Get Your Mind Blown at Secret Science Club’s Bell House Event
March 8, 2010 by Christine Rochelle
If you haven’t caught on, the ladies here at LifeStyler have a lot of love for all the nerds out there. We get sent a lot of cool events, but we only choose the one we believe our readers will enjoy, so something titled “Secret Science Club” was just too good to pass up.
The Secret Science Club presents “A Mind-blowing Evening” on March 9 at the Bell House for all of you fellow nerds and nerd lovers out there. The free event features neuroscientists Joseph LeDoux and Daniela Schiller who will discuss fear, memory, and the brain.
After the neuroscientists boggle your mind with their thoughts on the evolution of fear and how we hold our memories, they’ll officially blow your mind with a jam session with their band, the Amygdaloids. Known as “brain scientists who rock it,” LeDoux and Schiller will perform original songs with their band after the lecture series before kicking off a Q&A session with any rocker nerds who stick around.
Doors open to the Secret Science club at 7:30 p.m. this Tuesday, March 9 at the Bell House in Gowanus, Brooklyn. No charge necessary, but be forewarned that you brain will not be the same.
Photo credit: juliaf
Take Advantage of Steep Discounts at Housing Works’ Spring Previews
March 5, 2010 by Christine Rochelle
February was a rough month for the Northeast, but the light at the end of the tunnel is that the month of March is already feeling a bit like spring. So store away your sweaters, snow boots and maybe even that Snuggie, and stop by the Housing Works’ annual Spring Preview sales.
Housing Works is helping NYC gear up for warm weather by previewing their hot spring merchandise at each of their locations. Stop by one of their 10 thrift shop locations to get in on the spring preview sale fun with items up to 70 percent off. Any profits go to Housing Works’ services for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS, such as housing, meals and medical care.
Visit a Housing Works thrift shop from now until March 20 and Housing Works members can get into the sale free of charge, while non-members need $10 to enter. Can’t make it out? Check out Shophousingworks.com for a virtual Spring Preview.
Yorkville, 1730 2nd Ave.
Saturday, February 27, 10am to 6pm
Upper East, 202 East 77th St.
Tuesday, March 2, 5pm to 8pm
Chelsea, 143 West 17th St.
Thursday, March 4, 5pm to 8pm
West Village, 245 West 10th St.
Saturday, March 7, 11am to 7pm
Tribeca, 119 Chambers St.
Tuesday, March 9, 5pm to 8pm
Shophousingworks.com Online Preview
Monday, March 10, noon
Columbus, 306 Columbus Ave.
Thursday, March 11, 5pm to 8pm
Brooklyn, 122 Montague St.
Saturday, March 13, 11am to 7pm
Hell’s Kitchen, 730-732 9th ave.
Mid March (more details coming soon)
Gramercy, Thursday, 157 East 23rd St.
Thursday, March 18, 5pm to 8pm
Soho, 130 Crosby St.
Saturday, March 20, 11am to 7pm
Learn About Hybrid Cars and Fuel Cell Technology at the Ongoing SciCafe Series
February 26, 2010 by Lauren Fairbanks
We’re all about promoting the geeky, and since geek is the new chic, those pasttimes once deemed “socially unacceptable” have become the norm and are popping up everywhere. Tis the case for the continuing science lecture series at the American Museum of Natural History, SciCafe.
The SciCafe lecture this Wednesday, March 3rd, is going to focus on “Energy Through Chemistry”. Now before you go dozing off to sleep — check this: they’ll be discussing hybrid cars and “fascinating advances in fuel cell technology”. Fun stuff.
From the press release:
Surrounded by magnificent geological specimens in the David S. and Ruth L. Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, enjoy the Museum after hours with music, drinks, and thought-provoking conversation at this installment of the popular new SciCafe series at the American Museum of Natural History. SciCafe takes place on the first Wednesday of every month.
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Learn about the technologies that have amazing potential to revolutionize our transportation and energy sectors, including hybrid cars.
Details:
Wednesday, March 3
7pm
Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth
American Museum of Natural History
Enter at 81st St/ Rose Center
FREE Admission with cash bar
Free Short Stacks at IHOP
February 21, 2010 by Regina Roberts
It’s that time again. National Pancake Day is upon us and on Tuesday, February 23rd, score a free short stack of buttermilk pancakes at IHOP between 7am to 10pm. If you don’t know the drill by now, here it is: find a participating IHOP, show up on the 23rd, eat a free scrumptious helping of pancakes, support children’s hospitals by donating to the Children’s Miracle Network and tell all your friends you went hungry and left happy (and fulfilled).
So, head to IHOP drizzle some butter pecan syrup on that short stack and help out a deserving children’s charity. Below are some participating NYC IHOP locations. Visit their site for a full listing.
2294 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.
New York, NY 10030-2804
Phone: 212-234 4747
73-01 Northern Blvd
Jackson Heights, NY 11372-1144
Phone: 718-429 5452
2101 Ralph Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11234-5405
Phone: 718-251 2262
817 Allerton Avenue
Bronx, NY 10467-8901
Phone: 718-515 0161
Watch Fashion Week Shows Streamed Live on your Computer
February 10, 2010 by Christine Rochelle
The tents are up in Bryant Park and that only means one thing – Fashion Week. If you’re dying to see which starlets are sitting in the front row at each runway show, or if the fashion industry will finally put a ban to those dreaded leggings, then Zeitbyte Digital Media is your fashion goddess.
Zeitbyte Digital Media is giving all fashionistas a chance to see some of the top runway shows this week from the best seats in the house, thanks to their fashion webcasts. You’ll be able to tune in from both in the tents and off-site, letting you catch a glimpse of not only Alexander Wang’s designs, but which top magazines editors and famous actors were there to see it all.
Fashion Week is always tightly under wraps, but you can fire up your computer and get ready for some of these NYFW webcasts, thanks to Zeitbyte Digital Media:
- Ports 1961 (Thursday, February 11, 3 PM ET): Approximately 20-minute runway show of the Fall 2010 collection.
- Michael Angel (Friday, February 12, 12 PM): Approximately 20-minute runway show of the Fall 2010 collection.
- Academy of Art University (Saturday, February 13, 3 PM ET): Approximately 20-minute runway show of the best student designs from the spring semester.
- Alexander Wang (from Pier 94 on Saturday, February 13, 5 PM ET): Approximately 20-minute runway show of the Fall 2010 collection, with additional content such as a behind the scenes and a designer interview.
- Perry Ellis (Monday, February 15, 7 PM ET): Approximately 20-minute runway show of the Fall 2010 collection with scenes from backstage and interviews.
- Michael Kors (Wednesday, February 17, 10 AM): Approximately 20-minute runway show of the Fall 2010 collection.
- Reed Krakoff (from Dia Art Foundation on Wednesday, February 17): Approximately 20-minute runway show of the Fall 2010 collection to be available for viewing online once the show concludes.
- William Rast (Wednesday, February 17): Approximately 20-minute runway show of the Fall 2010 collection.
- Isaac Mizrahi (Thursday, February 18, 12 PM ET): Approximately 20-minute runway show of the Fall 2010 collection.
- Tommy Hilfiger (Thursday, February 18, 8 PM ET): This will be live streamed and there will be behind-the-scenes stuff, including interviews.
