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Hispanic Society: “Gay Liberation–New York City Pride Parades 1975-1976” Book Presentation

Join us for a conversation with internationally recognized multi-media artist Francisco Alvarado-Juárez about his latest book, Gay Liberation: New York City Pride Parades 1975-1976, featuring images from Francisco’s 2025 exhibition, Out of the Closets! Into the Street!: New York City Pride March 1975-1976, which was exhibited at the Hispanic Society in 2025 as the second installation for Arte en el Alto Manhattan. Featuring 18 photographs, this exhibition showcased the racial and ethnic diversity of the early Pride parades and revealed the nuanced bonds of kinship formed among marchers from disparate backgrounds.

The conversation will be moderated by New York Public Library Director of Collection Development and Global Studies, Jason Baumann,

Francisco Alvarado-Juárez is an internationally recognized multi-media New York-based artist originally from Honduras. With over 50 individual and 90 group exhibitions, his oeuvre spans painting, installation, mixed-media, and photography. Francisco’s artwork is represented in museum collections around the world including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Everson Museum of Art, the Museo Universitario del Chopo in Mexico, and the Museo Pablo Serrano in Spain. Francisco has additionally won over 25 awards, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pollock Krasner Foundation, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, the Fulbright Program, and the Monson Arts Center.

Jason Baumann is the Susan and Douglas Dillon Director for Collection Development and Global Studies. He also coordinates the Library’s LGBTQ+ Initiative, for which he has curated a number of exhibitions, including Why We Fight: Remembering AIDS Activism and Love & Resistance: Stonewall 50. He is the editor of Love and Resistance: Out of the Closet into the Stonewall Era and The Stonewall Reader. Baumann received his MLS from Queens College, his MFA in Creative Writing from City College, and his PhD in English at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Movies at the Palace: All the President’s Men

ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN ~ THE COURAGE TO FIND THE TRUTH

“The Washington Post” reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon’s resignation, screened 52 years to the day (August 9). Starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, and Jack Warden. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. Written by Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, and William Goldman. The movie runtime is 2 hours and 18 minutes, Rated PG, and will be screened on DCP, courtesy of Warner Bros. Live entertainment TBA.

 

Movies at the Palace: The Princess Bride

THE PRINCESS BRIDE ~ THE COURAGE TO FIND TWUE WUV

A bedridden boy’s grandfather reads him the story of a farmboy-turned-pirate who encounters numerous obstacles, enemies and allies in his quest to be reunited with his true love. Starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, and Mandy Patinkin. Directed by Rob Reiner. Written by William Goldman. The movie runtime is 1 hour and 38 minutes, Rated PG, and will be screened on DCP, courtesy of Criterion Pictures. Live entertainment TBA.

Virtual Parlor Chat: Freedom’s Contested Promise

Black Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution

The American Revolution was also a struggle over the meaning of freedom itself. Join acclaimed historians Dr. Alan Gilbert (author, Black Patriots and Loyalists) and Dr. Douglas Egerton (author, Death or Liberty: African Americans and Revolutionary America) for a thought-provoking conversation on the experiences of Black Patriots and Loyalists who navigated the promises and contradictions of a nation in revolution. Drawing on decades of groundbreaking scholarship, this program will explore how African Americans pursued liberty, survival, and self-determination amid war, slavery, and political upheaval.

Hispanic Society: Panel Discussion on Sandy Rodriguez “Tierra Insurgente”

Join The Hispanic Society for a panel discussion with Sandy Rodriguez and invited guest speakers about her latest exhibition, “Tierra Insurgente”.

Tierra Insurgente is the first New York City solo exhibition by Los Angeles–based Chicana artist Sandy Rodriguez. The exhibition brings Rodriguez’s contemporary practice into dialogue with rarely exhibited maps, manuscripts, globes, and codices from the Hispanic Society’s historic collection. Rodriguez works on handmade amate bark paper using natural pigments derived from minerals, plants and insects, as her art is rooted in Indigenous Mesoamerican tlacuilo (painter-scribe) traditions. Her paintings, maps and codices collapse centuries of history into a single visual field, connecting early anticolonial uprisings with contemporary struggles around migration, policing, racial justice, and climate crisis.

This event is free of charge. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to view the exhibition.

GUEST PANELISTS:

Diana Magaloni – Deputy Director at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Head Curator of the Department of Art of the Ancient Americas and Director of the museum’s Conservation Center. Specialist in Mesoamerican art and curatorial practice.

Veronica Pesantes – Writer, connector, thought leader, visionary, producer, curator, advisor, and art educator. Founder of Miami Art Hang and Decolonizing Project. Specialist in Latinx art and activism.

Ryan Pinchot – Exhibition Co-Curator and Senior Educator at the Hispanic Society. Specialist in Latin American visual culture, decoloniality, and environmental humanities.