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SUMMARY:Sunday Platform with Andrea Reyes and Deinya Phenix: 'Guided by Community: A Conversation'
DESCRIPTION:Free in-person and online! \nGuided By Community: A Conversation is an intimate and reflective dialogue between Andrea Reyes and scholar Deinya Phenix\, exploring the complexities of community as both a lived experience and a systemic practice. \nDrawing from Reyes’ latest book\, Guided by Community\, the conversation moves beyond idealized notions of belonging to examine the realities of participation\, power\, care\, and transition. Together\, they explore what it means to build\, sustain\, and step away from community—and why\, even in moments of tension or change\, community remains a critical site for learning\, connection\, and transformation. \nBlending personal narrative with conceptual insight\, this conversation invites audiences to consider their own relationship to community—not as a fixed identity\, but as an evolving practice shaped through reflection\, dialogue\, and shared experience. \nCommunity lunch follows\, free for first-time guests and families participating in the Young Ethical Explorers Program. \nAbout Andrea Reyes\nAndrea Reyes is a community organizer\, educator\, writer\, and doctoral candidate at the Lubin School of Business\, where her research focuses on leadership\, sustainability\, and systems change. She has spent over a decade working across the nonprofit\, fashion\, and education sectors\, including serving as Executive Director of the NYC Fair Trade Coalition. \nHer work explores how personal experience\, cultural systems\, and organizational structures intersect to shape more sustainable futures. Through her Guided By book series\, Andrea brings together theory\, reflection\, and lived experience to invite readers into deeper\, more intentional ways of engaging with power\, materiality\, community\, and future thinking. ​ \nAbout Deinya Phenix\nDeinya Phenix is a multidisciplinary performing artist\, educator\, social science researcher\, and leader who creates spaces for creative expression rooted in ancestral wisdom. Performing since age five\, she has appeared in 900+ events worldwide. She directed Batalá New York from 2016 to 2025\, training over 400 people in Afro‑diasporic percussion and dance. Currently\, she performs with Legacy Women\, Healing Drum Collective\, Manhattan Samba\, and other ensembles. She founded Sister Drumsong\, co‑founded Afoxé Alkebulan Aca Black Family Reunion\, teaches at Cumbe\, and serves on Duye Moves’ board. Her career reflects a commitment to accessible\, intergenerational arts that unite and empower communities. \nJoin Online\nRSVP Here to Join on Zoom \nMonthly Collection\nThe New York Society for Ethical Culture \nAbout Sunday Platform\nSunday Platform is our most important and long-standing community event. These gatherings educate\, stimulate personal growth\, inspire reflection and action\, and strengthen our community. Sunday meetings begin with music\, followed by greetings and a talk given by a Society Leader\, member\, or guest.  Platforms cover a variety of topics that reflect current events\, pressing social issues\, and Humanist philosophy. Each Sunday meeting is followed by a luncheon and social hour. \nTo watch previous Sunday Platforms\, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/sunday-platform-reyes-phenix/
LOCATION:Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor)\, 2 W 64th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Sunday Platform
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SUMMARY:Young Ethical Explorers
DESCRIPTION:Newcomers are always welcome! \n10:30am: Peace-play on the rooftop playground (weather permitting)\n11:00am: This week’s activity\n12:30pm: Community Lunch\n1:30-2:30pm: Peace-play on the rooftop playground (weather permitting) \nHow to Join\nTo join\, please RSVP to Youth Programs Director Audrey Kindred at ethicalfamilies@nysec.org. \nAbout Young Ethical Explorers\nYoung Ethical Explorers is the New York Society for Ethical Culture’s Humanist Sunday school for ages 3-11. Sessions raise issues of personal identity and integrity\, appreciation and respect for others\, and knowledge of religions\, philosophies\, and social concerns. Topics are explored in an age-appropriate way through discussion\, storytelling\, dramatization\, music\, art\, games\, and field trips. \nRSVP is essential to guarantee your place and for planning purposes. If you are enrolled for the season or are members of Ethical NYC your spot is guaranteed. To RSVP as a guest\, become a member\, or enroll in season\, please contact Audrey at ethicalfamilies@nysec.org. Newcomers and visitors are always welcome!
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/young-ethical-explorers-13/2026-04-19/
LOCATION:Adler Study (514)\, 2 W 64th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Young Ethical Explorers,Youth and Families
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SUMMARY:Workshop Theater's Will-A-Thon Pt. 2: 'For Thy Sweet Love Rememb'red: Scenes\, Sonnets\, and Songs of Love'
DESCRIPTION:The Workshop Theater in association with the New York Society for Ethical Culture presents the 23rd Annual Will-a-Thon\, a two day festival celebrating the 462nd birthday of William Shakespeare! \nConceived and Directed by Charles E. Gerber and featuring members of Will’s Playshop: \nFEATURING\nZOE ANASTASSIOU* as First Witch\, Maria & Ensemble\nARTHUR AULISI* as Duke of Venice\, Malvolio & Ensemble\nETHAN CADOFF* as Iago & Ensemble\nTOM LUKE DiCOSTANZO as Chorus( Henry V)\,Messenger\, Captain & Ensemble\nCHARLES E. GERBER as M.C.\, Ross\, Brabantio\, Feste & Ensemble\, Composer\nCHARLES KENNEDY as Hamlet\, Angus\, Cassio\, Berowne & Ensemble\nMARY LAUREN* as 2nd Witch\, Lady Macbeth\, Olivia\, Emilia & Ensemble\nALLISON LINKER* as 3rd Witch\, Desdemona\, Viola & Ensemble\nJASON NADAL as Banquo\, Othello\, Sir Toby Belch & Ensemble\nJONNY WEBER* as Rosencrantz\, Macbeth\, Orsino & Ensemble\nTHOMAS J. DONOHOE ( PSM)* \n*Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production. \nSchedule\nFriday\, April 17th • 7:00pm\nWILL’S WAY: A Night of Scenes\, Speeches\, and Soliloques with excerpts from: HAMLET\, HENRY V\, MACBETH\, OTHELLO\, & TWELFTH NIGHT. \nSunday\, April 19 • 1:30pm\nFOR THY SWEET LOVE REMEMB’RED: A Matinee of Scenes\, Sonnets\, and Songs of Love\, with excerpts from HAMLET\, MACBETH\, OTHELLO\, TWELFTH NIGHT & LOVE’S LABOR’S LOST\, Various SONNETS\, and Songs from Sonnet 29\, “When In Disgrace” \, music by RAY LESLEE\, “Sigh No More” from MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING\, “Honor\, Riches\, Marriage- Blessing” from THE TEMPEST”\, those last two with music by\, C.E.GERBER. \nTickets\n$15 – Click here to purchase tickets
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/will-a-thon-2026-pt-2/
LOCATION:Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor)\, 2 W 64th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Metropolitan Presents: ‘Going to Extremes: A John Waters 80th Birthday Celebration’
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed film director John Waters brings Going to Extremes: A John Waters 80th Birthday Celebration to Adler Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture on Sunday\, April 19\, 2026 at 7:30PM. John Waters is back on the road with a whole new radical comedy revival show whose sermon will beg the authorities to drop a net on both himself and his rabidly insane audience. He’s dressed to thrill and ready to rant about everything from pro-punk conversion therapy to right-wing female-female impersonators.  Waters has written and directed sixteen movies including Pink Flamingos\, Female Trouble\, Polyester\, Hairspray\, Cry Baby\, Serial Mom and A Dirty Shame.  \nJohn Waters is no stranger to the theater. He has performed his one man spoken-word lectures entitled “End of the World\,” “This Filthy World\,” “False Negative\,” “Naked Truth\,” or “Make Trouble” and his annual Christmas show\, “A John Waters Christmas\,” at colleges\, museums\, film festivals and comedy clubs around the world. Waters has played to sold out audiences at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival\, Bonnaroo\, Sydney Opera House\, Volksbühne Berlin\, and both the Southbank Centre and Barbican Hall in London. He has hosted the Mosswood Meltdown punk rock music festival for over a decade. His speaking tours have brought him in front of American MENSA and the American Association of Law Libraries as well as the Tennessee WIlliams New Orleans Literary Festival. \nTickets\nClick here to purchase \n— \nNotice: This event is managed and ticketed by Metropolitan Entertainment.
URL:https://ethical.nyc/events/metropolitan-presents-going-to-extremes-a-john-waters-80th-birthday-celebration/
LOCATION:Adler Hall\, 2 W 64th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concert
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