He led the first scientific expedition from the headwaters of Mongolia’s Selenge River to Russia’s Lake Baikal, and lived to write about it in Rowing to Baikal. Had he not lived, our event would have a different tone. Music: Baagii Chogsom on the morin khuur or, as the kids call it, horsehead fiddle. Wednesday, January 22 6:00 reception, 7:00 … Continue reading »
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301: Larry Kramer
He wrote Ken Russell’s Women in Love, geeze, 50 years ago, then wrote plays (The Normal Heart) and novels (Faggots). Amidst the emerging AIDS epidemic, he helped found the Gay Men’s Health Crisis and Act Up. Accomplished, right? Not according to him. “I feel like I failed,” he says. A life examined. Continue reading »