On-Site & Online Live Performance: Storytelling with OUTspoken
Online & On-Site Program: Storytelling With OUTspoken
May 5, 6:30 pm (CDT) | Non-Members: Museum Admission; Members: Free
For our final Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement exhibition-related program, join us for an evening of captivating stories focused on LGBTQ+ and civil rights. The program will feature a variety of storytellers taking us on their personal journeys, speaking to the power and value of people sharing their life experiences.
Participants will include:
- Archy Jamjun, Co-Curator for OUTspoken LGBTQ+ stories at Sidetrack and two-time winner of The Moth Grand Slam in Chicago
- Jackie Kaplan-Perkins, Senior Advisor for Movement Voter Project
- Mitch Hagan, Creative Director at a cyber security company and adjunct professor of graphic design at Roosevelt University
- Todd Michael Kiech, Chicago actor and performer, hand-cut collage artist (Really Gay Collage), and Sidetrack bartender
- Willa Taylor, Director of Education and Community Engagement at Goodman Theater
Hosted by Art Johnston, Co-Founder of Equality Illinois and activist & leader in Chicago’s growing LGBTQ+ community
Community Partners: 2nd Story; Evanston Public Library
Reservations are required for both on-site and online options. Members must sign in to take advantage of their member discount.
Presenting Sponsors
Supporters
Susan L. Karkomi & Marvin J. Leavitt / Karkomi Family Fund
Lester & Edward Anixter Family Foundation
Brenda & Lance Feis
Mindy & Jonathan Gray
Contributors
Bernbaum Family Charitable Fund, in honor of Harry & Harriet Bernbaum
Additional Funders
Morris & Judith Rosenzweig Family Foundation
Juliet & Michael Gray
Matthew Saleski
Laura Elizabeth Tanner
Golder Family Foundation
Media Partners
Community Partners: Center on Halsted; The Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame; Equality Illinois; The Legacy Project; Making Gay History; Or Chadash of Temple Sholom of Chicago
Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement was developed by the Newseum. The Newseum is an affiliate of the Freedom Forum, whose mission is to foster First Amendment freedoms for all. freedomforum.org
ON-SITE
Non-Members: Museum Admission; Members: Free
VIRTUAL
Non-Members: $5.00; Members: Free