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Beginner Swim Group

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Learn basic swimming skills and proper body alignment. Our one-hour classes ensure plenty of practice time for all participants. No experience necessary. No makeups.

(1061) Beginner 18 and older
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$750

20 sessions

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Deep-Water Swimming

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Ideal for swimmers who would like to improve their basic stroke techniques. No makeups. PROOF OF COVID-19 VACCINATION IS REQUIRED for all adults and children ages 5+

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$750

20 sessions

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Shakespeare with Leo Schaff - The Winter’s Tale

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Join charismatic actor and teacher Leo Schaff as he breathes life into Shakespeare’s words, acting out portions of the play and offering illuminating insights into the Bard’s language, plot lines, historical context and eternal relevance, all with a generous sense of humor. The Tempest - January 8 The magic hand of Prospero guides us through storm, loss, adventure and abandonment—to comedy, romance, and righteous reconciliation. Ariel, Caliban,...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$224

7 sessions

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Let's Get Ethical

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

Life is full of complicated ethical questions: Should doping be permitted in sports? What, if anything, do we owe to the incarcerated? Are reality TV shows ethical? Can we program robot to be moral beings? What does the future of reproduction hold, and will men be able to have babies? Topic:  Public Health & Pop Culture  Public health messages have always been integrated into American pop culture. From blues songs about meningitis...

(252) All levels 18 and older
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Prosody with David Yezzi

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Poems are written in musical language. In this special two-day intensive, we examine the ways that form (traditional meter and verse techniques) is used to make music in poetry, and learn how the age-old tools of poetic composition can liberate, strengthen and energize your writing in verse.

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$400

2 sessions

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Beginnings - West Side Story, Gypsy and Forum

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Stephen Sondheim is an artist whose work remains unmatched in its daring to consistently bring an experimental, unconventional, modernist and personal sensibility to that most conservative of forms, the American Musical, all the while building from traditional forms, both popular and classical. We embark on our year-long lecture series on this iconic artist with an exploration of his background, training and his contribution as lyricist to his first...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$495

18 sessions

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Reading Cervantes with Edith Grossman

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Most of us know Miguel de Cervantes as the author of Don Quixote, but it may come as a surprise that he also wrote short fiction as well as works for the theater. His novellas (called "Novelas ejemplares," or "Exemplary Novels,") are fast-paced and witty, and well may be, as Cervantes claimed, the first novellas written originally in Spanish and not translated from Italian. He wrote twelve; we'll read roughly half that number.  Specific titles...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$420

4 sessions

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Healing Your Sacral Chakra

Vibra Wellness @ 141 W 28th St, New York, NY

Explore the wisdom of your sacral chakra. In this class we will work on releasing blocks as a group through energy healing. When your sacral chakra is balanced, you can experience your emotions freely, pleasure and change. It is crucial for us to experience flow and hold space for the expression of this energy without constraining it. Come with an open mind and a journal. We will be in a friendly, calming space for conversation, meditation...

All levels 18 and older
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Reading Latin American Fiction

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Beginning in the early twentieth century, the various Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America began developing a unique style of fantastic literature. Under the influence of Poe (via France) and certain schools of philosophy (the Pre-Socratics, Berkeley, William James, Existenialism) writers as different as Borges, García Márquez and Armonía Somers created a new way of looking at everyday reality.

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$420

4 sessions

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Reading the Bible with Noam Scheindlin

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

The Bible's indelible mark on literature is not just in the stories that it tells, but in the way those stories are told. In this class, we read and explore the compelling and subtle narratives of the Bible, which have been so influential on the development of the Western literary tradition. In this secular approach to a sacred text, we will be very interested in the sophisticated psychological portrayals of characters such as Joseph, Moses and...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$420

4 sessions

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Writing Sonnets

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

How can poets use sonnets to communicate a whole world of thought and emotion in just fourteen lines? Join Rachel Hadas for an immersive weekend looking at how writers have grappled with the sonnet—one of our most durable, versatile, challenging, and generative forms—throughout its long and still evolving history. Each day begins with looking at a wide range of Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnets, followed by writing a sonnet of your own.

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$400

2 sessions

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Intermediate Instructional Pickleball Lessons

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Prior experience playing Pickleball is encouraged for this program. We encourage players to sign up for Beginner Pickleball if you are just getting started learning to play. These are the skills you will learn to become at 2.5+ player: Knows the basic rules including two bounce rules, scoring and player position relative to scoring Demonstrates basic pendulum swing on the forehand & backhand side Demonstrates dinks down the line forehand...

(1061) Intermediate 18 and older
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$575

18 sessions

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Divorce Recovery Group

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Divorce is a time of upheaval and crisis, which can be traumatic. This six-week course will provide guidance and a road map to help navigate this transition with tools for grounding oneself through divorce. Tap into inner resources to manage and process the emotional roller coaster. Gain increased awareness and insight about relationship issues to develop a healthy post-divorce life by turning the divorce crisis into a time of healing and personal...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$150

6 sessions

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Beginners Modern American Canasta

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Learn the game of canasta, from basic rules to special hands to strategy. Includes:  Books

(1061) Beginner 18 and older
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$175

5 sessions

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American Heart Association CPR & First Aid Training

Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY

CPR: 10:00 - 1:00 PM Learn the basics of Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), use of the Automated External Defibrillator (AED - that machine that shocks the heart back to life!), and how to relieve choking in adults, children, and infants. The focus on this class is to give you confidence to get involved in cardiac emergencies. The sooner the victim gets help, the higher their chances are for survival.  FIRST AID: 1:30...

(252) Beginner 16 and older
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$115
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Stanford Compassion Cultivation

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Compassion and self-compassion are the most talked about and rapidly developing topics in psychology and neuroscience today. You can discover them for yourself in this popular eight-week course, which is open to first time meditators as well as more experienced practitioners. No prior knowledge is required. Using the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, meditation, lectures, readings, exercises, and class discussion, students will learn...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$325

8 sessions

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The Muse in the Museum with Molly Peacock

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Poetry and Art are intimate companions. The vitality of imagery creates the poet's vision. This studio/seminar will explore images in a selection of poems from the 17th to the 21st centuries as well as similar imagery in paintings and sculpture from New York City's museums. Passes to two museums are included in the class. Each class gives students time to write, creating new poetic structures in response to visual art.

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$385

4 sessions

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Speed Dating for Doula Event with BirthFocus

Yummy Mummy @ 1201 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Yummy Mummy is thrilled to be co-hosting monthly “Meet The Doula’s” open house events with BirthFocus, a popular and well-respected center for doula services in NYC. What exactly is “Eat, Drink Doula?” It’s a “speed dating for doulas” event in which expecting couples have a chance to meet with 4-5 doulas, of varying experience levels, throughout the event. Attend this FREE event and connect intimately with several doulas through...

All levels 18 and older
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Free
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First Responders (A Dance Writing Course)

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

What is dance writing, and what can it be? How are dance critics responsible for being responsive, and what are the forms this first response, and further responses, can take? Why and how do we accept the challenge of writing about an ephemeral artform? First Responders invites you to journey into dance with some of its most gifted, committed artists as your guides. Through writing exercises and assignments, you will track your perceptions, explorations,...

(1061) All levels 18 and older
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$385

5 sessions

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Aerial Circus Arts: Silks

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Explore the freedom of aerial movement, using paired lengths of fabric hung from above that are climbed, wrapped around the body and/or tied to create dramatic drops, poses and movement above the ground.

(1061) Beginner 18 and older
No upcoming schedules
$352

8 sessions

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