&
THE PURPLE CIRCUIT
PRESENT
OSCAR WILDE
DEATH DAY SALON
NOVEMBER 27TH
5PM
(SALON ENDS @7PM)
HAND-BLENDED TEA
CAKES & DAINTIES WILL BE SERVED
HOSTED BY RICK CASTRO
RESEARCH PRESENTED BY BILL KAISER
ON DISPLAY~
WILDEAN ART CROSS BY MICHAEL KEARNS
FIRST EDITION OSCAR WILDE BOOKS~ SUNFLOWER EDITIONS 1909
ON DISPLAY~
WILDEAN ART CROSS BY MICHAEL KEARNS
FIRST EDITION OSCAR WILDE BOOKS~ SUNFLOWER EDITIONS 1909
TOM OF FINLAND HOUSE
1421 LAVETA TERRACE ECHO PARK, CA 90026
info- antebellum@earthlink.net
WILDE'S LEGACY TO LGBTQ COMMUNITY
Oscar Wilde, during his travels after release from prison,
called himself Sebastian Melmoth, deriving this pseudonym
from the title character in his great-uncle's novel and from Saint Sebastian.
from the title character in his great-uncle's novel and from Saint Sebastian.
Wilde, an Irish writer and poet, was about as "out of the closet" as was possible for the late 19th century,
and is himself considered to be a gay icon.
and is himself considered to be a gay icon.
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