Events and Classes: June
Now Who's Crazy Now?
Fountain House, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
and the East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy
are proud to present...
Now Who's Crazy Now?
with Elly Litvak
Monday, June 14, 6:30pm
Location: St. Malachy's Church, The Actor's Chapel
239 West 49th Street (between 7th and 8th Aves)
Fee: $35/$15 unemployed/students
Click here to purchase tickets
What is mental illness? Is it a health condition characterized by dramatic alterations in mood, thinking and behavior? Is it a chemical imbalance? Or is it the common euphemisms we hear tossed about daily like "out of your mind" or "nutty as a fruit cake"? What is recovery and how do we achieve this elusive goal? In this fast-paced, one-woman play, Now Who's Crazy Now? Elly Litvak brings her personal experience of living with and recovering from a serious mental illness to the stage. Now Who's Crazy Now? is a candid, humorous, entertaining and highly educational piece, with a message of hope for recovery for everyone. Elly's story resonates with everyone. People living with a mental illness relate strongly to aspects of her experience while witnessing how her life transformed into one of health and balance. The performance will be followed by a Q&A and reception.
Elly Litvak is a wellness and recovery specialist with extensive experience facilitating programs and workshops that benefit businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals. An ardent believer in healing through the arts and performance, Ms. Litvak is the founder of two theatre companies for people living with mental illness, Puzzle Factory and The Looney Awards. More recently, she has developed Now Who's Talking-Telling Our Recovery Stories, a program that helps people living with mental health challenges tell stories that focus on the process of recovery. Ms. Litvak lives in Toronto.
Fountain House was founded in 1948 by former psychiatric patients of Rockland State Hospital. It is the world's leading provider of rehabilitation services for men, women and young adults living with major mental illness.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill is the country's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.
The East Side Institute is a New York City-based international education, training and research center for social therapeutics and other innovative approaches to human development and learning and community building.
and the East Side Institute for Group and Short Term Psychotherapy
are proud to present...
Now Who's Crazy Now?
with Elly Litvak
Monday, June 14, 6:30pm
Location: St. Malachy's Church, The Actor's Chapel
239 West 49th Street (between 7th and 8th Aves)
Fee: $35/$15 unemployed/students
Click here to purchase tickets
What is mental illness? Is it a health condition characterized by dramatic alterations in mood, thinking and behavior? Is it a chemical imbalance? Or is it the common euphemisms we hear tossed about daily like "out of your mind" or "nutty as a fruit cake"? What is recovery and how do we achieve this elusive goal? In this fast-paced, one-woman play, Now Who's Crazy Now? Elly Litvak brings her personal experience of living with and recovering from a serious mental illness to the stage. Now Who's Crazy Now? is a candid, humorous, entertaining and highly educational piece, with a message of hope for recovery for everyone. Elly's story resonates with everyone. People living with a mental illness relate strongly to aspects of her experience while witnessing how her life transformed into one of health and balance. The performance will be followed by a Q&A and reception.
Elly Litvak is a wellness and recovery specialist with extensive experience facilitating programs and workshops that benefit businesses, non-profit organizations and individuals. An ardent believer in healing through the arts and performance, Ms. Litvak is the founder of two theatre companies for people living with mental illness, Puzzle Factory and The Looney Awards. More recently, she has developed Now Who's Talking-Telling Our Recovery Stories, a program that helps people living with mental health challenges tell stories that focus on the process of recovery. Ms. Litvak lives in Toronto.
Fountain House was founded in 1948 by former psychiatric patients of Rockland State Hospital. It is the world's leading provider of rehabilitation services for men, women and young adults living with major mental illness.
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill is the country's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness.
The East Side Institute is a New York City-based international education, training and research center for social therapeutics and other innovative approaches to human development and learning and community building.
PHILM: Philosophy & Film @ the Institute
Philm: Philosophy and Film at the East Side Institute
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
with Chris Helm and Rafael Mendez
Friday, June 25, 6:30pm-9:00pm
920 Broadway, 14th Floor (at 20th Street)
Suggested donation: $12.00
CLICK HERE to register
Join in for a sociable evening of film … it’s Friday-night-at-the-movies with a philosophical and methodological twist! Enjoy a favorite film, followed by some playful, philosophical conversation.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)… The subversive spirit of rock lives on in this merry satire and powerful drama. When gender is up for grabs, where do we look for identity?
Christine Helm earned an M.A. in Anthropology and Education and an M.Ed. in Applied Anthropology at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is director of the Enterprise Center at the Fashion Institute of Technology/State University of New York and teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Chris is a faculty member for the Institute’s International Class and Therapist Training Program.
Rafael Mendez is an associate professor and coordinator of psychology at Bronx Community College, his alma mater. He earned his doctorate in Clinical-Community Psychology at Boston University in 1983 and was a Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School at Children's Hospital in Boston. He's a trained social therapist practicing at the Brooklyn Social Therapy Group and is on the faculty of the East Side Institute where he assists in leading Fred Newman's Developmental Philosophy Group.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
with Chris Helm and Rafael Mendez
Friday, June 25, 6:30pm-9:00pm
920 Broadway, 14th Floor (at 20th Street)
Suggested donation: $12.00
CLICK HERE to register
Join in for a sociable evening of film … it’s Friday-night-at-the-movies with a philosophical and methodological twist! Enjoy a favorite film, followed by some playful, philosophical conversation.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)… The subversive spirit of rock lives on in this merry satire and powerful drama. When gender is up for grabs, where do we look for identity?
Christine Helm earned an M.A. in Anthropology and Education and an M.Ed. in Applied Anthropology at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is director of the Enterprise Center at the Fashion Institute of Technology/State University of New York and teaches at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Chris is a faculty member for the Institute’s International Class and Therapist Training Program.
Rafael Mendez is an associate professor and coordinator of psychology at Bronx Community College, his alma mater. He earned his doctorate in Clinical-Community Psychology at Boston University in 1983 and was a Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School at Children's Hospital in Boston. He's a trained social therapist practicing at the Brooklyn Social Therapy Group and is on the faculty of the East Side Institute where he assists in leading Fred Newman's Developmental Philosophy Group.