Katy Strulson

Parent Empowerment Program Most parents of toddlers and preschoolers know a thing or two about tantrums—those epic meltdowns that seem to come out of nowhere. Even though tantrums can be part of "normal" toddler behavior, they are maddening, stressful, and exhausting. What can parents do to help everyone step back and calm down? With candor and wit, Rebecca Schrag Hershberg, PhD explains the science behind why tantrums occur and what parents might unintentionally be doing to encourage them. She offers…

Mindful is the New Skinny  Jodi Baretz, LCSW, CHHC is a psychotherapist, health and mindfulness coach in private practice at the Center for Health and Healing in Mt. Kisco, New York. Jodi has more than two decades of experience providing clinical services, psychotherapy and nutritional counseling. She is passionate about helping individuals, groups and organizations live with less stress and more joy by shifting their mindset and managing their minds. She brings fun into learning with her authentic, warm sense of humor…

A unique chamber ensemble of winds and strings performs expansive works by Beethoven and Penderecki. Curtis alumni Benjamin Schmid, one of today’s most versatile violinists, and Gabriel Kovach, principal horn of the Phoenix Symphony, lead the ensemble for this tour. PURCHASE TICKETS

In an exhaustive and exhaustingly hilarious tome, the ingeniously comedic powerhouse trio, Dave Barry, Adam Bansbach and Alan Zweibel,  unravel the religion’s long and complicated history, while tackling the tough questions that have been plaguing long-suffering Jewish people everywhere for centuries—like why are yarmulkes round, how to find a steady-handed mohel, who was the first Jewish comedian, how to make perfect Matzah Balls every time, and the real difference between Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews. What the authors get immediately and definitively out of the way in…

Founded in 2004, Montage Music Society has established itself as a versatile ensemble primarily dedicated to music inspired by visual art. Their projects have resulted in a variety of commissions and acclaimed recordings, including “Starry Night Project” on the MSR label. MMS has been featured at the Abiquiu Chamber Music Festival, Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art and its Roswell Artist in Residence Foundation, Library of Congress, Washington DC’s Corcoran Gallery, the Chautauqua Institute and the International Piatti Festival among others.…

Under the direction of Joseph Alessi, The Juilliard Trombone Choir is a two time winner of the International Trombone Choir Competition. The choir was founded by Joseph Alessi in the early 1990’s and is made up of undergraduate and graduate classical trombone majors from The Juilliard School. Members of the Juilliard Trombone Choir have gone on to play with such orchestras as The Atlanta Symphony, Chicago Lyric Opera, Kennedy Center Orchestra, Charlotte Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera…

BIG GUNS, by U.S. Congressman-turned-novelist Steve Israel is a blunt and biting parody about guns and politics—think Thank You for Smoking meets the NRA.  Based on real people and settings, it takes readers behind the scenes to the most private places on Capitol Hill and pulls back the curtain on congressional absurdities and machinations with the gun lobby. Israel served as U.S. Congressman from New York for almost sixteen years, retiring in January 2017. “In Congress, I helped write anti-gun…

In this remarkable work of historical reclamation, Holocaust historian Rebecca Erbelding pieces together years of research and newly uncovered archival materials to tell the dramatic story of America’s little-known efforts to save the Jews of Europe.  Rebecca’s work has been featured in the NY Times, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and on The History Channel and National Geographic. Free and open to the community; Registration encouraged Books will be available for purchase Dessert Reception to follow program