Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
 | Ocean's Kingdom |
(David H. Koch Theater, @ Lincoln Center, Broadway at 64th Street, New York, NY 10023) (Varies) The legendary Sir Paul McCartney and Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins join together for a hallmark collaboration. Ocean’s Kingdom marks the first time that McCartney has composed for dance, and Martins’ choreography will follow the music’s libretto of a romance between lovers from conflicting kingdoms. With costumes designed by another McCartney, renowned fashion designer Stella. ($29+) Event Website
Note: this event runs September 22, 24 - 25, 27, 29, January 19, 2012, 21, 24, 27, and 29
|  |  | 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
| | No Secret Anymore! |
(Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) (6pm - 8pm) No Secret Anymore! is a film that reveals the inspiring lives of Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, partners in love and political struggle for more than 50 years, and their public activism as well as their charming and very funny private relationship. Del and Phyllis advanced the rights of women, lesbians, gay, bisexual, and transgender (lgbt) people.
Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, partners in love and political struggle for more than 50 years, are recognized as founders of the modern lesbian civil rights movement. (FREE) (212-431-2609) info@leslielohman.org Event Website
| | Scream Along with Billy: The Four Whores of the Apocalypse |
(Dixon Place, 161 A Chrystie, (Between Rivington & Delancey), New York, NY 10002) (7:30pm & 9:30pm) Scream Along with Billy, the legendary Provincetown cabaret
act, bring their rock-n-roll repertoire and bad behavior back
to Dixon Place. Called "Mesmerizing" by the New Yorker, and
"Brave" by John Waters, each of the four shows will be
completely different, and equally disturbing. Audience
participation is expected and children are not allowed. ($5 at the door) (212-219-0736) contact@dixonplace.org Event Website
Note: this event runs January 10, 17, and 24
| Walter Isaacson on Steve Jobs |
(92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10128) (8pm) Walter Isaacson, author of a new biography of Steve Jobs, discusses the significance of Jobs’s contributions to the business world and explains his drive as it revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing and digital publishing. ($41) Event Website
Starting Today
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(HERE Arts Center, 145 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013) (See website for details) This year’s program features 12 workshop performances spanning topics as varied as civic engagement, human error, music of the spheres, war gaming, and everything in-between. ($15) Event Website
This event runs through February 11
| How I Learned to Drive |
(2econd Stage Theater, 307 West 43rd St, New York, NY 10036) (See website for details) The show explores the complex relationship between Li'l Bit and her Uncle Peck, as a series of driving lessons progresses from innocence to something much darker. Told with surprising wit, Paula Vogel's acclaimed play is returning to New York City for the first time since its world premiere 15 years ago. ($64+) Event Website
This event runs through February 29
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
| Like HERE Arts Center on Facebook | Follow HERE on Twitter | More Village Voice Promotions >> |
(HERE Arts Center, 145 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10013) (See website for details) This year’s program features 12 workshop performances spanning topics as varied as civic engagement, human error, music of the spheres, war gaming, and everything in-between. ($15) Event Website
This event runs January 24 - 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 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 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
| 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 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 29
| How I Learned to Drive |
(2econd Stage Theater, 307 West 43rd St, New York, NY 10036) (See website for details) The show explores the complex relationship between Li'l Bit and her Uncle Peck, as a series of driving lessons progresses from innocence to something much darker. Told with surprising wit, Paula Vogel's acclaimed play is returning to New York City for the first time since its world premiere 15 years ago. ($64+) Event Website
This event runs January 24 - February 29
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
| 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
| 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 Tuesday
| | Front Runners New York |
Tuesdays at 7pm, 3rd St & Prospect Park West; Wednesdays at 6:45pm, 236 West 73rd St; Saturdays at 9:15am, 236 West 73rd St Event Website
This event runs Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays
| Service & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) |
(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) The world's oldest and largest not-profit agency dedicated to serving LGBT senior citizens. Activities include Daytime Discussion, Art Studio, 75+, Support Group, Scrabble & Bridge and Women's and Men's activities. Event Website
This event runs Monday through Friday
| Broadway Bodies |
(Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10011) (7 pm) Broadway Bodies is a new high-impact, dance workout to your favorite show tunes. Incorporating basic dance movements with high impact aerobic techniques, Broadway Bodies is a fun and exciting cardio class. The first 30-minutes of the class features a build-up with an exciting medley of songs (repeated each week), followed by learning and dancing a custom combination formulated around a Broadway or Hollywood musical. Broadway Bodies is designed for the absolute beginner and accomplished dancer alike. ($15) broadwaybodies@gmail.com Event Website
This event runs Tuesdays
| StageBuddy.com's Tuesday Night Blowout!!!! |
(Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street near West 4th St., NY, NY 10014) (7:00PM) Every Tuesday night Stagebuddy.com presents a hand-picked, one-hour sampling of performances from our expansive database of NY's Best LIVE SHOWS!! Each week is hosted by comedian Vicky Kuperman and features a mix of Theatre, Comedy,Broadway Cabaret, Burlesque Performers, Music and Magic, along with Games & Giveaways! Past guests include Grammy, MAC & Tony Award winners/nominees, top televised Comedians, and some of the most fascinating people working in show
business today! ($5.00) (646-414-6668) stagebuddy@gmail.com Event Website
This event runs Tuesdays
| | Out on the Floor - Same Sex Ballroom Dance Classes |
(Ripley Grier Studios, 939 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor, Buzzer 307, New York, NY 10019) (Tu 8pm; We 8:30pm) Greg Ryzio brings same sex ballroom dancing to Hells Kitchen. Learn classic Ballroom and spicy Latin dances with your partner or on your own. Classes are open to anyone looking to learn in a comfortable and friendly environment. Come join in on the fun! ($20) (917.692.8732) justdancenyc@hotmail.com Event Website
This event runs Tuesdays and Wednesdays