A Night OUT at the Morgan - LGBTQ & Friends

OUT PROFESSIONALS INVITES YOU TO CELEBRATE THE ART OF PETER HUJAR AND TENNESSEE WILLIAMS — TWO LGBT ICONS, TOGETHER AT THE HISTORIC MORGAN LIBRARY. Enjoy a one-night-only visit to The Morgan Library and Museum on Murray Hill. Explore with Out Professionals the peerless photography of Peter Hujar and the personal revelations of playwright Tennessee Williams. Enjoy curator-led tours, and live music and complimentary wine in airy Gilbert Court. JOIN OUT PRO & ATTEND THIS EVENT FOR FREE! HERE'S HOW... Join at outprofessionals.org/membership and DM this page or send an email membership@outprofessionals.org with your name to claim your FREE TICKET. Offer valid only for new memberships or current renewals. See the two LGBTQ-relevant exhibitions: “Peter Hujar: Speed of Life” is the first full-scale retrospective of photographer Peter Hujar. This important and influential New York artist inhabited a world of avant garde dance, music, art and drag performance in the period between the Stonewall uprising in 1969 and the AIDS crisis of the 1980s. Known for searching portraits of such luminaries as Susan Sontag, William S. Burroughs, David Wojnarowicz and Andy Warhol, Hujar chronicled a creative subculture that was running out of time in a fast-changing city. With paintings, photographs and production stills, “Tennessee Williams: No Refuge but Writing” focuses on the years during which Williams created his masterpieces — “The Glass Menagerie,” “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright’s original drafts, private diaries and personal letters reveal an artist’s struggle for self-expression in the face of personal demons and a series of stormy relationships. A tireless craftsman, Williams forever changed the landscape of American theatre. A few highlights of your visit: . Tennesse’s 1944 playscript to “The Glass Menagerie,” annotated by director Margo Jones. . Hujar’s historic Gay Liberation Front poster image (1969). . Pierpont Morgan's private library and study, in the 1906 Charles McKim building shown in the film “Ragtime.” . Print by an unknown photographer showing Marlon Brando rehearsing “A Streetcar Named Desire” (1947). . Hujar’s haunting farewell image of Warhol superstar Candy Darling (1973) WHAT’S UP A night OUT at the Morgan, featuring the work of two iconic gay artists, playwright Tennessee Williams and photographer Peter Hujar. On Thursday, Feb. 15 only, enjoy curator-led tours, live music, and complimentary wine in Gilbert Court from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.