Giancarlo Esposito might have broken bad as Gus Fring on BREAKING BAD, but he’ll discuss meditation with neuroscientist Moran Cerf at the Rubin Museum this weekend
Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th St. at Seventh Ave.
Begins February 8, $20
212-620-5000
www.rmanyc.org/onmeditation
Need pointers on how to relax in today’s ever-more-crazy world? The Rubin Museum has just the thing, a sidebar to its annual Brainwave programming that focuses on ways to ease the mind, body, and spirit and get on the path to enlightenment. “On Meditation” combines short biographical portraits with talks pairing artists and Zen teachers with scientists. The series begins February 8 with “The Monk,” teaming the Venerable Metteyya with Weill Cornell neurosurgeon Philip E. Steig at 3:00, followed at 6:00 by “The Actor,” with Giancarlo Esposito and neuroscientist Moran Cerf. On February 12, “The TM Teacher” brings together David Lynch Foundation director Bob Roth and NYU experimental psychologist Barry Cohen after a short portrait of Lynch talking about his longtime practice of Transcendental Meditation. On February 19, “The Zen Teacher” focuses on Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Roshi and Princeton neuroscientist Brent A. Field, spurred by a portrait of Zen Buddhist author Peter Matthiessen. On April 11, Hatha yoga expert Elena Brower and Weill Cornell neuropsychologist Kenneth Perrine will delve into “The Yoga Teacher,” while on May 2 “The Congressman” features Ohio congressman Tim Ryan and cognitive scientist Emma Seppala. Tickets for all events are twenty dollars, and more pairings will be added.