CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce an exhibition of 14 paintings by Argentinian artist Rita Holcberg from September 16 –  October 28, 2013. An Opening Reception with the artist will be held Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 6 – 8 pm. Samples of her jewelry will also be on display during the reception. About Rita […]

When you live in New York, $25 buys you an unlimited mimosa weekend brunch but in Africa or India a loan of this amount could mean saving someone's life and providing hope.  Please join Think Act Change NYC on Saturday, Oct 5 2013 from 4 – 5:30 pm to learn first hand from Eileen Flannigan how […]

For many of us the thought of leaving the corporate world to do something meaningful can be daunting. CRS & Think Act Change NYC invite you to hear guest Viktoria Harrison share her story of leaving the commercial fashion world to volunteer for charity: water. Harrison attended the School of Visual Arts and began her career at SuperFad, a NYC design […]

Josh Fox, Director, 2013 USA | 120' (English) On Friday, September 27, 2013 at 7 pm, CRS invites you to screen and discuss GASLAND PART II. In this explosive follow-up to his Oscar®-nominated film GASLAND, filmmaker Josh Fox uses his trademark dark humor to take a deeper, broader look at the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the controversial method of […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents MUSIC SHOW & TELL:  Takako Hatanaka and special guests Romi Abe and Soli on Friday, October 11, 2013 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $15.  Hatanaka is a keyboard-based singer-songwriter who crafts thoughtful, melodic ballads in Japanese. The Duo Romi Abe and Soli will be performing Brazilian music.  Takako Hatanaka is […]

One girl with courage is a revolution. Richard Robbins, Director, 2013  USA | 101' (English) CRS Community Films and Think Act Change NYC invite you to screen GIRL RISING, a new feature film about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world. Afterwards, we'll discuss some ways you can get involved with the […]

Ricki Lake, Executive Producer, 2008 Abby Epstein, Director USA | 87' (English) CRS Community Films and Think Act Change NYC invite you to screen and discuss THE BUSINESS OF BEING BORN, an eye-opening examination of childbirth methods — including midwives, natural births, epidurals, and Cesarean sections. Built around a graphic scene in which its executive producer, Ricki Lake, the actress and former talk-show host, […]

Help us to plan and produce future events & actions! With more help, we can achieve more. Who wants to get involved?! We will hold our next organizational meeting on Saturday, Oct 26 from 1 – 2:30 pm. Come pitch your own ideas for future events or simply volunteer to help plan, promote and host. We will […]

Classes are Mondays from 6 – 7 pm and cost $15. In this on-hour class, students will be verbally guided into a deep state of gentle movement, breath and body sensing known as Yoga Nidra (literally “sleep of the yogi”). No experience, skill, discipline or flexibility is required. Yoga Nidra is an ancient Tantric Yoga practice […]

The CRS Healers and Staff invite you to join us in ringing in the holidays on the evening of Saturday, December 14, 2013 between 6 – 10 pm!  From 6 – 7 pm we'll be treated to a short concert by world-renowned marimba player Midori Ichikawa followed by a short conversation between CRS founder Yasuko Kasaki and artist/healer Yokko […]

Mondays, 10/28 – 11/18, 2013 from 8 - 9:30 pm Led by Katherine Abegg $20/class (class cards may be used) While Yasuko is away, in lieu of our usual ACIM class, we will once again be offering the popular spiritual reading/healing workshop guided by the principles outlined in A Course In Miracles (ACIM). This 90 minute class will focus on […]

CRS Community Films invites you to an exclusive sneak-preview of and benefit for the 2014 Rated SR — Socially Relevant Film Festival New York! See clips of some of the submitted films, vote for your favorites, and learn how you can help make the Festival happen.  If you ever wanted to ask questions of an internationally successful film producer, director and festival […]

On Friday, Nov 15 at 7 pm, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to an open rehearsal of "π=3.14… Ramallah-Fukushima-New York-Maracaibo. Endless Peripheral Border" by Yoshiko Chuma & the School of Hard Knocks. Guests will preview a dance sequence performed by Miriam Parker, Rebeca Medina, and Kensaku Shinohara and are invited to discuss the work with the artists afterward. The rehearsal and discussion will last about […]

On behalf of WBAI Free Speech Radio 99.5fm, join us for a freewheelin' chat with Bill Ayers (activist/author/educator and co-founder of the Weather Underground), Mitchel Cohen (writer, activist, poet, former chair WBAI-FM Local Board), and Rachel Laforest (Executive Director, Right to the City). Grab a cup of joe downstairs at Think Coffee or bring a brown bag lunch if you like, and have your questions ready: […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce LIGHT, an exhibition of paintings by Japan-based painter and pottery artist Aoi Nakamura from December 8 –  22, 2013. The exhibition consists of 15 abstract and semi-abstract works in acrylic on canvas. In lieu of an opening reception, we invite everyone to meet the artist at the […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents the solo performance BALDY by Yokko. BALDY is a fearless, funny and intimate, nine-character, one-woman show looking backing on writer/performer Yokko's traumatic experience of losing her hair — and then most of her skin — at age 19. Refusing to see herself as a victim, she chose instead to explore the roots of her dis-ease, eventually discovering her true strength […]

There are 29.8 million people living as slaves right now, more than at any other time in history, 60,000 in the United States — Walk Free Foundation. CRS Community Films and Think Act Change NYC invite you to a panel discussion and two film screenings (one documentary, one feature) exploring the exploding crisis of slavery right here in the […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is pleased to present a selection of images and stories from photographer Annie Ling's project AWHERENESS on human trafficking in Romania and Moldova. The exhibition has been arranged to coincide with a free Human Trafficking Awareness Day Program taking place on January 11, 2014 at CRS from 4 – 9 pm featuring two film screenings and […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce the exhibition of a series of 3rd eye paintings by Marvin Rosenberg. Marvin appears to be peaceful and calm at all times, and he conveys this experience of timeless peace through his paintings. An Opening Reception with the artist will be held Saturday, Feb 8 from 5:30 […]

On Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 5pm, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Think Act Change NYC invite you to an NYC premiere film screening and panel discussion spotlighting a number of amazing artists who have found ways to use their creative talents to work with the people of Haiti in ways that sustainably enrich the lives of […]

BLUE GOLD:  WORLD WATER WARS ​Sam Bozzo, Director, 2008   USA | 90' (English) The water crisis is a human rights problem. On Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 4 pm, in conjunction with UN World Water Day 2014, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Think Act Change NYC invite you to screen and discuss the award winning documentary BLUE GOLD: […]

GROWING CITIES Dan Susman, Director, 2013   USA | 97' (English) Are you ready to grow something you can eat beyond the supermarket basil plant? Or curious about produce grown on rooftop spaces in New York City you can actually eat? On Friday, April 11, 2014 at 7 pm, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Think Act Change NYC invite […]

So you have an idea. But no money. How can you make it happen? Where do you find supporters? How do you launch? On Friday, May 9, 2014 at 7 pm, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Think Act Change NYC invite you to an evening with Patty Simonton, Community Organizer of Start Some Good, to learn how you can use […]

WATER CHILDREN (documentary), 2011 A film by Aliona van der Horst Netherlands, 2011, 75 minutes, Color Japanese/English (English Subtitles) Showtimes: Sat, 9/13 at 7 pm and Sat, 9/20 at 2 pm  CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to the NYC premiere of WATER CHILDREN. In this acclaimed, hauntingly beautiful film, director Aliona van der Horst follows the […]

Hi there! I'd like to invite your to come in and receive a private, one-on-one 15-minute spiritual reading/healing session with me, Christopher Pelham, Director of CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)! Bring any issue you are facing right now — physically, emotionally, mentally, and/or spiritually. With eyes closed (you will be seated and I will […]

CRS presents an intimate meet and greet and free look at a rehearsal of the NYC premiere of ARAGOSTA (Lobster), choreographed by London-based choreographer Moreno Solinas for the Italian dance company ASMED Balletto di Sardegna. The work will be performed by three dancers, Francesca Assiero Brà, Anna Paola Della Chiesa, Rachele Montis, and Artistic Director Massimiliano Leoni will be in […]

Fukushima, Rokkasho and Message to the Future | 2013 Kei Shimada — director in Japanese with English subtitles, 105'   CRS, Think Act Change NYC, Learn From 3.11, Mar Creation, and Todos Somos Japon (now called Sloths Against Nuclear State) invite you to the NYC premiere of the documentary "Fukushima, Rokkasho and Message to the Future." This film shows us how […]

OCCUPATION 101 (documentary), 2006 directed by Sufyan Omeish and Abdallah Omeish narrated by Alison Weir, founder of If Americans Knew USA, 90 minutes, English Showtimes: Friday, Aug 22, 2014 at 7 pm Tickets are $10. CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to screen and discuss OCCUPATION 101, a multi-award-winning documentary film about the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike […]

We invite you to join us for an all-faiths evening of guided meditation, guest speakers, Reiki and singing-bowl sound healing, and open-mic sharing around the truth of how much we really yearn to join together in peace. THE PROGRAM Opening Remarks Heart-Centered Healing Meditation by Meryl Vendana Brinin Talk by CRS Founder and A Course in Miracles (ACIM) […]

CRS is delighted to welcome back movement teacher Sita Mani to teach Feldenkrais at CRS this fall. Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons teach you how to reduce unnecessary muscular effort and improve awareness of the whole self in action. The teacher uses a combination of pleasant, purposeful movement and guided attention to lead you through a particular pattern of […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to announce ATONEMENT – AGANAI, an exhibition of ragu-fired stoneware by artist Miyu Asakawa. The ceramic masks and heads in this exhibition are inspired by actual events in the artist’s life. Each mask represents a feeling Miyu had at a particular moment in time, phases in her life, or in […]

IT'S A GIRL Evan Grae Davis, Director, 2012   USA | 64' (English) On Saturday, October 11, 2014 at 5:30 pm, CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) and Think Act Change NYC invite you to screen and discuss IT'S A GIRL, a documentary film about the battle to end gendercide.  We're super excited to confirm that the wonderfully awesome serial social entrepreneur Miki […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is thrilled to announce an exhibition of photographs by Brad Oliphant. The exhibition will take place in conjunction with the publication of Lessons in Love from A Course in Miracles: Truths and Meditations on the Legendary Text (photos and text by Brad Oliphant, foreward by Gary R. Renard). An Opening Reception, talk/slide […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by Marianne Gunther, artist & creative art psychotherapist. In addition to Marianne's newest work, the art and testimonies of 3 individuals who experienced the benefits of art therapy with Marianne will be on display. An Opening Reception with the artist will take place on […]

CRS is delighted to welcome back movement teacher Sita Mani to once again teach Feldenkrais at CRS this winter.  Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons teach you how to reduce unnecessary muscular effort and improve awareness of the whole self in action. The teacher uses a combination of pleasant, purposeful movement and guided attention to lead […]

CRS is delighted to welcome back movement teacher Sita Mani to once again teach Feldenkrais at CRS this winter. This one-day workshop is ideal for Actors or anyone looking to free the vocal apparatus in a gentle but deeply effective way, as well as for individuals looking for relief from TMJ / jaw grinding.  Feldenkrais Awareness […]

IT'S EVERYBODY'S OCEAN (documentary), 2014 directed by Atsuko Quirk USA/Japan, 40', Japanese subtitles over English & English subtitles or Japanese dialog Showtime: Saturday, Jan 24, 2015 at 6 pm SOLD OUT! Please join us for a reception & community screening of the new documentary "It's Everybody's Ocean" (40') about the consequences of out-of-control consumption and one island community's efforts to […]

IT'S EVERYBODY'S OCEAN (documentary), 2014 directed by Atsuko Quirk USA/Japan, 40', Japanese subtitles over English & English subtitles over Japanese dialog Showtime: Saturday, Feb 28, 2015 at 4:30 pm Suggested donation $10. Reserve tickets here or call 212-677-8621. Tickets will also be available at the door if not sold out. Please join us for a reception & community screening of the new documentary […]

Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lessons teach you how to reduce unnecessary muscular effort and improve awareness of the whole self in action. The teacher uses a combination of pleasant, purposeful movement and guided attention to lead you through a particular pattern of movement and action. Emphasis on sensory learning results in movement that is more […]

We are pleased to announce our participation in the 4th annual Weekend of Freedom Retreat! This year's event will be held September 17-20, 2015 in beautiful Stony Point, NY, just an hour north of NYC. Join us for an immersive weekend of ACIM study, healthy meals, cameraderie and nature at the Stony Point Center. You can stay at the […]

CRS and the SR — Socially Relevant Film Festival NY 2015 invite you to the Festival closing night panel disucssion on art as revolutionary tool. This panel is free and open to the public. Films are not distractions; they are documents, testaments, instruments of progress. How can festivals and filmmakers work together to not just talk about issues, but […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to Circle — Moon & Sun, a live art happening organized by CRS Gallery Director Rie Nishimura and painter Robin Ann Meyer. The event celebrates the somatic nature of painting, allowing the audience to experience the roles that kinetic energy and physical abilities/limitations play in the creative process. Moving dynamically around a […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) invites you to a an evening of live jazz and wine with pianist Chiemi Nakai, vocalist Yuka Mito and friends on Saturday, May 2, 2015 from 6:30 – 8 pm. Tickets are $20 at the door and drinks are on the house. Pianist Chiemi Nakai and percussionist David Freyre will play […]

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is pleased to announce "Rhythm of Color," an exhibition of paintings by Brian Potter. In this series of paintings, Mr. Potter uses lines and planes of color, usually very chromatic, in rhythmic combinations. Sometimes these planes overlap, creating a sense of implied depth and mystery. Generally, the colors pulsate foward, generating a […]

Crying Earth Rise Up | 2015 Suree Towfighnia — director in English, 57'  CRS, Sloths Against Nuclear State, Diné No Nukes, and Nuclear Energy Information Service invite you to a benefit supporting the launch of the Radiation Monitoring Project, featuring the NYC premiere of "Crying Earth Rise Up." This documentary tells the story of two women who resolve to uncover the […]

CRS is honored to present a brief exhibition of works by Yasuka Matsumoto of Japan from April 17 – 20, 2015. The works that Ms. Matsumoto will be sharing all reference the Japanese traditional method of making iron and steel, called Tatara, using charcoal created from the burning of wood. 〜 A story of small iron […]

Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1| 2011 A Film by Adam J. Horowitz in English, 87'  Featuring recently declassified U.S. government documents, survivor testimony, and unseen archival footage, Nuclear Savage uncovers one of the most troubling chapters in modern American history:  how Marshall islanders, considered an uncivilized culture, were enrolled as human subjects […]