LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Wednesday 5/24 HEALTH ISSUES ANONYMOUS Twelve-step group for those living ...
HEALTH ISSUES ANONYMOUS
Twelve-step group for those living with a health concern; St Luke's Roosevelt Center, 324 W. 108th St. (betw. B'way & Riverside Dr.), #205, 874-7372; 5:30-7.
AL HIRSCHFELD INTERVIEWED BY WENDY WICK REAVES
National Portrait Gallery curator Wendy Wick Reaves grills infamous New York Times caricaturist Al Hirschfeld to preview that museum's upcoming Celebrity Caricature in America exhibit; The New York Public Library, 5th Ave. (42nd St.), 930-0653; 6, call for prices.
NAVIGATING THROUGH THE FIELD OF OUTSIDER ART
Director from Museum of American Folk Art discusses history of outsider art from European art brut to U.S. contemporary; William Doyle Galleries, 175 E. 87th St. (betw. Lexington & 3rd Aves.), 427-4141 ext.600; 6:30 res. req., free.
RETHINKING FANON
Party/discussion for Nigel C. Gibson's new book on French ex-pat, Algerian liberation movement member & social philosopher Frantz Fanon; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 242-4201; 7:30, $6.
TWO-PART YIDDISH RADIO SERIES
Radio producer David Isay & historian Henry Sapoznik speak on Yiddish radio through the ages & their project Shtimes Fin Amol (Voices of Long Ago) to be broadcast next year on NPR; Eldridge Street Project, 12 Eldridge St. (betw. Canal & Division Sts.), 966-4782; 6:30 $8, $4 st./s.c.
Thursday 5/25
ABC'S OF ONLINE HEALTH RESOURCES
Librarian Jane Fisher offers tips on finding health-related sites, doctors, etc., on world wide web; Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 E. 70th St., 2nd fl. (York Ave.), rsvp 606-1057; 6:30-8, free.
ANNUAL VINCENT LA GAMBINA MEMORIAL LECTURE
"New York Stories: City Women/City Life/City Museum" lecture on urban scene paintings by professor Ellen Wiley Todd; Museum of the City of NY, 1220 Fifth Ave. (103rd St.), 534-1672, res. req.; 6, free.
BROWN BAG LUNCH LECTURES
Informal lectures on modern art?this repeat from last Tues. features Kristen Helnick-Brunet on "Paris Salon from Post-Impressionism to Abstraction;" Museum of Modern Art's Edward John Noble Ed. Center, 18 W. 54th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 708-9781; 12:30, $5.
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS & TAX WORKSHOP
CPA/investment advisor shows how to move set of numbers from one column into another!; Science, Industry & Business Library of the New York Public Library, 188 Madison Ave. (betw. 34th & 35th Sts.), 592-7000; 5:30-7, free.
Friday 5/26
STOOP POETRY WORKSHOP
Serious scribers bring 10 copies of your work to Tribes Gallery, 285 E. 3rd St. (betw. Aves. C & D), 674-3778; 7:30-9:30, $3 contrib.
Saturday 5/27
TAI CHI
Central Park hosts workshop for adults; learn how to stretch, increase flexibility & reduce stress; North Meadow Recreation Center, Central Park (midpark at 97th St.), rsvp 348-4867; 10-11:30, free.
Tuesday 5/30
BROWN BAG LUNCH LECTURES
Informal lectures on modern art?this week, Maura Reilly on "Making Choices: Women Artists, 1920-1960;" Museum of Modern Art's Edward John Noble Ed. Center, 18 W. 54th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 708-9781; 12:30, $5 [repeats 6/2].
For PROFIT HEALTH CARE: THE RISE & FALL?
Panel of health care professionals discuss possibility of/strategies for universal health care in 2001; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 242-4201; 7:30, $6-$10.
HOW MASTER MINDING & COACHING AFFECT YOU
Author of E-Mail with Impact Robert Bailey speaks, part of ongoing "Work Talk" series because hey, he's an executive coach and a member of the National Speakers Association; St. Jean Baptiste Church Parish Center, E. 76th St. (betw. Lexington & 3rd Aves.), 949-9300; 6, contrib.
LESBIAN SEX SECRETS FOR MEN
Jamie Goddard & Kurt Brungardt, authors of book with same name offer tips on overcoming (as Seinfeld says) the nice try but no cigar "pat" on the shoulder; Community Church of NY, 40 E. 35th St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 371-0280 ext.947A; 6:30-9, $24-$39.
"WOMEN'S HEALTH STRATEGIES & SOLUTIONS"
Beth Forgosh gives advice on "natural" healing for women; Borders Books, 576 2nd Ave. (32nd St.), 685-3938, res. req.; 7. free.