ABC Carpet & Home, 888 Broadway at 19th St., 212-473-3000 Tuesday, April 21, $30 (includes copy of book), 7:00 Shambhala Meditation Center of New York, 118 West 22nd St., 212-675-6544 Tuesday, April 28, $5-$10 suggested donation, 7:00 www.ethannichtern.com us.macmillan.com I first met Ethan Nichtern about ten years ago, when my wife started studying at the […]
237 Lafayette St. near Spring St., tenth floor Thursday, January 19, free with advance RSVP, 7:00 www.ethannichtern.com Shastri Ethan Nichtern, a Shambhala teacher and founder of the Interdependence Project, has followed up his 2007 nonfiction trade paperback, One City, in which he examined egolessness, interdependence, enlightenment, and spirituality in a fun and fascinating way, with […]
Who: Ethan Nichtern, Dani Shapiro What: Book release party for The Dharma of the Princess Bride: What the Coolest Fairy Tale of Our Time Can Teach us about Buddhism and Relationships (North Point Press, September 12, $25), featuring a talk and book signing Where: Deepak HomeBase, mezzanine, ABC Carpet & Home, 888 Broadway at Seventeenth […]
VERTIGO (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958) Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th St. at Seventh Ave. Friday, January 20, $10, 9:30 Series continues Friday nights through April 28 212-620-5000 rubinmuseum.org The Rubin Museum Cabaret Cinema series “Perception” continues January 20 with Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 mind-altering, fetishistic psychological thriller, Vertigo. Based on Boileau-Narcejac’s 1954 novel, D’entre les […]
Saturday, June 21, free, 5:30 am – 9:15 pm Sunday, June 22, free, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm www.timessquarenyc.org Times Square is generally not considered a place to bring together one’s mind, body, and soul in soothing contemplation and calming meditation, but it will be just that on June 21 & 22, when the Crossroads […]
SAMSARA (Ron Fricke, 2011) Landmark Sunshine Cinema 143 East Houston St. between First & Second Aves. Opens Friday, August 24 212-330-8182 www.landmarktheatres.com www.barakasamsara.com The filmmaking team of director Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson have teamed up once again to make the visually stunning documentary Samsara. The follow-up to 1985’s Chronos and 1992’s Baraka, the […]
Shambhala Meditation Center of New York (originally scheduled for Governors Island Parade Grounds) 118 West 22nd St. between Sixth & Seventh Aves., sixth floor Sunday, September 11, free, RSVP recommended but not required, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm 212-675-6544 www.theidproject.org/lovealone www.ny.shambhala.org There are many ways to pay tribute to the horrific attacks that took place […]