By West Village Bill My sweetheart, Tony P. , picked up a mostly zinfandel California red wine the other day after tasting it at our local...

                                                                             LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street It began fairly innocently e...

"Molly Sweeney" at The Irish Repertory Theater, February 5, 2011 I haven't had much exposure to the work of Brian Friel, oth...

"Gruesome Playground Injuries" at Second Stage Theatre, February3, 2011 Despite some excellent make-up effects, Rajiv Joseph...

By West Village Bill Yesterday, Mark, Hanif, and I went to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem to check out Soul...

"The New York Idea" presented by Atlantic Theater Company at the Lucille Lortel Theatre, January 30, 2011 I'm not sure if it...

from Patti Smith's wonderful book Just Kids: I was wearing a long rayon dress with white polka dots and a straw hat, my East of Eden ...

(Homemade Valentine detail, Feb 2011) I don't know what my fellow QNY Bloggers did for their Valentine's but mine started with a fa...

Had not heard of Don Celender until browsing through the fascinating exhibition at Zieher Smith Gallery , where a show called Sculpture in ...

The next gay male only weekend is themed 'Be my Valentine?' and happens from 18 to 20 February. There is the extra option to stay S...

We honor the birthday of actor and icon James Dean who would have been 80 years old today. Watch this strange bit of television , in which...

The College Art Association is having its annual conference in Manhattan on Thursday, February 10, 2011. The Queer Caucus for Art will be ...

                                                                  (picture by Steve Parelli, Other Sheep) Two weeks ago, on a Wednesday, ...

Special KIN offer for Third Row, Mezzanine blog readers! Order by March 21 with code KINGR and tickets are only: $40* (reg. $70) for th...

By West Village Bill Over the years, I've been alternatively annoyed with, a fan of, and oblivious to New York radio star Howard Stern...

I loved working with Mark King ! (PS: camera work by Baad Lamb!)

OK, so this is probably an example of shameless husband-promotion , but his stuff is really wonderful, don't you think?

Friday, February 18 · 3:30 - 5:00PM, Lerner Hall More Info IvyQ, the Ivy League's official LGBT organization, has asked Charlie to pre...

Riverbank St Park, Harlem There was a time when Canada Geese were romantic evocations of Autum for me.  Growing up in Indiana we'd ra...

by baad lamb Last night we attended the kick-off event for Miami Beach International Fashion Week , held at Mondrian South Beach , and spons...

  Churchyard at W. 139th St and Hamilton Blvd.   Thai Restaurant, 135th and 12th Ave.  Jefferson Market Library, the Village...

For the past year or so, sometimes with a few interruptions, Bo Young and Dan Vera of the White Crane Institute, the publisher of the vener...

This is part of a series.  You can read other contributions, here , here,   here and here .  If I've failed to link to other entries, p...

Awwww. Does that mean we fellas may still have a chance?

By West Village Bill The first time I saw this video of Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" over at Joe.My.God.  last month, I was...

Which one do you prefer? NYC model Nick Ayler or Calvin Klein boytoy Nick Gruber? If you had to choose.... (Nick Ayler photo by Richa...

NEW YORK’S “TOP GAY CHEF” COMPETITION -PREMIERE EVENT FOR THE GAY COMMUNITY Contact Information: SHARMAYNE WESLER- Show Manager RDP Group, ...

by Charlie Vázquez Hello and Happy New Year, Queer New York! Better late than never (I hope). I've been trying to figure out something t...

“All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.” Alexandre Dumas Pere, last words in The Count of Monte Cristo. Men.  Men...

by baad lamb I had never been to the Museum of the Moving Image, expecting that it would be a dusty collection of cinema and television...

From Justin Spring's wonderful biography: "NYC is fun," he observed to a friend at the end of his life, "but it drains ...

“All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.” Alexandre Dumas Pere, last words in  The Count of Monte Cristo . People oft...

This is one NYC license plate you'll probably never see.

By West Village Bill The Squeeze Boy and I caught I Love You Phillip Morris on New Year's Eve. I was motivated to see the movie partl...

Even though we rarely hear from QNY contributor Eric Leven, you can hear him read his short story  in What We Brought Back: Jewish Life Afte...

A brief stay at Island House is the best way to thaw out. Here's my profile in this week's South Florida Gay News .

The sometimes midtown and sometimes downtown Ken Browne has organized a regular Wednesday group of gay and gay-friendly folks who meet for d...

(via JoeMyGod ) An acquaintance of several QNY contributors, comedian Michael Hartney, is in a new AT&T commercial. And his laugh is g...

" No more champagne And the fireworks are through..."

From Tony Adams and The Baad Lamb (photo by JoeMyGod)

By Tony Adams I strongly recommend this beautiful album by equally beautiful New Yorker Eric Yves Garcia. And before I go any further, let...

By West Village Bill On Sunday, I'm taking my sweetie, Tony P., and my friend Jen and her kids, Abbe and Zane, to see Mummenschanz at...

By baad lamb There are literally thousands of Christmas songs, and many hundreds of them get played over and over again throughout this hol...

By West Village Bill An angry snowman on Christopher Street. It looks like he's mad that he can't get a cab to stop for him. Th...

By Tony Adams My  QNY friend BJ (who is also my bloggodfather) over at the very NSFW BJland has posted, for a seventh year, my favorite C...