September 19, 2002
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
 | Madison Sq. Park Music: Oval Lawn Series |
(Madison Square Park, 23rd St and Madison Ave, New York, NY 10011) (Varies) The Conservancy’s outdoor concert series and one of the best ways to enjoy free world class performances in New York City. Jun 22 - Tift Merritt, Jun 29 - Dale Ann Bradley, The Steel Wheels, Jul 6 - Lionel Loueke Trio, Edmar Castaneda Trio plus special guest Andrea Tierra, Jul 13 - Christian McBride & Inside Straight, Jul 20 - Red Horse with Eliza Gilkyson, John Gorka, and Lucy Kaplansky, Jul 27 - David Wax Museum, Aug 3 - Pedrito Martinez Group plus special guest Brian Lynch, Aug 10 - Davell Crawford—Tribute to Ray Charles (FREE) Event Website
Note: this event runs June 22, 29, July 6, 13, 20, 27, August 3, and 10
| How To Fall In Love Before The Apocalypse & How To Stop Smoking In... |
(Dixon Place, 161 A Chrystie, (Between Rivington & Delancey), New York, NY 10002) (7:30pm) Monologist Thain Torres recounts his journey between a small mining town in pre-Democratic South Africa to post-9/11 NYC. A lover of stories both true and fantastical, Torres creates a portrait of a fragile personal world poised on the brink of collapse. Told with gentle humor vignettes, these stories are a love letter and requiem to the notion that everything will probably turn out fine./HOT TO STOP SMOKING IN NINETEEN-THOUSAND, TWO-HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN SECONDS, USAMA: Multimedia Reading by Chavisa Woods, Animation by Itziar Barrio UFO’s, a meth lab in a cornfield, a talking couch and the death of Usama Bin Laden, set the stage for a young woman’s journey to give up chain smoking. ($15/$12 Stu/Sen/$18/$15 Stu/Sen @ door) (212-219-0736) Event Website
|  | Sh!t Theatre’s (Genuine) Performance Democracy |
(Dixon Place, 161 A Chrystie, (Between Rivington & Delancey), New York, NY 10002) (9:30pm) With special guests Tammy WhyNot and Queer Supply Sh!t Theatre uses satire and song to explore the daily political, the everlasting personal and the downright perverted nature of their own lives and yours. Tammy WhyNot, Sh!t Theatre and Queer Supply are getting HOT! at Dixon Place. All the way from London and in collaboration with Split Britches, Sh!t Theatre are here to question democracy, sexuality, morality and the crippling fear of their own potential. Satire, songs short-films and special guests including Lois Weaver as Tammy WhyNot and all the queer members of the UK perform. ($15/$12 Stu/Sen/$18/$15 Stu/Sen @ door) (212-219-0736) Event Website
| 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
|  | Family Equality Council's Family Week |
(Provincetown, MA) (See website for details) Family Week is the largest national gathering of the LGBT family community in the United States and what could be a better family vacation than seaside swimming and building sand castles with your kids on the beautiful beaches in P-Town alongside other LGBT families.
Note: this event runs July 30 - August 6
| | Homo Comicus |
(Gotham Comedy Club, 208 West 23rd St (btwn 7 & 8th Aves), New York, NY 10011, 212.367.9000, Venue Website) (8:30pm) Taste the rainbow! Fruit juicy stand-up and song from some of the top bananas of New York's LGBT comedy scene, including the fabulous Bianca Del Rio (NYC club fave from LOGO's "One Night Stand-Up: Dragtastic NYC"), the hilarious Michele Balan (from NBC's "Last Comic Standing," ),brilliant boy wonder Danny Cohen (from Comedy Central) and ukulele-strummin' funnyman Ben Lerman (from Logo). Hosted by the always killer Marion Grodin (from Conan O'Brien, Comedy Central and ABC's "The View"). ($20 + 2 drink Minimum) Event Website
| Judy Garland: All Singing, All Dancing, All Judy! |
(Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 West 65th St, New York, NY 10023) Enjoy all the classics and rediscover the movie magic with a complete retrospective of Judy Garland films!The Film Society of Lincoln Center joins forces with The Paley Center to present screenings of much of Judy’s movie and television achievement. ($13) Event Website
Note: this event runs August 1 - 9
Starting Today
| BMW Guggenheim Lab |
(First Park, Houston @ 2nd Ave) (Varies) A mobile laboratory traveling to nine major cities worldwide over six years. Led by international, interdisciplinary teams of emerging talents in the areas of urbanism, architecture, art, design, science, technology, education, and sustainability, the Lab addresses issues of contemporary urban life through programs and public discourse. (FREE) Event Website
This event runs through October 16
Ongoing Events
through August 6
| 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 6
| The Strawberry One-Act Festival |
(Hudson Guild Theatre, 441 West 26th St, New York, NY 10001) (See website for details) A play competition in which the audience and the theatre's judges cast their votes to select the best play of the season. Twice a year, hundreds of plays from across the country are submitted for the competition. Plays move from the 1st Round to the Semi-Finals and then the Finals. ($2ll) Event Website
This event runs July 28 - August 6
through August 9
| | 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
| 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
| 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
| Lincoln Center Out Doors |
(See website for details & locations) (See website for details) A season jam-packed with dynamic, free programs – from re-imaginations of beloved cultural icons to cross-cultural collaborations that blur the lines of genre and geography. (FREE) Event Website
This event runs July 27 - August 14
through August 14
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 27
| Mostly Mozart Festival 2011 |
(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) (See website for details) Mostly Mozart Festival is home to period-instrument ensembles, dance presentations, new-music groups, composers- and artists-in-residence, visiting orchestras and ensembles, opera productions, late-night concerts, films, and lectures and artist discussions. Its presentations and concerts span five venues and five centuries of repertoire, from the distant edge of the Baroque to the cutting edge of our own time. Event Website
This event runs August 2 - 27
through August 30
| 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
| 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
| | Olive and the Bitter Herbs |
(59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th St, New York, NY 10022) (Varies) Tony Award®-nominated playwright Charles Busch’s latest comedy, Olive and the Bitter Herbs is a comedy about connecting to the people in our lives—those with us and those who have passed on. ($45+) Event Website
This event runs July 26 - September 3
through September 3
| 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
| 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
| 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 24
| 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 26
 | Roller-Skating Rink under the High Line |
(10th Ave @ 30th St) The High Line Rink will be one of the only open-air roller-skating venues in Manhattan, with regularly scheduled theme nights and other fun public activities for New Yorkers and visitors of all ages. ($12) Event Website
This event runs July 28 - September 26
through September 30
| 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 2
| The Rap Guide to Evolution |
(SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street, New York, NY 10013) (Varies) Baba Brinkman uses hip-hop as a vehicle to communicate the facts of evolution while illuminating the origins and complexities of hip-hop culture with Darwin as the inspiration. A provocative, hilarious, intelligent and scientifically accurate. Brinkman performs his clever reworkings of popular rap singles as well as his own originals to illustrate Natural Selection, Sexual Selection, Evolutionary Psychology and much more. ($39+) Event Website
This event runs July 26 - October 2
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
through October 9
| Traces |
(Union Square Theatre, 100 East 17th St., New York, NY 10003) (Varies) Traces is poetic and explosive, humorous and thoughtful. Combining traditional acrobatic forms with street elements such as skateboarding and basketball, mixed in with some theatre and contemporary dance, it surprises, awes and delights at every turn. ($87) Event Website
This event runs July 29 - October 9
through October 10
 | 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
| 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 October 16
| BMW Guggenheim Lab |
(First Park, Houston @ 2nd Ave) (Varies) A mobile laboratory traveling to nine major cities worldwide over six years. Led by international, interdisciplinary teams of emerging talents in the areas of urbanism, architecture, art, design, science, technology, education, and sustainability, the Lab addresses issues of contemporary urban life through programs and public discourse. (FREE) Event Website
This event runs August 3 - October 16
through October 22
| | 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 - October 22
through November 6
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
Recurring Events this Wednesday
 | | 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
| 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
| | 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
| 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
| | Out on the Floor - Same Sex Ballroom Dance Classes |
(Ripley Grier Studios, 939 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor, Buzzer 307, New York, NY 10019) (Tu 8pm; We 8:30pm) Greg Ryzio brings same sex ballroom dancing to Hells Kitchen. Learn classic Ballroom and spicy Latin dances with your partner or on your own. Classes are open to anyone looking to learn in a comfortable and friendly environment. Come join in on the fun! ($20) (917.692.8732) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs Tuesdays and Wednesdays