Event: Legends of Drag
In celebration of NYC Pride Month, the New York City AIDS Memorial partnered with the creative team behind the new portrait book Legends of Drag to present a live, on-site, live revue at the Memorial featuring six, fabulous drag elders.
Performance: Weavers of the Daisy Chain Chorus: Ties That Bond
Cramer and Waters conceived a durational performance/installation in collaboration with members of their “queer-skinned kitchen band,” NYOBS. For several hours, the ensemble wove a tapestry of ribbons, sound, movement, music, and text throughout the Memorial site, evoking the tradition of 1960s-era Happenings.
Event: Jim Hodges: Craig’s closet Opening Celebration
Celebration of the opening of Jim Hodges: Craig’s closet with a public concert featuring Tender Ness and Jamie Reynolds.
Performance: Open Rehearsal: John Bernd Variations
Co-presented with Danspace Project, choreographers Ishmael Houston-Jones and Miguel Gutierrez in collaboration with musician Nick Hallett to adapted excerpts of the celebrated work of John Bernd.
Event: World AIDS Day 2022
Our annual World AIDS Day observance with partners Housing Works and Queer Soup Night
Event: Community AIDS Memorial Quilt-Making Workshops
Two days of artist-led Community AIDS Memorial Quilt-Making Workshops at the Whitney Museum.
Exhibition: Steven Evans - Song for a Memorial
This newly commissioned neon installation explored the intersection of language, music, and memory.
Performance: Neil Greenberg - The Disco Project Remix
This remix staged elements of Greenberg’s original choreography in response to the site.
Event: Dance for a Memorial
This free, community silent disco celebrated Pride with DJs Lady Bunny and Lina Bradford
Event: Meet Me on the Dance Floor - presented with The Generations Project
Five storytellers shared tales of nightlife, partying, and connecting under the disco ball.
Event: The League at the NYC AIDS Memorial - Free Sketch
A free, open-air live sketch event for Pride Month.
Event: Words Of Remembrance: New Yorkers Living with HIV Read from the Work of Those We've Lost to AIDS
Tim Murphy curated an evening of poetry in honor of World AIDS Day
Event: Unquestioning Love: An Auction to Benefit the New York City AIDS Memorial
Our benefit auctions took place at Christie’s on November 9 & 12, 2021
Event: Unquestioning Love Benefit Auction Launch
A cocktail reception and dinner celebrating our upcoming fundraising auction.
Talk: Bill Goldstein on Larry Kramer and AIDS Activism
Kramer’s biographer talks about his early activism.
Event: A Village Gathering - To Honor and Remember
Community partners gathered to remember 9/11.
Event: Kikiball with Performance Space New York and the Alliance for Positive Change
Celebrating the kiki scene this Pride Month with contests and free HIV testing.
Event: The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Marching Band Pop-Up Performance for Pride 2021
Our very own LGBTQ+ marching band performed for Pride Month.
Event: REVIVAL: Survivors’ Stories - Presented with The Generations Project
Survivors and caretakers storytelling on June 5, June 30, and October 12, 2021