Lectures/Workshops Wednesday 3/28 HEALTH ISSUES ANONYMOUS Twelve-step group for ...
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.
INVISIBLE WALLS: IMMIGRATION IN NYC'S CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM
Seminar incl. workshops on obtaining green cards for abused or neglected immigrant children & battered women; 65 5th Ave. (14th St.), 212-229-5418 reg. req.; call for times & prices.
SWING 46
Dance lessons start the night off; big bands come on at 10; 349 W 46th St. (betw. 8th & 9th Aves.), 212-262-9554; 9:15, call for price.
Thursday 3/29
BROWN BAG LUNCH LECTURES
Informal lectures on modern art?this week, "The Photographic Landscape" w/Jennifer Farrell; Museum of Modern Art's Edward John Noble Ed. Center, 18 W. 54th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-708-9781; 12:30, $5.
20 YEARS OF NIGHTLINE
Retrospective seminar w/Ted Koppel & Senior Producer Sara Just; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-621-6600; 7:30, $10.
Friday 3/30
PRESERVING THE IMMATERIAL
A two-day conference on "variable media" & how to keep all those video installations for posterity; Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave. (89th St.), 212-423-3500; call for times & prices [through 3/31].
STOOP POETRY WORKSHOP
Serious scribes, 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.
SWING XXI
Get a free beginner class in Argentine tango, waltz, mambo or swing at XXI Studios, 21 E. 26th St. (betw. 5th & Madison Aves.), 212-481-8342; call for times [repeats Sun.].
Saturday 3/31
GARDENING WITH THE EXPERTS
Seminars, lectures & workshops all day long at NY Botanical Garden, 200th St. (Southern Blvd.), Bronx, 718-817-8700; call for times, prices & complete schedule.
TRIBAL SOUNDZ CLASSES
"Dances of the Voice" (Sat. at 12); Tribal Soundz, 340 E. 6th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), RSVP 212-673-5992; $5.
Monday 4/2
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE AT HAMILTON MADISON HOUSE
Causal conversation among recent Asian immigrants looking to improve their speaking skills; call 212-601-1000 for location; 7:30.
Tuesday 4/3
DHARMA GATHERING
Learn about Shambhala Buddhism w/Acharya Judy Lief. "Acharya" means she's a senior teacher, one of only 15 worldwide, under the guidance of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Session incl. meditation plus q&a; NY Shambhala Center, 118 W. 22nd St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-675-6544; 7, free.
METROPOLITAN OPERA GUILD LECTURES
Alban Berg & John Muller on Lulu; 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, B'way (65th St.), 212-769-7028; 6:15, $12-$14.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT & THE INSPIRATION OF JAPAN
Margo Stipe lectures about how the architecht drew guidance & design inspiration from the Japanese; Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-832-1155; 6:30, $10, $5 st./s.c.