Join Busboys and Poets, Tuesday, June 11 at 14th and V NW, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm, for an art talk with Adrian Loving, who will be discussing his book “Fade to Grey, Androgyny, Style and Art in 80s Disco Music.”The conversation highlights legendary artists such as Andy Warhol and Richard Berstein and musicians including David Bowie, Grace Jones, Sylvester and Prince and their cultural impact on the expansion of gender, art and music of that era.
Adrian Loving will also be sharing rare photographs, flyers, and oral histories from the pioneers of dance music: Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy, Robert Williams, Ken Collier, Ron Trent, and Danny Krivit.
These icons give context to disco, house, and electronic music, born in Chicago, New York, and Detroit in the late 70s and exploding onto the scene in the 80
