May 2008 New York City calendar of events

Monday, May 12
If the rain stops, Mets vs. Washington Nationals at 7:10 p.m.
Modernist poster auction at Swann Galleries at 1:30 p.m
Tegan & Sara play Terminal 5
La Fille du Régiment at the Met Opera
Avenue Q Swings concert at the Metropolitan Room
Forum: Understanding Black Theology: A 40-Year Retrospective at 6:30 p.m. at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Playwriting master class at the Cherry Lane Theater with Harold Prince
(The Celebration of Maurice Sendak with Tony Kushner at 92nd Street Y has been delayed to September)
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 exhibition opens at the American Museum of Natural History (through Jan. 4)
20th Annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair at the Javits (through May 20)
Uptown Emerging Designers Market launches (and May 18)
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
The Guggenheim begins extended hours for the final days of “Cai Guo-Qiang: I Want to Believe” (through May 28)
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
High Line sketching class

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June 2008 New York calendar of events

Sunday, June 1
Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers at Shea Stadium at 8:05 p.m.
National Puerto Rican Day Parade Inc’s annual mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Center for the Urban Environment walking and bus tour of Brooklyn Navy Yard with Richard Drucker, senior vice president for external affairs of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
True Colors featuring Cyndi Lauper, The B-52s, Rosie O'Donnell, Indigo Girls, The Cliks, and host Carson Kressley play the Nikon at Jones Beach
Louis Vuitton and Takashi Murakami launch Monogramouflage at the Brooklyn Museum
Art talk at the Met Museum: The Art of Observation: Why Police Officers Are Taking a Second Look at Art, Part 1
Community Day at Historic Richmond Town
$15 Project Shaw tickets go on sale for the monthly reading at The Players on Gramercy Park South (and the fist of every month)

Monday, June 2
“Applause, Applause" - A Salute to Charles Strouse, with Lauren Bacall and moderated by Peter Filichia, at the Paley Center
Teatro Stage Fest (through June 15)
Tuesday, June 3
Free Museum Mile Festival
Framing a Century: Master Photographers, 1840–1940 opens at the Met Museum (through Sept. 1)
Auction: Oriental Rugs And Carpets Including Property From The Doris Duke Collection And The Newport Restoration Foundation at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Auction: Important French Furniture and Decorations, European Ceramics and Carpets at Sotheby’s
Wednesday, June 4
Scott McClellan with Dan Rather: Inside the Bush White House at 92nd Street Y
Auction: Antiquities at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Thursday, June 5
Jana Hunsaker Memorial Wheelchair Tennis Tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park (through June 8)
Eric Clapton plays the Nikon at Jones Beach
Remix Curatorial Lecture with Joe Baker (Lenape) and Gerald McMaster (Anishnabe) at the National Museum of the American Indian at 5:30 p.m.
Auctions: Old Master Paintings and Antiquities at Sotheby’s
Friday, June 6
22nd Annual ISI Figure Skating Competition at Chelsea Piers (through June 8)
Squirrel Nut Zippers play the Highline Ballroom
Auction: Old Master & 19th Century European Art at Sotheby’s
NY Audubon’s Montauk Spring Weekend
Saturday, June 7
Big Apple Barbecue Block Party (and June 8)
Free self-guided Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk (and June 8)
Red Hook Waterfront Arts Festival
Free tours of the Little Red Lighthouse in Fort Washington Park from 1 to 3 p.m.
Garden Days at the Cloisters (and June 8)
Sleepover at the American Museum of Natural History
140th running of the Belmont Stakes
Mudhoney plays the Highline Ballroom
National Puerto Rican Day Parade Inc’s Brooklyn Musical Festival
Queens Jazz Trail on board the Flushing Town Hall Trolley
Re-creating Radio kids program at the Paley Center: “Powergirls and the Brothers Evil”
Sunday, June 8
National Puerto Rican Day Parade Inc’s 2008 National Puerto Rican Day Parade from 11 a.m.

Monday, June 9
Tuesday, June 10
Mets vs. Arizona at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Panel Discussion : Ardeshir Mohassess: Art and Satire in Iran at the Asia Society
Debra Winger at Times Talks
Murray’s Cheese class: Border Battles: VT vs NH Beer & Cheese
Auction: Christie's Interiors at Christie’s Rockefeller Center (and June 11)
Wednesday, June 11
Mets vs. Arizona at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Exile Cinema reading at the KGB Bar at 7 p.m. with ex-Village Voice film critic Michael Atkinson and other contributors
Auction: Carpets at Sotheby’s
Thursday, June 12
SketchFest NYC, the fourth annual international sketch comedy festival (through June 14)
Mets vs. Arizona at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.
Auction: Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts Including Americana at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Mystery of the Caves class at Murray’s Cheese
VineTime, The North Fork Wine Experience
Friday, June 13
The 6th Annual Explorers Club Film Festival (and June 14)
Coney Island’s Astroland now open daily (until Sept. 1)
Mets vs. Texas at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
The Marriage of Bette and Boo starts previews at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre with Terry Beaver, Heather Burns and Victoria Clark (through Sept. 7)
Auction: Important 20th Century Decorative Art & Design and An Important Private Collection of French and Ivory Figures at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Saturday, June 14
Mets vs. Texas at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Brooklyn Pride festival
Father’s Day Strawberry Shortcake Eating Contest at the Grand Army Plaza greenmarket
New York Aquarium at Coney Island celebrates the 1st birthday of their baby walrus
SpongeBob Square Pants at Coney Island’s Astroland
PanJazz at Lincoln Center
Re-creating Radio kids program at the Paley Center: “The Lamp of Olah”
Auction: Important 20th Century Design at Sotheby’s
Richard Nader’s Summer Doo Wop Reunion XIX plays the Izod Center at the Meadowlands in N.J.
Sunday, June 15
Tony Awards
Mets vs. Texas at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.

Monday, June 16
Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy begins previews on Broadway (opening night: June 26; through Aug. 24)
Opening night for the free 2008 HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival (and every Monday through Aug. 18)
Tuesday, June 17
U.S. premiere of Sam Shepard’s Kicking A Dead Horse at the Public Theater
Minor league baseball opening day: Brooklyn Cyclones vs. Staten Island Yankees in Coney Island
Macbeth performed in the old tobacco warehouse at the Empire Fulton Ferry State Park (through June 29)
Auction: Important Scientific Books: The Richard Green Library at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Wednesday, June 18
Staten Island Yankees home game vs. the Brooklyn Cyclones
Thursday, June 19
Tom Wopat sings at the Metropolitan Room
Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island vs. Staten Island Yankees
Auction: Fine Books and Manuscripts at Sotheby’s
Friday, June 20
Free performance by the Met Opera: Met Summer Concert: Live in Prospect Park
Sleepover at the American Museum of Natural History
Staten Island Yankees home game
Saturday, June 21
Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Mermaids of the Deep weekend at New York Aquarium at Coney Island
James Taylor plays the Nikon at Jones Beach
Murray’s Cave Day cheese tour
Discover Madagascar at Bronx Zoo(through July 13)
Sunday, June 22
Broadway Bares at Roseland
Dorothy Parker Society’s Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour
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.
Breakfast with the Beasts at the Staten Island Zoo
Staten Island Yankees home game

Monday, June 23
Mets vs. Seattle at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Free Coldplay concert at Madison Square Garden
Project Shaw reading of “Great Catherine with Annajanska, The Wild Grand Duchess” at The Players on Gramercy Park South
Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
Tuesday, June 24
Free NY Philharmonic concert in Central Park
Mets vs. Seattle at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Wednesday, June 25
Mets vs. Seattle at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Auctions: Pop Culture and Ocean Liner at Christie’s Rockefeller Center
Thursday, June 26
Tom Wopat sings at the Metropolitan Room
Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
Friday, June 27
Subway series: Mets vs. Yankees (through June 29)
Louise Bourgeois full-career retrospective opens at the Guggenheim (through September 28)
Friday night fireworks at the Coney Island boardwalk from 8 p.m. (every Friday through Sept. 5)
Fireworks night at Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
Staten Island Yankees home game
One Step Beyond dance party at the American Museum of Natural History from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. (21 and over)
New York Academy of Science lecture: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation
Brooklyn Museum opens Click! A Crowd Curated Exhibition (through Aug. 10)
Saturday, June 28
Subway series: Mets vs. Yankees at Shea Stadium at 3:55 p.m.
Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island (thrugh June 30)
Sunday, June 29
Dalí: Painting and Film opens at MoMA (through Sept. 15)
Governors Island Swim
Subway series: Mets vs. Yankees at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.
Bike New York’s New Long Island Harbors Ride
Staten Island Yankees home game

Monday, June 30
NYC Waterfalls in the East River will debut sometime around this date
Staten Island Yankees home game
Christie’s Rockefeller Center Open House

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July 2008 calendar events for New York City

Tuesday, July 1
Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe opens at the Met Museum (through Sept. 21)
J. M. W. Turner opens at the Met Museum (through Sept. 21)
Staten Island Yankees home games (through July 4)
Wednesday, July 2
Thursday, July 3
Tom Wopat sings at the Metropolitan Room
Friday, July 4
Macy’s 4yh of July Fireworks
Nathan’s hot-dog eating contest at Coney Island
Living History Days at the New-York Historical Society
Saturday, July 5
[title of show] begins previews on Broadway (opening night: July 17; open-ended run)
Free NY Philharmonic concert on Governors Island
Manhattan Island Marathon Swim
Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island (through July 7)
Sunday, July 6

Monday, July 7
Tuesday, July 8
Mets vs. San Francisco at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Free NY Philharmonic concert at Richmond County Bank Ballpark, Staten Island
Wednesday, July 9
Mets vs. San Francisco at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Staten Island Yankees home games (through July 11)
I.D. Magazine 54th Annual Design Review at The New School (through Sept. 28)
Free NY Philharmonic concert at PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey
Thursday, July 10
Mets vs. San Francisco at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.
Fancy Dance Good Luck Lion dance at the Bowling Green Cobblestone in front of the National Museum of the American Indian at 5:30 p.m.
Free Broadway in Bryant Park performances at 12:30 p.m.
Free NY Philharmonic concert at Cunningham Park, Queens
Concert in association with the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Festa Del Giglio: Michael Amante and comedian Sal Richards
Tom Wopat sings at the Metropolitan Room
Friday, July 11
“IMAGELESS: The Scientific Study and Experimental Treatment of an Ad Reinhardt Black Painting” opens at the Guggenheim (through September 14)
Free NY Philharmonic concert at Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Mets vs. Colorado at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Fancy Dance Good Luck Lion dance at the Bowling Green Cobblestone in front of the National Museum of the American Indian at 12:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 12
Mets vs. Colorado at Shea Stadium at 3:55 p.m.
Animal Antics at Queens Zoo (and July 13)
Free NY Philharmonic concert at Heckscher State Park, East Islip, Long Island
Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island (through July 14)
The Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival
Sunday, July 13
Mets vs. Colorado at Shea Stadium at 8:05 p.m.
13th Annual Montauk Point Lighthouse Sprint Triathlon & Relay

Monday, July 14
Ricky Gervais stand-up at the Theater at Madison Square Garden (and July 15)
Free NY Philharmonic concert in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Rush plays the Nikon at Jones Beach
Tuesday, July 15
Free NY Philharmonic concert in Central Park
Wednesday, July 16
Yaz play Terminal 5 (and July 17)
Staten Island Yankees home games (through July 19)
Thursday, July 17
Opening night on Broadway for [title of show] (open-ended run)
Free Broadway in Bryant Park performances at 12:30 p.m.
Tom Wopat sings at the Metropolitan Room
Friday, July 18
Harlem Book Fair
Concert in association with the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Festa Del Giglio: Felix Cavaliere & the New Rascals, The Duprees and J. Frank Wilson’s Cavaliers
Saturday, July 19
Murray’s Cave Day cheese tour
Siren Festival at Coney Island
Wild Arts Weekend at Prospect Park Zoo (and July 20)
Harlem Book Fair
Run on the runway for the Teterboro Airport 5K
Sunday, July 20
Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island vs. Staten Island Yankees
Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling opens at MoMA (through Oct. 20)

Monday, July 21
Project Shaw reading of “Major Barbara” at The Players on Gramercy Park South
Staten Island Yankees home game against the Brooklyn Cyclones
Tuesday, July 22
Mets vs. Philadelphia at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Free Shakespeare in the Park in Central Park begins performances of “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” (through Aug. 17)
Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island (through July 24)
Wednesday, July 23
Mets vs. Philadelphia at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Thursday, July 24
Free Broadway in Bryant Park performances at 12:30 p.m.
Mets vs. Philadelphia at Shea Stadium at 12:10 p.m.
Tom Wopat sings at the Metropolitan Room
Friday, July 25
Mets vs. St. Louis at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Animation Block Party through July 27
30th Annual Thunderbird American Indian Mid-Summer Pow Wow at the Queens County Farm Museum (through July 27)
Fireworks night at Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island vs. the Staten Island Yankees
Saturday, July 26
Staten Island Yankees home game against the Brooklyn Cyclones
Mets vs. St. Louis at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Sunday, July 27
Mets vs. St. Louis at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.
Bike New York’s Harlem Valley Rail Ride
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.
Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island vs. the Staten Island Yankees
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band play
play Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J.

Monday, July 28
VineTime, The North Fork Wine Experience
Staten Island Yankees home game against the Brooklyn Cyclones
Tuesday, July 29
Kirchner Street Scenes, 1913–1915 opens at MoMA (through Nov. 10)
Foo Fighters play the Izod Center at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J.
Wednesday, July 30
Thursday, July 31

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More NYC 2008 calendar events: summer to December

Incomplete as of yet, this is where you'll find events that have already announced their dates for late 2008. Return to NewYorkology's main calendar page for more events through July 2008.

Aug. 1 - Staten Island Yankees home game against the Brooklyn Cyclones
Aug. 2 - Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island vs. the Staten Island Yankees
Aug. 3 - Staten Island Yankees home game against the Brooklyn Cyclones
Aug 3 - Giant Step and Central Park SummerStage present Jamie Lidell, Janelle Monáe, Little Jackie, José James and Gilles Peterson
Aug. 4 - Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island vs. the Staten Island Yankees
Aug. 4 - The Police with special guest Elvis Costello & The Imposters play the Nikon at Jones Beach (and Aug. 5)
Aug. 5 - Two for Tuesdays discounts at Coney Island’s Astroland (and Aug. 12, 19 and 26)
Aug. 5 - Mets vs. San Diego at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Aug 6 - Mets vs. San Diego at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Aug. 7 - Free Broadway in Bryant Park performances at 12:30 p.m.
Aug 7 - Mets vs. San Diego at Shea Stadium at 12:10 p.m.
Aug 7 - Lincoln Center Out of Doors season begins (through Aug. 24)
Aug. 8 - Mets vs. Florida at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Aug. 9 - Central Park Zoo’s 20th Birthday Celebration (and Aug. 10)
Aug. 9 - Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island (through Aug. 11)
Aug. 9 - Staten Island Yankees home game (through Aug. 11)
Aug. 9 - Jethro Tull with Peter Frampton play the Nikon at Jones Beach
Aug. 9 - Mets vs. Florida at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Aug. 10 - Mets vs. Florida at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.
Aug 11 - Mets vs. Pittsburg at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.
Aug. 15 - Staten Island Yankees home game (through Aug. 17)
Aug. 15 - Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island (thrugh Aug. 17)
August 16 - Murray’s Cave Day cheese tour
Aug. 16 - Lighthouse Weekend (and Aug. 17)
Aug. 18 - Play Week at the Bronx Zoo (through Aug. 24)
Aug. 19 - Rod Stewart plays the Nikon at Jones Beach
Aug 19 - Mets vs. Atlanta at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Aug 20 - Mets vs. Atlanta at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Aug. 21 - Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
Aug. 21 - Mets vs. Atlanta at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Aug. 22 - Mets vs. Houston at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Aug. 22 – Fireworks night at Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
Aug 23 - Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
Aug. 23 - Mets vs. Houston at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Aug. 24 - Mets vs. Houston at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.
Aug. 24 – The Battle of Brooklyn Annual Commemoration Ceremonies at Green-Wood Cemetery
Aug 24 - Staten Island Yankees home game (through Aug. 29)
Aug 24 - 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.
Aug. 25 - U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (through Sept. 7)
Aug. 25 - Mets vs. Houston at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Aug 26 - Yankees home game vs. Boston (through Aug. 28)
Aug 27 - Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island (through)
Aug 28 - Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
Aug 29 – Fireworks night at Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
Aug. 30 - Queens Book Fair
Aug. 30 - Teddy Bear Picnic Weekend at Bronx Zoo (through Sept. 1)
Aug. 31 - Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island

Sept. 1 - Met Museum open on a holiday Monday schedule for Labor Day
Sept. 1 - Lenape Life at the NY Botanical Garden (through Sept. 28)
Sept. 2 - Staten Island Yankees home game (through Sept. 5)
Sept. 4 - Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
Sept. 5 – Fireworks night at Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
Sept. 5 - Mets vs. Philadelphia at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Sept. 6 - Mets vs. Philadelphia at Shea Stadium at 3:55 p.m.
Sept. 6 - Brooklyn Bridge Swim
Sept. 6 - The Art Parade
Sept. 6 - Sea Lion Sock Hop/Grandparent’s Day at New York Aquarium at Coney Island
Sept. 6 - Brooklyn Cyclones minor-league baseball at Coney Island
Sept. 7 - NYC Century Bike Tour
Sept. 7 - 26th Annual Antique Motorcycle Show at the Queens County Farm Museum
Sept. 7 - Mets vs. Philadelphia at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.
Sept. 9 - Refinement and Elegance: Early Nineteenth-Century Royal Porcelain from the Twinight Collection, New York opens at the Met Museum (through April 19, 2009)
Sept. 9 Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui (1632–1717) opens at the Met Museum (through Jan. 4, 2009)
Sept. 9 - Mets vs. Washington at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Sept 10 - Mets vs. Washington at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Sept. 11 - To Be Or Not to Be begins previews on Broadway (opening night: Oct. 2; through Dec. 7)
Sept. 12 - Mets vs. Atlanta at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Sept. 13 - Mets vs. Atlanta at Shea Stadium at 3:55 p.m.
Sept .13 - 9th Annual Hudson River Valley Ramble
Sept. 14 - Brooklyn Book Festival
Sept. 14 - Mets vs. Atlanta at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.
Sept. 16 - Giorgio Morandi, 1890–1964 opens at the Met Museum (through Dec. 14)
Sept. 16 - Andrea Riccio: Renaissance Master of Bronze opens at the Frick (through Jan. 4)
Sept. 17 - Bill Elliott on Broadway
Sept. 19 - Drawn by New York: Six Centuries of Watercolors and Drawings at the N-YHS opens at the New-York Historical Society (through Jan. 7)
Sept. 20 - Little Red Lighthouse Swim
Sept.20 - Murray’s Cave Day cheese tour
Sept 20 - Wings & Wheels Expo 2008 at the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum at Teterboro Airport in N.J. featuring "Yankee Lady," an authentic Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, "Spirit of Freedom," a Douglas C-54 "Skymaster" and other historic and modern aircraft (and Sept. 21)
Sept. 20 - From Russia with Love weekend at New York Aquarium at Coney Island (and Sept. 21)
Sept. 20 - Hispanic Heritage Weekend at the Bronx Zoo (through Sept. 21)
Sept. 20 - 26th Annual Queens County Fair at the Queens County Farm Museum (and Sept. 21)
Sept. 20 - The Amazing Maize Maze at the Queens County Farm Museum (through Oct. 26)
Sept. 21 - New York Is Book Country
Sept. 21 - Van Gogh by Night opens at MoMA (through Jan. 4, 2009)
Sept. 21 - Six of “The Dead Sea Scrolls”, including three that have never been exhibited, “including a portion of one of the three earliest copies of the Hebrew Bibles in existence” – at the Jewish Museum (through Jan. 4)
Sept. 22 - Mets vs. Chicago Cubs at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Sept. 23 - Mets vs. Chicago Cubs at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Sept. 23 - Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914–1939 opens at the Met Museum (through Dec. 7)
Sept. 24 – Citywide festival: Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds
Sept. 24 - Mets vs. Chicago Cubs at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Sept. 25 - Mets vs. Chicago Cubs at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Sept. 25 - THE UNKNOWN BLAKELOCK opens at the at the National Academy Museum (through Jan. 4)
Sept. 26 - Paris/New York: Design Fashion Culture 1925-1940 opens at the Museum of the City of New York
Sept. 26 – “CATHERINE OPIE: AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER” exhibition opens at the Guggenheim (through January 5)
Sept. 26 - Mets vs. Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium at 7:10 p.m.
Sept. 27 - Mets vs. Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.
Sept. 28 - 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.
Sept. 28 - Bike New York’s Twin Lights Ride
Sept. 28 - Mets vs. Florida Marlins at Shea Stadium at 1:10 p.m.

Oct. 2 - Opening night on Broadway for To Be Or Not to Be (through Dec. 7)
Oct. 2 - GEORGE TOOKER: A RETROSPECTIVE opens at the at the National Academy Museum (through Jan. 4)
Oct. 2 - METROPOLIS opens at the at the National Academy Museum (through Jan. 4)
Oct 4 – Free Open House New York (and Oct. 5)
Oct 4 - 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. for Open House NY (and Oct. 5)
Oct. 4 – Pick-your-own pumpkin at the Queens County Farm Museum (through Oct. 26)
Oct. 5 - Apple Festival at the Queens County Farm Museum
Oct. 9 - The play "Black Watch" returns to St. Ann’s Warehouse (through Nov. 30)
Oct. 11 - Oh What A Night! An Evening with the Stars Of Doo-Wop & Rock 'n Roll at St. George Theatre on Staten Island
Oct. 11- Boo at the Zoo at the Bronx Zoo (through Oct. 26)
Oct. 16 - Farewell to America Crossing of the QE2 - the Queen Elizabeth 2's last-ever visit to the United States
Oct. 17- “Grant and Lee” opens at the New-York Historical Society (through March 29)
Oct. 17 - The Modern Show at the 69th Regiment Armory (through Oct. 19)
Oct. 18 - 2008 New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge (and Oct. 19)
Oct. 18 - Murray’s Cave Day cheese tour
Oct. 19 - 14th Annual Tour de Bronx bike ride
Oct. 21 - The Art of the Samurai opens at the Met Museum (through Jan. 11, 2009)
Oct 23 - Lincoln Center Theater production of Horton Foote’s Dividing the Estate begins previews with Elizabeth Ashley, Arthur French, Hallie Foote, Penny Fuller and Gerald McRaney (opening night: Nov. 30; open-ended run)
Masterpieces of European Painting from the Norton Simon Museum opens at the Frick (through Jan. 18, 2009)
Oct 23 - Speed-the-Plow opens on Broadway with Jeremy Piven
Oct. 24 – “THEANYSPACEWHATEVER” exhibition opens at the Guggenheim (through January 5)
Oct. 25 - Boo At The Zoo at Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo and Prospect Park Zoo (and Oct. 26)
Oct. 25 - Halloween at the A-scarium at the New York Aquarium at Coney Island
Oct. 25 - Halloween Haunted House at the Queens County Farm Museum 9and Oct. 26 and 31)
Oct. 26 - Children's Fall Festival at the Queens County Farm Museum
Oct 26 - 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.
Oct 31 - Pick-your-own pumpkin at the Queens County Farm Museum

Nov. 2 - ING New York City Marathon
Nov. 2 - Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 1927–1937 opens at MoMA (through Jan. 12)
Nov. 2 - Harvest Day at the Bronx Zoo
Nov. 7 - Radio City Christmas Spectacular begins performances for the season (through Dec. 30)
Nov. 7 - Eighteenth-Century Tavern Nights at the Queens County Farm Museum (reservations req’d)
Nov. 8 – Eighteenth-Century Tavern Nights at the Queens County Farm Museum (reservations req’d)
Nov 8 - "Shrek: The Musical" begins previews on Broadway (opening night: Dec. 14; open-ended run)
Nov. 8 - Pat Cooper and WKTU Radio's Goumba Johnny at St. George Theatre on Staten Island
Nov. 9 – “Jewish Theater in Soviet Russia” opens at the Jewish Museum (through March 22)
Nov. 11 - Love and Marriage in Italian Renaissance Art opens at the Met Museum (through February 16, 2009)
Nov. 14 - Eighteenth-Century Tavern Nights at the Queens County Farm Museum (reservations req’d)
Nov. 14 - Centennial of the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
Nov. 15 - The Pier Antiques Show at the Passenger Ship Terminal Piers 92 & 94, 12th Ave. at 55th Street (and Nov. 16)
Nov. 15 - Murray’s Cave Day cheese tour
Nov. 18 - Beyond Babylon: Art and International Exchange in the Second Millennium B.C. opens at the Met Museum (through March 15)
Nov. 21 - Bronx Zoo’s Holiday Lights begins
Nov. 21 - "Pal Joey" begins previews on Broadway (opening night: Dec. 11; open-ended run)
Nov. 23 - 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.
Nov. 25 - Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche opens at the Met Museum (through January 6, 2009)
Nov. 25 - Choirs of Angels: Painting in Italian Choral Manuscripts, 1300–1500 opens at the Met Museum (through April 12)
Nov. 26 - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon inflation
Nov. 27 - Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Nov. 30 - “Dividing the Estate” opens on Broadway (open-ended run)

Dec. 3 - Marlene Dumas opens at MoMA (through feb. 2, 2009)
Dec. 6 - Presents to the Animals at Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo and Prospect Park Zoo (and Dec. 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21)
Dec. 9 - Calder Jewelry opens at the Met Museum (through March 1, 2009)
Dec. 11 - Opening night on Broadway for "Pal Joey" (open-ended run)
Dec. 14 – Opening night on Broadway for "Shrek: The Musical"
Dec. 26 – Free Holiday Open House at the Queens County Farm Museum (through Dec. 29)
Dec. 31 - New Year’s Eve events
Dec 31 - La Rondine New Year's Eve Gala at the Met Opera

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