June 01, 2006

May 2008 New York City calendar of events

Sunday, May 11
Bronx Arts Ensemble Presents: Sleeping Beauty at the NY Botanical Garden
Mets vs. the Reds
John Treacy Egan, (from Broadway’s “The Little Mermaid”) at the Metropolitan Room
Brooklyn County Fair music at Galapagos
Second Sundays at the Guggenheim - for families (kids 5-10) – Stories in Art
Center for the Urban Environment walking tour: Richmond Hill, Featuring Guyanese Liberty Avenue
Mother’s Day March in Harlem from the foot of Mother Tubman’s statue, 122nd St., St. Nicholas Ave, and Frederick Douglass Blvd.
Mike Daisey’s How Theater Failed America at Joe’s Pub

Monday, May 12
Mets vs. Washington Nationals
A Celebration of Maurice Sendak with Tony Kushner at 92nd Street Y
Tegan & Sara play Terminal 5
La Fille du Régiment at the Met Opera
Avenue Q Swings concert at the Metropolitan Room
Playwriting master class at the Cherry Lane Theater with Harold Prince
Tuesday, May 13
Tony Award nominees announced at 8:30 a.m
Tickets go on sale for the Tony Awards ceremony at Radio City
Mets vs. Washington Nationals
Post war and contemporary art evening at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Rag-nation designer sale (through May 18)
Calçotada festival at Savoy restaurant, celebrating the traditional Catalan onion festival that marks the start of spring
Discussion: Andy Borowitz, Jeffrey Toobin, Susie Essman: Countdown to the Election at the 92nd St. Y
Riverkeeper's Annual Fishermen’s Ball honoring Patty Smyth McEnroe and John McEnroe at 6:30 p.m.
Municipal Art Society panel: Moynihan Station: What Needs to Happen Next
Seminars with Artists: James Welling and Walead Beshty at the Whitney at 7 p.m.
Verdi’s Macbeth at the Met Opera
Inspired by Kashmir: Works by New York City Students opens at the Asia Society (through Aug. 3)
Kids event (ages 4-6) Twinkling Stars at the American Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center Classroom
Wednesday, May 14
New York Photo Festival (through May 18)
Plácido Domingo in The First Emperor at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
GayFest theater festival (through June 15)
Mets vs. Washington Nationals
Back Forty's Calçotada Festival celebrating the traditional Catalan onion festival that marks the start of spring
Exploding Chinese Art: The Economy of Art/The Art of the Economy at the Guggenheim and Asia Society
Auction: Contemporary Art at Sothenby’s (and May 15)
Post war and contemporary art auctions at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Free food, drinks and entertainment at the Ultimate Canadian Room-With-A-View in a Rockefeller Center roof garden (and May 15)
NY Audubon’s Spring Migration Birdwalks in Central Park
Thursday, May 15
Taste of Tribeca
Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito at the Met Opera
Downtown Alliance’s free Third Thursdays lecture: David Rockwell and Rockwell Group: Inspiration, Imagination and Innovation. Location: Federal Hall
Mets vs. Washington Nationals
New York Academy of Science lecture: Taking Stock of New York City's Water, held at the Kimmel Center for Student Life, 60 Washington Square South
George Gershwin and Kay Swift: An Evening of Song and Television, with live performances by Christine Ebersole, Klea Blackhurst and Noah Racey at the Paley Center
Friday, May 16
Subway series: Yankees vs. Mets (through May 18)
Catholics in New York, 1808-1946 opens at the Museum of the City of New York (through Dec. 31)
“Arbus/Avedon/Model: Selections from the Bank of America LaSalle Collection,” “Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan,” and “Bill Wood's Business” open at the International Center of Photography (through Sept. 7)
Meatpacking District Design Week (through May 18)
Sip and Sail aboard the South Street Seaport Museum’s Pioneer from 7 to 9 .m.
Git-Hoan Dancers perform at the National Museum of the American Indian at 2 p.m.
Auction: African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art at Sothenby’s
Kathy Brier and Friends at the Metropolitan Room (and May 17)
Open Studio, Afternoons with Artists: Matthew Brannon at the Whitney at 2 p.m.
Greg Giraldo at Comix (and May 17)
Cask Ale Festival at the Brazen Head, Brooklyn (through May 18)
Sleepover at the American Museum of Natural History
“Heavy Light: Recent Photography and Video from Japan,” “Bill Wood's Business,” and “Arbus/Avedon/Model: Selections from the Bank of America LaSalle Collection” open at the International Center of Photography (through Sept. 7)
Free music Fridays at the American Folk Art Museum from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
La Fille du Régiment at the Met Opera
Saturday, May 17
The Horse opens at the American Museum of Natural History (through Jan. 4)
20th Annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair at the Javits (through May 20)
Plácido Domingo The First Emperor at the Met Opera at 1:30 p.m.
Verdi’s Macbeth at the Met Opera
Climb to the top of the Highbridge Water Tower at 10 a.m.
Walking tour ofQueens’ newest historic district: Sunnyside Gardens at 3:30 p.m.
Auction: Finest and Rarest Wines Including the Cellar of William S. Morris III and Wines Direct from Chateau Angelus and the Sir Peter and Lady Michael Foundation at Sothenby’s
Auction: Fine And Rare Wines Including Highlights From A Distinguished Private Collection at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Murray’s Cave Day cheese tour
NY Salsa Fiesta at Aviator Sports in Brooklyn from 7 p.m.
Children's Festival "Tenas Sun" Youth Day at the National Museum of the American Indian (and May 18)
Chinatown Walking Tours offered by the Museum of the Chinese in the Americas from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
“The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley” Center for the Arts on Staten Island
Re-creating Radio kids program at the Paley Center: “Robin Hood and Terrible Tom”
American Museum of Natural History’s Watershed Bus Tour of the Catskill watershed
Natalie Cole at the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts
Center for the Urban Environment walking tour: Rust and Remebrance: Bushwick's Southern End
Center for the Urban Environment walking tour: 5th Annual Sustainable Brooklyn Bike Tour: Green Manufacturing
Sunday, May 18
Working Harbor Day
Norwegian-American 17th of May Parade in Bay Ridge
Drama Desk Awards
AIDS Walk NY
Action/Abstraction Family Day at the Jewish Museum at noon
Greenwich Village Orchestra plays at Washington Irving Auditorium
Dorothy Parker Society’s Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour
ABIYOYOPALOOZA: African Music & Magic, a free music and storytelling event for pre-school and young school-age children at Prospect Park
Center for the Urban Environment walking tour: Horseshoe Crab Mating at Dead Horse Bay
Farmfest at the Queens County Farm Museum
Riverkeeper’s 19th Annual Shad Fest & Hudson River Celebration
92nd St. Y food tour: Blue Hill at Stone Barns

Monday, May 19
Project Shaw reading of “The Devil’s Disciple” at The Players on Gramercy Park South
Playwriting master class at the Cherry Lane Theater with Israel Horovitz
Free event at Apple Soho at 6:30 p.m.: Meet the Director: Uwe Boll, Postal
Manhattan Theatre Club Spring Gala
Tuesday, May 20
Broadway's Greatest Showstoppers at the NY Philharmonic with Marvin Hamlisch, Kristin Chenowethand Raúl Esparza
Mystery of the Caves class at Murray’s Cheese
Kids event (ages 4-6) Twinkling Stars at the American Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center Classroom
Auction: Important European Furniture, Works of Art, Ceramics, Carpets, And Glass at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
International Contemporary Furniture Fair opens to the public for the day at the Javits
Wednesday, May 21
U.S. Navy Fly Over Hudson River Airspace near Pier 90 for Fleet Week
NY Audubon’s Spring Migration Birdwalks in Central Park
Coney Island USA Gala
Free event at Apple Soho at 6:30 p.m.: Molly Wright Steenson on her mobile, web, and urban projects
Nice 'n' Easy: The Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman, at the Paley Center
Alexis Gershwin presents Gershwin Sings Gershwin at the Metropolitan Room (through May 23)
Arbiters of Style: Women at the Forefront of Fashion opens at the Museum at the Fashion Institute (through Nov. 8)
Auction: Important American Paintings, Drawings And Sculpture at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Free book event: Alison Hart and Abigail Thomas at the Montauk Club in Park Slope at 7 p.m.
Tossed Salad with Hedda Lettuce at Comix
Thursday, May 22
Brooklyn Bridge 125th Birthday Celebration (through May 26)
Sixth Annual New York Jets Taste of NFL Benefit at the Edison Ballroom
Stepya, a documentary on Icelandic art, screens at the Scandinavia House at 6:30 p.m.
Auction: Important English, Continental and American Silver at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Auction: American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture at Sothenby’s
Brooklyn Funk Essentials at the Highline Ballroom
David Yazbek In Concert in a benefit concert for Riverspace and Riverkeeper
Friday, May 23
8th International Toy Theater Festival
Ardeshir Mohassess: Art and Satire in Iran exhibition opens at the Asia Society (through Aug. 3)
Auction: American Indian Art at Sothenby’s
Whitney Live dance party with Matthew Brannon and Lucky Dragons
Book signing: Greg Girard, Phantom Shanghai at the International Center of Photography
Open Studio, Afternoons with Artists: Amie Siegel at the Whitney at 2 p.m.
Vietnam: A Memorial Work by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba (through Aug. 3)
Free music Fridays at the American Folk Art Museum from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Sleepover at the American Museum of Natural History
Saturday, May 24
125th anniversary of the grand opening of the Brooklyn Bridge
New York Air Show at Jones Beach State Park (and May 25)
Lady Liberty Swim
Moore in America: Monumental Sculpture opens at the NY Botanical Garden (through Nov. 2)
NY Audubon’s Bird Watching at Fresh Kills
Chinatown Walking Tours offered by the Museum of the Chinese in the Americas from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
Lizards and Snakes: Alive! reopens at the American Museum of Natural History (through Jan. 4)
Sunday, May 25
Spring Family Day at the Guggenheim
New York Marble Cemetery, the oldest public non-sectarian cemetery in New York City, is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
4th Annual Tour de Brooklyn bike ride

Monday, May 26
NY Philharmonic’s free Memorial Day Concert at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine at 8 p.m.
Met Museum open on a holiday Monday schedule for Memorial Day
Children’s Museum of Manhattan (normally closed for Mondays) is open for Memorial Day
Free 11th Annual Memorial Day Concert at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn
Mets vs. Florida Marlins
John Treacy Egan, (from Broadway’s “The Little Mermaid”) at the Metropolitan Room
Tuesday, May 27
Free Shakespeare in the Park season kicks off in Central Park with “Hamlet” (through June 29)
World Science Fest (through June 1)
Mets vs. Florida Marlins
White Castle celebrates National Hamburger Month by selling sliders for 27 cents, but only for 87 minutes, starting at 2 p.m.
Satya Graha Forum event: Reflections on Citizen Movements: Peace and Politics in the U.S and Japan, with Tom Hayden, James Orr and Amy Goodman
Wednesday, May 28
The Fifth Annual Walt Whitman Birthday Bash
Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival at the IFC Center at 7 p.m.
Mets vs. Florida Marlins
92nd St. Y food talks: Wine and Cheese Pairing
“Il matrimonio segreto” at BAM (through June 4)
Auction: Latin American Sale Evening Session Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Paley Center premiere: A Sundance Channel Exclusive Series
On the Road in America
Thursday, May 29
183rd Annual Invitational Exhibition of Conemporary Art opens at the at the National Academy Museum (through Sept. 7)
Auction: Latin American Art at Sothenby’s (and May 30)
Auction: Latin American Sale Day Session at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Paley Center premiere: Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives
with Mark Everett
Mets vs. L.A. Dodgers at 7:10 p.m.
Book event for Saree Makdisi's “Palestine Inside Out” at Book Culture at 7 p.m.
3-night Wine Camp in Long Island's Wine Country
Friday, May 30
One Step Beyond dance party at the American Museum of Natural History from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. (21 and over)
Mets vs. L.A. Dodgers
Open Studio, Afternoons with Artists: Jennifer Montgomery at the Whitney at 2 p.m.
Slavic Soul Party at the Highline Ballroom
Works & Process Armitage Gone! Dance at the Guggenheim (and May 31)
Paul F. Tompkins at Comix (and May 31)
Saturday, May 31
Center for the Urban Environment walking tour: Walt Whitman's Brooklyn
Mets vs. L.A. Dodgers
New Taste of the Upper West Side dining benefit
National Puerto Rican Day Parade Inc’s 152nd St. Cultural Festival in the Bronx
Governors Island reopens for the season
Brooklyn Pigfest the Tobacco Warehouse

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