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Patrick Preston, in conversation withÌýRobert Payne,Ìý ‘Queering the Quai: Paris’s Magic City.'

There were drag balls at the Magic City, a pleasure space on the Quai d’Orsay and the Rue de l’Université (right near where Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ is now), from 1900-1934. How are we remembering and forgetting this history, in the contemporary queer Ballroom scene and in the ways that Paris advertises itself now?

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Bring your lunch to the Grenelle lobby and join the conversation!

For more information, email Professor Geoffrey Gilbert ggilbertaup.edu.