LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Wednesday 10/25 HEALTH ISSUES ANONYMOUS Twelve-step group for those ...
HEALTH ISSUES ANONYMOUS
Twelve-step group for those living with a health concern; St. Luke's Roosevelt Center, 324 W. 108th St., #305 (betw. B'way & Riverside Dr.), 212-362-7214; 5:30-7, free [through 10/25].
WRITING TOWARD HOPE
Try & get past title of symposium on literature & human rights w/Marjorie Agosin, editor of anthology A Map of Hope: Women's Writings On Human Rights; Barnard Hall, 117th St. (B'way), 212-854-2067; 6:30, free.
Thursday 10/26
THE ARCHITECTURE OF MADNESS
Discussion w/architects Tod Williams & Billie Tsien focuses on Karl Junker's house in Lemgo, Germany; Max Protech Gallery, 511 W. 22nd St. (10th Ave.), 212-977-7170; 6, free.
ASIAN VOICES
New York Times reporter Somini Sengupta moderates panel of Asian journalists on how their backgrounds influenced their writing; 229 W. 43rd St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), 888-NYT-1870; 6, $30.
SAUL BELLOW: THE MAKING OF A NEW AMERICAN LITERATURE
James Atlas, formerly of The New Yorker & The New York Times Book Review gives annual Perlow lecture on the NY Public Library's Dorot Jewish Division. His biography on Bellow is published by Random House this month; Social Sciences Library, 5th Ave. (42nd St.), 212-930-0855; 6, $12.
LECTURE ON THE HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIAN FILMMAKING IN BOTH ARMENIA & IN THE DIASPORA
French theater & film director Arby Ovannesian speaks; Schapiro Center for Engineering, Columbia Univ., 116th St. (B'way), 212-949-1995; 7, call for price.
MT. SINAI
Hospital sponsors "Raising Awareness About Diabetes in the East Harlem Community" discussion in celebration of Hispanic Heritage month; Annenberg Bldg., #1201, 100th St. (Madison Ave.), 212-241-7727; 1, call for price.
PASS THE TORCH SERIES
Artists discuss their activism. This week dance pioneer & human rights worker Katherine Dunham speaks; NYU's Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St. (betw. B'way & University Pl.), 212-998-8816; 7:30, free.
A RUSSIAN REVIVAL
Panel discussion on life after the Soviet Union w/former Moscow Bureau Chief for The New York Times & moderated by Ian Bremmer of the World Policy Institute; New School, 66 W. 12th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), RSVP 212-229-5430, ext.101; 6, call for price.
YOGA MEDITATION: THE WAY TO INNER PEACE
Lecture series begins tonight w/opening talk by Brother Devananda; Hotel Pennsylvania, 401 7th Ave. (33rd St.), 212-889-2058; 7:30, free [through 10/29].
Friday 10/27
ANNUAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN LAW
Journal hosts symposium on "The Legal Frontier of Religious Freedom: Religion & State in the 20th Century"; NYU's Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Sq. S. (betw. Sullivan & MacDougal Sts.), RSVP 212-998-6355; 9 a.m., $10.
EDUCATION WORKS, PRISONS DON'T
Speakers incl. Councilmember Bill Perkins & Senator David Patterson w/workshops on youth criminalization, hiphop, organization & progressive educators; Thurgood Marshall Academy, 135th St. (Edgecomb Ave.), 212-969-8801; call for times & prices [repeats Sat.].
STOOP POETRY WORKSHOP
Serious scribers bring 10 copies of your work to Tribes Gallery, 285 E. 3rd St. (betw. Aves. C & D), 212-674-3778; 7:30-9:30, $3 contrib.
Saturday 10/28
FEMINIST ART & ART HISTORY CONFERENCE
Topics incl. "Historicizing the Female Nude," "Modern Visions of Domesticity" & "Transgressive Beauties & Other Advertising Gambits"; Barnard, 117th St. (B'way), 212-854-2037; call for times, prices & reg. info [through Sun.].
OPEN HOUSE
Workshops on over 30 majors offered by college incl. panel discussion w/MTV's Fashion Director Susan Bauer; Fashion Institute of Technology, 7th Ave. (27th St.), 212-217-7755 for full schedule & RSVP; 9:30 a.m., call for price.
TRIBAL SOUNDZ CLASSES
"Dances of the Voice" (Sat. at 2); "Bellydancing Classes" (Mon. at 6); "Dumbek Classes" (Tues. at 6); Tribal Soundz, 340 E. 6th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-673-5992 for prices.
Tuesday 10/31
DESERTING THE PATRICIATE: THOMAS MANN
Peter Gay, Director of NY Public Library's Center for Scholars & Writers lectures on Buddenbrooks at Social Sciences Library, 5th Ave. (42nd St.), RSVP 212-930-0084; 6, call for price.