{"id":96787,"date":"2018-09-14T16:59:31","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T20:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=96787"},"modified":"2018-09-14T12:04:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T16:04:00","slug":"utica-public-library-to-present-john-hemmer-and-the-showgirls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=96787","title":{"rendered":"Utica Public Library to present \u201cJohn Hemmer and the Showgirls\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-96788\" src=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/john-hemmer-color-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/john-hemmer-color-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/john-hemmer-color-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/john-hemmer-color-900x637.jpg 900w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/john-hemmer-color-400x283.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Utica Public Library to present \u201cJohn Hemmer and the Showgirls\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Nov. 27,\u00a0at 6:30 p.m., the Utica Public Library will screen\u00a0\u201cJohn Hemmer and the Showgirls\u201d\u00a0in the library gallery to follow up recognition of LGBTQ History Month (October).<\/p>\n<p>This charming and fantastic documentary follows the poignant and dazzling story of entertainer John Hemmer, a talented gay man who was part of the pulse of America\u2019s nightclub heyday of the 1950s and 1960s, specifically at the spectacular\u00a0Latin Quarter\u00a0in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Latin Quarter\u00a0was a sensational and famous nightclub owned by Lou Walters, which featured glamorous showgirls and top-class entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>This fascinating behind-the-scenes peeks into a sparkling part of American history and will captivate the audience as it chronicles not only the history of this chapter in show business history, but also the reunion of Hemmer and the lovely women who were so integral to this enchanting facet of cultural history.<\/p>\n<p>The screening is free to the public and suited for adult viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Free refreshments provided.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call 315.735.2279.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utica Public Library to present \u201cJohn Hemmer and the Showgirls\u201d On Tuesday, Nov. 27,\u00a0at 6:30 p.m., the Utica Public Library will screen\u00a0\u201cJohn Hemmer and the Showgirls\u201d\u00a0in the library gallery to follow up recognition of LGBTQ History Month (October). This charming and fantastic documentary follows the poignant and dazzling story of entertainer John Hemmer, a talented [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22367,65,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment","category-history","category-libraries","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}