(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

(Ludlow & Broome Municipal Parking Lot, Lower East Side) (Thursdays - Saturdays, 7:30pm) Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" like you've never seen before. (Free) Event Website

(Joyce Theater, 175 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011) The new full-company work by Pilobolus immerses us in the luminous spirit of the natural world, and uses ritual and mythology to create a mysterious and irresistibly sensual celebration of the supernatural. Event Website

(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) Smoking dance bands play everything from Salsa to Swing, Tango, Disco and more during these sizzling summer nights, including: July 11: Night at the Disco; July 15: Swing Shift Orchestra; July 22: Harlem Renaissance Orchestra; and July 25: La Troba Kung-Fu. Event Website

(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

(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

(Various Locations) A basket full of LGBT art and culture showings, events, galas and networking parties, encompassing theater, comedy, spoken word, music, dance, visual arts and some talents that defy categorization. Event Website

(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) See the startling RuhrTriennale production of Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s iconic post-war opera Die Soldaten and three one-man Samuel Beckett dramas starring Ralph Fiennes, Barry McGovern, and Liam Neeson. The Festival also features The Bacchae, starring Alan Cumming and acclaimed choreographer William Forsythe’s masterpiece Impressing the Czar. Extraordinary performance-artist Laurie Anderson returns to the Festival this season with her most sophisticated production to date, Homeland, a “concert poem” driven by the political urgency of contemporary American culture. Another highlight is a concert featuring an eclectic group of artists from around the world — including Tony Allen, Afel Bocoum, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Kokanko Sata, Candi Staton, Lobi Traore, Simone White, and Victoria Williams — all of whom have recorded for Honest Jon’s, the record label founded by former Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn, who will perform as well. The Festival also welcomes the return of the charismatic Goran Bregovic and his Wedding & Funeral Band, who had the audience dancing in the aisles in 2006 with their brass-powered Balkan folk arrangements. Event Website

(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

(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

(Chelsea Art Museum, 556 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10011) (Saturdays July 5th through August from 12-2) The Chelsea Art Museum is proud to present World of Jazz, a six-week concert series to be held in the museum’s exhibition galleries. The program, developed in collaboration with jazz saxophonist Lars Haake, will focus on the distinctly international character of contemporary jazz. Featuring a diverse pool of talented emerging jazz musicians. The World of Jazz series provides both regular museum patrons and first time visitors with an opportunity to listen to jazz in a beautiful, artistic Chelsea space. ($15 general, $10 students and seniors, $5 members) (212-255-0719) Event Website

(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

(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

(Hudson River Park Pier 54, Near 14th St, New York, NY 10014) (Dusk) Set yourself humming to catchy tunes all summer with Hudson River Parks's RiverFlicks' Summer of Music. This all-star line-up of movies satisfies all your music needs including fake heavy metal wannabes, Broadway hits and classic music-themed movies from the 70's and the 80's. Movies include: La Bamba, Almost Famous, Purple Rain, Dream Girls and Saturday Night Fever. (Free) Event Website

(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

(P.P.O.W. Gallery, 555 West 25th St, New York, NY 10001) A tribute to 1980s AIDS artist/activist David Wojnarowicz by 18 photographers, painters, filmmakers and poets. Event Website

(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

(Various Locations) Full length and short works in performance, dance, spoken word, burlesque and circus. Event Website

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

(Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Main St at the East River, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY 11201) (6pm) One of the city's premiere outdoor film series with an eclectic line-up of films and breathtaking views of the NYC waterfront. DJs from Brooklyn Radio kick off the evening, spinning tunes as the sun sets, and RICE sells delicious dinners onsite. Movies include: Stand By Me, Wallace & Gromit, Cabaret and The Shining. (Free) Event Website

(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

(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

(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

(MoMA, 11 West 53 St, New York, NY 10019) Bringing together more than 130 paintings, drawings, scenarios, and films by Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), this exhibition explores the role that cinema played in the artist's work. Collaborations between Dalí and legendary filmmakers are displayed alongside his paintings and other works, illuminating the ways in which ideas, iconography, and pictorial strategies are shared and transformed across mediums. In conjunction with the gallery exhibition, a series of screenings in the MoMA theaters presents the classic and avant-garde motion pictures Dalí treasured, films on which he collaborated, and examples of his legacy in contemporary cinema. Event Website

(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

(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

(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

(Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128) A full-career retrospective of one of the most important artists of our time. The exhibition, which fills the entire Frank Lloyd Wright rotunda and one adjacent gallery, will be the most comprehensive examination to date of Bourgeois’s long and distinguished career. Born almost a century ago, Louise Bourgeois has remained steadfastly at the vanguard of the development of contemporary art for more than 70 years, and continues to create new bodies of work with characteristic energy and restless innovation. Event Website

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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

(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