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It's a great irony of Mike Chico's life: A building super who spent the majority of his life helping others create a secure living space, ran away from his own home to come to New York City.

Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Ann Belford Ulanova recently discussed Jung's unconscious mind for the “Red Book Dialogues” series at the Rubin Museum of Art.

Composer, conductor and celebrated thinker John Adams joined Jungian analyst Laurel Morris for a “Red Book Dialogue” at The Rubin Museum of Art last week to talk agony, ecstasy and turbans.

Stefan Sagmeister, award-winning artist and graphic designer, joined Jungian analyst-in-training Patricia Llosa for The Red Book Dialogues at The Rubin Museum.

Though many people claim to be skeptical of tarot card readers and psychics, The Rubin Museum takes an open-minded approach. In December, the institution invited psychic and tarot card reader Pattie Canova to participate in the Red Book Dialogues.

Four Pushcart Prize-winning writers took to the (very, very dim stage) at (Le) Poisson Rouge last month to read from their award-winning works.

Andrew Harvey, scholar and author of many books on spirituality, joined Jungian analyst Nathan Schwartz-Salant on the Rubin Museum stage this past month as a part of "The Red Book Dialogue" series.

Film director Andre Gregory made more than polite dinner conversation recently at the Rubin Museum. In the new "Red Book Dialogue" series, Gregory brought up some major daddy issues when confronted with the sketch of an abstract-looking horned manimal. 

New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik and Jungian analyst Margaret Klenck discussed Jung's unconscious mind for the “Red Book Dialogues” at the Rubin Museum of Art.

PlaNYC, New York's ambitious sustainability plan for the next two decades, turned two years old on Earth Day 2009. To commemorate, former Deputy Mayor and PlaNYC mastermind Daniel Doctoroff took part in a panel discussion about urban planning at the Museum of the City of New York.