Hollywood’s Closet: A GLBT Film Journey
The Dallas Public Library’s GLBT Adult Programming Committee hosts a series of classic Hollywood films spanning five decades
and historically significant for their varied treatments of gay/lesbian/bisexual themes and subtexts.
Arnold Wayne Jones, film critic for the
Dallas Voice, will introduce the showings.
All showings begin at
2:00pm in the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library’s 1st floor auditorium,
1515 Young Street. Admission is free.
For more information, please call 214-670-1662.
- The Films
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 Children’s Hour (1961), starring Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine
A psychotic socialite dreams up a murder scheme and convinces a hapless tennis player to join him.
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 man’s 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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Previous Events
- 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.
- Q Pride
Film Festival
Setember - November 2007
The Dallas Public Library’s 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 showings.
The Films:
September 22
Rent (2005), starring Adam Pascal, Anthony Rapp, and Jesse L. Martin
Based 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 can’t 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.
- 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.
- 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,
2006
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 Houston’s graduate
program.
Over 40 individuals attended Mark Doty’s lecture
at the Dallas Public Library’s GLBT Author’s 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, & 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 & 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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Contact us
Please call 214-670-1662 for information about our events and any
other questions you may have about our group. You may also email us at glbt@dallaslibrary.org.
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DPL GLBT Adult Programming Committee Mission
Statement
The GLBT Committee of the Dallas Public Library
strives to enhance the quality of life for the GLBT population of
Dallas by providing
cultural and educational programs that enlighten, inspire, and
foster a sense of community. It also aims at highlighting the role
the Dallas Public Library can play in this endeavor, by sponsoring
events relevant to the GLBT community and encouraging attendants to
use library resources in order to strengthen the community.
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