BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://crsny.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20241001T215501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241215T171801Z UID:42149-1731954600-1731956400@crsny.org SUMMARY:Guided Meditation with Christopher Pelham in English (on Zoom) DESCRIPTION:Please join me in the sharing of miracles. Here\, your mind can come to rest and you can remember true peace. No experience with meditation is required\, and everyone is welcome. I ask only that you make it your intention to sit still\, quiet in body and mind\, and to listen to\, receive\, and follow my instruction to the best of your ability. You will learn to meditate as you practice. \nWhile the principles are based on A Course in Miracles (ACIM)\, it does not matter if you are unfamiliar with ACIM or are not prepared to study it outside of this meditation. You can still take from this practice some very practical\, effective lessons\, tools\, and experiences that can enable you to lead a more peaceful\, purposeful\, fulfilling and loving life. \nZoom Meeting Link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81541160040 \nCall-in info:\nMeeting ID: 815 4116 0040\nOne tap mobile: 1-929-436-2866 \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/guided-meditation-with-christopher-pelham-in-english-on-zoom-6/2024-11-18/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_4847.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20241011T180732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241101T231607Z UID:42118-1733859000-1733862600@crsny.org SUMMARY:CRS Presents Crossing Boundaries 23: “Unfolding Circle” by Oto Mugen DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents Crossing Boundaries Concert Series vol. 23: “Unfolding Circle”by Oto Mugen. Led by Rema Hasumi (composition\, piano\, keyboards\, vocals) with Adam Lane on acoustic bass and Randy Peterson on drums\, the trio curates an immersive auditory journey\, crafting a diverse array of soundscapes that gently lead listeners from introspective meditation to transformative catharsis. \nSets start at 7:30 and 9 pm and one ticket is good for either set or both. Drinks are available in the Jazz Gallery lounge before and after each set. \nThe audience will experience fleeting yet profound interplay between tension and release\, chaos and calm. The concert creates a space where we share a moment of unfolding\, where what we carry transforms in the presence of collective experience. \nOto Mugen\nThe group came together in 2022 as a project led by Rema Hasumi (piano\, synthesizers\, voice)\, joined by Randy Peterson (drums) and Adam Lane (acoustic bass). Hasumi and Peterson had previously collaborated on an album\, during which they developed a distinct approach to improvisational interplay. The name “Oto Mugen\,” meaning “infinite sounds” in Japanese\, reflects the group’s vision of crafting boundless soundscapes that push the edges of musical exploration\, venturing into uncharted sonic territories. \nRema Hasumi is a New York-based sound designer and improviser whose eclectic background spans classical\, jazz\, and experimental music. Her recent work involves compositions and improvisations with analog synthesizers\, electronics\, and vocals. Her musical influences range from Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra to Masabumi Kikuchi\, Paul Bley\, and Ran Blake\, among others. \nhttp://rema-hasumi.com/ \nTICKET LINK:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/crs-presents-crossing-boundaries-23-unfolding-circle-by-oto-mugen-tickets-1044380990657\n \nVENUE LOCATION:\nThe Jazz Gallery\n1158 Broadway 5th floor\nNew York\, NY 10001 \nDIRECTIONS:\nThe Jazz Gallery is located on the northeast corner of Broadway and 27th Street. \nNEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:\n28th Street R/W\n23rd Street F/M\n23rd Street or 33rd Street 4/6 \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES \nCROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences\, the traditional and contemporary\, classical and experimental\, and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are given the opportunity to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical\, visual\, and/or movement artists of their choosing. The series was conceived in 2018 by the Korean traditional wind player and composer gamin\, who has continued to help curate the series each year. https://crsny.org/crossing-boundaries-concert-series/ \nCrossing Boundaries is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement\, a regrant program administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks\, resources\, and support\, to create vibrant\, sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond. \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CO-FOUNDER GAMIN \ngamin (b. 1976 – also known as Gamin Kang) is a renowned Korean musician and multi-instrumentalist\, celebrated for her mastery of traditional wind instruments\, particularly the piri (double-reed bamboo oboe)\, taepyeongso (conical oboe)\, and saenghwang (mouth organ). She is a designated master for Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. Trained under the mentorship of living national treasure\, Jeong Jae-guk\, gamin has reinterpreted Korean classical music while exploring contemporary and experimental sounds. Her performances have captivated audiences worldwide\, blending the rich heritage of Korean music with innovative improvisation. As a former principal player of the National Gugak Orchestra\, gamin continues to expand the boundaries of Korean music through her solo projects and collaborations with global artists. \ngamin was awarded a Jerome (Hill) Foundation Artist Fellowship 2021-2023. Since 2022\, gamin has taught graduate and undergraduate ethnomusicology as Adjunct Faculty at the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA. In 2023\, gamin was awarded an artist fellowship by the Howard Foundation. Since 2018\, gamin has curated performances for the Crossing Boundaries Concert Series\, which she conceived. \ngaminmusic.com \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. \nSince its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. Currently\, CRS is a multi-year sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians)\, a platform created to empower\, elevate\, normalize and give visibility to women\, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race\, sexuality\, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide\, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions. \nhttps://crsny.org URL:https://crsny.org/event/crs-presents-crossing-boundaries-23-unfolding-circle-by-oto-mugen/ LOCATION:The Jazz Gallery\, 1160 Broadway #5th floor\, New York\, 10001\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,Crossing Boundaries,CRS Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UNFOLDING-CIRCLE-copy.png ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.7446278;-73.9885806 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents Crossing Boundaries Concert Series vol. 23: “Unfolding Circle”by Oto Mugen. Led by Rema Hasumi (composition piano keyboards vocals) with Adam Lane on acoustic bass and Randy Peterson on drums the trio curates an immersive auditory journey crafting a diverse array of soundscapes that gently lead listeners from introspective meditation to transformative catharsis. \nSets start at 7:30 and 9 pm and one ticket is good for either set or both. Drinks are available in the Jazz Gallery lounge before and after each set. \nThe audience will experience fleeting yet profound interplay between tension and release chaos and calm. The concert creates a space where we share a moment of unfolding where what we carry transforms in the presence of collective experience. \nOto Mugen\nThe group came together in 2022 as a project led by Rema Hasumi (piano synthesizers voice) joined by Randy Peterson (drums) and Adam Lane (acoustic bass). Hasumi and Peterson had previously collaborated on an album during which they developed a distinct approach to improvisational interplay. The name “Oto Mugen” meaning “infinite sounds” in Japanese reflects the group’s vision of crafting boundless soundscapes that push the edges of musical exploration venturing into uncharted sonic territories. \nRema Hasumi is a New York-based sound designer and improviser whose eclectic background spans classical jazz and experimental music. Her recent work involves compositions and improvisations with analog synthesizers electronics and vocals. Her musical influences range from Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra to Masabumi Kikuchi Paul Bley and Ran Blake among others. \nhttp://rema-hasumi.com/ \nTICKET LINK:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/crs-presents-crossing-boundaries-23-unfolding-circle-by-oto-mugen-tickets-1044380990657\n \nVENUE \nThe Jazz Gallery\n1158 Broadway 5th floor\nNew York NY 10001 \nDIRECTIONS:\nThe Jazz Gallery is located on the northeast corner of Broadway and 27th Street. \nNEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:\n28th Street R/W\n23rd Street F/M\n23rd Street or 33rd Street 4/6 \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES \nCROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences the traditional and contemporary classical and experimental and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are given the opportunity to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical visual and/or movement artists of their choosing. The series was conceived in 2018 by the Korean traditional wind player and composer gamin who has continued to help curate the series each year. https://crsny.org/crossing-boundaries-concert-series/ \nCrossing Boundaries is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement a regrant program administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks resources and support to create vibrant sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond. \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CO-FOUNDER GAMIN \ngamin (b. 1976 – also known as Gamin Kang) is a renowned Korean musician and multi-instrumentalist celebrated for her mastery of traditional wind instruments particularly the piri (double-reed bamboo oboe) taepyeongso (conical oboe) and saenghwang (mouth organ). She is a designated master for Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. Trained under the mentorship of living national treasure Jeong Jae-guk gamin has reinterpreted Korean classical music while exploring contemporary and experimental sounds. Her performances have captivated audiences worldwide blending the rich heritage of Korean music with innovative improvisation. As a former principal player of the National Gugak Orchestra gamin continues to expand the boundaries of Korean music through her solo projects and collaborations with global artists. \ngamin was awarded a Jerome (Hill) Foundation Artist Fellowship 2021-2023. Since 2022 gamin has taught graduate and undergraduate ethnomusicology as Adjunct Faculty at the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA. In 2023 gamin was awarded an artist fellowship by the Howard Foundation. Since 2018 gamin has curated performances for the Crossing Boundaries Concert Series which she conceived. \ngaminmusic.com \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. \nSince its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. Currently CRS is a multi-year sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians) a platform created to empower elevate normalize and give visibility to women non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race sexuality or ability across generations in the US and worldwide through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions. \nhttps://crsny.org;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1160 Broadway #5th floor:geo:-73.9885806,40.7446278 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241210T220000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20241101T231658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241101T231658Z UID:42143-1733864400-1733868000@crsny.org SUMMARY:CRS Presents Crossing Boundaries 23: “Unfolding Circle” by Oto Mugen DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents Crossing Boundaries Concert Series vol. 23: “Unfolding Circle”by Oto Mugen. Led by Rema Hasumi (composition\, piano\, keyboards\, vocals) with Adam Lane on acoustic bass and Randy Peterson on drums\, the trio curates an immersive auditory journey\, crafting a diverse array of soundscapes that gently lead listeners from introspective meditation to transformative catharsis. \nSets start at 7:30 and 9 pm and one ticket is good for either set or both. Drinks are available in the Jazz Gallery lounge before and after each set. \nThe audience will experience fleeting yet profound interplay between tension and release\, chaos and calm. The concert creates a space where we share a moment of unfolding\, where what we carry transforms in the presence of collective experience. \nOto Mugen\nThe group came together in 2022 as a project led by Rema Hasumi (piano\, synthesizers\, voice)\, joined by Randy Peterson (drums) and Adam Lane (acoustic bass). Hasumi and Peterson had previously collaborated on an album\, during which they developed a distinct approach to improvisational interplay. The name “Oto Mugen\,” meaning “infinite sounds” in Japanese\, reflects the group’s vision of crafting boundless soundscapes that push the edges of musical exploration\, venturing into uncharted sonic territories. \nRema Hasumi is a New York-based sound designer and improviser whose eclectic background spans classical\, jazz\, and experimental music. Her recent work involves compositions and improvisations with analog synthesizers\, electronics\, and vocals. Her musical influences range from Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra to Masabumi Kikuchi\, Paul Bley\, and Ran Blake\, among others. \nhttp://rema-hasumi.com/ \nTICKET LINK:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/crs-presents-crossing-boundaries-23-unfolding-circle-by-oto-mugen-tickets-1044380990657\n \nVENUE LOCATION:\nThe Jazz Gallery\n1158 Broadway 5th floor\nNew York\, NY 10001 \nDIRECTIONS:\nThe Jazz Gallery is located on the northeast corner of Broadway and 27th Street. \nNEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:\n28th Street R/W\n23rd Street F/M\n23rd Street or 33rd Street 4/6 \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES \nCROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences\, the traditional and contemporary\, classical and experimental\, and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are given the opportunity to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical\, visual\, and/or movement artists of their choosing. The series was conceived in 2018 by the Korean traditional wind player and composer gamin\, who has continued to help curate the series each year. https://crsny.org/crossing-boundaries-concert-series/ \nCrossing Boundaries is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement\, a regrant program administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks\, resources\, and support\, to create vibrant\, sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond. \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CO-FOUNDER GAMIN \ngamin (b. 1976 – also known as Gamin Kang) is a renowned Korean musician and multi-instrumentalist\, celebrated for her mastery of traditional wind instruments\, particularly the piri (double-reed bamboo oboe)\, taepyeongso (conical oboe)\, and saenghwang (mouth organ). She is a designated master for Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. Trained under the mentorship of living national treasure\, Jeong Jae-guk\, gamin has reinterpreted Korean classical music while exploring contemporary and experimental sounds. Her performances have captivated audiences worldwide\, blending the rich heritage of Korean music with innovative improvisation. As a former principal player of the National Gugak Orchestra\, gamin continues to expand the boundaries of Korean music through her solo projects and collaborations with global artists. \ngamin was awarded a Jerome (Hill) Foundation Artist Fellowship 2021-2023. Since 2022\, gamin has taught graduate and undergraduate ethnomusicology as Adjunct Faculty at the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA. In 2023\, gamin was awarded an artist fellowship by the Howard Foundation. Since 2018\, gamin has curated performances for the Crossing Boundaries Concert Series\, which she conceived. \ngaminmusic.com \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. \nSince its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. Currently\, CRS is a multi-year sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians)\, a platform created to empower\, elevate\, normalize and give visibility to women\, non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race\, sexuality\, or ability across generations in the US and worldwide\, through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions. \nhttps://crsny.org URL:https://crsny.org/event/crs-presents-crossing-boundaries-23-unfolding-circle-by-oto-mugen-2/ LOCATION:The Jazz Gallery\, 1160 Broadway #5th floor\, New York\, 10001\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,Crossing Boundaries,CRS Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/UNFOLDING-CIRCLE-copy.png ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.7446278;-73.9885806 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents Crossing Boundaries Concert Series vol. 23: “Unfolding Circle”by Oto Mugen. Led by Rema Hasumi (composition piano keyboards vocals) with Adam Lane on acoustic bass and Randy Peterson on drums the trio curates an immersive auditory journey crafting a diverse array of soundscapes that gently lead listeners from introspective meditation to transformative catharsis. \nSets start at 7:30 and 9 pm and one ticket is good for either set or both. Drinks are available in the Jazz Gallery lounge before and after each set. \nThe audience will experience fleeting yet profound interplay between tension and release chaos and calm. The concert creates a space where we share a moment of unfolding where what we carry transforms in the presence of collective experience. \nOto Mugen\nThe group came together in 2022 as a project led by Rema Hasumi (piano synthesizers voice) joined by Randy Peterson (drums) and Adam Lane (acoustic bass). Hasumi and Peterson had previously collaborated on an album during which they developed a distinct approach to improvisational interplay. The name “Oto Mugen” meaning “infinite sounds” in Japanese reflects the group’s vision of crafting boundless soundscapes that push the edges of musical exploration venturing into uncharted sonic territories. \nRema Hasumi is a New York-based sound designer and improviser whose eclectic background spans classical jazz and experimental music. Her recent work involves compositions and improvisations with analog synthesizers electronics and vocals. Her musical influences range from Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra to Masabumi Kikuchi Paul Bley and Ran Blake among others. \nhttp://rema-hasumi.com/ \nTICKET LINK:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/crs-presents-crossing-boundaries-23-unfolding-circle-by-oto-mugen-tickets-1044380990657\n \nVENUE \nThe Jazz Gallery\n1158 Broadway 5th floor\nNew York NY 10001 \nDIRECTIONS:\nThe Jazz Gallery is located on the northeast corner of Broadway and 27th Street. \nNEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:\n28th Street R/W\n23rd Street F/M\n23rd Street or 33rd Street 4/6 \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES \nCROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences the traditional and contemporary classical and experimental and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are given the opportunity to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical visual and/or movement artists of their choosing. The series was conceived in 2018 by the Korean traditional wind player and composer gamin who has continued to help curate the series each year. https://crsny.org/crossing-boundaries-concert-series/ \nCrossing Boundaries is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement a regrant program administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks resources and support to create vibrant sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond. \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CO-FOUNDER GAMIN \ngamin (b. 1976 – also known as Gamin Kang) is a renowned Korean musician and multi-instrumentalist celebrated for her mastery of traditional wind instruments particularly the piri (double-reed bamboo oboe) taepyeongso (conical oboe) and saenghwang (mouth organ). She is a designated master for Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. Trained under the mentorship of living national treasure Jeong Jae-guk gamin has reinterpreted Korean classical music while exploring contemporary and experimental sounds. Her performances have captivated audiences worldwide blending the rich heritage of Korean music with innovative improvisation. As a former principal player of the National Gugak Orchestra gamin continues to expand the boundaries of Korean music through her solo projects and collaborations with global artists. \ngamin was awarded a Jerome (Hill) Foundation Artist Fellowship 2021-2023. Since 2022 gamin has taught graduate and undergraduate ethnomusicology as Adjunct Faculty at the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA. In 2023 gamin was awarded an artist fellowship by the Howard Foundation. Since 2018 gamin has curated performances for the Crossing Boundaries Concert Series which she conceived. \ngaminmusic.com \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a spiritual healing and art center founded in 2004 by the writer/lecturer/spiritual counselor Yasuko Kasaki and artist Christopher Pelham. Our mission is guided by A Course in Miracles (ACIM). ACIM says that recognizing that you and your brother are actually one is the only way to experience peace. The mission of CRS is to promote the awareness that limitless creativity lives within each of us. We train minds to recognize the light in themselves and others and provide them opportunities to share their inner vision through the healing and creative arts. \nSince its founding CRS has provided numerous residencies and performance and exhibition opportunities to artists from all over the world. Currently CRS is a multi-year sponsor of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians) a platform created to empower elevate normalize and give visibility to women non-binary musicians and those of other historically underrepresented gender identities in intersection with race sexuality or ability across generations in the US and worldwide through a radical model of mentorship and musical collaborative commissions. \nhttps://crsny.org;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1160 Broadway #5th floor:geo:-73.9885806,40.7446278 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250126T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250117T183015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250120T200807Z UID:42173-1737901800-1737907200@crsny.org SUMMARY:In-Person Guided Meditation & Spiritual Healing Clinic DESCRIPTION:We are happy to invite you back for our first in-person meditation and spiritual healing clinic of the new year. Let’s witness the light in one another and share stillness and peace of mind. We’ll begin with a short talk and guided meditation by Yasuko and then share our one-on-one spiritual healing with you. After we can enjoy some social time together. \nSuggested Donation $20 cash. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.\nRSVP REQUIRED to etsuko@crsny.org (Space is limited!)\nPlease arrive 5–10 minutes early as late comers may have trouble entering the building. \nBring any issue you are facing right now — physically\, emotionally\, mentally\, and/or spiritually. With eyes closed (you will be seated and a healer will stand nearby; no touching is involved)\, a CRS healer\, trained in A Course in Miracles and spiritual reading/healing\, will observe you with her inner sight\, free of any judgments\, a perfect shining spirit. Together\, we will ask the Holy Spirit (or Inner Guide if you prefer) to bring us directly to whatever seed thought is causing your current issues and ask for guidance about how your spirit really wants to make use of your present situation for its growth and sharing of love. After about 10 minutes of meditation\, we will share the inspirational guidance that we receive. \nWe share healing quietly and provide you with an opportunity to come to rest\, reflect\, and remember who you truly are\, in a supportive\, non-judgmental\, meditative environment. We’d like to offer you an opportunity to experience stillness of mind and peace so that you can return to harmony with your true nature and purpose. Then you will find that rather than needing “solutions” to “problems” you will realize that you have no problems except those that you project. URL:https://crsny.org/event/in-person-guided-meditation-spiritual-healing-clinic/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event,CRS Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_4847.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250127T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250127T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20230902T225746Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250804T205432Z UID:42183-1738002600-1738004400@crsny.org SUMMARY:Guided Meditation with Yasuko Kasaki in English (on Zoom) DESCRIPTION:from 6:30 – 7 pm\nFollowed by ACIM Class from 7 – 8 pm (same Zoom link) \nZoom Meeting Link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81541160040 \nCall-in info:\nMeeting ID: 815 4116 0040\nOne tap mobile: 1-929-436-2866 \nSuggested class donation $20 via PayPal to https://www.paypal.me/crsny\n(no one turned away due to lack of funds) \nPlease join me in the sharing of miracles. Here\, your mind can come to rest and you can remember true peace. No experience with meditation is required\, and everyone is welcome. I ask only that you make it your intention to sit still\, quiet in body and mind\, and to listen to\, receive\, and follow my instruction to the best of your ability. You will learn to meditate as you practice. \nEach week I will share with you a different inspirational message from Holy Spirit. This may take the form of creative visualization exercises\, or instruction about the nature and purpose of meditation\, or about our true nature and relationship to ourselves\, to one another\, and to the world. In a sense\, this is both a meditation practice and a meditation class. At the end of the meditation you will have a chance to respond briefly if you like. \nSome students have been practicing regularly for a number of years. Others drop in and out as they have time or need. Some come to learn and grow\, others more so simply to calm down\, to take time out from the frenetic pace of their busy lives. If you are new and feeling uncertain or shaky\, do not hesitate to introduce yourself to some of the other students\, to ask questions before or after. Try to observe and emulate the stillness and concentration of others around you whom you sense are most grounded. Soon\, you\, in turn\, may provide inspiration and guidance for others. \nWhile the principles are based on A Course in Miracles (ACIM)\, it does not matter if you are unfamiliar with ACIM or are not prepared to study it outside of this meditation. You can still take from this practice some very practical\, effective lessons\, tools\, and experiences that can enable you to lead a more peaceful\, purposeful\, fulfilling and loving life. \nABOUT YASUKO KASAKI \nYasuko Kasaki is an internationally beloved spiritual writer\, counselor\, healer\, lecturer and translator from Tokyo. She is widely recognized as the person most responsible for the spread of A Course in Miraclesthroughout Japan. In 2004 she founded CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, the first and only spiritual center devoted to the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles in New York City. She has taught and worked with thousands of people from around the world to help resolve their mental and physical issues and witness miracles. She presents at the CMC’s annual ACIM Conferences in the U.S.\, and several times a year she gives large seminars throughout Japan. She has also been presented internationally at ACIM conferences and workshops in the U.K.\, Spain\, Germany\, and Israel. \nYasuko is the author of The Scales Fell from My Eyes: An Illustrated Course in Miracles and 17 books in Japanese about the Course\, as well as numerous novels\, short stories\, essays and collections of photographs. Her translations of the ACIM Workbook and of books by Course teachers Jon Mundy\, Gabrielle Bernstein and David Hoffmeister have also been published in Japan. Yasuko’s spiritual writing and lectures are celebrated for their clearly stated explanations of complex concepts illustrated by captivating personal stories of struggle and triumph\, drawn from her long career as a writer\, motorcyclist\, and spiritual counselor. Meditation and communication with Holy Spirit form the foundation of her practice. URL:https://crsny.org/event/guided-meditation-with-yasuko-kasaki-in-english-on-zoom-5/2025-01-27/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_4847.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250127T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250127T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20220707T195949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251229T195616Z UID:42191-1738004400-1738008000@crsny.org SUMMARY:A Course in Miracles Class with Yasuko Kasaki (on Zoom) DESCRIPTION:from 7 – 8 pm\nPreceded by Guided Meditation from 6:30 – 7 pm (same Zoom link) \nTogether\, let’s come to rest and remember true peace. Each class usually contains some lecture on concepts from A Course in Miracles\, some discussion and Q&A\, and a meditation\, creative visualization and/or spiritual reading practice in order to experience mind change. \nOur primary goal in these classes is for each student to learn to listen to the guidance of Holy Spirit and live his/her life with certainty and peace. Slowly\, you will re-train your eyes to see the world around you without judgment. You will learn to communicate with your holy spirit. Students of all experience levels and backgrounds are welcome! \nZoom Meeting Link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81541160040 \nCall-in info:\nMeeting ID: 815 4116 0040\nOne tap mobile: 1-929-436-2866 \nSuggested donation $20 via PayPal to https://www.paypal.me/crsny\n(no one turned away due to lack of funds) \nYou can find the text of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) online here (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Course_in_Miracles)\, among other places. \nYasuko Kasaki is an internationally beloved spiritual writer\, counselor\, healer\, lecturer and translator from Tokyo. She is widely recognized as the person most responsible for the spread of A Course in Miraclesthroughout Japan. In 2004 she founded CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, the first and only spiritual center devoted to the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles in New York City. She has taught and worked with thousands of people from around the world to help resolve their mental and physical issues and witness miracles. She presents at the CMC’s annual ACIM Conferences in the U.S.\, and several times a year she gives large seminars throughout Japan. She has also been presented internationally at ACIM conferences and workshops in the U.K.\, Spain\, Germany\, and Israel. \nYasuko is the author of The Scales Fell from My Eyes: An Illustrated Course in Miracles and 17 books in Japanese about the Course\, as well as numerous novels\, short stories\, essays and collections of photographs. Her translations of the ACIM Workbook and of books by Course teachers Jon Mundy\, Gabrielle Bernstein and David Hoffmeister have also been published in Japan. Yasuko’s spiritual writing and lectures are celebrated for their clearly stated explanations of complex concepts illustrated by captivating personal stories of struggle and triumph\, drawn from her long career as a writer\, motorcyclist\, and spiritual counselor. Meditation and communication with Holy Spirit form the foundation of her practice. \nYou can listen to a sampling of Yasuko’s recent guided meditations here:\nhttp://crsny.podbean.com URL:https://crsny.org/event/a-course-in-miracles-class-with-yasuko-kasaki-on-zoom-5/2025-01-27/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Yasuko-Kasaki-and-ACIM-Cover.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250302T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250302T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250217T205140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250217T205140Z UID:42206-1740925800-1740931200@crsny.org SUMMARY:In-Person Guided Meditation & Spiritual Healing Clinic DESCRIPTION:We are happy to invite you back for our first in-person meditation and spiritual healing clinic of the new year. Let’s witness the light in one another and share stillness and peace of mind. We’ll begin with a short talk and guided meditation by Yasuko and then share our one-on-one spiritual healing with you. After we can enjoy some social time together. \nSuggested Donation $20 cash. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.\nRSVP REQUIRED to etsuko@crsny.org (Space is limited!)\nPlease arrive 5–10 minutes early as late comers may have trouble entering the building. \nBring any issue you are facing right now — physically\, emotionally\, mentally\, and/or spiritually. With eyes closed (you will be seated and a healer will stand nearby; no touching is involved)\, a CRS healer\, trained in A Course in Miracles and spiritual reading/healing\, will observe you with her inner sight\, free of any judgments\, a perfect shining spirit. Together\, we will ask the Holy Spirit (or Inner Guide if you prefer) to bring us directly to whatever seed thought is causing your current issues and ask for guidance about how your spirit really wants to make use of your present situation for its growth and sharing of love. After about 10 minutes of meditation\, we will share the inspirational guidance that we receive. \nWe share healing quietly and provide you with an opportunity to come to rest\, reflect\, and remember who you truly are\, in a supportive\, non-judgmental\, meditative environment. We’d like to offer you an opportunity to experience stillness of mind and peace so that you can return to harmony with your true nature and purpose. Then you will find that rather than needing “solutions” to “problems” you will realize that you have no problems except those that you project. URL:https://crsny.org/event/in-person-guided-meditation-spiritual-healing-clinic-2/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event,CRS Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_4847.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250309T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250309T130000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250227T222842Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250227T223151Z UID:42219-1741521600-1741525200@crsny.org SUMMARY:Kotohogi: The Embodiment of Time DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is continuing its support for the KOTOHOGI arts and healing project as it moves to Düsseldorf\, Germany for The Embodiment of Time​\, A Performative Evening and artist talk in collaboration with Thomas Klein (musician\, Düsseldorf) on March 9 presented by TAIFUN Project\, International art platform for cultural initiative. This presentation of Kotohogi: The Embodiment of Time is made possible\, in part\, by a travel grant from the Center. \nLOCATION:\nFlurstraße 11\, 40235 Düsseldorf\, Germany \nIn Japanese philosophy\, water embodies both “linear time” (flow\, decay) and “cyclical time” (purification\, renewal). Aging and mortality are not resisted but accepted as part of a cosmic rhythm. This worldview fosters a serene acceptance of life’s impermanence\, shaping Japan’s unique perspective on existence\, time\, and the beauty of transience. \nSince PLUS – a project for an aging world (2021-2024)\, as a further development on the theme of “aging” and a further exchange of cultural comparisons with Germany and Japan on this topic\, TAIFUN Project is pleased to invite Yuko Kaseki (Butoh dancer\, Berlin-Japan)\, Kanako Sehara (Logogram & Calligraphy artist\, Zen monk\, Osaka)\, and Miho Tsujii (Performance artist\, trained in Noh dance&vocals\, Osaka) of performance team Kotohogi to come to Düsseldorf in March 2025. With the warm support by Kabawil e. V.\, artists from Japan and Germany will collaborate again\, to create a special performative evening in the early spring of this year. By integrating the modalities of Butoh dance\, Noh performance\, sound/vocalisation\, visual art and poetic storytelling\, this event “The Embodiment of Time”  is to present a special interpretation of Japanese philosophy on aging\, life and the concept of time. \n“Kotohogi” are words in Japan that have the functions of spell\, blessing\, and celebration. Words (koto) can invoke the action of “shu” (curse/prayer/magic) through sounds and letters. The word and sound purify the body through the body. This is the origin of Kotohogi\, which is to celebrate (hogu) with words. \n“KOTOHOGI” is a series of performances by three artists from different genres\, based on Butoh\, calligraphy\, Noh\, singing and storytelling\, that is developed through engagements with site and people in local communities. \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/kotohogi-the-embodiment-of-time/ LOCATION:Tokyo CATEGORIES:CRS Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/250309-Kotohogi_15x26cm.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250312T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250310T210738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250310T210738Z UID:42225-1741809600-1741813200@crsny.org SUMMARY:¿Qué tal si aclaramos la Confusión de niveles?🌟Yasuko Kasaki DESCRIPTION: URL:https://crsny.org/event/que-tal-si-aclaramos-la-confusion-de-niveles%f0%9f%8c%9fyasuko-kasaki/ LOCATION:Tokyo CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/att.lwszRrbD83hyKKNpSP6xWCM_SwhrXmu3y_nV_SnZOOY.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T180000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250410T221620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T221620Z UID:42255-1744891200-1744912800@crsny.org SUMMARY:Earth Day Initiative’s Earth Day 2025 Festival in Union Square DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is delighted to support Kaeshi Chai\, Han Luckybee\, Patricia Gonzalez\, and Hila the Earth’s dance theater action at Earth Day Initiative’s Earth Day 2025 Festival in Union Square on Thursday\, April 17\, 2025\, from 1 – 2 pm and again from 4 – 5 pm. \nWe’re coming together to tune in\, go green\, and call for climate action. Join the climate conversation at a pivotal time! Let’s be present together in solidarity\, standing up for sustainability\, cooperation\, mindfulness\, connection\, and peace. \nMindfulness\, creativity\, and nature have a synergistic relationship. As long as we regard ourselves as separate beings struggling to survive\, we cannot be what we are born to be. When we allow ourselves to be present in nature\, we automatically quiet our minds and connect to the endlessly creative Oneness of what is. We remember who we are. When we embrace our spiritual limitlessness\, we can let go of the temptation to destructively exploit our world to try to survive. \nThe Festival will run from 12 – 6 pm in the north end of Union Square in Manhattan and will feature  \n\nExhibits by dozens of environmental non-profits\, climate campaigns\, green living experts\, and sustainable businesses (see line-up below)\nA special Clean Energy Exhibition\, in partnership with Con Edison\, featuring great green groups creating a clean energy future (see details below)\nInteractive workshops\nLive performances from Hila the Earth and APO HAHA CALYPSE (see schedule below)\nClimate art\nKids’ activities\nSustainable foods\n\nCheck below for details!\nhttps://www.earthdayinitiative.org/earth-day-2025-festival \nKaeshi Chai is an educator\, dancer\, choreographer\, designer\, producer\, and director whose life mission is to serve our precious planet and empower others through the vehicle of art. She co-founded PURE Globe\, an international community focused on healing and social change\, the Bellyqueen company and school\, as well as Djam NYC shows featuring live music and dance. She has taught / performed in 48 states and 39 countries and is an alumni member of the Bellydance Superstars\, Bellydance Evolution\, Bella Gaia (Beautiful Earth) and Spector Dance. As a producer\, Kaeshi has organized over 600 events (shows\, tours\, conferences). Kaeshi holds multiple certifications in movement (dance\, fitness\, pilates\, yoga)\, created the Bellyqueen Teacher Training program and graduated with honors in a degree in Design from the University of Technology\, Sydney. She meditates daily and practices NVC (Non Violent Communication). \nCurrent projects include “Ocean Stories” integrating art and science for environmental awareness\, and “Becoming – Exploring Identity”. Kaeshi contributes dance and movement meditations for events organized by Unity Earth\, Purpose Earth\, and the Global Peace Tribe. Kaeshi performed in “Wildfires” by Spector Dance\, at the opening night of “Plantasticas” by the Exploratorium Museum\, and was commissioned to create a dance piece about the root systems of forests for the Exploratorium on May 4th. She is a proud member of Evolutionary Leaders\, a circle of innovative thinkers (including Deepak Chopra) who have dedicated their lives and work to human\, social and planetary transformation. \nhttps://linktr.ee/kaeshichai \nHila the Earth is an Eco-Rapper\, Comedian\, and Content Creator.  \nShe performs as Planet Earth and writes songs and makes videos about ecological topics such as; trees\, vegetables\, compost\, soil health\, water\, mushrooms\, reducing plastic waste\, and the list keeps growing. Her hope is that by making Earth science accessible\, musical and super fun\, more people will take action to protect their environments and help life thrive on Earth. \nhttps://hilatheearth.com \nGraduating from The National Ballet School of Cuba in 2012\, Patricia de la Caridad Gonzalez Vega had the opportunity to dance professionally with renowned companies such as The National Ballet of Cuba\, the Contemporary Dance Company of Cuba\, and AcostaDanza among others\, where she had the opportunity to perform choreographies from classical and contemporary repertory. \nAt the University of the Arts in Cuba she received a deeper approach to ballet pedagogy that later developed in imparting the Cuban Ballet Method at the Cuban National Ballet School Fernando Alonso\, where she worked for over four years\, training future generations of ballet professionals. \nShe is currently a faculty member of Brooklyn Ballet School. She has also created a fusion that mixes ballet with other styles of dance as belly dance as an alternative dance training. \nHan Luckybee is a New York based performer and dance instructor that is fluent in Chinese\, Spanish and English. She is passionate about culture\, movement and expression. Her dance journey first began when she fell in love with belly dance while training at the Bellyqueen School of Dance. Han completed the 40 hour Bellyqueen Teacher Training course in 2017 and 200 hr yoga teacher training in 2019 in India. She continues to grow her passion for dance by exploring different styles such as Traditional Chinese dance\, West African\, Contemporary Indian\, Ballet\, Street Jazz and Reggaeton. \nShe is featured regularly at “Casa La Femme”\, an Egyptian restaurant in the west village. Other notable performances include dancing in Bellyqueen’s “Journey along the Silk Road’ in Milan\, Italy\, Brooklyn Ballet’s “Nutcracker”\, with the band “Beats Antique” at Brooklyn Steel\, and “Ravens Night” at the Birchmere in Washington DC. \nShe believes in the power of dance and music to connect with oneself\, nature\, and with others. She loves sharing the joy that dance brings her by guiding her students in her classes. URL:https://crsny.org/event/earth-day-initiatives-earth-day-2025-festival-in-union-square/ LOCATION:Union Square\, Union Square\, New York\, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:CRS Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Image.jpeg GEO:40.7358633;-73.9910835 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Union Square Union Square New York NY United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Union Square:geo:-73.9910835,40.7358633 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250413T193919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250413T193920Z UID:42260-1745260200-1745262000@crsny.org SUMMARY:Guided Meditation with Christopher Pelham in English (on Zoom) DESCRIPTION:from 6:30 – 7 pm\nFollowed by ACIM Class from 7 – 8 pm (same Zoom link) \nZoom Meeting Link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81541160040 \nCall-in info:\nMeeting ID: 815 4116 0040\nOne tap mobile: 1-929-436-2866 \nPlease join me in the sharing of miracles. Here\, your mind can come to rest\, and you can remember true peace. No experience with meditation is required\, and everyone is welcome. I ask only that you make it your intention to sit still\, quiet in body and mind\, and to listen to\, receive\, and follow my instruction to the best of your ability. You will learn to meditate as you practice. \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/guided-meditation-with-christopher-pelham-in-english-on-zoom-7/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/DSC00747.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250317T020542Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T022932Z UID:42228-1745609400-1745614800@crsny.org SUMMARY:CRS at La Mama Moves! Dance Festival: Please Cry by Megumi Eda DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is honored to participate once again in the La Mama Moves! Dance Festival. This year we co-present the US premiere of Please Cry\, a solo dance/theatre work created and performed by Berlin-based artist Megumi Eda with original music by Reiko Yamada and lighting by Clifton Taylor. Performances take place at The Club at La Mama on April 25 and 26 at 7:30 pm and on April 27 at 3 pm on a shared program with Alexis Chartrand & Nic Gareiss. \n“One day\, I discovered a photograph revealing that my grandmother had been a military nurse for Japan during World War II. Later\, I watched a documentary about a woman who\, like her\, had served in the war\, sharing long-buried trauma. Had my grandmother endured something similar? I don’t really know…” — Megumi Eda \nPlease Cry is a deeply personal solo performance blending dance\, live video\, and music to explore intergenerational trauma\, resilience\, and the lingering impact of war. Inspired by the silence surrounding Megumi’s grandmother’s past\, the piece expresses how unspoken histories echo across generations. Through movement\, Megumi seeks to embody these inherited emotions\, giving form to what words cannot express. War’s trauma is never just history—it lingers\, passed down like an unbroken chain. \nThe 80th anniversary of the end of WWII is fast approaching. The number of people who experienced the war personally is dwindling. Their memories are passing into history. We at CRS choose to share this powerful meditation on the multigenerational traumas of war so that those who have not known war can better relate and\, hopefully\, choose to stand for peace. \nThe Club\n74 East 4th Street\, 2nd floor\nNew York\, NY 10003 \nTickets:\nAdults: $30\nStudents/Seniors: $25\nFirst 10 tickets are $10 (limit 2 per person)\nTicket link: https://www.lamama.org/chartrand-gareiss-megumi-eda/ \nThe premiere of Please Cry in 2022 was co-produced by Megumi Eda and DOCK ART\, funded by the Senate Department for Culture and Europe\, and supported by Tir Danza. https://www.tirdanza.it/megumi-eda/ The NY production is made possible by a travel grant from CRS. \n“Beautiful ballerinas are often caught in their own beauty. They definitely don’t know how to mug. But Megumi can morph in a flash from small boy to impossibly regal diva to a small squirrel chewing on a nut.” — Laurie Anderson \n Megumi Eda is a dancer and filmmaker creating multimedia works at the intersection of theater\, dance\, and film. She began her career at 17 with the Hamburg Ballet\, later joining the Dutch National Ballet and Rambert Dance Company. In 2004\, she moved to New York as a founding member of Armitage Gone! Dance\, collaborating on over a dozen new works and winning the Bessie Award that year. Her long-term collaboration with Yoshiko Chuma has led to innovative performance projects. Now based in Berlin\, she focuses on exploring Multi-Generational War Trauma\, Women’s Rights\, and Institutional Abuse in the Dance World through works like fish άɪ lens (2025)\, Please Cry (2022)\, and DIVINE (2023) with Yuko Kaseki. \nhttps://megumieda.com \n La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival continues to support La MaMa’s commitment to presenting diverse performance styles that challenge audience’s perception of dance by featuring performance/installations\, experimental film screenings & public symposiums which address dance artists’ engagement with the current political climate\, as well as honoring diasporic histories and legacy\, ancestral inspirations and inter-generational dialogue. \nhttps://www.lamama.org/la-mama-moves-2025/ \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/la-mama-moves-dance-festival-please-cry-by-megumi-eda/2025-04-25/ LOCATION:La Mama Etc.\, 74 East 4th Street\, 2nd floor\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:CRS Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/250425-please-cry-pr-1-bernd-kumar-small-1400x.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.7263774;-73.990137 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=La Mama Etc. 74 East 4th Street 2nd floor New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=74 East 4th Street\, 2nd floor:geo:-73.990137,40.7263774 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250721 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250727 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250619T204004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250719T052433Z UID:42269-1753056000-1753574399@crsny.org SUMMARY:LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART Exhibition DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART\, an exhibition of five artists who are mothers — Daniela Kostova (Bulgaria)\, Aline Müller (Brazil)\, Quynh “Alex” Nguyễn (Vietnam)\, Katie Heller Saltoun (USA)\, and Satomi Shirai (Japan). Curated by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham\, the exhibition will be on view at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York from July 21 – 26\, 2025.  \nThis exhibition explores the profound interconnection between motherhood and art. These photographs and 2D works depict experiences and challenges—limited time\, institutional exclusion\, competing responsibilities\, societal expectations—that mother artists face every day\, ultimately reframing motherhood as an experience that requires constant creativity and is a radical\, generative force within artistic life. \nArt making and mothering are both rooted in nonjudgmental attention\, intuitive responsiveness\, and unconditional love. Both require the practitioner to notice what others may overlook and respond creatively with care. This exhibition\, along with the series of Mother Artist Salons being held in conjunction\, celebrates the creative labor of mothers and mother artists\, envisioning a culture that embraces caregiving\, inspiration\, and interdependence as central to both life and art. \nEXHIBITION HOURS\nMonday\, July 21 – July 26\, 2025 (closed July 25)\nMon – Thu 12 – 6 pm\, Sat 12 – 3 pm \nTENRI GALLERY LOCATION\nTenri Cultural Institute of New York\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, NY 10011 \nIn addition to the above gallery hours\, the exhibition will be on view during several receptions and salons being held in conjunction with the exhibition. These are all free events and no RSVP is required. \nJuly 21 7 pm\nOpening Reception & Artist Salon featuring live music by mother artist Eunbi Kim + Q&A \nJuly 23 7pm\nThis Is a Movement Artist Salon featuring live music by mother artists Goussy Celestin and Amma Whatt + Q+A with artists and Niama Safia Sandy\, co-founder\, This Is a Movement \nJuly 24 7 pm\nArtist Salon featuring live music by mother artists Layale Chaker (violin) and Maeve Gilchrist (harp) + Q&A \nJuly 26 3 pm doors / 3:30 pm program starts\nClosing Reception & Artist Salon featuring live music by Sita Chay (violin) and Rema Hasumi (keyboard) + Q&A with the exhibition artists + talk by mother artist and author / peacemaker / philanthropist Le Ly Hayslip on Lessons Not Learned from the American War in Vietnam \n“Being an artist is to experience a vigorous\, experimental life of the mind and of the senses. Parenthood is another enriching experience: primal\, haptic and life-affirming. Why are the two still seen as incompatible?” — Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nHow often do we ask a man how he balances work and parenting responsibilities? How frequently do we assume that a mother has no time for making art or that motherhood and child-raising are not only not creative but less worthy subjects for art? Of course\, it’s hardly shocking to announce that pregnancy and childcare require time and energy and that women supply the bulk of it. But this alone does not explain the relative paucity of mothers and women in general represented in galleries and museums. You might be surprised to learn that more women than men graduate from art schools today. We hope you will also be excited to learn that many obstacles facing female-identifying artists can be remedied. \nWhile the asymmetry between parenthood and the world of work is an issue for parents in any profession\, the art world – with its informal\, often temporary forms of relations – can be a particularly precarious environment in which to make one’s living. Artists rarely receive contracts of employment nor benefits such as maternity leave\, pay rises and pensions. Opportunities such as exhibitions and artist residencies come rarely\, and even once in a lifetime. Does one have to choose between creativity and family? \n— Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nDespite societal demands\, stigmas\, and limitations that restrict a mother’s creative expression in the public realm\, mothers nevertheless exercise their creative faculties constantly. Just as creating a compelling work of art starts with seeing without judgment what others have overlooked and channeling one’s creative response into form\, nurturing a child requires seeing the child as he/she/they are and responding authentically and imaginatively. Both are intuitive processes of receiving and giving. Both are creative exercises of unconditional love. \n“…Motherhood and artistic practice have to be mutually enriching…. …Little does society know that these things actually can work really well together.” — Catherine Rickets\, from Artist/Mother Podcast: 160: The World Needs Art that Only Mothers Can Make with Catherine Ricketts\, Nov 4\, 2024 \nWe aim to bring greater visibility to their inspiring art and life-making work\, as well as to the creative and life-affirming contributions of mothers who are not professional artists. The exhibition will next be on view at Gallery Maronie in Kyoto\, Japan\, during Kyotographie from April 13 to May 10\, 2026\, and then at Le Deco Gallery in Tokyo\, Japan from May 18 – 24\, 2026. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nStuck by Daniela Kostova \nDaniela Kostova is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans photography\, installation\, video\, and performance. She explores themes of geography\, cultural identity\, and the complexities of translation and communication across borders. Her projects have been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Queens Museum of Art\, Kunsthalle Wien\, Centre d’Art Contemporain (Geneva)\, and Kunsthalle Fridericianum (Kassel)\, among others. In 2019\, she created one of Europe’s largest public art installations\, Future Dreaming\, covering Vienna’s Ringturm building. \nKostova has received numerous awards and fellowships\, including the Unlimited Award for Contemporary Bulgarian Art and residencies at A.I.R. Gallery (NYC)\, ZK/U Berlin\, and ArtsLink at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She has also contributed as a curator\, notably leading the BioArt Initiative at RPI\, where she taught digital imaging. Her work has been featured in major publications such as The New York Times\, Brooklyn Rail\, and Art in America. Now based in New York City\, she has served as Director of Curatorial Projects at Radiator Gallery\, Artist Mentor at NYFA’s Immigrant Artist Program and Board Member of CEC Artslink. \nhttps://danielakostova.com \nPhoto by Aline Müller \nPhotographer Aline Müller\, born in the Brazilian Amazon and now working between Rio and New York\, brings an elemental understanding of nature’s power to her intimate portraits of women. In her series curated for Life is Art Motherhood is Art\, she captures mothers at different stages of their journey through evocative\, almost surreal photographs that reveal the mystical within the everyday of a mother. \nMüller’s mothers emerge water-soaked from rivers\, beaches\, and showers with goddess-like splendor. They inhabit moments of joyous presence captured in delicate close-ups that refuse to hide or pose\, but rather document dreamlike moments of maternal reality. \nWith her generous and almost metaphysical gaze\, Aline has the uncanny ability to depict what photography often editorializes out of women’s lives: fluids\, curves\, small gestures\, and all that seems small and menial in life\, yet speaks volumes to the internal world of women. \nhttps://www.alinemuller.com \n  \n  \nPhoto by Alex Nguyễn \nQuỳnh “Alex” Nguyễn is a writer\, photographer\, and independent cultural practitioner based in Central Vietnam. Her interdisciplinary approach\, spanning journalism\, interviews\, photography\, artistic programs\, and nurturing of daily life itself\, stems from a desire to explore alternative narratives rather than accepting the mainstream\, deemed self-evident. She believes that the interpretations we hear profoundly shape our beliefs and responses to life’s issues. Furthermore\, the challenges faced by modern society are inherently interconnected as consequences of the many problems layered atop one another. Through flexible artistic forms\, she seeks to expand the possibilities of alternative narratives\, guiding those around her and her readers to explore new dimensions of contemporary issues. \nhttps://alexnguyen.contently.com \n\n  \n  \n\nStudio Interruptions by Katie Heller Saltoun \nKatie Heller Saltoun is a visual artist based in DUMBO\, Brooklyn\, New York. Her work primarily utilizes oil paint\, ink\, photographic collages\, and woodcut printing to explore the multifaceted experiences of motherhood and caregiving. Saltoun captures the humor\, frustration\, monotony\, and profound love inherent in caregiving\, drawing inspiration from her own life and the diverse narratives of mothers and caretakers she encounters. Her compositions often depict dynamic scenes of energy and chaos\, as well as repetitive imagery such as refrigerator shelves\, spice racks\, and rows of snacks\, reflecting the repetitive yet vital tasks of domestic life. \nSaltoun holds a BFA from the University of Michigan\, an MA from Columbia University\, and an MFA from Pratt Institute. Her recent exhibition\, “Bifocal: Motherhood and Creativity\,” was held at the Elza Kayal Gallery in Tribeca\, New York. This multidisciplinary show explored the intricate interplay between creativity and motherhood\, highlighting the often-overlooked experiences of artists who navigate both roles. Additionally\, her work was featured in The American Scholar magazine in an article titled “Tenderness and Grit.” \nSaltoun continues to create and exhibit work that resonates with audiences\, offering a profound and authentic portrayal of the complexities inherent in caregiving and domestic life. For more information and to view her portfolio\, please visit her website at www.katiehellersaltoun.com. \nhttps://www.katiehellersaltoun.com/ \nPhoto by Satomi Shirai \nSatomi Shirai playfully explores themes of cultural identity\, feminism\, motherhood\, and the evolving meaning of home\, both in the context of migration and as a universal psycho-spiritual experience. Her photographs\, often set in domestic spaces\, reveal the quiet tensions between order and chaos\, belonging and estrangement\, the visible and the unseen. \nShirai’s work has been exhibited widely\, including at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography\, the National Portrait Gallery in London\, and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington\, D.C. Her photographs are held in the collections of the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts (K’MoPA). \nAfter earning a Full-Time Certificate from the International Center of Photography in 2007 and an MFA from Hunter College (CUNY) in 2010\, Shirai lived and worked in New York City for over a decade. In 2015\, she returned to Japan to raise her daughter and now lives and works in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture. Though she has exhibited less frequently since her return\, she continues to create new work\, often in collaboration with her daughter. \nhttps://satomishirai.com URL:https://crsny.org/event/life-is-art-is-motherhood-is-art-exhibition/ LOCATION:Tenri Cultural Institute\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, 10011 CATEGORIES:CRS Presents,Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Eventbrite-banner-3-1-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.7363801;-73.9960877 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Tenri Cultural Institute 43A W 13th St New York 10011;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=43A W 13th St:geo:-73.9960877,40.7363801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250721T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250721T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250619T230446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250712T035721Z UID:42312-1753124400-1753131600@crsny.org SUMMARY:LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART: Opening Reception & Mother Artist Salon with pianist Eunbi Kim DESCRIPTION:Photo: a still from ‘Saturn Years’ video by new media artist Xuan \nPlease join us on July 21\, 2025\, from 7 – 9 pm for the Opening Reception for the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. At the reception\, mother artist Eunbi Kim will give a solo piano performance and share musings on the transformative connections between motherhood\, music\, and identity. Kim and her husband just welcomed their second child. \nThe event will take place at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York. Admission is free and no RSVP is required. Families with children are welcome! \nThe event is the first of a series of Mother Artist Salons being held in conjunction with the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. Check the exhibition announcement or CRS calendar for details. \nABOUT THE ARTIST AND PROGRAM \nPianist Eunbi Kim explores childhood\, family\, and identity through multimedia programs that combine music\, visual projections\, and spoken text. She creates sonic memoirs that invite audiences to meditate on their past\, present\, and future selves and how they all coexist. In “it feels like a dream\,” created shortly after becoming a new mother\, she asks the audience\, “What are the dreams we carry? What are the dreams we pass on?” Working in close collaboration with cutting-edge composers and artists of different mediums\, she creates projects that offer audiences the opportunity to tap into their unconscious pool of memories\, dreams\, and desires. \nhttps://www.eunbikimmusic.com \nABOUT THE EXHIBITION \nLIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART is an exhibition of five artists who are mothers of different generations — Daniela Kostova (Bulgaria)\, Aline Müller (Brazil)\, Quynh “Alex” Nguyễn (Vietnam)\, Katie Heller Saltoun (USA)\, and Satomi Shirai (Japan). Curated by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham\, the exhibition will be on view at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York from July 21 – 26\, 2025. \n“Being an artist is to experience a vigorous\, experimental life of the mind and of the senses. Parenthood is another enriching experience: primal\, haptic and life-affirming. Why are the two still seen as incompatible?” — Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nThis exhibition highlights the inspiring works being created worldwide by mother artists and examines the multifaceted relationship between motherhood and art-making. Through their diverse photography and 2D works\, we invite you to consider the challenges that working mother artists face and reflect on motherhood and child-rearing as fundamentally creative acts\, inseparably intertwined with art-making\, deserving of our loving attention\, respect\, and support. Learn more… \nEXHIBITION HOURS\nMonday\, July 21 – July 26\, 2025 (closed July 25)\nMon – Thu 12 – 6 pm\, Sat 12 – 3 pm \nTENRI GALLERY LOCATION\nTenri Cultural Institute of New York\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, NY 10011\n212.645.2800 URL:https://crsny.org/event/250721/ LOCATION:Tenri Cultural Institute\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, 10011 CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Opening Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Eunbi-Kim-collage-scaled.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.7363801;-73.9960877 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Tenri Cultural Institute 43A W 13th St New York 10011;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=43A W 13th St:geo:-73.9960877,40.7363801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250620T194149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250712T174031Z UID:42339-1753297200-1753304400@crsny.org SUMMARY:LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART: Mother Artist Salon with THIS IS A MOVEMENT DESCRIPTION:Please join us on July 23\, 2025\, from 7 to 8:30 pm for an Artist Salon with THIS IS A MOVEMENT (TIAM) featuring live music by mother artists Goussy Celestin and Amma Whatt\, and conversation with the artists and Niama Safia Sandy\, co-founder of TIAM. TIAM is an initiative launched in 2022 seeking to create a more equitable music industry through an intersectional Black feminist lens\, centered upon non-hierarchical\, collaborative and imaginative modes of creation and organization. \n This event is one of a series of Mother Artist Salons being held in conjunction with the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. Check the exhibition announcement or CRS calendar for details. \nThe event will take place at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York. Admission is free and no RSVP is required. Families with children are welcome! \nABOUT THE MISSION OF THIS IS A MOVEMENT \n THIS IS A MOVEMENT (TIAM) was conceived in 2021 by a set of musicians\, scholars\, and leaders who often crossed paths and noticed a fragmentation in the field. The #MeToo movement had activated conversations and actions around gender justice\, but the efforts were more disparate – artists were organizing\, gathering\, and taking action on the bandstand\, educators were creating curriculum and writings within the academic space\, and producers and presenters were raising standards and focusing on diversity. TIAM was launched with the hope that it could be a centralized place for this community to discuss different perspectives\, share resources\, and advance conversations around equitable representation. The name – This Is A Movement – was chosen to signal that a larger movement is happening in the field and to hold the organizers accountable to the mentality and long-term commitment that movement-building requires. \nThis Is A Movement asks what transformation looks like\, with the goal of creating a robust community network that will work to cultivate a liberated music industry\, placing equity at the forefront. \nWomen\, those of underrepresented gender identities\, and their allies are claiming a space that challenges the status quo of the jazz and creative music scene. This movement is changing ways of thinking\, ways of working\, and ways of living while confronting structural inequities based on gender\, age\, race\, and culture. It is asking the essential question: What does a freer\, fairer\, and more representative music industry look like? To reimagine and remake our ecosystem\, we invite numerous organizations\, institutions\, and individuals\, bringing together artists\, activists\, organizers\, and creatives to share their experience\, their dreams\, and their plans. \nThis Is A Movement offers historical context\, academic data studies\, relevant dialogues\, and special guest speakers to an engaged and diverse audience of industry professionals\, educators\, students\, performers\, and the general public. This Is A Movement invites those leading change in the field\, as well as those for whom these conversations are difficult. It aims to create an incubator for new ideas that will bring about the future change we need in our cultural spaces. \nhttps://www.thisisamovement.com/ \nABOUT THE EXHIBITION \nLIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART is an exhibition of five artists who are mothers of different generations — Daniela Kostova (Bulgaria)\, Aline Müller (Brazil)\, Quynh “Alex” Nguyễn (Vietnam)\, Katie Heller Saltoun (USA)\, and Satomi Shirai (Japan). Curated by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham\, the exhibition will be on view at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York from July 21 – 26\, 2025. \n“Being an artist is to experience a vigorous\, experimental life of the mind and of the senses. Parenthood is another enriching experience: primal\, haptic and life-affirming. Why are the two still seen as incompatible?” — Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nThis exhibition highlights the inspiring works being created worldwide by mother artists and examines the multifaceted relationship between motherhood and art-making. Through their diverse photography and 2D works\, we invite you to consider the challenges that working mother artists face and reflect on motherhood and child-rearing as fundamentally creative acts\, inseparably intertwined with art-making\, deserving of our loving attention\, respect\, and support. Learn more… \nEXHIBITION HOURS\nMonday\, July 21 – July 26\, 2025 (closed July 25)\nMon – Thu 12 – 6 pm\, Sat 12 – 3 pm \nTENRI GALLERY LOCATION\nTenri Cultural Institute of New York\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, NY 10011\n212.645.2800 \nABOUT THE MUSICAL ARTISTS \nBrooklyn-born Haitian-American artist GOUSSY CÉLESTIN interchanges the roles of pianist\, composer\, vocalist\, dancer\, educator\, and arranger with ease. \nWhile managing WeBop\, an early childhood music program\, Goussy is raising two sons\, her “greatest creative compositions\,” leading workshops\, composing for her ensemble\, in addition to holding a faculty position at BerkleeNYC. \nGoussy’s awards include\, Laundromat Project: Create Change Fellow\,  Queens Council on the Arts\, Gardarev Residency\, Field Leadership Fund\,  Space @ Ryder Farm Residency\, NYC Women’s Fund\, and received a commissioning grant from Mutual Mentorship for Musicians.  \nShe’s recently been awarded the Jazz Leadership Fellow by the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music and a New York State Council on the Arts’ Support For Artists Award\, for her KongoNola project. \nhttps://www.goussycelestin.com/ \nhttps://www.instagram.com/goussycelestin_ayitibrass/ \n \nVocalist\, performer\, and activist AMMA WHATT is a dynamic force in music. Praised by the New York Times for her ‘silk-infused vocals\,’ she effortlessly captivates audiences. Her musical story began with learning African chants and West-African dance from her performing parents\, and blossomed into her writing and performing with acclaimed bands like Grammy-nominated Nate Smith and Kinfolk\, empowering children through self-expression and rhythm\, and gracing stages across Europe and the US!  \nAmma was recognized by Pop Matters magazine as “a distinctive soul singer who absolutely seduces your ear\,” and her latest music represents a fusion of modern pop with Soul\, Afro-Caribbean styles\, House\, and Jazz\, featuring evocative storytelling on themes of love\, pain\, and hope. Her viral a cappella videos dedicated to the religious music of Orisha worshippers worldwide exemplify her dedication to incorporating 29 years of faith as a Yoruba-Lukumi priest into her artistic expression. \nWhile she balances music and her family life in New York\, Amma is deeply engaged in global social justice causes and serves as vice president of the executive board of the Egbe Iwa Rites of Passage program. Through her volunteer work and musical activism\, Amma seeks to leverage her voice as a powerful tool for advocacy and allyship. \nhttps://ammawhatt.bandcamp.com/ \nhttps://www.instagram.com/ammawhatt/ \n\n\n\nNIAMA SAFIA SANDY is a New York-based multidisciplinary artist\, curator\, and change agent. \nSandy’s work across disciplines delves into the human story through the application and critical lenses of culture\, healing\, history\, migration\, music\, race\, and ritual. Her creative practice often is an examination of the ways history\, economics\, migration\, and other social forces and constructs have shaped modern realities. Her aim is to use the visual\, written\, and performing arts to tell stories we know in ways we have not yet thought to tell them and to lift us all to a higher state of ontological and spiritual wholeness in the process. \nShe is a co-founder of THIS IS A MOVEMENT. She currently teaches graduate and undergraduate students at Columbia University\, School of the Arts\, and Pratt Institute\, School of Art. \nhttps://www.instagram.com/___niama___/ \nhttps://www.thisisamovement.com/ \nhttps://www.instagram.com/this.is.a.movement/ URL:https://crsny.org/event/250723/ LOCATION:Tenri Cultural Institute\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, 10011 CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Opening Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/250723-TIAM-1-scaled.png ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.7363801;-73.9960877 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Tenri Cultural Institute 43A W 13th St New York 10011;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=43A W 13th St:geo:-73.9960877,40.7363801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250724T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250724T210000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250620T150316Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250712T174258Z UID:42319-1753383600-1753390800@crsny.org SUMMARY:LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART: Mother Artist Salon with Layale Chaker and Maeve Gilchrist DESCRIPTION:Please join us on July 24\, 2025\, from 7 to 9 pm for an Artist Salon featuring live music and conversation with Layale Chaker (violin) and Maeve Gilchrist (harp)\, two artists who balance active tour schedules with the demands of caring for their young children. The event will take place at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York. Admission is free and no RSVP is required. Families with children are welcome! \nThe event is one of a series of Mother Artist Salons being held in conjunction with the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. Check the exhibition announcement or CRS calendar for details. \nABOUT THE PROGRAM \nChaker and Gilchrist come together in an exploration of the threads that stitch our inherited worlds—the whispers of old tales passed down by grandmothers\, the shadowed weight of mythologies\, superstitions\, and lullabies\, scattered across time and distance. \nDrawing from the musical vocabularies of their respective lineages—Celtic and Levantine—this new duo traces melodic and rhythmical contours shaped by centuries of oral memory. They search for the places where their stories overlap: fields of exile\, haunted lands\, and songs that carry coded truths. \nThis is not a reimagining of the past\, but an exploration of a shared present—an exploration of what flows through us unseen\, like smoke through veins. This suite of music invites the audience to step into a newly formed world\, rooted in the past but written for the present day—a brand new mythology. \nABOUT THE EXHIBITION \nLIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART is an exhibition of five artists who are mothers of different generations — Daniela Kostova (Bulgaria)\, Aline Müller (Brazil)\, Quynh “Alex” Nguyễn (Vietnam)\, Katie Heller Saltoun (USA)\, and Satomi Shirai (Japan). Curated by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham\, the exhibition will be on view at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York from July 21 – 26\, 2025. \n“Being an artist is to experience a vigorous\, experimental life of the mind and of the senses. Parenthood is another enriching experience: primal\, haptic and life-affirming. Why are the two still seen as incompatible?” — Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nThis exhibition highlights the inspiring works being created worldwide by mother artists and examines the multifaceted relationship between motherhood and art-making. Through their diverse photography and 2D works\, we invite you to consider the challenges that working mother artists face and reflect on motherhood and child-rearing as fundamentally creative acts\, inseparably intertwined with art-making\, deserving of our loving attention\, respect\, and support. Learn more… \nEXHIBITION HOURS\nMonday\, July 21 – July 26\, 2025 (closed July 25)\nMon – Thu 12 – 6 pm\, Sat 12 – 3 pm \nTENRI GALLERY LOCATION\nTenri Cultural Institute of New York\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, NY 10011\n212.645.2800 \nABOUT THE MUSICAL ARTISTS \nLAYALE CHAKER\, violinist\, singer and composer \nComposer and violinist Layale Chaker was raised on the verge of multiple musical streams in her native Lebanon. Her complex sound universe\, described by NPR as “beguiling” with “bright and beautiful strands… gorgeous\, wine-dark swirls\,” lies at the intersection of classical contemporary music\, jazz\, Arabic music\, and improvisation. Her practice is committed to art as both sanctuary and crossroads—a place where ancestral narratives meet contemporary voices in a continuous reimagination of the world we inherit\, live in\, and bequeath. A 2020-2022 Jerome Hill Fellow\, Chaker is also the recipient of the 2022 Opera America Discovery 2022 Award\, among many other accolades. \nIn 2024\, her work Qarar/Jawab premiered at the Venice Biennale\, and Dawning\, a double concerto\, premiered with the New York Philharmonic. Her debut chamber opera\, Ruinous Gods\, premiered at the 2024 Spoleto Festival before its European debut at Wuppertal Opera. She also recently released a double portrait album on In a Circle Records\, featuring both her classical works and chamber jazz quintet\, Sarafand. \n“Haunting yet quietly rigorous…” — The New York Times \nhttps://layalechaker.com \nMAEVE GILCHRIST\, harpist\, singer\, composer and producer \nEdinburgh-born harpist and composer Maeve Gilchrist has been credited as an innovator on her native instrument and taken the Celtic (lever) Harp to new levels of performance and visibility. Currently based in Kingston\, NY\, Maeve tours internationally as a solo artist and composer. She is a member of the Grammy-winning Silkroad ensemble and of Arooj Aftab’s Grammy-winning Vulture Prince Ensemble. She has performed and recorded with such luminaries as Yo-Yo Ma\, Frankie Gavin\, Esperanza Spalding\, Ambrose Akinmusire\, and Solas.  \nAs a composer\, Maeve straddles the worlds of folk and classical music with pieces that include two original concertos for symphony Orchestra and Celtic Harp\, along with various works for harp and string quartet that have been played by such acclaimed groups as the Scottish Chamber Orchestra\, the Virginia Symphony Orchestra\, and the Aizuri String Quartet. She is a regular visiting artist at Berklee College of Music and has had several instructional books published by Hal Leonard and 80 Days Publishing. Maeve has released a number of albums under her name and is a featured soloist on the Dreamworks blockbuster movie soundtrack\, “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.” Her most recent album\, “The Harpweaver\,” has garnered international acclaim\, including a five-star review from the Irish Times\, which described it as “buoyant\, sprightly and utterly beguiling….a snapshot of a musician at the top of her game.” Maeve is the Artistic Director of the Rockport Celtic Festival\, an innovative new festival focused on cross-curation and the outer fringes of Celtic music. \n“Both Fascinating and Absorbing in equal measure\, an Original Voice” — Scotsman \nhttps://www.maevegilchristmusic.com URL:https://crsny.org/event/250724/ LOCATION:Tenri Cultural Institute\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, 10011 CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Opening Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Maeve-and-Layale.png ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.7363801;-73.9960877 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Tenri Cultural Institute 43A W 13th St New York 10011;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=43A W 13th St:geo:-73.9960877,40.7363801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T173000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250620T181227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250712T035415Z UID:42332-1753542000-1753551000@crsny.org SUMMARY:LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART: Closing Reception & Mother Artist Salon DESCRIPTION:Please join us on July 26\, 2025\, from 3 – 5:30 pm (doors open 3 pm\, program starts 3:30 pm)  for the Closing Reception for the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. At the reception\, mother artists Sita Chay (violin) and Rema Hasumi (keyboards) will perform and join a conversation with the exhibition artists on the exhibition’s themes. The event will take place at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York. Admission is free and no RSVP is required. Families with children are welcome! \nFollowing the conversation\, Vietnamese mother artist and author / peacemaker / philanthropist Le Ly Hayslip will share her thoughts and weave them into a larger conversation about the lessons not learned from the American War in Vietnam — this year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of the war as well as the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII — and the need to envision a society where the value of inspiration\, creation\, mutual care\, and unconditional love is recognized and integrated into every aspect of life\, without discrimination. \nThe event is the last of a series of Mother Artist Salons being held in conjunction with the exhibition LIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART. Check the exhibition announcement or CRS calendar for details. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \n\nSITA CHAY is a violinist\, composer\, and performance artist who won a 2017 Latin Grammy Award for Best Mariachi Album\, as violinist of the Flor de Toloache. She is an awardee of New York Foundation for the Arts Women’s Fund\, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship\, New Music USA’s Creator Development Fund\, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Creative Engagement Grant\, and Foundation for Contemporary Arts\, and was invited for residencies at the Stone\, Joe’s Pub\, and the Cell Theatre for various projects she is envisioning. Her collaborators include Satoshi Takeishi\, Shoko Nagai\, Sidra Bell\, and Leo Genovese and with them she performed in numerous festivals such as Progressive Chamber Music Festival 2023\, Outfest 2024\, and Multicultural Music Festival 2024. \n\n\nHer most recent project\, “Multidimensionally Human\,” is an interdisciplinary series that she collaborates on with Dr. Nikolai Chapochnikov\, a neuroscientist and psychotherapist. Through this project\, she weaves the psychotherapy modality Internal Family Systems using narrative\, dance\, visual art\, and music as a performance artist. \n\n\nIn 2023\, she released a music narrative film “Ritual of Le Sac” which tells a story of a fish-like life of a baby swimming inside the womb. This project was inspired by her recent journey of becoming a mom and experiencing the kindness and gentle curiosity from various strangers on the street for carrying a life inside. She intended this film to reflect and rediscover the innate human capacity and desire to care and honor life. \n\n\nMs. Chay is the director and a founder of the Korean Shaman Music Ritual\, SaaWee\, which international critics have called as a “delicate powerhouse.” For SaaWee\, she has interwoven her theatrical experiences from Broadway shows\, folkloric spirituality from Korean shaman rituals\, and contemporary music flair from New York jazz scenes. SaaWee’s Return of Songbirds debuted at Lincoln Center as part of #Restartstage project in 2021 and was invited to Ars Electronica Festival 2021. SaaWee won the California Music Video Awards 2022 in Best World Music category. \n\nhttps://www.sitachay.com \nREMA HASUMI is a New York-based sound designer and improviser\, whose eclectic background spans classical\, jazz\, and experimental music. The foundation of her music is grounded in a wide range of pianistic expressions that are at times contemplative and at others assertive. Her recent work involves compositions and improvisations with analog synthesizers\, electronics\, and vocals. Hasumi’s music has been described as one that “is able to capture those elusive moments when silence becomes music and music becomes silence” (Jakob Baekgaard\, All About Jazz) and that “begins with a delicate piano rumination\, wandering\, searching\, finding a state of gentle deliberation that suddenly fades” (Dan McClenaghan\, All About Jazz). Her musical influences span across various musicians\, including Alice Coltrane\, Sun Ra\, Masabumi Kikuchi\, Paul Bley\, Terry Riley\, Arthur Russel\, and many more. \nHasumi’s “Mothers\,” a seven-track album dedicated to the collective experience of motherhood\, will be released digitally on July 1\, 2025. The music represents the journey of mothers striving to protect their creative paths while navigating the deep emotions that come with parenting and the process of redefining their identities. Each track explores a different emotional landscape\, yet all share excerpts of piano improvisation from a single recording session\, which serves as an undercurrent throughout the album. This undercurrent reflects the ongoing\, profound\, and dynamic experience of motherhood. The album features a series of collaged soundscapes\, consisting of synthesizers\, piano\, and vocals performed by Hasumi\, with contributions from Austin White on electric bass and synthesizers on three tracks. Each track’s sound elements are improvised separately and then combined using a collage approach rather than traditional composition. The final mix is designed to offer a three-dimensional\, holistic\, and stimulating listening experience. The album will be available for digital download and streaming\, with a beautiful cover photograph by Aline Müller. Her works\, including the album cover photo\, are part of the Life Is Art Is Motherhood Is Art exhibition. The development of “Mothers” was made possible\, in part\, by a grant provided by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing). \nhttps://rema-hasumi.com/ \nLE LY HAYSLIP is an internationally known Vietnamese-American author\, philanthropist\, peace activist\, speaker\, and mother. She grew up in Ky La (now known as Xa Hoa Quy)\, Vietnam during the American-Vietnam War. She wrote two best-selling memoirs—When Heaven and Earth Changed Places and Child of War\, Woman of Peace\, based on her painful and ultimately triumphant journey from a traumatizing childhood in war-ravaged Vietnam to her new life in America. Having grown up in Central Vietnam as a woman\, Le Ly shares a perspective that is unique when it comes to the Vietnam War. She received raving reviews for both books\, including from The New York Times and The Washington Post. When Heaven and Earth Changed Places was included in the 1990 edition of Reader’s Digest’s Today’s Best Nonfiction. Her memoirs\, having been published in 17 different languages throughout the world\, are now used in several universities as course material to study women in history\, the American/Vietnam War\, and other topics. In 1993\, the books were adapted into the film “Heaven & Earth\,” directed by the award-winning director Oliver Stone and starring Hiep Thi Le and Tommy Lee Jones. \nLe Ly’s life as a humanitarian began after she arrived in the US in 1970 and became a US citizen\, but she returned to her native Vietnam in 1986. Her shock from the devastation\, poverty\, and illness left by the war became the impetus for her two philanthropic organizations\, East Meets West Foundation and Global Village Foundation. Both organizations dedicate their efforts to humanitarian relief\, education\, and development to help rebuild Vietnam through providing basic needs (shelter\, clean water\, medical facilities\, education)\, establishing revolving loan programs\, and finding homes for several hundred orphaned children. Hayslip continues to lead groups and delegations in cultural and anthropological studies in her home village. \nABOUT THE EXHIBITION \nLIFE IS ART IS MOTHERHOOD IS ART is an exhibition of five artists who are mothers of different generations — Daniela Kostova (Bulgaria)\, Aline Müller (Brazil)\, Quynh “Alex” Nguyễn (Vietnam)\, Katie Heller Saltoun (USA)\, and Satomi Shirai (Japan). Curated by CRS co-founder Christopher Pelham\, the exhibition will be on view at Tenri Cultural Institute of New York from July 21 – 26\, 2025. \n“Being an artist is to experience a vigorous\, experimental life of the mind and of the senses. Parenthood is another enriching experience: primal\, haptic and life-affirming. Why are the two still seen as incompatible?” — Jeffrey Boloten and Juliet Hacking\, Forward to How Not to Exclude Artist Mothers (and other parents) \nThis exhibition highlights the inspiring works being created worldwide by mother artists and examines the multifaceted relationship between motherhood and art-making. Through their diverse photography and 2D works\, we invite you to consider the challenges that working mother artists face and reflect on motherhood and child-rearing as fundamentally creative acts\, inseparably intertwined with art-making\, deserving of our loving attention\, respect\, and support. Learn more… \nEXHIBITION HOURS\nMonday\, July 21 – July 26\, 2025 (closed July 25)\nMon – Thu 12 – 6 pm\, Sat 12 – 3 pm \nTENRI GALLERY LOCATION\nTenri Cultural Institute of New York\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, NY 10011\n212.645.2800 URL:https://crsny.org/event/250726/ LOCATION:Tenri Cultural Institute\, 43A W 13th St\, New York\, 10011 CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents,Opening Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/250726-Closing-Reception.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.7363801;-73.9960877 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Tenri Cultural Institute 43A W 13th St New York 10011;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=43A W 13th St:geo:-73.9960877,40.7363801 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250821T231646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251207T184315Z UID:42822-1757356200-1757358000@crsny.org SUMMARY:Guided Meditation with Yasuko Kasaki in English (on Zoom) DESCRIPTION:from 6:30 – 7 pm\nFollowed by ACIM Class from 7 – 8 pm (same Zoom link) \nZoom Meeting Link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81541160040 \nCall-in info:\nMeeting ID: 815 4116 0040\nOne tap mobile: 1-929-436-2866 \nSuggested class donation $20 via PayPal to https://www.paypal.me/crsny\n(no one turned away due to lack of funds) \nPlease join me in the sharing of miracles. Here\, your mind can come to rest and you can remember true peace. No experience with meditation is required\, and everyone is welcome. I ask only that you make it your intention to sit still\, quiet in body and mind\, and to listen to\, receive\, and follow my instruction to the best of your ability. You will learn to meditate as you practice. \nEach week I will share with you a different inspirational message from Holy Spirit. This may take the form of creative visualization exercises\, or instruction about the nature and purpose of meditation\, or about our true nature and relationship to ourselves\, to one another\, and to the world. In a sense\, this is both a meditation practice and a meditation class. At the end of the meditation you will have a chance to respond briefly if you like. \nSome students have been practicing regularly for a number of years. Others drop in and out as they have time or need. Some come to learn and grow\, others more so simply to calm down\, to take time out from the frenetic pace of their busy lives. If you are new and feeling uncertain or shaky\, do not hesitate to introduce yourself to some of the other students\, to ask questions before or after. Try to observe and emulate the stillness and concentration of others around you whom you sense are most grounded. Soon\, you\, in turn\, may provide inspiration and guidance for others. \nWhile the principles are based on A Course in Miracles (ACIM)\, it does not matter if you are unfamiliar with ACIM or are not prepared to study it outside of this meditation. You can still take from this practice some very practical\, effective lessons\, tools\, and experiences that can enable you to lead a more peaceful\, purposeful\, fulfilling and loving life. \nABOUT YASUKO KASAKI \nYasuko Kasaki is an internationally beloved spiritual writer\, counselor\, healer\, lecturer and translator from Tokyo. She is widely recognized as the person most responsible for the spread of A Course in Miraclesthroughout Japan. In 2004 she founded CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, the first and only spiritual center devoted to the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles in New York City. She has taught and worked with thousands of people from around the world to help resolve their mental and physical issues and witness miracles. She presents at the CMC’s annual ACIM Conferences in the U.S.\, and several times a year she gives large seminars throughout Japan. She has also been presented internationally at ACIM conferences and workshops in the U.K.\, Spain\, Germany\, and Israel. \nYasuko is the author of The Scales Fell from My Eyes: An Illustrated Course in Miracles and 17 books in Japanese about the Course\, as well as numerous novels\, short stories\, essays and collections of photographs. Her translations of the ACIM Workbook and of books by Course teachers Jon Mundy\, Gabrielle Bernstein and David Hoffmeister have also been published in Japan. Yasuko’s spiritual writing and lectures are celebrated for their clearly stated explanations of complex concepts illustrated by captivating personal stories of struggle and triumph\, drawn from her long career as a writer\, motorcyclist\, and spiritual counselor. Meditation and communication with Holy Spirit form the foundation of her practice. URL:https://crsny.org/event/guided-meditation-with-yasuko-kasaki-in-english-on-zoom-6/2025-09-08/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_4847.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250806T192659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250918T185220Z UID:42801-1758481200-1758486600@crsny.org SUMMARY:@CPR | PLANTING SEEDS OF PEACE IN AMERICA DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents @CPR | PLANTING SEEDS OF PEACE IN AMERICA\, a dance and film event marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This commemorative performance will take place on September 21\, 2025\, at 7 pm at CPR – Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn\, NY\, supported by the @CPR Performance Series as part of CPR – Center for Performance Research’s Subsidized Space Rental Program. Tickets are $20 and are available via Eventbrite. \nThis powerful program features rare U.S. performances by Japanese choreographer and dancer Chizuko Kotani\, a second-generation atomic bomb survivor\, her Kansai\, Japan-based ensemble P Company\, and butoh master Nobuo Harada\, known for bridging humor and gravity in his striking solo work. NYC-based butoh artist Azumi Oe will improvise with musicians Shoko Nagai (Moog) and Satoshi Takeishi (prepared hammer dulcimer). The evening also includes a screening of Chris Fiore’s short film “A Few Laughed.” \nThis year\, as Hiroshima marks 80 years since the bombing and the Hibakusha organization is honored with the Nobel Peace Prize\, we invite you to join in a deep reflection on peace and the horrors of war through the power of movement and memory. The artists’ decades-long commitment to cross-cultural healing through art takes on new urgency in today’s global climate. This program is made possible\, in part\, by a production grant from CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing). \nTICKETS:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/cpr-p-company-friends-planting-seeds-of-peace-in-america-tickets-1563121150439 \nVENUE:\nCPR – Center for Performance Research\n361 Manhattan Ave\nBrooklyn\, NY 11211 \nHighlights from the program include: \n”I Will Become a Dove” (Chizuko Kotani solo) \nWith skin that has peeled off and hung down as wings\, I overcome suffering and anger\, and I become a dove\, soaring into the sky. \n“Life” (P Company group dance) \nAn evocation of people fleeing in fear\, seeking help\, this dance embodies the horror and anger of the atomic bomb. \n“The Red River of Ether” (Nobuho Harada solo) \nOne of Nobuho Harada’s signature pieces\, this work\, connecting life and death\, encapsulates the greatest intensity within the smallest movement. \nTrio Impromptu (Azumi Oe with Shoko Nagai and Satoshi Takeishi) \n“A Few Laughed” (Chris Fiore\, 2019\, running time 05:37)  \nThis short film is an experimental short film that honors the 23 Japanese sailors and fishermen irradiated by the unannounced 1954 Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test. The film was created for the Lucky Dragon 5 event at Tokyo’s Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall\, honoring the Japanese sailors and fishermen\, and features an improvised dance performance by Takemi Kitamura\, with costume by Nobuko Tsuruta. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nChizuko Kotani is a Japanese choreographer\, dancer\, and founder of P Company. As the daughter of atomic bomb survivors\, she has long carried the emotional legacy of war. Her activism with the “Chernobyl Hibakusha Support Kansai” group helped transform her trauma into purpose. Now\, she shares stories of survival and hope through contemporary dance works that call for peace and remembrance. \nChizuko Kotani began her dance training in the 1970s under Miyoko Fujiwara\, whose powerful final performances while hospitalized left a lasting impression on her. At just 21\, Chizuko took over the studio following Fujiwara’s passing and went on to found her own company\, Dance Core Possible\, in 1981. She also studied Martha Graham technique with the late Akiko Kanda\, a trailblazer who brought Graham’s radical physical language back to Japan after dancing as one of Graham’s principal performers in New York. Chizuko’s work carries forward this lineage\, grounded in the Graham technique but transformed through her own cultural and political experiences. \nA native of Hiroshima\, Chizuko weaves personal and historical memory into her choreography\, often tackling themes such as war\, nuclear energy\, and the fragility of life. Like her mentor Kanda\, who incorporated Japanese forms such as Noh and questioned gender roles through dance\, Chizuko uses the stage as a space for social reflection. Her works fuse bodily precision with emotional depth and existential inquiry\, reflecting her belief that dance is not just performance but a way of knowing\, resisting\, and ultimately remembering. \nNobuo Harada is a Fukuoka-based butoh master and founder of Seiryusha (1980). A successor in the lineage of Kazuo Ohno and Akira Kasai\, Harada’s performances blend profound physicality with philosophical playfulness\, navigating the border between art and anti-art. He has toured widely in Japan and abroad\, bringing butoh’s quiet power to audiences across cultures. Born in Fukuoka in 1949\, he studied martial arts until seeing Akira Kasai and Kazuo Ohno perform “The Bottom of the Hill” in 1972\, which led him to study under Kasaki for seven years. \nFounded in 2004 by Chizuko Kotani\, Kansai-based P Company features a diverse group of dancers drawn from Dance Core Possible and trained in styles ranging from ballet to improvisation. The company plays a key role in the WiSP Project\, using performance as a vehicle for peace education and intercultural exchange. Last year\, P Company and WiSP presented Chizuko’s “The Dropping of the Atomic Bomb” at Art Complex Hiroshima. \nAzumi Oe is a New York-based butoh dancer and choreographer known for her mesmerizing\, provocative\, and meticulous performances. A former member of Vangeline Theater and principal dancer under butoh master Katsura Kan\, she now develops experimental solo and collaborative projects worldwide. She was a 2023 artist-in-residence at Johns Hopkins PEABODY Institute and a 2024 NYFA/NYSCA Fellow in Choreography. www.azumioe.com \nShoko Nagai is a pianist\, accordionist\, and composer whose work spans jazz\, experimental\, and global traditions. Trained in Japan on Yamaha’s electronic organ before studying at Berklee College of Music\, she has developed a distinctive voice on prepared piano\, accordion\, and keyboards\, often influenced by the minimalist sound of Toru Takemitsu. She performs Klezmer\, Balkan\, and improvised music with equal command\, and also composes scores for film and performance. Whether collaborating with renowned musicians or leading her own projects\, Nagai is known for her intense focus and virtuosity\, creating performances that mesmerize audiences. shokonagai.net \nSatoshi Takeishi is a drummer\, percussionist\, and arranger whose career bridges jazz\, classical\, world\, and experimental music. A Berklee College of Music graduate\, he lived in Colombia for four years\, performing with the Bogotá Symphony and exploring Latin traditions before moving to New York in 1991. His collaborations include work with Ray Barretto\, Eliane Elias\, Anthony Braxton\, and Toshiko Akiyoshi\, among many others. Blending South American\, Middle Eastern\, and contemporary influences\, Takeishi brings a deep sensitivity to rhythm and texture. He continues to expand his artistry through improvisation and cross-cultural collaborations with musicians and composers worldwide. \nChris Fiore is a filmmaker and artist whose documentary work has earned awards\, including the 2024 Culver City Film Festival Audience Award and the 2025 Berlin Indie Film Festival Award for Best Artist Film. His short A Few Laughed honors the 23 Japanese fishermen exposed to fallout from the 1954 Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test near the Bikini Islands. www.chrisfiore.com \nCRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) is a healing and cultural arts organization dedicated to exploring the intersection of spirituality\, creativity\, and community. CRS has presented peace-focused performances\, exhibitions\, and workshops for over 20 years in New York City and internationally. \nCPR – Center for Performance Research is dedicated to supporting artists in the development of new work in contemporary dance and performance. CPR focuses its activities in three key areas: creative and professional development support; providing affordable space for artists; and public programming. Curated and open-call programs focus on providing artists with rehearsal\, residency\, and performance support\, which generates time and space for research and dialogue\, and creates opportunities to share work in a variety of contexts. CPR’s subsidized space rental program helps to ensure that artists can access CPR’s flexible studios and performance space at affordable rates to create and share their work. By presenting work to the public through performances\, work-in-progress showings\, salon-style discussions\, exhibitions\, and festivals\, CPR exposes local audiences and its community to contemporary artistic practice and process. URL:https://crsny.org/event/cpr-planting-seeds-of-peace-in-america/ LOCATION:CPR – Center for Performance Research\, 361 Manhattan Ave\, Brooklyn\, 11211\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert,CRS Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/250921-image-for-Eventbrite-4.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.7166789;-73.9466862 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CPR – Center for Performance Research 361 Manhattan Ave Brooklyn 11211 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=361 Manhattan Ave:geo:-73.9466862,40.7166789 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250928T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250928T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250822T204320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T194007Z UID:42836-1759069800-1759075200@crsny.org SUMMARY:In-Person Guided Meditation & Spiritual Healing Clinic DESCRIPTION:We are happy to invite you back to CRS in person for an afternoon of meditation\, healing\, and spiritual community! Let’s witness the light in one another and share stillness and peace of mind. We’ll begin with a short talk and guided meditation by Yasuko and then share our one-on-one spiritual healing with you. After we can enjoy some social time together. \nSuggested Donation $20 cash. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.\nRSVP REQUIRED to etsuko@crsny.org (Space is limited!)\nPlease arrive 5–10 minutes early as late comers may have trouble entering the building. \nBring any issue you are facing right now — physically\, emotionally\, mentally\, and/or spiritually. With eyes closed (you will be seated and a healer will stand nearby; no touching is involved)\, a CRS healer\, trained in A Course in Miracles and spiritual reading/healing\, will observe you with her inner sight\, free of any judgments\, a perfect shining spirit. Together\, we will ask the Holy Spirit (or Inner Guide if you prefer) to bring us directly to whatever seed thought is causing your current issues and ask for guidance about how your spirit really wants to make use of your present situation for its growth and sharing of love. After about 10 minutes of meditation\, we will share the inspirational guidance that we receive. \nWe share healing quietly and provide you with an opportunity to come to rest\, reflect\, and remember who you truly are\, in a supportive\, non-judgmental\, meditative environment. We’d like to offer you an opportunity to experience stillness of mind and peace so that you can return to harmony with your true nature and purpose. Then you will find that rather than needing “solutions” to “problems” you will realize that you have no problems except those that you project. URL:https://crsny.org/event/in-person-guided-meditation-spiritual-healing-clinic-3/2025-09-28/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event,CRS Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DSC02389-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20250821T231646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T183728Z UID:42859-1760985000-1760986800@crsny.org SUMMARY:Guided Meditation with Chris in English (on Zoom) DESCRIPTION:from 6:30 – 7 pm\nFollowed by ACIM Class from 7 – 8 pm (same Zoom link) \nZoom Meeting Link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81541160040 \nCall-in info:\nMeeting ID: 815 4116 0040\nOne tap mobile: 1-929-436-2866 \nSuggested class donation $20 via PayPal to https://www.paypal.me/crsny\n(no one turned away due to lack of funds) \nPlease join me in the sharing of miracles. Here\, your mind can come to rest and you can remember true peace. No experience with meditation is required\, and everyone is welcome. I ask only that you make it your intention to sit still\, quiet in body and mind\, and to listen to\, receive\, and follow my instruction to the best of your ability. You will learn to meditate as you practice. \nEach week I will share with you a different inspirational message from Holy Spirit. This may take the form of creative visualization exercises\, or instruction about the nature and purpose of meditation\, or about our true nature and relationship to ourselves\, to one another\, and to the world. In a sense\, this is both a meditation practice and a meditation class. At the end of the meditation you will have a chance to respond briefly if you like. \nSome students have been practicing regularly for a number of years. Others drop in and out as they have time or need. Some come to learn and grow\, others more so simply to calm down\, to take time out from the frenetic pace of their busy lives. If you are new and feeling uncertain or shaky\, do not hesitate to introduce yourself to some of the other students\, to ask questions before or after. Try to observe and emulate the stillness and concentration of others around you whom you sense are most grounded. Soon\, you\, in turn\, may provide inspiration and guidance for others. \nWhile the principles are based on A Course in Miracles (ACIM)\, it does not matter if you are unfamiliar with ACIM or are not prepared to study it outside of this meditation. You can still take from this practice some very practical\, effective lessons\, tools\, and experiences that can enable you to lead a more peaceful\, purposeful\, fulfilling and loving life. URL:https://crsny.org/event/guided-meditation-with-yasuko-kasaki-in-english-on-zoom-6-2025-10-20/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/IMG_4847.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251020T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20220707T195949Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251002T183857Z UID:42862-1760986800-1760990400@crsny.org SUMMARY:A Course in Miracles Class with Chris (on Zoom) DESCRIPTION:from 7 – 8 pm\nPreceded by Guided Meditation from 6:30 – 7 pm (same Zoom link) \nTogether\, let’s come to rest and remember true peace. Each class usually contains some lecture on concepts from A Course in Miracles\, some discussion and Q&A\, and a meditation\, creative visualization and/or spiritual reading practice in order to experience mind change. \nOur primary goal in these classes is for each student to learn to listen to the guidance of Holy Spirit and live his/her life with certainty and peace. Slowly\, you will re-train your eyes to see the world around you without judgment. You will learn to communicate with your holy spirit. Students of all experience levels and backgrounds are welcome! \nZoom Meeting Link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81541160040 \nCall-in info:\nMeeting ID: 815 4116 0040\nOne tap mobile: 1-929-436-2866 \nSuggested donation $20 via PayPal to https://www.paypal.me/crsny\n(no one turned away due to lack of funds) \nYou can find the text of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) online here (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Course_in_Miracles)\, among other places. URL:https://crsny.org/event/a-course-in-miracles-class-with-yasuko-kasaki-on-zoom-5-2025-10-20/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Yasuko-Kasaki-and-ACIM-Cover.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251201T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20251009T214103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251116T222033Z UID:42878-1764615600-1764621000@crsny.org SUMMARY:CRS & Fridman Gallery Present Crossing Boundaries 24: Between Breaths: A Sonic Memoir with gamin DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, Fridman Gallery\, and New Ear\, Inc. present Crossing Boundaries 24: Between Breaths: A Sonic Memoir with gamin\, an intimate multimedia performance by Korean-born\, U.S.-based musician gamin\, a multi-instrumentalist and designated Yisuja (official holder of Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46). In this work\, gamin invites audiences into a sonic memoir woven from breath\, memory\, and ancestral voice. \n“Her music is unlike anything else in the world.” — New York Music Daily \nElizabeth Hoffman (sound design & electronics)\, Christine Yerie Lee (visual art)\, Jacqueline Kerrod (harp)\, Kai-Luen Liang (sound design)\, and Satoshi Takeishi (percussion) round out the creative team. \nThe concert will take place on December 1\, 2025 at 7 pm at Fridman Gallery. Tickets are $27.74 and are available online. \nCreated by gamin\, Between Breaths is a meditation on lineage\, transformation\, and transcendence—where tradition is reimagined through feminist and intercultural lenses\, and breath becomes memory\, ritual\, resistance\, and future. Drawing on her monograph of family history and cultural heritage\, she brings to life the stories of her foremothers through the sounds of traditional Korean wind instruments—the piri\, saenghwang\, and taepyeongso—blurring the lines between ritual and recital. Through improvisation and Korean modes\, each breath becomes a vessel of resilience\, migration\, and belonging. \nTICKETS:\nhttps://withfriends.events/event/gnMixNT7/between-breaths-by-gamin/ \nVENUE LOCATION:\nFridman Gallery\n169 Bowery\nNew York\, NY 10002 \nDIRECTIONS:\nThe Fridman Gallery is located on the east side of The Bowery just south of Delancey St. \nNEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:\nSpring Street 6\nCanal Street N/Q\nCanal Street J \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES \nCROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences\, the traditional and contemporary\, classical and experimental\, and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are given the opportunity to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical\, visual\, and/or movement artists of their choosing. The series was conceived in 2018 by the Korean traditional wind player and composer gamin\, who has continued to help curate the series each year. https://crsny.org/crossing-boundaries-concert-series/ \nCrossing Boundaries is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement\, a regrant program administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks\, resources\, and support\, to create vibrant\, sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \ngamin is a renowned Korean musician and multi-instrumentalist\, celebrated for her mastery of traditional wind instruments\, particularly the piri (double-reed bamboo oboe)\, taepyeongso (conical oboe)\, and saenghwang (mouth organ). She is a designated master for Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. Trained under the mentorship of living national treasure Jeong Jae-guk\, gamin has reinterpreted Korean classical music while exploring contemporary and experimental sounds. Her performances have captivated audiences worldwide\, blending the rich heritage of Korean music with innovative improvisation. As a former principal player of the National Gugak Orchestra\, gamin continues to expand the boundaries of Korean music through her solo projects and collaborations with global artists. gamin was awarded a Jerome (Hill) Foundation Artist Fellowship 2021–2023. Since 2022\, gamin has taught graduate and undergraduate ethnomusicology as Adjunct Faculty at the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA. In 2023\, gamin was awarded an artist fellowship by the Howard Foundation. Since 2018\, gamin has curated performances for the Crossing Boundaries Concert Series\, which she conceived. gaminmusic.com \nChristine Yerie Lee is a multidisciplinary artist working in video\, performance\, and drawing. Raised in the American South\, Lee’s practice explores performativity\, embodiment\, and spectatorship as a way to reexamine ideas of authenticity\, nationhood\, and desire in relation to self-construction. Drawing from Korean and American folklore\, global histories\, and pop culture\, she builds interconnected worlds where fantasy and reality collide\, creating a new place for cultural\, psychological\, and socio-political discovery. Her recent projects include BUL (2023)\, an experimental rock opera inspired by the Korean monster Bulgasari\, and its sequel\, SWAN SONG (2025). She lives and works in Los Angeles with her dog\, Belly. \nLee holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been shown in solo and two-person exhibitions at Human Resources LA\, GOBI\, Y2K Group (NYC)\, and Centre Culturel Jean Cocteau (France)\, and in group shows at UCLA New Wight Gallery\, Helen J. Gallery\, ICA LA\, Museum of Impossible Forms (Finland)\, REDCAT\, and Metro Art Los Angeles. She has been an artist-in-residence at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts\, Centre Culturel Jean Cocteau\, Heart of Los Angeles\, and Crosstown Arts\, and is a recipient of the College Art Association’s Visual Arts Fellowship. Lee has taught video art at CalArts\, CSU Long Beach\, Pomona College\, and Pitzer College. https://www.christineyerielee.com/ \nElizabeth Hoffman\, composer (NYC)\, works in acoustic\, electroacoustic\, and computer media\, and has created collaborative projects with performers including Ivan Goff\, Jane Rigler\, Margaret Lancaster\, gamin\, Marianne Gythfeldt\, Elena Demyanenko\, String Noise\, Azalea Twining\, Andy Kozar\, and HYPERCUBE\, and a recent work for Glass Farm Ensemble’s Nieuw Amsterdam – New York album on Innova. Elizabeth teaches in NYU’s Arts and Science Music Department. Her electroacoustic music is published by Empreintes DIGITALes. She has received Bourges\, Prix Ars\, Pierre Schaeffer\, and Sonic Circuits prizes; and MacDowell\, NEA\, Seattle Arts Commission\, and Jerome Foundation grants\, and an International Computer Music Association commission. Her interactive music connects computer processes to acoustic instruments through textural\, tuning\, and spatial explorations\, or algorithmic applications\, as seen in a permanent installation in the Bobst Library Atrium. Her interest in feminist re-tellings\, the imprint of society on subjectivity\, and dialogue and intervention through music is a long-standing focus. She is also a pianist. https://wp.nyu.edu/elizabeth_hoffman/ \nSouth African harpist Jacqueline Kerrod is celebrated for her “exceptionally virtuosic and sensitive” musicianship and her adventurous approach to the harp. Equally at home in classical\, contemporary\, and experimental genres\, she performs throughout the United States and Europe. A frequent collaborator with composer and multi-reedist Anthony Braxton\, she tours internationally both in duo and with his ZIM music ensemble. A founding member of the award-winning pop duo Addi & Jacq\, Kerrod has also toured her multimedia project Harps Uncovered and is currently developing a solo project that fuses improvisation\, songwriting\, and live electronics. \nA passionate advocate for contemporary and South African music\, Kerrod has premiered numerous new works and performed with leading ensembles such as the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)\, Alarm Will Sound\, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Her diverse collaborations span artists from Rufus Wainwright to Kanye West\, and her recordings appear on labels including dischi di angelica\, New Amsterdam\, and American Modern Recordings. A graduate of the Yale School of Music\, she continues to redefine the expressive possibilities of the harp with her eclectic artistry and boundary-crossing style. https://jacquelinekerrod.com/ \n Kai-Luen Liang is a sound and video artist\, musician\, and music producer based in Los Angeles. His sound is a mixture of field recordings\, improvisation\, home made software systems\, and electronic elements. He is currently adjunct teaching faculty at California Institute of the Arts where he teaches Music Technology and Integrated Media\, as well as a visiting professor of Music at Occidental College teaching Music and AI. https://kailuenliang.com \nSatoshi Takeishi\, drummer\, percussionist\, and arranger\, is a native of Mito\, Japan. He studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston\, Massachusetts. While at Berklee\, he developed an interest in the music of South America and moved to Colombia at the invitation of a friend. He spent four years there and forged many musical and personal relationships. One of the projects he worked on while in Colombia was ‘Macumbia’ with composer/arranger Francisco Zumaque\, in which traditional\, jazz\, and classical music were combined. With this group\, he performed with the Bogota symphony orchestra in a series of concerts honoring the music of Colombia’s most popular composer\, Lucho Bermudes. In 1986\, he returned to Miami\, U.S.\, where he began working as an arranger/producer as well as a performer. \nIn 1987\, he produced ‘Morning Ride’ for jazz flutist Nestor Torres on Polygram Records. His interest expanded to the rhythms and melodies of the Middle East where he studied and performed with Armenian-American oud master Joe Zeytoonian. Since moving to New York in 1991\, he has performed and recorded in vast variety of genre\, from world music\, jazz\, contemporary classical music to experimental electronic music with musicians such as Ray Barretto\, Carlos ‘Patato’ Valdes\, Eliane Elias\, Marc Johnson\, Eddie Gomez\, Randy Brecker\, Dave Liebman\, Anthony Braxton\, Mark Murphy\, Herbie Mann\, Paul Winter Consort\, Rabih Abu Khalil\, Erik Friedlander\, Ned Rothenberg\, MIchael Attias\, Shoko Nagai\, Paul Giger\, Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band\, Ying String Quartet\, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra\, Dhafer Youssef\, Lalo Schifrin and Pablo Ziegler\, to name a few. He continues to explore multi-cultural\, electronic\, and improvisational music with local musicians and composers in New York. \nABOUT THE PRESENTERS \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a Manhattan- and Tokyo-based arts and spiritual center founded in 2004 by Yasuko Kasaki and Christopher Pelham. Rooted in the non-dualistic teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM)\, CRS offers spiritual counseling\, healing\, and mind-training courses to practitioners around the world. The Center uses the arts as a vehicle for achieving awakening\, unity\, and peace. By producing exhibitions\, performances\, and an online arts magazine (onlylove.ART)\, and providing support for third-party initiatives like Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³) and Kotohogi\, CRS empowers a diverse\, international community of artists to experiment\, collaborate\, and share their visions. https://crsny.org \nFounded in 2013\, and located on Manhattan’s Lower East Side\, FRIDMAN GALLERY champions a diverse roster of international contemporary artists working across various media. The gallery takes risks and organizes critically acclaimed exhibitions\, such as the first solo shows in New York by Nate Lewis\, Nina Katchadourian\, Wura-Natasha Ogunji\, and Summer Wheat\, and first-ever solo exhibitions of Dindga McCannon and Milford Graves\, whose works have now earned a place in the art-historical canon after decades of neglect by the mainstream art world. Our 2022 exhibition Women at War\, featuring 12 women artists from Ukraine responding to the current war\, has been touring university museums across the U.S. and Canada. In 2025 we will present solo exhibitions by both emerging talents – Azuki Furuya and Will Maxen\, and established artists – Remy Jungerman and Athena LaTocha. Additionally\, the gallery actively participates in leading international art fairs\, such as Art Basel Miami Beach\, the Armory Show\, Art Cologne\, and Paris Photo. \nFridman Gallery is consistently recognized for its ambitious performance program\, featuring a full schedule of experimental performance art. This includes the annual New Ear Festival\, a comprehensive music festival with a curatorial emphasis on contrast to foster cross-pollination among audiences. In September of 2016\, the gallery hosted 9e + 50\, a dedication to the seminal 9 Evenings of Theater and Engineering\, featuring performances by Alvin Lucier\, Pauline Olivieros\, Simon Forti\, and others. The physical space also serves as the home for choreographer Abigail Levine’s “Restagings” (2017–2024)\, a durational\, multi-part series that reinterprets canonical minimalist and conceptual artworks as performances. With a commitment to pushing artistic boundaries\, Fridman Gallery contributes significantly to New York City’s vibrant art scene\, fostering dialogue\, culture\, and exploration within the ever-evolving landscape of contemporary art. https://fridmangallery.com/ \nNEW EAR\, INC. is a presenting organization dedicated to fostering experimentation in time-based media and interdisciplinary collaboration within a visual art context. Carrying on the spirit of risk-taking experimentation in downtown NYC\, New Ear supports artists across artistic and cultural backgrounds\, and at all stages of their careers with commissions and opportunities to present their work\, residencies and workshops\, mentorship\, access to specialized equipment\, and engineering support. \nNew Ear :: programming is made possible\, in part\, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature as well as individual donors — via WithFriends — who provide essential monthly support. Additionally\, New Ear :: was supported by NewMusic USA’s Organization Fund\, with support in part from Fifth House Ensemble and legacy contributions to the New MusicUSA endowment. Support for organizations based in New York State is provided in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor. Support for organizations based in New York City is provided in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council\, and with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation. https://new-ear.org URL:https://crsny.org/event/cb24/ LOCATION:Fridman Gallery\, 169 Bowery\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States CATEGORIES:Crossing Boundaries,CRS Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sjwkew.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.7198478;-73.9937108 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) Fridman Gallery and New Ear Inc. present Crossing Boundaries 24: Between Breaths: A Sonic Memoir with gamin an intimate multimedia performance by Korean-born U.S.-based musician gamin a multi-instrumentalist and designated Yisuja (official holder of Korea’s Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46). In this work gamin invites audiences into a sonic memoir woven from breath memory and ancestral voice. \n“Her music is unlike anything else in the world.” — New York Music Daily \nElizabeth Hoffman (sound design & electronics) Christine Yerie Lee (visual art) Jacqueline Kerrod (harp) Kai-Luen Liang (sound design) and Satoshi Takeishi (percussion) round out the creative team. \nThe concert will take place on December 1 2025 at 7 pm at Fridman Gallery. Tickets are $27.74 and are available online. \nCreated by gamin Between Breaths is a meditation on lineage transformation and transcendence—where tradition is reimagined through feminist and intercultural lenses and breath becomes memory ritual resistance and future. Drawing on her monograph of family history and cultural heritage she brings to life the stories of her foremothers through the sounds of traditional Korean wind instruments—the piri saenghwang and taepyeongso—blurring the lines between ritual and recital. Through improvisation and Korean modes each breath becomes a vessel of resilience migration and belonging. \nTICKETS:\nhttps://withfriends.events/event/gnMixNT7/between-breaths-by-gamin/ \nVENUE \nFridman Gallery\n169 Bowery\nNew York NY 10002 \nDIRECTIONS:\nThe Fridman Gallery is located on the east side of The Bowery just south of Delancey St. \nNEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:\nSpring Street 6\nCanal Street N/Q\nCanal Street J \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES \nCROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences the traditional and contemporary classical and experimental and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are given the opportunity to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical visual and/or movement artists of their choosing. The series was conceived in 2018 by the Korean traditional wind player and composer gamin who has continued to help curate the series each year. https://crsny.org/crossing-boundaries-concert-series/ \nCrossing Boundaries is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement a regrant program administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks resources and support to create vibrant sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \ngamin is a renowned Korean musician and multi-instrumentalist celebrated for her mastery of traditional wind instruments particularly the piri (double-reed bamboo oboe) taepyeongso (conical oboe) and saenghwang (mouth organ). She is a designated master for Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46. Trained under the mentorship of living national treasure Jeong Jae-guk gamin has reinterpreted Korean classical music while exploring contemporary and experimental sounds. Her performances have captivated audiences worldwide blending the rich heritage of Korean music with innovative improvisation. As a former principal player of the National Gugak Orchestra gamin continues to expand the boundaries of Korean music through her solo projects and collaborations with global artists. gamin was awarded a Jerome (Hill) Foundation Artist Fellowship 2021–2023. Since 2022 gamin has taught graduate and undergraduate ethnomusicology as Adjunct Faculty at the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA. In 2023 gamin was awarded an artist fellowship by the Howard Foundation. Since 2018 gamin has curated performances for the Crossing Boundaries Concert Series which she conceived. gaminmusic.com \nChristine Yerie Lee is a multidisciplinary artist working in video performance and drawing. Raised in the American South Lee’s practice explores performativity embodiment and spectatorship as a way to reexamine ideas of authenticity nationhood and desire in relation to self-construction. Drawing from Korean and American folklore global histories and pop culture she builds interconnected worlds where fantasy and reality collide creating a new place for cultural psychological and socio-political discovery. Her recent projects include BUL (2023) an experimental rock opera inspired by the Korean monster Bulgasari and its sequel SWAN SONG (2025). She lives and works in Los Angeles with her dog Belly. \nLee holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. Her work has been shown in solo and two-person exhibitions at Human Resources LA GOBI Y2K Group (NYC) and Centre Culturel Jean Cocteau (France) and in group shows at UCLA New Wight Gallery Helen J. Gallery ICA LA Museum of Impossible Forms (Finland) REDCAT and Metro Art Los Angeles. She has been an artist-in-residence at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Centre Culturel Jean Cocteau Heart of Los Angeles and Crosstown Arts and is a recipient of the College Art Association’s Visual Arts Fellowship. Lee has taught video art at CalArts CSU Long Beach Pomona College and Pitzer College. https://www.christineyerielee.com/ \nElizabeth Hoffman composer (NYC) works in acoustic electroacoustic and computer media and has created collaborative projects with performers including Ivan Goff Jane Rigler Margaret Lancaster gamin Marianne Gythfeldt Elena Demyanenko String Noise Azalea Twining Andy Kozar and HYPERCUBE and a recent work for Glass Farm Ensemble’s Nieuw Amsterdam – New York album on Innova. Elizabeth teaches in NYU’s Arts and Science Music Department. Her electroacoustic music is published by Empreintes DIGITALes. She has received Bourges Prix Ars Pierre Schaeffer and Sonic Circuits prizes; and MacDowell NEA Seattle Arts Commission and Jerome Foundation grants and an International Computer Music Association commission. Her interactive music connects computer processes to acoustic instruments through textural tuning and spatial explorations or algorithmic applications as seen in a permanent installation in the Bobst Library Atrium. Her interest in feminist re-tellings the imprint of society on subjectivity and dialogue and intervention through music is a long-standing focus. She is also a pianist. https://wp.nyu.edu/elizabeth_hoffman/ \nSouth African harpist Jacqueline Kerrod is celebrated for her “exceptionally virtuosic and sensitive” musicianship and her adventurous approach to the harp. Equally at home in classical contemporary and experimental genres she performs throughout the United States and Europe. A frequent collaborator with composer and multi-reedist Anthony Braxton she tours internationally both in duo and with his ZIM music ensemble. A founding member of the award-winning pop duo Addi & Jacq Kerrod has also toured her multimedia project Harps Uncovered and is currently developing a solo project that fuses improvisation songwriting and live electronics. \nA passionate advocate for contemporary and South African music Kerrod has premiered numerous new works and performed with leading ensembles such as the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) Alarm Will Sound and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Her diverse collaborations span artists from Rufus Wainwright to Kanye West and her recordings appear on labels including dischi di angelica New Amsterdam and American Modern Recordings. A graduate of the Yale School of Music she continues to redefine the expressive possibilities of the harp with her eclectic artistry and boundary-crossing style. https://jacquelinekerrod.com/ \n Kai-Luen Liang is a sound and video artist musician and music producer based in Los Angeles. His sound is a mixture of field recordings improvisation home made software systems and electronic elements. He is currently adjunct teaching faculty at California Institute of the Arts where he teaches Music Technology and Integrated Media as well as a visiting professor of Music at Occidental College teaching Music and AI. https://kailuenliang.com \nSatoshi Takeishi drummer percussionist and arranger is a native of Mito Japan. He studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston Massachusetts. While at Berklee he developed an interest in the music of South America and moved to Colombia at the invitation of a friend. He spent four years there and forged many musical and personal relationships. One of the projects he worked on while in Colombia was ‘Macumbia’ with composer/arranger Francisco Zumaque in which traditional jazz and classical music were combined. With this group he performed with the Bogota symphony orchestra in a series of concerts honoring the music of Colombia’s most popular composer Lucho Bermudes. In 1986 he returned to Miami U.S. where he began working as an arranger/producer as well as a performer. \nIn 1987 he produced ‘Morning Ride’ for jazz flutist Nestor Torres on Polygram Records. His interest expanded to the rhythms and melodies of the Middle East where he studied and performed with Armenian-American oud master Joe Zeytoonian. Since moving to New York in 1991 he has performed and recorded in vast variety of genre from world music jazz contemporary classical music to experimental electronic music with musicians such as Ray Barretto Carlos ‘Patato’ Valdes Eliane Elias Marc Johnson Eddie Gomez Randy Brecker Dave Liebman Anthony Braxton Mark Murphy Herbie Mann Paul Winter Consort Rabih Abu Khalil Erik Friedlander Ned Rothenberg MIchael Attias Shoko Nagai Paul Giger Toshiko Akiyoshi Big Band Ying String Quartet Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra Dhafer Youssef Lalo Schifrin and Pablo Ziegler to name a few. He continues to explore multi-cultural electronic and improvisational music with local musicians and composers in New York. \nABOUT THE PRESENTERS \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a Manhattan- and Tokyo-based arts and spiritual center founded in 2004 by Yasuko Kasaki and Christopher Pelham. Rooted in the non-dualistic teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) CRS offers spiritual counseling healing and mind-training courses to practitioners around the world. The Center uses the arts as a vehicle for achieving awakening unity and peace. By producing exhibitions performances and an online arts magazine (onlylove.ART) and providing support for third-party initiatives like Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³) and Kotohogi CRS empowers a diverse international community of artists to experiment collaborate and share their visions. https://crsny.org \nFounded in 2013 and located on Manhattan’s Lower East Side FRIDMAN GALLERY champions a diverse roster of international contemporary artists working across various media. The gallery takes risks and organizes critically acclaimed exhibitions such as the first solo shows in New York by Nate Lewis Nina Katchadourian Wura-Natasha Ogunji and Summer Wheat and first-ever solo exhibitions of Dindga McCannon and Milford Graves whose works have now earned a place in the art-historical canon after decades of neglect by the mainstream art world. Our 2022 exhibition Women at War featuring 12 women artists from Ukraine responding to the current war has been touring university museums across the U.S. and Canada. In 2025 we will present solo exhibitions by both emerging talents – Azuki Furuya and Will Maxen and established artists – Remy Jungerman and Athena LaTocha. Additionally the gallery actively participates in leading international art fairs such as Art Basel Miami Beach the Armory Show Art Cologne and Paris Photo. \nFridman Gallery is consistently recognized for its ambitious performance program featuring a full schedule of experimental performance art. This includes the annual New Ear Festival a comprehensive music festival with a curatorial emphasis on contrast to foster cross-pollination among audiences. In September of 2016 the gallery hosted 9e + 50 a dedication to the seminal 9 Evenings of Theater and Engineering featuring performances by Alvin Lucier Pauline Olivieros Simon Forti and others. The physical space also serves as the home for choreographer Abigail Levine’s “Restagings” (2017–2024) a durational multi-part series that reinterprets canonical minimalist and conceptual artworks as performances. With a commitment to pushing artistic boundaries Fridman Gallery contributes significantly to New York City’s vibrant art scene fostering dialogue culture and exploration within the ever-evolving landscape of contemporary art. https://fridmangallery.com/ \nNEW EAR INC. is a presenting organization dedicated to fostering experimentation in time-based media and interdisciplinary collaboration within a visual art context. Carrying on the spirit of risk-taking experimentation in downtown NYC New Ear supports artists across artistic and cultural backgrounds and at all stages of their careers with commissions and opportunities to present their work residencies and workshops mentorship access to specialized equipment and engineering support. \nNew Ear :: programming is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature as well as individual donors — via WithFriends — who provide essential monthly support. Additionally New Ear :: was supported by NewMusic USA’s Organization Fund with support in part from Fifth House Ensemble and legacy contributions to the New MusicUSA endowment. Support for organizations based in New York State is provided in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor. Support for organizations based in New York City is provided in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation. https://new-ear.org;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=169 Bowery:geo:-73.9937108,40.7198478 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251214T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251214T203000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20251022T203607Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251028T211845Z UID:42897-1765738800-1765744200@crsny.org SUMMARY:CRS Presents Crossing Boundaries 25: When the Ancestors Speak by Jen Shyu\, Sumi Tonooka\, and Val Jeanty DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents Crossing Boundaries 25: When the Ancestors Speak on Sunday\, December 14\, 2025\, at 7 pm at Greenwich House Music Hall. Curated by Jen Shyu\, this work by Jen Shyu (vocals\, Taiwanese moon lute\, Japanese biwa\, Korean gayageum)\, Sumi Tonooka (piano)\, and Val Jeanty (SoundChemist) explores the theme of immigration\, growing out of their own rich multi-ethnic family and musical histories\, from Africa\, Japan\, Timor\, Taiwan\, Haiti\, and beyond. This concert mixes music with movement and text\, further developing material which was first introduced during Jen Shyu’s 2023 residency at The Stone and expanded upon that fall in Crossing Boundaries 20. (Trio photo by Mariana Meraz) \nTICKET LINK:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/when-the-ancestors-speak-by-jen-shyu-sumi-tonooka-and-val-jeanty-tickets-1860031316739\n \nVENUE LOCATION:\nGreenwich House Music School\n46 Barrow Street\nNew York\, NY 10014 \nDIRECTIONS:\nGreenwich House Music School is located in the West Village just west of Seventh Avenue. The Music Hall is located on the second floor\, and there is no elevator or wheelchair access. \nNEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:  \nThe nearest MTA station is the 1/9 station at Christopher Street – Sheridan Square. \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES \nCROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences\, the traditional and contemporary\, classical and experimental\, and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are empowered to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical\, visual\, and/or movement artists of their choosing. The series was conceived in 2018 by the Korean traditional wind player and composer gamin\, who has continued to help curate the series each year. https://crsny.org/crossing-boundaries-concert-series/ \nCrossing Boundaries is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement\, a regrant program administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks\, resources\, and support to create vibrant\, sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nJen Shyu photo by Daniel Reichert \nRome Prize\, Guggenheim\, and USA Fellow\, Doris Duke Artist\, multilingual multidisciplinary artist Jen Shyu was born in Peoria\, Illinois to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrants. She has produced eight albums and a single available on her record label Autumn Geese Records. She’s performed at Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Metropolitan Museum of Art\, National Theater of Korea\, Rubin Museum\, was named Downbeat’s 2017 Rising Star Female Vocalist\, and is a Fulbright scholar speaking 10 languages. She’s worked with such musical innovators as Sumi Tonooka\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, Nicole Mitchell\, Val Jeanty\, Ikue Mori\, Zeena Parkins\, Linda May Han Oh\, Kris Davis\, Wadada Leo Smith\, Mark Dresser\, Francis Wong\, Jon Jang\, Vijay Iyer\, Kenny Barron\, Reggie Workman\, Bill Frisell\, and Immanuel Wilkins. Her “Song of Silver Geese” was among The New York Times’ “Best Albums of 2017.” Her third solo production and album “Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses” (commissioned by John Zorn) has received wide critical acclaim\, with “When I Have Power” NPR’s “Best Songs of 2021.” She is a Paul Simon Music Fellows Guest Artist\, a Steinway Artist and co-founder with Sara Serpa of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians). @jenshyu\, https://www.jenshyu.com \nSumi Tonooka photo by Karen Sterling \n2023 Pew Fellowship Awardee Sumi Tonooka has been called a “fierce\, fascinating composer pianist” Jazz Times “provocative and compelling” New York Times. With 15 recordings to her name and a vast catalogue of compositions and award winning works in genres symphonic\, chamber\, dance and film\, she continues to be a creative force. Recently\, Tonooka was a winning finalist for the Emerging Black Composers Project to compose her fourth symphony\, Only The Midnight Sky and Silent Stars premiered by the San Francisco Conservatory in February 2023. She is also a 2021 recipient of the Doris Duke\, Creative Inflections Grant\, with vocalist/composer Jen Shyu\, for In The Green Room\, inspired by the stories of Asian and African American women in Jazz. She was awarded the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works grant in 2019\, premiering later this year for her trio plus Alchemy Sound Project\, a composers collective that she started in 2015. @sumitonooka\, http://sumitonooka.com \n  \nVAL Jeanty photo by Richard Louissaint \nVal Jeanty is a Grammy-winning Afro-Electronica composer\, turntablist\, and SoundChemist whose work bridges ancestral Haitian Vodou traditions with experimental electronic soundscapes. A professor at Berklee College of Music\, Jeanty has performed at the Whitney Museum\, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City\, and internationally at the Venice Biennale in Italy and Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. A recipient of the 2024 United States Artists Fellowship\, the 2019 NYSCA/Roulette Residency\, and the 2022 NYC/CBA Toulmin Fellowship\, Jeanty continues to expand the frontiers of sonic expression while honoring her Haitian heritage. @valjeanty\, https://val-inc.bandcamp.com/ \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a Manhattan- and Tokyo-based arts and spiritual center founded in 2004 by Yasuko Kasaki and Christopher Pelham. Rooted in the non-dualistic teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM)\, CRS offers spiritual counseling\, healing\, and mind-training courses to practitioners around the world. The Center uses the arts as a vehicle for achieving awakening\, unity\, and peace. By producing exhibitions\, performances\, and an online arts magazine (onlylove.ART)\, and providing support for individual artists and partner organizations like Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³) and Kotohogi\, CRS empowers a diverse\, international community of artists to experiment\, collaborate\, and share their visions. https://crsny.org URL:https://crsny.org/event/crs-presents-crossing-boundaries-25-when-the-ancestors-speak-by-jen-shyu-sumi-tonooka-and-val-jeanty/ LOCATION:Greenwich House Music Hall\, 46 Barrow Street\, New York\, 10014 CATEGORIES:Concert,Crossing Boundaries,CRS Presents ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/231105-CB20-Jen-Sumi-Val-by-Mariana-Meraz.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.7321499;-74.004512 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DESCRIPTION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) presents Crossing Boundaries 25: When the Ancestors Speak on Sunday December 14 2025 at 7 pm at Greenwich House Music Hall. Curated by Jen Shyu this work by Jen Shyu (vocals Taiwanese moon lute Japanese biwa Korean gayageum) Sumi Tonooka (piano) and Val Jeanty (SoundChemist) explores the theme of immigration growing out of their own rich multi-ethnic family and musical histories from Africa Japan Timor Taiwan Haiti and beyond. This concert mixes music with movement and text further developing material which was first introduced during Jen Shyu’s 2023 residency at The Stone and expanded upon that fall in Crossing Boundaries 20. (Trio photo by Mariana Meraz) \nTICKET LINK:\nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/when-the-ancestors-speak-by-jen-shyu-sumi-tonooka-and-val-jeanty-tickets-1860031316739\n \nVENUE \nGreenwich House Music School\n46 Barrow Street\nNew York NY 10014 \nDIRECTIONS:\nGreenwich House Music School is located in the West Village just west of Seventh Avenue. The Music Hall is located on the second floor and there is no elevator or wheelchair access. \nNEAREST SUBWAY STATIONS:  \nThe nearest MTA station is the 1/9 station at Christopher Street – Sheridan Square. \nABOUT CROSSING BOUNDARIES CONCERT SERIES \nCROSSING BOUNDARIES is a concert series devoted to dissolving boundaries between performers and audiences the traditional and contemporary classical and experimental and the culturally specific and the global. Series curators are empowered to create unique performance events in collaboration with musical visual and/or movement artists of their choosing. The series was conceived in 2018 by the Korean traditional wind player and composer gamin who has continued to help curate the series each year. https://crsny.org/crossing-boundaries-concert-series/ \nCrossing Boundaries is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement a regrant program administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) and supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. LMCC empowers artists by providing them with networks resources and support to create vibrant sustainable communities in Manhattan and beyond. \nABOUT THE ARTISTS \nJen Shyu photo by Daniel Reichert \nRome Prize Guggenheim and USA Fellow Doris Duke Artist multilingual multidisciplinary artist Jen Shyu was born in Peoria Illinois to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrants. She has produced eight albums and a single available on her record label Autumn Geese Records. She’s performed at Carnegie Hall Lincoln Center Metropolitan Museum of Art National Theater of Korea Rubin Museum was named Downbeat’s 2017 Rising Star Female Vocalist and is a Fulbright scholar speaking 10 languages. She’s worked with such musical innovators as Sumi Tonooka Terri Lyne Carrington Nicole Mitchell Val Jeanty Ikue Mori Zeena Parkins Linda May Han Oh Kris Davis Wadada Leo Smith Mark Dresser Francis Wong Jon Jang Vijay Iyer Kenny Barron Reggie Workman Bill Frisell and Immanuel Wilkins. Her “Song of Silver Geese” was among The New York Times’ “Best Albums of 2017.” Her third solo production and album “Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses” (commissioned by John Zorn) has received wide critical acclaim with “When I Have Power” NPR’s “Best Songs of 2021.” She is a Paul Simon Music Fellows Guest Artist a Steinway Artist and co-founder with Sara Serpa of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians). @jenshyu https://www.jenshyu.com \nSumi Tonooka photo by Karen Sterling \n2023 Pew Fellowship Awardee Sumi Tonooka has been called a “fierce fascinating composer pianist” Jazz Times “provocative and compelling” New York Times. With 15 recordings to her name and a vast catalogue of compositions and award winning works in genres symphonic chamber dance and film she continues to be a creative force. Recently Tonooka was a winning finalist for the Emerging Black Composers Project to compose her fourth symphony Only The Midnight Sky and Silent Stars premiered by the San Francisco Conservatory in February 2023. She is also a 2021 recipient of the Doris Duke Creative Inflections Grant with vocalist/composer Jen Shyu for In The Green Room inspired by the stories of Asian and African American women in Jazz. She was awarded the Chamber Music America New Jazz Works grant in 2019 premiering later this year for her trio plus Alchemy Sound Project a composers collective that she started in 2015. @sumitonooka http://sumitonooka.com \n  \nVAL Jeanty photo by Richard Louissaint \nVal Jeanty is a Grammy-winning Afro-Electronica composer turntablist and SoundChemist whose work bridges ancestral Haitian Vodou traditions with experimental electronic soundscapes. A professor at Berklee College of Music Jeanty has performed at the Whitney Museum the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and internationally at the Venice Biennale in Italy and Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. A recipient of the 2024 United States Artists Fellowship the 2019 NYSCA/Roulette Residency and the 2022 NYC/CBA Toulmin Fellowship Jeanty continues to expand the frontiers of sonic expression while honoring her Haitian heritage. @valjeanty https://val-inc.bandcamp.com/ \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \nABOUT THE PRESENTER \nCRS (CENTER FOR REMEMBERING & SHARING) is a Manhattan- and Tokyo-based arts and spiritual center founded in 2004 by Yasuko Kasaki and Christopher Pelham. Rooted in the non-dualistic teachings of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) CRS offers spiritual counseling healing and mind-training courses to practitioners around the world. The Center uses the arts as a vehicle for achieving awakening unity and peace. By producing exhibitions performances and an online arts magazine (onlylove.ART) and providing support for individual artists and partner organizations like Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³) and Kotohogi CRS empowers a diverse international community of artists to experiment collaborate and share their visions. https://crsny.org;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=46 Barrow Street:geo:-74.004512,40.7321499 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251215T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251215T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20251207T184702Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260111T221842Z UID:42941-1765823400-1765825200@crsny.org SUMMARY:Guided Meditation with Yasuko Kasaki in English (on Zoom) DESCRIPTION:from 6:30 – 7 pm\nFollowed by ACIM Class from 7 – 8 pm (same Zoom link) \nZoom Meeting Link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81541160040 \nCall-in info:\nMeeting ID: 815 4116 0040\nOne tap mobile: 1-929-436-2866 \nSuggested class donation $20 via PayPal to https://www.paypal.me/crsny\n(no one turned away due to lack of funds) \nPlease join me in the sharing of miracles. Here\, your mind can come to rest and you can remember true peace. No experience with meditation is required\, and everyone is welcome. I ask only that you make it your intention to sit still\, quiet in body and mind\, and to listen to\, receive\, and follow my instruction to the best of your ability. You will learn to meditate as you practice. \nEach week I will share with you a different inspirational message from Holy Spirit. This may take the form of creative visualization exercises\, or instruction about the nature and purpose of meditation\, or about our true nature and relationship to ourselves\, to one another\, and to the world. In a sense\, this is both a meditation practice and a meditation class. At the end of the meditation you will have a chance to respond briefly if you like. \nSome students have been practicing regularly for a number of years. Others drop in and out as they have time or need. Some come to learn and grow\, others more so simply to calm down\, to take time out from the frenetic pace of their busy lives. If you are new and feeling uncertain or shaky\, do not hesitate to introduce yourself to some of the other students\, to ask questions before or after. Try to observe and emulate the stillness and concentration of others around you whom you sense are most grounded. Soon\, you\, in turn\, may provide inspiration and guidance for others. \nWhile the principles are based on A Course in Miracles (ACIM)\, it does not matter if you are unfamiliar with ACIM or are not prepared to study it outside of this meditation. You can still take from this practice some very practical\, effective lessons\, tools\, and experiences that can enable you to lead a more peaceful\, purposeful\, fulfilling and loving life. \nABOUT YASUKO KASAKI \nYasuko Kasaki is an internationally beloved spiritual writer\, counselor\, healer\, lecturer and translator from Tokyo. She is widely recognized as the person most responsible for the spread of A Course in Miraclesthroughout Japan. In 2004 she founded CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, the first and only spiritual center devoted to the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles in New York City. She has taught and worked with thousands of people from around the world to help resolve their mental and physical issues and witness miracles. She presents at the CMC’s annual ACIM Conferences in the U.S.\, and several times a year she gives large seminars throughout Japan. She has also been presented internationally at ACIM conferences and workshops in the U.K.\, Spain\, Germany\, and Israel. \nYasuko is the author of The Scales Fell from My Eyes: An Illustrated Course in Miracles and 17 books in Japanese about the Course\, as well as numerous novels\, short stories\, essays and collections of photographs. Her translations of the ACIM Workbook and of books by Course teachers Jon Mundy\, Gabrielle Bernstein and David Hoffmeister have also been published in Japan. Yasuko’s spiritual writing and lectures are celebrated for their clearly stated explanations of complex concepts illustrated by captivating personal stories of struggle and triumph\, drawn from her long career as a writer\, motorcyclist\, and spiritual counselor. Meditation and communication with Holy Spirit form the foundation of her practice. URL:https://crsny.org/event/guided-meditation-with-yasuko-kasaki-in-english-on-zoom-7/2025-12-15/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/IMG_4847.jpg.webp ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251231T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251231T190000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20251211T200902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251211T204033Z UID:42943-1767205800-1767207600@crsny.org SUMMARY:New Year’s Eve Guided Meditation with Yasuko Kasaki (in person and online) DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Dec 31 at 6:30 pm for our annual year-end\, in-person guided meditation with CRS Founder Yasuko Kasaki at CRS. \nYou can also attend online via Zoom at:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89313347701 \nLet’s join our minds in stillness to remember who we are and prepare to begin the new year with a clear mind and renewed intention to see and share only love. \nWhat would love have me do?\nWhere would love have me go?\nWhat would love have me say\, and to whom?  \nLocation:\n41 E 11th St\, 11th FL\njust east of University PL above Ootoya \nSpace is limited\, so advanced registration is required. Please RSVP by email to etsuko@crsny.org. \n  URL:https://crsny.org/event/251231/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/181231-NYE-meditation-candle.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T200000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20251229T195541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260111T221924Z UID:43059-1768330800-1768334400@crsny.org SUMMARY:A Course in Miracles Class with Yasuko Kasaki (on Zoom) DESCRIPTION:from 7 – 8 pm\nPreceded by Guided Meditation from 6:30 – 7 pm (same Zoom link) \nTogether\, let’s come to rest and remember true peace. Each class usually contains some lecture on concepts from A Course in Miracles\, some discussion and Q&A\, and a meditation\, creative visualization and/or spiritual reading practice in order to experience mind change. \nOur primary goal in these classes is for each student to learn to listen to the guidance of Holy Spirit and live his/her life with certainty and peace. Slowly\, you will re-train your eyes to see the world around you without judgment. You will learn to communicate with your holy spirit. Students of all experience levels and backgrounds are welcome! \nZoom Meeting Link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81541160040 \nCall-in info:\nMeeting ID: 815 4116 0040\nOne tap mobile: 1-929-436-2866 \nSuggested donation $20 via PayPal to https://www.paypal.me/crsny\n(no one turned away due to lack of funds) \nYou can find the text of A Course in Miracles (ACIM) online here (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Course_in_Miracles)\, among other places. \nYasuko Kasaki is an internationally beloved spiritual writer\, counselor\, healer\, lecturer and translator from Tokyo. She is widely recognized as the person most responsible for the spread of A Course in Miraclesthroughout Japan. In 2004 she founded CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, the first and only spiritual center devoted to the teaching and practice of A Course in Miracles in New York City. She has taught and worked with thousands of people from around the world to help resolve their mental and physical issues and witness miracles. She presents at the CMC’s annual ACIM Conferences in the U.S.\, and several times a year she gives large seminars throughout Japan. She has also been presented internationally at ACIM conferences and workshops in the U.K.\, Spain\, Germany\, and Israel. \nYasuko is the author of The Scales Fell from My Eyes: An Illustrated Course in Miracles and 17 books in Japanese about the Course\, as well as numerous novels\, short stories\, essays and collections of photographs. Her translations of the ACIM Workbook and of books by Course teachers Jon Mundy\, Gabrielle Bernstein and David Hoffmeister have also been published in Japan. Yasuko’s spiritual writing and lectures are celebrated for their clearly stated explanations of complex concepts illustrated by captivating personal stories of struggle and triumph\, drawn from her long career as a writer\, motorcyclist\, and spiritual counselor. Meditation and communication with Holy Spirit form the foundation of her practice. \nYou can listen to a sampling of Yasuko’s recent guided meditations here:\nhttp://crsny.podbean.com URL:https://crsny.org/event/a-course-in-miracles-class-with-yasuko-kasaki-on-zoom-8/2026-01-13/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Yasuko-Kasaki-and-A-Course-in-Miracles.png ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T050000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260218T110000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20260129T213622Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260129T213622Z UID:43090-1771390800-1771412400@crsny.org SUMMARY:Turning Your Story Into Movement: An Autobiographical Workshop with Megumi Eda DESCRIPTION:This is the second edition of Turning Your Story Into Movement. Following the successful workshop in September\, I’m happy to open this next chapter and continue developing this space together. \nOf course\, first-timers are very welcome\, and those who participated last time will likely want to revise it\, so you can go deeper into what you did last time\, or take a new approach and go on a journey to create a treasure that is unique to you! \nIn this workshop titled “Turning Your Story Into Movement: An Autobiographical Workshop”\, each participant will use their own story to create a piece.  \nYou don’t need to be a dancer to join — though dancers are of course are welcome! This workshop is for anyone who wants to reflect on their life\, face their own story\, or expand their creative approach to performance. \nMy latest autobiographical solo piece\, Fish áɪ lens (2025) at Dock 11\, Berlin—created in collaboration with choreographer Shintaro Oue—is a multidisciplinary performance filled with humor\, heart\, and a touch of whimsy. It explores memory\, migration\, womanhood\, motherhood\, and the layered experience of being a body in motion across borders. \nThe process—intensely creative\, vulnerable\, and healing—is still fresh in my body.This workshop grows directly out of that journey and my many years of experience as a dancer.​ \nAfter more than 30 years on stages around the world\, this is the kind of work I care most about now: raw\, honest\, playful\, and intimate. \nI hope you’ll join me. — Megumi Eda \n\nFor artists\, movers\, and anyone interested in exploring autobiography through the body.No dance experience necessary. \nFeb 18–20\, 2026  | EDEN Studio 190\, Berlin11:00–17:00 (includes lunch break) \nPresentation: Feb 20 at 18:00 \nSliding scale: €160–240 (recommended €200)Info & Registration: megumiedart@gmail.com \n\n\nWhat participants said about the first workshop: \n“You have a calming\, but at the same time pushing energy\, funny\, serious\, and very clear. You took time for everyone\, and it felt like you were researching together with us.” — Clara  \n“I have participated in many workshops across the city\, but this was the first time one truly resonated with me so deeply.” — Kaimé \n“People from very different backgrounds — even non-dancers — could all take part without feeling lost or bored.That balance is rare and beautiful.” — Giorgia \nMore info:\nhttps://www.megumieda.com/copy-of-workshop-info URL:https://crsny.org/event/turning-your-story-into-movement-an-autobiographical-workshop-with-megumi-eda/2026-02-18/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/avif:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/4.jpg.avif ORGANIZER;CN="Megumi Eda":MAILTO:megumiedart@gmail.com GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T213000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20260219T185413Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260219T190058Z UID:43104-1772308800-1772314200@crsny.org SUMMARY:Fertile Land\, Fertile Body by Jen Shyu DESCRIPTION:CRS invites you to a work-in-progress showing of an excerpt of Jen Shyu’s latest work\, Fertile Land\, Fertile Body\, a multilingual ritual opera comprising ancient and original music\, dance\, and projection\, explores the loss of mother\, loss of motherhood\, and genocide’s effects on climate change and fertility while sharing stories of struggle and hope from women grappling with infertility. The work will be performed by vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/dancer Shyu\, plus vocalist-instrumentalists who double as choir\, and will use sound and choreographed movements to express how overcoming barrenness in both land and bodies is intertwined. \nThe performance will take place at Open Arts Studio in D.U.M.B.O. on February 28\, 2026 at 8pm\, and is part of a new performance series at Open Arts Studio curated by Soomi Kim. \nJen Shyu (voice\, gayageum\, Taiwanese moon lute\, piano\, movement)\nLayale Chaker (violin\, voice\, movement)\nAlexandria DeWalt (flute\, voice\, movement)\nMelanie Dyer (viola\, voice\, movement)\nElizabeth Kate (cello\, voice\, movement)\n Lesley Mok (drums\, voice\, movement) \nTICKETS:\nhttps://events.ticketleap.com/events/open-arts-studio-inc/live-music-jen-shyu \nLOCATION:\nOpen Arts Studio\n68 Jay Street\, Studio 605A\, 6th floor\nBrooklyn\, NY 11201 \nThe development of Fertile Land\, Fertile Body has been made possible\, in part\, by funds provided by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) crsny.org; Shifting Foundation; and American Academy in Rome. \nABOUT JEN SHYU\nRome Prize\, Guggenheim\, and USA Fellow\, Doris Duke Artist\, multilingual multidisciplinary artist Jen Shyu was born in Peoria\, Illinois to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrants. She has produced eight albums and a single available on her record label Autumn Geese Records. She’s performed at Carnegie Hall\, Lincoln Center\, Metropolitan Museum of Art\, National Theater of Korea\, Rubin Museum\, was named Downbeat’s 2017 Rising Star Female Vocalist\, and is a Fulbright scholar speaking 10 languages. She’s worked with such musical innovators as Sumi Tonooka\, Terri Lyne Carrington\, Nicole Mitchell\, Val Jeanty\, Ikue Mori\, Zeena Parkins\, Linda May Han Oh\, Kris Davis\, Wadada Leo Smith\, Mark Dresser\, Francis Wong\, Jon Jang\, Vijay Iyer\, Kenny Barron\, Reggie Workman\, Bill Frisell\, and Immanuel Wilkins. Her “Song of Silver Geese” was among The New York Times’ “Best Albums of 2017.” Her third solo production and album “Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses” (commissioned by John Zorn) has received wide critical acclaim\, with “When I Have Power” NPR’s “Best Songs of 2021.” She is a Paul Simon Music Fellows Guest Artist\, a Steinway Artist and co-founder with Sara Serpa of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians). @jenshyu\, https://www.jenshyu.com URL:https://crsny.org/event/260228/ LOCATION:Open Arts Studio\, 68 Jay Street\, Studio 605A\, 6th floor\, Brooklyn\, 11201\, United States CATEGORIES:Concert ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/634144157_10161680853595670_4356359227390094510_n.jpg GEO:40.7027557;-73.9868665 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=DESCRIPTION:CRS invites you to a work-in-progress showing of an excerpt of Jen Shyu’s latest work Fertile Land Fertile Body a multilingual ritual opera comprising ancient and original music dance and projection explores the loss of mother loss of motherhood and genocide’s effects on climate change and fertility while sharing stories of struggle and hope from women grappling with infertility. The work will be performed by vocalist/multi-instrumentalist/dancer Shyu plus vocalist-instrumentalists who double as choir and will use sound and choreographed movements to express how overcoming barrenness in both land and bodies is intertwined. \nThe performance will take place at Open Arts Studio in D.U.M.B.O. on February 28 2026 at 8pm and is part of a new performance series at Open Arts Studio curated by Soomi Kim. \nJen Shyu (voice gayageum Taiwanese moon lute piano movement)\nLayale Chaker (violin voice movement)\nAlexandria DeWalt (flute voice movement)\nMelanie Dyer (viola voice movement)\nElizabeth Kate (cello voice movement)\n Lesley Mok (drums voice movement) \nTICKETS:\nhttps://events.ticketleap.com/events/open-arts-studio-inc/live-music-jen-shyu \n\nOpen Arts Studio\n68 Jay Street Studio 605A 6th floor\nBrooklyn NY 11201 \nThe development of Fertile Land Fertile Body has been made possible in part by funds provided by CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) crsny.org; Shifting Foundation; and American Academy in Rome. \nABOUT JEN SHYU\nRome Prize Guggenheim and USA Fellow Doris Duke Artist multilingual multidisciplinary artist Jen Shyu was born in Peoria Illinois to Taiwanese and East Timorese immigrants. She has produced eight albums and a single available on her record label Autumn Geese Records. She’s performed at Carnegie Hall Lincoln Center Metropolitan Museum of Art National Theater of Korea Rubin Museum was named Downbeat’s 2017 Rising Star Female Vocalist and is a Fulbright scholar speaking 10 languages. She’s worked with such musical innovators as Sumi Tonooka Terri Lyne Carrington Nicole Mitchell Val Jeanty Ikue Mori Zeena Parkins Linda May Han Oh Kris Davis Wadada Leo Smith Mark Dresser Francis Wong Jon Jang Vijay Iyer Kenny Barron Reggie Workman Bill Frisell and Immanuel Wilkins. Her “Song of Silver Geese” was among The New York Times’ “Best Albums of 2017.” Her third solo production and album “Zero Grasses: Ritual for the Losses” (commissioned by John Zorn) has received wide critical acclaim with “When I Have Power” NPR’s “Best Songs of 2021.” She is a Paul Simon Music Fellows Guest Artist a Steinway Artist and co-founder with Sara Serpa of M³ (Mutual Mentorship for Musicians). @jenshyu https://www.jenshyu.com;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=68 Jay Street\, Studio 605A\, 6th floor:geo:-73.9868665,40.7027557 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T160000 DTSTAMP:20260403T162518 CREATED:20260224T233205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260224T233229Z UID:43120-1773585000-1773590400@crsny.org SUMMARY:In-Person Guided Meditation & Spiritual Healing Clinic DESCRIPTION:We are happy to invite you back to CRS in person for an afternoon of meditation\, healing\, and spiritual community! Let’s witness the light in one another and share stillness and peace of mind. We’ll begin with a short talk and guided meditation by Yasuko and then share our one-on-one spiritual healing with you. After we can enjoy some social time together. \nSuggested Donation $20 cash. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.\nRSVP REQUIRED to etsuko@crsny.org (Space is limited!)\nPlease arrive 5–10 minutes early as late comers may have trouble entering the building. \nBring any issue you are facing right now — physically\, emotionally\, mentally\, and/or spiritually. With eyes closed (you will be seated and a healer will stand nearby; no touching is involved)\, a CRS healer\, trained in A Course in Miracles and spiritual reading/healing\, will observe you with her inner sight\, free of any judgments\, a perfect shining spirit. Together\, we will ask the Holy Spirit (or Inner Guide if you prefer) to bring us directly to whatever seed thought is causing your current issues and ask for guidance about how your spirit really wants to make use of your present situation for its growth and sharing of love. After about 10 minutes of meditation\, we will share the inspirational guidance that we receive. \nWe share healing quietly and provide you with an opportunity to come to rest\, reflect\, and remember who you truly are\, in a supportive\, non-judgmental\, meditative environment. We’d like to offer you an opportunity to experience stillness of mind and peace so that you can return to harmony with your true nature and purpose. Then you will find that rather than needing “solutions” to “problems” you will realize that you have no problems except those that you project. URL:https://crsny.org/event/260315/ LOCATION:CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)\, 41 E 11th St 11th Fl\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:ACIM-Related Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://crsny.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/DSC02389-scaled.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)":MAILTO:info@crsny.org GEO:40.733158;-73.992729 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing) 41 E 11th St 11th Fl New York NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=41 E 11th St 11th Fl:geo:-73.992729,40.733158 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR