Wednesday, August 4, 2010
August 28, 1982
First Gay Games held in San Francisco (originally called the Gay Olympics, but challenged by U.S. Olympic Committee in court)
Saturday, October 17, 2009
 | Diwali |
 |  | Make Me A Match -Gay Men 40',s,50+ |
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (8pm - 10pm) Tired of the bar scene? Meet quality, conscious men with depth who want more than one night hook-ups. One on one mini-dates & exciting group discussions. Structured. Non-intimidating. Great Results. Mingling/refreshment break. Find your compatible matches. Make friends, get dates, meet future boyfriend or companion. ($25 door- Earlybird special online) (212-989-8549) [email protected] Event Website
 | Jim Speake sings My Generation |
(Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036) (5PM-6PM or 7PM -8PM) Cabaret show:" Jim Speake sings My Generation" at Don't Tell Mama with Wendy A. Russell and Lennie Watts. Direction: Lennie Watts. Musical Direction: Steven Ray Watkins with the My Generation Band. The show includes songs recorded by James Taylor, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Chicago, the Beatles, Jim Croce, Kenny Loggins, Neil Sedaka, Jimmy Webb, the Fifth Dimension and more. ($15) (212-757-0788) [email protected] Event Website
Note: this event runs October 10, 13, and 17
| | Gay & Lesbian gallery tour in Chelsea |
(West Chelsea Arts Building, 526 West 26th St. (10th & 11th Ave.), New York, NY 10001) (1:00 PM) Visit 8 exhibits of cutting-edge painting, sculpture, electronic media & photography, some by gay & lesbian artists and others of interest to a 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) [email protected] Event Website
| The Toymaker |
(Theatre at St. Clement’s, 423 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036) (See website for schedule) A tale of enduring passion and hope, The ToyMaker tells the story of Sarah, a young woman who is struggling in her marriage after two failed pregnancies. Rumors of a childless toy maker of the past set her on a desperate search for the last toy made by this man. Thus begins a journey that spans the globe and time itself. Sarah's quest to find the 'childless toy' and solve the mysteries of a village destroyed by war lead her to a destiny of fulfillment she once thought impossible. ($20) Event Website
Note: this event runs October 5 - 6, 12 - 13, and 17
| | Don't Die Laughing |
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (8 PM) Laugher is the best medicine. Cure what ails you with an evening of comedies written by the Village Playwrights, New York's LGBT playwrights collective. Based on a recent police sting and arrest of gay men in 8th Avenue adult video stores, George Bistransin’s farce “ENTRAPMENT” turns the tables on a rogue cop who entraps patrons of a gay video store. A gay man overcomes his obsessive jealousy when his high school rival reveals his secret longings in Bill Petersen’s charming romantic comedy “THAT SIXTH DEADLY.”
In a sleazy gay bar at the end of the night, three guys have traffic problems sorting out who's picking up whom in George Bistransin’s comedy “LAST CA ($15) (718-381-1487) [email protected] Event Website
Note: this event runs October 16 - 17
| | Against the Rising Sea |
(Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368, 718-760-0064) (Matinees & Evenings) A new relationship is rocky, an old one is challeneged and a beautiful house in Provincetown becomes a catalyst in this play about honor, honesty and the enduring power of love. "When I wrote this play in 1989, the gay community was just beginning to push for Civil Unions. Now Gay Marriage is a part of the national debate. It asks what is marriage; what is commitment? Those questions make this play more relevant today than when I first wrote it. ($20 - $38) (718-760-0064) Event Website
Note: this event runs October 15 - 25
| La Clemenza di Tito |
(Advent Lutheran/Broadway Church, 2504 Broadway at 93rd St., New York, NY 10025) (7:30PM) Rome is Burning Hot with Mozart! ($20) [email protected] Event Website
Note: this event runs October 10, and 17
| | Queer Black Cinema International Film Festival |
(Various Locations) QBC Int'l Film Fest is a progressive socially conscious film fest that brings you the best Black LGBTQ theme films from around the world. Event Website
Note: this event runs October 15 - 18
 |  | New York Cares Day 2009 |
(Various Locations) (9:30am - 3:30pm) New York Cares Day is like a walk-a-thon, but instead of walking, you ask friends, family, and coworkers to donate in honor of your volunteer service. The work that you'll do will mean so much to thousands of New York City public school children. Event Website
| | 17th Annual ImageOut Film Festival |
(The Little, Dryden, Cinema Theaters and Ingle Audi, ImageOut Office 274 N. Goodman St., Rochester, NY 14607) (days and evenings) ImageOut, The Rochester Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival is New York State's 2nd largest film festival now in its 17th year with 45 programs including 90 films from 19 contries viewable over 10 days and nights. Great Opening and Closing Events, visiting actors, producers, directors and writers as well as a three week long art show called ImageArt with 25 artists' work in all styles and using all mediums from the Finger Lakes Region. ($6-$15) (585-271-2640) [email protected] Event Website
Note: this event runs October 9 - 18
| |  | milDRED performs "When She Was King - THE REMIX" |
(Black Box Theater, 308 West 133 St, (above Morning Star Pentecostal Church), Harlem, NY 10030) (8 & 10pm) milDRED, the artist formerly known as DRED performs a particularly mystical form of gender-illusioning, and one woMan show. Her act is less a typical impersonation and more a challenge to societal ideas of what it means to be male or female, while reminding the audience that there's some of each in everyone. It's no surprise that DRED's motto is "Love all of who you are...." The milDRED Love experience is a poetic, funky, fly, supernatural-high, comedic, thought-provoking and musical performance on gender-fluidity, and freedom of expression. From a gender alchemist named NOTTY DRED to a gender bending diva name DREDICIA, get your spirit tickled. Q&A to follow performance. Performance is part of a live taping. Event Website
| 34th International Vintage Poster Fair |
(Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th St, New York, NY 10011) (See website for times) The world’s oldest and largest sale and exhibit devoted exclusively to original vintage poster art. Posters are offered from more than 20 international dealers. Styles include Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Mid-century Modern, World War I, World War II & Cold War Era, food, wine and product advertising, film, travel and transportation, and sporting posters “Aviation Posters: From Bi-plane to Jet Plane,” a special exhibit featuring original vintage posters that highlight the history of aviation. ($15 all weekend) Event Website
Note: this event runs October 16 - 18
| | The New Yorker Festival |
(Various Locations) An all-star weekend of all things The New Yorker. Always sells out! Event Website
Note: this event runs October 16 - 18
| | Art of the Rebellion |
(la.venue, 608 West 28th St, New York, NY 10001) (8 - 10pm) The second installment of Art of Rebellion is visiting NYC after a successful run in Santa Monica earlier this year. The show will feature renowned gig poster artists showing painted Iron 883 tanks and signature poster art along with photography by Adam Wright and Steven Stone. A chunk of the proceeds go to the CUE Art Foundation. Event Website
| | | 9th annual Halloween Harvest Festival |
(Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11106) (11am - 2pm) This FREE family and community event celebrates Halloween and the fall harvest with creative activities in the dynamic setting of Socrates Sculpture Park. The 2009 Festival theme is glamrock! Visitors will experience a live concert by New York's own, Audra Rox and become the rock stars of their dreams with the help of Socrates Sculpture Park artists. Participants will also have the chance to join a Giant Instrument Jam with Freestyle Arts Association. Try harvest foods from Sage General Store; picnic in the Park; or just watch the fun.
Back by popular demand, Socrates will also host its 6th annual Canine Costume Contest at 1pm (registration at front gate). Visitors can enter their dogs and win fabulous prizes for being the cutest, scariest, best dressed or most rocked-out pooch. BARC Shelter, will be in attendance to help judge the contest and offer information about adopting a pet. Dr. Jules Adams from City Vet will also judge the contest.
At 2pm, The Red Door Theatre Company will present a special outdoor performance of the The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Chrysten Peddie has adapted this classic Halloween tale by Washington Irving for the Company's 3rd year with Socrates' Halloween Harvest Festival. Come see Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, and Brom Van Brunt, as they tell the story of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow. A blanket or lawn chair is recommended. The performance is free of charge. The 2009 Halloween Harvest Festival takes place amid the EAF09: 2009 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, an exhibition of contemporary sculpture, featuring sixteen new works by the Park's current artists-in-residence (FREE) Event Website
| 13th Annual A.G.A.S.T. Gowanus Artists Studio Tour |
(Gowanus section of Brooklyn) Visitors of A.G.A.S.T. have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the creators of photography, drawing, printmaking, mixed-media, video, ceramics, glass, installation, paintings, sculpture & etc. in their own working studio environment. Artist studios are located in large industrial buildings as well as garages, brownstones and warehouses along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. Event Website
Note: this event runs October 17 - 18
Ongoing Events
through October 18
| New York Musical Theatre Festival |
(Midtown Manhattan,) (All Day Every Day) LOVE MUSICALS? Don't Miss the New York Musical Theatre Festival! The New York Musical Theatre Festival is three weeks jam-packed with over 30 new musicals, dozens of concerts and special events! Mix in more than 1,000 artists who will blow you away, and your autumn will never be the same! We've got something for everyone - from traditional musical comedies to hip hop to edgy rock dramas and more! Hailed by Time Out as the "Sundance for musical theater" (Only $20 Per Ticket) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs September 28 - October 18
through October 24
| Dennis Hopper: Signs of the Times |
(Tony Shafrazi Gallery, 544 West 26th St, New York, NY 10001) DENNIS HOPPER: SIGNS OF THE TIMES will include a vast selection of the artist's iconic 1960s photographs, twelve enormous and never-seen-before "billboard paintings," and select video excerpts from Hopper's extensive body of work as an actor and director in film and television. A legendary icon at the epicenter of many decades of exciting innovation and cultural upheaval, Hopper documented the likes of Ike and Tina Turner, Phil Spector, Neil Young, Crosby Stills and Nash, Paul Newman, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol and Martin Luther King and the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery- Alabama. Event Website
This event runs September 12 - October 24
through October 24
| | SAN FRANCISCO: THE MAKING OF A QUEER MECCA Early photos of Rink Foto and Harvey Milk |
(Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) Talk to just about anyone in the queer community in San Francisco, and they know Rink, at least by reputation. Go to any queer demonstration, street fair, bar event, film screening or protest march, be it early in the morning or late at night, and Rink's there, his face hidden behind a camera, crouched down to get the best shot. Rink is a photo-journalist, but as with other photojournalists like Frank Capra, Dorothy Miller and the great Henri Cartier Bresson, the prosaic term “journalism” doesn't do full justice to the work. In this exhibition of but a tiny percentage of Rink's nearly half a million images, you can assess his photographic eye for yourself. Like Cartier Bresson, Rink seems to have a gift for being there at the right moment, not only to catch the action, but also to catch the image that is rich enough, dense enough, strange enough, to tell, like all great photos, a complex story without words. Event Website
This event runs September 15 - October 24
through October 25
| 23 Coins |
(Spoon Theater, 38 West 38th Street, 5th Fl., New York, NY 10036) (See website for schedule) NICU’S SPOON is pleased to announce the world premiere production of their first musical, Mark Abrahams’ 23 COINS, directed by Stephanie Barton-Farcas and Michelle Kuchuk. Ginny Walker is not like other girls. Hiding out in the badlands of southern Louisiana, this genius girl-prodigy and her fugitive mother, Sarah, live precariously. But the law is not the only threat. Both of them dangle beneath a giant question mark—a fatal genetic legacy that may (or may not) strike. ($18) Event Website
This event runs October 7 - 25
through October 26
| Art in Odd Places |
(Various Locations) An artist-led initiative presenting art and performance that stretches the possibilities of the public realm. Event Website
This event runs October 1 - 26
through October 30
| | | | Estrogenius Festival 2009, 10th Season |
(Manhattan Theatre Source, 177 MacDougal St, New York, NY 10011) (3pm) An annual celebration of female voices, is one of New York City’s largest women’s arts festivals. It has grown into a five-week event including short plays, solo shows, music, visual art, dance, teen performances and support for African girls’ education. Event Website
This event runs September 30 - October 30
through November 1
|  | The Putting Lot |
(The Putting Lot, 12 Wyckoff Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237) (Wed-Fri, 12 - 8pm; Sat & Sun 10 - 8pm) You're invited to play nine holes of miniature golf in a previously vacant lot in Bushwick, Brooklyn, each designed by a different team of artists or architects. Enjoy local Brooklyn-based bites at the snack-shack, participate in a variety of activities and events, or just stop by and hang out in the shade. The Putting Lot explores the possibilities of vacant lots in the city with an emphasis on community spaces. ($5/$3 children) Event Website
This event runs June 6 - November 1
through November 7
| Nightmare: Vampires |
(NOHO Event Center, 623 Broadway at Houston, enter on Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012) (Check website for details) From the same people who brought you last year's Nightmare: Bad Dreams Come True comes Nightmare: Vampires. This haunted house is slicker than average, with an original horror story behind all the terror that unfolds within. The action all goes down in the fictional "Museum of Vampyric Artifacts" (MoVA!), where you'll go from spectator to prey as the museum is attacked by, guess what? Vampires! And what do they want? Blood! Give this haunted house credit for an original concept and the promise that you won't be touched. ($20/T/W/TH $30/35) Event Website
This event runs October 13 - November 7
through November 7
| Blood Manor Haunted House |
(542 West 27th St) Pushing the boundaries of goulish delight. ($25+) Event Website
This event runs October 1 - November 7
through November 7
| The BlakTino Performance Series |
(Bronx Academy of Arts, 841 Baretto St, 2nd Fl, Bronx, NY 10474) (See website for performance schedule) The Bronx Academy of Art & Dance presents its annual BlakTino Performance Series, a festival celebrating works by Black, Latino and Blatino artists. Event Website
This event runs October 1 - November 7
through December 31
| 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
through December 31
| 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 January 10, 2010
| Bye Bye Birdie |
(Henry Miller Theatre, 124 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036, 212-239-6200) (8PM) Get ready to PUT ON A HAPPY FACE! Birdie returns in an all new production of the classic Tony Award®-winning musical smash BYE BYE BIRDIE. The exuberant rock 'n' roll smash hit gets hips swinging again for the first time in almost 50 years. Previews Sept 10th opens Oct. 15th ($91.50 +) Event Website
This event runs September 10, 2009 - January 10, 2010
through January 13, 2010
| Kandinsky |
(Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128) (See website schedule) Kandinsky is a central figure in the history of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. His works not only represent a part of the core and essence of the collection, but also helped to inspire the creation of the building. In 1929, Solomon R. Guggenheim began collecting Kandinsky’s canvases under the advisement of artist Hilla Rebay. ($18) Event Website
This event runs September 18, 2009 - January 13, 2010
through January 17, 2010
| Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction |
(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) (See website schedule) Although Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) has long been celebrated as a central figure in twentieth-century art, the abstract works she created throughout her career have remained overlooked by critics and the public in favor of her representational subjects. The exhibition includes more than 130 paintings, drawings, watercolors, and sculptures by O'Keeffe as well as selected examples of Alfred Stieglitz’s famous photographic portrait series of O’Keeffe. ($18) Event Website
This event runs September 17, 2009 - January 17, 2010
through February 27, 2010
| | Jimmy Ong: Sitayana |
(Tyler Rollins Fine Art, 529 West 20th St, New York, NY 10011) Considered to be one of Singapore’s preeminent contemporary artists, Ong has been noted for his large scale, figurative charcoal works on paper since his first solo exhibitions in the 1980s. During the past year, he became fascinated with the Ramayana, the ancient Indian epic that recounts the exploits of Rama and his dutiful wife, Sita. Ong has brought his own unique viewpoint to this classic story. Inspired by the Ramayana’s characters and its dramatic themes of love, combat, and heroic adventure, he has created new narratives that are informed by his sensitivity as a gay man to the way gender roles play out in contemporary relationships. Event Website
This event runs January 14, 2009 - February 27, 2010
through February 28, 2010
| | Black History Month Scavenger Hunt |
(Madame Tussauds, 234 West 42nd St btwn 7 & 8th Aves, Times Square, New York, NY 10036) Madame Tussauds is offering a history lesson alongside its wax figurines this month: Beginning on Martin Luther King Day, visitors can participate in a special scavenger hunt, with clues based on African-American icons (like Malcolm X and Rose Parks) whose likenesses are in the wax museum. The clues can be downloaded from the website. ($22.40 - $35) (212-512-9600) Event Website
This event runs January 18, 2009 - February 28, 2010
through April 4, 2010
| Slash: Paper Under the Knife |
(Museum of Arts & Design, 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019) Slash: Paper Under the Knife takes the pulse of the international art world's renewed interest in paper as a creative medium and source of artistic inspiration, examining the remarkably diverse use of paper in a range of art forms. Slash is the third exhibition in MAD's Materials and Process series, which examines the renaissance of traditional handcraft materials and techniques in contemporary art and design. The exhibition surveys unusual paper treatments, including works that are burned, torn, cut by lasers, and shredded. A section of the exhibition will focus on artists who modify books to transform them into sculpture, while another will highlight the use of cut paper for film and video animations. Selected artists will be commissioned to create site-specific or site-referential works, and others will be invited to create work onsite in MAD's three artist studios that will subsequently be installed in the exhibition. ($15/Thur 6-9pm by donation) Event Website
This event runs October 7, 2009 - April 4, 2010
Recurring Events this Saturday
| | 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
| | 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
 | 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
| Guided tours of the Chelsea Art Museum |
(Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011) (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
| | Big Apple Ranch |
(Big Apple Ranch, 39 West 19th St, New York, NY 10011) (9PM) Founded in 1997, Big Apple Ranch has hosted a weekly country-western dance for the gay and lesbian community virtually every Saturday night for eleven years. Our huge dance floor welcomes people of all dance-abilities, and our friendly people go out of their way to make sure everyone has a good time and keeps coming back. The Ranch’s growing crowds are proof that the fun of partner dancing is contagious Polish up your boots, and come on and see what all
these cowgirls and cowboys are talking about!! Event Website
This event runs Saturdays
| Docent Tours in Chelsea Art Museum |
(Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011) (3.00 p.m.) Docent Tours are held in Chelsea Art Museum every Saturday at 3.00 p.m. (free)
This event runs Saturdays