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“Film and Philosophy”

(Wednesdays 7-9pm, June 13, 2012) At Singularity&Co’s beautiful new bookstore and event space at 18 Bridge St. in Dumbo. Cocktail hours to be held in space and at local pubs. More soon!    Enrollment is limited and includes all course readings! Additionally, registration comes with a complimentary copy of Eraserhead by David Lynch. 

“Shocks and Phantasmagoria: Walter Benjamin and The Arcades Project”

(Tuesdays, 7-9pm, April 10, 2012) If you want to understand and critically engage with life in twenty-first century New York, there is no better place to begin than with Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, the sprawling, ambitious, unparalleled examination of “Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century.” Spaces are limited! Enroll today and and get a free copy →

“Telegraphs, Pneumatic Tubes and Teleportation; Or, the Way We Communicate Now”

(Mondays, 7-9pm, starting April 9, 2012, 6 weeks) A class for people who love or fear (or both) their iPad/Kindle/Twitter/Facebook/etc.  Readings in the literature and philosophy of communication technology, from Charles Dickens and Henry James to Michel Foucault and Terry Gilliam. Spaces are limited! Everyone who enrolls before the 4/5 gets a free copy of →