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    Sign up at the Winter Ball for MSC "Special Events" - workshops and fun
    activities for kids, parents and families offered and organized by MSC
    parent experts! Participation fees start at ten dollars. All money raised
    goes to Friends of MSC.

    Confirmed events:

    - Wine Tasting and Dinner. Yummm! A night out, thanks to Costas of  Gotham
    Wines and Nancy Hobson
    - Glass Blowing Workshop. Explore the magic of this ancient art form with
    Michael Davis
    - Coaching Music Practice. Strategies for the parents of young
    instrumentalists from Mary Jo Pagano
    - Simple Soups and Fabulous Stews cooking class. New ideas that are easy to execute, led by Culinary Institute Graduate Stephanie Pietromonaco
    - The Wonderful World of Slapstick. Jeff Couchman presents a new evening of zany comic masters from Charlie Chaplin to Lucille Ball.
    - A Day of Mountain Biking. Discover a new fun and challenging family
    activity. "Trips for Kids" metro NY chapter president Andree Sanders
    provides all the equipment and training you need
    - Tie Dye and Dine (a little) with Mia and Lisa. The Dynamic
    (kindergarten) Duo offers an evening of tie-dying and refreshments for grown
    ups. BYO T-shirt!
    - Neck and Back Pain Reduction Workshop. Nina D'Abbraccia will show  you how
    to work the kinks out of perennial trouble spots with release and relaxation
    techniques
    - Knitting Series. Three evenings of knitting with Nancy Hobson, inclucing a trip to Knitty City. Beginners and experienced knitters welcome.

   - Wearable Art. Kids will make their own wearable creations under the guidance of fashion designer Hiroko Suzuki.
   - The Art of Sushi. Adult sushi making workshop with Hiroko Suzuki and Osamu Nishihira.
   - MSC Classique. An evening of classical music performances by MSC parent pros.
   - Basketball Clinic for Kids with Matthew. MSC gym teacher Matthew Greenberg teaches kids from 2nd - 5th techniques of dribble and dunk.
   - Yoga for Kids with Stephanie. Formerly the MSC yoga teacher, 2nd grade teacher, Stephanie Golaski leads an after school yoga session for kids grades K-5.
   - Managing your career in tough times. Explore career strategies in a workshop with MSC parent and career expert Alan Pickman.
   - Wrinkle in Time Poetry Workshop with Lena Roy, MSC mom and granddaughter of author Madeleine L'Engle

    - Pre-release screening of SUNSHINE CLEANING, a new film starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt and Alan Arkin. Also featuring Jason Spevack, Steve Zahn and Mary     Lynn Rajskub. 6:00pm Wine Reception 7:00pm Screening followed by Q & A with producer Peter Saraf

"Rose Lorkowski, a former high school cheerleader and now a thirty-something maid, is trying to create a better life for herself and her eccentric eight-year-old son Oscar. Her burn-out younger sister Norah still lives at home with their father Joe, who’s on the latest of a life-long string of get-rich-quick schemes.  When Rose learns of the big money to be made in the crime scene cleaning and bio-hazard removal business, she and Norah partner up to create their own company, Sunshine Cleaning.  The venture proves useful in helping the girls clean up their own lives, as well as what’s left of the lives of others."

Park Avenue Screening Room (500 Park Avenue at 59th Street) Maximum Guests = 45 Monday March 23rd, 2009

    - Pre-release screening of CLARENCE AND EDWARD, a new film starring Michael Caine and Bill Milner (Son of Rambo).
    6:00pm Wine Reception     7:00pm Screening followed by Q & A with producer.

    "Set in 1980s seaside England, CLARENCE AND EDWARD tells the story of ten-year-old Edward whose parents have turned their house into a retirement     home. While his mother struggles to keep the family business afloat and his father copes with the onset of a mid-life crisis, Edward becomes     ncreasingly obsessed with the ghosts and afterlives of the residents when they die. Edward’s is a lonely existence until he meets Clarence (Michael     Caine), the latest arrival at the home, a retired magician and grieving widower who refuses to give in gracefully to old age. Their relationship     begins at odds until Clarence notices that the boy is growing up even more fitfully than he is growing old. As they begin to face life together,     Clarence comes to terms with his past, Edward tames his obsession with the unknown and they are both reminded of what magic is possible when life is     lived to its fullest."

 Park Avenue Screening Room (500 Park Avenue at 59th Street) Maximum Guests = 45

And more....
 

    Each event has limited enrollment and tickets can be purchased only at the
    Saturday Night MSC Fever Ball. Look for the Special Events table at The Prom
    on February 7.

Item Special Note

Tickets for Special Events are still available! See Jennifer or Mary Jo for more info!