Apr 24th
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New York City College of Technology @ 25 Chapel St, Brooklyn, NY
Learn the essential skills to handle basic electrical repairs in your home with this comprehensive course. Gain confidence in replacing fuses, changing outlets, installing fixtures, testing for power, and splicing wires. Enroll now and become a pro at maintaining your electrical system.
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Music and movies have been inextricably and often gloriously linked since before the “talking picture” in the later 1920’s. This semester we take a broad-ranging look at some of the greatest music ever written for film, whether in the hands of such exceptional composers as Bernard Hermann, Erich Korngold, Aaron Copland, Ennio Morricone, Leonard Bernstein, Philip Glass, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith — to name only a few; or songwriters...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
How does a song like Kesha’s “Woman” become the track, Kesha: “Woman?” What goes into the process of building a fully-produced pop music megahit? How does a sophisticated studio production transfer to live performance, whether in a small club or sold-out arena? Find out from Kesha’s own musical director, David Cook, as he pulls back the curtain on the production process in this all-new class in our all-new tech lab. David will bring...
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92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Discuss the first seven of Ben Franklin’s virtues — Temperance, Silence, Order, Resolution, Frugality, Industry, Sincerity — and answer two questions: How can we improve ourselves and how can we improve our world? In regular small group discussions, Circle members use Franklin’s classic 13 civic virtues to spark discussion about members’ goals and aspirations — who they want to be, and what they want to contribute to the world. Part...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Survey some of the finest Pinot Noirs in the world and pair them with cheeses that will highlight their personalities.
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Among the very last musical works composed by Johannes Brahms are exquisite pieces for piano solo. This lecture, the second of two this season in coordination with Garrick Ohlsson’s Complete Brahms series, explores examples from Brahms' late piano music, pieces that Brahms often gave non-descript names such as Intermezzo or Romance—names that reflect their accessibility, but intentionally belie their intimate beauty and deceptively complex ...
The full Theta Certification training is recommended for animal lovers, trainers, veterinarians, pet store owners, rescue workers, groomers, walkers, therapy or police animal caretakers, vet techs, and anyone who wants to start a new career or who lives or works with animals. Developing the capacity to understand what animals are feeling and the state of their health can transform our relationships with them and our capacity to be of service to them....
New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY
Applied properly, Feng Shui can improve the quality of your life by balancing your personal and environmental energy, allowing you to experience more success at work, improved relationships, greater focus and clarity and better health. During this one-day intensive intro, you will develop an understanding of Feng Shui as you: Discover and begin using Feng Shui’s extraordinary analytical tools: The Three Door Bagua Method and The Great Sunshine...
Remedies Herb Shop @ 453 Court St, Brooklyn, NY
For many people, the old year closes out with a certain amount of frantic cleaning and gift-buying for the Yuletide, followed by a brief respite to digest, then onto New Years’ celebrations. January – whether you greeted New Years Day fresh and excited or slightly hungover! – is an excellent time for doing some divination to prepare oneself for your coming year’s adventures, opportunities and challenges. This class will be mixture of Tarot...
John Jay College of Criminal Justice @ 524 W 59th St, New York, NY
Forensic entomology involves the use of insects in legal investigations. Insects are commonly overlooked in an investigation; however, they can provide a wealth of information. Forensic entomology can be used many circumstances, including homicides, drug and arms trafficking, assaults, senior and child abuse and/or neglect, animal abuse, poaching and pest control. This two-day workshop will include a lecture portion detailing the importance of insects...
New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY
Halloween arrives at the midpoint between the fall equinox and the winter solstice when ancient lore tells us the “veil between the worlds” is at its thinnest, and divination can therefore be most potent. It is an excellent time for turning inwards and ideal for developing one’s intuition using the Tarot, a living oracle rooted in the Western Hermetic tradition that permits us to communicate with levels of consciousness not ordinarily available...
New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY
Our closest relationships often provide the best opportunity for our growth. The connection between the frustrations inherent in adult relationships and our early childhood experiences makes compassionate exploration of our past essential. This course offers us an effective technique to unlock what lies beneath some of these deep conflicts, providing us with a path out of repetitive destructive patterns and into conscious ways of relating and loving....
Un-School of Disruptive Design @ 394 Broadway , New York, NY
Join the Un-School of Disruptive Design for a full day interactive workshop that dives deep into the psychological, behavioural, economic and social conditions that affect, challenge and promote change - social, cultural and behavioural. Your Brain on Change is an experiential conversation led by Leyla Acaroglu, a sociologist, sustainability expert and award winning designer that actively explores limits, issues, opportunities and theories on change....
Un-School of Disruptive Design @ 601 W 26th St, New York, NY
Look beyond the ‘green’ hype, get the deeper details on what the hell sustainability is and how it relates to professional practice and our personal lives. We address the ways in which we can all help achieve it. The hotly contested term ‘sustainability’ has come to mean different things to different people, but the original concept is all about social, economic and environmental sustainability – a pretty awesome aspiration...
Un-School of Disruptive Design @ 601 W 26th St, New York, NY
Designercise is the brain workout session for flexible, creative and agile thinking! Join us for a mental workout and ideation session to beat the afternoon brain drains! Designercise Ideation Workouts are quick productive distractions into your afternoon brain slump! Learn mental workout tools that flex your brain through fun and fast paced ideation techniques. Our boredom busting brain experiences develop critical and flexible thinking...
New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY
The archetypal images of the tarot connect us to the voice of our inner wisdom. Our subconscious mind uses images as it’s primary method of communication. The images of the tarot, just like the images in dreams, can stimulate deep insights into ourselves and others, leading to a more meaningful life. In this workshop, we will learn how to open our channels of receptivity and dialogue with our Inner Voice to become better tarot readers. We...
When enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas they brought a rich stockpile of plant wisdom with them. As people of African descent continue to settle in the U.S., our understanding of a plethora of herbs and unique healing techniques of African origin continues to expand. Today, renowned African-American herbalist, aromatherapist and author Stephanie Rose Bird will share her knowledge of healing remedies from the African diaspora. Be prepared...
The miLES Do Tank is an action-oriented design thinking course, tied to a challenge to translate learnings into local impact. In collaboration with Foossa, Makeshift, NYU Design for America, and Tenement Museum, the Do Tank cultivates a group of people with varied skillsets to work together on a real-world issue, from collaborative ideation to collaborative creation. This 14-weeks program for young professionals and graduate students is facilitated...
New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY
Theta Level 1 The full Theta Certification training is recommended for animal lovers, trainers, veterinarians, pet store owners, rescue workers, groomers, walkers, therapy or police animal caretakers, vet techs, and anyone who wants to start a new career or who lives or works with animals. Developing the capacity to understand what animals are feeling and the state of their health can transform our relationships with them and our capacity to be...
New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY
This evening Rainbow Eagle will share the ancient teachings of Anishinabe (Ojibwe) Peace Shield called the “Seventh Fire,” hidden for hundreds of years until now. He will also discuss the teachings from other prophecies: the Hopi, Lakota, Navajo, Seneca, Inca and Maya sources. Together, he will describe how they signal the age of the “Seventh Fire” as having arrived: environmental degradation/Earth changes, risks to the destruction of all...
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