LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Wednesday 11/15 COMBATING INTERNATIONAL ECO-CRIME IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY Folks ...
COMBATING INTERNATIONAL ECO-CRIME IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY
Folks from Environmental Protection Agency & NYU professors of Law talk about "The Use of Technologies & Information Management to Monitor Compliance With International Agreements, Prosecute Environmental Crime & Reform Environmental Law & Trade"; NYU's Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Sq. S. (betw. Sullivan & MacDougal Sts.), 212-998-6849; call for times, free [repeats Thurs.].
HEALTH ISSUES ANONYMOUS
Twelve-step group for those living w/a health concern; St. Luke's Roosevelt Center, 324 W. 108th St., #305 (betw. B'way & Riverside Dr.), 212-362-7214; 5:30-7, free.
MUSIC ON THE INTERNET
Steve Horowitz of Nickelodeon online moderates panel of Barry Cole (Spot Music), Morgan Spurlock (The Internet Consortium) & Chris Roberts (The Live Music Channel); Musicians Union Hall, 322 W. 48th St. (betw. 8th & 9th Aves.), RSVP 212-592-3600; 6, $20.
THE RETURN OF THE DON QUIXOTE TAPESTRIES
Charissa Bremer-David lectures on recently conserved tapestries, "The Arrival of Dancers at the Wedding of Camacho" & "Sancho Panza's Departure for the Isle of Barataria," now on display; the Frick Collection, 1 E. 70th St. (5th Ave.), 212-288-0700; 5:30, free w/mus. adm.
TORAH TOPICS
Today's class, "Trees in Jewish Law," examines biblical references to trees & the effect on modern culture; Young Israel of 5th Ave., 3 W. 16th St. (5th Ave.), 212-255-4826; 7, free.
Thursday 11/16
CAMERA CLUB OF NY
Magnum photographer Alex Webb speaks at Camera Club of NY, 853 B'way (14th St.), 212-260-7077; 6:30, $6.
NOW MILLENNIUM LECTURE
Barbara Love, founder of PFLAG & author of Sappho Was a Right-On Woman, lectures on "My Life as an Out Lesbian in NOW & in the Business World"; Now-NYC, 150 W. 28th St., #304 (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-627-9895; 6:30, call for price.
PASS THE TORCH LECTURE SERIES
This week James Mtume (producer, songwriter, musician, & talk show host) discusses art & activism; NYU Cantor Film Center, 36 E. 8th St. (University Pl.), 212-998-8816; 7:30, free.
LEARNING FROM THE LAST WAR: THE MEDIA & THE MILITARY
Last two seminars in series are "The Gulf War & Beyond: War in the New World Order" & "The Next War: Where Will We Go From Here"; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (5th Ave.), 212-621-6600; call for times & prices.
Friday 11/17
ARCHITECT FRANK WELCH
Offers slide presentation on his new book Philip Johnson & Texas; Urban Center Books, 457 Madison Ave. (51st St.), 212-935-3595; 6:00, $10-$8.
THE SECOND NUCLEAR AGE, THE ACADEMY & NATIONAL POLICY
Two-day conference on nuclear threat feat. lecture by Kofi Annan; CUNY Grad Center, 365 5th Ave. (34th St.), 212-817-7170; call for times, $35 [repeats Sat.].
STOOP POETRY WORKSHOP
Serious scribers, bring 10 copies of your work to Tribes Gallery, 285 E. 3rd St. (betw. Aves. C & D), 212-674-3778; 7:30-9:30, $3 contrib.
XX1 DANCE CENTER'S FREE CLASSES
Help celebrate grand opening w/"Salsa/Mambo," Fri. at 8:30 & Sat. at 9:30; "Swing," Fri. at 9:30 & Sun. at 3:30; "Social Ballroom," Sat. at 8:30 & "Argentine Tango," Sun. at 1; 21 E. 26th St., 3rd fl. (betw. 5th & Madison Aves.), 212-481-8342; free.
Saturday 11/18
THE TAO OF VOICE 2 DAY WORKSHOP
Stephen Cheng's "revolutionary approach" for the singing & speaking voice incorporates Chinese philosophy & breathing techniques lauded by many incl. Stella Adler; NY Spaces, 131 W. 72nd St. (betw. Amsterdam Ave. & B'way), RSVP 212-663-6430 or www.voice-tao.com; 1-9, $275 [repeats Sat.].
TRIBAL SOUNDZ CLASSES
"Dances of the Voice" (Sat. at 2); "Dumbek" (Tues. at 6); Tribal Soundz, 340 E. 6th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-673-5992 for prices.
Sunday 11/19
SYNAGOGUES WITHOUT JEWS
Authors Rivka & Ben-Zion Dorfman pres. slide lecture & sign books; Jewish Museum, 1109 5th Ave. (92nd St.), 212-423-3271; 2, free w/mus. adm.
Monday 11/20
CRISIS IN COLUMBIA: A GLOBAL EXCHANGE SPEAKING TOUR
Luis Gilberto Murillo (former governor of El Choco, poorest state in Columbia) & Sandra Alvarez (head of San Francisco-based Columbia Human Rights Program) speak; Open Society Institute, 400 W. 59th St. (betw. Columbus & Amsterdam Aves.); RSVP 212-548-0695; 4, call for price.
DANCE CONVERSATIONS
Elena Kunikova, formerly of the St. Petersburg Maly Ballet, discusses Russian Classical Style; Barnard Hall, 117th St. (B'way), 212-854-2995; 7:30, call for price.
Tuesday 11/21
MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM INTERVIEWED BY LEONARD LOPATE
Cunningham's most recent work, The Hours, is a retelling of Woolf's Ms. Dalloway & won the Pulitzer for fiction; Humanities & Social Sciences Library, 42nd St. (5th Ave.), 212-704-8600; 6, $10.