Sylvester sings at the Castro Street Fair, ca. 1980; photo by Robert Pruzan, Robert Pruzan Collection (1998-36), GLBT Historical Society.

To celebrate the birthday of the iconic San Francisco disco diva Sylvester (1947–1988), join us at this event that will highlight the GLBT Historical Society’s archival holdings documenting the singer’s life and times. In a recorded video, the society’s registrar Ramón Silvestre will present some of the Sylvester-related objects in our Art & Artifacts Collection. We will also be presenting clips of some of our archival footage, including a scarce video of what was waggishly billed as the diva’s 40th birthday celebration in 1987—although the star was only 38 at the time. This footage features some moving clips of Sylvester performing sentimental standards backed by a jazz band.

SPEAKERS

A full list of speakers will be available soon.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE

This event will take place online. After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with a link and instructions on how to join the Zoom webinar as an attendee. The event will also be livestreamed on our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/GLBTHistory/ and then archived on our YouTube page at https://bit.ly/2UyGVbG.

ADMISSION

Free | Suggested donation of $5.00

Register online here: https://bit.ly/2P9RiiD

The event is limited to 500 attendees.

ASL INTERPRETATION

ASL interpretation provided upon request. Please write at least three days in advance of event to leigh@glbthistory.org.

JOIN THE GLBT HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Become a member of the GLBT Historical Society for free museum and program admission, discounts in the museum shop and other perks: www.glbthistory.org/memberships.