Saturday, June 27, 2015

Pride day March!!! Join us to celebrate!!!

BECOME A PART OF THE BIGGEST PRIDE CELEBRATION IN THE WORLD!
The first March was held in 1970 and has since become an annual civil rights demonstration. Over the years its purpose has broadened to include recognition of the fight against AIDS and to remember those we have lost to illness, violence and neglect.

The March is a celebration of our lives and our community. In 2014, we were joined by over 325 unique marching contingents, representing a vast array of non-profits, community organizations, corporate sponsors, small businesses, political candidates and activists! With over 55 floats making the trek down Fifth Avenue, last year's March was one of the largest and most exciting in history.

Grand Marshals





SIR DEREK JACOBI is one of the most celebrated actors from the UK, having won numerous awards—including Tonys, Oliviers, Emmys, and BAFTAs—for his work in theatre, film, and television. Currently starring alongside Ian McKellen in Vicious, a PBS sitcom about two bickering old partners in London, Derek is an openly gay actor who has been with his partner, Richard Clifford, for 38 years. His extensive list of acting credits includes Last Tango to Halifax, Grace of Monaco, The King’s Speech, The Golden Compass, Gladiator, Gosford Park, Doctor Who, Frasier, The Borgias, and he has starred in some of Shakespeare’s most iconic roles on stage including Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth.

SIR IAN MCKELLEN is an international acting star with more than 50 acting awards and hundreds of roles under his belt. He is particularly well loved for his roles as Magneto in the X-Men films and Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films. Ian is starring alongside Derek Jacobi in PBS’s Vicious as a gay character, which he also did in 1993’s And The Band Played On, a film about the origin of the AIDS crisis. Ian came out in 1988 and helped found Stonewall UK. Ian has extensive stage experience and recently delighted New York audiences alongside Stewart in Waiting for Godot and No Man’s Land.



KASHA JACQUELINE NABAGESERA is the founder and Executive Director of the LGBT rights organization Freedom & Roam Uganda (FARUG). Since 1999, she has been one of the foremost leaders of the LGBT movement in Uganda, where homosexuality is illegal. She helped open Uganda’s first bar for LGBT people and in 2014 she helped organize the very first Pride Festival in Uganda. A frequent speaker at international human rights conferences, Kasha has been recognized numerous times for her pioneering approach to stopping homophobia in her home country and worldwide.

J. CHRISTOPHER NEAL is originally from Detroit and now lives in Brooklyn. Chris is a visual artist, educator, and the founder of the upstart organization FluidBiDesign, committed to the psychological, physical, and emotional health and well being of all men, but specifically men of African descent who conceive of their identities—inclusive of their sexuality but not limited to—as “fluid.” Its central focus is in promoting open dialogue, awareness, compassion, acceptance, increased knowledge, and understanding.

Judges & Announcers

Judges and announcers will be decided in April of 2015. If you have an interest in being a judge or announcer for 2015, please email march@nycpride.org.

Announcer Locations:

36th St. and Fifth Ave.
25th St. and Fifth Ave.
8th Street and Fifth Ave.
Christopher and Bleecker streets

Judging Categories:

Best Use of NYC Pride theme
Best Float
Best Performance
Best Representation of LGBT Community
Best Dressed
Most Original
Best Use of Rainbow Colors

Awards will be announced at our annual Volunteer Party. The date of the annual Volunteer Party for 2015 has not been set. Stay tuned for further details.

Registrant Policies

NYC Pride seeks to provide a safe space and ensure equitable participation in the March for all registered groups. Prior to registration, you should familiarize yourself with the 2015 March Rules and our March Participation Frequently Asked Questions. You will be responsbile for ensuring all your group members follow these rules and guidelines. If you have questions or would like additional information, please email us at march-help@nycpride.org.

Guaranteed Parking

We have partnered with Parking Panda, the nationwide leader in online parking reservations, to allow visitors to purchase guaranteed parking near NYC Pride events. View real-time availability and pricing at many locations within easy walking distance to the festivities.

Once purchased, parking is 100% guaranteed even if the location otherwise fills up. Simply present your purchase confirmation at the selected location, and this serves as your payment with no additional payments or fees ever. Parking availability is very limited, so it is strongly recommended that you purchase your parking in advance, if driving.

Friday, June 26, 2015

UniCredit music festival

UniCredit Festival Night
Saturday, July 4, 2015
UniCredit Festival Night with a total of 12 venues - in the five yards, the HVB Forum, in the Kardinal-Faulhaber -Straße, in the Salvator Church and in the Munich Literature House - present prominent artists highlights from opera, concert, song and literature. By doing this year: state director Nikolaus Bachler, writer and literary critic Elke Heidenreich, tenor Joseph Kaiser, Star-baritone Nikolay Borchev and Thomas J. Mayer, soprano Iulia Maria Dan, Opera Brass, OPERcussion, the A Cappella band VIVA VOCE - winners of the Youth Cultural Sponsorship Program HypoVereinsbank, the Children's Choir and the Opera Studio of the Bavarian State Opera, ATTACCA - the Youth Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, and other soloists of the Bavarian State Orchestra and the Munich Opera Festival 2015th

Monday, June 22, 2015

Movies in Bryant park on Monday!

HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival Lawn Area Access
For the protection of all Film Festival attendees, all bags, briefcases, backpacks, etc. will be inspected before entering the Lawn Area (the Lawn and surrounding gravel area).
The gravel area surrounding the Lawn opens at 4:00pm. The Lawn opens at 5:00pm.
Should you leave the Lawn Area, all packages, bags, etc. will be inspected again upon re-entry.
The checkpoints are necessary to safeguard all those in attendance at the HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival.
Enjoy the film!

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Happy solstice!! enjoy free concerts in NYC

The summerstage city parks concert series continues its 30th season of free music, dance, comedy and theater programs with group meditation (sat, central park), jungle, ibeyi and sunni colón (sat, central park), the bullitts, dj spinna, and a screening of they die by dawn (sun, herbert von king park)
http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/summerstage/

Make music
more than 1,200 free concerts take over streets, sidewalks and parks across the boroughs for the the ninth annual make music new york festival. special events include: punk island (100 punk bands perform for 10 hours on seven stages on staten island’s coast guard pier), street studios (12 small sidewalk recording studios), mass appeal (hundreds of musicians perform music written for a specific instrument), silent yoga and silent dance parties in dumbo,

Taste of jewish culture street fair: food beyond bagels and bialys (although there will be plenty of that), music, dancing and more. sixth ave @ 46th st.

5pm-dusk: summer solstice at socrates sculpture park: art and instrument-making workshops, a solstice ritual, music by the queens symphony orchestra

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

All the Shakespeares in all the parks!!!

1---Shakespeare in the park, Romeo and Juliet/Much ado about nothing at 6:30 in 83 st and the west side of central park
https://www.facebook.com/BarefootShakespeareCo

2---The North Patio of the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
in Riverside Park
W. 89th St. and Riverside Drive
http://www.hudsonwarehouse.net/
Henry IV Part 1
By Wm. Shakespeare
Directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith
June 4th - June 28th, 2015
Thursday – Sunday at 6:30pm

3---William Shakespeare's
The Taming of the Shrew
7 - 9 PM

CENTRAL PARK
(Enter at West 103rd Street & Central Park West)
PREVIEWS:
Tuesday - Sunday, May 26 - 31
PERFORMANCES:
Thursdays - Sundays, June 4 - June 28

Family Workshops
June 6, 7, 13 & 14 at 5 PM

PROSPECT PARK
(Enter at Grand Army Plaza)
Tuesdays & Wednesdays
June 23, 24, 30 & July 1

TEARDROP PARK,
(Enter at North End Ave. btw Murray & Warren Sts.)
Wednesday, July 8
Friday - Sunday, July 10, 11 & 12

Measure for Measure
7 - 9 PM

THE BATTERY
(Battery Park)
(Meet in front of Castle Clinton)
PREVIEWS:
Tuesday - Sunday, July 14 - July 19
PERFORMANCES:
Tuesdays - Sundays, July 21 - August 9

BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK
Tuesday & Wednesday, August 11 - 12
Friday - Sunday, August 14 - 16

4---The tempest in Central park 7 pm
apply on the virtual lottery or go at 9 am to do the line
"As conjured by the director, MICHAEL GREIF, and a crack technical team of aesthetic sorcerers, this “Tempest” is lovely to behold and often ILLUMINATING about the patterns that shape this curious, genre-defying tale of revenge and reconciliation on theater’s ultimate fantasy island.”
– The New York Times
at The Delacorte.

NEXT AT THE DELACORTE:
Teagle F. Bougere, Kate Burton, Raúl Esparza, David Furr, Hamish Linklater, Jacob Ming-Trent, Patrick Page, Lily Rabe, and Steven Skybell in CYMBELINE directed by Daniel Sullivan.
July 23 - August 23

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Wednesday 17th Phillarmonic orchestra concert at Central park

6/17 8pm (thru 6/19 + 6/22-24): the new york philharmonic performs free outdoor concerts in each borough followed by fireworks for the 50th annual concerts in the parks series. (note: the staten island performance is indoors and requires an rsvp to secure a seat.) tonight: central park’s great lawn

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Arab street festival, jazz in governors island, salsa in central park

Join us for the 13th Annual #ArabStreetFestival, a monumental occasion you won't want to miss!

Join us, rain or shine, to celebrate our culture, listen to great music, eat delicious food, do a little shopping and meet new people!

What: 13th Annual Cultural Street Festival
When: Saturday, June 13, 2015
Time: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Location: Great Jones St. btw Broadway and Lafayette St.
Subways: N,R,W @ Prince St., 6 @ Bleecker St., F, B, D @ Broadway-Lafayette

Check out the list for a taste of performances:
* Freedom Dabka Group
* Ahlam Tunisia
* Fares "Al Iraqi" Jaber
* DJ Ibrahim
* Naela Saman Zeidan
* Yasir Abu Zahab Al Masry
* Saada Said

For more information:
http://www.naaponline.org/events-initiatives/events/#id=141&cid=559&wid=501

For Vendor Booths - http://naapfestival2015.eventbrite.com/

For sponsorship opportunities:
http://www.naaponline.org/events-initiatives/events/#id=141&cid=559&wid=501

Sponsored by Western Union, SLING TV and Arab America


Jazz Age Lawn Party is New York City’s original prohibition era inspired gathering. Hosted and conceived by Michael Arenella, the event started as a small gathering of perhaps fifty friends and fans. The event, initially produced by the island, was handed over to Michael in its third year to organize and grow. Under his watch, the event was carefully crafted and nurtured, becoming what is now referred to by The Wall Street Journal as, “the biggest (not to mention the cleanest and most family-oriented) regular event in the ‘Retro Noveau’ movement...” It was at this time that St-Germain joined forces with The Lawn Party, delightfully whetting the whistles of fops and flappers with their refreshing summer cocktails.
Selected by The New York Times as one of the most memorable events of 2011 and 2012, The Jazz Age Lawn Party offers a magical opportunity to travel back in time. Two weekends a year, guests are invited to discover and experience one of the most colorful and formative epochs in American history. Free ferry at 10-11:30

Salsa rueda in the Park 6 to 9 pm, at the Bethesda Terrance, 77 st.

Shakespeare in the park, Romeo and Juliet at 6:30 in 83 st and the west side of central park

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Shakespeare at the Hudson river

The North Patio of the
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
in Riverside Park
W. 89th St. and Riverside Drive

Henry IV Part 1
By Wm. Shakespeare
Directed by Nicholas Martin-Smith
June 4th - June 28th, 2015
Thursday – Sunday at 6:30pm

Sunday, June 7, 2015

Eldridge museum event Sunday

June 7 from 12 pm to 4 pm
Egg Rolls & Egg Creams Festival — and introducing Empanadas!

Egg Rolls & Egg Creams Festival — and introducing Empanadas!
This year, our signature festival celebrating Jewish and Chinese culture will expand to also feature the food, music and folk arts of the Puerto Rican community of our neighborhood. Enjoy Chinese opera, klezmer and salsa and plena music; Yiddish, Mandarin and Spanish lessons; Hebrew and Chinese scribal art, Puerto Rican mask making, mah jongg and, of course, egg rolls, egg creams and empanadas – all kosher! Plus so much more! Don’t miss New York City’s best block party, a cross-cultural celebration of the Jewish, Chinese and Puerto Rican communities of our unique Lower East Side neighborhood.

Check out a photo gallery of all the amazing festival activities.

This event is free!
Funding for the Egg Rolls & Egg Creams Festival is provided in part by NYC & Co. Foundation/MBPO Cultural Tourism, New York City Council/The Honorable Margaret Chin, Valley National Bank, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Thanks to Brooklyn Seltzer Boys and Fox's U-Bet for their kosher food

Friday, June 5, 2015

Bushwick Open Studios

Bushwick Open Studios (BOS) is a three-day arts and culture festival, hosted annually by the volunteer organization Arts in Bushwick (AiB). Now in its ninth year, this celebration of our neighborhood’s vibrant community and local art scene is free and open to the public. The festival will take place from June 5-7, 2015. Open studios hours vary per artist, so check the directory for precise times. Most studios are open 12pm – 7pm on Saturday and Sunday.

BOS is New York’s largest open studios event, encouraging hundreds of artists to open their doors and share their work. Additionally, visitors can enjoy a series of events, performances, and panels, coordinated by AiB. Participating artists, spaces, and events are listed in the official BOS directory online, on our iPhone app, and in our printed map book. The free printed map will be available to pick up at official BOS 2015 HUB spaces during the festival.



LaunchSeekingSpace2015

BOS 2015 Launch Party and Seeking Space Exhibition
Presented by Tumblr
Be Electric
1298 Willoughby Ave.
Friday, June 5, 8pm
Bar provided by Pine Box Rock Shop. Beer from Brooklyn Brewery, with drinks and mixers from Bruce Cost Ginger Ale. Digital photo-booth from the BOSCO.

Now celebrating its 6th year, Seeking Space, the official group art show of Bushwick Open Studios will be hosted at Be Electric, one of Bushwick’s premier photo studios and venue spaces. The event will kick off with the BOS 2015 Launch Party on Friday, June 5, from 7-12am.

Seeking Space is curated from a pool of open-call submissions, attracting international and local talent in a variety of mediums. The exhibition will remain on view for the duration of the festival, Saturday, June 6 – Sunday, June 7, from 12-7pm.

CommuntiyDay2015

BOS 2015 Community Day
Presented by Blick Art Materials
Maria Hernandez Park
Knickerbocker Ave. at Starr St.
Saturday, June 6, 11am – 4pm

Produced with generous support from Blick Art Materials, Community Day is a family-friendly event for neighbors and visitors to learn more about the Bushwick community, and the many valuable services and programs that local organizations offer. Coinciding with the opening of the Bushwick Farmers’ Market season, this year’s event focuses on the intersection of Arts & Wellness.

Featuring visual art, agriculture, dance, hip-hop, spoken-word, theater, yoga, performance art, music, and much more, it is the goal of AiB to provide a space for Bushwick community organizations, artists, individuals, and not-for-profits to showcase their incredible talents and programs through interactive projects during Bushwick Open Studios.

*In case of rain Community Day will be held at Hope Gardens Community Center, 422 Central Ave.

ClosingPartyCinemaSunday2015

BOS 2015 Closing Party and CinemaSunday
Bushwick Community Darkroom
110 Troutman St.
Sunday, June 7, 2pm-2am
Bar provided by Pine Box Rock Shop. Beer from Sixpoint Brewery. Appetizers provided by Mominette and Bushwick Bakery.

For the third year, Cinema Sunday, Bushwick Open Studio’s resident film showcase, will present an evening of two innovative short film programs, screening movies that have been featured in nation-wide showcases, now, in the very community they were created. After the screenings, guests will gather with neighbors and fellow artists to celebrate the closing of BOS 2015.

FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy.

FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy. It's a free, annual celebration of participatory art and culture where everything is possible. For one weekend each summer, it transforms Governors Island into a large-scale collaborative artwork - and then it's gone.

When: Saturday, June 6 — 10AM – 6PM Sunday, June 7 — 10AM – 6PM

Where: Governors Island, NYC… a short ferry-ride from lower Manhattan and Brooklyn! Click here for directions.

How Much: FREE! FIGMENT is a free, non-profit event, and we do not accept corporate sponsorships.

What to Bring: Whatever you need for a day of fun. For specific ideas or if you have specific questions, view our list! Note: The event is rain-or-shine. If the forecast calls for rain, be prepared to hide – or dance – under porches, arches, and umbrellas while the clouds pass.

What to Expect: Art and activities in every medium available… especially the art and activities that YOU bring! Feel free to see a full schedule of all the 2014 registered artwork and activities. In addition, we invite iPhone users to install the FIGMENT iPhone App – which you can download for free from the App Store.

FIGMENT Reminders: To make sure you and all other visitors have a fun and safe experience, please keep the following in mind:
1 It is NOT SAFE to CLIMB the art
2 YOUR child = YOUR responsibility
3 TREAT the art like it was your HOME
4 It is NEVER "just you" doing it!
5 THINK before you ACT
6 Make the art look even BETTER for the NEXT VISITOR

How to Help: We invite people to sign up to volunteer to help at the event, and sign up for our email list for continued opportunities to help out throughout the year. If you enjoy your experiences at FIGMENT, please make a donation to help us realize our next event!

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Tango at Bryant park at 6 pm today

Dancing in Bryant Park
A social dance party after work — featuring popular dance instructors plus an incredible band each week — hosted and produced by Talia Castro-Pozo. Salsa, Swing, Tango, and much more. From novices to experts
June 3 Tango
The NY Tango Quartet (www.emiliosolla.com)
From the classics of the great tango orchestras to Piazzolla plus deft improvisation, the Quartet creates a brilliant new experience.
Dance instructors: Mariana Parma and Hernan Brizuela