Lectures/Workshops Wednesday 4/18HEALTH ISSUES ANONYMOUSTwelve-step group for those living w/a health ...

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.

 

JAPAN SOCIETY DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES Thomas S. Foley, U.S. Ambassador to Japan 1997-2001, speaks; 333 E. 47th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-832-1155; 6:30, $10, $5 st.

 

SWING 46 Dance lessons start the night off; big bands come on at 10; 349 W 46th St. (betw. 8th & 9th Aves.), 212-262-9554; 9:15, call for price.

 

Thursday 4/19

THE CHINESE CHALLENGE: HUMAN RIGHTS

Panel discussion w/Dr. Perry Link, Jeffrey Wasserstrom & James Nolt sponsored by the New School's World Policy Institute; 66 W. 12th St., #510 (betw. 5th & 6th Aves.), RSVP 212-229-5808; 6:30, free.

 

HOME AWAY FROM HOME: THE MIGRATION JOURNEY IN SELECTED CARIBBEAN FICTION BY WOMEN Evelyn O'Callaghan lectures at Barnard College, Sulzberger Parlor, 117th St. (B'way), 212-854-7907; 5:30, free.

 

LABOUR & MEANING IN IRISH LITERATURE Dr. Michael Gessner pres. retrospective on unions & political movements from Swift to Heaney; American Irish Historical Society, 991 5th Ave. (80th St.), RSVP 212-288-2263; 6:30, free.

 

Friday 4/20

FRENCH ACCENTS

Series sponsors conference on "Migration, Memory & Trance: Writing in French Outside the Hexagon" feat. novelist Edouard Glissant, Gisele Pineau & Abdourahaman Waberi; La Maison Française, 16 Washington Mews at University Pl. (betw. 8th St. & Waverly Pl.), 212-992-9550; call for times & prices [through 4/21].

 

STOOP POETRY WORKSHOP Serious scribes, 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.

 

SWING XXI Get a free beginner class in Argentine tango, waltz, mambo or swing at XXI Studios, 21 E. 26th St. (betw. 5th & Madison Aves.), 212-481-8342; call for times [repeats Sun.].

 

Saturday 4/21

MUSIC & INTERNET EXPO

They obviously planned this one a while back, eh? Lots of panels, record executives & the dot.coms that have hung on; Madison Square Garden, 7th Ave. (betw. 31st & 33rd Sts.), www.newyorkexpo.com for more info [through 4/22].

  TRIBAL SOUNDZ CLASSES

"Dances of the Voice" (Sat. at 12); Tribal Soundz, 340 E. 6th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), RSVP 212-673-5992; $5.

 

UNTOLD STORIES OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT Reverend Jesse "I was holding him when he died, I swear" Jackson leads panel discussion; New-York Historical Society, 2 W. 77th St. (Central Park W.), 212-873-3400; 2, call for price.

 

Sunday 4/22

RECLAIM A PIECE OF YOUR HISTORY

Valery Bazarov tells you how to dig up roots at the Jewish Genealogical Society meeting; 15 W. 16th St. (5th Ave.), 212-294-8326; 2, $3.

 

TALKING TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT SEX Workshop prepares parents/guardians for "the talk"; Toys in Babeland, 94 Rivington St. (betw. Ludlow & Orchard Sts.), 212-375-1701; 8, $20.

 

Monday 4/23

PR FOR THE SACRED HEALER: PROMOTING & MARKETING YOUR PRACTICE

Andrea Adler shows you how to spread the love; the Greenhouse, 88 Roebling St. (N. 7th St.), Bklyn., 718-599-3113; 6:30, $50.

 

Tuesday 4/24

DHARMA GATHERING

Learn about Shambhala Buddhism w/Acharya Judy Lief. "Acharya" means she's a senior teacher, one of only 15 worldwide, under the guidance of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. Session incl. meditation plus q&a; NY Shambhala Center, 118 W. 22nd St. (betw. 6th & 7th Aves.), 212-675-6544; 7, free.

 

LECTURE & TASTING: THE WORLD OF TOFU Hisao Nagayama introduces you to the joys & many faces of tofu; Japan Society, 333 E. 47th St. (betw. 1st & 2nd Aves.), 212-832-1155; 6:30, $20, $5 st./s.c.

 

NEW ARTISTS, NEW CURATORS Karen Jones & Ellen Harvey discuss beauty & role of contemporary painting at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Madison Ave. (75th St.), 212-570-3676; 7, $5, $3 st./s.c.