Event Dime

Dear Diary: Pride Edition

When:

June 24, 2026 · 7:00 PM

Where:

Bitter Social, Raleigh, NC

Source:

Downtown Raleigh Alliance

"Dear Diary..." the phrase that started it all — middle school journals, teenage heartbreak poems, dramatic AIM away messages, or passed notes--we want to hear your middle school short story or what folks wrote in your yearbook. Bring a page or two (3-4 mins) from your past (pre age 21) and read it aloud under the soft glow of collective secondhand embarrassment. The drama! The passion! The misspellings! — we won’t judge. Tell us about your first queer crush, angsty poems of being misunderstood,