* All programs are held at the South Dallas Cultural Center 3400 S. Fitzhugh Dallas Texas 75210 unless otherwise noted
Monthly Events
Queerly Speaking
8pm Every 4th Friday
A monthly spoken word event featuring black gay poets, their allies and friends.
Queer Film Series
Every 3rd Sunday 6:30pm
The Queer Film Series exists to promote awareness and support of black Queer films and filmmakers. At our monthly screenings we will view films covering a wide variety of topics ranging from gender identity and social justice to HIV/AIDS and domestic violence. From documentaries to comedies and dramas, the Queer Film Series will keep you enlightened and entertained. And don’t leave before the credits roll because at the end of each monthly screening there will be a discussion about the films and the issues they cover. Getcha popcorn ready!
Fahari Presents
the bull-jean stories multimedia adaptation
October 15-17, 2010 8:00pm
Performance artist, Q-Roc, brings Sharon Bridgforth’s “the bull-jean stories” to life in this multi-disciplinary performance artwork. Filmed stories and documentary interviews fused with live performance and visual art, will immerse the audience in the world of rural, working class bull-daggas, as they witness stories that speak to generations of masculine of center lesbians.
(Queer)note Lecture Series
Kenyon Farrow: Moving Towards a True Black Queer Liberation AIDS Activism and Beyond
April 21, 2011 7:00 pm
Kenyon Farrow has been working as an organizer, communications strategist, and writer on issues at the intersection of HIV/AIDS, prisons, and homophobia. Kenyon is the Executive Director of Queers for Economic Justice—an organization dedicated to organizing, research, and advocacy for and with low-income and working-class lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
In addition to his community work, he is the co-editor of “Letters From Young Activists: Today’s Rebels Speak Out” (Nation Books 2005) and the upcoming “A New Queer Agenda” and Stand Up! The Politics of Racial Uplift (South End Press). His work has appeared in publications such as theGrio.com, Bilerico.com, After Elton.com, Utne Reader, Black Commentator, The Indypendent, City Limits, and in the anthology, “Spirited: Affirming the Soul of Black Lesbian and Gay Identity” (Red Bone Press 2006).
Kenyon has been a panelist, lecturer and keynote speaker at many conferences and universities including New York University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Wisconsin/Madison, and Hampshire College, University of California/Berkeley, Antioch College, University of Texas at Austin, and Macalester College.
He has been honored as one of the “Movers and Shakers” in HIV/AIDS Activism in the African-American Community by The Body.com, was named as one of Out Magazine’s Out 100 for 2008, and is in this year’s Advocate Magazine’s “40 Under 40” LGBT Leaders in the United Stated.
Kenyon is a native of Cleveland, OH, but has lived in New Orleans, and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
Arts and AIDS series
Utilizing the ARTS as a medium for AIDS outreach, prevention and treatment, by provoking dialogue and community engagement.
Arts and AIDS: Spoken Word
Queerly Speaking Featuring Tim’m West Co-sponsored by The University of Texas at Dallas
October 22, 2010 8:00pm
Black, gay, feminist, HIV positive, and working class, Tim’m T. West has embraced all of who he is and, with laser-beam precision, harnessed the power of his truth to illuminate, celebrate, inspire, provoke, and bear witness. As a teacher, performance artist, author, and culture producer, Tim’m has become an exemplar among contemporary Renaissance personalities of the early 21st Century as he brings others to voice through education for critical consciousness. Indeed, that Tim’m has been interviewed by such dizzying array of media outlets from Newsweek to the New York Times is a testament to his importance to the spirit and history of the times as a foundational maverick among black, multi-disciplinary artists.
Most recently, Tim’m has been hosting the ‘Front Porch’ series, a Spoken Word/Hip-Hop/Soul showcase that has been held in DC, Chicago, Oakland, Brooklyn, Atlanta, and at various colleges and universities. He continues to teach, perform, and raise consciousness and looks forward to developing a community of progressive artists and intellectuals in Houston, TX which is where he now resides
Arts and AIDS: Film (A part of the Marlon Riggs Film Festival)
February 19, 2011 7:30 pm
Arts and AIDS: Visual Arts
April 29, 2011
Place and Time: TBD
Poz Eyes
Positive Eyes is a photography exhibit featuring works of black gay positive armature photographers. Utilizing Photography and Photo Journalism, these photographers craft works that allow the viewers to examine life through their lens.
Partner Agencies of The ARTS and AIDS Series
United Black Ellument, AIDS Arms, Inc
Fahari Fierce
Fahari Fierce: A celebration of movement
July 30, 2011 8pm Latino Cultural Center
Additional Programming and Monthly Themes
August – Black Men’s Month
October – Queer History Month
November- Black Queers & Family
February –Black History /Black AIDS Awareness
March- Black Women’s Month
April- Hate Crime Awareness
May- Queer in the Diaspora Month
June- Black Music Month
July – Black Dance Month
