Join us on Saturday February 8th at 5:00 PM to celebrate the opening of Gerber/Hart’s newest exhibit! “Forbidden Love at the Desert’s Edge” presents Hal Shipman’s innovative photography-based work, inspired by found archives. The opening reception will feature an artist’s…
Join us for our first Community Play Reading at Gerber/Hart! We will be reading Angels in America by Tony Kushner together and have a short discussion after. Come to read or just to listen! Part One: Millennium Approaches, Saturday January…
Join Read & Run Chicago, Gerber/Hart Library & Archives, and Betsy Tomszak of Books with Betsy on Thursday, January 16th, at 5:45 PM for a 3-mile running route inspired by Rebecca Makkai’s award-winning novel, The Great Believers with a post-run…
Gerber/Hart will be closed on the following days: Wednesday 12/25Wednesday 1/1 We otherwise plan to be open for our usual hours on Wednesdays (6-9 PM), Thursdays (6-9 PM), Fridays (12-4 PM), and Saturdays (10 AM – 4 PM) Please be…
Join Chicago Public Library on Saturday, December 14th, from 2 – 3:30 PM at the Merlo Branch (644 W. Belmont Avenue) for a discussion with Oakley Marton, former Archives Intern for the Gerber/Hart Library and Archives and creator of the…
Join us at Chicago History Museum on Tuesday, December 10th, at 6 PM for a panel discussion celebrating 100 years since Henry Gerber founded the Society for Human Rights in 1924. Many people believe that the fight for LGBTQIA+ rights…
Gerber/Hart is so excited to be co-presenting the last screening of 2024 of Fetish Film Forum on Saturday 12/21 at our neighbors, the Leather Archives and Museum! This holiday double feature exploring the kinky sensibilities of Tim Burton and begins…
Are you ready for a night that totally sleighs? Join Ring of Keys and Gerber Hart Library at Dorothy on December 14th at 6:30pm for Dyke the Halls: a Night of Queer Caroling and Resistance! This celebration of queer holiday…
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,…
Join us at Gerber/Hart for Board Gaymes at the Archives on Saturday, December 14th, from 1-4 PM! Bring your own board game or play one of ours! See you on 12/14 at Gerber/Hart!