WHEN MAIN STREET WAS GAY: A Walking Tour
History / Heritage - Trip/Tour
Saturday, November 2, 2019
11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Worcester PopUp Gallery
20 Franklin Street
Worcester, MA 01608
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Join WPI Professor and LGBTQ+ Worcester FOR THE RECORD co-curator, Joe Cullon, for a walking tour of LGBTQ+ downtown Worcester. Follow the paths of early bar hoppers, community builders, cruisers, and Pride marchers as they cautiously and sometimes defiantly navigated the blocks around Worcesters Main Street in pursuit of sociability, spiritual fellowship, sexual pleasure, and political rights between 1950s and 1990s. A digital companion to the tour will help bring the sites of early LGBTQ+ Worcester to life. LGBTQ+ exhibit open prior to program from 5-7PM.
Cost: $5 (includes free admission to exhibit at WHM after the tour)
Suggested Audiences:Elders, Adult, College, High School, Middle School
E-mail:info@worcesterhistory.net
Phone: 508-753-8278
Last Modified: October 23, 2019 at 12:44 PM
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WHEN MAIN STREET WAS GAY: A Walking Tour
History / Heritage - Trip/Tour
Saturday, November 2, 2019
11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Worcester PopUp Gallery
20 Franklin Street
Worcester, MA 01608
Google Maps - MapQuest
Join WPI Professor and LGBTQ+ Worcester FOR THE RECORD co-curator, Joe Cullon, for a walking tour of LGBTQ+ downtown Worcester. Follow the paths of early bar hoppers, community builders, cruisers, and Pride marchers as they cautiously and sometimes defiantly navigated the blocks around Worcesters Main Street in pursuit of sociability, spiritual fellowship, sexual pleasure, and political rights between 1950s and 1990s. A digital companion to the tour will help bring the sites of early LGBTQ+ Worcester to life. LGBTQ+ exhibit open prior to program from 5-7PM.
Cost: $5 (includes free admission to exhibit at WHM after the tour)
Suggested Audiences:Elders, Adult, College, High School, Middle School
E-mail:info@worcesterhistory.net
Phone: 508-753-8278
Last Modified: October 23, 2019 at 12:44 PM
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