MUSEUMS/ART/GALLERIES

Pratt Manhattan Gallery **FREE** 

An exhibition featuring the work of over 50 graduating M.F.A. students in the Fine Arts department of Pratt Institute’s School of Art and Design. Free and open to the public through May 26. Tuesday-Saturday 11am-6pm

144 West 14th Street, 2nd floor between 6th and 7th Ave
http://www.pratt.edu/about_pratt/visiting_pratt/exhibitions/pratt_manhattan_gallery/
Tel:212-647-7778

Directions:
Subway
F, M, L, 1, 2, 3, to 14th St
Bus
M5, M7, M14, M20

CONCERTS/MUSIC

Get Tix to Three Upcoming at Joe’s Pub: 

** Darlene Love May 19th and 20th. $40/$50

In the sixties, Love sang lead on a string of hits including  “He’s a Rebel,”, “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah,” “(Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry,” “Wait Til My Bobby Gets Home,”  and many, many others.

http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,6100

**Godspell Sings Stephen Schwartz: A Concert To Benefit Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS. May 23rd. $30/$100

Join the company of Godspell on Broadway as they celebrate Stephen Schwartz in this one-night-only concert. Expect songs from Schwartz projects like Pippin, Wicked, The Baker’s Wife, The Magic Show, Working, My Son Pinocchio, Children of Eden, Rags, “Pocahontas”, “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”, “The Prince of Egypt”, “Enchanted” and more. 

http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,6161

**David Yazbek May 30th. $25/$30

Yazbek is a long-time cult favorite as a recording artist, vocalist and pianist. A two-time Tony Award nominee, (The Full Monty and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) he is also a Grammy-nominated record producer and an Emmy-Award winning TV writer (for Late Night with David Letterman).

http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/id,6127

KIDS

Get Your Tix 50% Big Apple Circus

Dream Big, this latest extravaganza with an international cast of circus artists, features acrobats and contortionists, an animal act with miniature horses, dogs and more; juggling, magic, dancing and of course, plenty of comedy and clowns. AND, you’re no more than 50 feet from the ring!

**For Tickets** Click me $17-$27

Cunningham Park
196-22 Union Turnpike
Fresh Meadows, Queens

DANCE/THEATER

New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players Presents: Iolanthe

The fairy Iolanthe has been banished for marrying a mortal, but the Fairy Queen is convinced to grant her a pardon 25 years later and help her son unite with his love. Sat, May 19 at 3 pm and 8 pm
Sun, May 20 at 3 pm. Adults: $87 Senior $79, Child $44

Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/7156-iolanthe
Tel: 212-864-5400

Directions:
Subway
1, 2, 3 to 96th St
Bus
M104, M 96

X’TRAS/THINGS TO DO

Kips Bay Decorator Show House: Fundraiser For The Boys and Girls Club of America

May 16th – June 14th

The Aldyn Residences
60 Riverside Blvd
(Blvd., NOT Riverside Drive, between 62nd & 63rd)

Monday through Saturday: 11 am – 5 pm, Sunday 12pm-5pm, Tuesday and Thursday Evenings until 8

See website for schedule of the inaugural lecture series titled “The Best Of” featuring interior designers Miles Redd and Bunny Williams, gardening expert P. Allen Smith, Winterthur Museum’s Tom Savage, designer Hutton Wilkinson and Verdura CEO Ward Landrigan.

The $75 ticket per lecture (or $150 for a package of three) will include an on-site lunch or cocktail reception, depending on the hour, as well as entry and a shuttle service to the Show House, located at The Aldyn on Riverside Boulevard between 62nd and 63rd Street.

http://www.kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org

Special Thank You: Header Photograph Courtesy of Wendy Horwitz

Special Thank You to Lisa Scotto Dabbusco