State Theatre 2010 (New Brunswick "on school time")

Some of the "on school time performances" at State Theatre in New Brunswick.
The order form & complete list, including shows for younger students are online.

• Room on Broom (preK - 2nd grade)
• Scrap Arts Music, Friday, February 05, 2010, 10:30am (grades 3 - 12)
• Amish Project, March 5th, 10:30 (grades 7 - 12)
• Le Grande Cirque, Monday, March 01, 2010, 10:30am (grades 3 - 12)
• Man Who Planted Trees (grades 2 - 6)
  
• Mayhem Poets, April 19 (grades 7 - 12)
• African Children's Choir
• Tom Chapin
  

Details of selected shows:
Scrap Arts Music
Friday, February 05, 2010, 10:30am
Program Length: 85 minutes
For Students in Grades: 3-12
All Seats:$12

Founded by a percussion virtuoso with a talent for welding and a commitment to recycling and a designer with a passion for spectacle, Scrap Arts Music is a one-of-a-kind blend of intricate rhythms, raw energy, athletic choreography, and the greenest, most inventive reuse of materials on stage today. The group performs on more than 140 invented instruments crafted from industrial scrap—ranging from accordion parts to artillery shells. They deliver an adrenaline-laced power-percussion performance rooted in street performance, jazz, and world music traditions.

Le Grande Cirque
Monday, March 01, 2010, 10:30am
Program Length: 75 minutes
For Students in Grades: 3-12
All Seats:$15

This spellbinding cirque-style show features a cast of over 50 world-class acrobats, jugglers, clowns, and high-wire artists from across the globe. Amazing feats of strength, balance, skill, and artistry are set off by stunning costumes, evocative music, and brilliant special effects. This is one production guaranteed to take your breath away!

The Man Who Planted Trees (Puppet State Theatre Company)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 10:00am & 12:00pm
Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 10:00am & 12:00pm
Venue: Crossroads Theatre ("next door" on the same street as State Theatre)
Program Length: 1 hour
For Students in Grades: 2-6
All Seats:$9

A French shepherd sets out to plant a forest and transform a barren wasteland. Based on Jean Giono’s beloved short story, The Man Who Planted Trees shows us the difference one man (and his dog!) can make to the world. This award-winning, internationally acclaimed production from Scotland’s Puppet State Theatre Company is a unique blend of comedy, puppetry and inspired storytelling. Audiences will hear the wind, feel the rain, and smell the lavender in this multisensory theatrical delight.

Math contest for middle and high school student

Round 1 problems of Year 20 (2008-09) of the USA Mathematical Talent Search are now available at www.usamts.org. The postmark deadline for solutions is October 14, 2008.

Please read carefully the following important information:

If you have participated in the USAMTS in the past, you will notice a number of changes this year. In particular, solutions may be submitted by web upload or by mail; emailed or faxed solutions will no longer be accepted. Please carefully read all of the Year 20 changes on www.usamts.org.

If you have not already registered online for Year 20, please do so at www.usamts.org. If you participated in a previous year, all you will have to do to register for Year 20 is log in to www.usamts.org (using the same username/password as you did in the past)--the first time you log in this year, you will be asked to verify that your information (address, email, grade, etc.) is still current, and make any necessary changes.

All USAMTS participants must fill out and sign an Entry/Permission form, available on www.usamts.org. (You must do this even if you participated in a previous year.) This can be submitted by mail along with your first set of solutions, or separately by mail or fax anytime before the Round 1 entry deadline of October 14.

We hope you enjoy the problems, and we look forward to your participation on the USAMTS this year.

Best regards,

--Dave Patrick
Director, USA Mathematical Talent Search
usamts@usamts.org

Do Hard Things

Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations (Hardcover) by Alex and Brett Harris sounds like a book I should read -- or have some in my house read.

or at least if yesterday's Washington Times article by Michael Smith is at all true.
HOME-SCHOOLING: Teens challenged to do hard things. Although it sounds like it is about (American) teens and not just HS teens.

Kean "school time" shows for high schoolers

Kean University in Union County offers "on school time" shows for November & December 2007, January & February 2008, mostly at their Wilkins Theatre. $8 per seat, discount for groups of 10 or more. Contact their group sales office (908) 737-4351for reservations. Click for directions to campus.

Their schedule includes shows for high schoolers:

Show - Othello by William Shakespeare, November 16, 2007 at 10 a.m., $8 per seat. University Center Little Theatre, Kean University, Union, NJ, Grades 9-12. Group sales office (908) 737-4351

Show - Humbug, December 18 and 19, 2007 at 10 a.m. Wilkins Theatre, $8 per seat. University Center Little Theatre, Kean University, Union, NJ, Group sales office (908) 737-4351. Grades 7-12

Show - Kean Dance Theatre, February 1, 2008 at 11 a.m., Wilkins Theatre, $8 per seat. University Center Little Theatre, Kean University, Union, NJ, Group sales office (908) 737-4351. Grades 7-12

For further information and to make reservations, call Kean Stage at 908-737 4350 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. If you want to organize something and need a place to list it, let me know. These shows should also be listed in the Field Trip List.

HHMI Holiday lectures 2008

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Holiday lectures on Science continue.

Making Your Mind: Molecules, Motion & Memory. Two leading neuroscientists will help us puzzle out how the brain is organized, how it develops, how it controls behavior, and how it stores memory. Click here to view lecture summaries of the 2008 Holiday Lectures.

Watch the lectures via Live Webcast December 4 and 5th at 10:00 a.m. ET & PT.

1. Mapping Memory to the Brain Eric R. Kandel, M.D., 12/4, 10 - 11 am
2. Building Brains: The Molecular Logic of Neural Circuits, Thomas M. Jessell , Ph.D., Webcast 12/4, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET & PT
3. Making Your Mind: Molecules, Movement, and Memory, Thomas M. Jessell , Ph.D., Webcast 12/5 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. ET & PT
4. Memories are Made of This, Eric R. Kandel , M.D. Webcast 12/5, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET & PT

On-Demand Webcast: Available starting December 9, 2008
www.biointeractive.org/lectures

Free on DVD - Spring 2009

Past Lecture Topics include:
In 2007, the 15th show was on AIDS: Evolution of an Epidemic. Click here to view lecture summaries of the 2007 Holiday Lectures.
2006 Holiday Lectures: Potent Biology: Stem Cells, Cloning, and Regeneration
In 2005, the theme was Evolution, see more at The Panda's Thumb.
2004: Science of Fat

NY Phil Teens - Inside the Music/Hear & Now

Phil Teens

If you are between the ages of 12 and 17, you — and one friend of any age — can attend a New York Philharmonic Hear and Now or Inside the Music concert for just $12. (That's less than the cost of a movie ticket and popcorn.) The perfect way to introduce teens to classical music. Families and school groups are invited to attend.

To Order: download the order form* and print it and return it to the Customer Relations Department.

Inside the Music concerts

Friday, March 14, 2008
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Gerard McBurney, host

R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben

Hear and Now concerts

Thursday, January 31, 2008
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Synergy Vocals
Steven Stucky, host

BERIO Sinfonia (World Premiere, 1968: New York Philharmonic Commission)
BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

Thursday, March 13, 2008
Alan Gilbert, conductor
Steven Stucky, host

MARC NEIKRUG Quintessence: Symphony No. 2 (World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission)
R. STRAUSS Ein Heidenleben

Friday, April 11, 2008
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Lang Lang, piano
Steven Stucky, host

TAN DUN Piano Concerto (World Premiere: New York Philharmonic Commission)
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (complete)

* The order form is viewable in Adobe Acrobat®, which can be downloaded for free.

PSA: Lindenberg Trial Re-creation

Cross-post. October re-enactments. See their website for more information
http://www.famoustrials.com/html/abouttrial.html

Now You Can Be A Witness To History!

On the night of March 1, 1932, the infant son of Charles A. Lindbergh, the world famous aviator, was taken from his nursery. A ransom note was left demanding $50.000 be delivered for his safe return. The ransom was paid, but two months later the child's decomposing body was found not far from his home, setting off the largest manhunt in history.

On September 19, 1934, a carpenter named Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested and charged with the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., bringing to an end the hunt for the most hated man in America. On January 2, 1935, the trial of Bruno Hauptmann began in the historic courthouse in Flemington, NJ. For 32 days the attention of the entire world was focused on this little town. Hundreds of reporters and celebrities were among the thousands of people who thronged in front of the courthouse to get a glimpse of Lindbergh, the jury, and the now famous witnesses who would testify in the proceedings which came to be known as "The Trial of the Century". No other trial has ever captured such an interest of the entire world.

Performances are held in the Historic Hunterdon County Courthouse on Main Street in Flemington, NJ in the actual room where the 1935 trial took place.

http://www.famoustrials.com/html/abouttrial.html

PSA: (Rocky Hill, NJ) Model UN

This is a cross-post. If you think you might be interested in joining, please email Amy Mandelker (E-Mail: AMandelker@aol.com)

Everyone in grades 8-12 is invited to join our homeschool chapter of the Model United Nations forming this fall. Model UN is the most fun and effective way I know of studying current events and understanding global international relations, as well as learning about the history that led up to contemporary situations, such as the war in Iraq.

In addition to the usual Model United Nations activities, our club will incorporate games like "Diplomacy", will probably make new versions of "Diplomacy" to reflect key historical international moments, and will also hold formal debates on significant historical decisions taken by the UN, such as its founding, the vote to mandate the State of Israel, whether or not to send peace-keeping forces, etc.>

Model United Nations has a long tradition of excellence as an extra curricular enrichment program, with the Harvard University Model United Nations program leading the way.

With the help of the faculty sponsor, club members first learn about the UN, its history and organs, and then choose nations to represent. Over the course of the year, they research their nation and follow current events that affect it. They prepare briefs and papers on key issues and present them in the model UN conferences. Behind the scenes negotiations and meetings also take place. These activities give excellent training in writing and public speaking, while learning about international relations, current events, and world history.

For those interested, here is a link to the official website .

Faculty sponsor, Professor Amy Mandelker, Ph.D. was active in her High School's Model United Nations and was captain of her High School Debate team. No one ever stood up to her impassioned rebuttals. She was elected Representative to her High School's Student Council. She holds a B.A. with honors in European History and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Russian studies. She has taught Soviet history and literature extensively at the college and doctoral level. She insists on playing Russia in all war games.

There may be a field trip to the actual United Nations in New York, where students in Model United Nations are usually given the insider's tour and a lot of attention from the official staff of the countries they represent.

There are no fees for participation. Club dues will cover the cost of xeroxed materials.

Meetings will probably be held at the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill. Notification of our first meeting will be sent out by email to responders. Details about future meetings will be voted at our first club meeting.
Location: Mary Jacobs Library
64 Washington St, Rocky Hill, NJDirections

The Mary Jacobs Library is located on Route 518 (Washington St) in Rocky Hill, one third of a mile from the intersection of Routes 206 and 518.

From Somerville, go south on Route 206 about 12 miles and turn left onto Route 518. The library is on the left side of Washington St.
From Princeton, go north on Route 206 and turn right onto Route 518.
From New Brunswick, proceed south about 10 miles on Route 27 and bear right onto Route 518 shortly after Kendall Park. Drive about three miles to Rocky Hill and turn right at the library.

If you think you might be interested in joining, please email Amy Mandelker.

E-Mail: AMandelker@aol.com