What To Do in Gay NYC

It is COLD! Very soon we'll be complaining it's too HOT - so let's enjoy the cold weather for a bit.  Last week we unveiled our new website and we are beyond thrilled with the comments we received. We are so blessed to have such an amazing group of readers! We continue to upgrade our website and add new events on a daily basis, so we hope you keep visiting our website and of course - SHARE us with your friends and family.   Let's  continue the conversation and up to the minute info  - follow us on   &  BUY TIX NOW SPEAKEASY - John and Jane's Adventures in the Wonderland Begins February 18 - Until March 13, 2016 Wednesdays - Saturdays 8PM Saturdays 2PM & Sundays 3PM Theater for the New City 155 1st Ave. NY John and Jane Allison are newlyweds.Although they love each other, they have desires they haven't even acknowledged to themselves, let alone explored. But after giving her neighbor Roberta White a kiss, Jane goes "down the rabbit hole," entering the strange world of a Speakeasy, where time and space and identity don't appear to follow conventional rules. On accepting a sexual proposition in a public men's room, John mysteriously slides "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. 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 . GET TOUGH, GET BAAD!  Up to Feb 14 An annual series of films and events celebrating queer power, diversity, defiance, strength and visibility. The series celebrates queer strength and value, to take a stand against violence, and to counter negative and victimized images of queer people in the media from homophobic attacks in the Bronx and New York City.  More Info AIDS: A Priest's Testament Sat Feb 13th 2.30pm A moving one-hour documentary film made by Britain's Channel 4 about the first spiritual ministry to people with AIDS in New York City in the early days of the epidemic, featuring Fr. Bernard Lynch of Dignity/NewYork. The film will be followed by light refreshments and Q&A with main figure in the film, Fr. Bernárd Lynch & David Pais of GMHC. More Info Be Monstrous. Fight AIDS Sat Feb 13th 2.00pm - 5.00pm  A three-hour indoor cycling event to benefit GMHC's services and programs for thousands of New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS ($250)     More Info Medium of Desire: An International Anthology of Photography and Video Up to March 5th  Using human beauty, desire, Eros, and sexuality, this new photography based exhibition reveals that cultural differences, whether defined by national borders, sexual orientation, or gender identification, can be simultaneously vast yet familiar. Regardless of one's sexual orientation or country of origin, feelings of desire, when successfully represented, can serve to minimize our differences and bring us closer.  More Info SEE MORE EVENTS HERE 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. This Week's NYC Up And Out Contest  Deadline to Register: 2/18/16 @ 12pm EST 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. Contact us at  info@nycupandout.com with questions, praises, comments, or suggestions, we are here for you. If your organization, sports team, reading group, theater production, etc. is planning special events, register your info at  NYCUpAndOUT.com. Fill  out your info and hit send. Your event will appear on our website the same day, it's that easy! 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