Start the summer with a skill that can save lives. The American Heart Association is offering FREE one-hour CPR and first aid classes throughout the day on Monday, June 4. You'll learn the new hands-only CPR technique and some important other information. I attended a similar class recently, and gained the confidence to step in to do chest compressions until a more skilled … [Read more...] about Free CPR classes in NYC
Lectures
One Day University: Top Professors
Go back to college for a day. The annual One Day University, features lectures professors from top colleges and universities including Brown, Rutgers and NYC's own Columbia University. The next One Day University in NYC is Sunday, April 6, 2014. Subjects include whether the American dream is still alive, and how Americans think about crime and punishment, revenge and … [Read more...] about One Day University: Top Professors
Free CPR classes in NYC by FDNY
New York's Bravest, the FDNY, offers FREE one-hour CPR classes in fire department locations, libraries, and other locations all over New York City. Sign up now for classes at the official New York City government website, NYC.gov and be prepared for summer emergencies. This is a great program. It's free, and you will learn enough to save somebody's life. And if you want to … [Read more...] about Free CPR classes in NYC by FDNY
Free CPR classes from FDNY and EMS experts
New York's Bravest, the FDNY, offers FREE one-hour CPR classes in fire department locations, libraries, and other locations all over New York City. Sign up now for classes in September at the official New York City government website, NYC.gov. This is a great program. It's free, and you will learn enough to save somebody's life. And if you want to learn more, there are CPR … [Read more...] about Free CPR classes from FDNY and EMS experts
Free lecture about Walter Cronkite, CBS News, current news trends
Walter Cronkite was called 'the most trusted man in America', and along with fellow CBS News icons Edward R. Morrow and Andy Rooney, possibly the most famous and influential TV news person in broadcast news history. Spend a FREE evening with Sanford Socolow, executive producer of Cronkite Productions, Inc., and former executive producer of The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, … [Read more...] about Free lecture about Walter Cronkite, CBS News, current news trends
Free lecture: Humor of Sholem Aleichem, by author Bel Kaufman, his granddaughter
The stories of Sholem Aleichem are touching tales about family, love, life and hope. The Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof is based on a Sholem Aleichem story. His granddaughter, Bel Kaufman, is giving a free lecture on the world famous Yiddish writer at Hunter College on Tuesday, November 1st. It's part of Hunter's The Writing Center free fall events focusing on writing … [Read more...] about Free lecture: Humor of Sholem Aleichem, by author Bel Kaufman, his granddaughter
Free CPR classes from FDNY and EMS experts
New York's Bravest, the FDNY, offers FREE one-hour CPR classes in fire department locations, libraries, sports clubs and other locations all over New York City. Sign up at the official New York City government website, NYC.gov. This is a great program. It's free, and you will learn enough to save somebody's life. And if you want to learn more, there are CPR certification … [Read more...] about Free CPR classes from FDNY and EMS experts
9/11 Anniversary events: NYPL lectures on how it changed us forever
The New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan branch is focusing on 9/11 throughout the month of September, with a series of free lectures by authors and other experts on how the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center affected and changed us all, and how it changed the city. Here's what's scheduled next week, the week after the Tenth Anniversary of September 11, 2001 … [Read more...] about 9/11 Anniversary events: NYPL lectures on how it changed us forever
9/11 anniversary event: free lecture on role of WTC photos, video
The images of the destruction of the World Trade Center are seared into our collective memory. What's the story of the people in those mages, and the photographers and videographers who took them? David Friend was Life Magazine's director of photography, and the author of the photo book Watching the World Change: The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11. He's giving a FREE … [Read more...] about 9/11 anniversary event: free lecture on role of WTC photos, video
Thanks to all who attended my lecture at the NYPL
It was a full house last night at the NYPL Mid-Manhattan branch for my FREE talk on Peaceful Places in NYC, the title of my most recent travel guidebook. Everybody had a great time, especially me, because I love to share good news about my home town. Lots of you asked great questions about peaceful, tranquil, serene places in NYC, and lots of you had additional suggestions. … [Read more...] about Thanks to all who attended my lecture at the NYPL
