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april 13, 2009 / monday 
Arts & Entertainment
New York International Auto Show
(Jacob Javits Center, 655 West 34th St, New York, NY 10001) The coolest in concept cars, design previews, gadgets and alternative fuel innovations. Event Website
Note: this event runs April 10 - 19
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Broadway for a New America
(Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th St, New York, NY 10025) (7 pm) Standing Up for Marriage Equality and A Progressive Agenda for Change. The benefit concert will feature a host of Broadway singers, performers, and cast members from leading shows, including Tony, Emmy, Oscar, and GRAMMY Award winners and nominees; stars from the worlds of television, film, music, and comedy; prominent political leaders; and progressive and LGBT activists. Hosted by Jim Dale, winner of a Tony Award, two GRAMMY Awards, and four Drama Desk Awards as Best Actor; the "Voice of Harry Potter;" "The Toast of Broadway" ($40-125) Event Website
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METS Opening Day
(Citi Field, Roosevelt Ave & 126th St, Queens, NY 11368) (7pm) Christen the brand new Citi Field on the Opening Day meet-up against the San Diego Padres. Event Website
Ongoing Events
through April 19
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Walking from Rumania
(Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave, New York, NY 10003) (Thu - Sat: 8pm; Sun: 3pm) Theater for the New City, Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director, proudly announces the world premiere production of Walking from Rumania, a historical drama written and directed by Barbara Kahn. Featuring Zina Anaplioti, Michelle Cohen, Robert Gonzales, Jr., Jenny Grace, Andrew Langton, Sylvia Milo, Natalie Reder, Nate Rubin, Kevyn Settle, Steph Van Vlack and Amanda Yachechak. Music by Allison Tartalia. ($12) (212-254-1109) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs March 26 - April 19
through April 19
Arts & Entertainment
Dream House Sound and Light Environment
(Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128) The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860–1989 illuminates the dynamic and profound impact of Asian art and philosophical concepts on American artistic practices of the late 19th century, early modern, and postwar avant-garde periods. Event Website
This event runs January 30 - April 19
through April 19
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Macy's Flower Show -- Dream in Color
(Macy's Herald Square, 151 West 34th St, New York, NY 10001) Featuring stunning landscapes, celebrity guests and renowned floral designers, Dream in Color will transform the State Street store into a vibrant, colorful dreamscape, showcasing unique garden environments overflowing with thousands of exotic trees and flowering plants. Bouguet of the Day creations by some of America's top designers. To experience Macy's Flower Show to its fullest, take advantage of our 20-minute specially guided tours. Event Website
This event runs April 5 - 19
through April 26
Arts & Entertainment
Raphael to Renoir: Drawings from the Collection of Jean Bonna
(The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St, New York, NY 10028) This will be the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the European old master and 19th-century drawings from the distinguished collection of Mr. Jean Bonna in Geneva, Switzerland. Many of the 120 drawings on display are masterpieces, ranging through 500 years of art history, from the Renaissance to 1900, and representing a diversity of artistic schools in Italy, Northern Europe, France, and Great Britain, among other regions. The selection will include works by famous artists -- such as Carpaccio, Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Parmigianino, Canaletto, Rembrandt, Claude Lorrain, Watteau, Chardin, Boucher, Fragonard, Goya, Ingres, Gericault, Delacroix, Manet, Burne-Jones, Whistler, Degas, Cézanne, Renoir, Gauguin, Van Gogh, and Seurat -- as well as superb and poignant drawings by others less well-known. Event Website
This event runs January 21 - April 26
through April 26
Youth & Family
Earth Month at the Bronz Zoo
(Bronx Zoo, 2300 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10460) Come party for the planet during our month-long celebration! Enjoy eco-friendly crafts, green-themed entertainment, storytelling, a recycled animal art exhibition, a WCS photo gallery, and a Green Festival showcasing green products, services and more. Connect with more than 4,000 animals throughout the zoo, representing our planet’s wild ambassadors. Event Website
This event runs April 4 - 26
through May 2
Arts & Entertainment
NYC Opera 2008 - 2009 Season Begins
(Various Locations Five Boroughs) New York City Opera begins an exciting year of transition as the company’s home at Lincoln Center, the New York State Theater, undergoes major renovations. During the renovations, City Opera will take to the road, bringing live music and provocative cultural conversation to more than fourteen different venues in all five boroughs of New York City. Through concerts, showcases, multi-media presentations, talks, panels, and film screenings, City Opera will celebrate opera’s surprisingly central role in contemporary culture, and will provide a preview of future seasons. Event Website
This event runs November 2, 2008 - May 2, 2009
through May 2
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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
through May 4
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Jazz at Lincoln Center presents Sing Into Spring Festival!
(Jazz at Lincoln Center, 33 West 60th St, New York, NY 10023) This annual festival at Lincoln Center features the full spectrum of jazz singing with performances by Karrin Allyson, Victor Goines, Claudia Acuna, Jimmy Scott, Tierney Sutton and more. Event Website
This event runs March 16 - May 4
through May 15
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EVERYBODY DANCE NOW: 20 Years of Dancing in Print
(AIGA National DesignCenter, 164 5th Ave, New York, NY 10010) “Everybody Dance Now: 20 Years of Dancing in Print” is a survey of the award-winning visual and performing arts magazines Dance Ink and 2wice, designed by Abbott Miller. The exhibition features the magazines’ historic collaborations with dancers, choreographers, and photographers, the result of a single, powerful idea of creating performances within the unique “stage” of the printed page. Event Website
This event runs April 2 - May 15
through May 18
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Dream in a Contemporary Secret Garden
(Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011) (11:00am-6:00pm) Mixed Media Works from 12 Asain Artists. The Garden is a common subject in art - both ancient and contemporary, Eastern and Western. New York is a landscape that lies beyond nature, a city of secrets. To uncover its multicultural art is to discover the secret gardens of the city, and find the city’s heart. In this exhibition, twelve contemporary Asian artists from Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and New York use various media to express spiritual refreshment. (general admission $8; student and senior $4; free for members) (212-255-0719) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs April 9 - May 18
through May 24
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On The Money: Cartoons for the New Yorker
(The Morgan Museum & Library, 225 Madison Ave at 36th St, New York, NY 10016) Approximately eighty original drawings by some of The New Yorker's most talented and beloved artists who have tackled the theme of money and the many ways in which it defines us. Included in the show are drawings by such luminaries as Charles Barsotti, George Booth, Dana Fradon, Lee Lorenz, William Hamilton, and J. B. Handelsman. Event Website
This event runs January 23 - May 24
through May 25
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The Butterfly Conservatory
(American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023) Celebrate the annual return of this must-see tropical forest environment filled with over 500 live tropical butterflies. Event Website
This event runs December 1, 2008 - May 25, 2009
through June 14
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KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games
(Japan Society, 333 East 47th St, New York, NY 10017) KRAZY! will be New York’s first major show dedicated to the Japanese phenomenon of Anime, Manga, and Video Games -- three forms of contemporary visual art that are exercising a huge influence on an entire generation of American youth. The exhibition will be presented in an environment designed by cutting-edge architectural practice Atelier Bow-Wow, featuring life-size blowups of popular figures from the worlds of anime and manga within an intriguing sequence of spaces that evoke Tokyo’s clamorous cityscape. ($10/Free on Fridays 6 - 9pm) Event Website
This event runs March 13 - June 14
through June 16
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Seduction
(The Museum at FIT, 295 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001) Seduction will be the first chronological exploration of the role of sexuality in fashion. The exhibition will feature over seventy looks from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, using objects from the Museum’s permanent collection. Event Website
This event runs December 1, 2008 - June 16, 2009
through June 30
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Waiting for Godot
(Studio 54, 254 West 54th St, New York, NY 10019) Roundabout Theatre Company presents a revival of the famous play by Samuel Beckett, starring Nathan Lane and Bill Irwin. Event Website
This event runs April 10 - June 30
through June 30
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The Marvelous Wonderettes
(The Westside Theater, 407 W. 43rd St., btwn. 9th and 10th, New York, NY 10018) (M,T,W,F,S at 8; W,S at 2; Sundays at 3) Featuring favorite songs from the ‘50s, The Marvelous Wonderettes takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet the Wonderettes – four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts and voices to match! ($75) Event Website
This event runs March 6 - June 30
through July 5
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The Future Beneath Us: Eight Great Projects Under New York
(New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex, Grand Central Terminal, 42nd Street & Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017) (8 am - 8 pm M-F 10 am - 6 pm Sat. & Sun) The New York Transit Museum and the New York Public Library join forces to present a two-location exhibition about New York City's underground infrastructure initiatives in the 21st Century. Examining the magnitude and historical context of eight massive building projects, the exhibition provides New Yorkers a behind the scenes glimpse at their changing city and how these improvements will affect their lives. Join us for free lectures on The Extension of the 7 Line; The Second Avenue Subway and exploring Ea. (Free) (212 878-0801) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs February 15 - July 5
through August 16
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Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future
(American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023) This exhibition will examine one of the most pressing scientific issues of our time -- the massive, human-induced warming of Earth, a phenomenon that could lead to drought, rising sea levels, heavy storms, and other events with potentially dire impacts on the health of society and the natural world. Explore the science, history, and impact of climate change, and find out ways in which individuals, communities and nations can reduce their carbon footprints. Event Website
This event runs October 18, 2008 - August 16, 2009
through September 6
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Vanities
(Lyceum Theater, 149 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036) Vanities spans the turbulent '60s through the late '80s and explores how important friends are, as one faces life’s defining moments. Event Website
This event runs February 2 - September 6
through September 27
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Guys and Dolls
(Nederlander Theatre, 208 West 41st St, New York, NY 10036) This revival of the classic musical about gamblers, showgirls, and the Salvation Army, stars Oliver Platt and Lauren Graham. Event Website
This event runs February 2 - September 27
through December 31
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Jenny Holzer
(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) Holzer’s pioneering approach to language as a carrier of content, and her use of nontraditional media and public settings as vehicles for that content, make her one of the most interesting and significant artists working today. Event Website
This event runs March 12 - December 31
through December 31
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Hair
(Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036) The revival of the American Tribal Love-Rock Musical premiered last summer at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Event Website
This event runs February 13 - December 31
Recurring Events this Monday
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Service & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) The world's oldest and largest not-profit agency dedicated to serving LGBT senior citizens. Activities include Daytime Discussion, Art Studio, 75+, Support Group, Scrabble & Bridge and Women's and Men's activities. Event Website
This event runs Monday through Friday
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Heritage of Pride
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (8 - 10pm) Everyone's help is needed to make NYC's LGBT Pride 2008 happen! Be a part of organizing The Rally, March, Dance on the Pier, PrideFest, etc. Event Website
This event runs every 2nd Monday