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December 5 - 7

12th Annual Holly Folly Festival (Provincetown, MA)

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Birthday - k.d. lang (Country singer turned lesbian icon)

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june 26, 2008 / thursday

New York Liberty vs. Indiana

(Madison Square Garden, 4 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001) (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm) Help the New York Liberty "Raise The Game" as they take on the brightest and best that the WNBA has to offer! (Seats start at $10) (877-WNBA-TIX) [email protected] Event Website

Southern Fried Pride: LGBTQ Pride Party 2008

(JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Ave at 76th St, New York, NY 10023, 646-505-4444) Calling all ladies and gentlemen of southern high society! The annual Pride Party takes a trip down south with finger-lickin' food and the plunky sounds of Dixieland and Bluegrass. One sip of our kosher moonshine and you'll swear you were in a rainbow bayou! As much music, morsels and mint jew-leps as you can handle! Co-sponsored by Rodeph Sholom, JQ Youth, CBST 20's/30's Group and GLYDSA. ($20-$30) Event Website

John Waters Live

(New York Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall, Central Park West at 67th St, New York, NY 10023) John Waters� one-man show is a �vaudeville� act that celebrates the film career and obsessional tastes of the man William Burroughs once called �The Pope of Trash.� Focusing in on Waters� early negative artistic influences and his fascination with true crime, exploitation films, fashion lunacy, and the extremes of the contemporary art world, this joyously devious monologue elevates all that is trashy in life into a call to arms to �filth followers� everywhere. Event Website

LYNX LOUNGE HOMO COMICUS 6: Girls Gone Hilarious!

(Gotham Comedy Club, 208 West 23rd St (btwn 7 & 8th Aves), New York, NY 10011, 212.367.9000, Venue Website) (6pm) Prepare for a rowdy, uproarious and completely uncensored comedy bender with the hottest up-and-coming and seasoned female comediennes. This special PRIDE MONTH edition includes: Judy Gold, Michele Balan, Sandra Valls and Emcee Poppi Kramer. Enjoy a free LYNX LOUNGE pre-show mixer. ($15/20 + 2 drink min.) (212.367.9000) Event Website

An All-Ivy LGBT Alumni Pride Party in Manhattan!

(HK Lounge, 405 W 39th Street, (the entrance is on 39th street just west of Ninth Avenue), New York, NY 10018) (8:00 PM to 10:00 PM) Join us at our Pride Week celebration. Our events have been scandalous and packed, so come early! There will be 6 dollar Margaritas, Vodka & Cranberries, and Rasmopolitans until 9PM. FFR/Princeton BTGALA is again hosting and we invite all of our Ivy League, Seven Sisters, NYU, Stanford, Duke, UVA, Georgetown and Northwestern friends. Alumni, faculty, staff, and students that are over 21 are welcome. ($5, Cash Bar) Event Website

SAGE on STAGE

(Queens Pride House, 76-11 37th Ave Suite 206, Jackson Heights, NY 11372) (5 - 8pm) Dramatic readings from Senior Action in a Gay Environment (SAGE). (Free) (718-429-5309) [email protected] Event Website

Devo

(McCarren Park Pool, Lorimer St btwn Driggs Ave & Bayard St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211) (6pm) Whip it! Whip it good! ($52) Event Website

Walk Like A Man: An Evening with Uptown Express

(Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd St, New York, NY 10010) (7:30pm) Come and celebrate the release of Uptown Express� new CD, �Walk Like A Man� with two very special concerts at NYC�s hottest cabaret, The Metropolitan Room. James Followell, Music Director with special guest Lina Koutrakos. Big Apple Performing Arts ($25 & 2 drink min) (212-206-0440) Event Website

Note: this event runs June 19, and 26

Copenhagen 2009 World Outgames Preview

(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (7pm) Meet with Outgames� Sports Director Tommy Kristoffersen and learn more about World Outgames 2009! After a fantastic event in Montreal, World Outgames moves across the Atlantic to Copenhagen, Denmark from July 25 to August 2, 2009. World Outgames includes 38 different sports tournaments, a wide range of cultural activities and parties, and a human rights conference. Appetizers will be served, and you�ll have a chance to win roundtrip airfare with SAS Scandinavian Airlines from NY to Copenhagen and free registration to the World Outgames event of your choice. Event Website

Creative Sex: Imaginative Ways to Keep Sparks Flying in Your Sex Play Taught by Ducky DooLittle

(Museum of Sex, 233 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016) (7- 9 pm) Is your relationship in a rut? Tired of the same old routine? That's normal! By nature humans are lazy creatures. If we know something works, we just do it. This is the perfect reason to join Ducky DooLittle, be inspired and learn some new ways to give and receive pleasure! Take home techniques that you can use that very night and for the rest of your life. In this informative workshop, individuals and couples of every gender and sexual orientation are invited to learn: *How to raise your sex drive. *Super fun flirtation techniques. (Flirting is hot!) *A deeper understanding pleasure anatomy. *Techniques for using everything you've got - from the tip of your tongue to your fingers and toes. (Tickets $30 ($25 for students/seniors/members)) (212 689-6337) [email protected] Event Website

From the Shadows to the Sunlight: The First Year of the Gay Liberation

(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (6pm - 9pm) June 1969-June 1970: The year we changed everything. The famed Stonewall riots were just the beginning, acting as a catalyst for gay people to rise up and organize. This astonishing year saw the formation of radical gay organizations and the birth of the modern LGBT movement, culminating in the first Gay Pride March. This retrospective will include a panel featuring original members of the Gay Liberation Front and Gay Activist Alliance, plus a screening of rare footage from the first march and Gay-In in Central Park. The LGBT Community Center and Sage Event Website

Starting Today

Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe

(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) One of the great American visionaries of the twentieth century, R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) endeavored to see what he, a single individual, might do to benefit the largest segment of humanity while consuming the minimum of the earth's resources. Doing "more with less" was Fuller's credo. The results of more than five decades of Fuller's integrated approach toward the design and technology of housing, transportation, cartography, and communication are displayed here, much of it for the first time. Event Website

This event runs through September 21

The Waterfalls

(Various Locations) (7am - 10pm) Public Art Fund presents The New York City Waterfalls, a major new work of public art by internationally acclaimed artist Olafur Eliasson. The exhibition of four man-made 90-to 120-foot-tall waterfalls of monumental scale will be on view at four sites: one on the Brooklyn anchorage of the Brooklyn Bridge, one between Piers 4 and 5 near the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, one in Lower Manhattan at Pier 35 north of the Manhattan Bridge, and one on the north shore of Governors Island. Event Website

This event runs through October 13

Ongoing Events

through June 26

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival

(Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, 165 West 65th St, New York, NY 10023) Through the eyes of committed and courageous filmmakers, experience the heroic stories of activists and survivors from all over the world. Event Website

This event runs June 12 - 26

through June 27

18th Annual Channel Thirteen�s Watch OUT!

(Channel 13) Channel Thirteen presents a series of provocative, moving, fun and inspirational LGBT films and documentaries throughout Pride Month. Event Website

This event runs June 15 - 27

through June 28

JVC Jazz Festival New York

(Various Locations) Considered one of the most prestigious jazz festivals in the world. Event Website

This event runs June 15 - 28

through June 28

PINK & BENT: Art of Queer Women

(Leslie/Lohman Gallery, 26 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013) The goal of this show is to present audiences with a visual experience that depicts the many threads that sew queer women together as a community. Works on display by nearly 50 artists including such notable names as Judy Chicago, Harmony Hammond, G.B. Jones, The Guerilla Girls, Phranc and Joan E. Biren (JEB), hanging alongside up-and-coming artists. Event Website

This event runs May 20 - June 28

through June 29

Shakespeare in the Park presents Hamlet

(Delacorte Theater, Central Park at 81st St, New York, NY 10024) The Public Theater presents a new production of Shakespeare�s famous play, starring Michael Stuhlbarg. Event Website

This event runs May 27 - June 29

through June 29

Single Black Female

(The Duke on 42nd Street, 229 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036) (Tuesdays-Saturdays at 8pm; Saturdays and Sundays a) Openly gay director/actor Coleman Domingo (currently appearing on Broadway in "Passing Strange" helms the limited Off-Broadway engagement of Lisa B. Thompson's sassy comedy "Single Black Female" -- about single black women and their search for love, dignity and clothes. Starring Soara-Joye Ross (from "Jerry Springer: The Opera" and "Dance of the Vampires") and Riddick Marie, the new play takes a comic look at the pleasures and perils of being a single, middle-class woman who has everything she wants and needs, except more R-E-S-P-E-C-T -- and a man! ($30) (646-223-3010) Event Website

This event runs June 10 - 29

through June 29

New York City Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Week

(Various Locations) Heritage of Pride (HOP) requests your attendance at all of this year�s Pride Events. Each in its own way is not only a powerful political statement, but also a whole lot of fun. A multitude of issues continue to dominate the LGBT landscape including marriage, adoption, equality and HIV/AIDS � issues that require our constant vigilance. By attending this year�s Pride Events, you can help create awareness of these issues by showing that you exist and that you are proud of who you are. Yearround visibility and action are our best resources. Visit the HOP website for the most up-to-date Pride Week information, including performers, other pride events and the order of the March. www.hopinc.org

This event runs June 22 - 29

through July 5

Fever

(Dionysus Theater, 270 West 36th Street, New York, NY 10018) (8pm) FEVER is set on a scorching desert landscape. Under a relentless sun, two great warriors and mortal enemies, Atrox and Bonitas, have momentarily retired to their corners. Atrox enlists a handsome young soldier to his cause, the seduction and capture of Bonitas. FEVER tells the story of two legendary Generals who clash in a desperate struggle to win the soul and affections of a young man. ($25) Event Website

This event runs May 22 - July 5

through July 13

Amazonia Design, Fashion and Sustainable Economy

(World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery, 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281) Objects by contemporary designers from the Amazon region who utilize raw materials in their work. Event Website

This event runs April 17 - July 13

through July 13

Sex in Design/Design in Sex

(Museum of Sex, 233 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016) Highlights the best and most compelling sexually inspired contemporary designs from around the world. Event Website

This event runs January 31 - July 13

through July 13

Arias With A Twist

(Here, 145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013) Two national treasures unleash their epic imaginations to conjure a modern and intimate fantasy. Twist�s signature magic envelopes Joey Arias� legendary voice, transporting us to unpredictable worlds, channeling ecstatic desires, lavish nightmares and bizarre premonitions in a bejeweled cabinet of curiosities that could only be found in one of downtown's last enclaves for bohemian New York style. Event Website

This event runs June 12 - July 13

through July 18

Takashi Murakami

(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) The most comprehensive retrospective to date of the work of internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami includes more than ninety works in various media that span the artist�s entire career, installed in more than 18,500 square feet of gallery space. ($10/$8) Event Website

This event runs April 5 - July 18

through July 19

Turntables on the Hudson

(Water Taxi Beach/Hunters Point stop on the Water Taxi, #2, Borden Ave, Long Island City, Queens, NY 11101) Celebrating 10 Years of Music, Dance, Culture & GOOD TIMES with an all-star lineup of DJ's from the crew who been down with us since day 1... every Friday all Summer long featuring guests & sounds from over the years. ($10) Event Website

This event runs June 20 - July 19

through July 26

BRiDGE as iCON

(Tabla Rasa Gallery, 224 48th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220) Artists Reception: Sunday, May 25, 2008, 2 - 4:30pm. In celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, Tabla Rasa Gallery presents BRIDGE as ICON. This exhibition offers substantive artwork inspired by the world's best known bridge. The universally recognized Gothic arches provide a soaring visual metaphor for the spirit of ingenuity. As the omnipresent symbol of Brooklyn itself, the bridge has been an inspiration for poetry, cinema, music, advertising, as well as painting and graphic arts. Whether literal or symbolic, each artwork captures an individual essence of connection. (Free) [email protected] Event Website

This event runs May 22 - July 26

through July 27

Emergence / Governor's Island Summer Season

(Governor's Island, Ferries leave from Battery Maritime Building, South and Whitehall, Manhattan) Experimental, participatory art involving more than 30 artists/art collectives working in a variety of media, including artist talks, workshops and performances. Historic Building 14 on Governors Island is transformed from an abandoned outpost into an interactive, three-dimensional living exhibit. (Free) Event Website

This event runs May 30 - July 27

through July 31

ROCKERS

(Morrison Hotel Gallery, 313 Bowery at Bleecker St, New York, NY 10003) Nearly 300 photographs taken by rock-and-roll chronicler Bob Gruen in conjunction with the publication of his latest book, ROCKERS. For more than thirty years, Gruen has been documenting such acts as the Sex Pistols, the Rolling Stones, the Clash, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, New York Dolls, Blondie, Kiss, the Who, and many more. In the center of the gallery is a re-created teenager's bedroom, the walls lined with pictures of musicians ripped out of magazines, all taken by Gruen. Event Website

This event runs June 15 - July 31

through July 31

ART & AIDS: LIVING WITH PRIDE

(GMHC, The Tisch Building, 119 West 24th St, New York, NY 10011) (6 - 8pm) GMHC�s Annual Client Art Show entitled ART & AIDS: LIVING WITH PRIDE. The opening reception will be on Friday June 20th 6 - 8pm on the 4th Floor Galleries at GMHC. The exhibition will run Monday thru Friday 10am - 8pm through July 31, 2008. All are invited and welcome to attend this very special exhibition of the creative and inspirational work of the featured artists. (Free) (212-367-1000) [email protected] Event Website

This event runs June 20 - July 31

through August 9

Celebrate Brooklyn!

(Prospect Park Bandshell, 9th St, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215) (8pm) A fun and fantastic lineup of summer entertainment in the forms of world music, pop, hip hop, dance, silent films with live scores, readings and more. Artists include: July 12: Beth Orton; July 25: Philip Glass Ensemble; July 31: Mark Morris Dance Group; August 3: African Guitar Festival; August 7: Alvin Ailey II; and August 8: Lila Downs. Event Website

This event runs June 12 - August 9

through August 10

Playing the Building

(Battery Maritime Ferry Building, 10 South St, New York, NY 10004) David Byrne's massive installation in the historic Battery Maritime Building features an organ that triggers sounds from its metal beams, pipes and electrical conduits that invites you to play along. Event Website

This event runs May 1 - August 10

through August 21

Fourth Annual LGBT NYC Photo Club Exhibition

(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) (6pm) Summer Exhibits series featuring As We See It, the fourth annual exhibition of works by our Photo Club. Nearly 100 works from club members will be on display for As We See It, representing a wide variety of themes, styles and techniques. Work is available for purchase directly from the photographer and 25% of all sales will be donated directly to The Center. (free) (646-338-3627) [email protected] Event Website

This event runs June 9 - August 21

through August 24

Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy

(Broadway Theater, 1681 Broadway, New York, NY 10019) (Previews June 16, Opens June 26) An exotic encounter inspired by nature�s unpredictable creations that are brought to life by an international cast of soaring aerialists, spinebending contortionists, acrobats, jugglers and musicians. Event Website

This event runs June 16 - August 24

through August 26

Big Apple Softball League

(Various Locations) (Weekends) Celebrating its 31st Anniversary, the league includes both competitive and recreational teams. Players of all skill levels are welcome. Event Website

This event runs May 26 - August 26

through August 31

The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef

(Winter Garden, World Financial Center) This colorful crocheted panoply of kelps, corals and anemones is an homage to Earth�s endangered coral reefs. Event Website

This event runs April 5 - August 31

through September 7

Polaroids: Mapplethorpe

(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) This special exhibition traces Robert Mapplethorpe's use of instant photography from 1970 to 1975. Included are self-portraits, figure studies, still lifes, and portraits of lovers and friends including Patti Smith, Sam Wagstaff, and Marianne Faithfull. Many of these small, intimate photographs convey tenderness and vulnerability. Others depict a toughness and immediacy that would give way in later years to more classical form. Unlike the highly crafted images Mapplethorpe staged in the studio and became famous for, these disarming pictures are marked by spontaneity and invention. Event Website

This event runs May 3 - September 7

through September 7

The 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art

(National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Ave at 89th St, New York, NY 10128, 212-369-4880) An exceptional selection of contemporary works by over 125 of the finest artists from across the country. This Annual consists of works by newly emerging artists and established artists, providing an exhibition of diverse ideas, mediums, and techniques. Event Website

This event runs May 29 - September 7

through September 21

Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe

This event runs June 26 - September 21

through September 28

JellyNYC Pool Parties at McCarren Park

(McCarren Park Pool, Lorimer St btwn Driggs Ave & Bayard St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211) Mix kids water games like Slip 'n Slide and indie, rock, dance and world bands, and you've got THE coolest way to spend your summer Sundays! (Free) Event Website

This event runs June 6 - September 28

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

through October 10

Piano in the Park

(Bryant Park, 25 West 40th St, New York, NY 10018) (12Noon - 1:45pm) Monday through Fridays. New artist every week performing for the public. Including Junior Mance, Armen Donelian, Joel Forrester, Russ Kassoff, Mike LeDonne, Todd Robbins, Yuka Aikawa, Dona Carter, Dan Manjovi, Deanna Witkowski, Roy Eaton, Victor Lin, Frank Owens, Jill McManus, Larry Ham, Luiz Simas, Ayako Shirasaki. Event Website

This event runs May 19 - October 10

through October 13

The Waterfalls

This event runs June 26 - October 13

through October 31

The Woods Campground

(Pocono Mountains, PA) The Woods Campground is a private, members-only, alternative campground catering to LGBT campers 18 years of age and older. Event Website

This event runs May 23 - October 31

through November 2

Henry Moore Sculpture at the Garden

(New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458) This landmark presentation of monumental works will be the largest outdoor installation of Henry Moore sculpture in one location in the U.S. Event Website

This event runs May 24 - November 2

through November 8

Arbiters of Style: Women at the Forefront of Fashion

(FIT, 27th St & 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001) This exhibition features work by female designers as well as clothing and accessories worn by female department store executives, influential clients, magazine editors, muses and models. Event Website

This event runs May 21 - November 8

through December 31

Oscar Wilde in NYC Guided Walking Tour

(By Request) This tour is based on new and unique research into the people and places Oscar Wilde visited in the NY of the gilded age. Event Website

This event runs January 1 - December 31

Recurring Events this Thursday

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

Chelsea Classics

(Chelsea Cinema, 23rd St btwn 7 & 8th Aves) Revisit your favorite film classics on the big screen. Hedda Lettuce entertains. Fun and prizes throughout the evening. Event Website

This event runs Thursdays