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Upcoming Programs & Events
Visit our landmark meeting house for inspiring gatherings, enriching workshops, youth and family activities, community service projects, and world-class entertainment.
Onondaga Nation Land Care Benefit Film Screening: THE GOOD MIND
Help raise $230,000 for critical firefighting equipment to care for lands being returned to Onondaga Nation! Join members of the Onondaga Nation for a talk and screening of The Good...
20
November
2024
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Great Literature Discussion: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata (Online)
Join our twice-monthly online discussions exploring great works together. All are welcome to join and any edition or translation of the book under discussion can be used. See the full list...
20
November
2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Storytelling Circle (Online)
Free and open to the public online! One of the oldest traditions around the world is storytelling — folk tales, fairy tales, historic tales, family tales. Bring whatever story you...
21
November
2024
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Ethics at Ethical: ‘The Art of Happiness, Pt. II’ with Arthur Dobrin (Online)
Free and open to the public! This series is a guided reading of Arthur Dobrin's book The Lost Art of Happiness. Among the topics discussed will be the relation of happiness to ethics,...
21
November
2024
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Humanist Happy Hour
Stop by our twice-monthly gathering of NYC’s Humanist, atheist, agnostic, and secularist groups featuring drinks, snacks, and great conversation. We hope to see you there! BYOB (no liquor). Snack potluck....
22
November
2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Artist in Residence Jody Sperling
Dancer and choreographer Jody Sperling is the Society’s Ecological Artist in Residence.
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