Saturday, June 25, 2011
 |  | NYC Queer + Sober 2011 |
(See website for details) This is a shining new star for the entire fellowship. This is Sober NYC and during Pride...so this is a really special Sober Weekend!
Filled with Meetings, Dancing, Parties, Fellowship, Shows,
and lots of Fun! There is something for just about everyone. Providing a safe and fun experience to the sober LGBT Community during
Gay Pride that encourages unity in the fellowship. ($40/$50) (9176286256) [email protected] Event Website
Note: this event runs June 24 - 26
 | Eleventh Annual Peking Opera Festival |
(Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place, Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012) (7:30pm) A magnificent evening of music, song, mime, glorious costumes, acrobatic tumbling, kung-fu fighting and a traditional Chinese orchestra offers an unforgettable glimpse into ancient China. This action-packed Eleventh Annual Peking Opera Festival showcases the famous Monkey King's battle with the Princess Iron Fan, and other selected scenes from Peking Opera classics. ($38) Event Website
| | Jackie Beat: Pray the Gay Away |
(Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd St, New York, NY 10010) (10pm) Everyone's favorite big, bawdy, bold and ballsy funny "lady" brings
her most controversial show to date. Preaching to the perverted from her bullying pulpit, an evening of Divine intervention featuring Beat's award winning comedy and song parodys that slaughter sacred cows including Madonna, Britney and Lady Gaga.. ($25) Event Website
 | | |  | Rapture on the River |
(Pier 54, Hudson River Park at 13th St, New York, NY 10014) (4pm - 11pm) After Eight years of rocking women’s worlds, Rapture on the River has decided to supersize this year’s version with an EXTENDED edition. NYC Pride is thrilled to extend the event an additional three hours earlier for a day to night party that will surely not disappoint. Afternoon festivities will feature a number of fantastic comedians as well as a Happy Hour. Then switch into full party mode with an awesome DJ line up to keep your hips shakin’. ($25/$35 @ door) Event Website
| | | 19th Annual Dyke March |
(Bryant Park, 25 West 40th St, New York, NY 10018) (5pm) The Dyke March is a protest march, not a parade. Thousands of dykes take over the streets every year in celebration of lesbians and to protest against ongoing discrimination, harassment, and anti-lesbian violence in schools, on the job, in families, and on the streets. (FREE) Event Website
| |  | 30th Annual Front Runners New York Lesbian & Gay Pride Run |
(Central Park, 58th St, New York, NY 10155) (9am) New York Road Runners and Front Runners team up for the 30th time to produce the annual Pride Run, a five-mile race in Central Park. Whether you're a top racer in it for the fantastic prize money or a novice looking for a healthy run and some good camaraderie, the Pride Run delivers the goods. Stick around after the race for our festival and awards ceremony. It Gets Better Project (Varies) [email protected] Event Website
|  | Dignity/New York Pride Mass and Social |
(St. John's in the Village Church, 222 W 11th St, New York, NY 10014) (7:30pm) Pride Mass and social for LGBT Catholics and friends. (FREE will offering) (646-418-7039) [email protected] Event Website
| | Cherry Grove Pride Parade |
(Cherry Grove, NY) (noon) Parade will include the Cherry Grove businesses’ fabulously decorated floats parading around town. (FREE) Event Website
| | The Tom Judson Show - Opening Night of the 20th Annual Hot! Festival |
(Dixon Place, 161 A Chrystie, (Between Rivington & Delancey), New York, NY 10002) (7:30pm) Look forward to a sophisticated, sexy songfest perfectly timed for Pride Week! Tom Judson returns for a special two-performance preview of his new show. The show will be a tune-filled evening of songs both familiar and new; including a handful written by Tom himself. Of course The Man Who Was Gus Mattox won’t disappoint the fans of his adult work. Skin will most likely be bared. “Y’know, to sell tickets,” says Tom. “I’ve never had a problem with gratuitous nudity.” ($15 GA,/$12 Stu/Sen @ door $18 GA/ $15 Stu/Sen) (212-219-0736) Event Website
Note: this event runs June 24 - 25
| | Uptown Express presents: Gotta Be This Or That |
(Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd St, New York, NY 10010) (9pm) Be sure to catch this new show from the 2010 MAC Award nominated male vocal pop group!
Wait, This OR That? We’ll never make you choose! We’re dealing up musical variety that never fails to surprise and entertain, with an eclectic mix of the Beach Boys, Ricky Martin, The Mills Brothers, John Legend, Oscar Levant, The Capris, Katy Perry, Nellie Lutcher and much more.
Featuring the James Followell trio, with Dan Gross on drums, Sean Conly on bass and Musical Director James Followell at the grand piano.
Uptown Express is Christopher Caswell, John DePalma, Jaymes Hodges and Brad Parks. ($15/ 2-drink minimum) (212-206-0440) [email protected] Event Website
Note: this event runs June 24 - 25
| | Harlem Pride 2011 |
(Marcus Garvey Park , Madison Ave @ 121st St) (noon - 6pm) Featuring guest speakers Senator Tom Duane, Senator Bill Perkins and
Assemblyman Keith L.T. Wright. Also visit the many vendor/artist tables, food stands and lectures. Including the Health Fair and Workshops sponsored by SAGE. (FREE) (347-846-0362) [email protected] Event Website
| | | STONEWALL Veterans' Association: S.V.A. Conference and Stonewall Reunion |
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (4:15pm) Featured are storied patrons of original Stonewall Club and actual veterans of the Stonewall Uprising from across America together on Gay Pride Weekend for a reunion, panel discussion and audience Q&A. Supportive N.Y. public officials with real pride are guest speakers. Live music by renowned gay singer Sandy Rapp. Original "Songs of The Stonewall" played on CDs by DJ AnDre Christie Event Website
| | | Pride Perfected Pool Party |
(Grace Hotel, 125 W 45th St, New York, NY 10019) (5pm - 8pm) Enjoy hosted ABSOLUT® Vodka cocktails, great music, and the opportunity to network and meet like-minded professionals, allies, and LGBT community leaders. GLAAD ($25/$30@ door) Event Website
| | | Gay Field Day |
(Prospect Park, West at 15th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215) (noon-5pm) Celebrate Pride with fun in the sun in Prospect Park. There’s something for
everyone, including custom made bocce and amazing kites with Fredericks and
Mae, a bootcamp with Joq Gear, and a rugby clinic and scrimmages with
Brooklyn Women’s Rugby. And don’t miss out on a big game of Capture the Flag
at 3 PM! Plus feel free to come bring a picnic, friend, board games, and whatever
else you’d like for a great day in the park! (FREE) [email protected] Event Website
| | The Body Blend Series – Remixed n’ Homotized |
(Dixon Place, 161 A Chrystie, (Between Rivington & Delancey), New York, NY 10002) (9:30pm) Co-curated by Mathew Heggem, your local Palinographer and co-founder of Queer Art Impact, and
N - "The ONLY Letter In Burlesque" of Crimson Kitty Productions. ($15/ $12 Stu/Sen Door:/$18 @ door) (2122190736) Event Website
| Mos Def Concert As Rosie Perez Hosts The 2011 Fort Greene Festival |
(Fort Greene Park, B'klyn) (noon - 10pm) Rosie Perez, Academy Award-nominated actress, hosts the 2011 Fort Greene Festival and Mos Def, multi-Grammy Award/Golden Globe Award/Emmy Award-nominated actor and performer, will be the headliner for the 2011 Fort Greene Festival . Rosie Perez and Mos Def – stage, TV and film sensations – were born in Brooklyn, New York, and both continue to live there. (FREE) Event Website
| | I…Amanda Lepore Live in Concert |
(Highline Ballroom, 431 West 16th St, New York, NY 10011) (6pm - 9:30pm) The world’s most famous transsexual and an effervescent fixture on the New York scene. The premiere of Amanda Lepore's long awaited opus "I...Amanda Lepore"! One night only! ($20/$25 @ door) Event Website
| |  | Center Families Family Pride Picnic |
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (11am - 3pm) Live music! Face Painting! Food! Sprinklers! Games! Arts and Crafts! ($20 suggested donation) Event Website
| | | Garden State Equality's 2011 Legends Dinner |
(Jersey City Hyatt, NJ) (5pm - 8pm) Featuring stars from Hollywood, Broadway and Washington. Premium open bar, opulent smorgasbord, jazz and cocktail hour, sit-down dinner and an after-dinner party with dancing. Event Website
| | | Siren - NYC Pride Event |
(South Street Seaport, 19 Fulton St, New York, NY 10038) (9pm) Hosted by Henrietta Hudson, SPICE NYC and Sir Sabrina. Come party with an oasis of women from all over the tri-state area for one magical night only! Admire oceanfront views of NYC's skyline while you enjoy 12,000 square feet of a private beach and pulsating dance floor packed with beautiful women. ($25/$30 @ door) Event Website
| | GAY Celebrity Autobiography |
(Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd St, New York, NY 10010) (7:30pm) The cast for this special edition includes: Mario Cantone (Sex and the City), Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live), Sharon Gless (Queer As Folk, Cagney & Lacey, Burn Notice), Kristen Johnston (Third Rock From The Sun), Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel and Michael Urie (Ugly Betty). NOTE: Gina Gershon will NOT be appearing. Cast is subject to change, check www.SpinCycleNYC.com for more information. ($25+) Event Website
| | Jackie Beat: Pray the Gay Away |
(Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd St, New York, NY 10010) (Fr 7:30pm & Sa10pm) Big and bawdy, bold and bawdy drag star Jackie Beat returns to New York for her annual Gay Pride show. The only thing that can save you is Divine Intervention! ($20) Event Website
Note: this event runs June 24 - 25
| Fabulous Darshan |
(Workshop Main Stage Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York, NY 10018) (See website for schedule) The Exuberance of Youth...The Choreography of Showgirls! Bob Stewart's Fabulous Darshan is a comedy about the transforming dance of friendship among three generations of NYC actors (with the help of an ancient Deity)... ($18) (866-811-4111) Event Website
Note: this event runs June 23 - 25
| Disco Darshan |
(Workshop Main Stage Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, 4th Floor, New York, New York, NY 10018) (9:00pm - 11:30pm) Come Celebrate our Fabulous Season! Food, Drink, Live Band, Dancing!
Cash only at the door, or purchase tickets online at our Band: Renee Flemings RDD2 Blues Band
Food: by Chef Heidi Dean
wheelchair accessible WorkShop Theater Company ($25) (866-811-4111) Event Website
| | NYC Pride 2011: Bondi Beach |
(Governor's Island, Accessible by Battery Maritime Building, Slip 7, New York, NY 10004) (6pm - midnight) Australia's Most Famous Beach Comes Stateside World Renowned International DJs. With special performance by Australian Icon Olivia Newton-John Live ($50+) Event Website
| | Celebrity Autobiography: Gay Pride Edition |
(Gramercy Theatre, 127 East 23rd St, New York, NY 10010) (7:30pm) The cast for this special edition includes: Mario Cantone (Sex and the City), Rachel Dratch (Saturday Night Live), Sharon Gless (Queer As Folk, Cagney & Lacey, Burn Notice), Kristen Johnston (Third Rock From The Sun), Eugene Pack, Dayle Reyfel and Michael Urie (Ugly Betty). ($25+) Event Website
| | Ninth Annual Stonewall Rega |
(Pier 66, 26th St in Hudson River Park, New York, NY 10011) (9am - 2pm) You can watch this Pride weekend fund-raiser from the Knickerbocker Sailing Association from the comfort of the Manhattan mainland (FREE) Event Website
Starting Today
| | Fernando Carpaneda:Queer.Punk. |
(Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) (1pm - 6pm) The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation and The Kymara Gallery invite you to the unveiling of an important exhibition by internationally renowned Anté Artist Fernando Carpaneda. Carpaneda's seminal sculptures capture subjects that reflect the extraordinary side of the human element. Hustlers, rent boys, punk rockers, unknown artists, junkies, thieves and outcasts are recreated to the minutest detail in clay. Opening Reception: June 25 (Free) (207-286-7399) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs through July 2
Ongoing Events
through June 25
| The Motherf**ker with the Hat |
(Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, 236 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Chris Rock makes his Broadway debut in The Mother****** with the Hat, a world premiere comedy by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Also starring Bobby Cannavale and Annabella Sciorra, The Mother****** with the Hat is a razor-tongued verbal cage-match about unadulterated love and uncontrolled adultery, coming to Broadway for a strictly limited 15-week event. ($66.50+) Event Website
This event runs March 16 - June 25
through June 26
| | "The Declaration" |
(Robert Moss Theater, 440 Lafayette Street 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10003) (Varies) Spurred by the 2009 anti-marriage vote, a gay teacher decides to run for the New York Senate. As this unlikely candidate campaigns to change a broken system and champion the lives of others, his own life comes under fire, and he finds himself fighting to protect his career, his friendships, and his family. World premiere production benefitting Marriage Equality New York. Marriage Equality New York (MENY) ($18) (1-516-379-1198) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs June 1 - 26
through June 30
| The Blue Note Jazz Festival |
(See website for details) (Varies) In honor of its 30th anniversary, the Blue Note is expanding its doors throughout New York during the month of June 2011 for the inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival. The Festival will feature numerous high-profile acts such as Dave Brubeck, Chris Botti, Nancy Wilson, Bobby McFerrin, Roberta Flack, Brian Wilson, and many more. (Varies) Event Website
This event runs June 1 - 30
through June 30
| | Sundance Outdoor Adventure Spring Hikes |
(See website for details) (weekends April - June) A dozen+ hiking opportunities in the New York City area. Includes Delaware & Raritan Canal to Princeton, Breakneck Ridge, Pine Meadow Lake/ Harriman State Park, Planting Fields Arboretum, Storm King, Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Ossining to Croton, Palisades & Giant Stairs, Greenbrook Sanctuary Tour. (3473313887) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs April 1 - June 30
through July 2
| | Stanley Stellar: A Photographer |
(Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) (12-6PM; Tue-Sat) Opening Reception: May 17; 6-8PM (with DJ Reed McGowan "A photography exhibition of men on the streets of New York City from the '70s to today." For thirty-five years, Stanley Stellar has been photographing and recording NYC men as they live, and die, and live. Beginning in the '70s as a documentarian of gay life on the sexually fraught piers in New York City, his images have morphed into his extraordinary kind of art photography that we see today. (FREE) (212-431-2609) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs May 17 - July 2
through July 2
| | Fernando Carpaneda:Queer.Punk. |
(Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) (1pm - 6pm) The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation and The Kymara Gallery invite you to the unveiling of an important exhibition by internationally renowned Anté Artist Fernando Carpaneda. Carpaneda's seminal sculptures capture subjects that reflect the extraordinary side of the human element. Hustlers, rent boys, punk rockers, unknown artists, junkies, thieves and outcasts are recreated to the minutest detail in clay. Opening Reception: June 25 (Free) (207-286-7399) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs June 25 - July 2
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 July 3
| | The Normal Heart |
(Golden Theatre, 252 West 45th St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) The story of a city in denial, THE NORMAL HEART unfolds like a real-life political thriller—as a tight-knit group of friends refuses to let doctors, politicians and the press bury the truth of an unspoken epidemic behind a wall of silence. A quarter-century after it was written, this outrageous, unflinching, and totally unforgettable look at the sexual politics of New York during the AIDS crisis remains one of the theatre’s most powerful evenings ever. ($59+) Event Website
This event runs April 27 - July 3
through July 4
| House of Blue Leaves |
(Walter Kerr Theater, 219 West 48th St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Ben Stiller and Edie Falco return to Broadway in a strictly limited, 16-week engagement of John Guare's comic masterpiece. Stiller is Artie Shaughnessy, a zookeeper and wannabe songwriter, who is trying to cope with a schizophrenic wife, an impatient girlfriend and a visit from the Pope, all while sustaining his dream of hitting it big. Jennifer Jason Leigh also stars in this satirical take on celebrity, religion, and the frequent merging of the two. ($57+) Event Website
This event runs April 4 - July 4
through July 10
| | UNNATURAL ACTS |
(Classic Stage Company, 136 East 13th St, New York, NY 10003) (Tu - Sa 8pm, Sa & Su 2pm) Inspired by events that occurred at Harvard University in the spring of 1920, when a student’s suicide sparked a campus-wide investigation by a secret court of administrators aimed at purging the university of a group of homosexual students. ($37.50 with code) Event Website
This event runs June 14 - July 10
through July 15
| Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads |
(Central Park, 58th St, New York, NY 10155) Internationally acclaimed Chinese contemporary artist Ai Weiwei has re-created the twelve bronze animal heads representing the traditional Chinese zodiac that once adorned the fountain in Yuanming Yuan (FREE) Event Website
This event runs May 2 - July 15
through July 16
| 10th Annual River to River Festival |
(See website for details) (See website for details) Lower Manhattan’s largest FREE summer arts festival featuring music, film, dance, theatre, art and play elements in a variety of public venues that canvases the beautiful backdrop of Downtown New York-from Chambers Street down to Battery Park and across the island from the Hudson River to the East River. (FREE) Event Website
This event runs June 19 - July 16
through July 26
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 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
| 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 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
| 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 18
| THE ORANGE PERSON |
(Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012) (See website for details) Director Jeremy Bloom, actor Brian Rady and banjoist Laura
Dunn are the major creative forces behind this quirky tale
of a bright-orange baby born in a Texas border town, told in
a style that merges docutheater with eclectic concert. ($10/$15 @ door) (1.800.838.3006) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs November 8, 2010 - November 18, 2011
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 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
through July 31, 2012
| 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, 2011 - July 31, 2012
Recurring Events this Saturday
| | 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
| | Metro Wrestling Practices |
(Fighthouse, 122 West 27th St, New York, NY 10001) (5 - 7pm) 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 Saturdays
| CBST Shabbat Services and Torah Study |
(CBST, 57 Bethune St, New York, NY 10014) (10am) Event Website
This event runs every 2nd and 3rd and 4th Saturday
| Guided tours of the Chelsea Art Museum |
(Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011) (3 PM) Join us for docent-led tours of our exhibition galleries. Highlighting works from both our permanent collection and our rotating exhibitions, tours are free with museum admission and start from the bookstore. (Free!) (212 255 0719) [email protected] Event Website
This event runs Saturdays
| | Big Apple Ranch |
(Big Apple Ranch, 39 West 19th St, New York, NY 10011) (9PM) Founded in 1997, Big Apple Ranch has hosted a weekly country-western dance for the gay and lesbian community virtually every Saturday night for eleven years. Our huge dance floor welcomes people of all dance-abilities, and our friendly people go out of their way to make sure everyone has a good time and keeps coming back. The Ranch’s growing crowds are proof that the fun of partner dancing is contagious Polish up your boots, and come on and see what all
these cowgirls and cowboys are talking about!! Event Website
This event runs Saturdays
| Docent Tours in Chelsea Art Museum |
(Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011) (3.00 p.m.) Docent Tours are held in Chelsea Art Museum every Saturday at 3.00 p.m. (free)
This event runs Saturdays
| | The Ultimate Drag Off |
(Comix, 353 west 14th street, New York, NY 10014) (10:30pm) Hosted by NYC Sensation Sweetie (Wig Out, Charmed Life, Project Runway, Starbooty), The colorful ‘cast’ of contestants is an ever-changing weekly roster with some of your favorite and undiscovered talent from across the country in a wacky glamour-fest with brainy categories, comedic camp and live musical performances. This laugh out loud romp is a NYC treasure where the audience decides the outcome of the evening and gets to bestow the winner with the coveted ‘Drag Off’ crown! ($25 + 2 drink minimum) Event Website
This event runs Saturdays
| | The Sweet's Shop Burlesque Show |
(Duane Park, 157 Duane St, New York, NY 10012) (8pm & 10:30pm) A weekly decadent, top-shelf burlesque show at the intimate this supper club with guest host MURRAY HILL and a bevy of burlesque bombshells for the 2011 spring season. Three-course dinner (anything from the menu). Beverages, tax and gratuity are not included. There is no additional cover charge. ($60) Event Website
This event runs Saturdays