4/3/06
Book Discussion Group - "My Antonia" by Willa Cather

Date: Mon 04/03/2006
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Location: Inwood Regional Branch Library, 4790 Broadway (just north of Dyckman Street).

Sponsor(s): Inwood Regional Branch Library

Contact: Information Desk | 212-942-2445

Details: These book discussions explore a different masterpiece or best-seller every month. This month's book is "My Antonia" by Willa Cather.

Call or see the librarian at the Information Desk to register. Copies of the book are available at the checkout counter -- just ask.

Upcoming Discussions:
May 8 - "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier
Jun. 5 - "Death in Venice and Other Stories" by Thoman Mann
Jul. 10 - "This Earth of Mankind" by P.A. Toer

5/21/06-volunteers needed!
We have been approved for May 21, with all expenses covered by the
Nature Center! This will be a FREE event for kids 6 and under and
their parents.

However, in order to make this work (and make it a recurring event),
we will need a lot of volunteer assistance. But volunteering is a
*minimal* time and responsibility outlay, and *guarantees* your
family preferred, immediate entrance to the event at any time of
arrival--something we can't promise anyone else!

Here are the positions we need to fill.


DAY OF EVENT
1: Stroller parking 2:45-4:30
1: Stroller parking 4:30-6:15
1: Food tables 3:00-4:30
1: Food tables 4:30-6:00
1: Outdoor courtyard monitor (equipment/people) 3:00-4:30
1: Outdoor courtyard monitor (equipment/people) 4:30-6:00
1: In/out flow monitor 3:00-4:30
1: In/out flow monitor 4:30-6:00
4: Decoration and food setup 1:00-3:00
4: Cleanup 6:00-7:00

PRIOR
3: Decoration facilitators at Preschool on the Planet session TBS
1: Food pricing and inventory


To sign up, please join the board at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturecenterdance/

and post a message.

Thanks!

Jennifer

The end is near.....
Hi everyone,
I hope you have been enjoying and using the posts I've put up here over the years. Unfortunately this blog will be ending soon as I'm making an international move. If anyone is interested in taking up the reins of the blog email me privately.
m_tourigny@yahoo.com

Otherwise, I suggest you go to
http://www.washington-heights.us/
for all your Washington Heights/Inwood Events calendar needs.

There will be no more posts after March 31st.
thanks
Michelle

after school programs
They can visit our web-site at Goprojectkids.com for information. We
are a non-profit After school and summer day camp. We are in the
W.Haywood Burns school located on 204th street and Broadway ( Moscota &
Amistad ) .

Toddler Disco
We had a great meeting last night about setting up a Toddler Disco
party at the Nature Center.

This event will be FREE and FABULOUS, but in order to make it a
success we will need help from more moms and dads. If you would be
interested in helping out with the planning, or in volunteering at the
event for a 90-minute shift (that is most vital), please join us at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturecenterdance/

Just a note that volunteering for the Nature Center counts as official
community service/volunteer work and we can provide letters of
service. Not so important for adults, but I do this for my teenage
cousins, who always help out and use the letters to meet their school
volunteer commitments.

Jennifer
jennem@nyc.rr.com

4/2/06
Hi Everyone,

I am please to announce that I will be leading a series of free wellness events at The Inwood Hill Nature Center. The first one is Sunday April 2nd from 10am until 1130am. Here is the information:

GOT THE SUGAR BLUES?
If you or your children are constantly craving sweets or carbs, and you want to understand why and gain control without willpower struggles or deprivation, please join me, Barbara Goldman-Sherman, for a free seminar about SUGAR!!! (including tastings!)

This is a participatory event (not just a lecture) for adults concerned about their own health and their entire family's vitality and wellness. We will discuss ways to manage weight, cravings, mood swings and achieve more balance without diets!

SUNDAY APRIL 2nd, 10-1130 am
RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED (reply to me via email or call 212-544-2367 so I don't run out of samples!)
walk-ins ok too

There will be one event per month through September, and if there is a topic in nutrition that you are hoping I will address, please feel free to send me an email about it!

I look forward to seeing many of you there.
Namaste,
Barbara

--
Barbara B Goldman-Sherman
Holistic Health Counselor
eat, live & love better
www.askbarbara.com
212-544-2367
healthymom@gmail.com

Egg Hunt
The time of the Egg Hunt, a local, parent organized event on the western hill of southern Ft. Tryon Park, is approaching. Traditionally, 2 or 3 parents have taken on the role of coordinating this small event with advice and input from previous coordinators. It is an effort that takes about 5 hours of pre-organizing (collecting some "start-up" donations from local friends, ordering eggs and favors from Oriental Tradingn Co., hosting a gathering of parents to stuff eggs- really a wine and cheese party in disguise!), then day of event coordinating (hiding eggs, passing out a donation jar, and announcing 3 separate age groups for shifts of egg hunting.) This is the job in a nutshell.



I encourage all to participate in the event as it is a fun neighborhood gathering, and hope that a few people step up to coordinate this year's effort. Each previous year the coordinator took notes on budget, supplies, hunting format etc, in order to make the next year's coordinators' job easier.



Contact me directly if you are interested in coordinating and I will put you in touch with last year's coordinator Lori Hoffman for info. Thanks Lori for last year's great effort!



-Alex Brown

abrown100@nyc.rr.com

weight watchers in the hood
Weight watchers in the neighborhood:
Saturdays 10:30-12 at cornerstone church at 189th and
bennett ave (near a train)

starting March 1st
Starting March 1, 2006
Every 1st Wednesday of each month
from 7-9pm

In Washington Heights


Free Introduction to Reiki
will be held by

Ivana Jovic
(Certified Reiki Practitioner)




If you have only heard about Reiki and would like
to learn more about how it really works or
what it does for people, this free introductory
evening is perfect for you.



Please come and experience its gentle energy
and relaxing effects on the body and mind.



This event is hosted by
Tatjana Newman’s Acupuncture Studio
220 Cabrini Blvd., ground floor

actors needed
> Help! We need an actor (or two or three) at PS 187. We just lost four
> members of our fabulous Hudson Heights Book Pals Team to other show-biz
> committments. Book Pals are professional actors who volunteer at the school
> once a week to read to an elementary school class .
>
> We'd need folks to volunteer for the rest of this school year, if possible.
> Does this sound like you or anyone you know in this talent-ridden
> neighborhood? This would be a great opportunity for an actor/prospective
> parent to get to know the Hudson Cliffs School from the inside...
>
> If you have any leads please contact me; I can tell you the specific
> time-slots to be filled and hook you up with the Elementary School Librarian
> ASAP.
>
> Thank you!
> Ruth Lilienstein-Gatton
> Chair, Community Liaison Committee
> Hudson Cliffs P.A.
> ruthal@vzavenue.net / 212-928-6582