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Silver Threads Celebration (Dolphin Beach Resort, St. Pete Beach, Florida)

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Hearings begin in New York City for gay rights bill

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may 7, 2008 / wednesday

ARIADNE UNHINGED: Music of Monteverdi, Haydn, and Schoenberg

(The Playhouse, Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, New York, NY 10002) Gotham Chamber Opera presents the world premiere of a new production, ARIADNE UNHINGED. Ariadne has just been abandoned by her lover and savior Theseus on the island of Naxos, where she alternates between near-madness and madness. In Ariadne Unhinged, Gotham�s new version of the classic story, three musical works from different centuries have been intertwined by Neal Goren to reflect Ariadne�s emotional and psychological states. ($70 - $30) Event Website

Note: this event runs May 7 - 11

Komen Greater NYC Awards Luncheon

(Hilton New York, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019) (12pm) Stand up in the fight to against breast cancer. Honoring Ed Goldberg, Senior Vice President of Macy's East. Hosted by CBS 2 anchor Maurice DuBois with special guests Jill Eikenberry and Micheal Tucker ("LA Law") and Broadway star Maureen McGovern. Event Website

HOW SHOULD LGBT PEOPLE PLAN FOR RETIREMENT?

(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (6 - 8pm) What you spend in retirement could exceed what you earn now. How can you prepare? Find out from financial service professionals Connie Cohrt CLU, ChFC and Loretta Goldberg CLU, MA* at "Focus on Retirement Income," a 90-minute workshop presented by Out Professionals. You probably know that LGBT retirees face many issues different from what straight people think about. Cohrt and Goldberg will guide you through them. What's the role of insurance in retirement? How can you deal with estate planning? How can you have access to your money, but keep it working for you, after you retire? ($5/$10)

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Ariadne Unhinged: Music of Monteverdi, Haydn, and Schoenberg

(The Playhouse, Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, New York, NY 10002) (May 7 at 7:30pm, May 8-10 at 8pm, May 10-11 at 2pm) Staged by maverick director/choreographer Karole Armitage and featuring one singer, six musicians, and the Armitage Gone! Dance Company, ARIADNE UNHINGED has sets by internationally-renowned photographer Vera Lutter. Ariadne has just been abandoned by her lover and savior Theseus on the island of Naxos, where she alternates between near-madness and madness. In Ariadne Unhinged, Gotham's new version of the classic story, three musical works from different centuries intertwine to reflect Ariadne's emotional and psychological states: Monteverdi's Lamento d'Arianna, Haydn's solo cantata Arianna a Naxos, and Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire. ($30 - $70) (212-279-4200) Event Website

This event runs through May 11

Ongoing Events

through May 7

Exoticism

(The Museum at FIT, 295 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001) Over 40 modern designers featured along with beautiful 18th and 19th-century fashions and textiles that highlight Japanese, Chinese, Indian and North African styles. Event Website

This event runs January 1 - May 7

through May 11

Ariadne Unhinged: Music of Monteverdi, Haydn, and Schoenberg

This event runs May 7 - 11

through May 11

The Four of Us

(NY City Center, 131 West 55th St, New York, NY 10019) A poignant new play about friendship and memory, the gap between our stories and our lives, and what happens when your dreams come true - for your best friend. Event Website

This event runs March 6 - May 11

through May 17

Running

(Milk Can Theatre Company, 311 West 43 S, New York, NY 10036) Three gay men, a widow, and a funeral set the stage to answer the questions -- can we escape our past? What happens when we have to confront the lies we tell ourselves? Running not only tackles the issue of coming out about ones sexuality, but also what everyone must face when confronting the truth about ourselves. ($18/$15) [email protected] Event Website

This event runs May 2 - 17

through May 24

Queer Batman: A Renaissance

(Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, 508 West 26th St, New York, NY 10001) A group exhibit of artists, Mark Demott, Daniel Wheelter and Samira Abbassy, Mark Chamberlain present superhero creations of your dreams. Event Website

This event runs May 2 - 24

through May 26

The Butterfly Conservatory

(American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023) Celebrate the 10th annual return of this re-created tropical forest environment filled with over 500 live butterflies. Event Website

This event runs January 1 - May 26

through May 28

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe

(Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128) Cai Guo-Qiang is internationally acclaimed as an artist whose creative transgressions and cultural provocations have literally exploded the accepted parameters of art making in our time. This is especially true of Inopportune: Stage One, Cai�s largest installation to date, which presents nine real cars in a cinematic progression that simulates a car bombing, occupying the central atrium of the Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda. Event Website

This event runs February 22 - May 28

through June 1

2008 Biennial Exhibition

(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) This will be the 74th in the series of Whitney Annual and Biennial exhibitions inaugurated in 1932 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Event Website

This event runs March 6 - June 1

through June 15

South Pacific

(Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, 150 West 65th St, New York, NY 10023) During World War II in the South Pacific, love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. The war is tearing them apart. Event Website

This event runs March 1 - June 15

through June 15

Darwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure

(New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458) During this Garden-wide celebration of Charles Darwin's life and his groundbreaking work, explore his theories of evolution and natural selection. Event Website

This event runs April 25 - June 15

through June 22

Top Girls

(Biltmore Theater, 261 West 47th St, New York, NY 10036) Set at the Top Girls Employment Agency in London in the early 1980s, this play tells the story of Marlene, an ambitious career woman who has just been appointed head of the firm. (Top Girls) Event Website

This event runs April 15 - June 22

through July 13

Sex in Design/Design in Sex

(Museum of Sex, 233 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016) Highlights the best and most compelling sexually inspired contemporary designs from around the world. Event Website

This event runs January 31 - July 13

through July 13

Amazonia Design, Fashion and Sustainable Economy

(World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery, 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281) Objects by contemporary designers from the Amazon region who utilize raw materials in their work. Event Website

This event runs April 17 - July 13

through July 18

Takashi Murakami

(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) The most comprehensive retrospective to date of the work of internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami includes more than ninety works in various media that span the artist�s entire career, installed in more than 18,500 square feet of gallery space. ($10/$8) Event Website

This event runs April 5 - July 18

through August 10

Playing the Building

(Battery Maritime Ferry Building, 10 South St, New York, NY 10004) David Byrne's massive installation in the historic Battery Maritime Building features an organ that triggers sounds from its metal beams, pipes and electrical conduits that invites you to play along. Event Website

This event runs May 1 - August 10

through August 31

The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef

(Winter Garden, World Financial Center) This colorful crocheted panoply of kelps, corals and anemones is an homage to Earth�s endangered coral reefs. Event Website

This event runs April 5 - August 31

through September 7

Polaroids: Mapplethorpe

(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) This special exhibition traces Robert Mapplethorpe's use of instant photography from 1970 to 1975. Included are self-portraits, figure studies, still lifes, and portraits of lovers and friends including Patti Smith, Sam Wagstaff, and Marianne Faithfull. Many of these small, intimate photographs convey tenderness and vulnerability. Others depict a toughness and immediacy that would give way in later years to more classical form. Unlike the highly crafted images Mapplethorpe staged in the studio and became famous for, these disarming pictures are marked by spontaneity and invention. Event Website

This event runs May 3 - September 7

through September 28

Magic in Ancient Egypt: Image, Word and Reality

(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) How the Egyptians, known throughout the ancient world for their expertise in magic, addressed the unknown forces of the universe is explored in this exhibition of twenty objects from the Brooklyn Museum's world-famous collection. Event Website

This event runs January 1 - September 28

through December 31

Oscar Wilde in NYC Guided Walking Tour

(By Request) This tour is based on new and unique research into the people and places Oscar Wilde visited in the NY of the gilded age. Event Website

This event runs January 1 - December 31

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