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Charming pre-Civil War townhomes, hidden parks, a public library within a 19th-century courthouse: these are just some of the sites seen on this walking tour of the historical West Village. Hear the stories of how this neighborhood developed, the importance of the Stonewall Inn in LGBTQ history, where Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded the Whitney Museum of American Art, and much more.

Get ready for the holiday season by mastering four simple and healthy vegetable side dishes perfect for any gathering. You will learn how to properly prepare and season a variety of vegetables. Additionally, you’ll discover how to use spice, texture, and acid to balance flavors within individual dishes and throughout your entire holiday feast. We also discuss pro tips for advanced planning to make your preparation easier. These mouth-watering vegetable dishes will become the stars of your holiday table.

Menu:

• Caramelized Sweet Potato Mash with Ginger Miso Chimichurri
• Massaged Kale Salad with Maple Roasted Squash, Pecans, and Apple Cider Vinaigrette
• Creamy Cauliflower Purée with Garlic and Herb Pistou

This is a partial demonstration, mostly hands-on, class with a tasting.

Take a look at some pictures from Laura Scheck's past classes here.

 

Join the Outdoors Contained to learn how to embellish a cut green wreath. They will provide the wreath as well as a variety of ribbons, fruits, feathers, berries, and natural elements and will teach you to curate and assemble your own holiday wreath which you will take home to celebrate the season as well as the holidays.

Discover how psychic tools can be used to develop, activate and enhance your natural intuition. In this workshop, we will explore and demystify psychic tools including cards, pendulums, crystal balls, candle flames, tea leaves, runes and auras. You will learn how to engage with these powerful aids, experience how they work in fun interactive exercises and receive practical tips for deepening awareness of your own psychic gifts. You will leave this workshop with the ability to apply new skills and be empowered to continue exploration on your own.

Sculptural and architectural memorials in public spaces help us reflect on our powerful collective memories. Yet, “collective memory” is subject to change, and in time, memorials once created to be permanent can be removed or destroyed. We will explore these and other dynamics affecting the creation and destruction of memorials by experiencing some of the most impactful and controversial memorials around the world, considering their original purposes, aesthetic qualities, and the challenges they pose.

 

This 1956 sci-fi/horror cult classic’s depiction of a swarming hive-mind of pod people spawned countless remakes and rip-offs. Is it a drive-in B movie or a sly commentary on McCarthyism? (Spoiler: it’s both!) If you haven’t signed up yet- you’re next, you’re next, you’re next!

Click here to receive a 10% discount when you register for the three-part series, which includes screenings of three of classic creepy films on three different evenings.

Check out the other two classes that are part of this series:

• Night of the Living Dead with The Picture House, Thursday, 10/30

• Dracula with The Picture House, Thursday, 12/4