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Barbie Exhibition Survey: A Call for Community Input

How excited are you for the new Barbie movie? I know we can’t wait! In fact, we’re so excited that two of our volunteers, Olivia and Steven, are currently working on a temporary exhibition and accompanying zine to be revealed…

Queer Elder History Panel at Dorothy Downstairs

We are so excited to be partnering with Dorothy, an amazing  neighborhood lesbian cocktail lounge in West Town for a Queer Elder History Panel on Thursday, June 15th, at 7 PM! Gerber/Hart volunteer Kaitlyn Griffith will lead a conversation with…

Daddy is a State of Mind…6/17 Booksale!

What better way to celebrate Pride Month than with a Gerber/Hart booksale? Get ready to stock your shelves! This Father’s Day weekend, celebrate with a very special Gerber/Hart booksale! In addition to great deals on LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ fiction, non-fiction,…

Give OUT Day 2023 is here!

Happy Pride 2023! As the largest LGBTQ+ library and archives in the Midwest, June is always an exciting month at Gerber/Hart – and we are thrilled to share some of that exciting news now:  Our acclaimed podcast Unboxing Queer History…

Gerber/Hart Closed During Spring Benefit

Please note: Gerber/Hart will be closed Thursday, April 20th, while we celebrate our Spring Benefit off-site at Sidetrack! We will reopen for regular operating hours on Friday, April 21st, from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM. We hope to see you…

Author Talk with James Klise and Kim Oclon

Gerber/Hart is excited to host authors James Klise and Kim Oclon on Saturday, May 6th at 1:00 PM. Both I’ll Take Everything You Have and The War on All Fronts are LGBTQ+ YA coming of age stories set in the Midwest. Join us to…

Bernie & G.: A Life in Photos, Before Stonewall

Board member Jacqui Shine recently wrote about processing an incoming donation of photos from an estate sale. The album of photos shows a truly beautiful look inside a couple’s life in the early 1960s. Thank you to Jacqui for processing…

Yvonne Zipter Poetry Reading & Open Archives Tour

Join us on Saturday, March 25th, at 2 PM for the release of Yvonne Zipter’s new poetry collection as well as an inside look at her archival collection at Gerber/Hart! Enjoy snacks after the reading as well as delicious beverages…