LECTURES/WORKSHOPS Wednesday 12/6 AN EVENING WITH GLORIA STEINEM Meet feminisms It ...
AN EVENING WITH GLORIA STEINEM
Meet feminism's It Girl...but how's 'bout an evening with her step son Christian Bale? Hubba hubba; CUNY Grad Center, 365 5th Ave. (34th St.), 212-817-2005; 7, $15.
HEALTH ISSUES ANONYMOUS
Twelve-step group for those living w/a health concern; St. Luke's Roosevelt Center, 324 W. 108th St., #305 (betw. B'way & Riverside Dr.), 212-362-7214; 5:30-7, free.
LEFT OUT: LESBIANS/GAYS & THE LEFT
Book party for Martin Duberman's Left Out: The Politics of Exclusion, 1964-1999; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-4201; 7:30, $6.
SAYING NO TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT & SEX DISCRIMINATION
Free workshop & confidential forum; Citizen Action, 88 3rd Ave. (Dean St.), Bklyn., RSVP 718-694-8290; 6.
UNDERSTANDING HUMANITY THROUGH RELIGION & SCIENCE
Piet Hut, William Newsome & Carl Feit lead public forum on "The Human Person in Scientific & Spiritual Traditions: Crisis or Convergence"; General Theological Seminary, 175 W. 9th Ave. (betw. 20th & 21st Sts.), 212-243-5150; call for times & prices.
VIEWS FROM THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION TO DEATH ROW
Gov. George H. Ryan & Donald Cabana, author of Death at Midnight: The Confession of an Executioner, speak about ending death penalty (over W.'s dead body, right?); 42 W. 44th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 212-382-6600; 6:30, call for price.
WHAT CAN THE MUSICIAN'S UNION DO FOR YOU?
Attend "Music Business Basics" series & find out if you should wear the union label; Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 7th Ave. (Lincoln Pl.), Park Slope, 718-622-3300; 6:30, $5.
Thursday 12/7
TIP EAST: THE ART OF WRITING SITUATION COMEDY
Learn from likes of Susan Silver from The Mary Tyler Moore Show & The Bob Newhart Show; Museum of Television & Radio, 25 W. 52nd St. (5th Ave.), 212-621-6600; 7:30, call for prices.
Friday 12/8
BIODANCE CREATIVE MOVEMENT
Introductory lesson by Brazilian music therapy group involves movement said to inspire affection, joy & creativity; 39 W. 14th St. (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), 516-656-4529; 7, call for price [repeats 12/15].
STOOP POETRY WORKSHOP
Serious scribers, bring 10 copies of your work to Tribes Gallery, 285 E. 3rd St. (betw. Aves. C & D), 212-674-3778; 7:30-9:30, $3 contrib.
Saturday 12/9
LECTURES AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Today, "Wang Xizhi & the Culture of Chinese Calligraphy" w/Robert E. Harris of Columbia University; Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 5th Ave. (82nd St.), 212-570-3710; 2, call for price.
RELIEF FROM HOLIDAY STRESS IN ONLY 5 MINUTES
Lydia Belton, aka Dr. Tranquillity, offers techniques to de-stress; Workout Partners, 208 W. 29th St. (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), 212-415-9086; 2, free.
MARK STRAUSMAN
Author of The Campagna Table prepares infamous Northern Italian dish; B'way Panhandler, 477 Broome St. (Wooster St.), 212-966-0121; 2, free.
TRIBAL SOUNDZ CLASSES
"Dances of the Voice" (Sat. at 2); "Dumbek" (Tues. at 6); Tribal Soundz, 340 E. 6th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-673-5992 for prices.
Sunday 12/10
DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER
Wagner Society of NY sponsors 21st annual seminar on 1843 opera; P.S. 6, 45 E. 81St. (betw. Madison & Park Aves.), 212-749-4561; 12-5, call for price.
MEETING OF THE JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NY
Feat. speaker Aaron Lansky, founder of the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA; 123 E. 55th St. (betw. Park & Lexington Aves.), 212-415-5544; 2, free.
Monday 12/11
CONFUSED ABOUT MEDICARE?
Empire Medicare Services offers free orientations for beneficiaries w/overview of coverage plus q&a session; Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, 800 2nd Ave. (42nd St.), RSVP 212-476-2289; 10, free.
RADICAL WOMEN WEEKLY STUDY GROUP
Continuing discussion of socialist feminist Evelyn Reed's manifesto, Women's Evolution; 32 Union Sq. E., rm. 907 (16th St.), 212-677-7002; 7, free [repeats 12/18].
Tuesday 12/12
LBC ANARCHIST FORUMS
Annual "Chaos Day" lecture w/Peter Lamborn Wilson; Brecht Forum, 122 W. 27th St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-242-4201; 7:30, contrib.
WORKTALK
"How to Stay Up When You're Feeling Down & Nothing Works" w/Joyce Barrie; St. Jean Baptiste Church Parish Center, E. 76th St. (betw. Lexington & 3rd Aves.), 212-949-9300; 6, contrib.