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LGBTSpiritual
Selichot (Jewish)
(CBST, 57 Bethune St, New York, NY 10014) (10 pm) Event Website
LGBTSocialWoman's Interest
Women's Compatibility Game
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (8:00 PM - 10:00 PM) It’s speed-dating with an ingenious twist: answer four questions about your interests, values, and lifestyle, and get assigned to four different groups of women who gave answers similar to yours. Also meet one-on-one in a free mingling period. Finally, write a list of the women you want to date, and minutes later you find out your mutual matches. Compatibility Game is a fun, revolutionary way to meet women you are compatible with, thereby increasing your odds that a relationship could take hold. ($20) (212-971-1084) Event Website
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
GLBT Art Gallery Tour in Chelsea
(West Chelsea Arts Building, 526 West 26th St. (10th & 11th Ave.), New York, NY 10001) (1:00 - 3:30 PM) Visit 8 exhibits of cutting-edge painting, sculpture, electronic media & photography, of interest to our queer sensibility, led by a former gay studies professor and art critic for the New York Blade. While you’re there, socialize with arts-oriented gay men & lesbians! ($20) (212-946-1548) Event Website
Arts & Entertainment
Central Park Film Festival
(Central Park, Enter at Fifth Avenue & 72nd Street , New York, NY 10022) (8:00 pm - 10:00 pm) 8/19: Working Girl 8/20: The French Connection 8/21: Strangers on a Train 8/22: Moonstruck (*Introduced by writer John Shanley) 8/23: August Rush (*Featuring a performance by the film's choir, IMPACT) (FREE) (212-310-6600) Event Website
Note: this event runs September 19 - 23
OrganizationsLGBT
Housing Works Warehouse Sale
(Housing Works Warehousex, 48-49 35th St, Long Island City, Queens, NY 11101) (10am - 4pm) Housing Works' beloved twice-monthly warehouse sales make it easier than ever for you to find flawed-but-fabulous designer items among the overstock. For $20, you get a shopping bag to fill with as much of the overstock clothing as will fit. For $30, you get a shopping bag filled entirely with men’s and women’s pre-sorted designer items! To benefit Housing Works. ($20) Event Website
Note: this event runs August 9, 23, September 6, 20, October 11, 25, November 8, December 6, and 13
OrganizationsLGBT
Camp Equality Long Island
(Huntington, NY) HRC's Camp Equality is an intensive, 2-day interactive training program that combines lectures, discussions, and real-life simulations. Camp Equality teaches both advanced and fundamental skills to help strengthen the impact our community has on the 2008 elections. ($35) Event Website
Note: this event runs September 20 - 21
SpiritualYouth & Family
Harvest Fair
(Lefferts Historic House, Prospect Park, 95 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215) (1 - 4pm) Handpick your own apples, make apple fritters and work the apple cider press. Sept 20 & 21st is the big potato dig harvesting weekend. (Free) (718-789-2822) Event Website
Note: this event runs September 13 - 14, and 20 - 21
Arts & Entertainment
Circus AMOK! Presents: "SUB-PRIME SUBLIME"
(Your Public Parks of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens &, See website for show locations and times! , New York, NY) (See website schedule for showtimes!) New York's renowned, acclaimed, award-winning, astounding one-and-only CIRCUS AMOK! presents it's 2008 FREE extravaganza: "SUB-PRIME SUBLIME." Dorothy clicks her heels -- but there's no going home! She's the newest victim of predatory lending! In "SUB-PRIME SUBLIME," all manner of mysteries are revealed as atoms smash and crash, spiraling past hulahoopers, headstanders and hairstylists! Stunning stilters, Tenanacious Tenants, Fantastical Free-Falling Free Markets, Querelous Quarks, Neurotic Neutrons and the Spirit of Sylvester come together to help us all find our ways home, home, home from the tornado of foreclosure and debt! SEE WWW.CIRCUSAMOK.ORG FOR SHOW LOCATIO (FREE!!) (718-486-7432) [email protected] Event Website
Note: this event runs September 6 - 8, 10, 12 - 14, 17, 19 - 21, 24, and 26 - 28
Arts & Entertainment
6th Annual New York Burlesque Festival
(Various Locations) The festivities include: "This is Burlesque" teaser party hosted by The World Famous *BOB*, Le Poisson de Rouge hosted by Murray Hill, The Early Bird Dinner & Golden Pastie Awards hosted by MISS ASTRID, The Pontani Sisters, Billy the Blue Bunny and much much more. Event Website
Note: this event runs September 18 - 21
OrganizationsLGBTYouth & Family
Second Annual Independent School Fair and Workshops for LGBT Families
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (10am - 1:30pm) Parents, come speak with representatives of the City's finest independent schools. Hear school representatives and experienced parents address issues such as how to assess school options, affordability, and the admissions process, and gather all the literature you can carry. It's an exceptional opportunity for LGBT parents to be out and open with schools eager to welcome their families. Co-sponsored by Center Kids, the NY LGBT Educators at Independent Schools, and the NY State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS) Diversity Committee. (212.620.7310 x228) [email protected]
LGBTSocial
ICONS - The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Volume 2
(The Community House, , Cherry Grove, NY) (8pm) Arts Project of Cherry Grove is proud to present ICONS - The Lesbian and Gay History of the World, Volume 2. The community was so impressed with Jade Esteban Estrada's one man show, we had to have him back for MORE! Join us Saturday evening for a night of history you'll never forget. ($25 Members, $30 Non-members)
Starting Today
SocialYouth & Family
THE AMAZING MAIZE MAZE
(Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy, Floral Park, New York, NY 11004) (11am - 4:30pm weekends) Enjoy getting lost in our 3 acre interactive corn maze. The adventure begins with a stalk talk to prepare you for the challenge of finding clues, solving puzzles and making your way out of the maze. For Maze By Moonlight on Saturday October 18 & 25th, the maze will be open until 9pm. ($8; Children $4; Children under 3 Free) Event Website
This event runs through October 26
Ongoing Events
through September 21
Arts & EntertainmentSocial
The JACKSON HEIGHTS Film & Food Festival
(Various Locations, Jackson Heights, Queens) A full film & food experience encompassing three main programs, plus live entertainment and more. TASTE OF JACKSON HEIGHTS takes place September 13, 12 - 4pm. THE JACKSON HEIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL takes place September 18 - 21. THE JACKSON HEIGHTS KIDS FILM FESTIVAL takes place Sunday, September 21 at 10:30am with a Performance by Opus Ditty at 1pm. Event Website
This event runs September 13 - 21
through September 21
Social
San Genarro Festival
(East Houston & Mulberry Sts to Canal & Mulberry Sts) (11:30am - 11:30pm) This year’s Feast will again attract more than 1-million people to the streets of historic Little Italy in the annual salute to the Patron Saint of Naples – San Gennaro. The street festivities – including religious processions with the statue of San Gennaro, parades. free entertainment, food stands and a cannoli and a cannoli eating contest – are capped on Friday, September 19 – the Official Feast Day -- with a celebratory Mass honoring San Gennaro, followed by a candlelit procession as the Statue of San Gennaro is carried from its permanent home in Most Precious Blood Church on Mulberry Street through the streets of Little Italy. Event Website
This event runs September 11 - 21
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 27
Arts & Entertainment
2008 Fall for Dance Festival at NY City Center
(City Center Main Stage, 131 West 55th St, New York, NY 10019) For ten exhilarating days each year, feel the rush…the exuberance…the sheer joy that is dance, from New York City, across the country, and around the globe. Experience the world-famous alongside the cutting-edge, treasured favorites surrounded by undiscovered gems. Multiple companies appear in each performance, offering audiences a sampling of the best that dance has to offer – from hip hop to ballet, tango to tap, and so much more. Event Website
This event runs September 17 - 27
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
Sports
International Chinese Traditional Martial Arts Competition & Exhibit
(The Armory Center, 216 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY 10032) (Times vary check website) How close to reality are the choreographed fighting sequences in the movies? Does real martial arts combat look like the wrestling and grappling people see in modern day prize fights? Come find out at this international competition, where grand masters of orthodox Chinese martial arts will gather from the world to showcase their extraordinary skills. From the Taichi to the lightening quick Praying Mantis, from the amazing kicks of northern style to the powerful punches of southern style, you will witness genuine Chinese martial arts that have never been brought to the public before through competition, demonstration, exhibit and workshops. A feast for aficionados and casual observers alike. ($5, $15, $25) (877-683-7469) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs September 15 - 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 September 28
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
Two Spoons
(Bank Street Theatre, 155 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014) (Thurs.-Sats. at 8pm, Suns. at 3pm) A poignant comedy that follows Steve and Larry, gay dads with a three-year-old son, who are on the verge of getting married until a weekend getaway in the City of Brotherly Love changes everything. What starts as a quiet, relaxing vacation turns into a quest for redefining the rules of the relationship: Should they “hang together” to negotiate a Bill of Rights for themselves or “hang separately” and compromise the state of their union and family? One performance on Monday, September 8 at 7pm benefiting the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project. Tickets for benefit are $50 general/$100 VIP. All (100%) of proceeds will go to AVP. ($18) (212-696-7847) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs September 5 - 28
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 October 5
Arts & Entertainment
New York Musical Theatre Festival!
(Various Locations) An annual three-week event showcasing new work and musical theatre artists that blends the economy of scale and grassroots mechanisms of other theater festivals with a technical framework geared specifically to musicals. By providing prime theaters, savvy technical support and capable staffing, plus a massive and original marketing platform for all assembled projects, the festival enables independent artists to effectively and professionally present work to potential producers and to a general audience of thousands. ((212) 664-0979) Event Website
This event runs September 15 - October 5
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 19
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
Wig Out!
(Vineyard Theatre, 108 East 15th St, New York, NY 10003) This fierce and intoxicating story tells of competing "houses" of drag queens and the loves, loyalties and dreams within each that draw their members together and apart. Event Website
This event runs September 10 - October 19
through October 25
Arts & Entertainment
Focus on the '70s: The Fabulous Photography of Kenn Duncan
(New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) In the 70s and early 80s, Duncan was a principal photographer for the entertainment magazine After Dark and for Dance Magazine, which chronicled the world of dance and choreography. Photographs by Kenn Duncan also appeared in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Life, Time and Newsweek. In addition, he photographed a dozen Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies, and published three volumes of his own photographs: Red Shoes, Nudes, and More Nudes. This retrospective of his 20-year career includes his iconic images of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Angela Lansbury, Rudolf Nureyev, Bette Midler, and the cast of Hair, as well as selections from his nudes and his work with hundreds of celebrities. Event Website
This event runs July 30 - October 25
through October 26
Arts & Entertainment
Jeff Koons on the Roof
(The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St, New York, NY 10028) On view is an installation of sculptures by American artist Jeff Koons, featuring three of the artist’s meticulously crafted works that have never before been on public display. The works are set in the most dramatic outdoor space for sculpture in New York City: The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden, which offers a spectacular view of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline. Event Website
This event runs August 25 - October 26
through October 26
SocialYouth & Family
THE AMAZING MAIZE MAZE
(Queens County Farm Museum, 73-50 Little Neck Pkwy, Floral Park, New York, NY 11004) (11am - 4:30pm weekends) Enjoy getting lost in our 3 acre interactive corn maze. The adventure begins with a stalk talk to prepare you for the challenge of finding clues, solving puzzles and making your way out of the maze. For Maze By Moonlight on Saturday October 18 & 25th, the maze will be open until 9pm. ($8; Children $4; Children under 3 Free) Event Website
This event runs September 20 - October 26
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 1
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
Blake Little The Company of Men
(Wessel O’Connor Gallery, 111 Front St, Brooklyn, NY 11201) A solo exhibition by photographer Blake Little and his attempt to "document a particular type of masculine gay male that I appreciated and related to but that I did not see photographed anywhere else; an alternative to stereotypes or what is usually seen as the physical ideal of a man in the mainstream." Event Website
This event runs September 18 - November 1
through November 2
Arts & Entertainment
Absinthe
(South Street Seaport, 19 Fulton St, New York, NY 10038) A night-time saunter through the strangest, most sultry circus in town. Event Website
This event runs August 6 - November 2
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 November 15
Arts & Entertainment
Capri’s Camera on Dance
(World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery) Photographer Frank Capri turned his camera on the dance world producing stunning images of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Julie Kent, Jennifer Ringer and others. Event Website
This event runs September 9 - November 15
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
through December 31
Arts & Entertainment
Equus
(Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036) Equus tells the story of a stable boy and the psychiatrist who tries to unravel the religious and sexual mystery that ensues when the troubled teenager blinds six horses. Event Website
This event runs September 5 - December 31
through December 31
Arts & Entertainment
A Tale of Two Cities
(Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036) Previews begin August 19, Opens September 18. This is a new musical based on the Charles Dickens novel “A Tale of Two Cities.” Event Website
This event runs August 19 - December 31
through December 31
Arts & Entertainment
Previews of 25th Anniversary Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening
(47th St Theater, 304 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036) Opens October 2. Spoofs of the season include Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Grease: You’re the One That We Want, Legally Blonde and Frost/Nixon. Event Website
This event runs September 4 - December 31
through January 25, 2009
Arts & Entertainment
Street Art, Street Life
(Bronx Museum, 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th St, Bronx, NY 10456) Photography, film, installation art and more by artists including Vito Acconci, Martha Rosler and David Hammons on the subject of the street as a source of inspiration. Event Website
This event runs September 14, 2008 - January 25, 2009
through February 21, 2009
Arts & Entertainment
Gothic: Dark Glamour
(FIT, 27th St & 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001) Set in theatrical mise-en-scene suggesting iconic gothic settings, such as the labyrinth, the ruined castle and the laboratory, more than 75 ensembles will be on display. Although popularly identified with black-clad teenagers and rock musicians, gothic fashion is represented in this exhibition with looks by designers such as Alexander McQueen, John Galliano of Christian Dior, Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh, Anne Demeulemeester, Anna Sui, Olivier Theyskens, Ricardo Tischi of Givenchy, Jun Takahashi of Undercover, and Yohji Yamamoto, as well as sub-cultural styles, such as "old-school goth," cyber-goth, and the Japanese look of Elegant Gothic Lolitas. (Free) Event Website
This event runs September 5, 2008 - February 21, 2009
through May 2, 2009
Arts & Entertainment
The Sex Lives of Animals
(Museum of Sex, 233 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016) A male bonobo shrewdly soliciting sex in exchange for sugar cane. Two female bonobos blissfully engaging in genito-genital (G-G) rubbing. The strenuous coupling of endangered Panda bears. Encounter these creatures and others so vivid in their portrayal that they will likely feel as though they have unwittingly begun a voyeuristic journey into the wild. Event Website
This event runs July 24, 2008 - May 2, 2009
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