"One out of five people these days who come to our events are novices who say they've read 'Fifty Shades' and it triggered something and they wanted to explore," said a man identifying himself as Viktor, 49, who works in marketing and is a founder of DomSubFriends, a BDSM education group that organized a lecture on jealousy that night.
Mr. Schweiger will lead walking tours on Saturday and Sunday; the Brooklyn Bridge Historical Society has organized a lecture series for Saturday and Sunday; and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum will feature an exhibition on the role immigrants played in building and designing the bridge.
On April 4, CAFE organized a lecture by two speakers, Dr. Katherine Young and Dr. Paul Nathanson, titled, From Misogyny to Misandry to Intersexual Dialogue, in which the speakers were to discuss a supposed hatred for men inherent in our culture (basically the mirror opposite of misogyny) that they call "misandry".
But it has come under fire recently for a number of racial flare-ups, most notably for organizing a lecture on university grounds for Jared Taylor – a self-described "racial realist"– to discuss the negative consequences of student diversity.
To send organize a lecture, send WIMN blog tips or just for more information, email info [at] wimnonline [dot] org.
The Georgia Republican leader who organized an October lecture for GOP lawmakers in which a birther activist said that President Barack Obama and the United Nations are using "mind-control" to implement a sustainability agenda is resigning from the state Senate.
The Met has also organized a series of lectures before the viewings.
He organized a series of lectures by Renny Reynolds, the party planner, and by other dealers, designers and garden experts.
In 1959, Dr. Alfred E. Mirsky, a biochemist who was also the librarian of the Rockefeller University, organized a series of lectures in imitation of the ones given by Faraday.
FBO churned out horse operas and family fare, but Kennedy still managed to bring a bit of Harvard to Hollywood, and vice versa: in 1927, he organized a series of lectures by film-industry leaders, starting with himself, at the university's business school.
Many went on to fight in the Civil Rights movement, both officially or unofficially, including Tougaloo University professor Ernst Borinski, who is said to have organized a series of lectures and discussions designed to engage blacks and whites in substantive conversation, many for the first time.
