The 2019-20 year marks the 40th season of the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus. In the shadow of Stonewall and tragedy of Harvey Milk’s assassination in San Francisco, the 4th oldest gay chorus in the US was born. Watch KOIN 6’s Ken Bodde reflect on PGMC’s history and place in Portland.
Laureen Nussbaum worked for decades to get Anne Frank’s novel Liebe Kitty published. She was in Berlin in May to see the fruition of her efforts. 📷: Soeren Stache/dpa/Alamy Live News.
“Laureen Nussbaum wishes you’d remember Anne Frank more for her potential as a budding literary artist than for her painful chronicling of life as a Jewish kid hiding from the Nazis in World War II.”
Laureen should know. Growing up alongside Anne in the Netherlands in the 1930s, the Portland State emerita faculty member spent a lifetime working to get the original text of Anne’s diary published.
Read my story of Laureen Nussbaum’s incredible life journey, published in this month’s Portland State Magazine.
Read my story on the legacy of Kathryn and John Kirkland.
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Stonewall — the protest that helped spark a movement for LGBQT rights in the US — with the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus this June!
Our Pride concert is going to be bigger and better than ever! We’ll relive the 60s through favorites like Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through The Grapevine, the Fifth Dimension’s “Aquarius” and “We Shall Overcome” by Peter, Paul and Mary. Plus, we’ll have a bunch of fantastic collaborations you won’t want to miss!
This year’s show is the week after Portland Pride and will be staged at Keller Auditorium. Get your tickets today!
