In case you were unaware, Soho has a Hindu temple and it’s name is the Broom Street Temple. This temple is also the yoga school known as Ashtanga Yoga New York. And, this Friday it will host a birthday puja in honor of the founder of the Ashtanga Yoga system […]
Brooklyn’s own Morbid Anatomy, which busies its beautiful self “surveying the interstices of art and medicine, death and culture,” is going on a field trip this Saturday. From Observatory Room website: On Saturday, July 16th join Observatory and Morbid Anatomy for a special field trip to New Haven, Connecticut. Our […]
NYC Atheists are challenging a new sign that went up in Red Hook, Brooklyn commemorating the death of seven first responder fireman who died on 911. This is the story in a nutshell: [Ken Bronstein of NYC Atheists] calls the sign a violation of the separation of church and state, […]
Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York has got a piece up on Richard Sandler‘s documentary Gods of Times Square, which as the website describes… is about the plethora of religious zealots and god-intoxicants that (daily) would gather there to preach against the “sins” of secular life. The backdrop for their rants were […]
It’s that time of the month again! Time to sign up for my “Start Yr Own Religion” class at 3rd Ward located in the quaint village of Bushwick deep within the greater hamlet of Brooklyn. It’s fun for the whole family and will allow you to finally organize into one […]
This just in (last week) from yoganonymous.org: Dharma Yoga for New York City In the spirit of Karma Yoga (selfless service), Sri Dharma is graciously offering his teachings to New […]
Break out the brew. Fire up the grill. ‘Cause guess who’s gonna be on the ones and twos this Fourth of July weekend? You got it: Mata Amritanandamayi Devi. Or, to those who love her, Ammachi. Or, to those who really love her, “Mother.” Known colloquially as the “hugging guru,” […]
I wasn’t able to catch any of this year’s Solstice Yoga Extravaganza in Times Square, nor was I able to do any in-depth coverage of head-set microphone usage, but I did manage to catch a bit of it on the ol’ computer screen. Here are two curious examples of what […]
Thanks to Not New York reader, Gary, for the tip regarding Brooklyn Museum’s recently opened exhibit Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior, which will be hanging on the walls from June 24 to October 2, 2011 in the Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing on the 4th Floor of the building. From […]
Am I sounding like a broken record yet? Once again Phantasmaphile has hipped me to a happening we should all be clamoring to attend. Elizabeth Street Fine Arts’ (209 Elizabeth St.) latest exhibit “Ethiopian Magic Scrolls: Talismanic Art of Ethiopia” (ending June 30th) is where you wanna be to get […]
When I was a kid, if you played in a punk band, and you happened to be the drummer, that meant you didn’t get to sing. Perhaps it was a harsh code to live by, but thems were the breaks, and those that decided to be too cool for uncool […]
Get ready, kids, ’cause the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is making their way over to our super “secular” city to promote some multi-culti religious fun. According to the LDS Newsroom, the organization began it’s “I’m a Mormon” campaign here in the city just last week. Looks like […]
If it wasn’t true before, it’s defs true today: The news media only reports on Muslims when they’re trying to blow something up, santeros when they’re supposedly leaving decapitated animals all over the place, vodou practitioners when they’re burning things, and Jews when they freak out over the way women […]
Every few months I teach a course called “Start Yr Own Religion” at Brooklyn’s ever-expanding creative arts facility 3rd Ward. In addition to getting to know the world’s religions (and cults) through visuals and documentary footage, students are asked to create deities, symbols, core tenets (beliefs), rituals, and propaganda. Always […]
This past Sunday at about 4:30pm a man, egged on by none other than God shimself, plunged into the chilly waters of New York Harbor attempting to carry out the will of the Boss Man, and make the three-quarter mile swim from Liberty State Park to Liberty Island. Unfortunately, the […]
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