Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein, founder and Rabbi Emeritus of The New Shul in NYC and award winning author/editor will speak on: Gonzo Judaism: A Bold Path for Renewing an Ancient Faith. Shabbat Dinner will follow. For reservations please contact Tracy Horwitz at: thorwitz@@tstinj.org.
Tonight is the monthly meeting of the Friends of the SOPL. All are welcome! We would love your input on our new second hand book store. Plus, discussions on our upcoming Holiday party to thank all the volunteer efforts in the past year.
Meeting: 7:30pm-9pm, Staff room, lower level across the hall from the Childrens Dept.
Holiday Party: Sat. Dec, 11th 2-4pm, adult dept.
Wondering what presents to get for the holidays? Come support TSTI's Iris Family Center!
The book fair will feature children's books from Scholastic, books for tweens and adults from Words in Maplewood, and gifts, house wares and jewelry from Mia Cose Bella.
All proceeds will benefit cultural arts programming to enrich the lives of TSTI preschool students.
Sunday 11/14, 3:30 - 5:00 pm: Free PJ Library Family Event and book fair opening – Come enjoy PJ Library books read by members of the TSTI preschool family - and do some holiday book shopping. Please RSVP for this event by Thursday, November 11 to erica.barton@gmail.com
Monday/Tuesday, 11/15-11/16, 9:00 am - 12:15 pm: Scholastic book fair open during preschool hours
Wednesday 11/17, 7:00 - 9:00 pm: Book fair closing event and Parent Enrichment: "Sneaking Healthy Food Into Our Busy Lives" with Rabbi Ellie Miller and Mitch Bentler, a registered dietitian and Pediatric Nurse Specialist.
Win 2 free weeks of Camp TSTI! Or $2000 off Tuition at Camp Horizons!
Book Discussion and Dessert with Rabbi Cohen. "The Sacrifice of Tamar" by Naomi Ragen. For more information contact: Andrea Bergman at bergmanfam@yahoo.com
Thanksgiving Turkey and Food Drive – local collection site for the Community FoodBank of NJ. Saturday before Thanksgiving.
Come to Seton Hall to watch the Women's Basketball team take on Marquette for their PinkZone game!
$2 admission!
LETS GO PIRATES!
The Pirates play Villanova on February 19th at 2PM!!
LETS GO PIRATES!
Seton Hall plays the Rutgers Knights on February 28th at 7PM!
LETS GO PIRATES!!
The HK Foundations Center of Maplewood & South Orange welcomes parents and students to visit The Center, Thursday, November 11 from 1-5 pm for an Open House to speak with both the foundation's president, Tom Kerns and instructors regarding services and workshops offered to youth grades 5-12 and adult workshops open to all 18 and older.
Youth workshops are free to all students who live within the Maplewood & South Orange School District. We welcome you and your child to visit The Center and enjoy the many multi-media projects, individual and community based, allow our students to further explore their creativity while learning skills needed to succeed in the 21st Century.
For further information and applications please visit The Center or email programs@mwsohkfc.org. Office hours are Tuesday through Thursday 9 am to 12:00 pm and 3:30-5:30.
The Mall at Short Hills in Short Hills, NJ will transform into a winter wonderland with the debut of the Ice Palace. Brimming with the magic of winter and the essence of holiday snow globes, the soaring 30-foot Ice Palace appears to be literally carved from ice. The exhibit features highlights from this holiday season's highly anticipated movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader from Twentieth Century Fox and Walden Media. To celebrate, the stars from the film will host a lighting ceremony in Los Angeles that will be streamed live to 15 shopping centers across the country.
Children will be given LED wands to wave simultaneously to illuminate the Ice Palaces' nationwide, ushering in the holiday season and the arrival of Santa Claus. Shoppers can continue to
experience the groundbreaking, multi-sensory Ice Palace exhibit between November 13 and December 24.
The first 200 visitors to the Ice Palace on November 12 will receive a voucher for a free commemorative photo with Santa that can be used that evening or any time prior to November 24.
JVS Fourth Annual Creative Maturity Expo Offers Innovative Options for Redefining Life's Potential
If you're over 50, join us to explore ways to redefine life's potential at the 4th Annual JVS Creative Maturity Expo, on Sunday, November 21st from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (registration opens at 9:30 am). The program is free of charge and open to the public. The Expo offers a wide range of programs focusing on maintaining a healthy lifestyle, exploring career options and preparing the path to a fulfilling retirement. Highlights include featured speaker, TV journalist, Mary Alice Williams presenting, Grey Matter Matters at 12:45 pm and Karen Frank, RN speaking about, Sexuality Beyond Sixty at 2:45 pm along with individual seminars on topics such as, Keeping Your Job Skills Current; Tax Smart Investing; and, Long Term Care Planning. Free health screenings and exercise classes will be offered throughout the day by providers that include sponsors Atlantic Health and Saint Barnabas Health Care System. In addition, career and placement counselors will be available to provide job seekers with individual career counseling and job search strategies. The Expo takes place at the Alex Aidekman Family Campus, 901 Route 10 East, Whippany, N.J. No advance registration is required. For more information, go to www.jvsnj.org or call Jayne Waltzer at 973-674-6330, ext. 311.
Former Livingston Football Captain, and Author,
John-Allen Mollenhauer, to Hold Book Signing at Sams
Livingston, NJ -- Sams Fine Men's Clothing is hosting a book signing, by local resident, John Allen Mollenhauer, who co-authored the book, The Curse of the Capable: The Hidden Challenge to a Balanced, Healthy, Higher-Achieving Life, (Fall 2009), with Harvard Psychology Instructor, Arthur P. Ciaramicoi, PhD. The event is being held on Saturday, November 13, 2010, at 11 am, at 555 S. Livingston Avenue, Livingston, NJ. The public is invited to attend.
"The Curse" of the capable is a mental state where talented people mask their vulnerabilities through their capabilities. It happens when people are trying very hard in their efforts to achieve and perform to win the respect and love of other people.
Throughout the book, The Curse of the Capable, the authors ask questions like, "What happens when you try your very hardest and yet you still can't attain the healthy, balanced life you long for?" And, "What happens when you don't understand the reasons your life is not satisfying?" The book says that the answer is that -- you feel cursed! You're disappointed you're not living the life you thought all your hard work would bring, and you're feeling run down in the process.
The writers say that early in life, if we are not engaged with empathy in genuine relationships with others, we each create a novel, a fictitious story about ourselves, that we write based on what we think is being reflected back to us from those around us – as if we are looking at ourselves in a mirror. If the mirrors you are looking into are cracked or inaccurate, depressed or preoccupied… you get a distorted view of yourself as you would in a circus mirror. As a result, you create an inaccurate story about yourself and this story sets the stage for an irrational belief system. A lack of empathy creates an inaccurate, and eventually, unsupportive or negative internal story, a feeling that you're just not quite good enough. This in turn sets the stage for over-achievement – an effort to make up for what is secretly missing inside.
Through real-life examples, and a Foreword by Phil Simms, Superbowl MVP, NFL Sports Analyst, Former New York Giant, The Curse of the Capable teaches readers that when you are able to change your biased story, you can live a life with less tension and anxiety, and more joy and meaningful achievement.
"Co-Authoring this book is the realization of a life-long dream of a different kind," says John-Allen, "which was to get free of the drives to achieve for the wrong reasons. After reading Dr. Ciaramicoli's original work, I discovered that I too was living with 'the curse'. Since then, I have spent a great deal of time, both in the co-writing of the book, and in my life in general, changing the stories that drove me non-stop for so many years. Like many people, I thought I was living a relatively healthy lifestyle that was focused on fitness, nutrition and learning, but really I was actually caught up in many poor lifestyle habits – not recuperating enough, addictive albeit healthy eating, and erratic exercise habits – all because of why, and how I was achieving my goals. Writing this book was indeed cathartic for me, but it also gives me the chance to help others overcome "the curse," especially those living in my hometown, of Livingston, NJ."
About John Allen Mollenhauer
John-Allen Mollenhauer (aka "John Allen" or "JAM") is the co-author of the book The Curse of the Capable, (Fall 2009), by Harvard Psychology Instructor, Arthur P Ciaramicoli PhD. John is a leading authority in lifestyle performance coaching and founder of PerformanceLifestyle.com, where clients learn how to unleash the full potential of their lifestyle to achieve their goals.
He helps achievers (working parents, professionals, business owners and entrepreneurs) live in balance, with vibrant health and peace of mind, while achieving even their most ambitious goals without sacrificing their life by learning the principles, best practices and lifestyle strategies of healthy high- achieving people.
Recently, John Allen, who grew up in Livingston, NJ, and was the 1986 captain of the Livingston Lancer's football team, brought his passion for helping people make changes that work for them in their lives, back to Livingston, NJ, by opening up The Lifestyle Coaching Center, on Northfield Avenue. There he works one-to-one to help people understand their present situation, and make the needed changes to manage their energy better, eat nutrient rich food and sustain the activity levels needed to achieve their goals and maintain their quality of life.
John Allen appears frequently on radio and television shows, including Comcast CN8, WTBQ, Air America, MoJo Radio, and others. He is a featured speaker at the Annual CoachVille Conference, the National Health Association Annual Conference, and the Monkey Bar Gym Fitness Chain. He speaks at corporations and business conferences including all types where listeners and attendees discover how to get their lifestyle working better for them. He is also a regular contributor to the award- winning Health Science Journal.
Follow John Allen on:
-- twitter.com/JohnAllenJAM
-- Facebook.com/John.Allen.Mollenhauer
Follow the Book on:
-- facebook.com/TheCurseOfTheCapable
-- TheCurseofTheCapable.com
Celebrating our 7th year of improving the Health & Wellness of women in our community.
Seton Hall University's Pirates of Irish Persuasion & Extraction (PIPE) will sponsor a program on Irish Americans in the News Media on Monday, December 6 at 7:30pm in the Beck Rooms, ground level of Walsh Library, on the South Orange campus. Presenters at the Monday, December 6 event at 7:30pm will be nationally-recognized legal analyst Kathleen Mullin and Irish Echo Editor Ray O'Hanlon. The event is free and open to the public. For further information, please contact Dr. Maura Harrington at maura.harrington@shu.edu or 201.463.5967, or become a fan of Seton Hall University Irish Studies Discussion Series on Facebook (www.facebook.com/SHUIrishStudiesDiscussionSeries).
Rare Performances from
the Shelley Archives
Thursday Nov. 18th
Pink Floyd (1966-1980)
Approx. 90 min.
From their early work with the legendary but doomed Syd Barrett to later iconic albums like Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall, Pink Floyd have created a body of work that ranks among the greats of rock and roll. Pink Floyd exploded on Swinging London's music scene during the mid 1960s with their strange, trippy, spaced out, psychedelic sound. This evening of amazing performances will present a full retrospective of Pink Floyd's entire career.
Sat. Dec. 11th
Celebrating Frank Sinatra's 95th Birthday
The Legend & Legacy of Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra returns front and center in this special one-night-only celebration of his musical legacy, featuring rare television, concert, and motion picture performances. These rare clips present Sinatra in solo performances and with some of his favorite singing partners, including Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Gene Kelly, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, and even Elvis!
Presented by
The City of Hoboken, Projected Images of Hudson County and
Stevens Institute of Technology Division of Technology and the Arts,
in the College of Arts and Letters
Proceeds will go to support
Hoboken's Movies Under the Stars series for 2011
There will be a Q & A with archivist Bill Shelley following each presentation as well as a performance by ACE - the Alternative Controller Ensemble, comprised of students in Stevens Institute's Music & Technology Program.
These are exclusive New Jersey Premiere presentations. These collections are unavailable anywhere else and are part of the personal and private collection of the Shelley Archives. Each film pieces together footage from rare concerts, television show performances (from Europe & USA), home movies and more.
Just a short walk from all public transportation. Two blocks
from municipal parking on 3rd & Hudson Streets.
"Rock-N-Roll Geology Club" is for children ages 7 to 12. Revel in the fascinating formations of Earth's geologic creations. Hands-on club activities include exploring local geology, discovering what's in local soil, and identifying rocks and minerals. Advance registration and payment are required. For information, call 973-228-8776.
"4th Annual Green Gift Fair" will highlight sustainable and alternative gifts for the holiday season. While you shop, Environmental Center staff will keep the kids busy making recycled wrapping paper and other holiday crafts. Admission is free but merchandise will be on sale. For more information, call 973-228-8776.
"Gingerbread House Making Workshop" is an opportunity to create your own gingerbread home or habitat for the Annual Essex County Gingerbread Home and Habitat Contest. The Essex County Environmental Center staff will get participants started on their own unique creations. Some materials will be provided, however; participants are encouraged to bring their own items. Meet in Garibaldi Hall. This is a free program.
"5th Annual Sustainable Homes Gingerbread Contest & Exhibit" is an opportunity to create a unique gingerbread house with natural accents and green building design features. All entries must be submitted by Monday, December 6th. Sustainable Gingerbread Homes will be on display from Monday, December 6th through Saturday, December 18th. Prizes will be awarded in various categories. For information and registration, call 973-228-8776.
The annual Two Towns Sing-in sponsored by South Orange/ Maplewood Community Coalition on Race is closing with a final performance this Sunday, November 14th, 3:00 pm at Congregation Beth El, 222 Irvington Avenue, South Orange. The Community Sing-In is open to the entire community.
Workshop participants, from novices to professionals, have learned a variety of vocal music, ranging from Gospel to Jewish Contemporary to chants from Central Africa to the Old American Songs collection of Aaron Copland. Top notch, local, professional performers and conductors, including concert pianist Richard C. Alston, professional music conductor Jason Asbury, ethno-musicologist Ahmondylla Best and recording artist Peri Smilow will lead and perform with the community singers. Attendees may even get an opportunity to sing along on a selection or two!
The closing event will be followed by a free reception. Last year's project coordinator, Vicki Carter, captured the intention of this event when she noted, "There is nothing better than music to bind a diverse group of people together," and bringing people of different races together to share positive experiences is the objective of both this event and the Coalition.
This event is made possible in part by funds from New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and administered by Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic Affairs.
