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Sunday, July 17, 2011

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Backpacking in the Adirondacks
(See website for details) (7am) A challenging five day, four night, 25 mile loop in one of the most spectacular parts of the Adirondacks. Conquer Mount Marcy, the tallest mountain in New York State (5,344 feet) with views of 50 miles on a clear day. Along the way, hike though some of the most dramatic and beautiful spots in the Adirondacks, through Avalanche Pass. ($50) Event Website
Note: this event runs July 13 - 17
Arts & Entertainment
Harlem Meer Performance Festival
(Central Park, 58th St, New York, NY 10155) (2pm) he Central Park Conservancy's Harlem Meer Performance Festival features the best in local established and emerging artists in the genres of jazz, Latin, gospel and world music. See website for performance schedule. (FREE) Event Website
Note: this event runs June 19, 26, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7, 14, 21, 28, and September 4
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
Fire Island Dance Festival 17
(Fire Island Pines) (Sa 5pm & 7pm, Su 5 pm) Featuring stars of internationally acclaimed and fast-rising dance companies, performing outdoors on a stage specially built and illuminated, against the breathtaking backdrop of the Great South Bay. As always, these dance professionals volunteer their time and talent to support the work of DRA. Event Website
Note: this event runs July 16 - 17
Arts & Entertainment
Queer Punk
(Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) (1pm - 6pm) Leslie/Lohman & Kymara Gallery present: Queer Punk: A solo exhibition featuring new sculptures by internationally renowned Ante Artist, Fernando Carpeneda. Opening Reception: June 25: 6-11PM. For more artist info see: www.fernandocarpaneda.com (FREE) (212-431-2609) [email protected] Event Website
Note: this event runs June 1, 2011 - January 31, 2012
Arts & Entertainment
Laughter In The Park 2011
(See website for locations) (2pm) What better way is there to enjoy a summer Sunday afternoon in NYC than enjoying two hours of laughter in the park? Join some of NYC's best comedians as they brighten up any afternoon! (FREE) Event Website
Note: this event runs June 12, 19, 26, July 10, 17, 24, August 7, 14, and 21
Social
Brooklyn Ice Cream Takedown
(Bell House, 149 7th St, Brooklyn, NY 11221) (4pm) Thanks to Ronald Reagan, the third Sunday of every July is recognized as National Ice Cream Day. If you’re unsure of how to observe, your best bet may be the Brooklyn Ice Cream Takedown. ($15) Event Website
Arts & Entertainment
Oh, Coward!
(The York Theater Company, 619 Lexington Avenue, Corner of 54th St, New York, NY 10021) (Varies) A revue of material from the Noel Coward library that premiered in 1972. The show intersperses some of Coward's best songs with writings and anecdotes from his life. ($39.50 used code: TALKYORK) Event Website
Note: this event runs July 15 - 17

Ongoing Events

through July 17
LGBTSocial
11th Bear Week in Provincetown
(Provincetown, MA) (See website for details) A special welcome for Bears to one of North America's most famous gay resort towns. Event Website
This event runs July 9 - 17
through July 18
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17th Annual Philadelphia QFest
(Philadelphia, PA) (Varies) The largest LGBT film fest on the East Coast with 12 days full of 100+ films plus outdoor screenings, special guests, and loads of parties and events. Event Website
This event runs July 7 - 18
through July 23
Arts & Entertainment
The Comedy of Errors
(Municipal Parking Lot, Ludlow and Broome Streets) A free outdoor presentation of Shakespeare's early comedy. (FREE) Event Website
This event runs July 7 - 23
through July 24
Summer Restaurant Week
(See website for details) All those great restaurants you wanted to eat at but thought you couldn't afford? Well, you can now! Summer Restaurant Week dates are out now and prices remain the same as last year - $24.07 for lunch and $35 for dinner. Event Website
This event runs July 11 - 24
through July 24
Social
The Brooks Brothers Summer Clearance: 50% Off Everything
(See website for location) Enjoy 50% off everything you need for Her and Him. Madras, seersucker, linen, you name it - they've got it. Event Website
This event runs July 11 - 24
through July 24
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
Fresh Fruit Festival
(See website for locations) (See website for details) An array of juicy LGBT produce drips down your chin in full-length works as well as in a cluster of jazz concerts, poetry slams and drag cabarets. ($18 - 20) Event Website
This event runs July 2 - 24
through July 24
Social
Restaurant Week
(Various Locations) Two weeks. Over 250 NYC restaurants. Lunch = $24.07. Dinner = $35. Event Website
This event runs July 11 - 24
through July 26
Arts & Entertainment
War Horse
(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) The story of an English boy whose beloved horse is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France during WW I. Years later the boy, now a young man, embarks on an odyssey to bring him home. There are breathing, galloping, charging horses on the stage -- their flanks, hides and sinews built of steel, leather and aircraft cables -- life-size puppets strong enough for men to ride. And that's just one element of this imaginative epic. ($75) Event Website
This event runs April 14 - July 26
through July 29
Arts & Entertainment
Linda McCartney: My Life in Photographs
(Bonni Benrubi Gallery, 41 East 57th St #1300, New York, NY 10022) (See website for details) The photographer (and former wife of the Beatle) is best known for the intimacy and ease of her portraits, often of musicians, like the 1967 shot of Jimi Hendrix yawning. Linda's massive collection includes vintage photos of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Willem de Kooning, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and Michael Jackson. Linda and Paul had been married nearly 30 years when she died of cancer in 1998. Event Website
This event runs June 2 - July 29
through July 30
Arts & Entertainment
BOOMERS, the Musical of a Generation
(June Havoc Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, 1st Floor, New York, NY 10018) (5pm) Directed by Gerald vanHeerden and choreographed by Kevin Ferguson. Boomer's is an intimate, emotional roller coaster ride with Will and Laura through three decades of world altering events. Their dreams and idealism collide with reality to forever alter their fairy tale existence. This is a true story....about you. ($18) (866.811.4111) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs July 15 - 30
through July 30
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A Strange and Separate People
(Theatre Row, 410 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036) (8pm) About a young Orthodox couple, Jay and Phyllis, who have managed to find a precarious equilibrium in their complicated personal and religious lives that is severely tested when Stuart, a gay doctor who is handsome, cocky, and newly Orthodox, invades their lives. ($18) Event Website
This event runs July 14 - 30
through July 30
Arts & Entertainment
Shakespeare in the Park
(Delacorte Theater, Central Park at 81st St, New York, NY 10024) (8pm) Performed in repertory for 8 continuous weeks. MEASURE FOR MEASURE: Measure sweeps from the corridors of national power to the intimate confines of the bedroom and from the convent's chapel to the executioner's block. ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL: A fairytale for grown-ups, this beguiling fable follows the low-born Helena, one of Shakespeare's most resourceful heroines. (FREE) Event Website
This event runs June 6 - July 30
through July 31
Arts & Entertainment
Midtown International Theatre Festival
(See website for locations) (See website for details) The festival represents an adventurous, intriguing, and often paradoxical cross-section of the theatre community. Event Website
This event runs July 11 - 31
through July 31
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
A Midsummer Night's Dream Re-imagined!
(the cell, 338 W. 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011) (varies) The Hive Theatre Company and the cell have joined forces to present a modern re-imagining of Shakespeare’s classic, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, which casts Hermia and Lysander as lesbian lovers with Demetrius and Helena as a gay couple. This is not your grandmother’s MIDSUMMER, but a MIDSUMMER for 21st century NYC. This production exposes contemporary America's sexual hang-ups and resistance to gay marriage. Concepts of what constitutes gender, sexual-orientation and power will be explored and exploded! ($15+) (646.861.2253) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs July 5 - 31
through July 31
Arts & Entertainment
Game Play 2011
(The Brick, 575 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211) (Varies) Game Play explores the collision of technology, theater, performance art, and video game culture by staging the collaborative work of performance and media artists across the digital spectrum. See website for complete details. Event Website
This event runs July 7 - 31
through July 31
Arts & Entertainment
Anything Goes
(Stephen Sondheim Theatre, 124 West 43 St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) This saucy and splendid new production of Cole Porter's musical romp across the Atlantic, starring Tony Award® winner Sutton Foster and Tony® & Academy® Award winner Joel Grey! ($87) Event Website
This event runs March 10 - July 31
through July 31
Arts & Entertainment
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
(MoMA, 11 West 53 St, New York, NY 10019) (See website for details) The exhibition, organized by The Costume Institute, will celebrate the late Alexander McQueen's extraordinary contributions to fashion. From his postgraduate collection of 1992 to his final runway presentation, Mr. McQueen challenged and expanded the understanding of fashion beyond utility to a conceptual expression of culture, politics, and identity. Event Website
This event runs May 4 - July 31
through August 6
Arts & Entertainment
Pilobolus
(Joyce Theater, 175 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011) (Varies) The company's special 40th anniversary season features three extraordinary programs that look back in delight -- with works like Untitled, a 1975 winner, and Duet 92, a passionate piece from 1992 -- and, at the same time, celebrate the amazing range of more recent endeavors that include startling multimedia initiatives and collaborations with artists representing genres far beyond the realm of dance. ($10+) Event Website
This event runs July 11 - August 6
through August 9
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Queer: from One to A Hundred
(TNC Gallery, 155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10003) An exhibit of more than 200 works by Scooter LaForge, Pete Hocking and other queer artists and photographers are on view. Event Website
This event runs June 21 - August 9
through August 11
Arts & Entertainment
Celebrate Brooklyn 2011
(Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215) (see website for details) Celebrate Brooklyn! is one of New York City's longest-running, free, summer outdoor performing arts festivals. They present a wonderfully eclectic mix of emerging, cutting-edge and world-renowned artists, as well as an amazing outdoor cinema series, for over 200,000 people each summer at the Prospect Park Bandshell. It’s a cherished summer institution that has earned a reputation for excellence that attracts artists and audiences from across the borough, the city and the world! (FREE) Event Website
This event runs June 14 - August 11
through August 13
Arts & Entertainment
Silence! The Musical.
(Theater 80 St. Marks, 80 St. Marks, between 1st and 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10003) (Varies) The unauthorized parody of The Silence of the Lambs, with book by Hunter Bell, music & lyrics by Jon and Al Kaplan, and direction and choreography by Christopher Gattelli. And now, at last, this delicate symphony of suspense has been turned on its ear and retold in the only way it can be-- as a musical. ($38) Event Website
This event runs June 24 - August 13
through August 14
Arts & Entertainment
Lincoln Center Festival 2011
(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) Lincoln Center Festival’s innovative programming continually earns the attention and praise of national and international critics and audiences. Film screenings, talks, panel discussions plus Mariinsky Ballet, Royal Shakespeare Company and Cleveland Orchestra Complete the Trio of Leading Performing Ensembles (Varies) Event Website
This event runs July 5 - August 14
through August 14
Arts & Entertainment
Master Cllass
(Manhattan Theatre Club, 311 West 43rd St. 8th Floor, Studio One, New York, NY 10017) (Varies) Terrence McNally’s play about Maria Callas takes us to one of her famous master classes, where, late in her own career, she dares the next generation to make the same sacrifices and rise to the same heights that made her the most celebrated, the most reviled and the most controversial singer of her time. Starring Tyne Daly ($57+) Event Website
This event runs June 14 - August 14
through August 20
Arts & Entertainment
Riverside Park Sunset Concert Series
(Riverside Park, Pier 1 @ 70th Street, New York, NY 10024) (7pm) Every Saturday grab your blankets, picnic baskets, and candles! The Riverside Clay Tennis Association is once again hosting its series of sunset concerts on the tennis lawn overlooking the Hudson River at 97th Street. (FREE) Event Website
This event runs June 18 - August 20
through August 21
Arts & Entertainment
Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra
(New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458) (10am - 6pm, Tu - Su) Travel to southern Spain in just an afternoon. This unprecedented exhibition explores the collaboration of sublime nature and dramatic design that created an earthly paradise. The New York Times says Spanish Paradise: Gardens of the Alhambra invokes "the mythic imagery of the place and its hold on the imagination." ($20) Event Website
This event runs May 21 - August 21
through August 30
Arts & Entertainment
2011 SummerStage
(See website for details) (Varies see website for details) New York’s largest free performing arts festival, brings over 100 performances to eighteen parks throughout the five boroughs. With performances ranging from American pop, Latin and world music to dance, spoken word and theater, SummerStage fills a vital niche in New York City’s summer arts festival landscape. Event Website
This event runs June 6 - August 30
through September 1
Arts & Entertainment
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 September 3
Arts & Entertainment
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
(Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) scar® and Emmy Award® winner Robin Williams makes his Broadway debut in the New York premiere. he lives of two American Marines and an Iraqi translator are forever changed by an encounter with a quick-witted tiger who haunts the streets of war-torn Baghdad attempting to find meaning, forgiveness and redemption amidst the city’s ruins. Rajiv Joseph's groundbreaking new American play explores both the power and the perils of human nature. ($60+) Event Website
This event runs March 20 - September 3
through September 4
Arts & Entertainment
Cirque du Soleil’s Zarkana
(Radio City Music Hall, 1260 6th Ave, New York, NY 10020) (Varies) This epic spectacle takes audiences into a fantastical and suspenseful world where highly-acrobatic feats are heightened by original live music and interactive multimedia elements. Zarkana transforms the grandest stage in the world into a world of unreality as only Cirque du Soleil could imagine. ($60+) Event Website
This event runs June 9 - September 4
through September 10
Arts & Entertainment
HAIR
(St. James Theatre, 246 W 44th st, New York, NY 10036) (See website for details) 10 weeks only! HAIR tells the story of a group of friends choosing to speak up and sing out in celebration of love, life and freedom. The first great rock musical, it has some of the most rousing and soulful songs ever written for the stage, including "Let the Sun Shine In," "Easy to be Hard," "Good Morning Starshine," "Aquarius" and the infectious title song, "Hair." ($47+) Event Website
This event runs July 5 - September 10
through September 10
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The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom
(DR2 Theatre, 103 East 15 St, New York, NY 10009) (Varies) Emmy-winning actress and comic Judy Gold returns to the New York stage in a brand-new show, building on the success of her show 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, funny-woman Judy Gold returns to the stage in this hilarious look at her life through the lens of the classic sitcoms of her youth. ($45) Event Website
This event runs June 30 - September 10
through September 24
Arts & Entertainment
Riverside Park Summer on the Hudson 2011
(Riverside Park, Pier 1 @ 70th Street, New York, NY 10024) (see website for details) Whether you want to learn to dance or pull up a blanket to see a movie (FREE) Event Website
This event runs June 9 - September 24
through September 30
Arts & Entertainment
Burlesque on the Beach
(Sideshows by the Seashore Theater & Coney Island Museum, 3006 West 12th St & 1208 Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224) (Varies) Every Thursday & Friday during the Summer season, The Great Fredini & Bambi The Mermaid present the popular Burlesque on the Beach program- A revival of the most glorious and notorious of the "girlie revues" in Coney Island history. The sumptuous decor, fabulous bubble machine and swell girls make burlesque one of Coney's hottest attractions! Every week brings all new shows with outrageous acts. Event Website
This event runs May 5 - September 30
through October 4
Arts & Entertainment
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
through October 10
Sports
Kayaking on the Hudson
(Pier 40, Pier 96 and 72nd St @ Hudson River) (See website for details) This volunteer organization, the Downtown Boathouse offers free river kayaking to the general public. Instructors provide the equipment and tutorials, so all you have to do is show up in a swimsuit or shorts and strap on a life vest. (FREE - $35) Event Website
This event runs June 24 - October 10
through October 10
Arts & Entertainment
Sleep No More
(The McKittrick Hotel, 530 West 27th St., New York, NY 10011) (See website for details) London's award-winning PUNCHDRUNK and the legendary space is reinvented with SLEEP NO MORE, presenting Shakespeare’s classic Scottish tragedy through the lens of suspenseful film noir. Audiences move freely through a transporting world at their own pace, choosing their own path through the story, immersed in the most unique theatrical experience in the history of New York. ($95) Event Website
This event runs February 15 - October 10
through November 6
Arts & Entertainment
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
(Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Openig bight. Starring the acclaimed international stage and film actor Daniel Radcliffe (Equus on Broadway, the Harry Potter film series) and five-time Emmy Award® winner John Larroquette (Night Court, The Practice) in their Broadway musical debuts, this Pulitzer and Tony Award®-winning “Best Musical” is the hilarious fable of executive dreams and office romance. ($52+) Event Website
This event runs March 27 - November 6
through November 20
Arts & Entertainment
Catch Me If you Can
(Neil Simon Theatre, 250 West 52nd St, New York, NY 10019) (Varies) A high-flying new musical comedy based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it! eatures a Tony Award-winning "dream team," with a book by TERRENCE McNALLY (The Full Monty, Ragtime), an irresistible score by MARC SHAIMAN & SCOTT WITTMAN (Hairspray), choreography by JERRY MITCHELL (Hairspray, Legally Blonde) and direction by JACK O'BRIEN (Hairspray, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels). ($65) Event Website
This event runs April 20 - November 20
through December 31
Arts & Entertainment
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 June 14 - December 31
through January 2, 2012
Arts & Entertainment
The World's Largest Dinosaurs
(American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) A new exhibition this spring focusing on the monstrous size and impressive survival of these beings with hands-on computer activities and collections of sauropod specimens. The main attraction will be a life-size sauropod dinosaur that is about 60 feet in length. ($24) Event Website
This event runs April 16, 2011 - January 2, 2012
through January 3, 2012
Arts & Entertainment
On the High Line Kim Beck Space Available
(The High Line, Gansevoort St to 34th St, btwn 10 & 11th Aves, New York, NY 10011) Three sculptures resembling the skeletal framework behind advertising billboards. These blank forms emulate the abounding indicators of the economic recession, such as empty storefronts and "For Sale" signs. Beck's sculptures have the illusion of depth when viewed from the front, but as visitors move past them, the side views reveal that they are completely flat, cut from perspective drawings and built like theater props. (FREE) Event Website
This event runs March 4, 2011 - January 3, 2012
through January 12, 2012
Arts & Entertainment
Obscene Diary
(Museum of Sex, 233 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016) Based on Justin Spring’s widely acclaimed biography, SECRET HISTORIAN, this exhibition explores the rich sexual documentation of Samuel Steward’s life through photos, diary entries, sexual record keeping, explicit drawings, and erotic literary musings. Over 200 of the best artifacts from the Samuel Steward archive will be on display to the public for the first time. ($17.50) (212-689-6337) Event Website
This event runs July 15, 2011 - January 12, 2012

Recurring Events this Sunday

LGBTSports
Metro Wrestling Practices
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (2 - 5pm) 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 every 2nd, 3rd and 4th and 5th Sunday
Spiritual
Dignity New York Weekly Liturgy & Social
(St. John's in the Village Church, 222 W 11th St, New York, NY 10014) (7:30pm) Event Website
This event runs Sundays
Spiritual
Metropolitan Community Church of NY Services
(MCCNY, 446 West 36th St, New York, NY 10018) (9am, 11am & 7pm) Event Website
This event runs Sundays
LGBTSocial
Starlette Sunday
(Angels and Kings, 500 East 11th St, New York, NY 10009, Venue Website) (8PM - 3AM) Starlette Sunday is a glam affair catering to a mixed lesbian and bisexual crowd. This sexy long-running party is one of the hottest nights for women in New York City. Starlette Sunday features delicious cocktails, visuals, the best dj's playing dance tracks, and lots of eye candy. (Free) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs Sundays
Arts & EntertainmentLGBT
CINEMAROSA
(Queens Museum of Art, Rushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368) (3 – 5pm) Monthly film/video showcase series that presents screenings of fiction and documentary works dealing with issues related to the LGBT community. Event Website
This event runs every 3rd Sunday
LGBTSpiritual
QueerDharma
(Shambhala Meditiation Center of New York, 118 West 22nd Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10011) (7pm) QueerDharma is a community of meditiation practice for LGBTQ sentient beings - that means you! Visit our website for more info and scheduel ($5 suggested donation) (212-675-6544) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs Sundays
LGBTSpiritual
QueerDharma New York
(Shambhala Meditation Center, 118 West 22nd St, ring #6, New York, NY 10011) (7pm - 9pm) A Community of Meditation Practice founded and hosted by LGBTQ people. We meet every Sunday at 7pm - check our website for more details and special events. ($5 donation requested) Event Website
This event runs Sundays