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Dog Day Afternoon Bryant Park |
Mon., July 6, 5:00pm |
Murray Hill |
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(Sidney Lumet, 1975).
Based on a real incident that occurred in 1972, this hilarious, often moving portrait of an incompetent unlikely gay bank robber who needs money to finance a sex-change operation for his lover scores on character detail and nuance. Al Pacino does a brilliantly feral turn... More>> |
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King Lear Castle Clinton |
Daily from Tue., June 23 until Tue., July 7 |
Financial District |
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New York Classical Theatre has figured out how to keep audiences awake during a Shakespeare play: running. For this production of King Lear, director Stephen Burdman actually directs the audience around the park from one scene to the next. Every 15 to 20 minutes, Lear and his three daughters... More>> |
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Liberty Open USTA National Tennis Center |
Daily from Fri., July 3 until Mon., July 6 |
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New Yorks annual gay and lesbian tennis tournament the Liberty Open was created in 1993 by the Metropolitan Tennis Group as part of the Gay and Lesbian Tennis Alliance (GLTA), which manages and sponsors an international coalition of tournaments. Played annually over the July Fourth... More>> |
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The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Daily from Wed., May 6 until Sun., August 9 |
East 80s |
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There are a slew of reality shows attempting to crown the next great supermodel, whose title was once held by the likes of Naomi Campbell, Cindy Crawford, and Linda Evangelista. But what these shows are really doing is churning out cloned beauties with zero charisma. So, what better time to... More>> |
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Peter Murphy Highline Ballroom |
Mon., July 6, 7:00pm more dates/times |
Chelsea |
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Peter Murphy may be the great Ziggy Stardust-like wailer who crooned "In the Flat Field" and "Bela Lugosi's Dead" for goth-rock gods Bauhaus, but Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans know the dark indie-pop/world music artist as the writer of the most awesome single "Cuts You Up." Revamping his solo... More>> |
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Kenneth Anger P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center |
Every week Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Sun., February 22 until Mon., September 14, 12:00am |
Long Island City |
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There are some artists who live through their artwork, and then there are some, like avant-garde film director, occultist, and scandalmaker Kenneth Anger, who simply are art. In his first major survey at a U.S. museum in more than a decade, P.S.1 examines the early works of Angers... More>> |
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Avedon Fashion, 1944–2000 International Center of Photography |
Daily from Fri., May 15 until Sun., September 6 |
West 40s |
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Continuing their "Year of Fashion" survey, the International Center of Photography opens two haute exhibits today. Avedon Fashion, 1944–2000 encompasses the wide-ranging career of Richard Avedon, who got his start at Harper's Bazaar at the age of 21. Revolutionizing the way models were... More>> |
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Dan Graham: Beyond Whitney Museum of American Art |
Daily from Thu., June 25 until Sun., October 11 |
East 80s |
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Opting to get his education in the New York art world instead of at college, Jersey boy Dan Graham moved to the city in the early-60s and began his career as a writer and founder of the short-lived John Daniels Gallery before moving on to create his own highly influential conceptual art.... More>> |
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HOT! Festival Dixon Place |
Daily from Wed., July 1 until Thu., August 6 |
Lower East Side |
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The homos are feelin hot, hot, hot again, and theyre letting off steam at Dixon Places annual HOT! Festival, a month-long showcase of queer performances. Even DPs new configuration (a 120-seat theater and a smaller lounge) isnt enough to contain the heat—HOT!... More>> |
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Laurel Nakadate Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects |
Daily from Fri., July 3 until Fri., July 24 |
Chelsea |
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One look at artist Laurel Nakadate, and youd think those long brown locks and seductive poses were straight out of an American Apparel ad. However, Nakadate isnt being directed to be sexy at all. Here, she calls the shots. Her latest exhibition, Fever Dreams at the Crystal Motel,... More>> |
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Looking at Music: Side 2 MoMA |
Daily from Wed., June 17 until Mon., November 30 |
West 50s |
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We know, we know—downtown's not what it used to be. But for those of us too young to remember the heyday of clubs like Max's Kansas City and CBGB, you won't likely get a better education on the good ol' days than at MOMA's Looking at Music: Side 2, an in-depth exhibit on the art and music... More>> |
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Singing Her to Sleep Giant Robot New York |
Daily from Sat., June 27 until Wed., July 15 |
East Village |
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Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, where castles grew out of flowers . . . Sounds lovely, doesn't it? See for yourself at Jack Long's latest exhibition Singing Her to Sleep, a fanciful collection of fairy tale-inspired pieces that explore everyone's need to escape reality and, you know,... More>> |
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Thank You, But Our Princess Is In Another Castle The Brick |
Daily from Thu., July 2 until Fri., July 17 |
Brooklyn |
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Video games can improve hand-eye coordination and boost visual skills they may even make you a better driver. But they havent proved a boon to theater until now. Eddie Kims new play matches four classical texts as performed by characters from World of Warcraft, Halo 3, and... More>> |
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Yinka Shonibare, MBE (Member of the British Empire). Brooklyn Museum |
Daily from Fri., June 26 until Sun., September 20 |
Prospect Heights |
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Caught between two worlds, artist Yinka Shonibare was born in the United Kingdom to Nigerian parents, who returned to Nigeria when he was three. At 17, he moved to London and, in art school, he began to create works that addressed his bicultural heritage and the politics of living in a... More>> |
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'Inside' NYU, Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo |
Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, 9:00am |
West Village |
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The Alex Stein Quartet Smalls |
Sun., July 5, 1:00am |
Greenwich Village |
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HBO SUMMER BRYANT PARK FILM FESTIVAL Bryant Park |
Mon., July 6 |
Murray Hill |
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Jim Campilongo+Kaz & the Silvertones+Gregory Douglass Living Room |
Mon., July 6, 7:00pm |
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Elizabeth Daniels Metropolitan Room |
Mon., July 6, 7:00pm |
Flatiron |
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Dominick Farinacci Birdland |
Mon., July 6, 7:00pm |
West 40s |
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Right On Dynamite+Deleted Scenes+Deep Sea Diver Union Hall |
Mon., July 6, 7:00pm |
Park Slope |
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Michael Sackler-Berner+Heylady Mercury Lounge |
Mon., July 6, 7:00pm |
East Village |
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The Steve Ash Trio Smalls |
Mon., July 6, 7:30pm more dates/times |
Greenwich Village |
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Asa (le) poisson rouge |
Mon., July 6, 8:00pm |
Greenwich Village |
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The Cowsills B.B. King Blues Club & Grill |
Mon., July 6, 8:00pm |
West 40s |
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