Join staff from Chicago Public Library’s Northside Neighborhood History Collection and Gerber/Hart Library and Archives for a presentation on how to care for your own personal archives. Bring something from your own collection, such as a flyer from a concert you went to or a photo of you and yourContinue Reading
Join us on Wednesday, March 8th, at 7 PM for a conversation with Sarah Schulman at Whiskey Girl Tavern! Sarah will be joined in conversation with volunteers from Gerber/Hart Library and Archives about her fictional works, including The Cosmopolitans, Maggie Terry, Shimmer, Rat Bohemia, and The Child. Copies of Sarah’s works willContinue Reading
Join us on Wednesday, February 8th, for a virtual book conversation with author Allen Ellenzweig about groundbreaking photographer George Platt Lynes. Allen will discuss his biography, George Platt Lynes: The Daring Eye, with Professor James Polchin, author of Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall.Continue Reading
The Gerber/Hart Spring Booksale will take place on Saturday, February 11th, from 10 AM – 3:30 PM at 6500 N Clark Street! Will you be our bookish valentine? Join us for some steamy sales and support Chicago LGBTQ history! We’re leaning into the romance theme with some mystery date withContinue Reading
***Edited to include: due to the bad storm predicted, for the safety of our volunteers and staff Gerber/Hart will also be closed on Thursday December 22nd and Friday December 23rd*** Gerber/Hart will be closed on certain days in observance of the winter holidays. We will be closed on the followingContinue Reading