Lecture Classes in NYC, New York

You're invited to an unforgettable brunch with NEA Partner Liza Landsman. Enjoy an intimate conversation with Liza... an audience challenge, and curated connections over a healthy meal.

You're invited to an intimate conversation with HelloAva cofounders Siqi Mou and Kailu Guan. Office Hours gets your most pressing questions answered, from founders & execs who are just a few steps ahead of you. Your RSVP includes a Program Pass to our clubhouse for this weekend.

In this long-running monthly show, two short, entrancing science lectures inspire sets of hilarious, never-to-be-seen-again improv comedy. Featuring veteran improv team Thank You, Robot, whose members’ credits include Veep, This American Life, The Onion, SNL Weekend Update and more. Plus a different special guest team every month, and lectures curated...

Success in business isn't what you know, it's who you know. Discover how to build impactful business relationships so you can land new clients, biz dev partners, key hires, investors, and more. We'll cover: setting yourself up for visibility and success; developing trust and rapport with stakeholders; influence in business relationships; cultivating...

Persuasive Authority presents "BONFIRE OF THE AGENCIES: The Shrinking Administrative State" Persuasive Authority is a new Continuing Legal Education series from lawyer and comedian Charles Star that you'll listen to for more than just the security code. The first lecture, Bonfire of the Agencies, is a history of the Supreme...

Between every thing that calls itself “I” and every thing that is known as “You,” a third entity exists. Neither an I, nor a you, the nameless non-presence is the axis of our desire. Indeed, it may be desire itself. It is the thing that animates us. That drives us to reach, to cross the boundary of ourselves, to long for the one we call You....

Create leverage in life and business by optimizing your day. We'll geek out on productivity, automation and outsourcing hacks with a leading expert. There will be plenty of time to strategize about your specific needs. And, there's brunch. Menu Healthy and delicious grain bowls from FoodtoEat, mimosas and coffee.

If Mozart is one of the best-known figures in Western classical music, he is also, oddly, one of the most elusive. Admirers from his time to ours, while agreeing on his stature, have disagreed about almost everything else—to Wagner he was the “genius of light and love”; to Kierkegaard a musical apostle of the demonic. He has been claimed on...

Full Course Title: Self Care for Women: Mindful Cycles, Healthy Bodies, Clean Beauty In this comprehensive class, herbalist, food entrepreneur, birth and postpartum doula and mom Laena McCarthy, will discuss healing traditions and practices to boost the female body's natural resilience while protecting from stress and damage, from the inside...

BYOP = Bring Your Own Perspective You're invited to an apéritif with other brunchwork members. Enjoy focused and curated discussions among brunchwork members. The goal is simple, but important: resource and knowledge sharing. You will enjoy your apéritif in two parts. First, you will connect with other members in your field. Your second apéritif...

Since the dawn of mankind, humans have tried to get high in one way or another. Why? Altered states of consciousness can be profoundly dangerous or dangerously profound. Knowledge makes the difference. We welcome a panel of experts and comedians to discuss how these drugs work! Trigger warning: this will be a frank discussion of drugs and drug use....

Just do wit! If there's a better way to say it, The PUNch-Up will find it. News headlines: improved! Movie titles: tightened! Portmanteaus: revamplified! Join five of New York City's most decorated wordsmiths and friends for a night of vocabaret exploring the past, present and future of language. We'll punch up your evening with word games,...

Can the bricks, glass, wood, and mortar of our city's most emblematic buildings reveal how and why New York City has become the modern global metropolis we know today? To celebrate the launch of his latest book, A History of New York in 27 Buildings: The 400-Year Untold Story of an American Metropolis, former New York Times urban affairs correspondent...

Dating and marriage trends show an increase in interracial relationships over many decades. However, different patterns in these interracial relationships warrant a deeper look. Statistics demonstrate an unnerving consistency between our social hierarchies and interactions on dating apps. Are our racial dating preferences simply that? Or do they reveal...

Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life: Marta McDowell in conversation with Alice Quinn In her new book, Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life, landscape historian, NYBG instructor, and award-winning author Marta McDowell revisits an avid gardener-and one of America's most brilliant and original poets. McDowell's beautifully illustrated talk reveals how the...