Workshops and courses in New York City this week

Lucid Body Basics: acting workshop with Fay Simpson.

Religious Freedom & Immigration Rights: an online course.

Pepper's Ghost Workshop: build the ghost illusion yourself.

English Country Dance: historic social dance, all welcome.

Fall Yoga with The Yoga Room: free hour of yoga.

Open Movement – Fall 2026: free movement sessions for all.

Spiderwoman Workshops: song stories with Warren Mason.

After School Program: kids' table tennis, Coach Wang Chen.

The Talmud: study session on Chanukah, no Hebrew needed.

Fundraising Fundamentals: online course with Rita Walters.

Bible study series on the Gospel of Luke begins.

Discovering Buddhism course: bodhicitta and meditation.

NYZ: Evening Zazen, silent sitting meditation evenings.

Amateur radio club meetup, open to all.

Fall Ango 2026: three-month Zen training intensive.

The Language of Crochet: 8-week course with artist Luisa.

Fall Adult Swim Classes: weekly clinics for every level.

Vajra Yoga: morning Indo-Tibetan yoga sessions.

Bronx Level 2 swim class for ages 5-9.

Mahjong class for players past the basics, this fall.

Fast Trac 3: swimming course for children in Bayside.

Starr Kids Theater Class: theater and improv games for kids.

October Membership Promotion: join the JCC fee-free.

Learn to teach mindfulness in a 100-hour training.

Reading Sianne Ngai: aesthetics, emotions, capitalism.

Kids Madrasah: Islamic class for children.

Highland Bible Institute: six-week evening Bible courses.

Cycle A final exams

Virtual somatic yoga workshop with Lisa Tatham.

Digital safety basics, hands-on, pizza provided.

Senior Sessions: graphs, ghost castles and Prussian bridges.

Media Studio: Spooky Photography Challenge for teens 13–18.

Storytelling workshops led by Tiffany McLarty.

Southern Rounds: Nashville hitmakers on writing hit songs.

Let's Beat Breast Cancer: diet workshop with cooking demo.

NYZ: Introduction to Meditation, learn zazen.

Free drop-in ear acupuncture, five needles per outer ear.

Washington Heights: free drop-in ear acupuncture for stress.

Trail Work Thursdays: hands-on park trail volunteering.

Read modern Hebrew with Rabbi Serge Lippe.