VEGGIE SUMMER SOLSTICE, DRUM CIRCLES, SACRED SEXUALITY, UFO’S‘Til next week…juicy ripe watermelon,
Salma
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CoSM - CALL FOR ARTWORK – Original Face…
Imagine your artwork hanging at CoSM…
A venerable Zen Koan asks,
“What is your Original Face?”
Answer this cosmic riddle with a work of art.
Square Foot Summer Show: Original Face
Mailed artwork must arrive BETWEEN TUES., JUNE 19 – TUES., JUNE 26
Artwork drop off – MicroCoSM Gallery from TUES., JUNE 19 – TUES., JUNE 26
Please follow the instructions **carefully** to be accepted!
CoSM
542 West 27th Street, 4th FL 212.564.4259
$25 per submission (fundraiser benefiting the future of CoSM)
http://www.microcosmgallery.com/square%20foot/index.htm
http://www.cosm.org
=====Wednesday, June 20th=====
Activate - Weekly Trance Party
with special guests, and Resident DJs:
Shunny (Mad Elephant/NYC/JP)
Sew (Mad Elephant/NYC/JP)
T.T.X. (X Kaihatsu/NYC/JP)
Yugo-F (X Kaihatsu/NYC/JP)
Sapphire Lounge, 249 Eldridge Street, NYC Btwn. Houston and Stanton
By Subway — F, V to 2nd Ave.
(10p - 4am Free)
Info: xavier@di.onys.us
=====Thursday, June 21st=====
A Celebration of Summer:
Symposium on Sacred Sexuality and Creating Conscious Community
Presented by New Realities and Sexy Spirits
*Guaranteed to be one of the most exciting and dynamic evenings to hit New York’s alternative downtown community in years.
Centerpoint Yoga Studios
324 Lafayette Street, NYC (between Houston and Bleeker)
(7:45p - 11:00p, $20 [pre-paid] / $25 door)
http://www.sexyspirits.com
=====Also on Thursday=====
Eyebeam will be taking part in Make Music New York, a city-wide music festival taking place on June 21. For one day - the first day of summer - public spaces in all five boroughs will become informal musical stages for all New Yorkers, amateurs and professionals, to perform for friends, neighbors, and passers-by, turning the city into a festival of live music making.
Taking part in the day’s activities will be Education Lab Fellow Benton-C Bainbridge, performing with collaborator Bobby Previte, and Eyebeam staffers Stephanie Hunt and Marko Tandefelt.
EYEBEAM
540 W. 21st Street, (between 10th and 11th Avenues) Tel. 212.937.6580 Fax: 212.937.6582
(4:00p - 7:00p, $/?)
info@eyebeam.org
http://www.eyebeam.org
http://www.makemusicny.org/
=====Friday, June 22nd=====
(8:30p - 9:30p) Drum Class with Mz. imani
CoSM
542 W. 27th St. 4th Fl.
(8p - 3a, $20)
http://www.cosm.org
=====Friday, June 22nd=====
Evening Introduction Friday, June 22nd, 7-9 P.M.
Day Long Workshop Saturday, June 23rd, 10 A.M.- 5 P.M.
In this program, Rinpoche, assisted by Tulku Sherdor, the Director of Blazing Wisdom Institute, who was recently enthroned as the rebirth of Naysang Walshul Lama Dorje Nyima, a lineage master who was Rinpoche’s great uncle, will present the basic elements of the path– renunciation, bodhicitta and the view of emptiness — from a variety of perspectives, showing the basic unity at the core of all dharma lineages. There will be practical
instructions and exercises offered to show how these core elements of the path may be cultivated and applied.
This program is also an opportunity for American Buddhists to learn, first-hand, about the current state of Dharma in Tibet , and its hope for the future. Recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and others as an incarnation of the great master Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje, Rinpoche is the 10th throne holder of the great ” Blue Valley ” monastery, in Golok. He received not only the Long Chen Nying Tig and Pema Nying Tig
treasure lineages from his father, His Holiness Orgyen Kusum Lingpa, but also spent years studying the curriculum at Drepung Monastery in South India , under the personal care of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Tibet House
22 W 15th st 212.807.0563
info@tibethouse.org
http://www.tibethouse.org
(Friday, June 22, 2007 7p-9p $20)
Day Long Workshop
Saturday, June 23, 2007 10p – 5p $60)
UFOs: The Culture of Contact (1947-2007) a conference and film retrospective. This is a 3-day multimedia celebration of Roswell and the Kenneth Arnold Sightings, which gave us the term “flying saucer.
=====Also on Friday=====
Kado: The Path of Flowers - With Marcia Shibata
Friday (7:30 - 9:30p $15)
Saturday & Sunday, June 23 & 24, (9:30a - 6p $225 incl. Fri.)
Japanese flower arranging, also called Kado or Ikebana, can be practiced as
a contemplative art. Under the guidance of Marcia Shibata, students learn to
create flower arrangements, and experience Kado as a creative and meditative dance with nature, space, and perception. Like meditation, Kado teaches us to really look at what is before us.
Shambhala Meditation Center of New York
118 West 22nd Street - 6th floor
New York, NY 10011 212.675.6544
Friday (7:30p - 9:30p $15)
Saturday & Sunday, June 23 & 24, (9:30a - 6p $225 incl. Fri.)
http://ny.shambhala.org/program_detail.php?id=272
http://www.ny.shambhala.org
http://dev5.bluemandala.com/program_detail.php?id=140
=====Saturday, June 23rd - Thursday June 28th=====
Parashakti’s 5 Day Fasting Intensive at Jivamukti Yoga School
Jivamukti Yoga Center
841 Broadway , 2nd floor
(For details/time go to their website…$375)
jena@jenawellness.com
http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com
=====Also on Saturday=====
Veggie Barefoot Boogie Summer Solstice
Meet, greet and dance, dance, dance to celebrate the first weekend of summer. Wear something GREEN to identify yourself as a Vegetarian from the Meetup community. This is a convergence of All the Vegetarian-themed Meetups– Meet people from all the vegetarian friendly meetup groups while you dance into the night.
On a budget? Volunteer for a door shift for half-price. Two door shifts gets you in Free. Kids 12 and under are FRee.
Insight Meditation Center
28 W 27th Street, 10th Floor (Buzzer #27)
(8:30p - 2a, $15)
http://barefootboogie.org
=====Also on Saturday=====
CoSM Art Gallery Tour - with Visionary Artist Gray
Join Alex as he walks through the gallery with visitors and talks about the artwork and the Chapel space. Purchasing in advance guarantees admission.
CoSM
542 W. 27th St. 4th Fl.
http://www.cosm.org
(6:30p, $20)
SD Note: This is a fascinating tour if you want to notice the details of each painting and understand what meaning they have within the context of the whole idea of the piece. Alex is brilliant and ever charming. You won’t be dissapointed.
=====Also on Saturday=====
Liberation Lounge - Dance of Liberation!
Share in this month’s theme of Vision Quest with Parashakti, and the Gatekeepers for a Dance of Liberation that unites the physical and spiritual world. Featuring the infectious rhythms of Fabian Alsultany and the Body Temple Drummers. Liberation Lounge is part yoga session, ancient ceremony, spectacle, and dance party!
Jivamukti Yoga School
841 Broadway (between 13th and 14th Streets) in Union Squareand is easily accessible by subway (N, R, W, Q, L, 4, 5 and 6 to Union Square) 212.353.0214
(7:00 p – 12:00 a $30 adv., $35 day of event)
http://www.jivamuktiyoga.com
=====Also on Saturday=====
Killer Banshee - Live dueling video performance as thought problems and dance.
Killer Banshee’s “Mobility” brings to us experiences with chronic, episodic problems inside the labyrinthine medical care system, while the “Politics of Fear” serves up an diosyncratic travelogue trilogy and traces the erosion of personal rights and the use of fear as a social control.
Bluestocking
172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington; 212.777.6028
(7p - $5 Suggested)
http://www.bluestockings.com
=====Also on Saturday=====
Medicine Buddha Initiation and Healing Workshop
Experience true holistic healing in a
Tibetan Healing Massage and Purification Session
with Lama Lobsang Palden.
Lama Lobsang brings his experience as a Tibetan lama to his bodywork, incorporating years of Dharma practice in his sessions. He works on a deep, spiritual level, utilizing ancient healing sounds such as Tibetan singing bowls, cymbals, and sacred mantra. His naturally intuitive style includes energy work for emotional and spiritual healing.Also ask about the Tibetan Healing Massage available from June 17 thru Juen 24th.
Shangri-La Day Spa, 247 W. 72nd St. 212-579-0615
(8a - 4p, $125 Suggest Donation)
http://www.lamalobsang.com
http://www.shangri-ladayspa.com
=====Also on Saturday=====
25TH Annual Mermaid Parade
King Neptune: Adam Savage, host and star of MythBusters!!!
Registration Begins at 10 AM
Parade begins at 2 PM, Rain or Shine!
This is the 25th Anniversary, which is not bad for a parade that celebrates creatures without feet! This year, we salute Mythbuster Adam Savage as 2007 King Neptune! Adam is particularly appropriate this year, as the myth that Coney Island is closing needs to be busted. Coney Island is not closing down and the Mermaid Parade will celebrate its 50th, 75th and 100th anniversaries! Adam will be a great King, so when you see him on the route,
give him a big Coney Island greeting!
And don’t forget the Mermaid Parade Ball! This year, thanks to our friends at Taconic Investment Partners the Mermaid Parade Ball will be held in the landmarked Childs Restaurant Building! We’re very excited to host the first public event in this space in 60 years! Find out about the ball here and buy your tickets to this great event here.
Coney Island
(Sometime after 10a - Free)
info(at)coneyisland.com
http://www.coneyisland.com/mermaid_2007_info.shtml
=====Also on Saturday=====
Come join Teeni Dakini & Be Wild Sea Menagerie at the Mermaid Parade
On June 23rd, The Teeni Dakini & Be Wild Sea Menagerie at the Mermaid
Parade to celebrate the sea, sand, and the beginning of summer! come as wild sea creatures, gods, and goddesses, Yemaya, Amphitrate, Sedna, Matsu, Neptune, or the little mermaid. * * Will it be the last one? Only time will tell…**
If like-minded people want to join and meet up with people who are authentically comfortable being themselves, be more connected with your authentic wild self and go with the folks at Be Wild.
Be Wild
For more info contact Kiana 917 453-3663
kakini(at)gmail.com
http://www.bewildwoman.com
=====Also on Saturday=====
Sustainable Scrapyard Challenge: Part 1
Former Residents Jenny Broutin and Carmen Trudell, along with current R & D Fellow, Mouna Andraos, will teach participants about alternative power sources (ie solar and human), and work with the group to develop alternators to power the devices created out of found
objects during the following week’s challenge.
EYEBEAM
540 W. 21st Street, (between 10th and 11th Avenues) Tel. 212.937.6580 Fax: 212.937.6582
(11:00a - 6:00p , $/?)
info(at)eyebeam.org
http://www.eyebeam.org
=====Wednesday, June 27th=====
Microscopes And Mystics with Neil D. Theise:
Explorations into The Nature Of Body & Being Through The Study of Stem Cells Western biology and medicine are “Western” because they derive from the foundational notion that bodies are made of cells. The success of this cell doctrine has come through a steadily reductionist approach,breaking the body down into ever smaller constituent parts. However, one under appreciated implication of contemporary stem cell research is the need
to start reassembling these pieces into an interactive whole, the reverse of the reductionist approach. Further analysis from such a “systems biology” approach undermines the concept of the cell itself as having independent, inherent existence and opens the door to other just as useful and accurate models of the body. Such other models may be a close, or perhaps even exact parallel to Indo-Tibetan medical traditions such as the identification of coarse, energy, and subtle bodies. Moreover, extending this analysis
downward in scale, below the molecular biology level into the quantum realm, the science yields a precise description of key features of Buddhist metaphysics: the relationship between the Absolute and the Relative, emptiness of inherent existence, interdependence, and impermanence.
Neil Theise, MD is a diagnostic liver pathologist and adult stem cell researcher at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City , where he is Professor of Pathology and Associate Professor of Medicine. He is credited with establishing the existence of human liver stem cells and is also considered a pioneer of multi-organ adult stem cell plasticity, publishing on that topic in the leading jo urnals Science, Nature, and Cell. His current
passion is applications of complexity theory to cell, molecular and tissue biology. He is a long time Zen student of Roshi Enkyo O’Hara at the Village Zendo in New York . His writings can be found on line at www.neiltheise.com .
Tibet House
22 West 15th Street 212.807.0563
info(at)tibethouse.org
(7p-9p, $20)
http://www.tibethouse.org
=====Wednesday June 27th Fundraiser=====
Kadambi Kadhi Party - Kiahkeya Fundraiser Performance Dance PARTY
for the Film: ‘Ridden by Nature’
Since the release of the alarming 4th International Climate report in April, it is unavoidably evident that the earth is in desperate need for a huge change on our part, a wake up call for us to respect the Earth. For the completion of the Butoh dance film ‘Ridden by Nature’, Kiahkeya will be organizing a performance event and party together with the selling of 14 beautiful, antique Katchi Indian carpets from the border region of Kashmir and Pakistan as a fundraiser and will be auctioning off photography from the first
part of the filming when in Utah www.resonant-wave.net/dance20004/utah .
Performance from 8-10 pm by the Kiahkeya Ensemble and Guests will include: Deva Hari Parkash from Mexico Improvisational Indian Yoga/Odissi dance Kathi von Koerber and Tonya T Bird Ridgely Improvisational Butoh Tribal dance.
SPECIAL GUEST CHIWONISO FROM ZIMBABWE***
Songwriter Chiwoniso has a voice of radical love. Accompanied by the marimba instrument, her songs like ‘Ancient Voices’ bring a voice of hope and are a guiding light for a society in crisis. Her music has had tremendous success and brought critical acclaim to Zimbabweanmbira music. Of not is Chiwoniso’s ability to flawlessly interweave English and Shona, an ability that had become a strong signature in her work. Chiwoniso more than a rising star in Africa, has been nominated as ‘Best female Vocal of Africa’, performing alongside Sinead O’Conner, Salif Keita, Habib Koita, etc. Chiwoniso attended HIFA Festival May 2007 in Zimbabwe, where the Kiahkeya team and her met, whilst performing. www.chiwoniso.com
Music…It’s an expression of God. All pain, joy, rage, love..wisdom, can be found in music. I am in awe when in the presence of its power. There’s a place from where the music comes. The life essence… - C. Maraire
10-4 DJs and VJ:
DJ RIOS Funky Tropical Brakes (NYC)
DJ PETAL eclectic down tempo electronic music (NYC)
VJ VIDEOLICIOUS Indigenous Visions www.lucination.com
Afro-Funk, Brazilian rhythms, electronic dance soul, live drummers and more!
(8p-4a $10)
Metropolitan building,
44-01 11th Street, Long Island City
http://www.chiwoniso.com
http://www.metropolitanbuilding.com
http://www.kiahkeya.com/fundraiser
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the next level! We’re going to enjoy a selection of the best full on, progressive, dark, chill out, and alternative electronic music produced by the biggest artists from around the globe!!!
Rain or Shine Event!
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