public affairs

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Laughing Liberally Lab

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 6:30pm
Wed, 08/11/2010 - 6:30pm
$10

An evening of Laughter from the Left with an all-star cast of Laughing Liberally fan favorites that regularly appears on Comedy Central, NPR, the Huffington Post, C-SPAN and the Onion. A comedy show which uses humor and laughter to spread understanding of liberal ideas and advance progressive values.

Laughing Liberally has toured the nation, performed at the Democratic Convention, Netroots Nation and run off-Broadway.

presented as part of the Liberal Arts Summer School

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PARADIGM SHIFT Presents: 'BODY TYPED: short films on perfection'

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 6:30pm
$12

$12 Students/Presale
$15 @ The Door

Screening & Discussion with Jesse Epstein, Sundance-award winning Filmmaker

Presented by PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY, BODY TYPED is part of The Tank's "Liberal Arts Summer School" series

BODY TYPED is a series of short films about body image, media, and cultural identity The films use humor to raise serious concerns about the marketplaceof commercial illusion and unrealizable standards of physical perfection.

WET DREAMS AND FALSE IMAGES
When Dee-Dee the barber learns about the art of photo-retouching, he may never look at his “wall of beauty” the same way again. *Short Subject Jury Award, 2004 Sundance Film Festival*

THE GUARANTEE
A dancer’s hilarious story about his prominent nose and the effect if has on his career. *Best Short Film, 2007 Newport International Film Festival*

34x25x36
A look at mannequins, religion, and perfection. *SXSW, Full Frame, True/False, National PBS Broadcast on POV*

ABOUT PARADIGM SHIFT: NYC’S FEMINIST COMMUNITY:
http://www.ParadigmShiftNYC.com
Use the “F” word.
Change NYC. Change the World.

Paradigm Shift, the critically acclaimed and largest feminist event series/community group in the New York City metropolitan area, hosts monthly lectures and discussion groups to spotlight leaders in feminist thought, ranging from artists and academics to filmmakers and policy activists. TimeOut New York rated Paradigm Shift’s events
“Critics’ Pick” six times, an unprecedented honor among progressive organizations.

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The Invisible World: Live!

Fri, 08/20/2010 - 7:30pm
$10

Paranormal radio show The Invisible World performs LIVE in person!

Host Frank Todaro, alongside three former guests and in-house expert Lady Fontaine examine real footage of the unexplained both from recent years, as well as some of the more classic footage. Some images may be disturbing, some may make you laugh, some might just simply make you think. Join us for a drink, and some spooky fun, but most importantly for a rational discourse on the unexplained, and the “evidence” thereof. Following the presentation there will be a Q&A session as well. You don’t want to miss it!

Guest co-hosts:

Dr. Michael Burke (Doctor of Philosophy, university professor)
Mr. Christopher Booth (Conspiracy Theorist)
Mr. Daniel Reiser. (Paranormal Researcher)

ABOUT THE INVISIBLE WORLD:

“There are phenomena out there that do not have commonly held, empirical proof, yet whose existence is hard to deny. Things that go bump in the night, woosh across the sky, and rummage through your garbage after hours. It is something everyone can relate to somehow, be you skeptic, paranormal enthusiast, or safely in the middle, most everyone has a story of the currently indefinable, another piece to the puzzle.... This, is THE INVISIBLE WORLD”

www.blogtalkradio.com/theinvisibleworld

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