Posts tagged “new york city”
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Fest-Noz Vraz / Breton Music and Dance Festival in New York City
November 5, 2011
In love with Memoirs of a Breton Peasant?
Then come to Fest-Noz Vraz, the Breton Music and Dance Festival! It will be happening on November 5th from 4pm-11pm at the Hungarian House, located on the Upper East Side.
The event will be…
Tags: breton, brittany, memoirs of a breton peasant, new york city, traditional dance
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Andrew Laties’s on the viability of small businesses in Manhattan
November 4, 2011
“Thanks to Center for an Urban Future, we now know that chain store growth in the city is weakening. Small businesses planning to take advantage of this trend should Occupy Manhattan Storefronts. They should design storefronts that create a connection between their stores and their neighbors. Because when neighbors love what you’re doing, they’ll empty their pockets to help out. They don’t really want those chain stores everywhere.”
Tags: andrew laties, independent business, manhattan, new york city, op-ed, rebel bookseller
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Birth Day Presence Workshop with Ina May Gaskin
March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011, 7:00-9:00pm, Ina May Gaskin will be holding at workshop with Brith Day Presence. The special workshop for midwives, doulas, and birth assistants will teach techniques Gaskin learned to keep labor moving along, specifically techniques to correct or deal with OP positions, ascynclitism, and should dystocia. She will also present the goals of the Safe Motherhood Quilt Project. Ina May is also promoting her new book Birth Matters: A Midwife’s Manifesta. Cost of the workshop is $65 payable by check, $67 by credit card. Email doulas@birthdaypresence.net to register. Location: 580 Broadway, Suite 304, between Prince and Houston New York, NY 10012.
Tags: birth day presence, birth matters, birth professionals, ina may gaskin, new york city, nonfiction, women's health, workshop
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Cathy Wilkerson at Bluestockings Book Store
November 8, 2010
Nov. 8, 2010, 7:00PM, Bluestockings bookstore welcomes Cathy Wilkerson as she reads from her latest work, Flying Close to the Sun: My Life and Times as a Weatherman, the story of how a white middle-class girl became a part of Weather Underground, one of the most notorious groups of the ’60s. Location: 172 Allen Street New York, NY 10002.
Tags: bluestockings, cathy wilkerson, flying close to the sun, memoir, new york city, nonfiction, reading, weather underground
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Ted Rall Speaks at Bluestockings Bookstore
October 21, 2010
October 21, 2010, 7:00PM, Bluestockings Bookstore will feature Ted Rall to discuss his latest work The Anti-American Manifesto. Location: 172 Allen St. New York, NY 10002. For more information about the event and pricing, go to http://bluestockings.com.
Tags: anti-american manifesto, bluestockings, new york city, radical nonfiction, ted rall
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Revolution Books Hosts Project Censored
October 4, 2010
October 4, 2010, time TBA, Project Censored will be welcomed by Revolution Books to discuss the release of Censored 2011. Location: 146 W. 26th St., between 6th & 7th Ave. For additional information go to http://www.revolutionbooksnyc.org/home.html or call 212-691-3345.
Tags: censored 2011, journalism, media studies, new york city, nonfiction, project censored, revolution books, signing
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Cynthia O’Neal at McNally Jackson Books
May 19, 2010
May 19, 2010, 7:00 pm, McNally Jackson Books: 52 Prince Street, New York, NY 10012
Tags: Add new tag, book signing, cynthia o'neal, mcnally jackson books, new york city, talk softly
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Lee Stringer at PEN
April 29, 2010
April 29, 2010, 4-5:30 pm, Instituto Cervantes New York: 211–215 East 49th St.
Tags: grand central winter, Instituto Cervantes, lee stringer, new york city, PEN American Center
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Ralph Nader at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in NYC
March 17, 2010
On March 12, 2010, Ralph Nader spoke at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in NYC: on literacy and its importance, on the indicators of a society in decline, on the illusion of American exceptionalism, and on going back to the Preamble: We the People, not We the Corporations. Check out the footage below.
Tags: new york city, only the super-rich can save us, q&a, ralph nader, unitarian church of all souls, videos
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Tribute performance of Howard Zinn’s Marx in Soho
March 6, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 7:30pm, New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, New York, NY 10023. Doors at 7pm, FREE admission. For more information, see MarxInSoho.com.
Tags: anthony arnove, brian jones, film & theatre, howard zinn, marx in soho, new york city, performances, society for ethical culture
“new york city” Posts
- Nov 5, Fest-Noz Vraz / Breton Music and Dance Festival in New York City
- Nov 4, Andrew Laties’s on the viability of small businesses in Manhattan
- Mar 7, Birth Day Presence Workshop with Ina May Gaskin
- Oct 21, Ted Rall Speaks at Bluestockings Bookstore
- Oct 4, Revolution Books Hosts Project Censored
- May 19, Cynthia O’Neal at McNally Jackson Books
- Apr 29, Lee Stringer at PEN
- Mar 17, Ralph Nader at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in NYC
- Mar 6, Tribute performance of Howard Zinn’s Marx in Soho
