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New York, NY 10011

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ARTS & CULTURAL PROGRAMS

The Center is your cultural home base, and has been at the heart of New York City’s LGBT community since our earliest days. From our long-running Second Tuesday lecture series to premieres, panels and performances, we attract notable public figures from the arts, politics and academia to create, connect and celebrate with you.

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Center arts and cultural programs are made possible by a grant from The Kors Le Pere Foundation.

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Upcoming Events

Kidding Around Academy
Saturday, September 29, 2018, 11 a.m.

Kidding Around returns with a back to school academy where kids of all ages can flex their creative muscles. Your little ones will create custom key chains, enjoy composition notebook coloring and enroll in the School of Hard Rocks to decorate stones with paint, googly eyes and jewels. We’ll also get the mind moving with personalized thinking caps as we study the geography of the NYC area and of course place our neighborhoods!

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NEW MASCULINITIES FESTIVAL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2018

At the New Masculinities Festival, we examine the impact of expectations of masculinity on people’s lives and imagine new possibilities for gender expression. We use the power of theatre, dance, poetry, spoken word, performance art and dialogue to challenge thinking and transport participants to new worlds and perspectives.

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CAST OF CHARACTERS
AN IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION BY LIZ COLLINS
CURRENTLY ON EXHIBIT

The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center are proud to present Cast of Characters, a dramatic transformation of the Bureau by artist Liz Collins featuring a salon-style exhibition of portraits by 100+ LGBTQ artists.

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FINE BRIGHT DAY: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ALICE AUSTEN

Interpretive text by Donald Moffett, Lillian Faderman, Laura Wexler, Richard Meyer, Liza Cowan, Paul Moakley, Keith Glutting, Victoria Munro, JEB, Sarah Gillespie and Mitchell Grubler. Curated by Victoria Munro.

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NYFOS NEXT: LAURA KAMINSKY & FRIENDS ON STONEWALL
TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2019, 7:30 P.M.

5 Boroughs Music Festival (5BMF), New York Festival of Song and The Center present this unique salon of contemporary songs by LGBT identified composers and librettists, curated by composer Laura Kaminsky.

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MANNING THE CANON: SONGS OF GAY LIFE
TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2019, 7:30 P.M.

This beloved program returns after its 2009 premiere in 5BMF’s third season and subsequent revival on the NYFOS mainstage. NYFOS Artistic Director Steven Blier, pianist, leads a stellar quartet of vocalists in this celebrated musical portrait of life, love and loss in the world of gay men.

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