BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SimpleUpdates.com, Inc.//SimpleUpdates Calendar Module//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100821T210000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100908 CATEGORIES:ART_EXHIBITION SUMMARY:Children Book Reading DESCRIPTION:Little Cloud Upset  by Michaela Hertkorn Little Cloud Upset is a children' s picture book that introduces preschoolers and you ng children to international relations and global affairs. Issues, such as human rights, the environment, refugee situations, war and peace are addressed in an age-appropriate way. The central character is a little c loud that travels as a neutral observer across the globe observing all s orts of global challenges. The cloud flies over melting ice caps in the polar region, watches children play in refugee camps and remembers witne ssing the fall of the Berlin Wall many years ago, an event that fundamen tally changed this world and drew millions of people around the globe to gether. And though the book highlights problematic issues, it emphasizes the importance of cooperation and that through individual actions we ca n change a lot for the better. Short bio author: Michaela Hertkorn is a professor at the New School for General Studies and at New Jersey City University where she teaches global affairs. She is also an associate s cholar with the Foundation for Post Conflict Development in New York. Mi chaela holds a PhD in political science from Free University Berlin, Ger many and has researched, lectured in the area of international relations for more than a decade. She is an expert on European affairs, conflict resolution and security studies. Michaela is the mother of a one year ol d girl and a five year old daughter whose comment about a 'little cloud upset' in 2006 inspired this book. Short bio illustrator: Joseph Ayala is an artist living in New York City. He studied paintin at the School of Visual Arts, receiving a BFA with honors in 1993. This is his first c hildren' s book. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100819T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100908 CATEGORIES:ART_EXHIBITION SUMMARY:The 15-Minute Child Break: FREE SEMINAR FOR PARENTS ON DRUG USE DESCRIPTION:The 15-Minute Child Break is a FREE, interactive, one hour pr esentation for parents, grandparents and caregivers who are concerned a bout children (of any age) and substance abuse.  Representatives f rom the Partnership meet with groups on location to deliver this inform ative, engaging, and education presentation. Participants receive age s pecific information and communication skills concerning substance abuse . Parents are empowered and supported with the assurance that, even in t oday's society, they are still the strongest influence in their childre n's lives. Location: Symposia Bookstore 510 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030 Date: Aug. 18, 2010 Time: 7 pm. Fore more information, call C armen at 201-805-1739 The 15-Minute Child Break presentation is supporte d by research (2000 PDFNJ Middle School Study on Substance Use) which d emonstrates that kids who communicate regularly with their parents abou t their daily activities are 67% less likely to be involved in substanc e abuse than children who have little or no communication. The 15 Minut e Child Break covers topics such as: Talking to Your Kids about Dru gs and Alcohol Influence of Media and Pop Culture Effects of Spe cific Drugs Keeping Your Kids Drug-Free Strengthening Parenting Skills Utilizing Teachable Moments END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100819T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100818 CATEGORIES:ART_EXHIBITION SUMMARY:Guitar Circle DESCRIPTION:Guitar Circle is cancelled today, Aug. 18 at 8 pm. Sorry for the inconvenience. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100828T003000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20100908 CATEGORIES:ART_EXHIBITION SUMMARY:Public Voice Salon TV Show DESCRIPTION:As we move into the final stretch of our “pilot season, ” I’d like to thank all our creative guests—who have j oined the dialogue so far—for lending this project the gifts of th eir time, energy, imagination, and spirit. You are now part of a no ble struggle to take back the media from the corporate overlords who dom inate it, and restore it to the citizens for whom it was meant.   T ogether—and I invite others to join our emerging community-in-the- making—we can continue to grow and expand our project to re-concep tualize the art of democratic dialogue. We are, as far as I know, t he first TV show dedicated to creating space for spontaneous and authent ic citizen dialogue. There is no script or corporate agenda beyond the concerns, hopes, and stories of who is in the room. If there is an underlying theme, though, it has to do with nurturing our social, ci vic and intellectual capacities: the very qualities that strengthen demo cracy. Such capacities wither when specific spaces aren’t mad e to sustain them. As for the glazed-eyed folks at home channel-sur fing, we hope to startle them as they stumble upon a real community of t he non-corprotized and non-glib—actual citizens unafraid to try so mething new to preserve American freedom; engaged in a quixotic quest to make meaning out of our unjust, and often crazy world. We might ev en amaze those too young to recall the 1960s Be-Ins, of which we are a d escendent of sorts.     Another inspiration for the Publ ic Voice Salon was Judson Church’s famed “Hall of Issues,&rd quo; also from the sixties, in which a young Ed Koch moderated a freewhe eling, and sometimes raucous, weekly “open topic” dialogue i n Greenwich Village . That project was started by a friend of mine, the Brooklyn artist and activist Phyllis Yampolsky, who continues to in spire my own democratic interventions.   Recent Press: Link to an a rticle about us published on 8/16 in the Hoboken Reporter.   h ttp://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/9145859/article-A-Socratic- salon-Local-teacher--activist-promotes-discussions-on-Hoboken-TV-show-?i nstance=secondary_stories_left_column   We’re also excited to announce that NYC’s “Manhattan Neighborhood Network” has agreed to broadcast our show!    So thank you again for yo ur continued support.  Please feel free to e-mail me any reactions, ideas, or suggestions you might have about this project so far…. .or moving forward.   Time and place of our next taping:   Fri day, August 27, 7:30 pm at Syposia Community Bookstore. 510 Washington St. , Hoboken , NJ    END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100506T010000Z CATEGORIES:ART_EXHIBITION SUMMARY:Guitar Circle DESCRIPTION:Beginners welcome! For more info, contact Carlos at chdesign@ cch-online.741.com RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;BYDAY=WE EXDATE;VALUE=DATE:20100818 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR