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EDMUNDWHITE AT STONEWALL
fyou don’t know who Edmund White is, start
reading. And if you do know, you’ll want to meet
him when he appears at two special events at
Stonewall. On January 16, Mr. White will be the
guest of honor at an intimate fund-raising dinner;
reservations required, so sign up now. The following
afternoon, January 17, he will lecture and sign books.
See the calendar on the back page for all the details.
MEETTHENEW
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DEVELOPMENTDIRECTOR SAVE THE DATE!
Stonewall is delighted to welcome our new
Development Manager, Chad Thilborger.
Festival of
Queer Cuban Arts
February 13–16,2009
ACelebration of Cuban
Chad brings ten years of development ex-
LGBT Literature and Art
perience to Stonewall. Prior to joining our
staff, he worked with the Florida Democra-
tic Party, and he served as Director of De-
fine arts exhibition by local
velopment with the Humane Society of the
Cuban American LGBT artists including
Treasure Coast. He was also assistant di-
Alex Heria and Hildana Ciser
rector of corporate relations at Florida In-
ternational University. Chad recently
spoke at a Stonewall SNAPevent and told
internationally acclaimed songwriter
the attendees “Stonewall plays an impor-
Desmond Child
tant role in our community’shistory, and
I’m honored to help preserve and expand
this vital resource.”
photography historian
Ramiro Fernandez
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poet Richard Blanco
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scholar Rafael Diaz Casas
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writer Johnny Diaz
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! SAVE THE DATE!
NewBoardofDirectorsElected
Atits December 16 meeting, Stonewall’s board of
directors elected officers for 2009. Bob Mays will serve
as Treasurer, Steve Wahl as vice president and Chuck
Williams will serve as Stonewall’s president.
In accepting his new responsibilities, Williams said,
“I am looking forward to working closely with the
Board of Directors, our Executive Director and Develop-
ment Manager as Stonewall enters this new and exciting
chapter in its history.”
The board also added four new members, attorney
George Castrataro; Chris Wiley, a librarian at the NOAA
Miami Regional Library; Scott Melton, Associate State
Director with AARP; and David Merritt, Cataloguing
Unit Manager at the Broward Public Library.
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE:Newly elected board President
ChuckWilliams;new board members George Castrataro,
Scott Melton,David Merritt and Chris Wiley.
j a n u a r y S M TW T F S
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our new location in
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heading to one of our *starred events are free and open to the public
great events, be sure to
check if we are at 1717
Friday January 16
Andrews Avenue or at
DINNER WITH
EDMUND WHITE
1300 East Sunrise
$50 Limited seating,
Boulevard.
please call 954-763-8565
for tickets. 7:00 PMat
Friday January 2
Stonewall
BEHIND THE
Saturday January 17
LAVENDER SCREEN:
DISTINGUISHED
CINEMACLASSICS
AUTHORS LECTURE
AWoman’s Face(1941)
SERIES:
Directed by George Cukor. Joan Crawford as
EDMUND WHITE
ahorribly scarred blackmail victim. Christina, bring
2:00 PMat ArtServe
me the cold cream! 7:00 PMat Stonewall.*
auditorium; 1350 East
Sunrise Boulevard.*
Tuesday January 6
GAYLITERARY
DISCUSSION GROUP
New night! Now the first
Tuesday of each month.
Read the book, then come
discuss it. The Beautiful
Room Is Emptyby
EdmundWhite.
7:00PMat Stonewall.*
Friday January 9
OUT BOYS
MOVIE NIGHT
Screening followed by dis-
Friday January 23
cussion.Straight Men and
OUT GIRLS MOVIE NIGHT
the Men Who Love Them.
Screening and discussion. Clara’sSummer(2003,
(2005; Short films from
French with English subtitles). Girls at summer
Brazil, England, Spain and
camp have romantic adventures.
the U.S.) Simple plot. See ti-
7:00PMat Stonewall.
tle. 7:00PMat Stonewall.*
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Thursday January 15
Sunday January 28
SNAP
OPERAGROUP
Social Network of
Video screening, discussion
Active Professionals
at Stonewall at 1:00PM.
6:00-8:00 PM.Call for details: 954-763-8565.
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