LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Wednesday 5/2CAN BUDDHISM BE COMPATIBLE W/A MODERN AMERICAN LIFESTYLE?If your ...

CAN BUDDHISM BE COMPATIBLE W/A MODERN AMERICAN LIFESTYLE?

If your trust fund's big enough! Essayist Pico Iyer "engages" author Martha Sherrill; Asian American Writers' Workshop, 37 St. Mark's Pl. (2nd Ave.), 212-494-0061; 8, call for price.

 

CELEBRATE FREE EXPRESSION Continuing series highlights media issues. Today, "Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America" w/author Eric Nuzman; Newseum/NY, 580 Madison Ave. (betw. 56th & 57th Sts.), 212-317-7596; 6:30, call for price.

  DO WE NEED A VISION OF A POST-CAPITALIST FUTURE?

Peter Hudis & Annette T. Rubinstein discuss socialism; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-4201; 7:30, $6.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Friday 5/4

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.

 

Saturday 5/5

INFANT ADOPTION & PRE-NATAL DRUG EXPOSURE

Dr. Warren Siegel talks about the myths & realities; 6 E. 94th St. (betw. 5th & Madison Aves.), RSVP 212-369-0300; 9:30 a.m., call for price.

 

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.

 

Sunday 5/6

WOMEN'S HEALTH WORKSHOP: FOOD & YOUR BODY

Incl. discussion of food/mood connection, sugar cravings & why diets don't work; Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.

 

Monday 5/7

OPEN HOUSE AT THE KABBALAH CENTER

Free seminars on Kabbalah, meditation, reincarnation & more; 155 E. 48th St. (betw. 3rd & Lexington Aves.), 212-644-0025; 7.

 

Tuesday 5/8

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.

 

FORUM ON CONTEMPORARY VALUES: DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER Dr. Ruth is apparently still motile & willing to discuss sex w/two rabbis (we already have a girl sucking a dogs dick in this issue); 92nd St. Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-415-5450; 8, $15.

  FREE HEALTH & WELLNESS SEMINARS

Today, "Food as Medicine: Prospects for Cancer Prevention"; Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Uris Aud., 1300 York Ave. (69th St.), 212-821-0888; 6:30, call for price.

 

LEARN ABOUT LATEST RESEARCH ON THE HUMAN BRAIN Today, "ABC's & 1-2-3's: Learning & Memory" w/Nobel Prize winner Dr. Eric Kandel; American Museum of Natural History, Main Aud., 79th St. (Central Park W.), 212-769-5100; 7, call for price.