Come celebrate the book release of Reality Sandwich’s first anthology, “Towards 2012: Perspectives on the Next Age” at McNally Jackson next Tuesday.  As many of you know, the RS Crew has been working hard over the last year here at their NYC headquarters to do their part in spreading positive change in the world.  I’m sure they would appreciate your support as they kick off their first national book tour.  Also, this week, you can catch DJ Spooky’s adventures in Antartica, check out Paul Laffoley’s view of the sixties, dance to future roots and planetary grooves, revisit Weimar Berlin with risque German carbaret, take off your pants for a subway ride with Improve Everywhere, and attend Cosm’s last Full Moon in NYC.

‘Til next week,
Salma

)))))Souldish Featured Event(((((

=====Tuesday, January 13=====

Reality Sandwich Presents

“Towards 2012: Perspectives on the Next Age” Reading

You’ve dreamed of it, yearned for it, and now it’s finally here!  The first Reality Sandwich anthology, Toward 2012: Perspectives on the Next Age (Tarcher/Penguin), is rocking the shelves of bookstores near you.  The anthology features many of your favorite contributors and articles covering a diverse array of topics, from shamanism to orgasm, sustainability to xenolinguistics. It makes for a great post-holiday gift - for yourself, for your mom, and for fellow aspiring evolvers.

Reality Sandwich will be celebrated the anthology’s release, kicking off a national book tour at McNally Jackson bookstore in NYC. Join us for a night of celebration, conversations, and community bonding as RS contributors read from our first anthology. Invite friends, spread the word, and will the transformation.

Featuring:  Daniel Pinchbeck - editorial director of Reality Sandwich and author of “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl” and “Breaking Open the Head: Psychedelics and Contemporary Shamanism; Ken Jordan - RS publisher, online pioneer who luanched the award-winning SonicNet.com, and contributer to Wired, Index, and Paris Review; Anya Kamenetz - author of the book Generation Debt, writer for Fast Company magazine, and a columnist for Yahoo!; Jonathan Philips: Reality Sandwich’s community director, founder of the New York Gnostics, and facilitator of “The Electric Jesus” and “Sacred Warrior” workshops.

McNally Jackson, 52 Prince St b/t
Lafayette and Mulberry. Tues, Jan. 13, 7-9pm. More NYC readings TBA.

====Thursday, January 8th=====

Dj Spooky That Subliminal Kid  Gallery Show at The Robert Miller Gallery

Gallery Show at The Robert Miller Gallery Paul D. Miller - Gallery Opening: North/South.  The gallery component of DJ Spooky’s Antarctica project opens at a major New York art space - Robert Miller Gallery. Robert Miller Gallery features artists like Patti Smith, Bill Henson, Diane Arbus, Alice Neel, and even the art-film maker Jem Cohen whose documentary on Fugazi was a seminal film about art-rock.

The Robert Miller Gallery Paul D. Miller
524 West 26th St; 212.366.4454
(6p-8p, Free)
http://www.robertmillergallery.com

=====Also on Thursday=====

Really Really Free Market Organizing Meeting

Join with us to plan the January 25th RRFM and future RRFM which we hope to host on the last Sunday of every month at St. Marks Church. The RRFM is like a flea market, skillshare, social gathering, concert, feast, and autonomous zone all in one except everything is free. We particuarly need help finding people and groups interested in sharing music, skills, and services.

John Bosch
744 Willoughby Ave.; Brklyn; JMZ or G to Myrtle
(7p, Free)
http://www.myspace.com/johnboschhouse

=====Also on Thursday=====

Uzi’s Open Mic at Tribes Gallery

Every Thursday, performers of all ranges and mediums are invited to read poetry, play music, dance, do comedy, show off art, tell a story, recite a monologue, anything. For a donation, you can witness history and art at the same time. Every performer gets 6 minutes to sparkle.  Uzi’s Open comes from the school of open mics that was started by Reverend Jen Miller,  author of “I Did it For Science” and Faceboy aka Francis Hall almost 15 years ago. Both of these artists created a safe place for other artists and audience members to connect and inspire each other. Faceboy started this tradition in the Lower East Side and kept it going fiercely for 14 years, Reverend Jen, who coined the name “Art Star” ran her amazing show, The Anti-Slam, for 13 years. Uzi’s Open will continue with this tradition in support of artists and other incredible open mics like The O’debra Twins Show N Tell at Bowery Poetry Club, and Steph Sabelli’s Sunday Open Mic.  This is a byob event so, bring whatever food or drink you desire.

Tribes Gallery
285 E 3rd St. 2nd Fl
info@tribes.org, 212-674-8262
(8p, donation)
http://www.tribes.org

=====Also on Thursday=====

Paul Laffoley: The Sixties

All the New York Alchemists and Gnostic Wizards will be in attendance at this exhibition.  The artist himself will also be there. The man literally has a microchip in his head, and he is not afraid to talk about it.  The exhibition runs from January 8 through February 21.

Kent Gallery
541 W 25th St
(6p - 8p, Free)
http://chelseaartgalleries.com/Kent+Gallery/Paul+Laffoley_3A+The+Sixties.html

=====Also on Thursday=====

Reading: Witness Against Torture “The Campaign to Shut Down Guantánamo”

Join Witness Against Torture in the release “The Campaign to Shut Down Guantánamo,” their book about the grassroots efforts to close Guantánamo and filled with stories about the detained. This is part of the Center for Constitutional Rights’ 100 Days Campaign to restore the constitutional rights and protections that have been systematically dismantled over the past eight years.

Bluestockings Books
172 Allen Street @ Stanton (1 block south of Houston)
(7p, Free)
http://www.bluestockings.com

=====Friday, January 9th=====

Future Roots & Planetary Grooves

With Jenny Scheinman, Haale, Morley, John Brown’s Body, Sulha Sound System, and the GlobeSonic Sound System.  Contact InfoPhone: 2125053474.  info@globesonic.com. Tickets: $15; After midnight: $10.  Free to APAP Badge Holders.

GlobeSonic Sound System
Le Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker (at the corner of Thompson St.)
(6p - 4a, $15)
http://lepoissonrouge.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=30435&sid=

===== Also Friday=====

Here Comes Trouble…A New Generation of Global Music

Here comes trouble, indeed. Trouble with coloring inside the strict lines of a single genre, or sticking to the traditions of one place, no matter how wonderful. The next generation of global musicians is undeniably individualist in how they remix and transform age-old sounds and current pop conventions. Defying simple categories of place and identity, this new breed of “world” artist is stirring up a whole new kind of trouble in artistic hot spots like Brooklyn.  San Francisco agency Trouble Worldwide and the New York Label Barbès Records have teamed up to present six groups that leap borders and continents with a single musical bound.   Performers include Gokh-Bi System, La Rubias Del Norte, Cordero, Hazmat Modine, Karsh Kale and Slavic Soul Party.  Gokh-Bi System Sounds like: The Roots hanging with Baaba Maal, La Rubias Del Norte Sounds like: Mozart doing the cha cha cha,  Cordero Sounds like: Cat Power channeling Juana Molina, Hazmat Modine Sounds like: Brother Where Art Thou on steroids, Karsh Kale Sounds like: Herbie Hancock and Zakir Hussain lay down break beats, Slavic Soul Party Sounds like: New Orleans brass band jams with Macedonian gypsies.  Schedule:  8:00 pm - Gokh-Bi System; 8:45 pm - La Rubias Del Norte; 9:30 pm - Cordero; 10:15 pm - Hazmat Modine; 11:00 pm - Karsh Kale; 11:45 pm - Slavic Soul Party.

92YTribeca
200 Hudson Street (off of Canal St.)
justin@rockpaperscissors.biz, 212.415.5500
(8p, $15dr; free with APAP badge)
http://www.92y.org/92ytribeca

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

Rene Collins and Finnegan

Rene Collins joins with the legendary poet Finnegan for an evening of music and Poetry.

Vox Pop
1022 Cortelyou, Brklyn
(8p, Cafe)
http://www.voxpopnet.net

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

First Friday at The Bronx Museum of the Arts

Join The Bronx Museum of the Arts for its free First Friday program. Original Hip Hop dance crews will discuss the format and growth of street shows, as well as shed light on their struggle to establish this uniquely American art-form. The night will also feature a screening of the trailer for “All the Ladies Say,” a film about national and international female break dancers, and a performance by the band RPM.  Since 2004, Illu Aye’s dedication to promoting the rich cultural legacy of Africa in the Americas and the Caribbean through performance celebrates the connections between the peoples and cultures of the African Diaspora. Trained by master musicians and versed in sacred and popular rhythms such as bata, guiro, rumba (Cuba); bomba and plena (Puerto Rico); and palos, salves, and kongos (Dominican Republic), Illu Aye will be bursting with all of your favorite music.

The Bronx Museum of the Arts South Wing – Lower Gallery
1040 Grand Concourse @ 165th St
(6p, Free)
http://www.bronxmuseum.org/

=====Saturday January 10=====

Dances of Vice “Visions of Weimar”

In a tribute to Dances of Vice patron saint Anita Berber, the infamous German expressionist nude dancer also known as Weimar’s “Priestess of Depravity”, cabaret sensation and Foreign Affairs producer Isengart joins again with Dances of Vice resident band Grandpa Musselman and his Syncopators to take you to the nightclubs of Weimar Berlin with the most compelling and risque German cabaret songs of the period.  This event also stars cabaret-noir chanteuse Nicki Jaine on the musical saw, accompanied by Brian Vigilone (Dresden Dolls) and Ben Ickies(Ambitious Orchestra) - The incredible Minsky Sisters  - shadow puppet theatre from The Royal Bartarian - and burlesque stars Amber Ray and The Flying Fox, from San Francisco.  Isengart performs a full set of vintage German songs with Grandpa Musselman & His Syncopators at Dances of Vice.  Music: Marlene Dietrich, Kurt Weill, Bertold Brecht, Josephine Baker, Zarah Leander, Max Raabe, Comedian Harmonists, Friedrich Hollaender, Jack Hylton & His Orchestra, Lilian Harvey, Marek Weber & His Orchestra, etc…

The Montauk Club
25 Eight Ave, Brklyn
Dress Code: 1920-30s vintage, dandy, Victorian, femme fatale, or formal evening attire.
(Bring ID or Google receipt to event as ticket. No paper tickets issued.)
Dir: Nearest subway lines are the 2 and 3 to Grand Army Plaza, or the B and Q to 7th Ave (Brooklyn). Also the 4 train, if running.
(8p - 12a, 25 dr 20 adv) *Montauk members free
http://www.dancesofvice.com/home.html

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

Improv Everywhere presents No Pants 2009 - No Pants Subway Ride

No pants? No problem.  All are invited to participate in the 8th Annual No Pants! Subway Ride.  Requirements for Participation: 1) Willing to take pants off on subway; 2) Able to keep a straight face about it.  This is a participatory event.  Do not show up unless you plan to take your pants off.  Meet at Foley Square at the black sculpture/fountain. It’s near the Brooklyn Bridge 6 train stop, between Centre and Lafayette, just north of Duane.  Br ing abackpack and a metro card.  Do not bring: A camera (we’ll have several photographers on hand).  Wear: Normal winter clothes (hat, gloves, etc). For those over 21, there will be an official No Pants after party at Sidebar, 15th Street and Irving Place. First drink is free if you arrive without pants.  We will assemble in Foley Square at 3 PM. Please be on time. Feel free to be early.  Full details on website.

Foley Square
(3p sharp - 5:30p, free)
http://improveverywhere.com/2008/12/29/no-pants-2k9-details-for-nyc/

=====Saturday and Sunday=====

5th Annual Winter Jazz Fest

Featuring over 20 of the best jazz groups around, for a night the NY Times calls, “one of the necessary gigs to attend on the New York jazz scene”  Hosted by Brice Rosenbloom. 22 Bands, 3 Venues, 1 night, 10 hours of music…” Details and RSVP at http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=53338428695.

Shows will be at Le Poisson Rouge, Sullivan Hall & Kenny’s Castaways
(6p-4a, $ varies)
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=53338428695

=====Sunday, January 11=====

The Last Full Moon at COSM

Join us for the last full moon drum and dance.  This is the last full Moon at CoSM NYC.  CoSM Art Sanctuary is already in creation upstate along with the art. For all the exciting details go to http://www.cosm.org/. So join us for bare walls and full hearts as we say goodbye to Full Moon at Cosm and joyfully welcome the art sanctuary to come.  We welcome you to honor the divine and all the blessings of community.  Join us for wisdom, chanting, prayer from all traditions, followed by ecstatic drumming and dancing.  7p - 9:30pm:gathering hosted by Alex and Allyson Grey.  9:30pm-midnite: Drum and Dance.

Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
542 West 27th St. 4 fl. bet.10-11
(7:30p, 12:00a, $10)
http://www.cosm.org

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

“Creating Sacred Balance” an interactive journey with Janet Cristenfeld & Maryanne Savino

Discover and embrace the richness of your Authentic Self through an experience of Sacred Symbols integrated with sound, breath, movement, and meditation: Ancient Hawaian breath & movement practice, sound instruments and vocal toning meditation, guided fluid-form movement journey.  This occasion will instill your spirit with a vibratory fullness as the result of: raised and expanded consciousness exploring your inner terrain to connect more deeply with life  awakening to states of pleasure and liberation  being more present to live with passion and creativity restoring your sense of wholeness and return to well-being.  $35 (cash, check, credit card or PayPal). Must RSVP; advance payment assures you a space. Please wear comfortable attire and bring bottled water.  Cash or check: contact Maryanne at (347) 418-8641 or email: lomialoha@yahoo.com.

Keystone Dance Studio
252 W.30 St
#4B (betw. 7th & 8th Ave.)
(2p-5p, $35)
http://www.souligraphy.com/events.html

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

TimeWave 2012: A Theatrical and Shamanic Journey at East West Living

This four-week workshop provides the tools needed for finding your Authentic Voice, Movement, and Expression. Using both theatrical techniques and shamanic practices in the performance space, you will learn how to trust your inner truth and become an intuitive performer. With your body as a vessel for the spirit, your commitment to nurturing this relationship will extend beyond the individual to the collective body and spirit of the group, intuitively performing and manifesting together as one. In this day and age, however, the wisdom of these practices – theater and ritual – must be passed on. Once you have found the Universal, you will learn to experience it beyond the safety of an insular community, sharing in a shift toward global oneness.

East West Living
78 5th Ave. Telephone: 212-243-5994; bookpos@eastwestnyc.com
(Sunday Jan 11, 18, 25, and Feb 1, 11a-3p, $200 for full 4-week workshop)
http://www.eastwestnyc.com

=====Monday, January 12th=====

Lunative

“Lunative is a monthly gathering devoted to manifestation and rebirth through art. Here, we will erase artificial boundaries that separate us, and gather as one in union with all that exists. Through drum circles, meditations and workshops the evening will unfold into a transformational and enriching experience.  Every full moon we will focus on growth utilizing ancient techniques, ideas, and philosophies..6pm-7:30pm.  The Full Moon ceremony will be led by High Priestess Lorraine Henrich and The Rocky Mountain Mystery School Coven. Receive a blessing of the four elements as we align the powers of the sun and the moon to plant the seeds of Shamballah.  Drums and instruments are welcomed. 7:30pm-8pm experimental ritual, with inner dance spoken word  8pm- 12 am drum circle, 8-12 pm Facilitated Drum Circle with Joni Wellness and friends.  Joni is a Drum Facilitator, founder of the Hoboken and Hudson Community in Rhythm Drum Circles, founder of Newark Holistic Chamber of Commerce, and yoga teacher extraordinaire…. 12am-1am consciousness expansion with energized meditations and other devices with archaic revival.  Bring a drum or other percussion if you have one, we’ll have extra instruments for you.

Seed Gallery
239 Washington St.
Newark, NJ; 9176074440; seedgallery@mac.com
(6p - 1a, $10)
http://www.newarkseed.com

SD NOTE: Website was down so please double check time and date.

=====Monday January 12=====

Benefit Concert

Conductor George Mathew | Mezzo-soprano Susanne Mentzer, Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow, Posthornist Matthew Muckey, Trombonist, Joseph Alessi.  New York, NY — A benefit concert featuring Gustav Mahler’s monumental Third Symphony will be held at 8:00pm on Monday, January 12, 2009 in the Isaac Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. The concert will raise funds and public awareness for pediatric AIDS and the Prevention-of-Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV worldwide and especially in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. The evening will serve as a memorial for the millions of mothers and children who have lost their lives, a tribute to the resilience of the survivors, and an urgent call for help to the global community.  Tickets for “Mahler For The Children of AIDS” are $35 to $125 and are available by calling the Carnegie Hall Box Office at 212-247-7800; in person at 881 Seventh Avenue, NYC; or by visiting www.CarnegieHall.org.

Isaac Stern Auditorium
Carnegie Hall
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor;  212-247-7800
(8p, tix range from $35 to $125)
http://www.CarnegieHall.org

=====January 14=====

DreamLab - Free Intro 1/14

A Seven Session Workshop Exploring the Alchemical Process of Turning Dreams and Visions Into Reality.  Clarify your vision.  Elevate your power.  Energize your field.  Learn tools and practices to align your life with your vision and to attract what your heart yearns for through experiential exercises, ritual, and meditation drawing on Shamanic, Eastern, and Western traditions.• Move beyond old limitations to new paradigms of possibility• Experience new levels of creativity, inner peace, and joy• Discover ways to clear negativity and transform your emotional state at will• Clarify your vision and set up goals to fulfill it• Activate powerful fields of intention• Align your energy, focus your attention and hone your power of attraction• Create sacred space to help sustain your vision and energy.  Weekly on Wednesdays (7 Sessions) January 28th - March 11th, 2009 8-10pm.  Joey Levine is one of the leaders of the New York Shamanic Circle; founder of Earth Spirit Walks, outdoor shamanic workshops reconnecting people to the cycles, rhythms and energies of the Earth; and founder of DreamLab.  Downtown Manhattan $200 ($175 if paid by January 17, 2009)  Joey Levine (917) 548-7073; Please RSVP to earthspirit@optonline.net or (917) 548-7073.

1/14 intro:
(8p - 9p, Free)
earthspirit@optonline.net

=====Wednesday, January 14th=====

Start Writing in 2009

If your New Year’s resolution involves brushing up on your literary skills then Gotham Writers’ Workshop has a treat for you. Tonight they make their curriculum available to the public by inviting all perspective writers to participate in one (or two) of the 6 free writing workshops. Professional writers on the school’s faculty will teach one-hour workshops in Fiction Writing, Screenwriting, Children’s Book Writing, Memoir Writing, Article Writing, Poetry Writing, and an introductory course titled Creative Writing 101. Pre-registration is required and all the details can be found here.

Academy of St Joseph
(111 Washington Pl btwn 6th & 7th Aves.) &
Gotham Writers’ Workshop (555 8th Ave. #1402 at 38th St.)
(7p  and 8:15p,  Free, pre-registration required) (212 974-8377)
http://free.writingclasses.com/CourseDescriptionPages/FreeWorkshopPages.php/type/L

=====January 15th=====

Lucid NYC

Lucid NYC is charting a course to a more enlightened world.  What we do is designed to create a new societal conversation; one that has depth and meaning.  Lucid NYC will be the living room you always wish you had, pre-filled with fascinating people.   With that in mind, we’re scaling back to the essentials.  Like always, we will have great presenters.  For example, for the next event, we have the eco-style innovator Graham Hill, founder of Treehugger.com and Discovery Channel’s Planet Green; futurist Sem Devillart talking about predicting visual trends; and a couple others who who we’ll announce shortly.  But everything else will be scaled back:  the new venue is a spacious and charmingly imperfect Chelsea loft with many sofas that may have been found curbside.  No more rows of seats.  No more formal bar.  It’s byob and F (food) (there’ll be plenty of both to start people off).   We don’t want to sell you anything.  The goal is to create a comfortable environment to generate conversation.  [Note: we will still be charging $10 because, well, we need to cover overhead that is in excess of $600. It’s still way cheaper than getting a loft of your own.  So please come on January 15th.  Settle in and make it your own.  And, as always, shoot me presenter suggestions, or any input as to how Lucid NYC could achieve its end better.  And sign up for the Facebook group to rsvp.   See you soon.  Lucid NYC initiates events—events that are, in short, parties with presentations. There is a structured part of the evening with several 12 minute presentations or performances; this is followed by an informal part, whereby you can engage–or “party”–with the speakers and other people in the crowd.  Why presentations at a party?   Just as the experience of going to a bar or club is informed and established by loud music and a focus on alcohol, the Lucid NYC experience is informed and established by our presenters and their presentations. While the former experience  distances people from one another, ours draws people closer together.  Lucid NYC believes the new world will not be created in a space where you need to shout to the person standing  next to you but through conversation and involvement in one another’s lives, work and passions.  And since our world demands that we face manifold challenges and issues, our presenters are never restricted to one topic or ideology.  We give space to myriad topics, from architecture to anarchy (see presenter profiles).  If you have a presentation you’d like to submit, Lucid NYC would like to hear about it. Please email the details. Be sure to include your phone number and the best time to call.  Food/drink: light snacks, wine, and water will be available.  BYOB’s are welcome.  Next Event:  January, 15th 2009.  Doors open 6:30, presentations begin at 8:00.

Lucid NYC
22 W. 27th St. 6th floor (buzz “For Your Imagination”)
(6:30p, $10)
http://www.lucidnyc.com/Lucid_NYC/about.html

=====January 17th=====

Williamsburg Art Historical Center Salon Show

Come check out Troy and his friends at this upcoming art exhibition in hip Williamsburg.  The grand opening reception is on Saturday, January 17th, from 4-6pm.  Free wine & cheese.  You may see a sample of Troys work at http://www.tcfGraphics.com.

Williamsburg Art Historical Center
135 Broadway, Brklyn; 718-486-6012 or 718-486-7372; ahcenter@earthlink.net
(4p - 6p, Free)
http://www.wahcenter.net

)))))Upcoming(((((

====Sunday, February 8th=====

Healing the Womb: Women’s Benefit Workshop

Reclaim your sacred homes of creation and end violence against women.  Hosted by Be Wild Woman. For women only - men are invited to show their support by spreading the word, donating, and volunteering.  All proceeds donated to V-Day to end violence against women. Come join us as we heal the womb through, chakra healing, ritual, meditation, yoga, and more. Join together with a group of women to call into the circle and hold space for woundings we have been holding alone. Join together in a safe space to embark on the path to healing and wholeness as women.

Nurture New York
1123 Broadway Suite #1205; kakini@gmail.com
(6:30 - 9:30p, donation: $75 and up)
http://www.nurturenewyork.com

=====Friday, February 13=====

Archaic Vision II

Experience the Archaic through video art, sound and celebration at Seed Gallery.  Video Art Screenings:  Mr.Domino, J.H. Miller, Robert Mermet, More The Chai, Kaliptus, Aghori Christ, Lance Sells, Sodeoka.  Live Painting:  Gizem Bacaz; Collyn Gold; Martin Cash.  Performances by Philippe Garcesto; Live Dj’s:  DJ L’ement: Drum & Bass, Jungle, Dubstep; Junglez: drum and bass, jungle, ragga; Tangled lysergic puddles on celestial threads; PSY-Trance, Chill-Out, Goa; Banned Books: Acid House, Electro; LOTUS: PSY-trance, Deep House, Goa;  Mistress Jade PSY-trance, Acid Trance, GOA;  Sound Performance & Deco: Bioluminescence.  Visuals: Archaic Revival

Seed Gallery
239 Washington St.
Newark, 9176074440; seedgallery@mac.com
(8p drs, Animation screenings at 10p, Afterparty until 6a, $5)

)))))Action((((

National Landscape Conservation System

With its treasure trove of archeological sites, windswept slickrock and twisting red rock canyons, the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in south-central Utah is an awe-inspiring place.  Little wonder, then, that it was the first national monument set aside as part of the National Landscape Conservation System, specifically to protect the area in its natural state.  But a proposed federal plan for this area could irreparably alter the Grand Staircase-Escalante.  The plan calls for relaxed restrictions on “chaining,” the practice of dragging a chain between two bulldozers to scrape off trees and shrubs; and new motorized use on up to 1,000 miles of routes within fragile areas. You can help.  Since this proposal is still in draft form, there’s a good chance that it will be finalized under the Obama administration.  That’s all the more reason why the BLM needs to hear that the Grand Staircase must be protected as a spectacular natural area that will be cherished by many generations of Americans. Please hurry - comments must be submitted by this Thursday, January 8!
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/grand_staircase/xn67ue5r9ett35d?

)))))Ongoing((((

Meditation Every Wednesday 7pm at East West Yoga at 78 5th ave. near 14th St.
De-stress or just take some time for yourself.  Whether you have meditated before or not, this meditation space is the perfect way to take a mini-vacation & tap into some silence between the noise and the mind chatter.  You don’t need to know or do anything really, just show up. We usually get to share with each other and connect in wonderful ways in between the meditations - so you can also feel a sense of community.

Community Yoga every Thursday at 7pm  in the West Village at 55 Bethune St. (by donation - give what you can or come for FREE). The classes are open level, connecting breath with movement, & adding a meditative component.  Regardless of your experience with yoga it is an opportunity to get the energy in the body moving & connect to deeper parts of yourself.  If you are a beginner, this is the perfect space for you to fall in love with Yoga. The address in the West village  **55 Bethune St 2nd floor Apt. 215 H  (at Washington Street)***.  There is a doorman, but you don’t need to check in - If he does ask, say you are going to Barnaby Ruhe’s apartment.

)))))Links(((((

UNTETHERED: A sculpture garden of readymades
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyebeam/sets/72157607580795925/

New Stories From ‘Urban Agriculture Notes’
http://www.cityfarmer.info/

A New America
http://www/Project111.org

Music for You
http://www.EastForest.org