Author Michael Lee in conversation with Leah Garchik and Randy Alfred

Name: Author Michael Lee in conversation with Leah Garchik and Randy Alfred
Start: 2024-10-08T18:00:00-07:00
Location: 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102

Schedule

Tue Oct 08 2024 at 06:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA, United States, California 94102 | San Francisco, CA

Michael Lee’s first book, When the Band Played On: The Life of Randy Shilts, America's Trailblazing Gay Journalist, details the intimate life story of Randy Shilts, whose trailblazing journalism brought the story of Harvey Milk, the political gamesmanship of the early AIDS crisis and the persecution of LGBTQ+ service members into the public consciousness. A gifted and engaging storyteller, Lee shares his journey to becoming Shilts’s biographer, which led him to visit multiple archives and conduct original interviews with over 70 sources. Joining him for this event are two of those sources, San Francisco journalists Leah Garchik and Randy Alfred, to share their reflections on Randy Shilts and discuss his legacy as one of the most influential and controversial chroniclers of LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS history, politics and culture.
Come early for a hands-on history tour of the Randy Shilts Papers led by the Hormel Center archivist in the SF History Center on the 6th floor. 4:30-5:30 p.m. Drop in, no reservation required.