Chicago's OutLoud launch Sept. 18
StoryCorpsan independent nonprofit whose mission is to provide people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share and preserve the stories of their liveswill launch its LGBTQ component, OutLoud, on Thursday, Sept. 18, at Marwen, 833 N. Orleans St., 6:30-9 p.m.
OutLoud is a multi-year initiative dedicated to recording and preserving LGBTQ stories.
La Tony of The Gay Agenda will emcee the event; YEPP and Saya Naomi are slated to perform.
The event is free but RSVPs are required; see www.Eventbrite.com and search for "StoryCorps Chicago OutLoud Launch."
LGBT book-discussion group forms in Evanston
Former Evanston Arts Commissioner Greg Salustro leads a monthly discussion of books and plays by or about members of the GLBT community. The inaugural title is Oscar Wilde's classic farce, The Importance of Being Earnest.
The program is Tuesday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m., in the small reading room at the Main Library, 1703 Orrington Ave., Evanston.
Copies are available at the Ra desk on the second floor; to register or reserve a copy, call 847-448-8620 or register online.
The program is the first Tuesday of each month. Future meetings involve Rita Mae Brown's Rubyfruit Jungle Nov. 11; James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room Jan. 13; Virginia Woolf's Orlando Feb. 1; Christopher Isherwood's A Single Man March 10; and Audre Lorde's Sister Outsider April 14.
Local authors read in 'Disability Experience'
Bodies of Work and Access Living will present "Writing the Disability Experience" Friday, Sept. 26, 6-8 p.m. at Access Living, 115 W. Chicago Ave.
Riva Lehrer will be sharing excerpts from her memoir-in-progress, Golem Girl Gets Lucky. Lehrer is best known as a portrait artist, curator and educator. Her work focuses on issues of physical identity and the socially challenged body.
Also, Sarah Michael Hollenbeck ( a new co-owner of Women & Children First Bookstore ) will be reading from her essay "A Goldmine," which compares and contrasts her experience of disability with that of local playwright/educator Todd Bauer.
Call 312-640-2100 for more info.