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Silver Threads Celebration (Dolphin Beach Resort, St. Pete Beach, Florida)

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World Health Organization deletes "homosexuality" from its list of diseases

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november 21, 2008 / friday

What's the Point?!

(The Laurie Beechman Theatre (West Bank Cafe), 407 West 42 Street, New York, NY 10036) (7:00pm-8:15pm) Award-winning songwriter Hector Coris and Alan Cancelino present their newest musical comedy revue about life...as we blow it. Contemporary social and political topics get skewered, like gay animals, the presidential race, cosmetic surgery, internet dating, bi-sexuality and more! ($15 + $15 food/drink minimum) (212 695-6909) [email protected] Event Website

Note: this event runs November 14, and 21

Sounds of the City Concert Series Featuring Guitar Fest

(The New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024) (6:30 pm) The star students of master guitarists Mark Delpriora, David Leisner and David Starobin come together for a special program of guitar ensemble music spanning the centuries. In this performance, Mark Delpriora makes a cameo appearance (free) (212-873-3400) [email protected] Event Website

WOMEN'S NIGHT: Shaken & Stirred Leo Bar

(Asia Society & Museum, 725 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021) (6pm) Asia Society invites OP.LYNX to Women's Night at Leo Bar Networking Mixer. Bring a friend and enjoy free museum admission with free tours of the exhibitions, and try one of their exotic cocktails. Currently on view: Art and China's Revolution is a groundbreaking exhibition focused on three of China's most tumultuous and catastrophic decades, including the Cultural Revolution. Hosted by Asia Society, OP.LYNX, FSIX, Astraea & Q-Wave. (Free) Event Website

CLEMENZA AND TESSIO ARE DEAD

(Broadway Comedy Club, 318 West 53rd St, New York, NY 10019) (6:30pm) Gregg Greenberg presents the World Premiere of his new comedy CLEMENZA AND TESSIO ARE DEAD. Set in New York from 1945 to 1955, we follow Corleone family veterans Peter Clemenza and Salvatore Tessio as they struggle to control their destinies. A retiring Don Corleone hands control of the organization to his incompetent children and, feeling squeezed out of a business that they helped to create, Clemenza and Tessio attempt to change their fates in a script that has already been written. ($15) ((646) 765-4773) [email protected] Event Website

Note: this event runs November 14 - 15, and 21 - 22

Starting Today

CAKE BOMB

(Christopher Henry Gallery, 127 Elizabeth St, New York, NY 10013) Ves Pitts' second solo exhibition at the gallery; Cake Bomb consists of a series of photo collaborations with various New York personalities and artists which fuel the life of the city. As uncertainty grips the current world mindset these photographs offer a portrayal of to the unpredictable state of the world and deriving its theme from Marie Antoinette’s statement; “Let Them Eat Cake”. The work unearths a dark and humorous interpretation and collaboration between Pitts and the subject as they create personas about this crisis-ridden misanthropic time. Pitts has worked with performers like Inbred Hybrid Collective, Taylor Mac, Dynasty Handbag, Flawless Sabrina and Glenn Marla to unveil the turmoil along side the relaxed gender diversity of these varied artists. Event Website

This event runs through December 21

The Black List Project

(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) This exhibition of twenty-five portraits by internationally renowned photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders is a documentary project that explores being Black in America. Sanders also directed a series of filmed interviews conducted by noted film critic Elvis Mitchell that will be presented along with the photographs. Serena Williams, Chris Rock, Colin Powell, Toni Morrison, Russell Simmons, Al Sharpton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Sean Combs are among the many African Americans whose faces are seen and voices heard in The Black List Project. The images, photographic and filmed, are the core of the collaboration between Greenfield-Sanders and Mitchell that has resulted in The Black List: Volume One, an HBO documentary that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008 and was aired nationally for the first time in August 2008, and a multi-city museum exhibition. Event Website

This event runs through March 29, 2009

Ongoing Events

through November 22

Row Man Productions NYC & LSNelson Productions presents Missa Solemnis Or The Play About Henry

(TBG Theatre, 312 West 36th St, New York, NY 10018) On the morning of February 25, 2000, a young gay Mormon named Henry Stuart Matis drove to the Mormon Ward House in Los Altos, California, placed a gun to his head, and ended his life. This provocative drama is based on the actual events of his life in which he faced a tragic, false dilemma; either one is gay or one is Christian. Since he believed he was Christian, he thought he could not be gay. Trapped between his same sex attraction and the power of his LDS faith, Henry made the ultimate sacrifice, removing the chains of his mortality. ($18) Event Website

This event runs October 30 - November 22

through November 23

TWELFTH NIGHT

(Urban Stages, 259 West 30th St, New York, NY 10001) The Queen’s Company brings you an exciting new production of Shakespeare’s delightful comedic masterpiece of mistaken identity and obsessive love. Featuring our celebrated all-female cast, Twelfth Night interweaves lip-synched musical numbers with Shakespeare's witty words of danger & desire, happy ending guaranteed! Event Website

This event runs November 8 - 23

through November 26

Hugh McMahon's Pumpkin Gallery

(Chelsea Market, 75 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011) Walk through the temporary gallery of Chelsea Market's resident gourd-artist, Hugh McMahon, which is located behind kicokids pop-up store. On Halloween, Hugh will be carving a giant pumpkin before your very eyes. (Free) Event Website

This event runs October 5 - November 26

through December 2

16th Annual CANSTRUCTION 2008

(World Financial Center Courtyard Gallery, 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281) Canstruction features dozens of installations made with canned food, aiming for such prizes as Best Meal, Best Use of Labels, and Structural Ingenuity while also raising awareness of world hunger. All canned food used in the canstructions and given at the door will be donated to City Harvest. (FREE with one can of food) Event Website

This event runs November 20 - December 2

through December 6

GOTHAM INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS SERIES

(Various Locations) The Gotham Independent Film Awards, selected by distinguished juries and presented in New York City, the home of independent film, are the first honors of the film awards season. This public showcase honors the filmmaking community, expands the audience for independent films, and supports the work that IFP does behind the scenes throughout the year to bring such films to fruition. The festival includes awards presentations, film screenings, networking receptions, panel discussions, and more. Event Website

This event runs November 20 - December 6

through December 13

Gail Thacker The Last Polaroids

(Safe-T Gallery, 111 Front St, Gallery 214, New York, NY 11201) In the 1980’s, Gail Thacker began to use the inherent instability of Polaroid film as an active component in her portrait and landscape images. By deliberately evading the fixing protocols for her negatives, and placing them aside for as long as a year after exposure, her negatives accumulated a series of changes and distortions. Then in early 2008 the Polaroid Corporation announced that it would no longer manufacture its signature self-developing film. This exhibit features some of Thacker's last expressions -- portraits from the theatrical, gay and transgressive worlds of New York -- in this unusually creative and rich medium. Event Website

This event runs November 6 - December 13

through December 13

Maxine Fine A Retrospective

(gallery onetwentyeight, 128 Rivington St, New York, NY 10002) Maxine Fine’s painting, sculpture, and photography are brought together for the first time in a memorial exhibition celebrating the artist’s life and dedication to her art. Fine was born in 1942 and lived in NYC in the 70’s and early 80’s. A pioneer of the Feminist and Lesbian Art Movements, Fine’s work, a visual memoir at once achingly intimate and overwhelming in scale, explores concerns of communal significance – gender, childhood, sexuality, illness, spirituality, and mortality – articulating a shift of focus in the art world. Event Website

This event runs November 12 - December 13

through December 20

Cindy Sherman

(Metro Pictures, 519 West 24th St, New York, NY 10011) For her first exhibition of new work since 2004, Cindy Sherman will show a series of color photographs that continues her investigation into distorted ideas of beauty, self-image and aging. Typical of Sherman, these works are at once alarming and amusing, distasteful and poignant. As her own model for more than 30 years, Sherman has developed an extraordinary relationship with her camera. A remarkable performer, subtle distortions of her face and body are captured on camera and leave the artist unrecognizable to the audience. Her ability to drastically manipulate her age or weight, or coax the most delicate expressions from her face, is uncanny. Opening: Friday, November 14, 6-8pm. Event Website

This event runs November 15 - December 20

through December 21

CAKE BOMB

This event runs November 21 - December 21

through December 30

The Radio City Christmas Spectacular

(Radio City Music Hall, 1260 6th Ave, New York, NY 10020) See the world famous Radio City Rockettes is an unparalleled show featuring the Rockettes signature eye high kicks, and precision choreography in multiple show stopping numbers including; the legendary "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers", and "New York at Christmas," a dynamic holiday celebration. Audiences of all ages will delight in this multifaceted spectacular including Santa flying high above the crowd, childhood dreams coming true in the Nutcracker and touched as the true meaning of Christmas is brought to life with the awe-inspiring Living Nativity - the beautiful story of the first Christmas. Event Website

This event runs November 7 - December 30

through December 31

For the Guggenheim

(Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128) (Fridays, 6:30 - 11pm) In celebration of the three year restoration and as a tribute to Mr. Lewis, artist Jenny Holzer created a site-specific light projection entitled For the Guggenheim for the facade of the newly restored museum. This video presents an opportunity to view an excerpt from Holzer’s transformative work, which casts large-scale texts directly onto Frank Lloyd Wright’s curving architecture. Suffused with a play of light and changing language, the building and its surroundings become an environment for looking, discussion, and gathering. Event Website

This event runs September 26 - December 31

through December 31

NYC Goes Orange

(All around NYC!) During the Food Bank's annual NYC Goes Orange campaign, individual New Yorkers and our partners come together to "Go Orange" -- the color of hunger awareness -- in support of the 3.1 million New Yorkers who struggle to afford food. Events include food samplings, food drives, auctions and dining events. Event Website

This event runs October 20 - December 31

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

through December 31

A Tale of Two Cities

(Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036) Previews begin August 19, Opens September 18. This is a new musical based on the Charles Dickens novel “A Tale of Two Cities.” Event Website

This event runs August 19 - December 31

through December 31

Previews of 25th Anniversary Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening

(47th St Theater, 304 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036) Opens October 2. Spoofs of the season include Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Grease: You’re the One That We Want, Legally Blonde and Frost/Nixon. Event Website

This event runs September 4 - December 31

through December 31

Billy Elliot the Musical

(The Imperial Theatre, 249 West 45th St, New York, NY 10036) Previews begin October 1, opens November 13. The story follows Billy’s journey after stumbling across a ballet class while on his way to a boxing lesson, realizing that his future lay not in the boxing ring but on stage. Event Website

This event runs October 1 - December 31

through December 31

Equus

(Broadhurst Theatre, 235 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036) Equus tells the story of a stable boy and the psychiatrist who tries to unravel the religious and sexual mystery that ensues when the troubled teenager blinds six horses. Event Website

This event runs September 5 - December 31

through January 4, 2009

The Dead Sea Scrolls: Mysteries of the Ancient World

(The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10128) In 1947, a significant discovery of ancient Jewish texts was made in a cave near the Dead Sea. These and other Dead Sea Scrolls found later have shed light on the major transformations and debates that occurred in ancient worship during the first centuries BCE and CE, that contributed to the development of early Judaism and Christianity. This exhibition will present six Dead Sea Scrolls complemented by objects excavated from the site near where they were found. Three of the scrolls have never been exhibited. Event Website

This event runs September 21, 2008 - January 4, 2009

through January 4, 2009

Hairspray with Harvey Fierstein

(Neil Simon Theatre, 250 West 52nd St, New York, NY 10019) In Hairspray it's 1962 - the '50s are out and change is in the air. Baltimore's Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, has only one passion -- to dance. Catch the show before the curtains close on this classic favorite. Event Website

This event runs November 11, 2008 - January 4, 2009

through January 4, 2009

Wintuk from Cirque Du Soleil

(WAMU Theater, 4 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001) Wintuk is an exciting winter adventure about a boy's quest for snow. This celebration of winter weaves thrilling acrobatics, breathtaking theatrical effects and memorable songs into an extraordinairy journey to an imaginary land called Wintuk. The boy and his companions - a mysterious female shaman, a fearless young girl and a yellow-bellied man - deliver endless excitement, exhilaration and intrigue. Event Website

This event runs October 30, 2008 - January 4, 2009

through January 5, 2009

Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night

(MoMA, 11 West 53 St, New York, NY 10019) This exhibit examines Van Gogh's nocturnal interiors and landscapes, which often combine with other longstanding themes of his art -- the encroachment of modernity on the rural scene. Event Website

This event runs September 21, 2008 - January 5, 2009

through January 7, 2009

Catherine Opie: American Photographer

(Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128) Since the early 1990s, Catherine Opie has produced a complex body of photographic work, adopting such diverse genres as studio portraiture, landscape photography, and urban street photography to explore notions of communal, sexual, and cultural identity. From her early portraits of transgender people and performance artists to her expansive urban landscapes of cities like Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and New York, Opie has offered profound insights into the conditions in which communities form and the terms in which they are defined. Event Website

This event runs September 26, 2008 - January 7, 2009

through January 9, 2009

Ice Rink at Rockefeller Center

(Rockefeller Center, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, 5th to 7th Aves, 47 to 51st Sts, New York, NY 10111) The most famous city rink of them all. ($9.50+, skate rental $8) Event Website

This event runs November 7, 2008 - January 9, 2009

through January 11, 2009

Gilbert & George

(Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238) The Brooklyn Museum is the final venue of an international tour of the first retrospective in more than twenty years of work by the internationally acclaimed artists Gilbert & George. The exhibition comprises more than eighty pictures created since 1970, among them more than a dozen that are only in the Brooklyn presentation. The exhibition traces their stylistic and emotional evolution through their pictures and art in other media, ranging from charcoal on paper sculpture from the early 1970s to postcard pieces to ephemera dating back to the 1960s. Event Website

This event runs October 3, 2008 - January 11, 2009

through January 18, 2009

Big Apple Circus

(Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023) From clowning to capering canines and prancing horses, Big Apple Circus is simply tons of fun. Event Website

This event runs October 23, 2008 - January 18, 2009

through January 23, 2009

HEYDAY: Frederick W. Glasier's American Circus: 1890 - 1925

(UBS Art Gallery, 1285 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019) More than 60 photographs and approximately a dozen lithographic posters that depict the circus coming to town, performances of spectacular feats, and the behind-the-scenes life of circus members. HEYDAY will highlight the rediscovered work of Frederick W. Glasier, who photographed the circus and served as the official photographer for the Barnum & Bailey Circus on-and-off for three decades. Event Website

This event runs November 13, 2008 - January 23, 2009

through January 25, 2009

Street Art, Street Life

(Bronx Museum, 1040 Grand Concourse at 165th St, Bronx, NY 10456) Photography, film, installation art and more by artists including Vito Acconci, Martha Rosler and David Hammons on the subject of the street as a source of inspiration. Event Website

This event runs September 14, 2008 - January 25, 2009

through January 27, 2009

The Pond at Bryant Park

(Bryant Park, 25 West 40th St, New York, NY 10018) (Sun - Thurs: 8am - 10pm; Fri & Sat: 8am - 12am) The Pond at Bryant Park is Manhattan's first and only free admission ice skating rink. Back for its fourth season, The Pond is fast becoming one of NYC's most treasured winter destinations. Whether you enjoy a day of family skating, share a romantic evening spinning under the stars, celebrate the holidays at a company bash, or join us for the many special events and ice activities this season, The Pond truly offers a bit of magic for everyone. (Free) Event Website

This event runs October 27, 2008 - January 27, 2009

through February 21, 2009

Gothic: Dark Glamour

(FIT, 27th St & 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001) Set in theatrical mise-en-scene suggesting iconic gothic settings, such as the labyrinth, the ruined castle and the laboratory, more than 75 ensembles will be on display. Although popularly identified with black-clad teenagers and rock musicians, gothic fashion is represented in this exhibition with looks by designers such as Alexander McQueen, John Galliano of Christian Dior, Rick Owens, Gareth Pugh, Anne Demeulemeester, Anna Sui, Olivier Theyskens, Ricardo Tischi of Givenchy, Jun Takahashi of Undercover, and Yohji Yamamoto, as well as sub-cultural styles, such as "old-school goth," cyber-goth, and the Japanese look of Elegant Gothic Lolitas. (Free) Event Website

This event runs September 5, 2008 - February 21, 2009

through February 22, 2009

Paris/New York: Design Fashion Culture 1925-1940

(Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10029) The 1920s and ‘30s witnessed a burst of creative energy in the fields of architecture, design, and fashion. Shaping new styles of buildings and furnishings, redefining fashion, and giving visual form to avant-garde performing arts, architects and designers forged a still-influential modern aesthetic. The era’s most creative figures rarely worked in isolation, preferring instead to participate in international dialogues that crossed national boundaries and linked capital cities in collaborative artistic enterprise. Between the world wars, no two cities engaged in a more fertile conversation than Paris, capital of 19th-century refinement, and New York, the upstart challenger that represented 20th-century dynamism. Event Website

This event runs October 3, 2008 - February 22, 2009

through March 29, 2009

The Black List Project

This event runs November 21, 2008 - March 29, 2009

through April 6, 2009

Staten Island War Memorial Ice Skating Rink

(War Memorial Ice Skating Rink, 1321 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10301) (Friday: 4pm - 8pm. Saturday: 12pm - 4pm and 7pm -) ($8; $5 skate rental) (718-720-1010) Event Website

This event runs October 31, 2008 - April 6, 2009

through May 2, 2009

The Sex Lives of Animals

(Museum of Sex, 233 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016) A male bonobo shrewdly soliciting sex in exchange for sugar cane. Two female bonobos blissfully engaging in genito-genital (G-G) rubbing. The strenuous coupling of endangered Panda bears. Encounter these creatures and others so vivid in their portrayal that they will likely feel as though they have unwittingly begun a voyeuristic journey into the wild. Event Website

This event runs July 24, 2008 - May 2, 2009

through May 2, 2009

NYC Opera 2008 - 2009 Season Begins

(Various Locations Five Boroughs) New York City Opera begins an exciting year of transition as the company’s home at Lincoln Center, the New York State Theater, undergoes major renovations. During the renovations, City Opera will take to the road, bringing live music and provocative cultural conversation to more than fourteen different venues in all five boroughs of New York City. Through concerts, showcases, multi-media presentations, talks, panels, and film screenings, City Opera will celebrate opera’s surprisingly central role in contemporary culture, and will provide a preview of future seasons. Event Website

This event runs November 2, 2008 - May 2, 2009

through August 16, 2009

Climate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future

(American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023) This exhibition will examine one of the most pressing scientific issues of our time -- the massive, human-induced warming of Earth, a phenomenon that could lead to drought, rising sea levels, heavy storms, and other events with potentially dire impacts on the health of society and the natural world. Explore the science, history, and impact of climate change, and find out ways in which individuals, communities and nations can reduce their carbon footprints. Event Website

This event runs October 18, 2008 - August 16, 2009

Recurring Events this Friday

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

CBST Shabbat Services

(CBST, 296 9th Ave, at 28th St, New York, NY 10001) (7pm) Event Website

This event runs Fridays

Flirt at Rififi

(Rififi, 332 E. 11th St, Between 1st and 2nd Ave., New York, NY 10003) (11pm) The Only Free, Gay AND Lesbian Friday night dance party in NYC. The night at Rififi features hot Go-Gos, the best DJs, crazy drink specials and NO cover charge. (Free)

This event runs Fridays