Saturday, October 22, 2022 - 2:00PM to 5:00PM EST
In Loving Memory of Damien Lopez
Gathering at Wright's Field to begin our March through town with a symbolic, honorary walk onto Fairview Schools' playground - the only playground in which Damien attended from grades k-6 & spent his entire childhood growing and learning on - through the downtown/center of Bloomfield - to the Bloomfield Public Library where we will commence, have speakers - including Jamie, Damien's mom, literature & many other relatable entities & tables, widespread information will be readily available as well, etc.
*THE FOLLOW STARTING ROUTE IS NOW ALL TBD, WITH HOPES FOR APPROVAL DUE TO HIGH SIGNIFICANCE TO THE FAMILY & FRIENDS/FOLLOWERS* (definite ending location will be at Bloomfield Public Library)
Contact @damiensvoice on ig OR Damiensvoice2022@gmail.com For more information and updates.
]]>Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - 6:30PM 8:00PM EST
Bloomfield Public Library wanted to give everyone a heads up that the Queer Book Club will be on the second Tuesday of each month starting in March.
We'll be reading “All My Mother's Lovers” by Ilana Masad and copies can be requested at the library. We'll determine if it will be in person or on Zoom closer to the event date, but if anyone can only come for one or the other please let us know and I'll take that into consideration.
About "All My Mother's Lovers"
Intimacy has always eluded twenty-seven-year-old Maggie Krause—despite being brought up by married parents, models of domestic bliss—until, that is, Lucia came into her life. But when Maggie’s mom, Iris, dies in a car crash, Maggie returns home only to discover a withdrawn dad, an angry brother, and, along with Iris's will, five sealed envelopes, each addressed to a mysterious man she’s never heard of.
In an effort to run from her own grief and discover the truth about Iris—who made no secret of her discomfort with her daughter's sexuality—Maggie embarks on a road trip, determined to hand-deliver the letters and find out what these men meant to her mother. Maggie quickly discovers Iris’s second, hidden life, which shatters everything Maggie thought she knew about her parents’ perfect relationship. What is she supposed to tell her father and brother? And how can she deal with her own relationship when her whole world is in freefall?
Told over the course of a funeral and shiva, and written with enormous wit and warmth, All My Mother's Lovers is the exciting debut novel from fiction writer and book critic Ilana Masad. A unique meditation on the universality and particularity of family ties and grief, and a tender and biting portrait of sex, gender, and identity, All My Mother's Lovers challenges us to question the nature of fulfilling relationships.
For more information please visit the website:
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June 27, 2021 - 11:00AM to 1:00PM EST
Last year, the car parade, co-sponsored by Bloomfield Pride, was such a success that we are rebooting it and adding a casual schmooze afterward at Brookdale Park. All LGBTQ+ people and their allies are welcome to join.
Everyone will line up on Broad Street at Temple Ner Tamid in our decorated cars (info on decorating your cars to be provided), a predetermined route will also be provided, and a downloadable playlist as well.
You're invited to celebrate Pride month in any way you may feel comfortable, which may include displaying signs/flags on your lawns, or in your windows as we pass by in our cars. We will end the parade at Brookdale Park for a casual schmooze. Feel free to bring your own drinks and food, games, blankets, etc.
Please sign up on the link below for updated information and time.
https://www.nertamid.org/form/carparade
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