July 25 Dancing on the BEACH 9 (41 Two Mile Hollow, East Hampton, NY) (4pm) Much-anticipated Hamptons beach party with music by event favorite, Susan Morabito. To benefit The Center. Event Website
August 1 - 8 Family Equality Council's Family Week (Provincetown, MA) What could be a better family vacation than seaside swimming and building sand castles with your kids on the beautiful beaches in P-Town alongside other LGBT families. Event Website
August 7 - 9 Fire Island Black Out (Cherry Grove, Fire Island) Premier beach party for LGBT people of color and their friends. Event Website
October 11 National Equality March Get ready to gather in Washington DC to let our elected leaders know that now is the time for full equal rights for LGBT people. We will gather. We will march. And we will leave energized and empowered to do the work that needs to be done in every community across the nation. Event Website
Pride may be over, but NYC is just getting geared up with an array of fabulous summer events. From Broadway in Bryant Park and Fresh Fruit Festival, to fantastically free concerts in the parks all over the City, from The Met to Donna Summer. It's never too early to pick out your choice restaurants for the two Summer Restaurant Weeks coming up. Also there's a new must-see show "The TEMPERAMENTALS" staring Michael Urie (Ugly Betty). There's a lot in this week's newsletter, but remember there's a lot more listed on the website.
Where did all the Rainbow flags go?Heritage of Pride is a mostly volunteer organization responsible for organizing and producing Gay Pride Week. HOP's efforts have helped to pour millions of dollars into the coffers of NYC. Yet the City continues to fall short on support.
A $1.9 million marketing campaign called, Rainbow Pilgrimage was launched in April by NYC & Co. (NYC's official marketing organization) to promote the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. It has turned out to be nothing more then self serving. Back on the 25th Anniversary, the 8th Ave Retailers Association proudly hung Rainbow flags from every the lamp post along 8th Ave. This year, the City wanted to charge the Retailers Association to have them hung. So instead of supporting grassroots organizations, a few Rainbow Pilgrimage flags were hung downtown with absolutely no mention of Stonewall. No one knew what the Rainbow Pilgrimage was, and the only contact HOP received from NYC & Co. was to ask for discount tickets for the Dance, which is the largest fundraising event for HOP Pride Week.
HOP continues to do all the work, and the City continues to collect all the money. The campaign was designed to capitalize on our 40-years of hard work and our fight to achieve fair, equitable and just treatment from city officials. Anyone who was at the 25th Anniversary can tell you that it was spectacular! The air was electrified, we had more then a half a million visitors, and it was mostly achieved by the sweat of HOP's army of volunteers.
Hopefully by the Golden, our 50th Anniversary of Stonewall, we will have achieved freedom and equality, and we'll look back at this time as ancient history...and we won't have to go looking for our Rainbow Flag.
In between all there is to do, take the time to give yourself a luxury treatment at XAC Anthony Salon and Spa, take advantage of the introductory discount offer (see coupon left).
KommuniKate: A Blog by Kate Clinton
"Gut Check"
June 23, 2009
When Dick Cheeeney was asked why he had not served
in Vietnam, he harrumphed that he "had other priorities in the '60s
than military service." Like applying for six deferments.
Side note: come to find out, the very long E in "Cheeeney" is the
family's preferred pronunciation of their surname. The
ubiquitous-as-homemade sin, Liz Cheeeney announced this top-secret fact
on a morning show, and now Chris Matthews has dropped the long A in
Chaney and cheeses out Cheeeney whenever he can. I just thought he was
being sarcastic. I won't tell you how my household still says the name.Continue reading...
Ongoing & Events Week of July 1st
Ongoing through August 1 18th Annual HOT! Festival (Dixon Place, 254 Bowery) The oldest, continual festival of queer performance and culture in the world. Event Website
Ongoing through July 7 King Lear (Castle Clinton, Battery Park) (7pm) (FREE) Considered to be one of Shakespeare's greatest works. Event Website
Friday, July 3
Independence Day (Observed)
(Alternate Side Parking Suspended)
Saturday, July 4
34th Annual Invasion of the Pines (Fire Island Pines) (12pm) Parade through the Pines harbor followed by dancing at the Sip n' Twirl in the Pines and the Ice Palace in the Grove. Event Website
July 4 - September 5 P.S.1's 12th Annual Warm Up Music Series (P.S.1, 22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, Queens) (2 - 9pm) Highlights from the series include a stellar group of international DJs
and live music ensembles: DJ Harvey, Groove Collective, Lovebug
Starski and Afrika Bambaataa. Event Website
33rd Macy's 4th of July Fireworks (Hudson River btwn 24th & 50th Sts, Live simulcast on NBC TV & WNYC Radio) (9pm) This year's fireworks will commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the Hudson River. Program features The New York Pops, Audra McDonald, Rob Thomas and the Choir Academy of Harlem. Event Website
(Alternate Side Parking Suspended)
Sunday, July 5
The Center's Bay Dance (Private home on Fire Island Pines) (6pm) A spectacular bay-front party with the summer sun setting over the Great South Bay and a finale of spectacular fireworks. Event Website
July 5 - 26, Sundays Summergarden 2009 @ MoMA (MoMA, 11 West 53 St) (7pm) Lincoln Center-The Juilliard School and Jazz at Lincoln Center will showcase original works in the delightful setting of MoMA's sculpture garden. Event Website
NYC Up & OUT! Contests
This week's contests include the following:
Go to CONTESTS & GIVEAWAYSto enter to win! Every two weeks, a new set of prizes will be posted on
our website -- from Broadway theater tickets to brand new DVD & CD releases!
Deadline for Contest Entry: This week's contest deadlines begin Wednesday, July 10, 2009 @ 11:59pm. Winners will be notified by email. Visit Contests & Giveaways to see past winners.
CONTEST RULES: In order to be eligible to win, you must be a newsletter subscriber. Only one entry per person, per contest allowed. Anyone entering more than once per contest or entering multiple email addresses for the same name will be disqualified.
Events for week of July 6 - 12th
Monday, July 6
July 6 - August 17, Mondays 2009 HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival (Bryant Park, 25 West 40th St) (8pm) (FREE) Tonight's feature: Dog Day Afternoon; July 13: How Green Was My Valley, July 20: Harold and Maude. Event Website
July 6 - 27, Mondays MOVIE NIGHTS ON THE ELEVATED ACRE (Elevated Acre, 55 Water St, Brooklyn) (8pm) (FREE) Tonight's feature: The Seven Year Itch. Other films include The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, West Side Story, and Sweet Smell of Success. Event Website
Tuesday, July 7
July 7 - 25 Midsummer Night Swing (Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, Southwest corner of Lincoln Center Plaza at 62nd St btwn Columbus & Amsterdam Aves) The very best of toe-tappin' swing, salsa, soul, tango, rockabilly, and much more. Event Website
July 7 - 26 Lincoln Center Festival (Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza) Artists from around the world share their stories of the human experience, ranging from poignant to hopeful and joyful. Event Website
July 7 - August 2 SPF: 6th Annual Summer Play Festival (The Public Theatre, 425 Lafayette St) Original new plays and musicals by emerging writers. Event Website
Wednesday, July 8
July 8 - August 19 RiverFlicks with Hudson River Park Pier 54 (Pier 54, Hudson River Park at 13th St) (Sunset) (FREE) Tonight's feature: Iron Man. July 15: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, July 22: The Dark Knight. Event Website
WOLFSON AND RAAB... ON MARRIAGE (CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave) (7:30pm) In a thought-provoking conversation with NBC News senior newswriter Barbara Raab, Freedom to Marry's Evan Wolfson will talk about our victories, losses - and what the future holds for marriage equality. Event Website
Thursday, July 9
July 9 - 21 15th Annual Philadelphia QFest (Philadelphia, PA) The largest LGBT film fest on the East Coast with 12 days full of 100+ films plus outdoor screenings, special guests, and loads of parties and events. Event Website
July 9, July 19 & August 23 River Rocks (Hudson River Park Pier 54,
Near 14th St) (6pm) (FREE) Summer concerts including Matt
& Kim, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists and Yeasayer. Event Website
July 9 - August 27, Thursdays Movies With A View (Brooklyn Bridge Park, Main & Plymouth Sts, Brooklyn) (Sunset) (FREE) Tonight's feature: Raising Arizona. July 16: The Maltese Falcon. July 23: Paper Moon. Event Website
PASSION: Lesbian Visions 2009 (Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St) (7pm) An international array of self-defined lesbian artists tell us what ignites their passions for art, life and love. Event Website
Friday, July 10
July 10 & 17 As Gay As It Gets Musical Revue! (Duplex, 61 Christopher St) (7pm) Experience the joys of gay life: the gym, hot studs, love affairs, divas, cowboys, circuit parties, the down low and...fashion school? Event Website
July 10 - August 21, Wednesdays River Flicks for Kids (Hudson River Park Pier 54, Near 14th St) (8:30pm) (FREE) Classics and soon-to-be kids classics including Wizard of Oz and Kung Fu Panda. Event Website
Saturday, July 11
July 11 - 18 Bear Week in Provincetown (Provincetown, MA) A special welcome for Bears to one of North America's most famous gay resort towns. Event Website
July 11 - August 29, Saturdays Roosvelt L!ve (Roosevelt Island, Riverwalk Commons) (4pm) (FREE)
New Orleans in New York, Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival
Revolution Orchestra with Ingrid Lucia and the Flying Neutrinos. July 18:
Dance L!ve Brazil Celebrate with Capoeria and Live music from Nation
Beat. July 25: Jones Street Station with Diane Birch. Event Website
31st Annual Lambda Legal Pines Brunch (Fire Island Pines) (12pm) Enjoy an early afternoon party on the island with Executive Director Kevin Cathcart and fellow Lambda Legal supporters. Event Website
BROADWAY BARKS! 11
(Shubert Alley, 44th St btwn 8th Ave & Bwy) (3:30 - 6:30pm)
Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters host a star-studded dog and
cat adopt-a-thon benefiting New York City animal shelters and adoption
agencies. Event Website
Empire State Pride Agenda's Hamptons Tea Dance (Private home in The Hamptons) (4pm) An afternoon of dancing and fun with over 1,000 supporters and friends of the Pride Agenda. Event Website
Sunday, July 12
July 13 - 31 Restaurant Week
(Various Locations) Three weeks. Over 250 NYC restaurants. Lunch = $24.07. Dinner = $35. Event Website
July 12 - August 9, Sundays Moondance (Hudson River Park Pier 54, Near 14th St) (6:30pm)(FREE) Whether you've been dancing for years, or want to learn how to boogie like a pro, this is your chance to strut your stuff under the stars! Event Website
Bastille Day (60th St from Fifth to Lexington Aves) (12pm) Experience the sights, sounds, and flavors of France right in your own backyard at New York's "Street Fair with French Flair. Event Website
Events for week of July 13 - 19th
Monday, July 13
July 13 - 26 7th Annual FRESH FRUIT FESTIVAL (Various
Locations) Theater, comedy, variety,
literature, music, dance, poetry and visual and performance art. Event Website
July 13 - August 2 The Midtown International Theatre Festival (Various Locations) (7pm) Theatrical storytelling across a broad spectrum of genres, forms, identities, cultures, and appetites. Event Website
July 13 - August 14 MET in the Park (Various Locations, 5 boroughs) (8pm) (FREE) The Met's annual concerts in New York City parks are one of the most
beloved summer traditions in the city. This year, the company will
present a six-performance series of recitals. Event Website
July 13 - August 24, Mondays The 27th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Concert Series (Wingate Field, entrances on Brooklyn Ave, Brooklyn) (7:30pm) (FREE) A star-studded line-up of gospel, classic soul, contemporary, Caribbean and R&B artists. Event Website
Hans and Sophie Scholl: The White Rose (LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St) (8pm) Using music, historical photographs, artifacts and suspenseful storytelling Dr. Newborn reveals for the first time the suppressed homosexual arrest of teenaged Hans Scholl, explaining finally the secret that motivated Hans and his sister Sophie -- former fanatical Hitler Youth leaders-to transform into the greatest heroes of the German anti-Nazi resistance. Event Website
Tuesday, July 14
July 14 - 17 Philharmonic Concerts in the Park (Various locations, 5 boroughs) (8pm) (FREE) Music under the stars and a fireworks finale. Event Website
Wednesday, July 15
July 15 - September 13 Summer on the Hudson (Riverside Park, Pier 1 at 70th St) (FREE) Annual outdoor arts and culture festival with a mix of music concerts, dance performances, movies under the stars, DJ dance parties, kids shows, special events, and wellness activities. Event Website
LGBT Summer Networking Mixer (The Delancey, 168 Delancey St) (6pm) Join Out Professionals and OP.LYNX for this sizzling summer event. Event Website
July 15 - August 19, Wednesdays OUTDOOR CINEMA 2009 (Socrates Sculpture Park, 32-01 Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, Queens) (7pm) (FREE) Sample regional cuisine, enjoy live performances and as the sky darkens, see exceptional international films on a large-format screen. Event Website
Thursday, July 16
July 16 - 19 ROAD TRIP 8 (Asbury Park, NJ) Chock full of parties, performances, appearances, beach parties and a neighborhood trolley tour. Event Website
July 16 - August 27 31st ANNUAL SEASIDE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES (Asser Levy Park Amphitheater, West 5th St & Surf Ave) (FREE) (7:30pm) This year's lineup includes Creedence Clearwater Revisited, Gladys Knight, Frankie Vallie, Darryl Hall & John Oates, Blondie, Pat Benatar, Donna Summer and more. Event Website
Saturday, July 18
July 18 - 19 Fire Island Dance Festival 15 (Fire Island
Pines) (5 & 7pm) This year's Festival proves to be another
unforgettable event showcasing the world's leading dance companies and
artists including Keigwin + Company, Complexions Contemporary Ballet
and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet. To benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Event Website
Siren Festival (Coney Island) (12pm) (FREE) Set against the backdrop of Coney Island, this all day music festival showcases renowned and emerging artists on two outdoor stages. The line-up includes Built to Spill, The Raveonettes, Monotonix, Spank Rock and more. Event Website
The Big Draw (Various Locations) (FREE) Pick up a free sketchbook and participate in artist-led activities at three fantastic Lower Manhattan venues. Event Website
Lambda Legal in the Hamptons (Hamptons, NY) (5:30pm) Enjoy a sunset view for an evening with Kevin Cathcart and fellow Lambda Legal supporters. Event Website
"SUMMER IN THE CITY" FREE EVENT SERIES
New York is a terrific place to experience arts and entertainment, but a lot of it comes with a steep price tag. We also have access to so much culture that is absolutely FREE. From now through the end of the summer, we'll be running updates to the following list of events series that won't cost you a dime!
Summer Stage World-renowned and emerging talent from around the globe, as well as from NYC's own backyard.
River to River A world-class performing arts festival with a broad sweep of programming aimed at enhancing the vitality of cultural life in Lower Manhattan.
Hudson River Park Trust Events include Stars of Tomorrow, MoonDance, RiverFlicks for Grown Ups, Rumble on the River, Blues BBQ, Sunset on the Hudson and Big City Fishing.
110th on 110th Celebrates the intersection of inspired landscaping and music in honor of Duke Ellington's 110th birthday.
Harlem Meer Festival This popular concert series features the best in local emerging and established Latin, Jazz, World and Gospel artists.
A Clearing in the Forest Undertake a thrilling cultural journey while enjoying your afternoon picnic in a picturesque nook of Central Park.
CityParks Theater The 2009 season marks several exciting new additions to City Parks Foundation's including the first ever commissioned play, "Dirt Rich" by Chisa Hutchinson.
CityParks Dance The festival presents multiple perspectives on modern dance, including African American troupe Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, the highly acclaimed ballet company Morphoses/The Wheedon Company, break dancing and others.
Theatre for The New City Presenting "Tally Ho!, or Navigating the Future" a rip-roaring musical which will tour City streets, parks and playgrounds throughout the five boroughs.
Piano in the Park Take in some of the best pianists from all over New York.
Bryant Park After Work Featuring an eclectic selection of music, from jazz pianists to string quartets and more, featuring New York area artists.
Summer on the Hudson 2009 Events include Acoustic Sundays, Movies Under the Stars, Children's Performance Series and fitness activies like Yoga, Pilates and dance lessons. Special events include the Main Squeeze Accordion Festival and the West Side County Fair.
If your organization, sports team, reading group, theatre production, etc. is planning special events, register your info at www.nycupandout.com.
Click "List an Event", fill out your info and hit send. Your event will appear on our
website the same day, it's that easy!
