Collect & Connect Event FAQ

Join The Curve Foundation on October 13th, 2024 at Pearl Bar in Houston, Texas as we make LGBTQ+ history!

What is this event?

• An opportunity to collect your Curve and Deneuve magazines, as well as brief oral histories. Funded by a generous grant from the AKR Foundation, we’ll be collecting these materials to start a Curve magazine archive as part of the LGBTQ+ History Research Collections the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections! If you can't make it to the event you can send your magazines straight to the University of Houston before or afterwards.
• A PARTY! Festivities will include:
  • BBQ from Sloan Rinaldi of the Netflix series Barbecue Showdown (Season 3) and fourth-generation Houston Pitmaster!
  • Lesbian trivia 
  • A drag performance
  • Pearl Bar's Pride Market

If I can't make it to the event but would still like to contribute to the Curve archive collection at University of Houston, where can I send my copies of Curve and Deneuve magazines?

University of Houston Libraries

c/o Joyce Gabiola, LGBT History Research Collections Librarian

4333 University Drive, Room 114

Houston, TX 77204

Where is it? 

• Pearl Bar, 4216 Washington Ave., Houston, Texas 77007

What date?

• Sunday, October 13th, 2024

What time? 

• 3pm - 8pm CDT

Where do I RSVP?

• At our Eventbrite page. Click here to be directed to it.

• Tickets are limited, so please show up if you rsvp yes!

Is it free?

• This is a free event; however, donations are highly encouraged.

When is trivia and drag? 

• Trivia will start at approximately 5pm.
• Drag will start at approximately 6:30 pm. 

When can I record my oral history? What can I talk about? 

• You can record an oral history anytime from 3pm - 7pm. 
• They will be approximately five minutes long, and you do not have to prepare. 
• We will ask you questions regarding Curve magazine's impact on you. If you are new to the magazine you can just speak on your experience at the event!

Why throw this event?

• To cement lesbian culture and identity within the larger historical canon

• To foster community and connection

• To have fun!

Who has partnered with The Curve Foundation for this event?

• Airbnb

• Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation

• Greater Houston LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce

• Pearl Bar

• Texas Q

• University of Houston Libraries