Souldish on the radar NYC Events…

==Friday, February 19==

Mad Breaks Tea Party

Yes, Urban Cabaret worked hard and got a deal on the location.  Mad Breaks Tea Party bringing you the best break beats and all for $5 less.  Experience Alice in Wonderland with thundering beats and other treats! For the first time ever in NYC, East meets West at a bi-coastal breaks party mad enough for a hatter.  The hard working folks at Urban Cabaret are bringing you the sickest breaks out there…. If you’ve been to Burning Man, the Do Lab, Coachella, Lighting in the Bottle - you know what we are talking about: The sexy dark & dirty sound from the West! And we’re mixing it up with the hot ass rough & edgy East Coast sound.  Break-beats legend Marty Party from world-famous Panty Raid is going to throw this shit down, like he does from California to Costa Rica and now in his new home of NYC.

(10p - 6a, $20) at the door. Presale Tickets $15. Get ready to take a trip down the Rabbit Hole…..
Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary - 778 Bergen St, Brooklyn.

This event is 21+ and costumes are encouraged.
Get tickets here:
https://urbancabaret.ticketleap.com/MadBreaksTeaParty
Secret Brooklyn location, please RSVP on facebook and you will be notified of address or send an email to rsvp@urban-cabaret.com
http://www.facebook.com/SullivanHallNYC?v=wall&viewas=690245679#!/event.php?eid=290517578311

==Friday, February 19==

Rocaterrania

Rocaterrania film screening - a documentary about outsider artist Renaldo Kuhler.  Rocaterrania is a feature length documentary exploring the secret world of scientific illustrator and visionary artist Renaldo Kuhler.  This screening is presented by Phantasmaphile.  In the last four decades, seventy-six-year-old Renaldo Kuhler has created hundreds of plates for the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, illustrating diverse flora and fauna for obscure scientific journals and reference books. Before the making of this documentary, no one knew that Kuhler is also a prolific visionary artist - and the creator of an entire imaginary world called Rocaterrania.  Rocaterrania is a tiny nation of eastern European immigrants who purchased a tract of land along the Canadian border - just north of the Adirondack Mountains in New York - after growing restless with America’s notions of “democracy.”  Over the next six decades, Rocaterrania saw two revolutions and the rise and fall of a succession of czars, dictators, and presidents among a cast of characters vaguely resembling Russian historical figures. But, as the film reveals, each change in government reflects a deeper meaning for Renaldo, an outsider who struggled to escape an emotionally abusive family and searched for freedom within a real nation threatened by forces of conformity.  Rocaterrania unveils Kuhler’s astounding body of work to the world and reveals the powerful story of his life in the process.  Among other themes, the film is about the insidious nature of conformity, the courage to be one’s true self, and the redemptive power of artistic creation.  Featuring an eclectic original score by Merge Records recording artists Shark Quest.  Rocaterrania is directed by Brett Ingram and released by Bright Eye Pictures.

(8p, $5)
Observatory
No. 543 Union St. Bk
http://www.brettingram.org/film/RocVids.php

==Friday, February 19==

The Turning Point

A film about the importance of local networks and connections.  From Findhorn, Scotland, a positive and inspiring film about our transition to a low carbon future. Featuring visionary leaders and pioneers in the fields of Human Ecology and Global Transition, this film takes an inspiring look at our potential to create a life-sustaining society as we face the twin challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change. “The combination of serious, funny and beautiful was perfect!”

(7-9 p, film is 45 minutes; discussion afterwards, $10)
Environmental Center
388 Atlantic Ave., Bk –  closest to A, C & G, but near the B, M, Q, R, 2, 3, 4, 5, and F
http://raganella.com/2010/01/25/upcoming-events-at-388-atlantic/

==Saturday, February 20==

Mukti Man -  Intro to the Yoga Lifestyle for Men: Yoga workshop + Dinner

With Matthew Lombardo and Jai Sugrim, both 800 hour certified Jivamukti Yoga teachers lead this dynamic workshop which de-mystifies the world of yoga for Men.  During the 2.5 hour yoga workshop they will cover yoga asana, strict Vinyasa, inversions (handstand, fore-arm stand, etc.), and include a specific hip opening section that will be taught in a slowed down format that students can “take-away” with them and practice at home.  Following the asana portion of the workshop Matt and Jai will do a talk that covers the benefits of yoga for men and speak about the proper code of behavior a man should possess in a predominantly female populated studio. They will also teach men how to apply yogic principles to positively affect their relationships with women.  After the talk a vegetarian dinner will be served in the Jivamuktea Cafe where the boys will discuss the benefits of a yogic diet and how vegetarianism can increase one’s focus, clarity and health. Then there will be an open mic Q and A session where attendees  can have any questions about yoga answered by two of yoga’s “Guy-Guys.”  This workshop is great for men who: want to utilize yoga asanas for cross-training; . want to learn how to open their tight hips; . want to apply yogic principles towards improving their relationships with women; . want to gain comfort in a yoga studio whose practitioners are predominantly female; . want to use yoga to be more balanced and energized at work; want to learn how to use a yogic diet for increased focus and health

(6:30p - 10/11p, $55 includes dinner)
Jivamukti Yoga School
841 Broadway, 2nd Fl.
http://www/jivamuktiyoga.com

==February 20==

Kirtan Rabbi CD Release Concert and Party - Saturday

Achat Sha’alti Record Release Party 2/20/2010.  You are receiving this newsletter because you are associated with Kirtan Rabbi.   We will meditate, dance, celebrate and—of course—sing and chant in Hebrew; we will eat and have a little party. Rabbi David Ingber will lead Havdalah.  Come support Rabbi Andrew and share with him one of the most significant moments of his life— and, of course, be one of the first to get the CD.  Kirtan is fully participatory, call-and-resonse devotional chant. Rabbi Andrew Hahn has been leading Hebrew Kirtan around the country at synagogues, JCCs, Hillels, political rallies and yoga studios for almost five years now. The CD, Achat Sha’alti (One Thing I Seek) is the culmination of his efforts within this new musical genre.  Musicians to include: Shoshanan Jedwab and Terrence Pompey (percussion); Taylor Bergren-Chrisman (bass); Angela Babin (guitar); the Kirtan Rabbi Posse; with more to be announced.

(8p - 10p, A $25 donation includes admission and a copy of the CD)
Integral Yoga Institute
227 West 13th St. (btw. 7th & 8th Aves) rebdrew@KirtanRabbi.com
http://www.KirtanRabbi.com

==February 20==

Disorient presents: Bioluminescence II

Arrow Chrome’s floating Piscean celebration and Birthday bash.  Bioluminescence is a boat party on a 3-floor, climate-controlled paddle-wheel boat with 2 sound systems and two full bars. The theme is glowing and illuminated figures and art, an exploration of the crossroads of bio- and technological. Bioluminescence is a miracle of our natural and artificially enhanced illumination. Bioluminescence is a birthday party. Bioluminescence is a fundraiser for the 10th year of the Disorient theme camp at the Burning Man festival.  The participatory community event takes place on a boat called the Queen of Hearts. We will set sail from Pier 78 (NY Waterway Midtown Terminal at West 39th Street & the West Side Highway).  Boarding starts at 9:30 pm, and the boat leaves the dock at 11 pm sharp. Don’t be late.  This is an event that requires your radical participation: be fabulous, be involved, bring artwork, volunteer. We’d rather break even and have fun than take money from passive spectators.

9:30p - 4a, Presale tickets: $25. At the door: $30 in Bioluminescent costume; $35 in street attire)
Pier 78 (NY Waterway Midtown Terminal at West 39th St. & the West Side Highway)
Boarding starts at 9:30 pm, and the boat leaves the dock at 11 pm sharp. Don’t be late.  Advance tickets are highly recommended as our last two boat parties sold out.
http://disorient.com
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/94912
Please (invite your friends to) join Disorient’s Facebook group to keep up with Disorient year-round:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2388229607

==Also Saturday, February 20==

Michael Alan’s Drawathon Theater presents Book of Revelations

Gershwin Hotel – 27th and 5th Ave
The Starts Will Fall from the sky and the rivers will turn to blood… Draw, write and watch the wild nude models and performance artists of Draw-a-thon Theater retell the Book of Revelations in all its fiery glory.  Come and draw dead angels, unreal beautiful bodies, beasts, false prophets, whores, sacrificial lambs and of course, the Antichrist.  This is the ultimate battle of good and evil, the question is what is good and evil as only Michael Alan and Draw-a-thon Theater could imagine it: beautiful, bloody and blasphemous!

(6p - 11p, $20)
Gershwin Hotel
27th and 5th Ave
$17 online $20 at the adventure
http://www.michaelalanart.com/drawathon/performance2/

==Also on Saturday, February 20==

~ BellyJam ~

Belly Jam is a middle eastern drum & dance hosted by Drum & Dance Circle Assoc of NJ/NY.  Hosted by Tribe Hamsa and Luis Manuel.  BellyJam is a fusion dance & music event that brings together dancers, drummers and musicians in the community and creates a unique musical space. All are encouraged to participate regardless of dancing or drumming skills. The drum/music circle is based on middle-eastern rhythms and is facilitated by Luis Manuel and the dancing by Naja.  7-8 pm - Doumbek & Zill lesson: learn basic rhythms for the doumbek and accompaning zill patterns. Bring your zills, doumbek, riq or any middle eastern percussion instrument.  8-10 pm - BellyJam dance/drum/jam party…Vending and complimentary snacks & beverages provided.

(8p - 10p, $$10 - Doumbek and Zill Lesson, $10 - BellyJam, $15 - for both, Doumbek and Zill lesson and BellyJam)
Christ Episcopal Church
76 Franklin Ave.
Staten Island
http://www.TribeHamsa.com or www.LuisManuelPercussion.com

==Sunday, February 21st==

Huun-Huur-Tu Throat-Singing Workshop and Concert

NY Shamanic Circle presents a rare opportunity, up close and personal…Special events with the famous Tuvan group.  Throat-singing, is a powerful sound system of spiritual development, health improvement and rejuvenation, based on ancient Tuvan shamanic tradition. It connects with Spirit of Highest Power and is both magical and practical, developing your deep breathing, and higher spiritual alignment using vibrational sound. Learn exercises for the development of your voice, energy and body, to create a direct transformational experience. For those of you already experienced in throat-singing techniques, you can broaden your scope to learn and practice with most famous Tuvan masters of this ancient art form.  In an intimate setting, Huun Huur Tu the Tuvan most famous group will perform rarely heard indigenous music, which will marvel you with their ancient healing sounds. Do not miss this opportunity.  “Throat-singing music comes to us from the time before language,” explains Huun-Huur-Tu co-founder, Sayan Bapa. “This is why it is so difficult to find words to describe its beauty.”  “A sonic marvel, throat singing cannot be described, it simply must be heard,” agrees the Boston Globe. “And Huun-Huur-Tu…are among the most renowned in this ancient vocal style.”  Huun-Huur-Tu come from the former Soviet Autonomous Republic of Tuva, a sparsely settled region of grasslands, boreal forests, and mountain ridges that is the birthplace of shamanism. This indigenous music highlights rare instruments and preserves what is arguably some of the world’s oldest form of music making. The best known genre of Tuvan music, xöömei (khoomei, throat-singing), comprises what one might call a lexicon of musical onomatopoeia in which natural sounds are mimetically transformed into musical representations.  Visit Huun-Huur-Tu site: http://www.hhtmusic.com.  Important: Informal seating, please bring a pillow to sit on. This is also a “shoes off” sacred space.  A reservation is a MUST. Limited room available (only for the first 40 people, with waiting list).  If attending our Friday’s Open Circle (tonight Feb 12th), you can sign-up in person to be first on the list for these events, and can bring your check or cash payment then to reserve your space.

To reserve your space, now you can sign-up and pay online:
(Please check our HOME page’s daily status of Events availability prior to buying tickets); $80 Combined Workshop and Concert Special (save $10) (use code: HHTCWP); Throat-singing - Workshop 1pm – 5 pm -$65 Workshop (use code: HHTWKSP); Shamanic Sound Healing - Concert 7pm – 9pm - $25 Concert (use code: HHTCON)

NYSC
83 Leonard St.
5th Fl.(elevator access)
For more information: Contact Olivia, 917.215.4866 or email: nyshamaniccircle@gmail.com
http://www.nyshamaniccircle.org

==Sunday, February 21==

Newtown Pippin Talk and Tastings

The New York Pippin apple tree produces one of the best tasting apples around and are well suited to the temperate climate in New York City.  Come celebrate and Learn on the Apple’s Native Ground.  Hosted by Newtown Pippin — NYC’s Founding Green Apple.  The Newtown Historical Society will be presenting a free lecture and slideshow about the historic Newtown Pippin apple at the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown located at 5405 Seabury Street (Queens Blvd & 54th Avenue) in Elmhurst, on Sunday, February 21st, 2010 at 12:30pm. The venue was the site of a planting in 2002 which brought the apple back to its area of origin for the first time since the early 19th century. The presentation will explain the history of the apple in Queens and the new replanting project that has been underway for the past year. Speakers will include Bob Singleton, Vice President of the Greater Astoria Historical Society, Erik Baard, Founder of the Newtown Pippin Restoration and Celebration, and Marjorie Melikian, Historian for the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown. Council Member James Gennaro’s 2009 resolution calling for recognition of the Newtown Pippin as the official apple of the City of New York will also be discussed and samples of the apples will be available for tasting. For more information, please call the Newtown Historical Society at 718-366-3715 or e-mail newtownhistory@gmail.com.

12:30p - 2:30p
First Presbyterian Church of Newtown, with host Newtown Historical Society
5405 Seabury Street
Queens, NY
Take the G,R, or V train to Grand Avenue/Newtown.

==Wednesday, February 24==

Page Meets Stage Series Presents: Yusef Komunyakaa meets Tyehimba Jess

Please join us for an evening of poetry read by Yusef Komunyakaa and Tyehimba Jess as part of the Page Meets Stage Series at the Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (between Houston and Bleecker) on February 24th at 8:00   Page Meets Stage strives to bring together two different poets, one from a more academic background, and one who focuses on stage performance.  Yusef Komunyakaa
was
born in 1947 in Louisiana, at the outset of the civil rights movement. He served in the army in Vietnam in 1969-1970 as the managing editor of the Southern Cross and earned a bronze star.  He started writing Poetry in 1973 and earned his M.A. and M.F.A. in Creative Writing by 1979. Komunyakaa gained notoriety with Copacetic in 1984, a book of poetry heavily influenced by jazz.  He won awards on his following books, and has been cited for by poets such as William Matthews and Robert Hass as being among the best writing on the war in Vietnam.  Detroit born Tyehimba Jess’ first book of poetry, “Leadbelly,” is a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series. He has been described as a “rare poet who bridges slam and academic poetry.” His work has been anthologized in many publications, and he has been honored with many awards, such as The Chicago Sun Times Poetry Award in 2001, and the Whiting Writers’ Award in 2006.  He also served as Chicago’s Poetry ambassador to Accra, Ghana.  Hosting between 20 and 30 shows a week the Bowery Poetry Club is proud of our place in the lineage of populist art: the Yiddish theater, burlesque, vaudeville, beat poetry, jazz, and punk that gave the Bowery its name.

(8p, $drinks/food)
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery; (212) 614-0505
http://www.bowerypoetry.com

==Thursday, February 25==

The Bike Trip

The Bike Trip - A true, comic monologue about peddling chemical truths; Created & performed by Martin Dockery.  In a quest to understand why LSD has for so long both enthralled and terrified so many millions of people, I journey through the psychedelic scenes of San Francisco, Goa, and Basel, where an attempt to replicate history’s first ever acid trip has me encountering more than just its inventor’s home.  Five Shows:  2/25 Thur @ 10:30pm; 2/27 Sat @ 4:00pm; 3/3 Wed @ 6:00pm; 3/5 Fri @ 7:00pm; 3/7 Sun @ 2:30pm.  The public perception of LSD is frozen in a 1960s tie-dyed haze, and yet its use is as prevalent - and as secretive - as ever. The Bike Trip tells a very personal tale as it attempts to look anew at this most powerful of all psychotropic substances.  I’ll be touring with The Bike Trip (and Wanderlust) for 4 straight months to Fresno, Phoenix, Orlando, Charleston, London, Regina, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Victoria, and Vancouver - so catch the show while it’s all-too-briefly here in NYC!  Thanks. Hope to see you all soon. And in the meantime, let’s have a good time, now, every single one of us.  -Martin

Thursday February 25
(10:30p, $16)
The Kraine Theater
85 East 4th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Aves)
$16 tickets at door, or by contacting Smarttix.com or online at www.FRIGIDnewyork.info

==Thursday, February 25==

One Spirit Interfaith Taizé:  Music, Meditation & Worship

Taizé is a musical experience of God and includes simple chants, sacred readings and meditation.  Interfaith Taizé incorporates known and original chants, sacred readings from spiritual traditions across the world, and meditations that celebrate the common ways people honor the Divine. [more]

Thursdays: Feb. 25, Mar. 25, Apr. 22, and May 27,
(6:45p – 8:30p, $ Love Offerings accepted)
One Spirit
330 W. 38th Street,
Suite 1500, NYC (b/w 8th & 9th Aves) Conveniently near A/C/E/N/R/1/2/3/B/D/F/V/PATH trains to 34th; A/C/E/N/R/1/2/3 trains to 42nd;
Port Authority and Penn Station

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==Friday, February 26th==

Nyack Shamanic Circle

This circle will be held each fourth Friday of the month. The circle is designed as an open monthly circle for all explorers of this path from newcomers to experienced practitioners.  Shamanism is an ancient spiritual and healing practice dating back ten of thousands of years and found all across the world. Through shamanic practices and ceremonies, people travel into altered states of consciousness to seek connection with helping spirits for guidance and healing; deepen their connection with the natural world; restore balance and energy flow; and expand their experience of wholeness.  In this circle, experience shamanic ceremony and journeying to connect with your spirit guides and access inner wisdom. Ritual, sound, movement, meditation, and shamanic journeying will be utilized to explore this ancient practice and elevate personal power for transformation and healing.  Please bring a drum, shaker, or other musical instrument and a journal.

(7:30-9:30, $25)
Skyelight Healing Arts Center
117 Depew Ave. Nyack
Please Pre-Register.
For more information contact Joey at earthspirit@optonline.net or (917) 548-7073.

==Sunday February 29==

From Mod to G-D

Brought to you by Henrietta Flowers.  From Mod To G-D is an enlightening evening of true stories you won’t believe from filmmaker, televisionary, journalist, now monologuist, David Silver, an Englishman in America since  the sixties, and an eyewitness to counterculture history. Featuring never-seen footage of Bob Marley, Beatles and Stones, Andy Warhol, Muddy Waters, Abbie Hoffman, Tim Leary, Allen Ginsberg, Joey Ramone and many other icons from his private collection.

(Door 7p, $12 adv.  $15 dr)
Webster Hall
125 E 11th St.
http://www.websterhall.com

))Upcoming Classes((

==Saturday February 27 (series begins)==

Digital Textile Design

Saturdays, beginning February 27 & March 6, 2:30 to 5:30p, Acquire a lucrative skill in this 2-session intensive. Create original, digitally produced, production ready designs for your own printed fabrics.  Acquire a lucrative skill in this 6-hour intensive through learning the basics of textile design. Students will create original, digitally produced, production ready designs for printed fabrics marketable for women’s, men’s, and children’s wear, home furnishings and paper products. Professional methods of designing patterns, repeats, and color combinations will be explored using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Students will also gain knowledge of how to market themselves in the various industries where these skills are applicable.  Instructor: Joanne Sherrow is a textile and graphic designer based in Brooklyn, NY.

(2:30p - 5:30p, $150)
3rd Ward
195 Morgan Ave., Bk
http://www.3rdward.com/3rdwardclasses/digital-textile-design.html
http://www.funkyjewels.com/