Clearview Cinemas South Orange 5 is selling raffle tickets for an autographed Julius "Dr. J' Nets jersey. Raffle tickets are on sale from now untill March 8th, only 100 tickets available. 1 Ticket is $10 and 3 Tickets are $25. Money raised will benefit the ALS Association Greater New York Chapter. Tickets can be purchased at the theater during operation hours or online at www.gofundme.com/SopacALS 

As part of St. George's annual celebration of Black History Month, the Absalom Jones Committee on Black History & Culture will present a forum at
11:45 on Sunday, February 10, using the bestselling book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander.

The book explores how the war on drugs has become a system of racial control comparable to Jim Crow laws and slavery.  Warren R. Thompson, Jr., MSW, will
join us in what is sure to be a thought-provoking and enlightening discussion.  Mr. Thompson serves as Program Director of Community Corrections for Volunteers of America-Northern NJ.

Ms. Alexander's book has been described Cornel West as "an instant classic...a grand wake-up call in
the midst of a long slumber of indifference to the poor and vulnerable".  A New York Times review of the book can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/books/michelle-alexanders-new-jim-crow-raises-drug-law-debates.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

Description

Learn an integrative approach to health and wellness, through history and culture, that addresses certain issues of concern and teaches you tools to strive toward a more balanced and energetic life. This class will enhance your view on what is appropriate and what is not.

Notes

Discussions and interactive activities relating to Complimentary & Alternative Medicine, Gemstone Healing, Chakra Healing and Transformational Energy Healing are workshops and have an educational/therapeutic focus, but are not treatment-oriented.

In this workshop, the presenter will discuss the benefits of this ancient old technique that involves the manipulation of nerve endings found in the palms of the hands and plantar surfaces of the feet that are believed to correlate with every organ and body part. The presenter will utilize the reflexology chart and demonstrations to help participants understand how the technique works and is applied in order to achieve greater balance and relaxation throughout the participant’s body.

Beyond Pilates: 1 hr. (Beginner / Intermediate levels): Instructed by Sabatino Verlezza, Beyond Pilates utilizes a method that is designed to achieve maximum positive results for each unique student. By blending the appropriate set of movement patterns with correct alignment and reachable goals, the student can realize the extraordinary potential with his or her body.

The Pilates method that Sabatino embraces is derived from his decades of work in general wellness and professional dance. His work with diverse body types has allowed people to successfully return to work, the stage, the athletic field and the physical demands of everyday life

Beyond Pilates embraces a philosophy to proactively achieve a balanced body by offering the tools to aid in injury prevention.

Straight talk for women (and men) will provide helpful and useful information that you should know in order to help improve your mental outlook, and your health. This workshop, led by Dr. Marcia Harris, a board certified obstetrician/gynecologist with extensive experience in women’s health and hormone replacement for women and men with bio-identical hormones, will present an alternative to suffering post –menopausal symptoms. Her techniques will help improve your balance and can provide symptom relief, leading toward better overall health.

Description

Learn an integrative approach to health and wellness, through history and culture, that addresses certain issues of concern and teaches you tools to strive toward a more balanced and energetic life. This class will enhance your view on what is appropriate and what is not.

Notes

Discussions and interactive activities relating to Complimentary & Alternative Medicine, Gemstone Healing, Chakra Healing and Transformational Energy Healing are workshops and have an educational/therapeutic focus, but are not treatment-oriented.

Learn how removing toxins and excess matter from the colon and intestinal tract can be effective in maintaining good colon health and balance in your digestive system and overall well-being.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to play chess? Do you want to know more than just how to move the pieces and what checkmate is? Please join certified chess coach, Damon Garrett, President of Chess for Life and member of the prestigious United States Chess Federation. 
Chess for Life will help you develop strong decision-making skills, and for students, strengthen creative and critical thinking skills using simple, dynamic strategies to challenge all levels of playing ability. This workshop will consist of three basic techniques:Opening Theory, Middle Game Theory and Endgame Theory. With a chess-made easy approach, you will quickly learn how the chess masters do it!

Inside an Acquiring Editor's Mind:
A Discussion with Amy Gash

426 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ

$50 if pre-registered, $60 at the door
$45 for TWC students and parents*

Register online!

What goes on in the mind of an acquiring editor? It's a deep, dark mystery to most writers. Here's an opportunity to peek behind the black curtain and learn, first-hand, what an acquiring editor thinks throughout the submission, acquisition, and publishing process. In an open forum facilitated by TWC Directors Judith Lindbergh and Michelle Cameron, you will be invited to ask specific questions and receive no-hold-barred answers.

Amy Gash is a Senior Editor in the New York office of Algonquin Books, where she has acquired literary fiction and narrative nonfiction for the past fifteen years. Among the books she has edited are Ariel Sabar’s My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, the New York Times bestseller Work Hard, Be Nice: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising School in America by Jay Mathews, and Audubon Medal recipient Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. The Art Forger, a novel by B.A. Shapiro, was a New York Times bestseller, a Boston Globe bestseller, and the #1 Indie Next Pick this past November.

Among the books that Amy has edited and will be published in 2013 are a novel inspired by the Japanese phenomenon hikikomori, a memoir about learning cello in mid-life, a history of a 1930s Ponzi scheme, a story about the making of a dictionary, and a thriller detailing the search for an ancient Bible. What connects all her diverse projects, whether fiction, memoir, history, education, travel, religion, science, or popular culture is the author’s distinct voice.

Before arriving at Algonquin, Amy worked at HarperCollins and Random House. Her own bookWhat the Dormouse Said: Lessons for Grown-ups from Children’s Books was published in 1999.

The next breakfast meeting of the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO), Metro East Region, will be held on Tuesday, February 12^th, between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m., at The Turning Point, 137 Central Ave., Westfield, NJ. The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners, Inc. (NJAWBO) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide tools for women business owners to compete in any marketplace enabling them to operate a financially successful business.

Is Facebook right for your business? Should you invest time to design, develop and implement a business page, profile, groups, graphs, etc.?  21^st Century marketing mix consists of an integration of traditional and online tools. Essentially, social media platforms were introduced to business owners in order to broaden their targeted audience reach, without having to spend thousands of dollars.

Facebook is the largest network in the world due to its interactive features, community linkage, and inexpensive capabilities to create brand recognition in promoting products and/or services. In particular, Dean Koontz developed a Facebook and MySpace profile for character in his book “Odd Thomas,” in which both sites increased its fan base as well as book sales.

So you’re still wondering, how does this apply to my business, or is Facebook good for my business? Felicia Lucco, consultant and president of Your Cyber Partner, has over 20 years’ experience supporting start-up technology companies with project management, writing, graphic design, and website maintenance. In 2012, Felicia was a contributing author in the book, Jersey Women Mean Business! Big Bold Business Advice from 72 New Jersey Women Business Owners.

The next dinner meeting of the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO), Metro East Region, will be held on Tuesday, February 19^th, between 6:00 - 9:00 p.m., at Bar Cara, 1099 North Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ. The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners, Inc. (NJAWBO) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide tools for women business owners to compete in any marketplace enabling them to operate a financially successful business.

The Fortune is in the Follow-up:  Cash Flows where you’re Systems Go…  You know how some of us run around like crazy looking for the next new client, yet often don't feel like we're getting anywhere? Several times we tend to negate the opportunity to “follow-up,” with existing or potential new clients who were introduced to our products or services via directly or indirectly. The fortune in following up to reconnect, keep them abreast of new and/or enhanced products/services, and the chance to obtain referrals.  

In this interactive session, you will learn how to embody the fortune in follow-up, increased cash flows, along with ideas and actions to utilize as well as, grow your business.  In particular, the "Shine Your Light" methods to find a FORTUNE of new business through the people you already know. Incorporate a time-efficient system to FOLLOW-UP with prospects and clients so money stops slipping through the cracks. Lastly, asking one simple question to get a "Yes," more often and create a FLOW of cash. 

 Christine Clifton, owner of Client Centric growth http://www.clientcentricgrowth.com/, helps service business owners make more money by getting better results from their current marketing efforts.  She teaches them how to build powerful relationships within their sphere of influence - so they create a steady stream of prospects and grow client loyalty - while making a bigger difference in their community.

Yom HaZikaron (Israel Memorial Day) Commemoration

Day/Date:

Sunday, April 14

Time:               

7:00 p.m.

Location:        

JCC MetroWest, 760 Northfield Ave., West Orange NJ 07052

Event Description:

The Israel Program Center of Greater MetroWest NJ invites the entire Greater MetroWest community to its Yom HaZikaron (Israel Memorial Day) Commemoration.

The Yom HaZikaron observance will take place at 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, at JCC MetroWest in West Orange. The program will memorialize four MetroWest students who fell in the line of duty and also include a screening of Follow Me, a documentary about the life of Yoni Netanyahu, brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was killed in the Entebbe raid. Free and open to the public. For more information visit www.jfedgmw.org/celebrateisrael or call (973) 929-3054. 

Admission:

Free

Contact:

For more information visit www.jfedgmw.org/celebrateisrael or call (973) 929-3054

16th Annual UJA Benefit Concert with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra

Day/Date:

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Time:

3 p.m.

Event Address:

New Jersey Performing Arts Center, One Center Street, Newark, NJ 07102

Event Description:

The 16th Annual UJA Benefit Concert, which supports the work of Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ, will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark. The audience will be treated to an eclectic program of Mozart, Copland, and Klezmer by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and David Krakauer, guest solo clarinetist and master of Eastern European Jewish Klezmer music. For further information, contact Belle Schwartz at (973) 929-3032 or bschwartz@jfedgmw.org.

Sponsor(s):

Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ

Contact:

For further information, contact Belle Schwartz at (973) 929-3032 or bschwartz@jfedgmw.org or www.jfedgmw.org/benefitconcert.

Superstorms. War and bloodshed in the Middle East. The continuing outrage of the Holocaust. Tragic events in our families' lives.... Our children should not have to deal with all these, and yet they do. So how should parents and grandparents handle sensitive topics?

Come here Maurice Elias, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University and co-author of the book Emotionally Intelligent Parenting, as he offers advice on how to give children guidance on sensitive issues.

Sunday, March 3, 2013 @ 9:00 AM

Free and open to the public. Babysitting provided.

RSVP to gummo18 (AT) gmail.com.

Join the fun at the Purim Carnival! There will be a bounce house, games, prizes, food, and more. Kids of all ages are welcome. Free to enter, small cost for game and food tickets.

Sponsored by Oheb Shalom and Congregation Beth El in South Orange. 

Want more passion, joy and inspiration in your life?

Feeling disconnected from the life you envisioned for yourself?

Want to get back on track? 

Join other women in the exploration
to create the Life You Want Now!

The Life You WantNow program provides women a framework to reconnect and get their life back on track or create a whole new one consciously centered on what they want for themselves NOW. 

With so many demands placed on us today, far too many of us are disconnected from the dreams we had for our life.  As we moved to adulthood, we put those dreams on a shelf as we navigate the daily pressures of work, family and friends.  With so much going on in our lives, getting back on track can be difficult.   

The Life You Want Now program is an examination of interrelated critical life relationships that drive your ability to realize your life purpose, happiness and fulfillment.  At the conclusion of the program, you will have a road map that puts you on the fast track to have The Life You Want Now.

• Relationship to Self: Learnhow to honor and listen to your inner voice and use it to chart your course to the awesome life you were destined to live.
• Relationship to Others: Learn how to identify the blind spots that prevent you from achieving the relationships of your dreams. 
• Relationship to Work: Learn how to step into your greatness in any work environment. 
• Relationship to Money: Learn how to develop the confidence to save, spend and splurge at the same time.

Space is limited - Sign up now!

Lunch and Snacks will be provided

What are you still waiting for?

Join us on Feb 23rd
to Create the Life You Want Now!

Contact Debra Keenan at:  debra@lifeyouwantnow.com

• Hands on instruction of the Japanese Art of Reiki Healing Technique
• Give and receive Reiki healing
• Leave with tools you can use in your everyday healing practice
• Fee $10 per session
• Level 1 Training - April (date to be announced)

Contact Juanita @ juanita@yourreikirelief.com or dial 973-821-5280

No prior experience necessary.  All are welcome

The South Orange Police P.B.A. Local 12 will be hosting a beefsteak dinner fundraiser on April 18, 2013 at Bella Italia Ristorante (535 Central Avenue Orange NJ) from 6pm - 10pm.

Tickets for this event are $50 each & can be purchased from any member of P.B.A. Local 12, or you may contact Doug Van Brunt at dvanbrunt@southorangepba.com

This is an all you can eat dinner fundraiser with all you can drink beer, soda, coffe & tea

There will be entertainment, raffles & more... 

So come out & have a great time while supporting your Local P.B.A. 

Hope to see you there.

Please check out our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/South-Orange-PBA-Local-12/282928381765046?ref=hl

Or the South Orange P.B.A. website for further information.

www.southorangepba.com

Inside an Acquiring Editor's Mind:
A Discussion with Amy Gash

426 Springfield Avenue, Summit, NJ

$50 if pre-registered, $60 at the door
$45 for TWC students and parents*

Register online!

What goes on in the mind of an acquiring editor? It's a deep, dark mystery to most writers. Here's an opportunity to peek behind the black curtain and learn, first-hand, what an acquiring editor thinks throughout the submission, acquisition, and publishing process. In an open forum facilitated by TWC Directors Judith Lindbergh and Michelle Cameron, you will be invited to ask specific questions and receive no-hold-barred answers.

Amy Gash is a Senior Editor in the New York office of Algonquin Books, where she has acquired literary fiction and narrative nonfiction for the past fifteen years. Among the books she has edited are Ariel Sabar’s My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, the New York Times bestseller Work Hard, Be Nice: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising School in America by Jay Mathews, and Audubon Medal recipient Richard Louv’s Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. The Art Forger, a novel by B.A. Shapiro, was a New York Times bestseller, a Boston Globe bestseller, and the #1 Indie Next Pick this past November.

Among the books that Amy has edited and will be published in 2013 are a novel inspired by the Japanese phenomenon hikikomori, a memoir about learning cello in mid-life, a history of a 1930s Ponzi scheme, a story about the making of a dictionary, and a thriller detailing the search for an ancient Bible. What connects all her diverse projects, whether fiction, memoir, history, education, travel, religion, science, or popular culture is the author’s distinct voice.

Before arriving at Algonquin, Amy worked at HarperCollins and Random House. Her own bookWhat the Dormouse Said: Lessons for Grown-ups from Children’s Books was published in 1999.