Lecture Classes in NYC, New York

Welcome, Tarot 101 is for everyone. If you know a lot about Tarot and are looking to deepen your practice, if you are new to the world of Tarot and feel curious and maybe a bit skeptical, or if you fall somewhere in the middle this class is for you. Thank you for being ready to engage with this work and look inward.  There are many approaches...

History Happy Hour!  Raise your glass to the past, and come discover the odd and fascinating things people thought and did in the Middle Ages and beyond.  Professor of History will offer a short presentation, and then open the floor to animated conversation over drinks!  No previous knowledge required.  Each week something...

Most of-age people have a drink of choice, but do they know the history of the liquid in the glass? The fascinating history of booze is a comprehensive history of the world. Fermentation (the conversion of sugars to alcohol) has been traced back to 7000 BC, and Distillation (for our purposes: the extraction of alcohol from a mash by heating) was...

This course welcomes people of all genders and sexualities and is a safe space! In this course we will explore important facets of a fulfilling, pleasurable, happy and healthy sex life! We will focus on how to optimize pleasure, both solo and with a partner or partners, how to reshape the ways we think about sex and our bodies, and of course how...

You're invited to an unforgettable brunch with Adam Grealish, the Director of Investing at Betterment.  Our virtual experience is intimate, interactive, and includes curated breakout sessions around a group business activity. Practice pitching & get feedback on your ideas. Special Guest Adam Grealish is the Director of Investing at...

We will read through the book "Introduction to Rigging: Aerialists Essentials" by Steven Santos and break down what we read plus add explanations that might not appear in it. Please note: This is a donation based class. Suggested donation $10

Join us for the Future of Sustainable Food - expert-led panel about the most significant trends in regenerative agriculture and consumption. Did you know that 13% of global carbon emissions come from the agriculture industry, second only to all transportation? Sustainable food demands more of businesses, farmers, and consumers alike. Join us to hear...

This course is designed to introduce and familiarize real estate professionals with current issues involved with asbestos, lead, mold and radon in commercial, institutional and residential structures. Property transfer practices now include specific procedures and practices for disclosure and record keeping for the presence of environmental health...

You're invited to an unforgettable brunch with Urban Decay co-founder Wende Zomnir. Our virtual experience is intimate, interactive, and includes curated breakout sessions around a group business activity. Practice pitching & get feedback on your ideas.

In 2019, New York City passed its own city-wide version of the Green New Deal. The plan includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by 2030, setting new goals for new developments and existing infrastructure like power plants. The bill has made New York City a leader in environmental action. How are companies adapting to the new laws and how...

You're invited to an unforgettable brunch with Eniac Ventures Founding General Partner Nihal Mehta. Our virtual experience is intimate, interactive, and includes curated breakout sessions around a group business activity. Practice pitching & get feedback on your ideas.

What’s feminist about film? Is it the way a film is made, the way we watch it, how women are represented, how it disrupts cinematic conventions, or how it throws gender into question? In this course, we will situate ourselves at the crossroads of feminism and film in order to assess how ideologies of gender, race, and sexuality are treated cinematically....

Join Rabbi Samantha Frank to discover stories of some incredible Jewish heroines, from the Bible to present day. Together we will explore the inspiring legacies of these Jewish women, each of whom faced and overcame adversity. We'll discuss what they can teach us about how to make it through this present moment. No prior study required. This program...

Virginia Woolf’s The Waves is a landmark of modernist fiction, “my first work in my own style!,” she wrote. Daringly experimental, The Waves eschews conventions of plot in favor of extended soliloquies divided over six voices and inset with enigmatic passages of ravishing, impersonal narration. Jinny, Susan, Rhoda, Bernard, Louis, and Neville...

Full Course Name: The Singularity: Artificial Intelligence and the Post-Human Future Alan Turing, whose Turing Test set the initial standard for artificial intelligence, mused towards the end of his life on the prospects of a truly superintelligent machine: “it seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long...