ICAI'S TUNING FORK LIVE CONVERSATION WITH THE COLLABORATORS OF ABC NO RIO 45 YEARS

SUNDAY, APRIL 20TH
5-6 PM EDT / 2-3 PM PT / 11-12 PM CET
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ABC No Rio 45 Years is an exhibition organized by artists who have worked at the iconic Lower East Side cultural center, ABC No Rio. ABC is a collectively-run center for art and activism known internationally as a venue for oppositional culture.

This retrospective displays work by former and current artists, many well known in the NYC art world. ABC 45 Years is an abbreviated historical survey illustrating the many facets of activity at 156 Rivington. The walls will show the first Colab period and the “GayBC” years, through the period of struggle alongside the squatting movement and the Saturday Punk and Hardcore matinees, through to the 21st century when ABC became a full-fledged DIY community arts center under director Steven Englander’s tenure.

Each generation working there has continued No Rio’s commitment to political and social engagement through arts and activism, and many will gather to discuss and reflect on this rich history. 

ABC No Rio 45 Years is a project of the Solo Foundation, in collaboration with Allied Productions, the MoRUS museum, Bullet Space, and ABC No Rio. It is partially supported by funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

Through a wide range of regional & international activity, Institute for Cultural Activism International (ICAI) seeks to activate a cross-silo, cultural community through social practice art events, screenings/ conversations, meditation instruction/retreats; and TUNING FORK video & radio series, a regional newspaper column, workshops; more.

ICAI’s Robert Filliou: Assemblage du Film: DIY was hosted by the Emily Harvey Foundation in March 2024. 

TUNING FORK FM LIVE with Emily Marie Harris and John DiLeva Halpern bringing you contemporary art, music, film, poetry, and comedy in one hour. Immediately following Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!

Join us for a ride through the Catskills and abroad meeting people of our time shaping culture for our future.

CALM ABIDING MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87980407232

Suggested Donation $25

Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

CALM ABIDING MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87980407232

Suggested Donation $25

Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

The Institute of Cultural Activism International in collaboration with Good Taste Epicurean SpeakEasy, present a screening of Christine Gedeon’s short film, A Portrait of Michel (2024), followed by a Q&A with the artist/director. Good Taste Epicurean SpeakEasy is located at 438 Main Street, Franklin, NY, 13775.

A Portrait of Michel is an investigation of Gedeon’s uncle, Dr. Michel Saadé, who was abducted in Damascus in 1978 by the Hafez al-Assad regime and never seen since. After finding a pouch that belonged to Michel containing his miscellaneous objects, documents, and scraps of paper, Gedeon created this film, which combines photographs of these “Objects of Evidence” with voice-over interviews with family members, as well as vintage photographs, music, and archival 8mm family footage. Reconstructing a true-crime mystery that intersects with contemporary politics, A Portrait of Michel reflects Gedeon’s determination to get to the truth, while her creative approach to the sparse material leaves the conclusion for the viewer to decode.

Doors at 6:15 pm; screening at 6:30 pm. $10 suggested donation.

Christine Gedeon, a visual artist, was born in Aleppo, Syria, raised in the US, and lives between Berlin and New York. Since the start of the war, Gedeon’s work has focused on her family history in Syria in various mediums. Her work has been shown worldwide, with recent grants from the Berlin Cultural Senate, the Goethe Institute, and the Harpo Foundation. Her book Aleppo: Deconstruction | Reconstruction was published in 2020 by Kerber Verlag in Germany.

Watch a short 3:30 min clip here

The Institute of Cultural Activism International in collaboration with Bushel Gallery, presents a screening of Christine Gedeon’s short film, A Portrait of Michel (2024), followed by a Q&A with the artist/director.
Bushel Gallery is located at 106 Main Street, Delhi, NY, 13753

A Portrait of Michel is an investigation of Gedeon’s uncle, Dr. Michel Saadé, who was abducted in Damascus in 1978 by the Hafez al-Assad regime and never seen since. After finding a pouch that belonged to Michel containing his miscellaneous objects, documents, and scraps of paper, Gedeon created this film, which combines photographs of these “Objects of Evidence” with voice-over interviews with family members, as well as vintage photographs, music, and archival 8mm family footage. Reconstructing a true-crime mystery that intersects with contemporary politics, A Portrait of Michel reflects Gedeon’s determination to get to the truth, while her creative approach to the sparse material leaves the conclusion for the viewer to decode.

Doors at 7:15 pm; screening at 7:30 pm. $10 suggested donation.

Christine Gedeon, a visual artist, was born in Aleppo, Syria, raised in the US, and lives between Berlin and New York. Since the start of the war, Gedeon’s work has focused on her family history in Syria in various mediums. Her work has been shown worldwide, with recent grants from the Berlin Cultural Senate, the Goethe Institute, and the Harpo Foundation. Her book Aleppo: Deconstruction | Reconstruction was published in 2020 by Kerber Verlag in Germany.

Watch a short 3:30 min clip here

TUNING FORK FM LIVE with Emily Marie Harris and John DiLeva Halpern bringing you contemporary art, music, film, poetry, and comedy in one hour. Immediately following Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!

Join us for a ride through the Catskills and abroad meeting people of our time shaping culture for our future.

CALM ABIDING MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87980407232

Suggested Donation $25

Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

CALM ABIDING MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87980407232

Suggested Donation $25

Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

TUNING FORK FM LIVE with Emily Marie Harris and John DiLeva Halpern bringing you contemporary art, music, film, poetry, and comedy in one hour. Immediately following Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!

Join us for a ride through the Catskills and abroad meeting people of our time shaping culture for our future.

CALM ABIDING MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87980407232

Suggested Donation $25

Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

CALM ABIDING MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87980407232

Suggested Donation $25

Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

TUNING FORK FM LIVE with Emily Marie Harris and John DiLeva Halpern bringing you contemporary art, music, film, poetry, and comedy in one hour. Immediately following Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!

Join us for a ride through the Catskills and abroad meeting people of our time shaping culture for our future.

CALM ABIDING MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87980407232

Suggested Donation $25

Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

CALM ABIDING MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87980407232

Suggested Donation $25

Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

TUNING FORK FM LIVE with Emily Marie Harris and John DiLeva Halpern bringing you contemporary art, music, film, poetry, and comedy in one hour. Immediately following Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!

Join us for a ride through the Catskills and abroad meeting people of our time shaping culture for our future.

CALM ABIDING MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87980407232

Suggested Donation $25

Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

CALM ABIDING MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87980407232

Suggested Donation $25

Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

TUNING FORK FM LIVE with Emily Marie Harris and John DiLeva Halpern bringing you contemporary art, music, film, poetry, and comedy in one hour. Immediately following Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!

Join us for a ride through the Catskills and abroad meeting people of our time shaping culture for our future.

CALM ABIDING MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87980407232

Suggested Donation $25

Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

CALM ABIDING MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM ET
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83058088974

Suggested Donation $25

Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

TUNING FORK FM LIVE with Emily Marie Harris and John DiLeva Halpern brining you contemporary art, music, film, poetry, and comedy in one hour. Immediately following Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!

Join us for a ride through the Catskills and abroad meeting people of our time shaping culture for our future.

Episode #47 of TUNING FORK LIVE, Thursday Jan. 23rd, 2025, features Culture Declares Emergency (CDE)

Worldwide members or “CDE HUBS” will present their regional projects and chat with viewer/participants.

To Join: Click link at 9:30AM ET USA
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87091952779

NAKED MIND MEDITATION

The practices are based on the wisdom and compassion teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist Dzogchen Lineage. 

They are non-denominational and non-theistic. Practitioners at all meditation levels are invited.

Sessions Include:

• Mindful Relaxation

• Vase Breathing

• Inner Nerve Healing

• Calm Abiding Meditation

Review sessions occur between each exercise

Please Have a Flower or Plant Available During the Session. 🌻 Thank You.

TO PARTICIPATE Click the Link at 6:30PM EST
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87980407232

Suggested Donation $25
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Looking forward to our practice session. Thank you.

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INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVISM INTERNATIONAL (I.C.A.I.): COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS IN FILM Comes to THE GOOD TASTE EPICUREAN SPEAKEASY  

The Event:
Responding to tumultuous world events and the disturbances of our current time, I.C.A.I.‘s plan for 2025 is to continue the mission of inspiring conversations and responsive art projects among regional and international communities. 

Following the 57 min. film, Joseph Beuys/TRANSFORMER, by artist /filmmaker John Dileva Halpern of Delhi, founders of I.C.A.I., Emily Harris and Halpern will open a conversation with the audience. 

Celebrate 🎉 
Join Us ~ Jan 11th!!

INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVISM INTERNATIONAL (I.C.A.I.): COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS IN FILM Comes to THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY

The Event:
Responding to tumultuous world events and the disturbances of our current time, I.C.A.I.‘s plan for 2025 is to continue the mission of inspiring conversations and responsive art projects among regional and international communities. 

Following the 60 min. film, REFUGE, by artist /filmmaker John Dileva Halpern of Delhi, founders of I.C.A.I., Emily Harris and Halpern will open a conversation with the audience. 

Join Us ~ Jan 10th!!

Praise for REFUGE
"In our celebrity-driven society, filmmakers are partly responsible for this rapid growth in awareness, by creating serious works influenced by Buddhist tenets or by publicly recognizing its potential benefits."
Laura Kern, NY TIMES

"Somehow, "Refuge" remains a calm and reassuring picture, but never an incurious one. He's not afraid to explore the sexual and financial scandals that have affected some Buddhist ventures in the West, or the tendency of some overly enthusiastic Western practitioners to focus on the ritual elements of Buddhist worship and to breed an isolated, cult-like atmosphere." ~ Andrew O’Hier, Salon.com

TUNING FORK FM LIVE with Emily Marie Harris and John DiLeva Halpern brining you contemporary art, music, film, poetry, and comedy in one hour. Immediately following Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!

Join us for a ride through the Catskills and abroad meeting people of our time shaping culture for our future.

INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL ACTIVISM INTERNATIONAL (I.C.A.I.): COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS IN FILM Comes to THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY

The Event:
Responding to tumultuous world events and the disturbances of our current time, I.C.A.I.‘s plan for 2025 is to continue the mission of inspiring conversations and responsive art projects among regional and international communities. 

Following the 60 min. film, REFUGE, by artist /filmmaker John Dileva Halpern of Delhi, founders of I.C.A.I., Emily Harris and Halpern will open a conversation with the audience. 

Join Us ~ Jan 8th!!

Praise for REFUGE
"In our celebrity-driven society, filmmakers are partly responsible for this rapid growth in awareness, by creating serious works influenced by Buddhist tenets or by publicly recognizing its potential benefits."
Laura Kern, NY TIMES

"Somehow, "Refuge" remains a calm and reassuring picture, but never an incurious one. He's not afraid to explore the sexual and financial scandals that have affected some Buddhist ventures in the West, or the tendency of some overly enthusiastic Western practitioners to focus on the ritual elements of Buddhist worship and to breed an isolated, cult-like atmosphere." ~ Andrew O’Hier, Salon.com

TUNING FORK FM LIVE with Emily Marie Harris and John DiLeva Halpern brining you contemporary art, music, film, poetry, and comedy in one hour. Immediately following Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!

Join us for a ride through the Catskills and abroad meeting people of our time shaping culture for our future.

TUNING FORK FM LIVE with Emily Marie Harris and John DiLeva Halpern brining you contemporary art, music, film, poetry, and comedy in one hour. Immediately following Amy Goodman and Democracy Now!

Join us for a ride through the Catskills and abroad meeting people of our time shaping culture for our future.