West Hollywood continues the online Pride Month Celebration with One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts on a ‘Virtual Platform’ through June 30.
Each year the city celebrates the artistic contributions of the LGBTQ community. Due to the coronavirus crisis, all festival events have moved to an online to respond to the City of West Hollywood’s efforts to prioritize health and public safety. A complete list of this year’s One City One Pride festival events is available at www.weho.org/pride.
There are two weeks remaining in the Festival. Upcoming events for One City One Pride include:
1) Pride Poets. Every Friday in June 2020, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Pride Poets write and perform spontaneous poems based on a queer history interview. RSVP at www.weho.org/pride. Upcoming historians include:
- Friday, June 26, 2020 – Marie Cartier, historian, author of Baby You are My Religion: Women, Gay Bars, and Theology Before Stonewall.
Pride Poets will also produce Pride Poets’ Poetry Care Packages from Quarantine, responding to custom poem requests from the public. To request a custom poem fill out the form available at pride.weho.org/pride-poets. Finally, Pride Poets will curate a half-dozen poem excerpts to produce WeHo Chalk Poetry on sidewalks throughout the City for passersby to enjoy. - On Saturday, June 20, 2020 and Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 4 p.m. virtual readings of plays chosen from blind submissions by an esteemed panel of judges will make up the ALAP (Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights) Pride Playreading Festival. Saturday will feature readings of short plays and Sunday will feature a virtual reading of a full-length play. The short plays on Saturday, June 20, 2020 are Dandy and the Queen by David LeBarron; TheDawning of the Age of Ganymede by Lucy Wang; Forbidden Love by Michael P. Adams; Miss Julie by Jule Selbo; Statler and Waldorf Attend the Theatre by Rom Watson; and Sweet’s Sweets by Nicole Matarese. The Sunday, June 21, 2020 full-length play is Sick by Dahn Hiuni. To RSVP, send an email message to [email protected] with your full name and whether you would like to attend the short play readings, the full-length play, or both no later than 5 p.m. the day before each event, and you’ll be sent a Zoom link.
- On Saturday, June 27, 2020 at 7 p.m., New Stages and the LA LGBT Center Senior Services Department present Out of the Dark, a virtual online event featuring LGBTQ seniors sharing their coming out experiences through song and storytelling, RSVP at www.weho.org/pride.
- A virtual panel discussion sponsored by Outfest about the legendary store, Circus of Books, will include conversation with Circus of Books owners Karen and Barry Mason, documentarian Rachel Mason, and transgender activist Buck Angel and will close out the One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 6 p.m. RSVP at www.weho.org/pride.
The One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival is organized by the City of West Hollywood.
The City of West Hollywood has declared a local emergency in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. While Los Angeles County is allowing for a phased reopening of some businesses and activities, coronavirus transmission and COVID-19 disease remain a serious risk.
When in public, community members should maintain your space with social (physical) distancing of at least six feet, and cover your face to adhere to City requirements for the use of face coverings. Face coverings are not required for young children under two-years-old; children between two- and eight-years-old should only wear face coverings with adult supervision; and people with certain medical conditions are exempt from this requirement. Public Health officials recommend cloth face coverings so that medical-grade and N95 masks may be prioritized in the supply chain for healthcare workers and first responders.
The City encourages residents to remain home as much as is practical and limit close contact with others outside of a household. Additionally, people 65 years old or older and all people of any age with underlying health conditions should remain at home whenever possible; people in these categories should only leave their residences to seek medical care, exercise, or obtain food or other necessities.
West Hollywood City Hall is currently closed to the public and has suspended all in-person transactions. Most public City buildings, playgrounds, parks, and facilities remain closed. City Hall will remain accessible for business and essential services with transactions to be conducted by phone (323) 848-6400 and via the City’s website at www.weho.org.
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