Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 7pm Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, 6500 N Clark Gerber/Hart’s award-winning podcast Unboxing Queer History is back for Season 2, and you’re invited to celebrate! Join us for an exclusive first-listen of a new episode and…
Thursday, April 17, 2025 from 7 PM – 10 PM at Sidetrack (3349 N Halsted St, Chicago) Join our Board, staff and volunteers at Sidetrack to celebrate the independence and importance of Gerber/Hart Library and Archives! Enjoy food, drinks, entertainment,…
The Library at Gerber/Hart is the first thing most of our patrons experience: shelves upon shelves of books representing every topic and genre – from medical textbooks to celebrity biographies, romance novels to literary fiction, children’s books for all ages,…
Friday, October 18, 2024 at 7pm Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, 6500 N Clark Join us as we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Society for Human Rights, and the 30th Anniversary of LGBT History Month! In 1924, Henry Gerber formed…
Thanks to our supporters, Gerber/Hart Library and Archives provides free access to thousands of titles in our library, preserves LGTBQ+ history in Chicago and the Midwest, and hosts free or low-cost community events throughout the year. We are a hub…
Courage in Community: The Gerber/Hart Spring Soiree Thursday, April 18, 2024 from 7 PM – 10 PM at Sidetrack (3349 N Halsted St, Chicago) Join the Board, staff and volunteers of Gerber/Hart Library and Archives at Sidetrack to celebrate the…
Join us on Friday, February 16th, for an author talk and reading with Drs. Courtney and Lee Wells! A Kids Book About Pronouns: Pronouns are a meaningful part of identifying who we are. We can’t know someone’s pronouns just by…
The Library at Gerber/Hart is the first thing most of our patrons experience: shelves upon shelves of books representing every topic and genre – from medical textbooks to celebrity biographies, romance novels to literary fiction, children’s books for all ages,…
Friday, October 13, 2023 at 7PM Gerber/Hart Library and Archives, 6500 N Clark Please join us as we celebrate a transformational year for Gerber/Hart, and premiere our new exhibit “Art from the Archives”! This exhibit will feature the work of Jose…
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:…