At A Glance...
Conway Hall Ensemble
27 May 2012
Pre-concert recital, 17.30:
- James Barralet 'cello
- Simon Callaghan piano
- Brahms 'Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Op. 99
Main concert, 18.30:
Conway Hall Ensemble
- Ilya Movchan violin
- Eniko Magyar viola
- James Barralet 'cello
- William Stafford clarinet
- Emma Whitney horn
- Simon Callaghan piano
- Brahms: Trio in E flat Op. 40
- Bartok: Contrasts
- Dohnanyi: Sextet in C Op. 37
£8 tickets on the door, £4 for full-time students (free entry for under-16s), box office opens at 17.30.
Sunday Lecture: The Value and Values of Science
27 May 2012
Imran Khan, director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering, speaks about science communication and policy development.
Using real-world examples, ranging from drug policy, nuclear energy, and research funding, Imran will ask whether we can have a more enlightened debate about the place of science in our society - and what the consequences of not doing so might be.
11.00, £3 on the door/free to members
Four Ways to Live Forever?
31 May 2012
In his new book, philosopher Stephen Cave argues that behind the world’s beliefs, creeds and ideologies are just four fundamental strategies, all with one goal: immortality.
New research in psychology is proving what the poets long knew: that we are driven to do what we do by the fear of death and the desire to live forever. Cave maintains that all of our attempts to defy the Reaper fall into one of four basic strategies: staying alive (whether through magic or medicine); being resurrected (with help from the divine - or more recently, cryonics); persisting as a soul (either in heaven, hell, or reincarnated on earth); or living on through one’s legacy (whether genes, art or fame). Although all four strategies are ancient, modern science puts us in a far better position than our ancestors to see if any of them can succeed.
To explore the possibility - and even desirability - of living forever, Stephen will be joined on stage for this event by biologist Professor Lewis Wolpert and journalist Catherine Mayer. Discussion and audience Q and A will be chaired by Caspar Melville, editor of New Humanist.
Stephen Cave writes on a wide range of philosophical, ethical and scientific subjects. He has a PhD in philosophy from the University of Cambridge, and subsequently spent some years in the Diplomatic Service before dedicating himself to writing. Immortality: The Quest to Live Forever and How it Drives Civilization is out now.
Lewis Wolpert CBE is Emeritus Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine at University College London, former chairman of the Committee on the Public Understanding of Science and Vice President of the British Humanist Association. He writes widely on science issues and most recently produced a book on ageing: You're Looking Very Well: the Surprising Nature of Getting Old (2010).
Catherine Mayer is an author and journalist currently working as Europe Editor for Time Magazine. Her book Amortality: The Pleasures and Perils of Living Agelessly (2011) is published by Vermilion.
1900 start
£7 on the door (£5 concessions and discount for members of Ethical Society, BHA, RA).
Carablanca Tango Club
1 June 2012
19.30 - 00.00
Carablanca is London's longest-running tango club. The friendly, informal atmosphere ensures that beginners and visitors mix easily with the regular dancers.
The dance evening is an Argentine milonga, preceded by a class. There are also classes for beginners in a separate room. Music is traditional Argentine tango, milonga and vals, played in tandas with cortinas by guest DJs.
TICKETS: price £10 for a class or dancing, £12 for both, paid on entry.
Pexava Salsa
7 June 2012
Gil and Shelley’s Pexava Salsa Social, with international championship competitors and professional teachers and performers. Salsa lessons, shows, club dancing and more!
The last Thursday of the month, your salsa weekend starts early! Experience an amazing central salsa venue with great salsa people.
Fantastic, spacious wooden dancefloor, special touches provided by dancers for dancers, the best salsa DJs on rotation, regular shows, cheap soft drinks.
19.15-20.15 Intermediate/Advanced class: with Gil & Shelley (please note: classes are suitable for experienced salsa dancers only; please see our Pexava website for our beginners courses in other locations)
20.15-23.30 Salsa Social: Dance your socks off on a wonderful floor with lovely people! Shows at 22.30 for “Showtime events”.
TICKETS: £8 on the door including FREE CLASS.
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Carablanca Tango Club
8 June 2012
19.30 - 00.00
Carablanca is London's longest-running tango club. The friendly, informal atmosphere ensures that beginners and visitors mix easily with the regular dancers.
The dance evening is an Argentine milonga, preceded by a class. There are also classes for beginners in a separate room. Music is traditional Argentine tango, milonga and vals, played in tandas with cortinas by guest DJs.
TICKETS: price £10 for a class or dancing, £12 for both, paid on entry.
Sunday Lecture - The Morality of 'Ethical Consumerism'
10 June 2012
Anja Steinbauer discusses the ethics of the principles, motivations and rationales of consumer behaviour.
If you ask them, most people claim to be conscious of the moral importance of their consumer choices. However, only a tiny minority actually have ethics in mind when going shopping. Why is there such a gap? What motivates our choices? To what degree is ethically aware consumerism a token of virtue: Does it demonstrate that you are a good person if you clad your baby in eco-friendly nappies? Are we categorically entitled to use our consumer power to affect particular moral, social or political ends?
11.00, £3 on the door/free to members.
Adlerian Society: ‘It’s All Fiction’ presented by Bruce Tate
12 June 2012
Using our inner stories in Adlerian therapy
Alfred Adler was keen on fiction. He spoke about his interest in reading fairytales, Goethe and Shakespeare amongst others, and in his clinical work he would sometimes refer to Aesop’s Fables. Fiction is a key concept within different areas of Adler’s Individual Psychology. Use is made of elements of fiction by therapists in helping clients understand their Life Style and in some creative therapeutic approaches.
This year's Hertha Orgler Memorial Lecture and discussion will explore some of the ideas linked to fiction and how we can make use of them within our own lives.
Tickets
Admission £7 (concs £4). All welcome. No need to book. CPD certificates are available.
Lecture enquiries: Ann Hariades 020 8567 8360
How to Spot a Humanist... and Are You One?
13 June 2012
Humanists are often portrayed as little more than atheists, blinkered by materialism, science, and rationality, and maybe wildly optimistic about humanity.
As Peter Cave explores humanism be prepared to encounter McTaggart's Cat, G. E. Moore, Bacchus and a few bats and llamas on the way.
Dr Peter Cave is the Chair of the Humanist Philosophers of Great Britain who advise the BHA on ethical matters and relevant issues of public debate. Peter lectures for The Open University. He studied philosophy at University College London and King’s College Cambridge and has held lecturing posts and given guest lectures abroad and in the UK.
Peter has scripted and presented humorous philosophy programmes for BBC Radio 4, and has written many light philosophy articles for a range of popular philosophy magazines. His academic interests focus on paradoxes, with papers appearing in academic philosophy journals, American Philosophical Quarterly, The Monist, Analysis etc. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He lives in Soho, London, has an interest in opera and, although an atheist, can be uplifted by religious music.
1830 - 2030, £2 contributions welcome. Book via the CLHG meetup page link below.
