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March 21 - 23

10th Annual Odyssee Volleyball Tournament (Montreal, Canada)

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March 6, 1972

The American Bar Association passes a resolution recommending that consensual sex acts between people of the same sex be decriminalized

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march 25, 2008 / tuesday

"A Catered Affair" Opening Night

(Walter Kerr Theater, 219 West 48th St, New York, NY 10036) Funny, heartbreaking and oh so human, the musical reveals relationships strained to their limits when a couple must decide whether to spend their life savings on a family business or to launch their only daughter's marriage with a lavish catered affair. This is a new musical by John Bucchino and Harvey Fierstein. Event Website

Women's / Trans' Poetry Jam & Open Mike

(Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen St, New York, NY 10002) (7 - 9pm) Feature Writers: Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai & Carol Rosenfeld. Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai is a Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based Chinese Taiwanese American spoken word artist who fights for cultural pride and survival through how she spits and how she lives. Carol Rosenfeld is working on a second book, Birds Do It, a parody of a lesbian romance. Vittoria Repetto is the hardest working guinea butch dyke poet on the Lower East Side. ($5 suggested donation) [email protected] Event Website

Honoring Women in the Arts

(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) (5:30pm) New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Council Member Helen Sears,Chair, Women's Issues Committee, the New York City Council Women's Issues Committee, and the New York City Council Women's Caucus together with the Brooklyn Museum Celebrate Women's History Month. R.S.V.P. by Monday, March 24, 2008. (212.788.9107) [email protected]

Public Policy Community Education Forum: The Human Right to Health

(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (6pm) The Center's Public Policy Department Presents: The Human Right to Health: Universal Health Care and Sexual and Reproductive Rights. Panelists will discuss LGBT, and particularly transgender, health issues and barriers to health care access, reproductive health care, and universal health care within the context of the Presidential election. Confirmed speakers include: Marilyn Clement, National Coordinator, Healthcare-NOW! Nathan Leavitt, Community Education Coordinator, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center. Joseph Defilippis, Executive Director, Queers for Economic Justice (QEJ) Anja Rudiger, Human Right to Health Program Director, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI)/ National Health Law Program Event Website

Ongoing Events

through March 27

ERASING BORDERS: Passport to Contemporary Indian Art of the Diaspora

(Tabla Rasa Gallery, 224 48th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220) The exhibition explores the contributions of artists whose origins can be traced to the Indian Subcontinent. Opening Reception: March 12; 6 - 8:30pm. Event Website

This event runs March 12 - 27

through March 29

Shapeshifter

(TBG Theatre, 312 West 36th St, New York, NY 10018) Youngest child Deirdre is rather shy and withdrawn, with none of the drive that rules elder brother Liam or her lover Victoria. When some of the Deirdre's computer programs become worth millions, she balks at selling out to big software corporations, wanting just enough money to live happily with her significant other. As for Victoria, when she's not managing the company's finances, she enjoys writing lesbian science fiction and listening to the Ramones. Despite their differences, each character in shapeshifter has at their core a similar problem, an inability to grow. ($15/$18) Event Website

This event runs March 9 - 29

through March 29

8th Annual BAAD! ASS WOMEN FESTIVAL 2008

(BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance, 841 Barretto St, Bronx, NY 10474) Annual cultural festival celebrating the empowerment of women. Crowned �a funky and welcoming performance space� by The New York Times , BAAD! is a 70 seat workshop and performance space that presents cutting-edge and challenging works by established, evolving and emerging choreographers, playwrights, poets, musicians and artists that are empowering to women, people of color and the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) communities. ($5 - $20) Event Website

This event runs March 7 - 29

through March 30

New York International Auto Show

(Jacob Javits Center, 655 West 34th St, New York, NY 10001) The coolest in concept cars, design previews, gadgets and alternative fuel innovations. Event Website

This event runs March 21 - 30

through March 30

34th Annual Macy's Flower Show

(Macy's Herald Square, 151 West 34th St, New York, NY 10001) Over two million flowers and exotic topiaries from all over the world are arranged by renowned horticulturalists to create urban sanctuaries for flowers and visitors alike. (34th Annual Macy's Flower Show) Event Website

This event runs March 16 - 30

through March 30

Lasker Ice Skating Rink

(Central Park, Near 110th St & Lenox Ave) For a more intimate New York City ice skating experience, visit Lasker Skating Rink. The comfortable setting appeals to inexperienced skaters, as well as recreational skaters practicing before a pick-up game of hockey. Event Website

This event runs January 1 - March 30

through April 6

The Orchid Show

(New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458) Escape winter's chill as you stroll through the country's premier orchid exhibition that showcases the exquisite shapes, breathtaking colors and alluring fragrances of one of the world's most exotic flowers. Event Website

This event runs February 23 - April 6

through April 6

27 Rue de Fleurus

(Urban Stages, 259 West 30th St, New York, NY 10001) A new musical about Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. The celebrated couple confronts each other about love, marriage, jealousy, genius and a few other delicious topics while Pablo Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Mabel Dodge, Sylvia Beach and even Jean Harlow drop by for a visit. Event Website

This event runs March 1 - April 6

through April 6

Sunday in the Park with George

(Studio 54, 254 West 54th St, New York, NY 10019) This musical celebrates the art of creation and the creation of art. Music and Lyrics composed by Stephen Sondheim. Event Website

This event runs January 25 - April 6

through April 19

Art! Actually! Painting, Drawing, Sculpture

(Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) A large group show of LGBT artists. Opening Reception: March 11, 6 - 8pm. Event Website

This event runs March 11 - April 19

through April 26

Tavern Concert Series

(La Tourette Park & Golf Course, 441 Clarke Ave, Staten Island, NY 10306) (7:30 - 11pm) Enjoy a delightful evening of unplugged music in an intimate 19th-century tavern at Historic Richmond Town in the heart of Staten Island. Musical styles include bluegrass, traditional, old-time, sea chanteys, singer-songwriter, jug band, Irish, and more. Warm yourself by the wood-burning stove and enjoy. Event Website

This event runs January 19 - April 26

through April 27

The Beebo Brinker Chronicles

(37 ARTS THEATER, 450 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018) (Tues 7pm; Wed-Fri 8pm; Sat 5 & 9pm; Sun 3 & 7pm) Adapted from groundbreaking lesbian pulp novels, The Beebo Brinker Chronicles is set against the backdrop of 1950s Greenwich Village -- the era when lesbian love dared not speak its name. Meet legendary author Ann Bannon at two post-show talks: March 2: Moderated by Kurt Brokaw. March 4: Moderated by journalist Barbara Raab. (212-560-8912) Event Website

This event runs February 19 - April 27

through April 28

VITA AND VIRGINIA

(Zipper Factory, 336 West 37th St, New York, NY 10018) (7pm) Award winning actresses Kathleen Chalfant (Wit, Angels in America) and Patricia Elliott (�One Life to Live,� A Little Night Music, The Shadow Box) star in Vita and Virginia, a play by Eileen Atkins adapted from the correspondence between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. The play, about two extraordinary 20th Century women exploring their passions - literary and otherwise - takes place in the 1920s and 1930s and through the first years of WWII. It deals, in a very timely way, with women seeking their place in the world as they face personal and professional conflicts. ($35) Event Website

This event runs March 3 - April 28

through May 3

Two Men Talking

(Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow Street, New York, NY 10014) (7:30 pm) Two Men Talking is the live performance of a friendship. Paul Browde and Murray Nossel are a psychiatrist and an Academy Award nominated filmmaker, who have known one another since they were twelve years old. Over a period of ten years this unscripted piece continues to develop through its live performance, shaped by the listening of each audience.It has now been performed in South Africa, London's West End, Edinburgh, Canada and Australia. ($25 (discounts available)) (212 239-6200) Event Website

This event runs February 29 - May 3

through May 7

Exoticism

(The Museum at FIT, 295 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001) Over 40 modern designers featured along with beautiful 18th and 19th-century fashions and textiles that highlight Japanese, Chinese, Indian and North African styles. Event Website

This event runs January 1 - May 7

through May 11

The Four of Us

(NY City Center, 131 West 55th St, New York, NY 10019) A poignant new play about friendship and memory, the gap between our stories and our lives, and what happens when your dreams come true - for your best friend. Event Website

This event runs March 6 - May 11

through May 26

The Butterfly Conservatory

(American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023) Celebrate the 10th annual return of this re-created tropical forest environment filled with over 500 live butterflies. Event Website

This event runs January 1 - May 26

through May 28

Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe

(Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128) Cai Guo-Qiang is internationally acclaimed as an artist whose creative transgressions and cultural provocations have literally exploded the accepted parameters of art making in our time. This is especially true of Inopportune: Stage One, Cai�s largest installation to date, which presents nine real cars in a cinematic progression that simulates a car bombing, occupying the central atrium of the Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda. Event Website

This event runs February 22 - May 28

through June 1

2008 Biennial Exhibition

(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) This will be the 74th in the series of Whitney Annual and Biennial exhibitions inaugurated in 1932 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Event Website

This event runs March 6 - June 1

through June 15

South Pacific

(Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center, 150 West 65th St, New York, NY 10023) During World War II in the South Pacific, love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. The war is tearing them apart. Event Website

This event runs March 1 - June 15

through September 28

Magic in Ancient Egypt: Image, Word and Reality

(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) How the Egyptians, known throughout the ancient world for their expertise in magic, addressed the unknown forces of the universe is explored in this exhibition of twenty objects from the Brooklyn Museum's world-famous collection. Event Website

This event runs January 1 - September 28

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