Happy Talk

"Central to Buddhist belief is the alleviation of suffering - with the end result a form of happiness. Central to our founding fathers’ belief was the inalienable right to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. But do these two expressions of Enlightened thought mean the same thing? That’s for us to find out at our new series of on-stage conversations between personalities and experts." - Tim McHenry, Director of Public Programs

 

Recent Press

Don't Know if You're Happy? Nobody Does
New York Times, September 20, 2012

**Included in the ticket price for each session is an optional happy experience in the galleries or admission to the museum’s exhibitions before the theater program.

Media Sponsor is GAIAM TV

 

Recent Events

Saturday
Sept 29
6:00 p.m.

TALK

Performance artist Laurie Anderson & Professor of Psychology Daniel Gilbert

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Wednesday
Oct 3
7:00 p.m.

 


TALK

Meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg & artist Josh Melnick

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Wednesday
Oct 10
7:00 p.m.

 


TALK

Athlete and Artist Aimee Mullins & writer Sheila Heti

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Wednesday
Oct 24
7:00 p.m.


TALK

Actor Michael C. Hall & psychologist/author Kevin Dutton

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Sunday
Oct 28
3:00 p.m.


TALK

Playwright Neil LaBute & singer/songwriter Aimee Mann

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Sunday
Oct 28
6:00 p.m.


TALK

Actor Liev Schreiber & philosopher Jesse Prinz

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Saturday
Nov 17
3:00 p.m.


TALK

Writer Oliver Burkeman & Tibetan lama Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche

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Saturday
Nov 17
6:00 p.m.


TALK

Writer A.M. Homes & Buddhist psychiatrist Mark Epstein

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Friday
Dec 7
7:00 p.m.



MUSIC

Rosanne Cash sings Love Songs with John Leventhal, Steve Earle, Allison Moorer, Larry Campbell, Theresa Williams

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Wednesday
Dec 12
7:00 p.m.


TALK

Vedic meditation teacher Thom Knoles + Kaballah Center's Eitan Yardeni

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Monday
Dec 17
7:00 p.m.

 


 

 

TALK

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman + philosopher Simon Critchley

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Wednesday
Dec 19
7:00 p.m.

 

TALK

One-of-a-kind Broadway legend Elaine Stritch + brain scientist Murali Doraiswamy

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