Big Apple Knitters Guild
2024-05-11 13:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Social Hall (Lower Level), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
The Big Apple Knitters Guild meets on the second Saturday of every month, from 1 to 4 PM (unless otherwise specified) from September through June. Our general meetings include:

Featured Guest Speakers—learn the latest from experts in the knitting world!
Show and Tell—present your finished projects to an appreciative audience!
Members-Only Raffle—win a skein of luxury yarn at our raffle drawing each month!
Beginners Circle—improve your knitting skills with help from fellow BAKG members!
Charity Knitting Table—knit for those in need!
KALs—join a knit-along and complete a project with the help of friends!

Come and join us! At live meetings, guests are welcome—first visit is free; a nominal guest fee of $5 is charged on subsequent visits. This fee may be applied to annual dues if paid on the meeting day.

Sunday Platform with Nori Rost: Happy Mother's Day
2024-05-12 11:00 - 12:30 | Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Free and open to the public, in-person and online!
Although this holiday is ranked as one of the most popular for greeting cards and eating out, Mother’s Day was actually begun as a protest to war. In this Platform, Dr. Rost will explore the founding of the holiday as well as lift up ways we can return to this powerful image of Mother’s Day.
Watch Online
Click to join at start time | ID 863 0430 0961 | Passcode [REDACTED]
To join by phone (audio only), dial (929) 205-6099 and enter the Zoom ID above.
Monthly Collection
The New York Civil Liberties Union
About Sunday Platform
Sunday 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.
To watch previous Sunday Platforms, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.

Ethics in the News: 'Nowhere to Run: Where Will the World Find Refuge in 2024?' (Hybrid)
2024-05-12 13:30 - 14:30 | Adler Study (514), 2 W 64th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
Free and open to the public, in-Person and online!
Join in the lively give-and-take on compelling issues and current events and bring your own ideas. Member Joe Fashing moderates.
Topic and Suggested Readings
Nowhere to Run: Where Will the World Find Refuge in 2024? – Rebecca Gordon – TomDispatch
Join Online
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 838 1778 1084 | Passcode [REDACTED]

Practical Ethics: 'Did It Really Happen Like That? Different Perspectives Make Different Histories'
2024-05-13 14:00 - 15:00 | Adler Study (514), 2 W 64th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
Free in-person and online!
In this program we’ll explore the ethics of living by reading a short story that highlights an ethical dilemma. The stories are generally available, and they can also be obtained from the Society approximately two weeks before the session upon request to mdetermann@nysec.org or rkoral@nysec.org.
The story we’ll be discussing is:

“Further Interpretations of Real-Life Events” by Kevin Moffett (PDF)

Facilitated by Leader Richard Koral. 2nd Mondays at 2:00pm.
Join Online
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 838 1778 1084 | Passcode [REDACTED]

Say Yes to Science with Dr. Carol Portlock
2024-05-13 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Every 2nd and 4th Monday at 5:00pm retired oncologist and Society Member Dr. Carol Portlock reviews new and intriguing science in multiple fields, including those relevant to COVID and beyond.
Free and open to the public!
NEW: These sessions are recorded, with the video available for 30 days following each session. For access, please contact Communications Manager Ed Beck at ebeck@nysec.org.
Suggested readings
Microneedle patch used for measles vaccine
New antibiotic approved for resistant urinary tract infections
mRNA technology used successfully for anti-cancer vaccine
Study Suggests Genetics as a Cause, Not Just a Risk, for Some Alzheimer’s
A genetic cause of Alzheimer’s is established and CRISPR technology may soon follow
Pioneering Gene Therapy Restores UK Girl’s Hearing
Blue-green roofs in Amsterdam
Measuring toxic plastic chemicals in water
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/10/pfas-forever-chemicals-limits-drinking-water
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/29/pfas-death-cardiovascular-disease
Space probe launched in 1977 is still traveling!
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68881369
Join Online
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 840 9262 7426 | Passcode [REDACTED]
(Photo by Edward Jenner)

Lunch with the League of Women Voters NYC: 'Voting in Jails' with Hazel Weiser
2024-05-14 12:00 - 14:00 | Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
In 1974 the United States Supreme Court recognized a citizen’s right to vote when detained in New York State county jails while serving misdemeanor sentences or awaiting trial. However, that right has been ignored, undermined, and rarely actualized. Here in New York City, there are more than 6000 people detained at Rikers Island at any one time. Over 85% of those detained are awaiting trial and therefore presumed innocent. Despite concerted efforts by the Voting in Jails Coalition, of which the League of Women Voters of NYC is a member, the right to vote in jail remains severely compromised.
Inspired by the stories told by formerly incarcerated people, the League of Women Voters of New York Criminal Justice Reform Committee saw an opportunity to determine the actual status of voting in all of New York State’s jails. The survey, conducted during Spring 2023 was published in June 2023, and its findings are the basis for the latest advocacy, education, and legislative efforts to ensure access to the ballot for this often underserved and overlooked population.
Hazel Weiser supervised the data collection and is the author of Voting in New York Jails: A Qualitative Analysis of Access (June 2023). She will review her findings and discuss short term and long term recommendations to improve access to the ballot for those detained in New York City and New York State jails.
Speaker: Hazel Weiser is a retired attorney, law professor, and law school administrator who has spent the last seven years working with the League of Women Voters of NYC and NY State and currently with Trinity Church Prison Ministry promoting jail-based voting as an aspect of self-empowerment. Through the LWVNYC, she has taught the history of voting rights and the history of voter suppression in high schools, colleges, faith-based organizations, and reentry groups throughout New York City.
Tickets
$20 – Click Here to Purchase on Eventbrite
About the League of Women Voters NYC
Visit the League of Women Voters in the City of New York at lwvnyc.org.

Midweek Meditation (Online)
2024-05-14 17:00 - 17:45, 2024-05-21 17:00 - 17:45, 2024-05-28 17:00 - 17:45, 2024-06-04 17:00 - 17:45 | Online
A midweek meditation for relaxing body and mind. Begins promptly at 5:00pm. Larry Hurst and Sondra Stein moderate.
New Participants: Please join 10 minutes early to introduce yourself, otherwise you will not be allowed to enter. The meeting waiting room will close 5 minutes after the session begins, with exceptions made only for regular attendees.
Join Online
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 865 0709 1351 | Passcode [REDACTED]
(Photo by Nicollazzi Xiong)

Great Literature Discussion: Pacific by Tom Drury
2024-05-15 19:00 - 21:00 | NY
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 of upcoming books here.
Moderated by Ethical NYC member Gunther Tielemans. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays.
To join the discussion, please contact Gunther.

Storytelling Circle (Online)
2024-05-16 17:00 - 18:00 | 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 choose. We’ll gather ’round the virtual campfire and listen. Our talented storytelling expert Doris Hart moderates.
Read about Storytelling Circle in Time Magazine!
Join Online
Click to join at start time | Zoom ID 885 4488 0162 | Passcode [REDACTED]

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Pennsylvania's Coal and Gas History Through the Artwork of Joshua Reiman (Online)
2024-05-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Join us to learn about a panoply of creative activities brought to you by members, friends, relatives, and neighbors. Guests will share the hour, presenting their pleasurable pastimes. There will be time for Q&A for each. Learn about and enjoy something new!
June 12: Join us for an online screening of Joshua’s short film, Time Washes Over Us, that explores mortality in the age of climate catastrophe. Q&A and discussion follows!
About Joshua Reiman

Joshua Reiman’s work is focused on spatial practice including sculpture, film, video, assemblage, and photography. His work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, and film festivals across the United States, Sweden, Germany, Estonia, Egypt, Iceland, France, Australia, Japan, and Morocco. Joshua is an Associate Professor at The Maine College of Art & Design, where he is also the Gary Ambrose Chair of Sculpture. He has an MFA in Sculpture from Syracuse University and a BFA in Sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute. Reiman is also a published author, with his most recent essay in MetaSpace published by Distanz, Berlin. Joshua and his wife Addy and son Ole currently live in an 1880s brick house in Portland, ME with their dog Otto R. Mutt. Joshua was also once a Rubik’s Cube champion.
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Sunday Platform with Joe Chuman: Holding Fast to Our Values in a Time of Chaos and Peril
2024-05-19 11:00 - 12:15 | Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Free and open to the public, in-person and online!
American democracy is in greater peril than at any time since the Civil War. Though the United States has well entrenched institutions to safeguard our democracy, and a Constitution that has served us well for more than 200 years, democracy is not self-sustaining. It is only as strong as the will, values and virtues of the people who comprise our nation. If the public is indifferent or does not care, democracy can readily fade.
The presidential election this November may augur the end of the American experiment. But our political reality extends more deeply than the fact that we effectively have only one political party, with the other committed to the destruction of our democratic system. What reaches further is the flourishing of irrationality, lies, conspiracy theories, and rejection of the legitimate authority of experts. There have always been strands of irrationality that have flowed through American values. But it has always been on the fringes; now adopted by tens of millions of Americans, it has gone mainstream. Without a commitment to truthfulness there can be no trust. And without trust there can be no democracy, let alone a coherent society. We live in a kaleidoscopic reality, which impinges on our sanity.
Here is where Ethical Culture comes in. Despite our small size, our values are the values that serve as the foundation of a sane and democratic society. Our values are critical values and we need to hold fast to them. A further exploration of the relation of what we stand for and the mainstays of democracy will be my topic of May 19th.
Watch Online
Click to join at start time | ID 863 0430 0961 | Passcode [REDACTED]
To join by phone (audio only), dial (929) 205-6099 and enter the Zoom ID above.
About Joe Chuman
Leader Dr. Joe Chuman started on his road to Ethical Leadership as a leader-in-Training here at the New York Society in 1969 and continued his training at the Bergen Society, after which he became Leader of the Essex County Society before returning to the Bergen Society, where he served as leader for 46 years, retiring in January 2021. Joe has been a leader at the New York Society Since 2008. During his long career, Joe has worked as an academic, a social justice activist, a speaker, and a writer. He has been teaching human rights in the Graduate School at Columbia University for more than 20 years, teaches human rights at Hunter College, and has taught at the U. N. University for Peace in Costa Rica and at other colleges.
As an activist, Joe has advocated for civil liberties, human rights, and other progressive causes and has frequently testified before the New Jersey legislature on such issues as religious freedom, gun violence prevention, death penalty opposition, and immigrant rights. He founded the Northern New Jersey Coalition for Asylum Seekers 20 years ago and still serves as its president. Joe has written numerous book chapters, encyclopedia entrees, scores of Op-eds, and is the author of “Speaking of Ethics,” a compilation of essays on Ethical Culture. Currently, he writes articles on political and socio-political issues on Substack and other social media outlets.
Monthly Collection
New York Civil Liberties Union
About Sunday Platform
Sunday 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.
To watch previous Sunday Platforms, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.

AIDS Walk NYC 2024
2024-05-19 11:00 - 15:00 | NY
Taking part in the annual AIDS Walk New York is an Ethical NYC tradition led by our Young Ethical Explorers. Please consider supporting our 2023 team by donating, sharing, and joining us on the walk on Sunday, May 19!
Here’s how you can support our team:

Sponsor Our Team by Giving: Click here to donate to our team at the AIDS Walk New York website. Please give what you’re comfortable with–the amount is not nearly as important as your joining us to support such an important cause. Our goal is $500.

Become a Team Member and Share With Your Friends: At the AIDS Walk New York website, click “Join Our Team,” choose the option you’re comfortable with, then share our team page on social media and ask your friends to pitch in and join.

Walk the Walk With Us: All are welcome to join us anywhere on the route. To join, please contact Youth Programs Director Audrey Kindred at youngethicalexplorers@gmail.com.

Thank you for your support, and we hope to see you in Central Park!

Craig Urquhart in Concert: A Benefit for 350NYC
2024-05-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Join this evening with the composer/pianist Craig Urquhart, whose music has drawn critical acclaim from across the globe. The concert is a benefit for 350NYC, an organization which has been working for solutions to our climate crisis for more than a decade.
Urquhart has performed on international stages — from New York, Paris and Belgium, to Berlin, Rome and Japan — moving audiences with his warm, poetic style. Deriving musical inspiration from nature, human emotions, and the natural rhythms of the universe, he has released thirteen albums of solo piano music including, most recently, “Renewal”.
“[Renewal] is a profound and deeply heartfelt gift from one soul to another” MAINLY PIANO, March 2023
“[Urquhart’s] music has a deceptive simplicity and honesty that is rarely to be heard… genuinely moving, with a private beauty of its own.” Leonard Bernstein
The night will also include short readings by poet/environmentalists E.J. McAdams and Evelyn Reilly. McAdams is the Chief Development Officer for BirdLife International and the author of Last. Reilly is the author most recently of Having Broken, Are.
Hosted by 350NYC and the New York Society for Ethical Culture.
Tickets
$25 – Click here to purchase tickets on Eventbrite

Humanist Happy Hour
2024-05-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Our Humanist Happy Hour is back! Every month we’re hosting evening gatherings with drinks, snacks, and great conversation.
Looking for Humanist community? Passionate about social justice? Curious about Humanism and the Society? Stop by and say hello–we hope to see you there!
BOYB (no liquor). Snack potluck. Donations warmly encouraged to support this program: Give online here.

Getting Here
Transit:
1: 66 St-Lincoln CenterA, B, C, D, 1: 59 St-Columbus CircleM10: Central Park W/W 64 StM10, M20: Central Park W/W 63 StM66: W 65 St/Central Park WM5, M7, M104: Broadway/W 63 St
Location is subject to change for special events. Check website calendars and Meetup pages for various groups for updates and changes.
The default room is Ceremonial Hall on the 4th Floor, subject to change depending on capacity or conflict with rentals. Check for any posted signs.
Wheelchair access: Use the ramp entrance for the Meeting House on West 64th St., not the Fieldston School. Press both doorbells if the door is locked. Elevator is directly inside.
Humanist Happy Hour Partners
Our friends at various Humanist groups are cross-posting this event. Some groups have after-parties.
Drinking InquisitivelyCenter for Inquiry – NYC Branchhttps://cfi-nyc.org/https://www.meetup.com/cfinyc/
Humanist Happy HourThe City Congregation for Humanistic Judaismhttps://citycongregation.org/events-calendar/
Live DWAGotham Atheistshttps://gothamatheists.org/https://www.meetup.com/GothamAtheists/
NYC Atheists In-Person Meetinghttps://nycatheists.org/calendar/https://www.meetup.com/nycatheists/
Multi-Group Happy Hour at Ethical CultureSecular Humanists Society of New Yorkhttps://www.shsny.org/events-calendarhttps://www.meetup.com/shsny-org/

Sunday Platform with Charles Moore: The Soul of Rehabilitation Through the Arts
2024-05-26 11:00 - 12:15 | Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Free and open to the public, in-person and online!
Charles Moore will give a brief intro of himself and RTA, and present a short film called, “The Soul of RTA” which showcases the RTA’s arts-in-prison program. He will then open it up to an informal discussion with the audience members.
Launched at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in 1996, Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) is a world leader in arts-in-corrections teaching communication, collaboration, problem-solving and other critical life skills through a unique mix of art forms.
With our new reentry program, Reimagining Myself®, RTA prepares incarcerated people approaching release for the social and emotional challenges they will likely face when transitioning back to their communities.
Now operating in Westchester, Ulster, Sullivan, Dutchess and Erie counties, RTA is expanding its transformative work to prisons throughout NYS, including facilities in under-resourced areas.
RTA’s ongoing success is proof that restorative, cost effective programming works. Less than 3% of RTA members return to prison, compared to the national recidivism rate of 60%.
Watch Online
Click to join at start time | ID 863 0430 0961 | Passcode [REDACTED]
To join by phone (audio only), dial (929) 205-6099 and enter the Zoom ID above.
About Charles Moore
Charles Moore is the Director of Programs & Operations. He is the first RTA alumnus to be hired to work full time for the organization. He oversees program planning and management in all the facilities where RTA operates. He audits workshops, coordinates alumni projects, and manages the organization’s in-prison steering committees. Charles holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Services from Mercy University and a Master’s in Professional Studies from New York Theological Seminary.
Monthly Collection
New York Civil Liberties Union
About Sunday Platform
Sunday 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.
To watch previous Sunday Platforms, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.

Memorial Day - Building Closed
2024-05-27 | NY

Cancelled - Readings Available - Say Yes to Science with Dr. Carol Portlock
2024-05-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
Notice: Due to the holiday, this session is cancelled, but Carol has made some readings are available below. Enjoy them at your leisure and have a good Memorial Day. We’ll see you on Monday June 10, with a new list of readings.
Suggested readings
Cosmetic eye tattoos
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/may/18/eye-tattooing-experts-warn-about-risks-of-colour-changing-surgery
Self collection of vaginal fluids for HPV testing once every 5 years and no more Pap smears
https://pressroom.cancer.org/releases?item=1325
HIV negative patients can donate sperm/ova
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51nn66e415o
The costs of climate change are far greater than previous estimates
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/17/economic-damage-climate-change-report
Building pyramids
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c99zwkzzrxvo
Music is a global activity
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/science/universal-music-evolution.html
Extinct bird’s feather more than valuable
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/21/new-zealand-huia-bird-feather-sale-most-expensive-world-webbs-auction-house

Cancelled - Camaraderie and Conversation with Leader Joe Chuman
2024-05-28 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Notice: This month’s session has been cancelled.
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Leader Dr. Joe Chuman leads this monthly discussion group focusing on contemporary issues and occasionally classical writings relating to Ethical Culture and Humanism. We will primarily make use of articles from journals of opinion and book chapters when relevant. Rather than taking a merely journalistic approach, the discussions will aim to illuminate the philosophical concepts and values which underlie the issues being discussed. 3rd Tuesdays.
Suggested Reading
TBA

Climate and Energy Game Night with City Atlas
2024-05-29 18:00 - 20:30 | Adler Study (514), 2 W 64th St., New York, NY, 10023, United States
Hosted the City Atlas network!
If we are to confront the climate crisis at scale, we will need to collaborate and coordinate across fields, neighborhoods, cultures and industries. A serious energy transition demands such coordination (that’s what Energetic the game teaches us). Collaborative games and policy making forums (such as deliberative citizens’ assemblies) point the way forward to enable us to do this at scale. They orient participants towards long-term goals and enable them to work through scenarios of the coming decades, in order to discuss what policies will be most efficient and successful at reducing emissions while maintaining public support.
We can teach everyone in the US (and then around the world) how to fix climate change with accurate, updatable info, scaling from a 2.5 hr game to a monthlong series of workshops, matched to the region in which they live. And it’s fun!
Energetic as seen in New York Times, on NY1, and featured in METROPOLIS
RSVP
Click here to RSVP on Eventbrite!

Humanist Happy Hour - Live Opera and Potluck Picnic in Bryant Park
2024-05-31 19:00 - 20:30 | NY
Join our Humanist Happy Hour group for a special 5th Friday evening in Bryant Park for the FREE New York City Opera Puccini Celebration!
Where
Bryant Park, between 5th & 6th Aves and 40th & 42nd Sts in Manhattan (Map – Google Maps)
Details
· Location is subject to change for weather. Check website calendars and Meetup pages for various groups for updates and changes.
· No alcohol permitted! Bring food, soft drinks, and fabric only blankets.
· Ethical NYC Member Meryl is the Point of Contact, reachable at +1 (929) 251-3570.
· Meet at the Bryant Park Lawn Blanket Zone, likely South East corner. Check Meetup pages for exact location. Stragglers please call Meryl for directions to the group.
Please see Rules & Regulations – Bryant Park
Transit Options
7: 5 Av
B,D,F,M: 42 St-Bryant Park
N,Q,R,W,1,2,3,A,C,E: Times Sq-42nd St
4,5,6: Grand Central-42 St
M42: W 42 St/6 Av

SOUND~EARTH~MOTION: Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance Performance and Gala
2024-06-01 19:00 - 21:30 | Adler Hall, 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Featuring the Time Lapse Dance ensemble with live musical performances by composer Matthew Burtner, MET Orchestra musicians, and pianist Jeffrey Middleton.
Schedule
7:00-8:00pm – Performance
8:00-9:30pm – Gala Reception with Artists
About SOUND~EARTH~MOTION
The New York Society for Ethical Culture presents an evening by Eco-Artist-in-Residence Jody Sperling and her Time Lapse Dance ensemble exploring human entanglement with nature. Featured works highlight the climate-engaged collaboration between choreographer Jody Sperling and environmental composer Matthew Burtner. Arbor dwells on the intimacy of trees. In Wind Rose, dancers render changing atmospheric patterns palpable to sight, sound, and touch. A rare reprisal of Sperling’s masterful solo Clair de lune evokes the shimmer of a moonlit sky.
All of these works feature transformative costumes that abstract the essence of human movement into elemental and organic forces, with the dancers variously appearing to conjure a growing forest or hovering storm clouds. The company’s unique style of movement draws inspiration from and furthers the art form created by dance icon Loie Fuller (1862-1928) a century ago.
“conjures a timelapse photograph of a flower bud opening to full blossom”
—Karen Hildebrand, Fjord
“[Sperling’s] mission is climate activism through body consciousness”
—Janet Koplos, Arts Writer & NYSEC Member
Following the performance, enjoy a sparkling evening, from wine to conversation, with the artists, fellow Time Lapse Dance fans, and members of the Ethical NYC community. Light dinner fare served at this cocktail-style gala.
Buy Tickets
Click here to purchase tickets on Eventbrite
Artists & Performers
Time Lapse Dance Dancers: Frances Barker, Anika Hunter, Maki Kitahara, Nicole Lemelin, Jody Sperling, Sarah Tracy & Rathi Varma
MET Orchestra String Quartet: Bruno Eicher (violin), Sarah Vonsattel (violin), Kari Jane Docter (cello)
Costumes: Mary Jo Mecca (construction), Gina Nagy Burns (textile artist)
This program is made possible in part by an ongoing eco-artist-residency at The New York Society for Ethical Culture, with the generous support of the Peck Stacpoole Foundation, and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Sunday Platform with Nori Rost: Seasons of Love
2024-06-02 11:00 - 12:15 | Ceremonial Hall (4th Floor), 2 W 64th St, New York, NY, 10023, United States
Free and open to the public, in-person and online!
In this platform Dr. Rost will take a look at the importance of honoring milestones in our lives, as well as times of joy or sorrow.
Watch Online
Click to join at start time | ID 863 0430 0961 | Passcode [REDACTED]
To join by phone (audio only), dial (929) 205-6099 and enter the Zoom ID above.
Monthly Collection
Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA)
About Sunday Platform
Sunday 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.
To watch previous Sunday Platforms, visit our Videos page and YouTube channel.

Book Discussion Group: 'A Year to Live' by Stephen Levine
2024-06-02 13:00 - 14:00 | Leader’s Office (502)
Join Leader Dr. Nori Rost every first Sunday for a new book discussion group exploring A Year to Live by Stephen Levine.
Free and open to the public. First Sundays: February 4, March 3, April 7, May 5, June 2, ending on July 7
About A Year to Live
“Stephen Levine has worked creatively to help thousands of people approach their own deaths with equanimity, truth, and an open heart. I can think of no one better qualified to help us enrich our lives through embracing the mystery of death.”—Ram Dass
“A Year to Live is a poetic and deeply passionate exploration into what creates human suffering. It is also a lyrical and generous-spirited guide to life.”—San Francisco Examiner
In A Year to Live, Stephen Levine, author of the perennial bestseller Who Dies?, teaches us how to live each moment, each hour, each day mindfully—as if it were all that was left. On his deathbed, Socrates exhorted his followers to practice dying as the highest form of wisdom. Levine decided to live this way himself for a whole year, and now he shares with us how such immediacy radically changes our view of the world and forces us to examine our priorities.
Most of us go to extraordinary lengths to ignore, laugh off, or deny our grief over the fact that we are going to die, but preparing for death is one of the most rational and rewarding acts of a lifetime. It is an exercise that gives us the opportunity to deal with unfinished business and enter into a new and vibrant relationship with life. Levine provides us with a year-long program of intensely practical strategies and powerful guided meditations to help with this work, so that whenever the ultimate moment does arrive for each of us, we will not feel that it has come too soon.
About Stephen Levine
Stephen Levine (1937–2016) was an American poet and teacher of guided meditation and healing techniques. His bestselling books in the United States and Europe (including Healing into Life and Death and A Gradual Awakening) are considered groundbreaking in their field. He also collaborated with his wife and spiritual partner, Ondrea, on a number of influential works such as Who Dies? and Embracing the Beloved.

Mindful Mondays with Dr. Frank Corigliano: Exploring Psychology, Science, and Ethics (Online)
2024-06-03 11:00 - 11:45 | NY
Join Society Member and Clinical Psychologist Dr. Frank J. Corigliano on the first and third Monday of every month for a 45-minute online session exploring participant-driven topics in psychology and science from an ethical perspective. This program is open to everyone, and we welcome you to join us for a thought-provoking discussion!
Join Online
Click to join at start | Zoom ID 838 1778 1084 | Passcode [REDACTED]
(Photo by Edward Jenner)

Getting to Know You (Online)
2024-06-03 19:00 - 20:00 | Online
Join us online!
Get to know our Ethical Culture family in a comfortable, casual way. Each session features a pair of members in a dialogue with one another, each responding to a few questions she or he has submitted to the other to be asked. Except for one question about their experience at NYSEC, the other questions can be about whatever they choose (growing up, career, interests, travels… whatever). Following the dialog with one, and then the other, we — members only — can add our questions. 1st Mondays.
Notice: This session is limited to Society Members. The session’s join link will be provided to Members via email.
If you’d like to be a dialogue partner at one of our programs, Email editor Elinore Kaplan at Outlook at: ethicaloutlook@gmail.com

Poetry Circle (Online)
2024-06-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Online
Bring a favorite poem (or poems) to our monthly online poetry circle!
Read it aloud, and we’ll listen attentively together and discuss—a line, a word, an image, or an overall feeling. You’re welcome to give us a couple of sentences about the poet, too. Elinore Kaplan moderates.
If you wish to share a poem, please send it to Elinore in advance so it can be shared on-screen with participants: ethicaloutlook@gmail.com.
Join Online
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Great Literature Discussion: Flights by Olga Tokarczuk (Online)
2024-06-05 19:00 - 21:00 | NY
