Tag Archives: NYC

Sigh. I thought we’re supposed to be all post-ironic and shit now that it’s Obama time. Anyway, go sign up here if you want to take part in the NYC Snuggie Pub Crawl. Benefits an orphanage. In Tanzania. For realz.

Yes, there is such a thing. Via my pal Ned: Dearest Nerds & Friends of Nerds, 25 gay nerd fellas. 25 gay nerd lasses. Since our first ever speed dating (hetero-style) went so well, as promised, we’re expanding. I’m happy to announce our first gay Nerd Nite speed dating event on THURSDAY March 12, followed by the regular Nerd Nite …

Last night Little David and I attended Defying Equality, Broadways huge marriage equality fundraiser. I’ll post more about the show once the Broadway sites get their coverage up, but a highlight for us was Matt Alber’s fantastic performance of his single End Of The World. Alber plays an “impromptu” acoustic set tonight at the Ritz Lounge in Times Square. Highly …

Even though NYC’s MTA is facing service cutbacks due to a $1.2B budget shortfall, ridership in 2008 exceeded levels not seen since 1950. Ridership on New York City’s subways was the most in almost six decades in 2008, even as growth began to slow because of the economic slump, according to statistics released today. Bus and subway ridership combined increased …

Gotham’s blogs were buzzing this weekend over the rumor that Wal-Mart is looking into leasing the giant Union Square building soon to be vacated by Circuit City and Virgin Megastore. New York Magazine reports that Wal-Mart reps have issued a “non-denial denial” of the story, saying that the discounter has no “announced” plans for a NYC presence. I can only …

Hey, look – it’s a non-hippie protest song. Sir Ivan is actually zillionaire Long Island banker-cum-philanthropist Ivan Wilzig, who is well-known around these parts for his 12,000 square foot medieval castle in Water Mill. Wilzig has ditched Wall Street for a music career to promote his Peaceman anti-war charity. Some of you might remember him as a contestant on Sci-Fi …

Things got out of control last night at the continuing tuition protest at NYU. Riot police used pepper spray and at least one student was beaten with a baton. Students are demanding that the school reveal its operating budget and endowments and that some scholarships be granted to students from the Gaza Strip. The school’s cafeteria has been “occupied” for …

The New York Post has issued a classic “fuck you” apology for Wednesday’s Obama=monkey cartoon. Wednesday’s Page Six cartoon – caricaturing Monday’s police shooting of a chimpanzee in Connecticut – has created considerable controversy. It shows two police officers standing over the chimp’s body: “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill,” one officer says. It …

Step 1: Get shitfaced.Step 2: Fall on tracks.Step 3: Lose leg to train.Step 4: Sue NYC.Step 5: Collect $2.3M.

Tuesday, 8:30am, 1st & 71st Woman On Cell: Fine! Whatever! Fuck your fat ass and fuck your goddamn weasels! And I’m calling the fucking animal control on your fucking weasels. I had to look it up. Ferrets are indeed illegal in NYC.

Today a group of LGBT rights and sexual freedom activists gathered just down the block from Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Upper East Side mansion to protest the false arrests of gay men in NYC’s adult bookshops. Robert Pinter, a victim of this campaign, gave interviews to a number of local and national newsmedia outlets as two dozen gay men marched with …

As part of Freedom To Marry day, hundreds of gay couples were turned away from New York City Hall this morning when they arrived to demand marriage certificates. Hundreds of same-sex couples seeking to wed were turned away from the city marriage bureau Thursday, part of a nationwide protest aimed at recent decisions restricting the right to marry to a …

The Broadway sites have posted their coverage of Monday’s Broadway Backwards 4, the annual all-star fundraiser for the NYC LGBT Center in which classic showtunes are given a gay twist. Above is Broadway World’s Walter McBride’s shot of Cheyenne Jackson bottoming for Sandra Bernhard. McBride has many more photos here. Go to Theater Mania for a great photo recap by …

Courtesy of Fly Life Inc, we have a special Swag Wednesday giveaway today – two tickets to the fabulous reunited Labelle concert on Feb. 26th at Manhattan’s Beacon Theater. I saw Labelle’s first performance together in decades at last year’s Out 100 Awards and the ladies just blew the roof off the place. Tickets are on sale now. Enter to …

Former star New York Mets player Roberto Alomar is being sued for $15M by an ex-girlfriend who claims he had unprotected sex with her while knowing he had full-blown AIDS. Considered by some to be baseball’s greatest second baseman ever, Alomar retired at the top of his game in 2005 due to health issues. Baseball great Roberto Alomar has full-blown …

Ten year-old Stump, a Sussex spaniel, has become the oldest dog ever to win Westminster. At 10 years old, Stump the Sussex spaniel should be well into his dotage. Instead, the dog who technically retired four years ago took home Best in Show on Tuesday at the 133rd Annual Westminster Kennel Club show at Madison Square Garden, becoming the oldest …

Last night Horshack made me cry. For realz. At Broadway Backwards, the fourth annual NYC LGBT Center fundraiser show which featured a galaxy of Broadway stars, it was Welcome Back, Kotter’s Ron Palillo’s skit about Prop 8 that had me in tears. Another highlight was Florence Henderson’s raunchy take There Is Nothing Like A Dame from South Pacific which featured …

I know this means something to you comic book geeks out there. At yesterday’s Comic Con thingy here in NYC, fanboys learned that lesbian superhero Batwoman will be headlining the Detective Comics series for the next year. Something about the departure of Bruce Wayne. I think. Last night I was chatting with my reporter friend Josh, who covered the convention, …

If you were going past Madison Square Garden last night, you might have thought the KKK was having a membership drive. But no, it was just PETA handing out flyers to protest the Westminster dog show. “Is this really the KKK?” somebody asked the woman in the white robe and the pointy hat. Crowds gawked Monday at a table set …

I think they’re running out of ideas. Somebody give me a hand wipe.