LGBTQ NYC Itinerary

NYC and the rest of the world are dressing in GOLD this weekend as everyone seems to be in OSCARS mood! Although there are plenty of controversies about the Oscars excluding minority nominees, there are plenty of places around our city that are hosting viewing parties - and are actually betting that they will be the big winners in attendance.  Is anyone following the political environment? Oh boy! What do you think should we get political in upcoming issues? Let us know your thoughts. Don't forget we constantly update our Calendar of Events & always add new "What To Do In NYC" and contests (scroll to the bottom & click on pic to enter).  Continue the conversation and up to the minute info  on     This Week's NYC Up And Out Featured Events  BUY 2-4-1 TIX NOW enter code HALF16 The ORIGINAL LGBT Expo in NYC Sat, MAR 12 & Sun, MAR 13  Jacob Javits Center in NYC 655 W 34th St,  New York, NY 10001 TIX: $20 (General Admission)  $40 (VIP Admission) Founded in 1993, the Original LGBT Expo is the largest and longest-running LGBT convention in the world celebrating diversity in business, education, politics, the arts, health, technology, media, travel, and non-profit sectors. Being held March 12 & 13, 2016 at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, the event features over 300 exhibiting companies, many of which are LGBT owned and operated, an engaging seminar series, live entertainment stage, LGBT Film series and much more! The 100,000+ square foot show floor also spotlights specific areas dedicated to some of the most most popular industries catering to the LGBT community including the Silvercar.com Travel Pavilion, Wedding Pavilion, Small Business Pavilion, Non-Profit Pavilion and the all new Family Pavilion. BUY TIX NOW SPEAKEASY - John and Jane's Adventures in the Wonderland February 18 - Until March 13, 2016 Wednesdays - Saturdays 8PM Saturdays 2PM & Sundays 3PM Theater for the New City 155 1st Ave. NY Picture it - It's 1929 in New York City. John and Jane Allison are newlyweds. But Jane kisses her neighbor Roberta and goes "down the rabbit hole," while John accepts a sexual proposition in a public men's room sliding "through the looking glass," and in one fantastical magical realist dream night, they explore their sexuality through the course of two simultaneous and intertwining magical adventures. OMG!!!! Lewis Carroll's literary characters and events from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" are transformed into real-life historically- significant entertainers and events from NYC's Prohibition-era queer culture, with whom Jane and John enjoy friendships and love affairs. After a night of speakeasies, buffet flat parties, police raids, drag balls, and a bizarre trial, will they reveal their "dreams" to each other and "speak easy" about their truths?  For Tickets call Smarttix 212-868-4444 or  click here . Transfigure  February 26 - 28 Transfigure" is a project of corporal self-expression, presented as an experimental, visual feast. It's a celebration of bodies that transcend the gender binary. As a transgender man I created the project as a step in my own self-acceptance and to promote positive body image in the Trans Community. During the installation, which includes the book, life-size photographs, a film, and interactive website, attendees are encouraged to reconfigure the physical book, play on the website, and communicate online using the Transfigure Website Community Forum Page to engage with people outside the walls of the gallery.  Opening Reception - Feb. 26 6pm - 8pm More Info Bazaar & Holistic Open House Feb 27, 3:30pm - 8:30pm An exciting weekend filled with a bazaar & open house for practitioners, therapists, yoga teachers, yoga studios, health colleges from our experts at the gorgeous Caffe Bene. Make fun loving energetic friends and shop at our resourceful holistic bazaar. More Info Concerts on the Slope Feb 28 3:00pm  Rossini's Duo for Cello and Bass, our Composer-in-Residence Reena Esmail's Chuti Hui Jagah (The Space Between) and Schönberg's Verklärte Nacht performed by Chloe Fedor & Philip Setzer, violin; Edwin Kaplan & Rose Hashimoto, viola; Roberta Cooper & Benjamin Larsen, cello; Max Jacob, bass; Jordan Dodson, guitar; Elspeth Davis, mezzo-soprano.  More Info SEE MORE EVENTS HERE This Week's NYC Up And Out Contest  Deadline to Register: 3/3/16 @ 12pm EST Click on pics below to enter - good luck! This newsletter wouldn't be possible without our sponsors ... Click & Support them We need your help, please spread the love and forward this email.  NYC Up & OUT! is  NYC's LGBT resource for arts, entertainment and culture. 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