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february 3, 2010 / wednesday 
Social
Winter Restaurant Week
(Various Locations) Reservations open January 12th. Event Website
Note: this event runs January 25 - February 7
Arts & Entertainment
MazelTov Cocktail
(McGinn Cazale Theatre, 2162 Broadway, Between 76th and 77th Streets, New York, NY 10024) (Tu - Sa 8:00PM Sa & Su 4PM) MazelTov Cocktail is the story of a Jewish woman stuck in a dead-end job as a celebrity's personal assistant, her cocaine addicted (and recently incarcerated) brother and the two neurotic parents who spawned them...But it's a comedy! ($45.00) (212-579-0528) [email protected] Event Website
Note: this event runs January 26 - 30, 1 - 3, and 5 - 20
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
Edmund White in conversation with David McConnell
(Barnes & Noble 82nd St, 2289 Broadway at 82nd St, New York, NY 10024) (7:00PM) Authors Edmund White (CITY BOY, Bloomsbury 2009) and David McConnell (THE SILVER HEARTED, Alyson 2010) read from and discuss their work. (free) (212 614 7885) [email protected]
Arts & Entertainment
20 At 20
(See website for list of shows) (See website for schedule) Here is your chance to catch up with shows you may have missed, get a sneak peek at the next big show, or revisit a favorite – all for only $20 each! Be part of the New York “in” crowd and enjoy the original productions in the intimate environment that can only be found Off-Broadway. ($20) Event Website
Note: this event runs January 25 - February 7
Ongoing Events
through February 4
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
WORD IS OUT: STORIES OF SOME OF OUR LIVES
(Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003) SPECIAL REVIVAL ENGAGEMENT – BRAND NEW 35MM PRINT! In 1978, WORD IS OUT startled audiences across the country when it appeared in movie theaters and on television. The first feature-length documentary about lesbian and gay identity made by gay filmmakers, the film had a huge impact and became an icon of the emerging gay rights movement of the 1970s. Newly preserved to 35mm, it is now available for a whole new generation. Ripe for rediscovery, it is at once a record of past struggles, an occasion for reflecting on how far we still have to go, and a masterpiece of the documentary form. “An electric piece of living history.” –Vito Russo, THE ADVOCATE. Event Website
This event runs January 29 - February 4
through February 13
Arts & Entertainment
IN/SIGHT 2010 - A Group show of contemporary art by American Indian Artists
(Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011) (11 am - 6 pm) The exhibition IN/SIGHT 2010is a survey of work by both emerging and established artists working in various media. Twenty-four artists spanning several generations are represented in the show. The work ranges across the entire spectrum of contemporary practice from painting and photography to sculpture, video and mixed media installation. Superficially it might resemble any broad ranging survey of contemporary artists, except that there is a subtle pervasion of sensibility and spirit unique to the American Indian experience that lends the work rich additional dimensions of iconography, mythology, historical reference and skill traditions, dimensions that surprise and delight again and again. ($8 adults, $4 students & seniors) (212.255.0719) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs January 15 - February 13
through February 14
Arts & Entertainment
Never Can Say Goodbye
(Former Tower Record Store, 4th St & Broadway, New York, NY 10003) (Wed - Sun: 12 - 7pm) No Longer Empty (NLE) will re-open the legendary Tower Records store with a multimedia art exhibition. Spotlighting more than 20 artists that work with sound, light, and image, Never Can Say Goodbye celebrate the store’s historic role as the locus of the community -- the old way to meet people face to face and share music and information. Each week a variety of music performers will capture the fleeting opportunity to play live in the ex-Tower Records space. Performances include Broken Mirrors with John Miller, Cleopatra’s, ((audience)), the Metropolis Ensemble, the Jon Herington Band, Azita, Disco Monkeys, and others. Exhibition features artists Ryan Brennan, Joe Diebes, R. Luke DuBois, Richard Garet, Invader, Josh Jordan, Meredyth Sparks, Kaz Oshiro, Naama Tsabar, Paul Villinski, and Siebren Versteeg. (FREE) Event Website
This event runs January 15 - February 14
through February 14
Arts & EntertainmentLGBTWoman's Interest
Trifles
(Ontological-Hysteric Theater, 131 East 10th St, New York, NY 10003) (Thurs - Sun 8pm) "Susan Glaspell...is one of America’s most influential female dramatists....This is a quiet play, in which the music “rises out of the emptiness” to emphasize the isolation and alienation of the characters....Glaspell’s plays are sensitive psychological portraits of a society where women’s struggle to connect with each other impedes their ability to achieve equal social footing with men. " —Rebecca Kastleman, American Theatre (General $17/Student $14) Event Website
This event runs January 28 - February 14
through February 21
Arts & Entertainment
Remember Me
(Joyce Theater, 175 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011) (Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday at 7:30pm; Thursday – S) Parsons Dance presents REMEMBER ME, an all-new version of last season’s collaboration with the lead vocalists of East Village Opera Company (EVOC), featuring the music of the acclaimed rock opera band at REMEMBER ME returns to NYC with new choreography, lighting design by Tony Award-winning designer Howell Binkley and costume design by "Project Runway" designer Austin Scarlett. ($10) (212-242-0800) Event Website
This event runs February 2 - 21
through February 26
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
‘You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real): The Work of Robert Blanchon’
(Bobst Library at New York University, 70 Washington Square South) Coming 10 years after artist and educator Robert Blanchon’s death of AIDS, the first New York exhibition of his works, writing and ephemera will be spotlighted at the Tracey/Barry Gallery of the Fales Library & Special Collections. The Gallery is on the Third Floor of the Bobst Library at New York University. At turns playful, brave, probing, and profound, the exhibition marks the transfer of major holding of Blanchon’s estate into the publicly accessible archives of the Fales Library at New York University. It also concludes a multi-year collaboration between the artist’s estate and the nonprofit advocacy organization Visual AIDS to collect and present the work of the late photo-based conceptual artist. Event Website
This event runs November 19, 2009 - February 26, 2010
through February 27
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
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
SocialYouth & Family
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 February 28
Arts & Entertainment
NYC Ballet Winter Season
(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) With over 100 phenomenal dancers and a stunning 62-piece orchestra, every NYCB performance is a thrilling experience. Event Website
This event runs January 5 - February 28
through February 28
Social
18th Annual Hot Chocolate Festival
(City Bakery, 3 West 18th St, New York, NY 10011) Anything and everything for and about our favorite cold weather comfort beverage. All flavors, cultures, techniques, gear and more. Event Website
This event runs February 1 - 28
through March 6
Arts & Entertainment
Lincoln Center presents American Songbook
(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) (See website for schedule) Lincoln Center’s acclaimed series American Songbook returns in January for its twelfth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song. For 16 nights of pop, folk, cabaret, country, rock, and show tunes, the series will explore the best of the golden age of musical standards through to today’s most dynamic contemporary songwriting. ($65+) Event Website
This event runs January 13 - March 6
through March 14
SportsYouth & Family
City Ice Pavilion
(City Ice Pavilion, 47-32 32nd Place, Long Island City, NY, NY 11101) Whether you’re lacing up skates for the first time, or you’re an experienced skater, you will love ice skating at the City Ice Pavilion, New York’s only roof-top skating facility. There's also ice hockey, figure skating and skating lessons. Santa will be there every Saturday & Sunday until Christmas, and he's bringing his skates! ($5 - $8, $6 skate rental) Event Website
This event runs November 1, 2009 - March 14, 2010
through March 14
Arts & Entertainment
Alias Man Ray: The Art of Revolution
(The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10128) The quintessential modernist, Man Ray recast the concept of artistic identity, working as a painter, photographer, sculptor, printmaker, filmmaker, poet, and essayist. He perpetually tinkered with material at hand, putting to ingenious use the practical skills learned in a variety of jobs, from advertising to mapmaking to engraving. Event Website
This event runs November 15, 2009 - March 14, 2010
through March 14
SportsYouth & Family
Wollman Rink Prospect Park
(Located in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, nearest the Parkside/Ocean Ave entrance or the Lincoln Road/Ocean Aven entrance, btwn the Lake & the Concert Grove) Wollman Rink offers fun for all, providing 26,600 square feet of ice. It also serves as home ice for local amateur men’s and women’s hockey teams. Special events include: Jan 23rd Show Tunes Skate: Free your inner Broadway star and have a blast. Jan 31st Michael Jackson Skate: We want to "Rock With You" so "Beat It" to Wollman Rink and get your groove on with the songs from the King of Pop. ($5; Children (ages 14 & under); Seniors: $3; Skate Rental: $6.50) Event Website
This event runs November 26, 2009 - March 14, 2010
through March 15
SportsYouth & Family
Wollman Skating Rink
(Central Park South, 59th St & 6th Ave) Wollman Rink is a popular skating choice and is apt to be crowded during peak times (especially weekends). ($10.25 ($5 children) wkdays; $14.75 wknds ($5.75 children); skate rentals $6.25) Event Website
This event runs November 1, 2009 - March 15, 2010
through March 15
SportsYouth & Family
Trump Lasker Skating Rink Central Park
(North end of Central Park near 110th St & Lenox Ave) Get caught up in the joy of the winter season by gliding across Lasker Rink with two oval rinks: one for high school hockey teams and one for all ages. ($6.25 (children under 12 $3.50); skate rental $5.50) Event Website
This event runs November 1, 2009 - March 15, 2010
through April 4
Arts & Entertainment
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
through April 10
Arts & Entertainment
American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion
(FIT, 27th St & 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001) The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) presents the first exhibition to explore how the "philosophy of beauty" is allied to the craft of dressmaking. Each of the 75 looks on display was chosen to exemplify the relationship between technical ingenuity and artistic excellence. Curator Patricia Mears has focused on approximately 25 American fashion designers, ranging from the obscure, such as Jessie Franklin Turner, whose work dates from the late 1910s, to rising stars of the present day, such as the Mulleavy sisters of Rodarte. Other designers featured include Adrian, Bonnie Cashin, Maria Cornejo, James Galanos, Halston, Elizabeth Hawes, Charles James, Charles Kleibacker, Claire McCardell, Norman Norell, Rick Owens, Ralph Rucci, Isabel Toledo, Pauline Trigère, Valentina, Yeohlee, and Jean Yu. (FREE) Event Website
This event runs November 6, 2009 - April 10, 2010
through April 15
SportsYouth & Family
Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center
(Rockefeller Center, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, 5th to 7th Aves, 47 to 51st Sts, New York, NY 10111) The most famous city rink of them all. ($9.50+, skate rental $8) Event Website
This event runs November 6, 2009 - April 15, 2010
through April 19
Arts & Entertainment
Mary Stuart
(Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036) The play presents a dramatic and fictionalized account of the confrontation between Mary, Queen of Scots and her cousin, Elizabeth I of England. Event Website
This event runs April 19, 2009 - April 19, 2010
through April 26
Arts & Entertainment
Tim Burton Retrospective
(MoMA, 11 West 53 St, New York, NY 10019) This major career retrospective on Tim Burton, consisting of a gallery exhibition and a film series, considers Burton's career as a director, producer, writer, and concept artist for live-action and animated films, along with his work as a fiction writer, photographer and illustrator. Following the current of his visual imagination from early childhood drawings through his mature work, the exhibition presents artwork generated during the conception and production of his films, and highlights a number of unrealized projects and never-before-seen pieces, as well as student art, his earliest non-professional films, and examples of his work as a storyteller and graphic artist for non-film projects. Event Website
This event runs November 22, 2009 - April 26, 2010
through December 30
Arts & Entertainment
Jean Miotte: Spirit of Defiance
(Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011) (open Tu - Sa 11am to 6pm Th 11am to 8pm closed Su) Miotte’s artistic influences include performance, choreography, jazz music and Ballet, and of these his most seminal influence is Ballet. In London in 1948 he did set design and saw the work of Balanchine, the Diaghilev Ballet and Margot Fonteyn. Being exposed to this variety of art was of profound inspiration to him. Dance is the universal language of non-verbal communication, evident through performance. Miotte would experiment with gesture through painting and hone lyrical movement in his own art. ($8, $4)
This event runs November 30, 2009 - December 30, 2010
Recurring Events this Wednesday
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
Organizations
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
LGBTOrganizations
Marriage Equality NY
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (6:30 - 8pm) Coalition of lesbian, gay and nongay individuals and organizations committed to ending discrimination against same-sex couples in civil marriage. Event Website
This event runs every 1st Wednesday
Arts & Entertainment
Last Call at the Starliner Lounge
(Corio, 337 West Broadway, New York, NY 10003) (8:00pm) Last Call at the Starliner Lounge, a new and entirely original burlesque noir musical featuring live music, murder, mystery, camp and, last but never least, a bevy of twirling tassels- in the tradition of the five lesbian brothers. The once-underground, once-illegal show formally takes the top floor of Soho’s burlesque landmark. ($15) (212-966-3901) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs Wednesdays