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Actor, filmmaker, and icon of 1910s sapphic hollywood Alla Nazimova returns earthside to host one last blowout party at her famed estate, affectionately known as the Garden of Alla. Alla's home was a long-beloved gathering ground for queers and sapphics in the 1910's and 20's, where our ancestors indulged in art, philosophy, and each other. Come visit with the Russian-American Broadway star, producer, and cinephile as she takes us on a retrospective of the Garden's legacy - a lavender marriage that ended in heartbreak, a rise and fall from fame, and lovers that became enshrined in her eponymous "sewing circles." Based on archival research and told in the words and writings of Alla herself, all are invited to reminisce and reanimate these memories of queer intimacy to refuse their historical silencing.
5122 Springfield Ave
General Admission: $20
PWYC Options
5122 Springfield Ave
General Admission: $20
PWYC Options
Lorn Ruhnke is a researcher and queer anthropologist by training, amateur performer and salonnier by curiosity. They enjoy bringing stories of sapphic history and queer sociality out of the archives and into collective life, honoring the lessons they teach us about relational politics and resistance today. They look to theater as a space to co-create inspiration among artists and audiences, building our imaginative capacity to create worlds that resist imperialist capitalism and rebuild with abundance.
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Adult Language
systems of oppression, homophobia
This event does not require masks to be worn