Performing artist Tim Miller to present 1001 Beds: Art and Activism on Thursday, Nov. 12
Free speech activist uses creative talent to advocate for gay and lesbian community
World-renowned performing artist Tim Miller will present 1001 Beds: Art and Activism at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 in the Tom Miles Theatre on the Forest Grove campus.
Tickets are $10 general admission and may be purchased in advance by calling the University box office (503) 352-2918 Monday through Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. The event is sponsored by the University’s Center for Gender Equity. Pacific University students are admitted free of charge.
1001 Beds won the 2007 Lambda Literary Award for best book in the Drama-Theatre category. Miller’s creative work as a performer and writer explores the artistic, spiritual and political topography of his identity as a gay man.
In addition to 1001 Beds, Miller has authored numerous books and is co-founder of two of the most influential performance spaces in the country:
Performance Space 122 on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, and Highways Performance Space in Santa Monica, Calif. Miller and three other artists successfully sued the federal government for violation of their First Amendment rights.
Since 1999, he has focused his creative and political work on marriage equality on behalf of gay and lesbian couples in America, an immigration rights for gay bi-national couples.
Posted by James Lang (jlang@pacificu.edu) on Nov 6, 2009 at 5:39 PM
