May 2013
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Public Seminar
On the first Thursday of every month the Aesthetic Realism Consultants and Associates present public seminars. Representative subjects include: “Real Communication in Marriage—How Can We Have It?”; “What's the Difference between Wowing People & Liking Yourself?”; “Kindness: Is It Strong ?”; “The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Succeeds: Knowledge Wins, Prejudice Loses!”
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Thursday, May 2, 6:30 PM
Cynicism: Does It Make a Man Stronger or Weaken Him?
Learn the answer at this vital and thrilling seminar!
Aesthetic Realism Associates Matthew D'Amico and Steven Weiner and Consultant Jeffrey Carduner will speak about what cynicism really is, what it comes from—and why men (and women too) can be very wrong about it.
You'll have a great time learning how something a person can think is smart, really hurts him. And in the process you'll learn what it means for a man really to be smart and strong!
The speakers will discuss all this with depth, humor, factuality, and examples from culture and their own lives. And you'll hear about the exciting education that takes place in Aesthetic Realism consultations.
Contri. $10
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Dramatic Presentation
Saturday evening public presentations feature dramatic readings of some of the lectures on literature, ethics, history, and art given by Eli Siegel, and talks by artists and scholars on this new way of seeing all the arts and sciences.
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Saturday, May 18, 8:00 PM
Music, Life, Money—& Reality's Opposites
Aesthetic Realism & Frank Norris's The Pit
Speaking of this novel about a marriage and dealings on the Chicago Board of Trade in the 1890s, Eli Siegel said:
"Norris was interested in the inward goings on of a person. Yet there was the very big desire in him, too, to embrace whole mountain ranges, to take in a whole continent.
He felt, ‘There are many people who want to produce things, and many people who want to use them. Why does there have to be all this suffering?’ ” |
What Do You Owe Another Person? A reenactment of an Aesthetic Realism Lesson
"Do you think you can be happy without wanting people to be stronger?" —Eli Siegel
Why Is the Scale Beautiful? by composer Edward Green
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“To venture out and to be secure are opposites, and in the musical scale they are sheerly the same thing.” |
And more!
Contri. $10
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June 2013
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Public Seminar
On the first Thursday of every month the Aesthetic Realism Consultants and Associates present public seminars. Representative subjects include: “Real Communication in Marriage—How Can We Have It?”; “What's the Difference between Wowing People & Liking Yourself?”; “Kindness: Is It Strong ?”; “The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Succeeds: Knowledge Wins, Prejudice Loses!”
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Thursday, June 6, 6:30 PM
Being Important—What Does It Mean,
& What Mistakes Do We Make about It?
Speakers:
Consultant Nancy Huntting, Associates Meryl Nietsch-Cooperman & Leila Rosen
Contri. $10
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Dramatic Presentation
Saturday evening public presentations feature dramatic readings of some of the lectures on literature, ethics, history, and art given by Eli Siegel, and talks by artists and scholars on this new way of seeing all the arts and sciences.
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Saturday, June 15, 8:00 PM
Love—Its Beauty & Turmoil
Aesthetic Realism & Love by Eli Siegel
"When we love a person it should be because that person is bringing out strength in us, enabling us to be more what we want to be. But people want to be taken as perfect already, to be adored....Adoration without knowlege is empty."
About Love & Sincerity A reenactment of an Aesthetic Realism Lesson
"Mr. Stefano, do you think you are sure your effect on Ms. Hillyer would
do her good?" —Eli Siegel
Power in Love Is Good & Bad Chairman of Education Ellen Reiss discusses the historic character Don Juan, his operatic form in Mozart's Don Giovanni, & the education in Aesthetic Realism consultations:
"The bad power of Don Juan—to be more important than all things and people and the world itself to someone, to have a person fall foolishly at one's feet while one smiles coolly—has been desired too by well-behaved men and women. In us, it is intertwined with other desires, unclear, covered up. We want to see it sheer, entire—and that is why we have needed Don Juan."
"Love; or, When Good Will Wins" and Other Poems about Love by Eli Siegel
And more!
Contri. $10
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Special Event
Pioneering dramatic and musical presentations take place at the Foundation, and elsewhere as part of the Foundation’s Outreach Program. These productions—a new dramatic form with performance and comment — include “Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream; or, Earthy Whirl,” by Eli Siegel; “Rock ‘n’ Roll, the Opposites, & Our Greatest Hopes!”; “Ibsen, Bach, & What Interferes with Love”‘ and more.
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Sunday, June 23, 2:30 PM
The Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company presents—
Evil Seen Beautifully! or,
Voltaire's Candide
A dramatic production of Eli Siegel's great 1951 lecture
There's nothing people need more at this time than an accurate, courageous, lively, and beautiful way to see the relation of good and evil! That's what this presentation is about—and has.
In 1951 Eli Siegel, founder of Aesthetic Realism, lectured on Voltaire's very funny 1759 novel. He said:
"Candide, though written in the middle of the polite 18th century, is one of the giddiest, speediest works that ever lived. And it's beauty is its speed. It is a poetic, musical composition, with evil presented clearly in a tireless sort of dance."
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—with scenes from the novel—
Cast:
Anne Fielding • Bennett Cooperman • Carrie Wilson
Timothy Lynch • Carol McCluer • Derek Mali
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Incidental Music on Flute & Harpsichord
Performed by Barbara Allen & Edward Green
To print information, click here.
Contri. $15
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