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Join us for a timely discussion about the current state of the immigrant rights movement in NYC and how New York's immigrant communities are faring 20 years after the creation of ICE, or the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This panel will explore how immigrant rights activists continue to grapple with post-9/11 immigration policies, including...

Imagining Utopia: Politics, Planning, and the (Im)Possible Dystopias abound in the contemporary landscape—in literature, on screen, in our diagnoses of the present. From the zombie apocalypse to planetary catastrophe to nightmarish visions of gender disciplining, dystopia is today a particularly salient category, a popular outlet for imaginations...

Friedrich Nietzsche is among the most notorious and controversial thinkers in the western intellectual tradition. He aimed to philosophize “with a hammer,” to demolish the philosophical tradition founded by Socrates and Plato and slaughter its most sacred cows. Central to that tradition is the value placed on truth, reason, objectivity, and a...

When the New York City subway opened in 1904, police had to call in reserves to tame the million-strong crowds clamoring to enter the tunnels. Within weeks, hurtling beneath the earth at speeds never before realized in a dense urban environment had become an utterly ordinary experience. For 120 years, the NYC subway, running 24 hours a day and ranking...

The 2023 Robert A. and Elizabeth R. Jeffe Distinguished Lecture in Urban History  Join us for an evening with Brooklyn-born actor and director John Turturro, whose brilliant and original performances on stage and screen have delighted audiences for over four decades. From his roles in myriad Spike Lee's films starting with Do the Right Thing,...

Join New York Now: Home exhibiting artists Cheryl Mukherji, Laila Stevens, Dean Majd, and Amarise Carreras for conversation about the ways in which photographers intimately document themselves, their family histories, and their chosen families and communities.  Moderated by curator and writer Kristen Lubben, the panel will also explore immigration...

This One Day Dive childbirth preparation course is ideal for parents who prefer to digest the material more fully, engage in rich discussions, and have an opportunity to practice pain-relief techniques, rather than just learn about them. Our childbirth preparation classes are well rounded and accessible and in this group format you'll have...

ALL in person instructors are fully vaccinated and COVID safety measures will be implemented. All participants must show proof of vaccination (via Excelsior app or photo of Vaccination card, must be two weeks since second dose). This fast and furious childbirth preparation class is an interactive, intimate in-person group class in Park Slope, Brooklyn....

This bootcamp is an intensive program designed to help a man learn how to approach women, start conversations, and set up a dates. The program includes lecture, role-play, infield practice, and real time feedback from some of the world's top dating coaches. Day 1: Evening Session 1 Understand and overcome your fears: We start by explaining the causes...

Leading in a Data-Driven World: Developing Quantitative Intuition™ Imagine for a moment the luxury of saying, “When I get all the information, I will make that decision.” Unfortunately, that is not the reality of the world we operate in today. Information is imperfect. Change happens at a head-spinning pace. To address this, executives need...