Lecture Classes in NYC, New York

Encyclopedia Commedia is a fast-paced and hilarious exploration of all the knowledge in the world (more or less [markedly less]). Come witness a ragtag assortment of bitter tastemakers, impure thought leaders, genuinely accomplished comedians and the occasional marching band as they pummel your cranium with information until you’re weeping with...

We are perhaps familiar with the old adage that 'seeing is believing' - the idea that one needs to see x before one is willing to believe that x exists. Building off work by feminist and critical race scholars, this Olio examines the extent to which it is more apt to say that believing is seeing- that is, it may be the case that one needs to believe...

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...

Each show starts with a video, of the night's V.I.P. taking a drug and submitting to a battery of physical and mental tests, while under the influence. Audience members then ask questions and compete—for prizes!—to guess the drug! Could be Acid to Adderall or Ambien to MDMA. After the reveal, the host welcomes to the stage our intrepid test subject,...

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...

Does it seem like our current culture is the most self-obsessed to date? It has seemed like that for five centuries. If anything, our current mania over self-obsession wielded by the hand-held black mirrors we carry in our pockets is only the latest in the habitual renegotiation of self-fashioning whose roots were planted in the 16th century. Are we...

Mark Vigeant uses comedy to explore and demystify technology so that people can be aware, informed, and empowered. Internet Explorers is his monthly live show where he takes sold out audiences (and thousands of livestreamers) deep into a corner of the Internet to learn and laugh about everything from memes, artificial intelligence, and e-commerce...

Full Course Name Seeing the Subconscious: Mindfulness, Psychology, and the Road to Healing Racism Ever since the first Europeans began to colonize the globe in the 15th century, a necessity to shape and solidify the perceptions of thought and emotion regarding human relationships was imperative. In order to undertake the huge global business venture...

Developed as a tool for colonial empire-building at the close of the 19th century, the ethnographic method has become an important practice for telling the stories of the oppressed, designing for the future, and demanding social change. British and American anthropologists were initially concerned with understanding the discrete cultures of “savage”...

Companies that have more diverse management teams have 19% higher revenue and outperform less diverse teams by 35%. The drive for equality in the workplace is one of the most important initiatives businesses can undertake, and it is a major consideration in B Lab’s certification processes. Our B Corp panelists will share their insights and experience...

You're invited to an unforgettable dinner with CMO for Hudson Yards at Related Companies Stacey Feder. Enjoy an intimate conversation with Stacey... an audience challenge, and curated connections over a healthy meal.

The Society for the Advancement of Social Studies (SASS!) is proud to present an evening of lectures designed to both entertain & enlighten. Get ready for all the history you knew but forgot, and all the booze you need to forget it again. Tonight, we’ll be muckraking up some old-timey dirt with an evening of Manhattan history. The History...

Learn advanced search strategies to narrow results and find the best information online. Skill prerequisites: Basic mouse and keyboarding skills These are registration based classes and spots may fill up quickly. If for any reason we're unable to accommodate your registration, we will let you know as soon as possible.

What is the nature of the global economy in the 21st century? How can we understand its development and its unique characteristics? In the 1970s, a seeming post-war “Golden Age” in countries like the United States was faced with a series of crises: growing fiscal imbalances, the oil crisis, the end of the Bretton Woods system of dollar-to-gold...

Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch: Women, Colonization, and Capitalism The “witch” embodies a world of female subjects that capitalism had to destroy. This bold argument is the premise of Silvia Federici’s book, Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation. For Federici, perhaps best known for the manifesto “Wages...