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(delayed gratification/flickr)Promises, Promises
Aaron David Miller has been working to broker an Arab-Israeli peace agreement for almost 20 years. He tells us whether he thinks a solution for peace in the Middle East will ever be possible. Also: American modern dance in Shanghai. Then, exchanging ideas between U.S. and Asian education leaders. And a neuroscientist and a Tibetan Buddhist monk look into the origins of fear -- and how we can best deal with our fears.
Elusive Arab-Israeli Peace
Aaron David Miller has been working to broker Arab-Israeli peace as an advisor to U.S. presidents, secretaries of state, and national securities advisor. He tells us whether he thinks peace in the Middle East will ever be reached. He’s the author of The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace.
Modern Dance in China
Four master teachers from the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina, are currently in Shanghai offering classes in modern dance to Chinese dance students. Charles Reinhart, the director of the American Dance Festival, and Donna Faye Burchfield, the head of the ADF school and one of the master teachers, talk about forging inroads for modern dance into China.
Asian-U.S. Educators Exchange
Asian students consistently outperform their American counterparts in math and science. Vivien Stewart of the Asia Society is trying to even the playing field a bit more out by establishing exchange programs between U.S. and Asian education leaders to help prepare students and educators for our globalized age.
Understanding Our Fears
We look into the physiological origins of fear – and how we can learn to deal with our feelings of fear. Tsultrim Allione is a Tibetan Buddhist monk, and author of Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict. Dr. Joe LeDoux is an NYU neuroscientist; he’s been studying fear for the last decade.
Weigh in: What are your techniques for coping with your fears?
Event:
Tsultrim Allione and Joe LeDoux will be speaking tonight
as part of the BRAINWAVE series
7 pm at the Rubin Museum of Art
at 150 West 17th Street
tickets are $15 -- for tickets: 212-620-5000x344
Event:
Joe LeDoux and the Amygdaloids
will be giving a talk and playing music
Thurs., April 3th
at the 92nd St. Y (92nd and Lexington)
8:15 pm
Tickets at 92Y.org
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Tributes: Jeanne-Claude
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Jeanne-Claude created environmental works of art with her husband and fellow-conspirator/collaborator Christo. Together, they wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf in Paris, and created The Gates, with billowy orange drapes, in Central Park. Jeanne-Claude just died at the age of 74. You can hear Leonard Lopate’s last interview with them both, from July 19, 1999.
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