City Hall Celebrates Youth Art Month

In honor of Youth Art Month
artwork from the students of Urban Arts
will be on exhibit at Hoboken City Hall
from March 1 through April 8, 2010.

Opening reception will be Friday, March 12, 2010
from 3:30- 5pm on the main floor.
Come by & meet the artists.
Hope you can attend.

Urban Arts at Monroe, Offering quality art classes since 2006,
720 Monroe Street, Suite E206, Hoboken, NJ 07030,
201-222-5400

HFA Project Play Spin-A-Thon, March 13th

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Date:  March 13th
Time: 12 pm -4 pm (four sessions)
Location: Club H Hoboken
Cost: $25 per session (each session is one hour)
12:00 pm Session with Robert
1:00 pm Session with Michele
2:00 pm Session with Kristine
3:00 pm Session with Ashley

Please join us on Saturday, March 13th for some intense, fun and exhilarating spin classes. Four of the best spin teachers will be on hand to rock you through an hour’s worth of awesome music plus an extra-hard workout. Open to all members of the community including non-Club H members

Registration will take place at Club H as well as other Hoboken locations, or click here to register online using PayPal: SPIN-A-THON REGISTRATION

To make a donation to this event, including donations to specific teams, click here: HFA SPIN-A-THON DONATION PAGE

ALL proceeds from this event will go to HFA Project Play!

For more information or to reserve a spot by email, contact: projectplayspinevent@gmail.com.

Daycare available 12-4 please email projectplayspinevent@gmail.com to reserve a spot

If you are already an HFA member, you may already have an account that you can use to log in and manage your event registrations and donations. Just go to the HFA online Account Login Page, and use the Password Help feature to have a new password sent to you. You must use the email address that you registered with when you signed up for the HFA. After logging in, select the CURRENT EVENTS option from the drop-down menu.

HFA Bi-Annual Swap Meet – March 13

The HFA Swap Meet is for baby/children’s clothes and maternity clothes only (we will not be accepting any other adult clothing).

When: Saturday, March 13, 2010
Time: 9:30-12:00 (accepting Drop off items*); 12:00-2:00 Swap Meet Sales
Location: St. Joseph’s Church Hall (located under the Church, entrance is in alley between the Church & the rectory)  at 61 Monroe Street (Between 1st Street and Observer Highway). Plenty of parking available in the church lot (located on the right side of rectory)!

Non-HFA Members: – $5 Suggested donation to help cover costs; remainder goes to charity

How Does it Work?

Bring your items to the swap meet and get a credit for each thing you bring. For example, you receive one credit for one item of clothing or multiple credits for larger items such as bouncy seats. You can exchange these credits for clothing, shoes, coats, and toys. Larger baby gear items are for cash purchase only.

If you don’t have any items for exchange or would like to take home more items than you brought, you may purchase items for cash (example: $1 per clothing item, $2 maternity clothes, $2 shoes, $1-$10 toys, $10-$20 larger baby gear) Or, you can just donate your items. Any items you bring, in excess of your purchases, will be considered donations and will go to In Jesus Name, Hudson Cradle and other local organizations in need.

*To expedite the process and avoid waiting in line when the swap commences, please try to drop items off during the “drop off period” (between 9:30 am-12:00 pm). You will be issued a credit that you will be able to use during the sale from 12:00-2:00.  Also, during this drop off period you can “check in” and have your hand stamped, so there will be no waiting in line when the swap opens.

Please Note: You can still drop off items during the sale and straight donations are also welcome. Continue reading HFA Bi-Annual Swap Meet – March 13

HCCAPC 7th Annual DINE OUT FOR KIDS! Thursday, March 4th

HUDSON COUNTY CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION CENTER

7th Annual
DINE OUT FOR KIDS!

THURSDAY, MARCH 4th
On Thursday, March 4th, eat lunch (L), dinner (D) or both at these great restaurants. Each restaurant will donate 10%-20% of their March 4th receipts to the Hudson County Child Abuse Prevention Center.
Participating Restaurants:

BAYONNE
Chris’ Corner (D) 117 West 2nd St. 201-436-8181
Da Noi (D) 1105 Avenue C 201-437-5578

HOBOKEN
Amanda’s (D) 908 Washington St. 201-798-0101
Court Street (D) 61 Sixth St. 201-795-4515
Elysian Cafe (L-D) 1001 Washington St. 201-798-5898
Gaslight Restaurant & Bar (D) 400 Adams St. 201-217-4000
Maxwell’s (D) 1039 Washington St. 201-653-1703
Trinity (L-D) 306 Sinatra Dr. 201-533-4446

JERSEY CITY
Edward’s Steakhouse (L-D) 239 Marin Blvd. 201-761-0000
The Embankment (L-D) 234 10th St. 201-222-6115
The Merchant (L-D) 279 Grove St. 201-200-0202
The Pointe (L-D) Chapel Ave. 201-985-9854
Presto’s (L-D) 199 Warren St. 201-433-6639
Puccini’s (L-D) 1064 West Side Ave. 201-432-4111
Rita & Joe’s (L-D) 142 Broadway  201-451-3606
Skinner’s Loft (D) 146 Newark Ave. 201-915-0600
Uno Chicago (D-Dining Room) 286 Washington St. 201-395-9500

www.hccapc.org

Special Needs topics are top of mind this week

United Synagogue of Hoboken Parents of children with special needs are invited to a monthly meeting at the United Synagogue of Hoboken on Tuesday, March 2, 7 PM at USH, 115 Park Ave. The topic for the evening: developing an advocacy plan for USH children with special needs.

Liberty Science Center The fun, popular facility hosts its first ever Special Needs Day on Tuesday, March 2 from 9 AM – 4 PM. Guests interested in attending the building-wide event should contact Mary McDonald in advance at 201.253.1214.

Spread the Word to End the Word Wednesday, March 3 is national awareness day to ban use of the R-word. The ongoing effort, which includes rallies and events nationwide, is sponsored by Special Olympics and Best Buddies International. The day  is intended to raise the consciousness of society about the hurtful effects of the word “retard(ed)” and encourage people to pledge to stop using the R-word by making a pledge to stop using it and to encourage others to stop. Go to www.r-word.org now and take the pledge today!

The campaign is intended to engage schools organizations and communities to rally and promise their support with a goal of reaching 100,000 pledges.

Hoboken Dance Academy Broadway Benefit for Haiti

Please join us for an afternoon of Broadway singing in an intimate setting in our effort to help raise money for Dr. Muni and her amazing group of volunteers in Haiti.

Place: All Saints, 7th and Washington
Date: February 28, 2010
Time: 1:30
Donation: $15.00 pp, $20.00 per family, free entrance with a set of crutches

Broadway Performers:

John Keuther: Phantom Broadway
Rebecca Pitcher: Phantom Broadway
Julie Hanson: Phantom Broadway
Janet Saia: Phantom Broadway
David Dewitt: Phantom Broadway
Rebecca Judd: Phantom Broadway
Chris Bohannon: Phantom Broadway
LeeAnet Noble: Stomp
And
Kate Jacobs
Pianist:Knox of Garden Street Music

Open House Math Class

SYMPOSIA BOOKSTORE, 5th and Washington
MATH CLASS
5 – 9 years old

SATURDAY, February 27, 2010
10.30am-11.30am

The first 30-45 minutes will be a sample class followed by 15 minutes informational session for parents. The class is intended to give personal attention to a child’ needs so that she or he can have better learning experience in mathematics. Some children love math and need more challenge in it; some children struggle with math and needs some encouragement with it; this class is intended to cater both aspects. The class will reflect my personality as a teacher, who loves conversations, jokes, and thorough explanations.

RSVP is appreciated; please contact: Chandra Budi, PhD
Email: danceinlife712004@yahoo.com

Curriculum and Registration Form is also available at Symposia Bookstore.

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Hartshorn Portraiture Supports ‘Project Play’

Hartshorn Photo Sessions – March 5th-7th

  • $395.00 Project Play Package
  • Thirty minute STUDIO shoot on Friday March 5th, Saturday 6th or Sunday 7th.
  • 1 8×10 and 2 5×7 prints of the SAME image
  • Slideshow presentation appointment to view images
  • Option to purchase other images
  • 20% of proceeds benefit Project Play

To further support Project Play, (an incentive by Hoboken Parents to renovate Church Square Park), Mac has created an amazing Panoramic View of the Manhattan Skyline shot from Pier A which will be for sale in various locations around town.

  • Limited edition archival print
  • All profits are being used to upgrade CHURCH SQUARE PARK between 4th and 5th on Garden Street in Hoboken.

Project Play Print of Panorama of Manhattan

Standard Print sizes of Manhattan skyline – image comes with white mat and is signed by Mac Hartshorn.

20×4″- $95
40×8″- $245
Additional sizes on request.

Archival Master Canvas which comes GALLERY WRAPPED and signed by Mac Hartshorn

36×6″ – $495
Additional prices and size are available on request.
www.machartshorn.com/project-play-fundraiser

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Kaleidoscope Workshop

Create your own kaleidoscopes from cast-off plastic bottles!

Join instructor Dess Kelley (from the Museum of Arts & Design) on Saturday, Feb. 27, at one of two workshops, noon or 2 pm, to learn how to transform an ordinary water bottle into a work of art.

The workshops cost $15 per person and are open to all ages. Space is limited; to reserve a spot, call 201-656-2240 or email education@hobokenmuseum.org.

Hoboken Museum, 1301 Hudson Street, Hoboken, NJ

A Note of Thanks from Jersey City WIC

Dear HFA,

I would like to take the opportunity to personally thank you and the entire membership of the Hoboken Family Alliance for your generous donation to the Jersey City WIC participants.  I assure you that when we distributed the toys to the children, their eyes lit up (my eyes were teary) and it was a joy to behold….so shines a good deed in a weary world… It is refreshing to know that there are still caring, compassionate and kind people in this world, especially during the Holiday Season!!!

Our program is income based so all the participants are at or below the Federal 185% income guidelines. One never knows if and when a person might need our services, so if you need to contact me, please do not hesitate.

Thank you again for your generous donation.

Sincerely,
Deborah M. Murray, Director
Jersey City WIC Program
201 Corneilson Avenue
(201) 547-6842