Join the Green Pirates art party, dance to afro funky beats, explore the mystical aspects of cells or unravel the mysteries of astrology. These activities and more are in store for the inquisitive New Yorker.
‘Til next week,

Salma

Send event submissions to Salma@souldish.com

=====Wednesday, June 27th=====

Green Pirates: Children’s Arts Party

Calling all young budding artists! The Green Pirates want you to come to their Arts Party! The Green Pirates who are Professional artists, nutritionists (of Integral Nutrition) and visionaries of Brooklyn communities are inviting children of all ages to their art party. This is an 8 week art program that uses art as a tool to educate and inspire children about health, nutrition, different cultures and the environment. Each week, take a tour around the globe and learn dance, singing, nutrition tips, games and photography, with live music and special guests.

Event Location: SE Corner of Fort Green Park (at the corner of Dekalb and Washington)
(Noon - 3p, donation-based program)
Contact Jesslee: thewildworldofsoup(at)gmail.com

=====Also on Wednesday=====

Kadambi Kadhi Party - Kiahkeya Fundraiser Performance Dance Party
Film: ‘Ridden by Nature’

Afro-Funk, Brazilian rhythms, electronic dance soul, live drummers and more!

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. Preview photos at: http://www.kiahkeya.com/fundraiser and the auctioning of photography from the first part filming. When in Utah www.resonant-wave.net/dance20004/utah

Metropolitan Building
44-01 11th St., Long Island City
(8p-4a, $10)
http://www.metropolitanbuilding.com
http://www.kiahkeya.com/fundraiser

=====Also on Wednesday=====

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 journals 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 W 15th St, 212.807.0563
(7-9p, $20)
info(at)tibethouse.org
http://www.tibethouse.org

=====Friday, June 29th=====

Book Discussion: Cleo Woelfle-Erskine’s “Dam Nation”
Sponsored by Bluestockings Bookstore

Telling of environmental victories in the sustainable use movement with hands-on, participatory examples for both country and city dwellers, “Dam Nation: Dispatches from the Water Underground” is not just a how-to but a why-to book which takes us from dams in the American West to the vision of a whole new water culture. Please join editors Cleo Woelfle-Erskine and Laura Allen for an important and inspired discussion.

Bluestockings
172 Allen Street btw Stanton & Rivington, 212.777.6028
(7p, Free)
http://www.bluestockings.com

=====Saturday, June 30th======

Sustainable Scrapyard Challenge: Part 2

Current R&D OpenLab Fellow Jonah Brucker-Cohen and Katherine Moriwaki will run one of their now infamous MIDI Scrapyard Challenges. The Scrapyard Challenge is an intensive workshop where participants build simple electronic music controllers (both digital and analog inputs) out of found or discarded “junk” (old electronics, furniture, outdated computer equipment, appliances, turntables, monitors, gadgets, etc.). All work made during the challenge will be powered by the alternative energy sources created during the previous week’s workshop. Participants will be contacted once they sign up, and given instructions as to what forms of found objects they should bring to the workshop. At the end of the day, workshop participants take part in a small ensemble performance/concert with their instruments.

Eyebeam
540 W. 21st St, (btw 10th & 11th Avenues), 212.937.6580

(11a-6p workshop, Free)
(6:30-8p group presentations/performance, Free)

info@eyebeam.org
http://www.eyebeam.org

=====Also on Saturday=====

Astrology De-Mystified with Montgomery Taylor

Join East West’s own resident astrologer for an eye-opening, in-depth workshop. Discover how astrological dynamics trigger worldwide events and how astrology can give you practical information for dealing with your own life challenges. Meet in the Yoga room. This is part six of a six month series.

East West Books
78 5th Ave
(2-5p, $45)
http://www.eastwestnyc.com

=====Also on Saturday=====

Glamtech by Disorient Tribe (Re: Burning Man) *Fundraiser*

Glamtech is the style of Disorient. Glamtch is pink and orange and goes blink in the night. Take a deep breath of Glamtech. Feel your mind and your energy depart from your body and electrify the dance floor. Experience the finest house, techno, and psytrance DJs of the new Glamtech era. In the Glam room (house): The Bass (Dis), Tim Fielding (Rotate), Reda (Rotate), Ulrich Hagen (Rotate) In the Tch room (techno/psytrance): Ulrich Hagen (Rotate), Arrow (Dis), 3L3tronic aka Bianca and Devo (Dis) and DJ Balls (Dis). Proceeds support Disorient camp at Burning Man. $5 Drink Specials all night. Disorient Goggles and other Glamtech jewels for sale. In collaboration with Rotate System.

Rebel
251 W 30th St (btwn 7th & 8th Ave.)
(10p-5a, $20, $15 w/ Glamtech attire)
http://www.rebelnyc.com
http://www.disorient.com