Thursday, February 21, 2008

How Should a Person Be Seen?




(Picture of Derek Mali as Bounderby, L) Timothy Lynch and Carrie Wilson, R)


This is the title of an Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company production of Eli Siegel's great lecture on Charles Dickens' Hard Times. There will be a special repeat performance of this moving, educational event on Sunday, April 27 at 2:30 PM at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation, 141 Greene Street, NYC . There will be scenes from the novel, and songs about Labor, Learning, & the Human Heart!

You will have the opportunity to be stirred to your depths, to really understand economics today--what has been happening and what needs to change!

I urge you to make your reservations today: Call 212-777-4490

See you there,

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Rock 'n' Roll, the Opposites, & Our Greatest Hopes--A Celebration!


This wonderful event is going to be repeated on October 7, 2007 at 2:30 at the


141 Greene Street

New York, NY 10012




For more information call 212.777.4490



Hope to see you there,



Lynette

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Rock 'n' roll, the Opposites, & Our Greatest Hopes--A Celebration!


For everyone who is in the NYC metro area--this is going to be a thrilling, deep, and packed full of fun event at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation on August 12th at 2:30 PM. Songs from the 1950s to the present will be commented on and performed and you'll find out why you love rock 'n' roll so much and what it can tell you about your life! Here is a link to the postcard telling more:



Don't miss this!


Regards,


Friday, April 27, 2007

Ethics Is a Living Thing!

There will be a of a production by the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company of Eli Siegel's great 1970 lecture on Robert Southey's Wat Tyler. It will take place Sunday, May 6 at 2:30 at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation, 141 Greene Street, NYC. This play--about the rights of people-- is so relevant today. If you live in the NY Metropolitan area, don't miss it!
For more information call 212-777-4490.

See you there,
Lynette

Saturday, March 03, 2007

Humanity's Opposites--Beginning with Ireland

The Aesthetic Realism Dramatic Presentation Saturday, March 17 at 8 PM will feature a lecture in which Eli Siegel, founder of Aesthetic Realism, spoke about the first act of Sean O'Casey's play Juno and the Paycock. With performance by the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Co. This is a quote from it:

"Comedy and tragedy are two words as important as any, because they are about every person's life....The way in Juno and the Paycock the ridiculous, the tawdry, the shoddy mingle with the grand, and the laughable with the unendurable, is notable....Beauty is the only thing that takes the tragedy and comedy of life, its ridiculousness and its tearfulness, and composes them."--Eli Siegel

There will also be Irish Songs, with Comment

including "The Minstrel Boy," "Wearin' o' the Green," "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye," "Danny Boy," & Others

Click here to find out more

Monday, February 26, 2007

Good Nature & ill Nature in Men; What Are They & Which Is Intelligent?

There is going to be an important, kind, exciting seminar on this surprising subject on Thursday, March 1 at 6:30 PM at the Aesthetic Realism Foundation, given by Arnold Perey, Robert Murphy, and Ernest DeFilippis. If you will be in the New York Metropolitan area, I urge you to come and bring your friends.

I'll see you there,
Lynette Abel

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Thursday, September 07, 2006

Film--and "The Art of Enjoying Justice"!

If you live in the NY metro area, this is something you don't want to miss!
Due to the popularity of the two screenings in August, there will be another showing of this great event on Wednesday, September 20 at 7:30 PM titled Film—and "The Art of Enjoying Justice." Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ken Kimmelman speaks on and shows five of his short films—The Heart Knows Better, Brushstrokes, What Does a Person Deserve?, his new film, of Eli Siegel’s 1925 prize-winning poem Hot Afternoons Have Been in Montana, and the 1968 documentary of Mr. Siegel teaching a class. For info, visit www.aestheticrealism.org or to connect to the flyer telling more about it click here.


For reservations, call the Aesthetic Realism Foundation at 212.777.4490

Address: 141 Greene Street, In SoHo, off W. Houston, NYC

Hope to see you there,

LA