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Most cities in the US will celebrate Gay Pride this month and the mother of them all– Gay Pride Week 2008-New York City (also known as Heritage of Pride)– is less than a week away! This year, the New York gay community has a little extra to celebrate with New York’s recognition of same-sex […]
New York City’s Heritage of Pride celebrations aren’t scheduled to begin until June 22nd, but there are plenty of pride events going on this weekend to prepare you for the mother of them all… New York’s Gay Pride March.
“Live, Love, Be” is the theme of this year’s Brooklyn Pride event. There is a […]
Shakespeare in the Park it is not. For something a little more avant garde, try Shakespeare under the bridge… the Brooklyn Bridge, that is.
Polish theater company TR Warszawa and director Grzegorz Jarzyna breathe new life into Shakespeare’s Macbeth with performances at St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO, Brooklyn. This Shakespeare classic tragedy will be presented […]
ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars has just crowned a new champion. But if you’re going through withdrawals from Dancing With the Stars, why don’t you dance under the stars?
The dance that has been called a “three minute love affair” is returning to Central Park again this summer. Central Park Tango, a free dance […]
Visit the rainforest of Brazil without leaving the jungle of New York City. Amazônia Brasil has a four-part exhibit that provides insight into the complex Amazon of Brazil. Learn about how climate change is affecting the diverse ecosystem of the rainforest, visit a re-creation of an Amazon village, and meet indigenous artisans and shamans.
Amazônia […]
The warm, beautiful weather we have had recently in New York has given us the hope that we can put away our big coats and boots. This last week I walked the streets of Soho to see what spring fashion trends I am seeing on the locals on the streets of New York City.
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The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival debuted Wednesday night with the lukewarm reception of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s comedy, Baby Mama. This weekend, marking the first full weekend of festivities, more independent, foreign films will make their New York, North American, and World Debuts.
As I sit here in a Tribeca coffee shop, cinemaphiles to […]
The Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) kicks off next week, Wednesday, April 23rd and individual tickets will be available to the general public starting tomorrow, Saturday April 18th. This is your chance to be part of the downtown event that Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro made famous.
There is something for everybody at this year’s […]
Spring is “film festival season” in New York and today marks the opening of the Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY). The film festival celebrates the best of Latin America cinema featuring films from Cuba, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America. The festival runs until Thursday, April 17th.
Tonight’s opening film, La Noche de […]
The 15th Annual New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) started yesterday, April 9, in New York and will run through May 26th. The festival features over 40 films from 22 African countries.
The films in this year’s festival emphasize history and storytelling, technology and the future. This year’s theme, “Cinema and History: Africa and the […]
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