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SUMMARY:February Brunch & Speaker
DESCRIPTION:SPEAKER: JOANNE SOUZA\, Ph.D\nDirector\, Biology Online / Department of Biochemistry & Cell Biology / STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY \nSUBJECT: DARWIN: One of Darwin’s unanswered questions: In what ways are humans unique among animals and how did we get that way within the process of evolution by natural selection? \nDESCRIPTION: Charles Darwin’s major contribution to science was his theory of evolution explaining biological change over time made possible by the process of natural selection. His science predicting that all life shares a common ancestor shook the religious belief systems at the time and continues to do so today. His theory was not only disruptive of traditional belief\, but also scientifically revolutionary. He started scientists in a direction that would allow them to continue to gain more insight into biological life\, culminating in the contemporary molecular revolution and initial breakthroughs in social and behavioral evolution\, including development of kin-selection theory by Bill Hamilton\, George C. Williams and others. However\, could natural selection explain the apparently unprecedented properties of humans? Could it explain that we even comprehend our own ultimate origins\, that we are highly intelligent\, and have a strong ethical and moral system? Could natural selection explain our uniquely large degree of social cooperation between non-closely related individuals\, a cooperative scale that has continued to grow in size over our ~2 million year history as a species? Could it explain our expanded language capabilities which extend far beyond those of non-human animals? Could it explain the evolution of human emotions such as guilt and moral outrage? Could it explain our ability to put a man on the Moon? We have now progressed to the point in our understanding of evolution to say\, yes\, evolution by natural selection could and did produce such a human animal. Come\, enjoy the science and contribute to a discussion on this new scientific understanding. \nThe cost of this event is $20 which includes a wonderful all-you-can-eat brunch followed by our guest speaker.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/brunch-2017-february/
LOCATION:The Press Box\, 932 2nd Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10022\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Sunday Brunch and Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170126T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170126T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20161207T052846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161219T185015Z
UID:36038-1485455400-1485464400@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:January Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Host: Ken Bronstein \n\nSpeaker:  Julien Musolino Ph.D.\, Associate Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics at Rutgers University \nTopic:  The Soul Fallacy: What Science Shows We Gain From Letting Go of Our Soul Beliefs \n\nA $10 charge for this event is used to help cover the cost of the venue.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/monthly-meeting-2017-january/
LOCATION:SLC Conference Center\, 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Thursday Monthly Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170122T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170122T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20170117T233124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170117T233426Z
UID:36147-1485086400-1485097200@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:Anti-Trump Demonstration
DESCRIPTION:NYC Atheists whose primary mission is the separation of church and state\, will be demonstrating against President Trump’s pledged policies that undermine those protections: \n§  Pledge to appoint conservative judges on the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal benches. (As The Washington Post reports\, there are more than 100 vacancies on the federal bench\, \n§  Backing of efforts to allow discrimination based upon religious and moral conviction against LGBTQ citizens. \n§  His vow to repeal the Johnson Amendment\, a provision in federal law that prohibits non-profits\, including houses of worship\, from endorsing or opposing political candidates. \n§  The defunding of Planned Parenthood. \n§  The expansion of private school voucher plans that would direct tax dollars to religious schools. \nLOCATION: 5TH AVENUE / 57TH STREET – NORTHEAST CORNER
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/anti-trump-demonstration/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:ALL,Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170117T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20161219T185121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T193547Z
UID:36067-1484679600-1484686800@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:January Discussion Night
DESCRIPTION:Topic:   \nWhat can the Atheist community do to combat Sexism\, Racism\, and\nany other form of discrimination in our nation?  Should we take up\nthese issues as passionately as we fight for the separation of church\nand state? \nHost:  Lee Moore \nThe event is free\, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/december-2017-discussion-night/
LOCATION:Stone Creek Bar and Lounge\, 140 East 27th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Tuesday Discussion Night
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170108T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170108T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20161219T183501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161219T184629Z
UID:36062-1483876800-1483887600@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:January Brunch & Speaker
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Barbara Mancini \nTopic:  The Legal Battles Over Assisted Suicide \n\nA Pennsylvania county judge has thrown out an assisted suicide case against a 58-year-old nurse named Barbara Mancini\, who was accused of homicide last year for allegedly handing her 93-year-old father a bottle of morphine. This case was also featured story on CBS’ 60 minutes. \nMs. Mancini is an advocate for Compassion & Choices\, the nation’s oldest\, largest and most active nonprofit organization committed to improving care and expanding choice at the end of life. Across the nation\, They work ensure healthcare providers honor and enable patients’ decisions about their care. \nThe cost of this event is $20 which includes a wonderful all-you-can-eat brunch followed by our guest speaker.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/brunch-2017-january/
LOCATION:The Press Box\, 932 2nd Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10022\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Sunday Brunch and Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161227T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20161207T052440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161207T052746Z
UID:36035-1482865200-1482872400@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:December Discussion Night
DESCRIPTION:Subject: Atheism and the Holidays \nShould we atheists celebrate religious holidays? Should we change them? Should we start our own? \nHost:  Lee Moore \nThe event is free\, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/december-discussion-night/
LOCATION:Stone Creek Bar and Lounge\, 140 East 27th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Tuesday Discussion Night
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161211T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161211T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20161202T173637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161202T174444Z
UID:36021-1481457600-1481468400@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:December Brunch & Speaker
DESCRIPTION:Video:  Written\, directed\, and produced by Roderick Bradford \nTopic: The Truth Seeker: D.M. Bennett \n\nD.M. BENNETT (1818-1882) was pronounced guilty for violating the Comstock Law in New York on March 21\, 1879. “The trial of Dr. Bennett for sending obscene matter through the mails is one of the most important of the day\,” declared The New York Sun. The judge’s ruling\, a Washington Capitol newspaper reporter opined\, “surpassed anything of the sort since Pontius Pilate\, and would make it dangerous to mail a Bible or a copy of Shakespeare to anyone.” \nOn June 5\, 1879\, the editor of The Truth Seeker was fined $300 and confinement at hard labor for thirteen months to be executed in the Albany Penitentiary. (A twelve-month sentence would have allowed the 60-year-old writer to remain incarcerated in New York City where friends and family could have visited.) “There was malice in that thirteen month sentence\,” wrote future Truth Seeker editor George Macdonald. The judge also denied D.M. Bennett’s request to have the sentence deferred until the Supreme Court could hear the case. \nD.M. Bennett was imprisoned for mailing Cupid’s Yokes\, a polemical pamphlet written by free-love advocate Ezra Heywood which promoted women’s rights and criticized puritanical obscenity laws. As an American citizen––and a passionate opponent of censorship––Bennett believed that he had the right to challenge the ill-defined Comstock Law and sell the pamphlet. \nD.M. Bennett’s conviction and imprisonment became a cause célèbre for freethinkers and free-speech advocates. Authors\, abolitionists\, physicians\, reformers\, scientists and suffragists supported Bennett’s fight for freedom of the press. A petition with more than 200\,000 names––the largest petition campaign of the 19th century––was sent to President Rutherford B. Hayes asking for a pardon for the elderly editor. \nD.M. Bennett languished in the Albany Penitentiary where\, despite suffering from the stigma attached to selling alleged “obscenity” and near death from harsh prison conditions\, he managed to write numerous unrepentant letters published in The Truth Seeker and later compiled in a book. Robert G. Ingersoll––The Great Agnostic tried to persuade his fellow Republican to pardon the gravely ill editor. The eminent attorney provided the president with a list of New York booksellers who openly sold the ubiquitous pamphlet. According to his presidential diary\, Hayes was already aware that Cupid’s Yokes was sold “by the thousand” at bookstores. \nOn his annual spring visit to observe prison conditions at Albany Penitentiary\, the Attorney General’s Acting Commissioner C. K. Chase informed Bennett that Attorney General Devens\, and every man that was prominently connected with the government had pronounced his imprisonment a “gross outrage.” Chase added\, “Yes\, that is just the way it is; every man I know of connected with the government is in favor of your liberation\, except the president\, and him alone. The fact is\, Bennett\, the church is too strong for you; that influence has secured the cooperation of the president\, and it is too strong for you.” \nChase was correct\, “every man” was in favor of Bennett’s liberation. But not the First Lady who was lobbying her “Ruddy” in the White House. Lucy Hayes a devout Methodist known to have considerable influence over her husband received advice from her pastor and along petition from Sunday school students opposing a pardon. “There is great heat on both sides of the question” Hayes wrote in his diary. “The religious world are against the pardon\, the unbelievers are for it.” Cupid’s Yokes author Ezra Heywood was also convicted\, imprisoned\, and pardoned. President Rutherford B. Hayes––pardoned the author of the pamphlet––but refused to pardon a man who merely sold it. On March 27\, 1892––a decade after D.M. Bennett’s death––Hayes confessed in his diary: “I was never satisfied\, as I would wish with the correctness of the result to which I came chiefly in deference to the courts. ‘Cupid’s Yokes’ was a free-love pamphlet of bad principles\, and in bad taste\, but Colonel Ingersoll had abundant reason for his argument that it was not\, in the legal sense\, ‘an obscene publication.’” We firmly believe that after 138 years\, D.M. Bennett deserves to be unequivocally exonerated for mailing a pamphlet which he did not write and was not obscene. Therefore\, we are asking New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to grant a posthumous pardon to D.M. Bennett: THE TRUTH SEEKER. \nThe cost of this event is $20 which includes a wonderful all-you-can-eat brunch followed by our guest speaker.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/brunch-2016-december/
LOCATION:The Press Box\, 932 2nd Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10022\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Sunday Brunch and Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161122T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20161105T140650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161105T140830Z
UID:35962-1479841200-1479848400@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:November Discussion Night
DESCRIPTION:Subject: TBA \nHost:  Lee Moore \nThe event is free\, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/november-discussion-night/
LOCATION:Stone Creek Bar and Lounge\, 140 East 27th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Tuesday Discussion Night
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161117T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161117T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20161105T140917Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161105T141134Z
UID:35964-1479407400-1479416400@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:November Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Host: Ken Bronstein \n\nSpeaker: Jon McGinn \nTopic: CRISPR: All about this world-changing genome editing technique. \n\nA $10 charge for this event is used to help cover the cost of the venue.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/monthly-meeting-2016-november/
LOCATION:SLC Conference Center\, 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Thursday Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161113T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20161102T150944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161102T151147Z
UID:35951-1479038400-1479049200@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:November Brunch & Speaker
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Panel Discussion \nTopic: What should be the atheist agenda after the election? \n\nThe cost of this event is $20 which includes a wonderful all-you-can-eat brunch followed by our guest speaker.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/brunch-2016-november/
LOCATION:The Press Box\, 932 2nd Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10022\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Sunday Brunch and Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161027T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161027T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160927T181303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161003T163839Z
UID:35833-1477593000-1477602000@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:October Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Host: Ken Bronstein \n\nSpeaker: Kelly McBride Folkers \nTopic: About the Zika virus and the ethical issues it creates \n\nA $10 charge for this event is used to help cover the cost of the venue.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/monthly-meeting-2016-october/
LOCATION:SLC Conference Center\, 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Thursday Monthly Meeting
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161018T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161018T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160927T181059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161009T024455Z
UID:35830-1476817200-1476824400@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:October Discussion Night
DESCRIPTION:Subject: Assisted Suicide: What other religiously inspired laws should we challenge? \nHost:  Lee Moore \nThe event is free\, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/october-discussion-night/
LOCATION:Stone Creek Bar and Lounge\, 140 East 27th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Tuesday Discussion Night
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161014T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160927T180359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161006T052002Z
UID:35824-1476471600-1476478800@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:October Book & Film Club
DESCRIPTION:Host: Lisa Smith \nFilm: Religulous \nWe will view Bill Maher’s humorously provacative film and discuss afterwards. \nThe event is held at the National Opera Center America\, between 29th and 30th Streets\, in the 7th Floor Board Room. \nThe event cost is $10 to help cover the cost of the room rental.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/book-club-2016-october/
LOCATION:National Opera Center America\, 330 Seventh Avenue \, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Friday Books and Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161009T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161009T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160927T180755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161004T134025Z
UID:35827-1476014400-1476025200@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:October Brunch & Speaker
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Nathan Lent \nProfessor\, Vice-Dean\, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences\nPrinceton University \nTopic: Not So Different: Finding Human Nature in Animal Nature. \nDr. Lents will present selected topics from his book\, Not So Different: Finding Human Nature in Animal Nature – We Are Not Unique in Many different Ways (see here). \nAnimals fall in love\, establish rules for fair play\, exchange valued goods and services\, hold “funerals” for fallen comrades\, deploy sex as a weapon\, and communicate with one another using rich vocabularies. Animals also get jealous and violent or greedy and callous and develop irrational phobias\, just like us. Monkeys address inequality\, wolves miss each other\, elephants grieve for their dead\, and prairie dogs name the humans they encounter. Human and animal behavior is not as different as once believed. \nIn Not So Different\, the biologist Nathan H. Lents argues that the same evolutionary forces of cooperation and competition have shaped both humans and animals. Identical emotional and instinctual drives govern our actions. By acknowledging this shared programming\, the human experience no longer seems unique\, but in that loss we gain a fuller appreciation of such phenomena as sibling rivalry and the biological basis of grief\, helping us lead more grounded\, moral lives among animals\, our closest kin. Through a mix of colorful reporting and rigorous scientific research\, Lents describes the exciting strides scientists have made in decoding animal behavior and bringing the evolutionary paths of humans and animals closer together. He marshals evidence from psychology\, evolutionary biology\, cognitive science\, anthropology\, and ethology to further advance this work and to drive home the truth that we are distinguished from animals only in degree\, not in kind. \nNathan H. Lents is professor of molecular biology and director of the biology and cell and molecular biology programs at John Jay College of the City University of New York. His work has been published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry\, Molecular Cell\, and the American Journal of Physiology\, as well as the Journal of College Science Teaching and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He also maintains The Human Evolution Blog and writes most of its content. \n\nThe cost of this event is $20 which includes a wonderful all-you-can-eat brunch followed by our guest speaker.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/brunch-2016-october/
LOCATION:The Press Box\, 932 2nd Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10022\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Sunday Brunch and Speaker
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160929T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160929T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160830T195456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160830T195839Z
UID:35269-1475173800-1475182800@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:September Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Host: Ken Bronstein \n\nSpeaker: Glennys Farrar\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Physics\, NYU \nTopic: Dark Matter and Dark Energy \n\nA $10 charge for this event is used to help cover the cost of the venue.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/monthly-meeting-2016-september/
LOCATION:SLC Conference Center\, 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Thursday Monthly Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160911T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160911T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160830T194924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160906T153607Z
UID:35263-1473595200-1473606000@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:September Brunch & Speaker
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Jeremy Kasdin\, Ph.D. \nProfessor\, Vice-Dean\, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences\nPrinceton University \nTopic: In there life beyond our own solar system? \nProfessor Kasdin says that “The Universe is teeming with planets.” So far though\, astronomers have only been able to detect potentially Earth-like planets through indirect observation. Kasdin and his NASA colleagues want to change that with a revolutionary space-based telescope and starshade. With this new observatory\, astronomers and engineers could get snapshots of some of the billions of exoplanets they estimate are located in the habitable zones of other solar systems. They could also discover which exoplanets have biomarkers—qualities that are friendly to life\, such as water\, oxygen\, and atmospheres. What’s out there? \n\nThe cost of this event is $20 which includes a wonderful all-you-can-eat brunch followed by our guest speaker.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/brunch-2016-september/
LOCATION:The Press Box\, 932 2nd Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10022\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Sunday Brunch and Speaker
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160909T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160909T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160830T193805Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160906T153735Z
UID:35257-1473447600-1473454800@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:September Book & Film Club
DESCRIPTION:Host: Lisa Smith \nFilm: The Darwin Awards \nWe will view the film about the tongue-in-cheek Darwin Awards for stupidity and discuss afterwards. \nLoosely based on the book series of the same name\, The Darwin Awards is a wry indie film that deals with the premise that some people will live long and prosperous lives\, while the weaker will weed themselves out by committing unbelievably stupid acts (such as smashing into a high-rise window to prove it’s shatterproof\, or using dynamite as a means to make a small hole for ice fishing). \nThe film stars Joseph Fiennes as Michael\, a brilliant profiler for the San Francisco police department who has an unusual quirk: When he sees blood\, he faints. This trait proves to be his undoing when he catches a serial killer who happens to have a bloody nose. As the newspaper headline screams the following day\, “Officer Faints; Killer Runs Free.” Kicked off the police force\, Michael redefines himself as a risk management assessor for an insurance company. \nPaired with fellow investigator Siri (Winona Ryder)\, the two traipse across the country to determine whether their company should pay out premiums to the victims of unnecessarily idiotic acts\, like the vacationing British couple whose understanding of a RV’s “cruise control” has little to do with reality; or the two stoned Metallica fans literally dying to see the band in concert. Injecting just enough hinky characteristics into his role to make Michael truly weird\, Fiennes is excellent in his role. And while Ryder is as lovely as ever\, she is still too coltish to be completely believable as a foul-mouthed\, seen-it-all\, done-it-all ballbuster. \nFeaturing appearances by David Arquette\, Lukas Haas\, Metallica\, beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti\, Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage (both from the Discovery Channel’s MythBusters)\, and Chris Penn in his last role before his 2006 death. \nThe event is held at the National Opera Center America\, between 29th and 30th Streets\, in the 7th Floor Board Room. \nThe event cost is $10 to cover the cost of the room rental.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/book-club-2016-september/
LOCATION:National Opera Center America\, 330 Seventh Avenue \, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Friday Books and Films
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160728T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160728T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160608T023828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160725T140404Z
UID:32213-1469730600-1469739600@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:July Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Host: Ken Bronstein \n\nProgram: The Search for the Higgs Boson \n\nJoin us to watch the outstanding PBS video Particle Fever about the search for the Higgs Boson. \n\nAs the Large Hadron Collider (CERN) is about to be launched for the first time\, physicists are on the cusp of the greatest scientific discovery of all time — or perhaps their greatest failure. \n\nImagine being able to watch as Edison turned on the first light bulb\, or as Franklin received his first jolt of electricity. “Particle Fever” gives audiences a front row seat to this historic and inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happens. The documentary follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider\, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet\, pushing the edge of human innovation. \n\nAs they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe\, 10\,000 scientists from over 100 countries joined forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson\, potentially explaining the origin of all matter. But our heroes confront an even bigger challenge: have we reached our limit in understanding why we exist? \n\nDirected by Mark Levinson\, a physicist turned filmmaker\, from the inspiration and initiative of producer David Kaplan and masterfully edited by Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now\, The English Patient\, The Godfather trilogy)\, Particle Fever is a celebration of discovery\, revealing the very human stories behind this epic machine. \n\nA $10 charge for this event is used to help cover the cost of the venue.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/monthly-meeting-2016-july/
LOCATION:SLC Conference Center\, 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Thursday Monthly Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160719T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160719T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160830T195313Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160830T195431Z
UID:35266-1468954800-1468962000@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:September Discussion Night
DESCRIPTION:Subject: Who are you voting for and why? \nHost:  Lee Moore \nThe event is free\, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/september-discussion-night/
LOCATION:Stone Creek Bar and Lounge\, 140 East 27th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Tuesday Discussion Night
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160719T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160719T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160608T024544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160703T222007Z
UID:32217-1468954800-1468962000@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:July Discussion Night
DESCRIPTION:Subject: The Atheist Brand \nHost:  Lee Moore \nShould we continue to encourage everyone to call themselves Atheists openly instead of other terms such as Skeptic\, Humanist\, Freethinker\, and so on. \nThe event is free\, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/july-discussion-night/
LOCATION:Stone Creek Bar and Lounge\, 140 East 27th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Tuesday Discussion Night
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160715T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160715T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160608T024304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160630T134628Z
UID:32215-1468609200-1468616400@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:July Book & Film Club
DESCRIPTION:Host:  TBA \nBook: TBA \nAuthor: TBA \nThe event starts at 7 p.m. but come early for Happy Hour at 6:30 pm! Discussion will follow. \nThe event is free\, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/book-club-2016-july/
LOCATION:Stone Creek Bar and Lounge\, 140 East 27th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Friday Books and Films
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160710T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160710T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160608T024717Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160703T221748Z
UID:32218-1468152000-1468162800@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:July Brunch & Speaker
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Susana Martiez-Conde \nProfessor of Ophthalmology\, Neurology\, Physiology\, and Pharmacology \nSuny Downstate Medical Center \nTopic: Neural Magic: Techniques for Tricking the Brain \nSusana Martinez-Conde directs the Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience. Her research bridges perceptual\, cognitive\, and oculomotor neuroscience. She is best known for her studies on illusions\, eye movements and perception\, neurological disorders\, and attentional misdirection in stage magic. She has pioneered the study of stage magic techniques from a neuroscience perspective and has proposed that neuroscientists and magicians share many overlapping interests\, and that both disciplines should collaborate with one another to mutual advantage. \n\nThe cost of this event is $20 which includes a wonderful all-you-can-eat brunch followed by our guest speaker.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/brunch-2016-july/
LOCATION:The Press Box\, 932 2nd Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10022\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Sunday Brunch and Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160704T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160704T170000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160614T020338Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160614T022316Z
UID:32281-1467635400-1467651600@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:July 4th Picnic
DESCRIPTION:NYC ATHEISTS JULY 4TH PICNIC\n\nJoin us in the beautiful Conservancy Garden in Central Park!\n\n\nMeeting place will be in the upstairs gazebo behind the fountain.\n\nBring your own food & drinks.\n\n(5th Ave at 105th Street)\nSubway: 6 (103rd) / 2 & 3 (110TH st) / 4 & 5 (110th)\nAfterwards we can visit the Museum Of The City Of New York
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/july-4th-2016/
LOCATION:Conservatory Garden\, 5TH AVE AT 105TH STREET\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Other
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160630T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160630T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160531T130147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160531T131759Z
UID:32119-1467311400-1467320400@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:June Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Host: Ken Bronstein \n\nSpeaker: Abby Hafer from Curry College\, Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology\n\nAbby Hafer is a speaker\, writer and humorist who particularly loves taking on Intelligent Design\, Creationism\, the politics surrounding them\, and science denialism in general.\nA few years ago\, she realized that Intelligent Design is a political pressure group\, not a scientific issue. With this figured out\, she realized that what we need are political-style arguments in defense of evolution. Her presentations contain bulletproof science\, but are short\, easy to understand\, easy to repeat\, and make the opposition look bad. She uses humor to puncture bad arguments.\n\nTopic: Unintelligent Design: Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and “Intelligent Design” Does Not\n\nDr. Hafer argues that the human body\, though no less beautiful or marvelous for being flawed\, has many faulty design features that would never have been the choice of an intelligent creator. In addition to pointing out problematic aspects of human anatomy\, Dr. Hafer also gives examples of solutions to these problems that are found in other members of the animal kingdom. She then asks why other animals got better body parts than humans did\, and wonders if this means that the designer prefers other animals to human beings. She also deals quickly and comprehensively with the idea of irreducible complexity.\n\nA $10 charge for this event is used to help cover the cost of the venue.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/monthly-meeting-2016-june/
LOCATION:SLC Conference Center\, 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Thursday Monthly Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160621T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160621T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160531T125605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160610T021837Z
UID:32115-1466535600-1466542800@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:June Discussion Night
DESCRIPTION:Subject: How do we atheists see morality? \nHost:  Lee Moore \nThe event is free\, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/discussion-night-2016-june/
LOCATION:Stone Creek Bar and Lounge\, 140 East 27th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Tuesday Discussion Night
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160617T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160531T125807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160531T130124Z
UID:32117-1466190000-1466197200@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:June Book & Film Club
DESCRIPTION:Host:  Nina Goss \nNina Goss earned her MFA and PhD  at the University of Washington. She currently teaches Creative Writing at Fordham University. She is the co-editor of Dylan at Play\, as well as a forthcoming collection of essays from University of Mississippi Press. \nBook: Strange Gods – A Secular History of Conversion \nAuthor: Susan Jacoby \nJacoby focuses on the long\, tense convergence of Judaism\, Christianity\, and Islam—each claiming possession of absolute truth—She examines conversions within a social and economic framework that includes theocratic coercion (unto torture and death) and the more friendly persuasion of political advantage\, economic opportunism\, and interreligious marriage. Moving through time\, continents\, and cultures—the triumph of Christianity over paganism in late antiquity\, the Spanish Inquisition\, John Calvin’s dour theocracy\, Southern plantations where African slaves had to accept their masters’ religion – her narrative is punctuated by portraits of individual converts embodying the sacred and profane. \nThe event starts at 7 p.m. but come early for Happy Hour at 6:30 pm! Discussion will follow. \nThe event is free\, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/book-club-2016-june/
LOCATION:Stone Creek Bar and Lounge\, 140 East 27th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Friday Books and Films
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160612T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160612T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160531T125039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160608T142951Z
UID:32113-1465732800-1465743600@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:June Brunch & Speaker
DESCRIPTION:Speaker:  Professor Simon Garnier \nN.J. Institute of Technology\, Biological Sciences \nProfessor Garner’s interdisciplinary research lab studies the mechanisms underlying the coordination of large animal groups\, such as ant colonies or human crowds\, and their applications to complex problems such the organization of pedestrian traffic or the control of robotic swarms. He studies how information is exchanged and transformed during interactions between the members of a group\, and how this can lead to the emergence of “intelligent” group behaviors. In short\, the study of Swarm Intelligence. \nVisit The Swarm Lab \n\nTopic: Swarm Intelligence \nHave you ever wondered why a colony of ants\, all with tiny brains\, can achieve near perfect coordination of their traffic\, while human beings with their hundreds of billions of neurons and sophisticated technologies still find themselves in traffic jams on a daily basis? This is what he studies in when he looks at Swarm Intelligence (and Swarm Stupidity)\, where the many interactions between members of a group can lead to extraordinarily efficient solutions or snowballing catastrophes. This should be a fascinating discussion! \n\nThe cost of this event is $20 which includes a wonderful all-you-can-eat brunch followed by our guest speaker.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/brunch-2016-june/
LOCATION:The Press Box\, 932 2nd Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10022\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Sunday Brunch and Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160604T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160604T180000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160123T183551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160517T202000Z
UID:29917-1465034400-1465063200@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:Reason Rally
DESCRIPTION:In 2012\, people from all across America assembled together on the National Mall in D.C. for an epic event in the history of our country.  Standing in the rain\, we declared to the world\, “We are many! We are strong! We are united! And we are here!” Four years have passed\, and we’re ready to do it again! \nWe’re converging on Washington D.C. once again\, this time at the Lincoln Memorial. In this historic place\, we proclaim our dream of a future where people are free to express rational and reasonable views without the fear of reprisal\, retaliation\, or retribution! \nThe Reason Rally itself is a day-long event on June 4\, 2016. We will also have a variety of extra events over several days from Thursday\, June 2nd through Sunday\, June 5th. \nWe invite you to register for the event with NYCA. This will let us keep in touch with you with news and information about the event and to coordinate travel arrangements. \n\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Register now
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/reason-rally-2016/
LOCATION:National Mall\, Washington D.C.
CATEGORIES:ALL,Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160531T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160531T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160501T180502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160509T002233Z
UID:31687-1464721200-1464728400@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:May Book & Film Club
DESCRIPTION:Host:  David Orenstein\, PhD \nFilm: Crimes and Misdemeanors by Woody Allen \nAn ophthalmologist’s mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife\, while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated by another woman. \nThe event starts at 7 p.m. but come early for Happy Hour at 6:30 pm! Discussion will follow. \nThe event is free\, but please purchase food or drink to compensate Stone Creek for the use of their space.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/book-club-2016-may/
LOCATION:Stone Creek Bar and Lounge\, 140 East 27th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Friday Books and Films
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160526T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160526T210000
DTSTAMP:20260420T045111
CREATED:20160501T180718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160510T151607Z
UID:31689-1464287400-1464296400@nycatheists.org
SUMMARY:May Monthly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Topic: Deconstructing “G-d Bless America” \nHost: Ken Bronstein\n\n\nThe speaker will be Tim Law\, investigative reporter in the fields of law and the environment as well as a participant in the social media culture war.
URL:https://nycatheists.org/event/monthly-meeting-2016-may/
LOCATION:SLC Conference Center\, 15 West 39th Street – 3rd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10018\, United States
CATEGORIES:ALL,Thursday Monthly Meeting
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