Chris Harris
Title
Chris Harris
Subject
Chris Harris
Description
{{Infobox person
| name = Chris Harris <!-- use common name/article title -->
| birth_name = Christian Harris<!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date = {{birth date|1967|12|23}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|01|19|1967|12|23}}
| occupation = Promoter
}}
Chris Harris was an event promoter, community organizer and club owner from Rhode Island.
He is credited with reinvigorating Boston night life with his club nights in the late 2000s
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Harris worked as a bartender before becoming a club promoter <ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2010/03/31/promoter-chris-harris-helps-revive-hubs-gay-night-life-scene/|title=Promoter Chris Harris helps revive Hub’s gay night-life scene|last=Wedge|first=David|date=March 31, 2010|work=Boston Herald|access-date=August 14, 2019}}. As a club promoter, he was known as the King of Clubs. He hosted "Chris Harris Presents" and was a co-owner of Club Ego in Providence, Rhode Island. His club nights and events hosted many well-known performers, including drag performers Trixie Mattel, and Shangela
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DJs The Perry Twins (duo)|The Perry Twins<ref name=":1">Harris was a supporter, fundraiser and collaborator with Boston Pride|Boston and Rhode Island Pride.
In addition to hosting events, he was a host for delegates at Boston Pride's first international Pride conference. He was given the Rhode Island Pyramid of Pride Award in 2019, and was posthumously named a marshal of both the Boston and Providence pride parades.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonpride.org/2019/01/boston-pride-remembers-chris-harris/|title=Boston Pride Mourns the Loss of LGBTQ Advocate Chris Harris|last=Pride|first=Boston|date=|website=Boston Pride|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222225810/http://www.bostonpride.org/2019/01/boston-pride-remembers-chris-harris/|archive-date=2019-08-27|dead-url=|access-date=2019-08-27}}
{{Cite web|url=https://www.prideri.org/post/rhode-island-pride-names-chris-harris-honorary-marshall-saddened-by-the-great-loss-for-community|title=Rhode Island Pride names Chris Harris Honorary Marshall; saddened by the great loss for community|last=Lazzerini|first=Joe|date=|website=prideri|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827201248/https://www.prideri.org/post/rhode-island-pride-names-chris-harris-honorary-marshall-saddened-by-the-great-loss-for-community|archive-date=August 27, 2019|dead-url=|access-date=2019-08-27}}
Creator
Janaya Kizzie
Publisher
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities
Collection
Citation
Janaya Kizzie, “Chris Harris,” Rhode Island Arts and Culture Fellowship, accessed May 15, 2024, https://riartsandculture.omeka.net/items/show/22.