February 24, 2022
Spring Pride Center Events at Marinette and on Zoom
The UWGB Pride Center has several exciting events planned, and you don’t have to be on the main campus to participate. Here’s a handy list of all of the things you can do with the Pride Center this spring:
- Join Pride Center staff Nicole Kurth and Matt Bisenius for a talk on Hidden History: The True Story of Alan Turing—Codebreaker, War Hero, Homosexual. This talk will take place on Zoom, or head to the Christie Theatre in the University Union on the Green Bay Campus. March 1, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Click here to join this event on Zoom on March 1, or use Meeting ID: 961 9968 0635 andPasscode: 834007.
. - On March 3 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., Kara Hurst and Nicole Kurth will present AIDS: The HIdden Epidemic, a presentation on the history of the 1980 AIDS crisis. This talk will be held on Zoom and in-person at the Christie Theatre on the Green Bay Campus. Click here to join this event on Zoom on March 3, or use Meeting ID: 986 5148 6389 and Passcode: ACTUP.
. - Continue building on your Alan Turing knowledge with An Evening with Hollywood’s Graham Moore, executive producer and Academy-Award-winning screenwriter of the Alan Turing bio-pic, The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. This event will take place on Zoom on March 10 from 7:00 – 7:45 p.m. Check back for the Zoom link, which we’ll post as soon as the Pride Center sends it to the Driftwood.
. - On March 22, join the Pride Center on Zoom or on the Green Bay campus (Christie Theater) from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. for a viewing of the PBS documentary Two Spirits. Then, on March 23, come to a Two Spirits presentation by Joe Torres and Cory Carline, also on Zoom or at the Christie Theater from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Carline is a graduate assistant in Indigenous wellness and two-spirit education at the UWGB First Nations Education Center. Click here to join these events on Zoom on March 22 and 23, or use Meeting ID: 928 9750 9480 and Passcode: 2Spirit.
. - The Pride Center is offering free SAFE Ally Level 1 and 2 training twice a month during the spring semester. This training provides insights for individuals who want to learn more about LGBTQ+ topics and concerns, as well as how to be a better ally. This online training is FREE to all UWGB students and faculty/staff, and to the Marinette/Menominee community. The next dates for these trainings are March 23 (Level 1) and March 24 (Level 2), and April 28 (Level 1) and April 29 (Level 2). Email Nicole Kurth to register or with questions.
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Join the Marinette Pride Center Book Club! We’ll be reading and discussing Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz winner of multiple awards, including the Lambda Literary Award. Join the discussion sessions on April 11—in-person from 4-5 p.m. and/or online from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Email the Marinette Pride Center to get your free copy of the book and the Zoom link for the online discussion.
Dust off your camera; get out your art supplies; and polish up those story, article, and poetry files. It’s time to submit your creative work to the 2022 Northern Lights Literary & Arts Journal. 
January 12 & 26
If Beale Street Could Talk: At the heart of If Beale Street Could Talk is a love story both beautiful and poignant. Adapted from James Baldwin’s novel of the same title, Beale Street centers around Tish and Fonny, a Black couple living against the harsh racial landscape of the United States in the seventies. They are young and in love. The film’s camera angles are expertly framed close captures—steady, lingering focuses on holding hands and shots that don’t shy away from centering in on a character’s eyes. It’s near mythical. Tish and Fonny don’t stay in this place of blissful reverie. The viewer quickly learns two things: Fonny has been wrongly imprisoned, and Tish is carrying their baby. The movie is a slow burn as we puzzle together the events. If Beale Street Could Talk is honest, vulnerable even, in its dealings with racial injustice. We are forced to reckon with the truth that Tish and Fonny are not just two people who dream of a life together. Yet, the film’s power comes in the form of love’s resiliency and salvation. We catch soft affections through bars and witness how far a family’s fierce dedication will go. It is artfully done, and I could not look away. If Beale Street Could Talk boasts a talented cast and is worth every tear you might shed. Just remember to bring the tissues! Available on Hulu and to rent on other streaming services. 
Pitch Perfect: Anyone looking to turn away from the traditional romance movie on Valentine’s Day should be tuning in to Pitch Perfect. This comedy, the first in a trilogy, puts a new spin on love and shows it between a group of young girls singing acapella for their university. Beca (a newly enrolled student at Barden University) is told by her father that she must join one after school activity if she wants help moving to L.A. to achieve her dream of becoming a music producer. After joining one of the leading a capella groups on campus, her attention shifts to their competition and building up their team. Seeing the characters bond throughout the movie with jokes, drama, and singing pop songs will leave you happy and smiling. Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, and Elizabeth Banks, this film and the whole three-part movie series really is the perfect for Gal-entines Day or just a good laugh. Available on Hulu, Amazon Prime, or HBO Max with premium subscriptions, or to rent on any movie-streaming service.
Roma is an Academy-Award-winning film about the life of a family in Mexico City during the 1970s. During that time, the country was filled with political unrest, which often led to citizen protests. The film focuses on Cleo, a middle-class family’s Indigenous live-in-maid. As the parents of the family go through marital problems, Cleo must face the potential of being a single mother while working for this family. Throughout the film, we see that Cleo loves the family’s children, and they love her in return. It shows how even if romantic relationships don’t work out, you will always have someone who loves you. In this case, the selfless familial love holds Cleo, the family matriarch, and her children together during trying times.
This film follows Mr. Chow and Mrs. Chan in ‘60s Hong Kong as they begin their strange love affair after they find out their spouses have also been engaging in an affair. Watching this film, you get sucked into a world of uncertainty, hesitation, temptation, loneliness, and contempt, and somehow, you never want to leave. Every shot is a stunning array of deep colors and moody shadows, which provide gorgeous backgrounds for the stellar leads to deliver performances you will never forget. Available now on HBO Max.
This adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear follows the samurai warlord Hidetora as he splits his land between his three sons and sees his power diminish, his brothers fight, and his sanity go. The last masterpiece of legendary director Akira Kurosawa, Ran unapologetically displays the artist’s full command of everything in and out of frame. Whether it’s the dramatic gestures of the actors, the breathtaking landscapes and sets, or the bloody battle scenes, this epic film will do nothing but leave you in awe. Available now on Amazon Prime. 
Searching for a little diversity in your reading list? In Crazy Brave, author, musician, and poet Joy Harjo talks about her childhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, facing the struggle to maintain her Muscogee Creek culture, growing up in an abusive home, and finally making her way to the life she always knew was for her with the help of her spiritual heritage. You may have heard of her already, because she’s currently serving as the U.S. Poet Laureate, helping to broaden our nation’s appreciation of reading and writing poetry.
Are you looking for your next great read? The UWGB Marinette Pride Center is hosting a book club to read the YA novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe this semester. Aristotle and Dante tells the queer coming-of-age love story between two Mexican American teens in the American southwest during the 1980s. All UWGB students, staff, and faculty can receive a free copy if you email mnt-pridecenter@uwgb.edu before March 1 while supplies last. If you know someone who would like to read with us, and is enrolled in an area high school (Marinette, Menominee, Peshtigo, Coleman, Oconto, or Wausaukee), we are also offering free copies of the book for them if they email the Pride Center! The discussion sessions will be on April 11 with two options available: in-person from 4-5 p.m. and online from 5:30-6:30 p.m. If you already have access to a copy of the book, you can still come to the discussion. Just tell us that in the email to the Pride Center, and we’ll be happy to have you!
Made by the creators of the classic podcast Welcome to Night Vale, Alice Isn’t Dead tells the story of a woman searching for her wife, whom everyone else thinks is dead. The semitruck-driving narrator, Keisha, travels across the United States in search of Alice but finds herself uncovering things much bigger and more important than finding her missing partner. 
Hosted by married couple Griffin and Rachel McElroy, Wondeful! is a podcast dedicated to things the couple and their listeners love..During the show’s run time, the podcast is jam-packed with Griffin and Rachel sharing the things they are passionate about with unabashed joy. And as a cherry on top, the couple are so obviously in love with each other that you can’t help but smile at their banter. There is no greater feeling than hearing people talk about the things that excite them, even if they are incredibly niche or specific (i.e. steamed buns, pockets, Settlers of Catan, Rachel’s chilli, etc.). New episodes come out every Wednesday for your weekly dose of enthusiasm. Give Wonderful! a listen today. Available on Apple podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you find your podcasts.