Yogishri and Bijan Sabet: Investing in Letting Go
Rubin Museum 150 West 17th St., New York, NY, United StatesIn the business world, success is equated with material gain. The premise of venture capitalist Bijan Sabet’s business is to invest in order to earn more, and his early investment in digital platforms like Twitter and Tumblr could be described as prescient. But does this type of success yield happiness? In their first time meeting […]
Life Isn’t Everything: Mike Nichols, as Remembered by 150 of His Closest Friends
The Strand 828 Broadway, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for a searching conversation all about the life and work of the prolific and influential filmmaker, theater director, and comedian Mike Nichols, with editors Sam Kashner and Ash Carter and Nichols' collaborator Candice Bergen. Ash Carter and Sam Kashner offer an intimate look behind the scenes of Nichols' life, as told by the […]
Understanding Your Brain: Q&A with Neuroscientist Dr. David Rock
Bon Courage 82 Reade St, New York, NY, United StatesWe know more about our cars than our brains. David Rock wants to fix that. He believes that learning about your brain can have similar benefits to practicing mindfulness, without the sitting quietly part. In this session, he will answer questions about how to create the right conditions for yourself or your team to do […]
Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Horticultural Symposium
Eataly 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesFor its second annual Horticulture Symposium, Madison Square Park Conservancy will gather experts in the fields of landscape design, horticulture therapy, and forest therapy to discuss the significance of access to public green spaces in our city. With a diverse lineup of speakers and a keynote presentation by Amos Clifford, founder of the Association of Nature […]
Scientific Controversies: Extra Dimensions
Pioneer Works 159 Pioneer Street, Brooklyn, NY, United StatesPioneer Works' Director of Sciences, Prof. Janna Levin, invites renowned theoretical physicists Prof. Gregory Gabadadze and Prof. Cumrun Vafa to reflect on our dimensionality, string theory, reality, and the multiverse.