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Politics 101
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Be Social Change
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Chelsea
601 W 26th St Suite 325, New York, New York 10001
Politics 101 is a deep dive into the hidden mechanisms that drive politics and political decision making in the United States. The systems and procedures of power in our democracy are often obscured from the view of the very people it’s meant to serve. This workshop addresses several key topics which are ignored by political science classes, the...
Woman as Other, Woman as Lover: The Search for Self
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Think Olio
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Murray Hill
135 Madison Ave Floor 8, New York, New York 10016
Woman as Other, Woman as Lover: The Search for Self and the Politics of Love Often cited as the seminal text of modern feminist theory, Simone de Beauvoir’s 1949 publication, The Second Sex still deeply resonates with readers who seek to understand the pervasive oppression of women. The magnum opus of her long and prolific career as a writer...
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History's Most Notorious Female Killers
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Brooklyn Brainery
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Park Slope
1110 8th Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11215
From Countess Bathory to Belle Gunness, this lecture will cover a millennium of violence and mayhem committed by women. While not reaching the same depths of ill-deserved fame as their male counterparts, these women and their crimes provide a fascinating insight into what it meant to be a violent member of "the fairer sex."
American Museum of Natural History: Un-Highlights Tour
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Museum Hack
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Upper West Side
Central Park W , New York, New York 10024
Dinosaurs! Science! Adventure! Break out your pith helmet as we embark upon a brazen expedition through the halls of New York City's world-famous American Museum of Natural History (AMNH). Join your maverick tour guide as we deftly navigate this massive 27-building, 1.6 million square foot landmark cultural institution. Learn the science...
Talmud²
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92nd Street Y
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Upper East Side
1395 Lexington Ave, New York, New York 10128
Rabbi Scott Perlo (Associate Director of 92Y’s Bronfman Center for Jewish Life) teaches two nights of Judaism’s magnum opus, the Talmud, taught in English. Jump right into the text of this famous work of Jewish genius. For participants of all backgrounds and levels of knowledge.
Brownstones Ballot Boxes Suffrage Tour
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Archive on Parade
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Brooklyn Heights
158 Hicks St, Brooklyn, New York 11201
Meet the badass Brooklynites who brought us the ballot. Behind the stately facades of Brooklyn Heights’ most gracious brownstones lies the history of firebrand feminism! The wise “women of Brooklyn” were doctors, lawyers, educators and orators who made some of the foremost contributions to the Suffrage movement. Join us for a walk through their...
Modern Palestine: a Historical Introduction
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Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
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DUMBO
20 Jay St, Brooklyn, New York 11201
Perpetually in the news and commanding a tremendous amount of scholarly attention, Palestine remains a flashpoint in a number of contemporary debates: about war, colonization, and violence, religious and ethnic identity, nationalism and self-determination, modes of resistance, the role of international institutions, diasporic politics, academic freedom,...
Versus
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Caveat
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Lower East Side
21-A Clinton St, New York, New York 10002
WrestleMania meets Debate Club Your hosts Meg Pierson, Zak Martellucci, and Dustin Growick lead a rotating cast of special guest experts in a battle royale of serious—and not so serious—topics. Who will come out on top? Dinosaurs or mammals? Biology or physics? Space or oceans? Chock-full of trivia, games, and prizes,...
Francisco Goya: The Third of May 1808
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Bronxville Adult School
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Bronxville
177 Pondfield Rd, Bronxville, New York 10708
This lecture will explore perhaps the most powerful and moving political painting of the Western tradition: The Third of May 1808. Goya sought to commemorate Spanish resistance to Napoleon’s armies during the occupation of 1808 in the Peninsular War. In it, he musters a new kind of artistic expression, and a monumental revolutionary statement that...
Abracadabra to Alchemy: 7000 Years of Magic
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Brooklyn Brainery
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Park Slope
1110 8th Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11215
Trace the journey of magic through its exciting and hotly debated formative years. From the performance of the “cup and ball” trick observed in ancient Rome through medieval incantations and potions, the story of magic will enchant you.
History Series: Charles Lindbergh
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Queensborough Community College
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Bayside
222-05 56th Ave, Bayside, New York 11364
History Series: Charles Lindbergh - The Twentieth Century America's First Great Hero Lindbergh continues to fuel popular imagination, both with his daring aviation exploits and his colorful life. This class will examine a complex man who was full of contradictions, but all will agree, was an important American hero. Suggested Readings: ...
The History of Gin
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Brooklyn Brainery
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Prospect Heights
190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11238
From the debauched slums of Victorian London to dry martinis and fancy cocktail parties,gin has had a remarkable journey, a story that reflects the ever changing moods and sensibilities of society at large. Like many other spirits, it began life in the alchemist’s workshop as a medicinal cure-all, a link it would retain as a mainstay of European...
Cramming for the Midterms
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Caveat
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Lower East Side
21-A Clinton St, New York, New York 10002
The science behind why our politics got so insane (and what we can do about it) This is a series about the fundamental principles of social and political life. If you’re looking for a rundown of “he-said,” “she-said” analyses, or a bunch of talking heads talking past each other on today’s top issues, you’re in the wrong place. Instead,...
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William Niblo and His Pleasure Garden of Yore
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Brooklyn Brainery
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Prospect Heights
190 Underhill Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11238
William Niblo, an Irish immigrant to New York City at the end of the 18th century, rose from his initial position in the hostelry and tavern business in Lower Manhattan to found an immensely popular “coffee house,” and then opened an enormous pleasure garden in the London tradition at the northern limits of the populated City in 1828. Initially...
Music, Art, and Ideology: an Introduction to Opera
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Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
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Midtown
247 West 37th St 5th Fl, New York, New York 10018
How can music—seemingly the most abstract of the arts, associated by medieval philosophers with the empyrean disciplines of astronomy and arithmetic—embody the concrete passions and narrative action of a drama? This is the fundamental question underlying the history of opera, from its aristocratic 17th-century origins to its 19th-century popular...