Drug Test: Ayahuasca, the “Everest” of Psychedelics?
Caveat 21A Clinton St, Manhattan, NY, United StatesCome find out about Ayahuasca, the alleged "Everest" of psychedelics. StarTalk comedy writer Sarah Rose Siskind will describe her recent journey, present photos of her before and after, and even show the results on her FitBit! And she'll also talk about how firefighters busted into the ceremony, mid-trip. She will be joined by an illustrious […]
All About the Fat: Hanukkah at MOFAD
Museum of Food and Drink 62 Bayard Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesJoin The Gefilteria co-founders Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz and seasonal foods expert Amelia Saltsman, along with food writer Devra Ferst, for a lively talk and tasting about all the fats—from olive oil to schmaltz—that make Hanukkah food so special. Most of us know the symbolic meanings of Hanukkah and the miraculous oil, but how […]
Performing Knowledge: What Does Learning Feel Like?
Segal Theatre 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, United StatesWhat can knowledge feel or look like? How might it move us? What might the emotional and aesthetic effects of knowledge be, in addition to the cognitive? How does one know or come to know? What place do repetition, gesture, rhythm, mimesis, rehearsal, meditation, and travel have in knowledge? Now in its second year, Performing Knowledge is a one-day festival of […]
Film Screening “DNA: The Secret of Photo 51” and Q&A
New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesIn 1952, Dr. Rosalind Franklin was remarkably close to unraveling the mysteries of DNA and the building blocks of life itself. When her groundbreaking work was shared without her knowledge or permission, it was used by Drs. Crick and Watson as the foundation of the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, for which they […]
Mikhal Dekel, the Flight East: WW2 Refugees in Tashkent, Tehran and Tel Aviv
CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesBeginning in September 1941 and throughout the war, Central Asia and Iran became places of refuge to hundreds of thousands of Jewish and Catholic Polish citizens. Mikhal Dekel, whose father was a child refugee in Tehran, will recount the research and writing process of this epic yet relatively unknown Holocaust story, told in her new […]