Wednesday, February 22, 2012
February 7, 1978
Oklahoma passes "Teacher Fitness" statute allowing school boards to fire any teacher who "advocates, encourages or promotes" homosexuality
Monday, January 23, 2012
 |  |  | Dance from the Heart |
(Cedar Lake Theater, 547 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001) (6:30pm & 8:30pm) Continuing to draw a versatile lineup of talented companies and artists performing everything from Broadway and hip-hop to contemporary ballet and modern. A platform for performers to showcase their artistry and support for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares. Event Website
Note: this event runs January 23 - 24
|  | LGBT Country Western Dancing |
(Stepping Out Studios, 37 West 26th St, New York, NY 10010) (4pm - 7pm) An afternoon of two-step, line dance,
east and west coast swing, waltz, shadow and more. All to the sounds of DJ Andrew ($12) Event Website
Note: this event runs January 19, 23 - 29, March 9, May 20, and September 30
 | Asian Lunar New Year |
(Alternate Side Parking Suspended)
| | Seth Rudetsky My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan |
(Barnes & Noble E 86th St, 150 East 86th St, New York, NY 10028) (7pm) Actor, author and radio host Seth Rudetsky takes the Live at B&N stage for a book reading featuring Rudetsky and Broadway's Kerry Butler, Matt Cavenaugh and Rory O'Malley. (FREE) Event Website
| Back To Methuselah: Part One |
(The Players, 16 Gramercy Park S, New York, NY 10018) (7pm - 9pm) Where you in the Garden of Eden? Are you sure? Join us for Shaw's epic
comedy, BACK TO METHUSELAH: Part One. A series of plays about the entire
history of the world that hasn't happened yet. With an all-star cast. Part Two
(separate plays that don't require seeing both parts) will perform on February
27th. Don't miss this unique opportunity to experience this wild and wooly
play by the brilliant GBS. With Daniel Davis, Emily Skinner, Brent Barrett and
more! (430) (212-352-3101) info@gingoldgroup.com Event Website
| Horatio Alger's Boys |
(9th Space Theater, 150 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10003) (See website for details) Prey or victim? A scandalous incident in Horatio Alger's past may affect his future. A "ripped from the headlines" story, the saga of Horatio Alger did not start and end with his "rags to riches" stories.
On a Spring Night in 1870, Horatio Alger visits his friend, future psychoanalyst William James to reveal a startling secret about his past. ($18 /$15 Stu & Sen) (212-995-5302) tickets@metropolitanplayhouse.org Event Website
Note: this event runs January 20 - 21, 23, 25, and 28
| | They Don't Serve Chicken Parm in Bellevue |
(Magnet Theater, 254 West 29th Street, New York, NY 10001) (7pm) Funny lady Amy Beckerman (host of Dykes on Mics) serves up this shameless, autobiographical solo show. ($5) Event Website
Ongoing Events
through January 26
| The New York Jewish Film Festival |
(Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 West 65th St, New York, NY 10023) (See website for schedule) Celebrate the 21st year of New York's preeminent showcase for world cinema exploring the Jewish experience. This unrivaled selection of riveting dramatic features and fascinating documentaries includes world, US and New York premieres. The ($13) Event Website
This event runs January 11 - 26
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 4
| 2-For-1 Tickets As Broadway Week |
(See website for details & locations) ON SALE NOW! There's No Business Like Show Business, and there are no excuses when you can get 2-For-1 Tickets at top Broadway Shows! Yes, its time for a bit of culture as many hits including Chicago, The Lion King, Jersey Boys, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Phanton and many more are 2-For-1. Event Website
This event runs January 17 - February 4
through February 5
| | GOB SQUAD'S KITCHEN (You've Never Had It So Good) |
(The Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10003) (See website for details) Gob Squad's Kitchen reconstructs Warhol's films in the quest to illuminate the past for a new generation, reflecting on the nature of authenticity, the here and now, and the hidden depths beneath the shiny surfaces of modern life. Gob Squad invites you to take the hand of the King of Pop himself, Andy Warhol, and take a trip back to the underground cinemas of New York City, back to where it all began. ($60) Event Website
This event runs January 19 - February 5
through February 6
| 20at20 |
(See website for details & locations) (See website for details) Here is your chance to catch up with shows you may have missed, get a sneak peek at the next big show, or revisit a favorite – all for only $20 each!
Just go to the box office of the show you want to see 20 minutes before it begins and say, “20at20” and you’ll get your ticket to a real New York theater experience! See any 7 of the participating 20at20 and receive a FREE voucher for dinner for 2 at an area restaurant! Event Website
This event runs January 18 - February 6
through February 10
| Winter Restaurant Week |
(Various Locations) Affordable prix-fixe meals at some of the best restaurants all over town. Event Website
This event runs January 16 - February 10
through February 11
| | The Confusions of Young Torless |
(The Looking Glass Theatre, 422 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019) (7:30pm) Four boys in a 19th-century Austrian military academy become enmeshed in a web of psychosexual manipulation and abuse in Dorota Krimmel's adaptation of Robert Musil's 1906 novel, codirected by Krimmel and Frank-Thomas Grogan. ($20) Event Website
This event runs January 21 - February 11
through February 11
| American Songbook |
(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) An incredible range of artists. One intimate stage. ($45+) Event Website
This event runs January 11 - February 11
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
| The Road to Mecca |
(American Airlines Theater, 227 West 42nd St, New York, NY 10036) (Varies) The story of an eccentric elderly artist facing mounting pressure to abandon her independent life for a church retirement home. Out of desperation, she calls upon her only confidant, a fiery young teacher from Cape Town. When the village minister arrives to coax out her decision, the three enter a blazing showdown that pits conformity against free expression… faith in community against faith in oneself. ($67+) Event Website
This event runs January 17 - March 4
through March 4
| Richard III |
(BAM Harvey Theater, 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217) (Varies) Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey owns the stage as Shakespeare’s outrageous villain Richard III. At the climax of the Wars of the Roses, Richard watches his brother ascend the throne of England and confides in us—with all the profound bitterness of an outcast born with a hunchback and malformed leg—his intention to seize the crown. ($30+) Event Website
This event runs January 10 - March 4
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 Monday
| 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
|  | PFLAG New York City |
(Congregation Rodeph Sholom, 7 West 83rd St, New York, NY 10024) (7pm) Support groups for parents, families and friends of LGBTs. Event Website
This event runs every 4th Monday
| | PFLAG New York City |
(Staten Island LGBT Center, 25 Victory Blvd, Third Floor, Staten Island, NY 10301) (7:30 - 9:30pm) Support groups for parents, families and friends of LGBTs. Event Website
This event runs every 4th Monday
| The New Monday Night Burlesque |
(Public Assembly, 70 N. 6th St., Brooklyn, NY 11211) (9 PM) New Producer. New Shows. Celebrating One Year of The New Monday Night Burlesque with a month of Anniversaries. Jonny Porkpie (“The Burlesque Mayor of NYC”) takes over production duties from Doc Wasabassco at The New Monday Night burlesque. His first task: to commemorate the one-year anniversary of The New Monday Night Burlesque. So Porkpie has gathered an all-star month of shows celebrating this and other anniversaries. ($10) press@mondaynightburlesque.com Event Website
This event runs Mondays
| Monday Night Bingo |
(Bowery Poetry Club, 308 BOWERY, (b/w BLEECKER & HOUSTON), New York, NY 10012) (7:30PM) The legendary comedian and NYC icon needs no stinking bingo card to entertain—but think how much better the numbers’ game will roll as The Talented Mr. Murray co-hosts with dynamite drag star Linda Simpson. Play for cash and prizes while indulging in adult beverages, plus the occasional surprise performance—all leading up to someone scoring the cash jackpot at the end of the night. (ADMISSION/BINGO CARDS $2 EACH) Event Website
This event runs Mondays