Monday August 12, 2019
Manhattan
9am-12pm Pay-What-You-Can: Yoga, Chanting and Meditation with Nataraj Chaitanya. Every morning from August 12 to August 30th, join Nataraj Chaitanya for pranayama, vinyasa yoga, chanting and meditation at Bowery Yoga. More info. [MINDFULNESS]
12:30-1:45pm Free: The Female Gaze: Essential Movies Made by Women. Join author Alicia Malone and film expert Scott Adlerberg for a Bryant Park Reel Talks Q&A on female filmmakers. More info. [FILM]
6-8pm $5: Skye & Massimo’s Philosophy Cafe: Philosophy of Hedonism. Hedonistic philosophy proposes that maximizing pleasure and minimizing pain are ultimately important in living a good life. This might be true to some extent, but whether they’re the only important elements is debatable. Join philosophers Skye Cleary and Massimo Pigliucci for a discussion on whether you should feel guilty about pursuing pleasure and more at the next Skye & Massimo’s Philosophy Cafe! More info. [PHILOSOPHY]
6:30-8:30pm $25 (advance): Chaos Theory: An Off-The-Rails TED Talk on the Underlying Chaos of Our Lives. What happens when a TED talk about chaos theory goes wildly off the rails? Chaos Theory is a comedic, immersive experience exploring the underlying chaos in our lives. A lecture about chaos theory devolves into a series of interactive games inspired by the science of chaos theory, Jurassic Park, middle school crushes, and abstract math seminars builds to “utter beautiful chaos” as the audience is guided by mathematical scientist, Dr. Genevieve Saoch, whose personal life continually interferes with her ability to be objective about her research as a Chaologist. More info. [GEEK]
Brooklyn
7:30pm Free: Poetry of the Perseids: A Night of Celestial and Science Poems. The city lights may block out a clear view of the Perseid meteor shower, but poets Wendy Chin-Tanner, Timothy Donnelly, Margaret Rhee, and Allison Carter-Beaul will create celestial wonders at our Poetry of the Perseids outer space/science-inspired poetry reading at Berl’s Brooklyn Poetry Shop. Celebrate both the annual Perseids meteor shower and the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing with poetry, astrophotography to inspire your own writing, and a Livestream of the Perseid meteor shower. More info. [POETRY]
Tuesday August 13, 2019
Manhattan
6-7:30pm $30: The Intuition Salon: The Price of Your Perfectionism. Invest in understanding the cycle that keeps us trapped in the desire for perfection. Join Growth Strategist and Executive Coach Karen Bellantoni at the Assemblage on Park Ave to learn techniques on releasing the pressure and meeting others of like mind. More info. [MINDFULNESS]
6:30-7:30pm $20: The Amazing Work of Kokichi Sugihara. Can a ball roll uphill against gravity? How can the reflection of a circle in a mirror appear as a rectangle? Is it possible that an arrow, when rotated 180 degrees, continues to point in its original direction? Join Kokichi Sugihara, Meiji University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, at the National Museum of Mathematics as he shares one incredibly impossible object after another. Prepare to be amazed as Dr. Sugihara demonstrates how his clever illusions fool the brain and how math underlies the engineering of each paradoxical illusion. More info. [SCIENCE]
7pm $17.41: Meet George Takei at Barnes & Noble Union Square. Join author, actor, and activist George Takei to celebrate the release of They Called Us Enemy. In this stunning graphic memoir, Takei revisits his haunting childhood in American concentration camps, as one of 120,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned by the U.S. government during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon — and America itself — in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love. More info. [BOOKS]
Wednesday August 14, 2019
Manhattan
6:30pm Free: Shadows of Doubt: Brendan O’Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi. Crimes and punishments take place under pressure and often with uncertainty. Offenders, victims, police, judges, and jurors make high-stakes decisions with limited information, under severe time pressure. With compelling stories and extensive data on how people behave in the heat of the moment, Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime, and the Pursuit of Justice reveals the extent to which we rely on stereotypes as shortcuts in our decision making. Join co-authors Brendan (Dan) O’Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi, along with Morgan C. Williams, Jr., at the NYPL for a discussion about the role stereotypes play in the the justice system. More info. [ECONOMICS]
7-8:30pm $25: Seeing the Sacred in Samsara. Get a fascinating glimpse of the tantric yogis of medieval India at this illustrated lecture. Renowned Professor of Buddhist Studies Donald S. Lopez Jr. converses with Tenzin Tethong, whose collection of paintings forms the basis of Lopez’s new book, Seeing the Sacred in Samsara. Lopez will offer historical, aesthetic, and religious insights, giving audience members a sense of the nuanced narratives and themes illustrated in the paintings, while Tenzin Tethong will speak to his remarkable family history and the origins of the paintings. More info. [ART]
7:30-9pm $15: Think Olio Presents: The Allure of Masculinity. This Olio event, featuring professor Kim Nguyen, will tackle the core issue in masculinity: POWER. Come listen to how the science of sex and gender can shed light on masculinity and discuss what liberation means in these contexts. More info. [PHILOSOPHY]
Thursday August 15, 2019
Manhattan
7pm $20: The Tyranny of Happy: On Contemporary Over-Performance. In this Olio event, professor Jeanne Proust will explore the manifestations and possible reasons for the repulsion people feel for their suffering peers, and how that repulsion might be connected to the pressure for performance in a narcissistic “burnout society” we live in. More info. [PHILOSOPHY]
7-9pm Free: Apollo Uptown Hall: Harlem’s Culture. This HARLEM WEEK edition of Apollo Uptown Hall gathers thought leaders from some of Harlem’s most influential arts organizations to celebrate milestone anniversaries in the arts community and discuss what role these cultural organizations will play in either preserving traditions or advancing change. More info. [CULTURE]
7-9pm Free: The Digital Body: Avatars, Biometrics, Fashion, and Customization. Learn the impact digital customization is making in: 3D printed fashion, surgical implants, biometric wearable tech, and virtual reality with Aaron Trocola from design firm ThreeForm Fashion. More info. [GEEK]
Friday August 16, 2019
Manhattan
7-8pm Free: From Concorde to Mars: Designing the Future. Revisit the wonder of Concorde and explore it as inspiration for our “new space age.” With missions back to the Moon and beyond, we will see new technologies and innovations that cater to the needs of both astronauts and tourists. Lawrence Azerrad, author of Supersonic: The Design & Lifestyle of Concorde, Tibor Balint, principal human centered designer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Jeffrey Montes, a space architect at Space Factory, will discuss the new imagined future and the realities we can expect to see in the coming years at this free talk at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. More info. [GEEK]
Brooklyn
9:30pm $15: Adult Sex Ed. Hosted by Dani Faith Leonard, ADULT SEX ED aims to plug the holes in your sex education through hilarious exploratory deep dives into sexual topics and a fantastic line-up of storytellers. America’s failure to provide accurate sex education in schools is comedy’s gain! August’s Theme: STRANGE HISTORY. Brush up your strange sex history with segments like the World History of Masturbation (Abridged), Celebrated Deviants through Time, and Ancient Sex Vocabulary and hear hilarious stories from our guests’ personal sex-ed histories. More info. [HISTORY]
Saturday August 17, 2019
Manhattan
10am-4pm Free: Fourth Annual NYC Math Festival. MoMath, together with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, is pleased to present the fourth annual NYC Math Festival, providing a full day of math fun in the sun. Bring your friends and the entire family to Fosun Plaza at 28 Liberty St. and enjoy hands-on math exhibits, entertaining mathematical games, and intriguing puzzles and brainteasers. More info. [GEEK]
Bronx
1-3:30pm $30: Greats Of Jazz & Vaudeville: A Victrola Trolley Tour at Woodlawn. Visit and celebrate some of the greatest performers from 100 years ago and their indelible musical contributions to jazz, pop and vaudeville history. Each stop will include a brief talk about the entertainer PLUS a 78rpm record played on an antique crank-up Victrola as an aural dimension to the tour. More info. [MUSIC]
Sunday August 18, 2019
Manhattan
2-4pm $30: New York Ornament: The Upper West Side: Anonymous Craftsmen and Building Decoration. Join Francis Morrone for a look at ornamentation and decoration–in stone, terra cotta, wrought iron, and cast iron–on several Upper West Side buildings from the Victorian through the Art Deco periods, with a special emphasis on the contributions of anonymous craftsmen whose embellishment of such buildings as the Apthorp Apartments constitutes one of New York’s greatest treasures. Along the way you will learn the names of ornamental devices, and how to look at and “read” the ornament, derived primarily from the Classical tradition, on New York buildings. More info. [TOUR]
Brooklyn
2-4pm $30: From Coney Island to Brighton Beach: A Seaside Stroll. Join Joe Svehlak for a tour of the beautiful, landmarked Riegelmann Boardwalk as we view the old, also landmarked rides: the Cyclone, Parachute Jump, and Wonder Wheel. See the ever expanding Luna Park with its daring rides including the new Thunderbolt Rollercoaster. Hear about Coney Island’s colorful past and former great amusement parks like Steeplechase. Enjoy the sea air as the tour continues on to Brighton Beach, “Little Odessa,” with its many shops and restaurants catering to peoples from the former Soviet Union. More info. [TOUR]