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Event:
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The 2026 Yinger Lecture is a Movie at the Bohm: Fairyland
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Date:
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Friday, April 10th, 2026
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Time:
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7:00 PM − 9:30 PM
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Organization:
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Albion College History Department |
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Location:
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Bohm Theatre
201 S Superior St
Albion MI
https://bohmtheatre.org/
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Cost:
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Free
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Description:
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Albion College's History
department, in
conjunction
with the college's 2026 Yinger
Endowed Lecture in the
Humanities,
welcomes Alysia
Abbott to Albion College and
the Bohm Theatre for the
Michigan premier
of Fairyland,
Friday, April 10th, at 7:00
pm.
Alysia is the author of
Fairyland: A Memoir
of My
Father (2013), about growing
up in
the 1970s and 80s in San
Francisco as the only
child of
a widowed gay man. The 2023
dramatic film adaptation, also
called
Fairyland, was shown in
selected theaters
nationally
just this past fall. The
winner of a
number of film
festival awards, Fairyland was
also nominated for a 2026
GLAAD Media
award for
Outstanding Film in Limited
Release. Praised as an
"unconventional
coming-of-age
story", "a moving, warmly
funny portrait of a bygone era
of queer life
and liberation"
"that is at its very big heart
a universal story of family,
love, staying true
to who you
are, and being there for each
other when it counts the
most", Fairyland
has been
received positively by both
reviewers and audiences,
scoring 96% on
Rotten
Tomatoes' Tomatometer.
Alysia,
along with History
department faculty members,
will introduce the film. This
event is free
and open to the
public. Please join us in the
beautiful and historic Bohm
Theatre in
downtown Albion!
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Categories:
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Film, Events
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