LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Wednesday 11/15 COMBATING INTERNATIONAL ECO-CRIME IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY Folks ...

| 16 Feb 2015 | 05:02

    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.