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LGBTOrganizationsSports
Front Runners NY Lesbian & Gay Pride Run
(Central Park, 58th St, New York, NY 10155) (9am) To benefit The Charitable Foundation of Front Runners NY, which supports those diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, breast cancer and other life-threatening illnesses or catastrophic losses. Event Website
LGBTWoman's Interest
Rapture on the River: The Official NYC Pride Week Women's Dance
(Pier 54, Hudson River Park at 13th St, New York, NY 10014) (6 - 11 pm) Come throw your hands in the air while getting down with a few thousand of your fellow female dancers under the setting sun and Manhattan skyline. Tickets: boxofficetickets.com or 1-800-494-TIXS Tickets: $20; VIP: $40. Proceeds benefit NYC�s LGBT Pride Week Events and participating community organizations. Event Website
LGBTWoman's Interest
Dyke March
(Bryant Park, 42nd St & 6th Ave to Washington Sq Park at 5th Ave & Waverly) (5pm) The Dyke March is a protest march, not a parade. Thousands take over the streets every year in celebration of lesbians and to protest against ongoing discrimination, harassment, and anti-lesbian violence in schools, on the job, in families and on the streets. Event Website
LGBTSports
KSA 1st Annual Rainbow Rally
(NY Harbor) An opportunity for GLBT sailors and their friends to show their pride and have some fun racing around NY harbor during Pride weekend. Event Website
OrganizationsLGBTSocialYouth & Family
21st Annual Center Kids Family Pride Picnic
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (12Noon - 3pm) Enjoy music, games, crafts and food in a perfect oasis for children and families, away from all the Pride frenzy. Event Website
LGBTSpiritual
Congregation B�nai Jeshurun Pride Service (Jewish)
(Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, 257 West 88th St, New York, NY 10024) (9:30am) Community Kiddush following services. Event Website
LGBTSpiritual
Dignity/NY Annual LGBT Pride Mass (Catholic)
(Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Sq S, New York, NY 10012) (7:30pm) Homilist: Mark Matson, President, DignityUSA. Event Website
Woman's Interest
A Conversation with Nancy Pelosi
(TheTimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York, NY 10036) Hear Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, the highest-ranking female government official in United States history, discuss important issues facing the country and the personal experiences that prepared her for the role of Speaker, as told in her new book, "Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters." Interviewed by New York Times Washington reporter Elisabeth Bumiller. ($27) Event Website
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
The Rarest of Birds
(Wings Theater, 154 Christopher St, New York, NY 10014) (8pm) An intimate peek into the psyche of Montgomery Clift. The Rarest of Birds conveys Clift's importance as a great leading man in Hollywood as well as his personal suffering as individual who never came to terms with his homosexuality. ($18) Event Website
Note: this event runs June 7, 10, 21, 28 - 29, 1 - 2, and 4
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
STONEWALL STORIES
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) JUNE 27, 1969 - On that hot summer night, a rag tag group of lesbians, transsexuals and gay men defied the police who were raiding a notorious Greenwich Village gay bar. It was destined to become the pivotal political event, the birth of Gay Rights world wide. Stonewall Stories is a thrilling account of that fateful night told in the words of the people who were actually there. Created by award winning playwright CAROL POLCOVAR and directed by the legendary DAVID GAARD, Stonewall Stories will leave you moved...and very, very proud. ($35/25) Event Website
Note: this event runs June 25, and 28
OrganizationsLGBTSocial
DANCE 208: Pride Recovery Dance
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (9pm) The Center is home to many recovery programs including Alcoholics Anonymous, Sexual Compulsives Anonymous, Crystal Meth Anonymous, Marijuana Anonymous, Debtors Anonymous. Tonight, Before the Parade, we celebrate our collective struggles and successes. ($10) Event Website
LGBTSpiritual
Memorial Eucharist of Remembrance
(Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 112th St & Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025) (12:15pm) Memorial Eucharist of Remembrance is for all who have died of AIDS-HIV-related illness. The Reverend Barbara Crafton Celebrant and Preacher. Names of Loved Ones who have died of AIDS-HIV-related illness can be entered into the Book of Remembrance and also named in the prayers. Sponsored by The National AIDS Memorial. [email protected]
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
I Love New York
(Community House, Bayview Walk, east of Main Walk, Cherry Grove, NY 11782-0998) (6/21 8pm, 6/28 7pm and 10pm) A dazzling musical revue directed by John DeMarco and featuring talent from NYC and beyond all singing about the city and state we love! Don't miss it! Arts Project of Cherry Grove ($30/Members, $35 Non-Members) [email protected] Event Website
Note: this event runs June 21, and 28
LGBTSocial
Big Apple RaUnch
(Big Apple Ranch, 39 West 19th St, New York, NY 10011) (8 PM / 1 AM) Country Western Dance Party. Two-step, line dancing, swing, waltz. Lesons at 8 PM. Open dancing 9 PM thru 1 AM. Dress raunchy, sexy, whatever! Times Squares Square Dance Club ($10.) (212-358-5752) Event Website
LGBTSocial
HUDSON HEELS-EROTICA
(Naima's, 513 W 27th St., btw 10th & 11th Ave., New York, NY 10001) (11:30PM-4:00AM) LET CHARO INJECT YOUR SOUL WITH PRIDE AS THE HOTTEST FEMALE SPINMASTER OUT THERE TAKES YOU ON A JOURNEY OF SIGHTS AND SOUNDS.... HOUSE OF RHUMBA WILL SATISFY EVEN THE PICKIEST OF ARTS/MUSIC CONNOISSEURS & OUR GO GO DANCERS PERFORM TITILLATING MOVES FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. SPECIAL GUEST DJ: JAE VYNEL & TONELOVE ($12 BEFORE 12:30AM/$15 AFTER) [email protected] Event Website
Ongoing Events
through June 28
Arts & EntertainmentWoman's Interest
PINK & BENT: Art of Queer Women
(Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) The goal of this show is to present audiences with a visual experience that depicts the many threads that sew queer women together as a community. Works on display by nearly 50 artists including such notable names as Judy Chicago, Harmony Hammond, G.B. Jones, The Guerilla Girls, Phranc and Joan E. Biren (JEB), hanging alongside up-and-coming artists. Event Website
This event runs May 20 - June 28
through June 28
Arts & Entertainment
JVC Jazz Festival New York
(Various Locations) Considered one of the most prestigious jazz festivals in the world. Event Website
This event runs June 15 - 28
through June 29
Arts & Entertainment
Shakespeare in the Park presents Hamlet
(Delacorte Theater, Central Park at 81st St, New York, NY 10024) The Public Theater presents a new production of Shakespeare�s famous play, starring Michael Stuhlbarg. Event Website
This event runs May 27 - June 29
through June 29
LGBT
New York City Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Week
(Various Locations) Heritage of Pride (HOP) requests your attendance at all of this year�s Pride Events. Each in its own way is not only a powerful political statement, but also a whole lot of fun. A multitude of issues continue to dominate the LGBT landscape including marriage, adoption, equality and HIV/AIDS � issues that require our constant vigilance. By attending this year�s Pride Events, you can help create awareness of these issues by showing that you exist and that you are proud of who you are. Yearround visibility and action are our best resources. Visit the HOP website for the most up-to-date Pride Week information, including performers, other pride events and the order of the March. www.hopinc.org
This event runs June 22 - 29
through June 29
Arts & Entertainment
Single Black Female
(The Duke on 42nd Street, 229 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036) (Tuesdays-Saturdays at 8pm; Saturdays and Sundays a) Openly gay director/actor Coleman Domingo (currently appearing on Broadway in "Passing Strange" helms the limited Off-Broadway engagement of Lisa B. Thompson's sassy comedy "Single Black Female" -- about single black women and their search for love, dignity and clothes. Starring Soara-Joye Ross (from "Jerry Springer: The Opera" and "Dance of the Vampires") and Riddick Marie, the new play takes a comic look at the pleasures and perils of being a single, middle-class woman who has everything she wants and needs, except more R-E-S-P-E-C-T -- and a man! ($30) (646-223-3010) Event Website
This event runs June 10 - 29
through July 5
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
Fever
(Dionysus Theater, 270 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10018) (8pm) FEVER is set on a scorching desert landscape. Under a relentless sun, two great warriors and mortal enemies, Atrox and Bonitas, have momentarily retired to their corners. Atrox enlists a handsome young soldier to his cause, the seduction and capture of Bonitas. FEVER tells the story of two legendary Generals who clash in a desperate struggle to win the soul and affections of a young man. ($25) Event Website
This event runs May 22 - July 5
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 13
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
Arias With A Twist
(Here, 145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013) Two national treasures unleash their epic imaginations to conjure a modern and intimate fantasy. Twist�s signature magic envelopes Joey Arias� legendary voice, transporting us to unpredictable worlds, channeling ecstatic desires, lavish nightmares and bizarre premonitions in a bejeweled cabinet of curiosities that could only be found in one of downtown's last enclaves for bohemian New York style. Event Website
This event runs June 12 - 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 July 19
Arts & Entertainment
Turntables on the Hudson
(Water Taxi Beach/Hunters Point stop on the Water Taxi, #2, Borden Ave, Long Island City, Queens, NY 11101) Celebrating 10 Years of Music, Dance, Culture & GOOD TIMES with an all-star lineup of DJ's from the crew who been down with us since day 1... every Friday all Summer long featuring guests & sounds from over the years. ($10) Event Website
This event runs June 20 - July 19
through July 26
Arts & Entertainment
BRiDGE as iCON
(Tabla Rasa Gallery, 224 48th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220) Artists Reception: Sunday, May 25, 2008, 2 - 4:30pm. In celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, Tabla Rasa Gallery presents BRIDGE as ICON. This exhibition offers substantive artwork inspired by the world's best known bridge. The universally recognized Gothic arches provide a soaring visual metaphor for the spirit of ingenuity. As the omnipresent symbol of Brooklyn itself, the bridge has been an inspiration for poetry, cinema, music, advertising, as well as painting and graphic arts. Whether literal or symbolic, each artwork captures an individual essence of connection. (Free) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs May 22 - July 26
through July 27
Arts & EntertainmentSocial
Emergence / Governor's Island Summer Season
(Governor's Island, Ferries leave from Battery Maritime Building, South and Whitehall, Manhattan) Experimental, participatory art involving more than 30 artists/art collectives working in a variety of media, including artist talks, workshops and performances. Historic Building 14 on Governors Island is transformed from an abandoned outpost into an interactive, three-dimensional living exhibit. (Free) Event Website
This event runs May 30 - July 27
through July 31
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
ART & AIDS: LIVING WITH PRIDE
(GMHC, The Tisch Building, 119 West 24th St, New York, NY 10011) (6 - 8pm) GMHC�s Annual Client Art Show entitled ART & AIDS: LIVING WITH PRIDE. The opening reception will be on Friday June 20th 6 - 8pm on the 4th Floor Galleries at GMHC. The exhibition will run Monday thru Friday 10am - 8pm through July 31, 2008. All are invited and welcome to attend this very special exhibition of the creative and inspirational work of the featured artists. (Free) (212-367-1000) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs June 20 - July 31
through July 31
Arts & Entertainment
ROCKERS
(Morrison Hotel Gallery, 313 Bowery at Bleecker St, New York, NY 10003) Nearly 300 photographs taken by rock-and-roll chronicler Bob Gruen in conjunction with the publication of his latest book, ROCKERS. For more than thirty years, Gruen has been documenting such acts as the Sex Pistols, the Rolling Stones, the Clash, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, New York Dolls, Blondie, Kiss, the Who, and many more. In the center of the gallery is a re-created teenager's bedroom, the walls lined with pictures of musicians ripped out of magazines, all taken by Gruen. Event Website
This event runs June 15 - July 31
through August 9
Arts & Entertainment
Celebrate Brooklyn!
(Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215) (8pm) A fun and fantastic lineup of summer entertainment in the forms of world music, pop, hip hop, dance, silent films with live scores, readings and more. Artists include: July 12: Beth Orton; July 25: Philip Glass Ensemble; July 31: Mark Morris Dance Group; August 3: African Guitar Festival; August 7: Alvin Ailey II; and August 8: Lila Downs. Event Website
This event runs June 12 - August 9
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 21
Arts & EntertainmentOrganizationsLGBT
Fourth Annual LGBT NYC Photo Club Exhibition
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (6pm) Summer Exhibits series featuring As We See It, the fourth annual exhibition of works by our Photo Club. Nearly 100 works from club members will be on display for As We See It, representing a wide variety of themes, styles and techniques. Work is available for purchase directly from the photographer and 25% of all sales will be donated directly to The Center. (free) (646-338-3627) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs June 9 - August 21
through August 24
Arts & Entertainment
Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy
(Broadway Theater, 1681 Broadway, New York, NY 10019) (Previews June 16, Opens June 26) An exotic encounter inspired by nature�s unpredictable creations that are brought to life by an international cast of soaring aerialists, spinebending contortionists, acrobats, jugglers and musicians. Event Website
This event runs June 16 - August 24
through August 26
LGBTSports
Big Apple Softball League
(Various Locations) (Weekends) Celebrating its 31st Anniversary, the league includes both competitive and recreational teams. Players of all skill levels are welcome. Event Website
This event runs May 26 - August 26
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
The 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art
(National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Ave at 89th St, New York, NY 10128, 212-369-4880) An exceptional selection of contemporary works by over 125 of the finest artists from across the country. This Annual consists of works by newly emerging artists and established artists, providing an exhibition of diverse ideas, mediums, and techniques. Event Website
This event runs May 29 - September 7
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 21
Arts & Entertainment
Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe
(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) One of the great American visionaries of the twentieth century, R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) endeavored to see what he, a single individual, might do to benefit the largest segment of humanity while consuming the minimum of the earth's resources. Doing "more with less" was Fuller's credo. The results of more than five decades of Fuller's integrated approach toward the design and technology of housing, transportation, cartography, and communication are displayed here, much of it for the first time. Event Website
This event runs June 26 - September 21
through September 28
Arts & EntertainmentSocial
JellyNYC Pool Parties at McCarren Park
(McCarren Park Pool, Lorimer St btwn Driggs Ave & Bayard St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211) Mix kids water games like Slip 'n Slide and indie, rock, dance and world bands, and you've got THE coolest way to spend your summer Sundays! (Free) Event Website
This event runs June 6 - September 28
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 September 28
Arts & EntertainmentWoman's Interest
Louise Bourgeois
(Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128) A full-career retrospective of one of the most important artists of our time. The exhibition, which fills the entire Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda and one adjacent gallery, will be the most comprehensive examination to date of Bourgeois�s long and distinguished career. Born almost a century ago, Louise Bourgeois has remained steadfastly at the vanguard of the development of contemporary art for more than 70 years, and continues to create new bodies of work with characteristic energy and restless innovation. Event Website
This event runs June 27 - September 28
through October 10
Arts & Entertainment
Piano in the Park
(Bryant Park, 25 West 40th St, New York, NY 10018) (12Noon - 1:45pm) Monday through Fridays. New artist every week performing for the public. Including Junior Mance, Armen Donelian, Joel Forrester, Russ Kassoff, Mike LeDonne, Todd Robbins, Yuka Aikawa, Dona Carter, Dan Manjovi, Deanna Witkowski, Roy Eaton, Victor Lin, Frank Owens, Jill McManus, Larry Ham, Luiz Simas, Ayako Shirasaki. Event Website
This event runs May 19 - October 10
through October 13
Arts & Entertainment
The Waterfalls
(Various Locations) (7am - 10pm) Public Art Fund presents The New York City Waterfalls, a major new work of public art by internationally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson. The exhibition of four man-made 90-to 120-foot-tall waterfalls of monumental scale will be on view at four sites: one on the Brooklyn anchorage of the Brooklyn Bridge, one between Piers 4 and 5 near the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, one in Lower Manhattan at Pier 35 north of the Manhattan Bridge, and one on the north shore of Governors Island. Event Website
This event runs June 26 - October 13
through October 31
LGBTSocial
The Woods Campground
(Pocono Mountains, PA) The Woods Campground is a private, members-only, alternative campground catering to LGBT campers 18 years of age and older. Event Website
This event runs May 23 - October 31
through November 2
Arts & Entertainment
Henry Moore Sculpture at the Garden
(New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458) This landmark presentation of monumental works will be the largest outdoor installation of Henry Moore sculpture in one location in the U.S. Event Website
This event runs May 24 - November 2
through November 8
Arts & Entertainment
Arbiters of Style: Women at the Forefront of Fashion
(FIT, 27th St & 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001) This exhibition features work by female designers as well as clothing and accessories worn by female department store executives, influential clients, magazine editors, muses and models. Event Website
This event runs May 21 - November 8
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 Saturday
OrganizationsSports
Front Runners New York
Tuesdays at 7pm, 3rd St & Prospect Park West; Wednesdays at 6:45pm, 236 West 73rd St; Saturdays at 9:15am, 236 West 73rd St Event Website
This event runs Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays
LGBTSports
Metro Wrestling Practices
(Fighthouse, 122 West 27th St, New York, NY 10001) (5 - 7pm) Metro Wrestling is New York City's gay freestyle wrestling club. Gay, straight, male or female, all are welcome to attend. Event Website
This event runs Saturdays
Spiritual
CBST Shabbat Services and Torah Study
(CBST, 57 Bethune St, New York, NY 10014) (10am) Event Website
This event runs every 2nd and 3rd and 4th Saturday
Arts & Entertainment
Guided tours of the Chelsea Art Museum
(Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011) (2 PM-3 PM) Join us for docent-led tours of our exhibition galleries. Highlighting works from both our permanent collection and our rotating exhibitions, tours are free with museum admission and start from the bookstore. (Free!) (212 255 0719) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs Saturdays