Saturday, July 31, 2010
July 28, 1977
Gay activist protestors force Geordie's straight bar on the Upper East Side to remove an ax labeled "Fairy Swatter"
Saturday, October 31, 2009
 |  | 14th Annual Spooktacular Halloween Celebration |
(American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023) (2-5PM) Trick or treat in warmth and safety among the “dangerous” dinosaurs, “eerie” elephants, and “other-worldly” planets. Kids’ favorite characters will wander the halls greeting and entertaining. “Spooky” arts and crafts keep little hands busy, and live performances punctuate the proceedings. ($10) Event Website
 | |  | Queer Shabbaton 2009 |
(JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th St, New York, NY 10023, 646-505-4444) (See website fir schedule) An urban retreat of culture, creativity, and community for GLBT Jews, partners, and allies. This is a Shabbaton like you’ve never experienced before, featuring: ($185) Event Website
Note: this event runs October 30 - November 1
 | | Village Halloween Costume Ball |
(Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave, New York, NY 10003) (Outdoor entertainment 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm; doors op) Nonstop theater, a costume competition and ballroom dancing will bewitch the East Village in this one-night fiesta that takes over all four of TNC's theater spaces, plus its lobby and the block of East Tenth Street between First and Second Avenues. Customarily over 1,400 wildly-clad celebrants gather for dancing, dining, showing off costumes and viewing acts from the cutting-edge of Cabaret and Theater. Costume or formal wear required. ($20; costume or formal wear required) (212- 254-1109) Event Website
| | 12th Annual Chocolate Show |
(Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th St, New York, NY 10011) (F @ noon/S&S @ 10AM) A three day festival devoted entirely to chocolate--is guaranteed to give eager appetites a head start on the season of holiday merrymaking. Designed for the public, the event allows visitors to discover all there is to know about, taste, and explore in the world of chocolate. ($30) Event Website
Note: this event runs October 30 - November 1
|  | Panel Discussion: "Behind the Lens, in the Spotlight: Women’s Image in Rock" |
(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) (Panel: 2 - 4pm; Film & Discussion: 4 - 5:45) In conjunction with Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present, a distinguished panel examines the impact of sexism on the image and role of women in rock and roll over the past thirty years; the effect of feminism on the rock scene; and what lies ahead for women’s participation in all aspects of rock music. Music journalist Vivien Goldman moderates a discussion with photographers Kate Simon and Jill Furmanovsky, musician Tamar-kali, and editor and musician Ingrid Dahl. Film and Discussion: A rare screening of Anything Boys Can Do (Ethan Minsker, 1997). The film documents the experiences of women in New York City’s underground rock scene in the 1990s, combining live-show footage with interviews of band members and fans. A question-and-answer session with filmmaker Ethan Minsker, facilitated by Michelle Halabura, follows. Event Website
| The Haunting House |
(The Crowne Theater in the Producer's Club, 358 West 44th St., New York, NY 10036) (8pm) Newlyweds, Jack and Emily arrive at her father’s summer cottage for their honeymoon, only to find nothing is as it seems. After a visit from Jack’s ex-girlfriend who had followed them there, she is found outside, dead. The local Sheriff, a New York detective, and the famous mystery author who lives next door try to solve the mystery. After many arrests, including the bride and finally her father, the mystery turns out to be a humorous storm in a teacup. ($18) (917-438-9223) katie@kampfirefilmspr.com Event Website
Note: this event runs October 25 - November 3
| | Dance 208 presents A Halloween Dance |
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (8pm) DJs Gustavo & Rich King (SNAXX) will be there to help us spin the night away! To add special flare to this evenings dance the Imperial Court are our hosts. ($10 at the door, $8 online) (212-620-7310) yhernandez@gaycenter.org Event Website
| |  | Halloween Hoedown |
(Big Apple Ranch, 39 West 19th St, New York, NY 10011) (8pm) Trick or treat at Big Apple Ranch’s Halloween Hoedown. You're encouraged to wear a costume, but we’re all about footwork on the dance floor. Contact: Susanna Stein. Proceeds benefit New York City's accessible, gay-friendly freestyle wrestling club for adults, Metro Wrestling. (917-974-3401) ssteinnyc@yahoo.com Event Website
| Masquerade Macabre |
(Check website for details) (9PM-9AM) A marvellous and mysterious event...a Halloween celebration of the extravagant and the grotesque...a 12-hour spectacle of atmosphere, costumery and diverse entertainments...an explosion of live music, dancing, circus arts, fire, and late-night revelry, snake-charmed into an absinthe-fueled early-morning speakeasy. And for the daring few: A loft lounge with absinthe and other mind-altering potions by The House of St Eve Event Website
| | 36th Annual NYC's Village Halloween Parade |
(6th Ave from Spring St to 21st St) (7PM) Join hundreds of Puppets, 53 Bands of Different Types of Music, Dancers and Artists, and thousands of other New Yorkers in costumes of their own creation in the Nation’s most wildly creative public participatory event in the Greatest City in the World. (FREE) Event Website
 | | STONEWALL Veterans Association "Gay History Month" Meeting |
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (4:15 PM) S.V.A. presents its annual "Gay History Month" meeting and forum. This year is memorable as the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. U.S. Congressmember Yvette D. Clarke is the special guest. She will provide what's happening for Gay rights in Congress including the congressional approval of a national Gay Hate Crimes bill and updates on ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in the U.S. military. Since it is Halloween, you are welcomed to "dress-up" and join the SVA members and guests who will partake in the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, lining-up immediately afte ($2 (for The Center)) ((212) 627-1969) SVA@STONEWALLvets.org Event Website
| The Green Halloween Bazaar |
(DeSalvio Park in Little Italy at the corner of Mulberry & Spring Sts) (12 - 5pm) Green Halloween is a national movement that promotes the creative and community aspects of Halloween while suggesting alternatives to processed sugar candies at a time of epidemic childhood obesity and diabetes. Keeping with that spirit, Green Halloween Bazaar will bring together numerous NYC artists, fashion stylists and costumers to form an alternative Halloween season culture. Various high-end "freaky" fashion designers and set-costume makers will provide items for display, purchase, or rental. A portion of all proceeds will be donated to Green Halloween NYC. The costumes will be presented as part of the newest exhibit at Gallery 151 curated by Jennifer Harris. For this two week exhibit, Ms. Harris has selected a collection of sculptures, photographs and other mixed media that address nature's response to humanity's frequent attack. Artists: Doctor Adventure, Kae Burke, Laura Clarke, Elaine Dinowitz, Larisa Fuchs (Gemini & Scorpio), Christopher Hardwick, Tara McManus, KaytiBunny Roberts, Anya Sapozhnikova, Francis Stallings, James Vogel, Wheylan. In addition to the exhibit, there is also a program of community events: scary movies nights, costume workshops, and more. (FREE) Event Website
| | New City's 33rd annual Village Halloween Costume Ball |
(Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave, New York, NY 10003) (7:30 - 2am) Nonstop theater, a costume competition and ballroom dancing will bewitch the East Village! This unique festival continues as a grand coming-together for everyday New Yorkers and artists alike. The one-night fiesta takes over all four of Theatre for the New City theater spaces, plus its lobby and the block of East Tenth Street between First and Second Avenues. Over 1,400 wildly-clad celebrants gather for dancing, dining, showing off costumes and viewing acts from the cutting-edge of Cabaret and Theater. Big-Band Dance orchestras take over the large Johnson Theater. These will include Maquina Mono, Hot Lavendar Swing Band, an all-Gay and Lesbian 18-piece orchestra, and New York Flaggers. With its Witches' Cauldron, the event can justifiably claim to have downtown's most sensational Halloween cafe. The Community Theater of TNC becomes an atmospheric grande buffet for the event, with a variety of American and international delicacies available at peoples' prices. Holiday dishes are contributed by neighboring East Village restaurants, some with celebrity chefs. COSTUME PARADE AND CONTEST BEGINS AT MIDNIGHT! ($20; costume or formal wear is required) (212-254-1109) Event Website
| Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company |
(City Center, 131 West 55th St, New York, NY 10019) New York City Center presents the third annual season of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, celebrating the centenary of the Ballets Russes. Highlights include two U.S. premieres – a new ballet by Artistic Director Christopher Wheeldon, co-commissioned by New York City Center and Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, and a new work by Australian choreographer Tim Harbour, commissioned by Morphoses, as well as repertoire by Lightfoot León, Alexei Ratmansky and Mr. Wheeldon. The engagement will feature live music performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas, with opening night conducted by the orchestra’s founder and music director, Alondra de la Parra. ($15, $25, $60, $85, $110) Event Website
Note: this event runs October 29 - November 1
| | Purgatorio |
(268 Wesr 47th St @ 8th Ave) Combining the energy and glamour of a world-class nightclub with the spectacle and illusion of the theater, Purgatorio will offer an interactive Halloween experience unlike anything seen before in New York nightlife. Adults 21 and over will be immersed in a multi-level world of macabre fantasy complete with interactive variety acts and installations, all set in a dynamic environment that is at once frightening, erotic and whimsical. There’s nothing typical about this nightclub. Dance, drink, and party with the undead at Purgatorio and see what indulgences await you on the other side. ($39.99+) Event Website
Note: this event runs October 28 - 31
| | | The Gravesend Inn Haunted Inn |
(Voorhees Theatre, 186 Jay St, Downtown Brooklyn, NY 11201) Theatreworks' high-tech haunted hotel, the Gravesend Inn, returns again this year. Produced by Theatreworks, City Tech's resident theatrical troupe with design, construction, and operating support provided by students and faculty of the College’s nationally unique Entertainment Technology Department, this theme-park-quality Halloween attraction has been thrilling children and adults alike since 1999. ($6 for adults; $4 for students (with ID)) Event Website
Note: this event runs October 29 - 31
| | Madame Tussauds After Dark! |
(Madame Tussauds, 234 West 42nd St btwn 7 & 8th Aves, Times Square, New York, NY 10036) (9pm -1am) What dark secrets lurk in the depths of the world-famous wax museum? Our history tells of a dark side that few care to revisit. During the French Revolution, Madame Tussaud was forced to dig through piles of executed noble’s bodies, creating death masks of famous victims and collecting gruesome artifacts for her travelling Chamber of Horrors like the guillotine blade that beheaded Marie Antoinette. This Halloween, we’ll take you where you’ve always been afraid to go and show you that it’s not all glamour and celebrities. ($20) Event Website
Note: this event runs October 29 - 31
| | Vortex Haunted House |
(Sanford Meisner Theater, 164 11th Ave btwn 22 & 23rd Sts, New York, NY 10011) Warning: Haunted House is an intense interactive experience that lasts approximately 15 minutes per person. You don't just walk through it - you live it. And yes, you will be touched. ($12+) Event Website
Note: this event runs October 29 - 31
| | Family Friendly Ghost Tours of The Merchant House |
(Merchants House, 29 East 4th St, New York, NY 10003) (12 - 5pm (30 minute tours begin every 20 minutes)) Celebrate Halloween at a ‘real’ haunted house. Tours of the Museum’s exhibition about 19th-century death and mourning are just spooky enough – then come downstairs for hot cider, creep cakes, lady fingers, and ‘spirited’ 19th-century activities. Recommended for ages 7-12. ($10) Event Website
| Spine Tingling & True: Ghost Stories of the Merchant’s House Museum |
(Merchants House, 29 East 4th St, New York, NY 10003) (7 & 9pm) Official Merchant’s House ghost-storyteller Anthony Bellov will read selections from 19th-century horror classics, and recount highlights from his ongoing research into the strange and supernatural occurrences at the Merchant’s House Museum – in a parlor arranged for a mid-19th century funeral! 60 minutes Readings. ($25, MHM Members $15) Event Website
| | | Big Apple Roundup presents Dial H for Hitchcock Halloween Dance |
(Dance Chelsea Studios, 115 West 27th St, New York, NY 10001) (9pm - 1am) ($15/$20) Event Website
Ongoing Events
through November 1
| | The Putting Lot |
(The Putting Lot, 12 Wyckoff Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237) (Wed-Fri, 12 - 8pm; Sat & Sun 10 - 8pm) You're invited to play nine holes of miniature golf in a previously vacant lot in Bushwick, Brooklyn, each designed by a different team of artists or architects. Enjoy local Brooklyn-based bites at the snack-shack, participate in a variety of activities and events, or just stop by and hang out in the shade. The Putting Lot explores the possibilities of vacant lots in the city with an emphasis on community spaces. ($5/$3 children) Event Website
This event runs June 6 - November 1
through November 7
| Blood Manor Haunted House |
(542 West 27th St) Pushing the boundaries of goulish delight. ($25+) Event Website
This event runs October 1 - November 7
through November 7
| The BlakTino Performance Series |
(Bronx Academy of Arts, 841 Baretto St, 2nd Fl, Bronx, NY 10474) (See website for performance schedule) The Bronx Academy of Art & Dance presents its annual BlakTino Performance Series, a festival celebrating works by Black, Latino and Blatino artists. Event Website
This event runs October 1 - November 7
through November 7
| Nightmare: Vampires |
(NOHO Event Center, 623 Broadway at Houston, enter on Mercer Street, New York, NY 10012) (Check website for details) From the same people who brought you last year's Nightmare: Bad Dreams Come True comes Nightmare: Vampires. This haunted house is slicker than average, with an original horror story behind all the terror that unfolds within. The action all goes down in the fictional "Museum of Vampyric Artifacts" (MoVA!), where you'll go from spectator to prey as the museum is attacked by, guess what? Vampires! And what do they want? Blood! Give this haunted house credit for an original concept and the promise that you won't be touched. ($20/T/W/TH $30/35) Event Website
This event runs October 13 - November 7
through November 15
| Kurt Hentschläger's Zee |
(3LD Art & Technology Center, 80 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10006) (Wed, Thurs, Fri 5 - 9pm; Sat, Sun 2pm - 9pm) ZEE is a rigorous mindscape; a hallucinatory architecture of light; a dream machine. An enclosed space is filled with a dense, odorless fog that completely obscures the walls, floor and ceiling. Individuals freely roam this environment, while flickering light filters through the haze, inducing hallucinations and sensory distortions within each viewer. A droning soundscape intensifies this full-immersion experience, shifting dynamically according to changes in the color, frequency and intensity of the light. Exhilarating and meditative, Hentschläger's pulsing, stroboscopic and mind-altering ZEE pushes the boundaries of human perception and creates an intensely riveting audiovisual journey.
Project begins on the hour and the half hour; approximately 20 minutes. Event Website
This event runs October 28 - November 15
through November 22
| | Taylor Mac's The Lily's Revenge |
(Here, 145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013) An uprooted lily goes on a quest to wed a human bride and destroy The God of Nostalgia. Genre squishing Taylor Mac and a company of 40+ unravel our national pastime of melancholy remembrances. The Lily's Revenge is a 5 part extravaganza featuring live music, wild costumes, vaudevillian theatrics, macabre entr'actes, a million sequins, and a few flowers. Event Website
This event runs October 29 - November 22
through December 18
| BAM Next Wave Festival |
(BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217) (Check website for performances) The Next Wave Festival returns for its 27th season with an unparalleled line-up of contemporary performance, artist talks, literature, film, and visual art. Dedicated to presenting emerging artists at the forefront of their disciplines alongside modern masters who continue to innovate, this year's Next Wave is packed with adventurous art for adventurous audiences. Event Website
This event runs October 26 - December 18
through December 31
| Hair |
(Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036) The revival of the American Tribal Love-Rock Musical premiered last summer at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Event Website
This event runs February 13 - December 31
through December 31
| Jenny Holzer |
(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) Holzer’s pioneering approach to language as a carrier of content, and her use of nontraditional media and public settings as vehicles for that content, make her one of the most interesting and significant artists working today. Event Website
This event runs March 12 - December 31
through January 10, 2010
| Bye Bye Birdie |
(Henry Miller Theatre, 124 West 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036, 212-239-6200) (8PM) Get ready to PUT ON A HAPPY FACE! Birdie returns in an all new production of the classic Tony Award®-winning musical smash BYE BYE BIRDIE. The exuberant rock 'n' roll smash hit gets hips swinging again for the first time in almost 50 years. Previews Sept 10th opens Oct. 15th ($91.50 +) Event Website
This event runs September 10, 2009 - January 10, 2010
through January 13, 2010
| Kandinsky |
(Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128) (See website schedule) Kandinsky is a central figure in the history of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. His works not only represent a part of the core and essence of the collection, but also helped to inspire the creation of the building. In 1929, Solomon R. Guggenheim began collecting Kandinsky’s canvases under the advisement of artist Hilla Rebay. ($18) Event Website
This event runs September 18, 2009 - January 13, 2010
through January 17, 2010
| Georgia O'Keeffe: Abstraction |
(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) (See website schedule) Although Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) has long been celebrated as a central figure in twentieth-century art, the abstract works she created throughout her career have remained overlooked by critics and the public in favor of her representational subjects. The exhibition includes more than 130 paintings, drawings, watercolors, and sculptures by O'Keeffe as well as selected examples of Alfred Stieglitz’s famous photographic portrait series of O’Keeffe. ($18) Event Website
This event runs September 17, 2009 - January 17, 2010
through January 31, 2010
| Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present |
(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) Who Shot Rock & Roll is the first major museum exhibition on rock and roll to put photographers in the foreground, acknowledging their creative and collaborative role in the history of rock music. From its earliest days, rock and roll was captured in photographs that personalized, and frequently eroticized, the musicians, creating a visual identity for the genre. The photographers were handmaidens to the rock-and-roll revolution, and their images communicate the social and cultural transformations that rock has fostered since the1950s. The exhibition is in six sections: rare and revealing images taken behind the scenes; tender snapshots of young musicians at the beginnings of their careers; exhilarating photographs of live performances that display the energy, passion, style, and sex appeal of the band on stage; powerful images of the crowds and fans that are often evocative of historic paintings; portraits revealing the soul and creativity, rather than the surface and celebrity, of the musicians; and conceptual images and album covers highlighting the collaborative efforts between the image makers and the musicians. Event Website
This event runs October 30, 2009 - January 31, 2010
through February 27, 2010
| | Jimmy Ong: Sitayana |
(Tyler Rollins Fine Art, 529 West 20th St, New York, NY 10011) Considered to be one of Singapore’s preeminent contemporary artists, Ong has been noted for his large scale, figurative charcoal works on paper since his first solo exhibitions in the 1980s. During the past year, he became fascinated with the Ramayana, the ancient Indian epic that recounts the exploits of Rama and his dutiful wife, Sita. Ong has brought his own unique viewpoint to this classic story. Inspired by the Ramayana’s characters and its dramatic themes of love, combat, and heroic adventure, he has created new narratives that are informed by his sensitivity as a gay man to the way gender roles play out in contemporary relationships. Event Website
This event runs January 14, 2009 - February 27, 2010
through February 28, 2010
| | Black History Month Scavenger Hunt |
(Madame Tussauds, 234 West 42nd St btwn 7 & 8th Aves, Times Square, New York, NY 10036) Madame Tussauds is offering a history lesson alongside its wax figurines this month: Beginning on Martin Luther King Day, visitors can participate in a special scavenger hunt, with clues based on African-American icons (like Malcolm X and Rose Parks) whose likenesses are in the wax museum. The clues can be downloaded from the website. ($22.40 - $35) (212-512-9600) Event Website
This event runs January 18, 2009 - February 28, 2010
through April 4, 2010
| Slash: Paper Under the Knife |
(Museum of Arts & Design, 2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019) Slash: Paper Under the Knife takes the pulse of the international art world's renewed interest in paper as a creative medium and source of artistic inspiration, examining the remarkably diverse use of paper in a range of art forms. Slash is the third exhibition in MAD's Materials and Process series, which examines the renaissance of traditional handcraft materials and techniques in contemporary art and design. The exhibition surveys unusual paper treatments, including works that are burned, torn, cut by lasers, and shredded. A section of the exhibition will focus on artists who modify books to transform them into sculpture, while another will highlight the use of cut paper for film and video animations. Selected artists will be commissioned to create site-specific or site-referential works, and others will be invited to create work onsite in MAD's three artist studios that will subsequently be installed in the exhibition. ($15/Thur 6-9pm by donation) Event Website
This event runs October 7, 2009 - April 4, 2010
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
| 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) carolin@chelseaartmuseum.org 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