Live Wire

Letters to Langston: Snapshots of an LGBT Life

Thursday, June 14 at 6:30 pm

Apollo Live Wire celebrates Harlem's LGBT community, its friends and neighbors with a presentation on Langston Hughes by Harlem historian and Columbia University Community Scholar, John Reddick.

Letters to Langston: Snapshots of an LGBT Life will reflect on Hughes' LGBT friends, colleagues, and romantic associations as viewed through the "camera" lens of his friend, long-time letter correspondent and photographer Carl Van Vechten. The presentation will also include readings of Hughes poetry and musical selections.

Presented in collaboration with Harlem Pride.

**REGISTRATION IS NOW FULL.

A stand-by line will be available on the day of the event. 

**Doors open at 6 pm. Seating is first come, first seated.

**Registration does not guarantee entry. Latecomers are admitted at the discretion of the Management.

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Photo Credit: Carl Van Vechten, 1936, Library of Congress