Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
 |  | Icons |
(Snapple Theater Center, 210 W 50th St, New York, NY 10019) (11pm) ICONS is a wildly entertaining trip through pop culture that recreates your favorite music videos, legendary performances, and unforgettable moments that turned the stars into ICONS! Featuring performances from Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Madonna, Britney, Whitney, Janet, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, and more. ($40) Event Website
Note: this event runs November 25 - 26, 2 - 3, 9 - 10, 16 - 17, 23 - 24, 30 - 31, 6 - 7, 13 - 14, 20 - 21, and 27 - 28
| Glen Campbell: Goodbye Tour |
(Town Hall, 123 West 43rd, New York, NY 10036) (8pm) Campbell's hits include John Hartford's "Gentle on My Mind", Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman" and "Galveston", Larry Weiss's "Rhinestone Cowboy" and Allen Toussaint's "Southern Nights". ($35+) Event Website
| NY Times Arts & Leisure Weekend |
(The TimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, New York, NY 10018) (Varies) Join New York Times journalists and some of today’s most celebrated talents and thinkers from film, television, music, theater, dance and books, including: Julianna Margulies, Alan Rickman, Patricia Cornwell, Simon Doonan and Michael Shannon just to name a few! ($30) Event Website
Note: this event runs January 5 - 8
| | 14th Annual Postcards From the Edge A Benefit for Visual AIDS |
(Cheim & Read, 547 West 25th St, New York, NY 10001) (Fr 8pm, Sa 10am, Su noon) benefit show and sale of original, postcard-sized works on paper by established and emerging artists. All works are sold on a first-come, first-served basis. The works are signed on the back and exhibited so the artists' signatures cannot be seen. While buyers receive a list of all participating artists, they don't know who created which piece until purchased. All proceeds support the programs of Visual AIDS. ($5) Event Website
Note: this event runs January 6 - 8
| Winter Jazz Fest 2012 |
(See website for details & locations) (Varies) Featuring over 60 different jazz groups during the Arts Presenters (APAP) conference. Similar to past years the festival will provide an opportunity for artists to showcase in front of presenters, promoters, talent buyers, educators, musicians and avid fans. Event Website
Note: this event runs January 6 - 7
 | Mulchfest 2012 |
(See website for details & locations) (10am - 2pm) Bring your holiday tree to a designated city park to be recycled into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city! Remember to remove all lights and ornaments before bringing the tree to a MulchFest site Event Website
Note: this event runs January 7 - 8
 | Professional Bull Riders |
(Madison Square Garden, 4 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001) (Fr & Sa 8pm, Su 1pm) The event will feature the top 40 bull riders in the world as they go head to head against the toughest bulls that the PBR has to offer! Jam packed with thrills and spills, pyrotechnics, and rock & roll music as the superstars of the PBR are all riding to win the coveted event title. ($17+) Event Website
Note: this event runs January 6 - 8
| New York National Boat Show |
(Jacob Javits Center, 655 West 34th St, New York, NY 10001) (noon - 9pm) Tens of thousands of boating and fishing enthusiasts start their season at the New York National Boat Show. ($14) Event Website
Note: this event runs January 4 - 8
| | Adam Shenk Show |
(Laurie Beechman Theatre/Westbank Café, 407 W. 42nd Street between 9th and 10th, Subway: ACE to 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036) (7pm) Adam Shenk, a pop/soul artist and acclaimed songwriter presents a night of orginal music, featuring full band and special guests. ($15 cover/ 2 drink minimum) Event Website
| | Boyfriend Material singles event |
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (8pm - 10pm) It’s speed-dating with a unique twist: answer four questions
about your interests, values, and lifestyle, and get
assigned to four different groups of men who gave answers
similar to yours. Also meet guys one-on-one in a free
mingling period. Finally, write a list of the men you want
to date, and minutes later you find out your mutual matches. ($20) (212-946-1548) bfm@bfmaterialny.com Event Website
| FOCUS Dance |
(Joyce Theater, 175 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011) (See website for details) n exciting week-long celebration showcasing eight dance companies, is a new initiative aimed at promoting American dance to the national and international community. The Joyce partners with Gotham Arts Exchange and the Dance/USA Agents Council for this exciting project that will feature some of the most riveting companies in America today. ($10+) Event Website
Note: this event runs January 3 - 8
| |  | "Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same" at reRun Theater |
(reRun Theater, 147 Front Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201) (See website for details) World theatrical premiere of "Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same," which debuted at Sundance.
“A hilarious date movie for couples of all orientations.” -Justin Lowe,
Hollywood Reporter “Sweet, funny, clever comedy seeks crossover” would be the Craigslist come-
on for “Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same,” and it may well come true via Madeleine Olnek’s wry homage to ’50s sci-fi, urban dating and interspecies romance.”Codependent” could pass as a family film, given the right family. -John ($7) (718-766-9110) funnymovies@earthlink.net Event Website
Note: this event runs January 6 - 12
| The Skate Against Breast Cancer |
(Bryant Park, 25 West 40th St, New York, NY 10018) (5pm - 6pm) special performnaces, presented by Iced Pink Inc, with Olympic Skaters Emily Hughes, Kimmie Meissner, Nicole Bobek, Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov. The evening will be emceed by Olympic Skaters JoJo Starbuck and Timothy Goebel. Are you an avid skater and dreamed with skating with the pros? Event Website
| | Adam Shenk Show |
(Laurie Beechman Theatre/Westbank Café, 407 W. 42nd Street between 9th and 10th, Subway: ACE to 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036) (7pm) Adam Shenk, a pop/soul artist and acclaimed songwriter presents a night of orginal music. Featuring a full band and special guests. Adorable gay singer-songwriter Shenk plays tunes from his recent album, Suitcases, and much more at tonight's show. ($15 + $15 minimum) Event Website
| Righteous Money |
(3LD Art & Technology Center, 80 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10006) (8pm) In this hilarious solo tour de force, a financial advice show on network television goes pear-shaped as the host comes out, loses his mind, and tries to justify his wealth to an increasingly angry public. See the show European critics call “an unashamedly bitter, sharp and biting satirical attack on the American dream.” ($15) Event Website
Note: this event runs January 4 - 7, 13 - 14, and 20 - 21
| Broadway’s Next Hit Musical |
(TRIAD THEATER, 158 W. 72ND ST, New York, NY 10023, 212-362-2590) (FR 9pm & Sa 7pm) Before the show, all attendees are given cards to write the title of a song on. It could be a real song, or a fake one, and as expected, all the songs performed were ones with made-up titles. Ranging from such classics as “Shave my beard and rub my toes,” to “T2 (2X Tempo),” the members of the cast perform on the spot and afterward, the crowd picks their favorite song. ($20GA) Event Website
Note: this event runs January 6 - 7
| | Out and Proud/First Saturday The Brooklyn Museum |
(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) (5pm - 10pm) Drag performer Peppermint will host a sing-along screening of Rent. Artist Lyle Ashton Harris discusses works by himself and others in HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture. Learn the art of portraiture by sketching from a live model. Folk rock singer-songwriter Melissa Ferrick performs selections from her new album, Still Right Here. Jonathan Katz, curator of HIDE/SEEK, speaks about the exhibition. (FREE) Event Website
| The Ventriloquist Circle |
(Dixon Place, 161 A Chrystie, (Between Rivington & Delancey), New York, NY 10002) (9:30pm) Developed in the psychedelic performance venue of Kenny
Scharf’s Cosmic Cavern, Matt Wilson’s The Ventriloquist
Circle dives into the madcap world of legendary adult-film
star, Hugh Cox. After Mr. Cox is found murdered of the set
of his latest film, the ensuing investigation devolves into
the bastard-child of a Happening and an episode of Law &
Order. Like stumbling through hyperlinks of a Google search,
The Ventriloquist Circle is an investigation into the
internet’s democratization of taboo to the point of banality
—the aesthetics of a BDSM conference at a Holiday Inn. ($15/$18 @ door/ Stu/ sen$12/$15 @ door) (212-219-0736) contact@dixonplace.org Event Website
Note: this event runs January 7, 13 - 14, 20 - 21, and 27 - 28
Ongoing Events
through January 7
| Daphne Guinness |
(FIT, 27th St & 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001) The exhibition Daphne Guinness will feature approximately 100 garments and accessories from Guinness' personal collection, including designs from the likes of Alexander McQueen, Azzedine Alaïa, Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, John Galliano for Christian Dior, Dolce & Gabbana, Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh, and Valentino. Guinness' own designs will also be on display. Event Website
This event runs September 16, 2011 - January 7, 2012
through January 8
| | Accidentally, Like a Martyr |
(Paradise Factory Theater, 64 East 4th Street, Between Bowery & Second Avenue), New York, NY 10003) (Mo 7pm, Th, Fr & Sa 8pm, Su 3pm) Set in a bar populated by gay men from different backgrounds and generations who are at once both regulars and irregular, the play depicts them at their hangout as they while away a seemingly quiet winter evening. Fueled by drinks and other stimulants, those gathered reveal secrets, open old wounds, and covet new visitors. ($18) Event Website
This event runs December 19, 2011 - January 8, 2012
through January 8
| Holiday Shops at Bryant Park |
(Bryant Park, 25 West 40th St, New York, NY 10018) The Bryant Park Holiday Shops return for its tenth year. The European inspired market features various crafts and gifts from around the world. (FREE) Event Website
This event runs November 14, 2011 - January 8, 2012
through January 8
| Big Apple Circus |
(Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park, Southwest corner of Lincoln Center Plaza at 62nd St btwn Columbus & Amsterdam Aves, New York, NY 10023) In its 34th Season with a thrilling All-New Show, Dance On! Artists swing into action in the spotlight under the intimate Big Top, where no seat is more than 50 feet from the ring! ($25+) Event Website
This event runs October 20, 2011 - January 8, 2012
through January 8
| The Canterbury Tales Remixed |
(SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street, New York, NY 10013) (We - Sa 7:30, Sa & Su 3pm) Written and performed by Baba Brinkman with music
and turntablism by Mr. Simmonds and directed by Darren Lee
Cole. The Canterbury Tales Remixed brings Geoffrey Chaucer's
timeless Canterbury Tales to vivid life in an entertaining
virtuoso performance linking today's hip-hop lyrics with the
greatest stories ever told. Just like the most heart-
wrenching songs by Eminem or Kanye West, these ancient Tales
are infused with lust, betrayal, infidelity, greed,
jealousy, ambition, and the endless struggles between men
and women seeking happiness. ($19.50+) (866-811-4111) springer1@springerassociatespr.com Event Website
This event runs November 23, 2011 - January 8, 2012
through January 13
| An Evening with Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin |
(Barrymore Theatre, 243 W47th Street, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) Much more than a concert, An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin is a funny, passionate, intimate and unique musical love story told entirely through a masterful selection of some of the greatest songs ever written for the stage. ($77+) Event Website
This event runs November 16, 2011 - January 13, 2012
through January 15
| Holiday Windows at New York City Department Stores |
(Manhattan Department Stores) Manhattan's most celebrated department stores unveil their annual Holiday Windows. From Macys and Lord & Taylor to Bloomingdale's and Barneys, Christmas in New York City would not be complete without a visit to these windows decorated for the holidays. (FREE, $14 skates) Event Website
This event runs November 21, 2011 - January 15, 2012
through January 15
| Obscene Diary Exhibition |
(Museum of Sex, 233 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016) (Su-Thu 10am-8pm ; Fr & Sat 10 am-9pm) In the exhibition Obscene Diary, the rich sexual documentation of one remarkable individual, a professor, tattoo artist, pornographer and sexual record keeper, Samuel Steward is unveiled. Steward’s self documentation included a catalogue of every partner and sex act, illustrated through photos, diary entries, sexual record keeping, explicit drawings and erotic literary musings.
“Obscene Diary asks our patrons to reflect on what it would look like if their own sexual histories were documented and what this would say about the times in which we live..." ($17.50 Stu/Sen $15.25) (212-689-6337) info@museumofsex.com Event Website
This event runs August 28, 2011 - January 15, 2012
through January 15
| UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL 2012 |
(The Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003) (See website for schedule) An explosively diverse festival of new theater from around the world and the U.S. that spotlights artists ranging from emerging talents to masters in the field. Located at The Public Theater as well as partner venues Event Website
This event runs January 4 - 15
through January 16
| Holiday Train Show |
(New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458) This cherished tradition delights people of all ages. Marvel at the charming model trains and New York City landmark replicas, stroll the spectacular grounds, decorate (and eat!) gingersnaps, break for lunch and hot chocolate, and shop for everyone on your list. ($20) Event Website
This event runs November 19, 2011 - January 16, 2012
through January 20
| Private Lives |
(Music Box Theatre, 239 West 45th St, New York, NY 10036) (See website for details) Private Lives, provides a riotous showdown between two of the stage and screen's most magnetic personalities - Kim Cattrall (Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner for Sex and the City) and Paul Gross (Tales of the City, Slings and Arrows, Due South.) Glamorous, rich and reckless, Amanda (Cattrall) and Elyot (Gross) have been divorced from each other for five years. Now both are honeymooning with their new spouses in Deauville on the French Coast. ($66.50) Event Website
This event runs November 6, 2011 - January 20, 2012
through January 20
| Incomparable Women of Style |
(FIT, 27th St & 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001) (See website for details) The show will trace Hartman’s unique position as a working photographer who successfully weathered the transition from analog to digital. While carting around a camera, rolls of film, and a hand-held flash in 1977, Hartman still managed to capture candid shots at Studio 54 and behind-the-scenes photographs of fashion shows before press was widely invited to cover the pre-show preparations. (FREE)
This event runs November 4, 2011 - January 20, 2012
through January 28
| An Edible Exhibition at The MoMA |
(MoMA, 11 West 53 St, New York, NY 10019) (noon - 3pm, except Fri 4pm - 7pm) Cooking is going to be boiled down to an art form at The MoMA for a few months this fall/winter with Rirkrit Tiravanija exhibition on the second floor. njoy this temporary kitchen exhibit as well as the Thai curry that it cooks up every day - yes, the curry is free! Who said you can't get a free lunch in NYC ($25) Event Website
This event runs November 17, 2011 - January 28, 2012
through January 29
| | On A Clear Day You Can See Forever |
(St. James Theatre, 246 W 44th st, New York, NY 10036) (See website for details) For Harry Connick, Jr. it’s the role of a lifetime. He plays Dr. Mark Bruckner, a down-to-earth psychiatrist who finds himself suddenly swept off his feet by a beautiful woman—and swept into a world he never dreamed possible. Hopelessly and helplessly head over heels, the dashing doctor must find a way to make the love of a lifetime last forever. ($64+) Event Website
This event runs December 11, 2011 - January 29, 2012
through February 12
| | HIDE/SEEK: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture |
(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) (We - Su opens 11am) Bringing together more than one hundred works in a wide range of media, including paintings, photographs, works on paper, film, and installation art. The exhibition charts the underdocumented role that sexual identity has played in the making of modern art, and highlights the contributions of gay and lesbian artists to American art. HIDE/SEEK presents artists’ responses to the Stonewall Riots of 1969, the AIDS epidemic, and postmodern themes of identity, highlighted with major pieces by artists. ($12/$8 seniors) Event Website
This event runs November 18, 2011 - February 12, 2012
through February 15
| Park Here |
(201 Mulberry St. between Spring & Kenmare) (noon - 8pm) Park Here is Openhouse Gallery's response to frigid winter. It's
a pop-up park in the heart of Nolita that's blooming
when nothing else is. Plush grass, beautiful
foliage, picnic blankets, oversized bean bags and
hammocks. Blazing fast WiFi, picnic benches, bistro tables
and a smashing playlist. Food and drink vendors, trivia and
movie nights. (FREE)
This event runs December 5, 2011 - February 15, 2012
through February 26
| | Ice Skating at Bryant Park |
(Bryant Park, 25 West 40th St, New York, NY 10018) (See website for details) Skate FREE while viewing the New York Public Library or a gorgeous outdoor holiday market. (FREE, $14 skates) Event Website
This event runs October 27, 2011 - February 26, 2012
through February 26
| Sistas: The Musical |
(St. Luke’s Theatre, 308 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036) (Sa & Su 4:4:30pm, Th) Sistas is an uplifting musical journey, of a multi-generational African-American Family. The narrative is stitched together using the lyrics of songs that perfectly capture the mood and speaks to the issues of each period and time. I ($29.50+) Event Website
This event runs December 1, 2011 - February 26, 2012
through March 4
| Alicia Keys Presents: STICK FLY |
(Cort Theater, 138 West 48th St, New York, NY 10036) (See website for schedule) Stick Fly follows the LeVays, an affluent African American family who come together to spend a weekend at their stately Martha's Vineyard mansion. The adult sons, aspiring novelist Kent and golden boy plastic surgeon Flip, have each brought their respective ladies (one black and one white) to meet the parents. Food, drink and Trivial Pursuit tangle with class, race and identity politics in this contemporary comedy of manners. ($35+) Event Website
This event runs December 21, 2011 - March 4, 2012
through March 11
| Wit - Play |
(Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, 261 West 47th St, New York, NY 10036) (See website for details) Tony Award® and two-time Emmy® Award winner Cynthia Nixon returns to MTC’s Friedman Theatre in Margaret Edson’s modern masterpiece Wit.
Exquisitely written, affecting and often humorous, Wit follows a brilliant and exacting poetry professor as she undergoes experimental treatment for cancer. A scholar who devoted her life to academia, she must now face the irony and injustice of becoming the subject of research. ($57+) Event Website
This event runs January 5 - March 11
through March 15
| | Wollman Rink |
(Central Park South, 59th St & 6th Ave) (See website for details) Skating in Central Park at nighttime is a true New York City moment. Music plays, a moon is a plus, but not required since the ice itself gives off a silver sheen. ($10.75 + $6.75 skates) Event Website
This event runs November 1, 2011 - March 15, 2012
through April 15
| The Rink at Rockefeller Center |
(Rockefeller Center, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, 5th to 7th Aves, 47 to 51st Sts, New York, NY 10111) A quintessential NYC winter experience for generations. Skate under the watchful eye of Prometheus and the unique urban backdrop of Rockefeller Center's sparkling lights. ($10 + $8 skates) Event Website
This event runs October 15, 2011 - April 15, 2012
through April 30
| The Metropolitan Opera |
(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) For the fifth season in a row, thanks to a generous gift from The Agnes Varis Trust, 200 orchestra seats are available for each regular Monday through Thursday performance for only $20, 50 of these tickets are set aside for senior citizens. You can purchase Varis Rush Tickets at the Met box office beginning two hours before curtain, subject to availability. ($20) Event Website
This event runs September 20, 2011 - April 30, 2012
through July 8
| Gershwins' Porgy and Bess |
(Richard Rodgers Theatre, 226 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036) (See website for details) Coming to Broadway in a stunning and stirring new staging, featuring such legendary songs as “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” and “I Got Plenty of Nothing,” plus a remarkable cast led by four-time Tony Award(R) winner AUDRA McDONALD (Ragtime, “Private Practice”), Drama Desk nominee NORM LEWIS (Les Misérables, Sondheim on Sondheim), and two-time Tony nominee DAVID ALAN GRIER (Race, “In Living Color”). ($55+) Event Website
This event runs December 17, 2011 - July 8, 2012
through July 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, 2011 - July 31, 2012
through September 1
| Godspell |
(Circle In The Square Theatre, 235 West 50th St, New York, NY 10019) (See website for details) The beloved classic from Stephen Schwartz, the Grammy® and Academy Award®-winning composer of WICKED and PIPPIN. Enjoy all the good gifts of one of the most enduring shows of all time as it comes to Broadway in a brand new, intimately staged, one-of-a-kind production. Raise your spirit with the Tony®-nominated score filled with the popular hits Day By Day, Learn Your Lessons Well and Turn Back, O Man. ($125+) Event Website
This event runs November 7, 2011 - September 1, 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
| 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
| | 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