Lecture Classes in NYC, New York

In this session, we will explore what actually happens to our mind, bodies and emotions when we meditate. A meditation practice has the power to dissolve stress through profound, deep rest, transforming our physiology on a cellular level, and we will dive into the neurochemistry behind this phenomenon. What shifts can we expect to experience and what...

You're invited to Game Night to bond with your fellow brunchwork members over Jenga, poker, charades, and more. Your RSVP includes a Program Pass to our clubhouse for this weekend. Menu Healthy and delicious grain bowls from FoodtoEat, mimosas and coffee.

Although long used in everything from policy discussion in international institutions to economic and business analysis to academic studies in politics, economics, and far beyond, the concept of “neoliberalism” has recently become a subject of extreme controversy. Some claim that no such thing exists—it’s merely an epithet containing no meaningful...

Since the dawn of mankind, humans have tried to get high in one way or another. Why? Altered states of consciousness can be profoundly dangerous or dangerously profound. Knowledge makes the difference. We welcome a panel of experts and comedians to discuss how these drugs work! Trigger warning: this will be a frank discussion of drugs and drug use....

You're invited to an unforgettable brunch with NEA Partner Liza Landsman. Enjoy an intimate conversation with Liza... an audience challenge, and curated connections over a healthy meal.

In this long-running monthly show, two short, entrancing science lectures inspire sets of hilarious, never-to-be-seen-again improv comedy. Featuring veteran improv team Thank You, Robot, whose members’ credits include Veep, This American Life, The Onion, SNL Weekend Update and more. Plus a different special guest team every month, and lectures curated...

You're invited to an intimate conversation with HelloAva cofounders Siqi Mou and Kailu Guan. Office Hours gets your most pressing questions answered, from founders & execs who are just a few steps ahead of you. Your RSVP includes a Program Pass to our clubhouse for this weekend.

Success in business isn't what you know, it's who you know. Discover how to build impactful business relationships so you can land new clients, biz dev partners, key hires, investors, and more. We'll cover: setting yourself up for visibility and success; developing trust and rapport with stakeholders; influence in business relationships; cultivating...

Walking in the cemetery, have you ever wondered what those symbols etched in the tombstones say about the deceased interred beneath your feet? Sure, the skulls and winged hourglasses are ominously straightforward, but along with them are secret society emblems, carefully chosen flowers, gesturing hands, guardian animals, and other arcane...

Full Course Title: Self Care for Women: Mindful Cycles, Healthy Bodies, Clean Beauty In this comprehensive class, herbalist, food entrepreneur, birth and postpartum doula and mom Laena McCarthy, will discuss healing traditions and practices to boost the female body's natural resilience while protecting from stress and damage, from the inside...

Create leverage in life and business by optimizing your day. We'll geek out on productivity, automation and outsourcing hacks with a leading expert. There will be plenty of time to strategize about your specific needs. And, there's brunch. Menu Healthy and delicious grain bowls from FoodtoEat, mimosas and coffee.

If Mozart is one of the best-known figures in Western classical music, he is also, oddly, one of the most elusive. Admirers from his time to ours, while agreeing on his stature, have disagreed about almost everything else—to Wagner he was the “genius of light and love”; to Kierkegaard a musical apostle of the demonic. He has been claimed on...

BYOP = Bring Your Own Perspective You're invited to an apéritif with other brunchwork members. Enjoy focused and curated discussions among brunchwork members. The goal is simple, but important: resource and knowledge sharing. You will enjoy your apéritif in two parts. First, you will connect with other members in your field. Your second apéritif...

Reading Frederic Jameson: History, Postmodernism, and Utopia Why read Fredric Jameson? From “always historicize!,” the opening provocation of The Political Unconscious, to the claim, central to Postmodernism or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, that the postmodern is characterized by a loss of the sense of history in the fragmentation of...

The 2-Hour Silica Hazard Awareness Seminar is appropriate for individuals who may be exposed to respirable crystalline silica in the course of construction activities. Occupational exposure occurs when cutting, sawing, drilling, and crushing of concrete, brick, ceramic tiles, rock, and stone products. Occupational exposure also occurs in operations...