Symposia Community Events – October 2007

The conversation topic is voted by the participants at the beginning of the meeting.

Facilitator: Danielle DeSaro, M.A.
Holistic Counselor/ Spiritual Life Coach

Danielle holds a B.A. in Sociology from Rutgers University, her M.A. in Mental Health Counseling & Spirituality from Fordham University, is a certified Reiki Level II Practitioner and is currently working toward obtaining her certification as a Master Life Coach from the accredited iPEC coaching school in Shrewsbury, New Jersey.

email: danielle@innerabilities.com
web: www.innerabilities.com
Ph: (646) 410 – 3021

Suggested donation: $3

All are welcome.

Event hosted by Barbara Worton, Author

Do you have a hard time falling asleep—just too many things ping-ponging through your head? Author Barbara Worton has a remedy. She calls it sleepwriting. At bedtime, she picks up a pad and pen, and writes down the first words and ideas that pop into her her head. She keeps writing for three pages to get down the story her relaxing mind wants to tell and to slip into a deep restorative sleep.

Bedtime Stories: The short, long and tall tales of a sleepwriter is a collection of tales pulled from the stacks of sleepwriting journals Worton has penned over the years. This delightful book is also a how-to, with sleepwriting instructions for readers.

Literary pundits call Bedtime Stories fast fiction, flash fiction, short, short fiction or even postcard fiction. Genre labels don’t seem to matter for Worton’s readers.

“I enjoyed every delicious page of Barbara Worton’s book, BedtimeStories, but also found it deeply disturbing, since she writes better half-asleep than I do fully awake.” —Ed Begley, Jr., Actor and activist

In the streets of Hoboken, homelessness remains a stark reality for many.

Help your local shelter by joining us on Saturday, November 3, 2007, as Symposia Community Bookstore hosts “Hoboken’s Harvest for the Homeless.”

Beginning at 2:00 PM, a stream of local musicians, will donate their time and efforts to raise awareness, money, and supplies for The Hoboken Shelter. Performances and collections will continue until 7:00 PM. All donations and CD sales will go to benefit the homeless.

Make an impact on your community and in the lives of others! Join us by donating food, clothing, and money while appreciating great local music!

Food Items most in need for the winter (In order):
Lunch meat, cheese, tuna fish, sliced bread, coffee, sugar, marinara sauce, frozen meat, rice, instant potatoes & juice mix.

Participating Musicians include Hoboken residents, David Calamoneri, Lloyd United, David Entwhistle, Kieron Sullivan, Chris “Gibby” Gibson, Jon D’Angelo &
Las Vandalys. Also performing are Jersey City residents Troy Wise & Kiwi the Child.

Hoboken Harvest for the Homeless is the brainchild of Hoboken resident Roland Ramos. His recent projects include organizing the “Revival: Outdoor Concert”, at JC City Hall Park, “Rolon’s Reggae Jam Sessions” in Down Town JC & his Role as Sancho Panza in Art House Productions presentation of “Camino Real” in JC. Stay tuned for his upcoming Solo album “Tales From Fourth & Jackson”.

“Think globally, Act locally”.

For more information please contact Roland Ramos at 201-394-9891 or email roland.ramos77@gmail.com.

Best suitable for ages 5 and up.

Presented by Students from Stevens Institute of Technology