In-Person and Online: New York Insight’s 25th Anniversary Celebration
Sunday, June 4th, 2023 | 2:00pm – 5:00pm ET
Doors open at 1:30pm
In-Person Location: The Warburg Lounge at The 92Y at 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Please note: In-Person attendance is at capacity. Please register below to join us online, or simply click the zoom link below.
On behalf of the NYIMC Board of Directors and staff we would like to invite you to join us on June 4th to celebrate New York Insight Meditation Center’s 25th anniversary!
Event Schedule:
1:30 Doors open
2:00 Mingle and enjoy Harpist Pamela Bruce
2:30 Program begins: A Welcome and our “NYIMC 25 Years” Film presentation
3:15 Community Led Ceremony, Welcoming in our new Spiritual Leadership
3:35 Community Chanting
4:00 Let’s Celebrate with Jazz Artist Hilary Gardner, delicious food and time to connect with your sangha community.
This will be a celebration of the whole of our community. We join our past with the present and all who keep our Dharma Center practice moving into the future.
Kindly Join Us Via Zoom Here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89448423124?pwd=U0drdzg4dVMvdC8wMU5LZW5lNDdYUT09
Meeting ID: 894 4842 3124
Passcode: 2023
Come share in an afternoon of easeful sangha connection while we acknowledge New York Insight’s Founders Peter Doobinin, Tamara Engel, Joseph Schmidt, Gina Sharpe, and Sandra Weinberg and learn about our origins by being the first to view our new Documentary of our first 25 years.
Enjoy some delicious food, spend time connecting with other Sangha members and participate in a community chant and a sangha led special ceremony, welcoming in our new spiritual leadership and co-guiding teacher, Leslie Booker.
There will be musical performances by Jazz artist Hilary Gardner with accompanist guitarist John Merrill and harpist Pamela Bruce.
This event will take place both in person and virtually via a zoom link.
Suggested donation for event registration is $25 but any amount is deeply appreciated.
We are looking forward to celebrating this anniversary with all of you!
Performers:
Vocalist Hilary Gardner, described by The New Yorker as “a singer with a beguilingly subtle wit,” grew up a New Yorker at heart in the jazz hinterland of Wasilla, Alaska. Following stints in Italy and Seattle, WA, she moved to New York City in 2003.
Hilary has released three recordings as a leader, receiving critical acclaim from the jazz world’s major publications; DownBeat Magazine declared her “an artist to watch” and named her a Rising Star Female Vocalist four years in a row. In 2010, the Frank Sinatra estate chose Hilary to appear as the live, onstage singer in Tony-award winner Twyla Tharp’s Broadway hit, COME FLY AWAY. Backed by a 19-piece big band, Hilary sang solos and duets with Frank Sinatra in a performance hailed by critics as “wonderful” (Huffington Post), “elegant” (USA Today), and “terrific” (New York Observer).
Pamela Bruce is a teacher, performer, and creative artist based out of Nyack, NY. She began experimenting with the piano in her parent’s basement as a young child and began formal lessons that prepared her for her undergraduate studies where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her passions are wide ranging to include jazz, improvisation, composition, harp playing, guitar, and exploring new favorite composers like Eric Satie and Phillip Glass. She teaches piano, harp, and beginner’s guitar out of her studio in Nyack, NY and is also a traveling teacher to nearby towns such as Nanuet, Valley Cottage, Monsey, and Airmont.
Online Registration:
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In-Person Registration:
In-person spaces are full. Please RSVP to join the waitlist, and we will contact you two hours before the event begins in the case there are any cancellations. If there are no cancellations, please join us via Zoom, and a link to join will be posted on this page the morning of the event.
If you are registering via a mobile device such as a phone or tablet, you can scroll right and left and up and down within the below form if it is partially obscured or cut off. The suggested donation for this event is $25 but any amount is appreciated.
CLICK HERE to open the registration form in a new browser window.
Please contact registration@nyimc.org if you need assistance.