Thursday May 21, 2026 | 6:30-7:30pm

At the Tenderloin Museum | 398 Eddy St. SF, CA 94102

Discover the little known history of Indian immigrants from Gujarat who established a flourishing hospitality empire through strong community, mutual aid, hard work, and sacrifice. Mahendra K. Doshi’s book Surat to San Francisco chronicled for the first time how Patel “trailblazers” laid the groundwork for a vast network of Indian-owned hotels in San Francisco’s central city. The author will share this inspiring American success story at TLM with a lecture and screening of the 2025 short documentary inspired by his work, Patel Motel Story.

$10 Suggested Donation | Register to attend via Humanitix

Saturday May 30, 2026 | 3:30-5pm

At the Tenderloin Museum | 398 Eddy St. SF, CA 94102

Mary TallMountain's poems evoke a deep sense of home and homelessness, separation and belonging. Join TallMountain’s friends and fellow poets Kitty Costello and Kim Shuck for a writing workshop that uses her work to guide us toward these themes in our own lives, in our own words. Presented in conjunction with the exhibit Finding Our Way Home: Mary TallMountain in the Tenderloin.

$10 or $6 for TLM Members (includes admission) | Register via Humanitix

Thursday June 4, 2026 | 6:30-8pm

At the Tenderloin Museum | 398 Eddy St. SF, CA 94102

The Tenderloin knows and loves Sheena Rose as a fixture of the queen scene at Aunt Charlie’s Lounge. Earlier this year, Sheena–aka Jacob Anthony Rose–published a powerful debut memoir entitled Stillness and Survival: A Life Between Trauma, Glitter, and the Echo of My Own Voice. TLM kicks off Pride month by celebrating this essential TL artist’s story of survival, queerness, and becoming with a reading and drag show ft. Bliss, Kelly Rose, Olivia Hart, & Sophilya Leggz!

$10 Suggested Donation (+ tips for drag performers) | Register via Humanitix

Thursday June 25, 2026 | 7 - 9pm

at 33 Turk St. (outside of the Timbri Hotel)

TRANSMARSH is a free outdoor vertical dance performance by trans people, for trans people — and all who love them. The show features B Dean/BODYSTORM, Pangaea, and tome performing on the Taylor Street facade of the Timbri Hotel, soaring over the intersection of Turk and Taylor Streets, the site of both the 1966 trans led Compton’s Cafeteria Riots and present-day for profit reentry housing for the incarcerated. TRANSMARSH kicks off Pride Weekend by rewilding the Transgender District with the trans history and ecology alive in the Tenderloin's soil.

The Thursday evening “preview” performance is preceded by a trans history walking tour led by community historian and advocate Rev. Dr. Megan Rohrer at 7pm–separate registration required (as space is limited). The night also features a performance by Skywatchers, GRAVITY Access Services, and Oaklash Block Party at the Timbri Hotel, with local drag performers and DJs.

7pm Trans History Walking Tour | Free; register via Humanitix; space is limited!

8pm TRANSMARSH preview performance | Free; register via Eventbrite