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Dining Out with Erik Piepenburg

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2025-06-18 19:00:00 2025-06-18 20:00:00 America/New_York Dining Out with Erik Piepenburg Join author Erik Piepenburg, originally from Cleveland, as he discusses his new book Dining Out. Copies will be available for sale. Rocky River Public Library - Grand Reading Room

Wednesday, June 18
7:00pm - 8:00pm

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Rocky River Public Library

Grand Reading Room

Join author Erik Piepenburg, originally from Cleveland, as he discusses his new book Dining Out. Copies will be available for sale.

Erik Piepenburg has been writing for the New York Times since 2004, covering LGBTQ+ issues, film, theater, television, food and travel. His writing has also appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Time Out New York, the Chicago Reader, Out Magazine, and other publications. Originally and proudly from Cleveland, he lives with his partner in New York City.

Dining Out explores how gay people came of age, came out, and fought for their rights not just in gay bars or the streets, but in restaurants, from cruisy urban cafeterias of the 1920s to mom-and-pop diners that fed the Stonewall generation to the intersectional hotspots of the early 21st century. Using archival material, original reporting and interviews, and first-person accounts, Erik Piepenburg explores how LGBTQ+ restaurants shaped, and continue to shape, generations of gay Americans. 

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | History and Genealogy | Books and Authors |

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