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may 4, 2008 / sunday 
27th Annual Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival)
(Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225) Over 200 flowering cherries take center stage during this phenomenal weekend celebrating traditional Japanese music and dance, taiko drumming, ikebana flower arranging, bonsai pruning, tea ceremonies, craft demonstrations and workshops. Event Website
Note: this event runs May 3 - 4
Sports
Five Boro Bike Tour
(Battery Park) (6:30am) Join the largest recreational cycling event in America. With 42 traffic-free miles and more than 30,000 fellow riders, there's no better way to see New York than biking through dozens of neighborhoods and crossing scenic bridges. Event Website
Arts & Entertainment
Tribeca Film Festival
(Various Locations) The Tribeca Film Festival was founded to celebrate NYC as a major filmmaking center and to contribute to the long-term recovery of lower Manhattan. Event Website
Note: this event runs April 23 - May 4
OrganizationsSpiritualYouth & Family
A Cooking Class for the Whole Family
(JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th St, New York, NY 10023, 646-505-4444) (3 pm) An LGBTQ Family Afternoon of Fun and Food, sponsored by Center Kids, in cooperation with the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, the Rodeph Sholom Gay and Lesbian Concerns Committee, and Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere (COLAGE-NYC). - includes cooking program, kids' activities, babysitting and meal. (Adults $15; Kids $9) (646-505-5708) Event Website
Ongoing Events
through May 7
Arts & Entertainment
Exoticism
(The Museum at FIT, 295 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001) Over 40 modern designers featured along with beautiful 18th and 19th-century fashions and textiles that highlight Japanese, Chinese, Indian and North African styles. Event Website
This event runs January 1 - May 7
through May 11
Arts & Entertainment
The Four of Us
(NY City Center, 131 West 55th St, New York, NY 10019) A poignant new play about friendship and memory, the gap between our stories and our lives, and what happens when your dreams come true - for your best friend. Event Website
This event runs March 6 - May 11
through May 17
Arts & Entertainment
Running
(Milk Can Theatre Company, 311 West 43 S, New York, NY 10036) Three gay men, a widow, and a funeral set the stage to answer the questions -- can we escape our past? What happens when we have to confront the lies we tell ourselves? Running not only tackles the issue of coming out about ones sexuality, but also what everyone must face when confronting the truth about ourselves. ($18/$15) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs May 2 - 17
through May 24
Arts & Entertainment
Queer Batman: A Renaissance
(Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, 508 West 26th St, New York, NY 10001) A group exhibit of artists, Mark Demott, Daniel Wheelter and Samira Abbassy, Mark Chamberlain present superhero creations of your dreams. Event Website
This event runs May 2 - 24
through May 26
Arts & EntertainmentYouth & Family
The Butterfly Conservatory
(American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023) Celebrate the 10th annual return of this re-created tropical forest environment filled with over 500 live butterflies. Event Website
This event runs January 1 - May 26
through May 28
Arts & Entertainment
Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe
(Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128) Cai Guo-Qiang is internationally acclaimed as an artist whose creative transgressions and cultural provocations have literally exploded the accepted parameters of art making in our time. This is especially true of Inopportune: Stage One, Cai�s largest installation to date, which presents nine real cars in a cinematic progression that simulates a car bombing, occupying the central atrium of the Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda. Event Website
This event runs February 22 - May 28
through June 1
Arts & Entertainment
2008 Biennial Exhibition
(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) This will be the 74th in the series of Whitney Annual and Biennial exhibitions inaugurated in 1932 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Event Website
This event runs March 6 - June 1
through June 15
Arts & Entertainment
Darwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure
(New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458) During this Garden-wide celebration of Charles Darwin's life and his groundbreaking work, explore his theories of evolution and natural selection. Event Website
This event runs April 25 - June 15
through June 15
Arts & Entertainment
South Pacific
(Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, 150 West 65th St, New York, NY 10023) During World War II in the South Pacific, love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. The war is tearing them apart. Event Website
This event runs March 1 - June 15
through June 22
Arts & Entertainment
Top Girls
(Biltmore Theater, 261 West 47th St, New York, NY 10036) Set at the Top Girls Employment Agency in London in the early 1980s, this play tells the story of Marlene, an ambitious career woman who has just been appointed head of the firm. (Top Girls) Event Website
This event runs April 15 - June 22
through July 13
Arts & Entertainment
Sex in Design/Design in Sex
(Museum of Sex, 233 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016) Highlights the best and most compelling sexually inspired contemporary designs from around the world. Event Website
This event runs January 31 - July 13
through July 13
Arts & Entertainment
Amazonia Design, Fashion and Sustainable Economy
(World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery, 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281) Objects by contemporary designers from the Amazon region who utilize raw materials in their work. Event Website
This event runs April 17 - July 13
through July 18
Arts & Entertainment
Takashi Murakami
(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) The most comprehensive retrospective to date of the work of internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami includes more than ninety works in various media that span the artist�s entire career, installed in more than 18,500 square feet of gallery space. ($10/$8) Event Website
This event runs April 5 - July 18
through August 10
Arts & Entertainment
Playing the Building
(Battery Maritime Ferry Building, 10 South St, New York, NY 10004) David Byrne's massive installation in the historic Battery Maritime Building features an organ that triggers sounds from its metal beams, pipes and electrical conduits that invites you to play along. Event Website
This event runs May 1 - August 10
through August 31
Arts & Entertainment
The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef
(Winter Garden, World Financial Center) This colorful crocheted panoply of kelps, corals and anemones is an homage to Earth�s endangered coral reefs. Event Website
This event runs April 5 - August 31
through September 7
Arts & Entertainment
Polaroids: Mapplethorpe
(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) This special exhibition traces Robert Mapplethorpe's use of instant photography from 1970 to 1975. Included are self-portraits, figure studies, still lifes, and portraits of lovers and friends including Patti Smith, Sam Wagstaff, and Marianne Faithfull. Many of these small, intimate photographs convey tenderness and vulnerability. Others depict a toughness and immediacy that would give way in later years to more classical form. Unlike the highly crafted images Mapplethorpe staged in the studio and became famous for, these disarming pictures are marked by spontaneity and invention. Event Website
This event runs May 3 - September 7
through September 28
Arts & Entertainment
Magic in Ancient Egypt: Image, Word and Reality
(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) How the Egyptians, known throughout the ancient world for their expertise in magic, addressed the unknown forces of the universe is explored in this exhibition of twenty objects from the Brooklyn Museum's world-famous collection. Event Website
This event runs January 1 - September 28
through December 31
LGBT
Oscar Wilde in NYC Guided Walking Tour
(By Request) This tour is based on new and unique research into the people and places Oscar Wilde visited in the NY of the gilded age. Event Website
This event runs January 1 - December 31
Recurring Events this Sunday
Spiritual
Dignity New York Weekly Liturgy & Social
(St. John's in the Village Church, 222 W 11th St, New York, NY 10014) (7:30pm) Event Website
This event runs Sundays
Spiritual
Metropolitan Community Church of NY Services
(MCCNY, 446 West 36th St, New York, NY 10018) (9am, 11am & 7pm) Event Website
This event runs Sundays
LGBTSocial
Starlette Sunday
(Angels and Kings, 500 East 11th St, New York, NY 10009, Venue Website) (8PM - 3AM) Starlette Sunday is a glam affair catering to a mixed lesbian and bisexual crowd. This sexy long-running party is one of the hottest nights for women in New York City. Starlette Sunday features delicious cocktails, visuals, the best dj's playing dance tracks, and lots of eye candy. (Free) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs Sundays
LGBTSports
MWA Beginner�s Night
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (2pm) Metropolitan Wrestling Association practices every Sunday. Beginner�s Night is the first Sunday of every month. Event Website
This event runs every 1st Sunday