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BlackOut UK & The National Portrait Gallery Present: The Inaugural Berto Pasuka Lecture & Prize Launch. Celebrated as one of the most exquisite voices in British music, vocalist and songwriter David McAlmont marks 25 years of international artistic contributions and achievements by giving an illuminating overview of his career and more recent historical academic research and achievements focused on extraordinary people who challenged conventions of sexuality and gender both in their lives and in the places they created and inhabited. The Pasuka Lecture and Prize, named in honour of the pioneering dancer, choreographer, Jamaican migrant to Britain, and Black gay man, Berto Pasuka (1911-1963), celebrate pioneering contributions to the arts. The Lecture and Prize honour and celebrate creative work that unapologetically confronts and challenges conventional narratives around race and sexuality that amplify the existence of voices too often hidden and unheard in cultural spaces. The appointment as Chair of the Prize Panel and the invitation to give the Inaugural Pasuka Lecture crystallises Davids collaborative work with BlackOut UK to amplify the presence of Black Queer people in cultural spaces.
Tickets : £ 10 Con 8 Tickets
Address : National Portrait Gallery
St. Martin's Pl
London
WC2H 0HE
Telephone : 020 7306 0055
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- 01 Sep – Jeffrey Buttle (1982–), Canadian figure skater, 2008 World Champion
- 02 Sep – Ferdinand Karsch (1853–1936), German zoologist & sexologist
- 03 Sep – Michael Huffington (1947–), American politician, former Republican congressman (California) & film producer
- 05 Sep – Freddie Mercury (1946–1991), British musician, songwriter, record producer & lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. Regarded as one of the greatest singers in the history of rock music, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona
- 06 Sep – Julien Green (1900–1998), American expatriate writer
- 07 Sep – Michael Feinstein (1956–), American singer & pianist
- 07 Sep – Rudy Galindo (1969–), American figure skater, 1996 World Bronze Medallist
- 07 Sep – Paul Iacono (1988–), American actor
- 07 Sep – Peter Wheatley (1947–), English Anglican bishop
- 08 Sep – Mark Foley (1954–), American politician, ex Republican congressman (Florida) & radio host
- 08 Sep – Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), English poet, author & soldier
- 09 Sep – John Curry OBE (1949–1994), British figure skater. 1976 European, Olympic & World Champion
- 09 Sep – Paul Goodman (1911–1972), American sociologist & poet
- 09 Sep – Gok Wan (1974–), British fashion consultant, author, television presenter, actor, DJ, chef & event manager
- 10 Sep – Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019), German fashion designer, artist & photographer
- 11 Sep – D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist & literary critic
- 12 Sep – Leslie Cheung (1956–2003), Hong Kong film actor & musician
- 14 Sep – Rob McCall (1958–1991), Canadian ice dancer, 1988 Olympic Bronze Medallist
- 14 Sep – Pier Vittorio Tondelli (1955–1991), Italian novelist
- 16 Sep – Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856–1931), German photographer
- 19 Sep – Brian Epstein (1934–1967), English music manager (The Beatles)
- 19 Sep – Riyad Vinci Wadia (1967–2003), Indian independent filmmaker
- 20 Sep – Dan Gillespie Sells (1978–), English singer-songwriter/guitarist, lead vocalist/frontman for the rock group The Feeling
- 21 Sep – Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640–1701), younger brother of King Louis XIV
- 21 Sep – Edgars Rinkēvičs (1973–), Latvian politician
- 23 Sep – Manvendra Singh Gohil (1965–), Indian Prince
- 24 Sep – William Dobell (1899–1970), Australian sculptor & painter
- 25 Sep – Pedro Almodóvar (1949–), Spanish film director & producer
- 29 Sep – William Thomas Beckford (1760–1844), English novelist, travel writer & the richest commoner in England at the time