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The Center Presents ‘The Eighties’
An advanced screening and panel with Don Lemon in NYC
A few weeks ago I saw a commercial for CNN’s upcoming seven-episode original series ‘The Eighties‘ and immediately thought to tell my mom. My parents were married in ’84 — when it was appropriate for my mother to serve Bon Jovi hair and my father could wear shorts way above his knees (now you know where I get my style cues). And then more recently, I was reading something in Out, where a man described another man as “so pre-AIDS,” and thought: Wow! What a largely insensitive (though more or less accurate…) way to describe someone! What I’m getting at is that the eighties were a decade that defined so many of today’s references, and while all of it’s glam rock and politics still carry heavy agency today, most of it has become romanticized for the worse. However! This is CNN we’re talking about! So it will be not done for the worse! (I assume).
Because such a large part of the ’80s was defined by the AIDS crisis, ‘The Eighties’ features an episode “that examines the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s, which developed into a pandemic with enormous political and cultural consequences. It’s a story of ignorance and heartbreak, but also one of compassion, courage and dedication.”
On April 5th, at 6:30PM, The Center will be showing an advanced screening of this episode followed by a panel discussion and Q&A moderated by Don Lemon, anchor of “CNN Tonight with Don Lemon.” It’s the perfect thing to do this Tuesday even if the weather blows, but this should be a really chill time, and educational to boot. Also The Center is way cute if you haven’t been! Be sure to register here for free!
FREE, 6:30PM, The Center, 208 W 13th St. NY, NY.
