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Summer Improv Intensive: Levels 1 & 2

Brooklyn Comedy Collective @ 137 Montrose Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Unlock your improv potential this summer with an intensive program at Brooklyn’s premier comedy theater. Develop your skills, overcome self-doubt, and embrace the thrill of live performance in a supportive environment. Join us for a transformative journey into the world of improv!

(4) All levels 16 and older
$425

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Drop-in Improv

Brooklyn Comedy Collective @ 137 Montrose Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Looking to enhance your improv skills? Join the dynamic Drop-in Improv class at the Brooklyn Comedy Collective and receive expert guidance from the hilarious Micah Sterenberg. With a focus on specific themes and plenty of scenes and notes, this class offers the perfect opportunity to fine-tune your abilities. All experience levels are welcome!

(4) Beginner 16 and older

Character Workshop: Crafting Characters

Brooklyn Comedy Collective @ 137 Montrose Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Hone your comedic character skills in this workshop designed for comedians looking to create memorable characters for live performances and filmed content. Whether you're aiming for SNL auditions or TikTok fame, this workshop will teach you the essential skills to make your characters stand out. Prior experience at major comedy theaters or similar training is required.

(4) Intermediate 16 and older
$300

5 sessions

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Drop-in Clown

Brooklyn Comedy Collective @ 144 Boerum St, Brooklyn, NY

Do you want to try out one single clown class? Have you been wondering what this joyful world is all about? Come to the drop-in class! In each class students will practice exercises from some of the greats (Lecoq, Conway, Johnstone) while working on taming their ego and bringing out their true inner clown. Come to just one class, come to all of them, do what your heart desires. This is the perfect place to get your feet wet and learn from...

(4) Beginner 16 and older

East Village Pizza Walk

Scott's Pizza Tours @ TBD, New York

This cozy Manhattan neighborhood has an eclectic history that pairs well with its eclectic pizza options. You’ll visit three distinct pizzerias on your voyage of discovery that will transform your love of pizza into a deep passion. Meet the pizza makers and indulge in delectable tastings while uncovering the secrets behind each pizzeria's unique perspective.

(82) All levels All ages

"Giants": An Afternoon of Art, Food & Flowers in Brooklyn

Women of Culture @ 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY

Embark on an enriching journey through the cultural landscape of Brooklyn with an exclusive guided tour of the "Giants" exhibit, featuring remarkable works by Black diasporic artists Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys. Indulge in an optional Art-full members brunch before a leisurely stroll amidst the blooming cherry blossoms at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

All levels 18 and older

Greenwich Village Pizza Walk

Scott's Pizza Tours @ TBD, New York

Discover the rich history of pizza in America as you eat your way through three incredible NYC pizzerias. Start with a slice of history at one of the city’s oldest coal-fired spots before hitting two additional spots. From classic brick ovens to modern slice shops, this tour will unravel the history, science, and culture of New York City’s favorite food.

(82) All levels All ages

Downtown Brooklyn Pizza Walk

Scott's Pizza Tours @ TBD, Brooklyn

Embark on a life-changing journey through Brooklyn's diverse pizza scene, exploring a mix of wood-fired, coal-fired, and classic New York slice joints. Discover the rich history of pizza while indulging in tastings, kitchen tours, and in-depth analysis. Tour includes a full pizza lunch with stops at three pizzerias. 

(82) All levels All ages

West Village Pizza Walk

Scott's Pizza Tours @ TBD, New York

Manhattan’s West Village is becoming the city’s fastest growing pizza spot. You’ll start with a slice of history with Neapolitan pizza before unraveling the culture of everybody’s favorite food at two additional stops. Discover why New Yorkers love arguing about their favorite spots and expand your knowledge of the world's favorite food.

(82) All levels All ages
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Understanding the Highly Sensitive Person

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

A rare opportunity to join a workshop with Elaine N. Aron, PhD, the world-renowned psychologist whose groundbreaking bestseller, The Highly Sensitive Person, revolutionized how we identify and empower highly sensitive men, women, and children to create richer, fuller lives. Do you have a keen imagination and think deeply about things? Do you notice things that others miss? Do you seek quiet and downtime more than others seem to? Did parents or...

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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Food and Opera

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Explore the fascinating role of food in opera using amusing film snippets and stills of memorable dining and toasting moments. Join Francine Segan, noted food historian and author of The Opera Lover’s Cookbook, and discover tantalizing trivia, like why Rossini added special “sorbet arias” to his operas and why great composers such as Verdi encouraged gambling during performances.

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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How to Properly Collect, Invest, Protect & .....

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

How to Properly Collect, Invest and Protect and Preserve Antiques Join expert, Les Wolff, owner of Les Wolff Sports, a name synonymous with sports memorabilia, as he discusses how to properly collect, invest, protect and preserve antiques making sure you are getting the most out of your money while enjoying the value added to your life by being surrounded by history on a daily basis.

(1062) All levels 18 and older
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The Dystopian Imagination

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 247 West 37th St, New York, NY

Thomas More’s sixteenth century treatise Utopia – literally, “no place” – coined the term “utopia” in its modern parlance: a planned, perfected vision of a possible society in some misty other geography or time.  Over the next several centuries, More’s peculiar mix of religious discipline and egalitarian traditionalism increasingly underlined the negative connotation that the concept of “utopia” acquired. In the...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$315

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Signal and Noise: An Introduction to Statistics

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 247 West 37th St, New York, NY

How do numbers relate to the world? What insights can we derive from data? How do we separate signal from noise? This course is an introduction to statistical thinking and its applications to data analysis at a level accessible to a broad audience with no prior statistical background.  We’ll learn and make intuitive the fundamental methods and concepts of data quantification: linear regression, logistic regression, probability distribution,...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$315

4 sessions

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Botanical Perfumery Creating Your Own Fragrance

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Today, the deeply knowledgeable perfumer Eliza Douglas, who trained with the world’s best in France, will share her expertise about the beautiful natural materials used to make perfume—where they fit into fragrance families as well as how to categorize and work with them. We’ll also see how their facets overlap with one another, creating a kaleidoscope of connections, “bridges” between materials.  Come get familiar with a range of...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$180
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Introduction to Unity 3D

Playcrafting NYC @ 1441 Broadway, New York, NY

Start making games in Unity! You’ll learn in our full day workshop how to get started, by jumping straight in and creating a simple game from total scratch start to finish. You’ll learn how to set up Unity, use an efficient workflow and the basics of C# scripting for game-making. At the end you’ll come out with a working, simple 3D game that you’ve coded and put together from top to bottom, ready for PC, Mac, Linux, and web! Unity makes...

(68) All levels 18 and older
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$238.37
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Crisis and Capitalism

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research @ 275 Madison Ave, New York, NY

Do capitalist societies have an inherent tendency toward economic, social, and political crises?  Political economists have, over the course of the past 250 years, offered different frameworks to understand the existence of crises within capitalism: from Adam Smith’s “general glut” (when production exceeds demand) to Marx’s belief that the contradictions inherent in capitalism will lead to its eventual demise and the Keynesian attempt...

(29) All levels 21 and older
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$315

4 sessions

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An Introduction to the Tarot

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

The tarot is a powerful symbolic system whose images express mystical ideas from the Platonic, Pythagorean, and Hermetic traditions. Once one grasps the tarot’s philosophy and structure, the cards can be used as an intuitive device to connect with one’s inner wisdom.  In this class we will study the symbolism of the tarot as its Italian Renaissance creators intended, come to understand its spiritual messages, and then learn and practice...

(299) Beginner 18 and older
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$125

3 sessions

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The Shine

General Assembly @ 902 Broadway, New York, NY

An evening of inspirational music, meditation, film, philanthropy, and storytelling. If TED Talk, Hotel Cafe and The Self-Realization Fellowship had a child, it would be "The Shine". The Shine Movement’s mission is to use music, film, philanthropy and storytelling to inspire people to connect with their community and collectively do more, give more, and be more.

(2637) All levels 18 and older

Insight Meditation: The Practice of Mindfulness

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Insight meditation—the practice of mindfulness developed in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition—is a straightforward, practical and compassionate approach to spiritual and personal development. It offers us a very effective way to reduce stress, let go of habitual, painful thinking patterns, and develop concentration, ease, well-being, and a deep understanding of the relationship between our body and mind. Through this practice, we learn to live...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$175

5 sessions

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