Speaking & Events

Ariel is available for conversations, panels, readings, podcasts, and events on topics including:

• Writing memoir from lived history
• LGBTQ+ history and marriage equality
• West Hollywood’s early civic role in queer rights
• Late-blooming love and reinvention
• Turning personal archives into literary nonfiction
• Film production, city government, and public storytelling
• Building LGBTQ+ literary community
• The latest developments in tech and AI.

With warmth, humor, and decades of experience at the intersection of civic life, creativity, and social change, Ariel brings both historical perspective and personal candor to every conversation. Contact me.