The Way We Were: Dallas LGBTQ+ Nightlife, 1945-Today | Community Scanning Event
Tue, Jun 02
|Oak Lawn Place
Bring your photos. Keep your originals. Put your history on record. "The Way We Were" is building a living archive of Dallas LGBTQ+ nightlife—and we need what only you have. No cost. No appointment. Just show up. Hosted by Sister Helen Holy.
Time & Location
Jun 02, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Oak Lawn Place, 5723 Sadler Cir, Dallas, TX 75235, USA
About the event
There are nights you don’t forget.
The bar where you first felt seen.
The dance floor where everyone knew your name.
The spaces where community wasn’t an idea—it was right there, alive around you.
Most of that history was never documented. It lives in photo albums, shoeboxes, and phone galleries. And when those disappear, so does the proof that we were here.
The Way We Were: Dallas LGBTQ+ Nightlife, 1945-Today is changing that—by building a living record of Dallas LGBTQ+ nightlife, shaped directly by the people who made it. On June 2, we’re inviting you to bring your photos and be part of it. And we’re doing it in a way that feels like us. Community archiving doesn’t have to be quiet or clinical. It can be celebratory. It can be joyful. It can be fun. That’s why we’ve invited Sister Helen Holy to host the evening—bringing energy, connection, and…