OP Dialogues – Music, Dance, Conversation

Join Opera Parallèle, RAWdance, community historians, & activists at the Chan National Queer Arts Center for a night of queer performance and conversation. Opera Parallèle shares a deep dive into their upcoming opera production of Fellow Travelers, featuring poignant excerpts from the opera by Jonathan Pierce Rhodes. And RAWdance shares two duets from Loving Still (2023), inspired by the evocative photographs in Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850s-1950s. Delve into pre-Stonewall LGBT history with insights from local community historian Mason J, Castro LGBT Cultural District Director Tina Valentin Aguirre and Amy Whelan Esq., Senior Staff Attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights in conversation with OP Scholar in Residence Michael Mohammed. Don’t miss this immersive fusion of art and conversation celebrating the resilience and beauty of LGBTQ+ culture.

This event is sponsored by the GLBT History Museum & Archives.

Header image by Robbie Sweeny