May 23 Thursday
Live Animal Encounters run daily from 1:30-2 p.m. in the Earth Theater, located in Discovery Basecamp. Led by knowledgeable museum staff, encounters feature 4 live animal ambassadors, a mix of reptiles, mammals, birds, and invertebrates, from all around the world. Learn about the natural history, adaptive behaviors and unique stories of animal ambassadors that call our museum home.
For the safety of animal ambassadors and presenters, no late entries to the show will be permitted.
The artists in Getting the Spirit Out, the 2024 Distillery Artist Residency Exhibition have created a group of works that feel distinctly alive — channeling spirits and visualizing the unseen energy around us. Though they all work in very different ways, using a variety of different media and processes, and draw on unique cultural backgrounds, the artists in this year’s Distillery cohort all use their practice to give life — to history, memory, suffering, and joy — and to set their creative spirits free. This year’s Artists-in-Residence are Imani Batts, Armanis Fuentes, Finn Dugan, Joshua Challen Ice, Evangeline Mensah-Agyekum, Sophie Thompson, and Caroline Yoo.
The Enterprise Equitable Health Institute (EEHI) and Highmark Health, is hosting Dr. Kathy Wilson Humphrey, President of Carlow University, on May 23, 2024, at 3 p.m. EST. This event is virtual and onsite at Fifth Avenue Place ( 2nd Floor- ScaleUp Room). We invite you and your colleagues to this informative discussion on the Key Ingredients Around Transformative Leadership.
Allies for Health + Wellbeing offers FREE testing each Thursday at QMNTY Center. Get screened for HIV, hepatitis C, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia, with results in only 20 minutes for HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis!
No appointment is needed – just stop by. You can also talk with our knowledgeable community health team about your sexual health – they’re happy to answer any questions or address any concerns.
Live music in the tasting room. Free entry!
You deserve relaxation. In the hustle and bustle of daily life, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by endless tasks, never pausing until we finally collapse into bed. Then, we repeat the cycle all over again the next day.
Find peace and relaxation with our Vagus Nerve Somatic Therapy Workshop, where we unravel the mysteries of the vagus nerve and its pivotal role in our body’s basic functions.
Our 2-hour workshop will begin with a soothing session in our Salt Cave. As soon as you step into our tranquil sanctuary, the healing glow of the Salt Cave will envelop you, creating a gentle mist of fine salt particles that promotes deep relaxation and a profound sense of well-being.
We’ll seamlessly transition into our Yoga Therapy room where you will learn simple yet powerfully effective vagus nerve exercises to quiet your overactive mind, increase vagal tone, and alchemize stored tension and anxiety into profound relaxation and tranquility.
Upon completing this workshop, you’ll gain enhanced skills in self-soothing and effectively manage challenging situations.
For the final performance of Jazz Poetry 2024, the tradition of international collaboration and cross-cultural exchange is embraced by saxophonist Alex Harding and Transylvanian expat pianist Lucian Ban. The pair will make their return to City of Asylum with their quintet to share their latest project, Blutopia. They are joined by City of Asylum writer-in-residence Jorge Olivera Castillo, Vietnamese American poet and author of the explorative poetry collection Auction, Quan Barry, Cave Canem Fellow Quincy Scott Jones, and British-Guyanese poet Rajiv Mohabir, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award who will make his long anticipated return to the Alphabet City stage.
Each Jazz Poetry program begins with a 40-minute performance by the band, followed by 30 minutes of collaborative performance with the featured poets. In these collaborations, poets share their work while the musicians interpret and accompany their poetry with jazz, adding a unique, improvisational dimension to each performance.
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May 24 Friday