Bushwick Arts, Unconditional Healing, Desire, Grub, and Mantak Chia all are in store for New Yorkers this week. For more in-depth NYC events, subscribe to the Souldish Newsletter in the upper right hand box. Email events to Salma(at)souldish.com.=====Friday, June 1=====

Bushwick Open Studios and Arts Festival

Come out and join us for a weekend of art, music, performance, food, community, and fun. Bushwick Open Studios is a self-organized art festival that incorporates artists opening their studios to the public with events that further showcase the creativity of the
neighborhood. The festival begins with music and theater Friday night and continues with an art parade, the Bushwick Cabaret and Art Spectacular and a community barbecue with film screenings and music.

Anyone in the community is welcome to participate by presenting art work, organizing activities, or by helping to produce the event. The purpose of the festival is to create an open and inclusive event that benefits the entire community by sharing artistic projects and encouraging community interaction and dialogue. Nearly 200 artists have already registered to participate this year and the number is growing everyday. The festival is organized by volunteers under the name Arts in Bushwick, in cooperation with other area nonprofits, arts organizations, and businesses. The festival builds on the success of a number of open studios days and other events that have taken place in Bushwick over the last several years. It represents the collective effort of dozens of artists and other Bushwick residents who seek to create a forum for Bushwick locals to connect with each other, celebrate our community, and share work with each other and the public.

The festival kicks off Friday night Hotbox, a night of dance, theater, sex, and magic. The evening features performance and theater followed by music by the Dive, Pass Kontrol, and Ways. Festival continues through the weekend. Check website for complete
listings.

Bushwick Starr
207 Starr Street, no. 4, Brooklyn (L train to Jefferson station)
(7-11p, Free) Festival continues through SUNDAY
http://www.artsinbushwick.org

=====Also on Friday=====

Peripheral Media Projects & Ad Hoc Art present…
Josh MacPhee, Billy Mode, & Chris Stain with Friends

The boys are back in town for a two-peat of their stellar 2006 show. Bring your enthusiasm and your dinero, as these works of power, beauty, and prowess are flying off the walls. Show ends June 3. Josh MacPhee and Erik Reuland are touring with their new book, Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority on AK Press. They will discuss the book and present documentation of creative art actions from around the world.

Ad Hoc Art
49 Bogart Street, Buzzer 22, Unit 1G
718.366.2466
info@adhocart.org
http://www.adhocart.org

=====Also on Friday=====

Unconditional Healing: Illness & Discovering One’s True Self with Jeff Rubin

Illness is like sand in the engine of our life, stalling us, and often leaving us in despair. The conventional view of illness is that it’s something to be resisted and discarded at the earliest opportunity, and that it offers no intrinsic value or worth. Consequently, if the illness is chronic or life-threatening, we often feel a loss of self esteem and self-worth, and a sense of isolation.

The more expansive view of illness is that it is a profound and auspicious coincidence, forcing us to confront questions of mortality and well being, and offering us the opportunity to experience our genuine nature. This is the view of illness that we will explore and practice together. The weekend will afford an opportunity to connect with others who share our fear and confusion, as well as our underlying sanity and basic goodness, and to practice alleviating both our own and other’s suffering. Jeff Rubin became a student of the Venerable Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche in 1973 and has been teaching in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition for over 25
years. 212-675-6544.

Shambhala Meditation Center of New York
118 West 22nd Street, 6th Fl.
(Fri, June 1, 7 - 9 pm, $15- Public Talk)
(Fri, Sat. & Sun, June 1, 2 & 3, 10 a - 5 p, $120 sliding scale - workshops)
http://www.ny.shambhala.org

=====Saturday, June 2=====

Okada Purifying Therapy, Open House

Explore the lifestyle advocated by Mokichi Okada, a Japanese philosopher, artist, nature farming pioneer, holistic health practitioner and the originator of Okada Purifying Therapy [energy healing]. Come & experience the healing effects of Okada Purifying Therapy from trained therapists and view a demonstration of Nature Farming, the method of cultivating plants in harmony with nature.
Center for Creative Civilization
37 E. 28th Street Suite 500
212-213-0539
(1-4p, $10 suggested donation, no one turned away)
http://www.iricc-ny.org

=====Sunday, June 3=====

Desire: Day-long Retreat

This day will focus on deepening our understanding of desire - everybody’s favorite nemesis. Is desire a weakness or a strength? The day will include guided sitting and walking meditation, talks, discussion, and two short yoga practices. Reserve: info@theidproject.com with “rsvp june retreat” in subject line or call Lila at 212-254-2130. Scholarships available for the cash-strapped!

The ID Project/Lila Center
302 Bowery @ Houston St., 2nd fl
(10a - 6p, lunch break 1:30-3pm, $40 requested donation, $25 students/unemployed)
http://www.theidproject.com

==SD BULLETIN: Sentient City: The Art of Urban Dharma (part of the ID Project) are accepting submissions in all genres for issue #2 of Sentient City. The Deadline is July 15. Email kyle@theidproject.com with any questions or submissions.

=====Also on Sunday=====

Grub

A community dinner for artists, urban dreamers, and fantastically freaky provocateurs who like to commune over good food. Come early. Food may be limited.
Rubulad
338 Flushing, at Classon, Brooklyn
(7p, Free)
http://suckapants.com/grub.html

=====Monday, June 4 & Tuesday June, 5=====

Mantak Chia: Tan Tien Chi Kung & Elixir Chi Kung

Enhance your vitality, strengthen your organs, and promote self-healing with Tao Master Mantak Chia, author of dozens of books and videos on Chi Kung and Taoist Meditation. Register: 212-243-6771.
The META Center
214 W. 29 St, 16th Fl. btw 7th & 8th Ave.
(9:30a-5:30p, check website for cost)
http://www.healingtaonyc.com
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=====Friday, June 15=====

Alchemical Symbols Presentation & Hymn of The Pearl

Come listen to a special presentation by Alan Steinfeld of New Realities as he discusses the use and significance of alchemical symbols for initiations into the mystery schools. We’ll also be reading the beautiful and famous Gnostic allegory of “The Hymn of The Pearl.” RSVP early!
Cap 21, 18 W. 18th St.
(7p, $6)
http://www.gnostic.meetup.com/162/calendar/5785042/