event features artwork, artists, fun, food, drinks, and entertainment!
For more information, visit the ArtFest page!
Staff from the Dallas Public Library will be at the event, so come on out and say "Hi," and pick up a GLBT reading list!
Unlawful Discrimination Practices (Related to Sexual Orientation)
Oak Lawn Branch Library
March 27, 2010
Presented by Chalisa D. Warren, City of Dallas Fair Housing Office Senior Public Information Representative.
Dallas's Fair Housing Office enforces the City's Human Relations Ordinance, known as "Chapter 46," which prohibits discrimination in employment, housing, or public accommodation on the basis of sexual orientation.
Chalisa D.Warren will offer an informational overview of the Ordinance, including examples of discrimination based on sexual orientation, and answer audience questions. Admission is free.
This program is co-sponsored by the Dallas Public Library’s GLBT Adult Programming Committee.
Reading of the Play Hopelessly Puccini
September 29, 2009
Central Library, Auditorium
Hopelessly Puccini was first produced in Dallas in March, 2009. It is a romantic comedy about four men sharing a weekend together when they become showed in. Youth, age, past, and present are explored interms of where each has been, where he is going, and where they hope to be on the subject of love.
Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade and Festival
September 20, 2009
Cordell Adams Author Visit
July 28, 2009
Author Cordell Adams visited as part of the Central Library's Tuesdays@Central events.
Hollywood's Closet: A Film Journey
The Dallas Public Library's GLBT Adult Programming Committee hosted a series of classic Hollywood films spanning five decades and historically significant for their varied treatments of gay/lesbian/bisexual themes and subtexts. The film series ran from September 13 through November 22, 2007.
Arnold Wayne Jones, film critic for the Dallas Voice, introduced each film.
September 13
Rope (1948), starring James Stewart and Farley Granger
Two men sharing an apartment commit a perfect murder as a lark, and then invite their friends to a dinner party, assuming they will never be discovered.
September 27
Strangers On a Train (1951), starring Farley Granger and Robert Walker
A psychotic socialite dreams up a murder scheme and convinces a hapless tennis player to join him.
October 11
The Childrens Hour (1961), starring Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine
A young girl causes chaos when she accuses two teachers of being lesbians.
October 25
Cabaret (1972), starring Liza Minnelli and Michael York
A Berlin female club entertainer is romanced by two men as the Nazi Party rises to power.
November 8
Deathtrap (1982), starring Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve
A has-been playwright devises a scheme to murder a former student and to pass off the mans new script as his own. But plans go awry.
November 22
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), starring Mary-Louise Parker and Kathy Bates
A frustrated Southern housewife finds comfort and strength in the story of two young women in 1920s Alabama whose friendship defied all the odds.
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Jen Austin: Out on the Air
Jen Austin hosts the 7 p.m. to midnight show on KDMX Mix 102.9 FM, and can also be heard Monday through Friday mornings on Dallas Pride Radio Network. She was a co-founder of the Cathedral of Hope youth group 20something, and has been profiled in the Dallas Voice and Curve Magazine.
She shared her experiences as an openly lesbian local radio host and autographed copies of her 2006 autobiography Coming Out Christian.
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Q Pride Film Festival
Setember - November 2007
The Dallas Public Librarys GLBT Adult Programming Committee hosted a
Saturday afternoon film series of contemporary and classic works
exploring the gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender experience.
Arnold Wayne Jones, film critic for the Dallas Voice, introduced the films.
September 22
Rent (2005), starring Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, and Jesse L. MartinBased on the Pulitzer-Prize winning musical by the late Jonathan Larson, this modern-day version of La Boheme tells of a group of young East Side New Yorkers dealing with life, love, and the shadow of AIDS.
October 6
In & Out (1997), starring Kevin Kline, Tom Selleck and Joan Cusack
An Academy-Award-winning actor outs his high school English teacher on national television. But Mr. Brackett is engaged, so it cant be true: can it? Now, all of America wants to know--not to mention his own hometown
October 20
Queen Christina (1933), starring Greta Garbo and John Gilbert
Young Christina becomes queen of Sweden at age 5. As an adult, she is pressured into marriage, but her true affections may lie elsewhere. Directed by Rouben Mamoulian.
November 17
Philadelphia (1993), starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
Hanks won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of a gay lawyer with AIDS who fights back when he is unjustly fired by his law firm. Washington co-stars as the homophobic attorney who becomes both his professional and personal ally.
November 24
To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newman (1995), starring Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo
Three drag queens travel cross-country until their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a small town. Thanks to their wits and costumes, they settle into their new surroundings, until a homophobic sheriff comes along.
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Out at the Library
February 1 - April 2, 2007
Out at the Library is a traveling exhibit that celebrates the 10th anniversary of the founding of the San Francisco Public Library's James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center by highlighting its collection and offering a rare look into what an archives is and how it ensures the legacy of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities. From boots worn by cross-dressing Civil War surgeon Dr. Mary Walker to classic LGBT pulp paperbacks to the 1978 appointment book of assassinated City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the objects and stories in Out at the Library offer compelling views of remarkable and ordinary lives.
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Other Past Programs
Dr. Rafael Campo
November 18, 2006
Author and physician Dr. Rafael Campo lectured on his life experiences and his authorship.
Immigration Equality
October 14, 2006
The organization Immigration Equality sponsored two programs dealing with
immigration issues facing the GLBT community.
Tom Ogletree from GLAAD
September 16, 2006
Tom Ogletree from GLAAD (Gay/Lesbian Association Against
Defamation) offered a workshop on interacting with the
media regarding GLBT issues.
Mark Doty
November 18, 2005
Mark Doty is an internationally acclaimed poet and winner of
both Great Britain's T. S. Eliot Prize and the National Book
Critics Circle Award. Doty splits his time between New York
City and in Houston, Texas, where he is John and Rebecca Moores
Professor at the University of Houstons graduate program.
Over 40 individuals attended Mark Doty's lecture at the Dallas Public
Library's GLBT Authors Series on November 19th. GLBT Committee
member, Librarian Catherine Ritchie introduces Poet Mark Doty at the Oak Lawn
Branch auditorium.
Poet Mark Doty fields a question from GLBT committee member,
Librarian David Fettke, as fellow librarian Victor Kralisz looks on.
After his Author Series lecture on November 19, 2005, poet Mark
Doty autographs a copy of his book for a lecture attendee.
Alison Bechdel
October 29, 2005
Nationally syndicated comic-strip artist and satirist Alison
Bechdel's strip, Dykes to Watch Out For, has run
continuously since 1985. Her newest book, Fun Home, was
released June 8, 2006, to critical and popular success.
Nationally syndicated comic-strip artist and satirist Alison Bechdel
poses with GLBT Committee members Cosette Ratliff, Catherine Ritchie,
and Karyn Wilkinson after her lecture on October 29, 2006.
After a well attended lecture on October 29, 2005, syndicated comic
strip artist Alison Bechdel relaxes with GLBT Committee members Karyn
Wilkinson, and Leonardo Melo at a local restaurant.
Julie Anne Peters
September 17, 2005
Julie Ann Peters is an award winning young adult novelist.
Her 2004 title Luna continues to receive critical
acclaim. Her latest novel Far From Xanadu was published
in May 2005.
Author Julie Ann Peters addresses the audience at her September 17,
2006, lecture at the Oak Lawn Branch auditorium.
Author Julie Ann Peters poses with committee members Catherine Ritchie
and Karyn Wilkinson, in front of a display of her books set up at the Oak
Lawn Branch prior to her lecture on September 17, 2005.
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