Culture calendar: April 2018

Cherry Bombe is a biannual magazine covering women and food. Their sixth annual Jubilee food conference (taking place April 14 in New York City) will feature Nigella Lawson, author of the new book At My Table: A Celebration of Home Cooking, chef-owner Ruth Rogers of the legendary River Café in London, and former Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl.

A highlight of B Inspired’s LA Retreat (taking place April 27 to 29) will be the opportunity to train with Ryan Hall, the U.S. record holder in the half-marathon, and Sara Hall, winner of the USATF Women’s Marathon Championships in 2017. Join them on a morning meditation session, trail run through Runyon Canyon, and evening hike.

At the Center for Mind-Body Medicine’s five-day “Mind, Mood & Food” training (taking place April 15 to 20 in Big Sur, California), workshops on how to improve mental and emotional well-being through food will be held by experts such as Mark Hyman, MD, director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, and Cindy Geyer, MD, medical director at Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts.

This Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum exhibit (debuting April 13 in NYC) celebrates the senses other than eyesight. Attendees are invited to touch, hear, and smell interactive installations such as a furry wall with digital sensors that play music to a scent commission by Christopher Brosius, the olfactory artist behind cult brand I Hate Perfume.

On April 14, join Furthermore editors and David Siik (creator of Equinox's Precision Running) for an inspiring discussion with running icon Kathrine Switzer, the first woman to run the Boston Marathon.

Paleo f(x)™ bills itself as the largest paleo health event in the world (taking place April 27 to 29 in Austin). Participants can take in cooking demos, presentations, and panels from experts such as David Perlmutter, MD, neurologist and author of The Grain Brain Whole Life Plan.