BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Rocky River Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Rocky River Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:22e82761-8448-41cb-a1e8-bb7dc8f05f08 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260927T173416Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T200000 SUMMARY:Dining Out with Erik Piepenburg LOCATION:Rocky River Public Library\nRocky River Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Rocky River Public Library ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Rocky River Public Library:geo:41.4768092,-81.8 417045 GEO:41.4768092;-81.8417045 DESCRIPTION:Join author Erik Piepenburg\, originally from Cleveland\, as h e discusses his new book Dining Out. Copies will be available for sale. .\nhttps://rrpl.libnet.info/event/13764363 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Erik Piepenburg has been writing for the \;New York Times \;since 2004\, covering LGBTQ+ issues\, film\, theater\, television\, food and travel. His writing has also appeared in \;The Los Angeles Times\, Time Out New York< /em>\, the \;Chicago Reader\, \;Out Magazine\, a nd other publications. Originally and proudly from Cleveland\, he lives wi th his partner in New York City.

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Dining Out&n bsp\;explores how gay people came of age\, came out\, and fought for their rights not just in gay bars or the streets\, but in restaurants\, fr om cruisy urban cafeterias of the 1920s to mom-and-pop diners that fed the Stonewall generation to the intersectional hotspots of the early 21st cen tury. Using archival material\, original reporting and interviews\, and fi rst-person accounts\, Erik Piepenburg explores how LGBTQ+ restaurants shap ed\, and continue to shape\, generations of gay Americans. \;

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