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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Arts & Entertainment
New York International Auto Show
(Jacob Javits Center, 655 West 34th St, New York, NY 10001) (11AM) Some of the hottest cars and trucks ever seen all under one roof. That means more sneak peeks, more brand new '10 & '11 production models and more concept vehicles than ever before. ($14) Event Website
Note: this event runs April 2 - 11
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Lambda Legal's Spring Theatre Event: Promises, Promises
(Etcetera Etcetera, 352 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10018) (Dinner & Cocktails 5:30: Show 8PM) Join Lambda Legal supporters and fellow theatre enthusiasts for our spring theatre event. Begin the evening with a pre-theatre dinner and cocktails catered by Etcetera Etcetera, followed by a showing of Promises, Promises in its first Broadway revival. Emmy Award winner Sean Hayes will make his Broadway debut starring in the role of Chuck Baxter opposite Tony and Emmy Award winner Kristen Chenoweth, returning to Broadway as Fran Kubelik. ($250+) Event Website
Arts & Entertainment
ZOOM
(Dance Theater Workshop, 219 W. 19th Street, New York, NY 10011) (7:30 pm) Zoom will use dance, music, cell phones, video projection, and real-time web. Conceived by choreographer Zvi Gotheiner and his artistic team, Zoom will blur the “fourth wall” between audience and performer, creating a new type of interactive performance environment. In Zoom the audience is encouraged to leave their cell phones on, and participate in the performance by taking pictures during the performance and texting them to the visual designer, who will then use them real-time in the projected video collages ($20) Event Website
Note: this event runs April 7 - 10
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OP's April Mixer
(Griffin, 50 Gansevoort St. (bet 9th Ave and Washington St, New York, NY 10014) (7PM) With the spring thaw near, it's time to get out and see some new faces. There's no better place to do it than at Griffin, the Meatpacking District's hottest new club. (Free for members/$10 non-members) Event Website
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Get Abundance Now
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (7pm) Talk & Share.You probably have heard of the "Secret" by now-using the law of attraction to get what you want. But why hasn't it worked for so many people? Learn one of the main reasons why people fail. Learn what experts in the field of abundance, such as Abraham say. Find out some of the principles of prosperity including the one thing you must have to attract what you want. ($5) Event Website
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Arts & Entertainment
101 Dalmatians, The Musical
(WAMU Theater, 4 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001) (7pm) The 101 Dalmatians Musical brings the beloved movie to the stage in this heartwarming musical starring Rachel York as Cruella de Vil. ($51)
This event runs through April 18
Arts & Entertainment
The Common Air
(The Green Room @ 45 Bleecker, 45 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012) (We-Sa @ 8 pm, Su @ 4 pm) Everyone travels with baggage…6 characters linked by the mother of all delays at JFK airport. Planes are grounded. Rumors fly. “An emotionally involving, finely detailed performance. A tour de force exhibit of verbal and physical dexterity.” Variety Special Offer! Use code: CAMARK$31.00 (Reg. Price $49.50) April 7 – April 20 $39.00 (Reg. Price 56.50) April 21-May 30...www.Broadwayoffers.com ($31 from April 7 - April 20, $39 from April 21-May 30) Event Website
This event runs through May 30

Ongoing Events

through April 10
Arts & Entertainment
Alice in Slasherland
(HERE Arts Center, 145 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013) (Th- Su 8:30 pm) Veronica Mars meets Evil Dead in Vampire Cowboys newest creation for the stage, Mixing slasher with Guaranteed to be Vampire Cowboys goriest show yet; this is one bloody good time that you're not going to want to miss! ($18) Event Website
This event runs March 18 - April 10
through April 10
Arts & Entertainment
Caligula Maximus
(La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, 74A East 4th St, New York, NY 10003) (Tu, Fr & Sa 8pm, Sa 10pm) An aerialist (Anya Sapozhnikova) and an adult-film star (Justine Joli) appear stripped to the maximus in Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner’s three-ring musical about the notorious Roman emperor Caligula’s final night of debauchery. ($30) Event Website
This event runs March 12 - April 10
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 11
Arts & Entertainment
Macy's Herald Square Spring Is In The Air
(Macy's Herald Square, 151 West 34th St, New York, NY 10001) Macy's Herald Square is transformed into a wonderland of spectacular gardens where magic reaches new heights and floral fantasies take flight! This year's show features 10 different garden environments, including our new Hot, Palm and Topiary gardens, and over 30,000 different varieties of exotic trees, flowering plants and brilliant color as far as the eye can see. Take a guided tour or stroll through our enchanting gardens at your own pace. And, don't miss our hot air balloon centerpiece, overflowing with lush spring flowers that will make your spirits soar! To experience Macy's Flower Show to its fullest, take advantage of their 20-minute specially guided tours! Event Website
This event runs March 28 - April 11
through April 11
Arts & Entertainment
GOOD OL’ GIRLS a Musical
(The Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, 111 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10019) (We, Th, Fr & Sa 8pm, We, Sa & Su 3pm) Come for the music. Stay for the stories. There's a Good Ol' Girl in all of us. Let yours out. "The cast could hardly be better...Lauren Kennedy, Sally Mayes, Teri Ralston, Gina Stewart, and Liza Vann are first-ratesingers and actors!" -Backstage, Critics Pick ($35+) Event Website
This event runs February 14 - April 11
through April 11
Arts & Entertainment
SIN A Mystical Comedy
(Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010) (Tu 7PM, We – Sa 8PM, We & Sa 2PM Su 3PM) Based on Isaac Bashevis Singer's The Unseen. Adapted by Mark Altman Finally, a play for anybody who has ever sinned. With all the lush richness of an Isaac Bashevis Singer short story comes this deceptively simple play complete with devil, demons and infidelity. On Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year, the Devil and his demons descend on the tiny town of Frampol. Satan has chosen this most solemn of occasions to test the faith of plump and middle-aged Nosn and Royze Temerl and in the process ruin their lives. But in the end who is the victor and who the vanquished? ($60) Event Website
This event runs March 9 - April 11
through April 11
Arts & Entertainment
The Orchid Show: Cuba in Flower
(New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458) (10AM- 5PM) Experience the tropical beauty of Old Havana in bloom featuring thousands of orchids and native plants in Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. Exotic floral displays through architectural scenes transport visitors to the romantic intrigue of Cuba. Chocolate and Vanilla Adventures in the Everett Children's Adventure Garden give families an interactive look the vanilla orchid and the cacao tree. ($20) Event Website
This event runs February 28 - April 11
through April 15
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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 15
Arts & Entertainment
Event Horizon
(Madison Square Park, 23rd St and Madison Ave, New York, NY 10011) Thirty-one life-size body forms of the artist cast in iron and fiberglass will inhabit the pathways and sidewalks of historic Madison Square Park, as well as the rooftops of the many architectural treasures that populate New York’s vibrant Flatiron District. Event Horizon marks Gormley’s United States public art debut -- milestone for an artist whose work has garnered worldwide acclaim over the past 25 years. Event Website
This event runs March 26 - April 15
through April 15
Arts & Entertainment
The TEMPERAMENTALS
(New World Stages, 340 W 50th St, New York, NY 10019) (Mo,Wd, Thu, Fr & sa 8PM Sa 2PM Su 3 & 7PM) This is the story of two men - the communist Harry Hay and the Viennese refugee and designer Rudi Gernreich - as they fall in love while building the first gay rights organization in the United States pre Stonewall. The play weaves together the personal and political to tell a relatively unknown chapter in gay history. It explores the love between two complex men, as their impossible dream of forming such an unheard of organization becomes a reality in this perilous, unpredictable world. It is an intimate portrayal of the men who created history and the epic struggles they overcame. The characters consist of the actual men who founded the Mattachine Society (Harry Hay, Rudi Gernreich, Chuck Rowland, Bob Hull, and Dale Jennings), as well as other prominent figures of the time in Hollywood and the film industry as well as the world of fashion. Event Website
This event runs February 18 - April 15
through April 16
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Campbell Soady Gallery presents Photographer Angela Jimenez
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) Welcome Home: Building the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, is the first project of its kind- a documentary photography exhibition about the herstoric Festival by photographer Angela Jimenez. Opening Reception: Feb 18, 6pm. (FREE) Event Website
This event runs February 18 - April 16
through April 17
Arts & Entertainment
Kotaro FUKUI: Silent Flowers and Ostriches
(Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011) (11am-6pm) An extraordinary 24 ft. long “Silent Flower” painting was transported from Tokyo to blanket the walls of the Chelsea Art Museum. Kotaro Fukui is a Japanese artist who created this masterwork by applying gold foil to washi, a handmade Japanese paper, employing brush ink to create stems and leaves, and then superimposing blue lapis lazuli pigment on the result. The precious blue stone powder is simultaneously subtle in application but powerful in affect. (free with admission) Event Website
This event runs March 5 - April 17
through April 18
Arts & Entertainment
101 Dalmatians, The Musical
(WAMU Theater, 4 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001) (7pm) The 101 Dalmatians Musical brings the beloved movie to the stage in this heartwarming musical starring Rachel York as Cruella de Vil. ($51)
This event runs April 7 - 18
through April 25
Arts & Entertainment
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
(The Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003) (Tue-Fri, 8pm; Sat, 5pm, 9:30pm; Sun, 2pm, 7pm) Following a sold-out run at last year’s Public LAB, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON returns! BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON audaciously redefines America’s controversial seventh president -- the man who invented the Democratic Party, drove the Indians west, and ultimately doubled the size of our nation -- with a raucous blend of outrageous comedy, anarchic theatricality and an infectious emo rock score. Event Website
This event runs March 23 - April 25
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 May 30
Arts & Entertainment
The Common Air
(The Green Room @ 45 Bleecker, 45 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012) (We-Sa @ 8 pm, Su @ 4 pm) Everyone travels with baggage…6 characters linked by the mother of all delays at JFK airport. Planes are grounded. Rumors fly. “An emotionally involving, finely detailed performance. A tour de force exhibit of verbal and physical dexterity.” Variety Special Offer! Use code: CAMARK$31.00 (Reg. Price $49.50) April 7 – April 20 $39.00 (Reg. Price 56.50) April 21-May 30...www.Broadwayoffers.com ($31 from April 7 - April 20, $39 from April 21-May 30) Event Website
This event runs April 7 - May 30
through May 30
Arts & Entertainment
2010 Whitney Biennal
(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) (We, Th Sa & Su 11am-6pm Th - 9pm) This year marks the seventy-fifth edition of the Whitney’s signature exhibition. While Biennials are always affected by the cultural, political, and social moment, this exhibition, simply titled 2010, embodies a cross section of contemporary art production rather than a specific theme. To demonstrate the influence of the past on 2010, familiar and less well-known artists from previous exhibitions are brought together in Collecting Biennials, an accompanying installation drawn from the Museum’s collection on view on the fifth floor. ($18) Event Website
This event runs February 25 - May 30
through June 5
Sports
FRONT RUNNERS PRESENT A 12 WEEK BEGINNERS RUNNING CLASS
(Rutgers Church, 236 West 73rd Street, New York, NY 10023) (10:30AM) Front Runners New York has been keeping gay and lesbian runners on their toes for more than 30 years. Whether you’re interested in losing weight or just want a healthier lifestyle, you will find a welcoming environment in our 12 week beginners running course. (FREE)
This event runs March 13 - June 5
through June 5
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NYC Gay Basketball League/ Men's & Women's Teams
(See website for locations) (see website for schedule) Men's Division plays at the Field House at Chelsea Piers, Pier 61 at West 23rd Street in Manhattan. Women's Division plays at the Secondary School for Law, Journalism & Research in Brooklyn (237 7th Avenue between 4th & 5th Streets, Brooklyn, NY (Games are FREE to spectators) Event Website
This event runs March 5 - June 5
through June 13
Arts & Entertainment
Sondheim on Sondheim
(Studio 54, 254 West 54th St, New York, NY 10019) (See website for schedule) The Story It's a completely different kind of Sondheim evening: an intimate portrait of the famed composer in his own words...and music. An ensemble cast, led by Tony Award winner Barbara Cook, Vanessa Williams and Tom Wopat, will perform brand-new arrangements of over two dozen Sondheim tunes, ranging from the beloved to the obscure. Event Website
This event runs April 2 - June 13
through August 1
Arts & Entertainment
Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H.A. Rey
(The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10128) (Su.-Tu. & Th- Fr. 11AM) Curious George, the beloved, irrepressible monkey of children’s book lore, is famous for his ability to “save the day.” Interpreting the role he played in safeguarding his own creators in times of danger as symbolic, this exhibition delves into the remarkable lives and works of Margret and H.A. Rey. The couple fled Paris in 1940 with a Curious George manuscript in their suitcase. Event Website
This event runs March 14 - August 1
through August 11
Arts & Entertainment
Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement, 1956–1968
(Bronx Museum, 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th St, Bronx, NY 10456) (Th.- Su. 11Am-6PM) During the span of twelve years, a series of events, later hailed as the Civil Rights Movement, would forever change the social and political course of America. Exhibitions that chronicling these pivotal moments in the nation’s history. Featuring 150 vintage photographs, Road to Freedom is the most comprehensive collection of photographic prints and related artifacts ever devoted to the subject and was organized by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination. ($5) Event Website
This event runs March 28 - August 11
through September 6
Arts & Entertainment
Picasso: Themes and Variations
(MoMA, 11 West 53 St, New York, NY 10019) (10:30 Closed Tu.) Featuring approximately one hundred works, this exhibition explores Picasso’s creative process through the medium of printmaking, tracing his development from the early years of the twentieth century, with depictions of itinerant circus performers in the Blue and Rose periods, to his discovery of Cubism. ($20) Event Website
This event runs March 28 - September 6
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

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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
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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