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FRIGID New York 2010 (Various Locations) This open and uncensored theater festival will consist of thirty one-hour shows presented in three Horse Trade spaces; including 29 theatre companies featuring almost 250 theater artists from all over the world. Event Website Note: this event runs February 24 - March 7
(Pier 94, 711 12th Ave, New York, NY 10019) (Th.-Sa. noon-8PM, Su. noon-7PM) World's leading art fair devoted to contemporary art. 150 international galleries, including many of the most important dealers, will be showcasing art from around the world. ($30) Event Website Note: this event runs March 4 - 7
(Under St. Marks, 94 St. Marks Place, (between 1st Avenue and Avenue A), New York, NY 10009) (Feb 24th @6pm; Feb 27th @7pm; Mar 1 @9pm; Mar 5th) With delightful and poignant tales of a Southern Songstress and her gay family, Alex Bond and David Carson read selections from Ms. Bond’s novel and transport you to Dallas 1977, a magical time before HIV/AIDS, but not before ignorance and prejudice. A favorite at the 2008 San Francisco Fringe and the 2009 Fresh Fruit Festival. A reclusive former Southern debutante/cabaret performer in her sixties, Anna Zander hires Craig Bauer to help her write about the best years of her life. She recounts the tales of singing in the gay leather bars of Dallas. ($15 ($11 Seniors/Students/Veterans)) Event Website Note: this event runs February 24 - March 7
(Pier 66, 26th St in Hudson River Park, New York, NY 10011) Fountain is a guerrilla-style art event, dubbed by many as the “Anti Art Fair” for its brash, off-the-wall offerings of non-traditional art exhibitions in the art fair environment. ($5 donation) Event Website Note: this event runs March 4 - 7
(New World Stages, 340 W 50th St, New York, NY 10019) (7PM) This is a perfect opportunity to see the show and mingle with fellow theatre-goers. We will invite the cast to attend the reception, and you never know who will show up! the story of a group of courageous men who joined together to build the Mattachine Society, the first gay rights organization in the United States. The play features the intimate and complex relationship between Harry Hay and young fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, set against the backdrop of 1950's Hollywood and the McCarthy era. Mention code TEBOYS110 to purchase a $29 ticket for this event ($29) Event Website
(HERE Arts Center, 145 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013) (7:00 pm) New York Neo-Futurists Desiree Burch, Cara Francis & Erica Livingston serve up a cure for what ails you in this Neo-Medicine show, performing in and around a giant pot of self-made soup. Bottling this soup, as well as a series of elixirs, potions, tonics and products, they heal and reveal the female experience live, honest and in the flesh. (18.00) (212-352-3101) Event Website Note: this event runs March 4 - 7, 11 - 14, 18 - 21, and 25 - 27
(Abingdon Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, (betwn 8th & 9th Ave), New York, NY 10018) (Tu.- Sa. : 8PM, Sa. & Su. 3PM) Set in a run-down chateau of an alcazar on Sunset Boulevard, Norma Doesmen follows the story of an unemployed script-writer “Joe Dillis” who finds himself on the run from the re-po men and dives into the lap of a reclusive, silent-screen movie star “Norma Doesmen.” Waiting for her return to filmdom, Norma finds her prey in Dillis, who is manipulated and seduced by this insane, over sexed, psychotically disordered fallen legend. Along with her totally schizophrenic servant “Max” and Joe's devoted narcoleptic girlfriend, “Betty ShaveHer,” the comedy ensues as Joe accidentally crosses her path and she sees in him an opportunity to make her comeback to the big screen. ($45) ((212) 868-4444) Note: this event runs March 4 - 7, 11 - 14, 18 - 21, and 25 - 28
(Madame X, 94 W. Houston St., New York, NY 10012) (8PM) We have seen the future, and the future is sold out. The hit nude literary salon will explore even more strange new worlds of literature as these naked girls boldly read what no naked girl has read before. Nasty Canasta leads an all-star cast of burlesque performers - plus one professional librarian - beyond the stars, reading selections from sci-fi classics by Arthur C. Clarke, Aldous Huxley, H.G. Wells, Douglas Adams and more. ($20 - $25) (866-811-4111) [email protected] Event Website
(See website for times and location) A celebration of the city’s unparalleled artistic communities. it is The Armory Show’s goal to highlight a neighborhood or borough’s arts scene each night of AAW with events for all levels of visitors. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week (AAW). (FREE) Event Website Note: this event runs March 4 - 7 MoMA Nights *First Thursdays* (MoMA, 11 West 53 St, New York, NY 10019) (5:30-8:45PM) Stop by after hours to enjoy full access to the galleries and theaters, free Gallery Talks, a cash bar, a DJ, and a special prix fixe dinner in Cafe 2. ($20) Event Website Note: this event runs March 4, April 1, May 6, and June 3
(Check website for store locations) (11AM) Every Spring, Housing Works Thrift Shops completely empty their stores and re-stock them with first-rate fashion, accessories, art and home furnishings that they’ve been saving up over the year. Then they have a blow-out preview sale event at each store location and online where you get first dibs on the unbelievably cool loot. Lines form around the block so get there early to get your shot at savings on the best merchandise! Event Website Note: this event runs March 4, 6, 9 - 11, 13, 18, and 20
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