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Sing Out, Sondheim! (cont.) Endowment Fund Are You a Member? Ross Gallery Refreshed for 2013 Whats in the Library: Many New Titles! Highlights

2013

Stonewall National Museum & Archives Celebrates Broadway Genius with Sing Out, Sondheim!
Maybe youve been a fan of award-winning composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim ever since you rst heard the lyrics to West Side Story. Perhaps you were introduced to his work through Tim Burtons 2007 lm adaptation of Sweeney Todd starring Johnny Depp. Maybe it was Glee and Kurts rendition of Roses Turn from Gypsy that opened you up to the world of Sondheim.
Johnny Depp (left) slashed his way through the 2007 film version of Sondheims Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street; Glees Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer, right) sung his own version of Roses Turn

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from Gypsy.

Regardless of how you know his work, Stonewall National Museum & Archives presents an opening reception and exhibition that appeals to all types of Sondheim audiences those who have enjoyed his musicals for decades as well as those who have just discovered him. From January 7- February 28, 2013, Stonewall presents Sing Out, Sondheim!, an exhibition that covers Sondheims career in musical theatre from 1957- 2010. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods are some of Sondheims other notable works. Broadway theatergoers should know that SNMA has an extensive collection of Playbills in our archive, including original Playbills from Sondheim productions such as Side By Side By Sondheim, Follies and Into the Woods. (cont. on p.2)

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Members of Stonewall

Board of Directors
Tom Tabor - chair Ric Reily - treasurer Bob Ewart, Jr. - secretary Gary Bitner Fred Brugal Rob Delehanty Klayton Fennell Jack Johnson PJ Layng Brian McNaught Alix Ritchie Vanessa Sheridan Steven Stallsmith Greg Stephens Mark Neil Silber - ex ofcio Into the Woods, which starred award-winning performer Bernadette Peters, is one of the Playbills featured in Stonewalls collection.

In 2010, Sondheim celebrated his eightieth birthday with many accolades and tributes given throughout the entire year. Broadway and all who love musical theatre commemorated this milestone. The New York Philharmonic, The New York Pops and The BBC Proms staged birthday concerts. In addition, the Henry Millers Theatre on Broadway was renamed the Stephen Sondheim Theatre, and Finishing the Hat, the rst book of Sondheims collected lyrics with commentary and reections, was published (the release of the second volume, Look, I Made a Hat, came in 2011). What makes Sondheim stand out as an artist? Sarah Crompton of the U.K.s The Telegraph has observed that Sondheim musicals are a vehicle not only for the joys of life but also for its disappointments, and lauded him as the most signicant composer of his times. Of course, no artist is immune from criticism. In a PBS News Hour interview from 2010, Sondheim responded to those who view his work as too cold, too cerebral. When people get to see the shows more than once, they realize theyre not cold shows. I dont think that accusation is so strong anymore. That was much more at the beginning of my career, he stated. During his years in the theatre, Sondheim has been honored with many awards such as the Pulitzer Prize, eight Tonys, eight Grammys, an Oscar and the Kennedy Center Honors/Lifetime Achievement. The Sing Out, Sondheim! exhibition at SNMA honors and celebrates

Staff
Keith Cromley - office manager Marissa Cohen - artifacts editor Sharon Pursley - bookkeeper Paul Fasana - chief archivist Robert W. Lee - chief librarian Our Mission: Stonewall National Museum & Archives mission is to collect, preserve, organize for use, and display materials related to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender culture and history, support related research and sponsor educational opportunities. Our Vision: Stonewall National Museum & Archives envisions a permanent, professionally staffed cultural and educational resource center, preserving through the diversity of our collections, programs and services, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender heritage while documenting our signicant role in American history and culture.

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the achievements of this venerable artist. All are welcome to attend the opening reception for Sing Out, Sondheim! on Thursday, January 10, from 6-8 pm. The evening will also celebrate the grand reopening of the Charles L. Ross Gallery (covered on p.4).

Only a Few Days Left to Enter the Stonewall National Museum & Archives Year-end Challenge!
Hurry! Theres only a few days left to enter the Stonewall National Museum & Archives year-end challenge. Stonewall donors Brian McNaught and Raymond Struble have pledged $30,000 toward a Membership Challenge for the remainder of the 2012 calendar year. Your contribution of $100 or more between now and December 31, 2012, will be matched dollar for dollar up to a total match of $30,000. To make a taxdeductible donation toward this challenge, please visit http://tinyurl.com/7ejjpq2 or mail your check to: Stonewall National Museum & Archives - Year-End Challenge Fund, 1300 East Sunrise Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304.

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Our Stonewall National Museum & Archives Endowment Fund Matching Challenge
Stonewall National Museum & Archives is pleased to announce an endowment matching challenge in partnership with the John C. Graves Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward. The Graves Fund will match endowment donations made to Stonewall up to $50,000 per year for the next three years. This matching opportunity has enabled Stonewall to create the Stonewall National Museum & Archives Endowment Fund at Our Fund as an essential part of our mission to secure our nancial future. We are grateful for the legacy that John C. Graves has enabled for Stonewall and our community. To make a tax-deductible contribution to Stonewall's Endowment, please visit http://tinyurl.com/ 9peu9ux or mail your check, made payable to Our Fund (with Stonewall Endowment in the memo eld, otherwise we wont know its for us!) to: Our Fund - Stonewall Endowment, 2722 NE 20th Court, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305.

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Stonewall National Museum & Archives has updated its Membership structure. Stonewall Membership starts at the $100 level. At that level, you will receive invitations to events, artifacts newsletter mailed to you and discounts with partner organizations. You also receive a free Stonewall Library Card, and you will be listed as a Member on related materials. You can also sign up using your credit card to pledge a monthly gift in any amount of $10 or more per month.You can still get a Stonewall Library Card ($50/$35/$25 levels) and sign up to receive our electronic news releases and online artifacts newsletter. For more information on membership levels and benets, please ll out the blue box (to the right) and mail it to us, or you can visit stonewallnationalmuseum.org or email info@stonewallnationalmuseum.org.

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Annual Membership gives you access to our library collection of over 21,000 volumes and 1500+ videos. In addition you will be notied about our monthly programs such as writer's workshops, author readings, movie nights, art and history exhibitions and more.

The Refreshed Charles L. Ross Gallery Features Celebration of Christopher Street, New Timeline and More

Whats in the Library?

Out with the old and in with the new, as the saying goes. This month, Charles L.

Ross is building on the past by reconceptualizing the gallery that bears his name. The Charles L. Ross Gallery enters 2013 with a fresh new look and several key changes designed to feature more items from the archives, thus heightening its appeal to patrons. The grand reopening of the gallery - called Refreshed - will be on January 10, 2013, from 6-8 pm and will share a launch reception with the Sing Out, Sondheim! exhibit. Among the many changes to the gallery is the newly updated timeline. Ross, the gallerys founding donor and driving creative force, has added a decade to the revised timeline to reect important historical events and key gures in LGBT history through the year 1999. "The decision to end the timeline at 1999 has special signicance to the LGBT community and to Stonewall National Museum & Archives," explains Ross. "In 1999, the legendary Stonewall Inn was the rst LGBT site to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places." Ross feels this represents a sense of serendipitous completion. "Since we share a name with the Stonewall Inn, I felt that was a good logical place to end the timeline." The new gallery has been designed to feature sections that can be changed on a bimonthly or monthly basis, thus making it more accessible to patrons. The Charles L. Ross Gallery now prominently features the To a T section, which will display a variety of whimsical and rebellious t-shirts from Stonewalls collection; the Our Date With History calendar, which will highlight one important date in LGBT history every month; illustrated panels focusing on key gures in LGBT history; and a three-panel mini exhibit on important materials from the archive. During the months of January and February, the three-panel mini exhibit will highlight the groundbreaking magazine Christopher Street, which ran for almost two decades and nally closed its doors in the winter of 1995.
The history of Christopher Street (left) and the impact of columnist and Dancer from the Dance author Andrew Holleran (right) are both explored in the new Ross Gallerys mini exhibit.

Stonewall National Museum & Archives will be adding many new titles to its library shelves in January. Among the books are Jim Provenzanos Everytime I Think of You and Emma Donoghues Astray. Donoghues previous book, Room, was a New York Times bestseller. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit author Jeanette Wintersons latest memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, follows Winterson through her troubled and colorful childhood. For younger readers, well have Patrick Ryans Gemini Bites and Bil Wrights Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy.

To donate to either the Library or the Archive, contact us at 954-763-8565 or email us at: info@stonewallnationalmuseum.org.

The aim of Christopher Street was, according to writer Christopher Bram, to become a gay New Yorker. Christopher Street was also known for launching the careers of emerging gay writers and for featuring original ction and columns from established authors, most notably from award-winning Dancer from the Dance author Andrew Holleran. Hollerans reminiscences about his time at Christopher Street comprise one panel in the three-panel display. The mini exhibit will change every other month and is just one of many frequently updated aspects of the new Charles L. Ross Gallery.
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january 2013 highlights

The events listed represent just some of the programs coming this month. For a full list of programs and events visit us at stonewallnationalmuseum.org or check us out on Facebook by clicking on the link from our homepage. Events for the rest of the summer will be posted online.

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Out Boys Movie Night

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exhibits & more

Rebound January 11, 7 pm

Stonewall National Museum & Archives is proud to unveil the Charles L. Ross Gallerys brand new look, featuring an updated timeline, the To a T display and much more! Watch for monthly updates!

Book Discussion Group

Charmed Circle - Gertrude Stein and Company by James Mellow January 8, 7 pm In Charmed Circle, James Mellow takes on one of the richest periods in literary and creative history - that of Gertrude Steins weekly salons which featured some of the most legendary figures of the 20th century, including Picasso, Matisse, Hemingway and Cocteau. Mellows acclaimed work also looks at Steins own literary genius.

Cine/Cinema/Film
Free Havana January 18, 7 pm

January 3, 9 pm Authors Jake Smyth and Luca Barbieri talk to Stonewall Live! about The Hardbody Chronicles, a unique illustrated novel that follows four couples during the glamourous 1980s and early 1990s. January 17, 9 pm David Berger discusses Task Force Gaea - where classic sci-fi meets Greek myth. New Year? New Books! Stonewalls new book discussion lineup will be decided on January 8, 2013. When the next three books are available, we will post them on Facebook and on our website. Book club members will also receive an email from Grover Lawlis. Please stay tuned and keep reading!

Author and Board Member Brian McNaught speaking at the opening reception of the Stonewall Stars exhibit. The exhibit featured items from prominent celebrities, such as comedian Kate Clinton and The Celluloid Closet author and lm historian Vito Russo.

Have you written an LGBTthemed book? Perhaps we have room for you on Stonewall Live! Contact us!

Brian McNaughts recent Stonewall Portrait guests include Joel Burns and Deb Dagit. Past guests have included Kate Clinton, one of our celebrities featured in Stonewall Stars. Look for new episodes at
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2013 Stonewall National Museum & Archives Members

(as of December 26, 2012)

Stonewall Hall of Fame Donors(Cumulative Lifetime Donations of $25,000+)

Broward Cultural Division, Comcast NBCUniversal, Community Foundation of Broward, Paul Fasana & Robert S. Graham, John C. Graves, George M. Hester, Nathan Klarfeld & Grover Lawlis, Norton C. Lyman, Our Fund, Alix Ritchie & Marty Davis, Charles L. Ross, The Stella Fund and Raymond Struble & Brian McNaught

Philanthropist($10,000+)
Mona Pittenger, Tom Tabor & Ross Guedry and Jim Stepp & Peter Zimmer

Champion($5,000-$9,999)
Broward Community Foundation, Rob Delehanty, Estate of Wallace J. Mulane & Cyril Seman Benefactor($2,500-$4,999)
DC Allen and Ken Flick, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Jim Stork & Ron Ansin

Sustainer($1,000-$2,499)
Bears of South Florida, Bill Beaton & Ted Emery, Gary Bitner & James LaBrie, Fredric Brugal & Will Breto, Stephen Driscoll, Bob Ewart, Klayton & Valentine Fennell, Jane Harper, Jack Johnson, Jackson Natl Life Ins Co., Al LaMorges & Ralph Stivali, Robert W. Lee, Robert Mays & John Wilson, Charles Menten, Charles Prather, Dick Schwarz & Tom Massey, Kenneth Tewel, Oscar Russell, Sue Wilder and George Zuber & Anthony Snyder Patron($500-$999)
Almar Clinical Associates, Broward County Sheriff's Ofce, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, Harvey Chasser, Philip Dearborn, Ted Filteau & Paul Meehan, Kevin Hoben, Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, PJ Layng & Maryanne McCarthy, Arlen Leight, Bill McMillin, Douglas Pew & Donald Croxton, Greg Sampedro, Theodore Schultz, Victory Fund, Steve Wetzler and Steven Yeagley

Donor($250-$499)
John Behan, Robert Bauman, James M. Boren, Don Dye, Idan Eckstein, Wilson Ellis, Ted Filteau & Paul Meehan, Leslie McGrath, John McNeill & Charlie Chiarelli, Lorraine Michels, Stephen Render, Ron Seidle & Fred Vega, Steve Stallsmith, Anthony Timiraos & Arthur Crispino, Ted Verdone & John Curtin and Shelby Dennis Winstead Friend($100-$249)
Evelyn Bailey, Scott Bennett, Classical South Florida, Jennie Congleton, John Coppola, Daniel J. Dailey & Matthew E. Matejcic, Robert M. DeCamillo & Ken Sasser, Kenyon & Mary Ann Fennell, Meryl C. Friedman & Mary V. Wheatley, Bruce Gelly, Scott Grady, Karen Graves, Thomas Green, William Greeves & Robert Hubbard, Henry M. Grix & Howard Israel, Charles Isola & Daniel Clancy, Paula Johnson, Vicky Keith & Madeliene Abling, George A. Kling, Joel Kokiel, John Latona, Law Ofces of GW Kabel, Richard Madigan, Stephen Magliocco & Michael Carroll, Ricardo Martinez, Laurence Miller, Robert Montarro, Joseph L. Pallant, Ray Repp & Richard Alther, Nelson Robaina & Keith Hart, Joe Roberts, Richard Rumrill, Ronni Sanlo, Richard Sawick, Tony Seguino & Dan Ayers, Edward Sisk, James M. Swanson & William Schlemmer, Kelly Watson, J David Wilfong, Chuck Williams and Eric W. Young & M. Heath Davis

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DID YOU KNOW?

According to Sondheim biographer Craig Zadan, Oscar Hammerstein II - of Rogers and Hammerstein fame - mentored a young Stephen Sondheim and asked him to write a musical from a work that had never been adapted. The work was Mary Poppins. Sondheim was unable to get the rights. To date, Sondheims Mary Poppins has never been produced.

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