May 28, 2008

Today in NY: Whitman's Bday, 'Xanadu' cupcakes

It is Wednesday, May 28 and here are some agenda items:

The Fifth Annual Walt Whitman Birthday Bash at Theater Ten Ten on E. 85th Street - with cake ($10 suggested donation)

River to River Festival kicks off with She Wolves from the Tiber to the Hudson, and An Evening of Arias with Leah Partridge and Norman Reinhardt

Discussion: "On the Waterfront and the Catholic Labor Priests," at 6:30 p.m. at the Museum of the City of New York with Budd Schulberg, who wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for “On the Waterfront� and James T. Fisher, professor of theology at Fordham University and the author of “Covering The Waterfront: Labor Priests and Longshoremen in the Port of New York and New Jersey�

"Xanadu" celebrates its first year on Broadway with a cupcake sale to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Helen Hayes Theatre, 240 West 44th St.

Pinstripes in the Park, free live screening in Bryant Park of the Yankees game with David Cone, Bucky Dent, Craig Nettles and Mike Torrez - from 5:30 to 11 p.m.

Mets vs. Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.

American Ballet Theater’s "Swan Lake" at 2 and 8 p.m.

“Il matrimonio segreto� at BAM

KT Tunstall at Town Hall at 8 p.m.

David Bromberg plays BB Kings

Eighth Annual Media That Matters Film Festival at the IFC Center at 7 p.m.

Paley Center premiere: A Sundance Channel Exclusive Series "On the Road in America"

Auction: Latin American Sale Evening Session Christie’s Rockefeller Center

92nd St. Y food talks: Wine and Cheese Pairing

Admission to the Bronx Zoo is by optional "donation" every Wednesday, and admission is free all day at the NY Botanical Garden and Van Cortlandt House Museum. The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust has free-admission hours from 4 to 8 p.m. today.

Museums open late on Wednesday are the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, (to 7 p.m.,) and the Museum of Jewish Heritage, (to 8 p.m.)

For ongoing shows and exhibits see Now in NYC, and for more upcoming events, the calendar.

Image source: The Walt Whitman Project

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