CEDHARS and the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD) are pleased to present LOOKING. DIFFERENT. a conversation with Riva Lehrer and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson on Thursday, May 8, from 5-8 p.m. at Haven in Birmingham.
The event will feature the artwork Portrait of Rosemarie Garland-Thomson from Riva Lehrer’s exploration of cultural depictions of disability, a discussion between Lehrer and Garland-Thomson, and a short reading from Lehrer’s critically acclaimed memoir, Golem Girl.
Attendance is free, but you must RSVP opens a new website.
The first 50 attendees will receive a free book, and a bookseller will be in attendance to sell books from both Riva Lehrer and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson. Heavy hors d'oeuvres will be provided, and a cash bar will be available.
About Riva Lehrer
Riva Lehrer is an artist opens a new website, writer, and curator who focuses on the socially challenged body. Recipient of multiple awards for her visual and literary work, Lehrer is best known for representations of people whose physical embodiment, sexuality, or gender identity have long been stigmatized. Lehrer’s memoir, Golem Girl (One World/ Penguin Random House), won the 2020 Barbellion Prize for Literature and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She is represented by Regal Hoffman & Associates, NYC, and Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago. Learn more about Lehrer's work at her website opens a new website.
About Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson opens a new website is professor emerita of English and bioethics at Emory University. Her expertise in disability bioethics, critical disability studies, and health humanities brings disability culture, ethics, and justice to a broad range of institutions and communities. She is a Hastings Center Fellow and senior advisor, a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar, a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is co-editor of About Us: Essays from the New York Times about Disability by People with Disabilities and author of Staring: How We Look and several other books. Learn more about Garland-Thomson's work at her website opens a new website.
Event Information
LOOKING. DIFFERENT.
Thursday, May 8, 2025
5-8 p.m.
Events at Haven
2515 6th Ave S
Birmingham, AL 35233
Parking
In addition to street parking, we have a limited number of accessible parking spaces and free valet.
Accessibility
Haven is a large, flat space with no stair entry. ASL interpreters and CART services will be provided. Please email us at