{"title": "Art Is How God Loves Us", "start": "2026-11-15T12:45:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church", "address": "West 55th Street 7, New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["religion/christian", "literature"], "description": "A conversation with author and former Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church member Merideth Hite Estevez about her book Art Is How God Loves Us. Dr. Estevez is an author, speaker, creative coach, and Juilliard-trained oboist whose work explores the intersection of art, faith, and spiritual life. Through stories from music, art, nature, and ordinary life, art is presented not as something reserved for the talented few, but as a way of encountering God's presence and love in the world. 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The title comes from a poem by Victoria Adukwei Bulley, and the show builds a space for the practice of agape, the love bell hooks writes leads toward liberation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/michaela-yearwood-dan-a-woman-of-will-53789/", "official_url": "https://marianneboeskygallery.com/exhibitions/349-michaela-yearwood-dan-a-woman-of-will/press_release_text/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/72d77fc1059c43e20c692059d0218c455b8b10e7fd7220172e0dcb6718747112-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Nocturnal Medicine Presents – The Well: A Service", "start": "2026-11-06T20:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-06T22:30:00-05:00", "place": "Union Theological Seminary", "address": "10027 New York", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/spirituality", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "\"Nocturnal Medicine Presents – The Well: A Service\" is an experimental service held in a house of worship, where divinity springs from Earth and prayer is unmoored from dogma. It is created by Nocturnal Medicine, Union's new Artists-in-Residence, a duo who invite people to sink down into the subterranean well. Within James Chapel, a tapestry of overlapping performances unfolds, each figure a channeller offering prayers through movement, material toil, hypnotic sound, and ritual. Nocturnal Medicine is joined by adobeprincess, DaMond LeMonte Garner, Laila Rosen, Madison Wada, Mamiko Usuda, and Paul Pinto for this collaborative, immersive experience, and all are welcome to gather for a night of art, presence, and transformation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/nocturnal-medicine-presents-the-well-a-service-57273/", "official_url": "https://utsnyc.edu/blog/event/nocturnal-medicine-presents-the-well-a-service/?instance_id=4284", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6138eb22b191866e0d95d8471b65ac68ae87c644f40d60fdb7633650c3c15d39-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Guided Meditations of Faith and Respite", "start": "2026-11-18T18:15:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-18T19:15:00-05:00", "place": "Marble Collegiate Church", "address": "1 West 29th Street, 10001 New York, NY", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["wellness/meditation"], "description": "Guided Meditations of Faith and Respite is a monthly time of rest through guided meditations, led by Rev. 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Both Tibet House board members, they discuss how he deepened appreciation of Tibetan art's spiritual significance and its role as a support for meditation, exploring the relationship between creativity and contemplative experience. 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It is facilitated by Roxanne De La Torre, a Pastoral Associate, and Adele Gallo, and sponsored by the Father William J. Bergen, SJ, Office of Ignatian Spirituality & Faith Formation. Participants walk alongside Martha and Mary, contemplating their stories in Scripture for a deeper understanding of their own quests for holiness. The retreat, created by and for women of the parish of all ages, includes light refreshments and lunch, concludes with Mass, and requires registration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/womens-spirituality-retreat-a-walk-with-martha-mary-55551/", "official_url": "https://ignatius.nyc/event/womens-spirituality-retreat-a-walk-with-martha-mary/", "image": ""}]}