Thursday, March 3, 2011
 | Armory Arts Week |
(See website for locations) In celebration of the city’s unparalleled artistic communities, Armory Arts Week highlights a neighborhood or borough’s arts scene each night with events. Past events have included special receptions, open studios, art tours, museum discounts, performances, panels, artist discussions and parties. (FREE) Event Website
Note: this event runs March 3 - 6
| PULSE New York 2011 |
(Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th St, New York, NY 10011) (Varies) PULSE New York is the city's largest and most highly regarded fair dedicated exclusively to contemporary art. This edition will be its most diverse ever, with 101 exhibitors representing 26 countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. ($20) Event Website
Note: this event runs March 3 - 6
 | Out Professionals Networking Intensive |
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (7pm) his two-hour evening is aimed at LGBT entrepreneurs, executives, business owners and client-oriented, sales professionals like you. You get five minutes to introduce yourself, talk about your field, sync up contact info, and exchange business cards. And you get an incredible opportunity to network with a roomful of motivated, connected professionals like you. ($10members/$20 non-members) Event Website
| | Canned Ham |
(Dixon Place, 161 A Chrystie, (Between Rivington & Delancey), New York, NY 10002) (7:30pm) TOM JUDSON in his one-man show. A theatrical memoir detailing Tom's life in all areas of show business: acting in Broadway musicals (Cabaret, 42nd Street) composing music for film and television (Whit Stillman's Metropolitan, Sesame Street) and the work for which he is probably most widely known, appearing in gay adult films as Gus Mattox. ($15/$20 @ door) Event Website
Note: this event runs March 3 - 5, 17 - 19, and 24 - 26
| Elisa Monte Dance 30th Anniversary Gala Season |
(Joyce Theater, 175 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011) (Varies) Presenting another exhilarating season of dance featuring the New York premieres of "For Joy,” "Vanishing Languages” and “…the heart…” as well as revival performances of “Light Lies,” “Shattered,” “Tears Rolling,” “White Dragon,” & “Treading”. ($10+) (212-242-0800) Event Website
Note: this event runs March 1 - 6
| Trixie & Monkey: All or Nothing |
(Ars Nova, 511 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019) (8pm) Acrobatic burlesque superduo Trixie Little & The Evil Hate Monkey are taking their act to the limit--will they end up superstars or dumpster divers? Either way, this high-flying, glitter-fueled, tassel-twirling duo is leaving it all on stage in their frenzied scramble to the top. ($15) Event Website
Note: this event runs March 3 - 5, and 10 - 12
Ongoing Events
through March 6
| Paul Taylor Dance Company |
(City Center Main Stage, 131 West 55th St, New York, NY 10019) (Varies) NYC premieres of Phantasmagoria and Three Dubious Memories... and long-awaited revival of Orbs set to Beethoven’s revered late string quartets. ($10+) Event Website
This event runs February 22 - March 6
through March 6
 | Barney's Winter Warehouse Sale |
(Barneys, 255 W. 17th Street, New York, NY 10011) 50% - 75% off regular prices!!!! Event Website
This event runs February 17 - March 6
through March 6
| FRIGID New York 2011 |
(Various Locations) (Varies) Located in the heart of the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The selection process is part first- come, first- serve, and part lottery. FRIGID New York returns 100% of the box office revenue to the participating company. Offering 30 production slots no longer than 60 minutes in length: 10 shows each in The Kraine Theater, The Red Room, and UNDER St. Marks. ($16) Event Website
This event runs February 23 - March 6
through March 6
| Three Sisters |
(Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th St, New York, NY 10003) (Varies) Park Slope parents Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard return to CSC to put on another Chekhov masterpiece, Three Sisters. The story concerns privileged sisters Olga, Masha, and Irina who long to return to city life in Moscow after 11 years in a small, bland town. ($75) Event Website
This event runs January 12 - March 6
through March 12
| | Luigi & Luca Exhibition |
(Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) (noon - 6 pm) This exhibition of two young Italian photographers is comprised of two components: photographs extracted from the book, "Private Album" exposing both public and private aspect of their lives; and a series of unusual and innovative images in varying locations. Exhibition and book are curated by Peter Weiermair, international curator, author and publisher of art books including "Treasures of Gay art from the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation." (FREE) (212-431-2609) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs February 9 - March 12
through March 12
| The Diary of a Madman |
(BAM Harvey Theater, 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217) (Varies) Music Geoffrey Rush stars in The Diary of a Madman based on Nikolai Gogol's darkly comic 1853 short story centered on the life of a minor civil servant, Poprischin, in the repressive era of Nicholas I. ($20+) Event Website
This event runs February 11 - March 12
through March 12
| | Home Sweet Homo |
(Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) Eight new larger than life-size photographic prints highlighting human beings of transgender experience, photographed by Amos Mac & Katie Koti, will be showcased in the Window Gallery at the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation. These photographs, part of our ongoing window series, will be on view in our window gallery (available for viewing 24 hours, outside, from street level. (FREE) (212-431-2609) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs January 11 - March 12
through March 13
| White People |
(Ensemble Studio Theatre, 549 West 52nd Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10019) (Varies) Return with to a simpler time; Saturday morning, 1975.
Your dad’s drinking again. Your brother’s writing a sci-fi novel in his pajamas.Your sister’s dancing at a strip club and your racist grandmother
comes for lunch… on entirely the wrong day.Everyone’s still living at home. But after today, nothing will be the same. Or maybe everything will be the same. After all, these are white people. ($30) Event Website
This event runs February 16 - March 13
through March 13
| Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carré |
(Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 W. 37th Street, New York, NY 10018) (Tu - Sa 8pm; Su 7pm) Set in the boarding house in New Orleans where Williams himself stayed as a young man during the Depression. The young writer, as narrator, remembers his artistic and sexual awakening there. ($20+) Event Website
This event runs February 2 - March 13
through March 13
| The Whipping Man |
(City Center, 131 West 55th St, New York, NY 10019) (Varies) Caleb DeLeon, a Jewish Confederate soldier, returns wounded from the battlefield to find his family home in ruins, abandoned by everyone except Simon and John, two former slaves who were raised as Jews in the DeLeon home. As the three men reunite to celebrate Passover and recall the exodus from Egypt in light of their own new liberties, they uncover a tangle of secrets – ties that bind them together and that ultimately might cost each man his freedom. ($80) Event Website
This event runs January 13 - March 13
through March 18
| Tully Scope Festival |
(Alice Tully Hall, 1941 Broadway, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) Welcome to New York’s newest annual musical adventure: the Tully Scope Festival. Tully Scope offers a vibrant spectrum of innovative and distinctive musical presentations, spanning centuries and genres, celebrating the electricity of New York’s premier concert destination. Event Website
This event runs February 23 - March 18
through March 20
|  | The Standard Hotel's Ice Skating Ring |
(Standard Hotel, 848 Washington St., New York, NY 10014) (10am - midnight) Grab your most stylish winter gear, as The Standard, New York’s new ice skating rink, makes its debut! Skaters looking to warm up can also sample the Andre Balazs hotel's special après skate menu, ($12 + $3 for skates) Event Website
This event runs December 17, 2010 - March 20, 2011
through March 20
| The Rover |
(World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery, 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281) (7PM) Aphra Behn, the first professional female playwright in the English language, lets us see what happens when women are freed from societal conventions to live their lives on their own terms without consideration of social class or fortune! (FREE) Event Website
This event runs March 2 - 20
through March 22
| Housing Works Annual Spring Sale |
(See website for locations) Housing Works re-stocks their thrift shops with the best fashion, furniture, and artwork finds that they’ve collected and then sell them for a fraction of the price! Event Website
This event runs February 26 - March 22
through March 27
| Houdini: Art and Magic |
(The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10128) (Closed Wednesday) Harry Houdini captivated the world with his astonishing feats. Stunning period posters, unusual theater ephemera, and dramatic historic photographs of Houdini’s performances are complemented by contemporary art works by artists inspired by Houdini such as Matthew Barney ($12) Event Website
This event runs October 29, 2010 - March 27, 2011
through March 27
| | Angels in America. |
(Signature Theatre Company, 555 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Set in late 1985 and early 1986, as the first wave of the AIDS epidemic in America is escalating and Ronald Reagan has been elected to a second term in the White House, this Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play's two parts, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, bring together a young gay man with AIDS and his frightened, unfaithful lover; a closeted Mormon lawyer. Angels in America is an epic exploration of love, justice, identity and theology, of the difficulty, terror and necessity of change. ($20 till December 21) Event Website
This event runs September 14, 2010 - March 27, 2011
through March 27
| Central Park Wollman Rink |
(Central Park, 58th St, New York, NY 10155) Skating on Wollman Rink is a winter tradition for New Yorkers and tourists alike – so many people have tied up their skates for the very first time on this very ice. Event Website
This event runs November 5, 2010 - March 27, 2011
through March 28
| The Ecstatic Music Festival |
(Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) This winter, more than 150 composers, songwriters and performers re-defining contemporary music come together for collaborations exploring the fertile terrain between classical and popular music. The 14-concert festival kicks off with a FREE 7-hour marathon for MLK Day ($25) Event Website
This event runs January 16 - March 28
through April 3
| You Before All |
(Daniel Cooney Fine Art, 511 West 25th Street, #506, New York, NY 10001) (Tu - Sa 11am - 6pm) Photographer Carrie Levy exhibits her latest series which depicts sub-missive male nudes manipulated into a variety of poses (FREE) Event Website
This event runs February 17 - April 3
through April 3
| Peter and the Starcatchers |
(New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East Fourth Street, New York, NY 10003) (Varies) an imaginative new play based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson, Peter and the Starcatchers. In it, a company of 12 actors play some 50 characters on a journey to answer the century-old questions: How did Peter become The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up? ($70) Event Website
This event runs February 18 - April 3
through April 3
| The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore |
(Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre, 111 West 46th St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Olympia Dukakis stars in this haunting Tennessee Williams drama. In her picturesque Italian mountaintop home, Flora Goforth, a wealthy American widow has detached from the world in order to write her memoirs. When a handsome and mysterious young visitor arrives without warning to keep Flora company in her final hours, this dreamlike play blossoms into a fascinating meditation on life and death. ($71+) Event Website
This event runs January 7 - April 3
through April 9
| Driving Miss Daisy |
(Golden Theatre, 252 West 45th St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Two of the world's greatest living actors—two-time Tony Award® winner and Academy Award® nomineeJames Earl Jones, and Tony Award and Academy Award winner Vanessa Redgrave—are coming together on Broadway. Tells the affecting story of the decades-long relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and her compassionate chauffeur. ($67+) Event Website
This event runs October 6, 2010 - April 9, 2011
through April 10
| Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center |
(Rockefeller Center, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, 5th to 7th Aves, 47 to 51st Sts, New York, NY 10111) (Varies) The world-famous Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center has become a quintessential New York City winter experience for generations. Here you'll find New Yorkers and visitors alike, skating amid the watchful eye of the gilded Prometheus statue and the unique urban backdrop of Rockefeller Center's sparkling lights Event Website
This event runs November 5, 2010 - April 10, 2011
through April 10
| Modern Life: Edward Hopper and His Times |
(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) ($18) The exhibition highlights the work of Edward Hopper, whose use of the subject matter of modern life to portray universal human experiences made him America’s most iconic realist painter of the 20th century. Event Website
This event runs October 28, 2010 - April 10, 2011
through April 21
| Broadway's Next Hit Musical |
(TRIAD THEATER, 158 W. 72ND ST, New York, NY 10023, 212-362-2590) (9pm) Broadway’s Next H!T Musical brings back the glitz and glam to the Upper West Side with New York’s only unscripted theatrical awards show. Taking suggestions from the audience, the cast of Broadway’s Next H!T Musical brings to life an actual mock awards show, complete with made-up show tunes and genuinely witty banter, followed by a performance of the evening’s “Phony™" Award Winning musical. ($20 with a 2 drink minimum) (212-354-4660) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs February 10 - April 21
through April 24
| Good People |
(Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo… where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills… and where Margie Walsh has just been let go from yet another job. Starring: Frances McDormand and Estelle Parsons ($57+) Event Website
This event runs February 9 - April 24
through April 26
| | The Ultimate Drag Off |
(Times Square Arts Center, 669 Eigth Ave, New York, NY 10036) (10:30pm) The hilarious ‘interactive game show musical’ has contestants from all walks of life, male and female, pitted against each other in a race for drag superstardom. The Ultimate Drag Off has been entertaining audiences in many clubs and lounges in NYC and now it makes its official off-Broadway debut. Hosted by NYC drag sensation Sweetie (Wig Out, Charmed Life, Starbooty, Project Runway), the colorful cast of contestants comprises of an ever-changing weekly roster with some of your favorite amateur and professional drag performers. ($25 + 2 Drink Minimum) Event Website
This event runs February 12 - April 26
through May 30
| Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter |
(American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023) This highly popular winter attraction transforms the iciest day into a summer escape, inviting visitors to mingle with up to 500 fluttering, iridescent butterflies among blooming tropical flowers and lush green vegetation in 80-degree temperatures. ($28) Event Website
This event runs October 16, 2010 - May 30, 2011
through June 1
| Spiderman Turn Off the Dark |
(Foxwoods Theater, 214 West 43rd St, New York, NY 10019) (Varies) Previews November 14th Opens December 21st. Drawing from over 40 years of Marvel comic books for inspiration, Spiderman - Turn Off The Dark, spins a new take on the mythic tale of Peter Parker, a teenager whose unremarkable life in Queen's is turned upside down - literally - when he's bitten by a genetically altered spider and wakes up the next morning clinging to the ceiling. Event Website
This event runs February 7 - June 1
through June 5
| Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels |
(Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2 East 91st Street, New York, NY 10028) Van Cleef & Arpels has played a leading role in style and design innovation. Its timeless pieces have been worn by style icons including the Duchess of Windsor, Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor. This exhibition will explore the historical significance of the firm's contributions to jewelry design in the 20th century. On view will be more than 350 works. Event Website
This event runs February 18 - June 5
through June 6
| Music To My Eyes |
(MoMA, 11 West 53 St, New York, NY 10019) Approximately 70 works from a wide range of artists and musicians will be on view, including works by the Beastie Boys, Kathleen Hanna and Le Tigre, Keith Haring, Christian Marclay, Steven Parrino, Run DMC, and Joanie 4 Jackie, a video chain letter founded by Miranda July. ($20) Event Website
This event runs February 16 - June 6
through July 3
| The Importance of Being Earnest |
(American Airlines Theater, 227 West 42nd St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Tony Award® winner Brian Bedford directs and stars as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's comedic masterpiece about class and name-dropping. The cast of this glorious comedy also features Dana Ivey as Miss Prism and Paxton Whitehead as Reverend Chasuble. ($67+) Event Website
This event runs January 13 - July 3
through September 1
| Fossil Opens Retro Pop-Up Shop |
(Fossil, 111 Spring St, New York, NY 10012) (Varies) Excited to see a bevy of vintage items selected by the staff, as well as leather goods and accessories that are synonymous with the label. Fossil also goes retro and promises to transport us to another time with '70s style; an obvious reoccurring trend this Fashion Week that will wear us well into next winter. Event Website
This event runs February 11 - September 1
through October 4
| Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating & Marriage |
(Sofia's Downstairs Theatre, 221 West 46 St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) the story of Miss Abigail, the most sought-after relationship expert to the stars (think Dr. Ruth meets Emily Post), and her sexy side-kick Paco, as they travel the world teaching Miss Abigail’s outrageously funny “how-tos” on dating, mating and marriage! ($69+) Event Website
This event runs December 14, 2010 - October 4, 2011
Recurring Events this Thursday
 | 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
| OUTdancing Open House |
(Stepping Out Studios, 37 West 26th St, New York, NY 10010) OUTdancing was the first and continues to be the most comprehensive -sex latin, swing, and ballroom dance program in the U.S. No experience or partner necessary for the Open House. Singles and welcome. Intermediate and advanced classes also. Event Website
This event runs every 1st Thursday
| | Chelsea Classics |
(Chelsea Cinema, 23rd St btwn 7 & 8th Aves) Revisit your favorite film classics on the big screen. Hedda Lettuce entertains. Fun and prizes throughout the evening. Event Website
This event runs Thursdays
| | Homo Comicus |
(Gotham Comedy Club, 208 West 23rd St (btwn 7 & 8th Aves), New York, NY 10011, 212.367.9000, Venue Website) (8:30pm) The most hilarious gay and gay-friendly comics and entertainers around. (Reservations: 212-36) Event Website
This event runs every 1st Thursday
| | Queer Men's Erotic Art Workshop |
(LGBT Center, 208 W. 13th st., new york, NY 10011) (7PM) Are you tired of the same staid, boring and unsexy poses of the average life drawing session? Harvey Redding’s Queer Art Now with The Queer Men’s Erotic Art Workshop reaches beyond to new heights of erotic art making! You’ll want to check your pulse as you draw from some of New York’s most alluring male models, featured in an evening of heart-pounding poses...new models each week. ($20) Event Website
This event runs Thursdays