Souldish NYC Events 12/16 - 23 2010 + NYC

Souldish NYC Events Calendar

SPECIAL Announcement

))Evolver Intensive Webinar Series((

==Starts January 23==

Awakening The Cosmic Serpent: Shamanism And Plant Teachers In This Transformative Time

This course gives you the tools you need to integrate the shamanic knowledge offered by teacher plants into your life, so you can fully embrace the change called for by this time of global transformation. Indigenous wisdom about plant medicine can open the path to deep personal healing and a profound understanding of the universe, and for many people this ancient knowledge is transforming modern life.

Throughout the Western World, people increasingly participate in indigenous shamanic ceremonies using psychedelic plants to open a path to deep personal insights and high spiritual truths. These plants -- including mushrooms, peyote, ayahuasca, and salvia divinorum -- are revered by ancient tribal societies as potent teachers capable of healing the body, expanding the mind, and strengthening community.

What can modern people can learn from indigenous cultures about the use of psychoactive plants and the modification of consciousness?

What can be learned directly from these plants -- which can be powerful and tricky teachers -- and how can we incorporate these lessons into our daily lives?

In what ways do indigenous people benefit from the Western interest in shamanism, and what new cultural bridges are being built through the spread of indigenous spiritual practices?

The renowned anthropologist Jeremy Narby has explored these questions for over two decades. In his much-admired books, including The Cosmic Serpant and Shamans Through Time, Jeremy has shared his wisdom and insights. For the first time, in this special video teleseminar series, he will pursue these questions through two exclusive online lectures, and one-on-one discussions with four of the world's leading experts on the shamanic use of mind-altering plants: Stanislav Grof, Wade Davis, Kat Harrison and Luis Eduardo Luna.

You will be part of this unique online event -- unlike any in the history of consciousness studies --· watching the live video stream and asking your questions directly to these inspirational pioneers.

6 calls, starts January 23

It's a series of live online video courses we call the Evolver Intensives, which we're producing with the Prophets Conferences. The first course, hosted by Jeremy Narby, is titled "Awakening the Cosmic Serpent: Shamanism and Plant Teachers in the Transformative Time." For the course, Jeremy will give 2 lectures, and also conduct 4 one-to-one discussions with guests Stan Grof, Wade Davis, Kat Harrison, and Luis Eduardo Luna. All this takes place using a real-time, interactive video technology easily accessible to anyone with a laptop and a broadband connection. If you can see YouTube videos, you can take part in an Evolver Intensives seminar. It starts on Jan 23 and runs on 6 consecutive Sundays at 4pm EST.

Register Here: http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?af=1285457

))Souldish Featured Events((

== Saturday, Dec. 18 ===

Get Your Spore on Dance Party & Evolver Activation

Evolver NYC and Get Your Dance On are uniting forces to bring together the city’s best local DJs, musicians, yoga teachers, healers, artists, and performers for a night of ecstatic holiday revelry. Join us at YogaWorks duplex space in Soho, complete with three huge rooms, chill spaces, saunas, and showers (for when you’re danced out). Featuring: DJ Dhundee, the drumming of Brian T Carter and Broolyn Shekere, The Didge Project, Parashakti, Unitribe, Brooklyn Acupuncture Project, Adam Collett, Nyx of the night, JourneyDance with Jeanine T Abraham, live art, and high vibe treats like raw chocolate, “micro-brew” kombucha, and turmeric elixirs.

8:15pm: Evolver Activation: Asanas, Astrology, and Altered States: Techniques for Transformation in the Modern Age. We will explore how to utilize the ancient sciences of yoga, shamanic practices, and astrological investigation to bring focus, purpose, healing, and personal evolution in our lives. Featuring Nightlight Astrologer, yogi, and "Fishers of Men: The Gospel of an Ayahuasca Vision Quest" author Adam Elenbaas; Co-founder of the NY Shamanic Circle and publisher of Shaman Portal Itzhak Beery, and Dream Yoga practitioner Matt Canale. Hosted by Evolver's Jennifer Palmer.

(8pm – midnight, $20 at the door. A portion of the proceeds go to Housing Works)

YogaWorks Soho

459 Broadway 2nd floor

Tickets: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/natashablank/get-your-dance-ons-1-ye...

==Sunday, December 19==

Solstice Inipi Ceremony with Unitribe (Sacred Sweat Lodge)

With Alokananda Unitribe, Blessings Everyone Join us for a very special... Winter Solstice Inipi Ceremony ...*Unitribe is very grateful to host this very special Winter Solstice Inipi Ceremony (sacred sweat lodge) with our renowned Elder Vernon Foster (Thunder He Walks With). As the year winds down to a close, we gather once again in support and in prayer to reflect, cleanse, create and purify. As we head into the Northern direction, the direction of Winter; we prepare ourselves mentally, physically and spiritually for the challenges and opportunities that await us in the upcoming months and year. The medicine of the North is all about wisdom and truth. What have you learned this year? What has become irrefutable in your awareness? What will support that which you are envisioning for yourself and the world you are creating? Join us for a very powerful, meaningful and transformational experience. Receive the wisdom and support of community and an authentic Elder who's life experience and wisdom is humbly and generously shared with all peoples. Workshop includes ::::~wisdom teachings from our elders~sacred songs ~inipi ceremony~sacred fire activation~shamanic qi gong ~sharing: Connecting: And so much more! ::::Traditional tribal family pot luck to close :::Vernon foster indian name, wakia un manee (thunder he walks with) is a national indian leader and works with many tribes in the us and internationally helping to develop cultural and educational programs as a teacher, healer and lecturer. He has been an activist for the native people since 1968 and is the southwest regional director of the american indian movement (aim). Vernon has turned his focus on preserving and sharing the spiritual ways of the native peoples. He is a healer who holds the direct methods that have been used by our ancestors for centuries. Also Hosting and in Service...*Parashakti, Alokananda, & Matt Koco

*The Green Bus Tour - Will be Providing Transportation TO and FROM the Lodge, starting at Union Square West. -Kirtan hosted by Sri Kala on the way!!!

(11a - 7:30p, $45)

The Yellow Ranch

15 County Road 518 Princeton NJ (Arrive)

(The contribution goes towards wood, stones, labor, your transportation and to support our elder and the overall mission :)

*Register simply by sending a brief intention and email to Alokabliss@gmail.com

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==Thursday, December 16==

Ambient Groove Temple DubAID Beats for a Better Tomorrow

This December come and join URBAN CABARET in supporting NextAid’s 4th Annual World AIDS Day campaign, kicking off on November 27th and running the entire month of December. There are over a dozen parties in 10 cities in 3 countries on board! Proceeds will support NextAid’s current projects in Africa including the construction an eco-friendly micro-enterprise facility for youth in Kenya; the education of orphaned children in South Africa and critical maternal health programs for girls and women in Sierra Leone. NextAid is a dance music based nonprofit organization that harnesses the power of music to support sustainable development projects that serve vulnerable children, youth and women in Africa. Through music events and public education initiatives, NextAid provides empowering opportunities for concerned individuals to make a difference. “Using the beats of our generation to provide hope for the next.” http://www.nextaid.org If you cannot make it to a benefit party, you can still be a part of the global campaign by joining us online. For all the up-to-date campaign information, go to http://www.nextaid.org/wad2010/

(9p – 4a, $15 plus optional donation before 10:30, $20 after)

Pink

199 Bowery

http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&tid=1756915964756

==Friday, December 17==

Om Sweet Om:: All Night Yoga Party Brooklyn Dzong

Welcome to a night of mesmerizing music, multiple full-length yoga classes, delicious gourmet vegan dinner, private massage and energy healing rooms, and dancing and playing past the sunrise into a beautiful new day. Prepare to be thoroughly rejuvenated:: mind, body, and soul at Om Sweet Om:: All Night Yoga Party. Like the All Night Yoga Parties of recent times, we begin our celebration with the ancient acoustic sounds of Sitar,... Tabla, Flute, and classical Guitar.

At 9pm Alokananda (www.alokananda.com) leads a short opening to clear our minds and bring our focus to our highest intentions for ourselves. Then, following a water break, we’ll begin our first class:: Esoteric Warrior Yoga led by Maximvs Prophet ~ a unique blend of Vinyasa, Tibetan yoga, sound healing, ecstatic dance and breathing practices. *As with all classes at the All Night Yoga Party, beginners are more than welcome... and more advanced students will almost always learn something new.

At 11pm to the soothing sounds of live Sitar we welcome back Sandhi Ferriera (www.sandyoga.com) for Acro-Yoga! Simple and challenging, this fun partner class takes you up in the air... decompressing and releasing your body in ways you may never have thought possible. Class concludes with a few partner Thai massage exercises. And for the next half hour feel free to keep practicing your new skills with your partners.

Then around 1 am Trinity Dances (www.thedancingpath.com) will guide us in a gentle, transformative, JourneyDance™ ~ an improvisational and celebratory dance experience that unleashes our inner states, bringing clarity, peace and bliss. We will dance to nurture, ground and heal. We will dance to connect, love and communicate. Most importantly we will get in touch with, and dance whatever way, our body and soul needs to authentically express itself.

Having worked up quite an appetite with all this yoga and dancing... we are invited to an abundant Feast of Vegan Delights (brought to you by Telah Quemere of Handmade Organics).. full menu coming soon... What else? **Amazing live DJs spinning Funkadelic Eastern Remixes and Downtempo grooves til noon**Body Painting with Vann Godfrey and family **Aerial Silk Performances**Two healing rooms:: for Professional Shiatsu and Thai Massage, and Reiki Healing by donation**10’ by 50’ participatory art wall to express your creative artistic transmissions**Comfy Chill-out Lounge

As the sun rises we integrate our experiance and gracefully transition into a new day with a Chakracize & Tai Chi Healing Circle led by Kiana Love... followed by Zazen Meditation with Jester Jaimi. Delight in your true light … celebrate all the beauty we have together... find strength in living from your heart.

(8p - 11a next day, $40)

Om Sweet Om:: All Night Yoga Party

Friday, December 17th Doors at 8pm

Brooklyn Urban Sanctuary (address provided with online ticket purchase)

Tickets are available for online pre-sale at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/140505 for $40. Register early, as space is limited to ensure everyone can participate. There are also a few work-exchange scholarships. Please apply early if you are interested.

==Friday, December 17==

World Peace Holiday Party

Experience and create causes of peace and happiness by joining us for our annual Holiday party. Enjoy vegetarian food, non-alcoholic drinks and the company of our Sangha community as well as some excellent entertainment from surprise guests and talented friends. Everyone welcome. Chakrasambara Kadampa Meditation Center is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. Our mission is to offer a path of wisdom and compassion to the New York community through the explanation and practice of Kadampa Buddhism. All proceeds go towards accomplishing this goal.

(7p - 10p, Free)

Chakrasambara Buddhist Center

322 8th Ave., Suite 502 (entrance on 26th St.)

==December 17==

Handcrafting Home Brews

This third workshop will cover: malting whole grains for superlative home brew beers and will include sources for organic whole grains; preparing herbal tonics and sacred beers with wild dandelion, yarrow, rosemary and others; culturing wild yeasts. Kombucha preparation will also be covered and kombucha “mothers” will be given away to make at home. Handouts of recipes will be provided. $30 per class OR $25 if you register for two or more classes!

(6p- 8p, $30)

To register email back at this address dreikycaprice@gmail.com

o register email back at this address dreikycaprice@gmail.com

The Center for Bioregional Living

Ellenville / Brooklyn, NY

http://www.homebiome.com

==Saturday, December 18==

The Traditional Wisdom Diet and Herbal with Brad Teasdale

Part 1 / Winter:

This workshop is the 1st of a four-part series which explores the traditional wisdom and practice of living in deeper harmony and alignment with nature. In a small group setting we explore a new approach to health and diet through the synthesis of traditional teachings from: indigenous North & South America, China, and ancient Europe. Each meeting of this 4 part series coincides with the cardinal points of the calendar (the winter solstice, spring equinox, summer solstice, and autumnal equinox). We discuss the elemental, physiological & energetic correspondences of each season and explore specific diets, herbal remedies, and grounding practices that resonate with the time of year. Seasonal foods, herbal cleanses, and local medicinal plants are discussed in depth. Each participant is encouraged to share their own wisdom and experience with the group. For those who wish to go deeper - a private program of herbal cleanses & bodywork sessions are also available to further integrate the teaching and healing of the season.

(1 - 4 p)

Virayoga - 580 Broadway btwn Prince and Houston

Suite 205; (212) 334 - 9960

Space is limited - please register at http://www.virayoga.com; 917.362.7546

http://www.medicinehandsmassage.com

==Saturday, December 18==

Rosie's Mandala Workshop @ CoSM

This is a pre-full moon ceremony workshop. Drawing the Light Mandala Class: Illuminating Sacred Circles for Healing and Awakening The mandala, Sanskrit for "circle or container of essence," has been used throughout history in various cultures as an aid to meditation, prayer, and journeying within. Mandala drawing can be a means to access this inner Light always available in us, a resource for inner strength. Join Eileen Rose, (Rosie) on the Winter Solstice at CoSM to welcome back the light which is always within us. Through meditation and holding strong intentions, participants will intuitively receive and illuminate sacred symbols for healing, inner strength and manifestation, as they create luminous mandalas. Participants of any skill level will create illuminated mandalas using colored pencils on black paper and other simple materials. This joyous and non-competitive workshop will include a releasing burning ritual and the creation of a communal sand mandala after the Full Moon ceremony that night. At the time when darkness is long, this workshop is an opportunity to reclaim our inner Light.

Details: Pre-Full Moon Workshop: Mandala Drawing (3pm - 6pm) Includes Dinner, Full Moon ceremony (7pm - 12am) & Solstice celebration (12am - 4am), All art supplies included $65

(3p - 6p, $65)

Chapel of Sacred Mirrors

46 Deer Hill RoadWappingers Falls, NY

==Saturday, December 18==

Cosm Full Moon Solstice Celebration

(6:30p - 4a, $20)

Chapel of Sacred Mirrors

46 Deer Hill Road

Wappingers Falls, NY

https://secure.cosm.org/np/clients/cosm/eventRegistration.jsp?event=122

==Saturday, December 18==

Tron Legacy NYC Party

Kostume Kult, Stimulate, and Thrills & Skills present-- Tron Legacy: NYC. A futuristic, UV/blacklight themed Tron Legacy Film Release Party paying homage to the 1982 cult classic film and the long awaited sequel that opens in theaters on Friday 12/17. An evening of Music, Dancing and tremendous Visuals including and actual Tron Light Cycle, themed performances and NYC's most stylish people. Happy hour 8-10pm, Drink specials all night

(8p - 4a, $15 presale, $20 door/ in theme, $25 door/ streetwear) 19+

Santos Party House

96 Lafayette Street (2 blocks south of canal) Downtown

Please RSVP: http://facebook.com/event.php?eid=161005520609675

http://www.facebook.com/?sk=messages&tid=1782541923729

==Saturday, December 18==

Psytrance Legacy " A Minimal Tech & Psychedelic Music Experience

Dear Psytrance family , we the Loud Monitors crew would like to thank to all of you for coming out to our last event !! we had and amazing time and it would be possible with out your support :) ... Due a miss communication issue DJ EARTHLING will not be able to join us on this event , however we are still on!! and more than ready to have another banger :) Price will be drop down to $20 dollars before midnight and $25 after , doors will be open from 9pm and music will be rocking from the very beginning so please come and be part of this madness as early as possible :) There is going to be a very special surprise for those early birds TBA :) This is a 21+ event , We would like to apologizes to all our young psytrance family who did not get in , it was a establishment last thing minute and we did not have a chance to do anything about it , please accept our apologies :( DJ Psydream will be joining us with a blowing mind full on set prepare your self for a serious mixing set !!! That being said, lets Rock and Roll. Loud Monitors presents Psytrance Legacy ; Feat Tron live First NYC appearance a psytrance & minimal techno music experience. Djs :Tron Live First Nyc Appearance. Cris, Radmoura, Psydream, Gavin; Deco Artist : Nephilnine; Neuronymphonic; Vj Psydream (Loud Monitors) RVSP for a nice discount and a surprise :)

(9p - 4:30a, $20 before midnight $25 dollars after (NO exceptions)

Manny`s on Second 21 W/ID

1770 2nd Ave (Btwn 92nd & 93rd)

Manhattan New York,10128

for more information email us to monitoring.project@live.com

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109687532430442

==Saturday, December 18==

Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival

Azari & III * Sinden * Kid Sister * Lemonade * Treasure Fingers * Javelin * Tittsworth * Cubic Zirconia

and more!

(8pm, $35 Adv) 18+

Music Hall of Williamsburg

& Public Assembly

Public Assembly / Music Hall of Williamsburg

North 6th St (between Wythe & Kent) BK

http://www.brooklynemf.com/

==Saturday, December 18==

Handmade Beauty Part 1 and 2

In this class we will craft a variety of body care products made from ingredients easily found in your kitchen cabinet or local heath food store. You will expand your knowledge of herbs, save money and feel your beautiful best by making and using your own handmade beauty products. Are you spending wads of cash on eco-household cleaners? Well you can stop! We will be providing recipes and samples for some of the most often used cleaners. Bring 5 or so small containers (washed take out condiment containers work great) so you can take some samples of what we craft home. It would be great if people could let me know what they are interested in learning how to make. While I would like to cover it all in one class it just takes too much time. $30 per class OR $25 if you register for two or more classes!

Part 1 - 2-4pm $30

Sunday, December 19th

Part 2 - 2-4pm $30

To register email back at this address dreikycaprice@gmail.com

To register email back at this address dreikycaprice@gmail.com

The Center for Bioregional Living

Ellenville / Brooklyn, NY

http://www.homebiome.com

==Sunday, December 19==

Yoga on the Dance Floor

This Sunday escape into the bliss realm of sacred sound, sight, and movement. Yoga on the Dancefloor awakens this season at beautiful Little Fields event space in Park Slope, Brooklyn (just steps from the pacific street/atlantic avenue subway).

Upon Entering::

You'll be greeted by the flower adorned Tree of Wishes (or Giving Tree) in our Outdoor Chill Lounge and healing area... give an offering and make a wish for your deepest desires to manifest in this world.

Inside::

5 - 6:30pm Nurture the Body and Spirit with an early bird Open Level Vinyasa Yoga Class with Jewels

6:30 - 8pm Let your Soul Shine and Sing alongside internationally renowned Kirtan band Gaura Vani As Kindred Spirits

8pm - 9pm Be Dazzled by Sacred Sanskrit singer Ekayani

9pm - 11:30pm Groove into the night to the devotional songs from across the East with our beloved DJ Cheb I Sabba

Bhakti Cafe will be providing outrageously delicious blessed dinner and snack selections all evening long!

Limited Discounted Presale Tickets available here: http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event-detail/?id=14735

http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/event-detail/?id=14735

==Tuesday, December 21==

Celebrate The Winter Solstice & Full Moon Lunar Eclipse

For New Age enthusiasts…

This years Winter Solstice holds a Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Gemini / Cancer. Allow the energy of this extraordinary night to inspire you to nurture yourself in practical new ways. In the lush still darkness we will create a sacred space to align with the Earth's energy to embrace and balance the Divine Feminine and Masculine within us all.

$30

Alignment Center

120 West 28th St., 3rd Floor

http://www.SacredDanceandSound.com

http://www.alignmentcenter.org

==Tuesday, December 21==

Craft-on Tuesday at ETSY

Please join us for the next meeting of the Church of Craft. The season is upon us! And despite my best snarky intentions, I am starting to feel the jingle bells. Maybe you have decided to knit a scarf for every member of your family, maybe you are honing your holiday menu to a fine point, maybe you are considering which charities to contribute to or volunteer for, or maybe you are anticipating spending time with/away from your family, and all that can mean. Wherever your spirit is, it will benefit from some dedicated crafting in community time. So bring your needles, your recipe file, your plans for the future, and any family or friends who happen to be in town! It is true, the sewing machines mostly work! The labs come equipped with your basics: scissors, tape, pens, thread, but I encourage you to bring supplies that you want to work with in addition to what is there. More about the labs at: http://www.etsy.com/storque/etsy-news/all-about-etsy-faq-series-welcome-... Etsy is all about encouraging people to make stuff, just like us, so we get to have this special event craft-on every month, where access to all of their goodies is totally free. If you like it there you can go back and craft Monday evenings! Our meeting will be the usual casual drop in affair, come any time, bring anyone, bring anything you are working on or come & just check out what everyone else is up to. Snacks are welcome. Can't make the weekday meetings? We have a Sunday meeting too at the awesome SpaceCraft in Williamsburg! More details when we get a little closer.

the Church of Craft

Tuesday 12/21 5-8pm

at Etsy Labs!

55 Washington Street, Suite 512,

DUMBO, Brooklyn

http://www.etsy.com/storque/etsy-news/all-about-etsy-faq-series-welcome-...

http://www.spacecraftbrooklyn.com/

==Tuesday, December 21==

A Winter Solstice Shamanic Celebration

With Itzhak Beery and the NY Shamanic Circle...This evening we will celebrate one of the most powerful moments in the annual cycle: the night after which the days slowly begin to lengthen. As our ancient ancestors all around the globe did before us, we will honor the rebirth of Tata Inti (Father Sun) from the depth of the longest, darkest nights. We will commemorate this shortest day and longest night in recognition of our own struggle to overcome our shadows, fears and inner darkness to mirror within ourselves the triumphant return of the light that will empower our Spirit. Join us in a sacred shamanic fire ceremony, drumming, music, songs and movements. Note: Bring a rattle, drum and candle. No previous shamanic experience necessary. The actual time for winter solstice is at 6:38pm. Itzhak Beery is a NYC-based shamanic healer who conducts shamanic workshops in the U.S., Israel and Hawaii. He trained intensively with the Ecuadorian Quechua, Shuar, Uru-eu-wau-wau and other South American indigenous shamans, and is a co-founder of the NY Shamanic Circle.

Note: Bring a rattle, drum and candle. No previous shamanic experience necessary. The actual time for winter solstice is at 6:38pm.

(6p, $18)

NY Open Center

22 E. 30th St.

http://www.opencenter.org/a-winter-solstice-shamanic-celebration/

==Wednesday, December 22==

Into the Light: A Solstice Sound Circle

Join us December 22nd - the first day of increasing Light following the Winter Solstice (the shortest day of the year). As the Sun begins its journey back up into the sky we come together to release old patterns on the subtle vibrational level, and open up to the harmony and Light within and without. Utilizing voice, singing bowls, digiridoo and gongs, we offer you a sound massage for all of your cells, with guided meditations and tools for self-empowerment. Nobody will be turned away for lack of funds, but please give what you can ($15-20 minimum) to respect the exchange and cover expenses.

(7p - 9p; $25 adv, $30 door)

Moving Body Resources

112 W 27th St., 4th Fl.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177217268964677

==Sunday, December 26==

Mattson/Barraco & Friends

Anya's music pick of the week, with love.

(7:30p, $10 advance/$15 DOS; $12 with a can of food for local food bank)

Sullivan Hall [New York, NY]

214 Sullivan St. ;201-833-0011

http://www.sullivanhallnyc.com/

==Tuesday, December 28==

New Year's Run

Strangers Helping Strangers will be hosting a food drive at this show. Please bring a non-perishable food, toiletry, feminine or personal hygiene or baby product donation. SHS will have a choice of posters for everyone who brings 10 or more items and there will be additional rewards for those who bring more than 10 items.

Wellmont Theatre 973-783-9500; All Ages

(7p; )

5 Seymour St.

[Montclair, NJ] ;

http://wellmonttheatre.com/

==Thursday, December 30==

.: Unified Vibes: ~ Free Party ~ The Porch, NYC

Big Ears - Old School Jungle; HoBeauX - Drum and Bass; Rasheed Bawlout - House; Foodstampz - Reggae and Free Tekno; Nefarious - Live Tribal Jungle Set; Pierce Jackson - Old School Jungle; Thunderkunt - Dark Psy Trance; Submerger - Live Trip Hop IDM; Live Visuals by Lowkey

Please bring canned food to donate to Food Not Bombs!!!

(6p - 4a. $4 Beers and $5 Well Drinks from 6p TO 10p)

The Porch

115 Ave C (Between 7th & 8th) NYC

Flier at :

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5126/5219872758_132eca88d0_o.jpg

))Noteworthy Artist((

GRAMMY Nomination Shines Light on an Untold Story:

Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon’s Soul Call Creates a Community “Totally Lost” in Song

Watch out for Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon, she's got an amazing voice. Something interesting has happened in this year's world music GRAMMY nominations. A self-released artist who few have heard of got a nomination.

http://www.rockpaperscissors.biz/index.cfm/fuseaction/current.press_rele...

))Podcasts((

1. Entangled with Graham Hancock – Disinformation: The Podcast

This episode features an interview with Graham Hancock, author of Fingerprints of the Gods, Supernatural, The Sign and the Seal, and the recently released Entangled. We discuss Graham’s influential work in the field of alternative history, 2012, his recent shift from non-fiction to fiction, and his views on the “War on Consciousness.” Disinformation: The Podcast is a monthly series featuring interviews with authors, artists and filmmakers about topics related to politics, the occult, conspiracy, magick, hidden history, spirituality, fringe science, and much more. Past interviews include Jim Marrs, Douglas Rushkoff, and the legendary Alan Moore.

http://www.disinfo.com/2010/11/entangled-with-graham-hancock-disinformat...

ENTANGLED is now available on ___ and at a bookstore near you.

2. The Survival Podcast

Jack's show is not only interesting, it is informative. Learn about permaculture, prepping, go-bags and bug-out locations.

http://www.thesurvivalpodcast

3. Planet 100: Urban Farms are popping up all over America

http://planetgreen.discovery.com/videos/planet-100-urban-farming-uncover...

))Take Action((

Protect your right to local food. Urge your Senators now to resist any effort to ram through S 510.

http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/750/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY...

))NTYE((

==NYE==

CoSM

Bring in the new year upstate with The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors and friends as they celebrate through art, music and warm connections. New Year's Eve at Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. DJ's: Ohia, Primate, Cloud, Indo Visual, Satchi Om; Bellydancing: Elizabeth Muise & Sarah Jezebel Wood, Fire, Phantomime, Live Painting, Alex & Allyson Grey. 2 rooms of entertainment.

(8pm to 4am $40 Adv, $60 Dr.)

46 Deer Hill Road

Wappingers Falls, NY

http://www.cosm.org

==NYE==

G & S: The Bootleggers' Ball

The moment you've been waiting for - New Year's Eve tickets are on sale NOW. They are only $35 until 12/27, $40 after, and (if any are left), $50 at the door. We *highly* recommend buying in advance -- last year's event sold out at the last moment, with nearly half going in one day on 12/31. We're adding performers and extras all the time, so the lineup will likely double as we get closer to the event, but we wanted to give you first possible notice of tickets going on sale.

The contraband has been ordered, authorities paid off, and performers lined up for a New Year's Eve speakeasy ball in a breathtaking former church with soaring ceilings. Expect the intimacy of a daring cabaret mixed with the intrigue of a vintage costumed ball, expansiveness of a warehouse dance party, excitement of live brass, a splash of fine cocktails, and just a dash of illicit adventure and unpredictable moments. Delightful drinks by The House of St Eve and other treats. Custom vintage-themed buttons to VIPs/first 75 guests by Bad Buttons. Featuring: Dixieland steamboat soul - Roosevelt Dime, Stealth brass antics - Stumblebum Brass Band, Vintage sweet sweet jazz - DJ Jason Blackkat, Silver film magic - Tsirkus Fotografika, Tarot & 2011 numerology divination - Marcy Currier, Fabulous face painting - Painteresse Elysabeth, Hosted by steampunk dandy GD Falksen

Dress code: depression glamour, evening ball on the Titanic, hobo formal, desperation derring-do. Effort required. Own cups optional, but welcome.

8pm-6am, 21+ with ID (25+ suggested)

$35 presale until 12/27, $40 after, $50 at door if avail, $20 after 2am

A former house of worship, Fort Greene, BK

Password RSVP: http://www.geminiandscorpio.com/events.html

FB: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183188698365223

http://www.geminiandscorpio.com

=2== Winkel and Baltick - Announcing W&B Airlines

ANNOUNCING W&B AIRLINES: A NEW ERA IN AIR TRAVEL BEGINS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN BROOKLYN. TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW.

It was the day before Thanksgiving. Winkel & Balktick stood under the airport's fluorescent lights, waiting for their enhanced pat down. As they removed their shoes and belts and hoped that their nail clippers would not be discovered, they wondered, "What happened to the glamour, excitement and joy of air travel?" Upon returning to Brooklyn, they convened a meeting of the jet-settingest artists, performers, DJ and bands from the borough and beyond. They pow-wowed with the investors, attorneys and regulators. The runways were clear and all systems were ready for takeoff. On New Year's Eve, W&B Airlines will debut its 45,000+ square foot terminal of love in a warehouse in Sunset Park's Industry City Airport. The W&B Terminal's debonair Frequent Flyer Lounge & Cabaret, Kings County Hangar dancefloor, exotic destinations, risque security screenings, air traffic control towers, preposterous pilots and stewardesses galore are set to revolutionize 21st century air travel! IN FLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT The Kings County Hangar dancefloor presents disco, house, techno, breaks and dubstep from DJs D_JUICE, LEE MAYJAHS?, DHUNDEE and COURAGE (aka Steve B). The Frequent Flyer Lounge & Cabaret presents exotica, comedy and other live entertainment by THE XYLOPHOLKS, THE TELEMERES, THE PORNO JIM SHOW (Mile High Club Edition) and more. Art installations, performers, and more bands will be announced soon! FLY WITH US W&B Airlines is looking for artists, performers, volunteers and crew to make its liftoff a 20,000 foot high success! If you are a creative person who wants to express yourself, meet people and learn more about the art and science of warehouse parties, join us! We are having open W&B Airlines Socials on Wednesday, December 8th and Tuesday, December 21st from 7:30pm-11pm in Dumbo. There will be free food and adult beverages and sexy stewardesses of all genders. RSVP to attend.

Visit wandbnyc.com/participate for more information, or email us at info@wandbnyc.com.

Tix: http://wandbnyc.com/airlines/?page_id=45

W&B AIRLINES MAIDEN VOYAGE

December 31, 2010, 10pm-sunrise

At Industry City Airport

In Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Very near the D,N,R trains at 36th St

21+ w/ ID

BUY TICKETS

$30 advance, $40 walk in

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=184838242163

==NYE After Party==

The Robot Revolution - 3rd Annual Psybotik New Year’s Eve Afterparty

Psybotik is a household name in the NYC psytrance scene. This is the place to go after your NYE shenanigans if you love psytrance.

Limited $5, $10, and $15 pre-sales while supplies last http://psybotik.ticketleap.com/psybotiknye3/

$20 at the door, $5 off before 6am OR with flyer OR by sending an email to rsvpnye@psybotik.com (one RSVP per email address)

Public Assembly - Front and Side Room

70 North 6th St

Brooklyn, NY

4am-2pm - 21+ w/ID

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111626055577505

=== Friday, December 31st ===

Get ready for New York City’s most unique New Year’s Eve celebration

Jivamukti Yoga will hold its 22nd Annual Silent New Year’s Eve Mauna on Friday, December 31st 2010. This year’s celebration features a special year-end yoga class led by Jivamukti Yoga co-creators Sharon Gannon and David Life, a delicious vegan dinner at JivamukTea Café and a kirtan dance party to ring in 2011!

Jivamukti Yoga School

841 Broadway, 2nd Floor

(between 13th and 14th Streets)

For admission to the yoga class and/or vegan dinner, please call 212-353-0214 or visit www.jivamuktiyoga.com

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== Saturday, January 1st - Friday, January 7th ==

“Back to the Source” with Sharon Gannon and David Life

Kirtan with Krishna Das, Russell Simmons answers your questions. Sharon Gannon and David Life, the dynamic co-founders of the Jivamukti method, will teach a series of master classes and lead events that will get you in touch with the spiritual foundation of yoga. You won’t want to miss this opportunity to make a real change in your life that will awaken, energize, deepen and transform your yoga practice. Besides master classes with Gannon and Life, this year’s program also features a special performance by kirtan legend Krishna Das, a question and answer session featuring Russell Simmons, a meditation class and a continuing education workshop for teachers who want to refine their knowledge.

Master Classes with Sharon Gannon and David Life at Prince George Ballroom

15 East 27th Street (between 5th and Madison Avenues)

January 1st to January 7th

Spend a week studying with living masters Sharon Gannon and David Life. Each three-hour workshop will include meditation, asana, spiritual teachings and a 45-minute question and answer session. This is a rare opportunity to receive spiritual insights from living masters that will awaken your heart and mind.

January 1 and 2, 1pm to 4pm

January 3 to 7, 10am to 1pm

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm Q &A with Gannon and Life - (Q&A is free and open to the public)

On January 7th entertainment mogul Russell Simmons join Gannon and Life for the Q&A

Price: $65 per day OR $350 for a 7 day class pack

Kirtan with Krishna Das at Prince George Ballroom

15 East 27th Street (between 5th and Madison Avenues)

January 5th

Go right to the source of bhakti yoga, one of the five tenets of Jivamukti Yoga, at kirtan with Krishna Das. Krishna Das, known for his uplifting chanting, will be blessing the community with a night of music, chanting, and fun! "Satsang is where people gather together to remember, to turn within and find their own inner path to the One...So let's sing!"- Krishna Das

7pm

Price: $25 in advance/$30 at door

$20 for those purchasing the whole week of master classes.

Thursday Night Meditation at Jivamukti Yoga School

841 Broadway 2nd Floor (between 13th and 14th Streets)

January 6th

Every Thursday night, Jivamukti Yoga School offers a guided meditation class led by Ganesh Das, the director of the school. On Thursday, January 6th Ganesh Das will be accompanied by his holy teacher Sharon Gannon for what is sure to be an enlightening and deeply transforming experience for all. Don't miss it!

8 to 9:30pm

Free

Continuing Education Workshop for Jivamukti Teachers ONLY at Prince George Ballroom 15 East 27th Street (between 13th and 14th Streets)

January 7th

Calling all certified Jivamukti Teachers! Energize and strengthen your practice and the Jivamukti community by coming together to study with Sharon-ji and David-ji.

2 to 4 pm

Price: $35

To register for the master classes, kirtan with Krishna Das and the continuing education workshop (the Thursday night meditation class is free), please visit www.jivamuktiyoga.com or call 212-353-0214. Please bring your own mat and props (blankets, belts, blocks, etc.) to asana classes.

))Retreats((

==January 7==

Nature as Wisdom: A Rainforest Plant Medicine Council Gathering

Jan 7-17, 2011 and Jan 19-29, 2011

This January, join Reality Sandwich editorial director Daniel Pinchbeck for a special 10-day retreat in Costa Rican rainforest with the elders of the Secoya tribe. Daniel writes, “Almost a decade ago, I first went down to the Amazon in Ecuador to visit the Secoya, a tribe of seven hundred who maintain an ancient lineage of shamanic practice. I wrote about the journey at length in my book Breaking Open the Head. It was truly one of the most amazing times of my life, and I still feel grateful that I had an opportunity to apprentice with the Secoya shamans, elders in their 60s and 70s who are wise, giggling jungle wizards, and true maestros.

“Because the Secoya's homeland is under threat by the oil companies, my friend, the ethnobotanist Jonathan Miller Weisberger, is bringing the elder shamans of the tribe to his extraordinary lodge in Costa Rica, Guaria de Osa, for two ten-day plant medicine retreats. Guaria de Osa is a wildlife paradise with chattering monkeys in the trees, sea turtles spawning on the beach, whales breaching, lizards skittering, and so on. It is an ideal place to hold ceremonial space.”

Hosted by Sentient Experientials with Reality Sandwich

Jan 7-17, 2011 with the Secoya Elders

Jan 19 - 29, 2011 with the Secoya Elders and guest speaker Daniel Pinchbeck

Rainforest Ocean Wilderness Discovery Centre & Ethnobotanical Gardens on the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica,

10 nights / 11 days. Space available for 15 participants each session.

Reserve a spot while spaces are available. Email Dahlia at puravida@guariadeosa.com.

http://www.guariadeosa.com/events/plant-medicine-2011Jan.html

===== Sun, January 23 -- Sun, March 6=====

Reality Sandwich and The Prophets Conference present...

Awakening the Cosmic Serpent: A Live Online Course

Join bestselling author Jeremy Narby for "Awakening the Cosmic Serpent: Shamanism and Plant Teachers in this Transformative Time," a pathbreaking 6-part online course that explores the mysteries at the heart of ancient shamanic practices and the visionary states they entail. This Evolver Intensives web seminar includes live video conversations with four of the world's leading experts on the shamanic use of mind-altering plants: Stanislav Grof, Wade Davis, Kat Harrison and Luis Eduardo Luna. It all starts on January 23.

Throughout the Western world, people increasingly participate in indigenous shamanic ceremonies using psychedelic plants to open a path to deep personal insights and high spiritual truths. These plants -- including mushrooms, peyote, ayahuasca, and salvia divinorum -- are revered by ancient tribal societies as potent teachers capable of healing the body, expanding the mind, and strengthening community.

This course gives you the tools you need to integrate the shamanic knowledge offered by teacher plants into your life, so you can fully embrace the change called for by this time of global transformation.

This will be a live, dynamic experience in which you become part of a community of students sharing real time with some of the most inspiring visionaries of our era.

You can watch Jeremy's video introduction to "Awakening the Cosmic Serpent" here: http://tinyurl.com/23rwsrs

To learn more, visit http://www.evolverintensives.com

))Discover((

New Video from Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche

Examining the Two Truths: 2010 Shedra Teachings on The Adornment of the Middle Way

http://store.mangalashribhuti.org/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=BASK&Sto...

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Energy Healing with Souldish Co-Founder Jonathan Talat Phillips

Unleash your innate joy, peace, health, and inner brilliance with Jonathan’s rare combination of hands on healing Reiki techniques and Bionergetic Therapy. Jonathan’s practice will support you in reclaiming vibrant health and inner strength, as you discover new talents and abilities in pursuing your bliss. Call or email Jonathan for a free 15 minute consultation. 347-210-3892. jonathan (at) evolver (dot) net.

http://www.talathealing.com

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Stress Management and Joyful Living

Learn how to manage stress and overcome mental blocks with Salma using Energy techniques, diet, exercise and creative self-expression. She also offers Reiki attunements.

Write to: Salma at Souldish dot com