Meet photographer Thomas Alleman for a lecture and discussion about his exhibit, Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws: Gay San Francisco, 1985-1988. This exhibit celebrates San Francisco’s gay community in the mid-eighties. The photos show a moment in San Francisco’s social history when the first wave of the AIDS epidemic crashed onto the Castro. These photos chronicle a blizzard of protests and demonstrations, vigils and marches and sit-ins, as the community struggled for social and political recognition of the crisis. But his exhibit also shows the parties and bar-scenes, drag shows and Halloween evenings and the artists who were creating a home-grown, alternate gay culture that spoke directly to the experiences and aspirations of Castro audiences with life affirming joy.
Related exhibit: Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws: Gay San Francisco, 1985-1988, Main Library, Jewett Gallery, December 1, 2012 - February 10, 2013.
Related Exhibitions and Events
- Woman King
- Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Main Library, Latino/Hispanic B - Peony poetry reading and book talk
- Saturday, June 8, 2013
Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Rms A & B - Islands of the Bay
- Saturday, June 8, 2013
Visitacion Valley - Bay Area Authors Speak Out
- Sunday, June 9, 2013
Main Library, Koret Auditorium - An Insider’s Guide to San Francisco’s Chinatown
- Monday, June 10, 2013
Sunset - Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father
- Thursday, June 20, 2013
Main Library, Latino/Hispanic Rms A & B
