Beloved musical brothers Oteil Burbridge (Dead & Company) and Kofi Burbridge (Tedeschi Trucks Band) have announced a very special yoga class, to take place in the afternoon of April 29th during Jazz Fest in New Orleans, LA. The Burbridges will head to Higher Power, a yoga studio just a short walk from the Fairgrounds of the main event, and participate in one of their yoga classes led by Taraleigh Weathers. The brothers will be providing the perfect musical soundtrack to flow with, followed by ample time for a meet and greet.The Burbridge brothers have been hard at work lately, cutting a new album with Neal and Alan Evans of Soulive. The “Brothers” EP is sure to contain some serious funk that’s fun for the whole family. The Burbridges will also be on hand for the One Eyed Jacks tribute concert, hosted by The Nth Power in a tribute for Earth Wind & Fire. More about that show, which takes place late night on April 28th at the Howlin’ Wolf, can be found here.Taraleigh’s class will be a gentle flow for everyone, regardless your level of practice. The class will focus on relaxing, grounding postures, to help stretch out your overworked dance muscles. The simple poses will give you the perfect opportunity to surrender to the flow and immerse yourself in the magic of some tantalizing live music. The class will end with a savasana of epic proportions, leaving you refreshed and ready to rock your JazzFest weekend.The event will run from 2pm – 4pm at Higher Power, with the class running for 90 minutes followed by some quality time with the Burbridge brothers down in New Orleans. You can read more about the venue here, and find tickets to this class here.A portion of the proceeds from the event will go towards the Water Collective, a non-profit aimed at providing clean water to impoverished parts of African and India.Event Info:Jazz Fest Yoga Experience With Oteil & Kofi BurbridgeApril 29th at 2-4pm.Tickets read more

Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York When Rockville Centre native Dean Kamen invented the Segway, the electric self-balancing scooter, in 2001, he envisioned it would “be to the car what the car was to the horse and buggy.”Dean Kamen speaks at Whiteman Air Force Base (U.S. Air Force photo)While the sales may not have lived up to the extraordinary hype leading up to the product’s launch at Bryant Park in Manhatttan, the two-wheeled device alternately known as the human transporter did become a cultural icon that changed the world nonetheless.“I don’t know if people will be using Segways to get around cities in 20 years’ time, but I do know they won’t be using cars,” Kamen, 66, told The Economist in 2010. “The financial, emotional, political and environmental costs will be prohibitive.”With a top speed of 12.5 mph and a fully charged battery giving it a 24-mile range, among its most visible users are tourists, police officers and security guards. Actor Kevin James famously does a Segway dance and chases crooks with his in the comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop.It is Kamen’s best-known invention, but it’s far from his only one. His company has patents on more than 400 other innovations worldwide, from a wheelchair that climbs stairs to the insulin pump. He also founded For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), a robot competition for high school students to inspire students to study science worldwide.Although he now calls a high-tech hexagonal mansion in New Hampshire home, the Worcester Polytechnic Institute dropout also owns North Dumpling, a private island about 20 miles off the coast of Orient Point, keeping his Long Island ties loosely intact.Jimi Heselden, a British businessman, bought the Segway business from Kamen. But Heselden died when he accidentally drove a Segway off an 80-foot cliff on his estate and into a river in 2010. The tragedy led some to erroneously believe Kamen died.Despite Heselden’s death and lower-than-expected sales in America, researchers forecast that Segway use will continue to grow internationally as it expands to new markets. So don’t expect it to scoot off into the sunset anytime soon. read more